Patrick Stewart, Jane Fonda, And 17 Other Celebrities Who Are Part Of The Silent Generation
There's been a lot of talk about generational divides over the past few years.
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But while boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z tend to be the subjects of those conversations, you don't hear a lot about the Silent Generation.
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For those who aren't familiar with this generation, it includes those born roughly between the years 1928 and 1945 — just before the boomers.
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So, why are they called the Silent Generation? According to a TIME article from 1951: "Youth today is waiting for the hand of fate to fall on its shoulders, meanwhile working fairly hard and saying almost nothing. The most startling fact about the younger generation is its silence. With some rare exceptions, youth is nowhere near the rostrum. By comparison with the Flaming Youth of their fathers & mothers, today's younger generation is a still, small flame. It does not issue manifestoes, make speeches, or carry posters."
Here are some celebrities who are considered part of the Silent Generation:
1.Julie Andrews
Andrews was born in 1935 and just turned 87.
2.Warren Beatty
Beatty was also born in 1937 and turned 85 this year.
3.Eric Clapton
Born in 1945, Clapton just makes the Silent Generation at age 77.
4.Robert De Niro
De Niro was born in 1943 and turned 79 over the summer.
5.Faye Dunaway
Dunaway was born in early 1941 and turned 81 this year.
6.Anthony Fauci
Fauci was born in 1940 and will turn 82 in December.
7.Jane Fonda
Fonda was born in 1937 and will turn 84 in December.
8.Harrison Ford
Ford was born in 1942 and turned 80 over the summer.
9.Morgan Freeman
Freeman was born in 1937 and turned 85 over the summer.
10.Dustin Hoffman
Dustin was also born in 1937 and turned 85 this summer.
11.James Earl Jones
Jones was born in 1931 and turned 91 earlier this year.
12.Rita Moreno
Moreno was born in 1931 and will turn 90 in December.
13.Willie Nelson
Nelson was born in 1933 and turned 89 during the spring.
14.Jack Nicholson
Nicholson was born in 1937 and turned 85 in the spring.
15.Tom Selleck
Selleck was born right at the end of the Silent Generation, in 1945, and turned 77 earlier this year.
16.Barbra Streisand
Streisand was born in 1942 and turned 80 in the spring.
17.Patrick Stewart
Stewart was born in 1940 and turned 82 over the summer.
18.Raquel Welch
Welch was also born in 1940 and turned 82 this year.
19.Billy Dee Williams
Williams was born in 1937 and turned 85 this spring.
