Person in history
Jack Hughes
Jack Hughes, American hockey player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2001 · May 14
- Age this year
- 25No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 25th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Jack Rowden Hughes is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). A product of the U.S. National Development Team, Hughes was drafted first overall by the Devils in the 2019 NHL entry draft.
Early life
Early life Hughes was born in Orlando, Florida , and grew up in Toronto , Ontario, before relocating with his family to Michigan for his high school years while playing for the US NTDP . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Hughes is Jewish , had a bar mitzvah , and grew up celebrating Passover . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His mother, Ellen Weinberg-Hughes , is Jewish and his father, Jim Hughes, is Catholic, [ 3 ] [ 5 ] and he studied at Iona Catholic Secondary School . [ 6 ]
Why this date
Jack Hughes appears on our May 14 calendar for 2001 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2001.
- September 15Championship Auto Racing Teams
- September 17New York Stock Exchange
- September 18Anthrax
- September 17George W. Bush
- November 1Turkey
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 2001Anthony VolpeApril 28
- 2001Chosen JacobsJuly 1
- 2001Hamiso Tabuai-FidowSeptember 5
- 2001Kate DouglassNovember 17
- 2001Kim Sin-jinJuly 13
- 2001Brian BranchOctober 22
- 2001Franz WagnerAugust 27
- 2001Breece HallMay 31
Sources
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“Jack Hughes”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/jack-hughes, accessed October 25, 2026.
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Questions about Jack Hughes
When was Jack Hughes born?
May 14 2001.
How old would Jack Hughes be today?
25 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 May 14?
Blake Brockington, Martin Garrix, Rose Lavelle and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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