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

Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

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

John Betjeman Facts

Full Name	John Betjeman
Birthdate	August 28, 1906
Birth Place	England
Age (in 2024)	118 Years Old
Zodiac	Virgo
Occupation	Poet

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John Betjeman Age & Birthday

John Betjeman is best known as Poet who has born on August 28, 1906 in England. Currently, John Betjeman is 118 years, 3 months and 18 days old. John Betjeman will celebrate 119th birthday on Thursday, 28th of August 2025. Below the countdown to John Betjeman upcoming birthday.

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John Betjeman Biography

About

Twentieth-century British poet and journalist whose works include Summoned By Bells and New Bats In Old Belfries. He was also a founder of the Victorian Society.

Before Fame

His family owned a business that produced Victorian-style furniture and household decorations.

Trivia

He became the Poet Laureate of England in 1972, following the 1966 publication of High and Low, his eighth collection of poetry.

Family Life

He married Penelope Chetwode, with whom he subsequently had two children.

Associated With

He resented his Oxford University tutor, C.S. Lewis, for not believing in his capacity for academic success; indeed, Betjeman failed his courses and dropped out of college.

Top Asked Questions about John Betjeman

How old is John Betjeman in 2024?

John Betjeman is 118 years old today.

When was John Betjeman born?

John Betjeman was born on August 28, 1906 in England.

What is John Betjeman zodiac sign?

John Betjeman zodiac sign is Virgo.

What was John Betjeman best known for?

John Betjeman was best known as Poet.

Fun Facts about John Betjeman's Birthday

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

John Betjeman was born on Tuesday, 240^th day / 35^th week of 1906
John Betjeman has Virgo zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of John Betjeman birthday is XXVIII.VIII.MCMVI
John Betjeman's birthstone is Peridot
John Betjeman's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
John Betjeman age in year is 118 years old
John Betjeman age in month is 1419 months old
John Betjeman age in day is 43209 days old
John Betjeman age in hour is 1037016 hours old
John Betjeman age in minute is 62220960 minutes old
John Betjeman age in second is 3733257600 seconds old
Next John Betjeman birthday is on Thursday, August 28th 2025
John Betjeman age in next birthday (2025) is 119 years old

Historical Events on John Betjeman Birthday (August 28)

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

Year	Event
1968	Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
1973	Norrmalmstorg robbery: Stockholm police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, defusing the Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term Stockholm syndrome.
1988	Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990	Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990	An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
1993	NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
1993	Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.
1993	The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina was transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
1996	Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention.
1998	Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
1998	Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
1999	The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.
2003	In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.
2016	The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
2017	China-India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two month-long stalemate over China’s construction of a road in disputed territory.
1989	The birth of César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer
1989	The birth of Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver
1989	The birth of Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer
1990	The birth of Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
1991	The birth of Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer
1991	The birth of Andreja Pejić, Bosnian model
1992	The birth of Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
1992	The birth of Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player
1992	The birth of Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model
1993	The birth of Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
1994	The birth of Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player
1994	The birth of Ons Jabeur, Tunisian tennis player
1998	The birth of Weston McKennie, American soccer player
2001	The birth of Kamilla Rakhimova, Russian tennis player
2003	The birth of Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
2013	The death of Lorella Cedroni, Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)
2013	The death of Edmund B. Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
2013	The death of Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
2013	The death of Barry Stobart, English footballer (b. 1938)
2013	The death of Rafael Díaz Ycaza, Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (b. 1947)
2014	The death of Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
2014	The death of John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
2015	The death of Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
2015	The death of Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
2015	The death of Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (b. 1937)
2016	The death of Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
2016	The death of Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
2017	The death of Mireille Darc, French actress and model (b. 1938)
2020	The death of Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (b. 1976)

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