BirthdayDBs.com

Will James Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at March 28, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Will James Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Will James Facts

Full NameWill James
BirthdateJune 06, 1892
Birth PlaceCanada
Age (in 2024)131 Years Old
ZodiacGemini
OccupationNovelist

Will James Age & Birthday

Will James is best known as Novelist who has born on June 06, 1892 in Canada. Currently, Will James is 131 years, 9 months and 22 days old. Will James will celebrate 132nd birthday on Thursday, 6th of June 2024. Below the countdown to Will James upcoming birthday.

đŸ„ł Countdown to Will James's birthday 🎂

-- days-- hours-- minutes-- seconds

Will James Biography

About

A writer and artist whose works deal with the American West, he is most famous for his Newbery Medal-winning book, Smoky the Cowhorse. His other popular works include Bucking Horse Riders and Lone Cowboy.

Before Fame

He worked as a stuntman and served in the U.S. Army. He also worked as a sketch artist in San Francisco before publishing his first literary work in the early 1920s.

Trivia

His last work, The American Cowboy, was published the year of his death.

Family Life

He was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault in Quebec, Canada, and he moved to the United States only after he was accused of stealing cattle in his native country. He married Alice Conradt, the sister of his rodeo partner, in 1920.

Associated With

He and Louis Sachar both won the Newbery Medal.

Top Asked Questions about Will James

How old is Will James in 2024?

Will James is 131 years old today.

When was Will James born?

Will James was born on June 06, 1892 in Canada.

What is Will James zodiac sign?

Will James zodiac sign is Gemini.

What was Will James best known for?

Will James was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Will James's Birthday

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

  • Will James was born on Monday, 158th day / 23rd week of 1892
  • Will James has Gemini zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of Will James birthday is VI.VI.MDCCCXCII
  • Will James's birthstone is Pearl
  • Will James's birth flower is Rose that symbolize love, gratitude & appreciation
  • Will James age in year is 131 years old
  • Will James age in month is 1581 months old
  • Will James age in day is 48142 days old
  • Will James age in hour is 1155408 hours old
  • Will James age in minute is 69324480 minutes old
  • Will James age in second is 4159468800 seconds old
  • Next Will James birthday is on Friday, June 6th 2025
  • Will James age in next birthday (2025) is 132 years old

Historical Events on Will James Birthday (June 06)

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

YearEvent
1918Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I: the U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at ChĂąteau-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943).
1925The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.
1933The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
1934New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
1942The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Akagi, Kaga, SƍryĆ« and Hiryƫ—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also sunk.
1944Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
1971Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.
1971Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.
1975British referendum results in continued membership of the European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.
1982The Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
1985The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
1993Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
1994China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.
2002Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
2017Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
1977The birth of David Connolly, Irish footballer
1979The birth of Roberto De Zerbi, Italian football manager
1983The birth of Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer
1985The birth of Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer
1985The birth of Drew McIntyre, Scottish professional wrestler
1985The birth of Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist
1988The birth of Anthony Pilkington, Irish footballer
1990The birth of Gavin Hoyte, English born footballer who represented Trinidad and Tobago
1990The birth of Pape Souaré, Senegalese footballer
1992The birth of DeAndre Hopkins, American football player
1993The birth of Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer
1994The birth of Yvon Mvogo, Swiss footballer
1995The birth of Julian Green, American soccer player
1998The birth of Kenny Pickett, American football player
2001The birth of Rayan AĂŻt-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer
1991The death of Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (b. 1927)
1994The death of Mark McManus, Scottish actor (b. 1935)
1994The death of Barry Sullivan, American film actor (b. 1912)
1996The death of George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (b. 1903)
2005The death of Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (b. 1931)
2006The death of Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1946)
2009The death of Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (b. 1916)
2012The death of Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (b. 1960)
2013The death of Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (b. 1918)
2013The death of Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)
2014The death of Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (b. 1928)
2015The death of Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate-LaBianca murders case (b. 1934)
2015The death of LudvĂ­k VaculĂ­k, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (b. 1926)
2016The death of Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (b. 1931)
2016The death of Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (b. 1926)

Similar Novelist

HL Mencken Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

HL Mencken, 143

Novelist
A Lee Martinez Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

A Lee Martinez, 51

Novelist
Preeti Singh Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Preeti Singh, 52

Novelist
Aaron Elkins Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Aaron Elkins, 88

Novelist
Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic, 236

Novelist
Prentiss Ingraham Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Prentiss Ingraham, 180

Novelist
Vladimir Nabokov Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Vladimir Nabokov, 124

Novelist
Preeti Shenoy Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Preeti Shenoy, 52

Novelist
Honore De Balzac Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Honore De Balzac, 224

Novelist
Chuck Klosterman Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Chuck Klosterman, 51

Novelist
Vuong Trung Hieu Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Vuong Trung Hieu, 64

Novelist
Poppy Z. Brite Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Poppy Z. Brite, 56

Novelist

Famous Novelist Born in June

Robert Asprin Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Robert Asprin, 77

Novelist
Cornel West Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Cornel West, 70

Novelist
Chuck Klosterman Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Chuck Klosterman, 51

Novelist
Robert Crais Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Robert Crais, 70

Novelist
Richard Bach Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Richard Bach, 87

Novelist
Abul Kashem Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Abul Kashem, 103

Novelist

Famous People Born in Canada

6foot4honda Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

6foot4honda, 34

YouTube Star
39daph Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

39daph, 25

Twitch Star
Aaron Hunter Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Aaron Hunter, 29

YouTube Star
09sharkboy Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

09sharkboy, 24

YouTube Star
Chuck Rayner Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Chuck Rayner, 103

Hockey Player
8 Bit Liam Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

8 Bit Liam, 22

YouTube Star

Copyright © 2020 BirthdayDBs.com