Bob Shaw Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Bob Shaw Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Bob Shaw Facts

Full Name	Bob Shaw
Birthdate	December 31, 1931
Birth Place	Northern Ireland
Age (in 2024)	92 Years Old
Zodiac	Capricorn
Occupation	Novelist

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Bob Shaw Age & Birthday

Bob Shaw is best known as Novelist who has born on December 31, 1931 in Northern Ireland. Currently, Bob Shaw is 92 years, 11 months and 12 days old. Bob Shaw will celebrate 93rd birthday on Tuesday, 31st of December 2024. Below the countdown to Bob Shaw upcoming birthday.

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Bob Shaw Biography

About

Remembered for his Hugo Award-nominated science fiction works The Ragged Astronauts (a 1987 novel) and "Light of Other Days" (a 1966 short story), he is also notable for his stories for numerous Irish sci-fi fanzines and for his two Best Fan Writer Hugo Awards.

Before Fame

He encountered his first science fiction short story, a work by AE van Vogt, when he was eleven years old and was deeply influenced by this early experience. He went on to study at the Belfast College of Technology and to subsequently join an Irish fan fiction writing group.

Trivia

Apart from his career as a writer, he worked as a Belfast Telegraph science correspondent and an aircraft engineer and designer.

Family Life

The son of a police officer, he grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland with two younger brothers. During his first marriage, to Sadie Gourley, he had three children and lived temporarily in Canada. He later married an American woman named Nancy Tucker and lived in the United States and England.

Associated With

He was born in the same year as fellow science fiction writer Gene Wolfe.

Top Asked Questions about Bob Shaw

How old is Bob Shaw in 2024?

Bob Shaw is 92 years old today.

When was Bob Shaw born?

Bob Shaw was born on December 31, 1931 in Northern Ireland.

What is Bob Shaw zodiac sign?

Bob Shaw zodiac sign is Capricorn.

What was Bob Shaw best known for?

Bob Shaw was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Bob Shaw's Birthday

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

Bob Shaw was born on Thursday, 365^th day / 53^rd week of 1931
Bob Shaw has Capricorn zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Bob Shaw birthday is XXXI.XII.MCMXXXI
Bob Shaw's birthstone is Turquoise
Bob Shaw's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Bob Shaw age in year is 92 years old
Bob Shaw age in month is 1115 months old
Bob Shaw age in day is 33950 days old
Bob Shaw age in hour is 814800 hours old
Bob Shaw age in minute is 48888000 minutes old
Bob Shaw age in second is 2933280000 seconds old
Next Bob Shaw birthday is on Wednesday, December 31st 2025
Bob Shaw age in next birthday (2025) is 93 years old
Learn more interesting facts about December 31, 1931 birthday

Historical Events on Bob Shaw Birthday (December 31)

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

Year	Event
1994	The First Chechen War: The Russian Ground Forces begin a New Year's storming of Grozny.
1998	The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
1999	The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
1999	The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.
1999	Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ends after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.
2000	The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
2004	The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
2009	Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.
2010	Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total of 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.
2011	NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
2014	A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.
2015	A fire breaks out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located near the Burj Khalifa, two hours before the fireworks display is due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries.
2018	Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia.
2019	The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan. This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020	The World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine.
1984	The birth of Calvin Zola, Congolese footballer
1985	The birth of Jonathan Horton, American gymnast
1985	The birth of Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host
1986	The birth of Nate Freiman, American baseball player
1986	The birth of Kade Snowden, Australian rugby league player
1987	The birth of Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
1987	The birth of Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
1987	The birth of Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
1990	The birth of Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
1991	The birth of ND Stevenson, American cartoonist
1992	The birth of Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
1992	The birth of Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
1995	The birth of Gabby Douglas, American gymnast
2000	The birth of Alycia Parks, American tennis player
2001	The birth of Katie Volynets, American tennis player
2013	The death of James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
2013	The death of Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
2013	The death of Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)
2013	The death of Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943)
2014	The death of Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (b. 1920)
2014	The death of Norm Phelps, American author and activist (b. 1939)
2014	The death of S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (b. 1920)
2014	The death of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British soldier and politician (b. 1915)
2015	The death of Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1950)
2015	The death of Wayne Rogers, American actor and investor (b. 1933)
2016	The death of William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932)
2018	The death of Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)
2021	The death of Betty White, American actress, comedian and producer (b. 1922)
2022	The death of Pope Benedict XVI, German Roman Catholic cardinal and theologian, pope (2005-2013) and archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977-1982) (b. 1927)

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