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What generation is someone born in 1964?

Someone born in 1964 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 62 years old.

Notable people born in 1964

Major events in their lifetime

How old someone born in 1964 was when each defining event happened.

Year Event Their age Life stage
1973 Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion 9 school
1974 Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal 10 school
1980 John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC 16 school
1981 MTV is launched 17 school
1985 Live Aid concert 21 college
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster 22 college
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 25 working
1990 The movie Home Alone hits the screens 26 working
1995 Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS 31 working
2001 September 11 attacks 37 working
2004 Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure 40 working
2005 Google buys Android mobile OS 41 working
2007 Apple launches the first iPhone 43 working
2009 The first Avatar movie hits the screens 45 working
2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster 47 working
2012 Psy releases "Gangnam Style" 48 working
2016 Donald Trump wins the US elections 52 working
2020 WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns. 56 working

Last updated: 2026-06-04