American actor, singer, and songwriter

Ben Platt

Benjamin Schiff Platt is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theater producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in the Broadway coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017). His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades, including the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, a Daytime Emmy, and a Grammy Award. Platt reprised the role of Evan Hansen in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical, produced by his father.

Born

1993

September 24

Died

Living

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1990s

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1645 The Battle of Rowton Heath in England occurs, ending in a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles I.
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The world in 1993

When Ben arrived

april 1 NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki is killed in a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tennessee.
april 11 Four hundred fifty prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and would continue to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
april 11 Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos.
april 19 The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, US, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire.

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Albrecht von Wallenstein 1583–1634 Austrian general and politician (born 1583) Cardiss Collins 1931–2013 American politician (born 1931) Fats Navarro 1923–1950 American trumpet player and composer (born 1923) Georg von Frundsberg 1473–1528 German knight and landowner (born 1473) Joe Greene 1946– American football player, coach, and actor Johan de Witt 1625–1672 Dutch mathematician and politician (born 1625) John Rutter 1945– English composer, conductor, and producer Marco Tardelli 1954– Italian footballer and coach Mark Sandman 1952–1999 American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1952)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1993

Adam Gemili 1993– English sprinter Anitta 1993– Brazilian singer and entertainer Gunna 1993– American rapper Harry Kane 1993– English footballer Ichinojō Takashi 1993– Mongolian sumo wrestler IU 1993– Korean singer-songwriter and actress Johnny Gaudreau 1993–2024 American ice hockey player (died 2024) Mark McMorris 1993– Canadian snowboarder Maya DiRado 1993– American swimmer

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