date of birth
noun phrase
: the month, day, and year a person was born : birth date
Give your full name and date of birth.
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The beneficial owner information includes name, date of birth, residential address, citizenship and taxpayer identification number.
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Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
The company wanted her information, including her name, date of birth, gender, email address and phone number.
—Adam Echelman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
The form will ask for dates of birth, Social Security numbers and contact information.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
The agency is one of four — voter, motor vehicle and labor records are the others — from which the state pulls jurors, but is the only one that doesn’t include date of birth information.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
The most subtle tribute of all is Ferdinand Piëch’s date of birth, April 1937, almost invisibly etched into the driver’s knee rest.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
Anyone can find personal details about you with a simple Google search, including your phone number, home address, date of birth and Social Security number.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and Douglass, whose true date of birth is unknown, celebrated his birthday on February 14.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
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Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
The company wanted her information, including her name, date of birth, gender, email address and phone number.
—Adam Echelman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
The form will ask for dates of birth, Social Security numbers and contact information.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
The agency is one of four — voter, motor vehicle and labor records are the others — from which the state pulls jurors, but is the only one that doesn’t include date of birth information.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
The most subtle tribute of all is Ferdinand Piëch’s date of birth, April 1937, almost invisibly etched into the driver’s knee rest.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
Anyone can find personal details about you with a simple Google search, including your phone number, home address, date of birth and Social Security number.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and Douglass, whose true date of birth is unknown, celebrated his birthday on February 14.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Date of birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20of%20birth. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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