2000: The Year in People

Generation Z · Year of the Dragon 🐉 · Born in 2000 turn 26 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$1.51

Median home

$119,600

Minimum wage

$5.15/hr

Movie ticket

$5.39

US population

6.14B

US president

Bill Clinton

Top song

"Breathe" — Faith Hill

Top film

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Top TV show

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Best Picture

Gladiator

In the news: Y2K passes without incident; contested Bush-Gore election

Born in 2000

241 people in our data · most viewed first

Julián Alvarez

b. 2000 · January 31

Argentine footballer

Addison Rae

b. 2000 · October 6

American singer, actress and dancer

Auliʻi Cravalho

b. 2000 · November 22

American actress

Bobby Witt Jr.

b. 2000 · June 14

American baseball player

Ice Spice

b. 2000 · January 1

American rapper

Alycia Parks

b. 2000 · December 31

American tennis player

Antony (footballer, born 2000)

b. 2000 · February 24

Brazilian footballer

Ester Expósito

b. 2000 · January 26

Spanish actress and model

Beabadoobee

b. 2000 · June 3

British singer-songwriter

Aurélien Tchouaméni

b. 2000 · January 27

French footballer

Chloe Kim

b. 2000 · April 23

American snowboarder

Baby Keem

b. 2000 · October 22

American rapper and record producer

Hyunjin (Stray Kids singer)

b. 2000 · March 20

South Korean rapper and singer

Ayo Dosunmu

b. 2000 · January 17

American basketball player

Andy Pages

b. 2000 · December 8

Cuban baseball player

Gable Steveson

b. 2000 · May 31

American wrestler

Darius Garland

b. 2000 · January 26

American basketball player

Josip Stanišić

b. 2000 · April 2

Croatian footballer

Coby White

b. 2000 · February 16

American basketball player

Kim Chaewon

b. 2000 · August 1

South Korean singer

Bianca Andreescu

b. 2000 · June 16

Canadian tennis player

Rema (musician)

b. 2000 · May 1

Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper

Giselle (singer)

b. 2000 · October 30

Japanese singer and rapper

Ja'Marr Chase

b. 2000 · March 1

American football player

Died in 2000

Alec Guinness1914–2000 · English actor
Big Pun1971–2000 · American rapper
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.1909–2000 · American actor, film producer, and U.S. Navy officer
Arkan1952–2000 · Serbian paramilitary commander and mobster
DJ Screw1971–2000 · American hip hop DJ
Barbara Cartland1901–2000 · English writer and media personality
Nazia Hassan1965–2000 · Pakistani singer
Edward Gorey1925–2000 · American writer and illustrator
Adam Petty1980–2000 · American racing driver
Habib Bourguiba1903–2000 · President of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987
Carl Barks1901–2000 · American cartoonist
Bettino Craxi1934–2000 · Italian politician