Curated playlist
1984 births
- Christian Howard (actor)Actor Christian Howard played Ken in a Street Fighter short film that caught Capcom's attention.
- LeBron JamesLeBron James led Cleveland back from a 3-1 Finals deficit, a first in NBA history. It ended a 52-year title wait.
- Katy PerryKaty Perry grew up in a home where the word "luck" was banned. Her pastor mother said it reminded her of Lucifer.
- Prince Harry, Duke of SussexPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex, was born at 4:20 pm on the 15th of September 1984 at St Mary's Hospital in London. His grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, was then on the throne. His parents were Charles, who was Prince of Wales and is now King…
- Mark ZuckerbergIn January 2024, Mark Zuckerberg turned to families of harmed children at a Senate hearing and apologized.
- Scarlett JohanssonAs a child, Scarlett Johansson practiced Judy Garland's emotions in a mirror until she cried.
- JD VanceJD Vance once called Donald Trump reprehensible, then became his running mate.
- Chris BoshBlood clots ended Chris Bosh's NBA career after two straight championships with Miami.
- Jack AntonoffJack Antonoff is an American musician from New Jersey who once heard the same dismissal again and again. He later put it in his own words. "Taylor's the first person who let me produce a song. Before Taylor, everyone said: 'You're not a…
- Avril LavigneIn November 2000, Avril Lavigne stood in a Manhattan recording studio and sang for Antonio "L.A." Reid, then the head of Arista Records. The audition ran for just 15 minutes. Lavigne, a Canadian singer and songwriter, was 16 years old. She…
- Elizabeth HolmesElizabeth Holmes was twenty-nine years past her first day at Stanford when Forbes named her the youngest and wealthiest self-made female billionaire in the United States. That was in 2015. The magazine based its judgment on a valuation of…
- Aubrey PlazaAubrey Plaza once ran onto the stage of the MTV Movie Awards and grabbed Will Ferrell's award for Comedic Genius. The year was 2013. She held a drink in one hand. The title of her new film, The To Do List, was written across her chest. The…
- Seung-Hui ChoSeung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, on the 16th of April 2007. It was the deadliest school shooting in United States history. At the time, it was also the deadliest mass shooting…
- Mandy MooreMandy Moore, the American singer and actress, once offered to refund everyone who had bought her first two albums. In 2006 she said she would give her fans their money back if she could. Then, during a radio interview in April of that…
- Kid CudiKid Cudi was born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi in Cleveland on the 30th of January 1984. One day, while he was working at the BAPE store in New York, Kanye West came in and bought a few jackets. Cudi had forgotten to remove a security sensor…
- The Duffer BrothersThe Duffer Brothers turned down Florida State's film school because it would not let the twins study together.
- Andrew BogutAndrew Bogut was cut from a junior state team at fifteen. He became the first Australian picked first in the NBA draft.
- Yana TobosoManga artist Yana Toboso designed a Disney villains game. Disney: Twisted-Wonderland launched in 2020.
- Olivia WildeOlivia Wilde was 19 years old in 2003 when she married in secret on a school bus, with only a pair of witnesses present. The ceremony took place in Washington, Virginia. She said later that the bus was the one place where the couple could…
- Hannah FryHannah Fry told a BBC Four audience in 2018 that she was about to simulate a fatal outbreak across the whole United Kingdom. If the experiment worked, she said, it would "save lives when, not if, a real pandemic hits." The programme was…
- Brian ChristianBrian Christian entered a 2009 chatbot contest to act more human than the humans. He succeeded.
- Ludwig GöranssonComposer Ludwig Göransson was not Christopher Nolan's first choice for Tenet.