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Janet Yellen — Age & Birthday

Born: 13 August 1946 · Age: 80

How old is Janet Yellen?

Janet Yellen is 80 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 13 August 1946.

First woman to serve as the United States Secretary of the Treasury

Did you know?She is the first person to have headed the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the Council of Economic Advisers.

Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist who served as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury from 2021 to 2025 and as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018.

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Age: 80
Status: Living

Born: August 13, 1946 · Brooklyn, United States
Nationality: American
Known for: Politics, Science

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Spouse: George Akerlof

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president from 1976 to 2008, and first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011.

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1899–1980

Alfred Hitchcock

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1918–2013

Frederick Sanger

Frederick Sanger (13 August 1918 – 19 November 2013) was a British biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice.

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1888–1946

John Logie Baird

John Logie Baird (13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator who demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on 26 January 1926.

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Manuel Valls

Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti (born 13 August 1962) is a French–Spanish politician who served as Minister of the Overseas in the Bayrou government and first Lecornu government from 2024 to 2025.

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Alan Shearer

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1930–2012

Neil Armstrong

NASA astronaut and commander of Apollo 11, the first person to walk on the Moon.

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b. 1961

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office.

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1769–1821

Napoleon

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1749–1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.

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