Laura Ingraham
A sharp-tongued conservative media powerhouse who transformed from a Reagan-era speechwriter into a prime-time Fox News institution.
Born 1963 (age 63)·American radio and television host·Birthday: June 19·Baby Boomers
Biography
Laura Ingraham's career is a blueprint for conservative media influence. After graduating from Dartmouth and the University of Virginia School of Law, she didn't head to a courtroom but to the White House, serving as a speechwriter in the Reagan administration. This political foundation informed her next move: punditry. Her nationally syndicated radio show, 'The Laura Ingraham Show,' launched in 2001, became a platform for her combative, immigration-focused conservatism, attracting millions of listeners. In 2017, she ascended to the peak of cable news with 'The Ingraham Angle' on Fox News, where her monologues and interviews command one of the largest audiences in television. Her style, blending legal analysis with caustic criticism of the left, has made her a polarizing but formidable voice. Beyond broadcasting, she's authored several bestselling books and founded LifeZette, a conservative lifestyle website, cementing her role as a multifaceted architect of right-wing opinion.
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Laura was born in 1963, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Laura Was Born
The biggest hits of 1963
#1 Movie
Cleopatra
Best Picture
Tom Jones
#1 TV Show
Beverly Hillbillies
Laura's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1963Born
JFK assassinated in Dallas; Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $13,100Min wage: $1.25/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"Sugar Shack" — Jimmy Gilmer & The FireballsBest Picture: Tom Jones
1968Started school
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy assassinated
Gas: $0.34/galHome: $14,950Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"Hey Jude" — The BeatlesBest Picture: Oliver!
1976Became a teenager
Apple Computer founded; US bicentennial
Gas: $0.59/galHome: $29,300Min wage: $2.30/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"Silly Love Songs" — WingsBest Picture: Rocky
1979Could drive
Iran hostage crisis begins; Three Mile Island accident
Gas: $0.86/galHome: $37,900Min wage: $2.90/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"My Sharona" — The KnackBest Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
1981Could vote
MTV launches; first Space Shuttle flight; AIDS identified
Gas: $1.31/galHome: $52,300Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Bette Davis Eyes" — Kim CarnesBest Picture: Chariots of Fire
1984Turned 21
Apple Macintosh introduced
Gas: $1.13/galHome: $59,800Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"When Doves Cry" — PrinceBest Picture: Amadeus
1993Turned 30
European Union officially established
Gas: $1.11/galHome: $86,600Min wage: $4.25/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"I Will Always Love You" — Whitney HoustonBest Picture: Schindler's List
2003Turned 40
US invades Iraq; Human Genome Project completed
Gas: $1.59/galHome: $146,000Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: George W. Bush"In Da Club" — 50 CentBest Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2013Turned 50
Edward Snowden reveals NSA surveillance programs
Gas: $3.53/galHome: $152,800Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Barack Obama"Thrift Shop" — Macklemore & Ryan LewisBest Picture: 12 Years a Slave
2023Turned 60
ChatGPT goes mainstream; Israel-Hamas war begins
Gas: $3.52/galHome: $361,600Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Joe Biden"Flowers" — Miley CyrusBest Picture: Oppenheimer
2026Age 63 today
Gas: $3.91/galPresident: Donald Trump
Key Achievements
- Hosts 'The Ingraham Angle,' a top-rated primetime commentary show on Fox News Channel since 2017.
- Hosted 'The Laura Ingraham Show,' a nationally syndicated radio talk show, for over a decade.
- Authored multiple New York Times bestselling books, including 'Shut Up & Sing' and 'Billionaire at the Barricades.'
- Served as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and as a speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan.
Did You Know?
She was the first female editor of The Dartmouth Review, a conservative campus newspaper.
She battled Hodgkin's lymphoma in her early 20s while in law school.
She adopted three children from Guatemala and Russia as a single mother.
She is a classically trained pianist.
“The left wants you to think they're the party of compassion. They're not. They're the party of control.”
