William Collins Whitney Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

William Collins Whitney Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

William Collins Whitney Facts

Full Name	William Collins Whitney
Birthdate	July 05, 1841
Birth Place	Massachusetts
Age (in 2024)	183 Years Old
Zodiac	Cancer
Occupation	Business Executive

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William Collins Whitney Age & Birthday

William Collins Whitney is best known as Business Executive who has born on July 05, 1841 in Massachusetts. Currently, William Collins Whitney is 183 years, 5 months and 17 days old. William Collins Whitney will celebrate 184th birthday on Saturday, 5th of July 2025. Below the countdown to William Collins Whitney upcoming birthday.

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William Collins Whitney Biography

About

Remembered as both a politician and a successful businessman, this conservative "Bourbon" Democrat served as President Grover Cleveland's first Secretary of the Navy and made his fortune in the legal, railway, steel, coal, financial, and horse racing industries.

Before Fame

After graduating from Yale University in the early 1860s, he pursued a law degree at Harvard College.

Trivia

Over the course of his life, he bred nearly thirty American race-winning horses.

Family Life

A member of the wealthy and socially prominent Whitney family, he grew up with a brother, Henry Melville Whitney, who headed major steamship and railway companies, and with sisters, Lily and Susan, who married into other prominent families. His marriage to Flora Payne produced children named Harry, Pauline, Payne, Oliver, and Dorothy; his second wife (whom he married after Flora Payne's death) was Edith May.

Associated With

His oldest son, Harry Whitney, carried on the Whitney family's horse breeding legacy, producing a dozen Kentucky Derby horses.

Top Asked Questions about William Collins Whitney

How old is William Collins Whitney in 2024?

William Collins Whitney is 183 years old today.

When was William Collins Whitney born?

William Collins Whitney was born on July 05, 1841 in Massachusetts.

What is William Collins Whitney zodiac sign?

William Collins Whitney zodiac sign is Cancer.

What was William Collins Whitney best known for?

William Collins Whitney was best known as Business Executive.

Fun Facts about William Collins Whitney's Birthday

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

William Collins Whitney was born on Monday, 186^th day / 27^th week of 1841
William Collins Whitney has Cancer zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of William Collins Whitney birthday is V.VII.MDCCCXLI
William Collins Whitney's birthstone is Ruby
William Collins Whitney's birth flower is Water Lily that symbolize joyful, fickleness, sweet & magic
William Collins Whitney age in year is 183 years old
William Collins Whitney age in month is 2201 months old
William Collins Whitney age in day is 67010 days old
William Collins Whitney age in hour is 1608240 hours old
William Collins Whitney age in minute is 96494400 minutes old
William Collins Whitney age in second is 5789664000 seconds old
Next William Collins Whitney birthday is on Saturday, July 5th 2025
William Collins Whitney age in next birthday (2025) is 184 years old

Historical Events on William Collins Whitney Birthday (July 05)

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

Year	Event
1987	Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
1989	Iran-Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.
1994	Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.
1995	Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
1996	Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
1997	Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
1999	U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
2003	The World Health Organization announces that the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak has been contained.
2004	The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
2006	North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
2009	A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
2009	The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in Britain, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
2012	The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
2016	The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
2022	British government ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resign from the second Johnson ministry, beginning the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
1987	The birth of Mohd Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer
1987	The birth of Andrija Kaluđerović, Serbian footballer
1987	The birth of Alexander Kristoff, Norwegian cyclist
1988	The birth of Martin Liivamägi, Estonian swimmer
1988	The birth of Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer
1989	The birth of Charlie Austin, English footballer
1989	The birth of Georgios Efrem, Cypriot footballer
1989	The birth of Dwight King, Canadian ice hockey player
1990	The birth of Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopian-Swedish runner
1992	The birth of Alberto Moreno, Spanish footballer
1992	The birth of Chiara Scholl, American tennis player
1993	The birth of Yaroslav Kosov, Russian ice hockey player
1994	The birth of Diana Harkusha, Ukrainian lawyer, dancer, model and beauty queen
1994	The birth of Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player
1998	The birth of Emily Fox, American soccer player
2012	The death of Gerrit Komrij, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1944)
2012	The death of Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge, English businessman and politician (b. 1933)
2012	The death of Ruud van Hemert, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2013	The death of Bud Asher, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
2013	The death of David Cargo, American politician, 22nd Governor of New Mexico (b. 1929)
2013	The death of Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (b. 1939)
2014	The death of Rosemary Murphy, American actress (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1935)
2014	The death of Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (b. 1931)
2014	The death of Brett Wiesner, American soccer player (b. 1983)
2015	The death of Uffe Haagerup, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1949)
2015	The death of Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
2020	The death of Nick Cordero, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1978)
2021	The death of Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, television presenter and actress (b. 1943)
2021	The death of Richard Donner, American film director (b. 1930)

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