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Can You Guess If These Athletes Are Millennials Or Gen X?

Are These Athletes Millennials Or Generation X?

Birth date: May 14, 1989.   
The Gronk spike will never feel old from arguably the greatest tight end ever.

Millennial

Rob Gronkowski

Birth date: Sept. 26, 1981. 
A first-year millennial and still a top tennis player in 2021.

Serena Williams

Birth date: Dec. 8, 1981. 
Just retired this season but had a good, long career.

Philip Rivers

Birth date: Jan. 17, 1982. 
All-Star Miami Heat player and a member of Gen Y.

Dwyane Wade

Birth date: Feb. 5, 1985. 
A master on the pitch and just turned 36.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Birth date: Aug. 31, 1983. 
Fun fact: As an NFL receiver, Larry has more tackles than dropped passes. Think about that.

Larry Fitzgerald

Birth date: Jan. 16, 1980. 
Feels like he has been around forever, and he should be a first-ballot Baseball Hall of Famer.

Gen X

Albert Pujols

LeBron James smiling on the basketball court

Birth date: Dec. 30, 1984. 
Twenty years from now, we might be telling people about the greatest athlete of his generation (still a lot of young millennials with skin in the game, though).

LeBron James

Tiger Woods at the Masters champion press conference

Birth date: Dec. 30, 1975. 
The man has won 82 golf tournaments. Need I say more?

Tiger Woods

Justin Verlander walking to the pitcher's mound

Birth date: Nov. 17, 1983. 
Great baseball player and maybe the best pitcher of the 2010s.

Justin Verlander

Aug. 3, 1977. 
The GOAT — but he might also be a vampire.

Tom Brady

Brock Lesnar walking with WWE title around his waist

Birth date: July 12, 1977. 
UFC champion, wrestler, WWE superstar...a beast.

Brock Lesnar

So you don't know when famous athletes were born...you're still awesome!

Shrug it off.

You are the master of knowing generations. The lord of years. All praise.

Time lord!

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Can You Guess If These Athletes Are Millennials Or Gen X?

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