1981

Events

January

• January – The subterranean Sarawak Chamber is discovered in Borneo.
• January 1
• * Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
• * Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
• January 2 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
• January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments.
• January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican.
• January 16 – Loyalists shoot and seriously wound Irish nationalist activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband.
• January 17 – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law.
• January 19 – United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
• January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis.
• January 21 – The first DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
• January 23 – An earthquake of magnitude in Sichuan, China kills 150.
• January 25
• * Jiang Qing is sentenced to death in the People's Republic of China.
• * In South Africa the largest part of the town Laingsburg is swept away within minutes by one of the strongest floods ever experienced in the Great Karoo.
• January 27 – The Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas 2 catches fire and capsizes in the Java Sea, killing 580.

  February

• February 4
• * An annular solar eclipse was visible in Pacific Ocean, and was the 27th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 140.
• * Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of Norway.
• February 8 – In Greece, 20 fans of Olympiacos F.C. and one fan of AEK Athens die, while 54 are injured, after a stampede at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, possibly because Gate 7 does not open immediately after the end of the game.
• February 9 – Polish Prime Minister Józef Pińkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski.
• February 14
• * Stardust fire: A fire at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours kills 48 people and injures 214.
• * Australia withdraws recognition of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia.
• February 17–22 – Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines.
• February 23 – 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt : Antonio Tejero, with members of the Guardia Civil, enters the Spanish Congress of Deputies and stops the session where Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo is about to be named president of the government. The coup fails following its denouncement by King Juan Carlos.
• February 24 – A powerful, magnitude earthquake hits Athens, killing 22 people, injuring 400 people and destroying several buildings and 4,000 houses, mostly in Corinth and the nearby towns of Loutraki, Kiato and Xylokastro.

  March

• March 1 – 1981 Irish hunger strike: Bobby Sands, a Provisional Irish Republican Army member, begins a hunger strike for political status at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland, dying on May 5, the first of 10 IRA hunger strikers to die.
• March 11 – Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet is sworn in as President of Chile for another 8-year term.
• March 17 – In Italy the Propaganda Due Masonic lodge is discovered.
• March 19 – Three workers are killed and 5 injured during a ground test of Space Shuttle Columbia at Kennedy Space Center in the United States.
• March 29 – The first London Marathon starts with 7,500 runners.
• March 30 – Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan: U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; 2 police officers and Press Secretary James Brady are also wounded.

  April

• April 1 – Daylight saving time is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• April 4 – UK pop group Bucks Fizz's song Making Your Mind Up wins the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
• April 11 – 1981 Brixton riot: Rioters in south London throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.
• April 12 – The Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia with NASA astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen launches on the STS-1 mission, returning to Earth on April 14. It is the first time a manned reusable spacecraft has returned from orbit.

• April 15 – The first Coca-Cola bottling plant in China is opened.
• April 18 – A Minor League Baseball game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, becomes the longest professional baseball game in history: 8 hours and 25 minutes/33 innings.
• April 26 – French presidential election: A first-round runoff results between Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand.

  May

• May – Daniel K. Ludwig abandons the Jari project in the Amazon basin.
• May 1 – Pensions in Chile: The new Chilean pension system, based on private pension funds, begins.
• May 4 – The European Law Students' Association was founded in Vienna by law students from Austria, West Germany, Poland and Hungary.
• May 5 – 1981 Irish hunger strike: Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and abstentionist Member of Parliament of the House of Commons, dies, aged 27, on hunger strike in prison in Northern Ireland.
• May 6 – A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. from 1,421 other entries.
• May 11 – Jamaican singer Bob Marley dies aged 36 from cancer in Miami, Florida.
• May 13 – Pope John Paul II assassination attempt: Pope John Paul II is shot and nearly killed by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish gunman, as he enters St. Peter's Square in Vatican City to address a general audience. The Pope recovers.
• May 15 – Donna Payant is murdered by serial killer Lemuel Smith, the first time a female prison officer has been killed on-duty in the United States.
• May 21
• * François Mitterrand becomes the first socialist President of the French Fifth Republic.
• * In the National Hockey League, the New York Islanders win their second consecutive Stanley Cup defeating the Minnesota North Stars four games to one.
• May 22 – Peter Sutcliffe is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 counts of murder and 7 of attempted murder in England.
• May 25
• * In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• * Alain Robert scales the Willis Tower in Chicago.
• May 26 – The Italian government resigns over its links to the fascist Masonic cell Propaganda Due.
• May 30 – Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is assassinated in Chittagong.
• May 31 – Burning of Jaffna library, one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the century.

  June

• June 5 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States report that 5 homosexual men in Los Angeles have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, the first recognized cases of AIDS.
• June 6 – Bihar train disaster: Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the Bagmati River in Bihar, India, killing between 500 and 800.
• June 7 – The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor killing ten Iraqi troops and a French technician.
• June 12
• * Raiders of the Lost Ark is released in theaters.
• * 1981 Major League Baseball strike begins in the United States.
• June 13 – At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, Marcus Sarjeant fires 6 blank shots at Elizabeth II.
• June 18
• * The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is founded.
• * The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter makes its first flight at Groom Lake, Nevada.
• June 22 – Iranian president Abolhassan Banisadr is deposed.
• June 27
• * The first game of paintball is played in Henniker, New Hampshire.
• * The E-mu Emulator sampler keyboard with floppy disk operation is unveiled at NAMM international Sound & Music Expo, Chicago. Production Model Serial Number 001 is issued to Stevie Wonder.

  July

• July 2 – Wonderland murders: The Wonderland Gang of cocaine dealers is brutally murdered in a massacre involving Eddie Nash in Los Angeles.
• July 3 – The Toxteth riots in Liverpool, England, start after a mob saves a youth from being arrested. Shortly afterward, the Chapeltown riots in Leeds start after increased racial tension.
• July 7 – United States President Ronald Reagan nominates the first woman, Sandra Day O'Connor, to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• July 8 – 1981 Irish hunger strike: Irish republican volunteer Joe McDonnell dies at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland after a 61-day hunger strike.
• July 9 – Donkey Kong is released, marking the first Donkey Kong and Mario smash hit arcade game developed by Nintendo in Japan.
• July 10
• * Mahathir bin Mohamad becomes the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
• * 1981 Handsworth riots in Birmingham begin, followed by further 1981 England riots in several urban areas including Liverpool and Leeds.
• July 16–21 – England become the first team this century to win a cricket Test match after the follow-on when they beat Australia by 18 runs at Headingley cricket ground, Leeds, England.
• July 17
• * Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, collapse into a crowded atrium lobby, killing 114.
• * Israeli aircraft bomb Beirut, destroying multi-story apartment blocks containing the offices of PLO associated groups, killing approximately 300 civilians and resulting in worldwide condemnation and a U.S. embargo on the export of aircraft to Israel.
• July 19 – The 1981 Springbok Tour commences in New Zealand, amid controversy over the support of apartheid.
• July 21 – Panda Tohui is born in Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, the first panda to ever be born and survive in captivity outside of China.
• July 29 – A worldwide television audience of over 750 million people watch the Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• July 30 – Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland: As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, take to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.

  August

• August 1 – The first 24-hour video music channel MTV is launched in the United States and airs its first video, Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles.
• August 9 – 1981 Major League Baseball strike ends in the United States and Major League Baseball resumes with the All-Star Game in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium.
• August 12 – The original Model 5150 IBM PC is released in the United States at a base price of $1,565.
• August 19
• * Gulf of Sidra incident: Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi sends two Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept two U.S. Navy fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. The U.S. jets destroy the Libyan fighters.
• * Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão is founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Sílvio Santos.
• August 23 – South African troops attack SWAPO bases in Xangongo and Ongiva, Angola during Operation Protea.
• August 24 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering John Lennon in Manhattan eight months earlier.
• August 27 – North Korea fires a surface-to-air missile at a U.S. SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flying in South Korean and international airspace. The missile misses and the airplane is unharmed.
• August 30 – Mohammad-Ali Rajai, 2nd President and 76th Prime Minister of Iran & Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, 77th Prime Minister of Iran are killed in terroristic explosion by People's Mujahedin of Iran.
• August 31 – A bomb explodes at the United States Ramstein Air Base in West Germany, injuring 20 people.

  September

• September 1 – Gregorio Conrado Álvarez is inaugurated as a military de facto President of Uruguay.
• September 4 – An explosion at a mine in Záluží, Czechoslovakia, kills 65 people.
• September 7 - British plantation company, Guthrie was taken over by the Malaysian government after successfully purchasing shares to become the major shareholder. This is famously called the 'Dawn Raid attack'.
• September 8 – The first episode of the extremely popular British television sitcom Only Fools and Horses, "Big Brother", is shown on BBC One.
• September 10 – Picasso's painting Guernica is moved from New York to Madrid.
• September 15
• * Our Lady of Akita in Japan cries for the last time, on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.
• * The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, at 150 years old, when it operates under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
• September 16 – Postman Pat is first aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom.
• September 17 – Ric Flair defeats Dusty Rhodes to win his first World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Kansas City.
• September 18 – Capital punishment in France is abolished.
• September 19
• * Simon & Garfunkel perform The Concert in Central Park, a free concert in New York in front of approximately half a million people.
• * Solidarity Day march, in support of organized labor, draws approximately 250,000 people in Washington, D.C.
• September 20 – The Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsizes in the Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, killing at least 300.
• September 21 – Belize, formerly British Honduras, gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 25
• * Sandra Day O'Connor takes her seat as the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
• * The Rolling Stones begin their Tattoo You American tour at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.
• September 26
• * The Boeing 767 airliner makes its first flight.
• * The Sydney Tower opens to the public in Australia.
• September 27 – TGV high-speed rail service between Paris and Lyon, France begins.
• September 27–29 – Iran–Iraq War: Iranian forces break the Siege of Abadan in Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh.
• September 28 – The classic animated comedy espionage TV series Danger Mouse debuts on ITV in the U.K.

  October

• October 2 – English rock band The Police releases Ghost in the Machine.
• October 5 – Raoul Wallenberg becomes a posthumously honorary citizen of the United States.
• October 6 – Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated during a parade by army members who belong to the Egyptian Islamic Jihad organization led by Khalid Islambouli who are opposed to his negotiations with Israel.
• October 10 – The Ministry for Education of Japan issues the jōyō kanji.
• October 14 – Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt, one week after Anwar Sadat's assassination.
• October 16 – Gas explosions at a coal mine at Hokutan, Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan kill 93.
• October 21 – Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• October 22 – The founding congress of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organization faction led by Hareram Sharma and D. P. Singh begins.
• October 27 – Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground outside the Karlskrona, Sweden military base.

  November

• November 1 – Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 9 – Slavery in Mauritania is abolished by Edict No. 81-234.
• November 12 – The Church of England General Synod votes to admit women to holy orders.
• November 16 – In U.S. soap opera General Hospital, Luke and Laura marry; it is the highest-rated hour in daytime television history.
• November 18 – COMDEX Fall: IBM introduces the IBM PC; Scientific Solutions announces the first PC add-in cards.
• November 22 – The Edmonton Eskimos barely stave off defeat and win a record 4th consecutive Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League, at the 69th Grey Cup at Montréal's Olympic Stadium defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders 26–23 in the final three seconds; after being down 20–1 at halftime.
• November 23
• * Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17, authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
• * 1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak, the largest recorded tornado outbreak in European history.
• November 25–26 – A group of mercenaries led by Mike Hoare take over Mahe airport in the Seychelles in a coup attempt. Most of them escape by a commandeered Air India passenger jet; six are later arrested.
• November 30–December 17 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union attempt to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe; the meetings end inconclusively.

  December

• December 1 – An Inex-Adria Aviopromet McDonnell Douglas MD-80 strikes a mountain peak and crashes while approaching Ajaccio Airport in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
• December 4 – South Africa grants Ciskei independence, not recognized outside South Africa.
• December 7 – Rotary International charters the Rotary Club of Grand Baie, Mauritius.
• December 8
• * The No. 21 Mine explosion in Whitwell, Tennessee kills 13.
• * Arthur Scargill becomes President-elect of the National Union of Mineworkers.
• December 10 – During the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels, Spain signs the Protocol of Accession to NATO.
• December 11
• * Boxing: Muhammad Ali loses to Trevor Berbick; this proves to be Ali's last-ever fight.
• * El Mozote massacre: In El Salvador, army units kill 900 civilians.
• December 13
• * Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, to prevent the dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity.
• * Clube de Regatas do Flamengo wins the Intercontinental Cup after a 3–0 win against Liverpool.
• December 15 – A car bomb destroys the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 61 people; Syrian intelligence is blamed.
• December 17 – American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is kidnapped in Verona by the Italian Red Brigades.
• December 20 – The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurs off the coast of South-West Cornwall.
• December 21 – Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa.
• December 28 – The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.
• December 31 – A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the PNDC led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

  Date unknown

• January to March – Heavy snow causes many houses and buildings to collapse in northwestern Japan; 152 are killed.
• Cuba suffers a major outbreak of Dengue fever, with 344,203 cases.
• Use of crack cocaine, a smokeable form of the drug, first reported in the United States and Caribbean.
• Luxor AB presents the ABC 800 computer.
• Polybius, an urban legend game, is said to have been released in Portland, Oregon; there is no evidence for its existence.
• The State Council of the People's Republic of China lists the cities of Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Guilin as those where the protection of historical and cultural heritage, as well as natural scenery, should be treated as a priority project.
• Pepsi enters China.
• The Millennium translation of Saint Edward the Martyr's relics from Wareham to Shaftesbury in England is observed in a reenactment.
• China becomes the first country to ever reach a population of 1 billion around the end of 1981.

  Births

January

• January 1
• * Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
• * Mladen Petrić, Croatian football player
• January 2 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
• January 3 – Eli Manning, American football player
• January 4 – Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer
• January 5
• * Deadmau5, Canadian DJ/producer
• * Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
• January 6
• * Mike Jones, American rapper
• * Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
• * Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
• January 7 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• January 8
• * Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
• * Genevieve Cortese, American actress
• January 9 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
• January 10
• *Jared Kushner, American investor
• *Tamta, Georgian-Greek singer
• January 11
• * Jamelia, British singer
• * Tom Meighan, British singer and songwriter
• January 15
• * Howie Day, American singer and songwriter
• * El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
• * Pitbull, American hip-hop musician and record producer
• January 16 – Marta Roure, Andorran singer and actress
• January 17
• * Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
• * Ray J, American rapper and singer
• January 18 – Otgonbayar Ershuu, Mongolian visual artist
• January 19
• * Lucho González, Argentine footballer
• * Bitsie Tulloch, American actress
• * Thaila Zucchi, English singer and actress
• January 20
• * Brendan Fevola, Australian rules footballer
• * Owen Hargreaves, Canadian-born English footballer
• * Jason Richardson, American basketball player
• January 21
• * Dany Heatley, German-born hockey player
• * Izabella Miko, Polish actress and dancer
• * Mohd Amri Yahyah, Malaysian footballer
• January 22
• * Chantelle Anderson, American basketball player
• * Willa Ford, American singer, television hostess, and actress
• * Beverley Mitchell, American actress
• * Ben Moody, American guitarist
• January 24 – Carrie Coon, American actress
• January 25
• * Alicia Keys, American singer, pianist and actress
• * Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer
• January 26 – Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan conductor
• January 27
• * Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
• * Greg Owens, Australian soccer player
• January 28
• * Elijah Wood, American actor and music producer
• * Gen Hoshino, Japanese actor and singer
• January 29
• * Rachna Khatau, Indian-American actress and singer
• * Darío Lopilato, Argentine actor
• January 30
• * Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
• * Chieko Higuchi, Japanese voice actress
• January 31 – Justin Timberlake, American actor and musician

  February

• February 2 – Emily Rose, American actress
• February 3
• * Alisa Reyes, American actress
• * Ben Sigmund, New Zealand footballer
• February 4
• * Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater
• February 5
• * Lee Eon, South Korean actor and model
• * Nora Zehetner, American actress
• * Sara Foster, American actress
• February 8
• * Ralf Little, English actor
• * Jim Parrack, American actor
• February 9
• * Tom Hiddleston, British actor
• * The Rev, American drummer
• February 10
• * Uzo Aduba, American actress
• * Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer
• * Holly Willoughby, British television presenter
• * Stephanie Beatriz, Argentine-born American Actress
• February 11
• * Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress
• * Edoardo Molinari, Italian golfer
• February 12
• * Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
• * Selena Li, Hong Kong actress
• February 13 – Durahim Jamaluddin, Malaysian footballer
• February 15
• * Jenna Morasca, American television personality
• * Olivia, American singer
• February 17
• * Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor and film director
• * Paris Hilton, American model, heiress, and socialite
• February 18
• * Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
• * Ivan Sproule, British footballer
• February 20
• * Adrian Lamo, American computer hacker
• * Majandra Delfino, American actress
• February 23
• * Josh Gad, American actor
• * Mai Nakahara, Japanese voice actress
• * Paleo, American singer-songwriter
• * Dylan Ryder, American former pornographic actress
• February 24 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• February 25
• * Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer
• * Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor
• February 27
• * Josh Groban, American singer
• * Mat Yeung, Hong Kong actor

  March

• March 1
• * Ana Hickmann, Brazilian model
• * Adam LaVorgna, American actor
• * Will Power, Australian racing driver
• * Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player
• * Zach Cregger, American actor and comedian
• March 2
• * Lance Cade, American professional wrestler
• * Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
• March 3
• * Julius Malema, South African politician
• * Lil' Flip, American rapper
• * Shada Hassoun, Iraqi singer
• * László Nagy, Hungarian handball player
• * Cristina Scarlat, Moldovan singer
• March 5 – Hanna Alström, Swedish actress
• March 6 – Ellen Muth, American actress
• March 8 – Adam Jones, Welsh rugby union player
• March 9 – Antonio Bryant, American football player
• March 10
• * Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
• * Kristen Maloney, American gymnast
• March 11
• * David Anders, American actor
• * Lee Evans, American football player
• * LeToya Luckett, American singer
• March 12
• * Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler
• * Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player
• March 15 – Young Buck, American rapper
• March 16
• * Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
• * Johannes Aigner, Austrian footballer
• * Danny Brown, American rapper and songwriter
• March 17 – Kyle Korver, American basketball player
• March 18
• * Fabian Cancellara, Swiss road bicycle racer
• * Vanessa Lee Evigan, American actress
• March 19
• * Declan Bennett, English singer-songwriter
• * Kolo Touré, Ivorian football player
• March 22
• * Tiffany Dupont, American actress
• * MIMS, American rapper
• March 24 – Philip Winchester, American actor
• March 25 – Casey Neistat, American YouTube personality
• March 26 – Luke Ford, Canadian-Australian actor
• March 27 – Lin Jun Jie, Singaporean singer
• March 28
• * Lindsay Frimodt, American model
• * Julia Stiles, American actress
• March 29
• * Alain Moussi, Gabonese actor and stuntman
• * Megan Hilty, American actress and singer
• * PJ Morton, American musician, singer, and producer
• * Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer
• March 31
• * Ryōko Shintani, Japanese voice actress
• * Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch Olympic swimmer

  April

• April 1
• * Aslı Bayram, Turkish German model and actress
• * Aimee Chan, Chinese-Canadian actress
• * Hannah Spearritt, British singer and actress
• * Nolan Yonkman, Canadian hockey player
• April 2
• * Bethany Joy Lenz, American actress and singer
• * Raghav, Canadian singer
• April 3 – Arfius Arf, British artist
• April 5 – Michael A. Monsoor, American Medal of Honor recipient
• April 6 – Eliza Coupe, American actress
• April 7
• * Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
• * Terrell Roberts, American football player
• April 8
• * Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer
• * Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
• * Ofer Shechter, Israeli actor
• April 9
• * Milan Bartovič, Slovak hockey player
• * Eric Harris, American mass murderer
• * Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
• April 10
• * Gretchen Bleiler, American snowboarder
• * Yves V, Belgian DJ and Producer
• * Laura Bell Bundy, American actress and singer
• * Liz McClarnon, British singer
• * Michael Pitt, American actor
• * Timmy Williams, American actor and comedian
• April 11 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
• April 12
• * Paul Rust, American actor and comedian
• * Tulsi Gabbard, American politician
• April 13 – Brenden Shucart, American HIV/AIDS and LGBT rights activist, actor, and writer
• April 14 - Shinjiro Koizumi, Japanese politician
• April 17 – Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer
• April 18
• * Jang Na-ra, Korean actress and singer
• * Audrey Tang, Taiwanese software programmer
• April 19
• * Saskia de Brauw, Dutch model and artist
• * Hayden Christensen, Canadian-American actor
• * Troy Polamalu, American football player
• * Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
• April 21 – Stephanie Larimore, American model
• April 22 – Ken Dorsey, American football player
• April 23 – Michelle Knight, American author and kidnap survivor
• April 25
• * Felipe Massa, Brazilian race car driver
• * John McFall, British paralympic sprinter
• * Anja Pärson, Swedish alpine skier
• * Krzysztof Tuduj, Polish politician
• April 26
• * Matthieu Delpierre, French football player
• * Mariana Ximenes, Brazilian actress
• April 27 – Sandy Mölling, German pop singer
• April 28 – Jessica Alba, American actress and businesswoman
• April 29
• * Alex Vincent, American actor
• * Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor
• * George McCartney, British footballer
• April 30 – Emma Pierson, American Television Actress

  May

• May 1
• * Alexander Hleb, Belarusian football player
• * Wes Welker, American football player
• May 2
• * Robert Buckley, American actor
• * Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress
• May 3
• * Farrah Franklin, American singer
• * Natalie Tong, Hong Kong actress
• * U;Nee, South Korean singer and actress
• May 4
• *Jason Kander, American politician and podcaster
• *Jacques Rudolph, South African cricketer
• May 5
• * Chris Duncan, American baseball player
• * Craig David, English singer
• * Danielle Fishel, American actress
• * Zach McGowan, American actor
• May 8
• * Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
• * Andrés Romero, Argentine golfer
• May 11
• * Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
• * Daisuke Matsui, Japanese football player
• * Dusán Mukics, Slovene journalist and reporter in Hungary
• * Terry Pheto, South African actress
• * Austin O'Brien, American actor and photographer
• May 12
• * Rami Malek, American actor
• * Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
• * Dennis Trillo, Filipino actor
• May 13
• * Sunny Leone, Canadian pornstar and Bollywood actress
• * Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
• * Jimmy Wang Yang, Korean professional wrestler
• May 15
• * Patrice Evra, Senegalese-born French footballer
• * Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
• * Zara Tindall, British elite equestrienne
• May 16 – Joseph Morgan, English actor
• * Dimitri Vegas, Belgian DJ, Producer and half of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
• May 17 – Shiri Maimon, Israeli pop/R&B singer, TV show host and actress
• May 18
• * Hamish Macdonald, Australian broadcast journalist and news presenter
• * Adam Green, American singer-songwriter
• May 19
• * Sani Bečirovič, Slovenian basketball player
• * Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
• * Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
• * Georges St-Pierre, Canadian mixed martial arts fighter
• May 20
• * Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
• * Rachel Platten, American singer-songwriter
• * Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
• * Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
• May 21
• * Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
• * Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
• May 22
• * Daniel Bryan, American professional wrestler
• * Melissa Gregory, American figure skater
• May 23
• * Tim Robinson, American actor and comedian
• * Charles Rogers, American football player
• May 24
• * Andy Lee, Austraian comedian and musician
• * Penny Taylor, Australian baseball player
• May 25 – Logan Tom, American volleyball player.
• May 26
• * Anthony Ervin, American swimmer
• * Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• May 27 – Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina
• May 28
• * Laura Bailey, American voice actress
• * Aaron Schock, American politician
• May 29
• * Justin Chon, American actor
• * Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player
• * Brian Simnjanovski, American football player
• * Alton Ford, American basketball player
• May 30 – Remy Ma, American rapper
• May 31 – Jake Peavy, American baseball player

  June

• June 1
• * Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
• * Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter
• * Amy Schumer, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• * Johnny Pemberton, American actor and comedian
• June 3
• * Rich Rundles, American baseball player
• * Mike Adam, Canadian curler
• June 4
• * T.J. Miller, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• * Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
• * Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player
• June 5 – Jade Goody, British reality show star
• June 6 – Johnny Pacar, American actor
• June 7
• * Enzo Fortuny, Mexican voice actor
• * Larisa Oleynik, American actress
• * Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player
• June 8
• * Rachel Held Evans, American Christian columnist, blogger and author
• * Alex Band, American musician
• * Sara Watkins, American violinist
• * Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actress
• June 9
• * Vic Chou, Taiwanese actor, singer, and model
• * Celina Jaitly, Indian actress
• * Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
• * Anoushka Shankar, British musician and daughter of Ravi Shankar
• June 10
• * Hoku Ho, Hawaiian singer and musician
• * Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
• * Arwind Santos, Filipino professional basketball player
• * Jonathan Bennett, American actor and model
• June 12
• * Adriana Lima, Brazilian model
• * John Gourley, American musician and singer
• * Jeremy Howard, American actor
• June 13 – Chris Evans, American actor
• June 14 – Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
• June 15
• * Veljo Reinik, Estonian actor
• * Haley Scarnato, American singer
• * Maxey Whitehead, American voice actress
• June 16
• * Ben Kweller, American musician
• * Joe Saunders, American baseball player
• June 17 – Amrita Rao, Indian actress
• June 18
• * Ella Chen, Taiwanese singer
• * Yurin, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
• June 20 – Alisan Porter, American singer and actress
• June 21
• * Simon Delestre, French equestrian
• * Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist
• * İbrahim Öztürk, Turkish footballer
• June 22
• * Mathias Abel, German footballer
• * Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter
• * Chris Urbanowicz, British guitarist
• * Péter Bajzát, Hungarian footballer
• June 23
• * Mikey Bustos, Filipino Canadian singer and comedian
• * Joe Taslim, Indonesian actor and martial artist
• * Antony Costa, English singer
• * Shi Xin Hui, Malaysian singer
• * Björn Schlicke, German footballer
• June 24
• * Júnior Assunção, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• * Tilky Jones, American singer and actor
• * Cris Lankenau, American actor
• * Vanessa Ray, American actress and singer
• June 25
• * Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
• * Carlo Prater, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• * Sheridan Smith, English actress
• June 27
• * Sam Hoare, British actor and director
• * Majida Issa, Colombian actress
• * John Driscoll, American actor
• * Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer
• June 28
• * Jon Watts, American film director, producer and screenwriter
• * Mara Santangelo, Italian tennis player
• June 29
• * Joe Johnson, American basketball player
• * Maria Maya, Brazilian actress
• * Marijo Šivolija, Croatian boxer
• June 30 – Tom Burke, English actor

  July

• July 1 – Orlando Cruz, Puerto Rican boxer
• July 2
• * Paul Anthony Finn, Irish singer and songwriter
• * Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American activist
• July 3
• * Evgeny Postny, Israeli chess grandmaster
• * Tevita Leo-Latu, New Zealand rugby league footballer
• July 4 – Tahar Rahim, French actor
• July 5
• * Gianne Albertoni, Brazilian model
• * Ryan Hansen, American actor
• July 6 – Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
• July 7
• * Brad James, American actor
• * Lance Gross, American actor, model and photographer
• * Omar Naber, Slovenian singer, songwriter and guitar player
• * Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
• * Synyster Gates, American guitarist
• July 8
• * Oka Antara, Indonesian rapper and actor
• * Lance Gross, American actor, model and photographer
• * Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
• July 10 – Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
• July 11
• * Andre Johnson, American football player
• * Susana Barreiros, Venezuelan judge
• July 12
• * Bojana Novakovic, Serbian-Australian actress
• * Rebecca Hunter, English singer and actress
• * Maya Sar, Bosnian singer
• July 13
• * Hassan Al Kontar, Syrian refugee
• * Ágnes Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
• * Fran Kranz, American actor
• July 14
• * Milow, Belgian singer-songwriter
• * Lee Mead, British actor
• * Khaled Aziz, Saudi Arabian footballer
• July 15
• * Peter Odemwingie, Nigerian footballer
• * Taylor Kinney, American actor and model
• * Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Malaysian footballer
• * OC Ukeje, Nigerian actor, model and musician
• July 17
• * Mélanie Thierry, French actress
• * Qin Lan, Chinese actress, model, and singer
• * Jeremy Chan, Singaporean actor, singer and host
• July 18
• * Joel Spira, Swedish actor
• * Michiel Huisman, Dutch actor, musician and singer-songwriter
• July 19
• * Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist
• * Nikki Osborne, Australian actress
• * Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
• July 20
• * Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
• * Dayang Nurfaizah, Malaysian singer
• July 21
• * Paloma Faith, English singer, songwriter and actress
• * Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
• * Blake Lewis, American singer, songwriter and beatboxer
• * Chrishell Stause, American actress
• * Davide Perino, Italian actor and voice actor
• * Joaquín, Spanish footballer
• July 22
• * Clive Standen, Northern Irish actor
• * Josh Lawson, Australian actor
• July 23 – Jarkko Nieminen, Finnish tennis player
• July 24
• * Summer Glau, American actress
• * Doug Bollinger, Australian cricketer
• July 25
• * Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player
• * Finn Bálor, Irish professional wrestler
• * Kizito Mihigo, Rwandan gospel singer, organist and peace activist
• July 26 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
• July 27
• * Dash Snow, American artist
• * Li Xiaopeng, Chinese gymnast
• * Dan Jones, British historian
• July 29
• * Dyana Liu, American actress
• * Fernando Alonso, Spanish double Formula 1 world champion
• July 30
• * Chandra Prakash Gharti, Nepalese politician
• * Lisa Wilhoit, American actress
• * Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer
• July 31
• * M. Shadows, American singer
• * Eric Lively, American actor
• * Vernon Carey, American football player
• * Ira Losco, Maltese singer

  August

• August 1 – Jordan Wall, American actor
• August 3
• * Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
• * Travis Willingham, American film, television and voice actor
• August 4
• * Hadson da Silva Nery, Brazilian footballer
• * Abigail Spencer, American actress
• * Marques Houston, American singer and actor
• * Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, British princess and American actress
• * Florian Silbereisen, German singer and television presenter
• August 5
• * Anna Rawson, Australian professional golfer
• * Carl Crawford, American Major League Baseball outfielder
• * Rachel Scott, American murder victim
• * Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress
• * Travie McCoy, American alternative hip-hop artist
• August 6
• * Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian racing driver
• * Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer
• August 8
• * Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
• * Meagan Good, American actress
• * Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
• * Harel Skaat, Israeli singer
• August 9 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
• August 10
• * Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress
• * Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player
• * Malek Mouath, Saudi Arabian footballer
• August 11 – Sandi Thom, Scottish singer & songwriter
• August 12
• * Djibril Cissé, French footballer
• * Steve Talley, American actor
• August 14
• * Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league player
• * Ray William Johnson, American actor, comedian, rapper and YouTuber
• * Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian professional wrestler
• August 15
• * Tosyn Bucknor, Nigerian media personality
• * Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
• * Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
• * Oh Jin-hyek, South Korean archer
• August 17 – Chris New, English actor
• August 18 – Jan Frodeno, German triathlete
• August 20 – Ben Barnes, English actor
• August 21
• * Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer
• * Mai Aizawa, Japanese voice actress
• * Ross Thomas, American actor
• * Winklevoss twins, American internet entrepreneurs and rowers
• August 22 – Ross Marquand, American actor
• August 24
• * Jiro Wang, Taiwanese actor and singer
• * Chad Michael Murray, American actor
• August 25
• * Rachel Bilson, American actress
• * Shiva Keshavan, Indian luge pilot
• August 26 – Nico Muhly, American contemporary classical composer
• August 27 – Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor and director
• August 28
• * Charlie Frye, American National Football League quarterback
• * Jake Owen, American country music singer-songwriter
• August 29
• * Jay Ryan, New Zealand actor
• * Karim Darwish, Egyptian squash player

  September

• September 1
• * Park Hyo-shin, Korean singer
• * Clinton Portis, American football player
• September 3 – Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
• September 4
• * Jero, American-born Japanese enka singer
• * Beyoncé, American actress and R&B singer
• * Lacey Mosley, American lead vocalist
• September 6 – Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer
• September 7 – Natalie McGarry, Scottish National Party politician and Member of Parliament convicted of embezzlement
• September 8
• * Dan Fredinburg, American Google executive
• * Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
• September 9
• * Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress and producer
• * Nancy Wu, Hong Kong actress
• September 10 – Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
• September 11
• * Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer
• * Charles Kelley, American country music singer-songwriter and founding member of Lady Antebellum
• September 12
• * Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
• * Hosea Chanchez, American actor of The Game
• September 13 – Angelina Love, Canadian professional wrestler
• September 14
• * Jordi Mestre, Spanish actor and model
• * Ashley Roberts, American singer
• * Miyavi, Japanese musician
• September 15 – Ben Schwartz, American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer
• September 16
• * Alexis Bledel, American actress and model
• * Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
• * Nazril Irham, Indonesian singer
• September 18 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress
• September 21
• * Nicole Richie, American actress, singer and socialite
• * Phoenix Marie, American porn actress
• * Sarah Whatmore, English singer-songwriter
• September 22
• * Ashley Eckstein, American actress, voice actress, and fashion designer
• * Alexei Ramírez, Cuban baseball player
• September 23
• * Misti Traya, American actress
• * Natalie Horler, German singer
• * Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver
• September 25
• * Lee Norris, American actor
• * Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player
• * Van Hansis, American actor
• * Shane Tutmarc, American singer-songwriter
• September 26
• * Christina Milian, American R&B singer and actress
• * Serena Williams, American tennis player
• * Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
• September 27 – Anand Giridharadas, American writer
• September 28 – Melissa Claire Egan, American actress
• September 29
• * Shay Astar, American actress, singer, and songwriter
• * Suzanne Shaw, British singer and actress
• September 30
• * Cecelia Ahern, Irish author and daughter of Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach
• * Dominique Moceanu, Romanian-American gymnast
• * Ashleigh Aston Moore, American child actress

  October

• October 1
• * Rupert Friend, English actor, director, screenwriter and producer
• * Roxane Mesquida, French Actress
• October 3
• * Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
• * Seth Gabel, American actor
• October 4 – Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater
• October 5 – Enrico Fabris, Italian speed skater
• October 7 – Austin Eubanks, American motivational speaker
• October 8
• * Chris Killen, New Zealand footballer
• * Ryuji Sainei, Japanese actor
• * Ruby, Egyptian singer
• October 9
• * Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor and producer
• * Ryoichi Maeda, Japanese footballer
• October 10 – Una Healy, Irish singer
• October 11
• * Beau Brady, Australian actor.
• October 12
• * Engin Akyürek, Turkish actor
• * Tom Guiry, American actor
• * Brian J. Smith, American actor
• October 13 – Kele Okereke, English singer
• October 14 – Ruslan Alekhno, Russian-Belarusian singer
• October 15
• * Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
• * Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
• October 16
• * Boyd Melson, American boxer
• * Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress
• October 17 – Tsubasa Imai, Japanese actor, singer and dancer
• October 19 – Christian Bautista, Filipino singer, actor, host, and model
• October 20
• * Willis McGahee, American football player
• * Stefan Nystrand, Swedish swimmer
• October 21 – Nemanja Vidić, Serbian football player
• October 22 – Michael Fishman, American actor
• October 23
• * Olivier Occéan, Canadian footballer
• * Huo Siyan, Chinese actress
• October 24
• * Tila Tequila, Vietnamese-American model and singer
• * Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress
• October 25
• * Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
• * Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle road racer
• October 26
• * Guy Sebastian, original Australian Idol 2003 singer
• * Sam Brown, American actor and comedian
• October 28
• * Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
• * Dwayne Cameron, New Zealand actor
• * Noah Galloway, American former soldier and contestant from Dancing With The Stars
• October 29
• * Jonathan Brown, Australian rules footballer
• * Amanda Beard, American swimmer
• * Angelika Dela Cruz, Filipina actress and singer
• October 30
• * Chris Clemons, American football player
• * Fiona Dourif, American actress, daughter of Brad Dourif
• * Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
• * Ivanka Trump, American model
• October 31
• * Selina Ren, member of Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E
• * Irina Denezhkina, Russian writer
• * Frank Iero, American guitarist

  November

• November 1
• * Matt Jones, American actor and comedian
• * LaTavia Roberson, American singer
• November 2
• * Tatiana Totmianina, Russian figure skater
• * Katharine Isabelle, Candanian actress
• * Esha Deol, Indian actress and model
• November 3
• * Blair Chenoweth, American beauty queen
• * Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler
• November 4
• * Lakshmi Menon, Indian model
• * Vince Wilfork, American football player
• * Paul Tucker Canadian comic-book artist
• November 6 – Cassie Bernall, American murder victim
• November 8
• * Joe Cole, English footballer
• * Azura Skye, American actress
• November 9 – Scottie Thompson, American film, television and stage actress
• November 10
• * Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
• * Jason Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient
• * Alison Waite, American model
• November 11
• * Natalie Glebova, Canadian beauty queen
• * Raphael Gualazzi, Italian singer and pianist, Eurovision Song Contest 2011 runner-up
• * Susan Kelechi Watson, American actress
• * The Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• November 13
• * Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
• * Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
• * Kirsten Price, American porn actress
• November 14 – Russell Tovey, British actor
• November 15 – Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
• November 16 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
• November 17
• * Sarah Harding, British singer
• * Doug Walker, American actor, comedian, film critic, internet personality, and filmmaker
• November 18
• * Allison Tolman, American actress
• * Christina Vidal, American actress
• * Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress and comedian
• November 19 – Yfke Sturm, Dutch model
• November 20
• * Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
• * Scott Hutchison, Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist
• * Andrea Riseborough, English actress
• * Kimberley Walsh, British singer
• November 21
• * Bryant McFadden, American football player
• * Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower
• November 22
• * Ben Adams, British singer
• * Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
• * Song Hye-kyo, South Korean actress
• November 24 – Lindsey Doe, American sexologist and video blogger
• November 25
• * Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
• * Barbara Pierce Bush, daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush
• * Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush
• November 26
• * Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
• * Jon Ryan, Canadian National Football League football player from Regina, Saskatchewan
• * Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress
• November 27
• * Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer
• November 29
• * Kimberly Cullum, American actress
• * John Milhiser, American actor and comedian
• * Bakhyt Sarsekbayev, Kazakh Olympic boxer

  December

• December 1 – Seb Dance, English politician
• December 2 – Britney Spears, American singer and entertainer
• December 3
• * Liza Lapira, American actress
• * David Villa, Spanish footballer
• * Brian Bonsall, American actor
• * Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
• December 4
• * Lila McCann, American singer
• December 6 – Lior Suchard, Israeli mentalist
• December 8 – Philip Rivers, NFL quarterback of the San Diego Chargers
• December 9 – Dia Mirza, Bollywood actress
• December 11
• * Nikki Benz, Ukrainian-American pornographic actress
• * Hamish Blake, Australian comedian, actor, and author
• * Jeff McComsey, American artist
• * Halina Perez, Filipina actress
• * Kevin Phillips, American film actor
• * Javier Saviola, Argentine soccer player
• * Zacky Vengeance, American guitarist
• December 12 – Spencer Johnson, NFL player
• December 13 – Amy Lee, American pianist/singer-songwriter
• December 14 – Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress
• December 15
• * Donal Coonan, UK presenter for Channel 4's webshow thisisaknife
• * Michelle Dockery, British actress
• * Thomas Herrion, American football player
• * Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian football player
• * Firman Utina, Indonesian football player
• December 16
• * Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, author, and model
• * Gaby Moreno, Guatemalan singer
• * A. J. Allmendinger, American race car driver
• December 17
• * Houari Manar, Algerian raï singer
• * Wacław Kiełtyka, Polish musician and composer
• December 20 – Leo Bertos, New Zealand footballer
• December 21 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
• December 24 – Dima Bilan, Russian pop-singer
• December 26 – Nikolai Nikolaeff, Australian actor
• December 27
• * Jay Ellis, American actor
• * Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
• * Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
• December 28
• * Elizabeth Jordan Carr, first American test-tube baby
• * Sienna Miller, American-born English actress
• * Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
• December 29
• * Charlotte Riley, English actress
• * Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater
• December 30
• * Kyle Eckel, American National Football League player
• December 31
• * Ricky Whittle, English actor
• * Matthew Pavlich, former professional Australian rules footballer

  Deaths

January

• January 1
• * Kazimierz Michałowski, Polish archaeologist
• * Mauri Rose, American race car champion
• January 3
• * Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria
• * Marvin Opler, American anthropologist
• January 5
• * Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• * Lanza del Vasto, Italian-born philosopher, poet and activist
• January 6 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist
• January 7 – John Pascal, American playwright, screenwriter, author and journalist
• January 8 – Matthew Beard, American actor
• January 10
• * Katherine Alexander, American actress
• * Richard Boone, American actor
• * Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover
• January 11 – Beulah Bondi, American actress
• January 12 – Sir John Nicoll, British colonial governor
• January 13 – Robert Kellard, American actor
• January 16 – Bernard Lee, English actor
• January 19 – Francesca Woodman, American photographer
• January 21 – Allyn Joslyn, American actor
• January 23
• * Samuel Barber, American composer
• * Lobsang Rampa, English author
• January 25 – Adele Astaire, American actress
• January 27 – Léo Collard, Belgian Socialist politician
• January 29 – Lajos Korányi, Hungarian footballer
• January 30 – John Gordon, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
• January 31 – Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer

  February

• February 1
• * Wanda Hendrix, American actress
• * Ernst Pepping, German composer
• * Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer
• February 2 – Hugh Joseph Addonizio, Italian-born American politician and Mayor of Newark
• February 3 – Normand Poirier, French-born American newspaper editor, journalist and essayist
• February 4 – Mario Camerini, Italian film director and screenwriter
• February 6 – Frederica of Hanover, Queen Consort of the Hellenes and wife of King Paul of Greece
• February 7 – Hermann Esser, German journalist and editor of the Nazi newspaper Völkischer Beobachter
• February 9
• * Bill Haley, American rock musician, member of Bill Haley & The Comets
• * Jack Z. Anderson, U.S. Representative from California
• February 10 – Hubert Shirley-Smith, British civil engineer
• February 12 – Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, British admiral
• February 15 – Karl Richter, German conductor
• February 17 – David Garnett, British writer
• February 18
• * John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer
• * Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha, Egyptian politician, 28th Prime Minister of Egypt
• February 20
• * Bernard B. Brown, American sound engineer and composer
• * Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, French magazine editor and playboy
• February 22
• * Michael Maltese, American screenwriter
• * Curtis Bernhardt, German film director
• * Ilo Wallace, wife of Henry A. Wallace, Second Lady of the United States
• February 25
• * Leonard Howell, Founder of Rastafarianism
• * Gunichi Mikawa, Japanese admiral
• February 26
• * Howard Hanson, American composer
• * Roger Tonge, British actor
• February 27 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician

  March

• March 1 – Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón, 14th President of Panama
• March 4 – Torin Thatcher, American actor
• March 5 – Yip Harburg, American lyricist
• March 6 – George Geary, English cricketer
• March 7
• * Peter Birch, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
• * Bosley Crowther, American film critic
• * Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor
• * Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, American tennis champion
• March 8 – Joseph Henry Woodger, British theoretical biologist
• March 9 – Max Delbrück, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• March 10 – Flavio Calzavara, Italian director and screenwriter
• March 14
• * Paolo Grassi, Italian actor
• * Eleanor Perry, American screenwriter and author
• March 15 – René Clair, French film director
• March 20 – Gerry Bertier, American college football player
• March 21 – Mark Donskoy, Russian Soviet film director
• March 22
• * John S. McCain Jr., American admiral
• * Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, Senator of the Philippines and Senate President
• March 23
• * Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal
• * Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer
• * Beatrice Tinsley, English astronomer
• March 26 – Cyril Dean Darlington, English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist,
• March 29 – Eric Williams, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
• March 30
• * Sherman Edwards, American songwriter
• * Douglas Lowe, British Olympic athlete
• * DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher
• March 31 – Frank Tieri, American gangster

  April

• April 3 – Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur
• April 4 – Brad Johnson, American actor
• April 5
• * Bob Hite, American musician
• * Lucile Godbold, American Olympic athlete
• * Maurice Zbriger, Canadian violinist, composer and conductor
• April 6 – Alfredo Guarini, Italian director, producer and screenwriter
• April 7 – Norman Taurog, American film director
• April 8
• * Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya, Indian entomologist
• * Omar N. Bradley, American army general
• April 12
• * Joe Louis, American boxer
• * Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch composer
• April 13 – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan
• April 15
• * John Thach, American naval aviator and admiral
• * Lorenzo Guerrero, former President of Nicaragua
• April 17 – Ludwik Sempoliński, Polish actor
• April 18 – James H. Schmitz, German-born writer
• April 22 – Marcia King, murder victim
• April 23
• * Nietta Zocchi, Italian actress
• * Josep Pla, Spanish journalist and author
• April 26
• * Jim Davis, American actor
• * Madge Evans, American actress
• * Muhammad Lafir, Sri Lankan snooker player
• April 27 – John Aspinwall Roosevelt, American businessman and philanthropist
• April 28 – Cliff Battles, American football player and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

  May

• May 1 – Barry Jones, American actor
• May 5 – Bobby Sands, Irish republican hunger striker
• May 6 – Frank O'Grady, Australian public servant
• May 7 – Hiromichi Yahara, Imperial Japanese Army officer
• May 8
• * Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia
• * Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist
• May 9
• * Nelson Algren, American author
• * Ralph Allen, English footballer
• * Margaret Lindsay, American actress
• May 11
• * Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• * Bob Marley, Jamaican rock musician and guitarist
• May 12 – Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean politician and professor, 2nd President of Singapore
• May 13 – Ben Andrews, American actor
• May 17 – Hugo Friedhofer, German-American film composer
• May 18
• * Eleonore Baur, German Nazi and only woman to participate in Munich Beer Hall Putsch
• * Arthur O'Connell, American actor
• * William Saroyan, American author
• May 20 – Dositej, Metropolitan of Skopje
• May 21 – Yuki Shimoda, American actor
• May 22 – Boris Sagal, Ukrainian-American television and film director
• May 23
• * George Jessel, American actor
• * Donald Macintyre, British naval officer and naval historian
• May 24
• * Jaime Roldós Aguilera, 33rd President of Ecuador
• * Jack Warner, British actor
• May 25
• * Armando de Armas Romero, Cuban painter
• * Rosa Ponselle, American soprano
• * Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian radio astronomer
• * A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
• May 28
• * John Bryan Ward-Perkins, British archaeologist
• * Mary Lou Williams, American jazz pianist
• * Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop and Servant of God
• May 29 – Soong Ching-ling, Acting head of State of the People's Republic of China
• May 30
• * Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player
• * Peter Lindgren, Swedish actor
• * Ziaur Rahman, 7th President of Bangladesh
• May 31
• * Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, British economist
• * Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager
• * Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 31st Prime Minister of Italy

  June

• June 1 – Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman
• June 2 – Rino Gaetano, Italian musician and singer-songwriter
• June 5 – Miguel Contreras Torres, Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter
• June 9 – Allen Ludden, American television game show host
• June 10
• * Jenny Maxwell, American actress
• * Phelps Phelps, 38th Governor of American Samoa and United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
• June 12 – Mahmoud Fawzi, Egyptian diplomat and political figure, 35th Prime Minister of Egypt
• June 13 – George Walsh, American actor
• June 14 – Sir Ronald Holmes, British government official in Hong Kong
• June 16 – Sir Thomas Playford, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia
• June 17
• * Sir Richard O'Connor, British general
• * Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator
• June 18 – Pamela Hansford Johnson, English poet, novelist, playwright, literary and social critic
• June 19
• * Billy Cook, American actor
• * Anya Phillips, American co-founder of New York City's Mudd Club
• * Lotte Reiniger, German-born silhouette animator
• June 22
• * Henri Bouillard, French Jesuit theologian
• * Lola Lane, American actress and singer
• June 23 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer
• June 28
• * Mohammad Beheshti, Chief Justice of Iran
• * Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist

  July

• July 1
• * Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-born American architect
• * George Voskovec, Czech-American actor, writer, dramatist and director
• July 3 – Ross Martin, American actor
• July 7 – Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi, South Yemenite socialist leader, 1st President of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
• July 8
• * Joe McDonnell, Irish republican hunger striker
• * Isaac Soyer, American painter
• July 10
• * Giorgio De Lullo, Italian actor and director
• * Ken Rex McElroy, American murder victim
• July 16 – Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter
• July 22 – Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa, Mexican Roman Catholic religious professed and Blessed
• July 27
• * Adam Walsh, American murder victim, inspired Code Adam
• * William Wyler, American movie director
• July 28 – Stanley Francis Rother, American priest, martyr, and Blessed
• July 29 – Robert Moses, American urban planner
• July 31 – Omar Torrijos, Panamanian leader

  August

• August 1
• * Paddy Chayefsky, American screenwriter
• * Álvaro de Laiglesia, Spanish writer
• August 2
• * Delfo Cabrera, Argentine athlete
• * Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver
• August 4 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor
• August 14 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor
• August 15
• * Carol Ryrie Brink, American novelist
• * Carlo Buscaglia, Italian football player
• * Karl Gero, Duke of Urach, Lichtenstein noble
• August 18
• * Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and arranger
• * Anita Loos, American screenwriter
• August 19 – Jessie Matthews, English dancer, singer and actress
• August 22 – Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker
• August 27 – Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player
• August 28 – Béla Guttmann, Hungarian-born Association football coach
• August 29 – Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster
• August 30
• * Mohammad-Ali Rajai, 47th Prime Minister of Iran and 2nd President of Iran
• * Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Iranian theologian and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Iran
• * Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer

  September

• September 1
• * Ann Harding, American actress
• * Albert Speer, German Nazi architect and war minister
• September 2 – Enid Lyons, Australia politician
• September 3 – Alec Waugh, British novelist
• September 7
• * Edwin Albert Link, American pioneer in aviation, underwater archaeology, and submersibles, and inventor of aeronautical, navigation, and oceanographic equipment
• * Christy Brown, Irish writer and painter
• September 8
• * Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• * Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist
• September 9
• * Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
• * Ricardo Balbín, Argentine politician, leader of the Radical Civic Union
• * Sir Robert Askin, Premier of New South Wales
• September 11 – Frank McHugh, American actor
• September 12 – Eugenio Montale, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• September 14 – Charles L. Melson, American admiral
• September 15
• * Harold Bennett, British actor
• * Rafael Méndez, Mexican-born trumpet virtuoso
• September 21 – Nigel Patrick, English actor
• September 22 – Harry Warren, American songwriter
• September 23 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor and writer, tribal chief of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
• September 24 – Patsy Kelly, American actress
• September 27 – Robert Montgomery, American actor and director
• September 28
• * Rómulo Betancourt, 2-time President of Venezuela
• * Sir Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, British Conservative cabinet minister
• September 29
• * Javad Fakoori, Iranian military officer, former minister of Defence
• * Mousa Namjoo, Iranian military officer, minister of Defence
• * Bill Shankly, British football manager

  October

• October 2
• * Harry Golden, American journalist
• * Hazel Scott, American jazz singer and pianist
• October 3 – Chrysostom Blashkevich, Soviet Benedict monk
• October 4 – Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame
• October 5 – Gloria Grahame, American actress
• October 6 – Anwar Sadat, 37th Prime Minister of Egypt and 3rd President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• October 13
• * Antonio Berni, Argentine painter
• * Nils Asther, Danish-born actor
• October 16
• * Stanley Clements, American actor
• * Moshe Dayan, Israeli general
• October 20 – Mary Coyle Chase, American playwright
• October 22 – Michael Granger, American actor
• October 23 – Reg Butler, English sculptor
• October 24 – Edith Head, American costume designer
• October 25 – Barbara Bedford, American actress
• October 27 – John Warburton, British actor
• October 29 – Georges Brassens, French singer and songwriter

  November

• November 2 – Wally Wood, American cartoonist
• November 3 – Jean Eustache, French film director
• November 7 – Will Durant, American philosopher and writer
• November 10 – Abel Gance, French film director
• November 12 – William Holden, American actor
• November 13 – Gerhard Marcks, German sculptor
• November 15
• * Walter Heitler, German physicist
• * Enid Markey, American actress
• November 22
• * Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer
• * Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• November 25
• * Jack Albertson, American actor and comedian
• * Morris Kirksey, American athlete
• November 26 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess grandmaster
• November 27 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress
• November 29 – Natalie Wood, American actress

  December

• December 2 – Wallace Harrison, American architect
• December 3 – Walter Knott, American farmer and theme park creator
• December 6 – Harry Harlow, American psychologist
• December 7 – William Edmunds, Italian stage and screen character actor
• December 8 – Ferruccio Parri, Italian partisan and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Italy
• December 10 – Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover
• December 13 – Cornelius Cardew, English composer
• December 15
• * Catherine T. MacArthur, American philanthropist
• * Karl Struss, American cinematographer
• December 17
• * Franz Dahlem, German politician.
• * Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Albania
• December 18 – Enrique Hertzog, Bolivian politician, 49th President of Bolivia
• December 23
• * Luther H. Evans, American political scientist and librarian, 3rd Director General of the UNESCO
• * Reginald Miles Ansett, Australian businessman and aviator
• December 26 – Suat Hayri Urguplu, Turkish politician, 11th Prime Minister of Turkey
• December 27 – Hoagy Carmichael, American jazz composer
• December 28
• * Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American film director
• * Bram van Velde, Dutch painter
• December 30 – Alfie Anido, Filipino actor

  Date Unknown

• Ahmad Toukan, Prime Minister of Jordan

  Nobel Prizes

• Physics – Nicolaas Bloembergen, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Kai Siegbahn
• Chemistry – Kenichi Fukui, Roald Hoffmann
• Medicine – Roger Wolcott Sperry, David H. Hubel, Torsten Wiesel
• Literature – Elias Canetti
• Peace – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences – James Tobin