January 4, 1958 -
American writer, television writer, comedian, satirist and actor
Author of "The Trillionaire Next Door" (for which he won the Thurber Prize for American Humor in 2001), "The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shadows" (for which he won the Thurber Prize for American Humor in 2005) and "Who Moved My Soap? - The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison - The Bernie Madoff Edition"
Co-created the television "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" with his then-wife Susan Borowitz