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Paul Young

English musician (born 1956)

Paul Antony Young is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back and Stay", "Every Time You Go Away" and "Everything Must Change", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1983, his debut album, No Parlez, was the first of three UK number-one albums.

Paul Young was born on Tuesday, January 17, 1956.
It was the 17. day of the year 1956.

Age:
69 Years 10 Months 5 Days

Next birthday: Saturday January 17, 2026

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Same vintage - 1956


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Generation Baby Boomer

At 69 years, Paul Young belongs to the "Generation of Baby Boomer". Well-known figures of this generation include Mike Myers, Joan Benoit und Helen Hunt.

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

Astrology

Zodiac

♑ Capricorn

(December 22, 1956 - January 20, 1956)

Life Number

3

(Fun-loving, optimistic, disciplined)

Zodiac sign

Monkey

(December 22, 1956 - January 20, 1956)

Birthstone

Garnet

(Protection, vitality, love)

Age in absolute numbers

2.204.304.372 Seconds
36.738.406 Minutes
612.306 Hours
25.512 Days
3.644 Weeks
838 Months
69 Years
6.99 Decades
0.7 Centuries

On March 25, 2027 Paul Young will be exactly 26000 days old.
On September 14, 2032 Paul Young will be exactly 4000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

With 69 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

8.504 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 8.504 hours per day. At your age of 70 years, that equals approximately 8.504 days (23,28 years).

Eat & Drink

1.063 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 70 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.063 days eating. (2,91 years).

Toilet visits

532 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 532 days (1,46 years).

Wait

886 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 886 days (2,43 years).

Laugh

106 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 106 days (0,29 years).

Brush teeth

71 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 71 days (0,19 years).

Work

6.910 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 6.910 days (18,92 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 661.291.312 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.755.380.465 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 551.076.093 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 382.692 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 140 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 3.827 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) 25.513 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 489 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.257 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 510.255.641.666.667 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 8.419 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 2.916 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 30.360 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 279 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 91.846 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,29 orbits of the Earth...


... 8,41 moon orbits.


... and 4,30 Mars orbit on foot.



91.846 kilometers means:

3.493 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
683 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
478 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
128 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,28 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
90,58 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
7,99 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,10 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,31 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Since the birth of Paul Young ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 934 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 290,01 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 113,54 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 69,85 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 37,14 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 5,89 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,37 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,83 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,42 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,28 times.

Statistische Lebenserwartung



Die Lebenserwartung von Paul Young zum Zeitpunkt der Geburt liegt bei 78.5 Jahren. Sie hat damit statistisch gesehen 89% ihrer Lebenswerwartung erreicht. Rechnerisch betrachtet wird sie am 17. Jul 2034 ihre Lebenserwartung erreicht haben. Das ist heute in 8 Jahren.

89%

Ältester Mensch der Welt

Übrigens: Du bist aktuell 53 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 69 Jahren hat Paul Young 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 Paul Young ist der 70. Geburtstag. Er findet am Saturday, den 17.01.2026 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1966 Monday January 17, 1966 55
18. 1974 Thursday January 17, 1974 171
20. 1976 Saturday January 17, 1976 210
25. 1981 Saturday January 17, 1981 325
30. 1986 Friday January 17, 1986 465
40. 1996 Wednesday January 17, 1996 820
50. 2006 Tuesday January 17, 2006 1275
60. 2016 Sunday January 17, 2016 1830
70. 2026 Saturday January 17, 2026 2485
80. 2036 Thursday January 17, 2036 3240
90. 2046 Wednesday January 17, 2046 4095
100. 2056 Monday January 17, 2056 5050
110. 2066 Sunday January 17, 2066 6105
120. 2076 Friday January 17, 2076 7260
130. 2086 Thursday January 17, 2086 8515
140. 2096 Tuesday January 17, 2096 9870
150. 2106 Sunday January 17, 2106 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
17 • 1 • 1956
Binary:
10001 • 1 • 11110100100
Hexadecimal:
11 • 1 • 7a4
Octal:
21 • 1 • 3644
Roman:
XVII • I • MCMLVI
Morsecode:
·−−−− −−··· ·−·−·− −−−−− ·−−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· ····· −····
Numbers to letters:
bh • ab • bjfg
Cross sum:
30
Factor product:
33252
Birthday in words:
seventeen • one • one thousand nine hundred fifty six

Historical Events

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Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

October 23, 1956
The Hungarian Revolution begins, a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and Soviet-imposed policies. (Age: 0 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 29, 1956
The Suez Crisis begins when Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula, followed by intervention from the UK and France. (Age: 0 years and 9 months) 🔗
September 4, 1957
The Little Rock Crisis begins as Governor Orval Faubus uses the National Guard to block nine African American students from entering Central High School. (Age: 1 years and 7 months) 🔗
October 4, 1957
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, initiating the Space Race. (Age: 1 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

March 27, 1958
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, consolidating power and leading the nation through the height of the Cold War. (Age: 2 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 2 years and 11 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: 3 years and 0 months) 🔗
July 24, 1959
The "Kitchen Debate" between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev takes place in Moscow. (Age: 3 years and 6 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: 3 years and 9 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: 4 years and 0 months) 🔗
July 1, 1960
Ghana becomes a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president. (Age: 4 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth. (Age: 5 years and 2 months) 🔗
August 13, 1961
East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin and symbolizing the Cold War. (Age: 5 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 16, 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. (Age: 6 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

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: 10 years and 10 months) 🔗
June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 11 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 3, 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. (Age: 11 years and 10 months) 🔗
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to riots in many U.S. cities. (Age: 12 years and 2 months) 🔗
August 20, 1968
Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to halt the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. (Age: 12 years and 7 months) 🔗
July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 13 years and 5 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: 13 years and 6 months) 🔗
August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival begins in Bethel, New York, becoming a defining moment for the counterculture generation. (Age: 13 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 29, 1969
The first message is sent over ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. (Age: 13 years and 9 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: 14 years and 3 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

April 1, 1976
Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. (Age: 20 years and 2 months) 🔗
May 25, 1977
The film "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope" is released, launching one of the most successful film franchises of all time. (Age: 21 years and 4 months) 🔗
July 25, 1978
Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby," is born in England, marking a major breakthrough in in-vitro fertilization (IVF). (Age: 22 years and 6 months) 🔗
September 17, 1978
The Camp David Accords are signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, a framework for peace in the Middle East. (Age: 22 years and 8 months) 🔗
February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 23 years and 0 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: 23 years and 2 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: 23 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 24, 1979
The Soviet–Afghan War begins as Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the communist government. (Age: 23 years and 11 months) 🔗
May 18, 1980
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, a major volcanic eruption that caused widespread devastation. (Age: 24 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 24 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

January 28, 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. (Age: 30 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 26, 1986
A catastrophic nuclear accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine, the worst nuclear disaster in history. (Age: 30 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 19, 1987
"Black Monday" sees stock markets around the world crash, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping by 22.6% in a single day. (Age: 31 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 8, 1987
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. (Age: 31 years and 10 months) 🔗
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: 32 years and 11 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: 33 years and 2 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: 33 years and 9 months) 🔗
April 24, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. (Age: 34 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 3, 1990
German Reunification. East and West Germany are officially reunified, forming the Federal Republic of Germany. (Age: 34 years and 8 months) 🔗
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm, the air and ground offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, begins. (Age: 35 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

July 5, 1996
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, is born. (Age: 40 years and 5 months) 🔗
June 26, 1997
The first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," is published, launching a global phenomenon. (Age: 41 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 31, 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris, leading to a global outpouring of grief. (Age: 41 years and 7 months) 🔗
December 19, 1997
The film "Titanic," directed by James Cameron, is released, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time (at that time). (Age: 41 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 10, 1998
The Good Friday Agreement is signed, marking a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. (Age: 42 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 1, 1999
The Euro is introduced as an electronic currency in 11 European Union countries. (Age: 42 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 20, 1999
The Columbine High School massacre occurs, shocking the world and sparking debates on gun control and school safety. (Age: 43 years and 3 months) 🔗
March 10, 2000
The dot-com bubble bursts, beginning a period of economic decline for technology and internet-related stocks. (Age: 44 years and 1 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: 45 years and 7 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: 45 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

March 21, 2006
Twitter is founded, allowing users to share short messages, quickly becoming a major platform for real-time communication. (Age: 50 years and 2 months) 🔗
November 4, 2006
Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, is executed after being convicted of crimes against humanity. (Age: 50 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 9, 2007
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone, fundamentally changing the mobile phone and personal computing industries. (Age: 50 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 19, 2007
The U.S. Federal Reserve begins cutting interest rates in response to the looming subprime mortgage crisis. (Age: 51 years and 11 months) 🔗
August 8, 2008
The Summer Olympics open in Beijing, China, showcasing the country's economic rise on the global stage. (Age: 52 years and 6 months) 🔗
September 10, 2008
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, is successfully started at CERN. (Age: 52 years and 7 months) 🔗
September 15, 2008
Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, marking the height of the global financial crisis. (Age: 52 years and 7 months) 🔗
November 4, 2008
Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the office. (Age: 52 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 3, 2009
The first block of the blockchain for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is mined, marking the birth of decentralized digital currency. (Age: 52 years and 11 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: 53 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

June 23, 2016
The UK votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, an event widely known as Brexit. (Age: 60 years and 5 months) 🔗
November 8, 2016
Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton in a major political upset. (Age: 60 years and 9 months) 🔗
June 3, 2017
Qatar is boycotted by several Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, escalating a major diplomatic crisis in the Middle East. (Age: 61 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 5, 2017
The first known use of the hashtag #MeToo occurs in a widespread social media campaign against sexual harassment and assault. (Age: 61 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 14, 2018
The U.S., UK, and France launch missile strikes in Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack. (Age: 62 years and 2 months) 🔗
April 10, 2019
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration releases the first-ever direct image of a black hole (M87*). (Age: 63 years and 2 months) 🔗
June 28, 2019
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish student, inspires global climate strikes, bringing youth climate activism to the forefront. (Age: 63 years and 5 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: 63 years and 11 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: 64 years and 1 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: 64 years and 4 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Paul Young

How many birthday candles did Paul Young blow out so far?

» At 69 years, Paul Young has already blown out 2415 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Paul Young be twice as old as today?

» Paul Young ist 25.512 days old today. On 28.09.2095 Paul Young will be twice as old as today. Paul Young will then be 139 Jahre und 8 Monate years old.

When will Paul Young be half as old as today?

» On 20.12.1990 Paul Young was half of age today. Back then Paul Young were 34 Jahre und 11 Monate years old.

When was Paul Young 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 (24.04.1955), we get the 24.04.1955. 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, Paul Young were conceived between 14.04.1955 and 04.05.1955.

How many prime number birthdays has Paul Young had so far?

» At 69 years old, Paul Young has already celebrated 19 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 69 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 17.01.2067. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Paul Young at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Paul Young was born exactly 16055 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Paul Young was 43 years and 11 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Paul Young is currently 53 years younger (44718 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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