# What Dopers were born in the same year?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 5, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248 "2008-03-05T22:41:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/321 "2008-03-11T09:16:26Z")

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[QUOTE=NinetyWt]  
Princhester, try [this](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/DoperYOB.jpg). Somehow I ended up with the later years first - this was my very first pivot table EVAR so please be kind. I am happy to share this file if you want it.

So far we have Dopers from 1922 to 1991. 🙂 69 years!  
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Thanks very much for that. Just what I was after. It’s a funny old distribution. It seems at first to have an obvious pattern but when you look closer perhaps not. I suspect we need more data to make it really meaningful.

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**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/322 "2008-03-11T09:30:53Z")

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[QUOTE=BiblioCat]  
Heh, my daughter was born in 1988.  
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As was my son.

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/323 "2008-03-11T11:40:25Z")

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March 26, 1940: I’ll be 68 soon and I still don’t know what I want to be when (if) I grow up.

I remember the end of WW the 2nd.

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**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/324 "2008-03-11T13:40:24Z")

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[QUOTE=JR Brown]  
1973. World gets me, world gets Cecil, just a [year of great things](http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/1973/) overall.

JRB  
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And me, too!

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/325 "2008-03-11T13:56:54Z")

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> [@](#):
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> 1954: FairyChatMom, swampbear, Crotalus, Baker, twickster, blondebear

My name can be added to that select group. 🙂

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/326 "2008-03-11T15:56:12Z")

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1962 for me, too.

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/327 "2008-03-11T15:57:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Princhester]  
I don’t mean to be critical since Og knows it’s not as if you have any obligation to provide any kind of helpful graph at all (and thanks for doing what you’ve done), but…

Could you switch this around so that rather than the X axis showing years ordered by decreasing value, they are instead in chronological order? It’d be interesting to see the the highs and lows over time. I could do it but I’d have to input all the data again.  
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I’d have been happy to, but once again, **NinetyWt** has cleaned up my mess. And apparently I’ve got to go fix one of my dates anyway. 🙂

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/328 "2008-12-25T11:18:31Z")

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Another 1958, and apart from the other Dopers from that year, not much seemed to have happened

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/329 "2008-12-25T13:51:48Z")

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1973 here.

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**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/330 "2008-12-25T14:15:13Z")

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1985, anyone?

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**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/331 "2008-12-25T15:09:21Z")

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brainnzzz?

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**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/332 "2008-12-25T15:35:22Z")

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> [@Alienhand](#):
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> brainnzzz?

No kidding! But since I was way busy last March I missed the thread, so …

1956, y’all!

Anyone gonna update that way cool graph?

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**Author:** ![ming\_the\_merciless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@ming\_the\_merciless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ming_the_merciless)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/333 "2008-12-25T15:54:09Z")

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1962 here

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/334 "2008-12-25T16:38:11Z")

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> [@pinkfreud](#):
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> 1. Sigh.

Me, too. Happy Big 6-0, Pink!

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**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/335 "2008-12-25T21:00:20Z")

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> [@Bobotheoptimist](#):
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> IIRC, **Der Trihs** was also born in 1968.
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> Anyone else turning fffff… ffffoo… forttt… 0x28 this year?

Add me onto the list. Go 1968!

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**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/336 "2008-12-25T21:12:01Z")

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**1953**  **here !!!**

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/337 "2008-12-26T00:27:47Z")

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I reported for duty in 1979.

Just thought I’d add to the much to small tally we have 😉

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**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/338 "2008-12-26T01:13:30Z")

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I was spat forth from my mother’s womb in 1984.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/339 "2008-12-26T03:14:27Z")

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I enjoyed my 47th birthday earlier this year.

ergo, 1961 but I was concieved in 1960 if that counts.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/340 "2008-12-26T03:43:29Z")

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1970 here.

If we keep feeding the zombie numbers, maybe it won’t eat us?

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