1. Connor Joel Franta was born on September 12,1992 and is an American YouTuber, author, artist, and businessman.
31 Facts About Connor Franta
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Connor Franta has recently become involved in various entrepreneurial enterprises, including a clothing line, music curation, as well as a coffee and lifestyle brand named Common Culture.
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In July 2015, details of Heard Well, a record label Connor Franta co-founded, were announced.
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Connor Joel Franta was born in Wisconsin, the third of four children born to Peter and Cheryl Franta, a physician and homemaker, respectively.
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Connor Franta attended elementary school at St Peter's Catholic School in Hokah, Minnesota, through 8th grade.
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Connor Franta ran cross country while attending La Crescent High School, where he graduated in 2011.
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Connor Franta studied business at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.
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Connor Franta subsequently dropped out of college and moved to Los Angeles in 2013 to pursue his YouTube career.
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Connor Franta announced his departure from the group in July 2014 due to personal issues.
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In 2014, Connor Franta was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the "Web Star: Male" category, but lost to Tyler Oakley.
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Connor Franta has made cameo appearances in the 2014 and 2015 YouTube Rewind videos, a tribute by YouTube to the year's most popular videos on the website.
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In 2015, Connor Franta was again nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the "Entertainer of the Year" category and in the "Choice YouTuber" category, but lost to Cameron Dallas and Bethany Mota respectively.
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Connor Franta was nominated for a Streamy Award in the "Audience Choice Entertainer of the Year" category.
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In October 2015, Connor Franta appeared as a featured celebrity at StreamCon which took place in New York City.
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In January 2016, Connor Franta won the "Favorite YouTube Star" award at the 42nd People's Choice Awards.
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Connor Franta celebrated his 22nd birthday in 2014 by launching a fundraising campaign for The Thirst Project to build water wells for people in Swaziland.
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Connor Franta set a goal of raising of $120,000 within a month by offering fans incentives such as T-shirts, posters, an acknowledgement in one of his videos and a Skype call with him.
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Connor Franta later visited Swaziland to see the wells the donations helped build.
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Connor Franta received the Governor's Award for his work at the Thirst Project's 6th Annual Thirst Gala on June 30,2015.
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Connor Franta launched a second campaign for his 23rd birthday with the goal of raising $180,000 in 30 days.
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On November 11,2014, Connor Franta released a compilation album, Crown, Vol.
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In July 2015, it was announced that Connor Franta had started a record label, Heard Well, in partnership with his manager Andrew Graham and Jeremy Wineberg of music distribution and licensing company Opus Label.
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In February 2015, Connor Franta released his own line of coffee, called Common Culture Coffee.
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In June 2015, Connor Franta released a small limited edition line of clothing, made in collaboration with Junk Food Clothing.
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In January 2016, Connor Franta launched his new website for Common Culture.
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Connor Franta spent over a year writing his memoir, A Work in Progress, which talks about moments from his life since birth and personal stories.
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In January 2017, Connor Franta announced he would be releasing his second book, Note to Self, on April 18,2017.
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In June 2021, Connor Franta announced his third memoir, House Fires, was set to be released on September 21,2021.
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Connor Franta's photography has been published in V, L'Officiel, and Paper.
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Connor Franta has photographed many celebrities including Jonathan Van Ness, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Hailee Steinfeld, Maude Apatow, Chloe x Halle, Conan Gray, Tinashe, and HAIM.
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On December 8,2014, Connor Franta publicly came out as gay in a YouTube video, stating he has accepted who he is and is "happy with that person".