Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is an American social and political commentator, author, and syndicated columnist. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public and private events. Well-known for her conservative political opinions and the controversial ways in which she defends them, Coulter has described herself as a polemicist who likes to "stir up the pot" and, unlike "broadcasters," does not "pretend to be impartial or balanced."

Ann Hart Coulter was born on December 8, 1961, to John Vincent Coulter (Albany, New York) and Nell Husbands Martin (Paducah, Kentucky). After her birth in New York City, the family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where Coulter and her two older brothers, James and John, were raised.

A dispute over her actual biological age was raised in September 2002, by Washington Post columnist Lloyd Grove in a column entitled, "Mystery of the Ages". At the time, Coulter was insisting that she was not yet 40, despite media reports to the contrary. Attempting to resolve the discrepancy, Grove noted that Coulter had given her date of birth as December 8, 1961, when she first registered to vote in 1980 (the year of the Reagan-vs-Carter presidential election), in New Canaan, Connecticut, where the legal voting age is 18. He said that Coulter's Connecticut driver's license also listed her birth date as December 8, 1961, but pointed out that a driver's license issued to her years later in Washington, D.C., gave her date of birth as December 8, 1963. In her emailed reply to Grove's inquiry, Coulter maintained that she was 38 years old. In April 2005, Time's cover story on Coulter reported, "Coulter says she won't confirm the date 'for privacy reasons' — she's had several stalkers. 'And I'm a girl,' she adds."