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==Events==
===January===
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* [[January 1]] – The [[United Kingdom]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/uk-enters-europe-eu-1-january-1973 |title=We're in: the UK enters Europe – archive, 1 January 1973 |date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Denmark]] [[1973 enlargement of the European Communities|enter]] the [[European Economic Community]], which later becomes the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/history-eu/1970-79_en |title=History of the European Union 1970–79 |website=european-union.europa.eu |access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] - The 16-0 [[1972 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]] defeated the [[1972 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]] in [[Super Bowl VII]], with the Dolphins ending the season a perfect 17–0. This marked the first and only time that an [[NFL]] team has had a perfect undefeated season, an achievement the team holds to this day.
* [[January 15]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] announces the suspension of offensive action in [[North Vietnam]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War |title=Vietnam War - The United States negotiates a withdrawal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – [[Ferdinand Marcos]] becomes [[President for Life]] of the [[Philippines]].
* [[January 22]]
** ''[[Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman|The Sunshine Showdown]]'': [[George Foreman]] defeats [[Joe Frazier]] to win the heavyweight world [[boxing]] championship in [[Kingston, Jamaica]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ringtv.com/article/3-minutes-frazier-foreman/ |title=Three Minutes: Frazier vs. Foreman 1, Round 2 (January 22, 1973) |date=February 16, 2023 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |work=[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]}}</ref>
** A [[Royal Jordanian]] [[Boeing 707]] flight from [[Jeddah]] [[1973 Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash|crashes]] in [[Kano (city)|Kano]], [[Nigeria]]; 176 people are killed.<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19730122-0|title= JY-ADO}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] ends with the signing of the [[Paris Peace Accords]].<ref name="auto"/>

===February===
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* [[February 8]] – A military insurrection in [[Uruguay]] poses an institutional challenge to President [[Juan María Bordaberry]].
* [[February 21]] – [[Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114]] ([[Boeing 727]]) is shot down by [[Israel]]i [[fighter aircraft]] over the [[Sinai Desert]], after the passenger plane is suspected of being an enemy military plane. There are 108 fatalities, and only five people on board survive (one crew member and four passengers).
* [[February 28]] – The [[Republic of Ireland]] general election is held. [[Liam Cosgrave]] becomes the new [[Taoiseach]].

===March===
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* [[March 8]] – [[The Troubles]]: A [[1973 Northern Ireland border poll|referendum]] is held in [[Northern Ireland]] over whether to reunite with the Republic of Ireland or to stay a part of the UK. The result was 98% remain. The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] responds to the referendum by planting four car bombs in London on the same day, [[1973 Old Bailey bombing|two of which went off]], causing one death and injuring over 200 people.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/the-1973-border-poll-on-the-future-of-northern-ireland-that-time-has-forgotten/42021153.html |title=The 1973 border poll on the future of Northern Ireland that time has forgotten |newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – Sir [[Richard Sharples]], Governor of [[Bermuda]], is assassinated outside Government House, along with his aide-de-camp.<ref>{{cite book |author=Oliver Lindsay |title=Once a Grenadier: The Grenadier Guards, 1945-1995 |publisher=Leo Cooper |year=1996 |isbn=9780850525267 |page=249}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] – [[Comet Kohoutek]] is discovered.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McElheny |first1=Victor |title=Discoverer of Comet: Lubas Kohoutek |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/07/archives/discoverer-of-comet-lubos-kohoutek.html |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=7 January 1974 |location=New York |page=61 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706222651/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/07/archives/discoverer-of-comet-lubos-kohoutek.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – A British government White Paper on [[Northern Ireland]] proposes the re-establishment of an Assembly elected by proportional representation, with a possible All-Ireland council.
* [[March 21]] – The [[Lofthouse Colliery disaster]] occurs in Great Britain. Seven miners are trapped underground; none survive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lofthouse Colliery Disaster |date=January 2003 |work=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/lofthouse_colliery_disaster.shtml |access-date=July 28, 2011}}</ref>
* [[March 27]] – At the [[45th Academy Awards]], ''[[The Godfather]]'' wins best picture.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/45th-winners.html |title=45th Academy Awards Winners {{pipe}} Oscar Legacy {{pipe}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223052018/https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/45th-winners.html |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===April===
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* [[April 1]] 
**India launches the wildlife conservation program [[Project Tiger]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Admin |first=Site |date=2025-04-01 |title=India celebrates 52 years of Project Tiger: A global conservation success story - |url=https://www.newsonair.gov.in/india-celebrates-52-years-of-project-tiger-a-global-conservation-success-story/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250615042800/https://www.newsonair.gov.in/india-celebrates-52-years-of-project-tiger-a-global-conservation-success-story/ |archive-date=2025-06-15 |access-date=2025-09-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>
**Value Added Tax (VAT) is introduced in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Victor |first=Adam |date=2010-12-31 |title=VAT: A brief history of taxation |url=http://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/dec/31/vat-brief-history-tax |access-date=2021-01-17 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 3]] – The first handheld [[mobile phone]] call is made by [[Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]] of [[Motorola]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65112048 |website=BBC News |access-date=3 April 2023 |date=3 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] — The [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)]] was officially dedicated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Today Marks 42nd Anniversary of WTC Dedication {{!}} National September 11 Memorial & Museum |url=https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/today-marks-42nd-anniversary-wtc-dedication |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=www.911memorial.org}}</ref>
* [[April 5]]
** [[Fahri Korutürk]] becomes the sixth president of [[Turkey]].
** ''[[Pioneer 11]]'' is launched on a mission to study the [[Solar System]].
* [[April 7]] – ''[[Tu te reconnaîtras]]'' by [[Anne-Marie David]] (music by Claude Morgan, text by Vline Buggy) wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1973]] for [[Luxembourg]]. 
* [[April 10]]
** [[Operation Spring of Youth]]: [[Israel]]i commandos raid [[Beirut]], assassinating 3 leaders of the [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian Resistance Movement]]. The Lebanese army's inaction brings the immediate resignation of Prime Minister [[Saeb Salam]], a [[Sunni]] Muslim.
** The Islamic Republic of [[Pakistan]] introduced its [[Constitution of Pakistan|new constitution]], its supreme law.<ref>Abiad, Nisrine (2008). Sharia, Muslim states and international human rights treaty obligations&nbsp;: a comparative study. London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law. pp.&nbsp;96–200. {{ISBN|978-1-905221-41-7}}.</ref> 
* [[April 15]] – [[Naim Talu]], a former civil servant, forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (36th government).
* [[April 17]] – The German counter-terrorist force [[GSG 9]]<!-- confirmed here --> is officially formed in response to the [[Munich massacre]].

===May===
{{main|May 1973}}

[[image:Sears Tower ss.jpg|thumb|250px|Sears Tower]]
* [[May 3]] – The [[Willis Tower|Sears Tower]] in Chicago, United States, is topped-out, becoming the world's tallest building at {{convert|1451|ft|m}}.
* [[May 5]] – [[Shambu Tamang]] becomes the youngest person to climb to the summit of [[Mount Everest]]. <!--confirmed in [[Shambu Tamang]]-->
* [[May 10]] – The [[Polisario Front]], a Sahrawi movement dedicated to the independence of [[Spanish Sahara]], is formed.
* [[May 11]] – The [[Data Act (Sweden)|Data Act]] (Sw. ''Datalagen'') − the world's first national data protection law − is enacted in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Swedish Data Bank Statute and regulation of May 11, 1973 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2019668695 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250507213712/https://www.loc.gov/item/2019668695 |archive-date=2025-05-07 |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=The Library of Congress |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Skylab]], the United States' first [[space station]], is launched.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-14 |title=50 Years Ago: The Launch of Skylab, America's First Space Station - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-the-launch-of-skylab-americas-first-space-station/ |access-date=2025-09-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[May 18]] – [[Second Cod War]]: [[Joseph Godber]], British [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]], announces that [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]]s will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed {{convert|80|km|mi|abbr=on}} limit around [[Iceland]].
* [[May 25]]
** [[Skylab 2]] ([[Pete Conrad]], [[Paul J. Weitz|Paul Weitz]], [[Joseph P. Kerwin|Joseph Kerwin]]) is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched [[Skylab]] space station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skylab 2 - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/skylab-2/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Héctor José Cámpora]] becomes democratic president of the [[Argentine Republic]] ending the 1966 to 1973 [[Revolución Argentina]] military dictatorship.

===June===
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* [[June 1]] – The [[Greek junta|Greek military junta]] abolishes the [[Monarchy of Greece|monarchy]] and proclaims a [[Third Hellenic Republic|republic]].
* [[June 3]] – A [[Tupolev Tu-144]] crashes at the Paris air show; 15 are killed.
* [[June 10]] – [[Henri Pescarolo]] and co-driver [[Gérard Larrousse]] (both France) win the [[1973 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]] in the [[Equipe Matra Sports|''Equipe Matra'']] [[Matra MS670|MS670]]B.
* [[June 20]] – The [[Ezeiza massacre]] occurs in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. Snipers shoot at left-wing Peronists, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 300.
* [[June 24]] 
** [[Leonid Brezhnev]] addresses the American people on television, the first Soviet leader to do so.
** [[UpStairs Lounge arson attack]], an as-yet unsolved attack on a gay bar in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], in which 32 patrons are killed.
* [[June 25]] – [[Erskine Hamilton Childers]] is elected the 4th [[President of Ireland]].
* [[June 26]] – At [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]],<!--confirmed here --> nine people are killed in the explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
* [[June 27]] – [[1973 Uruguayan coup d'état|Coup d'état]] in [[Uruguay]]: pressed by the military, President [[Juan María Bordaberry]] dissolves Parliament; a 12-year-long [[Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay|civic-military dictatorship]] begins.
* [[June 28]] – Elections are held for the [[Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973|Northern Ireland Assembly]], which will lead to power-sharing between [[Unionism in Ireland|unionists]] and [[Irish nationalism|nationalists]] in [[Northern Ireland]] for the first time.
* [[June 30]] – A [[Solar eclipse of June 30, 1973|very long total solar eclipse]] occurs<!--confirmed here -->. During the entire second millennium, only seven total solar eclipses exceeded seven minutes of totality.

===July===
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* [[July 3]] – [[Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe]] (CSCE).
* [[July 5]] 
** [[President of Rwanda|President]] [[Grégoire Kayibanda]] of Rwanda is [[1973 Rwandan coup d'état|overthrown]] by dissatisfied officers led by [[Minister of Defense (Rwanda)|Minister of Defense]] [[Juvénal Habyarimana]].
** The catastrophic [[BLEVE]] (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) occurs in [[Kingman, Arizona]], United States, following a fire that broke out as [[propane]] was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, killing 11 firefighters. This explosion becomes a classic incident, studied in fire department training programs worldwide.
* [[July 10]] – The [[Bahamas]] gains full independence within the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* [[July 11]] – [[Varig Flight 820]] crashes near [[Orly]], France; 123 people are killed.
* [[July 16]] – [[Watergate scandal]]: Former [[White House]] aide [[Alexander Butterfield]] informs the [[United States Senate]] Watergate Committee that President [[Richard Nixon]] had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
* [[July 17]] – King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah]] of Afghanistan is [[1973 Afghan coup d'état|deposed]] by his cousin [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]] while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
* [[July 20]] – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in [[Mururoa Atoll]], over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
* [[July 21]] – [[Lillehammer affair]]: Agents of [[Mossad]], the Israeli secret intelligence agency, shoot and kill a Moroccan waiter in [[Lillehammer]], Norway, mistakenly believing him to be a senior member of the Palestinian [[Black September Organization]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Victor Ostrovsky |title=By Way of Deception |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_ighepRCs0C |year=1991 |publisher=General Publishing Company, Limited |isbn=978-0-7736-7316-8 |page=206}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – The [[Avianca]] Building in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed.<ref>{{cite book |author=National Fire Protection Association |title=Fires in High-rise Buildings: Reprints from Fire Journal and Fire Technology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0lkFAAAAMAAJ |year=1974 |publisher=National Fire Protection Association |page=14}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Mars 5]]'' space probe is launched.
* [[July 28]] – [[Skylab 3]] ([[Owen Garriott]], [[Jack Lousma]], [[Alan Bean]]) is launched, to conduct various medical and scientific experiments aboard [[Skylab]].
* [[July 31]] – A [[Delta Air Lines]] [[DC-9]] aircraft flying as [[Delta Air Lines Flight 173]] lands short of [[Logan Airport]] runway at Boston, United States, in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) to the right of the runway centerline and about 3000 feet (914 m) short. All 6 crew members and 83 passengers are killed; one of the passengers died several months after the accident.

===August===
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[[image:Flag of CARICOM.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of CARICOM]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Caribbean Community and Common Market]] (CARICOM) is inaugurated.
* [[August 2]] – A flash fire kills 51 at the [[Summerland disaster|Summerland]] amusement centre at [[Douglas, Isle of Man]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-23449990 |title=Isle of Man 'Shame' over Summerland Fire Disaster |access-date=August 5, 2017 |newspaper=BBC News |date=August 2, 2013}}</ref>
* [[August 5]]
** [[Black September Organization|Black September]] members open fire at the [[Athens]] airport; 3 people are killed, 55 injured.
** [[Mars 6]], also known as 3MP No. 50P, is launched by the Soviet Union to explore Mars. 
* [[August 8]] – South Korean politician [[Kim Dae-jung]] is kidnapped in Tokyo by the [[National Intelligence Service (South Korea)|KCIA]].
* [[August 15]] – The U.S. bombing of [[Cambodia]] ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia according to the [[Case–Church Amendment]]-an act that prohibits military operations in [[Laos]], Cambodia, and [[North Vietnam|North]] and [[South Vietnam|South]] [[Vietnam]] as a follow-up of the [[Paris Peace Accords]]. 
* [[August 23]] – The [[Norrmalmstorg robbery]] occurs, famous for the origin of the term [[Stockholm syndrome]].
* [[August 25]] – [[Disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon]]: Two Australian girls go missing whilst attending an Australian rules football match at the [[Adelaide Oval]], never to be seen again.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.milesago.com/almanac/1973.htm#August |title=MILESAGO - The Almanac - Australasian popular music, pop culture and social history 1964-1975 |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>

===September===
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[[File:Golpe_de_Estado_1973.jpg|thumb|[[La Moneda Palace]] being bombed amidst heavy fighting between government forces and the Chilean Military [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|who was staging a coup]], on September 11th.]]
* [[September 9]] – Scottish racing driver [[Jackie Stewart]] becomes [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Drivers' Champion]] when his [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] [[Tyrrell 003|003]]-[[Cosworth]] finishes fourth in the [[1973 Italian Grand Prix]] at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]].
* [[September 11]] – [[Chile]]'s democratically elected government is overthrown in [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|a violent military coup]] after serious political instability. President [[Salvador Allende]] allegedly [[Death of Salvador Allende|commits suicide]] during the coup in the [[La Moneda Palace|presidential palace]] and General [[Augusto Pinochet]] heads a US-backed [[military junta]] that governs Chile for the next 17 years.
* [[September 15]] – [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]], becomes King of Sweden following the death of his grandfather, [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden|King Gustaf VI Adolf]].
* [[September 18]] – The two German Republics, the [[West Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]] (West Germany) and the [[German Democratic Republic]] (East Germany), are admitted to the [[United Nations]].
* [[September 20]]
** [[Billie Jean King]] beats [[Bobby Riggs]] in a singles tennis match billed as the "[[Battle of the Sexes (tennis)|Battle of the Sexes]]".<ref>{{cite web |first=Neal |last=Amdur |title=Mrs. King Defeats Riggs, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, Amid a Circus Atmosphere |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/21/archives/mrs-king-defeats-riggs-64-63-63-amid-a-circus-atmosphere-mrs-king.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 21, 1973 |page=A1 |access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref>
** [[Jim Croce]], [[Maury Muehleisen]] and four others are killed in a plane crash shortly after takeoff following a concert at Northwestern Louisiana University in Natchitoches.<ref>{{cite news |title=Recording star, 5 others killed in crash of plane |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=py1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5658%2C2870135 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=The Associated Press |date=September 22, 1973 |page=9 |access-date=November 26, 2023 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
* [[September 27]] 
** [[Soviet space program]]: [[Soyuz 12]] ([[Vasily Lazarev]], [[Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov|Oleg Makarov]]), the first Soviet manned flight since the [[Soyuz 11]] tragedy in 1971, is launched.
** [[Luís Cabral]] declares the independence of the [[Republic of Guinea-Bissau]] from the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo regime]] in [[Portugal]]. It is later granted in September 1974.

===October===
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[[File:Sydney Opera House Sails.jpg|thumb|[[October 20]]: [[Sydney Opera House]] is opened by [[Elizabeth II]]]]
* [[October 6]] – [[Yom Kippur War]] begins: The fourth and largest [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] begins, as [[Egypt]]ian and [[Syria]]n forces attack Israeli forces in the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and [[Golan Heights]] on [[Yom Kippur]].
* [[October 10]] – [[Spiro Agnew]] resigns as [[Vice President of the United States]].
* [[October 14]] – [[1973 Thai popular uprising|Thai popular uprising]]: Students revolt in Bangkok – In the Thammasat student uprising over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the Thanom military government, 77 are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
* [[October 15]] – [[1973 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Ruth .28Narsing.29|Typhoon Ruth]] crosses [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]], killing 27 people and causing $5&nbsp;million in damage.
* [[October 17]] – An [[OPEC]] oil embargo against several countries supporting Israel triggers the [[1973 energy crisis]]<!--confirmed here-->.
* [[October 20]]
** The [[Saturday Night Massacre]]: U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] orders Attorney General [[Elliot Richardson]] to dismiss [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] Special Prosecutor [[Archibald Cox]]. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General [[William Ruckelshaus]]. Solicitor General [[Robert Bork]], third in line at the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], then fires Cox. The event prompts calls for Nixon's impeachment.
** The [[Sydney Opera House]] in Australia is opened by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] after 14 years of construction work.
[[File:Bosphorus Bridge.jpg|thumb|[[October 30]]: The [[Bosphorus Bridge]] is opened by [[Turkish President]] [[Fahri Korutürk]]]]
* [[October 25]] – The [[Yom Kippur War]] ends.
* [[October 26]] – The [[United Nations]] recognizes the independence of [[Guinea-Bissau]].
* [[October 30]] – The [[Bosphorus Bridge]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus Strait for the first time in history.

===November===
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[[Image:Mariner 10 1975 Issue-10c.jpg|thumb|220px|''[[Mariner 10]]'' space probe, [[U.S. Space Exploration History on U.S. Stamps|on U.S. Stamps, Space Exploration History, Issue of 1975]]]]
* [[November 3]]
** [[Pan Am Flight 160|Pan Am flight 160]], a [[Boeing 707#Notable accidents|Boeing 707-321C]], crashes at [[Logan International Airport]], [[Boston]], killing three people.
** [[Mariner program]]: [[NASA]] launches ''[[Mariner 10]]'' toward [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] (on March 29, 1974, it becomes the first [[space probe]] to reach that planet).
* [[November 7]] – The [[Congress of the United States]] overrides President [[Richard Nixon]]'s veto of the [[War Powers Resolution]]<!--confirmed here-->, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
* [[November 8]] – [[Millennium '73]], a festival hosted by [[Prem Rawat|Guru Maharaj Ji]] at the [[Astrodome]], is called by supporters the "most significant event in human history".
* [[November 11]] – [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]] sign a United States-sponsored cease-fire accord.
* [[November 16]]
** [[Skylab]] program: [[NASA]] launches [[Skylab 4]] ([[Gerald P. Carr|Gerald Carr]], [[William Pogue]], [[Edward Gibson]]) from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]], on an 84-day mission.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/ch17.htm |title=Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab |chapter=The Last Mission |last1=Benson |first1=Charles Dunlap |last2=Compton |first2=William David |date=November 1981 |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
** U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] signs the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act]] into law, authorizing the construction of the [[Alaska Pipeline]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/crt/federal-coordination-and-compliance-section-51 |title=Federal Coordination And Compliance Section |date=13 November 2000 |website=[[The United States Department of Justice]] |access-date=21 October 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021093605/https://www.justice.gov/crt/federal-coordination-and-compliance-section-51 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – The [[Athens Polytechnic uprising]] occurs against the military regime in [[Athens]], Greece.
* [[November 25]] – Greek dictator [[Georgios Papadopoulos]] is ousted in a military [[coup]] led by Brigadier General [[Dimitrios Ioannidis]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-10-09 |title=Stylianos Pattakos, last survivor of the 1967 Greek military junta – obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/09/stylianos-pattakos-last-survivor-of-the-1967-greek-military-junt/ |access-date=2021-05-02 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> 
* [[November 27]] – The [[United States Senate]] votes 92–3 to confirm [[Gerald Ford]] as Vice President of the United States.
* [[November 29]] – 104 people are [[1973 Taiyo Department Store fire|killed in a Taiyo department store]] fire in [[Kumamoto]], [[Kyūshū]], Japan.
* November – [[Sisowath Kossamak|Queen Sisowath Kossamak of Cambodia]] is released from house arrest to [[Beijing]].

===December===
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* December – [[Chile]] breaks [[Chile–Sweden relations|diplomatic contacts]] with [[Sweden]].
* [[December 1]] – [[Papua New Guinea]] gains self-government from Australia.
* [[December 3]] – [[Pioneer program]]: ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' sends back the first close-up images of [[Jupiter]].
* [[December 6]] – The [[United States House of Representatives]] votes 387–35 to confirm [[Gerald Ford]] as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day.
* [[December 14]] – [[Rhodesia]] executes two Blacks at Salisbury Central Prison for murder.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crime_series_show.php?series_number=13&id=1049 |title=Execution By Hanging: 14/12/1973 Hatiduduzi Guvamantanga And Rivers Chimunondo – Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) |access-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213165412/http://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crime_series_show.php?id=1049&series_number=13 |archive-date=December 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[December 18]]
** [[Soviet space program]]: [[Soyuz 13]] ([[Pyotr Klimuk]], [[Valentin Lebedev]]) is launched.
** The [[Islamic Development Bank]] is created as a specialized agency of the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] (OIC) (effective August 12, 1974).
* [[December 20]] – Spanish prime minister [[Luis Carrero-Blanco, 1st Duke of Carrero-Blanco|Luis Carrero Blanco]] is assassinated in [[Madrid]] by the separatist organization [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]].
* [[December 28]] – The [[Endangered Species Act]] is passed in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |author=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Resource Protection |title=Endangered Species Act Oversight: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Resource Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-7PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA138 |year=1977 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=138}}</ref>
* [[December 30]] – Terrorist [[Ilich Ramírez Sánchez|Carlos]] fails in his attempt to assassinate British businessman Joseph Sieff.<ref>{{cite book |author=Shirelle Phelps |title=World of Criminal Justice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzwvAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Gale Group |isbn=978-0-7876-5072-8 |page=113}}</ref>

===Date unknown===
* A large [[Song dynasty]] trade ship of c. [[1277]] A.D. is dredged up from the waters near the southern coast of China with 12 compartments in its [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]]. It confirms the descriptions of [[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkheaded]] hull compartments for [[Junk (ship)|junks]] in [[Zhu Yu (author)|Zhu Yu]]'s ''Pingzhou Table Talks'' of [[1119]].

==Births==
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===January===
[[File:Sean-Paul 2012-06-16 photo-by-Adam-Bielawski.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sean Paul]]]]
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[[File:Hande Yener Harbiye Konseri 4 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hande Yener]]]]
[[File:Essam El-Hadary.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Essam El Hadary]]]]
[[File:Mayor Troy Pickard cropped.jpg|thumb|107x107px|[[Troy Pickard]]]]
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* [[January 1]] – [[Shelda Bede]], Brazilian beach volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shelda Kelly Bruno Bedę |url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1260 |website=bvbinfo.com |publisher=Beach volleyball database}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] – [[Irina Slavina (journalist)|Irina Slavina]], Russian journalist 
* [[January 9]]
** [[Sean Paul]], Jamaican singer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/ |title=UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=9 January 2020 |access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Wang Junxia]], Chinese long-distance runner
* [[January 11]] – [[Rahul Dravid]], Indian cricket player and coach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rahul Dravid |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/28114.html |access-date=2020-10-06 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – [[Hande Yener]], Turkish singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.turktelekommuzik.com/artist/Hande_Yener/591226/biyografi |title=Hande Yener |publisher=Türk Telekom Müzik |access-date=3 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103212213/https://www.turktelekommuzik.com/artist/Hande_Yener/591226/biyografi |archive-date=3 January 2017}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – [[Nikolai Khabibulin]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{Ice hockey stats |tsn=nikolai-khabibulin}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Giancarlo Fisichella]], Italian racing driver
* [[January 15]]
** [[Essam El Hadary]], Egyptian goalkeeper
** [[Tomáš Galásek]], Czech football player
* [[January 17]]
** [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]], Mexican footballer and politician, [[Governor of Morelos]] 2018-2024<ref>{{cite news |url=https://morelos.gob.mx/?q=prensa/nota/cuauhtemoc-blanco-nuevo-gobernador-de-morelos |publisher=Gobierno del Estado de Morelos |title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco nuevo gobernador de Morelos |newspaper=Cuauhtémoc Blanco Nuevo Gobernador de Morelos {{pipe}} Morelos |date=October 1, 2018|access-date=June 1, 2019|language=es|trans-title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco new governor of Morelos}}</ref>
** [[Johnny Hajjar]], French politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=nationale |first=Assemblée |title=M. Johnny Hajjar - Mandat clos - Martinique (3e circonscription) |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA795828 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Assemblée nationale |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[January 18]]
** [[Troy Pickard]], Australian politician
* [[January 19]]
** [[Ann Kristin Aarønes]], Norwegian footballer
** [[Yevgeny Sadovyi]], Russian swimmer
* [[January 20]] – [[Queen Mathilde of Belgium]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mathilde, queen of Belgium {{!}} Facts, Biography, & Children {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mathilde-queen-of-Belgium |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] – [[Rogério Ceni]], Brazilian football player and coach
* [[January 26]] – [[Brendan Rodgers]], Northern Irish football manager<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Managers/Manager/Profile/25 |title=Manager Profile - Brendan Rodgers |website=LFC History |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] – [[Louise Hindsgavl]], Danish artist
* [[January 30]] – [[Jalen Rose]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|bbr=r/roseja01}}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[Portia de Rossi]], Australian-American actress

===February===
[[File:Oscar De La Hoya, Feb 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Oscar De La Hoya]]]]
[[File:Svetlana Boginskaya.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Svetlana Boginskaya]]]]
[[File:Varg Vikernes-2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Varg Vikernes]]]]
[[File:Tara Strong (51976040056).jpg|thumb|150x150px|[[Tara Strong]]]]
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* [[February 1]]
** [[Yuri Landman]], Dutch artist and musician
** [[Óscar Pérez Rojas]], Mexican football goalkeeper<ref>{{NFT player|id=4367}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – [[Oscar De La Hoya]], American boxer
* [[February 5]]
** [[Trijntje Oosterhuis]], Dutch pop singer
** [[Deng Yaping]], Chinese table tennis player
* [[February 9]] – [[Svetlana Boginskaya]], Soviet gymnast
* [[February 10]] – [[Gunn-Rita Dahle]], Norwegian mountain biker
* [[February 11]]
** [[Jeon Do-yeon]], South Korean actress
** [[Varg Vikernes]], Norwegian rock musician and convicted murderer<ref>{{cite book|author=O'Shea, Mick|title=Cemetery Gates: Saints and Survivors of the Heavy Metal Scene|publisher=Plexus Publishing Limited|year=2014|isbn=9780859658904}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] – [[Tara Strong]], Canadian actress and voice actress
* [[February 15]]
** [[Anna Dogonadze]], German trampoline gymnast
** [[Harshana Suriyapperuma]], Sri Lankan politician, civil servant and economist 
** [[Amy Van Dyken]], American swimmer
* [[February 16]] – [[Cathy Freeman]], Australian athlete<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/cathy-freeman-14272094 |title=Cathy FREEMAN |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> 
* [[February 18]] – [[Claude Makélélé]], French footballer
* [[February 22]] – [[Shota Arveladze]], Georgian football player and coach
* [[February 24]]
** [[Alexei Kovalev]], Russian ice hockey player
** [[Yordan Yovchev]], Bulgarian gymnast
* [[February 25]] – [[Julio Iglesias Jr.]], Spanish singer
* [[February 26]]
** [[ATB (DJ)|ATB]], German DJ and music producer<ref>{{Cite web |title=ATB age, hometown, biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/ATB/+wiki |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Ole Gunnar Solskjær]], Norwegian footballer
** [[Jenny Thompson]], American swimmer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1247.htm |title=Jenny Thompson at the U.S. Olympic Team |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512182653/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1247.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] 
** [[Peter Andre]], English singer and television personality
** [[Li Bingbing]], Chinese actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Bing Bing |url=http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=3968 |website=hkcinemagic.com |publisher=Hong Kong cinema}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – [[Eric Lindros]], Canadian hockey player

===March===
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[[File:Matteo Salvini Viminale crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Matteo Salvini]]]]
[[File:Mishal Husain.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mishal Husain]]]]
[[File:Jim Parsons 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jim Parsons]]]]
[[File:Larry Page in the European Parliament, 17.06.2009 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Larry Page]]]]
* [[March 1]]
** [[Jack Davenport]], English actor
** [[Chris Webber]], American basketball player
* [[March 2]] – [[Vidya Malvade]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday Vidya Malvade: 10 SIZZLING pics of the Chak De! girl to make your day |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/happy-birthday-vidya-malvade-10-sizzling-pics-chak-de-girl-make-day/ |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=March 2, 2018 |publisher=Bollywood Hungma |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
* [[March 3]] – [[Dejan Bodiroga]], Serbian basketball player
* [[March 9]] – [[Matteo Salvini]], Italian politician
* [[March 10]] – [[Eva Herzigová]], Czech model and actress
* [[March 12]] – [[Mishal Husain]], British news presenter
* [[March 13]]
** [[Edgar Davids]], Dutch footballer
** [[David Draiman]], American singer and songwriter
** [[Ólafur Darri Ólafsson]], Icelandic actor
* [[March 17]] – [[Caroline Corr]], Irish musician ([[The Corrs]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Magnus Hedman]], Swedish footballer
* [[March 23]]
** [[Jerzy Dudek]], Polish footballer
** [[Jason Kidd]], American basketball player
* [[March 24]]
** [[Jacek Bąk]], Polish footballer
** [[Jim Parsons]], American actor and comedian
* [[March 25]] – [[Anders Fridén]], Swedish musician
* [[March 26]] – [[Larry Page]], American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of [[Google]] (2011–2015)
* [[March 28]] – [[Umaga (wrestler)|Umaga]], Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. [[2009]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Marc Overmars]], Dutch footballer
* [[March 30]] – [[Jan Koller]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Koller |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jan-koller/ |website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>

===April===
[[File:David Blaine by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Blaine]]]]
[[File:Elodie Bouchez Cannes 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Elodie Bouchez]]]]
[[File:"Hidden Figures" Screening at NMAAHC (NHQ201612140033) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pharrell Williams]]]]
[[File:Jennifer Esposito.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jennifer Esposito]]]]
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[[File:Olympic great Haile Gebrselassie speaking at the Olympic hunger summit in Downing Street, 12 August 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]]]
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* [[April 1]]
** [[Stephen Fleming]], New Zealand cricket captain
** [[Rachel Maddow]], American political commentator<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World |publisher=SAGE Publications |year=2011 |page=876}}</ref>
* [[April 2]] – [[Roselyn Sánchez]], Puerto Rican-American actress
* [[April 3]] – [[Jamie Bamber]], English actor
* [[April 4]]
** [[David Blaine]], American magician
** [[Loris Capirossi]], Italian motorcycle racer
* [[April 5]]
** [[Élodie Bouchez]], French actress 
** [[Pharrell Williams]], American musician and producer<ref>{{cite book |editor=Colin Larkin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780857125958 |page=2003}}</ref> 
* [[April 6]] – [[Rie Miyazawa]], Japanese actress and singer
* [[April 8]] – [[Emma Caulfield]], American actress
* [[April 10]] – [[Roberto Carlos]], Brazilian footballer
* [[April 11]] – [[Jennifer Esposito]], American actress
* [[April 12]]
** [[Juan Caguaripano]], Venezuelan military officer and torture victim<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=7 August 2017 |title=Quién es Juan Caguaripano, el capitán que se rebeló contra Maduro |page= |publisher=El Nacional |agency=BBC Mundo |issue= |location= |url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/bbc-mundo/quien-juan-caguaripano-capitan-que-rebelo-contra-maduro_197494 |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807142118/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/bbc-mundo/quien-juan-caguaripano-capitan-que-rebelo-contra-maduro_197494 |archive-date=7 August 2017}}</ref>
** [[Christina Moore]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christina-moore/189684/ |title=Christina Moore |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=2016-09-05}}</ref>
** [[Amr Waked]], Egyptian film, television and stage actor
* [[April 13]] – [[Sergey Shnurov]], Russian singer
* [[April 14]] 
** [[Roberto Ayala]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=R. Ayala |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/roberto-fabian-ayala/103/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Adrien Brody]], American actor
* [[April 16]] – [[Akon]], [[Senegalese Americans|Senegalese American]] rapper, R&B singer-songwriter and record producer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akon – Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer – Biography.com |url=http://www.biography.com/people/akon-21330753 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821123250/http://www.biography.com/people/akon-21330753 |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |access-date=August 30, 2016}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] – [[Haile Gebrselassie]], Ethiopian long-distance runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/haile-gebrselassie-14181475 |title=Haile GEBRSELASSIE |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[April 19]] – [[George Gregan]], Australian rugby union footballer
* [[April 21]] – [[Katsuyuki Konishi]], Japanese voice actor
* [[April 23]] – [[Cem Yılmaz]], Turkish comedian and actor
* [[April 24]]
** [[Sachin Tendulkar]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/sachin-tendulkar-birthday-turns-46-1508795-2019-04-24 |date=24 April 2019 |title=Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster turns 46 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>
** [[Lee Westwood]], English golfer
* [[April 27]] – [[Sharlee D'Angelo]], Swedish guitarist
* [[April 28]]
** [[Jorge Garcia]], American actor and comedian
** [[Pauleta]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Pauleta |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j2231.html |publisher=Soccer base}}</ref>
** [[Elisabeth Röhm]], German-American actress
* [[April 29]] – [[David Belle]], French actor and stunt performer

===May===
[[File:ToriSpelling2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tori Spelling]]]]
[[File:Sasha Alexander 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sasha Alexander]]]]
[[File:Ruslana in Cologne, Germany 04.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Ruslana]]]]
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[[File:Jackmcbrayer.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jack McBrayer]]]]
[[File:Minae Noji.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Minae Noji]]]]
* [[May 1]]
** [[Paul Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Paul Burke]], Irish rugby player
** [[Diana Hayden]], [[Miss World]] and Indian actress
** [[Oliver Neuville]], German footballer
* [[May 2]] – [[Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck]], German director
* [[May 3]] – [[Michael Reiziger]], Dutch footballer
* [[May 4]] – [[Guillermo Barros Schelotto]], Argentine footballer
* [[May 5]] – [[Johan Hedberg]] ("Moose"), Swedish hockey goaltender
* [[May 7]] – [[Paolo Savoldelli]], Italian professional road racing cyclist
* [[May 8]] – [[Hiromu Arakawa]], Japanese manga artist<ref>{{cite web |title=荒川弘 - コミックナタリー |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1939 |website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]] |access-date=February 19, 2019 |language=ja}}</ref>
* [[May 9]] – [[Tegla Loroupe]], Kenyan long-distance runner
* [[May 10]]
** [[Keylla Hernández]], Puerto Rican television reporter (d. [[2018]])
** [[Rüştü Reçber]], Turkish football goalkeeper
* [[May 14]]
** [[Natalie Appleton]], Canadian singer ([[All Saints (group)|All Saints]])
** [[Shanice]], African-American singer
* [[May 16]]
** [[Jason Acuña]], American skateboarder and actor
** [[Tori Spelling]], American actress
* [[May 17]]
** [[Sasha Alexander]], American actress
** [[Josh Homme]], American musician
* [[May 20]] – [[Elsa Lunghini]], French actress and singer
* [[May 21]] – [[Noel Fielding]], British comedian
* [[May 24]]
** [[Bartolo Colón]], Dominican baseball player
** [[Ruslana]], Ukrainian pop star, activist, [[Eurovision Song Contest]] 2004 winner
** [[Vladimír Šmicer]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Vladimir Smicer |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=9029 |website=.soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[May 25]]
** [[Jean-Pierre Canlis]], American glass artist
** [[Demetri Martin]], American actor and comedian
* [[May 27]] – [[Jack McBrayer]], American actor and comedian
* [[May 31]] – [[Dominique van Roost]], Belgian tennis player

===June===
[[File:Heidi Klum by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Heidi Klum]]]]
[[File:Kevin Feige by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Feige]]]]
[[File:Ceca2006 (cropped).png|thumb|100px|[[Ceca (singer)|Ceca]]]]
[[File:Neil Patrick Harris at BookCon (16341) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Neil Patrick Harris]]]]
[[File:Juliette Lewis by David Shankbone cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Juliette Lewis]]]]
[[File:Maria Naumova 2.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Marija Naumova]]]] 
[[File:AL Medaillengewinner im Viererbob bei den Olympischen Spielen 2002 cropped.JPEG|thumb|100px|[[Andre Lange]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[Fred Deburghgraeve]], Belgian swimmer
** [[Adam Garcia]], Australian actor and singer
** [[Heidi Klum]], German model<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heidiklum.com/en/Formerly.aspx |title=Heidi Klum |access-date=28 August 2007 |publisher=heidiklum.com |quote=1. June 1973: My birthday in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Bundesrepublik Deutschland |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928110027/http://www.heidiklum.com/en/Formerly.aspx |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
* [[June 2]]
** [[Carlos Acosta]], Cuban-born ballet dancer
** [[Kevin Feige]], American film producer and president of [[Marvel Studios]]
* [[June 8]] – [[Lexa Doig]], Canadian actress
* [[June 10]] – [[Faith Evans]], American singer
* [[June 14]] – [[Ceca (singer)|Ceca]], Serbian folk singer
* [[June 15]]
** [[Neil Patrick Harris]], American actor, comedian, singer, presenter and host
** [[Greg Vaughan]], American actor
* [[June 17]] 
** [[Aurélie Filippetti]], French politician and novelist<ref>{{cite web |title=Aurélie Filippetti |url=http://www.brspecial.com/french-minister-of-culture-and-communication-and-author-aurelie-filippetti.shtml |website=brspecial.com}}</ref>
** [[Leander Paes]], Indian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Leander Paes |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/leander-paes/800180151/ind/mt/s/overview/ |publisher=International Tennis Federation}}</ref>
* [[June 19]] – [[Yuko Nakazawa]], Japanese singer
* [[June 20]] – [[Josh Shapiro]], American politician, [[Governor of Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-governor-josh-shapiro-biography/42448262 |title=Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro biography |date=January 17, 2023}}</ref>
* [[June 21]] – [[Zuzana Čaputová]], Slovak politician, [[President of Slovakia]]
* [[June 22]] 
** [[Carson Daly]], American television personality, host of [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]'' and ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]''
** [[Giorgio Pasotti]], Italian actor and martial arts athlete
* [[June 23]] 
** [[Davies Chisopa]], Zambian politician
** [[Marija Naumova]] (Marie N), Latvian singer, [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002]] winner
* [[June 25]] – [[Jamie Redknapp]], English footballer
* [[June 26]] – [[Paweł Małaszyński]], Polish actor
* [[June 27]] 
** [[Olve Eikemo]], Norwegian musician
** [[Gonzalo López-Gallego]], Spanish film director
* [[June 28]] 
** [[Adrián Annus]], Hungarian athlete
** [[Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad|Frost]], Norwegian musician
** [[Andre Lange]], German Olympic bobsledder

===July===
[[File:Patrick Wilson by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Patrick Wilson]]]]
[[File:Crown Prince Haakon of Norway 2012-03-26 001.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway]]]]
[[File:Ali Landry 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ali Landry]]]]
[[File:Omar Epps.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Omar Epps]]]]
[[File:Rufus Wainwright Met Opera 2010 Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rufus Wainwright]]]]
[[File:Kathryn Hahn Agatha All Along Premiere 01.png|thumb|100px|[[Kathryn Hahn]]]]
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[[File:Kate Beckinsale 2011 Comic-Con (truer color).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kate Beckinsale]]]]
* [[July 1]] – [[Akhilesh Yadav]], Indian politician
* [[July 3]] – [[Patrick Wilson]], American actor
* [[July 4]] – [[Gackt]], Japanese singer-songwriter and actor<ref>{{cite book |author1=Henry Johnson |author2=Akitsugu Kawamoto |chapter=Visual Kei: Glamour in Japanese Pop Music |title=Global Glam and Popular Music: Style and Spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RY-PCwAAQBAJ |year=2016 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-317-58819-1 |page=202}}</ref>
* [[July 5]] – [[Marcus Allbäck]], Swedish footballer and coach
* [[July 7]] – [[Yoon Kyung-shin]], South Korean handball player
* [[July 8]] – [[Kathleen Robertson]], Canadian actress and producer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/kathleen-robertson/4885/ |title=Kathleen Robertson biography and filmography |publisher=Tribute.ca |date=1973-07-08 |access-date=2014-01-03}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] – [[Konstantinos Kenteris]], Greek athlete<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/greece/konstantinos-kenteris-14195223 |title=Konstantinos KENTERIS |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] 
** [[Inoke Afeaki]], Tongan rugby union footballer
** [[Christian Vieri]], Italian footballer
* [[July 13]] 
** [[Roberto Martínez]], Spanish football manager 
** [[Danny Williams (boxer)|Danny Williams]], British professional boxer
* [[July 14]] 
** [[Halil Mutlu]], Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
** [[Candela Peña]], Spanish actress
* [[July 15]] – [[Yasemin Şamdereli]], Turkish-German actress, screenwriter and film director
* [[July 16]] 
** [[Stefano Garzelli]], Italian professional road racing cyclist
** [[Sandra Pires]], Brazilian beach volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sandra Pires Tavares |url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1262 |website=bvbinfo.com |publisher=Beach volleyball database}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] – [[Daimaou Kosaka]], Japanese comedian
* [[July 18]] – [[Chi In-jin]], South Korean boxer
* [[July 19]]
** [[Aílton (footballer, born 1973)|Aílton]], Brazilian football player
** [[Raja Krishnamoorthi]], Indian born-American politician and lawyer<ref>{{cite web |title=KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. Raja |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000391 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
** [[Saïd Taghmaoui]], French-American actor and screenwriter
* [[July 20]]
** [[Omar Epps]], American actor<ref name="nyt-bio">{{Cite news |title=Omar Epps |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/530856/Omar-Epps/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110083005/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/530856/Omar-Epps/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-01-10 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2011 |access-date=2010-08-28}}</ref>
** [[Peter Forsberg]], Swedish hockey player<ref>{{Ice hockey stats |legendsm=P201402}}</ref>
** [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway]]
* [[July 22]]
** [[Rufus Wainwright]], American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
** [[Jaime Camil]], Mexican actor and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=1973: Llega al mundo el popular actor mexicano Jaime Camil |date=July 22, 2013 |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/894536.1973-llega-al-mundo-el-popular-actor-mexicano-jaime-camil.html |publisher=El Siglo de Torreón |access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>
* [[July 23]]
** [[Kathryn Hahn]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/01/kathryn-hahn-interview-mrs-fletcher-hbo-porn-comedy |title=Kathryn Hahn's X-rated Awakening "I'm 46 years old" |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 1, 2020 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |language=en-GB |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613195253/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/01/kathryn-hahn-interview-mrs-fletcher-hbo-porn-comedy |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Fran Healy (musician)|Fran Healy]], Scottish singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.franhealy.com/ |title=FranHealy.com |website=www.franhealy.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725182110/http://www.franhealy.com/ |archive-date=25 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
** [[Monica Lewinsky]], American White House intern
* [[July 26]] – [[Kate Beckinsale]], English actress
* [[July 30]]
** [[Markus Näslund]], Swedish ice hockey player
** [[Sonu Nigam]], Indian singer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sen |first1=Sushmita |title=Happy Birthday Sonu Nigam: Lesser Known Facts and Popular Tracks of the Singing Sensation |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/happy-birthday-sonu-nigam-lesser-known-facts-popular-tracks-singing-sensation-video-640905 |website=International Business Times, India Edition |access-date=14 May 2016 |date=30 July 2015 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604035210/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/happy-birthday-sonu-nigam-lesser-known-facts-popular-tracks-singing-sensation-video-640905 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===August===
[[File:Mette-Marit av Norge.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway]]]]
[[File:Vera Farmiga (43676389342).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vera Farmiga]]]]
[[File:Sergey Brin cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sergey Brin]]]]
[[File:Kristen Wiig TIFF 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kristen Wiig]]]]
[[File:DSC 7678 (49645907452).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Grey DeLisle]]]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Edurne Pasaban]], Basque Spanish mountaineer
* [[August 2]] – [[Susie O'Neill]], Australian swimmer
* [[August 3]] – [[Stephen Graham]], English actor
* [[August 4]] – [[Marcos (footballer, born 1973)|Marcos]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcos |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/9277/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[August 6]]
** [[Asia Carrera]], American actress
** [[Vera Farmiga]], American actress, director and producer
* [[August 9]] 
** [[Kevin McKidd]], Scottish actor
** [[Filippo Inzaghi]], Italian footballer
** [[Oleksandr Ponomariov]], Ukrainian singer
* [[August 10]] 
** [[Lisa Raymond]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lisa Raymond |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/180144/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
** [[Javier Zanetti]], Argentine football player
* [[August 11]] – [[Carolyn Murphy]], American model
* [[August 14]]
** [[Jared Borgetti]], Mexican footballer
** [[Jay-Jay Okocha]], Nigerian footballer
** [[Kieren Perkins]], Australian swimmer
* [[August 19]]
** [[Marco Materazzi]], Italian football player
** HRH [[Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway|Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway]]
* [[August 21]]
** [[Sergey Brin]], Russian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of [[Google]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/us/immigrants-who-made-america-great-cfc/index.html |title=Nine immigrants who helped make America great |last=Jimison |first=Robert |date=July 31, 2019 |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818102346/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/us/immigrants-who-made-america-great-cfc/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Nikolai Valuev]], Russian heavyweight boxing champion
* [[August 22]]
** [[Howie D.]], American singer ([[Backstreet Boys]])
** [[Kristen Wiig]], American actress, comedian and writer
* [[August 24]]
** [[Dave Chappelle]], African-American actor and comedian
** [[Inge de Bruijn]], Dutch swimmer
** [[Grey DeLisle]], American voice actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
* [[August 31]] – [[Scott Niedermayer]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Niedermayer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/102200 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>

=== September ===
[[File:PaulWalkerEdit-1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paul Walker]]]]
<!--[[File:Andrew Lincoln (42749683025) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andrew Lincoln]]]]-->
<!--[[File:Prince Daniel in May 2016.png|thumb|100px|[[Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland|Prince Daniel]]]]-->
[[File:Nas July 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nas]]]]
<!--[[File:James Marsden by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Marsden]]]]-->
* [[September 1]] – [[Ram Kapoor]], Indian actor
* [[September 4]] – [[Diosbelys Hurtado]], Cuban boxer
* [[September 5]]
** [[Rose McGowan]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/rose-mcgowan-21114311 |title=Rose McGowan: Actress (1973–) |publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]]) |access-date=November 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013907/https://www.biography.com/people/rose-mcgowan-21114311 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[September 6]]
** [[Carlo Cudicini]], Italian footballer
** [[Greg Rusedski]], Canadian-British tennis player
* [[September 7]] – [[Shannon Elizabeth]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/name/shannon-elizabeth-p240643 |title=Shannon Elizabeth - Movie and Film Biography and Filmography - AllRovi.com. |access-date=January 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518010535/http://www.allrovi.com/name/shannon-elizabeth-p240643 |archive-date=May 18, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[September 11]] – [[Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh]], Iranian footballer
* [[September 12]]
** [[Tarana Burke]], American civil rights activist 
** [[Darren Campbell]], British athlete<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/darren-campbell-14188760 |title=Darren CAMPBELL |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
** [[Paul Walker]], American actor (d. [[2013]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Walker obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/01/paul-walker |website=The Guardian |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en |date=1 December 2013}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] – [[Fabio Cannavaro]], Italian footballer
* [[September 14]]
** [[Andrew Lincoln]], English actor
** [[Nas]], African-American rapper
* [[September 15]] – [[Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland]], né Olof Daniel Westling, Swedish prince, married to [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Crown Princess Victoria]]
* [[September 18]]
** [[James Marsden]], American actor
** [[Ami Onuki]], Japanese singer
** [[Mark Shuttleworth]], South African entrepreneur
* [[September 19]]
** [[José Azevedo]], Portuguese cyclist
** [[David Zepeda]], Mexican actor, model and singer
* [[September 20]] – [[Jo Pavey]], English distance runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/joanne-pavey-14276037 |title=Joanne PAVEY |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[September 21]]
** [[Driulis González]], Cuban judoka<ref>{{cite web |title=Driulis González |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/33180 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref>
** [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Ruano Pascual |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/180160/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
** [[Oswaldo Sánchez]], Mexican footballer
* [[September 25]] – [[Bridgette Wilson]], American actress<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonherald.com/bios/links/biography.cfm?NAME=Bridgette-Wilson|work=Oregon Herald|title=Bridgette Wilson Biography|access-date=2015-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702141859/http://www.oregonherald.com/bios/links/biography.cfm?NAME=Bridgette-Wilson|archive-date=2015-07-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – [[Alfie Boe]], English tenor

===October===
[[File:Neve Campbell 04 (21268333696).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Neve Campbell]]]]
[[File:Ioan Gruffudd (5983095758).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ioan Gruffudd]]]]
[[File:Kari Korhonen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kari Korhonen]]]]
[[File:Seth MacFarlane 2012 cropped and retouched.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Seth MacFarlane]]]]
[[File:Adam Copeland July 2023.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]]]]
* [[October 2]] 
** [[Lene Nystrøm]], Norwegian singer ([[Aqua (band)|Aqua]])
** [[Proof (rapper)|Proof]], American rapper (D12) (d. [[2006]])
** [[Verka Serduchka]], Ukrainian drag queen, comedian and singer, [[Eurovision Song Contest]] 2007 runner-up
* [[October 3]] – [[Neve Campbell]], Canadian actress
* [[October 4]] – [[Abyss (wrestler)|Chris Parks]], American professional wrestler
* [[October 6]] 
** [[Ioan Gruffudd]], Welsh actor
** [[Rebecca Lobo]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rebecca Lobo |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5349 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[October 7]] 
** [[Dida (footballer, born 1973)|Dida]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Dida |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j96132.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
** [[Sami Hyypiä]], Finnish football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Sami Hyypia |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=16775 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – [[Mario Lopez]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/mario_lopez |title=Celebrity Central: Mario Lopez |publisher= |work=[[People (magazine)|People.com]] |access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829183236/http://www.people.com/people/mario_lopez |archive-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] – [[Daisuke Sakaguchi]], Japanese voice actor
* [[October 13]]
** [[Matt Hughes (fighter)|Matt Hughes]], American [[mixed martial arts]] fighter
** [[Nanako Matsushima]], Japanese actress
* [[October 14]] 
** [[George Floyd]], African-American victim of police brutality (d. [[2020]])
** [[Lasha Zhvania]], Georgian politician
* [[October 15]] – [[Susy Pryde]], New Zealand cyclist
* [[October 17]] – [[Deniz Uğur]], Turkish actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Deniz Uğur – Biography, Height, Life Story, TV Series |url=https://www.turkishworld.org/deniz-ugur/ |website=turkishworld.org |date=February 21, 2021 |publisher=Turkish world}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] – [[Sergey Bezrukov]], Russian screen and stage actor
* [[October 21]] – [[Lera Auerbach]], Russian composer and pianist<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16262229b |title=Notice de personne "Auerbach, Lera (1973-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Auerbach, Lera (1973-....)" |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |language=fr |date=3 November 2011 |access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 22]] – [[Andrés Palop]], Spanish football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Palop |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j164.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – [[Seth MacFarlane]], American actor, screenwriter, producer, director and singer
* [[October 28]] 
** [[Maryam Nawaz]], Pakistani politician<ref>{{cite news |title=Scions of Sharif, Bhutto dynasties debuting in electoral politics |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/327369-scions-of-sharif-bhutto-dynasties-debuting-in-electoral-politics |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Montel Vontavious Porter]], American professional wrestler
* [[October 29]] – [[Robert Pires]], French football player
* [[October 30]] – [[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]], Canadian professional wrestler

===November===
[[File:Aishwarya Rai Cannes 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Aishwarya Rai]]]]
[[File:Steven Ogg - 2018076123859 2018-03-17 Walker Stalker Con - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0435 - AK8I8091 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Steven Ogg]]]]
[[File:Cskamu 17.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ryan Giggs]]]]
* [[November 1]]
** [[Assia (singer)|Assia]], Algerian singer
** [[Li Xiaoshuang]], Chinese gymnast <!-- Li is surname -->
** [[Aishwarya Rai]], Indian actress, [[Miss World]] 1994
* [[November 2]] – [[Marisol Nichols]], American actress
* [[November 3]]
** [[Sticky Fingaz|Kirk Jones]], African-American rapper ([[Onyx (hip hop group)|Onyx]])
** [[Mick Thomson]], American guitarist
* [[November 4]] – [[Steven Ogg]], Canadian actor
* [[November 7]] 
** [[Yunjin Kim]], South Korean-American film and theater actress
** [[Martín Palermo]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Palermo |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/martin-palermo/278667/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[November 9]] – [[Nick Lachey]], American actor, singer and television personality and host<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nick-lachey/196910/ |title=Nick Lachey |magazine=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]] |archive-date=July 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702181219/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nick-lachey/196910/}}</ref>
* [[November 10]] – [[Patrik Berger]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrik Berger |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/patrik-berger/ |website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – [[Alexei Urmanov]], Russian figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Aleksey Urmanov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98495 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] – [[Peter Facinelli]], American actor
* [[November 27]] – [[Sharlto Copley]], South African producer, actor and director
* [[November 29]] – [[Ryan Giggs]], Welsh footballer
* [[November 30]]
** [[Nimród Antal]], Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and actor
** [[Christian Cage|Christian]], Canadian professional wrestler
** [[Im Chang-jung]], South Korean actor

===December===
[[File:Monica Seles 1991.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Monica Seles]]]]
<!--[[File:Ariel_Benado.png|thumb|100px|[[Arik Benado]]]]-->
[[File:Tyra Banks 2018 3.png|thumb|100px|[[Tyra Banks]]]]
[[File:Stephenie Meyer by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stephenie Meyer]]]]
* [[December 2]]
** [[Monica Seles]], Hungarian-Yugoslavian tennis player
** [[Jan Ullrich]], German professional road bicycle racer
**[[Grant Wahl]], American sports journalist (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/grant-wahl-critical-of-qatari-regime-world-cup-committee-before-death/ |title=Grant Wahl critical of Qatari regime, World Cup committee before sudden death |first=Jared |last=Schwartz |work=New York Post |date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>
* [[December 3]] 
** [[Holly Marie Combs]], American actress<ref>{{cite news |title=UPI Almanac for Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 |date=December 3, 2020 |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/12/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Dec-3-2020/1151606923325/ |access-date=August 11, 2021 |work=United Press International |quote=actor Holly Marie Combs in 1973 (age 47)}}</ref>
** [[Super Crazy|Francisco Islas Rueda]], Mexican professional wrestler
* [[December 4]] – [[Tyra Banks]], American supermodel, talk show host
* [[December 5]]
** [[Arik Benado]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mhaifafc.com/historyPlayer.asp?P=1055&lang=en |title=First Team {{pipe}} Arik Benado|website=mhaifafc.com}}</ref>
** [[Sorin Grindeanu]], 65th [[Prime Minister of Romania]]
* [[December 7]]
** [[Terrell Owens]], American football player
** [[Damien Rice]], Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
** [[Nelson Mensah]], Ghanaian football player
* [[December 8]] – [[Corey Taylor]], American rock vocalist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], ''[[Stone Sour]]'')
* [[December 9]] – [[Bárbara Padilla]], American operatic soprano
* [[December 10]] – [[Gabriela Spanic]], Venezuelan-Mexican actress
* [[December 11]] – [[Mos Def]], African-American rapper and actor
* [[December 12]] – [[Paz Lenchantin]], Argentine-American musician
* [[December 14]]
** [[Tom S. Englund]], Swedish musician
** [[Tomasz Radzinski]], Canadian soccer player
** [[Thuy Trang]], Vietnamese-born actress (d. [[2001]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Surya Bonaly]], French figure skater
* [[December 17]] – [[Paula Radcliffe]], British athlete
* [[December 18]] – [[Darryl Brown (cricketer, born 1973)|Darryl Brown]], Trinidad and West Indian cricketer
* [[December 20]] – [[Antti Kasvio]], Finnish swimmer 
* [[December 23]] – [[Dmytro Derevytskyy]], Ukrainian entrepreneur
* [[December 27]] – [[Wilson Cruz]], American actor
* [[December 28]]
** [[Seth Meyers]], American actor and comedian 
** [[Ids Postma]], Dutch speed skater<ref>{{Cite web |title=SS - Person Bio |url=http://isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID=103037&SportID=103&Personid=97273&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=2.html?403881 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=isu.html.infostradasports.com}}</ref>
* [[December 30]] – [[Ato Boldon]], Trinidadian athlete
* [[December 31]] – [[Nikolay Tsiskaridze]], Russian dancer

==Deaths==
{{BDToC|deaths}}

===January===
<!--[[File:Eleazar López Contreras.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Eleazar López Contreras]]]]-->
[[File: Lyndon B. Johnson - Official White House Portrait (cropped).jpg |100px|thumb|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]]]
* [[January 2]] – [[Eleazar López Contreras]], 45th [[President of Venezuela]] (b. [[1883]])
* [[January 11]] – [[Isabel Randolph]], American actress (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/isabel-randolph/ |title=Isabel Randolph : Classic Movie Hub (CMH) |via=www.classicmoviehub.com}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Nellie Yu Roung Ling]], Chinese dancer, lady-in-waiting to Qing Imperial Court (b. [[1882]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Herbert D. Riley]], American admiral (b. [[1904]])<ref>[https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=BattleMemoryExt&ID=183708 RILEY, Herbert D., VADM]</ref>
* [[January 19]] – [[Max Adrian]], Irish actor (b. [[1903]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/20/archives/max-adrian-69-british-actor-of-stage-and-movies-is-dead-played.html Max Adrian, 69, British Actor Of Stage and Movies, Is Dead]</ref>
* [[January 22]] – [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], 36th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Kid Ory]], American musician (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]] |editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |date=1992 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-580-8 |page=309/310}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – [[J. Carrol Naish]], American actor (b. [[1896]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Edward G. Robinson]], American actor (b. [[1893]])
* [[January 28]] – [[John Banner]], Austrian-born American actor (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Jack MacGowran]], Irish actor (b. [[1918]])
* [[January 31]] – [[Ragnar Frisch]], Norwegian economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1895]])

===February===
[[File:Jensen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hans D. Jensen]]]]
* [[February 11]] – [[J. Hans D. Jensen]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 - J. Hans D. Jensen - Biographical |website=NobelPrize.org |date=25 June 1907 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1963/jensen/biographical/ |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] – [[Wally Cox]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
* [[February 16]] – [[Francisco Caamaño]], 50th [[President of the Dominican Republic]] (executed) (b. [[1932]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Frank Costello]], Italian-American Mafia gangster and crime boss (b. [[1891]])
* [[February 19]] 
** [[Ivan T. Sanderson]], Scottish-American naturalist, cryptozoologist and writer (b. [[1911]])
** [[Joseph Szigeti]], Hungarian violinist (b. [[1892]])
* [[February 22]]
** [[Elizabeth Bowen]], Irish novelist (b. [[1899]])
** [[Katina Paxinou]], Greek actress (b. [[1900]])
* [[February 23]] – [[Dickinson W. Richards]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Cecil Kellaway]], South African actor (b. [[1890]])

===March===
[[File:Pearl Buck 1972.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pearl S. Buck]]]]
[[File:Noël Coward 01.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Noël Coward]]]]
* [[March 3]] – [[Vera Panova]], Soviet-Russian writer (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Pearl S. Buck]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1973 |page=163}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – [[Benjamín de Arriba y Castro]], Spanish [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop and cardinal (b. [[1886]])
* [[March 10]] 
** [[Bull Connor]], American politician, civil rights opponent (b. [[1897]])<ref>[https://www.biography.com/political-figures/eugene-bull-connor Eugene "Bull" Connor]</ref>
** [[Richard Sharples|Sir Richard Sharples]], British politician, [[Governor of Bermuda]]  (b. [[1916]]) (assassinated)
** [[Robert Siodmak]], German-born American film director (b. [[1900]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Howard H. Aiken]], American computing pioneer (b. [[1900]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Howard-Aiken Howard Aiken American mathematician and inventor]</ref>
* [[March 17]] – [[Giuseppe Ferretto]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal (b. [[1899]])
* [[March 18]]
** [[Johannes Aavik]], Estonian philologist (b. [[1880]])
** [[Lauritz Melchior]], Danish opera singer (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/20/archives/lauritz-melchior-is-dead-wagnerian-tenor-was-82-concealed-criticism.html |title=Lauritz Melchior Is Dead; Wagnerian Tenor Was 82 |date=20 March 1973 |author=Ey Alden Whitman |website=New York Times |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] – [[Âşık Veysel]], Turkish poet, songwriter and saz player (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://www.ktb.gov.tr/EN-117857/asik-veysel-satiroglu.html Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu]</ref>
* [[March 22]] – [[Hilda Geiringer]], Austrian mathematician (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Ken Maynard]], American actor (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music]] |editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |date=1993 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-726-6 |page=264}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – [[Edward Steichen]], Luxembourg-born American photographer (b. [[1879]])
* [[March 26]] – Sir [[Noël Coward]], English composer and playwright (b. [[1899]])<ref>"Obituary: Sir Noel Coward", ''The Times'', 27 March 1973, p. 18</ref>
* [[March 30]] – [[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton]], Scottish nobleman and aviation pioneer (b. [[1903]])<ref>[https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/douglasdouglashamilton.html 14TH DUKE OF HAMILTON]</ref>

===April===
[[File:Pablo picasso 1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pablo Picasso]]]]
[[File:Arthur Fadden.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Arthur Fadden|Sir Arthur Fadden]]]]
* [[April 8]] – [[Pablo Picasso]], Spanish artist (b. [[1881]])
* [[April 12]] – [[Arthur Freed]], American film producer (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 13]] 
** [[Henry Darger]], American [[outsider art]]ist and writer (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Darger |title=Henry Darger {{pipe}} Outsider Artist, Writer & Illustrator {{pipe}} Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=April 8, 2024 }}</ref>
** [[Dudley Senanayake]], 2nd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. [[1911]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Károly Kerényi]], Hungarian philologist and mythologist (b. [[1897]])
* [[April 16]]
** [[Nino Bravo]], Spanish singer (b. [[1944]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cope.es/programas/la-manana-fin-de-semana/noticias/nino-bravo-una-voz-inolvidable-eterna-20190803_473159 |title=Nino Bravo: una voz inolvidable y eterna |first=Juan Andrés |last=Rubert |date=3 August 2019 |access-date=4 August 2019 |work=[[Cadena COPE]] |language=es}}</ref>
** [[István Kertész (conductor)|Istvan Kertesz]], Hungarian conductor (b. [[1929]])<ref>"Obituary for István Kertész," ''The Musical Times'' 114, No. 1564 (1973), p. 632.</ref>
* [[April 19]] – [[Hans Kelsen]], Austrian-born legal theorist (b. [[1881]])
* [[April 21]]
** [[Merian C. Cooper]], American aviator, director and producer (b. [[1893]])
** [[Arthur Fadden|Sir Arthur Fadden]], Australian politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 25]]
** [[Fouad Chehab]], 8th President of Lebanon (b. [[1902]])
** [[Frank Jack Fletcher]], American admiral (b. [[1885]])
* [[April 26]] – [[Irene Ryan]], American actress (b. [[1902]])
* [[April 28]] – [[Jacques Maritain]], French Catholic philosopher (b. [[1882]])

===May===
[[File:Frances-Marion.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Frances Marion]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Asger Jorn]], Danish painter (b. [[1914]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Myrna Fahey]], American actress (b. [[1933]])
* [[May 8]] – [[Alexander Vandegrift]], American general (b. [[1887]])
* [[May 11]] – [[Lex Barker]], American actor (b. [[1919]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Frances Marion]], American screenwriter (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Sicherman |first=Barbara |author2=Hurd Green, Carol |title=Notable American Women: The Modern Period : A Biographical Dictionary |publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |year=1980 |page=[https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich/page/457 457] |isbn=0-674-62732-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich/page/457}}</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Jean Gebser]], German-born Swiss author, linguist and poet (b. [[1905]])<ref>[https://gebser.org/jean-gebser-bio/ A Brief Biography]</ref>
* [[May 16]] – [[Jacques Lipchitz]], French-American sculptor (b. [[1891]])
* [[May 18]] – [[Jeannette Rankin]], American politician (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Rep. Jeannette Rankin Dies. First Woman in Congress, 92 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9504E3D6153DE63ABC4851DFB3668388669EDE |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=May 20, 1973 |access-date=February 21, 2015}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – [[Jarno Saarinen]], Finnish motorcycle racer (b. [[1945]])
* [[May 21]] 
** [[Ivan Konev]], [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] (b. [[1897]])
** [[Vaughn Monroe]], American singer (b. [[1911]])
* [[May 26]] – [[Karl Löwith]], German philosopher (b. [[1897]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Constantin Daicoviciu]], Romanian historian and archaeologist (b. [[1898]])

===June===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1995-041-23A, Ostfront, Adolf Hitler, Erich v. Manstein.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Erich von Manstein]]]]
* [[June 8]] – [[Emmy Göring]], German actress, second wife of [[Hermann Göring]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Erich von Manstein]], German field marshal (b. [[1887]])
* [[June 10]] – [[William Inge]], American playwright (b. [[1913]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Inge's Funeral Today |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/12/archives/inges-funeral-today.html |access-date=24 April 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=June 12, 1973}}</ref>
* [[June 30]] – [[Nancy Mitford]], English novelist (b. [[1904]])<ref>{{ODNBweb |first=Selina |last=Hastings |title=Mitford, Nancy Freeman- (1904–1973) |origyear=2004 |year=2015 |edition=online |id=31450 }}</ref>

===July===
[[File:Betty Grable - 1951.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Betty Grable]]]]
[[File:Veronica Lake still.jpg|thumb|123x123px|[[Veronica Lake]]]]
[[File:Bruce Lee 1973.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bruce Lee]]]]
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* [[July 2]] – [[Betty Grable]], American actress (b. [[1916]])
* [[July 3]] – [[Karel Ančerl]], Czechoslovak conductor (b. [[1908]])
* [[July 6]]
** [[Joe E. Brown]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1891]])
** [[Otto Klemperer]], German conductor (b. [[1885]])
* [[July 7]]
** [[Max Horkheimer]], German philosopher and sociologist (b. [[1895]])
** [[Veronica Lake]], American actress (b. [[1922]])
* [[July 8]]
** [[Arthur Calwell]], Australian politician (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/calwell-arthur-augustus-9667 Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896–1973)]</ref>
** [[Ben-Zion Dinur]], Russian-born Israeli educator, historian and politician (b. [[1884]])
** [[Wilfred Rhodes]], English cricketer (b. [[1877]])
* [[July 10]] – [[Cordelia Camp]], American educator (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Stephens |first=George Myers |date=1979 |title=Camp, Cordelia |encyclopedia=[[NCpedia]] |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/camp-cordelia |access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>
* [[July 11]]
** [[Alexander Mosolov]], Russian composer (b. [[1900]])
** [[Robert Ryan]], American actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[July 12]] – [[Lon Chaney Jr.]], American actor (b. [[1906]])
* [[July 13]] 
** [[Willy Fritsch]], German actor (b. [[1901]])
** [[Turk Scott]], American politician (assassinated)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Talbott |first1=William |last2=Schulian |first2=John |title=Del. Turk Scott Found Slain In Apartment House Garage |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-del-turk-scott-found-sl/169081587/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=July 13, 1973 |pages=1, 2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[July 18]] – [[Jack Hawkins]], English actor (b. [[1910]])
* [[July 20]]
** [[Mikhail Isakovsky]], Russian poet (b. [[1900]])
** [[Bruce Lee]], Chinese-American martial artist and actor (b. [[1940]])
** [[Robert Smithson]], American artist (b. [[1938]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Smithson, 35, A Sculptor, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/24/archives/robert-smithson-35-a-sculptor-is-dead.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City |date=July 24, 1973 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – [[Eddie Rickenbacker]], American [[World War I]] flying ace and race car driver (b. [[1890]])
* [[July 24]] – [[Julián Acuña Galé]], Cuban botanist (b. [[1900]])
* [[July 25]] 
** [[Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám]], Prime Minister of Hungary (b. [[1875]])
** [[Louis St. Laurent]], 12th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[July 26]] – [[Konstantinos Georgakopoulos]], Greek lawyer and professor, 152nd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1890]])
* [[July 29]]
** [[Henri Charrière]], French writer (b. [[1906]])
** [[Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo]], 34th [[President of El Salvador]] (b. [[1921]])
** [[Roger Williamson]], British racing driver (b. [[1948]])
* [[July 31]] – [[Annibale Bergonzoli]], Italian general (b. [[1884]])

===August===
[[File:Opvolger van Pieck, Walter Ulbricht, Bestanddeelnr 911-5926 (cropped).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Walter Ulbricht]]]]
[[File:Fulgencio Batista, 1938.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Fulgencio Batista]]]]
[[File:Karl Ziegler Nobel.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Karl Ziegler]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** [[Gian Francesco Malipiero]], Italian composer (b. [[1882]])
** [[Walter Ulbricht]], East German politician, leader of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Communist Party]] and 2nd [[State Council of East Germany|head of State]] of the [[GDR]] (b. [[1893]])
** [[Nikos Zachariadis]], Greek politician, leader of the [[Communist Party of Greece]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[August 2]] – [[Jean-Pierre Melville]], French film director (b. [[1917]])
* [[August 6]]
** [[Fulgencio Batista]], 9th and 12th [[President of Cuba]] (b. [[1901]])
** [[James Beck]], British actor (b. [[1929]])
* [[August 8]] – [[Vilhelm Moberg]], Swedish novelist and historian (b. [[1898]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vilhelm-Moberg Vilhelm Moberg Swedish author]</ref>
* [[August 9]] – [[Charles Daniels (swimmer)|Charles Daniels]], American Olympic swimmer (b. [[1885]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Douglas Kennedy (actor)|Douglas Kennedy]], American actor (b. [[1915]])
* [[August 11]] – [[Peggie Castle]], American actress (b. [[1927]])
* [[August 12]]
** [[Walter Rudolf Hess]], Swiss physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]])
** [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1898]])
* [[August 16]]
** [[Selman Waksman]], Ukrainian-American biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[August 17]]
** [[Conrad Aiken]], American writer (b. [[1889]])
** [[Jean Barraqué]], French composer (b. [[1928]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Page |first=Tim |date=24 November 1986 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/24/arts/music-prism-orchestra-in-barraque-premiere.html |title=Music: Prism Orchestra in Barraqué Premiere |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref>
** [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], American singer ([[The Temptations]]) (b. [[1939]])
* [[August 18]] 
** [[François Bonlieu]], French Olympic alpine skier (b. [[1937]])
** [[Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough]], British politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Michael Dunn (actor)|Michael Dunn]], American actor (b. [[1934]])
* [[August 31]] – [[John Ford]], American film director (b. [[1894]])

===September===
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[[File:Salvador Allende Gossens-.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Salvador Allende]]]]
[[File:Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 1962.jpg|100px|thumb|King [[Gustaf VI Adolf|Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden]]]]
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* [[September 1]] – [[Anne Azgapetian]], Russian Red Cross worker (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM2N-748 "United States Social Security Death Index"]" database, FamilySearch, U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).</ref>
* [[September 2]] – [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], British writer (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 September 1973 |title=J. R. R. Tolkien Dead at 81; Wrote 'The Lord of the Rings' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/02/11/specials/tolkien-obit.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411062439/http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/02/11/specials/tolkien-obit.html |archive-date=11 April 2009}}</ref>
* [[September 11]] – [[Salvador Allende]], 30th [[President of Chile]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Marjorie Merriweather Post]], American businesswoman (b. [[1887]])
* [[September 13]] – [[Betty Field]], American actress (b. [[1916]])
* [[September 15]] – King [[Gustaf VI Adolf|Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[September 16]] 
** [[Rafael Franco]], 33rd [[President of Paraguay]] (b. [[1896]])
** [[Víctor Jara]], Chilean political activist and singer-songwriter (b. [[1932]])
** [[Al Sherman]], American [[Tin Pan Alley]] songwriter (b. [[1897]])<ref>[https://nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/people-places/4094372-al-sherman-1897-1873 Al, Sherman, 1897–1873]</ref>
* [[September 18]] – [[Théo Lefèvre]], 39th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[September 19]] – [[Gram Parsons]], American musician (b. [[1946]])
* [[September 20]]
** [[Jim Croce]], American songwriter (b. [[1943]])<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=84416&key=0&print=1 |title=NTSB Identification: FTW74AF017; 14 CFR Part 135 Nonscheduled operation of ROBERT AIRWAYS; Aircraft: BEECH E18S, registration: N50JR |date=1973-09-20 |publisher=[[NTSB]].gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208152047/http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=84416&key=0&print=1 |archive-date=December 8, 2011 |df=mdy}}</ref>
** [[Glenn Strange]], American actor (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/22/archives/glenn-strange-actor-dies-was-gunsmoke-bartender.html Glenn Strange, Actor, Dies; Was 'Gunsmoke' Bartender]</ref>
* [[September 22]] – [[Paul van Zeeland]], 29th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Pablo Neruda]], Chilean poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1904]])<ref>"Pablo Neruda, Nobel Poet, Dies in a Chilean Hospital", ''The New York Times'', 24 September 1973.</ref>
* [[September 24]] – [[Josué de Castro]], Brazilian writer, physician, geographer and activist against hunger (b. [[1908]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Anna Magnani]], Italian actress (b. [[1908]])
* [[September 28]] – [[Norma Crane]], American actress (b. [[1928]])
* [[September 29]] – [[W. H. Auden]], English poet (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{cite news |first=Israel |last=Shrenker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/30/archives/w-h-auden-dies-in-vienna-w-h-auden-dies-in-vienna-at-the-age-of-66.html |title=W. H. Auden Dies in Vienna |date=30 September 1973 |access-date=20 September 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

===October===
[[File:Paavo Nurmi in a calisthenic pose.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Paavo Nurmi]]]]
[[File:Ludwig von Mises.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ludwig von Mises]]]]
[[File:Abebe Bikila, 1972 card.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Abebe Bikila]]]]
* [[October 2]] – [[Paavo Nurmi]], Finnish Olympic athlete (b. [[1897]])
* [[October 6]] – [[François Cevert]], French racing driver (b. [[1944]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Gabriel Marcel]], French Catholic existential thinker (b. [[1889]])
* [[October 9]] – [[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]], American singer and guitarist (b. [[1915]])<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1974 |title=Rosetta Nubin (Sister) Tharpe |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1214272 |journal=The Black Perspective in Music |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=227 |jstor=1214272 |issn=0090-7790}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – [[Ludwig von Mises]], Austrian economist (b. [[1881]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Rita Hassan]], theatre producer and critic<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Women Worldwide: A-L|chapter=Blue, Rita Hassan|publisher=[[Thomson Gale]]|isbn=9780787676766|year=2007|editor-first=Anne|editor-last= Commire|editor-first2= Deborah|editor-last2= Klezmer|first=Anne|last=Commire}}</ref>
* [[October 14]] – [[Edmund A. Chester]], American broadcaster and journalist (b. [[1897]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/16/archives/edmund-chester-75-exdirectoratcbs.html EDMUND CHESTER, 75, EX-DIRECTORAT C.B.S.]</ref>
* [[October 16]] – [[Gene Krupa]], American jazz drummer (b. [[1909]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], Austrian poet and author (b. [[1926]])
* [[October 18]]
** [[Leo Strauss]], German-American political philosopher (b. [[1899]])
** [[Walt Kelly]], American cartoonist (b. [[1913]])
** [[Crane Wilbur]], American actor (b. [[1886]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Margaret C. Anderson]], American magazine publisher (b. [[1886]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal]], [[prime minister of Afghanistan]] (b. [[1921]])
* [[October 22]] – [[Pablo Casals]], Spanish cellist and conductor (b. [[1876]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Abebe Bikila]], Ethiopian Olympic athlete (b. [[1932]])
* [[October 26]] – [[Semyon Budyonny]], Cossack cavalryman and Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. [[1883]])
* [[October 27]] – [[Allan Lane]], American actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[October 28]] 
** [[Cleo Moore]], American actress (b. [[1924]])
** [[Taha Hussein]], Egyptian writer (b. [[1889]])

===November===
[[File:Arturo de Córdova postcard photo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Arturo de Córdova]]]]
[[File:Virtanen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Artturi Ilmari Virtanen]]]]
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* [[November 3]] 
** [[Arturo de Córdova]], Mexican actor (b. [[1908]])
** [[Marc Allégret]], French film director (b. [[1900]])
* [[November 7]] – [[Kiyohide Shima]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1890]])
* [[November 10]] – [[Morton Deyo]], American admiral (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-d/deyo-morton-lyndholm.html |title=Deyo, Morton Lyndholm |website=NHHC}}</ref>
* [[November 11]]
** [[Hassan al-Hudaybi]], Egyptian general (b. [[1891]])
** [[Artturi Ilmari Virtanen]], Finnish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1895]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Wacław Stachiewicz]], Polish writer, geologist and general (b. [[1894]])
* [[November 13]] 
** [[B. S. Johnson]], English experimental novelist (b. [[1933]])
** [[Lila Lee]], American actress (b. [[1905]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/14/archives/lila-lee-68-dies-silent-film-star-darkeyed-actress-caught-publics.html |title=Lila Lee, 68, Dies; Silent Film Star |work=The New York Times |date=November 14, 1973 |access-date=February 11, 2020 |via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
** [[Bruno Maderna]], Italian conductor and composer (b. [[1920]])
** [[Elsa Schiaparelli]], Italian fashion designer (b. [[1890]])
* [[November 16]] – [[Alan Watts]], British philosopher (b. [[1915]])
* [[November 17]]  – [[Mirra Alfassa]], multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of [[Auroville]], India (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/mother/ |title=The Mother |website=www.sriaurobindoashram.org}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] – [[Alois Hába]], Czech composer and musicologist (b. [[1893]])
* [[November 20]] – [[Allan Sherman]], American comedy writer, television producer and song parodist (b. [[1924]])
* [[November 23]]
** [[Sessue Hayakawa]], Japanese-born American actor and film director (b. [[1886]])
** [[Constance Talmadge]], American actress (b. [[1898]])
* [[November 25]]
** [[Albert DeSalvo]], American criminal, suspect in the [[Boston Strangler]] case (b. [[1931]])
** [[Laurence Harvey]], English actor (b. [[1928]])
* [[November 28]] – [[John Rostill]], English bassist, musician and composer ([[The Shadows]]) (b. [[1942]])

===December===
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[[File:David Ben-Gurion (D597-087).jpg|thumb|136x136px|[[David Ben-Gurion]]]]
[[File:Bobby Darin 1959.JPG|100px|thumb|[[Bobby Darin]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[David Ben-Gurion]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Adolfo Ruiz Cortines]], 47th [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/6004/Adolfo%20Ruiz%20Cortines |title=Adolfo Ruiz Cortines |publisher=Busca Biografias |language=es |access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] – [[Lauri Lehtinen]], Finnish Olympic athlete (b. [[1908]])
* [[December 5]] – Sir [[Robert Watson-Watt]], Scottish engineer, [[radar]] pioneer (b. [[1892]])
* [[December 12]] 
** [[Atilio García]], Argentine-born Uruguayan footballer (b. [[1914]])
** [[Naokuni Nomura]], Japanese admiral and Minister of the Navy (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/72291/Nomura-Naokuni.htm |title=Nomura, Naokuni |website=Traces of War |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[December 13]] – [[Giuseppe Beltrami]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal (b. [[1889]])
* [[December 16]] – [[Sid Barnes]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1916]])
* [[December 17]] – [[Charles Greeley Abbot]], American astrophysicist (b. [[1872]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Greeley-Abbot |title=Charles Greeley Abbot American astrophysicist |date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
* [[December 20]]
** [[Luis Carrero Blanco]], Spanish admiral and politician, 69th [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (b. [[1904]])
** [[Bobby Darin]], American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, dancer, impressionist and TV presenter (b. [[1936]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 21, 1973 |title=Bobby Darin, Pop Singer, Dies at 37 |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/21/archives/bobby-darin-pop-singer-dies-at-37-young-man-in-a-hurry-became-adult.html |access-date=December 24, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] – [[James Anderson (tennis)|James Anderson]], Australian tennis champion (b. [[1894]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Gerard Kuiper]], Dutch-born American astronomer (b. [[1905]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Fritz Gause]], German historian (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/fritz-gause/ |title=Fritz Gause |website=www.vle.lt |language=lt}}</ref>
* [[December 25]]
** [[İsmet İnönü]], Turkish general and statesman, 3-time [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] and 2nd [[President of Turkey]] during World War II (b. [[1884]])
** [[Gabriel Voisin]], French aviation pioneer (b. [[1880]])
* [[December 26]] 
** [[William Haines]], American actor (b. [[1900]])<ref>[https://www.liliums-compendium.co.uk/post/william-haines-muses-the-beau-monde William Haines - Muses & the Beau Monde]</ref>
** [[Harold B. Lee]], American president of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1899]])
* [[December 30]] – [[Marcel-Bruno Gensoul]], French admiral (b. [[1880]])

==Nobel Prizes==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Leo Esaki]], [[Ivar Giaever]], [[Brian David Josephson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Ernst Otto Fischer]], [[Geoffrey Wilkinson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Karl von Frisch]], [[Konrad Lorenz]], [[Nikolaas Tinbergen]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Patrick White]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Lê Đức Thọ]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Wassily Leontief]]

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