Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Yann Martel |
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Birthdate | June 25, 1963 |
Birth Place | Salamanca, Spain |
Age (in 2024) | 61 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Novelist |
Yann Martel is best known as Novelist who has born on June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Spain. Currently, Yann Martel is 61 years, 4 months and 26 days old. Yann Martel will celebrate 62nd birthday on Wednesday, 25th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Yann Martel upcoming birthday.
Man Booker Prize-winning Canadian author who is best known for his wildly successful novel, Life of Pi. His other published works include The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (1993) and Self (1996).
He studied philosophy at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, and then spent thirteen months in India. He published his first work, Seven Stories, in 1993.
His first language is French, but he writes in English.
He was born in Spain to French Canadian parents; his father was Canadian diplomat Emile Martel. He married the writer Alice Kuipers.
His novel, Life of Pi, was made into a film directed by Ang Lee.
Yann Martel is 61 years old today.
Yann Martel was born on June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Spain.
Yann Martel zodiac sign is Cancer.
Yann Martel was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Yann Martel's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1960 | Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. |
1975 | Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal. |
1975 | Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India. |
1976 | Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
1978 | The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. |
1981 | Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. |
1991 | The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. |
1993 | Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada. |
1996 | The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. |
1997 | An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir. |
1997 | The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000). |
1998 | In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. |
2022 | The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge. |
2022 | Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk. |
2022 | Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack. |
1981 | The birth of Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper |
1982 | The birth of Rain, South Korean singer and actor |
1982 | The birth of Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player |
1983 | The birth of Marc Janko, Austrian footballer |
1984 | The birth of Lauren Bush, American model and fashion designer |
1985 | The birth of Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress |
1988 | The birth of Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer |
1988 | The birth of Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier |
1990 | The birth of Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress |
1996 | The birth of Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver |
1996 | The birth of Sione Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Lele Pons, Latina-American Internet personality |
1998 | The birth of Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer |
2012 | The death of Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949) |
2013 | The death of George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916) |
2013 | The death of Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (b. 1918) |
2013 | The death of Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940) |
2016 | The death of Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (b. 1936) |
2018 | The death of Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman and reality television personality (b. 1941) |
2018 | The death of David Goldblatt, South African photographer of apartheid-period (b. 1930) |
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