Most people can name a celebrity with whom they share their birthday, but how about a tube station?
There are 272 tube stations. There are 366 possible days on which to have birthdays. Not everyone can have a Tube Birthday, but those who do can now show off to all their friends, using our utterly invaluable guide below.
Dates shown correspond with the day on which the station became an official London Underground stop. In some cases, stations opened at an earlier date, to service other rail services. But they weren't yet tube/underground stops and so were not nearly so interesting.
We've used the modern names below. Quite a few of the stations opened under different names.
Oh, and we've thrown in some corresponding celebrity birthdays, because it seemed like a good idea at the time. If nothing else, this will be useful for pub quiz compilers.
Update: November 2021... now with bonus DLR stops.
January
10th: Baker Street, Euston Square, Farringdon, Great Portland Street, King's Cross St Pancras, Paddington (1863, on the first line to open), Woolwich Arsenal (DLR, 2009). Celebrity birthday: Rod Stewart
15th: Pudding Mill Lane (DLR, 1996). Celebrity birthday: Claudia Winkleman
19th: Highgate (1941). Celebrity birthday: Dolly Parton
31st: Kilburn Park, Warwick Avenue (1915). Celebrity birthday: Justin Timberlake
February
1st: Westbourne Park (1866); Liverpool Street (1875); Stamford Brook (1912). Celebrity birthday: Harry Styles
11th: Queen's Park (1915). Celebrity birthday: Jennifer Aniston
25th: London Bridge (1900). Celebrity birthday: George Harrison
March
1st: Fulham Broadway, Parsons Green, Putney Bridge (1880). Celebrity birthday: Justin Bieber
5th: Canning Town (DLR). Celebrity birthday: Matt Lucas
10th: Charing Cross, Lambeth North, Piccadilly Circus, Regent's Park, Waterloo (1906). Celebrity birthday: Sharon Stone
13th: Oakwood, Southgate (1933). Celebrity birthday: William H Macy
22nd: North Harrow (1915). Celebrity birthday: William Shatner
27th: Marylebone (1907); Heathrow Terminal 5 (2008). Celebrity birthday: Mariah Carey
28th: Beckton (DLR), Beckton Park (DLR), Blackwall (DLR), Custom House (DLR), Cyprus (DLR), East India (DLR), Gallions Reach (DLR), Prince Regent (DLR), Royal Albert (DLR), Royal Victoria (DLR), all opened 27 March 1994. Celebrity birthday: Joseph Bazalgette
April
1st: Hounslow Central (1886); Goldhawk Road (1914). Celebrity birthday: Susan Boyle
11th: Covent Garden (1907). Celebrity birthday: Jeremy Clarkson
12th: West Brompton (1869); Woodside Park (1940); Heathrow Terminal 4 (1986). Celebrity birthday: Bobby Moore
14th: Finchley Central, High Barnet, Totteridge and Whetstone, West Finchley (1940). Celebrity birthday: Peter Capaldi
16th: Northfields (1908); Harlesden, Harrow & Wealdstone, Kenton, North Wembley, Stonebridge Park, Wembley Central (1917). Celebrity birthday: Charlie Chaplin
28th: Pudding Mill Lane (DLR resited, 2014). Celebrity birthday: Lauren Laverne
May
1st: Boston Manor, Osterley (1883). Celebrity birthday: Joanna Lumley
2nd: Hounslow East (1909). Celebrity birthday: David Beckham
5th: Leyton, Leytonstone (1947). Celebrity birthday: Karl Marx
9th: Moor Park (1910). Celebrity birthday: JM Barrie
10th: Willesden Junction (1915). Celebrity birthday: Bono
12th: Wembley Park (1894). Celebrity birthday: Florence Nightingale
13th: Elm Park (1935). Celebrity birthday: Stevie Wonder
14th: Canning Town, North Greenwich (1999). Celebrity birthday: Mark Zuckerberg
18th: Mill Hill East (1941). Celebrity birthday: Tsar Nicholas II
21st: Preston Road (1908). Celebrity birthday: Lana del Rey
24th: Opening of the Elizabeth line, joining together existing stations (2022). Celebrity birthday: Queen Victoria.
25th: Pinner (1885). Celebrity birthday: Cillian Murphy
26th: Eastcote, Rayners Lane (1906). Celebrity birthday: Jeremy Corbyn
30th: Blackfriars, Embankment (1870). Celebrity birthday: CeeLo Green
31st: Barkingside, Fairlop, Hainault (1948). Celebrity birthday: Clint Eastwood
June
1st: Gunnersbury, Kew Gardens, Ravenscourt Park, Richmond, Turnham Green (1877). Celebrity birthday: Marilyn Monroe.
2nd: Barking, Bromley-by-Bow, Dagenham East, East Ham, Hornchurch, Mile End, Plaistow, Upminster, Upton Park, West Ham (1902). Celebrity birthday: Sergio Agüero
3rd: East Putney, Southfields, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park (1889); Clapham Common, Clapham North (1900). Celebrity birthday: Josephine Baker
6th: Maida Vale (1915). Celebrity birthday: Robert Falcon Scott
11th: Bow Road (1902). Celebrity birthday: Peter Dinklage
13th: Hammersmith (H&C), Ladbroke Grove, Shepherd's Bush Market (1864). Celebrity birthday: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
22nd: Belsize Park, Camden Town, Chalk Farm, Euston, Golders Green, Goodge Street, Hampstead, Kentish Town, Tufnell Park, Warren Street (1907), Mornington Crescent. Celebrity birthday: Meryl Streep
23rd: Stepney Green (1902); North Ealing, Park Royal (1903): Celebrity birthday: Alan Turing
28th: Alperton, South Harrow, Sudbury Hill, Sudbury Town (1903); Northwick Park (1923). Celebrity birthday: Elon Musk
30th: Temple (1870); Finchley Road, West Hampstead (1879); Greenford, Hanger Lane, Perivale (1947). Introduction of the Oyster system (2003). Celebrity birthday: Mike Tyson
July
1st: Kensington (Olympia) (1864); Acton Town, Chiswick Park, Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common (1879); South Ealing (1883), Bank (DLR, 1991). Celebrity birthday: Diana, Princess of Wales
3rd: Mansion House (1871); South Kenton (1933); East Finchley (1939). Celebrity birthday: Tom Cruise
4th: Ruislip, Uxbridge (1904). Celebrity birthday: Bill Withers
8th: Chalfont & Latimer, Chesham, Chorley Wood (1889). Celebrity birthday: Kevin Bacon
18th: Becontree (1932). Barking Riverside (Overground; 2022). Celebrity birthday: Nelson Mandela
19th: Hatton Cross (1975). Celebrity birthday: Nicola Sturgeon
21st: Hounslow West (1884). Celebrity birthday: Paloma Faith
22nd: Archway (1907). Celebrity birthday: Selena Gomez
23rd: Brixton, Vauxhall (1971). Celebrity birthday: Daniel Radcliffe
30th: Chancery Lane, Holland Park, Lancaster Gate, Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Queensway, St Paul's, Shepherd's Bush, Tottenham Court Road (1900): Celebrity birthday: Arnold Schwarzenegger
31st: Cockfosters (1933). Celebrity birthday: JK Rowling
August
2nd: Harrow-on-the-Hill, Neasden (1880). Celebrity birthday: Charli XCX
3rd: East Acton (1920). Celebrity birthday: Terry Wogan
5th: Ruislip Manor (1912). Celebrity birthday: Neil Armstrong
8th: Bank (1898). Celebrity birthday: Roger Federer
18th: Colindale, Edgware (1924). Celebrity birthday: Robert Redford
31st: Abbey Road (DLR), All Saints (DLR), Bow Church (DLR), Crossharbour (DLR), Devons Road (DLR), Heron Quays (DLR), Island Gardens (DLR), Limehouse (DLR), Mudchute (DLR), Poplar (DLR), Shadwell (DLR), South Quay (DLR), Stratford (DLR), Tower Gateway (DLR), West India Quay (DLR), Westferry (DLR), all on 31 August 1987. Abbey Road (DLR), Canning Town low level (DLR), Star Lane (DLR), Stratford low level (DLR), Stratford High Street (DLR), Stratford International (DLR), West Ham (DLR), all on 31 August 2011. Celebrity birthday: Van Morrison
September
1st: Northwood, Rickmansworth (1887); Amersham (1892); Blackhorse Road, Highbury & Islington, Seven Sisters, Tottenham Hale, Walthamstow Central (1968). Celebrity birthday: Barry Gibb
9th: Hammersmith (District & Piccadilly), West Kensington (1874). Celebrity birthday: Hugh Grant
12th: Dagenham Heathway, Upney (1932). Celebrity birthday: Barry White.
13th: Clapham South, Colliers Wood, Morden, South Wimbledon, Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway (1926). Celebrity birthday: Roald Dahl
14th: Pimlico (1972). Celebrity birthday: Amy Winehouse
17th: Bermondsey, Canada Water, Canary Wharf (1999). Celebrity birthday: Keith Flint.
19th: Arnos Grove, Bounds Green, Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green (1932). Celebrity birthday: Twiggy
20th: Nine Elms, Battersea Power Station (2021)
24th: Bond Street (1900); Southwark (1999). Celebrity birthday: Linda McCartney
25th: Tower Hill (1882); Ickenham (1905); Debden, Epping, Theydon Bois (1949). Celebrity (couple) birthday: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones
October
1st: Bayswater, Gloucester Road, High Street Kensington, Notting Hill Gate, Paddington (1868); Whitechapel (1884); Edgware Road (1907); Dollis Hill (1909); Kensal Green (1916). Celebrity birthday: Julie Andrews
6th: Aldgate East, Cannon Street, Monument (1884). Celebrity birthday: Joan Littlewood
9th: Barons Court (1905). Celebrity birthday: John Lennon
12th: Wood Lane (2008). Celebrity birthday: Hugh Jackman
24th: Bond Street Elizabeth line (2022). Celebrity birthday: Drake
26th: South Quay (resited DLR) (2009). Celebrity birthday: Bob Hoskins
27th: Burnt Oak (1924). Celebrity birthday: Sylvia Plath
30th: Earl's Court, Royal Oak (1871). Celebrity birthday: Ivanka Trump
November
2nd: Croxley, Watford (1925). Celebrity birthday: David Schwimmer
5th: North Acton, West Acton (1923). Celebrity birthday: Tilda Swinton
13th: Northwood Hills (1933). Celebrity birthday: Whoopi Goldberg
17th: Angel, Old Street (1901); West Harrow (1913). Celebrity birthday: Martin Scorsese
18th: Aldgate (1876). Celebrity birthday: Owen Wilson
19th: Brent Cross, Hendon Central (1923). Celebrity birthday: Jodie Foster
20th: St John's Wood, Swiss Cottage (1939), Deptford Bridge (DLR), Elverson Road (DLR), Greenwich (DLR), Lewisham (DLR), Mudchute (DLR resited, 1999). Celebrity birthday: Kimberley Walsh
21st: Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Grange Hill, Loughton, Northolt, Roding Valley, West Ruislip (1948). Celebrity birthday: Björk
23rd: White City (1947); South Ruislip (1948). Celebrity birthday: Miley Cyrus
24th: Kilburn, Willesden Green (1879). Celebrity birthday: Billy Connolly
29th: Ruislip Gardens (1948). Celebrity birthday: Ryan Giggs
December
2nd: King George V (DLR), London City Airport (DLR), Pontoon Dock (DLR), West Silvertown (DLR), all 2 December 2005. Celebrity birthday: Britney Spears
3rd: Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich (DLR, 1999). Celebrity birthday: Ozzy Osbourne
4th: Bethnal Green, Stratford (1946). Celebrity birthday: Jay Z
6th: Balham (1926). Celebrity birthday: Nick Park
9th: Langdon Park (DLR, 2007). Celebrity birthday: Judi Dench
10th: Hillingdon (1923); Canons Park, Kingsbury, Stanmore (1932). Celebrity birthday: Ada Lovelace
14th: Gants Hill, Newbury Park, Redbridge, Snaresbrook, South Woodford, Wanstead, Woodford (1947). Celebrity birthday: George VI
15th: Arsenal, Caledonian Road, Finsbury Park, Green Park, Holborn, Holloway Road, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, Leicester Square, Russell Square (1906). Celebrity birthday: Gustave Eiffel
16th: Latimer Road (1868); Queensbury (1934); Heathrow Terminal 2&3 (1977). Celebrity birthday: Philip K Dick
17th: Upminster Bridge (1934). Celebrity birthday: Pope Francis
18th: Borough, Elephant & Castle, Kennington, Oval, Stockwell (1890). Celebrity birthday: Brad Pitt
23rd: Barbican, Moorgate (1865). Celebrity birthday: Harry Shearer
24th: St James's Park, Sloane Square, South Kensington, Victoria, Westminster (1868). Celebrity birthday: Carol Vorderman
