Person in history
Cro (musician)
Cro, German rapper
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1990 · January 31
- Age this year
- 36No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 36th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Carlo Waibel, better known by the stage name Cro, is a German rapper and singer. He describes his music as a mixture between rap and pop, which he calls "raop". He is known for wearing a panda mask on stage.
Early life
Early life Cro was born Carlo Waibel. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He attended the Realschule Galgenberg in Aalen , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and later the Johannes-Gutenberg-Schule, a vocational school in Stuttgart . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He began recording music at the age of 13. [ 8 ] and learned to play piano and guitar. [ 9 ] ^ Germany, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart. "Rapper Cro aus Stuttgart: Steiler als die Fantas" . stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German) .
Why this date
Cro (musician) appears on our January 31 calendar for 1990 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1990.
- September 12Allied Control Council
- September 91990 Batticaloa massacre
- September 11Faucett Perú
- November 17Mount Unzen
- July 22Greg LeMond
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1990Matt ShivelySeptember 15
- 1990Lelisa DesisaJanuary 14
- 1990Robert Griffin IIIFebruary 12
- 1990Petar FilipovićSeptember 14
- 1990Lachlan CooteApril 6
- 1990Shaun JohnsonSeptember 9
- 1990Godfrey OboabonaAugust 16
- 1990Megan StalterSeptember 15
Sources
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“Cro (musician)”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/cro-musician, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about Cro (musician)
When was Cro (musician) born?
January 31 1990.
How old would Cro (musician) be today?
36 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 January 31?
Jalen McDaniels, Taijo Teniste, Qiu Bo and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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