Jack Gantos Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Jack Gantos Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Jack Gantos Facts

Full Name	Jack Gantos
Birthdate	July 02, 1951
Birth Place	Mount Pleasant, PA
Age (in 2024)	73 Years Old
Zodiac	Cancer
Occupation	Children's Author

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Jack Gantos Age & Birthday

Jack Gantos is best known as Children's Author who has born on July 02, 1951 in Mount Pleasant, PA. Currently, Jack Gantos is 73 years, 4 months and 2 days old. Jack Gantos will celebrate 74th birthday on Wednesday, 2nd of July 2025. Below the countdown to Jack Gantos upcoming birthday.

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Jack Gantos Biography

About

A popular American children's author, he won the 2011 Newbery Medal for his work, Dead End in Norvelt. His most famous characters are a cat named Rotten Ralph and a boy with ADHD named Joey Pigza.

Before Fame

He studied at Emerson College in Boston. He published his first children's book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976.

Trivia

His 2002 memoir, Hole in My Life, was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Family Life

He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Weaver (a banker) and John Gantos (a construction worker).

Associated With

He was influenced by fellow children's author, Roald Dahl.

Top Asked Questions about Jack Gantos

How old is Jack Gantos in 2024?

Jack Gantos is 73 years old today.

When was Jack Gantos born?

Jack Gantos was born on July 02, 1951 in Mount Pleasant, PA.

What is Jack Gantos zodiac sign?

Jack Gantos zodiac sign is Cancer.

What was Jack Gantos best known for?

Jack Gantos was best known as Children's Author.

Fun Facts about Jack Gantos's Birthday

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

Jack Gantos was born on Monday, 183^rd day / 27^th week of 1951
Jack Gantos has Cancer zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Jack Gantos birthday is II.VII.MCMLI
Jack Gantos's birthstone is Ruby
Jack Gantos's birth flower is Water Lily that symbolize joyful, fickleness, sweet & magic
Jack Gantos age in year is 73 years old
Jack Gantos age in month is 880 months old
Jack Gantos age in day is 26789 days old
Jack Gantos age in hour is 642936 hours old
Jack Gantos age in minute is 38576160 minutes old
Jack Gantos age in second is 2314569600 seconds old
Next Jack Gantos birthday is on Wednesday, July 2nd 2025
Jack Gantos age in next birthday (2025) is 74 years old
Learn more interesting facts about July 02, 1951 birthday

Historical Events on Jack Gantos Birthday (July 02)

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

Year	Event
1976	End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1986	Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
1986	Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present-day Komi Republic, Russia, killing 54 people.
1988	Marcel Lefebvre and the four bishops he consecrated were excommunicated by the Holy See.
1990	In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca.
1994	USAir Flight 1016 crashes near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, killing 37 of the 57 people on board.
1997	The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
2000	Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
2001	The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
2002	Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
2005	The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
2008	Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
2010	The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.
2013	The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
2013	A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.
1988	The birth of Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer
1989	The birth of Nadezhda Grishaeva, Russian basketball player
1989	The birth of Alex Morgan, American soccer player
1990	The birth of Kayla Harrison, American judoka
1990	The birth of Merritt Mathias, American soccer player
1990	The birth of Morag McLellan, Scottish field hockey player
1990	The birth of Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer
1990	The birth of Danny Rose, English footballer
1990	The birth of Bill Tupou, New Zealand rugby league player
1992	The birth of Madison Chock, American ice dancer
1993	The birth of Vince Staples, American rapper and actor
1993	The birth of Diamonté Harper, American rapper
1994	The birth of Henrik Kristoffersen, Norwegian skier
1995	The birth of Ryan Murphy, American swimmer
1996	The birth of Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player
2014	The death of Louis Zamperini, American runner and World War II US Army Air Forces captain (b. 1917)
2015	The death of Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and judge, 10th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1920)
2015	The death of Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2015	The death of Jim Weaver, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
2015	The death of Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (b. 1928)
2016	The death of Caroline Aherne, English actress and comedian (b. 1963)
2016	The death of Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2016	The death of Patrick Manning, 4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1946)
2016	The death of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, activist, and author (b. 1928)
2017	The death of Vladislav Rastorotsky, a Russian (and former Soviet) artistic gymnastics coach, (b. 1933)
2017	The death of Smith Hart, American-born Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1948)
2018	The death of Alan Longmuir, Scottish musician (b. 1948)
2019	The death of Lee Iacocca, American automotive executive (b.1924)
2020	The death of Ángela Jeria, Chilean archaeologist (b. 1926)
2020	The death of Byron Bernstein, American Twitch streamer (b. 1989)

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