# 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:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\
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[QUOTE=brewha]  
'78 here  
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Match. Another 1978er turning 30 this year.

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**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/82 "2008-03-06T02:20:39Z")

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I think I’m the first \*\*1970 \*\* birth in this thread…so far.

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**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/83 "2008-03-06T02:27:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Acid Lamp]  
1980. Flander and Gorilla man, i’m in good company.  
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me too!!

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/84 "2008-03-06T02:28:46Z")

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1. 

[QUOTE=Flander]  
What was it like back when the world was in black and white? 😉  
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It was like this: I just got the Monty Python DVD box set–and I’m startled to see it in glossy, crisp color. Because every PBS station that I ever saw broadcasting it, was broadcasting it as a grainy, fuzzy signal that wavered with the atmosphere between our house and the TV station.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/85 "2008-03-06T02:31:12Z")

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[QUOTE=fisha]  
Am I the only '69er here?  
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I prefer to think of myself as a 1969er. Now that I’ve given up evil, I don’t abbreviate.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/86 "2008-03-06T02:34:19Z")

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'nuther fifty-fourer here.

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**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/87 "2008-03-06T02:34:30Z")

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1984

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/88 "2008-03-06T02:39:07Z")

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Summer of Love. 1967.

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/89 "2008-03-06T02:52:46Z")

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Nov. 1981. I’m still a baby (and apparently I can pass for even ten years younger than I am)

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**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/90 "2008-03-06T02:56:08Z")

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[QUOTE=sturmhauke]  
1976. Year of the Dragon FTW!  
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Dude, high five!

We’re (U.S.) bicentennial babies too.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/91 "2008-03-06T03:08:42Z")

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Late December back in '63.

[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63]  
1963. Are we boomers or busters?  
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We’re Tweeners. If you remember Watergate but not JFKs assassination, you’re a Tweener. We’re not really Boomers or Gen X’ers, kind of a hybrid between the two.

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**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/92 "2008-03-06T03:12:59Z")

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1977

And I find it odd that the only other person so far in this thread born in 1977 is MsWhatsit, and she’s ALSO living in the same city as me. What are the odds! 😉

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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/93 "2008-03-06T03:20:23Z")

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And now 1957 has four, count 'em, four, representatives here…tomorrow I will no longer be 50, by the way…

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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/94 "2008-03-06T03:20:48Z")

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Am I the first for 1964?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/95 "2008-03-06T03:28:58Z")

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First for 1951, I think. Born during the great pennant race between the NY Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, capped by the “shot heard round the world.”

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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/96 "2008-03-06T03:31:12Z")

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I’m with **Loach** , 1967 bay-bee.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/97 "2008-03-06T03:32:42Z")

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Add another to 1975 - Year of the Rabbit!

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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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/98 "2008-03-06T03:34:33Z")

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Next year, I will have a birthday on 09-09-09.

What does it portend?  
:dubious:

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**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/99 "2008-03-06T03:35:48Z")

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**mmouse9799** and **AcidLamp** have come out of hiding! 1980’ers are a force to be reckoned with!

\*unofficially the Whippersnappers

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dopers-were-born-in-the-same-year/440248/100 "2008-03-06T03:39:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Risha]  
Dude, high five!

We’re (U.S.) bicentennial babies too.  
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Joining the '76ers (as a New Englander, and therefore ostensible Celtics fan, that kinda hurt).

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