Person in history
Nico Mannion
Nico Mannion, Italian-American basketball player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2001 · March 14
- Age this year
- 25No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- basketball player. Citizenship: Italy, United States
- Born
- 25th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Niccolò "Nico" Mannion is an Italian-American professional basketball player for Roma SPQR of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. He attended Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top point guards in the 2019 class. Although he mainly grew up in the United States, Mannion represents his birth country of Italy in international competitions.
Early life
Educated at: Pinnacle High School and University of Arizona.
Early life Mannion was born in Siena , Tuscany , Italy, to former NBA player Pace Mannion and Gaia Bianchi. There, he spent his early childhood before his family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah , and finally settled in Phoenix, Arizona . [ 1 ] ^ Holmes, C. J. (January 16, 2020). "The Pace Mannion Influence: How Nico draws strength and wisdom from Dad" . The Athletic . Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
Path and career
Mannion played college basketball for the University of Arizona, where he was a standout point guard for the Wildcats. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2020 NBA Draft and has since played for multiple NBA teams including the Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons.
Mannion has also represented Italy in international basketball competitions, earning caps for the Italian national team. As of recent years, he plays professionally for Roma SPQR in Italy's top-tier Lega Basket Serie A league and competes in the EuroCup.
Why this date
Nico Mannion appears on our March 14 calendar for 2001 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2001.
- September 15Championship Auto Racing Teams
- September 17New York Stock Exchange
- September 18Anthrax
- September 17George W. Bush
- November 1Turkey
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 2001Anthony VolpeApril 28
- 2001Chosen JacobsJuly 1
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- 2001Kate DouglassNovember 17
- 2001Kim Sin-jinJuly 13
- 2001Brian BranchOctober 22
- 2001Franz WagnerAugust 27
- 2001Breece HallMay 31
Sources
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“Nico Mannion”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/nico-mannion, accessed October 27, 2026.
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Questions about Nico Mannion
When was Nico Mannion born?
March 14 2001.
How old would Nico Mannion be today?
25 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 14?
J. T. Miller, Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey, born 1992), Tamás Kádár and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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