Alice Walker Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Alice Walker Facts
| Full Name | Alice Walker |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | February 09, 1944 |
| Birth Place | Eatonton, GA |
| Age (in 2024) | 80 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Aquarius |
| Occupation | Poet |
Alice Walker Age & Birthday
Alice Walker is best known as Poet who has born on February 09, 1944 in Eatonton, GA. Currently, Alice Walker is 80 years, 8 months and 22 days old. Alice Walker will celebrate 81st birthday on Sunday, 9th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Alice Walker upcoming birthday.
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About
African-American poet and author who is best known for her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novel, The Color Purple. Her other literary works include Meridian (1976) and Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems (1973).
Before Fame
She began writing at age eight and completed her first book of poetry while she was a student at Sarah Lawrence College. She worked as an editor for Ms. magazine before moving to California in the 1970s.
Trivia
She met Martin Luther King, Jr. in the early 1960s and worked in Mississippi as a Civil Rights activist.
Family Life
She was born one of seven siblings to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. In 1967, she and Melvyn Roseman Leventhal became the first interracial couple to legally marry in the state of Mississippi. They divorced in 1976. Her daughter, Rebecca Walker, is also a writer.Â
Associated With
She was inspired by Civil Rights activist, Rosa Parks.
Top Asked Questions about Alice Walker
How old is Alice Walker in 2024?
Alice Walker is 80 years old today.
When was Alice Walker born?
Alice Walker was born on February 09, 1944 in Eatonton, GA.
What is Alice Walker zodiac sign?
Alice Walker zodiac sign is Aquarius.
What was Alice Walker best known for?
Alice Walker was best known as Poet.
Fun Facts about Alice Walker's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Alice Walker's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Alice Walker was born on Wednesday, 40th day / 06th week of 1944
- Alice Walker has Aquarius zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Alice Walker birthday is IX.II.MCMXLIV
- Alice Walker's birthstone is Amethyst
- Alice Walker's birth flower is Primrose that symbolize modesty, distinction & virtue
- Alice Walker age in year is 80 years old
- Alice Walker age in month is 968 months old
- Alice Walker age in day is 29487 days old
- Alice Walker age in hour is 707688 hours old
- Alice Walker age in minute is 42461280 minutes old
- Alice Walker age in second is 2547676800 seconds old
- Next Alice Walker birthday is on Sunday, February 9th 2025
- Alice Walker age in next birthday (2025) is 81 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about February 09, 1944 birthday
Historical Events on Alice Walker Birthday (February 09)
Below are historical events that coincided with Alice Walker's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1971 | Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing. |
| 1975 | The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. |
| 1976 | Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24. |
| 1978 | The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| 1982 | Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board. |
| 1986 | Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. |
| 1991 | Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union. |
| 1996 | The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people. |
| 1996 | Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al. |
| 2001 | The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor. |
| 2016 | Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured. |
| 2018 | Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea. |
| 2020 | Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis. |
| 2021 | Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins. |
| 1987 | The birth of Michael B. Jordan, American actor |
| 1987 | The birth of Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer |
| 1987 | The birth of Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete |
| 1989 | The birth of Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier |
| 1990 | The birth of Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
| 1992 | The birth of Kyle Feldt, Australian rugby league player |
| 1992 | The birth of Avan Jogia, Canadian actor |
| 1993 | The birth of Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player |
| 1995 | The birth of André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player |
| 1995 | The birth of Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer |
| 1996 | The birth of Chungha, South Korean singer |
| 1997 | The birth of Saquon Barkley, American football player |
| 1997 | The birth of Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player |
| 1998 | The birth of Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer |
| 1999 | The birth of Shonte Seale, Barbadian netball player |
| 2013 | The death of Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913) |
| 2013 | The death of Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931) |
| 2014 | The death of Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918) |
| 2014 | The death of Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924) |
| 2014 | The death of Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920) |
| 2015 | The death of Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965) |
| 2015 | The death of Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1916) |
| 2016 | The death of Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939) |
| 2016 | The death of Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948) |
| 2017 | The death of André Salvat, French Army colonel (b. 1920) |
| 2018 | The death of Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (b. 1958) |
| 2018 | The death of Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (b. 1969) |
| 2018 | The death of John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (b. 1931) |
| 2021 | The death of Chick Corea, American jazz composer (b. 1941) |
| 2022 | The death of Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1939) |
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