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

Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

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

Martin Yan Facts

Full Name	Martin Yan
Birthdate	December 22, 1948
Birth Place	China
Age (in 2024)	75 Years Old
Zodiac	Capricorn
Occupation	Chef

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Martin Yan Age & Birthday

Martin Yan is best known as Chef who has born on December 22, 1948 in China. Currently, Martin Yan is 75 years, 10 months and 30 days old. Martin Yan will celebrate 76th birthday on Sunday, 22nd of December 2024. Below the countdown to Martin Yan upcoming birthday.

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Martin Yan Biography

About

Both a chef and food writer who began hosting the acclaimed PBS cooking show Yan Can Cook in 1982. He received an honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts by Johnson & Wales University and has won a Daytime Emmy Award as well as two James Beard Awards for Best TV Food Journalism and Best TV Cooking Show.

Before Fame

He first started cooking when he was 12 years old. He worked at his uncle's Chinese restaurant while attending Munsang College before receiving a diploma from the Overseas Institute of Cookery of Hong Kong, and later a Master of Science degree in food science from University of California, Davis.

Trivia

He has been a guest judge on the shows Iron Chef Vietnam, Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen and Iron Chef America. He has written over a dozen cookbooks.

Family Life

He is a Chinese-born Hong Kong-American man with a wife named Susan, and sons named Colin and Devin. His mother was a restaurateur and his mother was a grocer.

Associated With

He is a celebrity chef on television like Gordon Ramsay.

Top Asked Questions about Martin Yan

How old is Martin Yan in 2024?

Martin Yan is 75 years old today.

When was Martin Yan born?

Martin Yan was born on December 22, 1948 in China.

What is Martin Yan zodiac sign?

Martin Yan zodiac sign is Capricorn.

What was Martin Yan best known for?

Martin Yan was best known as Chef.

Fun Facts about Martin Yan's Birthday

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

Martin Yan was born on Wednesday, 357^th day / 52^nd week of 1948
Martin Yan has Capricorn zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Martin Yan birthday is XXII.XII.MCMXLVIII
Martin Yan's birthstone is Turquoise
Martin Yan's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Martin Yan age in year is 75 years old
Martin Yan age in month is 910 months old
Martin Yan age in day is 27728 days old
Martin Yan age in hour is 665472 hours old
Martin Yan age in minute is 39928320 minutes old
Martin Yan age in second is 2395699200 seconds old
Next Martin Yan birthday is on Monday, December 22nd 2025
Martin Yan age in next birthday (2025) is 76 years old
Learn more interesting facts about December 22, 1948 birthday

Historical Events on Martin Yan Birthday (December 22)

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

Year	Event
1992	During approach to Tripoli International Airport, a Boeing 727 operating as Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 collides in mid-air with a Libyan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, killing 157 people.
1996	Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes near Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.
1997	Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
1997	Somali Civil War: Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
1999	Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.
2001	Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
2001	Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
2008	An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry.
2010	The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
2012	Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
2016	A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
2017	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.
2017	President Donald Trump signs the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
2018	A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more.
2018	The 2018-2019 United States federal government shutdown, the longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins.
1986	The birth of Fatih Öztürk, Turkish footballer
1987	The birth of Éder, Bissau-Portuguese footballer
1988	The birth of Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player
1989	The birth of Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
1990	The birth of Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
1991	The birth of DaBaby, American rapper
1992	The birth of Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
1992	The birth of Moonbyul, Korean rapper, vocalist and songwriter
1993	The birth of Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer
1993	The birth of Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer
1994	The birth of Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer
1998	The birth of G Hannelius, American actress and singer
1998	The birth of Casper Ruud, Norwegian tennis player
2000	The birth of Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer
2001	The birth of Camila Osorio, Colombian tennis player
2013	The death of Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
2013	The death of Hans Hækkerup, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2013	The death of Oscar Peer, Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)
2014	The death of John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (b. 1963)
2014	The death of Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
2014	The death of Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2015	The death of Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
2015	The death of Freda Meissner-Blau, Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)
2016	The death of Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)
2017	The death of Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, Costa Rican painter (b. 1945)
2018	The death of Paddy Ashdown, British politician (b. 1941)
2018	The death of Simcha Rotem, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (b. 1924)
2018	The death of Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (b. 1982); casualty during 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
2019	The death of Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher and author (b. 1931)

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