Hideki Shirakawa Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Hideki Shirakawa Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Hideki Shirakawa Facts

Full Name	Hideki Shirakawa
Birthdate	August 20, 1936
Birth Place	Japan
Age (in 2024)	88 Years Old
Zodiac	Leo
Occupation	Chemist

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Hideki Shirakawa Age & Birthday

Hideki Shirakawa is best known as Chemist who has born on August 20, 1936 in Japan. Currently, Hideki Shirakawa is 88 years, 3 months and 25 days old. Hideki Shirakawa will celebrate 89th birthday on Wednesday, 20th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Hideki Shirakawa upcoming birthday.

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Hideki Shirakawa Biography

About

Japanese chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 for discovering conductive polymers. He worked as a professor at University of Tsukuba in Japan for many years.

Before Fame

He worked as an assistant at Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Trivia

He is related to a member of the singing group Morning Musume.

Family Life

He is related to Naoko Takahashi, the women's marathon gold medalist of the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Associated With

He won the Nobel Prize three years before Peter Agre did.

Top Asked Questions about Hideki Shirakawa

How old is Hideki Shirakawa in 2024?

Hideki Shirakawa is 88 years old today.

When was Hideki Shirakawa born?

Hideki Shirakawa was born on August 20, 1936 in Japan.

What is Hideki Shirakawa zodiac sign?

Hideki Shirakawa zodiac sign is Leo.

What was Hideki Shirakawa best known for?

Hideki Shirakawa was best known as Chemist.

Fun Facts about Hideki Shirakawa's Birthday

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

Hideki Shirakawa was born on Thursday, 233^rd day / 34^th week of 1936
Hideki Shirakawa has Leo zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Hideki Shirakawa birthday is XX.VIII.MCMXXXVI
Hideki Shirakawa's birthstone is Peridot
Hideki Shirakawa's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
Hideki Shirakawa age in year is 88 years old
Hideki Shirakawa age in month is 1059 months old
Hideki Shirakawa age in day is 32258 days old
Hideki Shirakawa age in hour is 774192 hours old
Hideki Shirakawa age in minute is 46451520 minutes old
Hideki Shirakawa age in second is 2787091200 seconds old
Next Hideki Shirakawa birthday is on Wednesday, August 20th 2025
Hideki Shirakawa age in next birthday (2025) is 89 years old
Learn more interesting facts about August 20, 1936 birthday

Historical Events on Hideki Shirakawa Birthday (August 20)

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

Year	Event
1991	Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
1992	In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government.
1993	After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
1995	The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India.
1997	Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
1998	The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
1998	U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
2002	A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
2006	Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
2007	China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
2008	Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
2012	A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
2014	Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
2016	Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.
2020	Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
1990	The birth of Venelin Filipov, Bulgarian footballer
1990	The birth of Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer
1990	The birth of Fabien Jarsalé, French footballer
1990	The birth of Bradley Klahn, American tennis player
1990	The birth of Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer
1991	The birth of Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
1991	The birth of Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player
1992	The birth of Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player
1992	The birth of Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player
1992	The birth of Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actor
1992	The birth of Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
1992	The birth of Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist
1993	The birth of Tonisha Rock-Yaw, Barbadian netball player
1996	The birth of Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player
2003	The birth of Prince Gabriel of Belgium
2013	The death of John W. Morris, American general (b. 1921)
2013	The death of Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2014	The death of Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)
2014	The death of Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
2014	The death of Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)
2014	The death of B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)
2014	The death of Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927)
2015	The death of Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (b. 1922)
2015	The death of Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (b. 1941)
2015	The death of Frank Wilkes, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2017	The death of Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
2018	The death of Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (b. 1923)
2021	The death of Igor Vovkovinskiy, Ukrainian-American law student and actor, American tallest person (b. 1982)

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