Person in history
Brandon Tanev
Brandon Tanev, Canadian ice hockey player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1991 · December 31
- Age this year
- 35No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 35th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Brandon Tanev is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played in the NHL for the Winnipeg Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins and Seattle Kraken.
Early life
Early life Tanev was born on December 31, 1991, in Toronto, Ontario , Canada, [ 1 ] the middle child of Mike and Sophie Tanev. [ 2 ] All three sons began playing ice hockey at a young age, with Tanev spending his minor ice hockey career with the Toronto Young Nationals of the Greater Toronto Hockey League . [ 3 ] Both Tanev and his older brother Christopher were cut from their respective minor hockey teams when they were 15 years old for being undersized,
Why this date
Brandon Tanev appears on our December 31 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1991.
- September 17Linux
- August 11Nickelodeon
- August 17Strathfield massacre
- September 9Tajikistan
- September 17Estonia
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1991Phil Ofosu-AyehSeptember 15
- 1991Ksenia AfanasyevaSeptember 13
- 1991Toby RegboOctober 18
- 1991Shayne ToppSeptember 14
- 1991Nana (entertainer)September 14
- 1991Scott WoottonSeptember 12
- 1991Mike TowellSeptember 12
- 1991Lee Jung-shinSeptember 15
Sources
Cite this page
“Brandon Tanev”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/brandon-tanev, accessed October 26, 2026.
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Questions about Brandon Tanev
When was Brandon Tanev born?
December 31 1991.
How old would Brandon Tanev be today?
35 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on December 31?
Karl Kruuda, ND Stevenson, Ludovic Blas and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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