Curated category
1969 births
- Jay-ZShawn Corey Carter entered the world on the 4th of December 1969 within Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. He grew up inside the Marcy Houses public…
- Wes AndersonWesley Wales Anderson was born on the 1st of May 1969, in Houston, Texas. His father worked in advertising and public relations while his mother was a…
- Birdman (rapper)Bryan Christopher Brooks was born on the 15th of February 1969 at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother Gladys Brooks died when he was five…
- Greg ZeschukGregory Zeschuk was born in 1969 and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied medicine at the University of Alberta where he met Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip.
- Mariah CareyMariah Carey was born on the 27th of March 1969, in Huntington, New York. Her name came from the song They Call the Wind Maria, which appeared in the 1951…
- Sean CombsSean John Combs was born on the 4th of November 1969, in Harlem, New York City. His father Melvin Earl Combs worked at a hair salon and served in the U.S.
- Mark MillarMark Millar was born on the 24th of December 1969 in Coatbridge, Scotland. He spent his early years in the Townhead area of that town.
- DJ QbertRichard Quitevis arrived in this world on the 7th of October 1969. His parents came from Bacolod and Ilocos Sur before settling in San Francisco.
- Hitoshi SakimotoHitoshi Sakimoto was born on the 26th of February 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. He began developing an interest in music during elementary school when he taught…
- Rana MitterRana Shantashil Rajyeswar Mitter arrived in the world on the 11th of August 1969. He was born in Cambridge while his parents worked as academics near…
- Alexander McQueenLee Alexander McQueen was born on the 17th of March 1969 at University Hospital Lewisham in Lewisham, London. He grew up as the youngest of six children to…
- Adrian GoldsworthyAdrian Goldsworthy completed his D.Phil. in ancient military history from the University of Oxford in 1994. His dissertation laid the foundation for a book…
- Yoshitaka MurayamaYoshitaka Murayama finished his computer programming studies at the University of Tokyo in the summer of 1992. He walked into Konami's newly opened Tokyo…
- Chris WeitzChristopher John Weitz was born on the 30th of November 1969 in New York City. His mother Susan Kohner worked as an actress while his father John Weitz…
- Giles MartinGiles Martin was born on the 9th of October 1969, a date that coincided with John Lennon's 29th birthday. He grew up in a household where music was not just…
- Oliver KahnOliver Kahn joined the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975 at the age of six. His father Rolf had played for that same club from 1962 to 1965 before Oliver…
- Christian LaettnerChristian Donald Laettner was born on the 17th of August 1969 in Angola, New York. This small town sits near Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
- Ryuhei KitamuraRyuhei Kitamura walked out of his high school classroom in Osaka at age 16. He told his teacher he was leaving and moved to Australia just seven days later.
- Norman ReedusNorman Mark Reedus entered the world on the 6th of January 1969 in Hollywood, Florida. His father Ira Norman Reedus and mother Marianne Yarber raised him…
- Clifford AndoClifford Ando was born in 1969. He began his higher education journey at Princeton University. The institution granted him a bachelor's degree in 1990.
- Gabriel BatistutaGabriel Omar Batistuta was born on the 1st of February 1969 in Avellaneda, Argentina. He grew up in the nearby city of Reconquista with three older sisters…
- Oleg SalenkoOleg Anatolyevich Salenko entered the world on the 25th of October 1969 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR. His father was Ukrainian and his mother was Russian.
- Robert ProsinečkiRobert Prosinečki arrived in the world on the 12th of January 1969 inside a small apartment in Schwenningen, West Germany.
- Luc LongleyLucien James Longley arrived in the world on the 19th of January 1969 within the city of Melbourne, Victoria. His father Richard stood tall and represented…