William Ramsay Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

William Ramsay Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

William Ramsay Facts

Full Name	William Ramsay
Birthdate	October 02, 1852
Birth Place	Scotland
Age (in 2024)	172 Years Old
Zodiac	Libra
Occupation	Chemist

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William Ramsay Age & Birthday

William Ramsay is best known as Chemist who has born on October 02, 1852 in Scotland. Currently, William Ramsay is 172 years, 2 months and 20 days old. William Ramsay will celebrate 173rd birthday on Thursday, 2nd of October 2025. Below the countdown to William Ramsay upcoming birthday.

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William Ramsay Biography

About

A Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases in the 1890's for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904.

Before Fame

He wrote his doctoral thesis Investigations in the Toluic and Nitrotoluic Acids at the University of Tubingen in Germany.

Trivia

He was the first chemist to isolate the chemical element helium, which had previously only been observed in the spectrum of the sun.

Family Life

He had a son and a daughter with his wife, Margaret Johnstone Marshall.

Associated With

He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1904, seven years before Madame Curie won it.

Top Asked Questions about William Ramsay

How old is William Ramsay in 2024?

William Ramsay is 172 years old today.

When was William Ramsay born?

William Ramsay was born on October 02, 1852 in Scotland.

What is William Ramsay zodiac sign?

William Ramsay zodiac sign is Libra.

What was William Ramsay best known for?

William Ramsay was best known as Chemist.

Fun Facts about William Ramsay's Birthday

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

William Ramsay was born on Saturday, 276^th day / 40^th week of 1852
William Ramsay has Libra zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of William Ramsay birthday is II.X.MDCCCLII
William Ramsay's birthstone is Opal
William Ramsay's birth flower is Calendula that symbolize winning grace, protection, comfort, healing & lovable
William Ramsay age in year is 172 years old
William Ramsay age in month is 2066 months old
William Ramsay age in day is 62903 days old
William Ramsay age in hour is 1509672 hours old
William Ramsay age in minute is 90580320 minutes old
William Ramsay age in second is 5434819200 seconds old
Next William Ramsay birthday is on Thursday, October 2nd 2025
William Ramsay age in next birthday (2025) is 173 years old

Historical Events on William Ramsay Birthday (October 02)

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

Year	Event
1970	An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
1971	South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.
1971	British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.
1980	Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1990	Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132.
1992	Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.
1996	Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
1996	The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
2002	The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.
2004	The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
2006	Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
2007	President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
2016	Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
2018	The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
2019	A privately-owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.
1985	The birth of Çağlar Birinci, Turkish footballer
1985	The birth of Brandon Jackson, American football player
1987	The birth of Bojana Bobusic, Australian tennis player
1987	The birth of Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player
1987	The birth of Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
1987	The birth of Joel Reinders, American football player
1987	The birth of Ricky Stenhouse Jr., American race car driver
1988	The birth of Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1988	The birth of Kirara Asuka, Japanese model and adult video actress
1989	The birth of Aaron Hicks, American baseball player
1989	The birth of George Nash, English rower
1991	The birth of Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer
1994	The birth of Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
1995	The birth of Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
1996	The birth of Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
2007	The death of Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1902)
2010	The death of Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (b. 1920)
2012	The death of Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939)
2012	The death of Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1933)
2012	The death of J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (b. 1943)
2013	The death of Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
2014	The death of Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
2015	The death of Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (b. 1929)
2015	The death of Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (b. 1914)
2015	The death of Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1923)
2016	The death of Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
2017	The death of Tom Petty, American musician (b. 1950)
2018	The death of Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (b. 1958)
2020	The death of Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (b. 1957)
2022	The death of Sacheen Littlefeather, American actress, model and Native American civil rights activist (b. 1946)

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