# 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:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/61 "2008-03-06T00:46:14Z")

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Another 85er here.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/62 "2008-03-06T00:47:03Z")

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**swampbear** and I share 1954. But I’m 6 months and 6 days older, as he delights in reminding me.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/63 "2008-03-06T00:49:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist]  
1981.

Is someone gonna sort these? Make a handy chart, perhaps?  
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Not the same thing, but [here’s a link](http://blnwebdesign.com/dopersages.html) to a chart that **nyctea scandiaca** made displaying the ages of a bunch of Dopers. Maybe if we ask nicely, she’ll do another one.

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/64 "2008-03-06T00:49:39Z")

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[QUOTE=annanate]  
1975 too!  
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Me too.

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**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/65 "2008-03-06T00:53:48Z")

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I guess I’m the first 1962.

Too late for Boom, too early for X.

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**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/66 "2008-03-06T00:57:36Z")

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1963 here.

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**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/67 "2008-03-06T00:58:32Z")

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1. Flander and Gorilla man, i’m in good company.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/68 "2008-03-06T00:59:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Mrs. Cake]  
I guess I’m the first 1962.

Too late for Boom, too early for X.  
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Gen X started in 1961.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/69 "2008-03-06T01:03:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Acid Lamp]  
1980. Flander and Gorilla man, i’m in good company.  
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We’re becoming a force to be reckoned with. Especially against this bunch of grandads 😃

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/70 "2008-03-06T01:15:50Z")

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1. I’m not the oldest reporting in here, but I’m in one of the top brackets.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/71 "2008-03-06T01:16:08Z")

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[QUOTE=FairyChatMom]  
**swampbear** and I share 1954. But I’m 6 months and 6 days older, as he delights in reminding me.  
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And you’re both older than me and **Baker** , who (both) squeaked in on the last day of that year.

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**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/72 "2008-03-06T01:18:47Z")

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Am I the only '69er here?

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**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/73 "2008-03-06T01:24:44Z")

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1957, but barely…27 January

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**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/74 "2008-03-06T01:25:06Z")

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Another 85.

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/75 "2008-03-06T01:30:54Z")

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9/9/65.

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/76 "2008-03-06T01:31:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
Gen X started in 1961.  
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Depending on your source, the Boom could go as far as 1965, but '62 is where I call it quits.

I’m in the Class of 1961, so I’m the tail end of the Boom by my reckoning.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/77 "2008-03-06T01:44:24Z")

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[QUOTE=vivalostwages]  
9/9/65.  
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Finally! 6-19-1965.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/78 "2008-03-06T01:50:19Z")

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[QUOTE=koeeoaddi]  
I knew I was older than dirt.

1955  
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But it’s righteous dirt!

**1955!** Boo-ya!

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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/79 "2008-03-06T01:53:26Z")

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Am I the only one born in 1983?

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**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/80 "2008-03-06T02:00:37Z")

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Another 1959er all up in here…yep

[QUOTE=SmartAleq]  
I, like **Sternvogel** , have no problem figuring out which pennies to collect–1959 representin’ ovah heah! 😛  
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