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

Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

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

John Cheever Facts

Full Name	John Cheever
Birthdate	May 27, 1912
Birth Place	Massachusetts
Age (in 2024)	112 Years Old
Zodiac	Gemini
Occupation	Novelist

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John Cheever Age & Birthday

John Cheever is best known as Novelist who has born on May 27, 1912 in Massachusetts. Currently, John Cheever is 112 years, 6 months and 18 days old. John Cheever will celebrate 113th birthday on Tuesday, 27th of May 2025. Below the countdown to John Cheever upcoming birthday.

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John Cheever Biography

About

An American novelist and short fiction writer, he is best known for such short stories as "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, My Brother," and "The Five-Forty-Eight." His novels include Bullet Park (1969), Falconer (1977), and the National Book Award-winning work, The Wapshot Chronicle (1957).

Before Fame

He attended both Quincy High School and Thayer Academy in Massachusetts. During his teenage years, he won a Boston Herald-sponsored short story competition.

Trivia

He was was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. His short story collection, The Stories of John Cheever, received both the 1981 National Book Award and the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Family Life

He was the son of a wealthy Massachusetts shoe salesman. He married Mary Winternitz in 1941.

Associated With

He was close friends with writer Raymond Carver.

Top Asked Questions about John Cheever

How old is John Cheever in 2024?

John Cheever is 112 years old today.

When was John Cheever born?

John Cheever was born on May 27, 1912 in Massachusetts.

What is John Cheever zodiac sign?

John Cheever zodiac sign is Gemini.

What was John Cheever best known for?

John Cheever was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about John Cheever's Birthday

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

John Cheever was born on Monday, 148^th day / 22^nd week of 1912
John Cheever has Gemini zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of John Cheever birthday is XXVII.V.MCMXII
John Cheever's birthstone is Emerald
John Cheever's birth flower is Hawthorn that symbolize happiness, humility & sweetness
John Cheever age in year is 112 years old
John Cheever age in month is 1350 months old
John Cheever age in day is 41109 days old
John Cheever age in hour is 986616 hours old
John Cheever age in minute is 59196960 minutes old
John Cheever age in second is 3551817600 seconds old
Next John Cheever birthday is on Tuesday, May 27th 2025
John Cheever age in next birthday (2025) is 113 years old

Historical Events on John Cheever Birthday (May 27)

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

Year	Event
1971	The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
1977	A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67.
1971	Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
1975	Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 - the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
1980	The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
1984	The Danube-Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
1988	Somaliland War of Independence: Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then second and third largest cities of Somalia.
1996	First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
1997	The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
1998	Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
2001	Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
2006	The 6.4 Mw  Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
2016	Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
2017	Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
2018	Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.
1988	The birth of Irina Davydova, Russian hurdler
1988	The birth of Garrett Richards, American baseball pitcher
1988	The birth of Tyler Sash, American football player (d. 2015)
1989	The birth of Igor Morozov, Estonian footballer
1989	The birth of Peakboy, South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter
1990	The birth of Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner
1990	The birth of Chris Colfer, American actor and singer
1990	The birth of Marcus Kruger, Swedish ice hockey player
1991	The birth of Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer
1991	The birth of Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player
1991	The birth of Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player
1991	The birth of Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer
1992	The birth of Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter
1992	The birth of Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer
1997	The birth of Anna Bondar, Hungarian tennis player
2013	The death of Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (b. 1917)
2013	The death of Bill Pertwee, English actor (b. 1926)
2013	The death of Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1931)
2014	The death of Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)
2014	The death of Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2014	The death of Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
2014	The death of Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)
2015	The death of Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1929)
2015	The death of Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (b. 1928)
2015	The death of Andy King, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2015	The death of Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)
2017	The death of Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
2018	The death of Gardner Dozois, American science fiction author and editor (b. 1947)
2020	The death of Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935)
2021	The death of Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1929)

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