Famous Birthdays Statistics

Analysis of Famous People's Birth Dates

There exists a popular belief, that the date of a person's birth is correlated to his (or her) personality, talents, preferences and, to some extent, the chance of success in life. We were curious if this is true and decided to do some simple calendar related calculations to verify it. Particularly, we wondered in what days, months and seasons of the year most of the famous people (of various occupations) were born.

For this purpose, we gathered the dates of births of over 46 000 famous people from English wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org) listed for each day of the year. Using this data we created calendar "heat maps" for each month and day of the year, showing the number of the famous people that were born on each specific date through thousands of years of human history. Results were divided into "loose" categories based on the occupations (professions). The results are listed below and on the pages related to specific categories.

How to read the results?

The more warmer the color, the more people were born on that day or month. Below each table there are also bar charts showing the number of births for each month and (astronomical) season of the year.

Sportsmen

Month	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
January	1111	53	40	23	36	31	28	41	34	24	58	34	41	38	35	43	38	29	33	36	30	42	67	28	27	25	26	32	34	34	35	36
February	980	40	38	31	21	33	24	43	30	38	39	32	31	35	51	39	35	26	47	27	38	32	35	20	36	34	30	31	37	27
March	1130	38	43	37	110	38	21	28	46	32	24	28	40	24	36	28	30	26	58	31	34	34	28	34	48	32	33	36	41	29	28	35
April	924	35	31	38	41	28	33	26	28	24	30	27	27	29	37	19	28	29	36	50	26	35	34	30	24	35	29	34	33	33	15
May	993	30	39	27	38	28	22	24	36	25	29	29	33	32	41	36	31	30	37	40	43	26	39	31	30	41	18	25	32	38	32	31
June	857	26	26	26	28	28	27	31	27	28	21	26	38	27	23	34	42	24	16	28	36	36	27	19	38	23	33	24	23	28	44
July	860	26	28	17	40	23	23	32	20	21	28	27	25	32	20	28	24	26	27	40	32	30	42	27	33	30	24	39	18	21	21	36
August	926	41	33	29	30	33	32	25	30	34	35	28	31	27	40	12	38	23	34	24	30	31	29	34	40	24	38	30	30	34	27
September	998	40	33	29	26	42	26	43	47	42	22	37	33	29	26	23	28	34	34	49	21	38	30	32	31	42	25	31	35	37	33
October	988	46	24	26	31	27	35	22	31	29	38	31	44	33	39	32	35	25	20	26	35	29	35	26	34	34	28	33	32	27	35	46
November	833	22	26	39	23	29	19	36	34	24	24	15	34	22	24	25	21	32	26	30	26	32	33	28	23	28	29	20	40	31	38
December	903	26	31	34	28	29	27	31	39	31	23	24	29	34	38	24	22	33	26	32	28	22	22	35	23	33	22	33	32	23	36	33

By Month
1111 Jan	980 Feb	1130 Mar	924 Apr	993 May	857 Jun	860 Jul	926 Aug	998 Sep	988 Oct	833 Nov	903 Dec

By Season of the Year
3135 Winter	2893 Spring	2777 Summer	2698 Fall

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Writers

Month	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
January	603	30	14	13	15	14	24	11	21	28	19	18	17	24	26	19	23	32	22	15	23	9	21	12	16	23	15	21	22	21	17	18
February	506	17	16	22	19	14	25	15	19	14	22	18	19	18	11	19	19	17	25	23	19	15	15	13	12	21	16	17	16	10
March	720	17	22	16	86	20	15	14	17	18	20	25	25	22	18	17	30	21	27	14	26	20	24	20	18	15	18	26	28	28	26	27
April	763	21	31	21	32	26	34	29	21	27	26	34	23	27	21	25	29	17	26	14	30	21	26	19	31	27	21	30	26	25	23
May	939	35	30	34	37	32	21	35	33	36	38	19	30	38	30	33	36	33	31	25	25	28	24	37	25	36	35	35	38	28	13	9
June	494	12	22	16	19	21	16	11	11	17	12	10	19	14	18	14	17	17	20	13	18	32	17	14	16	16	20	17	19	14	12
July	500	11	18	19	9	12	16	12	7	16	17	17	20	12	23	19	14	12	16	15	18	13	15	19	21	17	17	25	20	19	12	19
August	499	16	24	14	17	10	16	14	13	14	20	9	21	11	12	28	16	14	15	25	26	13	21	16	22	22	15	15	13	16	11
September	555	15	16	13	11	18	21	18	25	27	17	24	17	12	23	23	23	16	14	20	18	17	21	21	17	19	15	24	16	15	19
October	497	23	18	14	20	19	9	19	8	13	22	17	14	15	11	20	15	22	22	17	16	16	15	16	23	11	15	13	16	7	16	15
November	563	24	13	23	14	21	20	22	21	20	19	21	19	15	18	21	22	11	24	14	10	16	17	21	19	28	11	17	19	21	22
December	505	17	15	12	13	21	16	16	22	20	16	13	14	17	12	14	22	20	18	16	13	16	11	21	24	20	15	18	11	6	19	17

By Month
603 Jan	506 Feb	720 Mar	763 Apr	939 May	494 Jun	500 Jul	499 Aug	555 Sep	497 Oct	563 Nov	505 Dec

By Season of the Year
1741 Winter	2301 Spring	1553 Summer	1549 Fall

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Artists

Month	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
January	1930	91	55	59	67	53	70	58	70	60	66	58	71	67	51	49	59	82	53	64	78	59	59	45	66	48	55	65	54	73	54	71
February	1831	64	60	73	54	58	78	54	58	62	53	74	60	71	69	59	61	79	66	74	68	70	65	51	69	69	63	56	64	29
March	2069	62	54	62	190	59	57	60	64	56	69	75	62	60	69	70	66	77	72	65	61	65	58	58	52	62	58	57	51	70	58	70
April	2118	93	78	90	90	73	88	79	77	77	72	67	75	79	54	45	100	65	78	70	64	58	66	76	64	53	59	57	46	74	51
May	2023	64	59	60	62	60	54	59	68	63	70	59	76	84	75	60	77	58	64	57	73	62	62	68	74	64	69	55	77	70	62	58
June	1700	55	59	60	63	55	66	50	59	56	60	49	49	56	52	65	51	57	59	60	58	73	58	44	54	53	49	55	61	66	48
July	1770	71	38	61	51	48	56	54	59	55	72	65	65	41	43	56	53	73	58	51	74	59	60	68	50	55	55	64	54	48	53	60
August	1682	51	58	53	48	75	53	56	69	40	55	47	54	41	57	56	64	73	71	70	56	48	52	50	50	73	51	54	62	54	41
September	2105	64	53	51	56	66	71	62	66	75	51	65	78	68	82	65	87	78	74	83	78	65	73	72	65	109	72	64	68	67	77
October	1843	85	69	57	55	60	45	61	64	63	72	52	50	59	59	58	62	59	63	45	60	53	55	45	68	70	49	59	67	50	56	73
November	1726	69	52	48	58	67	60	64	54	52	62	58	67	54	71	56	50	58	68	41	66	56	61	57	50	52	41	53	54	65	62
December	1780	50	44	50	57	55	48	51	64	79	50	64	65	58	64	51	83	57	71	59	55	64	52	54	48	65	50	54	52	54	61	51

By Month
1930 Jan	1831 Feb	2069 Mar	2118 Apr	2023 May	1700 Jun	1770 Jul	1682 Aug	2105 Sep	1843 Oct	1726 Nov	1780 Dec

By Season of the Year
5712 Winter	6012 Spring	5451 Summer	5402 Fall

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Scientists & engineers

Month	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
January	244	13	5	2	8	11	9	5	6	8	12	13	9	5	5	5	5	6	10	11	7	5	7	18	3	7	3	10	11	10	6	9
February	226	3	9	5	9	6	18	5	6	12	6	8	9	8	11	10	5	8	7	7	3	2	15	7	7	5	7	10	15	3
March	267	11	4	9	24	8	5	11	8	4	2	8	7	10	8	12	7	7	11	7	5	5	5	12	13	5	14	8	12	7	7	11
April	237	12	6	5	6	7	13	5	8	7	8	5	8	14	10	10	7	5	6	6	8	6	13	9	7	9	8	8	8	4	9
May	221	9	5	10	4	8	10	6	6	6	5	9	6	4	10	6	10	5	8	7	9	9	7	15	7	5	1	4	11	7	6	6
June	265	7	3	8	9	10	12	7	11	7	7	9	9	12	10	7	13	12	10	9	6	21	5	8	6	9	8	5	11	7	7
July	202	10	6	4	3	5	4	5	9	9	8	5	13	5	5	12	3	8	7	5	7	5	8	7	5	6	3	8	9	4	5	9
August	213	7	4	5	6	4	5	3	6	10	5	11	9	10	7	9	5	4	4	4	7	7	14	11	5	8	11	10	6	7	9
September	229	4	5	7	7	5	10	6	5	9	7	6	6	9	9	12	6	5	6	6	2	10	14	8	11	8	8	11	8	9	10
October	202	10	6	3	5	7	11	5	5	10	7	7	6	0	6	9	6	3	5	10	12	5	6	8	9	4	6	4	7	3	8	9
November	226	4	7	7	5	8	2	11	8	12	6	4	5	4	7	8	6	9	8	15	10	4	8	10	7	7	7	10	9	7	11
December	211	5	3	6	4	9	5	5	6	10	9	13	4	7	6	8	6	10	8	9	6	3	13	6	5	9	7	5	7	7	5	5

By Month
244 Jan	226 Feb	267 Mar	237 Apr	221 May	265 Jun	202 Jul	213 Aug	229 Sep	202 Oct	226 Nov	211 Dec

By Season of the Year
707 Winter	756 Spring	637 Summer	643 Fall

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Other professions and occupations

Month	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
January	469	38	18	16	11	16	21	18	18	16	19	16	14	10	16	11	17	14	15	11	13	17	10	14	7	13	14	12	14	12	15	13
February	381	17	16	12	9	11	21	5	11	9	13	14	17	15	14	16	12	18	13	10	11	10	22	11	12	17	19	9	14	3
March	551	13	18	13	48	19	15	13	13	15	9	17	23	7	15	20	20	19	22	18	17	20	14	14	20	14	17	20	24	23	14	17
April	567	17	14	19	15	18	22	18	27	21	16	20	25	28	16	20	27	19	18	13	27	15	19	18	22	15	10	17	15	23	13
May	591	21	16	23	13	11	17	16	26	9	19	18	18	26	17	22	16	15	18	16	19	22	29	22	15	23	21	23	24	24	17	15
June	417	9	8	9	16	7	22	9	10	9	20	16	12	17	11	18	13	11	20	13	10	24	13	16	16	10	11	15	20	23	9
July	420	14	15	9	17	22	10	11	22	12	13	14	10	9	19	24	20	7	15	10	22	9	11	16	11	13	11	13	10	9	10	12
August	366	9	8	16	17	12	11	12	8	12	17	16	13	12	6	15	13	10	16	10	7	9	10	16	20	12	12	12	12	8	15
September	481	14	8	15	18	22	14	17	25	17	14	19	20	19	12	14	9	15	20	14	14	13	15	18	14	19	18	20	15	17	12
October	390	15	11	7	15	14	15	16	10	10	10	9	13	14	12	13	16	7	19	3	17	6	14	16	22	11	10	12	16	13	8	16
November	380	16	15	22	14	12	12	13	7	14	10	14	14	11	7	13	7	18	10	12	12	10	15	13	11	16	13	10	13	13	13
December	371	6	13	7	7	11	16	18	11	15	10	15	10	16	13	8	9	8	12	11	15	16	9	15	18	14	14	10	15	7	11	11

By Month
469 Jan	381 Feb	551 Mar	567 Apr	591 May	417 Jun	420 Jul	366 Aug	481 Sep	390 Oct	380 Nov	371 Dec

By Season of the Year
1328 Winter	1639 Spring	1267 Summer	1150 Fall

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What do the results show?

Theoretically, the numbers of famous people born each day should be similar, assuming that the same number of people (including non-famous) were born each day of the year and there is no real correlation between the date of the year you were born and a chance of becoming famous. But it is nearly impossible to verify that because the statistics gathered relate to many centuries and regions of the world. However, the size of the data gathered is large enough to wonder if the differences shown are the sings of some hidden connection between the person's birth date and his (or her) chance of becoming famous.

How reliable are the results?

We tried to create accurate statistics, but the results presented should be regarded only as a curiosity for various reasons. Firstly, we had no control over the selection of the people whose birth dates were taken into account, because wikipedia is edited by thousands of volunteers all over the world. Secondly, we had no guarantee that all the interesting people were listed on wikipedia (as of May 2012). There could be also some minor counting errors due to misspellings.

Famous People's Birthdays