David Foster Wallace

Picture of David Foster Wallace,  Infinite Jest (1996), The Pale King
D.O.B
Died
Wednesday February 21, 1962
Friday September 12, 2008
Next unlived
birthday in
 
 
Age in day of death
 
46
years
6
months
19
days
Age if still alive
64
years
2
months
9
days

Basic information

Category
Author
Subcategory
NovelistEssayist
Country
United States
Birth place
Ithaca, NY

American author of novels, short stories and essays, university professor.

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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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