1987

Events

January

• January 1 - Hirohiko Araki publishes the first Phantom Blood manga of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
• January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• January 4 – 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, killing 16.
• January 5 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery, causing speculation about his physical fitness to continue in office.
• January 8 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes for the first time above 2,000, gaining 8.30 to close at 2,002.25.
• January 13 – New York mafiosi Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.
• January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, is forced into retirement by political conservatives.
• January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release.
• January 20 – Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut.
• January 22 – Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself with a revolver during a televised press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and racketeering.
• January 28 – The U.S. State Department invalidates US passports for travel to or through Lebanon due to security concerns. The ban was lifted in 1997.
• January 29 – William J. Casey ends his term as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• January 31 – The last Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation.

  February

• February 11
• * British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
• * The new Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect. This new constitution adds Spanish and Arabic as optional languages of the Philippines.
• February 20 – A second Unabomber bomb explodes at a Salt Lake City computer store, injuring the owner.
• February 23 – SN 1987A, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604, is observed.
• February 25 – Beginning of the Phosphorite War protest movement in Soviet-occupied Estonia.
• February 26 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security Council staff.

  March

• March 2 – American Motors is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation.
• March 3 – Eazy-E's first song, Boyz-n-the-Hood, was released.
• March 4 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran–Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.

• March 6 – Zeebrugge disaster: Roll-on/roll-off cross-channel ferry capsizes off Zeebrugge harbor in Belgium; 193 people die.
• March 7 – 1987 Lieyu massacre: Republic of China Army execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, Lieyu, Kinmen off Mainland China.
• March 9 – U2's album The Joshua Tree was released.
• March 18 – Woodstock of physics: The marathon session of the American Physical Society's meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors.
• March 20 – AZT is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
• March 24 – Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and French Prime Minister and future President of France, Jacques Chirac, sign the agreement to construct the Euro Disney Resort and to develop the Val d'Europe area of the new town Marne-la-Vallée in Paris, France.
• March 29
• * The World Wrestling Federation produces WrestleMania III from the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The event is particularly notable for the record attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America until February 14, 2010, when the 2010 NBA All-Star Game has an attendance of 108,713 at AT&T Stadium.
• * A hybrid solar eclipse was the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on 1986 October 3. It was annular visible in southern Argentina, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti and northern Somalia and total visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds.
• March 30 – The 59th Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles, with Platoon winning Best Picture.
• March 31 – Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, conducts a 45-minute interview on Soviet television.

  April

• April 3 – Showboat Casino Hotel first opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• April 13 – The governments of the Portuguese Republic and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau will be returned to China in 1999.
• April 18 – The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3 to 2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series. Pat LaFontaine scored the winning goal at 8:47 of the 4th overtime in a game known as the Easter Epic.
• April 19 – The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
• April 21 – In Colombo, Sri Lanka, The Central Bus Station Bombing kills 113 civilians.
• April 25 – Wicked City was released in theaters by Japan Home Video in Japan.
• April 27 – The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien".
• April 30 – Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution.

  May

• May 8 – Loughgall ambush: A 24-man unit of the British Army Special Air Service ambushed eight members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army as they mounted an attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks. All IRA members were killed as well as one civilian.
• May 9 – A Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines, crashes into a forest just outside Warsaw, killing all 183 people on board.
• May 11 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• May 14 – Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji.
• May 17 – is hit by two Iraqi-owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 47 sailors.
• May 22
• * The Hashimpura massacre occurs in Meerut, India.
• * The first ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park, Auckland.
• May 24 – At age 47 and just 5 days before his 48th birthday, Al Unser Sr. became the oldest winner of the Indianapolis 500 and only the second driver to win the event four times.
• May 27 – In one of the densest concentrations of humanity in history, a crowd of 800,000+ packed shoulder-to-shoulder onto the Golden Gate Bridge and its approaches for its 50th Anniversary celebration.
• May 28 – Eighteen-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet air defenses and lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained.
• May 31 – The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Philadelphia Flyers four games to three to win the Stanley Cup. Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall would win the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs despite the team's loss in the finals.

  June

• June 3 – The Vanuatu Labour Party is founded.
• June 8 – The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, the first of its kind in the world.
• June 11 – The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.
• June 12 – During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• June 17 – With the death of the last individual, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
• June 19
• * Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands.
• * Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional.
• * Hipercor bombing: the Basque terrorist group ETA perpetrate a car-bomb attack at an Hipercor market in Barcelona, killing 21 and hurting 45.
• June 27 – A commercial HS 748 crashes near Baguio, Philippines, killing 50.
• June 28
• * Iraqi warplanes drop mustard-gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in two separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas. This is the first time a civilian town was targeted by chemical weapons.
• * An accidental explosion at the Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troops.
• June 29 – South Korean president Roh Tae-woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of the June Democracy Movement.
• June 30 – Canada introduces a one-dollar coin, nicknamed the "Loonie".

  July

• July 1
• * The Single European Act is passed by the European Community.
• * U.S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The nomination is later rejected by the Senate.
• July 3
• * Greater Manchester Police recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor, after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.
• July 4 – A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbie to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
• July 11
• * 1987 Australian federal election: Bob Hawke's Labor Government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the Liberal Party led by John Howard and the National Party led by Ian Sinclair.
• * World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.
• July 12 – Konami releases the video game Metal Gear in Japan for the MSX2.
• July 15 – Martial law in Taiwan ends after 38 years.
• July 17 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
• July 22 – Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28.
• July 25
• * The East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway in the North West of England, is opened between Bury and Ramsbottom.
• * United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, Jr. dies in a rodeo accident at a California ranch.
• July 27 – Rick Astley releases hit single, Never Gonna Give You Up.
• July 31
• * Four hundred pilgrims are killed in clashes between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.
• * Docklands Light Railway in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Elizabeth II.
• * E! Launches as Movie Time.
• * An F4-rated tornado devastates eastern Edmonton, Alberta; hardest hit are an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured, with hundreds more left homeless and jobless.

  August

• August 4
• * The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, Our Common Future.
• * The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to present alternative views on controversial issues.
• August 7
• * The Colombian frigate Caldas enters Venezuelan waters near the Los Monjes Archipelago, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.
• * American Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim the Bering Strait, crossing from Little Diomede Island to Big Diomede in 2 hours and 5 minutes.
• August 9 – Hoddle Street massacre in Australia: Julian Knight, 19, goes on a shooting rampage in the Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill, Victoria, killing 7 people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police.
• August 14 – All the children held at Kai Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
• August 16
• * Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan just west of Detroit killing all but one of the 156 people on board.
• * The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it was observed around the world.
• August 17 – Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. Hess, 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex, which is soon demolished.
• August 19
• * Hungerford massacre: Sixteen people die in the first British mass shooting carried out by Michael Ryan.
• * ABC News' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity.
• * The Order of the Garter is opened to women.
• August 23 – The Hirvepark meeting is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in Soviet-occupied Estonia, in commemoration of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
• August 31 – Michael Jackson releases his seventh studio album, Bad, in the United States.

  September

• September 2 – In Moscow, Russia, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
• September 3 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
• September 7 – 21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.
• September 13 – Goiânia accident: Metal scrappers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area.
• September 15
• *Pope John Paul II arrives in Los Angeles for a two-day papal visit, his first one ever to the city, where he makes an arrival day speech to local leaders of the U.S. entertainment industry.
• September 17
• *At a small rally in New York City's Harlem district, televangelist Pat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.
• *Pope John Paul II arrives in San Francisco for his first ever visit to the City by the Bay in which he embraces several AIDS sufferers including an infected child and proclaims abstinence from illicit sex and drugs are the two main ways to avoid infection.
• September 20 - Alain Prost wins the Portuguese F1 race in Estoril to surpass Jackie Stewart and set a new record of 28 career wins.

  October

• October 3 – The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to NAFTA.
• October 7 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India.
• October 11 – The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
• October 14–16 – The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child named Jessica McClure falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.
• October 15 – In Burkina Faso, a military coup was orchestrated by Blaise Compaoré against incumbent President Thomas Sankara.

• October 15 – 16 – Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit much of southern England, killing 23 people.
• October 19
• * Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
• * US warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
• * Two commuter trains collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; 102 are killed.
• October 22 – The pilot of a British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes into the Irish Sea.
• October 23
• * Champion English jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion.
• * On a vote of 58–42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
• October 25 – The Minnesota Twins won 4 games to 3 during the 1987 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
• October 26 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes down 156.83 points.

  November

• November 1 – InterCity 125 breaks world diesel powered train speed record reaching 238 km/h.
• November 7
• * Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia.
• * Lynne Cox swims between the Diomede Islands from the American Little Diomede Island to the Soviet Big Diomede Island.
• November 8 – Enniskillen bombing: Twelve people are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen.
• November 12 – The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Mainland China opens in Beijing, near Tiananmen Square.
• November 15 – In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae Ceaușescu.
• November 16 – The Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization is signed.
• November 17 – A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska.
• November 18
• * The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100.
• * Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
• November 22 – Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds, and displays a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.
• November 25 – Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths.
• November 28 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish.
• November 29 – Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea, killing 115 crew and passengers. North Korean agents are responsible for the bombing.

  December

• December – Fluoxetine, marketed as Prozac, is approved for use as an antidepressant in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration.
• December 1
• * NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
• * Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Mike Ahern, the only premier never to contest an election as premier.
• December 2 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
• December 7 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots.
• December 8
• * Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• * Queen Street massacre: In Melbourne, Australia, 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 and injures another 5 in a Post Office building before committing suicide by jumping from the eleventh floor.
• * The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It later expires in 2019.
• * Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43.
• December 9
• * General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army, along with the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship.
• * Microsoft releases Windows 2.0.
• December 15 – Production I.G is founded by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto.
• December 17
• *Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
• December 18
• * Square Co., Ltd. releases Final Fantasy in Japan for the Famicom.
• * The Perl programming language is created by Larry Wall.
• December 20 – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people.
• December 21 – Turgut Özal of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey.
• December 22 – In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
• December 29 – Kylie Minogue rises to global fame with her single "I Should Be So Lucky".
• December 30 – Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis.

  Date unknown

• The first Starbucks stores outside Seattle are opened in Vancouver and Chicago.
• BiCE Ristorante opens in New York, New York.
• Tinker Hatfield designs the Nike Air Max.
• Thomas Knoll and John Knoll develop the first version of Photoshop.
• Maglite introduces the 2AAA Mini Maglite flashlight, targeted for medical and industrial applications.
• Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite of honeybees, is found in the United States.

  Births

January

• January 1
• * Meryl Davis, American figure skater
• * Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• January 2 – Loïc Rémy, French footballer
• January 6
• * Ndamukong Suh, American football player
• * Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
• January 7
• * Davide Astori, Italian footballer
• * Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
• * Sirusho, Armenian singer
• January 9
• * Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player
• * Paolo Nutini, British singer
• January 10 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
• January 11
• * Jamie Vardy, English footballer
• * Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer
• January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress and singer
• January 13 – Jack Johnson, American ice hockey player
• January 15
• * Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
• * Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian long-distance runner
• * Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler
• * Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
• January 18 – Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
• January 19
• * İlhan Parlak, Turkish footballer
• * Arkadiy Vasilyev, Russian decathlete
• January 20
• * Evan Peters, American actor
• * Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle road racer
• January 21 – Pablo Caballero González, Uruguayan footballer
• January 22 – Shane Long, Irish footballer
• January 24
• * Ruth Bradley, Irish television and film actress
• * Wayne Hennessey, Welsh football player
• * Luis Suárez, Uruguayan football player
• January 26
• * Sebastian Giovinco, Italian football player
• * Gojko Kačar, Serbian footballer
• January 27
• * Abdullah Al-Mayouf, Saudi Arabian footballer
• * Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter
• * Hannah Teter, American snowboarder
• January 30
• * Becky Lynch, Irish professional wrestler
• * Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
• January 31
• * Oksana Shachko, Ukrainian artist and human rights activist
• * Marcus Mumford, English-American singer, songwriter, and musician

  February

• February 1
• * Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
• * Costel Pantilimon, Romanian footballer
• * Ronda Rousey, American martial arts expert and actress
• February 2
• * Gerard Piqué, Barcelona and Spanish footballer
• * Victoria Song, Chinese pop singer and model
• February 3 – Johan Dahlberg, Swedish architect
• February 4 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
• February 5
• * Darren Criss, American singer and actor
• * Henry Golding, Malaysian-English actor, model, and television host
• February 7 – Kerli, Estonian singer
• February 8
• * Chris Erskine, Scottish footballer
• * Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
• February 9
• * Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
• * Michael B. Jordan, American actor
• * Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
• February 10
• * Choi Siwon, South Korean recording artist
• * Poli Genova, Bulgarian singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter
• February 11 – Ellen van Dijk, Dutch road and track cycling world champion
• February 12 – Gary LeRoi Gray, American actor
• February 13
• * Steven Dehler, American model, actor, and dancer
• * Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer
• * Rau'shee Warren, American boxer
• February 14
• * Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
• * José Miguel Cubero, Costa Rican footballer
• February 16
• * Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• * Mauricio Henao, Colombian actor
• February 17 – Raffi Ahmad, Indonesian actor and comedian
• February 18 – Carla Hernández, Mexican actress
• February 20
• * Miles Teller, American actor
• * Daniella Pineda, American actress
• February 21
• * Ashley Greene, American actress
• * Tuppence Middleton, English actress
• * Ellen Page, Canadian actress
• February 22
• * Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress
• * Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer
• February 24 – Tina Desai, Indian actress and model
• February 25 – Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater
• February 26 – Johan Sjöstrand, Swedish handball player
• February 27 – Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler

  March

• March 1 – Kesha, American singer
• March 3
• * Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress and singer
• * Elnur Hüseynov, Azerbaijani singer
• March 4 – Theódór Elmar Bjarnason, Icelandic footballer
• March 5 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian professional tennis player
• March 6
• * Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
• * Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
• March 7 – Hatem Ben Arfa, Tunisian-French footballer
• March 9 – Bow Wow, African-American rapper
• March 10
• * Liu Shishi, Chinese actress
• * Emeli Sandé, Scottish recording artist and songwriter
• * Māris Štrombergs, Latvian BMX racer
• March 11
• * Estefanía Villarreal, Mexican actress
• * Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
• March 12 – Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
• March 13 – Marco Andretti, American IRL driver
• March 14 – Aravane Rezaï, Iranian-French tennis player
• March 16 – Alexandr Smyshlyaev, Russian freestyle skier
• March 17
• * Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer
• * Rob Kardashian, American television personality, model, and talent manager
• March 18
• * Aislinn Derbez, Mexican actress and model
• * Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
• * Gabriel Mercado, Argentine footballer
• March 19 – AJ Lee, American professional wrestler
• March 20 – João Alves de Assis Silva, Brazilian soccer player
• March 21 – Yuri Ryazanov, Russian artistic gymnast
• March 22 – Alexander Shatilov, Israeli artistic gymnast
• March 23
• * Alan Toovey, Australian Rules footballer
• * Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress and director
• March 24
• * Juan Diego Covarrubias, Mexican actor
• * Shakib Al Hasan Bangladeshi international cricketer
• March 25 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
• March 26 – YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter
• March 27
• * Buster Posey, American baseball player
• * Polina Gagarina, Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model
• March 28 – Jimmy Wong, American actor and musician
• March 29 – Dénes Varga, Hungarian water polo player
• March 31 – Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster

  April

• April 1
• * Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress
• * Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
• April 3 – Rachel Bloom, American actress
• April 4
• * Océane Zhu, Chinese actress
• * Sami Khedira, German footballer
• * Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
• April 8 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
• April 9
• * Jazmine Sullivan, American singer-songwriter
• * Jesse McCartney, American singer, songwriter, and actor
• * Pengiran Anak Sarah, wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah
• April 10
• * Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
• * Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
• April 11
• * Joss Stone, English singer and actress
• * Lights Poxleitner, Canadian musician
• April 12
• * Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress
• * Ilana Glazer, American comedian, director, producer, writer, and actress
• * Brendon Urie, American musician
• April 15
• * Iyaz, British Virgin Islands singer
• * Samira Wiley, American actress and model
• April 16 – Aaron Lennon, English footballer
• April 17 – Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Canadian actress
• April 18 − Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English supermodel
• April 19
• * Joe Hart, English footballer
• * Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
• * Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
• April 21
• * Sophie Rundle, English television and film actress
• * Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter
• * Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer
• April 22
• * David Luiz, Brazilian footballer
• * John Obi Mikel, Nigerian footballer
• April 24
• * Varun Dhawan, Indian actor
• * Kris Letang, Canadian ice hockey player
• April 27 – Anne Suzuki, Japanese actress
• April 28 – Samantha Akkineni, Indian film actress and model
• April 29 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player

  May

• May 1 – Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
• May 2 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
• May 4
• * Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish football player
• * Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish triple MotoGP world champion
• * Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player
• May 5 – Jessie Cave, English actress
• May 6 – Moon Geun-young, Korean actress
• May 7 – Asami Konno, Japanese singer
• May 11
• * Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo Albanian politician
• * Enikő Mihalik, Hungarian model
• May 12
• * Robbie Rogers, American television producer and former professional soccer player
• * Felipe Roque, Brazilian actor and model
• May 13
• * Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
• * Candice King, American actress and singer
• May 15 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
• May 17 – Ott Lepland, Estonian singer
• May 18 – Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and singer
• May 20 – Fra Fee, Northern Irish actor and singer
• May 22
• * Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
• * Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
• May 23 – Bray Wyatt, American professional wrestler
• May 24 – Déborah François, Belgian actress
• May 25
• * Tye Olson, American actor and model
• * Nico Hillenbrand, German footballer
• May 26
• * Tooji, Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host
• * Brandi Cyrus, American actress, singer and DJ
• May 27
• * Bella Heathcote, Australian actress
• * José Cañas, Spanish footballer
• May 28 – Jessica Rothe, American actress
• May 29 – Noah Reid, Canadian actor and musician

  June

• June 2
• * Tobias Arlt, German Olympic luger
• * Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
• * Matthew Koma, American singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer
• June 3
• * Lalaine, American actress and singer
• * Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
• * Michelle Keegan, British actress
• June 6
• * Luo Zilin, Miss Universe China 2011 4th runner-up and model
• * Cássio Ramos, Brazilian footballer
• June 9 – James Maynard, British mathematician
• June 10 – He Chong, Chinese diver
• June 11
• * Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer
• * Rie Tanaka, Japanese gymnast
• June 12
• * Abbey Lee, Australian model
• * Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer
• June 13 – Gesaffelstein, French record producer
• June 16 – Tobias Wendl, German Olympic luger
• June 17
• * Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer
• * Kendrick Lamar, American rapper
• * Rebecca Breeds, Australian actress
• June 18 – Zsuzsanna Tomori, Hungarian handball player
• June 20
• * A-fu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
• * Daiana Menezes, Brazilian actress, model, and television host
• June 21
• * Mohd Hafiszuan Salehuddin, Malaysian footballer
• * Tomáš Jablonský, Czech football player
• June 22
• * Joe Dempsie, English actor
• * Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer and model
• * Jerrod Carmichael, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
• June 23
• * Haley Strode, American actress
• * Guillaume Bonnafond, French road bicycle racer
• * Aaron Groom, Fijian rugby league footballer
• * Edward Holcroft, English actor
• June 24
• * Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer
• * Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder
• June 26 – Samir Nasri, French footballer
• June 27 – Ed Westwick, English actor
• June 29
• * Gal Nevo, Israeli swimmer
• * Lewis Clinch, American basketball player
• June 30 – Adi Alsaid, Mexican author

  July

• July 1
• * Choe Kum-hui, North Korean platform diver
• * Ahn Jae-hyun, South Korean model and actor
• * Mehmet Yağmur, Turkish basketball player
• July 2 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model
• July 3
• * Murad Subay, Yemeni artist and political activist
• * Maximilian Mauff, German actor
• * Sebastian Vettel, German four-time Formula 1 world champion
• July 4
• * Ater Majok, Sudanese basketball player
• * Prajwal Devaraj, Indian film actor
• July 5
• * David Halaifonua, Tongan rugby union player
• * Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor
• * Mohd Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer
• * Chen Xiao, Chinese actor and model
• July 6
• * Kate Nash, British singer-songwriter
• * Matt O'Leary, American actor
• * Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
• July 7
• * Julianna Guill, American actress
• * Veronica Wagner, Swedish artistic gymnast
• * Richie Steamboat, American professional wrestler
• * Steven Crowder, American-Canadian conservative political commentator, comedian and YouTuber
• July 9
• * Yūta Furukawa, Japanese actor, songwriter, singer, dancer and model
• * Rebecca Sugar, American animator and creator of Steven Universe
• * Élodie Fontan, French actress
• * Ashlee Evans-Smith, American mixed martial artist
• July 10 – Brian Jordan Alvarez, American actor and filmmaker
• July 11
• * Cristina Vee, American voice actress
• * Maximilian Müller, German field hockey player
• July 12
• * Anarkali Akarsha, Sri Lankan actress, model, singer, TV Host and a politician
• * Tilian Pearson, American singer, songwriter, and musician
• July 13
• * Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer
• * Neil Denis, Canadian actor
• July 14
• * Sara Canning, Canadian actress
• * Larry Madowo, Kenyan journalist and news anchor
• * Dan Reynolds, American singer and musician
• July 15 – Fredric Jonson, Swedish footballer
• July 16 – AnnaLynne McCord, American actress
• July 17
• * Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player
• * Benedict Martin, Malaysian footballer
• July 19
• * Yan Gomes, Brazilian baseball player
• * Ho Ho Lun, Hong Kong wrestler
• July 20 – Owen Cheung, Hong Kong actor
• July 22 – Denis Gargaud Chanut, French slalom canoeist
• July 23
• * Luiz Gustavo, Brazilian footballer
• * Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Polish artistic gymnast
• July 24 – Mara Wilson, American actress
• July 25 – Michael Welch, American actor
• July 26 – Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress and dancer
• July 27
• * Marek Hamšík, Slovak football player
• * Thomas Enevoldsen, Danish footballer
• July 28
• * Sumire, Japanese fashion model
• * Pedro, Spanish footballer
• July 29
• * Alice Dellal, Brazilian-born British model
• * Genesis Rodriguez, American actress
• July 31
• * Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
• * Michael Bradley, American soccer player

  August

• August 1
• * Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer
• * Alper Balaban, Turkish-German footballer
• * Marcus Diniz, Brazilian footballer
• * Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
• August 2
• * Nayer, American pop singer
• * Hannah Hoekstra, Dutch actress
• August 3
• * Zaquan Adha, Malaysian footballer
• * Gary Medel, Chilean footballer
• * Brandon Peniche, Mexican actor
• * Alexander Søderlund, Norwegian footballer
• August 4 – Phil Younghusband, British-Filipino footballer
• August 5
• * Lexi Belle, American porn actress
• * Adrian Petriw, Canadian actor
• * Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress, model, and host
• August 7 – Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player
• August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish actress
• August 10 – Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor
• August 11
• * Jonatas Faro, Brazilian actor and singer
• * Slađa Guduraš, Bosnian recording artist, bit actress, and nurse
• * Jemima West, Anglo-French actress
• August 14
• * Johnny Gargano, American wrestler
• * Curt Hansen, American actor
• August 16
• * Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
• * Okieriete Onaodowan, Nigerian actor
• * Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• August 18 – Mika Boorem, American actress
• August 19 – Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver
• August 20
• * Cătălina Ponor, Romanian gymnast
• * Tulus, Indonesian singer
• August 21
• * Cody Kasch, American actor
• * Kim Kibum, South Korean singer and actor
• * Anton Shipulin, Russian biathlete
• August 24 – Anže Kopitar, Slovene ice hockey player
• August 25
• * Liu Yifei, Chinese actress
• * Blake Lively, American actress
• * Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer and songwriter
• * Rona Nishliu, Albanian singer, radio presenter, and humanitarian
• * Justin Upton, American baseball player
• August 30
• * Johanna Braddy, American actress
• * Roy Krishna, Fijian footballer

  September

• September 1 – Jay Armstrong Johnson, American actor, singer, and dancer
• September 2
• * Scott Moir, Canadian figure skater
• * Spencer Smith, American musician
• September 3 – James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
• September 4 – Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model
• September 6 – Anna Pavlova, Russian artistic gymnast
• September 7
• * Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
• * Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
• September 8
• * Ray Fisher, American actor
• * Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
• * Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier
• September 9
• * Afrojack, Dutch DJ and music producer
• * Milan Stanković, Serbian pop-folk singer
• September 10 – Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player
• September 11
• * Ilija Spasojević, Indonesian footballer
• * Susianna Kentikian, German-Armenian boxer
• * Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
• * Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
• September 13
• * G.NA, Canadian singer
• * Erin Way, American actress
• September 15 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
• September 16 – Travis Wall, American dancer, dance instructor, and choreographer
• September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
• September 20 - Alex Pullin, Australian snowboarder
• September 21 – Ryan Guzman, American actor
• September 22 – Tom Felton, English actor and musician
• September 23 – Skylar Astin, American actor, model and singer
• September 26 – Jang Keun Suk, South Korean actor, singer and model
• September 28 – Hilary Duff, American actress, businesswoman, singer, songwriter, producer, and writer
• September 29 – Anaïs Demoustier, French actress
• September 30
• * Ramy Ashour, Egyptian squash player
• * Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano
• * Elanne Kong, Hong Kong actress and singer
• * Melinda Sullivan, American dancer, choreographer, actress

  October

• October 1 – Matthew Daddario, American actor
• October 2 – Christopher Larkin, American actor
• October 3 – Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen who held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 and Miss Universe 2006
• October 4
• * Marina Weisband, German politician
• * Daniel Anthony, English actor
• October 8 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
• October 9 – Melissa Villaseñor, American actress and comedian
• October 10 – Valentina Favazza, Italian voice actress
• October 11 – Ariella Käslin, Swiss artistic gymnast
• October 12 – Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer
• October 14 – Jay Pharoah, American actor
• October 15
• * Mizuho Sakaguchi, Japanese woman footballer
• * Qiao Renliang, Chinese actor and singer
• October 16
• * Seungho, South Korean pop singer
• * Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
• October 18
• * Zac Efron, American actor and singer
• * Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
• October 20 – Levy Li, Miss Malaysia Universe 2008
• October 22
• * Kain O'Keeffe, Australian actor
• * Donny Montell, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
• October 23 – Miyuu Sawai, Japanese actress
• October 24 – Charlie White, American figure skater
• October 27
• * Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer
• * Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player
• October 28
• * Frank Ocean, American singer and rapper
• * Na Yeon Choi, South Korean female professional golfer
• October 29
• * Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer
• * Cleopatra Coleman, Australian actress

  November

• November 1 – Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress
• November 3
• * Ty Lawson, American basketball player
• * Colin Kaepernick, American football player
• * Gemma Ward, Australian model
• November 4 – T.O.P, Korean rapper
• November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American actor and singer-songwriter
• November 6
• * Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
• * G.O, South Korean singer
• November 8
• * Maryjun Takahashi, Japanese model and actress
• * Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer
• November 10
• * Charles Hamilton, American rapper and record producer
• * Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
• November 11
• * Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer
• * Giles Matthey, Australian actor
• November 12
• * Jason Day, Australian golfer
• * Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
• * Juan José Ballesta, Spanish actor
• November 14 – Brian Gleeson, Irish actor
• November 15 – Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player
• November 18
• * Jake Abel, American actor
• * Daniella Mastricchio, Argentine actress
• November 22 – Mauro Nespoli, Italian archer
• November 23
• * Kasia Struss, Polish model
• * Snooki, American television personality
• November 24
• * Elena Satine, American film actress and singer
• * Jeremain Lens, Dutch footballer
• November 25 – Dolla, American rapper
• November 26 – Kat DeLuna, American singer
• November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
• November 30 – Christel Khalil, American actress

  December

• December 2 – Isaac Promise, Nigerian footballer
• December 3
• * Michael Angarano, American actor
• * Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
• December 7
• * Chris Crocker, American Internet celebrity, blogger, songwriter, recording artist, pornographic film actor and former YouTuber
• * Aaron Carter, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and record producer
• * Ashley Cheadle, Australian actress, surfer and singer
• December 8 – Susanne Riesch, German alpine skier
• December 9 – Hikaru Nakamura, American chess grandmaster
• December 10 – Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine footballer
• December 11 – Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress
• December 12 – Lao Lishi, Chinese diver
• December 13
• * Michael Socha, English actor
• * Rachel Anne Daquis, Filipino volleyball player
• December 16 – Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
• December 17
• * Bo Guagua, Chinese princeling and son of former official Bo Xilai
• * Chelsea Manning, American whistleblower
• December 18
• * Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
• * Ayaka, Japanese singer
• * Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor
• December 19
• * Karim Benzema, French footballer
• * Ronan Farrow, American activist
• * Fábio Audi, Brazilian actor and producer
• December 20
• * Alana Grace, American singer and actress
• * Michihiro Yasuda, Japanese football player
• December 25 – LJ Reyes, Filipino actress
• December 27 – Lily Cole, British model
• December 28 – Thomas Dekker, American actor
• December 29 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor
• December 31
• * Seydou Doumbia, Ivorian football player
• * Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast

  Deaths

January

• January 2 – Jean de Gribaldy, French road cyclist and directeur sportif
• January 5 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian supercentenarian
• January 9 – Arthur Lake, American actor
• January 10
• * Håkan Malmrot, Swedish Olympic swimmer
• * Marion Hutton, American singer and actress
• January 13 – Turgut Demirağ, Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter
• January 14 – Douglas Sirk, German-born film director
• January 15 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer
• January 16 – Joyce Jameson, American actress
• January 22 – R. Budd Dwyer, American politician
• January 25
• * Asim Ferhatović, Yugoslav football player
• * Nahuel Moreno, Argentine Trotskyist leader
• January 27 – Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director
• January 28 – Galo Plaza, Ecuadorian statesman, 29th President of Ecuador
• January 31 – Yves Allégret, French film director

  February

• February 1
• * Gustav Knuth, German film actor
• * Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director and screenwriter
• February 2
• * Alistair MacLean, British writer
• * Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian football goalkeeper
• February 3 – Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito
• February 4 – Liberace, American pianist, singer and actor
• February 5
• * Otto Wöhler, serving during World War I and World War II
• * William Collier Jr., American actor
• February 7
• * Cyril Horn, English speed skater
• * Claudio Villa, Italian singer
• February 10 – Robert O'Brien, American racing driver
• February 11 – Mark Ashton, Irish gay rights activist
• February 12
• * Dennis Poore, British entrepreneur, financier and sometime racing driver
• * Raymond Vouel, Luxembourg politician
• February 14 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer
• February 19 – Hugh Greene, British television executive
• February 20 – Lev Russov, Russian painter
• February 22
• * David Susskind, American producer and host
• * Andy Warhol, American artist, director, writer
• * Glenway Wescott, American novelist
• February 23 – Esmond Knight, English actor
• February 25
• * James Coco, American actor, the unemployed actor in Only When I Laugh, and Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha
• * Elisabeth Coit, American architect
• * Dame Florence Cayford, Labour politician in London
• * John Collin, English actor, Detective Sergeant Haggar in Z-Cars
• * E. D. Nixon, African-American civil rights leader
• February 26 – Domingo Arechiga, American educator
• February 27 – Joan Greenwood, English actress
• February 28 – Stephen Tennant, British aristocrat and playboy

  March

• March 1 – Freddie Green, American swing jazz guitarist
• March 2 – Randolph Scott, American actor
• March 3
• * Danny Kaye, American singer, actor, and comedian
• * Balilla Lombardi, Italian football player
• March 7 – Waldo Salt, American screenwriter
• March 10 − George Glamack, American basketball player
• March 11 – Joe Gladwin, English actor
• March 12 – Woody Hayes, football coach at The Ohio State University
• March 15 – W. Sterling Cole, American politician, first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
• March 17 – Antonio Lopez, American fashion illustrator
• March 19 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• March 21
• * Robert Preston, American actor
• * Dean Paul Martin, American pop singer and film and television actor
• March 22 – Joan Shawlee, American actress
• March 26
• * Walter Abel, American actor
• * Georg Muche, German painter, printmaker, architect, author, and teacher
• * Eugen Jochum, German conductor
• March 27
• * Stane Kavčič, 6th Prime Minister of Slovenia
• * Tonny Koeswoyo, Indonesian rock musician
• March 28
• * Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer
• * Patrick Troughton, British actor
• * Alphonse Alley, Beninese military officer, former Head of State of Dahomey

  April

• April 1
• *Henri Cochet, French tennis champion
• * Vladimir Popov, Soviet animator and art director
• April 2
• * Wang Renmei, Chinese actress and singer
• * Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer
• * Trevor Hockey, Welsh footballer
• April 3 – Tom Sestak, American football player
• April 4 – C. L. Moore, American writer
• April 5 – Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho
• April 8 – Anni Frind, German lyric soprano
• April 11
• * Erskine Caldwell, American writer
• * Kent Taylor, American actor
• * Primo Levi, Italian chemist and writer
• April 12 – Mike Von Erich, American professional wrestler
• April 15 – Masatoshi Nakayama, Japanese karate master
• April 17
• *Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer
• * Cornelius Van Til, Dutch Christian philosopher, reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist
• * Dick Shawn, American actor
• April 19
• * Milt Kahl, Animator for the Disney Studio
• * Hugh Brannum, American actor
• * Antony Tudor, English dancer and choreographer
• * Antonio Quarantotto, Italian freestyle swimmer
• * Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat
• April 21 – Sylvia Lefkovitz, Canadian artist
• April 24 – Josephine Bell, English physician and writer
• April 26
• * Bill Amos, American college football player and coach
• * John Silkin, British politician
• April 28 – Ben Linder, American engineer

  May

• May 3 – Dalida, French rock musician
• May 4
• * Paul Butterfield, American musician
• * Cathryn Damon, American actress
• May 6 – William J. Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director
• May 7 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor
• May 8
• * Sir James Plimsoll, Australian public servant
• * Carl Tchilinghiryan, German businessman
• May 9 – Thodoros Kefalopoulos, Greek actor
• May 13
• * Ismael Rivera, Puerto Rican composer and salsa singer
• * Signe Amundsen, Norwegian operatic soprano
• May 14 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer
• May 17 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• May 19 – James Tiptree, Jr., American author
• May 21 – Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor
• May 24 – Hermione Gingold, English actress
• May 26 – Emiliana de Zubeldia, Spanish pianist and composer
• May 27
• * Colin McCahon, New Zealand artist
• * John Howard Northrop, American biochemist
• May 29
• * Charan Singh, 5th Prime Minister of India
• * Jozef Langenus, Belgian middle-distance runner
• May 31 – John Abraham, Indian film director

  June

• June 1
• * Errol Barrow, Caribbean statesman, 1st Prime Minister of Barbados
• * Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman, 21st Prime Minister of Lebanon
• * Domenico Piemontesi, Italian road bicycle racer
• June 2 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist
• June 3 – Will Sampson, American actor
• June 6 – Richard Münch, German actor
• June 9 – Madge Kennedy, American actress
• June 10 – Elizabeth Hartman, American actress
• June 12 – Bill Edwards, American football player and coach
• June 13
• * Vera Caspary, American screenwriter, novelist, playwright
• * Geraldine Page, American actress
• June 20 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and naturalist
• June 22
• * Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer
• * John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet
• * Joseph Meyer, American songwriter
• * Mao Bangchu, Republic of China air force general
• June 24 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and comedian
• June 26
• * Arthur F. Burns, American economist
• * Gerhard Wagner, German naval officer, and the last Rear Admiral of the Federal Navy
• * Henk Badings, Dutch composer
• * Oluf Berntsen, Danish fencer
• June 27 – Billy Snedden, Australian politician
• June 30 – Federico Mompou, Spanish composer and pianist

  July

• July 2 – Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer
• July 3 – Viola Dana, American actress
• July 4 – Abdul Halim, Indonesian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Indonesia
• July 8 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet
• July 10 – John Hammond, American record producer
• July 11 – Tom Waddell, American sportsman and competitor
• July 12 – Joseph Burns, Major League Baseball outfielder
• July 15
• * Alfie Bass, British actor
• * Pete King, British musician
• July 16 – Pierre Lardinois, Belgian politician
• July 17
• * Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler
• * Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor
• July 20 – Richard Egan, American actor
• July 22
• * Don McMahon, American baseball player
• * Jack Lescoulie, American actor
• July 26
• * Kenneth Muse, American animator
• * Hugh Wheeler, English playwright and librettist
• July 27 – Travis Jackson, American baseball player and member of the MLB Hall of Fame
• July 28 – Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, former Premier of New South Wales
• July 31 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer

  August

• August 1 – Pola Negri, Polish born actress
• August 2 – Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, 2nd President of Bangladesh
• August 5 – Anatoli Papanov, Soviet stage, film and voice actor
• August 6
• * Léon Noël, French diplomat, politician and historian
• * Ira C. Eaker, World War II United States Army Air Forces general
• August 7
• * Camille Chamoun, 7th President of Lebanon
• * Nobusuke Kishi, Japanese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Japan
• August 10 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Prime Minister of Greece
• August 16 – Andrei Mironov, Soviet theatre and film actor
• August 17
• * Rudolf Hess, German Nazi official
• * Clarence Brown, American film director
• * Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet
• August 19
• * Hayden Rorke, American actor
• * Bruno Vogel, German pacifist and writer.
• * Harold Sherman, American author, lecturer and psychical researcher.
• August 21 – Bombolo, Italian character actor and comedian
• August 23 – Didier Pironi, French racing driver
• August 24 – Bayard Rustin, American civil rights activist
• August 25 – Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor, known as Pixote
• August 26 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• August 27
• * Charlie Smalls, American composer and songwriter
• * Scott La Rock, American hip-hop DJ and producer
• August 28 – John Huston, American film director, screenwriter, and actor
• August 29
• * Lee Marvin, American film and television actor
• * Jean Schlumberger, French jewelry designer

  September

• September 1 – Gerhard Fieseler, German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion, and aircraft designer and manufacturer
• September 2 – Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, President of Argentina
• September 3 – Morton Feldman, American composer
• September 4
• * Bill Bowes, British cricketer
• * Richard Marquand, Welsh film director
• September 9
• * Bill Fraser, Scottish actor
• * Gerrit Jan Heijn, Dutch businessman
• September 11
• * Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer and musician
• * Lorne Greene, Canadian actor, radio personality and singer
• September 12
• * John Qualen, Canadian-American actor
• * J. Lawton Collins, American general
• September 13 – Mervyn LeRoy, American film producer and director
• September 15 – Trygve Dalseg, America Norwegian marketing agent
• September 17 – Vladimir Basov, Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter
• September 18 – Américo Tomás, 13th President of Portugal
• September 19 – Einar Gerhardsen, former Prime Minister of Norway
• September 21 – Jaco Pastorius, American jazz bassist
• September 22
• * Hákun Djurhuus, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• * Dan Rowan, American comedian
• * Hédi Váradi, Hungarian actress
• September 23
• * Bob Fosse, American theater choreographer and director
• * Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dutch-born wrestler, opera singer and actor
• September 25
• * Mary Astor, American actress
• * Emlyn Williams, Welsh writer, dramatist and actor
• September 29 – Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company
• September 30 – Alfred Bester, American author

  October

• October 2
• * Madeleine Carroll, English actress
• * Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• October 3
• * Jean Anouilh, French dramatist
• * Hans Gál, composer, teacher and author
• October 8
• * Spencer Gordon Bennet, American film producer
• * Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece
• October 9
• * Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright
• * William P. Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• October 10 – Carlos Ancira, Mexican film actor
• October 11 – Jaime Pardo Leal, Colombian lawyer, union leader, and politician
• October 12
• * Alf Landon, American politician
• * Fahri Korutürk, Turkish diplomat, 6th President of Turkey
• October 13
• * Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• * Kishore Kumar, Indian playback singer
• October 15 – Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe politician, 5th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso and 2nd President of Burkina Faso
• October 19
• * Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist
• * Hermann Lang, German race car driver
• October 20 – Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician
• October 22 – Lino Ventura, Italian actor
• October 27 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer
• October 28 – André Masson, French artist
• October 29 – Woody Herman, American jazz musician
• October 30 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, author

  November

• November 1 – René Lévesque, Canadian politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec
• November 4 – Raphael Soyer, Russian-born American painter, draftsman, and printmaker
• November 5
• * Eamonn Andrews, television and radio presenter
• * Georges Franju, French filmmaker
• November 6
• * Zohar Argov, Israeli singer
• * Jean Rivier, French composer of classical music
• November 7 – Arne Borg, Swedish Olympic swimmer
• November 10
• * Seyni Kountché, Nigerien military officer and statesman, 2nd President of Niger
• * Jackie Vernon, American comic
• November 12 – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter, poet and actor
• November 18 – Jacques Anquetil, French road racing cyclist
• November 23 – Antonio Sastre, Argentine footballer
• November 24 – Anton Pieck, Dutch painter, artist and graphic artist
• November 26 – Duncan Sandys, British politician
• November 27 – Henri Fluchère, French literary critic

  December

• December 1 – James Baldwin, African-American novelist, essayist, playwright and poet
• December 2
• * Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Honduran military officer
• * Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• * Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist
• December 4 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director
• December 8
• * Marcos Calderón, Peruvian football coach
• * José González Ganoza, Peruvian footballer
• * Alfredo Tomassini, Peruvian football player
• * José Casanova, Peruvian footballer
• * Luis Antonio Escobar, Peruvian footballer
• December 10 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born violinist
• December 13 – Josefina Passadori, Argentinian writer and poet
• December 14 – Tim Dinsdale, British aeronautical engineer and Loch Ness Monster seeker
• December 15 – Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and civil rights activist
• December 17
• * Linda Wong, American pornographic actress
• * Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal
• December 19 – Leo Jung, American rabbi
• December 21
• * Joe Sherman, Major League Baseball pitcher
• * Ralph Nelson, American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor
• * Robert Paige, American actor
• December 22
• * Alice Terry, American actress
• * José do Patrocínio Oliveira, Brazilian musician and voice actor
• * Luca Prodan, Italian–Scottish musician and singer
• December 23 – Harald Johnsson, Swedish politician
• December 24
• * Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician and journalist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• * M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor and Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu
• December 25 – Ruf Bonner, Soviet Jewish exilee
• December 27 – Priscilla Dean, American actress
• December 29
• * Patrick Bissell, American danseur
• * Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist

  Nobel Prizes

• Physics – J. Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander Müller
• Chemistry – Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
• Medicine – Susumu Tonegawa
• Literature – Joseph Brodsky
• Peace – Óscar Arias Sánchez
• Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Solow