Maria Ressa

Maria Angelita Ressa is a Filipino and American journalist. She is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler. She previously spent nearly two decades working as a lead investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN. She will become Professor of Professional Practice in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University on July 1, 2024, and has been a Distinguished Fellow at Columbia's new Institute of Global Politics since fall of 2023.

2 October 1963

Born on the same birth date (2 October 1963): Keith Bradshaw (cricketer)

Born on the same birth day (2 October): Alexander P. Stewart • Dick Barnett • Karl von Terzaghi • Lal Bahadur Shastri • Leopold Figl • October 2 • Patricia O'Callaghan • Thomas Muster • Vanessa Bell Armstrong • William Drury

Born in the same month (October 1963): A.C. Green • Alan McDonald (Northern Ireland footballer) • Andy Platt • Damian Chapa • John Hendrie (Scottish footballer) • John Levén • Keith Bradshaw (cricketer) • Kevin Dineen • Koji Ishikawa (illustrator) • Lori Petty • Michael Beach • Mikkey Dee • Rebecca Heineman • Ronny Rosenthal • Sigvart Dagsland • Ted Demme • Vegard Ulvang