Person in history
Emma Watson
Emma Watson, English actress
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1990 · April 15
- Age this year
- 36No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- model, film actor, stage actor, activist, and child actor. Citizenship: United Kingdom
- Born
- 36th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress. In the 2010s, she was ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses by Forbes and Vanity Fair, and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2015.
Early life
Educated at: Worcester College, Brown University, and Headington Rye Oxford.
Early life and education Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson [ 1 ] was born on 15 April 1990 in Paris , France, to English lawyers Chris Watson and Jacqueline Luesby. [ a ] Watson lived in Maisons-Laffitte until age five, when her parents divorced. She moved to England to live with her mother in Oxfordshire and spent weekends at her father's house in London. [ b ] After moving to Oxford with her mother and younger brother, she was educated at the Dragon School until 2003. [ 3 ]
Path and career
Awards / honours: Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress - Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock, and Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Star: Female.
Why this date
Emma Watson appears on our April 15 calendar for 1990 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1990.
- September 12Allied Control Council
- September 91990 Batticaloa massacre
- September 11Faucett Perú
- November 17Mount Unzen
- July 22Greg LeMond
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1990Matt ShivelySeptember 15
- 1990Lelisa DesisaJanuary 14
- 1990Robert Griffin IIIFebruary 12
- 1990Petar FilipovićSeptember 14
- 1990Lachlan CooteApril 6
- 1990Shaun JohnsonSeptember 9
- 1990Godfrey OboabonaAugust 16
- 1990Megan StalterSeptember 15
Sources
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“Emma Watson”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/emma-watson, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about Emma Watson
When was Emma Watson born?
April 15 1990.
How old would Emma Watson be today?
36 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on April 15?
Shanti Dope, Maisie Williams, Blake Ayshford and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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