Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Fela Kuti |
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Birthdate | October 15, 1938 |
Birth Place | Abeokuta, Nigeria |
Age (in 2024) | 86 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Saxophonist |
Fela Kuti is best known as Saxophonist who has born on October 15, 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Currently, Fela Kuti is 86 years, 0 months and 18 days old. Fela Kuti will celebrate 87th birthday on Wednesday, 15th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Fela Kuti upcoming birthday.
Afrobeat pioneer, political activist, composer, and musician. His life was commemorated in an off-Broadway musical called Fela!, which was nominated for more than ten Tony Awards.
He lived in London and attended Trinity College of Music, where he founded his first band called Koola Lobitos.
After renaming his band, Kuti's music became more political.
He married his first wife, Remilekun Taylor, in 1960 and had three children with her; in 1978, he married twenty-seven women.
Kuti was referenced by Thom Yorke as one of his larger influences in creating Atoms for Peace.
Fela Kuti is 86 years old today.
Fela Kuti was born on October 15, 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Fela Kuti zodiac sign is Libra.
Fela Kuti was best known as Saxophonist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Fela Kuti's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Fela Kuti's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1987 | A coup d'état in Burkina Faso overthrows and kills then President Thomas Sankara. |
1989 | Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL. |
1990 | Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. |
1991 | The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. |
1991 | The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland. |
1994 | The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island. |
1997 | The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. |
2001 | NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 180Â km of Jupiter's moon Io. |
2003 | China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. |
2006 | The 6.7 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport. |
2007 | Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids. |
2008 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history. |
2013 | The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed. |
2016 | One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons. |
2018 | 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered. |
1985 | The birth of Marcos MartÃnez, Spanish racing driver |
1986 | The birth of Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter |
1986 | The birth of Carlo Janka, Swiss skier |
1986 | The birth of Nolito, Spanish footballer |
1987 | The birth of Ott Tänak, Estonian racing driver |
1988 | The birth of Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician |
1988 | The birth of Mesut Özil, German footballer |
1989 | The birth of Leandro Antonio MartÃnez, Argentinian-Italian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer |
1990 | The birth of Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer |
1995 | The birth of Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player |
1995 | The birth of Jack Flaherty, American baseball player |
1996 | The birth of Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer |
1996 | The birth of Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer |
1999 | The birth of Bailee Madison, American actress |
2013 | The death of Gloria Lynne, American singer (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Hans Riegel, German businessman (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Jiřà Reynek, Czech poet and graphic designer (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Sergei Filippenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1971) |
2015 | The death of Nate Huffman, American basketball player (b. 1975) |
2015 | The death of Neill Sheridan, American baseball player (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Tyrone Young, American football player (b. 1960) |
2017 | The death of Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (b. 1950) |
2018 | The death of Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, owner of the Seattle Seahawks (b. 1953) |
2021 | The death of David Amess, British politician, member of Parliament for Southend West (b. 1952) |
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Website | Fela Kuti's Webiste |
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