American professional gamer

Ninja

Richard Tyler Blevins, better known by his online pseudonym Ninja, is an American online streamer, YouTuber, and professional gamer. Blevins began streaming through participating in several esports teams in competitive play for Halo 3, and gradually picked up fame when he first started playing Fortnite Battle Royale in late 2017. Blevins gained the notice of mainstream media in March 2018 when he played Fortnite together with Drake, Travis Scott, and JuJu Smith-Schuster on stream, breaking a peak viewer count record on Twitch. Blevins has over 19 million followers on his Twitch channel, making it the third most-followed Twitch channel as of July 2025.

Born

1991

June 5

Died

Living

Era

1990s

Country

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Ninja, in brief

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Key dates

1991 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

830 Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring Christian orthodoxy and icons.
1086 Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, defeats Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the Turkish ruler of Anatolia in the battle of Ain Salm.
1257 Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
1284 Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno.

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The world in 1991

When Ninja arrived

april 10 Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
april 10 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
april 14 The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
april 2 Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on June 5

John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 English economist and philosopher (born 1883) Abraham Sarmiento 1950–1977 Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (died 1977) Alifa Rifaat 1930– Egyptian author (died 1996) André Lacroix 1945– Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach Edmund of Langley 1341–1402 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1341) Ernest Augustus 1771– King of Hanover (died 1851) Jacques Demy 1931–1990 French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990) Mary Kay Bergman 1961–1999 American voice actress (died 1999) Nicko McBrain 1952– English drummer and songwriter

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1991

Álvaro Soler 1991– Spanish singer-songwriter Anne-Marie 1991– English singer-songwriter C. J. Anderson 1991– American football player Dave Leduc 1991– Canadian martial artist Hansika Motwani 1991– Indian actress Jessie Diggins 1991– American cross-country skier Jiang Yuyuan 1991– Chinese gymnast Kawhi Leonard 1991– American basketball player Kelly Olynyk 1991– Canadian basketball player

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