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Born in 1915: Greatest Generation

In the Greatest Generation (1901 to 1927), core Greatest Generation, turning 111 in 2026. No asterisks: 1915 sits well inside Greatest, 1901 to 1927.

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Greatest Generation

1901 to 1927born 1915

core Greatest Generation

Grew up in the Depression, then went to war.

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Born 1915: you’re in the Greatest Generation (1901 to 1927), core Greatest Generation. No asterisks: 1915 sits well inside Greatest, 1901 to 1927.

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Where 1915 sits

1915 is core Greatest Generation: the core third of Greatest runs 1910 to 1918. Pew Research Center range. Some historians start it a few years later, but 1901 to 1927 is the standard reference.

The Greatest Generation is the cohort born from 1901 to 1927: people who were children or young adults when the stock market crashed in 1929, who came of age in the Great Depression, and who then fought or worked through the Second World War. Around 16 million Americans served in uniform between 1941 and 1945, and the large majority of them were born in these years. Afterwards, the same people used the GI Bill to go to college and buy houses at a scale no earlier cohort had, built the postwar suburbs, and became the parents of the Baby Boomers. Read the full The Greatest Generation page.

How old you were when…

Shared reference points, dated, so the generation label has something concrete behind it.

  1. age 3 the influenza pandemic (1918)
  2. age 30 the Second World War ends (1945)
  3. age 48 John F. Kennedy is assassinated (1963)
  4. age 71 the Challenger disaster (1986)
  5. age 80 Windows 95 and the dial-up boom (1995)
  6. age 92 the first iPhone goes on sale (2007)
  7. age 97 the Sandy Hook shooting (2012)
  8. age 109 the hottest year on record (2024)

Milestone birthdays

Someone born in 1915 turned 18 in 1933, 21 in 1936, 30 in 1945, 40 in 1955, 50 in 1965, 65 in 1980, 80 in 1995 and 100 in 2015.

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Born in 1915: quick answers

What generation is someone born in 1915?
The Greatest Generation (1901 to 1927) by the Pew Research Center definition. 1915 is core Greatest Generation.
Is 1915 a cusp year?
No. 1915 sits well inside Greatest (1901 to 1927); no source puts it in a different generation.
How old is someone born in 1915?
110 or 111 in 2026, depending on whether the birthday has passed. Type the full date into the calculator for the exact age in years, months and days.