Hideaki Anno

Hideaki Anno is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and actor. His most celebrated creation, the Evangelion franchise, has had a significant influence on the anime television industry and Japanese popular culture. Anno's style is defined by his postmodernist approach and the extensive portrayal of characters' thoughts and emotions.

22 May 1960

Born on the same birth day (22 May): Athena Manoukian • Betty Williams • Didier Ya Konan • George Best • Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst • Herbert C. Brown • Hirose Tansō • Hōshōryū Tomokatsu • Jay Carney • Joel Obi • Johannes R. Becher • Johnny Gill • Kieth Merrill • Lucy Gordon (actress) • Marisol Escobar • Mark O'Meley • Maurice J. Tobin • Max Brooks • Peyton Elizabeth Lee • Quinn Martin • Suho

Born in the same month (May 1960): Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham • Bill Harrigan • Bruce Norris (playwright) • Doug Hawkins • Frank Nobilo • Greg Adams (ice hockey, born 1960) • Jari Kurri • John Flansburgh • Kristin Scott Thomas • Landon Deireragea • Linden Ashby • Mary Portas • Masahiro Matsunaga • Peter Winterbottom • Rob Bowman (director) • Roma Downey • Simon Fuller • Thomas Baumer • Werner Faymann