And you are …? Hey, it’s National Middle Child Day

It’s finally their day! For all the overlooked children born between the youngest and oldest, Aug. 12 has been set aside just for you as National Middle Child Day.

Generally speaking, the middle child tends to get lost in the family shuffle — neither the responsible, parent-pleasing eldest nor the free-spirited baby. Awww. But according to some birth order studies, middle kids are loyal friends, excellent negotiators and kind of obsessed with fairness.

Some of those very qualities are found in many famous people, and they run the gamut from political leaders to respected financiers to tech geniuses to entertainers.

We salute you, middle kids, for the amusing put-upon sighs, for finding your place and eventually accepting that it’s always go to be “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The icon of the civil rights movement had an older sister and a younger brother.

Warren Buffett

The business magnate and philanthropist is surrounded by two sisters.

Jennifer Lopez

The singer-actress is the second of three sisters.

Bill Gates

The tech gabillionaire and philanthropist has two sisters.

Peyton Manning

The NFL star famously has a younger brother and an older brother.

David Letterman

The funnyman has two sisters.

Jan Brady

Let’s be honest, fictional Jan of “The Brady Bunch” is the most famous middle child ever, that Malcolm kid, notwithstanding.

Stuck between perfect, popular Marcia and lisping, completely adorable Cindy, Jan was just … there, whining and being jealous of her big sister.

It got better, though.

And she’s got to be loving this day.

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