Stephen Hawking Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Stephen Hawking Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Stephen Hawking Facts

Full Name	Stephen Hawking
Birthdate	January 08, 1942
Birth Place	Oxford, England
Age (in 2024)	82 Years Old
Zodiac	Capricorn
Occupation	Physicist

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Stephen Hawking Age & Birthday

Stephen Hawking is best known as Physicist who has born on January 08, 1942 in Oxford, England. Currently, Stephen Hawking is 82 years, 11 months and 15 days old. Stephen Hawking will celebrate 83rd birthday on Wednesday, 8th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Stephen Hawking upcoming birthday.

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Stephen Hawking Biography

About

Legendary physicist who became renowned for creating a cosmology that relied on the unification of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. His 1988 book A Brief History of Time stayed on the British Sunday Times best-sellers list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.

Before Fame

He was the coxswain for the rowing team at Oxford before suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Trivia

He had ALS, also know as Lou Gehrig's disease, and was almost entirely paralyzed, and communicated through a speech generating device.

Family Life

He married Jane Hawking in 1965, and after their divorce in 1991, married Elaine Mason in 1995. He had three children with Jane named Robert, Lucy, and Timothy. He had two younger sisters named Philippa and Mary and an adopted brother named Edward.

Associated With

He was a respected lifetime associate of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences similarly to that of Max Planck.

Top Asked Questions about Stephen Hawking

How old is Stephen Hawking in 2024?

Stephen Hawking is 82 years old today.

When was Stephen Hawking born?

Stephen Hawking was born on January 08, 1942 in Oxford, England.

What is Stephen Hawking zodiac sign?

Stephen Hawking zodiac sign is Capricorn.

What was Stephen Hawking best known for?

Stephen Hawking was best known as Physicist.

Fun Facts about Stephen Hawking's Birthday

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

Stephen Hawking was born on Thursday, 8^th day / 02^nd week of 1942
Stephen Hawking has Capricorn zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Stephen Hawking birthday is VIII.I.MCMXLII
Stephen Hawking's birthstone is Garnet
Stephen Hawking's birth flower is Carnation that symbolize fascination, distinction & love
Stephen Hawking age in year is 82 years old
Stephen Hawking age in month is 995 months old
Stephen Hawking age in day is 30300 days old
Stephen Hawking age in hour is 727200 hours old
Stephen Hawking age in minute is 43632000 minutes old
Stephen Hawking age in second is 2617920000 seconds old
Next Stephen Hawking birthday is on Wednesday, January 8th 2025
Stephen Hawking age in next birthday (2025) is 83 years old
Learn more interesting facts about January 08, 1942 birthday

Historical Events on Stephen Hawking Birthday (January 08)

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

Year	Event
1994	Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
1996	An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
2002	President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
2003	Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
2003	Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
2004	The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
2005	The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
2009	A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
2010	Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.
2011	Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge.
2016	Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
2016	West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.
2020	Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.
2021	Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela.
2023	Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.
1981	The birth of Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
1982	The birth of Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
1982	The birth of Kim Jong-un, North Korean soldier and politician, 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea (probable)
1988	The birth of Adrián López, Spanish footballer
1988	The birth of Michael Mancienne, English footballer
1988	The birth of Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player
1989	The birth of Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
1991	The birth of Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer
1991	The birth of Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer
1991	The birth of Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer
1992	The birth of Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
1992	The birth of Koke, Spanish footballer
1993	The birth of Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer
1999	The birth of Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter
2000	The birth of Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress
2014	The death of Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
2015	The death of Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (b. 1942)
2015	The death of Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)
2015	The death of Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
2016	The death of Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (b. 1926)
2016	The death of German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian and talent manager (b. 1933)
2017	The death of Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (b. 1925)
2017	The death of James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (b. 1939)
2017	The death of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (b. 1934)
2017	The death of Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
2020	The death of Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (b. 1942)
2020	The death of Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1930)
2021	The death of Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (b. 1922)
2022	The death of Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (b. 1944)

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