Curated category
1971 births
- Elon MuskElon Reeve Musk was born on the 28th of June 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. His mother Maye was a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Masashi HamauzuMasashi Hamauzu entered the world in Munich, Germany, during 1971. His mother taught piano while his father Akimori Hamauzu sang opera.
- Yusuke NaoraYusuke Naora was born on the 9th of January 1971. He began his professional life at Toaplan, a Japanese video game developer known for arcade shooters.
- Sacha Baron CohenSacha Noam Baron Cohen entered the world on the 13th of October 1971 within the Hammersmith area of London. He was born into an English Ashkenazi Jewish…
- Missy ElliottMelissa Arnette Elliott was born on the 1st of July 1971, at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her family lived in a manufactured home…
- Junya NakanoJunya Nakano was born in Kyoto, Japan. His parents introduced him to music when he was three years old. They offered him lessons in the electronic organ…
- Jon KleinbergJon Michael Kleinberg was born in 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Eugene worked as a mathematics professor at SUNY Buffalo.
- Snoop DoggCalvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. arrived in Long Beach, California on the 20th of October 1971. His biological father left the family three months after his…
- Tupac ShakurTupac Amaru Shakur was born on the 16th of June 1971, in East Harlem, Manhattan. His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks until he was renamed at age one.
- Ewan McGregorEwan Gordon McGregor entered the world on the 31st of March 1971 in Perth, Scotland. He grew up nearby in Crieff with his parents and older brother Colin.
- Igor KokoškovOn the 17th of December 1971, Igor Stefan Kokoškov was born in Belgrade. He grew up playing basketball with a natural talent that promised a bright future on…
- Tobias AdrianTobias Adrian entered the world on the 23rd of July 1971 in Kronberg, West Germany. He began his schooling at Humboldtschule located in Bad Homburg.
- Patty JenkinsPatricia Lea Jenkins was born on the 24th of July 1971 in Victorville, California. Her father William T. Jenkins served as a U.S.
- Lil JonJonathan H. Smith was born on the 17th of January 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in Southwest Atlanta as the oldest of five children.
- MF DoomDaniel Dumile entered the world in Hounslow, London on the 13th of July 1971. His mother was from Trinidad and his father came from Zimbabwe.
- Ashley WoodIn 1991, Ashley Wood began his professional journey as the artist and designer for Alarum. This publication was a small independent press magazine based in…
- Yoji ShinkawaYoji Shinkawa was born in Hiroshima on the 25th of December 1971. He grew up in a city that had witnessed immense destruction decades earlier, yet he found…
- D. B. WeissDaniel Brett Weiss was born on the 23rd of April 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. His family background traces back to Jewish roots with ancestral lines extending…
- Jonathan DavisJonathan Howsmon Davis was born in Bakersfield, California, on the 18th of January 1971. His childhood began with severe asthma that forced him into the…
- Kristi NoemKristi Lynn Arnold Noem was born on the 30th of November 1971 in Watertown, South Dakota. She grew up with her siblings on a family ranch and farm near the…
- Fabien BarthezFabien Alain Barthez entered the world on the 28th of June 1971 in the small town of Lavelanet, located within the Ariège department of France.
- Tech N9neAaron Dontez Yates was born on the 8th of November 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri. He began rapping at a very early age to spell out his own name letter by…