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Born in 1963

If you were born in 1963, you're 62 or 63 in 2026 - and your tti (Korean zodiac animal) is the Black Rabbit.

    Your age in 2026
  • International age62 or 63
  • Korean age64
  • Year age63
    • The year 1963
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Black Rabbit
  • Sexagenary cycleGye-myo (癸卯年)
  • Five element Water (水)
  • Leap yearCommon year
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Black RabbitGye-myo (癸卯年) · Water (水)

In the sexagenary cycle, 1963 is Gye-myo (癸卯年). Its heavenly stem carries the element Water (水), and that element decides the color - which makes it a year of the Black Rabbit (卯).

Born 12 years apart - same Rabbit
1927age 991939age 871951age 751975age 511987age 391999age 27

The year you were born: 1963

Here's what the world was up to that year 👀

📰 What happened that year
  1. January 1🏙️ Busan became a directly governed city comprising the former Busan City and part of Dongnae County in South Gyeongsang Province.
  2. March 22🎸 The Beatles' first studio album, "Please Please Me," came out in Britain.
  3. June 26🗣️ U.S. President Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in West Berlin, West Germany.
  4. August 28✊ Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.
  5. September 15🍜 Samyang Ramen (Chicken Ramen), South Korea's first instant noodle product, went on sale.
  6. October 15🗳️ Park Chung-hee defeated Yun Po-sun in South Korea's fifth presidential election.
  7. November 22💔 John F. Kennedy was assassinated in the United States.
  8. December 17🏛️ South Korea's Third Republic got under way.
⭐ Born that year
Michael Jordan, American basketball playerBrad Pitt, American actorJohnny Depp, American actorPark Chan-wook, film directorSun Dong-yol, former baseball player and former baseball managerHwang Shin-hye, actor
🎬 Films and TV from that year
Film "The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy"Film "Kinship"Film "Rice"
🏆 Nobel Prizes that year
  • LiteratureGiorgos Seferis
  • PhysicsJ. Hans D. Jensen, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Eugene Paul Wigner
  • Physiology or MedicineJohn Eccles, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Andrew Huxley
  • PeaceInternational Committee of the Red Cross, League of Red Cross Societies
  • ChemistryGiulio Natta, Karl Ziegler

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

Life timeline for people born in 1963 🗓️

What someone born in 1963 becomes eligible for, year by year.

  1. Born
    1963Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1970Age 6 · elementary

    The March after turning 6 - Korean school years start in March, not September.

  3. Starts middle school
    1976Age 12 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1978Age 15

    Ages 13-14 can work only with an employment permit (Labor Standards Act).

  5. Starts high school
    1979Age 15 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1980Age 17

    Issued from the first day of the month after turning 17 (Resident Registration Act).

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1981Age 18

    Class 2 ordinary licence. Mopeds are allowed from 16 (Road Traffic Act).

  8. Can vote
    1981Age 18

    Must be 18 on election day (Public Official Election Act).

  9. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1982Year age 19

    From January 1 of the year you turn 19 - this one uses year age, not your birthday (Youth Protection Act).

  10. Legal adulthood
    1982Age 19

    Adulthood begins on the 19th birthday (Civil Act, Article 4).

  11. Military service examination
    1982Year age 19

    Held in the year a man turns 19 (Military Service Act · year age · men only).

  12. Statutory retirement age
    2023Age 60

    The floor employers must set, not a fixed date (Act on Prohibition of Age Discrimination · reference).

  13. National Pension startsThis year 🎉
    2026Age 63

    Between 63 and 65 depending on your birth year, with at least 10 years of contributions (National Pension Act · reference).

Ages follow international age unless noted. Buying alcohol or tobacco and the military service examination use year age - the calendar year you turn that age - so they can land a year earlier than you expect. School entry, retirement and the National Pension are general rules and can differ case by case.

1963 by the numbers

What Korea's statistics office recorded about 1963.

People born in 1963, as of 2025

763,732people

Source: Statistics Korea - Birth Statistics(1970~2025) and Life Tables(~2024); Ministry of the Interior and Safety - Resident Registration Population(as of 2025) (KOSIS)

Famous people born in 1963 ⭐

Kim Mi-kyungActorOctober 14, 1963 · 62 years old🖤 Black RabbitKang Ae-simActorFebruary 28, 1963 · 63 years old🖤 Black RabbitTsuyoshi IharaActorNovember 6, 1963 · 62 years old🖤 Black RabbitLee Ae-ranSingerMarch 25, 1963 · 63 years old🖤 Black RabbitPark maruSingerDecember 9, 1963 · 62 years old🖤 Black RabbitLee Bong-wonComedianAugust 5, 1963 · 63 years old🖤 Black Rabbit
Who else was born in 1963?Everyone born in 1963

Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1963 is 63 if they've already had their birthday this year and 62 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 64, and their year age is 63.
Counting from 2026, a 62-year-old was born in 1963.
1963 is the year of the Black Rabbit. In the sexagenary cycle it's Gye-myo (癸卯), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Water (水), the animal picks up the color Black. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
No. 1963 is a common year - 365 days, and February ends on the 28th.
Korean age starts at 1 the day you're born, and everybody adds a year together on January 1 instead of on their birthday. That makes it one or two years higher than international age. Since June 2023, Korean law, contracts, and official documents all use international age, but you'll still hear Korean age in everyday conversation.

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