Samuel Beckett Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Samuel Beckett Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Samuel Beckett Facts

Full Name	Samuel Beckett
Birthdate	April 13, 1906
Birth Place	Foxrock, Ireland
Age (in 2024)	118 Years Old
Zodiac	Aries
Occupation	Playwright

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Samuel Beckett Age & Birthday

Samuel Beckett is best known as Playwright who has born on April 13, 1906 in Foxrock, Ireland. Currently, Samuel Beckett is 118 years, 8 months and 1 days old. Samuel Beckett will celebrate 119th birthday on Sunday, 13th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Samuel Beckett upcoming birthday.

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Samuel Beckett Biography

About

Irish postmodernist writer who is most famous for his absurdist plays, Waiting for Godot and Endgame, and for novels such as Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969.

Before Fame

As a boy, he was a skilled athlete, and he went on to play cricket for Trinity College, Dublin. He began his writing career by publishing critical studies of the works of James Joyce and Marcel Proust.

Trivia

He received the Croix de Guerre in 1945 for his efforts on behalf of the World War II-era French Resistance.

Family Life

He was born in Dublin, Ireland to William Frank Beckett and Maria Jones Roe. In 1961, he married a French woman named Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil, and he also had a long-lasting affair with BBC editor Barbara Bray.

Associated With

He was an admirer of Buster Keaton, and he went on to cast Keaton in a silent film he wrote that was simply titled "Film."

Top Asked Questions about Samuel Beckett

How old is Samuel Beckett in 2024?

Samuel Beckett is 118 years old today.

When was Samuel Beckett born?

Samuel Beckett was born on April 13, 1906 in Foxrock, Ireland.

What is Samuel Beckett zodiac sign?

Samuel Beckett zodiac sign is Aries.

What was Samuel Beckett best known for?

Samuel Beckett was best known as Playwright.

Fun Facts about Samuel Beckett's Birthday

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

Samuel Beckett was born on Friday, 103^rd day / 15^th week of 1906
Samuel Beckett has Aries zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Samuel Beckett birthday is XIII.IV.MCMVI
Samuel Beckett's birthstone is Diamond
Samuel Beckett's birth flower is Sweet pea that symbolize egard, youth & purity
Samuel Beckett age in year is 118 years old
Samuel Beckett age in month is 1424 months old
Samuel Beckett age in day is 43345 days old
Samuel Beckett age in hour is 1040280 hours old
Samuel Beckett age in minute is 62416800 minutes old
Samuel Beckett age in second is 3745008000 seconds old
Next Samuel Beckett birthday is on Sunday, April 13th 2025
Samuel Beckett age in next birthday (2025) is 119 years old

Historical Events on Samuel Beckett Birthday (April 13)

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

Year	Event
1945	World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
1948	In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
1953	CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
1958	American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1960	The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
1964	At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
1970	An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
1972	The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
1972	Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
1975	An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
1976	The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
1976	Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
1996	Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
1997	Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
2017	The US drops the largest ever non-nuclear weapon on Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
1963	The birth of Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player and author
1964	The birth of Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster
1965	The birth of Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator
1967	The birth of Michael Eisen, American biologist and academic
1967	The birth of Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
1971	The birth of Franck Esposito, French swimmer
1971	The birth of Danie Mellor, Australian painter and sculptor
1972	The birth of Aaron Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977	The birth of Margus Tsahkna, Estonian lawyer and politician
1978	The birth of Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer
1982	The birth of Nellie McKay, British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
1987	The birth of John-Allison Weiss, American singer-songwriter
1988	The birth of Allison Williams, American actress and singer
1989	The birth of Josh Reynolds, Australian rugby league player
1993	The birth of Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player
2005	The death of Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
2005	The death of Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
2006	The death of Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918)
2008	The death of John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (b. 1911)
2012	The death of Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941)
2012	The death of Shūichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (b. 1936)
2013	The death of Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)
2014	The death of Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (b. 1951)
2015	The death of Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940)
2015	The death of Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
2015	The death of Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
2017	The death of Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (b. 1932)
2022	The death of Michel Bouquet, French stage and film actor (b. 1925)
2022	The death of Gloria Parker, American musician and bandleader (b.1921)

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