A Thursday
Born on October 23, 1997?
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
Thursday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Fire Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
29 years
Famous people born on October 23, 1997
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 23, 1997 was a Thursday. Someone born on October 23, 1997 is a Scorpio. Someone born on October 23, 1997 is 29 years old today and has lived about 10,605 days. People born in 1997 belong to Generation Z.
Also born on October 23
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ignatius of Loyola
1491 · Spanish Catholic priest and theologian

Sarah Bernhardt
1844 · French stage actress, painter and sculptor

Pelé
1940 · Brazilian footballer

Ang Lee
1954 · Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born )

Paul Kagame
1957 · President of Rwanda since (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1997
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 30
- “Born in 1997” gifts
- Wine from 1997
- Books about 1997
- A newspaper from 1997
- Coin set from 1997
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Questions about October 23, 1997
- What day of the week was October 23, 1997?
- October 23, 1997 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 23, 1997?
- Someone born on October 23, 1997 is a Scorpio.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 23, 1997?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 23, 1997 falls in the year of the Fire Ox.
- How old is someone born on October 23, 1997?
- Someone born on October 23, 1997 is 29 years old today and has lived about 10,605 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1997?
- People born in 1997 belong to Generation Z.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 23, 1997?
- On October 23, 1997 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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