★ HOW OLD IS JULIAN ASSANGE?
Julian Assange is 54 years old, born July 3, 1971 in AU · Cancer.
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About
Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006, an editor and publisher who exposed U.S. military and diplomatic secrets. Born in Australia on 3 July 1971, Assange brought international attention to his platform in 2010 after publishing leaks from Chelsea Manning showing U.S. war crimes in Baghdad and classified military logs from Afghanistan and Iraq. He won over two dozen awards for publishing and journalism. As a Cancer, Assange embodies the sign's protective instinct—channelled into exposing institutional secrets.
★ FEATURE
Biography
Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006 as an Australian editor, programmer, and publisher. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published leaks from Chelsea Manning, a U.S. Army intelligence analyst, including footage of a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad showing war crimes, military logs from Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange has won over two dozen awards for publishing and journalism.
Raised across Australia before his family settled in Melbourne in his middle teens, Assange became involved in the hacker community and was convicted of hacking in 1996. As WikiLeaks' editor, he oversaw publication of the Bank Julius Baer documents, footage of the 2008 Tibetan unrest, and a report on political killings in Kenya with The Sunday Times.
In November 2010, Sweden sought his extradition from the UK; in June 2012, Assange breached bail and sought refuge in Ecuador's London embassy, granted asylum in August 2012 on political persecution grounds. In 2013, he launched the WikiLeaks Party and stood for the Australian Senate. During the 2016 U.S. election, WikiLeaks published Democratic Party emails revealing internal bias against Bernie Sanders. In March 2017, WikiLeaks released CIA hacking tools, prompting senior officials to discuss potential kidnapping or assassination.
On 11 April 2019, Ecuador withdrew asylum and Assange was arrested; he was convicted of breaching UK bail and sentenced to 50 weeks in prison. The U.S. indicted him on Espionage Act charges; he remained incarcerated at HM Prison Belmarsh in London from April 2019 to June 2024. In 2024, Assange negotiated a plea deal and pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain classified documents in exchange for time served, returning to Australia on 26 June 2024. Born 3 July 1971, Assange's life-path number 1 reflects his pioneering, independent disruption of institutional secrecy.
★ ORIGIN
Before Fame
Julian Assange was raised in various locations across Australia until his family settled in Melbourne during his middle teenage years. He became involved in the hacker community and was convicted of hacking in 1996. Before founding WikiLeaks in 2006, Assange worked as a programmer and editor.
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Trivia
- Assange's birth name was Hawkins; he adopted the surname Assange later.
- He sought refuge in Ecuador's London embassy for over seven years—from June 2012 to April 2019—after breaching bail in a Swedish extradition case.
- In 2013, Assange launched the WikiLeaks Party and stood for election to the Australian Senate while still living in the Ecuadorian embassy.
- A key witness for the U.S. government's main Espionage Act indictment admitted in 2021 that he had fabricated his testimony.
- Assange negotiated his release through a plea deal in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, in 2024, returning to Australia after five years in Belmarsh prison.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Leader
Independent, ambitious, and self-reliant. Julian Assange tend to step into pioneer roles early and prefer setting direction over following it.
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★ FAQ
Frequently asked
- How old is Julian Assange?
- Julian Assange is 54 years old (born July 3, 1971).
- When is Julian Assange's birthday?
- Julian Assange was born on July 3, 1971.
- What is Julian Assange's zodiac sign?
- Julian Assange is a Cancer, born July 3, 1971.
- What is Julian Assange's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Julian Assange was born in 1971, the year of the Metal Pig.
- Where is Julian Assange from?
- Julian Assange is from AU.
- What does Julian Assange do?
- Julian Assange is a writer.
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