A Wednesday
Born on August 1, 1973?
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
Wednesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
53 years
Famous people born on August 1, 1973
🎵 No. 1 song in the US
August 1, 1973 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 1, 1973 is a Leo. Someone born on August 1, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,453 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.
Also born on August 1
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
1744 · French naturalist

Herman Melville
1819 · American writer and poet

Pierre Bourdieu
1930 · French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher

Yves Saint Laurent
1936 · French fashion designer
Questions about August 1, 1973
- What day of the week was August 1, 1973?
- August 1, 1973 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 1, 1973?
- Someone born on August 1, 1973 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 1, 1973?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 1, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
- How old is someone born on August 1, 1973?
- Someone born on August 1, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,453 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1973?
- People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 1, 1973?
- On August 1, 1973 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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