David Foster Wallace

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Died

Wednesday February 21, 1962

Friday September 12, 2008

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Category
Author
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NovelistEssayist
Country
United States
Birth place
 Ithaca, NY
American author of novels, short stories and essays, university professor.
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Sunday August 23, 2026

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Interesting calculations/facts about David Foster Wallace

Generation: Baby boomers or Generatin W (1946-1964), 3 years to Generation X or Baby Bust (1965-1980)

Zodiac sign: Pisces ♓ (February 19 - March 20)

Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger

Nr. of Heartbeats: 2,700,979,200

Nr. of Breaths: 548,636,400

Nr. of blinks (with 8 hours of sleep every day): 379,825,200

Hair length (if it was never cut): 977 cm or 9.77 meters (32 feet 0.6 inches)

Nail length (if it was never cut): 2,735 mm or 2.74 meters (8 feet 11.7 inches)

Top 5 songs on Billboard THE HOT 100 in the week when David Foster Wallace was born.

Rank	Song	Artist
1	Duke Of Earl	Gene Chandler
2	Peppermint Twist - Part I	Joey Dee & the Starliters
3	The Twist	Chubby Checker
4	Norman	Sue Thompson
5	The Wanderer	Dion

Animal Age

How old David Foster Wallace would be if they were an animal.

Dog

10.85 years

Cat

13.56 years

Turtle

160.03 years

Horse

24.41 years

Cow

18.08 years

Elephant

43.4 years

Planet Age

How old David Foster Wallace would be if they were born on a different planet

Mercury

266.52 years

Venus

104.34 years

Mars

34.13 years

Jupiter

5.41 years

Saturn

2.18 years

What happened on David Foster Wallace birthday

Birthdays: Melanie Laurent, Edwin L. Marin, Ellen Page, Michael McIntyre, William Baldwin

Deaths: Mikhail Sholokhov, Margot Fonteyn, James Wieghart, Bernard Nathanson

Others: Polaroid Camera invented

What happened on David Foster Wallace day of death

Birthdays: Paul Walker, Leslie Cheung, Angel Cabrera, Hans Zimmer, Amy Yasbeck

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David Foster Wallace - Celebrations from his DOB

41 days from now, June 12, 2026, David Foster Wallace celebrate 267^th Mercury age
113 days from now, August 23, 2026, David Foster Wallace celebrate 65^th half birthday
129 days from now, September 8, 2026, David Foster Wallace celebrate 268^th Mercury age
142 days from now, September 21, 2026, David Foster Wallace celebrate 161^st turtle age
147 days from now, September 26, 2026, David Foster Wallace celebrate 105^th Venus age
165 days from now, October 14, 2026, David Foster Wallace celebrate exactly 34,000,000 minutes
217 days from now, December 5, 2026, David Foster Wallace celebrate 269^th Mercury age
288 days from now, February 14, 2027, David Foster Wallace celebrate 162^nd turtle age
295 days from now, February 21, 2027, David Foster Wallace celebrate 65^th birthday
295 days from now, February 21, 2027, David Foster Wallace celebrate exactly 780 months
304 days from now, March 2, 2027, David Foster Wallace celebrate exactly 570,000 hours

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