Curated category
1982 births
- Dwyane WadeDwyane Wade grew up on the South Side of Chicago, where he described his early childhood as "trying." His mother, JoLinda, struggled with drug addiction and…
- Miranda KaufmannMiranda Kaufmann was born in 1982 to a Jewish family in London. She grew up surrounded by museums, galleries, and theatres that shaped her early perspective…
- Joey AnsahJoey Ansah was born on the 24th of November 1982 in Hackney, London, the second son of Kofi Ansah, a Ghanaian fashion designer, and his Devon-born wife…
- Lil WayneLil Wayne left school in tenth grade because his mother found a gun in his school bag. He was fifteen years old, already signed to a major label, already…
- Leandro BarbosaLeandro Barbosa scored 41 points in a single NBA game on the 20th of February 2009, outpacing an Oklahoma City Thunder team by 22 points while also…
- Tony ParkerWilliam Anthony Parker Jr. arrived in the world on the 17th of May 1982, inside a hospital in Bruges, Belgium. His father Tony Parker Sr.
- Michelle RejwanMichelle Rejwan was born on the 8th of March 1982. She began her higher education at the University of California, Los Angeles for a single year before…
- Nicki MinajNicki Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj on the 8th of December 1982, in the Saint James district of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
- Lupe FiascoWasalu Muhammad Jaco arrived in Chicago on the 16th of February 1982. He grew up as one of nine children born to Shirley and Gregory Jaco.
- Landon DonovanLandon Donovan scored the only goal of the match in the dying seconds against Algeria at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, off a rebound from a Clint Dempsey attempt…
- St. Vincent (musician)Anne Erin Clark arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the 28th of September 1982. Her parents divorced when she was three years old.