Kenny Drew Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Kenny Drew Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Kenny Drew Facts

Full Name	Kenny Drew
Birthdate	August 28, 1928
Birth Place	New York
Age (in 2024)	96 Years Old
Zodiac	Virgo
Occupation	Pianist

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Kenny Drew Age & Birthday

Kenny Drew is best known as Pianist who has born on August 28, 1928 in New York. Currently, Kenny Drew is 96 years, 2 months and 27 days old. Kenny Drew will celebrate 97th birthday on Thursday, 28th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Kenny Drew upcoming birthday.

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Kenny Drew Biography

About

Jazz artist who relocated to Paris in 1961 and acquired a widespread European fan base as a result, especially in the Copenhagen jazz scene.

Before Fame

He first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1950, which led to collaborations with Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, and Lester Young, to name a few.

Trivia

He and jazz tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon composed and performed the score for Ole Ege's 1971 hardcore adult film Pornografi - en musical, which they also appeared in.

Family Life

He fathered future jazz pianist Kenny Drew Jr.

Associated With

He played on John Coltrane's album Blue Train from 1957.

Top Asked Questions about Kenny Drew

How old is Kenny Drew in 2024?

Kenny Drew is 96 years old today.

When was Kenny Drew born?

Kenny Drew was born on August 28, 1928 in New York.

What is Kenny Drew zodiac sign?

Kenny Drew zodiac sign is Virgo.

What was Kenny Drew best known for?

Kenny Drew was best known as Pianist.

Fun Facts about Kenny Drew's Birthday

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

Kenny Drew was born on Tuesday, 241^st day / 35^th week of 1928
Kenny Drew has Virgo zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Kenny Drew birthday is XXVIII.VIII.MCMXXVIII
Kenny Drew's birthstone is Peridot
Kenny Drew's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
Kenny Drew age in year is 96 years old
Kenny Drew age in month is 1154 months old
Kenny Drew age in day is 35152 days old
Kenny Drew age in hour is 843648 hours old
Kenny Drew age in minute is 50618880 minutes old
Kenny Drew age in second is 3037132800 seconds old
Next Kenny Drew birthday is on Thursday, August 28th 2025
Kenny Drew age in next birthday (2025) is 97 years old
Learn more interesting facts about August 28, 1928 birthday

Historical Events on Kenny Drew Birthday (August 28)

Below are historical events that coincided with Kenny Drew'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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