# Let's see how many days of the year we can fill with Doper Birthdays. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244 "2005-10-07T21:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/381 "2005-10-16T05:19:14Z")
It’s already well-covered, but in the interest of proving how much amazingly cooler my month is than all of the others: **November 13** ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/382 "2005-10-16T07:36:49Z")
Feb 1. Hey, no one beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/383 "2005-10-16T07:58:48Z")
June 9th. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/384 "2005-10-16T14:44:33Z")
I posted once but I’m not showing up on the newest calender update . I share June 18 with GorillaMan. ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/385 "2005-10-16T15:40:43Z")
My birthday is a national holiday in India: Oct. 2. Hakuna Matata might be interested to know that’s _habari mizuri_, since they share the date. ---
**Author:** ![Forlorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bb73d2/32.png) [@Forlorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forlorn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/386 "2005-10-17T02:26:36Z")
> [@rjk](#): > > Damn you! I figured that would be gone, so I didn’t bother, then tonight I thought there might be a summary in case my birthday was still needed. And there you are! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/387 "2005-10-17T02:56:13Z")
I’m late, as usual but I share with **Headward the Ed**. June 21. Anyone want me to set up an online calendar with all the birthdays? I’ll do it if I can get help to type all the names in. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/388 "2005-10-17T03:42:49Z")
> [@Mooney252](#): > > My birthday is a national holiday in India: Oct. 2. > > Hakuna Matata might be interested to know that’s _habari mizuri_, since they share the date. cool 🙂 I did try typing that in and didn’t find too much on it. But I will do a little research. just need to figure out how to get my office to give me the day off now 😃 ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/389 "2005-10-17T12:59:02Z")
I’m another Christmas Eve baby - since you’re looking for duplicates and all… ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/390 "2005-10-17T14:04:21Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > I’m late, as usual but I share with **Headward the Ed**. > > June 21. > > Anyone want me to set up an online calendar with all the birthdays? I’ll do it if I can get help to type all the names in. I was thinking of putting together a little perl database to do that, oh and a little script to pasre the list that **Idle Thoughts** has been so kind to produce. We’ll see how far I get. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/391 "2005-10-17T14:21:14Z")
May 13, to fill that gap. Weirddave is April 12. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/392 "2005-10-17T17:04:43Z")
> [@Noone Special](#): > > So the 23[sup]rd[/sup] person in a random sample has a 50/50 chance of sharing a birthday with one of the other 22. And how many people do we need for there to be a 50% likelihood or better that we would have 365 days covered? Then modify to cover 366 including Feb 29. ---
**Author:** ![meow\_meow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@meow\_meow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meow_meow)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/393 "2005-10-17T17:39:00Z")
May 5 (cinqo de mayo!) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/394 "2005-10-17T18:22:41Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > …Then modify to cover 366 including Feb 29. Leap Year: screwing up databases since the beginning of computed time… 😃 BTW - My Michigan driver’s license says it expires on **02-29-2006**. I wish them luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/395 "2005-10-17T18:29:37Z")
November 17 for me. I know it’s already taken but I’m willing to share. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/396 "2005-10-18T04:37:24Z")
Hi, **dalej42**! I’m also January 23rd. And my middle name is Dale. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/397 "2005-10-18T11:28:14Z")
For December 31st, you can add me and **Baker** (same year) and **LifeOnWry** (exactly ten years younger). ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/398 "2005-10-18T11:54:35Z")
Oooh! I’m finally useful around here! 3rd Dec. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/399 "2005-10-18T15:31:01Z")
> [@Paul The Younger](#): > > Well, here’s one you weren’t expecting… > > February 29th. > > (I’ve considered starting an “Ask The Leap-Year Baby” thread on my birthday, but never quite got to it…) Please do! And fill in another gap on the calendar: I was born on Sept. 1. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244/400 "2005-10-18T17:53:12Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Hi, **dalej42**! I’m also January 23rd. > And my middle name is Dale. Yet another January 23rd here! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-days-of-the-year-we-can-fill-with-doper-birthdays/325244.md?page=21)