John Howard Griffin Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

John Howard Griffin Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

John Howard Griffin Facts

Full Name	John Howard Griffin
Birthdate	June 16, 1920
Birth Place	Texas
Age (in 2024)	104 Years Old
Zodiac	Gemini
Occupation	Memoirist

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John Howard Griffin Age & Birthday

John Howard Griffin is best known as Memoirist who has born on June 16, 1920 in Texas. Currently, John Howard Griffin is 104 years, 5 months and 1 days old. John Howard Griffin will celebrate 105th birthday on Monday, 16th of June 2025. Below the countdown to John Howard Griffin upcoming birthday.

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John Howard Griffin Biography

About

Texas-born author and journalist of racial justice-themed works. He is best remembered for Black Like Me, a 1960 memoir of his year of posing as an African American man in the American South.

Before Fame

After studying French at the University of Poitiers and medicine at the French Ecole de Medecine, he served in the Pacific theater of World War II as a member of the United States Army Air Corps.

Trivia

His early literary works, published in the 1950s, include The Devil Rides Outside, Land of the High Sky, and Nuni.

Family Life

He was raised in Dallas, Texas by John Griffin and pianist Lena Griffin. His marriage to Elizabeth Ann Holland produced four children and lasted from 1953 until his death in 1980.

Associated With

Actor James Whitmore starred in the 1964 film version of Griffin's memoir, Black Like Me.

Top Asked Questions about John Howard Griffin

How old is John Howard Griffin in 2024?

John Howard Griffin is 104 years old today.

When was John Howard Griffin born?

John Howard Griffin was born on June 16, 1920 in Texas.

What is John Howard Griffin zodiac sign?

John Howard Griffin zodiac sign is Gemini.

What was John Howard Griffin best known for?

John Howard Griffin was best known as Memoirist.

Fun Facts about John Howard Griffin's Birthday

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

John Howard Griffin was born on Wednesday, 168^th day / 25^th week of 1920
John Howard Griffin has Gemini zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of John Howard Griffin birthday is XVI.VI.MCMXX
John Howard Griffin's birthstone is Pearl
John Howard Griffin's birth flower is Rose that symbolize love, gratitude & appreciation
John Howard Griffin age in year is 104 years old
John Howard Griffin age in month is 1253 months old
John Howard Griffin age in day is 38140 days old
John Howard Griffin age in hour is 915360 hours old
John Howard Griffin age in minute is 54921600 minutes old
John Howard Griffin age in second is 3295296000 seconds old
Next John Howard Griffin birthday is on Monday, June 16th 2025
John Howard Griffin age in next birthday (2025) is 105 years old

Historical Events on John Howard Griffin Birthday (June 16)

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

Year	Event
1972	The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
1976	Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
1977	Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
1981	US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
1989	Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
1997	Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
2000	The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
2002	Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
2010	Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
2012	China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
2012	The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
2013	A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
2015	American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.
2016	Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
2019	Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
1991	The birth of Siya Kolisi, South African rugby player
1991	The birth of Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player
1992	The birth of Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer
1993	The birth of Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor
1993	The birth of Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer
1994	The birth of Grete-Lilijane Küppas, Estonian footballer
1994	The birth of Rezar, Albanian professional wrestler
1995	The birth of Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player
1995	The birth of Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player
1995	The birth of Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer
1995	The birth of Ki Hui-hyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
1998	The birth of Karman Thandi, Indian tennis player
2000	The birth of Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player
2002	The birth of Sam Walker, English-Australian rugby league player
2003	The birth of Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress
2012	The death of Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1944)
2012	The death of Sławomir Petelicki, Polish general (b. 1946)
2012	The death of Susan Tyrrell, American actress (b. 1945)
2013	The death of Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (b. 1924)
2013	The death of Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919)
2013	The death of Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (b. 1950)
2013	The death of Norman Ian MacKenzie, English journalist and author (b. 1921)
2013	The death of Ottmar Walter, German footballer (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)
2014	The death of Cándido Muatetema Rivas (b. 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
2015	The death of Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (b. 1930)
2015	The death of Jean Vautrin, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1933)
2016	The death of Jo Cox, English political activist and MP (b. 1974)
2017	The death of Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1930)
2020	The death of Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1935)

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