Born on August 21st, 1856
Weekday
Thursday
August 21st, 1856 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
♌
Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1856 - August 23rd, 1856
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 61,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 758 days, exactly on May 22nd, 2026, people who were born on August 21st, 1856 will be 62,000 days old!
61,242 Days
8,748 Weeks
2,012 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st
Born on August 21st, 1856
Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?
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Geoffrey Keen
English actor (1916–2005)
*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood
57 Stephen Hillenburg
American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)
*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San MarinoFranz Kruckenberg
German engineer (1882-1965)
*August 21st, 1882, Uetersen †June 19th, 1965, Heidelberg
89 Melvin Van Peebles
American filmmaker
*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan
35 Robert Lewandowski
Polish association football player
*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County
56 Anthony Boucher
American author, critic, and editor (1911–1968)
*August 21st, 1911, Oakland †April 29th, 1968, Oakland
60 Nigel Pearson
English association football player and manager (born 1963)
*August 21st, 1963, NottinghamSame year
Born in 1856
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83 Jens Bratlie
13th Prime Minister of Norway
*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo.jpg "Sigmund Freud")
83 Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London
86 Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)
*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City
94 George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St LawrenceWoodrow Wilson
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
*December 28th, 1856, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace †February 3rd, 1924, Woodrow Wilson HouseGeorg von der Marwitz
German general (1856–1929)
*July 7th, 1856, Słupsk †October 27th, 1929, UnichowoAnna Elizabeth Klumpke
American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)
*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San FranciscoAlexander Bernewitz
Latvian theologian (1856-1919)
*May 26th, 1856, Kandava †January 16th, 1919, KandavaL. Frank Baum
American author of children's books (1856–1919)
*May 15th, 1856, Chittenango †May 6th, 1919, HollywoodPhilippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951)
*April 24th, 1856, Cauchy-à-la-Tour †July 23rd, 1951, Port-JoinvilleJohn Singer Sargent
American painter (1856–1925)
*January 12th, 1856, Florence †April 15th, 1925, London
64 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German politician (1856–1921)
*November 29th, 1856, Hohenfinow †January 1st, 1921, Hohenfinow
80 Frank B. Kellogg
American politician (1856-1937)
*December 22nd, 1856, Potsdam †December 21st, 1937, Saint PaulJ. J. Thomson
British physicist (1856-1940)
*December 18th, 1856, Cheetham Hill †August 30th, 1940, Cambridge
59 Booker T. Washington
African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)
*April 5th, 1856, Hale's Ford †November 14th, 1915, TuskegeeAndreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper
German botanist (1856–1901)
*May 12th, 1856, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1901, Basel
59 William Wallace Denslow
American illustrator and caricaturist
*May 25th, 1856, Philadelphia †May 27th, 1915, Knickerbocker HospitalDiamond Jim Brady
American businessman
*August 12th, 1856, New York City †April 13th, 1917, Atlantic City
55 Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
Spanish author
*November 3rd, 1856, Santander †May 19th, 1912, SantanderBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 21st
Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.
Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_of_SmolenskAugust 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_21_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninoy_Aquino_DayYouth Day (Morocco)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_DayWorld Senior Citizen's Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Senior_Citizen's_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
21.8.1856
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1856 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).