Person in history
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1990 · November 30
- Age this year
- 36No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 36th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion. Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July 2011, the longest consecutive period, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. Without accounting for rating inflation,
Why this date
Magnus Carlsen appears on our November 30 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
Cite this page
“Magnus Carlsen”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/magnus-carlsen, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about Magnus Carlsen
When was Magnus Carlsen born?
November 30 1990.
How old would Magnus Carlsen 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 November 30?
Vitaliy Polyanskyi, Tomi Saarelma, Vasilisa Bardina and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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