Bill Joy Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Bill Joy Facts
| Full Name | Bill Joy |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | November 08, 1954 |
| Birth Place | Michigan |
| Age (in 2024) | 70 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Scorpio |
| Occupation | Computer Scientist |
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Bill Joy Age & Birthday
Bill Joy is best known as Computer Scientist who has born on November 08, 1954 in Michigan. Currently, Bill Joy is 70 years, 0 months and 15 days old. Bill Joy will celebrate 71st birthday on Saturday, 8th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Bill Joy upcoming birthday.
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About
Notable as the co-founder of the Sun Microsystems computer, software, and IT company, he is also famous as a developer of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix operating system and of Unix's vi text editing program.
Before Fame
After earning his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, he completed graduate degrees in both engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Trivia
In his compelling Wired Magazine essay "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us," Joy argues that the very technologies that he and his colleagues worked tirelessly to develop are placing the human race's future generations in jeopardy.
Family Life
The son of William and Ruth Joy, he spent his childhood in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.
Associated With
In the early 1980s, Joy established Sun Microsystems along with Vinod Khosla, Andreas von Bechtolsheim, and Scott McNealy.
Top Asked Questions about Bill Joy
How old is Bill Joy in 2024?
Bill Joy is 70 years old today.
When was Bill Joy born?
Bill Joy was born on November 08, 1954 in Michigan.
What is Bill Joy zodiac sign?
Bill Joy zodiac sign is Scorpio.
What was Bill Joy best known for?
Bill Joy was best known as Computer Scientist.
Fun Facts about Bill Joy's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Bill Joy's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Bill Joy was born on Monday, 312th day / 45th week of 1954
- Bill Joy has Scorpio zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Bill Joy birthday is VIII.XI.MCMLIV
- Bill Joy's birthstone is Topaz
- Bill Joy's birth flower is Chrysanthemum that symbolize cheerfulness, friendship & abundance
- Bill Joy age in year is 70 years old
- Bill Joy age in month is 840 months old
- Bill Joy age in day is 25583 days old
- Bill Joy age in hour is 613992 hours old
- Bill Joy age in minute is 36839520 minutes old
- Bill Joy age in second is 2210371200 seconds old
- Next Bill Joy birthday is on Saturday, November 8th 2025
- Bill Joy age in next birthday (2025) is 71 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about November 08, 1954 birthday
Historical Events on Bill Joy Birthday (November 08)
Below are historical events that coincided with Bill Joy's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1973 | The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million. |
| 1977 | Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina. |
| 1981 | Aeroméxico Flight 110 crashes near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board. |
| 1983 | TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed. |
| 1987 | Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded. |
| 1988 | U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president. |
| 1994 | Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination. |
| 1999 | Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder. |
| 2002 | Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences". |
| 2004 | Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. |
| 2006 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun. |
| 2011 | The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976. |
| 2013 | Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD) in damage. |
| 2016 | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes. |
| 2016 | Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination. |
| 1987 | The birth of Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer |
| 1988 | The birth of Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer |
| 1988 | The birth of Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete |
| 1989 | The birth of Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer |
| 1989 | The birth of Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player |
| 1990 | The birth of Ingrid Puusta, Estonian sailor |
| 1990 | The birth of SZA, American singer-songwriter |
| 1991 | The birth of Aaron Fotheringham, American wheelchair athlete |
| 1991 | The birth of Jack Littlejohn, Australian rugby league player |
| 1991 | The birth of Dan Middleton, English YouTube personality and pro gamer |
| 1992 | The birth of Christophe Vincent, French footballer |
| 1993 | The birth of Przemek Karnowski, Polish basketball player |
| 1993 | The birth of Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer |
| 1999 | The birth of Katherine Uchida, Canadian rhythmic gymnast |
| 2000 | The birth of Jasmine Thompson, English singer |
| 2013 | The death of Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (b. 1915) |
| 2013 | The death of Arnold Rosner, American composer (b. 1945) |
| 2013 | The death of Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1938) |
| 2013 | The death of Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (b. 1957) |
| 2014 | The death of Phil Crane, American academic and politician (b. 1930) |
| 2014 | The death of Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (b. 1917) |
| 2014 | The death of Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925) |
| 2014 | The death of Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (b. 1984) |
| 2014 | The death of Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (b. 1928) |
| 2015 | The death of Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (b. 1930) |
| 2015 | The death of Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (b. 1984) |
| 2015 | The death of Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (b. 1930) |
| 2015 | The death of Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | The death of Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (b. 1942) |
| 2020 | The death of Alex Trebek, Canadian-American television personality and longtime host of Jeopardy! (b. 1940) |
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