CUE Research

What the data shows.

Studies of famous groups, built only on verified, published datasets and read with CUE’s own engine.

Each study names its source and date, compares against random birthdays from the same years, and only calls out a difference when the group is big enough to show one.

Study 1 · Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2025

The World’s Top 100 Billionaires

Life Paths, signs and birthdays of the Forbes 2025 top 100, at every level from the top 10 to the top 100.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • Top 10
  • Top 20
  • Top 30
  • Top 50
  • Top 100
Open the study →
  1. 10 Top 10 in the dataset
  2. 20 Top 20 in the dataset
  3. 28 Top 30 in the dataset
  4. 46 Top 50 in the dataset
  5. 92 Top 100 in the dataset

Study 2 · NHL official rosters, 2024-25 season

NHL Players and Their Birthdays

All 850 players on 2024-25 NHL rosters: one of the best-documented birthday anomalies in the world.

7 clear differences found. Strongest: All players: Jan–Mar appears 281 times against about 210.0 expected (1.34×).

  • All players
  • Canadian-born
  • U.S.-born
  • Born elsewhere
Open the study →
  1. 850 All players in the dataset
  2. 340 Canadian-born in the dataset
  3. 259 U.S.-born in the dataset
  4. 251 Born elsewhere in the dataset

Study 3 · Forbes World’s Highest-Paid Athletes, 2016–2025

The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes

Every athlete on Forbes’ highest-paid list from 2016 to 2025, by head count and by the money they earned.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • Everyone 2016–2025
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Soccer
  • 2025 top 50
  • 2025 top 10
Open the study →
  1. 253 Everyone 2016–2025 in the dataset
  2. 54 Basketball in the dataset
  3. 94 Football in the dataset
  4. 26 Soccer in the dataset
  5. 46 2025 top 50 in the dataset
  6. 10 2025 top 10 in the dataset

Study 4 · The Forbes 400, 2025

The Forbes 400: America’s Richest

A second, independent wealth list: the 400 richest Americans in 2025, by head count and by share of their wealth.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • Top 20
  • Top 50
  • Top 100
  • All 400
Open the study →
  1. 20 Top 20 in the dataset
  2. 45 Top 50 in the dataset
  3. 69 Top 100 in the dataset
  4. 179 All 400 in the dataset

Study 5 · Nobel Prize laureates, 1901–2025

Every Nobel Laureate

Nearly a thousand people awarded a Nobel Prize since 1901, by prize.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • All laureates
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Medicine
  • Literature
  • Peace
  • Economic Sciences
  • Since 1990
Open the study →
  1. 954 All laureates in the dataset
  2. 222 Physics in the dataset
  3. 190 Chemistry in the dataset
  4. 227 Medicine in the dataset
  5. 118 Literature in the dataset
  6. 105 Peace in the dataset
  7. 94 Economic Sciences in the dataset
  8. 382 Since 1990 in the dataset

Study 6 · Heads of government of the G7 countries

Presidents and Prime Ministers

Every U.S. president and every leader of the other G7 governments: about 250 people across three centuries.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • All G7 leaders
  • U.S. Presidents
  • UK Prime Ministers
  • Japanese PMs
  • Since 1945
Open the study →
  1. 256 All G7 leaders in the dataset
  2. 45 U.S. Presidents in the dataset
  3. 56 UK Prime Ministers in the dataset
  4. 66 Japanese PMs in the dataset
  5. 133 Since 1945 in the dataset

Study 7 · Founders of the 500 most valuable listed companies

Founders of the World’s Most Valuable Companies

The people who founded the 500 most valuable listed companies, by head count and by the company value behind them.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • All founders
  • Top 100 companies
  • U.S. companies
Open the study →
  1. 211 All founders in the dataset
  2. 93 Top 100 companies in the dataset
  3. 162 U.S. companies in the dataset

Study 8 · Premier League players, 2024/25 season

Premier League Footballers

Every player registered in the 2024/25 Premier League: nearly a thousand verified birthdays.

2 clear differences found. Strongest: Born in England: Apr–Jun appears only 68 times against about 104.9 expected.

  • All players
  • Born in England
  • Born elsewhere
Open the study →
  1. 989 All players in the dataset
  2. 421 Born in England in the dataset
  3. 568 Born elsewhere in the dataset

Study 9 · Academy Award winners: acting and directing

Academy Award Winners

Every winner of an Oscar for acting or directing since 1929.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • All winners
  • Actors
  • Actresses
  • Directors
Open the study →
  1. 388 All winners in the dataset
  2. 157 Actors in the dataset
  3. 155 Actresses in the dataset
  4. 76 Directors in the dataset

Study 11 · The Forbes 400, 2025: self-made and inherited

Self-Made Against Inherited Wealth

Forbes marks every fortune as self-made or inherited. Inherited wealth is the control group: a birthday cannot help anyone inherit.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • Self-made
  • Inherited
  • Everyone
Open the study →
  1. 130 Self-made in the dataset
  2. 42 Inherited in the dataset
  3. 172 Everyone in the dataset

Study 12 · Members of the U.S. Congress, 1789–today

Every Member of the U.S. Congress

More than twelve thousand senators and representatives since 1789: the largest study CUE has run.

7 clear differences found. Strongest: Every member: Jan–Mar appears 3232 times against about 2981.5 expected (1.08×).

  • Every member
  • Senators
  • Representatives
  • Democrats
  • Republicans
  • Women
  • Born since 1950
Open the study →
  1. 12066 Every member in the dataset
  2. 1894 Senators in the dataset
  3. 10172 Representatives in the dataset
  4. 5241 Democrats in the dataset
  5. 5042 Republicans in the dataset
  6. 444 Women in the dataset
  7. 1113 Born since 1950 in the dataset

Study 13 · Formula One drivers, 1950–today

Formula One Drivers and Their Wins

Every Formula One driver since 1950, by head count and by the Grand Prix wins behind them.

1 clear difference found. Strongest: Born since 1950: Jan–Mar appears 96 times against about 67.0 expected (1.43×).

  • Every driver
  • Race winners
  • Born since 1950
Open the study →
  1. 844 Every driver in the dataset
  2. 116 Race winners in the dataset
  3. 271 Born since 1950 in the dataset

Study 14 · Chess grandmasters

Chess Grandmasters

More than two thousand holders of chess’s highest title.

5 clear differences found. Strongest: Born since 1950: Jan appears 211 times against about 161.8 expected (1.30×).

  • All grandmasters
  • Born since 1950
  • Born before 1950
Open the study →
  1. 2099 All grandmasters in the dataset
  2. 1906 Born since 1950 in the dataset
  3. 193 Born before 1950 in the dataset

Study 15 · Serial killers

Serial Killers

Birthdays of people recorded as serial killers, read the same way as every other group.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • Everyone
  • Born since 1900
Open the study →
  1. 817 Everyone in the dataset
  2. 727 Born since 1900 in the dataset

Study 17 · National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame

The inventors honoured by the National Inventors Hall of Fame since 1973.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • All inductees
  • Born since 1900
Open the study →
  1. 562 All inductees in the dataset
  2. 342 Born since 1900 in the dataset

Study 18 · Poker Hall of Fame

Poker Hall of Fame

The legends of professional poker, inducted since 1979.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • All inductees
Open the study →
  1. 55 All inductees in the dataset

Study 19 · U.S. federal judges, 1789–today

U.S. Federal Judges

Every federal judge with a recorded birthday since 1789, including every Supreme Court justice.

No clear differences: everything is within chance.

  • Every judge
  • Supreme Court
  • Courts of appeals
  • District courts
  • Women
  • Born since 1950
Open the study →
  1. 2356 Every judge in the dataset
  2. 102 Supreme Court in the dataset
  3. 502 Courts of appeals in the dataset
  4. 1877 District courts in the dataset
  5. 72 Women in the dataset
  6. 21 Born since 1950 in the dataset

Study 10 · Wikidata marriage records, weddings 1900–2025

Wedding Dates and Divorce

4,276 marriages with an exact wedding date: do 7 or 9 energy weddings end in divorce more often?

No clear difference: 7 and 9 energy weddings divorce about as often as others from the same decade.

  • Wedding day energy
  • Full date energy
  • Enemy signs
  • CBS 50 divorces
Open the study →
  1. 2222 Ended in divorce in the dataset
  2. 2054 Lasted until a death in the dataset

Exploratory data · Aviation

Aviation Incidents and Master Number 11: The Data

The 200 deadliest airline disasters, 1,286 fatal airline incidents and thousands of documented technical failures, each read by CUE’s date energies.

  • Fatal incidents
  • Technical failures
  • Every energy
  • Downloadable data
Explore the data →

Pre-registered test · Music

Are the Greatest Singers Born in Dog Years?

250 famous singers, from Elvis Presley and Whitney Houston to Justin Bieber, read by their Chinese sign.

No meaningful evidence of a Dog Singer Effect.

  • Rolling Stone
  • Best-sellers
  • All 12 signs
Open the study →

Next studies

Each on a dataset with a public, verifiable source.

  • The World’s Billionaires 2026 The clean re-test of study 1: the same method on the next year’s list. Forbes, April 2026 · coming soon
  • Bloomberg Billionaires Index A second publisher with its own wealth method. Bloomberg · coming soon
  • Olympic Gold Medallists Thousands of athletes across sports with different age cut-offs. International Olympic Committee · coming soon
  • Cryptocurrencies by Launch Date Read each coin by the day its network launched, weighted by market value. Waiting on a source that dates most of the top 100. Blockchain genesis blocks · coming soon
  • Astronauts A small, strictly selected group with complete records. NASA, ESA and other space agencies · coming soon

Method How CUE runs a study

  • Only published lists from an authoritative source. Where a source uses placeholder dates, each birth date must be confirmed by a second source to the exact day.
  • Life Path, sun sign and Chinese sign come from the same engine as the CUE app.
  • “Expected” is what random birthdays from the same birth years would give, weighted by how many people were born in each year.
  • A difference is called clear only in groups of 50 or more, at 3.5 standard errors or more (studies test many values at once, so the bar is high). Smaller tiers are descriptions, not findings, and nothing here predicts anything about a person.