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Beyoncé

1981 – present · age 45^[1][2]

Music

Fun Facts About Beyoncé

• Beyoncé's surprise 2013 album, released with no announcement, influenced the music industry body IFPI to adopt Friday as Global Release Day.^[1]
• Beyoncé's first job was sweeping hair at her mother's hair salon. Her mother, Tina Knowles, was born with the surname Beyoncé.^[1]
• At seven, Beyoncé won a school talent show singing John Lennon's "Imagine", beating competitors aged fifteen and sixteen.^[1][3][4]
• Beyoncé's childhood group Girl's Tyme lost on the TV talent show Star Search in 1993, which she blamed on a poor song choice.^[1]
• The name Destiny's Child came from a passage in the Book of Isaiah.^[1]
• With The Pink Panther and its theme song "Check on It", Beyoncé became the first woman to have a number-one film and a number-one single in the US at the same time.^[1]
• Beyoncé was alive at the same time as Salvador Dalí — their lives overlapped for 8 years (1981–1989).^[1][2][5][6]
• Beyoncé and Roger Federer were both born in 1981.^[1][2][7][8]

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Known for her vocal ability, artistic reinventions, and live performances, she is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 21st century. Credited with shaping popular music, Beyoncé is often deemed one of the greatest entertainers of all time.^[1]

Contemporaries

Noam Chomsky

45 yr overlap

Wole Soyinka

45 yr overlap

Dalai Lama

45 yr overlap

Woody Allen

45 yr overlap

Francis Ford Coppola

45 yr overlap

Bob Dylan

45 yr overlap

Billie Jean King

45 yr overlap

Aung San Suu Kyi

45 yr overlap

Steven Spielberg

45 yr overlap

Oprah Winfrey

45 yr overlap

Rigoberta Menchú

45 yr overlap

Ai Weiwei

45 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Beyoncé

When was Beyoncé born?

Beyoncé was born on September 4, 1981, and is alive today.

How old is Beyoncé?

Beyoncé was born on September 4, 1981, and turned 45 on September 4, 2026.

What is Beyoncé known for?

Beyoncé is known for: Global pop icon, Lemonade. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Known for her vocal ability, artistic reinventions, and live performances, she is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 21st century. Credited with shaping popular music, Beyoncé is often deemed one of the greatest entertainers of all time.

Who was alive at the same time as Beyoncé?

Beyoncé's closest contemporary was Noam Chomsky. Their lives overlapped for 45 years.