Curated category
1970 births
- Paul ZbyszewskiPaul Zbyszewski started his television career writing questions for contestants on the Weakest Link, a game show that thrives on elimination.
- Christopher NolanChristopher Nolan does not own a smartphone, and he has no email address. He hand-delivers his scripts to the actors he wants, and his wife handles the rest…
- Kevin SmithKevin Smith walked out of a cinema on his 21st birthday with a decision made. The film was Richard Linklater's Slacker, shot in Austin, Texas without a…
- RaekwonRaekwon was accidentally shot four times in a crossfire, and he later called it an "important eye opener." That near-death moment pushed Corey Woods, born on…
- Queen LatifahQueen Latifah chose her name at age eight, pulling it from a book of Arabic names. The word latifah means "delicate" and "very kind", but Dana Elaine Owens…
- Naomi CampbellNaomi Elaine Campbell was born on the 22nd of May 1970 in Lambeth, South London, and by the time she was a teenager, she had already appeared on the cover of…
- Gianni InfantinoGiovanni Vincenzo Infantino arrived in the world on the 23rd of March 1970 within the Swiss town of Brig. His parents were immigrants from Italy who hailed…
- Hiroshi MinagawaHiroshi Minagawa, known by the nickname Nigoro, began his career at Quest Corporation in 1991. He worked alongside colleagues Yasumi Matsuno and Akihiko…
- Keiichiro ToyamaKeiichiro Toyama is the creator of three distinct video game franchises: Silent Hill, Siren, and Gravity Rush. Each one occupies its own corner of gaming…
- Marcelo CassaroMarcelo Cassaro was born on the 15th of August 1970, and by age fifteen he was already drawing frames for animated cartoons at the Maurício de Sousa studios.
- Dallas AustinDallas Austin was seven years old when he asked his mother to buy him a keyboard. She hesitated, convinced he would lose interest and move on.
- Emma Smith (scholar)Emma Josephine Smith was born on the 15th of May 1970 in Leeds, and grew up in a city with no particular expectation that she would end up at one of the…
- David BenioffDavid Benioff was born David Friedman on the 25th of September, 1970, the youngest of three children in a Jewish family in New York City.
- Susan AtheySusan Athey grew up watching her father, Whit Athey, work as a physics scholar, while her mother Elizabeth Johansen edited texts and taught English.
- Ram BergmanRam Bergman spent part of his early twenties working as a valet in Los Angeles, parking cars while he tried to figure out how to make movies.
- DMXDMX sold 251,000 copies of his debut album in its very first week. That number alone would be remarkable for any artist.
- Tetsuya NomuraTetsuya Nomura was born in 1970 and applied to Square after seeing a job advertisement featuring artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.
- Claudia GrayClaudia Gray is not a real name. It is a mask worn by Amy Vincent, an American writer who has built one of the more quietly remarkable careers in…