Curated category
1977 births
- FabolousJohn David Jackson stood before the microphone on the 18th of November 1977. He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Breevort Houses within Bedford-Stuyvesant.
- Kanye WestKanye Omari West was born on the 8th of June 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia, and by the time he was done reshaping American music, he had become one of the most…
- Yoshiaki NishimuraYoshiaki Nishimura entered the film industry in 1985. He joined Studio Ghibli shortly after its founding by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.
- Tom HardyTom Hardy walked into a modelling competition in 1998 at 21 years old and walked out with a contract. That is not how most serious actors begin.
- Manu GinóbiliManu Ginóbili stood on the court in Athens on the opening day of the 2004 Summer Olympics with 0.7 seconds left on the clock.
- Tom BradyTom Brady arrived at the New England Patriots' old Foxboro Stadium as a sixth-round draft pick, carrying a pizza box and wearing the look of someone who had…
- ShakiraShakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was four years old when her father took her to a Middle Eastern restaurant in Barranquilla, Colombia, and the sound of a…
- Makoto FukamiMakoto Fukami was born in Kumamoto Prefecture on the 5th of August 1977, and by 1999 he had already won a manga award for his debut work, Wild Diamond.
- Becky HammonBecky Hammon walked into the San Antonio Spurs' practice facility as a player recovering from knee surgery. She left as a coach.
- Jessica MeirJessica Ulrika Meir was born in Caribou, Maine. Her father Josef H. Meir arrived from Baghdad, Iraq in 1925. His family fled antisemitism and moved to…
- Beau WillimonPack Beauregard Willimon was born on the 26th of October 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia. His father served as a captain in the United States Navy and moved the…
- Peja StojakovićPredrag Stojaković was born on the 9th of June 1977 in Požega, SR Croatia. His family belonged to an ethnic Serb community within the Socialist Federal…