Person in history
Marcus Smart
Marcus Smart, American basketball player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1994 · March 6
- Age this year
- 32No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 32nd anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Marcus Osmond Smart is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the most accomplished and versatile defenders of his era, he has been selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team thrice and was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, becoming only the second point guard after Gary Payton to win the award. Smart played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Early life
Early life Marcus Osmond Smart was born on March 6, 1994, in Flower Mound, Texas , to Billy Frank Smart and Camellia Smart, who died of myelodysplastic syndrome on September 16, 2018. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He has four older brothers: Todd Westbrook (deceased), Jeff Westbrook, Jacob Smart, and Michael Smart. [ 3 ] Smart attended Edward S. Marcus High School in Flower Mound, along with one of his future Oklahoma State teammates, Phillip Forte. [ 4 ] As a senior, Smart averaged 15.1 points,
Why this date
Marcus Smart appears on our March 6 calendar for 1994 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1994.
- May 17Malawi
- January 1Far-left politics
- November 21994 Durunka floods and lightning strike
- May 241993 World Trade Center bombing
- February 5Markale massacres
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1994Nene MacdonaldMay 11
- 1994Isaah YeoNovember 6
- 1994Denyse TontzSeptember 17
- 1994Brahim DarriSeptember 14
- 1994Krasimir StanoevSeptember 14
- 1994Nicky CaseSeptember 11
- 1994RM (musician)September 12
- 1994Hagos GebrhiwetMay 11
Sources
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“Marcus Smart”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/marcus-smart, accessed October 27, 2026.
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Questions about Marcus Smart
When was Marcus Smart born?
March 6 1994.
How old would Marcus Smart be today?
32 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 March 6?
Jacob Bertrand, Mohamed Magdy, Christian Coleman and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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