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Currently, Yakov Smirnoff is 73 years, 9 months and 28 days old. Yakov Smirnoff will celebrate 74rd birthday on a Friday 24th of January 2025. Below we countdown to Yakov Smirnoff upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Yakov Smirnoff |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Age | 73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | January 24, 1951 (Odessa, Ukraine) |
| Birthday | January 24 |
| Town/City | Odessa, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukraine |
Yakov Smirnoff’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Yakov Smirnoff was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
Russian dialect comic who was a popular performing act in the 1980s. He used his comic persona of a naive immigrant from the Soviet Union to both mock life under Communism and satirize American consumerism.
While living in Ukraine, he was employed as an art Teacher in Odessa. When he and his parents moved to New York City in 1977 he worked as a busboy and bartender at Grossingers Hotel in the Catskill Mountains.
He is a professor at Missouri State University, teaching The Business of Laughter.
He had two children with his wife Linda before they divorced in 1999. He became an American citizen in 1986.
He emigrated to America from the USSR; Sophie Tucker was another Ukraine-born comedienne.
