Iain Banks Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Iain Banks Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Iain Banks Facts

Full Name	Iain Banks
Birthdate	February 16, 1954
Birth Place	Scotland
Age (in 2024)	70 Years Old
Zodiac	Aquarius
Occupation	Novelist

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Iain Banks Age & Birthday

Iain Banks is best known as Novelist who has born on February 16, 1954 in Scotland. Currently, Iain Banks is 70 years, 9 months and 5 days old. Iain Banks will celebrate 71st birthday on Sunday, 16th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Iain Banks upcoming birthday.

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Iain Banks Biography

About

Acclaimed Scottish-born novelist remembered for such works as Consider Phlebas, The Wasp Factory, and The Culture science fiction series.

Before Fame

He grew up in Fife, Scotland as the only child of a military officer father and a figure skater mother. He wrote his first full-length work of fiction, The Hungarian Lift-Jet, when he was just sixteen years old.

Trivia

During the early 1970s, he attended the University of Stirling.

Family Life

His marriage to Annie Blackburn lasted from 1992 until 2009. He wed his second wife, Adele Hartley, just three months before his death at age fifty-nine from cancer.

Associated With

He was influenced by the work of fellow science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.

Top Asked Questions about Iain Banks

How old is Iain Banks in 2024?

Iain Banks is 70 years old today.

When was Iain Banks born?

Iain Banks was born on February 16, 1954 in Scotland.

What is Iain Banks zodiac sign?

Iain Banks zodiac sign is Aquarius.

What was Iain Banks best known for?

Iain Banks was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Iain Banks's Birthday

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

Iain Banks was born on Tuesday, 47^th day / 07^th week of 1954
Iain Banks has Aquarius zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Iain Banks birthday is XVI.II.MCMLIV
Iain Banks's birthstone is Amethyst
Iain Banks's birth flower is Primrose that symbolize modesty, distinction & virtue
Iain Banks age in year is 70 years old
Iain Banks age in month is 849 months old
Iain Banks age in day is 25846 days old
Iain Banks age in hour is 620304 hours old
Iain Banks age in minute is 37218240 minutes old
Iain Banks age in second is 2233094400 seconds old
Next Iain Banks birthday is on Sunday, February 16th 2025
Iain Banks age in next birthday (2025) is 71 years old
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Historical Events on Iain Banks Birthday (February 16)

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

Year	Event
1968	Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground.
1978	The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
1983	The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
1985	Hezbollah is founded.
1986	The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
1986	China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
1991	Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
1996	A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
1998	China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
2000	Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.
2005	The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
2005	The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-05 regular season and playoffs.
2006	The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
2013	A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.
2021	Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the two year anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.
1988	The birth of Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
1989	The birth of Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
1990	The birth of Dunamis Lui, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1990	The birth of The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1991	The birth of Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
1992	The birth of Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
1992	The birth of Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player
1994	The birth of Annika Beck, German tennis player
1994	The birth of Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer
1994	The birth of Ava Max, American singer and songwriter
1995	The birth of Katy Dunne, English tennis player
1995	The birth of Carina Witthöft, German tennis player
1999	The birth of Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer
2000	The birth of Koffee, Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and rapper
2001	The birth of Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player
2012	The death of John Macionis, American swimmer and lieutenant (b. 1916)
2012	The death of Anthony Shadid, American journalist (b. 1968)
2013	The death of Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (b. 1991)
2013	The death of Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1918)
2013	The death of Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
2014	The death of Ken Farragut, American football player (b. 1928)
2014	The death of Kralle Krawinkel, German guitarist (b. 1947)
2014	The death of Michael Shea, American author (b. 1946)
2015	The death of Lasse Braun, Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2015	The death of Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2015	The death of R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1957)
2015	The death of Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1971)
2016	The death of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1922)
2019	The death of Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (b. 1941)
2021	The death of Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 42nd President of Ecuador

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