Birthday battle

Your birthday vs theirs.

Pick any two dates. We count billionaires, founders, combined reported wealth, scientists, athletes, entertainers, Nobel laureates, countries and people with dated milestones, and hand out one point per row. For curiosity, not science.

First birthday
Second birthday

Result

🏆 December 8 wins7–1

December 8 wins 7 rows to 1, leading on notable people and founders & entrepreneurs. December 7 has more countries represented.

MetricDecember 7December 8
Notable people4659 (wins)
Billionaires11
Founders & entrepreneurs713 (wins)
Combined reported wealth$1.1B$4.1B (wins)
Scientists88
Athletes46 (wins)
Actors & musicians2129 (wins)
Nobel laureates02 (wins)
People with dated milestones2232 (wins)
Countries represented22 (wins)21
Richest personMichael Steinhardt · $1.1BJoesley Batista · $4.1B

How the score works

Ten rows, one point each, no weighting. Every number is the same one shown on the two date pages and comes from the sourced dataset: billionaires need a dated estimate of at least $1B from Forbes, Bloomberg, the Sunday Times Rich List, Hurun or a filing; wealth is the sum of low-bound estimates; the rest are counts of people by documented occupation, award, citizenship or dated milestone. A date with more people in our dataset naturally wins more rows, so the battle measures documented company, not destiny. Nothing here says anything about anyone born on either date. Methodology.