Bill Clinton

1946 – present · age 80^[1][2]

Politics & Leadership

Fun Facts About Bill Clinton

• Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III. His father died before he was born, and he formally took his stepfather's surname, Clinton, only at age 15.^[1]
• Clinton won first chair in the Arkansas state band's saxophone section, played in a jazz trio, and briefly considered a life in music before choosing politics.^[1]
• As a teenager in 1963, Clinton met President John F. Kennedy at the White House as a Boys Nation senator, one of two moments he says led him to public life.^[1][3][4]
• Clinton shares a Grammy with Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren: they won Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2003 for Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf.^[1][5][6]
• Clinton's interest in law began in high school Latin class, when he defended the ancient Roman senator Catiline in a mock trial.^[1]
• Clinton went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and played on its rugby union team, but he left early for Yale Law School and never received an Oxford degree.^[1]
• Bill Clinton was alive at the same time as Max Planck — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1946–1947).^[1][2][7][8]
• Bill Clinton shares a birthday with Coco Chanel: both were born on August 19.^{[1][2][9][10]}

William Jefferson Clinton is an American retired politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979, the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and governor again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist Third Way political philosophy became known as Clintonism, which defined his presidency and the succeeding decades of Democratic Party into the 21st century.^[1]

Contemporaries

Noam Chomsky

80 yr overlap

Wole Soyinka

80 yr overlap

Dalai Lama

80 yr overlap

Woody Allen

80 yr overlap

Francis Ford Coppola

80 yr overlap

Bob Dylan

80 yr overlap

Billie Jean King

80 yr overlap

Aung San Suu Kyi

80 yr overlap

Steven Spielberg

80 yr overlap

Tu Youyou

80 yr overlap

Yoko Ono

80 yr overlap

Paul McCartney

80 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Bill Clinton

When was Bill Clinton born?

Bill Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, and is alive today.

How old is Bill Clinton?

Bill Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, and turned 80 on August 19, 2026.

What is Bill Clinton known for?

Bill Clinton is known for: 42nd President of the United States. William Jefferson Clinton is an American retired politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979, the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and governor again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist Third Way political philosophy became known as Clintonism, which defined his presidency and the succeeding decades of Democratic Party into the 21st century.

Who was alive at the same time as Bill Clinton?

Bill Clinton's closest contemporary was Noam Chomsky. Their lives overlapped for 80 years.