Person in history
Ryan Lewis
Ryan Lewis, American music producer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1988 · March 25
- Age this year
- 38No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- record producer, disc jockey, songwriter, musician, and rapper. Citizenship: United States
- Born
- 38th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Ryan Scott Lewis is an American musician and record producer based in Seattle, Washington. Along with producing his own album, Instrumentals, Lewis produced the recordings The VS. EP (2009), The Heist (2012), and This Unruly Mess I've Made (2016) as part of the duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. He is the winner of four Grammy awards.
Early life
Educated at: Roosevelt High School and Joel E. Ferris High School.
Early life Lewis was born in Spokane, Washington , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] to Julie and Scott Lewis. Lewis has two sisters, Teresa and Laura, four years and two years older than he is, respectively. [ 3 ] At an early age, he played guitar in rock bands with his childhood best friend Ryan Sanson, and nursed a growing interest in music production around the age of 15. Lewis attended Ferris High School in Spokane and graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle .
Path and career
Awards / honours: Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance, MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography, and Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Career 2006–2008: Career beginnings Lewis became a professional photographer and videographer . In 2008, he released his debut extended play, Instrumentals , with four alternative hip hop songs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the same year, Lewis collaborated with Rhode Island–based emcee Symmetry in a self-titled work, released as an LP. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 2009–2017: Career with Macklemore Ryan Lewis with Macklemore at Sasquatch! Music Festival , in 2012 Lewis first met Macklemore in 2006, [ 5 ]
Why this date
Ryan Lewis appears on our March 25 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1988.
- June 1Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- September 12Hurricane Gilbert
- September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831
- September 188888 Uprising
- September 18Henri Namphy
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1988Sam WhitelockOctober 12
- 1988Tim MoltzenSeptember 15
- 1988Virat KohliNovember 5
- 1988Sergio AgüeroJune 2
- 1988Norris ColeOctober 13
- 1988Jorge Torres NiloJanuary 16
- 1988Kelley O'HaraAugust 4
- 1988Chelsea KaneSeptember 15
Sources
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“Ryan Lewis”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/ryan-lewis, accessed October 25, 2026.
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Questions about Ryan Lewis
When was Ryan Lewis born?
March 25 1988.
How old would Ryan Lewis be today?
38 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 25?
Mitchell Watt, Victor Obinna, Jacob Bagersted and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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