Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Walker Evans |
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Birthdate | November 03, 1903 |
Birth Place | St. Louis, MO |
Age (in 2024) | 121 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Photographer |
Walker Evans is best known as Photographer who has born on November 03, 1903 in St. Louis, MO. Currently, Walker Evans is 121 years, 0 months and 18 days old. Walker Evans will celebrate 122nd birthday on Monday, 3rd of November 2025. Below the countdown to Walker Evans upcoming birthday.
Photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression and created iconic images of the era. He was included in the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 2000, and his work is featured in New York's Met Museum of Art.
He began working as a photographer in 1928, after briefly studying French literature at Williams College and subsequently spending a year in Paris.
He and author James Agee traveled to Hale County, Alabama to document the experience of Great Depression-era rural poverty. Evans' heartbreaking photographs and Agee's text were published together in the famous 1941 book, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
He was born in St. Louis and was the son of a wealthy advertising director. He was raised in Chicago, New York City, and Toledo.
Three of Evans' photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge were published as part of poet Hart Crane's 1930 collection, The Bridge.
Walker Evans is 121 years old today.
Walker Evans was born on November 03, 1903 in St. Louis, MO.
Walker Evans zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Walker Evans was best known as Photographer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Walker Evans's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1967 | Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins. |
1969 | Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies. |
1973 | Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. |
1975 | Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail. |
1978 | Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom. |
1979 | Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. |
1982 | The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan by kills 150-2000 people. |
1986 | Iran-Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. |
1986 | The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States. |
1988 | Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours. |
1992 | Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election. |
1996 | Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the Susurluk car crash, leading to the resignation of Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party). |
1997 | The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and East Africa. |
2014 | One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. |
2020 | The 2020 United States presidential election takes place between Democratic Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. On November 7, Biden was declared the winner. |
1993 | The birth of Martina Trevisan, Italian tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Kendall Jenner, American television personality and model |
1997 | The birth of Kyle Benjamin, American race car driver |
1997 | The birth of Connor McGovern, American football player |
1997 | The birth of Izuchuckwu Anthony, Nigerian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Filip Forejtek, Czech skier |
1997 | The birth of Sarthak Golui, Indian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Agustín Guiffrey, Argentinian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Michael Kelly, Scottish footballer |
1997 | The birth of Takumi Kitamura, Japanese actor |
1997 | The birth of Marco Klepoch, Slovak figure skater |
1997 | The birth of Łukasz Kozub, Polish volleyball player |
1997 | The birth of Lázaro Martínez, Cuban athlete |
1998 | The birth of Maddison Elliott, Australian paralympic swimmer |
2001 | The birth of Hailey Baptiste, American tennis player |
2013 | The death of Nick Cardy, American soldier and illustrator (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Gerard Cieślik, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of William J. Coyne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936) |
2013 | The death of Rupert Gerritsen, Australian historian and author (b. 1953) |
2013 | The death of Leonard Long, Australian painter and educator (b. 1911) |
2014 | The death of Augusto Martelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Howard Coble, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Lauretta Ngcobo, South African novelist and essayist (b. 1931) |
2016 | The death of Kay Starr, American singer (b. 1922) |
2018 | The death of Sondra Locke, American actress and director (b. 1944) |
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