Person in history
Ja Morant
Ja Morant, American basketball player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1999 · August 10
- Age this year
- 27No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 27th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Temetrius Jamel Morant is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Murray State Racers, where he was a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2019.
Early life
Early life Temetrius Jamel Morant was born in Dalzell, South Carolina , [ 1 ] on August 10, 1999, to Tee and Jamie Morant. [ 2 ] His mother, Jamie, was a point guard in high school and a softball player in college, [ 3 ] while his father was a high school teammate of Ray Allen and played basketball for Claflin University . [ 4 ] After playing semi-professionally , [ 5 ] Tee considered playing professional basketball overseas, [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Why this date
Ja Morant appears on our August 10 calendar for 1999 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1999.
- September 9Singapore Portrait Series currency notes
- December 3Worcester, Massachusetts
- January 17Little Saigon, Orange County
- October 22Maurice Papon
- July 91999 Iranian student protests
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
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- 1999ChuuOctober 20
- 1999Tom Hartley (cricketer)May 3
- 1999Jerome FordSeptember 12
Sources
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“Ja Morant”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/ja-morant, accessed October 24, 2026.
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Questions about Ja Morant
When was Ja Morant born?
August 10 1999.
How old would Ja Morant be today?
27 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 August 10?
Sophia Wilson, Andre Drummond, Kylie Jenner and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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