Person in history
MGK
Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1990 · April 22
- Age this year
- 36No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 36th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Colson Baker, known professionally as MGK and formerly Machine Gun Kelly, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. His original stage name "Machine Gun Kelly" was derived from the nickname of Prohibition-era gangster George Kelly Barnes.
Why this date
MGK appears on our April 22 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
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
- 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
“MGK”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/mgk, accessed October 27, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about MGK
When was MGK born?
April 22 1990.
How old would MGK 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 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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