Person in history
Matty Beniers
Matty Beniers, American ice hockey player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2002 · November 5
- Age this year
- 24No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 24th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Matthew Beniers is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and alternate captain for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kraken drafted Beniers second overall in the 2021 NHL entry draft with their first-ever selection in an entry draft. He played college ice hockey at Michigan. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in 2023.
Why this date
Matty Beniers appears on our November 5 calendar for 2002 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2002.
- September 14Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561
- June 13Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
- July 27Sknyliv air show disaster
- March 1Space Shuttle Columbia
- June 5Space Shuttle Endeavour
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 2002Adam HložekJuly 25
- 2002Hugo Bueno (footballer, born 2002)September 18
- 2002María Dueñas (violinist)December 4
- 2002Jordan LawlarJuly 17
- 2002Jahmyr GibbsMarch 20
- 2002Lee Eun-sang (singer)October 26
- 2002Riccardo CalafioriMay 19
- 2002Ryan GravenberchMay 16
Sources
Cite this page
“Matty Beniers”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/matty-beniers, accessed October 25, 2026.
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Questions about Matty Beniers
When was Matty Beniers born?
November 5 2002.
How old would Matty Beniers be today?
24 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 5?
Nodiko Tatishvili, Astou Ndour-Fall, Jason Kelce and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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