Thornton Wilder Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Thornton Wilder Facts
| Full Name | Thornton Wilder |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | April 17, 1897 |
| Birth Place | Madison, WI |
| Age (in 2024) | 127 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Aries |
| Occupation | Playwright |
Thornton Wilder Age & Birthday
Thornton Wilder is best known as Playwright who has born on April 17, 1897 in Madison, WI. Currently, Thornton Wilder is 127 years, 7 months and 4 days old. Thornton Wilder will celebrate 128th birthday on Thursday, 17th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Thornton Wilder upcoming birthday.
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About
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright, he is best known for his 1938 drama, Our Town. His other award-winning works include The Skin of Our Teeth (a play) and The Bridge of San Luis Rey (a novel).
Before Fame
After graduating from Yale University in 1920, he traveled to Rome to study archaeology. Upon his return to the United States, he taught French at a high school in New Jersey. He published both his debut novel and his first play-- The Cabala and The Trumpet shall sound, respectively-- in 1926.
Trivia
He received the U.S. National Book Award for his 1967 novel, The Eighth Day.
Family Life
He was born in Madison, Wisconsin to U.S. diplomat and newspaper editor, Amos Parker Wilder. In his adulthood, Thornton Wilder lived with his sister, Isabel, for a long period of time. He may have been the lover of the poet and novelist, Samuel Steward.
Associated With
Jack Dodson, who later achieved fame on the Andy Griffith Show, appeared early in his career in a stage production of Wilder's moving drama, Our Town.
Top Asked Questions about Thornton Wilder
How old is Thornton Wilder in 2024?
Thornton Wilder is 127 years old today.
When was Thornton Wilder born?
Thornton Wilder was born on April 17, 1897 in Madison, WI.
What is Thornton Wilder zodiac sign?
Thornton Wilder zodiac sign is Aries.
What was Thornton Wilder best known for?
Thornton Wilder was best known as Playwright.
Fun Facts about Thornton Wilder's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Thornton Wilder's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Thornton Wilder was born on Saturday, 107th day / 15th week of 1897
- Thornton Wilder has Aries zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Thornton Wilder birthday is XVII.IV.MDCCCXCVII
- Thornton Wilder's birthstone is Diamond
- Thornton Wilder's birth flower is Sweet pea that symbolize egard, youth & purity
- Thornton Wilder age in year is 127 years old
- Thornton Wilder age in month is 1531 months old
- Thornton Wilder age in day is 46604 days old
- Thornton Wilder age in hour is 1118496 hours old
- Thornton Wilder age in minute is 67109760 minutes old
- Thornton Wilder age in second is 4026585600 seconds old
- Next Thornton Wilder birthday is on Thursday, April 17th 2025
- Thornton Wilder age in next birthday (2025) is 128 years old
Historical Events on Thornton Wilder Birthday (April 17)
Below are historical events that coincided with Thornton Wilder's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1951 | The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park. |
| 1961 | Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro. |
| 1969 | Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. |
| 1969 | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed. |
| 1970 | Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely. |
| 1971 | The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed. |
| 1975 | The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender. |
| 1978 | Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan. |
| 1982 | Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. |
| 1986 | An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace bringing an end to any hypothetical war that may have been legally considered to exist. |
| 1992 | The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean. |
| 2006 | A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70. |
| 2013 | An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others. |
| 2014 | NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star. |
| 2021 | The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. |
| 1984 | The birth of Jed Lowrie, American baseball player |
| 1984 | The birth of Raffaele Palladino, Italian footballer |
| 1985 | The birth of Rooney Mara, American actress |
| 1985 | The birth of Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model |
| 1985 | The birth of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player |
| 1986 | The birth of Romain Grosjean, French race car driver |
| 1988 | The birth of Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter |
| 1989 | The birth of Paraskevi Papachristou, Greek triple jumper |
| 1989 | The birth of Avi Kaplan, singer and songwriter |
| 1990 | The birth of Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer |
| 1992 | The birth of Lachlan Maranta, Australian rugby league footballer |
| 1994 | The birth of Alanna Goldie, Canadian fencer |
| 1996 | The birth of Lorna Fitzgerald, British actress |
| 1996 | The birth of Caitlin Parker, Australian boxer |
| 1998 | The birth of Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana, Thai actor and singer |
| 2013 | The death of V. S. Ramadevi, Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1934) |
| 2014 | The death of Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927) |
| 2014 | The death of Bernat Klein, Serbian-Scottish fashion designer and painter (b. 1922) |
| 2014 | The death of Wojciech Leśnikowski, Polish-American architect and academic (b. 1938) |
| 2014 | The death of Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (b. 1940) |
| 2015 | The death of Robert P. Griffin, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923) |
| 2015 | The death of Scotty Probasco, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928) |
| 2015 | The death of Jeremiah J. Rodell, American general (b. 1921) |
| 2015 | The death of A. Alfred Taubman, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924) |
| 2016 | The death of Chyna, American wrestler (b. 1969) |
| 2016 | The death of Doris Roberts, American actress (b. 1925) |
| 2018 | The death of Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States (b. 1925) |
| 2018 | The death of Carl Kasell, American radio personality (b. 1934) |
| 2019 | The death of Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (b. 1949) |
| 2022 | The death of Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist (b. 1945) |
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