Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist. Born and partially raised in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from the Juilliard School and Harvard University, attended Columbia University, and has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He has recorded more than 92 albums and received 19 Grammy Awards.

7 October 1955

Born on the same birth date (7 October 1955): Bill Henson • Ralph Johnson (computer scientist)

Born on the same birth day (7 October): Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden • Elijah Muhammad • Giorgos Karadimos • Gunnar Nielsen (Faroese footballer) • Holland Roden • Isaac Massa • Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya • Mikhail Drozdovsky • Nicholas I of Montenegro • Nicole Maines • Niels Bohr • Paul Stewart (footballer, born 1964) • Ralph Johnson (computer scientist) • Sarah Churchill (actress) • Shura Cherkassky • William Zinsser

Born in the same month (October 1955): Allen Woody • Bill Henson • Dick DeVos • Einar Jan Aas • Ellen Dolan • Iwona Blazwick • Jean-Pierre Hautier • John Rutherford (rugby union) • John S. Lesmeister • Mark Welland • Michalis Chrisochoidis • Norm Nixon • Sheldon Whitehouse • Susan Orlean