Born in 1957
People born in 1957 turn 69 in 2026. A dollar in 1957 buys what $11.99 buys in September 2026, and about 2.85 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1957
1957
What things cost in 1957
| U.S. average | 1957 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $11.99 | CPI-U |
1957 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1957 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1957
- United States
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); Anthony Eden, then Harold Macmillan (Prime minister)
- Soviet Union
- Nikita Khrushchev (General Secretary); Kliment Voroshilov (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet); Nikolai Bulganin (Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
- People's Republic of China
- Mao Zedong (Chairman; Paramount Leader); Mao Zedong (Chairman); Zhou Enlai (Premier)
- French Fourth Republic
- René Coty (President); Guy Mollet, then Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, then Félix Gaillard (Prime minister)
- East Germany
- Wilhelm Pieck (President); Otto Grotewohl (Chairman)
- West Germany
- Theodor Heuss (President); Konrad Adenauer (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Hirohito (Emperor); Tanzan Ishibashi, then Nobusuke Kishi (Prime minister)
- Republic of India
- Rajendra Prasad (President); Jawaharlal Nehru (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1951–2000) (revision 1371751893), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1957 →
Famous people born in 1957
- 22 August – Steve Davis, snooker player source
- March 10 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born terrorist and founder of al-Qaeda (died 2011) source
- December 6 – Andrew Cuomo, American politician source
- September 13 – Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines source
- September 21 – Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia source
- November 4 – Tony Abbott, 28th Prime Minister of Australia source
- November 13 – Greg Abbott, American attorney and politician source
- January 1 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian-American DJ and record producer source
- February 4 – Shigeru Ishiba, former Prime Minister of Japan source
- July 2 – Bret Hart, wrestler and actor source
- March 11 – Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (died 2020) source
- February 8 – Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (The B-52's) source
- 24 August – Stephen Fry, comedian, author and actor source
- December 7 — John Lee Ka-chiu, 5th Chief Executive of Hong Kong source
- August 28 – Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher source
What happened in 1957
- January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. source
- 1 January - Lèse majesté in Thailand is strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect. source
- January 1 – The first Canadian peacekeepers arrive in Egypt after the Suez Crisis source
- January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. source
- April 27 - The SS Moyie takes her final voyage. source
- February 17 – A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri, United States, kills 72 people. source
- January 15 – The film Throne of Blood, Akira Kurosawa's reworking of Macbeth, is released in Japan. source
- 28 January – Harry Lundeberg, merchant seaman and labour leader in America (born 1901) source