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.
Result
🏆 January 17 wins6–2
January 17 wins 6 rows to 2, leading on notable people and billionaires. January 18 has more athletes and people with dated milestones.
| Metric | January 17 | January 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Notable people | 62 (wins) | 52 |
| Billionaires | 2 (wins) | 1 |
| Founders & entrepreneurs | 14 (wins) | 9 |
| Combined reported wealth | $28.7B (wins) | $5.5B |
| Scientists | 9 (wins) | 4 |
| Athletes | 9 | 18 (wins) |
| Actors & musicians | 32 (wins) | 20 |
| Nobel laureates | 2 | 2 |
| People with dated milestones | 32 | 36 (wins) |
| Countries represented | 25 | 25 |
| Richest person | Dan Gilbert · $22.5B | Wang Yung-ching · $5.5B |
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.