Curated playlist
1985 births
- TeQuilaTekla Iita was born on the 27th of January 1985 in Namibia, and she would go on to become one of her country's most recognized voices under the name TeQuila. Her path into music did not begin with a debut album or a headline slot. It began…
- Andrea BargnaniAndrea Bargnani walked into the 2006 NBA draft as the most scrutinized big man to come out of Europe in years. The 7-foot Italian power forward had drawn comparisons to Dirk Nowitzki for his perimeter shooting, his footwork, and his…
- Keira KnightleyKeira Knightley stood on a plank for two days during filming and refused the offer of a stunt double to jump off. She was twenty years old, earning a global reputation inside the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and already beginning to…
- Luka ModrićLuka Modrić scored the only goal against Chelsea on the 21st of March 2009, a composed finish that silenced those who had called him a lightweight unfit for English football. He was just twenty-three, playing out of position, still…
- Luol DengLuol Deng was born on the 16th of April 1985 in Wau, a city in what was then Sudan and is now South Sudan. Before he was a teenager, he had already fled a civil war, crossed continents, learned a new language, and been coached on a…
- TokidoTokido has reached the top eight at the Evolution Championship Series 28 times, a total surpassed only by Justin Wong. He won the tournament's grand prize three separate times, in 2002, 2007, and 2017, a spread of 15 years. Along the way…
- Cristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on the 5th of February 1985 in the São Pedro parish of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira. His mother, a cook and cleaning woman, wanted to abort him. Her doctor refused.…
- Deborah Ann WollDeborah Ann Woll was born on the 7th of February 1985 in Brooklyn, New York, and she has spent her career crossing boundaries that most performers would treat as fixed. She trained at the USC School of Theatre, earned her Bachelor of Fine…
- Sam AltmanSam Altman got his first computer at age eight: an Apple Macintosh. Within a few years he was disassembling it to examine the hardware inside. That childhood instinct to open things up and understand how they work has since made Altman one…
- Lukas PodolskiLukas Podolski scored a goal after just nine seconds in May 2013 against Ecuador. Not nine minutes. Nine seconds. It was the fastest goal in the history of the German national team, and the second fastest international goal on earth at…
- Joakim NoahJoakim Simon Noah was born in New York on the 25th of February, 1985. He played professional basketball for more than a decade. Though most of his career unfolded in the United States, he wore the colors of the France national team. At the…