A Saturday
Born on August 21, 1971?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Saturday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Metal Pig
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
55 years
Famous people born on August 21, 1971
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 21, 1971 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 21, 1971 is a Leo. Someone born on August 21, 1971 is 55 years old today and has lived about 20,165 days. People born in 1971 belong to Generation X.
Also born on August 21
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 · French mathematician

Usain Bolt
1986 · Jamaican sprinter
Gift ideas for someone born in 1971
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- Coin set from 1971
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Questions about August 21, 1971
- What day of the week was August 21, 1971?
- August 21, 1971 was a Saturday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 21, 1971?
- Someone born on August 21, 1971 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 21, 1971?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 21, 1971 falls in the year of the Metal Pig.
- How old is someone born on August 21, 1971?
- Someone born on August 21, 1971 is 55 years old today and has lived about 20,165 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1971?
- People born in 1971 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 21, 1971?
- On August 21, 1971 the moon was a New Moon.
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