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 on the 26th of October 1966, in Tokyo, a city that was just beginning to feel the first tremors of a digital entertainment revolution.
- J. J. AbramsJ. J. Abrams wrote his first film score at age 16 for a low-budget horror movie called Nightbeast. That was 1982, and it was not the work of a film student…
- 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, the younger brother of Maddie Blaustein. Their family was Jewish, though the record says little else about how that…
- Jon FavreauJon Favreau grew up in Flushing, Queens, the only child of a schoolteacher mother who died of leukemia when he was just twelve years old.
- 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 ScifoEnzo Scifo was eighteen years old, and one hundred fifteen days, at the 1984 European Championship. He had just helped Belgium beat Yugoslavia 2-0 in the…
- Zaw ZawZaw Zaw once washed dishes in the Ginza district of Tokyo. That is where the story of one of Myanmar's most powerful business figures begins, not in a…
- Mikhail MishustinMikhail Mishustin became Russia's prime minister on the 16th of January 2020, confirmed by the State Duma without a single vote against.