Barbara Mertz Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Barbara Mertz Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Barbara Mertz Facts

Full Name	Barbara Mertz
Birthdate	September 29, 1927
Birth Place	Illinois
Age (in 2024)	97 Years Old
Zodiac	Libra
Occupation	Novelist

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Barbara Mertz Age & Birthday

Barbara Mertz is best known as Novelist who has born on September 29, 1927 in Illinois. Currently, Barbara Mertz is 97 years, 2 months and 14 days old. Barbara Mertz will celebrate 98th birthday on Monday, 29th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Barbara Mertz upcoming birthday.

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Barbara Mertz Biography

About

Known for such Agatha and Anthony Award-winning novels as, respectively, Naked Once More and Trojan Gold, this American author of mystery novels, thrillers, and works of Gothic fiction also published several acclaimed nonfiction works, including Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium and Two Thousand Years in Rome.

Before Fame

After earning a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago, she wrote her first nonfiction book, Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, in 1964. Her first novel, The Master of Blacktower, was published two years later.

Trivia

Writing under the pen name of Elizabeth Peters, she penned the popular Amelia Peabody, Vicky Bliss, and Jacqueline Kirby adventure and mystery series. Using the alternate pseudonym of Barbara Michaels, she wrote the Someone in the House Series and the Georgetown Trilogy.

Family Life

A native of Illinois, she later settled in Maryland. She created her Elizabeth Peters pen name by combining the names of her two children, Elizabeth and Peter Mertz.

Associated With

Actress Barbara Stanwyck starred in a television movie based on Mertz's 1968 novel Ammie Come Home.

Top Asked Questions about Barbara Mertz

How old is Barbara Mertz in 2024?

Barbara Mertz is 97 years old today.

When was Barbara Mertz born?

Barbara Mertz was born on September 29, 1927 in Illinois.

What is Barbara Mertz zodiac sign?

Barbara Mertz zodiac sign is Libra.

What was Barbara Mertz best known for?

Barbara Mertz was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Barbara Mertz's Birthday

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

Barbara Mertz was born on Thursday, 272^nd day / 39^th week of 1927
Barbara Mertz has Libra zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Barbara Mertz birthday is XXIX.IX.MCMXXVII
Barbara Mertz's birthstone is Sapphire
Barbara Mertz's birth flower is Morning glory that symbolize daintiness & love
Barbara Mertz age in year is 97 years old
Barbara Mertz age in month is 1166 months old
Barbara Mertz age in day is 35505 days old
Barbara Mertz age in hour is 852120 hours old
Barbara Mertz age in minute is 51127200 minutes old
Barbara Mertz age in second is 3067632000 seconds old
Next Barbara Mertz birthday is on Monday, September 29th 2025
Barbara Mertz age in next birthday (2025) is 98 years old
Learn more interesting facts about September 29, 1927 birthday

Historical Events on Barbara Mertz Birthday (September 29)

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

Year	Event
1990	The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
1990	The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
1991	A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
1992	Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
2004	The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
2004	Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
2005	John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.
2006	A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
2007	Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
2008	The stock market crashes after the first United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails, leading to the Great Recession.
2009	The 8.1 Mw  Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.
2011	The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
2013	Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
2016	Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
2019	Violence and low turnout mar the 2019 Afghan presidential election.
1985	The birth of Calvin Johnson, American football player
1985	The birth of Michelle Payne, Australian jockey
1986	The birth of Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete
1988	The birth of Samuel Di Carmine, Italian footballer
1988	The birth of Kevin Durant, American basketball player
1989	The birth of Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist
1989	The birth of Aaron Martin, English footballer
1990	The birth of Doug Brochu, American voice actor
1991	The birth of Souleymane Doukara, French footballer
1991	The birth of Nathan Modest, English footballer
1993	The birth of Nathan Buddle, English footballer
1994	The birth of Halsey, American singer
1995	The birth of Sasha Lane, American actress
1998	The birth of Vera Lapko, Belarusian tennis player
1999	The birth of Choi Ye-na, South Korean singer and dancer
2013	The death of S. N. Goenka, Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (b. 1924)
2013	The death of Marcella Hazan, Italian cooking writer (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Mary Cadogan, English author (b. 1928)
2014	The death of John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1921)
2015	The death of Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1932)
2015	The death of Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (b. 1934)
2015	The death of Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
2016	The death of Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (b. 1945)
2017	The death of Tom Alter, Indian actor (b. 1950)
2018	The death of Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1934)
2019	The death of Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (b. 1936)
2020	The death of Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (b. 1929)
2020	The death of Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (b. 1941)
2022	The death of Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1922)
2022	The death of Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (b. 1955)

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