Hillary Clinton

1947 – present · age 79^[1][2]

Politics & Leadership

Fun Facts About Hillary Clinton

• Hillary Clinton wrote to NASA around 1961 asking how to become an astronaut and was told that women were not being accepted into the program.^[1]
• Clinton was the first student in Wellesley College history to speak at its commencement, in 1969. Her speech drew a seven-minute standing ovation and a feature in Life magazine.^[1]
• After college, Clinton worked her way across Alaska washing dishes and sliming salmon at a cannery, which fired her when she complained about unhealthy conditions.^[1]
• In 1974, Clinton was on the impeachment inquiry staff advising the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate scandal, which ended with Richard Nixon's resignation.^[1][3][4]
• Clinton visited 112 countries as secretary of state, making her the most widely traveled person ever to hold the job.^[1]
• In 1976, Clinton moved to Indianapolis for a while to organize Indiana for Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign.^[1][5][6]
• Hillary Clinton was alive at the same time as T. S. Eliot — their lives overlapped for 18 years (1947–1965).^[1][2][7][8]
• Hillary Clinton and David Bowie were both born in 1947.^{[1][2][9][10]}

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of Bill Clinton. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party. Clinton won the popular vote but lost the election to Republican Party nominee Donald Trump in the United States Electoral College. She is the only first lady of the United States to have run for, or held, elected office.^[1]

Contemporaries

Noam Chomsky

79 yr overlap

Wole Soyinka

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Dalai Lama

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Woody Allen

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Francis Ford Coppola

79 yr overlap

Bob Dylan

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Billie Jean King

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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Steven Spielberg

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Tu Youyou

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Yoko Ono

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Paul McCartney

79 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Hillary Clinton

When was Hillary Clinton born?

Hillary Clinton was born on October 26, 1947, and is alive today.

How old is Hillary Clinton?

Hillary Clinton was born on October 26, 1947, and turned 79 on October 26, 2026.

What is Hillary Clinton known for?

Hillary Clinton is known for: US Secretary of State and First Lady. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of Bill Clinton. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party. Clinton won the popular vote but lost the election to Republican Party nominee Donald Trump in the United States Electoral College. She is the only first lady of the United States to have run for, or held, elected office.

Who was alive at the same time as Hillary Clinton?

Hillary Clinton's closest contemporary was Noam Chomsky. Their lives overlapped for 79 years.