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Disintegration of the Space Shuttle Challenger, January 28, 1986
1986 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade. The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Contents
Events[]
January[]
- January 1
- Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which later becomes the European Union.
- Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles.[clarification needed]
- The Province of Flevoland is established in the Netherlands.
- UNIDO becomes a specialised agency of the United Nations.
- In Northern Ireland as part of The Troubles, James McCandless (39) and Michael Williams (24), both Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote controlled bomb hidden in a litter bin and detonated when their foot patrol passes at Thomas Street, Armagh.
- January 11 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened.
- January 13 – 24 – South Yemen Civil War.
- January 19 – The first PC virus, Brain, starts to spread.
- January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.
- January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus.
- January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a 5-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of dates with Dictator Idi Amin's 1971 coup.
- January 28 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster – STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch from the United States, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
- January 29 – Yoweri Museveni is sworn in as President of Uganda.
February[]
- February 7
- President Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees Haiti, ending 28 years of family rule.
- The snap presidential election in the Philippines earlier announced by President Ferdinand Marcos was held amidst controversy that would pave the way for a chain of protests culminating in the People Power Revolution.
- February 8 – The Hinton train collision happened, which a Canadian National train heading westbound collided with a Via Rail train in Hinton, Alberta. 23 people were killed in the accident, and injured 71 people.
- February 9 – Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century (the first was in 1910).
- February 11 – Human rights activist Natan Sharansky is released by Soviet authorities and leaves the country for Israel.
- February 15 – The Beechcraft Starship makes its maiden flight.
- February 16
- The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
- Ouadi Doum air raid: The French Air Force raids the Libyan Ouadi Doum airbase in northern Chad.
- Mário Soares wins the second round of the Portuguese presidential election.
- February 17 – The Single European Act is signed.
- February 19
- The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
- The United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide.
- February 22 – The People Power Revolution begins in the Philippines to remove President Ferdinand Marcos from office.
- February 25
- The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union opens in Moscow. The General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev introduces the keywords of his mandate to the audience: Glasnost and Perestroika.
- People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her Vice President.
- Egyptian military police, protesting against bad salaries, enter 4 luxury hotels near the pyramids, set fire to them and loot them.
- February 27 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
- February 28 – Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death on his way home from the cinema in Stockholm, Sweden.
March[]
- March 1 – Olof Palme's deputy Ingvar Carlsson becomes acting Prime Minister of Sweden. He is elected Prime Minister by the Swedish Riksdag on March 15.
- March 3 – The first paper is published describing the atomic force microscope invented the previous year by Gerd Binnig, Calvin Quate and Christopher Berger.[1]
- March 8 – The Japanese Suisei probe flies by Halley's Comet, studying its UV hydrogen corona and solar wind.
- March 9 – United States Navy divers find the largely intact but heavily damaged crew compartment of the Space Shuttle Challenger; the bodies of all seven astronauts are still inside.
- March 13 – In a Black Sea incident, American cruiser USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Caron, claiming the right of innocent passage, enter the Soviet territorial waters near the southern Crimean Peninsula.
- March 14 – Microsoft Corporation holds its initial public offering of stock shares.
- March 15 – Hotel New World collapses, 33 killed and 17 rescued from rubble.
- March 25 – The 58th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, with Out of Africa winning Best Picture.
- March 26 – An article in The New York Times charges that Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations Secretary-General and candidate for president of Austria, may have been involved in Nazi war crimes during World War II.
- March 27 – Russell Street Bombing: A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police Headquarters in Russell Street, Melbourne, killing a police constable, the first Australian policewoman to be killed in the line of duty.
- March 31
- A fire causes extensive damage at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, England.
- Mexicana Flight 940 crashes near Maravatío, Mexico, killing 167.[2]
April[]
- April – The government of Ivory Coast requests international diplomatic use of the French form of its name, Côte d'Ivoire.
- April 1 – Sector Kanda: Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
- April 2 – A bomb explodes on a Trans World Airlines flight from Rome to Athens, killing 4 people.
- April 5
- 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing: The West Berlin discothèque La Belle, a known hangout for United States soldiers, is bombed, killing 3 and injuring 230; Libya is held responsible.
- Jean Michel Jarre plays Rendez-vous Houston concert in Houston, Texas.
- April 11 – The infamous FBI Miami Shootout results in the death of two FBI agents and the wounding of five others. This event will profoundly alter future police tactics in the United States.
- April 13 – Pope John Paul II officially visits the Great Synagogue of Rome, the first time a modern Pope has visited a synagogue.
- April 13 – The first child born to a non-related surrogate mother is born.[3]
- April 14 – Hailstones weighing 1 kg (2.2 lb) fall on Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, killing 92.
- April 15 – Operation El Dorado Canyon: At least 15 people die after United States planes bomb targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region.
- April 16 – The United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands sign a peace treaty, thus ending the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War, one of the longest wars in human history.[4]
- April 17
- Lebanon hostage crisis: British journalist John McCarthy is kidnapped in Beirut (he is released in August 1991) and three others are killed in retaliation for the bombing of Libya.
- The Hindawi affair begins when an Irishwoman is found unknowingly carrying explosives onto an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv.
- April 26 – Chernobyl disaster: A mishandled safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union "killed at least 4,056 people and damaged almost $7 billion of property".[5] Radioactive fallout from the accident is concentrated near Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and at least 350,000 people are forcibly resettled away from these areas. After the accident, "traces of radioactive deposits unique to Chernobyl were in nearly every country in the northern hemisphere".[5]
- April 27 – "Captain Midnight" interrupts the HBO satellite feed.
- April 29 – The Diamond Jubilee of Hirohito is held at the Kokugikan in Tokyo.
May[]
- May 2
- Expo 86, the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, a World's fair, opens in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- The physical game show Takeshi's Castle first airs on the Tokyo Broadcasting System.
- May 8 – Óscar Arias is inaugurated into his first term as President of Costa Rica.
- May 16 – The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
- May 19 – The Firearm Owners Protection Act is enacted.
- May 23 – Somali President Siad Barre is injured in a car accident in Mogadishu and taken to Saudi Arabia for treatment. Somali opposition groups see this as an opportunity to try and remove Barre, beginning the Somali Civil War.
- May 25
- Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.
- The Bangladeshi double decked ferry Shamia capsizes in the Meghna River, southern Barisal, Bangladesh, killing at least 600.
June[]
June 14: The Mindbender at Fantasyland inside West Edmonton Mall derails, kills three riders, injures one rider, and slams into a concrete post.
- June – Construction of the Oosterscheldekering, the world's largest openable storm surge flood barrier, is completed in the Netherlands.
- June 4 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- June 8 – Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.
- June 9 – The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- June 12 – South Africa declares a nationwide state of emergency.
- June 14 – The Mindbender accident happened in West Edmonton Mall's Galaxyland (Known in this date as "Fantasyland"). 3 people died, and 1 person was injured.
- June 22 – In one of the most famous FIFA World Cup matches, Argentinian football player Diego Maradona scores one handball goal (nicknamed the "Hand of God") and then dribbles past the entire English football team to score a second goal (nicknamed "The Goal of the Century") with Argentina winning 2–1 against England.
- June 23 – Eric Thomas develops LISTSERV, the first email list management software.[6]
July[]
- July 5 – The Statue of Liberty is reopened to the public after celebrating its centennial and an extensive refurbishment.
- July 7 – Australian drug smugglers Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers are executed in Malaysia.
- July 12 – The New Zealand Homosexual Law Reform Act decriminalizes consensual sex between men from the age of 16.
- July 22 – In the Philippines, ABS-CBN Radio launches DZMM at 630 kHz on AM Band.
- July 23 – In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
August[]
- August 6
- A low-pressure system moving from South Australia and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimetres (12.9 in) of rain in a day on Sydney.
- Australian Democrats leader Don Chipp retires from federal parliament and is succeeded by Janine Haines, the first woman to lead a political party in Australia.
- August 19 – Two weeks after it was stolen, the Picasso painting Weeping Woman is found in a locker at the Spencer Street Station in Melbourne, Australia.
- August 20 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal Service employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers before committing suicide.
- August 21 – The Lake Nyos disaster, a limnic eruption, occurs in Cameroon, killing nearly 2,000 people.
- August 31
- The Soviet passenger liner SS Admiral Nakhimov collides with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev in the Black Sea and sinks almost immediately, killing 398.
- Aeroméxico Flight 498, a Douglas DC-9, collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 on both aircraft and 15 on the ground.
- The cargo ship Khian Sea departs from the docks of Philadelphia, carrying 14,000 tons of toxic waste. It wanders the seas for the next 16 months trying to find a place to dump its cargo. The waste is later dumped in Haiti.
September[]
- September 1 – Jordan University of Science and Technology is established in Jordan.
- September 4 – Eusko Alkartasuna, the Basque Social Democratic Party, is created in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
- September 5 – Pan Am Flight 73, with 358 people on board, is hijacked at Karachi International Airport by four Abu Nidal terrorists.
- September 6
- The Big Mac Index is introduced in The Economist newspaper as a semi-humorous international measure of purchasing power parity.[7][8]
- In Istanbul, two Abu Nidal terrorists kill 22 and wound 6 inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
- September 7
- Desmond Tutu becomes the first black Anglican Church bishop in South Africa.
- Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; 5 of his bodyguards are killed.
- September 13 – The 6.0 Mw Kalamata earthquake shook southern Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock left at least 20 dead, 300 injured, and caused $5 million in damage.
- September 28 – The Democratic Progressive Party is founded. It was part of the Tangwai movement in new generation to challenge Kuomintang in Taiwan's one-party politics.
October[]
- October 1 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Goldwater–Nichols Act into law, making official the largest reorganization of the United States Department of Defense since the Air Force was made a separate branch of service in 1947.
- October 3 – TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron, officially opens at Chalk River Laboratories.
- October 9
- United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.
- News Corporation completes its acquisition of the Metromedia group of companies, thereby launching the Fox Broadcasting Company.
- The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running Broadway show in history, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
- October 10 – The 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shook San Salvador, El Salvador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to 1,500 people were killed.
- October 11 – 12 – Cold War: Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe, which end in failure.[9]
- October 12 – Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China.
- October 16 – The International Olympic Committee chooses Albertville, France to be the host city of the 1992 Winter Olympics and Barcelona, Spain to be the host city of the 1992 Summer Olympics. The IOC also announces that the summer and winter games will separate with the winter games on every even, common year; and the summer games on every even, leap year starting from 1992.[10]
- October 19 – Mozambican President Samora Machel's plane crashes in South Africa.
- October 21 – The Marshall Islands became an associated state under the Compact of Free Association.
- October 22 – In New York City, WNBC Radio's traffic helicopter crashes into the Hudson River, killing traffic reporter Jane Dornacker. The last words heard on-the-air are Dornacker's screams of terror, "Hit the water! Hit the water! Hit the water!"
- October 26 – Bus deregulation goes into effect in the United Kingdom, except Greater London and Northern Ireland.
- October 27 – The Big Bang in the London Stock Exchange abolishes fixed commission charges, paving the way for electronic trading.
- October 29 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher officially opens the M25 Motorway, which encircles Greater London, in a ceremony on the carriageway near Potters Bar. It became Europe's second longest orbital road upon completion, and provides the first and only full bypass of London.
November[]
- November 1
- Queensland, Australia: Joh Bjelke-Petersen wins his final election as Premier of Queensland with 38.6% of the vote. He resigns on December 1, 1987, following revelations of his involvement with corruption released in the Fitzgerald Inquiry.
- Sandoz chemical spill: a major environmental disaster near Basel, Switzerland, pollutes the Rhine.
- November 3
- Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret, in order to secure the release of 7 American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
- The Northern Mariana Islands enter in a political union with the United States. The island's government adopted its own constitution in 1977, and the constitutional government took office in January 1978. The covenant was fully implemented November 3, 1986, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation no. 5564, which conferred United States citizenship on legally qualified island residents.
- November 6 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport, killing 45 people (the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record).
- November 12 – Australian singer John Farnham releases the album Whispering Jack, which becomes the highest selling album in Australia's history.
- November 18 – Greater Manchester Police announce that they will search for the bodies of 2 missing children (who both vanished more than 20 years ago) after the Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley confess to 2 more murders.
- November 21 – Iran-Contra Affair: National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary, Fawn Hall, start shredding documents implicating them in selling weapons to Iran and channeling the proceeds to help fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
December[]
- December 7 – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake destroys most of the Bulgarian town of Strajica, killing 2 people.
- December 14 – Rutan Voyager, an experimental aircraft designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, begins its flight around the world.
- December 16 – Mass anti-government protests break out across the Kazakh SSR, resulting in the massacre of over 165 protesters.
- December 19 – Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is permitted to return to Moscow after six years of internal exile.
- December 20 – Three African Americans are assaulted by a group of white teens in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York. One of the victims, Michael Griffith, is run over and killed by a motorist while attempting to flee the attackers.
- December 23 – Voyager completes the first nonstop circumnavigation of the earth by air without refueling in 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds.
- December 31 – A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.
Date unknown[]
- The National Park Passport Stamps program begins.
- The Council on Competitiveness is founded.
- Average per capita income in Japan exceeds that in the United States.
- The first commercially available 3D printer is sold.[11]
- Informal stock trading is done in Shenyang, China; the first of its kind in Red China.[12]
Births[]
January[]
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- January 1
- Glen Davis, American basketball player
- Colin Morgan, British actor and gentleman
- Anna Brewster, British actress and model
- Lee Sung-min, South Korean actor and member of Korean pop group Super Junior
- January 2
- Nathan Cowen, New Zealand rower
- Trombone Shorty, American jazz musician
- January 3 – Lloyd, American urban musician
- January 4
- Katrina Halili, Filipina actress and commercial model
- James Milner, English soccer player
- Steve Slaton, American football player
- Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player
- Charlyne Yi, American actress
- January 5
- Teppei Koike, Japanese singer and actor
- Deepika Padukone, Bollywood actress
- Jesse Draper, American actress
- J. P. Arencibia, American baseball player
- January 6
- Petter Northug, Norwegian Olympic skier
- Irina Shayk, Russian model
- Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys)
- Shane Sweet, American actor
- January 8
- David Silva, Spanish footballer
- Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress and voice actress (d. 2003)
- January 10
- Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
- Suzanne Harmes, Dutch artistic gymnast
- Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
- January 11
- Daniela Cosío, Mexican model
- Rachel Riley, English TV presenter
- January 12
- Zlata Ognevich, Ukrainian singer
- Kieron Richardson, British actor
- January 13 – Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
- January 14 – Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
- January 15
- Jessy Schram, American actress
- Kleio Valentien, American pornographic actress
- January 16
- Paula Pareto, Argentinian judoka
- Mason Gamble, American actor
- January 17
- Max Adler, American actor
- Chloe Rose Lattanzi, Australian actress and singer
- January 18
- Marya Roxx, Estonian rock musician and was lead singer of Vanilla Ninja
- Devin Kelley, American actress
- Becca Tobin, American actress and singer
- January 19 – Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer
- January 20 – Genie Chuo, Taiwanese singer and actress
- January 21
- Peyton Hillis, American football player
- Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor
- January 22 – Daniel Wayne Smith, American actor (d. 2006)
- January 23 – José Enrique, Spanish footballer
- January 24
- Raviv Ullman, Israeli actor
- Mischa Barton, British actress
- January 26
- Gerald Green, American basketball player
- Matt Heafy, Lead singer and guitarist of American rock group Trivium
- Kim Jae-joong, South Korean actor and pop singer
- Taylor Wilde, Canadian professional wrestler
- January 28
- Jessica Ennis-Hill, British heptathlete
- Shruti Haasan, Indian actress and musician
- January 29
- Sarah Jaffe, American surburbia singer
- Drew Tyler Bell, American actor and dancer
- Ashley Lilley, Scottish actress and singer
- January 30 – Ashley Buccille, American actress
- January 31 – Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Belgian footballer
February[]
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- February 1 – Lauren Conrad, American television personality and fashion designer
- February 2
- Gemma Arterton, British actress
- Miwa Asao, Japanese beach volleyball player
- Tiffany Vise, American figure skater
- February 5
- Claudia Cruz, Dominican model and beauty queen
- Kevin Gates, American hip-hop musician and entrepreneur
- Madison Rayne, American professional wrestler
- February 6
- Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian international footballer
- Sofia Nizharadze, Georgian pop musician
- Yunho, South Korean actor and member of pop group TVXQ
- Dane DeHaan, American actor
- Alice Greczyn, American actress and model
- February 7
- Stephen Colletti, American actor and television personality
- James Deen, American pornographic actor and director
- February 8
- Anna Hutchison, New Zealand actress
- Charles Andrew Williams, American perpetrator of the Santana High School shootings
- February 10
- Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
- Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress
- February 14
- Tiffany Thornton, American actress
- Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer
- February 15
- Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
- Amber Riley, American actress
- Ami Koshimizu, Japanese voice actress
- February 18
- Brenan Espartinez, Filipino singer and actor
- Vika Jigulina, Romanian music producer, dance singer and DJ
- Alessandra Mastronardi, Italian actress
- February 19
- Marta (Vieira da Silva), Brazilian-born footballer
- Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian
- Ophelia Lovibond, British actress
- Maria Mena, Norwegian pop singer
- February 21
- Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, member of the Belgian Royal Family
- Charlotte Church, British singer, actress and television presenter
- February 22 – Miko Hughes, American actor
- February 23
- Emerson da Conceição, Brazilian footballer
- Skylar Grey, American pop singer
- Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Shūji to Akira)
- Boipelo Makhothi, Lesotho swimmer
- Jerod Mayo, American football player
- Ola Svensson, Swedish pop singer
- February 24 – Bryce Papenbrook, American voice actor, son of Bob Papenbrook
- February 25
- Justin Berfield, American actor
- James and Oliver Phelps, identical twin British actors
- Danny Saucedo (aka Danny), Swedish pop and dance singer
- February 26
- Leila Lopes, Angolan Miss Universe 2011
- Teresa Palmer, Australian actress and model
- Crystal Kay, Japanese actress and pop singer
March[]
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- March 1
- Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
- Ayumu Goromaru, Japanese rugby union player
- Big E Langston, American Professional Wrestler
- March 2 – Ethan Peck, American actor
- March 3 – Stacie Orrico, American singer
- March 4 – Margo Harshman, American actress
- March 5
- Corey Brewer, American basketball player
- Julie Henderson, American model
- Mika Newton, Ukrainian singer and actress
- Andrew Jenks, American filmmaker
- Shikabala, Egyptian footballer
- March 6
- Eli Marienthal, American actor
- Francisco Cervelli, Venezuelan baseball player
- Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish footballer
- March 8 – Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, a member of the Japanese Imperial Family
- March 9 – Brittany Snow, American actress
- March 11
- Dario Cologna, Swiss Olympic skier
- Mariko Shinoda, Japanese singer, actress, fashion model, and idol (AKB48)
- March 12
- Danny Jones, Lead singer and guitarist of British pop and rock group McFly
- František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (d. 2017)
- March 13
- Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
- Kousuke Yonehara, Japanese singer (Run&Gun) and actor
- March 14 – Jamie Bell, British actor
- March 15 – Jai Courtney, Australian actor
- March 16
- Alexandra Daddario, American actress and model
- Ken Doane, American professional wrestler
- T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
- Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater
- March 17
- Edin Džeko, Bosnian footballer
- Olesya Rulin, Russian-born actress
- March 18 – Lykke Li, Swedish singer-songwriter.
- March 19 – Anne Vyalitsyna, Russian model
- March 20 – Ruby Rose, Australian actress and model
- March 21
- Scott Eastwood, American actor
- Michu, Spanish footballer
- March 22 – Matt Bush, American actor
- March 23
- Steven Strait, American actor
- Brett Eldredge, American country music singer
- March 24 – Val Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American professional dancer from Dancing With The Stars
- March 25
- Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
- Megan Gibson, American softball player
- March 26
- Jonny Craig, Member of urban group Dance Gavin Dance and Emarosa
- Jessica Hart, Australian model
- Misty Stone, American pornographic actress
- March 27
- SoCal Val, American professional wrestling personality
- Manuel Neuer, German football goalkeeper
- March 28
- Lady Gaga (real name Stefani Germanotta), American pop musician and record producer
- Meagan Smith, American film and voice actress
- March 29
- Romina Oprandi, Italian tennis player
- Lucas Elliot Eberl, American actor and director
- March 30
- Beni, Japanese singer and actress
- Tessa Ferrer, American actress
- Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer
April[]
- April 1
- Ellen Hollman, American actress
- Kid Ink, American hip-hop musician
- Yurika Nakamura, Japanese athlete
- Hillary Scott, Lead singer and guitarist of American surburbia group Lady Antebellum
- April 2
- Lee DeWyze, American rock musician
- Drew Van Acker, American actor
- April 3
- Amanda Bynes, American actress
- Coleen Rooney, English media personality
- April 4
- Eunhyuk, South Korean actor and member of pop group Super Junior
- Steven Brown, Australian judoka personnel
- April 7 – Choi Si-won, South Korean actor, model and member of pop group Super Junior
- April 8
- Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
- Cliff Avril, American football player
- Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, singer, and model
- April 9
- Leighton Meester, American actress
- Jordan Masterson, American actor
- April 10
- Sam Attwater, British actor
- Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer
- Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
- April 11
- Stephanie Pratt, American television personality
- Dai Greene, Welsh hurdler
- April 12 – Matt McGorry, American actor and activist
- April 15 – Tom Heaton, English footballer
- April 16
- Sufe Bradshaw, American actress
- Shinji Okazaki, Japanese football player
- April 18 – Maurice Edu, American footballer
- April 19 – Candace Parker, American basketball player
- April 20
- Pablo Martín, Spanish golfer
- Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director and writer (d. 2003)
- April 22
- Viktor Fayzulin, Russian footballer
- Amber Heard, American actress
- Marshawn Lynch, American football player
- April 23 – Jessica Stam, Canadian model
- April 24 – Tahyna Tozzi, Australian model, singer and actress
- April 25
- John DeLuca, American actor
- Daniel Sharman, British actor
- April 26 – Aaron Meeks, American actor
- April 27
- Jenna Coleman, British actress
- Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
- April 28 – Jenna Ushkowitz, American stage and television actress and singer
- April 30 – Dianna Agron, American actress
May[]
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- May 1 – Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2013)
- May 2
- Emily Hart, American actress
- Thomas McDonell, American actor
- May 3 – Poppy Delevingne, English model
- May 5 – Grace Wong, Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant contestant
- May 6
- Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor and film maker
- Sasheer Zamata, American actress and comedian
- May 7 – Rianne ten Haken, Dutch model
- May 8 – Laura Spencer, American actress
- May 9 – Grace Gummer, American actress
- May 12
- Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
- Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
- May 13
- Lena Dunham, American actress and producer
- Robert Pattinson, English actor and musician
- Alexander Rybak, Norwegian singer and violinist, Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner
- May 14
- Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
- Mey Chan, Indonesian singer
- Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
- Darren Wilson, American police officer responsible for fatally shooting Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri
- May 15 – Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
- May 16
- Megan Fox, American actress
- Drew Roy, American actor
- Shamcey Supsup, Filipino beauty pageant contestant
- Jacob Zachar, American actor
- May 17
- Amy Gumenick, Swedish actress
- Tahj Mowry, American actor, dancer, and singer
- Erin Richards, Welsh actress
- May 19 – Eric Lloyd, American actor
- May 20
- Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
- Louisa Krause, American actress
- May 21
- Ricardo Lockette, American football player
- Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
- May 22
- Julian Edelman, American football player
- Molly Ephraim, American actress
- Tatiana Volosozhar, Ukrainian-born Russian figure skater
- May 23
- Nico Colaluca, American footballer
- Valentina Marchei, Italian figure skater
- Jordan Zimmermann, American baseball player
- May 24 – Mark Ballas, American dancer, choreographer, actor, singer-songwriter, musician, and two-time winner of Dancing with the Stars
- May 25 – Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
- May 26 – Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Spanish actress and model
- May 27 – Timo Descamps, Belgian actor and singer
- May 28
- Joseph Cross, American actor
- Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
- Britt McHenry, American sports reporter
- Seth Rollins, American professional wrestler
- May 29
- Hornswoggle, American professional wrestler and actor
- Eleazar Gómez, Mexican actor
- Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican-American fashion model
- May 30
- Will Peltz, American actor
- Pasha Parfeni, Moldovan singer
- May 31
- Brooke Castile, American figure skater
- Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
- Sopho Khalvashi, Georgian musician
- Melissa McIntyre, Canadian actress
June[]
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- June 1
- Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner
- Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008
- Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer
- Skream, British DJ and producer (Magnetic Man)
- Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
- Ricardo Abarca, Mexican actor and singer
- June 2
- Todd Carney, Australian rugby player
- Curtis Lofton, American football player
- June 3
- Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
- Josh Segarra, American actor
- Brenden Jefferson, American actor
- Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
- Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner
- Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
- Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
- Tomáš Verner, Czech Republic ice skater
- June 4
- Oona Chaplin, Spanish-English actress and dancer
- Fahriye Evcen, German-Turkish actress
- Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
- Shelly Woods, British wheelchair racer
- Yoochun, South Korean musician and actor
- June 5
- Christian Baracat, German rugby player
- Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
- Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
- Vernon Gholston, American football player
- June 6
- Bhavana, Indian actress
- Kim Hyun-joong, South Korean actor, model and singer
- Junichi Tazawa, Japanese-American baseball player
- Leslie Carter, American pop singer (d. 2012)
- Justin Allgaier, American race car driver
- June 9 – Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor
- June 10 – Joey Zimmerman, American actor and musician
- June 11 – Shia LaBeouf, American actor and film director
- June 12 – Cintia Dicker, Brazilian model
- June 13
- Kat Dennings, American actress
- DJ Snake, French DJ and producer
- Keisuke Honda, Japanese football player
- Ashley Olsen, American actress
- Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress
- Måns Zelmerlöw, Swedish pop singer and television presenter
- June 14 – Haley Hudson, American actress
- June 15 – Momoko Ueda, Japanese golfer
- June 16 – Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
- June 17
- Lisa Haydon, Indian actress
- Marie Avgeropoulos, Canadian actress and model
- June 18
- Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
- Richard Madden, British actor
- Shusaku Nishikawa, Japanese footballer
- Crystal Renn, American model and author
- Meaghan Rath, Canadian film and television actress
- June 19
- Erin Mackey, American actress and singer
- Marvin Williams, American basketball player
- Nazareno Casero, Argentinian actor
- June 20 – Dreama Walker, American actress
- June 21 – Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (d. 2017)
- June 23 – Marti Malloy, American judoka
- June 24
- Stuart Broad, English cricketer
- Kaitlin Cullum, American actress
- Phil Hughes, American baseball player
- Solange Knowles, American actress and singer
- Bojana Stamenov, Serbian singer
- June 25
- Lee Ho-suk, South Korean short-track skater
- Ace Mahbaz, Iranian actor and writer
- June 26
- Brittney Karbowski, American voice actress
- Angelina Pivarnick, American television personality, model, and singer
- June 27
- Drake Bell, American actor and singer
- Sam Claflin, British actor
- Kristal Uzelac, American artistic gymnast
- June 28
- Kellie Pickler, American singer
- Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
- June 29
- Edward Maya, Romanian musician
- Mohd Farizal Marlias, Malaysian footballer
- Christopher Egan, Australian actor
- June 30 – Victoria Crawford, American professional wrestler and model
July[]
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- July 1
- Agnes Monica, Indonesian urban singer
- Casey Reinhardt, American model
- July 2
- Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
- Bruno Rezende, Brazilian volleyball player
- July 3 – Felixia Yeap, Malaysian model
- July 4 – Takahisa Masuda, Japanese actor and singer
- July 6
- Leon Frierson, American actor and comedian
- Derrick Williams, American football player
- July 7 – Sevyn Streeter, Former member of the American groups TG4 and RichGirl
- July 8
- Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Jake McDorman, American film and television actor
- July 9 – Kiely Williams, American actress and singer
- July 10 – Wyatt Russell, American actor
- July 12
- Krystal Forscutt, Australian reality TV star
- JP Pietersen, South African rugby player
- July 13 – Stanley Weber, French actor and theatre director
- July 14
- Dan Smith, Lead singer of the British rock group Bastille
- Sanam Baloch, Pakistani VJ, actress and anchor
- Peta Murgatroyd, New Zealand-born Australian dancer from Dancing With The Stars
- July 15 – Mishael Morgan, Canadian actress
- July 16 – Taryn Southern, American actress
- July 17
- Dana, Korean singer, dancer and actress (TSZX)
- Brando Eaton, American actor
- Kaitlin Riley, American actress
- Lacey Von Erich, professional wrestler
- July 18
- Travis Milne, Canadian actor
- Nolan Gerard Funk, Canadian actor and singer
- Mustapha Jarju, Gambian footballer
- July 19 – Jinder Mahal, Indo-Canadian professional wrestler
- July 20 – Osric Chau, Canadian actor and martial artist
- July 21
- Livia Brito, Cuban-Mexican actress and model
- Diane Guerrero, American actress
- July 22 – Zeus, Motswana hip-hop artist, MC and businessman
- July 24
- Megan Park, Canadian actress and singer
- Natalie Tran, Australian comedian
- July 25 – Hulk, Brazilian footballer
- July 26 – Monica Raymund, American actress
- July 27 – Nathan Stephenson, Canadian actor
- July 28 – Alexandra Chando, American actress
- July 30
- Danielle Keaton, American actress
- Jung Chul-woon, South Korean football player
- July 31 – Evgeni Malkin, Russian hockey player
August[]
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- August 3
- Charlotte Casiraghi, heir to the Monaco throne
- Andrew McFarlane, American actor
- Prince Louis of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg
- August 4 – Oleg Ivanov, Russian footballer
- August 5
- Paula Creamer, American golfer
- Kyoko Oshima, Japanese artistic gymnast
- August 6 – Bryan Young, Canadian ice hockey player
- August 7
- Altaír Jarabo, Mexican actress
- Paul Biedermann, German swimmer
- Nancy Sumari, Tanzanian beauty queen and model, Miss World 2005
- Keahu Kahuanui, American actor
- August 8 – Peyton List, American actress
- August 11
- Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress
- Colby Rasmus, American baseball player
- August 14 – Nigel Boogaard, Australian footballer
- August 16
- Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
- Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
- August 17
- Bryton James, American actor
- Tobias Schönenberg, German actor and photo model
- August 19 – Christina Perri, American pop and rock musician
- August 21
- Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
- Kiami Davael, American actress
- Brooks Wheelan, American actor, comedian and writer
- August 22
- Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
- Neville, Professional wrestler
- August 25 – Andra, Romanian singer.
- August 26 – Big K.R.I.T., American rapper
- August 27 – Sebastian Kurz, Austrian politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
- August 28
- Armie Hammer, American actor
- Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier/hostage
- Florence Welch, British singer
- August 29
- Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
- Lea Michele, American actress and singer
- August 30
- Theo Hutchcraft, British pop musician
- Ryan Ross, American guitarist (Panic! at the Disco)
- August 31 – Feng Tianwei, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
September[]
- September 1
- Sidney Rice, former American football player
- Shahar Tzuberi, Israeli windsurfer
- Jean Sarkozy, French politician
- Camille Mana, American actress
- September 2
- Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, Ugandan middle-distance runner
- Stevan Faddy, Montenegrin singer
- September 3
- OMI, Jamaican-born singer
- Shaun White, American professional snowboarder
- September 4
- Jaclyn Hales, American actress
- Xavier Woods, American professional wrestler
- September 6 – Raven Riley, American porn star
- September 8
- Jake Sandvig, American actor
- Leah LaBelle Canadian born American R&B singer wife of Rasual Butler (d. 2018)
- September 9 – José Aldo, WEC Featherweight Champion, the first UFC Featherweight Champion
- September 10
- Greg Garbowsky, American musician
- Ryuji Kamiyama, Japanese vocalist (Run&Gun) and actor
- September 12
- Alfie Allen, English actor
- Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
- Yang Mi, Chinese actress and singer
- Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer
- September 14
- Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer
- A.J. Trauth, American actor and musician
- Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian musician
- September 15
- Jenna McCorkell, British figure skater
- Heidi Montag, American television personality
- September 16
- Gordon Beckham, American baseball player
- Ian Harding, American actor
- Kyla Pratt, American actress
- September 18
- Keeley Hazell, British model
- Renaud Lavillenie, French pole vaulter
- September 19
- Mandy Musgrave, American actress
- Ilya Salmanzadeh, Swedish music producer
- Peter Vack, American voice actor
- Carrie Finlay, Canadian actress
- September 20 – Aldis Hodge, American actor
- September 21 – Lindsey Stirling, American violinist, dancer, performance artist, and composer
- September 23 – Kaylee DeFer, American actress
- September 24
- Leah Dizon, American singer and model
- Eloise Mumford, American actress
- September 25 – Steve Forrest, American drummer
- September 26
- Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress
- Sarah Freeman, American actress
- September 27 – Natasha Thomas, Danish singer and songwriter
- September 28 – Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
- September 29
- Lisa Foiles, American actress
- Lo Bosworth, American television personality
- September 30
- Olivier Giroud, French footballer
- Ki Hong Lee, South Korean actor
October[]
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- October 1
- Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer
- Jurnee Smollett-Bell, American actress
- October 2
- Camilla Belle, American actress
- Tom Hudson, British actor
- October 3 – Andy San Dimas, American pornographic actress
- October 4 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
- October 5 – Novica Veličković, Serbian basketball player
- October 6
- Luisa D'Oliveira, Canadian actress
- Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
- Olivia Thirlby, American actress
- October 7
- Holland Roden, American actress
- Amber Stevens West, American actress and model
- Bree Olson, American former pornographic actress
- October 9 – Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
- October 10
- Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player
- Lucy Griffiths, British actress
- October 12
- Marcus T. Paulk, American actor
- Tyler Blackburn, American actor
- October 13
- Raquel Lee, American actress
- Gabriel Agbonlahor, English Footballer
- Julia McIlvaine, American character actress
- October 14
- Iveta Mukuchyan, Armenian singer, model and actress
- Wesley Matthews, American basketball player
- Skyler Shaye, American actress
- October 15
- Ali Fazal, Indian actor
- Lee Donghae, Korean singer (Super Junior)
- October 16 – Craig Pickering, British sprinter
- October 17 – Mohombi, Congolese urban singer-songwriter and dancer
- October 18 – Loukas Giorkas, Greek-Cypriot singer and model
- October 20 – Elyse Taylor, Australian model
- October 21
- Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Russian-American terrorist responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings (d. 2013)
- Christopher Uckermann, Mexican actor
- October 22
- Kyle Gallner, American actor
- Kara Lang, Canadian footballer
- October 23
- Briana Evigan, American actress
- Emilia Clarke, British actress
- Jessica Stroup, American actress and fashion model
- October 24
- Drake, Canadian actor and hip-hop rapper
- John Ruddy, English footballer
- October 27
- Inbar Lavi, Israeli actress
- Erica Dasher, American actress
- October 28 – Tamar Kaprelian, Armenian American musician and singer
- October 29
- Italia Ricci, Canadian actress
- Derek Theler, American actor
- October 30 – Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian Olympic ski jumper
- October 31 – Brent Corrigan, American porn actor and director
November[]
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- November 1 – Penn Badgley, American actor
- November 3
- Heo Young-Saeng, South Korean singer
- Jasmine Trias, Filipino singer
- November 4 – Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer
- November 5
- BoA, Korean singer
- Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
- Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer
- November 6
- Katie Leclerc, American actress
- Adam Saunders, Australian actor
- November 8
- Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby union player
- Aaron Swartz, American programmer (d. 2013)
- November 10
- Josh Peck, American actor and director
- Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan athlete (d. 2011)
- November 11
- Greta Salóme, Icelandic singer and violinist
- François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player
- Rafael de la Fuente, Venezuelan actor and singer
- November 12 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- November 14
- Yuna, Malaysian singer, songwriter, and businesswoman
- Cory Michael Smith, American actor
- November 15
- Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
- Coye Francies, American football player
- November 16 – Omar Mateen, American mass murderer (d. 2016)
- November 17
- Karmichael Hunt, Australian NRL player
- Nani, Cape Verde-born Portuguese footballer
- November 18
- Pablo Lyle, Mexican actor
- Georgia King, British actress
- Joseph Ashton, American actor and voice actor
- Ragne Veensalu, Estonian actress
- November 19 – Veronica Scott, American fashion designer
- November 20
- Ashley Fink, American actress and singer
- Lee Gye-deok, South Korean singer and activist
- November 21 – Sam Palladio, British actor and musician
- November 22 – Oscar Pistorius, South African Paralympic runner
- November 24
- Maya Kazan, American actress
- Jimmy Graham, American football player
- Pedro León, Spanish soccer player
- Mohamed Massaquoi, American football player
- Guðmundur Pétursson, Icelandic soccer player
- Hana Kuk, Hong Kong singer
- November 25 – Katie Cassidy, American singer and model
- November 26
- Trevor Morgan, American actor
- Kanae Ito, Japanese voice actress
- November 27 – Suresh Raina, Indian cricket player
- November 28
- Johnny Simmons, American actor
- Pamela Bianca Manalo, Filipina beauty queen and actress
- Helen Wood, British TV personality
- Hannah Fry, British complex systems theorist, public speaker and TV presenter
- November 30
- Boggie, Hungarian singer
- Jordan Farmar, American basketball player
December[]
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- December 1 – DeSean Jackson, American football player
- December 2 – Edson Décimo Alves Araújo, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)
- December 4 – Martell Webster, American basketball player
- December 7 – Corey Vidal, Canadian online video content provider and digital media consultant
- December 8
- Amir Khan, British boxer
- Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter and actress
- December 11
- Alex House, Canadian actor
- Lee Peltier, English footballer
- Condola Rashād, American actress
- December 15
- Radosław Majewski, Polish footballer
- Xiah, Korean singer (TVXQ)
- December 17
- Emma Bell, American actress
- Vanessa Zima, American actress
- December 18 – Jery Sandoval, Colombian actress, model and singer
- December 19
- Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer
- Ingrid Burley, American rapper and songwriter
- Calvin Andrew, English footballer
- December 22 – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian-born terrorist known as the "Underwear Bomber"
- December 23 – Noël Wells, American actress and comedian
- December 24
- Ana Brenda Contreras, Mexican actress and singer
- Tim Elliott, American mixed martial artist
- Satomi Ishihara, Japanese actress
- Riyo Mori, Japanese Miss Universe 2007 winner
- December 26
- Mew Azama, Japanese actress
- Kit Harington, British actor
- December 27 – Jamaal Charles, American football player
- December 29 – Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and model
- December 30
- Caity Lotz, American actress
- Ellie Goulding, British singer
- Faye Marsay, British actress
- Max Walker, Canadian actor
Deaths[]
January[]
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- January 2 – Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
- January 4
- Giuseppe Addobbati, Italian actor (b. 1909)
- Christopher Isherwood, English writer (b. 1904)
- Phil Lynott, Irish musician, lead singer and bassist of Irish rock group, Thin Lizzy (b. 1949)
- January 5
- Sir John Barlow, 2nd Baronet, British politician (b. 1898)
- Ilmari Salminen, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1902)
- January 7 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (b. 1917)
- January 8 – Maria L. de Hernández, Mexican-born American rights activist (b. 1896)
- January 10 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
- January 12 – Juan Carlos Corazzo, Uruguayan football player (b. 1907)
- January 13 – Abdul Fattah Ismail, Leader of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) (b. 1939)
- January 14
- Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
- Juan Manuel Rozas, Spanish writer (b. 1936)
- January 16 – Herbert W. Armstrong, founded the Worldwide Church of God (b. 1892)
- January 17 – Abdul Majid Kubar, 4th Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1909)
- January 23 – Willard Van Dyke, American filmmaker and photographer (b. 1906)
- January 24
- Victor Crutchley, British admiral (b. 1893)
- L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and founder of Scientology (b. 1911)
- Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
- January 27
- Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical sitarist (b. 1931)
- Lilli Palmer, German actress (b. 1914)
- January 28 – In the Challenger disaster:
- Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (b. 1944)
- Christa McAuliffe, American astronaut and teacher (b. 1948)
- Ronald McNair, American astronaut (b. 1950)
- Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (b. 1946)
- Judith Resnik, American astronaut (b. 1949)
- Dick Scobee, American astronaut (b. 1939)
- Michael J. Smith, American astronaut (b. 1945)
- January 29 – Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)
February[]
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- February 1 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1902)
- February 6 – Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
- February 7
- Minoru Yamasaki, Japanese architect, designed the twin towers of the World Trade Center (b. 1912)
- Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician (b. 1923)
- February 8 – Sarah Isabella McElligott, New Zealand cook and fruit-stall holder (b. 1883)
- February 10 – Brian Aherne, British actor (b. 1902)
- February 11
- Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
- Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer and civil servant (b. 1942)
- February 14 – Edmund Rubbra, British composer (b. 1901)
- February 16 – Howard Da Silva, American actor (b. 1909)
- February 17
- Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895)
- Red Ruffing, American baseball player (New York Yankees) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1905)
- Paul Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
- February 19 – Francisco Mignone, Brazilian classical music (b. 1897)
- February 21
- Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (b. 1895)
- Mart Stam, Dutch architect (b. 1899)
- February 24 – Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician and "Father of medicare" in Canada (b. 1904)
- February 27 – Jacques Plante, Canadian hockey player (b. 1929)
- February 28
- Olof Palme, Swedish politician, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1927)
- Thomas Williams, British politician (b. 1915)
March[]
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- March 2 – Cesare Polacco, Italian actor (b. 1900)
- March 4
- Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (The Band) (b. 1943)
- Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)
- March 6
- Adolph Caesar, American actor (b. 1933)
- Alexander Hollaender, researcher in radiobiology (b. 1898)
- Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
- Lewis Valentine, Welsh politician (b. 1893)
- March 10
- Myron Cohen, American comedian (b. 1902)
- Ray Milland, Welsh actor and director (b. 1907)
- March 13 – José Vieira Alvernaz, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1898)
- March 15 – Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez, Mexican Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (b. 1895)
- March 17 – John Bagot Glubb, British soldier (b. 1897)
- March 18 – Bernard Malamud, American writer (b. 1914)
- March 22
- Harriette Simpson Arnow, American novelist (b. 1908)
- Martin Harlinghausen, German air force general (b. 1902)
- Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
- March 23
- Moshe Feinstein, Orthodox rabbi (b. 1895)
- Anastasia Zuyeva, Soviet actress (b. 1896)
- March 24
- Michael, Prince of Montenegro (b. 1908)
- Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł, Polish translator and politician (b. 1898)
- March 28 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress (b. 1919)
- March 29 – Harry Ritz, American actor (b. 1907)
- March 30 – James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
- March 31
- O'Kelly Isley, American singer of The Isley Brothers (b. 1937)
- Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)
April[]
- April 3 – Peter Pears, English tenor (b. 1910)
- April 7 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
- April 8 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967)
- April 13 – Stephen Stucker, American actor (b. 1947)
- April 14 – Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist writer (b. 1908)
- April 15
- Jean Genet, French writer (b. 1910)
- Tim McIntire, American actor (b. 1944)
- April 17
- Paul Costello, American Olympic rower – double sculls (b. 1894)
- Marcel Dassault, French aircraft industrialist (b. 1892)
- Carl Lee, American actor (b. 1926)
- April 19
- Aileen Britton, Australian actress (b. 1916)
- Alvin Childress, American actor (b. 1907)
- April 20 – Aleksei Arbuzov, Soviet playwright (b. 1908)
- April 22 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (b. 1907)
- April 23
- Harold Arlen, American music composer (b. 1905)
- Jim Laker, English cricketer (b. 1922)
- Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (b. 1905)
- April 24 – The Duchess of Windsor (the former Wallis Simpson), widow of the late Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) (b. 1896)
- April 26
- Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)
- Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
- Lou van Burg, Dutch television personality and game show host (b. 1917)
- Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
- April 29 – Gilbert Baker, British Anglican bishop and missionary (b. 1910)
- April 30 – Robert Stevenson, English film director (b. 1905)
May[]
- May 1 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
- May 2 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally car driver (b. 1956)
- May 3 – Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
- May 7 – Herma Szabo, Austrian figure skater (b. 1902)
- May 9
- Herschel Bernardi, American actor (b. 1923)
- Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa (b. 1914)
- May 11
- Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector, socialite, philanthropist and the chairman of the Philadelphia Art Museum (b. 1910)
- Fritz Pollard, American football player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1894)
- May 12
- Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian actress (b. 1897)
- Alicia Moreau de Justo, Argentine physician, politician, pacifist and human rights activist (b. 1885)
- May 14
- Janne Aikala, Finnish murder victim (b. 1975)
- William Lindsay, British actor (b. 1945)
- May 15
- Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
- Theodore White, American writer (b. 1915)
- May 19 – Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
- May 20 – Helen B. Taussig, American cardiologist (b. 1898)
- May 23
- Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
- Altiero Spinelli, Italian political theorist and European federalist (b. 1907)
- May 24
- Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (b. 1895)
- Robert Holmes, British scriptwriter (b. 1926)
- May 25 – Chester Bowles, American politician (b. 1901)
- May 26 – Gian-Carlo Coppola, American film producer (b. 1964)
- May 27 – Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1901)
- May 28 – Lurene Tuttle, American character actress (b. 1907)
- May 29 – José Luis Carreño, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and missionary (b. 1905)
- May 30 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (b. 1940)
- May 31
- Jane Frank, American artist (b. 1918)
- James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
June[]
- June 3 – Anna Neagle, English actress (b. 1904)
- June 4 – Paul Stevens, American actor (b. 1921)
- June 5 – Bryan Grant, American tennis champion (b. 1909)
- June 6
- William Joynt, Australian officer and farm labourer (b. 1889)
- Tony Wright, English actor (b. 1925)
- June 11 – Chesley Bonestell, American painter (b. 1888)
- June 13
- Benny Goodman, American jazz musician (b. 1909)
- Ulla Strömstedt, Swedish actress (b. 1939)
- June 14
- Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
- Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (b. 1918)
- Marlin Perkins, American zoologist (b. 1905)
- June 15 – Walter V. Schaefer, American jurist and educator (b. 1904)
- June 16 – Maurice Duruflé, French composer (b. 1902)
- June 17
- Anahareo, Canadian writer (b. 1906)
- Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
- June 18
- Richard Abbott, Belgian-born American actor (b. 1899)
- Frances Scott Fitzgerald, daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre (b. 1921)
- June 19
- June 21 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer, musician, conductor and author (b. 1923)
- June 23
- Sir Moses Finley, British classicist (b. 1912)
- Nigel Stock, English actor (b. 1919)
- June 26
- Hilda Conkling, American child poet (b. 1910)
- Kunio Maekawa, Japanese architect (b. 1905)
- June 27 – Don Rogers, American football player (b. 1962)
- June 28 – Mary Anderson, American actress (b. 1897)
- June 29
- Jack Christiansen, American football player (Detroit Lions) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1928)
- Robert Drivas, American actor (b. 1938)
- June 30 – Guan Zilan, Chinese avant-garde painter (b. 1903)
July[]
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- July 3 – Rudy Vallée, American singer, actor, and bandleader (b. 1901)
- July 4 – Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
- July 6 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
- July 8
- Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral (b. 1900)
- Skeeter Webb, baseball player (b. 1909)
- July 12 – Wacław Kisielewski, Polish pianist (b. 1943)
- July 13 – Patriarch Nicholas VI of Alexandria (b. 1913)
- July 14
- Raymond Loewy, French-born industrial designer (b. 1893)
- Joseph Vogt, German classical historian (b. 1895)
- July 15
- Florence Halop, American actress (b. 1923)
- Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (b. 1923)
- July 18
- Buddy Baer, American boxer and actor (b. 1915)
- Stanley Rous, English administrator, 6th President of FIFA (b. 1895)
- July 19
- Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
- Harold D. Schuster, American film director (b. 1902)
- July 20 – Helen Craig, American actress (b. 1912)
- July 21 – Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
- July 22
- Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- Floyd Gottfredson, American cartoonist, primarily known for the "Mickey Mouse" comic strip (b. 1905)
- July 24
- Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
- Laurie Nash, Australian sportsman (b. 1910)
- Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Japanese Olympic swimmer (b. 1903)
- July 25
- Ted Lyons, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1900)
- Vincente Minnelli, American film director (b. 1903)
- July 26 – W. Averell Harriman, American diplomat and politician (b. 1891)
- July 27 – Osbert Lancaster, British cartoonist (b. 1908)
- July 31
- Patriarch Iustin of Romania (b. 1910)
- Diana King, British actress (b. 1918)
- Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (b. 1912)
- Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat, saved Jewish WWII refugees (b. 1900)
August[]
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- August 1 – Ignatius Joseph Kasimo Hendrowahyono, Indonesian politician (b. 1900)
- August 2
- Vsevolod Bazhenov, Soviet painter (b. 1909)
- Renato Leduc, Mexican poet and journalist (b. 1897)
- August 4 – Willem Ruis, Dutch game show host (b. 1945)
- August 10 – Chuck McKinley, American tennis champion (b. 1941)
- August 13 – Pius Anthony Benincasa, American Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1913)
- August 16 – Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1921)
- August 19
- Hermione Baddeley, British actress (b. 1906)
- Charles Radoff, Russian painter (b. 1894)
- Lorenzo Tucker, American actor (b. 1907)
- August 20 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, and playwright (b. 1923)
- August 21 – Thad Jones, American jazz musician (b. 1923)
- August 22 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Turkey and President of Turkey (b. 1883)
- August 23 – Mikhail Kuznetsov, Soviet actor (b. 1918)
- August 26 – Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
- August 27 – George Nepia, New Zealand Maori rugby player (b. 1905)
- August 29 – Arthur Meyerhoff, American advertising agency executive and entrepreneur (b. 1895)
- August 30 – George Pelawa, American ice hockey star Minnesota Mr. Hockey (b. 1968)
- August 31
- Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician, 21st Prime Minister of Finland and 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)
- Henry Moore, British sculptor (b. 1898)
- Jorge Alessandri, Chilean engineer, entrepreneur and politician, 27th President of Chile (b. 1896)
September[]
- September 1
- Earl B. Dickerson, prominent African American attorney (b. 1891)
- Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)
- September 4 – Hank Greenberg, Jewish-American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1911)
- September 6 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1896)
- September 7
- Sir Spencer Le Marchant, British politician (b. 1931)
- Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Sultan of Brunei (b. 1914)
- September 10
- María Dolores Katarain ("Yoyes"), Spanish Basque separatist leader (killed in action) (b. 1954)
- Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker, political activist (b. 1900)
- September 11
- Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek author and politician, 164th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902)
- Jacques Henri Lartigue, French painter (b. 1894)
- Henry DeWolf Smyth, American physicist (b. 1898)
- September 12 – Frank Nelson, American actor (b. 1911)
- September 18 – Pat Phoenix, British actress (b. 1923)
- September 21 – Cheryl Keeton, American murder victim (b. 1949)
- September 22 – József Asbóth, Hungarian tennis champion (b. 1917)
- September 23 – Gottfried Freiherr von Banfield, Austro-Hungarian naval aeroplane pilot in the First World War (b. 1890)
- September 25 – Nikolay Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
- September 26 – Noboru Terada, Japanese Olympic swimmer (b. 1917)
- September 27
- Tony Acquaviva, American composer (b. 1925)
- Cliff Burton, American bassist (Metallica) (b. 1962)
- September 28
- Denis Carey, British actor (b. 1909)
- Howard Graham, Canadian Army Officer (b. 1898)
- Robert Helpmann, Australian actor, dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
- September 29 – Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1920)
- September 30 – Storm Jameson, English journalist and author (b. 1891)
October[]
- October 5
- Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
- James H. Wilkinson, British mathematician (b. 1919)
- October 7 – Wallace Wade, American football coach, University of Alabama, Duke University (b. 1892)
- October 10 – Michele Pellegrino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1903)
- October 11
- Norm Cash, American baseball player (b. 1934)
- Boris Leven, Russian-born art director (b. 1908)
- October 14 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)
- October 15 – Jerry Smith, American football All Pro tight end, Washington Redskins, NFL (b. 1943)
- October 16 – Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (b. 1921)
- October 19 – Samora Machel, Mozambican military commander, politician and revolutionary, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
- October 21 – Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian author (b. 1911)
- October 22 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
- October 23 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1893)
- October 25 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (F Troop) (b. 1919)
- October 26 – Jackson Scholz, American Olympic athlete (b. 1897)
- October 28 – Ian Marter, British actor and writer (b. 1944)
- October 31 – Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1896)
November[]
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- November 2 – Paul Frees, American voice actor (b. 1920)
- November 3 – Vladimir Bobri, Soviet composer (b. 1898)
- November 4 – Abdallah El-Yafi, Lebanese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1901)
- November 5 – Claude Jutra, Canadian film director (b. 1930)
- November 6 – Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)
- November 7 – Anson Phelps Stokes, American Episcopal bishop (b. 1905)
- November 8
- Artur London, Czech statesman (b. 1915)
- Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (b. 1890)
- November 10 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
- November 11 – Roger C. Carmel, American actor (b. 1932)
- November 12 – Faiz Ahmad, Afghan revolutionary leader (b. 1946)
- November 13 – Franco Cortese, Italian racing driver (b. 1903)
- November 15 – Alexandre Tansman, French composer and virtuoso pianist (b. 1897)
- November 16 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (b. 1923)
- November 18 – Gia Carangi, American supermodel (b. 1960)
- November 19 – Flukey Stokes, American mobster (b. 1937)
- November 21
- Jerry Colonna, American comedian (b. 1904)
- Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
- Sebastian Vayalil, Indian bishop (b. 1906)
- November 22
- Scatman Crothers, American actor, musician (b. 1910)
- William Bradford Huie, American journalist, or, publisher and author (b. 1910)
- November 25 – Ivan Magill, Irish-born anaesthetist (b. 1888)
- November 29 – Cary Grant, British actor (b. 1904)
December[]
- December 1
- Bobby Layne, American football player (Detroit Lions) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1926)
- Robert Lee, Chinese-born British actor (b. 1914)
- December 2
- Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American actor, bandleader, musician and television producer; co-founder of Desilu Productions (b. 1917)
- Ken Scott, American actor (b. 1928)
- December 3 – Austin Hayes, Irish footballer (b. 1958)
- December 10 – Susan Cabot, American actress (b. 1927)
- December 12 – Paul Verner, German politician (b. 1911)
- December 13 – Heather Angel, British-born American actress (b. 1909)
- December 14
- Claude Bertrand, French actor (b. 1919)
- Antal Páger, Hungarian actor (b. 1899)
- December 15 – Serge Lifar, Soviet dancer and choreographer (b. 1905)
- December 16
- Francisco Casanovas, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1899)
- John Nathaniel Couch, American mycologist (b. 1896)
- December 17
- Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
- Evgenii Nikishin, Soviet mathematician (b. 1945)
- Wanis al-Qaddafi, Libyan politician, 10th Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1924)
- December 18 – Andrew Tsu, Chinese Anglican bishop (b. 1885)
- December 21 – Willy Coppens, Belgian pilot (b. 1892)
- December 22 – Ida Cook (aka Mary Burchell), British novelist and campaigner for Jewish refugees (b. 1904)
- December 24
- Gardner Fox, American writer (b. 1911)
- Richard van der Riet Woolley, English astronomer (b. 1906)
- December 26 – Elsa Lanchester, English actress (b. 1902)
- December 28 – Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
- December 29
- Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
- Pietro Parente, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1891)
- Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director (b. 1932)
- December 31 – Lloyd Haynes, American actor (b. 1934)
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- Tatiana Botkina, daughter of Eugene Botkin (b. 1898)
- Iren Marik, classical Hungarian pianist (b. 1906)
- Guang Qin, Chinese Buddhist monk and teacher (b. 1892)
- Felix Tikotin, architect and art collector (b. 1893)
Nobel Prizes[]
- Physics – Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binnig, Heinrich Rohrer
- Chemistry – Dudley R. Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee, John Charles Polanyi
- Physiology or Medicine – Stanley Cohen, Rita Levi-Montalcini
- Literature – Wole Soyinka
- Peace – Elie Wiesel
- Economics – James Buchanan Jr
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