Person in history
Sam Timmins
Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1997 · May 23
- Age this year
- 29No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 29th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Samuel Alexander William Timmins is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Shinagawa City Basketball Club of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. In 2022, he helped the Otago Nuggets of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) win the NZNBL championship. He won his second NZNBL championship with the Southland Sharks in 2026.
Why this date
Sam Timmins appears on our May 23 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1997.
- May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)
- May 101997 Qayen earthquake
- September 11Kurkse tragedy
- July 22Eiichiro Oda
- September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast Express
Born the same day
Emmanuel Boateng (footballer, born 1996)
Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer
Read their story →Salwa Eid Naser
Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
Read their story →Katharina Schmid
Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
Read their story →Maximilian Kilman
Maximilian Kilman, English footballer
Read their story →Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1997Nico HoernerMay 13
- 1997Dennis Smith Jr.November 25
- 1997Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997)January 13
- 1997Francesco BagnaiaJanuary 14
- 1997Lauri MarkkanenMay 22
- 1997Kodak BlackJune 11
- 1997Steven KwanSeptember 5
- 1997Jackie YoungSeptember 16
Sources
Cite this page
“Sam Timmins”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/sam-timmins, accessed October 28, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Sam Timmins
When was Sam Timmins born?
May 23 1997.
How old would Sam Timmins be today?
29 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 May 23?
Emmanuel Boateng (footballer, born 1996), Salwa Eid Naser, Katharina Schmid and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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