5 Fun Things You Might Not Know About Erik ten Hag

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Former Barcelona defender Gerard Pique. (Photo by ADRIA PUIG/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) /

4. The Most Famous Person Born on 2nd February?

Here’s the thing: I actually wondered, “Is this actually worthy of this list?” when I first thought of it. How else was I going to shoehorn in that I shared the same birthday with rapper “Jeezy” and Jackass star “Bam Margera”? I wondered no more.

Erik ten Hag was born on 2nd February 1970, the now 53-year-old growing up in a world of “total football” with Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff, likely listening to Fleetwood Mac, Elton John and watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show on repeat.

It’s hard though to state Erik as the MOST famous 2nd February baby – he shares the date with…

Shakira! The Waka-Waka (hey hey) singer who also shares a birthday with former husband and now Renault Twingo owner, Gerard Pique. The once-power couple are both 2nd February babies.

Erik’s name might be dropping lower in the fame game here, also born February 2nd is none other than reigning Mr. Olympia Classic Physique winner (and beautiful man), Chris Bumstead.

Surely there aren’t more? I hear you all gasp. Well, unsure where he’d place in our rankings of fame here, but TV “superstar” and all-round cool dude, Dog the Bounty Hunter (Duane Chapman) shares the same birthday as all the above. Probably the lowest “fame wise”, but what a dude, right?