- Josh and his younger brother, Chris Groban, were born on the exact same day, 4 years apart.
- Performed the role of 'Tevye' in "Fiddler on the Roof" at The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
- During an appearance in the The Late Late Show with James Corden (June/2017), singer Katy Perry confessed she wrote the song "The One That Got Away" about Josh Groban.
- He was first "seen" when he stood in for Andrea Bocelli to sing "The Prayer" with Céline Dion at the 1998 Grammy rehearsals. This led to the MC for the Grammys that year, Rosie O'Donnell, to invite Josh to appear on her show.
- When David E. Kelley witnessed the audience reaction to Josh singing at California. Gov. Gray Davis' Inaugural, he wrote Josh into an Ally McBeal (1997) show where the audience in the show exhibits the same reaction to his voice. His character of Malcolm Wyatt was so popular that he was asked to come back the next season to reprise his role.
- Josh's father is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Ukraine and Russia). Josh's father converted to Christianity when he married Josh's mother. Josh's mother has English, German, Ashkenazi Jewish (from her own maternal grandfather), and Norwegian (from her own maternal grandmother) ancestry. Josh's Norwegian-American great-grandmother had family from Toten, Norway. Josh was raised an Episcopalian.
- Was enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Good friends with Mandy Moore.
- A descendant on his mom's side from John Winslow and his wife Mary Chilton who sailed on the Mayflower. Tradition says Mary Winslow was actually the first person from the Maylower to actually step onto Plymouth Rock.
- Went to Bridges Academy in Los Angeles, CA.
- Attended Carnegie Mellon University with Josh Gad.
- Attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts with Dayna Price.
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