Oliver Wendell Holmes Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Oliver Wendell Holmes Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Oliver Wendell Holmes Facts

Full Name	Oliver Wendell Holmes
Birthdate	August 29, 1809
Birth Place	Cambridge, MA
Age (in 2024)	215 Years Old
Zodiac	Virgo
Occupation	Novelist

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Age & Birthday

Oliver Wendell Holmes is best known as Novelist who has born on August 29, 1809 in Cambridge, MA. Currently, Oliver Wendell Holmes is 215 years, 3 months and 16 days old. Oliver Wendell Holmes will celebrate 216th birthday on Friday, 29th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Oliver Wendell Holmes upcoming birthday.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Biography

About

A nineteenth-century physician, teacher, and author, he is famous for his Breakfast-Table prose series, as well as for his 1830 poem, 'Old Ironsides.' He was one of the famous Fireside Poets, a group that included William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, and James Russell Lowell.

Before Fame

He graduated from Harvard Medical School and subsequently taught at both his alma mater and at Dartmouth College.

Trivia

He published numerous literary works in The Atlantic Monthly, a publication that he helped establish.

Family Life

He married Amelia Lee Jackson in 1840.

Associated With

He and Ralph Waldo Emerson were literary contemporaries.

Top Asked Questions about Oliver Wendell Holmes

How old is Oliver Wendell Holmes in 2024?

Oliver Wendell Holmes is 215 years old today.

When was Oliver Wendell Holmes born?

Oliver Wendell Holmes was born on August 29, 1809 in Cambridge, MA.

What is Oliver Wendell Holmes zodiac sign?

Oliver Wendell Holmes zodiac sign is Virgo.

What was Oliver Wendell Holmes best known for?

Oliver Wendell Holmes was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Oliver Wendell Holmes's Birthday

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes was born on Tuesday, 241^st day / 35^th week of 1809
Oliver Wendell Holmes has Virgo zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Oliver Wendell Holmes birthday is XXIX.VIII.MDCCCIX
Oliver Wendell Holmes's birthstone is Peridot
Oliver Wendell Holmes's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
Oliver Wendell Holmes age in year is 215 years old
Oliver Wendell Holmes age in month is 2583 months old
Oliver Wendell Holmes age in day is 78635 days old
Oliver Wendell Holmes age in hour is 1887240 hours old
Oliver Wendell Holmes age in minute is 113234400 minutes old
Oliver Wendell Holmes age in second is 6794064000 seconds old
Next Oliver Wendell Holmes birthday is on Friday, August 29th 2025
Oliver Wendell Holmes age in next birthday (2025) is 216 years old

Historical Events on Oliver Wendell Holmes Birthday (August 29)

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

Year	Event
1975	El Tacnazo: Peruvian Prime Minister Francisco Morales Bermúdez carries out a coup d’état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President.
1982	The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
1987	Odaeyang mass suicide: 33 individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder-suicide pact.
1991	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
1991	Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
1996	Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
1997	Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
1997	At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
1998	Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador.
2001	Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport.
2003	Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
2005	Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
2012	At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.
2012	The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom.
2022	Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson.
1982	The birth of Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013)
1982	The birth of Carlos Delfino, Argentinian-Italian basketball player
1982	The birth of Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer
1983	The birth of Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
1986	The birth of Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator
1986	The birth of Lea Michele, American actress and singer
1987	The birth of Tony Kane, Irish footballer
1990	The birth of Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer
1990	The birth of Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
1991	The birth of Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
1991	The birth of Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
1992	The birth of Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1992	The birth of Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
1993	The birth of Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter
1994	The birth of Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgian tennis player
2012	The death of Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
2012	The death of Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)
2012	The death of Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
2012	The death of Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
2013	The death of Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
2013	The death of Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)
2013	The death of Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (b. 1931)
2014	The death of Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)
2014	The death of Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)
2016	The death of Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933)
2018	The death of James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1936)
2018	The death of Paul Taylor, American choreographer (b. 1930)
2021	The death of Ed Asner, American actor (b. 1929)
2021	The death of Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae producer (b. 1936)
2021	The death of Jacques Rogge, Olympic sailor and Orthopedic Surgeon who served as the 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1942)

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