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

Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

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

Raymond Chandler Facts

Full Name	Raymond Chandler
Birthdate	July 23, 1888
Birth Place	Chicago, IL
Age (in 2024)	136 Years Old
Zodiac	Leo
Occupation	Novelist

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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, 5 months and 0 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, 205^th day / 30^th 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 1637 months old
Raymond Chandler age in day is 49826 days old
Raymond Chandler age in hour is 1195824 hours old
Raymond Chandler age in minute is 71749440 minutes old
Raymond Chandler age in second is 4304966400 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.

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

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