# Do you share your birthday with someone famous? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930 "2008-11-29T15:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/1 "2008-11-29T15:41:11Z")
Not me, as far as I can tell… but I was born the day after Shaquille O’Neal. I share the same birth year as The Rock, Notorious B.I.G, Cameron Diaz and Billie Joe Armstrong (with whom I also share a surname!) so I guess I’m in good company. Er, there are no prizes for guessing how old I am, by the way! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/2 "2008-11-29T15:51:39Z")
You missed sharing yours with me! The Shaq and I share the same date…along with Marion Barry, Tom Arnold, and Alan Greenspan…and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Didn’t worry about the year… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/3 "2008-11-29T15:51:48Z")
This [pornstar / wrestling chick](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylene_Buck) was born on your birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/4 "2008-11-29T16:17:24Z")
Until recently, the most famous person to share my birthday was Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. I recently discovered that i also share my day with Barack Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/5 "2008-11-29T16:22:24Z")
For some reason, I always remember: Chris Burke (Corky from Life Goes On) Macauley Culkin (sp?) Geraldine Ferarro …but I just found out that I also share it with Will Shortz, so I’m pretty puffed with pride. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/6 "2008-11-29T16:30:56Z")
Kate Hudson. Same Birth Year, Month, and Day. We were born on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/7 "2008-11-29T17:47:45Z")
From memory, I share my birthday with Brad Pitt, Christina Aguilera, Ty Cobb, Burgess Meredith, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. ---
**Author:** ![ZenDenizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/fbc32d/32.png) [@ZenDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/8 "2008-11-29T17:51:36Z")
Sting and Gandhi ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/9 "2008-11-29T17:59:28Z")
Michelle Williams, Michael Keaton, Cardinal Richelieu. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/10 "2008-11-29T18:01:11Z")
If I had been born one day later, I’d share a birthday with Adolf Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/11 "2008-11-29T18:08:43Z")
Ray Bradbury & Carl Yazstremski ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/12 "2008-11-29T18:15:18Z")
> [@samarm](#): > > Not me, as far as I can tell… but I was born the day after Shaquille O’Neal. You mean, like sharing the exact same day and year? Because if not, you’ve got a fair number of [famous co-birthdayists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_7). John Herschel, Mondrian, Luther Burbank, John Heard, Rik Mayall, Bret Easton Ellis… Tammy Faye Bakker… Michael Eisner… okay, a few of these trend toward disturbing or evil, but still… …What the?! Franco Harris AND Lynn Swann? Dang! You’re practically a Steeler! Not to mention Willard Scott AND Gene Shalit. So you’re also \*The Today Show \*on NBC. Hmm… apparently I share [my birthday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_21) with W.H. Auden, Kelsey Grammer, and the guy who played C-3PO. Great. Oh, and also Gary Lockwood… not too bad, I guess. Say… also Jennifer Love Hewitt! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/13 "2008-11-29T18:26:55Z")
Vladimir Horowitz, Jimmy Carter, Walter Matthau, William Rehnquist, George Peppard, Richard Harris, Julie Andrews, Randy Quaid, Mark McGwire. And the first Model T. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/14 "2008-11-29T18:27:19Z")
> **[June 12 Events in History at BrainyHistory.com](https://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_june_12.html)** > > Today in History and Famous Birthdays. Find out what happened and who was born on this day in history. Events and birthdays for each day of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/15 "2008-11-29T18:35:32Z")
Author John Fowles and actor Richard Chamberlain, although they are both considerably older than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/16 "2008-11-29T18:46:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [BrainyHistory - Events Listing](http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_june_12.html) Mild hijack: I don’t know if it was coincidence or what, but my computer started doing a bunch of strange and horrible things when I clicked on that link: playing some kind of video popup, asking me if I wanted to download software, etc. I couldn’t get it to stop or do anything else, and eventually had to restart the computer entirely. This may just be that I have a very bad computer. But maybe that site aggravates bad computers; so if you have a bad computer, be wary. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/17 "2008-11-29T18:47:59Z")
FDR. He was born a hundred years to the day before me. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/18 "2008-11-29T18:51:56Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Mild hijack: I don’t know if it was coincidence or what, but my computer started doing a bunch of strange and horrible things when I clicked on that link: playing some kind of video popup, asking me if I wanted to download software, etc. I couldn’t get it to stop or do anything else, and eventually had to restart the computer entirely. > > This may just be that I have a very bad computer. But maybe that site aggravates bad computers; so if you have a bad computer, be wary. Nothing like that happened here, either from the google link or from clicking on it here in this thread. I’m running OS X. ---
**Author:** ![What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_s_That_Smell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/19 "2008-11-29T18:52:01Z")
Born on the very same day in the very same year as Michael Stipe. Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/20 "2008-11-29T18:54:22Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > If I had been born one day later, I’d share a birthday with Adolf Hitler. Spotted on a friend’s dry-erase board in my college dorm years ago: [QUOTE=Friend’s Message Board] HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! And Hitler. ☹ [/QUOTE] I once came across one of those coffee table books that purported to compare your relationship to ‘‘famous couples’’ based on when you’re birthdays were. I’m March 4th and my husband’s is December 28th. We found our match all right… Mao and his third wife. :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930.md?page=2)