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Alexander Fleming
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Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin. His discovery in 1928 of what was later named benzylpenicillin from the mould Penicillium rubens has been described as the "single greatest victory ever achieved over disease". For this discovery, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain.

Alexander Fleming was born on Saturday, 06. August 1881.
That was day 218 of the year 1881.

Past away on Freitag March 11, 1955

Age when dead:
73 Jahre 7 Monate 4 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Saturday August 6, 1955

Alexander Fleming is already dead since:
70 Jahre 8 Monate 26 Tage

Alexander Fleming was alive for 26878 days.
Alexander Fleming is already dead for 25839 days.
Difference: 1039 days (2,84 years).

Alexander Fleming has the same birthday like
Andy Warhol, Gregory Chamitoff, Alfred and Lord Tennyson

The death date of Alexander Fleming is the birthday of
Douglas Adams, Harold Wilson and Torquato Tasso

Birthday Fun Facts

Things that matter

  • The day 06 of month August 1881 was the 67th day of Summer (meteorological). The day 06 of month August 1881 was the 47th day of Summer (astronomical).
  • Age 73 The number 73 represents the element Tantalum in the Periodic table of elements.
    Tantalum is a transition metal, widely used in industry and materials science.
  • Since you visited this page, people have been born. In total there are people born today. They all celebrate the same birthday as you.

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Did you know? Alexander Fleming is ...

Astrology

Zodiac

♌ Leo

(July 23, 1881 - August 23, 1881)

Zodiac sign

Snake

(July 23, 1881 - August 23, 1881)

Life Number

5

(Adventurous, avoids responsibility, sometimes unreliable)

Birthstone

Peridot

(Healing, harmony, good fortune)

Age in absolute numbers

Since Alexander Fleming was born...

2.322.345.208 Seconds
38.705.753 Minutes
645.095 Hours
26.878 Days
3.839 Weeks
1732 Months
73 Years
7.36 Decades
0.74 Centuries

On September 15, 2026 would be Alexander Fleming exactly 53000 days old.
On December 2, 2034 would be Alexander Fleming exactly 8000 weeks old.

By the way: Since you are here you are getting seconds older 😉

Milestones

Successes that speak for themselves

With 73 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

8.959 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 8.959 hours per day. At your age of 74 years, that equals approximately 8.959 days (24,53 years).

Eat & Drink

1.120 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 74 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.120 days eating. (3,07 years).

Toilet visits

560 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 560 days (1,53 years).

Wait

933 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 933 days (2,56 years).

Laugh

112 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 112 days (0,31 years).

Brush teeth

75 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 75 days (0,20 years).

Work

7.279 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 7.279 days (19,93 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 696.703.562 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.902.931.510 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 580.586.302 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 403.185 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 147 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.032 A person produces approximately 0.5–1.5 liters of sweat per day, depending on lifestyle. We'll take the average at 1 liter per day.
Fart gases produced (in Liters) 26.879 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 515 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.325 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 537.579.909.259.259 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 8.870 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.072 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 31.986 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 294 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

Always on the move

According to statistical averages, you have walked 96.764 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,41 orbits of the Earth...


... 8,86 moon orbits.


... and 4,53 Mars orbit on foot.



96.764 kilometers means:

3.680 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
720 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
504 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
134 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,46 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
95,43 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
8,41 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,27 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,32 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Our Solar System

During the lifetime of Alexander Fleming ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 984 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 305,54 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 119,62 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 73,59 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 39,12 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 6,21 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,50 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,88 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,45 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,30 times.

Special birthdays

Next major birthday for Alexander Fleming would be: Wednesday, 06.08.2031 (150 years)

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1891 Thursday August 6, 1891 55
18. 1899 Sunday August 6, 1899 171
20. 1901 Tuesday August 6, 1901 210
25. 1906 Monday August 6, 1906 325
30. 1911 Sunday August 6, 1911 465
40. 1921 Saturday August 6, 1921 820
50. 1931 Thursday August 6, 1931 1275
60. 1941 Wednesday August 6, 1941 1830
70. 1951 Monday August 6, 1951 2485
80. 1961 Sunday August 6, 1961 3240
90. 1971 Friday August 6, 1971 4095
100. 1981 Thursday August 6, 1981 5050
110. 1991 Tuesday August 6, 1991 6105
120. 2001 Monday August 6, 2001 7260
130. 2011 Saturday August 6, 2011 8515
140. 2021 Friday August 6, 2021 9870
150. 2031 Wednesday August 6, 2031 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Other Number systems

Decimal:
6 • 8 • 1881
Binary:
110 • 1000 • 11101011001
Hexadecimal:
6 • 8 • 759
Octal:
6 • 10 • 3531
Roman:
VI • VIII • MDCCCLXXXI
Morsecode:
−−−−− −···· ·−·−·− −−−−− −−−·· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−·· −−−·· ·−−−−
Numbers to letters:
ag • ai • biib
Cross sum:
32
Factor product:
90288
Birthday in words:
six • eight • one thousand eight hundred eighty one

Historical Events

How old was Alexander Fleming back then?

Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

May 20, 1882
Triple Alliance formed (Age: 0 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

November 15, 1884
Berlin Conference (Age: 3 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 29, 1885
First Automobile (Benz) (Age: 3 years and 5 months) 🔗
May 4, 1886
Haymarket Affair (Age: 4 years and 8 months) 🔗
August 31, 1888
Jack the Ripper murders (Age: 7 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 31, 1889
Eiffel Tower completed (Age: 7 years and 7 months) 🔗
December 29, 1890
Wounded Knee Massacre (Age: 9 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

September 19, 1893
New Zealand grants women the vote (Age: 12 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 1, 1894
First Sino-Japanese War (Age: 12 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 6, 1896
First modern Olympic Games (Age: 14 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 21, 1898
Spanish–American War (Age: 16 years and 8 months) 🔗
May 29, 1899
Hague Convention (Age: 17 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

January 16, 1920
Prohibition begins in the United States with the 18th Amendment, banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. (Age: 38 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 18, 1920
The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote across the United States. (Age: 39 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 12, 1921
The Soviet Union adopts the New Economic Policy (NEP), allowing some private enterprise to boost the post-war economy. (Age: 39 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

February 28, 1922
The United Kingdom unilaterally declares Egypt independent, ending the British protectorate. (Age: 40 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 28, 1922
Benito Mussolini and his Fascist party seize power in Italy following the March on Rome. (Age: 41 years and 2 months) 🔗
November 4, 1922
Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, sparking a global frenzy for archaeology. (Age: 41 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 30, 1922
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is officially established. (Age: 41 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 29, 1923
The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire. (Age: 42 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 21, 1924
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first head of the Soviet Union, dies. (Age: 42 years and 5 months) 🔗
January 24, 1924
The first Winter Olympics take place in Chamonix, France, establishing a new tradition in international sport. (Age: 42 years and 5 months) 🔗
February 23, 1925
The discovery of the Andromeda galaxy as a separate "island universe" outside of the Milky Way is confirmed by Edwin Hubble. (Age: 43 years and 6 months) 🔗
July 10, 1925
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial begins in Tennessee, debating the teaching of evolution in public schools. (Age: 43 years and 11 months) 🔗
July 18, 1925
Adolf Hitler publishes *Mein Kampf*, laying out his political ideology and future plans for Germany. (Age: 43 years and 11 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

September 18, 1931
The Mukden Incident provides the pretext for Japan's invasion of Manchuria, China, marking a key step toward World War II. (Age: 50 years and 1 months) 🔗
May 20, 1932
Amelia Earhart begins her solo non-stop transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve this feat. (Age: 50 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 30, 1933
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany, leading to the rapid consolidation of Nazi power and the end of the Weimar Republic. (Age: 51 years and 5 months) 🔗
March 4, 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as U.S. President and begins his "First Hundred Days," launching the New Deal program. (Age: 51 years and 6 months) 🔗
January 19, 1934
The discovery of artificial radioactivity by Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie is announced, leading to their Nobel Prize. (Age: 52 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 19, 1934
A German plebiscite votes to merge the offices of President and Chancellor, making Adolf Hitler the sole Führer (leader) of Germany. (Age: 53 years and 0 months) 🔗
August 14, 1935
The Social Security Act is signed into law in the U.S., establishing a system of retirement, unemployment, and welfare benefits. (Age: 54 years and 0 months) 🔗
September 15, 1935
The Nuremberg Laws are enacted in Germany, institutionalizing racial theories and stripping German Jews of their citizenship. (Age: 54 years and 1 months) 🔗
February 6, 1936
The Winter Olympics open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, followed by the Summer Games in Berlin, used by the Nazis for propaganda. (Age: 54 years and 5 months) 🔗
July 17, 1936
The Spanish Civil War begins with a military coup against the Republican government, leading to three years of brutal conflict. (Age: 54 years and 11 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

December 7, 1941
Japan attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, prompting the United States to formally enter World War II. (Age: 60 years and 4 months) 🔗
June 4, 1942
The Battle of Midway, a decisive naval victory for the U.S. against Japan, marks a turning point in the Pacific War. (Age: 60 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 23, 1942
The Battle of Stalingrad begins, one of the largest and bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. (Age: 61 years and 0 months) 🔗
September 8, 1943
Italy surrenders to the Allies, though fighting continues as German forces occupy northern Italy. (Age: 62 years and 1 months) 🔗
June 6, 1944
D-Day: Allied forces launch Operation Overlord, landing on the beaches of Normandy, beginning the liberation of Western Europe. (Age: 62 years and 9 months) 🔗
April 30, 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker as Soviet troops close in. (Age: 63 years and 8 months) 🔗
May 8, 1945
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day): The Allies formally accept the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. (Age: 63 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 6, 1945
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, followed by a second bomb on Nagasaki three days later. (Age: 63 years and 11 months) 🔗
September 2, 1945
V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day): Japan formally surrenders, officially ending World War II. (Age: 64 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 24, 1945
The United Nations (UN) is officially established as an international organization aimed at promoting global cooperation. (Age: 64 years and 2 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II ascends to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI. (Age: 70 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 25, 1953
James Watson and Francis Crick publish their paper describing the double helix structure of DNA, a monumental discovery in biology. (Age: 71 years and 8 months) 🔗
June 17, 1953
The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany occurs, where protests against economic policy are suppressed by Soviet troops. (Age: 71 years and 10 months) 🔗
June 18, 1953
Egypt is declared a republic, ending the Muhammad Ali dynasty. (Age: 71 years and 10 months) 🔗
May 17, 1954
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional. (Age: 72 years and 9 months) 🔗
July 20, 1954
The Geneva Accords are signed, dividing Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel. (Age: 72 years and 11 months) 🔗

Birthday-FAQ for Alexander Fleming

Frequently asked questions

How many birthday candles did Alexander Fleming blow out so far?

» At 73 years, Alexander Fleming has already blown out 2701 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Alexander Fleming be twice as old as today?

» Alexander Fleming ist 26.878 days old today. On 10.10.2028 Alexander Fleming will be twice as old as today. Alexander Fleming will then be 147 Jahre und 2 Monate years old.

When will Alexander Fleming be half as old as today?

» On 24.05.1918 Alexander Fleming was half of age today. Back then Alexander Fleming were 36 Jahre und 9 Monate years old.

When was Alexander Fleming conceived? - Time of your conception

» That's an interesting question. Let's try it this way: A pregnancy lasts an average of 268 days. If we subtract 268 days from the day of your birth (11.11.1880), we get the 11.11.1880. However, this statement is not very meaningful, since only 3% of pregnant women actually give birth after 268 days. Most pregnant women give birth within a time window of 10 days from the actual due date. Therefore, Alexander Fleming were conceived between 01.11.1880 and 21.11.1880.

How many prime number birthdays has Alexander Fleming had so far?

» At 73 years old, Alexander Fleming has already celebrated 21 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 73 years, you've already celebrated 6 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66). To be able to celebrate 10 special number birthdays, you have to live to be 111. But you still have some time until then. You'll celebrate your 111th birthday on 06.08.1992. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Alexander Fleming at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Alexander Fleming was born exactly 43245 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Alexander Fleming was 118 years and 4 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Alexander Fleming is currently 49 years younger (44719 days) than the officially oldest person in the world, the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

Alexander Fleming has lived 1039 days longer than he/she was dead.

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