Born: 16 December 1917 · Died: 19 March 2008 · Age at death: 90
How old was Arthur C. Clarke when he died?
Arthur C. Clarke died aged 90. He was born on 16 December 1917 and died on 19 March 2008.
British science-fiction writer of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End who first proposed communications satellites
Did you know?He proposed the idea of geostationary communication satellites in a technical paper years before the first one was launched into orbit.
Quick facts
Date of birth16 December 1917
Date of death19 March 2008
Age at death90
Cause of deathHeart failure
NationalityBritish
BirthplaceMinehead, United Kingdom
Occupationinventor, screenwriter, novelist
Editor's Take:
Arthur C. Clarke imagined the future and got much of it right. In 1945 he described how satellites in fixed orbits could relay signals around the world. He served as a radar specialist in the RAF during the war. His novels, including Childhood's End and Rendezvous with Rama, are classics of science fiction. He co-wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey with Stanley Kubrick. He lived for decades in Sri Lanka. He loved scuba diving.
Key Milestones
1945: Satellites – geostationary idea
1953: Childhood's End – novel
1956: Sri Lanka – moves
1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey – film and novel
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of distinguished ability.
Arthur C. Clarke's birthday is December 16. He was born on December 16, 1917 in Minehead, United Kingdom.
How old was Arthur C. Clarke when he died?
Arthur C. Clarke died on March 19, 2008, aged 90.
Who shares a birthday with Arthur C. Clarke?
Famous people who share Arthur C. Clarke's December 16 birthday include Ludwig van Beethoven, Jane Austen, Wassily Kandinsky, Margaret Mead and Philip K. Dick.
