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Raymond Chandler Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 5, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Raymond Chandler Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Raymond Chandler Facts

Full NameRaymond Chandler
BirthdateJuly 23, 1888
Birth PlaceChicago, IL
Age (in 2024)136 Years Old
ZodiacLeo
OccupationNovelist

Raymond Chandler Age & Birthday

Raymond Chandler is best known as Novelist who has born on July 23, 1888 in Chicago, IL. Currently, Raymond Chandler is 136 years, 3 months and 13 days old. Raymond Chandler will celebrate 137th birthday on Wednesday, 23rd of July 2025. Below the countdown to Raymond Chandler upcoming birthday.

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Raymond Chandler Biography

About

Hardboiled crime novelist who created the private eye character Phillip Marlowe, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for Double Indemnity. Some of his most important literary works are Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Little Sister (1949), and The Long Goodbye (1953).

Before Fame

He traveled to Europe in his early twenties and worked for a time in the British civil service. He gave up this line of work to become a reporter for the Daily Express and the Bristol Gazette.

Trivia

He received his second Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for the 1946 film, The Blue Dahlia.

Family Life

He began a love affair with Cissy Pascal, a married woman eighteen years his senior, in 1919. Pascal eventually left her husband, and she and Chandler married in February of 1924.

Associated With

Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep, was made into a classic film starring Humphrey Bogart.

Top Asked Questions about Raymond Chandler

How old is Raymond Chandler in 2024?

Raymond Chandler is 136 years old today.

When was Raymond Chandler born?

Raymond Chandler was born on July 23, 1888 in Chicago, IL.

What is Raymond Chandler zodiac sign?

Raymond Chandler zodiac sign is Leo.

What was Raymond Chandler best known for?

Raymond Chandler was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Raymond Chandler's Birthday

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

  • Raymond Chandler was born on Monday, 205th day / 30th week of 1888
  • Raymond Chandler has Leo zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of Raymond Chandler birthday is XXIII.VII.MDCCCLXXXVIII
  • Raymond Chandler's birthstone is Ruby
  • Raymond Chandler's birth flower is Water Lily that symbolize joyful, fickleness, sweet & magic
  • Raymond Chandler age in year is 136 years old
  • Raymond Chandler age in month is 1635 months old
  • Raymond Chandler age in day is 49778 days old
  • Raymond Chandler age in hour is 1194672 hours old
  • Raymond Chandler age in minute is 71680320 minutes old
  • Raymond Chandler age in second is 4300819200 seconds old
  • Next Raymond Chandler birthday is on Wednesday, July 23rd 2025
  • Raymond Chandler age in next birthday (2025) is 137 years old

Historical Events on Raymond Chandler Birthday (July 23)

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

YearEvent
1992A 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.
1992Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
1993China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people.
1995Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
1997Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
1999ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
1999Space 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.
2005Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
2010English-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.
2011A high-speed train rear-ends another on a viaduct on the Yongtaiwen railway line in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, resulting in 40 deaths.
2012The 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.
2014TransAsia 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.
2015NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
2016Kabul 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.
2018A 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.
1986The birth of Aya Uchida, Japanese voice actress and singer
1986The birth of Nelson Philippe, French race car driver
1986The birth of Yelena Sokolova, Russian long jumper
1987The birth of Alessio Cerci, Italian footballer
1987The birth of Felipe Dylon, Brazilian singer
1987The birth of Serdar KurtuluÅŸ, Turkish footballer
1989The birth of Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
1989The birth of Donald Young, American tennis player
1990The birth of Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater
1991The birth of Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast
1991The birth of Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer
1992The birth of Danny Ings, English footballer
1996The birth of Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian
1996The birth of David Dobrik, Slovak YouTube personality
2002The birth of Séléna Janicijevic, French tennis player
2013The death of Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (b. 1926)
2013The death of Pauline Clarke, English author (b. 1921)
2013The death of Arthur J. Collingsworth, American diplomat (b. 1944)
2013The death of Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (b. 1941)
2013The death of Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (b. 1938)
2013The death of Kim Jong-hak, South Korean director and producer (b. 1951)
2013The death of Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1929)
2014The death of Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (b. 1923)
2014The death of Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2014The death of Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (b. 1927)
2014The death of Jordan Tabor, English footballer (b. 1990)
2015The death of Shigeko Kubota, Japanese-American sculptor and director (b. 1937)
2015The death of Don Oberdorfer, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1931)
2015The death of William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (b. 1926)
2017The death of John Kundla, American basketball coach (b. 1916)

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