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Martin Amis Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at April 16, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Martin Amis Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Martin Amis Facts

Full NameMartin Amis
BirthdateAugust 25, 1949
Birth PlaceWales
Age (in 2024)74 Years Old
ZodiacVirgo
OccupationNovelist

Martin Amis Age & Birthday

Martin Amis is best known as Novelist who has born on August 25, 1949 in Wales. Currently, Martin Amis is 74 years, 7 months and 22 days old. Martin Amis will celebrate 75th birthday on Sunday, 25th of August 2024. Below the countdown to Martin Amis upcoming birthday.

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Martin Amis Biography

About

Best known for such acclaimed novels as London Fields, The Information, and Money, he became famous for his grotesquely satirical literary portraits of Western capitalism.

Before Fame

After graduating from Exeter College, Oxford, he worked first for The Times Literary Supplement, and later for The New Statesman.

Trivia

His debut novel, The Rachel Papers, received the prestigious Somerset Maugham Award.

Family Life

In response to the death of his father, fellow writer Kingsley Amis, he published a James Tait Black Memorial Prize-winning memoir, Experience.

Associated With

His work greatly influenced that of younger British fiction writer Zadie Smith.

Top Asked Questions about Martin Amis

How old is Martin Amis in 2024?

Martin Amis is 74 years old today.

When was Martin Amis born?

Martin Amis was born on August 25, 1949 in Wales.

What is Martin Amis zodiac sign?

Martin Amis zodiac sign is Virgo.

What was Martin Amis best known for?

Martin Amis was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Martin Amis's Birthday

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

  • Martin Amis was born on Thursday, 237th day / 34th week of 1949
  • Martin Amis has Virgo zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of Martin Amis birthday is XXV.VIII.MCMXLIX
  • Martin Amis's birthstone is Peridot
  • Martin Amis's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
  • Martin Amis age in year is 74 years old
  • Martin Amis age in month is 895 months old
  • Martin Amis age in day is 27263 days old
  • Martin Amis age in hour is 654312 hours old
  • Martin Amis age in minute is 39258720 minutes old
  • Martin Amis age in second is 2355523200 seconds old
  • Next Martin Amis birthday is on Monday, August 25th 2025
  • Martin Amis age in next birthday (2025) is 75 years old
  • Learn more interesting facts about August 25, 1949 birthday

Historical Events on Martin Amis Birthday (August 25)

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

YearEvent
1985Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.
1989Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.
1989Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after take off from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.
1991Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
1991Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
1997Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
2001American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
2003NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
2005Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
2006Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
2011Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.
2012Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
2017Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Over the next few days, the storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 106 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
2017Conflict in Rakhine State (2016-present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.
1986The birth of Rodney Ferguson, American footballer
1987The birth of Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
1987The birth of Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
1987The birth of Blake Lively, American model and actress
1987The birth of Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987The birth of Justin Upton, American baseball player
1987The birth of Adam Warren, American baseball player
1987The birth of James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
1988The birth of Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
1988The birth of Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
1989The birth of Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
1992The birth of Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
1992The birth of Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
1994The birth of Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
1998The birth of China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
2013The death of Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)
2013The death of Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
2013The death of Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
2014The death of William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)
2014The death of Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)
2014The death of Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)
2014The death of Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (b. 1936)
2014The death of Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)
2015The death of José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
2015The death of Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)
2016The death of Marvin Kaplan, American actor (b. 1927)
2017The death of Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (b. 1971)
2018The death of John McCain, American politician (b. 1936)
2019The death of Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate and engineer (b. 1937)
2022The death of Mable John, American blues vocalist (b. 1930)

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