Curated category
1966 births
- George MorikawaGeorge Morikawa has been telling one story for over three decades, and he still has not finished it. Hajime no Ippo, his long-running boxing manga, reached…
- Yoshinori KitaseYoshinori Kitase was eleven years old in July 1978 when he saw Star Wars for the first time. The film left such an impression on him that he tracked down the…
- David CameronDavid Cameron walked away from 10 Downing Street on the 13th of July 2016, humming a tune that a nearby microphone picked up.
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynnMary Elizabeth McGlynn was born on the 16th of October 1966, and over the decades that followed she became one of the most versatile figures in…
- Masaharu IwataMasaharu Iwata was born in Tokyo on the 26th of October 1966. His earliest attempts at music were poor experiments during his school years.
- J. J. AbramsOn a day in 1982, Jeffrey Jacob Abrams composed the music for a horror movie called Nightbeast. He was only sixteen years old when he wrote that score.
- Mike TysonMike Tyson was just 20 years old when he became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history. The date was the 22nd of November 1986, and his opponent…
- Dikembe MutomboDikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo arrived in Washington, D.C. in 1987 speaking almost no English. He had grown up in Kinshasa, attended…
- Grigori PerelmanGrigori Perelman was offered one million dollars, and he said no. He was offered the highest honor in mathematics, the Fields Medal, and he said no to that…
- Kentaro MiuraKentaro Miura was ten years old when he created his first manga, a series he called Miuranger, photocopied and handed out to his classmates in a school…
- David X. CohenDavid Samuel Cohen was born on the 13th of July 1966 in New York City. Both of his parents were biologists, and he grew up planning to be a scientist himself.
- RomárioRomário de Souza Faria was born on the 29th of January 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, and by the time he retired, the debate over whether he was the greatest…
- Rik SmitsRik Smits was born in Eindhoven on the 23rd of August 1966, and by the time he reached the NBA Finals in 2000, he had spent every professional season of his…
- Dan the AutomatorDaniel M. Nakamura entered the world on the 29th of August 1966, in San Francisco, California. His family history carried a heavy weight from the era of…
- Kouji MoriKouji Mori is a Japanese manga artist whose name most readers encounter not through his own work, but through an extraordinary act of loyalty.
- Jeremy BlausteinJeremy Blaustein was born in 1966. He moved from simple translation work to voice direction during the mid-1990s. This shift happened while he worked for…
- Jon FavreauJonathan Kolia Favreau was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, on the 19th of October 1966. He grew up as the only child of Madeleine, an elementary school…
- Kenji KamiyamaKenji Kamiyama is a Japanese director and writer who began his career not behind a camera but behind a paintbrush. Before he ever wrote a line of dialogue or…
- David ChalmersDavid Chalmers was born in Sydney on the 20th of April 1966, and from a young age he seemed wired differently. At 10, he was writing code and playing…
- Hristo StoichkovHristo Stoichkov was born on the 8th of February 1966 in Plovdiv, a city in southern Bulgaria, and he would grow up to be named by Pele himself as one of the…
- Enzo ScifoVincenzo Scifo arrived in the world on the 19th of February 1966 inside a house in La Louvière, Wallonia. His parents had traveled from Sicily to Belgium…
- Zaw ZawZaw Zaw was born in Yegyi Township, Ayeyarwady Region in 1967. He graduated from University of Yangon, majoring in Mathematics.
- Mikhail MishustinMikhail Mishustin became Russia's prime minister on the 16th of January 2020, confirmed by the State Duma without a single vote against.