Born on October 21st, 1543
Weekday
Thursday
October 21st, 1543 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
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Libra (The Scales)
September 24th, 1543 - October 23rd, 1543
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 175,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 429 days, exactly on September 3rd, 2025, people who were born on October 21st, 1543 will be 176,000 days old!
175,571 Days
25,081 Weeks
5,768 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on October 21st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 21st
Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 21st?
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66 Julian Cope
Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator
*October 21st, 1957, Deri.jpg "Käärijä")
63 Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
*October 21st, 1833, Stockholm †December 10th, 1896, Sanremo
60 Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical CenterLux Interior
American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps
*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale
74 Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)
*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv-YafoMichael Hansen
German cabaret artist (1946-2011)
*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin
61 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English poet, literary critic and philosopher
*October 21st, 1772, Ottery St Mary †July 25th, 1834, London
88 Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929-2018)
*October 21st, 1929, Berkeley †January 22nd, 2018, Portland
67 Massimo d'Azeglio
Italian statesman, novelist and painter
*October 21st, 1798, Turin †January 15th, 1866, Cannero Riviera
78 Nikita Mikhalkov
Soviet and Russian film director, writer, producer and actor
*October 21st, 1945, Moscow
60 Lev Yashin
Association football player from the USSR
*October 21st, 1929, Moscow †March 20th, 1990, Moscow
Same year
Born in 1543
73 Tokugawa Ieyasu
Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
*January 31st, 1543, Okazaki Castle †June 1st, 1616, Sunpu Castle_Effigies_pr%C3%A6positorvm_generalivm_societatis_Iesv_(serietitel),_RP-P-1909-1354.jpg "Claudio Acquaviva")
71 Claudio Acquaviva
Superior General of the Society of Jesus
*September 14th, 1543, Atri †January 31st, 1615, Rome
60 Hartmann Pistoris
German jurist (1543-1603)
*January 22nd, 1543, Leipzig †March 1st, 1603, Leipzig
47 Kanō Eitoku
Japanese artist (1543-1590)
*February 16th, 1543, Heian-kyō †October 12th, 1590, Heian-kyō
65 Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
Duke of Lorraine from 1545
*February 18th, 1543, Nancy †May 14th, 1608, Nancy_by_Sylvester_Harding.jpg "John Still")
64 John Still
Bishop of Bath and Wells in Somerset, England
*November 30th, 1543, Grantham †January 1st, 1608, WellsDorothea van Saksen-Lauenburg
(1543-1586)
*March 11th, 1543, Lüneburg †April 5th, 1586, Herzberg am HarzValentin Schindler
Lutheran Hebraist and professor of the University of Wittenberg, where he was an important teacher of the Hebrew language
*February 14th, 1543, Oederan †June 11th, 1604, HelmstedtChristine of Hesse
Duchess Consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
*June 29th, 1543, Kassel †May 13th, 1604, KielLettice Knollys
English noblewoman
*November 8th, 1543, Rotherfield Greys †December 25th, 1634, Drayton BassettSharaf Khan Bidlisi
Kurdish noble and writer (1543-c.1603)
*February 25th, 1543, Bitlis †January 1st, 1603, BitlisFrançois de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières
Marshal of France (1543-1626)
*April 1st, 1543, Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur †September 21st, 1626, ValenceJohn Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern
German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (1543-1592)
*March 7th, 1543, Simmern †January 16th, 1592, HeidelbergPetrus Albinus
German professor, father of Saxon historiography
*June 28th, 1543, Schneeberg †July 31st, 1598, DresdenAntonio Archilei
Italian singer, composer and luth player
*March 12th, 1543, Albano Laziale †January 1st, 1612, FlorenceNathanael Chytraeus
German historian and theologian
*January 1st, 1543, Menzingen †January 1st, 1598, BremenBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on October 21st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 21st.
Armed Forces Day (Honduras)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_HondurasBlessed Charles of Austria (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_AustriaOctober 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_21_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_EgyptIndian Police Commemoration Day (India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_ForceNational Nurses' Day (Thailand)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_ThailandNdadaye Day (Burundi)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_NdadayeOverseas Chinese Day (Republic of China)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_TaiwanTrafalgar Day (the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th century)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_DayBirth of the Báb (2017) (Baháʼí Faith)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Holy_BirthdaysDate as a Roman numeral / digit
21.10.1543
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | XL = 40 | X = 10 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1543 is a normal year and no leap year.