Richard Hofstadter Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at January 11, 2025 by BirthdayDBs Team

Richard Hofstadter Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Richard Hofstadter Facts

Full Name	Richard Hofstadter
Birthdate	August 06, 1916
Birth Place	New York
Age (in 2025)	108 Years Old
Zodiac	Leo
Occupation	Historian

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Richard Hofstadter Age & Birthday

Richard Hofstadter is best known as Historian who has born on August 06, 1916 in New York. Currently, Richard Hofstadter is 108 years, 5 months and 5 days old. Richard Hofstadter will celebrate 109th birthday on Wednesday, 6th of August 2025. Below the countdown to Richard Hofstadter upcoming birthday.

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Richard Hofstadter Biography

About

Famous American historian, author, and public intellectual of the mid-Twentieth Century. His notable works include The Paranoid Style in American Politics, The Age of Reform, and Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.

Before Fame

He was a member of the Young Communist League when he was in his early twenties. He attended the University of Buffalo, where he studied history and philosophy.

Trivia

He won the Pulitzer Prize twice: first, in 1956, for a book about the populism movement of the 1890s, and again in 1964 for a work on the theme of American intellectualism.

Family Life

His marriage to his first wife, Felice Swados, lasted until her death in 1945. He later married Beatrice Kevitt.

Associated With

Historian Eric Foner was once his student.

Top Asked Questions about Richard Hofstadter

How old is Richard Hofstadter in 2025?

Richard Hofstadter is 108 years old today.

When was Richard Hofstadter born?

Richard Hofstadter was born on August 06, 1916 in New York.

What is Richard Hofstadter zodiac sign?

Richard Hofstadter zodiac sign is Leo.

What was Richard Hofstadter best known for?

Richard Hofstadter was best known as Historian.

Fun Facts about Richard Hofstadter's Birthday

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

Richard Hofstadter was born on Sunday, 219^th day / 31^st week of 1916
Richard Hofstadter has Leo zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Richard Hofstadter birthday is VI.VIII.MCMXVI
Richard Hofstadter's birthstone is Peridot
Richard Hofstadter's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
Richard Hofstadter age in year is 108 years old
Richard Hofstadter age in month is 1301 months old
Richard Hofstadter age in day is 39605 days old
Richard Hofstadter age in hour is 950520 hours old
Richard Hofstadter age in minute is 57031200 minutes old
Richard Hofstadter age in second is 3421872000 seconds old
Next Richard Hofstadter birthday is on Thursday, August 6th 2026
Richard Hofstadter age in next birthday (2026) is 109 years old

Historical Events on Richard Hofstadter Birthday (August 06)

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

Year	Event
1962	Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1965	US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
1986	A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1990	Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1991	Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1991	Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1996	The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
1996	NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
1997	Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 228 of 254 people on board.
2001	Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
2008	A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
2010	Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
2011	War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
2012	NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
2015	A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
1979	The birth of Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
1979	The birth of Travis Reed, American basketball player
1981	The birth of Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
1983	The birth of Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1984	The birth of Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
1984	The birth of Maja Ognjenović, Serbian volleyball player
1984	The birth of Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer
1985	The birth of Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
1985	The birth of Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
1985	The birth of Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
1986	The birth of Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
1987	The birth of Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer
1991	The birth of Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
1995	The birth of Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
1999	The birth of Rebeka Masarova, Spanish-Swiss tennis player
2012	The death of Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)
2012	The death of Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)
2013	The death of Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
2013	The death of Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)
2013	The death of Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)
2014	The death of Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)
2014	The death of Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
2014	The death of John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
2015	The death of Ray Hill, American football player (b. 1975)
2015	The death of Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)
2017	The death of Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (b. 1938)
2017	The death of Darren Daulton, American baseball player (b. 1962)
2018	The death of Joël Robuchon, French Chef (b. 1945)
2018	The death of Margaret Heckler, American politician (b. 1931)
2018	The death of Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet (b. 1968)

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