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Discover notable people born on this day, from leaders and scientists to artists, innovators, and entertainers throughout history. 153 sourced events. Showing 145-153.

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1978

Politics Born On 20th Century North America

Ron DeSantis Born in Jacksonville

Ronald Dion DeSantis was born on September 14, 1978, in Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up in Dunedin and attended Yale University before earning a law degree from Harvard. DeSantis entered the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps and served in assignments that included support for operations in Iraq. He later worked as a federal prosecutor and won election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida in 2012. DeSantis resigned from Congress during his successful 2018 campaign for governor and took office in January 2019. As governor, he became a nationally prominent Republican figure through policies and disputes involving education, immigration, public health, abortion, state authority, corporations, and cultural issues. DeSantis sought the Republican presidential nomination in the 2024 election...

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1979

Culture Born On 20th Century North America

Nate Bargatze Born in Nashville

Nathanael Bargatze, known professionally as Nate Bargatze, was born on March 25, 1979, in Nashville, Tennessee. He began pursuing stand-up in Chicago and New York, developing a deliberately unhurried style rooted in family stories, everyday confusion, and understated reactions. Rather than relying on rapid punchlines or confrontational subjects, Bargatze often presents himself as a patient but bewildered participant in ordinary life. Albums, television appearances, podcasts, arena tours, and streaming specials brought that clean, conversational approach to a broad audience.

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1979

Politics Born On 20th Century North America

Josh Hawley Born in Springdale

Joshua David Hawley was born on December 31, 1979, in Springdale, Arkansas, and was raised primarily in Lexington, Missouri. He graduated from Stanford University and Yale Law School, clerked for federal appellate judge Michael McConnell and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and later taught law at the University of Missouri. Hawley entered statewide politics as Missouri attorney general, serving from 2017 to 2019. He defeated incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 election and entered the United States Senate in January 2019. Missouri voters reelected him in 2024. In the Senate, Hawley has served on committees dealing with the judiciary, armed services, homeland security, small business, and other matters. He has become a prominent conservative voice on questions...

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1982

Culture Born On 20th Century North America

John Mulaney Born in Chicago

John Edmund Mulaney, known professionally as John Mulaney, was born on August 26, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois. He developed as a stand-up performer and writer before joining Saturday Night Live, where he co-created memorable sketches and helped shape the recurring character Stefon. Mulaney's comedy specials established a polished storytelling style built on precise wording, vocal impressions, extended anecdotes, and the contrast between formal presentation and personal embarrassment. His later work brought addiction, intervention, recovery, marriage, and parenthood into that carefully structured stage persona.

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1985

Technology Born On 20th Century North America

Sam Altman Born in Chicago

Sam Altman is reported as having been born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois. He is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as chief executive officer of OpenAI since 2019. Altman previously served as president of the startup accelerator Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019 and co-founded the location-based social networking company Loopt while attending Stanford University, which he later left. He has invested in numerous technology companies and advocates for the development of safe artificial general intelligence. Under his leadership OpenAI released ChatGPT and advanced large language models that transformed public access to generative AI tools. Altman’s work focuses on scaling AI capabilities while addressing safety, alignment, and societal impacts of advanced systems.

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1986

Technology Born On 20th Century Global

Andrej Karpathy Born: Influential AI Researcher

Andrej Karpathy is reported as having been born on October 23, 1986, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia. He is a Slovak-Canadian computer scientist and AI researcher specializing in machine learning, computer vision, and deep learning. Karpathy completed a bachelor's degree in computer science and physics at the University of Toronto in 2009, a master's at the University of British Columbia in 2011, and a PhD at Stanford University in 2015 under Fei-Fei Li, with a thesis on connecting images and natural language. He co-founded OpenAI as a research scientist from 2015 to 2017, later directing artificial intelligence and Autopilot vision at Tesla from 2017 to 2022. Karpathy returned to OpenAI briefly, joined Anthropic in 2026 on its pre-training team, and...

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1987

Exploration Born On 20th Century North America

Kayla Barron Born in Idaho

Kayla Barron is reported as having been born on September 19, 1987, in Pocatello, Idaho. She is an American NASA astronaut, U.S. Navy commander, and former submarine warfare officer. Barron graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2010 with a degree in systems engineering and earned a master’s in nuclear engineering from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. She served aboard the USS Maine and later as flag aide to the Naval Academy superintendent. Selected in NASA’s Astronaut Group 22 in 2017, she flew on SpaceX Crew-3 in 2021, spending 176 days aboard the International Space Station during Expeditions 66 and 67. Barron completed two spacewalks and contributed to scientific research and operations in orbit. Her...

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1989

Politics Born On 20th Century North America

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Born in the Bronx

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was born on October 13, 1989, in the Bronx, New York City. She spent part of her childhood in Yorktown Heights, graduated from Boston University, and worked in community and political organizing before seeking federal office. In 2018, she defeated a long-serving incumbent in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th Congressional District and then won the general election. Taking office in 2019, she became, at that time, the youngest woman ever elected to the United States Congress. Ocasio-Cortez has become a prominent figure in the Democratic Party’s progressive wing and has advocated policies involving climate change, health care, housing, labor, and economic inequality. She has also served on House committees dealing with financial services, oversight, natural resources,...

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1990

Culture Born On 20th Century North America

Bo Burnham Born in Hamilton, Massachusetts

Robert Pickering Burnham, known professionally as Bo Burnham, was born on August 21, 1990, in Hamilton, Massachusetts. As a teenager he reached a large audience by posting intricately worded comic songs online, then moved into touring, albums, and theatrical stand-up specials. His shows combine music, lighting, editing, choreography, and self-conscious commentary about performance, audience expectations, fame, and mental health. Burnham later wrote and directed the film Eighth Grade, and his 2021 special Inside used a single-room production to examine isolation and digital life.

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