Person in history
Grayson Allen
Grayson Allen, American basketball player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1995 · October 8
- Age this year
- 31No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 31st anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Grayson James Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played four years of college basketball at Duke University, where he helped Duke win a national championship in 2015. He has often been called one of Duke's best players of the 2010s. Allen was drafted with the 21st overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz, where he played for one season before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in July 2019. In August 2021,
Why this date
Grayson Allen appears on our October 8 calendar for 1995 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1995.
- September 7Space Shuttle Endeavour
- October 6Michel Mayor
- April 29Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
- July 5Armenia
- March 14Norman Thagard
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1995JisooJanuary 3
- 1995TaeyongJuly 1
- 1995Patrick MahomesSeptember 17
- 1995Simone FontecchioDecember 9
- 1995Mario HezonjaFebruary 25
- 1995Anett KontaveitDecember 24
- 1995Glen KamaraOctober 28
- 1995Shira HaasMay 11
Sources
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“Grayson Allen”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/grayson-allen, accessed October 25, 2026.
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Questions about Grayson Allen
When was Grayson Allen born?
October 8 1995.
How old would Grayson Allen be today?
31 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 October 8?
Camila Rossi, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Angus T. Jones and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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