John Irwin Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at May 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
John Irwin Facts
| Full Name | John Irwin |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | April 24, 1940 |
| Birth Place | Texas |
| Age (in 2024) | 84 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Taurus |
| Occupation | Poet |
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John Irwin Age & Birthday
John Irwin is best known as Poet who has born on April 24, 1940 in Texas. Currently, John Irwin is 84 years, 0 months and 9 days old. John Irwin will celebrate 85th birthday on Thursday, 24th of April 2025. Below the countdown to John Irwin upcoming birthday.
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About
Poet, professor, and literary critic. He published a 1976 poetry collection entitled The Heisenberg Variations and taught at Johns Hopkins University.
Before Fame
After graduating from the University of St. Thomas, he earned his English doctorate from Rice University.
Trivia
He received the prestigious Christian Gauss Prize for a 1994 critical work entitled Mystery to a Solution: Poe, Borges, and the Analytical Detective Story.
Family Life
He grew up in Houston, Texas and later settled in Baltimore, Maryland.
Associated With
His first published work of literary criticism, Doubling and Incest/Repetition and Revenge: A Speculative Reading of Faulkner, dealt with the novels of southern author William Faulkner.
Top Asked Questions about John Irwin
How old is John Irwin in 2024?
John Irwin is 84 years old today.
When was John Irwin born?
John Irwin was born on April 24, 1940 in Texas.
What is John Irwin zodiac sign?
John Irwin zodiac sign is Taurus.
What was John Irwin best known for?
John Irwin was best known as Poet.
Fun Facts about John Irwin's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about John Irwin's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- John Irwin was born on Wednesday, 115th day / 17th week of 1940
- John Irwin has Taurus zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of John Irwin birthday is XXIV.IV.MCMXL
- John Irwin's birthstone is Diamond
- John Irwin's birth flower is Sweet pea that symbolize egard, youth & purity
- John Irwin age in year is 84 years old
- John Irwin age in month is 1008 months old
- John Irwin age in day is 30690 days old
- John Irwin age in hour is 736560 hours old
- John Irwin age in minute is 44193600 minutes old
- John Irwin age in second is 2651616000 seconds old
- Next John Irwin birthday is on Thursday, April 24th 2025
- John Irwin age in next birthday (2025) is 85 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about April 24, 1940 birthday
Historical Events on John Irwin Birthday (April 24)
Below are historical events that coincided with John Irwin's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1965 | Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch. |
| 1967 | Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. |
| 1967 | Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily". |
| 1970 | China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster. |
| 1970 | The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. |
| 1980 | Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis. |
| 1990 | STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. |
| 1990 | Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine. |
| 1993 | An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. |
| 1996 | In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law. |
| 2004 | The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction. |
| 2005 | Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI. |
| 2011 | WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak. |
| 2013 | A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others. |
| 2013 | Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people. |
| 1990 | The birth of Jan Veselý, Czech basketball player |
| 1991 | The birth of Sigrid Agren, French-Swedish model |
| 1991 | The birth of Morgan Ciprès, French figure skater |
| 1991 | The birth of Batuhan Karadeniz, Turkish footballer |
| 1992 | The birth of Joe Keery, American actor |
| 1992 | The birth of Laura Kenny, English cyclist |
| 1993 | The birth of Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer |
| 1994 | The birth of Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor |
| 1994 | The birth of Caspar Lee, British-South African Youtuber |
| 1996 | The birth of Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player |
| 1997 | The birth of Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer |
| 1997 | The birth of Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player |
| 1998 | The birth of Ryan Newman, American actress |
| 1999 | The birth of Jerry Jeudy, American football player |
| 2002 | The birth of Olivia Gadecki, Australian tennis player |
| 2004 | The death of Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906) |
| 2005 | The death of Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924) |
| 2005 | The death of Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (b. 1910) |
| 2006 | The death of Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940) |
| 2006 | The death of Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (b. 1914) |
| 2008 | The death of Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921) |
| 2011 | The death of Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | The death of Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934) |
| 2014 | The death of Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948) |
| 2014 | The death of Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968) |
| 2014 | The death of Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921) |
| 2015 | The death of Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1922) |
| 2016 | The death of Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (b. 1930) |
| 2017 | The death of Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (b. 1928) |
| 2022 | The death of Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (b. 1950) |
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