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Nate Silver was born on January 13, 1978 in East Lansing, Michigan, United States and is credited as a journalist, statistician and poker player. As of 2026, Nate Silver is 48 years old. Education on record includes East Lansing High School and University of Chicago. Awards on record include Webby Award and Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (2013). Notable works include FiveThirtyEight and The signal and the noise : the art and science of prediction.
My Take
Nate Silver feels like a defining figure for our data-saturated age. Founding FiveThirtyEight and building a reputation on election and sports forecasting, he made probabilistic thinking feel mainstream, and his being a serious poker player only deepens that worldview. What I value most is the argument at the heart of The Signal and the Noise: that the hard work is separating real signal from seductive noise. In an era drowning in hot takes and false certainty, that discipline matters more than ever. I admire his refusal to confuse a confident guess with a calibrated one. His coolness under uncertainty is genuinely instructive.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nate Silver
- Name (Japanese)
- ネイト・シルバー
- Reading
- ねいと・しるばー
- Born
- January 13, 1978 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
- Origin
- East Lansing, Michigan, United States
- Occupation
- journalist / statistician / poker player / writer
2. Background
- High school
- East Lansing High School
- University
- University of Chicago
Awards & achievements
- Webby Award
- 2013 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
3. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | FiveThirtyEight | — | |
| Notable work | The signal and the noise : the art and science of prediction | — |
4. Links
- Official sitehttps://fivethirtyeight.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/NateSilver538
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate%20Silver
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562521
5. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Nate Silver born?
Born January 13, 1978 (age 48).
Where is Nate Silver from?
Nate Silver is from East Lansing, Michigan, United States.
What does Nate Silver do?
Nate Silver works as journalist, statistician, poker player, writer.
What is Nate Silver known for?
Notable works include FiveThirtyEight, The signal and the noise : the art and science of prediction.
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