Alistair Cooke Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 25, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Alistair Cooke Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Alistair Cooke Facts

Full Name	Alistair Cooke
Birthdate	November 20, 1908
Birth Place	England
Age (in 2024)	116 Years Old
Zodiac	Scorpio
Occupation	TV Show Host

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Alistair Cooke Age & Birthday

Alistair Cooke is best known as TV Show Host who has born on November 20, 1908 in England. Currently, Alistair Cooke is 116 years, 1 months and 5 days old. Alistair Cooke will celebrate 117th birthday on Thursday, 20th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Alistair Cooke upcoming birthday.

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Alistair Cooke Biography

About

British author of Alistair Cooke's America who hosted the popular PBS program, Masterpiece Theatre, from 1972 until 1992. He is also known for writing and presenting the BBC radio series, Letters From America.

Before Fame

As a young man, he was the editor of the literary magazine, Granta. While attending Jesus College, Cambridge, he also organized The Mummers, Cambridge's first mixed-sex theatre group.

Trivia

He became a United States citizen in 1941, after having studied at both Harvard and Yale.

Family Life

He married Ruth Emerson (a distant relative of Ralph Waldo Emerson) in August of 1934. The couple became parents to future author and musician, John Byrne Cooke, before divorcing in 1944. Cooke's second wife, Jane White Hawkes, bore him a daughter named Susan.

Associated With

He misjudged James Mason, telling him early in his career to stay out of the arts.

Top Asked Questions about Alistair Cooke

How old is Alistair Cooke in 2024?

Alistair Cooke is 116 years old today.

When was Alistair Cooke born?

Alistair Cooke was born on November 20, 1908 in England.

What is Alistair Cooke zodiac sign?

Alistair Cooke zodiac sign is Scorpio.

What was Alistair Cooke best known for?

Alistair Cooke was best known as TV Show Host.

Fun Facts about Alistair Cooke's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Alistair Cooke's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Alistair Cooke was born on Friday, 325^th day / 47^th week of 1908
Alistair Cooke has Scorpio zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Alistair Cooke birthday is XX.XI.MCMVIII
Alistair Cooke's birthstone is Topaz
Alistair Cooke's birth flower is Chrysanthemum that symbolize cheerfulness, friendship & abundance
Alistair Cooke age in year is 116 years old
Alistair Cooke age in month is 1393 months old
Alistair Cooke age in day is 42404 days old
Alistair Cooke age in hour is 1017696 hours old
Alistair Cooke age in minute is 61061760 minutes old
Alistair Cooke age in second is 3663705600 seconds old
Next Alistair Cooke birthday is on Thursday, November 20th 2025
Alistair Cooke age in next birthday (2025) is 117 years old

Historical Events on Alistair Cooke Birthday (November 20)

Below are historical events that coincided with Alistair Cooke's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1980	Lake Peigneur in Louisiana drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.
1985	Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft, is released.
1989	Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia, swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
1990	Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.
1991	An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.
1992	In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
1993	Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
1993	Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs when Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Ohrid, killing all 116 people on board.
1994	The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
1996	A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
1998	A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
1998	The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
2003	After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
2015	Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali.
2022	The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament will be held in the Middle East.
1993	The birth of Junior Paulo, New Zealand rugby league player
1993	The birth of Sanjin Prcić, Bosnian footballer
1993	The birth of Anna Prugova, Russian ice hockey player
1994	The birth of Timothy Kitum, Kenyan middle-distance runner
1995	The birth of Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenyan athlete
1995	The birth of Iván Garcia, Spanish cyclist
1995	The birth of Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungarian short track speed skater
1995	The birth of Kyle Snyder, American wrestler
1996	The birth of Jack Harrison, English professional footballer
1996	The birth of Blaž Janc, Slovenian handballer
1996	The birth of Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer
1997	The birth of Levi Garcia, Trinidadian footballer
2000	The birth of Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter
2001	The birth of Caty McNally, American tennis player
2002	The birth of Madisyn Shipman, American actress
2013	The death of Sylvia Browne, American author (b. 1936)
2013	The death of Dieter Hildebrandt, Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2014	The death of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (b. 1926)
2015	The death of Keith Michell, Australian actor (b. 1926)
2015	The death of Jim Perry, American-Canadian singer and game show host (b. 1933)
2015	The death of Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (b. 1953)
2016	The death of Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984)
2016	The death of Gene Guarilia, American basketball player (b. 1937)
2016	The death of Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek statesman (b. 1926)
2016	The death of William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1928)
2017	The death of Peter Berling, German actor, film producer and writer (b. 1934)
2018	The death of James H. Billington, 13th Librarian of Congress (b. 1929)
2018	The death of Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
2019	The death of Wataru Misaka, American basketball player (b. 1923)
2020	The death of Jan Morris, Welsh historian, author and travel writer (b. 1926)

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