John Adams Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

John Adams Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

John Adams Facts

Full Name	John Adams
Birthdate	February 15, 1947
Birth Place	Braintree, MA
Age (in 2024)	77 Years Old
Zodiac	Aquarius
Occupation	Composer

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John Adams Age & Birthday

John Adams is best known as Composer who has born on February 15, 1947 in Braintree, MA. Currently, John Adams is 77 years, 9 months and 25 days old. John Adams will celebrate 78th birthday on Saturday, 15th of February 2025. Below the countdown to John Adams upcoming birthday.

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John Adams Biography

About

Perhaps most famous for his September 11-themed, Pulitzer Prize-winning choral piece On the Transmigration of Souls (2002), Adams is also known for a number of other minimalist musical compositions, including the orchestral piece Short Ride in a Fast Machine and the string septet work Shaker Loops.

Before Fame

He composed his first musical works when he was just ten years old and later earned bachelor's and master's degrees in musical composition from Harvard University. During his time at Harvard, he pursued side work as a Bach Society Orchestra conductor and a Boston Symphony Orchestra clarinetist.

Trivia

His controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer is based on the 1985 murder of Leon Klinghoffer during a Palestine Liberation Front-organized airplane hijack operation.

Family Life

A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, he attended high school in Concord, New Hampshire. During his early years, he took clarinet lessons with his musician father.

Associated With

He composed a 1987 opera based on President Richard Nixon's early 1970s visit to China.

Top Asked Questions about John Adams

How old is John Adams in 2024?

John Adams is 77 years old today.

When was John Adams born?

John Adams was born on February 15, 1947 in Braintree, MA.

What is John Adams zodiac sign?

John Adams zodiac sign is Aquarius.

What was John Adams best known for?

John Adams was best known as Composer.

Fun Facts about John Adams's Birthday

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

John Adams was born on Saturday, 46^th day / 07^th week of 1947
John Adams has Aquarius zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of John Adams birthday is XV.II.MCMXLVII
John Adams's birthstone is Amethyst
John Adams's birth flower is Primrose that symbolize modesty, distinction & virtue
John Adams age in year is 77 years old
John Adams age in month is 933 months old
John Adams age in day is 28425 days old
John Adams age in hour is 682200 hours old
John Adams age in minute is 40932000 minutes old
John Adams age in second is 2455920000 seconds old
Next John Adams birthday is on Saturday, February 15th 2025
John Adams age in next birthday (2025) is 78 years old
Learn more interesting facts about February 15, 1947 birthday

Historical Events on John Adams Birthday (February 15)

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

Year	Event
1972	Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
1972	José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
1982	The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers.
1989	Soviet-Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
1991	The Visegrád Group, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
1992	Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to 15 terms of life in prison.
1992	Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes in Swanton, Ohio, near Toledo Express Airport, killing all four people on board.
1996	At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people.
1996	The Embassy of the United States, Athens, is attacked by an antitank rocket, launched by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November.
2001	The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
2003	Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million and 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
2010	Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
2012	Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
2013	A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
2021	Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo River near the village of Longola Ekoti, Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1986	The birth of Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
1986	The birth of Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player
1986	The birth of Amber Riley, American actress and singer
1986	The birth of Laura Sallés, Andorran judoka
1987	The birth of Jarrod Sammut, Australian rugby league player
1988	The birth of Tim Mannah, Australian-born Lebanese rugby league player
1988	The birth of Rui Patrício, Portuguese footballer
1988	The birth of Papu Gómez, Argentine footballer
1991	The birth of Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer
1993	The birth of Ravi, South Korean rapper
1994	The birth of Sodapoppin, American Twitch streamer and Internet personality
1995	The birth of Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper
1997	The birth of Derrick Jones Jr., American basketball player
1998	The birth of George Russell, English racing driver
2001	The birth of Brad Schneider, Australian rugby league player
2010	The death of Jeanne M. Holm, American general (b. 1921)
2012	The death of Cyril Domb, English-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1920)
2013	The death of Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (b. 1935)
2013	The death of Ahmed Rajib Haider, Bangladeshi atheist blogger
2014	The death of Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)
2015	The death of Haron Amin, Afghan diplomat, Afghan Ambassador to Japan (b. 1969)
2015	The death of Arnaud de Borchgrave, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
2015	The death of Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
2016	The death of George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (b. 1917)
2016	The death of Vanity, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (b. 1959)
2017	The death of Stuart McLean, Canadian radio broadcaster (b. 1948)
2019	The death of Lee Radziwill, American socialite (b. 1933)
2020	The death of Caroline Flack, English actress and TV presenter (b. 1979)
2022	The death of Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer, composer and record producer (b. 1952)

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