Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Philip Pullman |
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Birthdate | October 19, 1946 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 78 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Young Adult Author |
Philip Pullman is best known as Young Adult Author who has born on October 19, 1946 in England. Currently, Philip Pullman is 78 years, 1 months and 25 days old. Philip Pullman will celebrate 79th birthday on Sunday, 19th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Philip Pullman upcoming birthday.
An acclaimed English author of fantasy and young adult fiction, he is particularly known for his bestselling "His Dark Materials" trilogy. The first book in the series, Northern Lights, received the Carnegie Medal and was adapted into a film entitled The Golden Compass.
He graduated from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1968. He later taught at Bishop Kirk Middle School in Summertown, North Oxford.
He published The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, a controversial novel about the (re)imagined life of Christ. He was named one of the Fifty Greatest British Writers Since 1945 by The Times in 2008.
His father, Alfred, was a Royal Air Force pilot who was killed in a plane crash in 1953. Philip Pullman married Judith Speller in 1970.
His writing was highly praised by cultural critic Christopher Hitchens.
Philip Pullman is 78 years old today.
Philip Pullman was born on October 19, 1946 in England.
Philip Pullman zodiac sign is Libra.
Philip Pullman was best known as Young Adult Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Philip Pullman's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1974 | Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand. |
1984 | A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency. |
1986 | The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains. |
1987 | The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. |
1987 | Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. |
1988 | The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups. |
1989 | The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison. |
2001 | SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people. |
2003 | Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II. |
2004 | Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, whilst on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport. |
2005 | Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. |
2005 | Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. |
2012 | A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon. |
2013 | One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires. |
2019 | Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom’s Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War. |
1988 | The birth of Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor |
1989 | The birth of Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host |
1990 | The birth of Tom Kilbey, English footballer |
1990 | The birth of Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1990 | The birth of Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer |
1991 | The birth of Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist |
1992 | The birth of Shiho, Japanese actress and model |
1993 | The birth of Abby Sunderland, American sailor |
1994 | The birth of Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater |
1995 | The birth of Sammis Reyes, Chilean basketball and American football player |
1996 | The birth of Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete |
1999 | The birth of Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter |
2013 | The death of Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author (b. 1948) |
2013 | The death of Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer (b. 1920) |
2014 | The death of John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Stephen Paulus, American composer (b. 1949) |
2014 | The death of Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (b. 1984) |
2015 | The death of Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938) |
2016 | The death of Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (b. 1921) |
2016 | The death of Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (b. 1928) |
2017 | The death of Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (b. 1931) |
2019 | The death of Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (b. 1962) |
2021 | The death of Jack Angel, American voice actor (b. 1930) |
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