Percy Sledge Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at July 23, 2025 by BirthdayDBs Team
Percy Sledge Facts
| Full Name | Percy Sledge |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | November 25, 1940 |
| Birth Place | Leighton, AL |
| Age (in 2025) | 84 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
| Occupation | R&B Singer |
Percy Sledge Age & Birthday
Percy Sledge is best known as R&B Singer who has born on November 25, 1940 in Leighton, AL. Currently, Percy Sledge is 84 years, 7 months and 28 days old. Percy Sledge will celebrate 85th birthday on Tuesday, 25th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Percy Sledge upcoming birthday.
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About
Known best for his 1966 hit "When a Man Loves a Woman," this soul and R&B vocalist also released such popular songs as "Ain't No Sunshine," "Take Time to Know Her," and "I'll Be Your Everything." Later in his career, he recorded an album, Blue Night, that won a 1996 Blues Music Award and was nominated for a Grammy.
Before Fame
In the early 1960s, before becoming famous as a soul singer, he worked as a nurse at an Alabama hospital.
Trivia
His signature song, "When a Man Loves a Woman," peaked at #1 in the United States and at #2 in the United Kingdom and was the first certified gold track released on the Atlantic Records label.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Leighton, Alabama. He married twice and had a total of 12 children.
Associated With
In 2010, he performed with British singer Sir Cliff Richard on a series of tour stops.
Top Asked Questions about Percy Sledge
How old is Percy Sledge in 2025?
Percy Sledge is 84 years old today.
When was Percy Sledge born?
Percy Sledge was born on November 25, 1940 in Leighton, AL.
What is Percy Sledge zodiac sign?
Percy Sledge zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
What was Percy Sledge best known for?
Percy Sledge was best known as R&B Singer.
Fun Facts about Percy Sledge's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Percy Sledge's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Percy Sledge was born on Monday, 330th day / 48th week of 1940
- Percy Sledge has Sagittarius zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Percy Sledge birthday is XXV.XI.MCMXL
- Percy Sledge's birthstone is Topaz
- Percy Sledge's birth flower is Chrysanthemum that symbolize cheerfulness, friendship & abundance
- Percy Sledge age in year is 84 years old
- Percy Sledge age in month is 1015 months old
- Percy Sledge age in day is 30921 days old
- Percy Sledge age in hour is 742104 hours old
- Percy Sledge age in minute is 44526240 minutes old
- Percy Sledge age in second is 2671574400 seconds old
- Next Percy Sledge birthday is on Wednesday, November 25th 2026
- Percy Sledge age in next birthday (2026) is 85 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about November 25, 1940 birthday
Historical Events on Percy Sledge Birthday (November 25)
Below are historical events that coincided with Percy Sledge's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1970 | In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt. |
| 1973 | Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis. |
| 1975 | Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands. |
| 1977 | Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983. |
| 1980 | Sangoulé Lamizana, president of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Saye Zerbo. |
| 1981 | Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. |
| 1984 | Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. |
| 1986 | Iran-Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. |
| 1986 | The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf. |
| 1987 | Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265Â km/h (165Â mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm. |
| 1992 | The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993. |
| 1999 | A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast. |
| 2000 | The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years. |
| 2008 | Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades. |
| 2009 | Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing. |
| 1981 | The birth of Jared Jeffries, American basketball player |
| 1981 | The birth of Chevon Troutman, American basketball player |
| 1982 | The birth of Mitchell Claydon, Australian-English cricketer |
| 1983 | The birth of Jhulan Goswami, Indian cricketer |
| 1984 | The birth of Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (d. 2022) |
| 1984 | The birth of Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer |
| 1985 | The birth of Remona Fransen, Dutch pentathlete |
| 1988 | The birth of Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010) |
| 1988 | The birth of Jay Spearing, English footballer |
| 1989 | The birth of Tom Dice, Belgian singer-songwriter |
| 1990 | The birth of Everton Heleno dos Santos, Brazilian footballer |
| 1991 | The birth of Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey player |
| 1992 | The birth of Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player |
| 1993 | The birth of Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer |
| 2000 | The birth of Kaja Juvan, Slovenian tennis player |
| 2013 | The death of Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1921) |
| 2013 | The death of Egon Lánský, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1934) |
| 2013 | The death of Al Plastino, American author and illustrator (b. 1921) |
| 2014 | The death of Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1924) |
| 2014 | The death of Sitara Devi, Indian dancer, and choreographer (b. 1920) |
| 2014 | The death of Petr Hapka, Czech composer and conductor (b. 1944) |
| 2014 | The death of Denham Harman, American biogerontologist and academic (b. 1916) |
| 2015 | The death of O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (b. 1974) |
| 2015 | The death of Jeremy Black, English admiral (b. 1932) |
| 2015 | The death of Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer and composer (b. 1941) |
| 2015 | The death of Lennart Hellsing, Swedish author and translator (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | The death of Elmo Williams, American director, producer, and editor (b. 1913) |
| 2016 | The death of Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (b. 1926) |
| 2016 | The death of Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945) |
| 2020 | The death of Diego Maradona, Argentinian football player (b. 1960) |
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