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

Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

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

John Harbison Facts

Full Name	John Harbison
Birthdate	December 20, 1938
Birth Place	New Jersey
Age (in 2024)	85 Years Old
Zodiac	Sagittarius
Occupation	Composer

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John Harbison Age & Birthday

John Harbison is best known as Composer who has born on December 20, 1938 in New Jersey. Currently, John Harbison is 85 years, 11 months and 25 days old. John Harbison will celebrate 86th birthday on Friday, 20th of December 2024. Below the countdown to John Harbison upcoming birthday.

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John Harbison Biography

About

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer known for his symphonies, operas, and large choral works. He worked with Peter Maxwell Davies in 1991 as Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival.

Before Fame

He won the BMI Foundation's Student Composer Award for composition at the age of 16. He wrote a piece for the Papal Concert of Reconciliation and debuted "Abraham" in 2004 with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Trivia

He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for "The Flight into Egypt" in 1987.

Family Life

His father was the famed historian Elmore Harris Harbison. His sisters Helen and Margaret both became musicians as well. He married violinist Rose Mary Harbison.

Associated With

His 1999 opera "The Great Gatsby" was based off the book of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Top Asked Questions about John Harbison

How old is John Harbison in 2024?

John Harbison is 85 years old today.

When was John Harbison born?

John Harbison was born on December 20, 1938 in New Jersey.

What is John Harbison zodiac sign?

John Harbison zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

What was John Harbison best known for?

John Harbison was best known as Composer.

Fun Facts about John Harbison's Birthday

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

John Harbison was born on Tuesday, 354^th day / 51^st week of 1938
John Harbison has Sagittarius zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of John Harbison birthday is XX.XII.MCMXXXVIII
John Harbison's birthstone is Turquoise
John Harbison's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
John Harbison age in year is 85 years old
John Harbison age in month is 1031 months old
John Harbison age in day is 31406 days old
John Harbison age in hour is 753744 hours old
John Harbison age in minute is 45224640 minutes old
John Harbison age in second is 2713478400 seconds old
Next John Harbison birthday is on Saturday, December 20th 2025
John Harbison age in next birthday (2025) is 86 years old
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Historical Events on John Harbison Birthday (December 20)

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

Year	Event
1967	A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 249 kilometres per hour (155 mph) on their New York Division, also present-day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
1973	Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco: A car bomb planted by ETA in Madrid kills three people, including the Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco.
1984	The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
1984	Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews from Greeley, Colorado. Her remains were discovered on July 23, 2019, located about 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Jonelle's home. The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head."
1985	Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
1987	In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
1989	The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.
1991	A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
1995	NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
1995	American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.
1999	Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
2004	A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
2007	Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.
2007	The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later.
2019	The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
1982	The birth of Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
1982	The birth of David Wright, American baseball player
1983	The birth of Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1987	The birth of Malcolm Jenkins, American football player
1990	The birth of JoJo, American singer and actress
1991	The birth of Rachael Boyle, Scottish footballer
1991	The birth of Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
1991	The birth of Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer
1991	The birth of Jorginho, Brazilian footballer
1992	The birth of Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
1993	The birth of Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
1997	The birth of De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player
1997	The birth of Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
1998	The birth of Kylian Mbappé, French footballer
2001	The birth of Facundo Pellistri, Uruguayan footballer
2008	The death of Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (b. 1912)
2009	The death of Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (b. 1977)
2009	The death of Arnold Stang, American actor (b. 1918)
2010	The death of James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
2010	The death of K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)
2011	The death of Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2012	The death of Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2012	The death of Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929)
2012	The death of Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1919)
2013	The death of Pyotr Bolotnikov, Russian runner (b. 1930)
2014	The death of Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (b. 1929)
2014	The death of John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (b. 1915)
2020	The death of Fanny Waterman, British pianist (b. 1920)
2020	The death of Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (b. 1930)
2022	The death of Franco Harris, American football player (b. 1950)

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