Cornelia Funke
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Cornelia Funke

German author

Cornelia Maria Funke is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a book illustrator. She began writing novels in the late 1980s and focused primarily on fantasy-oriented stories that depict the lives of children faced with adversity. Funke has since become Germany's "bestselling author for children". Her work has been translated into several languages and, as of 2012, Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide.

Cornelia Funke was born on Wednesday, December 10, 1958.
It was the 344. day of the year 1958.

Age:
66 Years 11 Months 12 Days

Next birthday: Wednesday December 10, 2025

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Cornelia Funke has the same birthday as:
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Generation Baby Boomer

At 66 years, Cornelia Funke belongs to the "Generation of Baby Boomer". Well-known figures of this generation include Frank De Winne, Lenny Kravitz und Kevin Pollak.

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

Astrology

Zodiac

♐ Sagittarius

(November 23, 1958 - December 21, 1958)

Life Number

9

(Optimistic, helpful, and mysterious)

Zodiac sign

Dog

(November 23, 1958 - December 21, 1958)

Birthstone

Blue Topaz

(Communication, wisdom, calm)

Age in absolute numbers

2.112.880.751 Seconds
35.214.679 Minutes
586.911 Hours
24.454 Days
3.493 Weeks
803 Months
66 Years
6.7 Decades
0.67 Centuries

On May 22, 2027 Cornelia Funke will be exactly 25000 days old.
On August 8, 2035 Cornelia Funke will be exactly 4000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

With 66 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

8.151 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 8.151 hours per day. At your age of 67 years, that equals approximately 8.151 days (22,32 years).

Eat & Drink

1.019 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 67 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.019 days eating. (2,79 years).

Toilet visits

509 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 509 days (1,39 years).

Wait

849 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 849 days (2,32 years).

Laugh

102 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 102 days (0,28 years).

Brush teeth

68 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 68 days (0,19 years).

Work

6.623 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 6.623 days (18,13 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 633.864.225 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.641.100.939 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 528.220.188 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 366.820 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 134 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 3.668 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) 24.455 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 469 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.205 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 489.092.766.435.185 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 8.070 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 2.795 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 29.101 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 268 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 88.037 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,20 orbits of the Earth...


... 8,06 moon orbits.


... and 4,12 Mars orbit on foot.



88.037 kilometers means:

3.348 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
655 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
459 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
122 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,14 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
86,82 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
7,66 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

2,97 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,29 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Since the birth of Cornelia Funke ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 895 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 277,98 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 108,83 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 66,95 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 35,60 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 5,65 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,27 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,80 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,41 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,27 times.

Statistische Lebenserwartung



Die Lebenserwartung von Cornelia Funke zum Zeitpunkt der Geburt liegt bei 78.5 Jahren. Sie hat damit statistisch gesehen 85.3% ihrer Lebenswerwartung erreicht. Rechnerisch betrachtet wird sie am 10. Jun 2037 ihre Lebenserwartung erreicht haben. Das ist heute in 11 Jahren.

85.3%

Ältester Mensch der Welt

Übrigens: Du bist aktuell 56 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 66 Jahren hat Cornelia Funke 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.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Cornelia Funke ist der 70. Geburtstag. Er findet am Sunday, den 10.12.2028 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1968 Tuesday December 10, 1968 55
18. 1976 Friday December 10, 1976 171
20. 1978 Sunday December 10, 1978 210
25. 1983 Saturday December 10, 1983 325
30. 1988 Saturday December 10, 1988 465
40. 1998 Thursday December 10, 1998 820
50. 2008 Wednesday December 10, 2008 1275
60. 2018 Monday December 10, 2018 1830
70. 2028 Sunday December 10, 2028 2485
80. 2038 Friday December 10, 2038 3240
90. 2048 Thursday December 10, 2048 4095
100. 2058 Tuesday December 10, 2058 5050
110. 2068 Monday December 10, 2068 6105
120. 2078 Saturday December 10, 2078 7260
130. 2088 Friday December 10, 2088 8515
140. 2098 Wednesday December 10, 2098 9870
150. 2108 Monday December 10, 2108 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
10 • 12 • 1958
Binary:
1010 • 1100 • 11110100110
Hexadecimal:
a • c • 7a6
Octal:
12 • 14 • 3646
Roman:
X • XII • MCMLVIII
Morsecode:
·−−−− −−−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− ··−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· ····· −−−··
Numbers to letters:
ba • bc • bjfi
Cross sum:
27
Factor product:
234960
Birthday in words:
ten • twelve • one thousand nine hundred fifty eight

Historical Events

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Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 0 years and 0 months) 🔗
February 3, 1959
Rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper die in a plane crash, an event later known as "The Day the Music Died." (Age: 0 years and 1 months) 🔗
July 24, 1959
The "Kitchen Debate" between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev takes place in Moscow. (Age: 0 years and 7 months) 🔗
October 21, 1959
The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in New York City, becoming an iconic work of modern architecture. (Age: 0 years and 10 months) 🔗
February 1, 1960
The Greensboro sit-ins begin in North Carolina, marking a major turning point in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. (Age: 1 years and 1 months) 🔗
July 1, 1960
Ghana becomes a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president. (Age: 1 years and 6 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth. (Age: 2 years and 4 months) 🔗
August 13, 1961
East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin and symbolizing the Cold War. (Age: 2 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 16, 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. (Age: 3 years and 10 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: 4 years and 8 months) 🔗
November 22, 1963
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. (Age: 4 years and 11 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: 5 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 14, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Age: 5 years and 10 months) 🔗
March 7, 1965
The "Bloody Sunday" confrontation occurs during the Selma to Montgomery marches, highlighting the need for voting rights legislation. (Age: 6 years and 2 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: 6 years and 7 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: 8 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 10 years and 6 months) 🔗
July 20, 1969
The Apollo 11 mission successfully lands on the Moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on an extraterrestrial body. (Age: 10 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival begins in Bethel, New York, becoming a defining moment for the counterculture generation. (Age: 10 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 29, 1969
The first message is sent over ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. (Age: 10 years and 10 months) 🔗
April 17, 1970
The Apollo 13 mission safely returns to Earth after an oxygen tank explosion forced the crew to abort a moon landing. (Age: 11 years and 4 months) 🔗
June 21, 1970
Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup, permanently keeping the Jules Rimet trophy after their third victory. (Age: 11 years and 6 months) 🔗
January 2, 1971
The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is passed in the US, banning cigarette advertising on television and radio. (Age: 12 years and 0 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: 12 years and 8 months) 🔗
June 17, 1972
Five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, triggering the scandal. (Age: 13 years and 6 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: 13 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 20 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 28, 1979
A partial nuclear meltdown occurs at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania, the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power history. (Age: 20 years and 3 months) 🔗
November 4, 1979
The Iran hostage crisis begins when militant Iranian students storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take 52 Americans hostage. (Age: 20 years and 10 months) 🔗
December 24, 1979
The Soviet–Afghan War begins as Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the communist government. (Age: 21 years and 0 months) 🔗
May 18, 1980
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, a major volcanic eruption that caused widespread devastation. (Age: 21 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 21 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 12, 1981
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1), launches from Kennedy Space Center, marking a new era of reusable spacecraft. (Age: 22 years and 4 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: 22 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 12, 1981
IBM releases the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150), popularizing personal computing for business and home use. (Age: 22 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 2, 1982
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, starting the Falklands War with the United Kingdom. (Age: 23 years and 3 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

December 21, 1988
Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground. (Age: 30 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 24, 1989
The oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil. (Age: 30 years and 3 months) 🔗
November 9, 1989
The Berlin Wall, a symbol of the Cold War, is opened, leading to the end of the division of Germany and the collapse of East Germany. (Age: 30 years and 10 months) 🔗
April 24, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. (Age: 31 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 3, 1990
German Reunification. East and West Germany are officially reunified, forming the Federal Republic of Germany. (Age: 31 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm, the air and ground offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, begins. (Age: 32 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 6, 1991
Tim Berners-Lee posts a summary of the World Wide Web project, making it publicly available. (Age: 32 years and 7 months) 🔗
December 26, 1991
The Soviet Union is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War. (Age: 33 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 6, 1992
The Bosnian War, an international armed conflict, begins in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Age: 33 years and 3 months) 🔗
September 13, 1993
The Oslo I Accord, the first direct agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is signed. (Age: 34 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

January 1, 1999
The Euro is introduced as an electronic currency in 11 European Union countries. (Age: 40 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 20, 1999
The Columbine High School massacre occurs, shocking the world and sparking debates on gun control and school safety. (Age: 40 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 10, 2000
The dot-com bubble bursts, beginning a period of economic decline for technology and internet-related stocks. (Age: 41 years and 3 months) 🔗
September 11, 2001
The September 11 attacks occur, where al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four planes, striking the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (Age: 42 years and 9 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: 42 years and 9 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: 43 years and 0 months) 🔗
January 1, 2002
Euro banknotes and coins are introduced in 12 Eurozone member states, completing the currency's transition. (Age: 43 years and 0 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: 44 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 20, 2003
The U.S. and a coalition of allies invade Iraq, marking the beginning of the Iraq War. (Age: 44 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 4, 2004
Mark Zuckerberg launches "The Facebook," initially limited to Harvard students, which later becomes the global social media giant. (Age: 45 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

January 3, 2009
The first block of the blockchain for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is mined, marking the birth of decentralized digital currency. (Age: 50 years and 0 months) 🔗
June 25, 2009
Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop," dies at age 50, leading to a massive global outpouring of grief and media coverage. (Age: 50 years and 6 months) 🔗
January 12, 2010
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Haiti, causing catastrophic damage and a massive humanitarian crisis. (Age: 51 years and 1 months) 🔗
April 20, 2010
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the largest marine oil spill in history. (Age: 51 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 17, 2010
Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Tunisia, triggering the Tunisian Revolution and eventually the wider Arab Spring uprisings. (Age: 52 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 11, 2011
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake and subsequent tsunami strike Japan, causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (Age: 52 years and 3 months) 🔗
May 2, 2011
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Age: 52 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 31, 2011
The world population is estimated to have reached 7 billion people. (Age: 52 years and 10 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: 53 years and 7 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: 54 years and 2 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

April 10, 2019
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration releases the first-ever direct image of a black hole (M87*). (Age: 60 years and 4 months) 🔗
June 28, 2019
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish student, inspires global climate strikes, bringing youth climate activism to the forefront. (Age: 60 years and 6 months) 🔗
December 31, 2019
China informs the World Health Organization of a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown cause in Wuhan, later identified as COVID-19. (Age: 61 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 11, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic, leading to worldwide lockdowns and economic disruption. (Age: 61 years and 3 months) 🔗
May 25, 2020
George Floyd is murdered by police in Minneapolis, igniting mass global protests and strengthening the Black Lives Matter movement against racial injustice. (Age: 61 years and 5 months) 🔗
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: 61 years and 11 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: 62 years and 0 months) 🔗
February 18, 2021
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars, carrying the Ingenuity helicopter, the first powered flight on another planet. (Age: 62 years and 2 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: 62 years and 8 months) 🔗
February 24, 2022
Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II. (Age: 63 years and 2 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Cornelia Funke

How many birthday candles did Cornelia Funke blow out so far?

» At 66 years, Cornelia Funke has already blown out 2211 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Cornelia Funke be twice as old as today?

» Cornelia Funke ist 24.454 days old today. On 04.11.2092 Cornelia Funke will be twice as old as today. Cornelia Funke will then be 133 Jahre und 10 Monate years old.

When will Cornelia Funke be half as old as today?

» On 01.06.1992 Cornelia Funke was half of age today. Back then Cornelia Funke were 33 Jahre und 5 Monate years old.

When was Cornelia Funke 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 (17.03.1958), we get the 17.03.1958. 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, Cornelia Funke were conceived between 07.03.1958 and 27.03.1958.

How many prime number birthdays has Cornelia Funke had so far?

» At 66 years old, Cornelia Funke 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 66 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 10.12.2069. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Cornelia Funke at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Cornelia Funke was born exactly 14997 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Cornelia Funke was 41 years and 0 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Cornelia Funke is currently 56 years younger (44711 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.

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