Pattie Boyd

Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer

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Born: March 17, 1944
Age in 2026: 82
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1944

About Pattie Boyd

Patricia Anne Boyd is an English model and photographer. She was one of the leading international models during the 1960s and, with Jean Shrimpton, epitomised the British female look of the era. Boyd married George Harrison in 1966, experiencing the height of the Beatles' popularity and sharing their embrace of Indian spirituality. She divorced Harrison in 1977 and married mutual friend Eric Clapton in 1979; they divorced in 1989. Boyd inspired Harrison's songs "I Need You", "If I Needed Someone", "Something", and "For You Blue", and Clapton's songs "Layla", "Bell Bottom Blues", and "Wonderful Tonight". Boyd's youngest sister, Paula, was born at a hospital in Nakuru, Kenya, in 1951. Boyd began her fashion career in 1962, modelling at first in London and Paris. In August 2007, Boyd published her autobiography Wonderful Today (titled Wonderful Tonight in the United States).

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Pattie Boyd timeline

1951Boyd's youngest sister, Paula, was born at a hospital in Nakuru, Kenya, in 1951.
1962Boyd began her fashion career in 1962, modelling at first in London and Paris.
1966Boyd married George Harrison in 1966, experiencing the height of the Beatles' popularity and sharing their embrace of Indian spirituality.
2007In August 2007, Boyd published her autobiography Wonderful Today (titled Wonderful Tonight in the United States).

The world when Pattie Boyd was born

Pattie Boyd was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

#1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
Top movieGoing My Way
Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
Defining fadBobby socks
Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Pattie Boyd's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1944	2026
Gas	$0.21	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,800	$435,000
Average income	$4,200	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.30	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.27	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	138.4M	341 million

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