John Legend

John Roger Stephens, known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and actor. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything," and performing as an uncredited backing vocalist on Jay-Z's "Encore" and Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name". He was the first artist to sign with Kanye West's GOOD Music, through which he released his debut studio album, Get Lifted (2004). The album reached the top ten of the Billboard 200, received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and spawned his first hit song, "Ordinary People."

28 December 1978

Born on the same birth date (28 December 1978): Chris Coyne

Born on the same birth day (28 December): Akihiko Hoshide • Arun Jaitley • B. J. Ryan • Bruce McCarty • John Henson (basketball) • John Molson • Laffit Pincay Jr. • Roberto Palacios • Thomas Henderson (astronomer) • Tomáš Jurčo • Ze'ev Ben-Haim

Born in the same month (December 1978): Anwar Siraj • Bram Tankink • Estella Warren • Esthero • Gastón Gaudio • Jesse Metcalfe • Josh Dallas • Kieron Dyer • Lisa Jakub • Riteish Deshmukh • Rob Scuderi • Vernon Wells • Zbigniew Robert Promiński