birthday
day on which one or more years ago someone appeared in the world
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Summary
birthday ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,952 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: anniversary[2], party[3]
- Part of: date of birth[4]
- Commons category: Birthdays[5]
- Opposite of: death anniversary[6], unbirthday[7]
- Commemorates: birth[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Birthdays[9]
- Commons gallery: Birthday[10]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[11], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[13]
- Main Wikidata property: P3150[14]
- Different from: official birthday[15], date of birth[16]
- Hashtag: birthday[17], Geburtstag[18], happybirthday[19], деньрождения[20], 生日[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
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Influence
Things named for birthday include Happy Birthday to You[23], a musical work/composition[24] and May 19th Communist Organization[25], an organization[26], in United States[27], founded in 1978[28].
Why It Matters
birthday has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] birthday is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for birthday include Happy Birthday to You[23], a musical work/composition[24] and May 19th Communist Organization[25], an organization[26], in United States[27], founded in 1978[28].