Person in history
Marshawn Lynch
Marshawn Lynch, American football player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1986 · April 22
- Age this year
- 40No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 40th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Marshawn Terrell Lynch is an American actor and former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Nicknamed "Beast Mode", he spent the majority of his career with the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football for the California Golden Bears, earning first-team All-American honors and winning Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year in 2006. Lynch was selected in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills,
Why this date
Marshawn Lynch appears on our April 22 calendar for 1986 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1986.
- April 26Chernobyl disaster
- February 25People Power Revolution
- September 131986 Kalamata earthquake
- February 7Haiti
- December 4Port of Savannah
Born the same day
Shkëlzen Shala
Shkëlzen Shala, Albanian entrepreneur and veganism activist
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Dee Strange-Gordon, American baseball player
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Amber Heard
Amber Heard, American actress
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Adam Lanza, American mass murderer (died 2012)
Read their story →Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1986Emily VanCampMay 12
- 1986LaToya SandersSeptember 11
- 1986Sean DoolittleSeptember 26
- 1986Edewin FaniniMay 25
- 1986Nodiko TatishviliNovember 5
- 1986Hajime IsayamaAugust 29
- 1986Ibor BakarOctober 26
- 1986Alfie AllenSeptember 12
Sources
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“Marshawn Lynch”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/marshawn-lynch, accessed October 27, 2026.
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Questions about Marshawn Lynch
When was Marshawn Lynch born?
April 22 1986.
How old would Marshawn Lynch be today?
40 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 April 22?
Shkëlzen Shala, Dee Strange-Gordon, Amber Heard and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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