In which U.S. city was Stephen Curry born?

Stephen Curry was born in Akron, Ohio.

He was born on 14 March 1988 at Akron General Medical Center while his father, Dell Curry, was playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Although Ohio is his birthplace, Stephen grew up mainly in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Dell later played for the Charlotte Hornets.

That upbringing explains a frequent quiz mistake: Davidson, North Carolina, is strongly associated with Curry because he played college basketball at Davidson College, but it is not his birthplace. Oakland is associated with the Golden State Warriors’ former home arena, while Charlotte was his childhood home.

Curry spent three seasons at Davidson from 2006 to 2009 and became a national star during the 2008 NCAA tournament. The Golden State Warriors selected him seventh overall in the 2009 NBA draft, launching a career that made him one of basketball’s defining three-point shooters.