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21st-century American philanthropists

  • Michael JacksonMichael Joseph Jackson entered the world on the 29th of August 1958 inside a two-bedroom house on Jackson Street in Gary, Indiana.
  • Taylor SwiftTaylor Alison Swift was born on the 13th of December 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Her parents chose a unisex name hoping it would help her succeed in…
  • Kobe BryantKobe Bean Bryant entered the world on the 23rd of August 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father Joe played eight seasons in the National Basketball…
  • Tim DuncanTimothy Theodore Duncan was born on the 25th of April 1976, and raised in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He grew up as the son of Ione, a professional…
  • Tom BradyThomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. was born on the 3rd of August 1977, in San Mateo, California. He grew up as a fan of the San Francisco 49ers and attended…
  • Mark ZuckerbergMark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on the 14th of May 1984, in White Plains, New York. He grew up in a Reform Jewish household with three sisters named Arielle…
  • Muhammad AliOn the 17th of January 1942, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Odessa Grady Clay and Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.
  • Kendrick LamarKendrick Lamar Duckworth was born on the 17th of June 1987, in Compton, California. He grew up in Section 8 housing and relied on welfare and food stamps…
  • Bill GatesIn 1970, a group of students at Lakeside School in Seattle gathered around a Teletype Model 33 ASR terminal. Bill Gates was one of them.
  • Chris PrattOn a beach in Maui, Hawaii, Chris Pratt lived inside a van and a tent during his early twenties. He worked minimal hours to cover gas, food, and fishing…
  • Warren BuffettWarren Buffett was born on the 30th of August 1930, in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up as the second of three children and the only son of Congressman Howard…
  • Gordon MooreGordon Earle Moore was born on the 3rd of January 1929 in San Mateo County, California. His father Walter Harold Moore served as a county sheriff until 1938…
  • Jensen HuangJensen Huang arrived in Oneida, Kentucky, as a ten-year-old boy with long hair and heavily accented English. He was an undersized Asian immigrant who…
  • Sam AltmanSamuel Harris Altman was born on the 22nd of April 1985 in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved to Clayton, Missouri, in 1989 when he was four years old.