Curated category
1958 births
- Michael JacksonThe boy from Gary who was never allowed to be one. Listen to the craft beneath the spectacle, the making of Thriller, and the era he still shapes.
- Kevin M. MurphyKevin Miles Murphy holds a title that very few economists ever earn: the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Booth…
- Shinji HashimotoShinji Hashimoto helped create two of the most beloved franchises in video game history, and one of them was born in an elevator.
- MadonnaMadonna Louise Ciccone arrived in New York City in 1978 with thirty-five dollars in her pocket. It was the first time she had ever flown on a plane or ridden…
- Prince (musician)Prince Rogers Nelson arrived at Mount Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis on the 7th of June, 1958, and for the next 57 years he operated at a pitch that most…
- Mike LazzoMike Lazzo spent years in a shipping and receiving department before he reshaped American television animation. Born on the 10th of April 1958 in LaGrange…
- Kazuhiro NakataKazuhiro Nakata speaks Japanese for Agent Smith in all three Matrix films. He takes over Hugo Weaving's lines through The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and…
- Kate BushKate Bush was born on the 30th of July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, and by the time she was nineteen she had done something no woman in pop history had ever…
- Kenneth PomeranzKenneth Pomeranz asked a question that historians had been avoiding for centuries: why did industrialization happen in Europe, and not in China?
- Tomomi MochizukiTomomi Mochizuki has two professional names. Under one, he directs. Under the other, he writes. He is a director, storyboard artist, and screenwriter whose…
- Charlie KaufmanCharlie Kaufman spent his first weeks on a professional writing staff too anxious to speak. Hired in the early 1990s to write for the sitcom Get a Life…
- Agustín CarstensAgustín Carstens was born on the 9th of June 1958 in Mexico City. He began his academic journey at the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology where he…
- Ice-TIce-T was born Tracy Lauren Marrow on the 16th of February 1958 in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Solomon and Alice Marrow.
- Mark LewisohnMark Lewisohn was born on the 16th of June 1958, and since the 1980s he has built an entire career around one band. He has worked for EMI, MPL Communications…
- Jay TrianoJay Triano walked onto the floor at the Air Canada Centre on the 13th of February 2008. He was filling in for head coach Sam Mitchell, who was away after the…
- Henry JenkinsHenry Guy Jenkins III was born on the 4th of June 1958, and he has spent his career asking one stubborn question: what happens when ordinary people stop…
- Cynthia DworkCynthia Dwork holds a black belt in taekwondo, and it turns out that discipline maps neatly onto her scientific career. Born on the 27th of June, 1958, Dwork…