July 21st, 1978

Born on July 21st, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 287 days, exactly on February 4th, 2025, people who were born on July 21st, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 21st?

July 21st, 2019

People returning from anti-extradition bill protests were attacked (pictured) by suspected triad members in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, leaving 45 people injured.

July 21st, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, was released and sold 15 million copies in its first 24 hours, making it the fastest-selling book in history.

July 21st, 1990

The Taiwanese military ordered the deportation of dozens of illegal immigrants from mainland China in sealed boat holds, causing 25 deaths due to suffocation.

July 21st, 1977

Libyan forces carried out a raid at Sallum, sparking a four-day war with Egypt.

July 21st, 1972

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated twenty-two bombs throughout Belfast, Northern Ireland.

July 21st, 1960

Sirimavo Bandaranaike (pictured) was elected the prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically elected female head of government.

July 21st, 1959

The inaugural International Mathematical Olympiad, the leading mathematical competition for pre-university students, began in Romania.

July 21st, 1946

After several weeks of unrest, rioters shot and lynched Bolivian President Gualberto Villarroel, desecrating and hanging his corpse in the streets of La Paz.

July 21st, 1925

American high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching evolution in class.

July 21st, 1918

World War I: An Imperial German Navy U-boat opened fire on a small convoy of barges and defending aircraft near the American town of Orleans, Massachusetts.

July 21st, 1877

Much of central Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was burned and looted during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.

July 21st, 0365

A large earthquake occurred near Crete, triggering a tsunami, and causing widespread destruction around the eastern Mediterranean region.

July 21st, 0230

Pope Pontian began his pontificate, succeeding Urban I.

July 21st, 0230

Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the first pope to resign his office.

January 1st, 1970

The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 21st

Born on July 21st, 1978

45

Josh Hartnett

American actor and producer

*July 21st, 1978, Saint Paul

45

Justin Bartha

American actor

*July 21st, 1978, Fort Lauderdale

45

Sila Va'enuku

Tongan rugby union player

*July 21st, 1978, Tonga

45

Romina Stefancic

Slovenian-Canadian rower

*July 21st, 1978, Ljubljana

45

Julian Huppert

British Liberal Democrat politician (born 1978)

*July 21st, 1978, Cambridge

45

Gary Teale

Scottish footballer (born 1978)

*July 21st, 1978, Glasgow

45

Brandon Heath

American musician, singer, and songwriter

*July 21st, 1978, Nashville

45

Damian Marley

Jamaican DJ, singer and rapper

*July 21st, 1978, Kingston

45

Fernando Sampaio

Actor

*July 21st, 1978, Salvador

45

Deniz Aytekin

Football referee

*July 21st, 1978, Nuremberg

45

Cody Rudkowsky

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 21st, 1978, Willingdon

45

Aashish Chaudhary

Indian actor

*July 21st, 1978, Guwahati

45

Willie Eyre

American baseball player

*July 21st, 1978, Fountain Valley

45

Beer City Bruiser

American professional wrestler

*July 21st, 1978, Milwaukee

45

Kaniel Dickens

American basketball player

*July 21st, 1978, Denver

45

Serhiy Varlamov

Ukrainian ice hockey player

*July 21st, 1978, Kyiv

45

Nick Bootland

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 21st, 1978, Shelburne

45

Kyoko Iwasaki

Japanese swimmer

*July 21st, 1978, Numazu

45

Ala Ebtekar

American-Iranian artist

*July 21st, 1978, Berkeley

45

Aditya Kalyanpur

Indian musician

*July 21st, 1978, Mumbai

45

Doroteya Droumeva

Bulgarian film director and screenwriter

*July 21st, 1978, Bulgaria

45

Davor Kus

Croatian basketball player

*July 21st, 1978, Rijeka

45

Sam Shilton

English footballer (born 1978)

*July 21st, 1978, Nottingham

45

Ruben Eduardo Acosta

Boxer

*July 21st, 1978, Florencio Varela

45

Jenny Lindqvist

Swedish ice hockey player

*July 21st, 1978, Stockholm

45

Berta Muñiz

Argentine actor

*July 21st, 1978, Buenos Aires

45

Andrew Yohe

American ice sledge hockey player

*July 21st, 1978, Davenport

45

Giorgi Megreladze

Georgian footballer

*July 21st, 1978, Soviet Union

45

Matthew Formston

Australian bicycle racer

*July 21st, 1978, Sydney

45

Artyom Detyshev

Russian Olympic male speed skater

*July 21st, 1978, Angarsk

45

Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Aguilar

Mexican politician

*July 21st, 1978, Jalisco

45

Marlon Felter

Surinamese association football player

*July 21st, 1978, Suriname

45

Arthur Jeffes

British composer

*July 21st, 1978, Paddington

45

John P Marshall

British businessman

*July 21st, 1978, Liverpool

45

Kentaro Miyawaki

Japanese snowboarder

*July 21st, 1978, Hakuba

45

Nikorn Anuwan

Thai footballer

*July 21st, 1978, Nakhon Phanom

45

Brian Kolodziej

American actor

*July 21st, 1978, Michigan

45

Francine Dee

Hong Kong-born model

*July 21st, 1978, Hong Kong

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44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

41

Miss Li

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 21st, 1982, Borlänge

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

52

Charlotte Gainsbourg

English-French actress and singer (born 1971)

*July 21st, 1971, Marylebone

42

Stefan Schumacher

German road bicycle racer

*July 21st, 1981, Ostfildern

42

Anabelle Langlois

Figure skater

*July 21st, 1981, Grand-Mère

26

Panji Ahmad Maulana

Indonesian badminton player

*July 21st, 1997, Tasikmalaya City

37

Livia Brito

Cuban actress

*July 21st, 1986, Ciego de Ávila

46

Susann Rüthrich

German politician

*July 21st, 1977, Meissen

46

Chad Hurley

American businessman, co-founder of YouTube

*July 21st, 1977, Reading

50

Mandy Wötzel

German pair skater

*July 21st, 1973, Chemnitz

44

Andriy Voronin

Ukrainian association football player and manager

*July 21st, 1979, Odesa

61

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

*July 21st, 1899, Oak Park †July 2nd, 1961, Ketchum

40

Stuart Easton

British motorcycle racer

*July 21st, 1983, Hawick

31

Rachael Flatt

American figure skater

*July 21st, 1992, Del Mar

36

Owen Edwards

Welsh ice dancer

*July 21st, 1987, Wrexham

46

Paul Casey

English professional golfer

*July 21st, 1977, Cheltenham

42

Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez

Spanish footballer

*July 21st, 1981, El Puerto de Santa María

46

Hampus Björck

Swedish actor

*July 21st, 1977, Täby parish

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45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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