Person in history
Safiya Nygaard
Safiya Nygaard, American YouTuber
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1992 · July 16
- Age this year
- 34No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- YouTuber, journalist, and television producer. Citizenship: United States
- Born
- 34th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life Nygaard is married to YouTube collaborator Tyler Williams. Several YouTubers, including Jenna Mourey (Jenna Marbles) and Cristine Rotenberg (Simply Nailogical), attended Nygaard and Williams' wedding in late 2019. [ 1 ] In 2015, Nygaard and Williams adopted a stray cat named Crusty. Nygaard described him as a prominent part of her YouTube channel. Crusty died in late 2021 due to old age. Nygaard uploaded a video to her YouTube channel, entitled “Our Ancient Street Cat Passed Away”,
Safiya Jaffer Nygaard is an American YouTuber and social media personality. She first gained prominence through her work with BuzzFeed on the series LadyLike. She later launched her own YouTube channel and is now known for her solo content, such as her “Bad Makeup Science” series.
Early life
Educated at: Stanford University and Whitney M. Young Magnet High School.
Early life Nygaard was born in Santa Clara, California to Danish father Niels Nygaard, who is a university math professor, and Indian mother Mumtaz. [ 1 ] She has a younger brother named Adil Nygaard. She was raised in Chicago , where she attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School until 2010. Upon graduating, she entered Stanford University , [ 1 ] where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and English. ^ a b Raphael, Shannon (2020).
Path and career
Worked with / for: BuzzFeed.
Career Nygaard was hired by BuzzFeed in April 2015 and worked as a video producer for the show LadyLike before leaving the company in January 2017. [ 1 ] She explained her reasoning for this decision in a popular 2017 video posted to her YouTube channel, titled "Why I Left BuzzFeed", [ 2 ] which had over 14.9 million views as of April 2017. [ 3 ] Nygaard is known for her YouTube series "Bad Makeup Science" in which she has mixed together large quantities of various cosmetics,
Why this date
Safiya Nygaard appears on our July 16 calendar for 1992 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1992.
- September 14Bosnia and Herzegovina
- September 12Abimael Guzmán
- September 16Manuel Noriega
- September 16Pound sterling
- September 16Black Wednesday
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1992Zico (rapper)September 14
- 1992Jacob ArtistOctober 17
- 1992Chase StokesSeptember 16
- 1992Sviatlana PirazhenkaSeptember 12
- 1992Shannon BoydSeptember 9
- 1992Damian McGintySeptember 9
- 1992Darren WallerSeptember 13
- 1992Zach HymanJune 9
Sources
Cite this page
“Safiya Nygaard”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/safiya-nygaard, accessed October 25, 2026.
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Questions about Safiya Nygaard
When was Safiya Nygaard born?
July 16 1992.
How old would Safiya Nygaard be today?
34 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 July 16?
Cooper Koch, Wizkid, Jarred Kelenic and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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