Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Richard Ellmann |
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Birthdate | March 15, 1918 |
Birth Place | Michigan |
Age (in 2024) | 106 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
Richard Ellmann is best known as Non-Fiction Author who has born on March 15, 1918 in Michigan. Currently, Richard Ellmann is 106 years, 8 months and 8 days old. Richard Ellmann will celebrate 107th birthday on Saturday, 15th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Richard Ellmann upcoming birthday.
An American literary critic and biographer, he is best known for his profiles of such renowned authors as James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, and Oscar Wilde. His 1959 biography of James Joyce won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.
After graduating from Yale University and serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he studied literature at Trinity College, Dublin.
His history of William Butler Yeats became the definitive work on the author.
He was born in Highland Park, Michigan, to a Romanian immigrant father and a Russian immigrant mother. With his wife, Mary, he had two daughters and a son.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of the renowned novelist and playwright, Oscar Wilde.
Richard Ellmann is 106 years old today.
Richard Ellmann was born on March 15, 1918 in Michigan.
Richard Ellmann zodiac sign is Pisces.
Richard Ellmann was best known as Non-Fiction Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Richard Ellmann's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1943 | World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies. |
1951 | Iranian oil industry is nationalized. |
1961 | At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect. |
1965 | President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. |
1974 | Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran. |
1978 | Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War. |
1986 | Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses. |
1990 | Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union. |
1991 | Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany. |
2008 | Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people. |
2011 | Beginning of the Syrian Civil War. |
2019 | Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings. |
2019 | Beginning of the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests. |
2019 | Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change. |
2022 | The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse. |
1984 | The birth of Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater |
1984 | The birth of Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player |
1988 | The birth of Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer |
1988 | The birth of James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Sam Baldock, English footballer |
1989 | The birth of Sandro, Brazilian international footballer |
1989 | The birth of Gil Roberts, American sprinter |
1989 | The birth of Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer |
1991 | The birth of Kurt Baptiste, Australian rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Xavier Henry, American basketball player |
1993 | The birth of Alia Bhatt, British actress |
1993 | The birth of Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Paul Pogba, French footballer |
1996 | The birth of Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter |
2000 | The birth of Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter |
2014 | The death of Scott Asheton, American drummer (b. 1949) |
2014 | The death of David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927) |
2014 | The death of Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947) |
2015 | The death of Collins Chabane, South African politician (b. 1960) |
2015 | The death of Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Mike Porcaro, American bass player (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (b. 1927) |
2016 | The death of Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (b. 1921) |
2016 | The death of Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978) |
2019 | The death of Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (b. 1948) |
2020 | The death of Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (b. 1927) |
2022 | The death of Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (b. 1935) |
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