# Ever met someonw with your birthday? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529 "2014-08-26T03:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/21 "2014-08-26T10:43:12Z")
Classmate of mine in elementary school. She seemed to think this formed a special bond. I thought little girls had cooties. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/22 "2014-08-26T10:45:21Z")
Yes, a bloke I know only as King Oil, his nickname. I’m born on my mothers birthday - but several years apart of course. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/23 "2014-08-26T11:55:23Z")
Yep. I was just a kid and thought it was really special. He was a grown-up, and kind of a jerk about it. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/24 "2014-08-26T12:06:02Z")
If your particular yearly intake at school had 50 people in it then it is pretty much a certainly that there were at least two people sharing exactly the same birthday. Of course whether that was you or not is another matter entirely. (but I guess very simply it’d be a 1 in 25 chance that you were one of the two people) ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/25 "2014-08-26T14:40:41Z")
Yes. Many years ago I was in a class for work and another female classmate shared my birthday and year. FWIW that may be the date I stopped believing in horoscopes and Zodiac signs. :smack: We were nothing alike. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/26 "2014-08-26T14:41:02Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Have you ever met a person who was born on the same day, **same year** , as yourself? > [@Leaffan](#): > > My cousin. She was 4 years younger than me > [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > As a child, I knew a sweet older lady who lived on a farm who was my birthday twin. > [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > My father has an uncle and aunt (twins) who share my birthday, so…yeah. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/27 "2014-08-26T14:43:53Z")
Yes, my father in law and my uncles wife , father in law is long gone but the uncles wife lives on so we have fun with birthday cards. The same uncle’s birthday was one day after both his wife’s and my birthdays. He was exactly 10 years older than me, and about 20 years older than his wife. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/28 "2014-08-26T15:08:39Z")
There was a guy who played for the Browns who had the same birthdate as me. I didn’t know until halfway through his final season with the team, otherwise I may have tried to meet him at a fan convention or something. Best I can do is follow him on Twitter now. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/29 "2014-08-26T15:25:42Z")
Same year? No…same day? Yes - my current SO and I share our birthday ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/30 "2014-08-26T16:01:48Z")
One of the guys that I went to high school with shared a birthday with me. We still send each other birthday greetings via Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/31 "2014-08-26T16:15:57Z")
No, not the same year, nor the same day. I’ve known people born on the same day as my parents and other relatives, but not me. When I taught I would get a list of names and birthdates, but none was the same as mine. I think that’s sort of odd. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/32 "2014-08-26T16:26:06Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > :dubious: Yeah, it’s pointless at this point. I think most of us know of, or have met, multiple people who share our birthdays, but it is much more rare to know someone who was born on the same day and same year. Unfortunately, most people didn’t bother to read the OP. I never have, but my son was born an hour after his friend, two rooms down in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/33 "2014-08-26T16:33:30Z")
One of my best friends. We met at work, and were amazed by the coincidence. Probably it helped the friendship - we can have joint birthday parties! At school there was a girl in my class with the same birthday too, we were good friends. I’ve always shared my birthday with a chum, and I really like it! ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/34 "2014-08-26T17:30:20Z")
I share my BD with Larry Bird. I’ve never met him but my husband went to Indiana State with him. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/35 "2014-08-26T17:35:44Z")
One of my good friends from high school (who I’m still in touch with, all these years later) has a birthday one day before mine – same year. My wife, Pepper Mill, has a birthday ten days before mine. Also the same year (cradle-robber!) The three of us used to get together to go out and celebrate our mutual birthdays, but my friend now lives on the other coast. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/36 "2014-08-26T18:05:46Z")
One of my managers. Her first day, we needed to figure out which of the rest of us would have to work the day after Thanksgiving. Manager: Bonus points if you remember that that’s my birthday. Me: That shouldn’t be difficult… I had to work on my birthday. Also share my birthday with Amy Grant, but I’ve never met her. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/37 "2014-08-26T19:07:52Z")
> [@Future\_Londonite](#): > > Same year? No…same day? Yes - my current SO and I share our birthday The parents of a friend of mine share the same birthday. Same year and same date. Guess what date they chose for their wedding? Makes it easier to remember I guess ---
**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:** [August 26, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/38 "2014-08-26T19:08:20Z")
I have a cousin who was born the same day as me; she’s about 12 hours older. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/39 "2014-08-26T21:37:11Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I have a cousin who was born the same day as me; she’s about 12 hours older. Three of my friend’s nieces gave birth on the same day so there is another set of cousins out there with a ready answer to this question 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529/40 "2014-08-26T23:06:03Z")
The first woman I got engaged to (month, day, year). It didn’t work out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-someonw-with-your-birthday/696529.md?page=3)