What is Generation X?
{{Generations sidebar}} '''Generation X''', commonly abbreviated to '''Gen X''', is the generation born after the Western [[Baby boomer|Post–World War II baby boom]] and before the [[Millennials]]. Generation X are generally defined as the people born from 1965 to 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/0d1/millennials-overtake-baby-boomers/|title=Millennials expected to outnumber Boomers in 2019|website=Pew Research Center|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-17|last3=Inquiries}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/style/gen-x-millenials.html|title=Actually, Gen X Did Sell Out, Invent All Things Millennial, and Cause Everything Else That's Great and Awful|last=Williams|first=Alex|date=2019-05-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-17|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/megangorman/2019/01/23/why-gen-x-is-not-a-forgotten-financial-generation/|title=Why Gen X Is Not A Forgotten Financial Generation|last=Gorman|first=Megan|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/10/15/as-baby-boomers-near-retirement-companies-risk-a-leadership-shortage/|title=As Baby Boomers Near Retirement, Companies Risk A Leadership Shortage|last=Miner|first=Nanette|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1731528,00.html|title=Gen-X: The Ignored Generation?|last=Stephey|first=M. J.|magazine=Time|access-date=2019-11-17|language=en-US}}</ref> This generation is sometimes defined as those born from 1965 to 1979. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Generations|X]] [[Category:20th century]] [[Category:Popular culture]] {{stub}}