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Penelope Heyns

swimmer

Penelope ("Penny") Heyns OIS is a South African former swimmer, who is best known for being the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events – at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games – making her South Africa's first post-apartheid Olympic gold medallist following South Africa's re-admission to the Games in 1992. Along with Australian champion Leisel Jones, Heyns is regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers.

Penelope Heyns was born on Friday, November 8, 1974.
It was the 312. day of the year 1974.

Age:
51 Years 0 Months 14 Days

Next birthday: Sunday November 8, 2026

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Penelope Heyns has the same birthday as:
Edmond Halley, Nerva and Charles Demuth

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Date of Birth: November 8, 1883

Date of Death: October 23, 1935
Edmond Halley

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Date of Birth: November 8, 1656

Date of Death: January 14, 1742
Jesse Marsch

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Date of Birth: November 8, 1973
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Date of Birth: November 8, 1952
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Date of Birth: November 8, 1922

Date of Death: September 2, 2001
Nerva

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Date of Birth: November 10, 30

Date of Death: January 29, 98

Same vintage - 1974

These people were born in the same year

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

Date of Birth: November 11, 1974
Kristian von Bengtson

Kristian von Bengtson

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Date of Birth: August 1, 1974
Jon Oringer

Jon Oringer

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Date of Birth: May 2, 1974
Hicham El Guerrouj

Hicham El Guerrouj

Moroccan middle and long distance runner

Date of Birth: September 14, 1974
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier

Date of Birth: January 27, 1974
Penelope Heyns

Penelope Heyns

swimmer

Date of Birth: November 8, 1974
Roman Šebrle

Roman Šebrle

Czech high jumper and decathlete

Date of Birth: November 26, 1974
Alexandr Zubkov

Alexandr Zubkov

Russian bobsledder (born 1974)

Date of Birth: August 10, 1974
Martin Henderson

Martin Henderson

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Date of Birth: October 8, 1974
Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

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Date of Birth: October 17, 1974

Did you know? Penelope Heyns is ...

Generation X

Period: 1965 ‐ 1979

At 51 years, Penelope Heyns belongs to the "Generation X". Well-known figures of this generation include Eric Moussambani, Maura Tierney und Rick Kavanian.

This generation is often referred to as "latchkey kids" because many of them grew up with their parents after work.

Astrology

Zodiac

♏ Scorpio

(October 24, 1974 - November 22, 1974)

Life Number

4

(Sharp-minded, straightforward, logic-oriented)

Zodiac sign

Tiger

(October 24, 1974 - November 22, 1974)

Birthstone

Citrine

(Abundance, warmth, clarity)

Age in absolute numbers

Since Penelope Heyns was born...

1.610.718.609 Seconds
26.845.310 Minutes
447.421 Hours
18.642 Days
2.663 Weeks
612 Months
51 Years
5.1 Decades
0.51 Centuries

On November 15, 2026 Penelope Heyns will be exactly 19000 days old.
On May 7, 2032 Penelope Heyns will be exactly 3000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

Successes that speak for themselves

With 51 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

6.214 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 6.214 hours per day. At your age of 51 years, that equals approximately 6.214 days (17,01 years).

Eat & Drink

777 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 51 years, you have therefore spent approximately 777 days eating. (2,13 years).

Toilet visits

388 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 388 days (1,06 years).

Wait

647 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 647 days (1,77 years).

Laugh

78 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 78 days (0,21 years).

Brush teeth

52 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 52 days (0,14 years).

Work

5.049 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 5.049 days (13,82 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 483.215.583 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.013.398.261 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 402.679.652 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 279.639 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 102 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 2.796 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) 18.643 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 357 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 919 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 372.851.529.861.111 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 6.152 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 2.131 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 22.185 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 204 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 67.113 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 1,67 orbits of the Earth...


... 6,15 moon orbits.


... and 3,14 Mars orbit on foot.



67.113 kilometers means:

2.552 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
499 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
350 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
93 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
3 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
2,40 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
66,19 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
5,84 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

2,26 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,22 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Our Solar System

Since the birth of Penelope Heyns ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 682 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 211,92 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 82,96 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 51,04 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 27,14 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 4,31 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 1,73 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,61 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,31 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,21 times.

Statistische Lebenserwartung

Du hast noch einiges vor dir



Die Lebenserwartung von Penelope Heyns zum Zeitpunkt der Geburt liegt bei 78.5 Jahren. Sie hat damit statistisch gesehen 65% ihrer Lebenswerwartung erreicht. Rechnerisch betrachtet wird sie am 08. May 2053 ihre Lebenserwartung erreicht haben. Das ist heute in 27 Jahren.

65%

Ältester Mensch der Welt

Übrigens: Du bist aktuell 71 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 51 Jahren hat Penelope Heyns die Lebenserwartung von diesem Tier erreicht: Gorilla.


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 Penelope Heyns ist der 60. Geburtstag. Er findet am Wednesday, den 08.11.2034 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1984 Thursday November 8, 1984 55
18. 1992 Sunday November 8, 1992 171
20. 1994 Tuesday November 8, 1994 210
25. 1999 Monday November 8, 1999 325
30. 2004 Monday November 8, 2004 465
40. 2014 Saturday November 8, 2014 820
50. 2024 Friday November 8, 2024 1275
60. 2034 Wednesday November 8, 2034 1830
70. 2044 Tuesday November 8, 2044 2485
80. 2054 Sunday November 8, 2054 3240
90. 2064 Saturday November 8, 2064 4095
100. 2074 Thursday November 8, 2074 5050
110. 2084 Wednesday November 8, 2084 6105
120. 2094 Monday November 8, 2094 7260
130. 2104 Saturday November 8, 2104 8515
140. 2114 Thursday November 8, 2114 9870
150. 2124 Wednesday November 8, 2124 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Other Number systems

Decimal:
8 • 11 • 1974
Binary:
1000 • 1011 • 11110110110
Hexadecimal:
8 • b • 7b6
Octal:
10 • 13 • 3666
Roman:
VIII • XI • MCMLXXIV
Morsecode:
−−−−− −−−·· ·−·−·− ·−−−− ·−−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· −−··· ····−
Numbers to letters:
ai • bb • bjhe
Cross sum:
31
Factor product:
173712
Birthday in words:
eight • eleven • one thousand nine hundred seventy four

Historical Events

How old was Penelope Heyns back then?

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Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

April 30, 1975
The Fall of Saigon marks the end of the Vietnam War, with North Vietnamese forces capturing the South Vietnamese capital. (Age: 0 years and 5 months) 🔗
June 25, 1975
Mozambique and Angola gain independence from Portugal, following years of armed liberation struggle. (Age: 0 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 1, 1976
Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. (Age: 1 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

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: 2 years and 6 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: 3 years and 8 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: 3 years and 10 months) 🔗
February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 4 years and 2 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: 4 years and 4 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: 4 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 24, 1979
The Soviet–Afghan War begins as Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the communist government. (Age: 5 years and 1 months) 🔗
May 18, 1980
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, a major volcanic eruption that caused widespread devastation. (Age: 5 years and 6 months) 🔗
December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 6 years and 1 months) 🔗
April 12, 1981
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1), launches from Kennedy Space Center, marking a new era of reusable spacecraft. (Age: 6 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

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: 10 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 11, 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, initiating policies of Glasnost and Perestroika. (Age: 10 years and 4 months) 🔗
July 13, 1985
The Live Aid dual-venue benefit concert is held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. (Age: 10 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 1, 1985
The wreck of the RMS Titanic is discovered by a joint US-French expedition led by Robert Ballard. (Age: 10 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 28, 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. (Age: 11 years and 2 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: 11 years and 5 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: 12 years and 11 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: 13 years and 1 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: 14 years and 1 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: 14 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

April 19, 1995
A domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. (Age: 20 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 9, 1995
Netscape Communications holds its initial public offering (IPO), marking the start of the dot-com boom. (Age: 20 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 24, 1995
Microsoft releases Windows 95, a major step in personal computing with its new graphical user interface. (Age: 20 years and 9 months) 🔗
July 5, 1996
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, is born. (Age: 21 years and 7 months) 🔗
June 26, 1997
The first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," is published, launching a global phenomenon. (Age: 22 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 31, 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris, leading to a global outpouring of grief. (Age: 22 years and 9 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: 23 years and 1 months) 🔗
April 10, 1998
The Good Friday Agreement is signed, marking a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. (Age: 23 years and 5 months) 🔗
January 1, 1999
The Euro is introduced as an electronic currency in 11 European Union countries. (Age: 24 years and 1 months) 🔗
April 20, 1999
The Columbine High School massacre occurs, shocking the world and sparking debates on gun control and school safety. (Age: 24 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

December 26, 2004
The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami devastates coastal regions across 14 countries, killing over 230,000 people. (Age: 30 years and 1 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: 30 years and 9 months) 🔗
March 21, 2006
Twitter is founded, allowing users to share short messages, quickly becoming a major platform for real-time communication. (Age: 31 years and 4 months) 🔗
November 4, 2006
Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, is executed after being convicted of crimes against humanity. (Age: 31 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 9, 2007
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone, fundamentally changing the mobile phone and personal computing industries. (Age: 32 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 19, 2007
The U.S. Federal Reserve begins cutting interest rates in response to the looming subprime mortgage crisis. (Age: 33 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 8, 2008
The Summer Olympics open in Beijing, China, showcasing the country's economic rise on the global stage. (Age: 33 years and 9 months) 🔗
September 10, 2008
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, is successfully started at CERN. (Age: 33 years and 10 months) 🔗
September 15, 2008
Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, marking the height of the global financial crisis. (Age: 33 years and 10 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: 33 years and 11 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

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: 40 years and 8 months) 🔗
December 12, 2015
The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change mitigation, is adopted by consensus by 196 parties. (Age: 41 years and 1 months) 🔗
June 23, 2016
The UK votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, an event widely known as Brexit. (Age: 41 years and 7 months) 🔗
November 8, 2016
Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton in a major political upset. (Age: 42 years and 0 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: 42 years and 6 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: 42 years and 10 months) 🔗
April 14, 2018
The U.S., UK, and France launch missile strikes in Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack. (Age: 43 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 10, 2019
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration releases the first-ever direct image of a black hole (M87*). (Age: 44 years and 5 months) 🔗
June 28, 2019
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish student, inspires global climate strikes, bringing youth climate activism to the forefront. (Age: 44 years and 7 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: 45 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

January 1, 2025
A global focus on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) intensifies as capabilities continue to advance, raising major ethical and economic policy debates worldwide. (Age: 50 years and 1 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Penelope Heyns

Frequently asked questions

How many birthday candles did Penelope Heyns blow out so far?

» At 51 years, Penelope Heyns has already blown out 1326 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Penelope Heyns be twice as old as today?

» Penelope Heyns ist 18.642 days old today. On 06.12.2076 Penelope Heyns will be twice as old as today. Penelope Heyns will then be 102 Jahre und 0 Monate years old.

When will Penelope Heyns be half as old as today?

» On 16.05.2000 Penelope Heyns was half of age today. Back then Penelope Heyns were 25 Jahre und 6 Monate years old.

When was Penelope Heyns 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 (13.02.1974), we get the 13.02.1974. 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, Penelope Heyns were conceived between 03.02.1974 and 23.02.1974.

How many prime number birthdays has Penelope Heyns had so far?

» At 51 years old, Penelope Heyns has already celebrated 15 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 51 years, you've already celebrated 4 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44). 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 08.11.2085. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Penelope Heyns at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Penelope Heyns was born exactly 9185 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Penelope Heyns was 25 years and 1 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Penelope Heyns is currently 71 years younger (44709 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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