What is Ralph Lauren's birth date?

Ralph Lauren’s birth date is October 14, 1939.

He was born Ralph Lifshitz in the Bronx, New York City, to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant parents. His father, Frank Lifshitz, worked as an artist and house painter, while his mother was Frieda Lifshitz. Lauren was the youngest of four children.

The family name changed from Lifshitz to Lauren when Ralph was sixteen. He and his brother George adopted the surname after experiencing antisemitic bullying at school; another brother, Jerry, had already changed his name. Lauren later built his fashion identity around the new name.

A common mix-up is confusing Lauren’s birth date with the founding dates of his company or Polo label. He launched his necktie business in 1967 and introduced his first full menswear line, Polo, in 1968—nearly three decades after his birth.