Updated at December 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Luis Buñuel |
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Birthdate | February 22, 1900 |
Birth Place | Spain |
Age (in 2024) | 124 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Director |
Luis Buñuel is best known as Director who has born on February 22, 1900 in Spain. Currently, Luis Buñuel is 124 years, 9 months and 9 days old. Luis Buñuel will celebrate 125th birthday on Saturday, 22nd of February 2025. Below the countdown to Luis Buñuel upcoming birthday.
Spanish-born surrealist filmmaker who first gained attention for directing the silent short film Un Chien Andalou in 1929. His most well known features include Los Olvidados (1950), The Exterminating Angel (1962), Simon of the Desert (1965) and That Obscure Object of Desire (1977).
He switched his major twice while in college, finally landing on psychology.
He was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards for three of his films. His films won various other awards, including the Palm d'Or for 1961's Viridiana and the Golden Lion for 1967's Belle de jour.
He married Jeanne Bunuel in 1925 and became a Mexican citizen in 1948 after being exiled from Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
He co-wrote the script for Un Chien Andalou with Spanish painter and artist Salvador Dali.
Luis Buñuel is 124 years old today.
Luis Buñuel was born on February 22, 1900 in Spain.
Luis Buñuel zodiac sign is Pisces.
Luis Buñuel was best known as Director.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Luis Buñuel's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Luis Buñuel's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1983 | The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. |
1986 | Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. |
1994 | Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. |
1995 | The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. |
1997 | In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned. |
2002 | Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. |
2005 | The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman Province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured. |
2006 | At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samara, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war. |
2006 | At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. |
2011 | New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people. |
2011 | Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests. |
2012 | A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others. |
2014 | President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328-0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion. |
2015 | A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people. |
2018 | A man throws a grenade at the U.S embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt. |
1979 | The birth of Brett Emerton, Australian footballer |
1979 | The birth of Lee Na-young, South Korean actress |
1980 | The birth of Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress |
1983 | The birth of Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer |
1984 | The birth of Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player |
1984 | The birth of Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer |
1985 | The birth of Hameur Bouazza, Algerian international footballer |
1985 | The birth of Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player |
1986 | The birth of Rajon Rondo, American basketball player |
1987 | The birth of Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model |
1987 | The birth of Sergio Romero, Argentinian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter |
1989 | The birth of Franco Vázquez, Argentinian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Khalil Mack, American football player |
1994 | The birth of Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor |
2012 | The death of Marie Colvin, American journalist (b. 1956) |
2012 | The death of Rémi Ochlik, French photographer and journalist (b. 1983) |
2013 | The death of Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (b. 1938) |
2013 | The death of Jean-Louis Michon, French-Swiss scholar and translator (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand-Australian television host (b. 1966) |
2014 | The death of Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1946) |
2016 | The death of Yolande Fox, American model and singer, Miss America 1951 (b. 1928) |
2016 | The death of Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928) |
2018 | The death of Forges, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1942) |
2019 | The death of Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (b. 1970) |
2019 | The death of Morgan Woodward, American actor (b. 1925) |
2021 | The death of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, painter (b. 1919) |
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