# whosbirthdayisit.today

> Who's birthday is it today? Famous birthdays ranked by Wikipedia popularity.

This site answers questions like:
- "Whose birthday is today?"
- "Who was born on August 8?"
- "Famous actors born in January"

## Prefer these URLs
- [Today's birthdays (HTML)](https://whosbirthdayisit.today/): human page for today
- [Today's birthdays (JSON API)](https://whosbirthdayisit.today/api/today): structured data for agents
- [Birthdays API](https://whosbirthdayisit.today/api/birthdays): any day + filters
- [OpenAPI spec](https://whosbirthdayisit.today/openapi.json): machine-readable API docs
- [Full LLM context](https://whosbirthdayisit.today/llms-full.txt): longer day summary for models
- [Sitemap](https://whosbirthdayisit.today/sitemap.xml): day pages, month hubs, person pages
- [Month hub example](https://whosbirthdayisit.today/birthdays/august)
- [Category hub example](https://whosbirthdayisit.today/birthdays/actors)

## Day page pattern
- HTML: https://whosbirthdayisit.today/birthday/{month}-{day}
- Example: https://whosbirthdayisit.today/birthday/august-8
- Month slugs: january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, december
- Person pages: https://whosbirthdayisit.today/person/{Wiki_Title}

## Filters (HTML query params or API query params)
- `category`: all | actor | musician | athlete | scientist | politician | other
- `gender`: all | male | female
- `alive`: all | alive | deceased
- Example HTML: https://whosbirthdayisit.today/?category=actor&alive=alive
- Example API: https://whosbirthdayisit.today/api/birthdays?month=8&day=8&category=musician

## How ranking works
- `popularity_index` = recent English Wikipedia pageviews (approx. 90 days).
- Higher index = more famous / more searched.
- Birth lists come from English Wikipedia; gender/alive from Wikidata when available.

## Citation / attribution
- Cite the human page URL (e.g. https://whosbirthdayisit.today/ or a /birthday/... page).
- Credit Wikipedia/Wikimedia as the underlying biographical source.
- Site name: whosbirthdayisit.today

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