What generation is someone born in 1952?¶

Someone born in 1952 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 74 years old.

Notable people born in 1952¶

How old someone born in 1952 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1960	In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television	8	school
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	11	school
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	12	school
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	21	college
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	22	college
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	28	working
1981	MTV is launched	29	working
1985	Live Aid concert	33	working
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	34	working
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	37	working
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	38	working
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	43	working
2001	September 11 attacks	49	working
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	52	working
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	53	working
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	55	working
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	57	working
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	59	working
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	60	working
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	64	working
2020	WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns.	68	retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04