Al Gore is 78 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 31 March 1948.
US Vice President under Bill Clinton who narrowly lost the 2000 election and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his climate campaigning
Did you know?He received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to increase public knowledge about the impacts of man-made climate change.
Quick facts
Date of birth31 March 1948
Age78
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceWashington, D.C., United States
Occupationpolitician, financier, businessperson
Editor's Take:
Al Gore came within a few hundred votes of the presidency. The son of a senator from Tennessee, he served in the House, the Senate and then as Bill Clinton's vice-president. In 2000 he won the popular vote but lost the election after a recount in Florida was halted by the Supreme Court. He accepted the result. He then turned climate change into a global cause. His film An Inconvenient Truth won an Oscar. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Key Milestones
1977: Congress – House of Representatives
1993: Vice president – under Clinton
2000: Election – lost after recount
2006: An Inconvenient Truth – documentary
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American former politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.
