Colin Firth
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Colin Firth

English actor and producer

Colin Andrew Firth is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Volpi Cup as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

Colin Firth was born on Saturday, September 10, 1960.
It was the 254. day of the year 1960.

Age:
65 Years 7 Months 14 Days

Next birthday: Thursday September 10, 2026

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Colin Firth has the same birthday as:
Charles Simonyi, Philip Baker Hall and Mike Mullane

Birthday Fun Facts



  • The day 10 of month September 1960 was the 10th day of Autumn (meteorological). The day 10 of month September 1960 was the 82nd day of Summer (astronomical).
  • Age 65 The number 65 represents the element Terbium in the Periodic table of elements.
    Terbium is a lanthanide, used in electronics, magnets, and advanced materials.
  • Since you visited this page, people have been born. In total there are people born today. They all celebrate the same birthday as you.

Who has the same birthday as Colin Firth?


Same vintage - 1960


Did you know? Colin Firth is ...

Generation Baby Boomer

At 65 years, Colin Firth belongs to the "Generation of Baby Boomer". Well-known figures of this generation include Luciano Ligabue, Andy Lau und Matti Nykänen.

The Baby Boomers are a large generation that emerged from the birth boom after World War II.

Astrology

Zodiac

♍ Virgo

(August 24, 1960 - September 23, 1960)

Zodiac sign

Rat

(August 24, 1960 - September 23, 1960)

Life Number

8

(Success-oriented, strong-willed, sometimes jealous)

Birthstone

Sapphire

(Wisdom, loyalty, nobility)

Age in absolute numbers

2.070.825.537 Seconds
34.513.758 Minutes
575.229 Hours
23.967 Days
3.423 Weeks
787 Months
65 Years
6.56 Decades
0.66 Centuries

On May 27, 2026 Colin Firth will be exactly 24000 days old.
On May 9, 2037 Colin Firth will be exactly 4000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

With 65 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

7.989 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 7.989 hours per day. At your age of 66 years, that equals approximately 7.989 days (21,87 years).

Eat & Drink

999 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 66 years, you have therefore spent approximately 999 days eating. (2,73 years).

Toilet visits

499 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 499 days (1,37 years).

Wait

832 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 832 days (2,28 years).

Laugh

100 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 100 days (0,27 years).

Brush teeth

67 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 67 days (0,18 years).

Work

6.491 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 6.491 days (17,77 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 621.247.661 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.588.531.923 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 517.706.385 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 359.518 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 131 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 3.595 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) 23.968 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 459 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.181 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 479.357.763.425.926 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 7.909 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 2.739 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 28.522 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 262 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

According to statistical averages, you have walked 86.284 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,15 orbits of the Earth...


... 7,90 moon orbits.


... and 4,04 Mars orbit on foot.



86.284 kilometers means:

3.281 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
642 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
449 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
120 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
4 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,08 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
85,09 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
7,50 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

2,91 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,29 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Since the birth of Colin Firth ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 877 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 272,45 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 106,66 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 65,62 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 34,89 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 5,54 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,23 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,78 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,40 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,26 times.

Statistische Lebenserwartung



Die Lebenserwartung von Colin Firth zum Zeitpunkt der Geburt liegt bei 78.5 Jahren. Sie hat damit statistisch gesehen 83.6% ihrer Lebenswerwartung erreicht. Rechnerisch betrachtet wird sie am 10. Mar 2039 ihre Lebenserwartung erreicht haben. Das ist heute in 12 Jahren.

83.6%

Ältester Mensch der Welt

Übrigens: Du bist aktuell 57 Jahre jünger als der offiziell älteste Mensch der Welt, die Französin Jeanne Calment. Sie wurde am 21. Februar 1875 geboren und starb am 4. August 1997 mit 122 Jahren und 164 Tagen.

Mit 65 Jahren hat Colin Firth die Lebenserwartung von diesem Tier erreicht: Parrot.


Die Lebenserwatung ist lediglich eine statistische Größe. Sie sagt nichts darüber aus wie alt ein einzelner Mensch tatsächlich wird. Die Lebenszeit wird von vielen Faktoren beeinflusst. Datenquelle: Weltbank. Die Lebenserwartung ist von Land zu Land unterschiedlich. In Deutschland erheben sogar einzelne Bundesländer eigenen Statistiken zur Lebenserwartung.

Special birthdays

Next major birthday for Colin Firth: Tuesday, September 10, 2030 (70 years)

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1970 Thursday September 10, 1970 55
18. 1978 Sunday September 10, 1978 171
20. 1980 Wednesday September 10, 1980 210
25. 1985 Tuesday September 10, 1985 325
30. 1990 Monday September 10, 1990 465
40. 2000 Sunday September 10, 2000 820
50. 2010 Friday September 10, 2010 1275
60. 2020 Thursday September 10, 2020 1830
70. 2030 Tuesday September 10, 2030 2485
80. 2040 Monday September 10, 2040 3240
90. 2050 Saturday September 10, 2050 4095
100. 2060 Friday September 10, 2060 5050
110. 2070 Wednesday September 10, 2070 6105
120. 2080 Tuesday September 10, 2080 7260
130. 2090 Sunday September 10, 2090 8515
140. 2100 Friday September 10, 2100 9870
150. 2110 Wednesday September 10, 2110 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
10 • 9 • 1960
Binary:
1010 • 1001 • 11110101000
Hexadecimal:
a • 9 • 7a8
Octal:
12 • 11 • 3650
Roman:
X • IX • MCMLX
Morsecode:
·−−−− −−−−− ·−·−·− −−−−− −−−−· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· −···· −−−−−
Numbers to letters:
ba • aj • bjga
Cross sum:
26
Factor product:
176400
Birthday in words:
ten • nine • one thousand nine hundred sixty

Historical Events

Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth. (Age: 0 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 13, 1961
East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin and symbolizing the Cold War. (Age: 0 years and 11 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

October 16, 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. (Age: 2 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Age: 2 years and 11 months) 🔗
November 22, 1963
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. (Age: 3 years and 2 months) 🔗
July 2, 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (Age: 3 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 14, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Age: 4 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 7, 1965
The "Bloody Sunday" confrontation occurs during the Selma to Montgomery marches, highlighting the need for voting rights legislation. (Age: 4 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 6, 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed, overcoming legal barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. (Age: 4 years and 10 months) 🔗
December 13, 1966
The convention for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is adopted by the UN, a key international human rights treaty. (Age: 6 years and 3 months) 🔗
June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 6 years and 8 months) 🔗
December 3, 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. (Age: 7 years and 2 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

January 2, 1971
The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is passed in the US, banning cigarette advertising on television and radio. (Age: 10 years and 3 months) 🔗
August 15, 1971
U.S. President Richard Nixon ends the convertibility of the US dollar to gold, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. (Age: 10 years and 11 months) 🔗
June 17, 1972
Five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, triggering the scandal. (Age: 11 years and 9 months) 🔗
September 5, 1972
The Munich Massacre occurs at the Summer Olympics, where members of the Israeli Olympic team are taken hostage and killed by Palestinian terrorists. (Age: 11 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 27, 1973
The Paris Peace Accords are signed, formally ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. (Age: 12 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 6, 1973
The Yom Kippur War begins as Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel. (Age: 13 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 17, 1973
OPEC places an oil embargo on nations supporting Israel, triggering the 1973 oil crisis and major economic disruption. (Age: 13 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 9, 1974
Richard Nixon resigns as U.S. President following the Watergate scandal, the only U.S. President ever to do so. (Age: 13 years and 10 months) 🔗
April 30, 1975
The Fall of Saigon marks the end of the Vietnam War, with North Vietnamese forces capturing the South Vietnamese capital. (Age: 14 years and 7 months) 🔗
June 25, 1975
Mozambique and Angola gain independence from Portugal, following years of armed liberation struggle. (Age: 14 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 20 years and 2 months) 🔗
April 12, 1981
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1), launches from Kennedy Space Center, marking a new era of reusable spacecraft. (Age: 20 years and 7 months) 🔗
June 5, 1981
The U.S. CDC reports the first cases of what would later be known as AIDS, marking the beginning of the global pandemic. (Age: 20 years and 8 months) 🔗
August 12, 1981
IBM releases the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150), popularizing personal computing for business and home use. (Age: 20 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 2, 1982
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, starting the Falklands War with the United Kingdom. (Age: 21 years and 6 months) 🔗
January 1, 1983
The ARPANET officially switches to the TCP/IP protocol, considered the "birth" of the modern Internet. (Age: 22 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 24, 1984
Apple Computer launches the Macintosh, the first commercially successful personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). (Age: 23 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 2, 1984
A gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills thousands and is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. (Age: 24 years and 2 months) 🔗
March 11, 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, initiating policies of Glasnost and Perestroika. (Age: 24 years and 6 months) 🔗
July 13, 1985
The Live Aid dual-venue benefit concert is held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. (Age: 24 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

October 3, 1990
German Reunification. East and West Germany are officially reunified, forming the Federal Republic of Germany. (Age: 30 years and 0 months) 🔗
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm, the air and ground offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, begins. (Age: 30 years and 4 months) 🔗
August 6, 1991
Tim Berners-Lee posts a summary of the World Wide Web project, making it publicly available. (Age: 30 years and 10 months) 🔗
December 26, 1991
The Soviet Union is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War. (Age: 31 years and 3 months) 🔗
April 6, 1992
The Bosnian War, an international armed conflict, begins in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Age: 31 years and 6 months) 🔗
September 13, 1993
The Oslo I Accord, the first direct agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is signed. (Age: 33 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 7, 1994
The Rwandan genocide, a mass slaughter of Tutsi people by Hutu majority members, begins. (Age: 33 years and 6 months) 🔗
April 27, 1994
South Africa holds its first multiracial general election, marking the end of Apartheid. Nelson Mandela is elected President. (Age: 33 years and 7 months) 🔗
May 6, 1994
The Channel Tunnel, linking the United Kingdom and France, is officially opened. (Age: 33 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 19, 1995
A domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. (Age: 34 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

September 11, 2001
The September 11 attacks occur, where al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four planes, striking the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (Age: 41 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 7, 2001
The U.S. and NATO allies invade Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban. (Age: 41 years and 0 months) 🔗
December 11, 2001
The People's Republic of China officially joins the World Trade Organization (WTO), integrating its economy deeply into global trade. (Age: 41 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 1, 2002
Euro banknotes and coins are introduced in 12 Eurozone member states, completing the currency's transition. (Age: 41 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 1, 2003
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry, killing all seven crew members and halting the shuttle program for over two years. (Age: 42 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 20, 2003
The U.S. and a coalition of allies invade Iraq, marking the beginning of the Iraq War. (Age: 42 years and 6 months) 🔗
February 4, 2004
Mark Zuckerberg launches "The Facebook," initially limited to Harvard students, which later becomes the global social media giant. (Age: 43 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 26, 2004
The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami devastates coastal regions across 14 countries, killing over 230,000 people. (Age: 44 years and 3 months) 🔗
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing massive damage and flooding in New Orleans, leading to major government criticism. (Age: 44 years and 11 months) 🔗
March 21, 2006
Twitter is founded, allowing users to share short messages, quickly becoming a major platform for real-time communication. (Age: 45 years and 6 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

December 17, 2010
Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Tunisia, triggering the Tunisian Revolution and eventually the wider Arab Spring uprisings. (Age: 50 years and 3 months) 🔗
March 11, 2011
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake and subsequent tsunami strike Japan, causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (Age: 50 years and 6 months) 🔗
May 2, 2011
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Age: 50 years and 7 months) 🔗
October 31, 2011
The world population is estimated to have reached 7 billion people. (Age: 51 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 6, 2012
NASA's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars to explore the Gale Crater and search for signs of past microbial life. (Age: 51 years and 10 months) 🔗
February 15, 2013
A large meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,000 people and raising awareness of asteroid defense. (Age: 52 years and 5 months) 🔗
March 13, 2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as Pope Francis, becoming the first pope from the Americas, the Southern Hemisphere, and outside Europe since the 8th century. (Age: 52 years and 6 months) 🔗
March 16, 2014
Russia annexes Crimea following a controversial referendum, leading to international sanctions and escalating geopolitical tensions. (Age: 53 years and 6 months) 🔗
July 14, 2015
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft performs a flyby of Pluto, providing the first detailed images and data of the dwarf planet. (Age: 54 years and 10 months) 🔗
December 12, 2015
The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change mitigation, is adopted by consensus by 196 parties. (Age: 55 years and 3 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

December 2, 2020
The UK becomes the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) for widespread use, beginning the global vaccination effort. (Age: 60 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 6, 2021
The U.S. Capitol is stormed by supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. (Age: 60 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 18, 2021
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars, carrying the Ingenuity helicopter, the first powered flight on another planet. (Age: 60 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 15, 2021
The Taliban recaptures Kabul, leading to the collapse of the Afghan government and the end of the 20-year U.S./NATO presence. (Age: 60 years and 11 months) 🔗
February 24, 2022
Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II. (Age: 61 years and 5 months) 🔗
September 8, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II dies at age 96, ending the longest reign in British history and leading to the accession of King Charles III. (Age: 61 years and 11 months) 🔗
November 30, 2022
OpenAI launches ChatGPT, bringing large language models and generative AI into the public consciousness. (Age: 62 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 5, 2022
Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the U.S. achieve fusion ignition, a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy research. (Age: 62 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 1, 2023
Croatia officially adopts the Euro as its currency and joins the Schengen Area. (Age: 62 years and 3 months) 🔗
March 10, 2023
The largest U.S. bank failure since 2008 occurs when Silicon Valley Bank collapses, followed by Signature Bank, leading to fears of a new financial crisis. (Age: 62 years and 6 months) 🔗

Birthday-FAQ for Colin Firth

How many birthday candles did Colin Firth blow out so far?

» At 65 years, Colin Firth has already blown out 2145 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Colin Firth be twice as old as today?

» Colin Firth ist 23.967 days old today. On 06.12.2091 Colin Firth will be twice as old as today. Colin Firth will then be 131 Jahre und 2 Monate years old.

When will Colin Firth be half as old as today?

» On 02.07.1993 Colin Firth was half of age today. Back then Colin Firth were 32 Jahre und 9 Monate years old.

When was Colin Firth 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 (17.12.1959), we get the 17.12.1959. 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, Colin Firth were conceived between 07.12.1959 and 27.12.1959.

How many prime number birthdays has Colin Firth had so far?

» At 65 years old, Colin Firth has already celebrated 18 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 65 years, you've already celebrated 5 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55). 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 10.09.2071. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Colin Firth at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Colin Firth was born exactly 14357 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Colin Firth was 39 years and 3 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Colin Firth is currently 57 years younger (44710 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.

Did you know?

» Since you entered this website Colin Firth became seconds older. 😉

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