Poll of the Day > Have you ever met anyone who shares a birthday with you?

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Salrite
09/13/25 3:46:37 PM
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I know it's somehow statistically supposed to be more common than you would think, but I have only met one person I used to work with who was born on the same day as me.
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DirtBasedSoap
09/13/25 4:11:29 PM
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My dad

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Salrite
09/13/25 4:13:55 PM
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My mom and my sister have birthdays two days apart, I think that's the closest I've seen outside of myself.
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willythemailboy
09/13/25 4:23:41 PM
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Not myself, but my mother and brother have the same birthday. Also that brother's wedding anniversary, as he knew that was the only way he'd ever remember it.

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ParanoidObsessive
09/13/25 4:40:50 PM
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Met, no.

But I am aware of historically famous people who share it.



Salrite posted...
I think that's the closest I've seen outside of myself.

I think the closest I've ever gotten is that my grandfather, my best friend, and my other friend's daughter all share the same birthday. Apparently Halloween is a really popular time to be born.

Everyone else I know are mostly spread pretty far apart, generally speaking. But I also don't make it a habit to ask everyone I meet what their birthday is.

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Salrite
09/13/25 4:44:36 PM
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I think I have heard of someone else with my birthday. Or multiple people? I think a cashier at a Bevmo saw my birth date when she carded me and said her sister was the same day. And a coworker said it was easy to remember mine because her friends was either the same day or very close.

Also, I'm now remembering someone I went to school with who was born the day before me.
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ParanoidObsessive
09/13/25 4:49:09 PM
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There's also the flip-side, when you know someone famous who died on your birthday.

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SunWuKung420
09/13/25 4:54:51 PM
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No

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keyblader1985
09/13/25 5:26:53 PM
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Yeah, a woman who used to be a friend of the family. Also I share a birthday with someone else here, but I haven't met them.

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acesxhigh
09/13/25 5:36:29 PM
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aside from my twin brother, I have met 2 other unrelated people in my hometown born on the same day of the same year as me.
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Salrite
09/13/25 5:38:14 PM
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keyblader1985 posted...
Yeah, a woman who used to be a friend of the family. Also I share a birthday with someone else here, but I haven't met them.

Here? Wait, now that you mention it, it's not 7/7 is it?
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MrMelodramatic
09/13/25 5:44:04 PM
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There was a guy at my high school I shared a birthday with. Never liked him though, and only ever had one class with him. Turned into a huge chud police officer kind of guy.

also share a birthday with a potder

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keyblader1985
09/13/25 5:44:52 PM
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Salrite posted...
Here? Wait, now that you mention it, it's not 7/7 is it?
No, it's in December.

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Azn_Psycho
09/13/25 5:50:22 PM
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Two. Family friend's daughter though different year. Then there is a classmate from middle school onward who has same year.

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Falcon2852
09/13/25 6:28:38 PM
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I don't think I have.

Also, it's today. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c35c2b62.png


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BADoglick
09/13/25 6:37:43 PM
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My twin for one.

My wife's best friend as well.

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CyborgSage00x0
09/13/25 6:48:03 PM
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Twice. Once was a cute bartender, the other was a co-worker of mine.

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keyblader1985
09/13/25 7:00:03 PM
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Falcon2852 posted...
I don't think I have.

Also, it's today. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c35c2b62.png


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KJ_StErOiDs
09/13/25 7:05:05 PM
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Met and was aware of it?

Just one; another kid in my kindergarten class.

ParanoidObsessive posted...
But I am aware of historically famous people who share it.
I've read books from an author who happens to share my birthday.

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adjl
09/13/25 7:33:46 PM
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Not that I know of. I've met a few people that share birthdays with relatives, but nobody with mine.

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Dikitain
09/13/25 8:13:04 PM
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A couple, one a co-worker, one is my dad's friend. My grandfather's birthday is also 2 days after mine. Oddly enough, I apparently share a birthday with a PotDer, but I don't remember who (since I rarely post on my birthday anymore) and I am not sure if they still post here.

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Glob
09/13/25 8:50:11 PM
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Plenty. I always thought this was a common experience?
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Falgos
09/13/25 9:33:41 PM
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A friend on Twitter and I share the same birthday. I also share a birthday with Beast Wars Megatron's VA.

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IqarP15
09/13/25 10:37:08 PM
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Yes I have a work twin but are way older. Use to be triplets but the other got fired or quit.

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TheFalseDeity
09/14/25 12:13:50 AM
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Not to my knowledge. I ask very few people when their birthday is though.

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Salrite
09/14/25 12:49:21 AM
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keyblader1985 posted...
No, it's in December.

Alright, I'm just suddenly reminded that I do have, or did have a Birthday Buddy here. Can't remember who exactly, though.

Glob posted...
Plenty. I always thought this was a common experience?

Might be more common for certain periods of the year. Despite the claims of The Birthday Paradox, I still believe certain dates will always be outliers.
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Glob
09/14/25 1:39:52 AM
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Salrite posted...


Might be more common for certain periods of the year. Despite the claims of The Birthday Paradox, I still believe certain dates will always be outliers.

I mean, theres that, but also the number of people you meet. Even if all days were even, if youd met 400 people over the course of your life, odds are youd share a birthday with at least one them, and 400 would be a really low number of people for you to have interacted with, no?

And I get that you might not have had the birthday of everybody youve ever met disclosed to you, but with things like social media reminding us, workplace birthday things, being invited to celebrations, etc. I just feel like its really not a remarkable thing at all to have interacted with somebody with the same birthday as you.
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SilentSeph
09/14/25 3:36:41 AM
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One of my classmates in high school/college, also a poster here (although I haven't met them)

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OHJOY90
09/14/25 9:08:25 AM
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Had someone in my class in secondary school with the same birthday as me. Also someone who was born the day after me (and at the same hospital).

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Dikitain
09/14/25 11:46:07 AM
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Glob posted...
I mean, theres that, but also the number of people you meet. Even if all days were even, if youd met 400 people over the course of your life, odds are youd share a birthday with at least one them, and 400 would be a really low number of people for you to have interacted with, no?

And I get that you might not have had the birthday of everybody youve ever met disclosed to you, but with things like social media reminding us, workplace birthday things, being invited to celebrations, etc. I just feel like its really not a remarkable thing at all to have interacted with somebody with the same birthday as you.

Statistically yes, but realistically, you are more likely to be born 9 months after a "special" date for your family.

For example, I was born 9 months after my mom's birthday. And she was born 9 months after Christmas.

Guess what likely happened on those days... ;)

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Salrite
09/14/25 12:02:39 PM
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Dikitain posted...
Statistically yes, but realistically, you are more likely to be born 9 months after a "special" date for your family.

For example, I was born 9 months after my mom's birthday. And she was born 9 months after Christmas.

Guess what likely happened on those days... ;)

Was it fornication?
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OHJOY90
09/14/25 12:19:16 PM
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Salrite posted...
Was it fornication?
Babies are brought by the Stork, I don't see what fornication has to do with it.

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ReturnOfFa
09/14/25 1:51:04 PM
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A classmate when I was in jazz school - we were very similar which was cool.

And then a boss I had landscaping when I lived in Kelowna.

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wwinterj25
09/14/25 5:45:48 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
No


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Salrite
09/15/25 1:00:24 AM
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OHJOY90 posted...
Babies are brought by the Stork, I don't see what fornication has to do with it.

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Muscles
09/15/25 1:23:13 AM
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Most of my life I never knew anyone that shared my birthday but at my last job I had 2 coworkers that did, so it was weird going from 0 to 2

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hockey7318
09/15/25 6:24:31 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
There's also the flip-side, when you know someone famous who died on your birthday.
Turns out Robert E Lee died on my birthday. That's pretty cool. Less cool that John Denver also did :'(
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OhhhJa
09/15/25 8:59:39 AM
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Last tour i went on i was talking with the drummer from the other band and I forget how it came up but we were talking about how old we were. Come to find out he was born the day after me. Same age just one day apart. That was a pretty wild coincidence
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KogaSteelfang
09/15/25 11:12:16 AM
#39:


Yeah, mine was yesterday and there are a few posters here that share it. Such as Ungubby.

Also, in high school when the 9/11 attack happened, a classmate of mine complained that he was turning 18 and was going to get drafted. Turned out we had the same birthday and never realized.

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captpackrat
09/15/25 2:07:51 PM
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Met, no, but I share a birthday with Mort Walker, the creator of the comic strips Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois.

Wow, the original Beetle Bailey was VERY different.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cdd4a7eb.jpg

My birthday is also National Welsh Rabbit Day in the US, which is odd since I've never actually had it. It's cheese sauce, usually made with Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and sometimes beer, served on toast; no rabbits are involved.

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Salrite
09/15/25 5:04:25 PM
#41:


Oh, I just remembered that I share a birthday with Youtube Guitarist, Ichika Nito

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7z-bfbDg8E

Although, with the timezone difference, he might technically be a day behind me.
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