Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Michel Legrand |
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Birthdate | February 24, 1932 |
Birth Place | France |
Age (in 2024) | 92 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Composer |
Michel Legrand is best known as Composer who has born on February 24, 1932 in France. Currently, Michel Legrand is 92 years, 8 months and 26 days old. Michel Legrand will celebrate 93rd birthday on Monday, 24th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Michel Legrand upcoming birthday.
Composer of over 200 film and television scores, including 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' from 1964 and 'The Thomas Crown Affair' from 1968. He collaborated with such notable jazz artists as Miles Davis, who many believe influenced 20th-century music more than almost any other musician.
His first album was the best-selling "I Love Paris," one of the most successful instrumental albums in history.
His song 'The Windmills of Your Mind' from 'The Thomas Crown Affair' earned him his first Academy Award and was sung by Sting in the 1999 remake. It was also covered by such artists as Petula Clark, Barbra Streisand, and Jose Feliciano.
He was born to French composer and actor Raymond Legrand and Marcelle der Mikaelian. His father produced "Irma la Douce" and many other hits. He was married twice; he married his second wife, Macha Meril, in 2014. He had three children.
He provided the score for 1974's "F for Fake," the last film Orson Welles completed.
Michel Legrand is 92 years old today.
Michel Legrand was born on February 24, 1932 in France.
Michel Legrand zodiac sign is Pisces.
Michel Legrand was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Michel Legrand's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1981 | The 6.7 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million. |
1983 | A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II. |
1984 | Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more. |
1989 | United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section. |
1991 | Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war. |
1996 | Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force. |
1999 | China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed. |
2004 | The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced. |
2006 | Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup. |
2007 | Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. |
2008 | Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years. |
2015 | A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured. |
2016 | Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport. |
2020 | Mahathir Mohamad resigned as Prime Minister of Malaysia following an attempt to replace Pakatan Harapan government which triggered 2020 Malaysian political crisis. |
2022 | Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders a full scale invasion of Ukraine. |
1982 | The birth of Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer |
1982 | The birth of Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player |
1982 | The birth of Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer |
1984 | The birth of Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster |
1985 | The birth of Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer |
1987 | The birth of Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor |
1988 | The birth of Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka |
1989 | The birth of Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1989 | The birth of Daniel Kaluuya, English actor |
1991 | The birth of Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer |
1991 | The birth of O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper |
1991 | The birth of Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer |
1994 | The birth of Jessica Pegula, American tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper |
1996 | The birth of Royce Freeman, American football player |
2013 | The death of Virgil Johnson, American singer (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Franny Beecher, American guitarist (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948) |
2014 | The death of Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962) |
2016 | The death of Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943) |
2016 | The death of Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936) |
2016 | The death of George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (b. 1927) |
2018 | The death of Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963) |
2018 | The death of Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (b. 1986) |
2020 | The death of Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1918) |
2021 | The death of Ronald Pickup, English actor (b. 1940) |
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