Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Jhumpa Lahiri |
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Birthdate | July 11, 1967 |
Birth Place | London, England |
Age (in 2024) | 57 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Novelist |
Jhumpa Lahiri is best known as Novelist who has born on July 11, 1967 in London, England. Currently, Jhumpa Lahiri is 57 years, 5 months and 3 days old. Jhumpa Lahiri will celebrate 58th birthday on Friday, 11th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Jhumpa Lahiri upcoming birthday.
Fiction author who was awarded the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for her debut collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies. Her first novel, The Namesake, was adapted into a highly successful 2007 film starring Kal Penn and Irrfan Khan.
She earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Boston University. Early in her literary career, she was a recipient of the prestigious O. Henry Award.
Her second short story collection, Unaccustomed Earth, reached the coveted #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list.
She was born in London to Indian immigrant parents; but spent her childhood in the United States. She married Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush in 2001; they share a daughter named Noor and a son named Octavio.
She was appointed to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities by Barack Obama.
Jhumpa Lahiri is 57 years old today.
Jhumpa Lahiri was born on July 11, 1967 in London, England.
Jhumpa Lahiri zodiac sign is Cancer.
Jhumpa Lahiri was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Jhumpa Lahiri's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1977 | Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
1978 | Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. |
1979 | America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. |
1982 | The Italy National Football Team defeats West Germany at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to capture the 1982 FIFA World Cup. |
1983 | A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board. |
1990 | Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins. |
1991 | Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board. |
1995 | Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July. |
2006 | Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India. |
2010 | The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others. |
2010 | Spain defeat the Netherlands to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg. |
2011 | Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus. |
2015 | Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape. |
2021 | Richard Branson becomes the first civilian to be launched into space via his Virgin Galactic spacecraft. |
2021 | Italy defeats England in the UEFA Euro 2020 Final to win their second European title. |
1990 | The birth of Mona Barthel, German tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Connor Paolo, American actor |
1990 | The birth of Adam Jezierski, Polish-Spanish actor and singer |
1990 | The birth of Patrick Peterson, American football player |
1990 | The birth of Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Rebecca Bross, American gymnast |
1993 | The birth of Heini Salonen, Finnish tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Bartłomiej Kalinkowski, Polish footballer |
1994 | The birth of Anthony Milford, Australian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1994 | The birth of Lucas Ocampos, Argentinian footballer |
1995 | The birth of Joey Bosa, American football player |
1995 | The birth of Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer |
1996 | The birth of Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter |
2002 | The birth of Amad Diallo, Ivorian footballer |
2013 | The death of Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936) |
2013 | The death of Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (b. 1918) |
2014 | The death of Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Bill McGill, American basketball player (b. 1939) |
2014 | The death of Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (b. 1949) |
2014 | The death of John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (b. 1927) |
2014 | The death of Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (b. 1958) |
2015 | The death of Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (b. 1959) |
2015 | The death of André Leysen, Belgian businessman (b. 1927) |
2017 | The death of Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (b.1949) |
2020 | The death of Frank Bolling, American baseball second baseman (b. 1931) |
2021 | The death of Charlie Robinson, American actor (b. 1945) |
2021 | The death of Renée Simonot, French actress (b. 1911) |
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