Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Richard Dawkins |
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Birthdate | March 26, 1941 |
Birth Place | Nairobi, Kenya |
Age (in 2024) | 83 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | Novelist |
Richard Dawkins is best known as Novelist who has born on March 26, 1941 in Nairobi, Kenya. Currently, Richard Dawkins is 83 years, 8 months and 28 days old. Richard Dawkins will celebrate 84th birthday on Wednesday, 26th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Richard Dawkins upcoming birthday.
Famous for his contributions to the science world, Dawkins is particularly known for his writings in the field of evolutionary biology. His best-known works include The Selfish Gene (1976), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), and The God Delusion (2006).
He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with an advanced degree in zoology. He went on to teach at the University of California, Berkeley.
He founded the non-profit organization, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, in 2006. He is a well-known advocate of atheism and a harsh critic of creationism.
He was born in Kenya and raised primarily in England. He was married three times - to Marian Stamp, Eve Barham, and Lalla Ward. He has one daughter named Juliet.
After writing him a fan letter, Dawkins became close friends with Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy author Douglas Adams.
Richard Dawkins is 83 years old today.
Richard Dawkins was born on March 26, 1941 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Richard Dawkins zodiac sign is Aries.
Richard Dawkins was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Richard Dawkins's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1958 | The United States Army launches Explorer 3. |
1958 | The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris. |
1967 | Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City. |
1970 | South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy. |
1971 | East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins. |
1975 | The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force. |
1979 | Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C. |
1981 | Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party. |
1982 | A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C. |
1991 | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market. |
1997 | Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. |
1998 | During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives. |
2005 | Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China. |
2010 | The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea. |
2017 | Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption. |
1990 | The birth of Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer |
1990 | The birth of Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016) |
1990 | The birth of Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor |
1990 | The birth of Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor |
1991 | The birth of Matt Davidson, American baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Nina Agdal, Danish model |
1992 | The birth of Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver |
1994 | The birth of Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Jed Wallace, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Marcela ZacarÃas, Mexican tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress |
1998 | The birth of Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater |
2003 | The birth of Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality |
2004 | The birth of Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian |
2012 | The death of David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924) |
2012 | The death of Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937) |
2012 | The death of Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945) |
2013 | The death of Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964) |
2014 | The death of Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931) |
2016 | The death of Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937) |
2018 | The death of Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958) |
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