Michael Wood Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Michael Wood Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Michael Wood Facts

Full Name	Michael Wood
Birthdate	July 23, 1948
Birth Place	England
Age (in 2024)	76 Years Old
Zodiac	Leo
Occupation	TV Show Host

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Michael Wood Age & Birthday

Michael Wood is best known as TV Show Host who has born on July 23, 1948 in England. Currently, Michael Wood is 76 years, 4 months and 22 days old. Michael Wood will celebrate 77th birthday on Wednesday, 23rd of July 2025. Below the countdown to Michael Wood upcoming birthday.

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Michael Wood Biography

About

Known best for hosting such historically-themed television programs as In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great and Great Railway Journeys, this British historian also published a number of historical works, including The Story of England and In Search of the Dark Ages.

Before Fame

After earning his bachelor's degree from Oriel College, Oxford, he began his graduate study of history, but suspended his academic pursuits to work as a journalist for the ITV and BBC networks.

Trivia

His historical television programs aired in the United States (on PBS) as well as in Great Britain; among American viewers, he is best known for his 1992 Legacy series.

Family Life

After ending his relationship with English broadcast journalist Pattie Coldwell, he married TV producer Rebecca Ysabel Dobbs. He and Dobbs later welcomed daughters named Jyoti and Minakshi.

Associated With

He taught history at the University of Manchester, where another English writer, Simone Bienne, earned a degree in the subject.

Top Asked Questions about Michael Wood

How old is Michael Wood in 2024?

Michael Wood is 76 years old today.

When was Michael Wood born?

Michael Wood was born on July 23, 1948 in England.

What is Michael Wood zodiac sign?

Michael Wood zodiac sign is Leo.

What was Michael Wood best known for?

Michael Wood was best known as TV Show Host.

Fun Facts about Michael Wood's Birthday

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

Michael Wood was born on Friday, 205^th day / 30^th week of 1948
Michael Wood has Leo zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Michael Wood birthday is XXIII.VII.MCMXLVIII
Michael Wood's birthstone is Ruby
Michael Wood's birth flower is Water Lily that symbolize joyful, fickleness, sweet & magic
Michael Wood age in year is 76 years old
Michael Wood age in month is 916 months old
Michael Wood age in day is 27903 days old
Michael Wood age in hour is 669672 hours old
Michael Wood age in minute is 40180320 minutes old
Michael Wood age in second is 2410819200 seconds old
Next Michael Wood birthday is on Wednesday, July 23rd 2025
Michael Wood age in next birthday (2025) is 77 years old
Learn more interesting facts about July 23, 1948 birthday

Historical Events on Michael Wood Birthday (July 23)

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

Year	Event
1992	A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
1992	Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
1993	China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people.
1995	Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
1997	Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
1999	ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
1999	Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
2005	Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
2010	English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.
2011	A high-speed train rear-ends another on a viaduct on the Yongtaiwen railway line in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, resulting in 40 deaths.
2012	The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.
2014	TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Phengu Airport. Forty-eight of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured.
2015	NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
2016	Kabul twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang when protesters, mostly from the Shiite Hazara minority, were marching against route changing of the TUTAP power project. At least 80 people were killed and 260 were injured.
2018	A wildfire in East Attica, Greece caused the death of 102 people. It was the deadliest wildfire in history of Greece and the second-deadliest in the world, in the 21st century, after the 2009 bushfires in Australia that killed 180.
1986	The birth of Aya Uchida, Japanese voice actress and singer
1986	The birth of Nelson Philippe, French race car driver
1986	The birth of Yelena Sokolova, Russian long jumper
1987	The birth of Alessio Cerci, Italian footballer
1987	The birth of Felipe Dylon, Brazilian singer
1987	The birth of Serdar Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
1989	The birth of Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
1989	The birth of Donald Young, American tennis player
1990	The birth of Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater
1991	The birth of Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast
1991	The birth of Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer
1992	The birth of Danny Ings, English footballer
1996	The birth of Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian
1996	The birth of David Dobrik, Slovak YouTube personality
2002	The birth of Séléna Janicijevic, French tennis player
2013	The death of Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (b. 1926)
2013	The death of Pauline Clarke, English author (b. 1921)
2013	The death of Arthur J. Collingsworth, American diplomat (b. 1944)
2013	The death of Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (b. 1941)
2013	The death of Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (b. 1938)
2013	The death of Kim Jong-hak, South Korean director and producer (b. 1951)
2013	The death of Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1929)
2014	The death of Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (b. 1923)
2014	The death of Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2014	The death of Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (b. 1927)
2014	The death of Jordan Tabor, English footballer (b. 1990)
2015	The death of Shigeko Kubota, Japanese-American sculptor and director (b. 1937)
2015	The death of Don Oberdorfer, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1931)
2015	The death of William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (b. 1926)
2017	The death of John Kundla, American basketball coach (b. 1916)

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