Updated at December 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Alex Trebek |
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Birthdate | July 22, 1940 |
Birth Place | Greater Sudbury, Canada |
Age (in 2024) | 84 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Game Show Host |
Alex Trebek is best known as Game Show Host who has born on July 22, 1940 in Greater Sudbury, Canada. Currently, Alex Trebek is 84 years, 4 months and 26 days old. Alex Trebek will celebrate 85th birthday on Tuesday, 22nd of July 2025. Below the countdown to Alex Trebek upcoming birthday.
Longtime host of TV's Jeopardy! quiz show. He also hosted the popular shows Double Dare, Pitfall and High Rollers.
He worked as a newscaster and sportscaster for CBS in both radio and television.
He hosted the game show The Wizard of Odds.
He married Jean Currivan in 1990 and he has a son named Matthew and a daughter named Emily. He was previously married to Elaine Callei. In 2019, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
He guest-starred in an episode of the series How I Met Your Mother, starring Neil Patrick Harris.
Alex Trebek is 84 years old today.
Alex Trebek was born on July 22, 1940 in Greater Sudbury, Canada.
Alex Trebek zodiac sign is Cancer.
Alex Trebek was best known as Game Show Host.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Alex Trebek's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Alex Trebek's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1963 | Crown Colony of Sarawak gains self-governance. |
1973 | Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78. |
1976 | Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War. |
1977 | Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power. |
1983 | Martial law in Poland is officially revoked. |
1990 | Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory. |
1992 | Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States. |
1993 | Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers. |
1997 | The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. |
2003 | Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard. |
2005 | Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings. |
2011 | Norway attacks: First a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. |
2012 | Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah. |
2013 | Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others. |
2019 | Chandrayaan 2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan 1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover. |
1989 | The birth of Keegan Allen, American actor, photographer and musician |
1991 | The birth of Matty James, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Tomi Juric, Australian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer |
1992 | The birth of Selena Gomez, American singer and actress |
1992 | The birth of Carolin Schnarre, German Paralympic equestrian |
1993 | The birth of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist |
1994 | The birth of Jaz Sinclair, American film and television actress |
1995 | The birth of Ezekiel Elliott, American football player |
1995 | The birth of Armaan Malik, Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter |
1996 | The birth of Skyler Gisondo, American actor |
1998 | The birth of Sahaphap Wongratch, Thai actor, model, and singer |
1999 | The birth of Sidney Chu, Hong Kong skater |
2002 | The birth of Prince Felix of Denmark |
2013 | The birth of Prince George of Wales |
2010 | The death of Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (b. 1936) |
2011 | The death of Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (b. 1923) |
2011 | The death of Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (b. 1945) |
2012 | The death of Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician (b. 1929) |
2012 | The death of George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Natalie de Blois, American architect, co-designed the Lever House (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of Dennis Farina, American policeman and actor (b. 1944) |
2013 | The death of Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and judge (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Johann Breyer, German SS officer (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1971) |
2018 | The death of Frank Havens, American canoeist (b. 1924) |
2022 | The death of Maria Petri, English association football supporter (b. 1939) |
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Wikipedia | Alex Trebek on Wikipedia |
Website | Alex Trebek's Webiste |
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