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It was also declared the ''[[International Women's Year]]'' by the [[United Nations]] and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the [[Council of Europe]].
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==Events==

===January===
{{Main|January 1975}}
* [[January 1]] – [[Watergate scandal]] (United States): [[John N. Mitchell]], [[H. R. Haldeman]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/haldeman.html |title=Washington Post profile of Haldeman |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 28, 2014 |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814104855/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/haldeman.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[John Ehrlichman]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stout |first=David |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/16/us/john-d-ehrlichman-nixon-aide-jailed-for-watergate-dies-at-73.html |title=John D. Ehrlichman, Nixon Aide Jailed for Watergate, Dies at 73 |date=February 16, 1999 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223220417/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/16/us/john-d-ehrlichman-nixon-aide-jailed-for-watergate-dies-at-73.html |url-status=live }}</ref> are found guilty of the [[Watergate]] cover-up.
* [[January 2]]
** The [[Federal Rules of Evidence]] are approved by the [[United States Congress]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States|title=Federal Rules of Evidence for United States Courts and Magistrates: Approved January 2, 1975, Effective July 1, 1975 ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rK1PAQAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=West Publishing Company|isbn=9780314757395 }}</ref>
** A bomb blast at [[Samastipur]], Bihar, India, fatally wounds [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]], Minister of Railways.<ref>{{cite book |title=Limca Book of Records 1991 |year=1991 |publisher=Bisleri Beverages Ltd. |location=Bombay |page=41 |isbn=81-900115-1-0}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Tasman Bridge disaster]]: The [[Tasman Bridge]] in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]], Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier {{MV|Lake Illawarra}}, causing a partial collapse resulting in 12 deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianetwork.com/nexus/stories/TASMANBRIDGE.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801133559/http://australianetwork.com/nexus/stories/TASMANBRIDGE.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-01| title=Tasman Bridge|publisher=Australia Network|date=15 January 2007|accessdate=2008-10-02}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[Alvor Agreement]]: Portugal announces that it will grant independence to [[Angola]] on [[November 11]].
* [[January 20]]
** In [[Hanoi]], [[North Vietnam]], the [[Politburo]] approves the final military offensive against [[South Vietnam]].
** Work is abandoned on the 1974 Anglo-French [[Channel Tunnel]] scheme.
* [[January 24]] – [[Jazz]] [[pianist]] [[Keith Jarrett]] plays the solo [[improvisation]] ''[[The Köln Concert]]'' at the [[Cologne Opera]]. The live recording becomes the best-selling piano recording in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=7984 |title=Keith Jarrett – Biography |work=[[All About Jazz]] |access-date=2011-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318092416/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=7984 |archive-date=March 18, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===February===
{{Main|February 1975}}
* [[February 4]] – The [[1975 Haicheng earthquake|Haicheng earthquake]] in [[Haicheng, Liaoning]], China, kills 2,041 and injures 27,538, but much of the city has been evacuated in a claimed example of [[earthquake prediction]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qegIxnTcUccC&pg=PA58|title=Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction|first=Susan Elizabeth|last=Hough|authorlink=Susan Hough|isbn= 9780691138169|page=272|year=2009|publisher=Princeton University Press}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – The Argentinian president [[Isabel Perón]] decrees [[Operativo Independencia]], aiming to neutralize or annihilate the "subversive elements" in the province of Tucuman. She assumes extraordinary powers.
* [[February 11]]
** [[Margaret Thatcher]] defeats [[Edward Heath]] for the [[1975 Conservative Party leadership election|leadership]] of the opposition [[Conservative Party (UK)|UK Conservative Party]]. Thatcher, 49, is Britain's first female leader of any political party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/11/newsid_2539000/2539451.stm|work=BBC News|title=1975: Tories choose first woman leader|date=February 11, 1975}}</ref>
** Colonel [[Richard Ratsimandrava]], President of [[Madagascar]], is assassinated.
* [[February 27]] – The [[2 June Movement]] kidnaps West German politician [[Peter Lorenz]]. He is released on [[March 4]] after most of the kidnappers' demands are met.
* [[February 28]]
** A [[Moorgate tube crash|major tube train crash]] at [[Moorgate station]], London kills 43 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-28 |title=London's worst Tube crash killed 43 people - why it happened is still a mystery |url=https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/28/londons-worst-tube-crash-saw-43-lose-lives-happened-still-a-mystery-22597162/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Metro |language=en}}</ref>
** In [[Lomé]], [[Togo]], the [[European Economic Community]] and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first [[Lomé Convention]].
** The [[National Liberation Front of Angola]] (FNLA) approaches the South African Embassy in London and requests 40 to 50 artillery pieces to assist their cause in the [[Angolan Civil War]].

===March===
{{Main|March 1975}}
* [[March 1]] 
** [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] win the English [[Football League Cup]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]], beating [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] 1–0 in [[1975 Football League Cup final|the final]].
** Australian television switches to full-time colour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The revolution will be televised |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/revolution-will-be-televised}}</ref>
* [[March 6]]
** [[1975 Algiers Agreement|Algiers Agreement]]: [[Iran]] and [[Iraq]] announce a settlement in their border dispute.
** A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of [[Axel Springer SE|Springer]] publishers. The March 6 Group (connected to the [[Red Army Faction]]) demands amnesty for the [[Baader-Meinhof Group]].
* [[March 9]] – Construction of the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]] begins.
* [[March 10]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: [[North Vietnam]]ese troops attack [[Ban Mê Thuột]] in [[South Vietnam]] on their way to capturing [[Saigon]].
** An extended portion of ''[[Sanyō Shinkansen]]'' between [[Okayama Station]] and [[Hakata Station]] opens, giving the Japanese Shinkansen high speed rail network access to the country's second island, [[Kyushu]].
* [[March 11]] – The leftist military government in Portugal defeats a rightist coup attempt involving former president [[António de Spínola]], who flees to Brazil.
* [[March 13]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[South Vietnam]] President [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]] orders the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]] evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians (the "Convoy of Tears").
* [[March 15]] – In Brazil, [[Guanabara (state)|Guanabara State]] merges into the [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|state of Rio de Janeiro]]. The state's capital moves from the city of [[Niterói]] to the city of [[Rio de Janeiro]].
* [[March 22]] – "Ding-a-dong" by [[Teach-In (band)|Teach-In]] (music by Dick Bakker, lyrics by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) wins the 20th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1975]] (staged in Stockholm) for the Netherlands.
* [[March 25]] – King [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]] is shot and killed by [[Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud|his nephew]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/years/1975/default.stm|publisher=BBC|title=On This Day|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[March 27]] – The South African government announces that it will consolidate the 113 separate [[homeland]] areas into 36.
* [[March 28]] – A fire in the maternity wing at Kučić Hospital in [[Rijeka]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] ([[Croatia]]), kills 25 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Te je noći u Rijeci poginulo 25 beba. Tragedija je to koja je potresla Hrvatsku i svijet... |url=https://www.24sata.hr/news/tragedija-koja-je-potresla-svijet-ugledao-sam-25-mrtvih-beba-u-sobi-bila-je-to-strasna-slika-900157 |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=www.24sata.hr |language=hr}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – [[Süleyman Demirel]] of [[Justice Party (Turkey)|AP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (39th government), a four-party coalition, the so-called First National Front ({{langx|tr|Milliyetçi cephe|links=no}}).

===April===
{{Main|April 1975}}
* [[April 4]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: The first military [[Operation Babylift]] flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27&nbsp;minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash.
** [[Bill Gates]] and [[Paul Allen]] found [[Microsoft]] (at this time known as Micro-Soft) in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] and release their [[Altair BASIC]] [[Interpreter (computing)|interpreter]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/04/dayintech-0404/|title=April 4, 1975: Bill Gates, Paul Allen Form a Little Partnership|newspaper=Wired|access-date=2016-01-25|last=Alfred|first=Randy}}</ref> ([[Microsoft]] becomes a [[registered trademark]] on November 26, 1976.)[[File:Paul Allen and Bill Gates at Lakeside School in 1970.jpg|thumb|April 4: Allen and Gates four years prior to the founding of [[Microsoft]]]]
* [[April 5]] – The Soviet crewed space mission (''[[Soyuz 18a]]'') ends in failure during its ascent into [[orbit]] when a critical malfunction occurs in the second and third stages of the [[Soyuz rocket|booster rocket]] during staging at an altitude of 192&nbsp;km, resulting in the cosmonauts and their [[Soyuz spacecraft]] having to be ripped free from the vehicle. Both cosmonauts ([[Vasily Lazarev]] and [[Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov|Oleg Makarov]]) survive.
* [[April 9]] – Eight people in South Korea, who are involved in the [[People's Revolutionary Party Incident]], are hanged.<ref>{{Cite web |title=8 men, executed as spies, are found innocent |url=https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/186213.html |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=Hankyoreh |language=ko}}</ref>[[File:18thARVNsoldiersatxuanloc by Dirck Halstead.jpg|thumb|April 9–21: [[Battle of Xuân Lộc]]]]
* [[April 13]]
** [[Bus massacre]]: The [[Kataeb]] militia kills 27 [[Palestinians]] during an attack on their bus in Ain El Remmeneh, [[Lebanon]], triggering the [[Lebanese Civil War]] which lasts until [[1990]].
** A [[Chadian coup of 1975|coup d'état in Chad]] led by the military overthrows and kills President [[François Tombalbaye]].
* [[April 17]] – The [[Khmer Republic]] surrenders, when the [[Communism|Communist]] [[Khmer Rouge]] guerilla forces capture [[Phnom Penh]] ending the [[Cambodian Civil War]], with mass evacuation of American troops and Cambodian civilians. 
* [[April 18]] – The [[Khmer Rouge]] begins a forcible [[emergency evacuation|mass evacuation]] of the city and starts the [[Cambodian genocide]].
* [[April 19]] – [[Nico Diederichs]] becomes the 3rd [[State President of South Africa]].<ref name="RSA">{{cite web |url=https://www.archontology.org/nations/south_africa/sa_pres1/ |work=Archontology.org |title=South Africa: Heads of State: 1961–1994 |access-date=20 September 2025 |date=8 May 2025}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] – [[Taman Mini Indonesia Indah]] opens to the public in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]].
* [[April 24]] – [[West German Embassy siege in Stockholm]]: Six [[Red Army Faction]] terrorists take over the West German embassy in [[Stockholm]], take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish police.
* [[April 25]] – [[Vietnam War]]: As [[People's Army of Vietnam|North Vietnamese Army]] forces close in on the [[South Vietnam]]ese capital [[Saigon]], the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost 10 years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
* [[April 29]] – [[Vietnam War]]: North Vietnam concludes its [[East Sea Campaign]] by capturing all of the [[Spratly Islands]] that were being held by South Vietnam.
* [[April 30]] – [[Vietnam War]] &ndash; [[Fall of Saigon]]: The Vietnam War concludes as [[Communism|Communist]] [[People's Army of Vietnam|forces]] from [[North Vietnam]] take over [[Saigon]], resulting in mass evacuation of the remaining American troops and South Vietnam civilians. As the capital is taken, [[South Vietnam]] surrenders unconditionally and is replaced with a temporary [[Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam|Provisional Government]].

===May===
{{Main|May 1975}}
* [[May 3]] – [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] win the [[1975 FA Cup final|FA Cup]] at Wembley, beating Fulham 2–0 in [[1975 FA Cup final|the final]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hammers Nail Fulham |url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/HistoryOfTheFACup/1975WestHamFulham |website=TheFA.com |publisher=[[The Football Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329083013/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/HistoryOfTheFACup/1975WestHamFulham |archive-date=29 March 2010 |access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref> 
* [[May 6]] – The South African government announces that it will provide all Black children with free and compulsory education.
* [[May 15]] – [[Mayaguez incident]]: The American merchant ship ''Mayaguez'', seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U.S. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed.
* [[May 16]]
** [[Sikkim]] accedes to India after a [[1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum|referendum]] and abolishes the [[Chogyal]], its monarchy.
** [[Junko Tabei]] from [[Japan]] becomes the first woman to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]].
* [[May 25]] – [[Bobby Unser]] wins the [[Indianapolis 500]] for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, {{convert|700|km|mi|abbr=on}} race.
* [[May 27]] – The [[Dibbles Bridge coach crash]] near [[Grassington]], [[North Yorkshire]], England, results in 32 deaths (the highest toll in a United Kingdom road accident).
* [[May 28]] – Fifteen West African countries sign the [[Treaty of Lagos]], creating the [[Economic Community of West African States]].

===June===
{{Main|June 1975}}
* [[June 5]] – The [[Suez Canal]] opens for the first time since the [[Six-Day War]].
* [[June 6]] – The [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] Agreement, formally creating the [[ACP Group]], is signed.
* [[June 9]] – The [[Order of Australia]] is awarded for the first time.
* [[June 11]] – After a referendum and seven years of military rule, modern-day [[Greece]] is established as the [[Third Hellenic Republic|Hellenic Republic]].
* [[June 25]]
** Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] declares [[The Emergency (India)|a state of emergency]] in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
** [[Mozambique]] gains [[independence]] from Portugal.

===July===
{{Main|July 1975}}
* [[July 1]] – The [[Postmaster-General's Department]] is disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission (trading as [[Telstra|Telecom Australia]]) and the Australian Postal Commission (trading as [[Australia Post]]). 
* [[July 4]] – [[Zion Square refrigerator bombing]]. A terrorist attack in downtown [[Jerusalem]] kills 15 civilians and wounds 77.
* [[July 5]] – [[Cape Verde]] gains independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
* [[July 6]] – The [[Comoros]] declares and is granted its independence from France.
* [[July 9]] – The National Assembly of [[Senegal]] passes a law that will pave way for a [[multi-party system]] (albeit highly restricted).
* [[July 12]] – [[São Tomé and Príncipe]] declare independence from Portugal.
* [[July 17]] – [[Apollo–Soyuz Test Project]]: A crewed American [[Apollo spacecraft]] and the crewed Soviet [[Soyuz spacecraft]] for the ''[[Soyuz 19]]'' mission dock in [[orbit]], marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the 2 nations.
* [[July 21]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of India]] votes to approve Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]'s declaration of a [[The Emergency (India)|state of emergency]], with a 301–76 vote in the lower house and a 147–32 vote in the upper house.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8v7Vr2iQUHkC&dq=indira+gandhi+july+21+1975+parliament+of+india&pg=PA159 | title=India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics | isbn=978-81-317-3465-0 | last1=Krishna | first1=Ananth V. | date=September 2011 | publisher=Pearson Education India }}</ref>
* [[July 30]] – [[Typhoon Nina (1975)|Typhoon Nina]] forms over the Philippine Sea.

===August===
{{Main|August 1975}}
* The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the [[MPLA]] that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. The [[United States]], [[Zaire]] and [[Zambia]] request South Africa to provide training and support for the [[FNLA]] and [[UNITA]] forces.<ref name="Jeffery">{{Jeffery-People's War|pages=11–12, 14–15}}</ref>
* [[August 1]] – The [[Helsinki Accords]], which officially recognize Europe's national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in Finland.
* [[August 8]] – The [[Banqiao Dam]], in China's [[Henan Province]], fails after [[Typhoon Nina (1975)|Typhoon Nina]]; over 200,000 people perish.
* [[August 11]] – Governor [[Mário Lemos Pires]] of [[Portuguese Timor|Portuguese East Timor]] abandons the capital [[Dili]], following a [[Timorese Democratic Union|UDT]] coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and [[Fretilin]].
* [[August 15]]
** Founder President [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] of [[Bangladesh]] is killed during a [[15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état|coup]] led by Major [[Syed Faruque Rahman]].
** Some members of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] believe that [[Armageddon]] will occur this year based on the group's chronology<ref>''[[The Watchtower]]'', August 15, 1968, pp. 494–501; ''Awake!'', May 22, 1969, p. 15; ''The Watchtower'', March 15, 1980, p. 17, para. 5–6.</ref> and some sell their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believe will be created when [[Jesus]] establishes God's Kingdom on Earth.
* [[August 20]] – [[Viking program]]: [[NASA]] launches the ''[[Viking 1]]'' planetary probe toward [[Mars]].
* [[August 24]] – Officers responsible for the military coup in Greece in 1967 are sentenced to death in [[Athens]]. The sentences are later commuted to [[life imprisonment]].
* [[August 25]] – The [[Victoria Falls Conference (1975)|Victoria Falls Conference]] between Rhodesian Prime Minister [[Ian Smith]] and the [[United African National Council]] is held in a [[South African Railways]] coach on the [[Victoria Falls Bridge]], officiated by [[Zambia]]n President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] and South African Prime Minister [[John Vorster]].

===September===
{{Main|September 1975}}
* September–October – In New Zealand, [[Māori people|Māori]] leader [[Whina Cooper]] leads a march of 5,000 people, in support of Maori claims to their land.
* [[September 5]]
** In [[Sacramento, California]], [[Lynette Fromme]] [[Gerald Ford assassination attempt in Sacramento|attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford]], but is thwarted by a [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent.
** The [[London Hilton Hotel]] is bombed by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]; two people are killed and 63 injured.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/newsid_2499000/2499203.stm |title=1975: London Hilton bombed |work=BBC News |date=1975-09-05 |access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref>
* [[September 6]] – An earthquake of magnitude {{M|s|6.7}} kills at least 2,085 in [[Diyarbakır]] and [[Lice, Turkey]].
* [[September 14]] – [[Rembrandt]]'s painting ''[[The Night Watch]]'' is slashed a dozen times at the [[Rijksmuseum]] in Amsterdam.
* [[September 15]] – The French department of ''Corse'', comprising the entire island of [[Corsica]], is divided into two departments: [[Haute-Corse]] (Upper Corsica) and [[Corse-du-Sud]] (Southern Corsica).
[[File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg|thumb|120px|Flag of [[Papua New Guinea]]]]
* [[September 16]]
** [[Papua New Guinea]] gains its independence from Australia.
** [[Cape Verde]], [[Mozambique]] and [[São Tomé and Príncipe]] join the [[United Nations]].
* [[September 19]] – General [[Vasco Gonçalves]] is ousted as Prime Minister of Portugal.
* [[September 20]] – The term of [[Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah]], as the 5th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]], ends.
* [[September 21]] – [[Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra]] of [[Kelantan]], becomes the 6th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].
* [[September 22]] – In [[San Francisco]], [[Sara Jane Moore]] [[Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in San Francisco|tries to assassinate]] U.S. President Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
* [[September 27]] – [[Francoist Spain]] executes five [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] and [[Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic Front|FRAP]] members, the [[Last use of capital punishment in Spain|last executions in Spain]] to date.
* [[September 30]]
** The [[Hughes Helicopters]] (later [[McDonnell-Douglas]] and [[Boeing IDS]]) [[AH-64 Apache]] makes its first flight.
** (US time) [[HBO|Home Box Office]] becomes the first pay television network to deliver a continuous signal via [[Satcom (satellite)|satellite]] by broadcasting the "[[Thrilla in Manila]]" boxing match live.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Evolution of the Cable-Satellite Distribution System|url=http://comm.louisville.edu/~al/421/pdfs/parsons.pdf|author=Patrick Parsons|journal=Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media|publisher=Broadcast Education Association|volume=47|issue=1|pages=1–17|date=2003|access-date=October 19, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102123231/http://comm.louisville.edu/~al/421/pdfs/parsons.pdf|archive-date=November 2, 2014|doi=10.1207/s15506878jobem4701_1|s2cid=62196864}}</ref>

===October===
{{Main|October 1975}}
* [[October 1]] – "[[Thrilla in Manila]]": Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. The fight is viewed live by well over 100 million people worldwide.
* [[October 14]] 
** The South African Defence Force invades Angola during [[Operation Savannah (Angola)|Operation Savannah]] in support of the [[National Liberation Front of Angola|FNLA]] and [[UNITA]] prior to the Angolan elections scheduled for November 11.<ref name="Magnus">Malan, Magnus (2006). ''My lewe saam met die SA Weermag'' (1st ed.). Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis. p. 121. {{ISBN|978-1-86919-113-9}}.</ref>
** A British [[Royal Air Force]] [[Avro Vulcan]] bomber [[1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash|explodes and crashes]] over [[Żabbar]], [[Malta]] after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chetcuti |first1=Kristina |title=The Vulcan tragedy over Zabbar, 35 years on |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/the-vulcan-tragedy-over-zabbar-30-years-on.331187 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=14 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202112314/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/the-vulcan-tragedy-over-zabbar-30-years-on.331187 |archive-date=2 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[October 16]]
** The "[[Balibo Five]]", Australian television journalists are killed at [[Balibo]] by [[Indonesian Army]] special forces in the buildup to the [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor]].
** The last naturally occurring case of [[smallpox]] is diagnosed and treated, the victim being two-year-old [[Rahima Banu]] in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=PHIL7762>Image caption of U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control]] [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp Public Health Image LibraryC image number 7762].</ref>
* [[October 30]] – [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] becomes acting [[head of state]] after General [[Francisco Franco]] concedes that he is too ill to govern. His death on [[November 20]] effectively marks the end of the dictatorship established following the [[Spanish Civil War]] and the beginning of the [[Spanish transition to democracy]].<ref>{{cite book|author=J. Paxton|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1977-78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-jIDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1321|date=22 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27106-7|pages=1321}}</ref>
* [[October 31]]
** The [[Racial Discrimination Act 1975]] takes effect in [[Australia]].
** [[Tun Mustapha]] resigns as [[Chief Minister of Sabah]], a state in [[Malaysia]], bringing to an end speculation that he would attempt to lead secession for Sabah to become an independent nation.

===November===
{{Main|November 1975}}
[[File:Protest in Sydney at Whitlam Government dismissal 11 November 1975 (16704857809).jpg|thumb|250px|Protestors in [[Sydney]] immediately after the [[1975 Australian constitutional crisis|dismissal of Gough Whitlam]], 11 November 1975]]
* [[November 6]] – The [[Green March]] begins: 300,000 unarmed [[Morocco|Moroccans]] converge on the southern city of [[Tarfaya]] and wait for a signal from King [[Hassan II of Morocco]] to cross into [[Western Sahara]].
* [[November 7]] – A vapor cloud explosion at a petroleum cracking facility in [[Geleen]], Netherlands, leaves 14 dead and 109 injured, with fires lasting for five days.<ref>{{cite web |title=Explosion and fire at DSM, Beek. 7th November 1975 |url=https://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/casebeek75.htm |website=Health and Safety Executive |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
* [[November 10]] 
** [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379]]: By a vote of 72–35 (with 32 abstentions), the [[United Nations]] General Assembly approves a resolution equating [[Zionism]] with [[racism]]. The resolution provokes an outcry among Zionists. It is repealed in [[1991]].
** The [[Treaty of Osimo]] is signed between [[Italy]] and [[Yugoslavia]], resolving their dispute over [[Trieste]]. Under the agreement, a majority of the land area and residents go to Italy.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Osimo Treaty, 1975|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: A to F|first1=Edmund Jan|last1=Osmańczyk|author1-link=Edmund Osmańczyk|first2=Anthony|last2=Mango|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2003|page=1705}}</ref>
** The {{convert|729|ft|m|adj=on}}-long freighter {{SS|Edmund Fitzgerald}} sinks during a storm {{convert|27|km|mi}} from the entrance to [[Whitefish Bay]] on [[Lake Superior]], killing all 29 crew members on board (an event immortalized in song by [[Gordon Lightfoot]]).
** [[Lev Leshchenko]] revives "[[Den Pobedy]]", one of the most popular World War II songs in the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[November 11]]
** [[Angola]] becomes independent from Portugal and [[Angolan Civil War|civil war]] erupts.[[File:Flag of Angola.svg|thumb|120px|Flag of [[Angola]]]]
**[[Australian constitutional crisis of 1975]]: [[Governor-General of Australia]] Sir [[John Kerr (governor-general)|John Kerr]] controversially dismisses the [[Whitlam government|Whitlam Labor government]] and commissions [[Malcolm Fraser]] of the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] as caretaker [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]].
** The first annual [[Vogalonga]] rowing "race" is held in [[Venice]], Italy.
*[[November 12]] – The [[Comoros]] joins the United Nations.
*[[November 14]] – [[Madrid Accords]]: Spain agrees to hand over power of the [[Spanish Sahara]] to Morocco and Mauritania by the end of February 1976.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Giniger |first1=Henry |title=Morocco and Mauritania In Sahara Pact With Spain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/15/archives/morocco-and-mauritania-in-sahara-pact-with-spain-madrid-agrees-to.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 May 2022 |date=15 November 1975}}</ref>
*[[November 15]] – The "[[Group of Seven#History|Group of 6]]" industrialized nations (G-6) is formed and holds its [[1st G6 summit|1st summit]] at the [[Château de Rambouillet]] in [[France]].
*[[November 16]] – Beginning of the [[Third Cod War]] between UK and Iceland, which lasts until June 1976.
*[[November 19]] – The [[United States Congress]] approves the [[Clark Amendment]], ending aid to the [[FNLA]] and [[UNITA]].
*[[November 22]] – [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos]] is declared [[List of Spanish monarchs|King of Spain]] following [[Death and funeral of Francisco Franco|the death]] of General [[Francisco Franco]]; he will reign until his abdication in [[2014]].
[[File:Flag of Suriname.svg|thumb|120px|Flag of [[Suriname]]]]
* [[November 25]] 
** [[Suriname]] gains independence from the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Surinam, to Be Independent Nov. 25. Adopts a Charter |work=The New York Times |date=November 22, 1975 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/22/archives/surinam-to-be-independent-nov-25-adopts-a-charter.html |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
** A [[Coup of 25 November 1975|failed military coup d'état]] by [[far-left]] activists occurs in [[Portugal]].
* [[November 28]]
** [[Portuguese Timor]] declares its independence from Portugal as [[East Timor]].
** [[South African Navy]] [[Rothesay-class frigate|frigates]] evacuate 26 SADF members from behind enemy lines at [[Ambrizete]], {{convert|160|km|mi}} north of [[Luanda]] in Angola.
* [[November 29]]
** While disabled, the submarine tender {{USS|Proteus|AS-19|6}} discharges radioactive coolant water into [[Apra Harbor]], Guam. A Geiger counter at two of the harbor's public beaches shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the allowable dose.
** [[1975 New Zealand general election]]: The [[New Zealand National Party]] led by [[Robert Muldoon]] defeats the incumbent [[New Zealand Labour Party]] led by Prime Minister [[Bill Rowling]].

===December===
{{Main|December 1975}}
* [[December 2]] – In [[Laos]], the [[Indochina wars|Second]] [[Mainland Southeast Asia|Indochina]] War ends, when the [[Communism|communist]] party of the [[Pathet Lao]] takes over [[Vientiane]] and defeats the [[Kingdom of Laos]], forcing King [[Sisavang Vatthana]] to abdicate and creating the Lao People's Democratic Republic. This ends the [[Laotian Civil War]], with mass evacuation of American troops and Laotian civilians, but effectively begins the [[Insurgency in Laos]] with the Pathet Lao fighting the [[Hmong people]], Royalist-in-exile and the Right-wings.
* [[December 3]] – Wreck of {{HMHS|Britannic}} (sunk by mine 1916) is found in the [[Kea Channel]] by [[Jacques Cousteau]].
* [[December 7]] – [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor]]: [[Indonesia]] invades [[East Timor]]; the occupation continues until 1999 when [[UNTAET|U.N. peacekeepers take control]], which they did until 2002.<ref>{{cite book|author=Dennis B. Klein|title=Societies Emerging from Conflict: The Aftermath of Atrocity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QvlVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|date=18 April 2018|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-5275-1041-8|pages=156–}}</ref>
* [[December 13]]
** [[1975 Australian federal election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Malcolm Fraser]] defeats the [[Australian constitutional crisis of 1975|recently dismissed]] [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Whitlam government|government]] led by [[Gough Whitlam]]. The [[Fraser government]] achieves what is so far the largest parliamentary majority in federal Australian political history. Whitlam would subsequently survive a [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1976|leadership challenge]] against him.
** The United Nations [[Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness]] (1961) comes into effect.<ref>Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier, et al., ''The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) p.435.</ref>
* [[December 18]] – The [[Algerian president]] [[Houari Boumédiène|Houari Boumediene]] orders the [[Expulsion of Moroccans from Algeria|expulsion of all Moroccans from Algeria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/morocco-algeria-diplomacy-severed-ties-fear-future|title = Moroccans in Algeria fear for the future after diplomatic ties severed}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – Six people, including [[Carlos the Jackal]], [[OPEC siege|kidnap]] delegates of an [[OPEC]] conference in [[Vienna]].
* [[December 29]] – A [[1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing|bomb explosion]] at [[LaGuardia Airport]] in New York City kills 11 people.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://observer.com/2016/01/why-hasnt-washington-explained-the-1975-laguardia-airport-bombing/ | title=Why Hasn't Washington Explained the 1975 LaGuardia Airport Bombing? | website=[[The New York Observer]] | date=January 4, 2016 }}</ref>

===Date unknown===
* The Spanish Army quits [[Spanish Sahara]] (modern-day Western Sahara), last remnant of the [[Spanish Empire]]. The [[Western Sahara|Sahrawi]] Republic (RASD) is created. [[Morocco]] invades the former territory.
* [[Benoit Mandelbrot]] coins the mathematical term ''[[fractal]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mathematical people: profiles and interviews |last1=Albers |first1=Donald J. |last2=Alexanderson |first2=Gerald L. |publisher=AK Peters |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-56881-340-0 |location=Wellesley, MA |page=214 |chapter=Benoît Mandelbrot: In his own words |author2-link=Gerald L. Alexanderson}}</ref>
* [[Victoria (Australia)]] abolishes [[capital punishment]].
* [[South Australia]] becomes the first Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults.

===World population===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="7"|[[World population]]
|-
!
!1975
!colspan="2"|[[1970]]
!colspan="2"|[[1980]]
|-
!World
|align="right"|'''4,068,109,000'''
|align="right"|3,692,492,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 375,617,000
|align="right"|4,434,682,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 366,573,000
|-
!Africa
|align="right"|'''408,160,000'''
|align="right"|357,283,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 50,877,000
|align="right"|469,618,001
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 61,458,000
|-
!Asia
|align="right"|'''2,397,512,000'''
|align="right"|2,143,118,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 254,394,000
|align="right"|2,632,335,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 234,823,000
|-
!Europe
|align="right"|'''675,542,000'''
|align="right"|655,855,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 19,687,000
|align="right"|692,431,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 16,889,000
|-
!South America
|align="right"|'''321,906,000'''
|align="right"|284,856,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 37,050,000
|align="right"|361,401,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 39,495,000
|-
!North America
|align="right"|'''243,425,000'''
|align="right"|231,937,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 11,488,000
|align="right"|256,068,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 12,643,000
|-
!Oceania
|align="right"|'''21,564,000'''
|align="right"|19,443,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 2,121,000
|align="right"|22,828,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,264,000
|}

==Births==
{{BDToC|births}}

===January===
[[File:Dax Shepard Paleyfest 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dax Shepard]]]]
<!--[[File:Daft Punk in 2013 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Thomas Bangalter]]]]-->
[[File:2018-us-nationalbookfestival-danica-mckellar.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Danica McKellar]]]]
[[File:Glasto17-44 (35547413626) Cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bradley Cooper]]]]
[[File:Matteo Renzi 2015.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Matteo Renzi]]]]
[[File:Sara Gilbert.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sara Gilbert]]]]
[[File:Preity Zinta by Ash Gupta.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Preity Zinta]]]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Sonali Bendre]], Indian actress<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/article/10-throwback-photos-of-birthday-girl-sonali-bendre-that-will-make-you-drool-over-her-beauty/340007 |title=10 throwback photos of birthday girl Sonali Bendre that will make you drool over her beauty |website=Times Now News |date=1 January 2019 |language=en-GB |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref>
** [[Eiichiro Oda]], Japanese manga artist
* [[January 2]] 
** [[Dax Shepard]], American actor<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work= [[United Press International]]|date= January 2, 2019|access-date= September 2, 2019|archive-date= September 2, 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status= live}}</ref> 
** [[Oleksandr Shovkovskyi]], Ukrainian footballer<ref>{{NFT player|id=6952|name=Oleksandr Shovkovskyi}}</ref>
** [[Vladyslav Vashchuk]], Ukrainian footballer
* [[January 3]] 
** [[Danica McKellar]], American actress and education advocate<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2019 |title=UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103223323/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/ |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |access-date=September 3, 2019 |work=[[United Press International]]}}</ref>
** [[Thomas Bangalter]], French musician and record producer<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=3 January 2019|access-date=3 September 2019| archive-date=3 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190103223323/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Bradley Cooper]], American actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/1894547|title=PROFILE - Bradley Cooper turns 50 on January 5th (Record ID: 1894547)|date=January 5, 2025|website=Reuters|access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref>
* [[January 6]]
** [[Laura Berg]], American softball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura Berg |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1352 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympeida}}</ref>
** [[Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball)|Ricardo Santos]], Brazilian beach volleyball player
* [[January 11]] – [[Matteo Renzi]], 56th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] 
* [[January 15]] – [[Mary Pierce]], French tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Pierce |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/160142/mary-pierce |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – [[Tony Brown (rugby union)|Tony Brown]], New Zealand rugby union footballer
* [[January 23]] – [[Tito Ortiz]], American mixed martial arts fighter
* [[January 25]]
** [[Mia Kirshner]], Canadian actress
** [[Tim Montgomery]], American athlete
* [[January 29]]
** [[Sara Gilbert]], American actress
** [[Karin Salanova]], Venezuelan politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dip. Karin Salanova |url=https://transparencia.org.ve/project/dip-karin-salanova/ |access-date=2021-04-07 |website=Transparencia Venezuela}}</ref>
* [[January 30]] – [[Juninho Pernambucano]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Juninho |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/juninho-pernambucano/ |website=mlssoccer.com}}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[Preity Zinta]], Indian actress and entrepreneur

===February===
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[[File:Natalie Imbruglia Cannes.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Natalie Imbruglia]]]]
[[File:Drew Barrymore Berlin 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Drew Barrymore]]]]
[[File:Gary Neville 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gary Neville]]]]
[[File:Brian Littrell 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brian Littrell]]]]
* [[February 2]] – [[Ieroklis Stoltidis]], Greek footballer
* [[February 3]] – [[Brad Thorn]], New Zealand-Australian rugby player<ref>{{All Blacks|id=1035|name=Brad Thorn}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – [[Natalie Imbruglia]], Australian actress and singer
* [[February 5]] – [[Giovanni van Bronckhorst]], Dutch footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4642/Giovanni_Van_Bronckhorst.html |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – [[Wes Borland]], American guitarist
* [[February 9]] – [[Vladimir Guerrero]], Dominican baseball player
* [[February 10]] – [[Hiroki Kuroda]], Japanese baseball pitcher  
* [[February 14]] – [[Malik Zidi]], French actor
* [[February 17]]
** [[Harisu]], South Korean singer, model and actress
** [[Todd Harvey]], Canadian hockey player
** [[Kaspars Astašenko]], Latvian ice hockey player (d. [[2012]])
** [[Václav Prospal]], Czech hockey player
* [[February 18]]
** [[Igor Dodon]], [[President of Moldova]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Moldova Social Security and Labor Protection System Policies, Laws and Regulations Handbook - Strategic Information and Regulations|publisher=Global Pro Info USA|year=2018|isbn=9781514531259|page=26}}</ref>
** [[Keith Gillespie]], Northern Irish footballer
** [[Gary Neville]], English footballer
* [[February 19]] 
** [[Mohamed Aly (boxer)|Mohamed Aly]], Egyptian boxer
* [[February 20]] – [[Brian Littrell]], American pop singer<ref>{{cite book| last =Netter| first =Matt| title =Backstreet Boys * Aaron Carter| publisher =Pocket Books| date =January 1999| location =New York| pages =[https://archive.org/details/backstreetboysaa0000nett/page/43 43–44]| url =https://archive.org/details/backstreetboysaa0000nett/page/43| isbn =0-671-03539-8}}</ref> 
* [[February 22]] – [[Drew Barrymore]], American actress and film producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Drew Barrymore {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Drew-Barrymore |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 23]]
** [[Wilfred Kibet Kigen]], Kenyan long-distance runner
** [[Callan Mulvey]], New Zealand-born Australian actor
* [[February 25]] – [[Chelsea Handler]], American comedian and television host<ref>{{cite web|title=Chelsea Handler: Biography|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-handler/bio/198528|work=TV Guide|access-date=September 13, 2010}}</ref>

===March===
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<!--[[File:Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Semi Final 2 Rehearsals. Photo 229.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Valentina Monetta]]]]-->
<!--[[File:Aracely Arámbula in May 2017.png|thumb|100px|[[Aracely Arámbula]]]]-->
[[File:Eva Longoria SZ9 1450 (52476848986) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eva Longoria]]]]
[[File:Puneeth Rajkumar (4).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Puneeth Rajkumar]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Valentina Monetta]], Sammarinese singer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valentina Monetta |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/valentina-monetta-2 |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=eurovision.tv |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 5]] – [[Jolene Blalock]], American actress
* [[March 6]] – [[Aracely Arámbula]], Mexican actress, singer and model
* [[March 9]]
** [[Roy Makaay]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|177717}}</ref>
** [[Lisa Miskovsky]], Swedish musician
** [[Juan Sebastián Verón]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Verón |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/players/juan-sebastian-veron/10376/ |website=soccerway.com |publisher=Soccer Way}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – [[Jamie Arnold (basketball)|Jamie Arnold]], American-Israeli basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/jamie-arnold-1.html|title=Jamie Arnold International Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
* [[March 11]]
** [[Buvaisar Saitiev]], Chechen wrestler
** [[David Cañada]], Spanish cyclist (d. [[2016]])
* [[March 15]]
** [[Eva Longoria]], American actress
** [[Veselin Topalov]], Bulgarian chess player
** [[will.i.am]], American rapper and singer
* [[March 17]] 
** [[Puneeth Rajkumar]], Indian actor (d. [[2021]])
** [[Test (wrestler)|Test]], Canadian professional wrestler (d. [[2009]])
** [[Natalie Zea]], American actress
* [[March 18]] – [[Sutton Foster]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/from-eponine-to-charity-celebrating-birthday-gal-sutton-foster-on-the-musical-stage|last=Skethway|first=Nathan|website=Playbill.com|title=From Éponine to Charity: Celebrating Sutton Foster on the Musical Stage|date=March 18, 2019}}</ref>
* [[March 19]]
** [[Vivian Hsu]], Taiwanese singer, actress and model
** [[Le Jingyi]], Chinese swimmer
* [[March 21]] 
** [[Fabricio Oberto]], Argentinian-Italian basketball player
** [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]], Welsh professional snooker player
* [[March 22]] –  [[Guillermo Díaz (actor)|Guillermo Díaz]], American actor
* [[March 24]] 
** [[Thomas Johansson]], Swedish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Johansson |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/J129/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
** [[Albin Kurti]], prime minister of Kosovo<ref>[https://kryeministri.rks-gov.net/en/prime-minister/biography-of-the-prime-minister/ Biography of the Prime Minister]</ref>
* [[March 25]]
** [[Ladislav Benýšek]], Czech ice hockey player
** [[Melanie Blatt]], English singer
* [[March 27]] 
** [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]], American singer and actress
** [[Mihaela Melinte]], Romanian hammer thrower<ref>{{cite web |title=Mihaela MELINTE |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/romania/mihaela-melinte-14295749 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[March 28]] – [[Iván Helguera]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Iván Helguera |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1144.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – [[Jan Bos]], Dutch speed skater<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID=103037&SportID=103&Personid=95524&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023162124/http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID=103037&SportID=103&Personid=95524&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=2.html |archive-date=2022-10-23 |title=Jan Bos |website=isu.html.infostradasports.com |publisher=[[International Skating Union]] }}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – [[Mirtha Vásquez]], Peruvian politician and lawyer, [[Prime Minister of Peru]]

===April===
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[[File:Pedro Pascal at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 05.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pedro Pascal]]]]
<!--[[File:Zach Braff 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Zach Braff]]]]-->
[[File:Anouk Teeuwe, 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anouk (singer)|Anouk]]]]
<!--[[File:Jasey-Jay Anderson FIS World Cup Parallel Slalom Jauerling 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jasey-Jay Anderson]]]]-->
[[File:Lita Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2024.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lita (wrestler)|Lita]]]]
[[File:Anderson Silva.png|thumb|100px|[[Anderson Silva]]]]
[[File:Johnny Galecki by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Johnny Galecki]]]]
* [[April 1]] 
** [[Magdalena Maleeva]], Bulgarian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Magdalena Maleeva |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/130245/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
** [[Kristine Quance]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kristine Quance |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51158 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[April 2]]
** [[Nate Huffman]], American basketball player (d. [[2015]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/huffmna01.html|title=Nate Huffman Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
** [[Pedro Pascal]], Chilean-American actor
** [[Adam Rodriguez]], American actor
* [[April 3]] – [[Koji Uehara]], Japanese baseball pitcher<ref>{{Japanesebaseball | id=1071}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] – [[Delphine Arnault]], French businesswoman and entrepreneur
* [[April 5]] 
** [[John Hartson]], Welsh footballer
** [[Juicy J]], American rapper, songwriter, and record producer
* [[April 6]]
** [[Zach Braff]], American actor<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/zach-braff/179781 | title= Zach Braff | publisher = [[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]] | access-date = April 29, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140401032643/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/zach-braff/179781 | archive-date = April 1, 2014 }}</ref>
** [[Sónia Lopes]], Cape Verdean runner
* [[April 8]] – [[Anouk (singer)|Anouk]], Dutch singer-songwriter and producer
* [[April 9]] – [[Robbie Fowler]], English footballer
* [[April 10]] - [[David Harbour]], American actor
* [[April 13]] 
** [[Jasey-Jay Anderson]], Canadian snowboarder
** [[Tatiana Navka]], Ukrainian born-Russian Ice dancer<ref>{{cite web |title=Tatyana Navka |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/81915 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[April 14]]
** [[Lita (wrestler)|Lita]], American professional wrestler
** [[Anderson Silva]], Brazilian UFC fighter
* [[April 19]] – [[Jussi Jääskeläinen]], Finnish football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Jussi Jaaskelainen |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=13242 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – [[Danyon Loader]], New Zealand swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Danyon Loader |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1060480/danyon-loader |website=worldaquatics.com}}</ref>
* [[April 22]]
** [[Greg Moore (racing driver)|Greg Moore]], Canadian racing driver (d. [[1999]])
** [[Carlos Sastre]], Spanish road bicycle racer
* [[April 26]] – [[Joey Jordison]], American metal drummer for [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/28/joey-jordison-obituary|title=Joey Jordison obituary|date=28 July 2021|author=Adam Sweeting|website=The Guardian|access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] – [[Kazuyoshi Funaki]], Japanese ski jumper<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=JP&competitorid=18712 |title=Kazuyoshi FUNAKI  |website=FIS-ski.com |publisher=[[International Ski and Snowboard Federation]] }}</ref>
* [[April 30]] – [[Johnny Galecki]], Belgian-born American actor

===May===
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[[File:Beckswimbledon.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Beckham]]]]
[[File:Christina Hendricks at PaleyFest 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christina Hendricks]]]]
[[File:Enrique Iglesias 2011, 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Enrique Iglesias]]]]
[[File:Chris Diamantopoulos 4th Annual Norma Jean Gala (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Diamantopoulos]]]]
[[File:Helio Castroneves 2009 Indy 500 Carb Day.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Hélio Castroneves]]]]
[[File:Jonah Lomu (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jonah Lomu]]]]
[[File:Keiko Fujimori 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Keiko Fujimori]]]]
[[File:2014227233523 2014-08-15 Rock'n'Heim - Sven - 1D X - 328 - DV3P8951 mod.jpg|thumb|100px|[[André 3000]]]]
[[File:Jamie Oliver (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jamie Oliver]]]]
[[File:Mel B (32151327546) (cropped1).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mel B]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Marc-Vivien Foé]], Cameroonian footballer (d. [[2003]])
* [[May 2]]
** [[David Beckham]], English footballer
** [[Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1975)|Ahmed Hassan]], Egyptian footballer 
* [[May 3]]
** [[Andreea Bibiri]], Romanian actress and theatre director
** [[Christina Hendricks]], American actress
* [[May 7]] – [[Roxana Maracineanu]], Romanian born-French politician and swimmer
* [[May 8]]
** [[Enrique Iglesias]], Spanish singer
** [[Jussi Markkanen]], Finnish hockey player
* [[May 9]] – [[Chris Diamantopoulos]], Canadian actor
* [[May 10]] – [[Hélio Castroneves]], Brazilian racing driver
* [[May 12]] – [[Jonah Lomu]], New Zealand rugby player (d. [[2015]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/18/jonah-lomu-dies-aged-40-according-to-reports |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 November 2015 |author=Mike Hytner|access-date=11 January 2020|title=All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu dies aged 40}}</ref>
* [[May 13]] – [[Itatí Cantoral]], Mexican actress
* [[May 15]]
** [[Ray Lewis]], American football player
** [[Janne Seurujärvi]], [[Sámi people|Finnish Sami]] politician, and the first Sami to be elected to the [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurotrib.com/story/2007/11/5/8342/36983 |title= Minority MEPs?|author= NordicStorm |date= 5 November 2007|publisher= The European Tribune|accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[May 18]]
** [[John Higgins]], Scottish snooker player
** [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]], American singer-songwriter
** [[Irina Karavayeva]], Russian trampolinist
* [[May 19]]
** [[Jonas Renkse]], Swedish musician 
** [[Masanobu Ando]], Japanese actor
** [[Zhang Ning]], Chinese badminton player<!--"Zhang" is surname-->
* [[May 20]] – [[Tahmoh Penikett]], Canadian actor
* [[May 21]] – [[Anthony Mundine]], Australian rugby league player and boxer
* [[May 22]] – [[Janne Niinimaa]], Finnish hockey player
* [[May 25]] 
** [[Keiko Fujimori]], Peruvian politician
** [[Lauryn Hill]], American singer
* [[May 27]]
** [[André 3000]], American musician, record producer, and actor
** [[Jamie Oliver]], English chef, restaurateur and television personality
* [[May 28]] – [[Charmaine Sheh]], Hong Kong actress
* [[May 29]]
** [[David Burtka]], American actor and professional chef
** [[Mel B]], English singer, songwriter, rapper, television personality, actress and author
** [[Daniel Tosh]], American comedian
* [[May 31]] – [[Toni Nieminen]], Finnish ski jumper

===June===
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[[File:Никол Пашинян (20-04-2022) 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nikol Pashinyan]]]]
[[File:Bryan Konietzko by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bryan Konietzko]]]]
[[File:Under Secretary Zeya Meets With UNHCR Special Envoy Jolie (51942861677) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Angelina Jolie]]]]
[[File:South by Southwest 2019 7 (32449999697) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Linda Cardellini]]]]
[[File:Ismail ibn Musa Menks talk at Kerala State Business Excellence Awards 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ismail ibn Musa Menk]]]]
[[File:Allen_Iverson_headshot.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Allen Iverson]]]]
[[File:Tobey Maguire 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tobey Maguire]]]]
* [[June 1]] 
** [[Nikol Pashinyan]], Armenian politician, Prime Minister of Armenia
** [[Frauke Petry]], German politician
* [[June 4]]
** [[Russell Brand]], English actor and comedian<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=1 June 2012|issue=1209/1210|page=35}}</ref>
** [[Angelina Jolie]], American actress
* [[June 7]]
** [[Shane Bond]], New Zealand fast bowler
** [[Allen Iverson]], American basketball player
** [[Ekta Kapoor]], Indian actress
* [[June 8]] – [[Shilpa Shetty]], Bollywood actress
* [[June 9]]
** [[Andrew Symonds]], British-born Australian cricketer (d. [[2022]])
** [[Ameesha Patel]], Indian actress and model
** [[Lord Villanueva]], Filipino associate justice of the Sandiganbayan
* [[June 11]] – [[Choi Ji-woo]], South Korean actress and model
* [[June 15]] – [[Elizabeth Reaser]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/396116/Elizabeth-Reaser/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024120323/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/396116/Elizabeth-Reaser/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2007 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Jason Buchanan |date=2007 |title=Elizabeth Reaser |access-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref>
* [[June 16]] – [[Anabel Conde]], Spanish singer
* [[June 18]] – [[Martin St. Louis]], Canadian hockey player
* [[June 19]]
** [[Oksana Chusovitina]], German artistic gymnast
** [[Anthony Parker]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parkean01.html|title=Anthony Parker Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
** [[Ed Coode]], British rower
* [[June 23]] – [[KT Tunstall]], Scottish singer-songwriter
* [[June 24]] – [[Christie Pearce]], American footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|310}}</ref>
* [[June 25]]
** [[Linda Cardellini]], American actress
** [[Natasha Klauss]], Colombian actress
** [[Vladimir Kramnik]], Russian chess player
* [[June 26]] – [[Florence Loiret Caille]], French actress
* [[June 27]]
** [[Mufti Menk]], Zimbabwean Muslim cleric and Mufti
** [[Tobey Maguire]], American actor
** [[Mosese Rauluni]], Fijian rugby union footballer
* [[June 28]]
** [[Jeff Geddis]], Canadian film and television actor
** [[Jon Nödtveidt]], Swedish singer (d. [[2006]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Mime Gopi]], Indian actor
* [[June 30]]
** [[James Bannatyne]], New Zealand footballer
** [[Ralf Schumacher]], German racing driver
** [[Angela Tong]], Hong Kong actress

===July===
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[[File:50 Cent in 2018.png|thumb|100px|[[50 Cent]]]]
[[File:Werchter070718 p2 (5 of 37) (53977414178) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jack White]]]]
[[File:MJK 08359 Cecile de France (Berlinale 2018).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Cécile de France]]]]
[[File:Judy Greer (46810958364) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Judy Greer]]]]
[[File:Suriya2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Suriya]]]]
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* [[July 1]] – [[Sufjan Stevens]], American musician
* [[July 2]] – [[Stefan Terblanche]], South African rugby union player 
* [[July 3]] – [[Ryan McPartlin]], American actor
* [[July 5]]
** [[Zander de Bruyn]], South African cricketer
** [[Hernán Crespo]], Argentinian footballer
** [[Surya Saputra]], Indonesian actor, singer, and model
** [[Alberto Castillo (pitcher)|Alberto Castillo]], Cuban baseball pitcher
** [[Ai Sugiyama]], Japanese tennis player
* [[July 6]] 
** [[Sebastián Rulli]], Argentine actor and model
** [[Alessandro Juliani]], Canadian actor and singer
** [[50 Cent]], rapper, actor, and businessman
* [[July 7]]
** [[Nina Hoss]], German actress
* [[July 8]] 
** [[Amara (singer)|Amara]], Indonesian actress, model, and singer 
** [[Régis Laconi]], French motorcycle racer
** [[Květa Peschke]], Czech tennis player
** [[Elias Viljanen]], Finnish musician
* [[July 9]]
** [[Shelton Benjamin]], American professional wrestler
** [[Gaizka Garitano]], Spanish football player and coach
** [[Damián Szifron]], Argentine director and screenwriter
** [[Jack White]], American singer and guitarist
* [[July 10]]
** [[Martina Colombari]], Italian actress, model and television presenter
** [[Edoardo Gabbriellini]], Italian actor, screenwriter, and director
** [[Stefán Karl Stefánsson]], Icelandic actor (d. [[2018]])
* [[July 16]] 
** [[Ana Paula Arósio]], Brazilian actress and model<ref>{{cite web |title=Ana Paula Arósio |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ana_paula_arosio |website=rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>
** [[Edoardo Gabbriellini]], Italian actor, screenwriter, and director
* [[July 17]]
** [[Elena Anaya]], Spanish actress
** [[Darude]], Finnish DJ and record producer<ref>{{cite news| title =Darude| url         =http://www.eurochannel.com/en/Darude-Finnish-Music.html| publisher =Eurochannel.com| access-date  = August 17, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003230/http://www.eurochannel.com/en/Darude-Finnish-Music.html| archive-date = September 24, 2015}}</ref>
** [[Cécile de France]], Belgian actress
** [[Loretta Harrop]], Australian triathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Loretta Harrop |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94437 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
** [[Terence Tao]], Australian-American mathematician
* [[July 18]] – [[Daron Malakian]], Armenian-American guitarist
* [[July 19]] – [[Hélène Tigroudja]], French jurist and international law expert.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères |date=2018 |title=Elección de Hélène Tigroudja en el Comité de Derechos Humanos |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/es/politica-exterior/derechos-humanos/noticias/article/eleccion-de-helene-tigroudja-en-el-comite-de-derechos-humanos |access-date=12 February 2022 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr |language=es}}</ref>
* [[July 20]]
** [[Judy Greer]], American actress and author<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/235491/Judy-Greer/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214044034/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/235491/Judy-Greer/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 14, 2014 |title=Judy Greer; Alternate Name: Judy Evans Greer, Judith Laura Evans, Judy Evans, Judith Laura Evans |first=Andrea |last=LeVasseur |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>
** [[Ray Allen]], American basketball player
* [[July 21]] – [[David Dastmalchian]], American actor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.knightlyscroll.net/feature/2016/03/24/how-ant-man-star-david-dastmalchian-overcame-drug-addiction/ | title=How "Ant-Man" Actor David Dastmalchian Overcame Drug Addiction | work=The Knightly Scroll | last1=Lehman | first1=Michael }}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – [[Suriya]], Indian actor
* [[July 25]] – [[Evgeni Nabokov]], Kazakh-Russian hockey goaltender
* [[July 26]] – [[Liz Truss]], English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* [[July 27]] – [[Alex Rodriguez]], American baseball player
* [[July 28]] – [[Leonor Watling]], Spanish actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |title="A veces me veo en algunas fotos y pienso: Ya me gustaría ser así" |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/yes/2017/03/04/veces-me-veo-fotos-pienso-me-gustaria-/0003_201703SY4P2991.htm |website=lavozdegalicia.es|date=March 4, 2017 }}</ref>

===August===
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[[File:Kaitlin Olson by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kaitlin Olson]]]]
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* [[August 1]] – [[Danny Chan Kwok-kwan]], Hong Kong actor
* [[August 3]]
** [[Wael Gomaa]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Wael Gomaa |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/players/wael-gomaa/21393/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Evika Siliņa]], Latvian politician, prime minister
* [[August 4]] 
** [[Jason Crump]], Australian motorcycle speedway rider<ref>Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''.  {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}}</ref>
** [[Eicca Toppinen]], Finnish cellist
* [[August 6]] – [[Renate Götschl]], Austrian alpine skier
* [[August 7]]
** [[Gaahl]] (Kristian Eivind Espedal), Norwegian musician
** [[Megan Gale]], Australian model and actress
** [[Charlize Theron]], South African-born American actress
* [[August 9]] – [[Mahesh Babu]], Indian actor
* [[August 12]] – [[Casey Affleck]], American actor and film director
* [[August 13]] – [[Shoaib Akhtar]], Pakistani fast bowler
* [[August 15]] – [[Kara Wolters]], American basketball player
* [[August 16]] – [[Taika Waititi]], New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian
* [[August 17]] – [[Ian Casocot]], Filipino writer
* [[August 18]] – [[Kaitlin Olson]], American actress
* [[August 22]] – [[Rodrigo Santoro]], Brazilian actor
* [[August 25]] – [[Petria Thomas]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Petria Thomas |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45299 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] – [[Dante Basco]], American film, television and voice actor<ref>{{cite web|title=Dante R Basco, Born 08/29/1975|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/dante_r_basco_born_1975_12486180|publisher=[[California Birth Index]]|access-date=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024135351/http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/dante_r_basco_born_1975_12486180|archive-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[August 28]] – [[Scott Brady]], West Point Grad, Artillery Officer, Entrepreneur and Businessman.
* [[August 30]] – [[Radhi Jaidi]], Tunisian footballer
* [[August 31]] – [[Sara Ramirez]], Mexican-American actress

===September===
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[[File:Mark Ronson and Jennifer Su, 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mark Ronson]]]]
[[File:MichaelBubleSmileeb2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Bublé]]]]
[[File:Jimmie johnson (49562468442).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jimmie Johnson]]]]
[[File:Jason Sudeikis 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jason Sudeikis]]]]
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[[File:Marion Cotillard at 2019 Cannes.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Marion Cotillard]]]]
* [[September 1]]
** [[Sarah Mintz]], Colombian actress and model
** [[Natalie Bassingthwaighte]], Australian actress and singer<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.take40.com/artists/3779/natalie-bassingthwaighte/bio | title = Natalie Bassingthwaighte – Biography | work = [[Take 40 Australia]] | publisher = MCM Entertainment | access-date = 19 December 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120511105346/http://www.take40.com/artists/3779/natalie-bassingthwaighte/bio | archive-date = 11 May 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
** [[Scott Speedman]], Canadian actor
* [[September 3]] – [[Redfoo]], American disc jockey
* [[September 4]] – [[Mark Ronson]], English DJ, record producer, and singer
* [[September 6]] – [[Ryoko Tani]], Japanese judoka
* [[September 7]] 
** [[Norifumi Abe]], Japanese professional motorcycle road racer
** [[Renato Sobral]], Brazilian martial artist
* [[September 8]] – [[Elena Likhovtseva]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elena Likhovtseva |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/120151/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] – [[Michael Bublé]], Canadian musician
* [[September 13]] 
** [[Peter Ho]], American-Taiwanese singer and actor
** [[Idan Tal]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifaindex.com/player/149980/idan-tal/fifa07/|title=Idan Tal - FIFA 07 - Player Stats|website=www.fifaindex.com}}</ref> 
* [[September 16]] – [[Gal Fridman]], Israeli windsurfer
* [[September 17]] – [[Jimmie Johnson]], American race car driver
* [[September 18]]
** [[Charlie Finn]], American film, television, and voice actor
** [[Jason Sudeikis]], American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
* [[September 20]]
** [[Asia Argento]], Italian actress, singer, and director
** [[Moon Bloodgood]], American actress
** [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], Colombian racing driver
* [[September 22]] – [[Ethan Moreau]], Canadian hockey player
* [[September 23]] – [[Kim Dong-moon]], South Korean badminton player
* [[September 28]] – [[Ana Brnabić]], [[Prime Minister of Serbia]]
* [[September 30]]
** [[Marion Cotillard]], French actress, singer, songwriter, and musician<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|publisher=Bernan Press|year=2018|isbn=9781641432641|page=485}}</ref>
** [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]], American author and journalist

===October===
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* [[October 1]] – [[Bimba Bosé]], Spanish model, actress and singer (d. [[2017]])
* [[October 3]] – [[Alanna Ubach]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite book |title=Theatre World: Volume 50 |date=1996 |publisher=Crown |page=234 |isbn=9781557832368 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvQZAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
* [[October 5]]
** [[Parminder Nagra]], British actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/parminder-nagra/biography.html|title=Parminder Nagra - Biography|publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|access-date=14 May 2013}}</ref>
** [[Kate Winslet]], British actress
** [[Gao Yuanyuan]], Chinese actress
* [[October 6]]
** [[Martin Jørgensen]], Danish football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Jørgensen |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/martin-jorgensen/4038/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Peter Pellegrini]], Slovak politician, President-elect of Slovakia
* [[October 8]] – [[Marc Molinaro]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=MOLINARO, Marcus |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M001221 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
* [[October 9]] – [[Sean Lennon]], British-American musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist<ref>{{cite book|author=Jon Wiener|title=Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files|publisher=University of California Press|year=2000|isbn=9780520924543|page=327}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – [[Ihsahn]], Norwegian musician
* [[October 12]] – [[Marion Jones]], American athlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Marion JONES |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/marion-jones-14313964 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[October 14]]
** [[Floyd Landis]], American cyclist
** [[Shaznay Lewis]], English singer
* [[October 15]] – [[Michél Mazingu-Dinzey]], German-Congolese footballer 
* [[October 16]] – [[Jacques Kallis]], South African cricketer
* [[October 21]]
** [[Henrique Hilário]], Portuguese footballer
** [[Madchild]], Canadian rapper 
* [[October 22]] 
** [[Jesse Tyler Ferguson]], American actor
** [[Míchel Salgado]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Michel Salgado |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=19974 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] – [[Odalys García]], Cuban actress
* [[October 25]]
**[[Zadie Smith]], English writer
**[[Antony Starr]], New Zealand actor
* [[October 26]]
**[[Paula Faris]], American journalist and television correspondent
**[[Ryan Bradley (baseball)|Ryan Bradley]], baseball player
* [[October 28]] – [[Krisztián Zahorecz]], Hungarian football player (d. [[2019]])
* [[October 30]] – [[Ian D'Sa]], Canadian guitarist
* [[October 31]] – [[Director X]], Canadian music video director

===November===
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* [[November 2]] – [[Danny Cooksey]], American actor and comedian
* [[November 3]] – [[Marta Domínguez]], Spanish athlete
* [[November 4]]
** [[Éric Fichaud]], Canadian hockey player
** [[Lorenzen Wright]], American basketball player (d. [[2010]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/959/lorenzen-wright|title=Lorenzen Wright|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] – [[Marcus Luttrell]], American U.S. Navy Seal
* [[November 8]]
** [[Ángel Corella]], Spanish dancer
** [[Tara Reid]], American actress
* [[November 10]] – [[Markko Märtin]], Estonian racing driver
* [[November 11]]
** [[Daisuke Ohata]], Japanese rugby union player
** [[Angélica Vale]], Mexican-American actress, singer, and comedian
* [[November 12]] 
** [[Jason Lezak]], American swimmer
** [[Amy Neighbors]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission |url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=21 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=legislature.ky.gov}}</ref>
* [[November 13]] – [[Ivica Dragutinović]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=I. Dragutinovic |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ivica-dragutinovic/752/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[November 14]]
** [[Luizão (footballer, born 1975)|Luizão]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information about the player Luizão |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10147/Luizao.html |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
** [[Gary Vaynerchuk]], American-[[Belarusians|Belarusian]] entrepreneur and internet personality<ref>{{Cite web|title=Press Kit|url=https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/press-kit/|access-date=2020-10-08|website=GaryVaynerchuk.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[November 18]]
** [[Neal E. Boyd]], American singer and reality show winner (''[[America's Got Talent (season 3)|America's Got Talent]]'') (d. [[2018]])
** [[Anthony McPartlin]], British TV presenter, actor and singer
** [[David Ortiz]], Dominican-American baseball player
* [[November 19]] – [[Sushmita Sen]], Indian actress and model, former [[Miss Universe]].
* [[November 20]]
** [[Dierks Bentley]], American country music singer
** [[Joshua Gomez]], American actor
* [[November 21]]
** [[Cherie Johnson]], American actress
** [[Chris Moneymaker]], American poker player
** [[Aaron Solowoniuk]], Canadian drummer
* [[November 28]] – [[Eka Kurniawan]], Indonesian writer
* [[November 30]]
** [[Mindy McCready]], American country music singer (d. [[2013]])
** [[Ben Thatcher]], Welsh footballer

===December===
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* [[December 5]]
** [[Sofi Marinova]], Bulgarian singer
** [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]], British snooker player
** [[Paula Patton]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/paula-patton-21396445|title=Paula Patton - Actress|work=The Biography.com website|publisher=[[A&E Networks]]|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402131317/https://www.biography.com/people/paula-patton-21396445|archive-date=April 2, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] 
** [[Ashin]], Taiwanese singer
** [[Mia Love]], American political commentator and politician who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 2015 to 2019 in [[Utah]], the first and to date only black woman elected to congress as a [[Republican Party (United States)|republican]]
* [[December 10]] – [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]], Canadian actress
* [[December 12]]
** [[Mayim Bialik]], Israeli-American actress and neuroscientist
** [[Houko Kuwashima]], Japanese voice actress<ref>Doi, Hitoshi. [http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kuwashima-houko/ "Kuwashima Houko"]. ''Seiyuu Database''. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324074152/http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kuwashima-houko/ |date=24 March 2012 }}</ref> 
* [[December 13]] – [[Tom DeLonge]], American musician, author, and UFOlogist
* [[December 17]]
** [[Nick Dinsmore]], American professional wrestler
** [[Susanthika Jayasinghe]], Sri Lankan athlete
** [[Hilje Murel]], Estonian actress
** [[Milla Jovovich]], Ukrainian-born American actress and model
* [[December 18]]
** [[Mara Carfagna]], Italian politician and model
** [[Sia]], Australian singer-songwriter and music video director
** [[Trish Stratus]], Canadian professional wrestler and model
* [[December 20]] – [[Bartosz Bosacki]], Polish footballer
* [[December 21]]
** [[Paloma Herrera]], Argentine ballet dancer
** [[Charles Michel]], Belgian politician, 51st [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] and [[President of the European Council]]
* [[December 23]] – [[Vadim Sharifijanov]], Russian ice hockey player
* [[December 24]] – [[Maria Zakharova]], Russian politician and diplomat
* [[December 26]] 
** [[Ed Stafford]], English explorer
** [[Marcelo Ríos]], Chilean tennis player
* [[December 27]] – [[Heather O'Rourke]], American child actress (d. [[1988]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Diana |last2=Harvey |first2=Jackson |year=1996 |title=Dead Before Their Time |isbn=978-1-567-99284-7 |location=New York City |publisher=Friedman/Fairfax |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/deadbeforetheirt0000harv|page=22}}</ref>
* [[December 29]] – [[Shawn Hatosy]], American actor
* [[December 30]] – [[Tiger Woods]], American golfer<ref>{{cite book|author=Lawrence J. Londino|title=Tiger Woods: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YrgnuFPOncgC&pg=PA1|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33121-3|pages=1}}</ref>

==Deaths==

===January===
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* [[January 3]] – [[Victor Kraft]], Austrian philosopher (b. [[1880]])
* [[January 5]] – [[Gottlob Berger]], German Nazi senior official (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik-bw.de/LABI/PDB.asp?ID=118837419|title=Berger, Gottlob|language=German|date=2015|website=Landesbibliographie Baden-Württemberg online|publisher=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart/Badische Landesbibliothek|accessdate=18 June 2015}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] – [[David Marshall Williams]], American inventor (b. [[1900]])<ref>[https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/david-carbine-williams-1900-1975/ David “Carbine” Williams (1900 – 1975)]</ref>
* [[January 9]] – [[Pierre Fresnay]], French actor (b. [[1897]])
* [[January 14]] – [[Georgi Traykov]], head of [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria|State of Bulgaria]] as Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (b. [[1898]])	
* [[January 17]] – [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]], 19th [[President of Colombia]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Thomas Hart Benton (painter)|Thomas Hart Benton]], American artist (b. [[1889]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Prince Karl Franz of Prussia]] (b. [[1916]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Larry Fine]], American actor and comedian, [[The Three Stooges]] (b. [[1902]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Bill Walsh (producer)|Bill Walsh]], American film producer and writer (b. [[1913]])
* [[January 28]] 
** [[Antonín Novotný]], Czechoslovak Communist leader and 7th [[President of Czechoslovakia]] (b. [[1904]])
** [[Ola Raknes]], Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. [[1887]])

===February===
[[File:Julian Huxley 1964.jpg|thumb|110px|Sir [[Julian Huxley]]]]
[[File:PGWodehouse.jpg|thumb|110px|Sir [[P. G. Wodehouse]]]]
* [[February 3]] – [[Umm Kulthum]], Egyptian actress and singer (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 4]] – [[Louis Jordan]], American musician (b. [[1908]])
* [[February 6]] – [[Keith Park|Sir Keith Park]], New Zealand-born British air chief marshal (b. [[1892]])<ref>[https://www.sirkeithparkmemorial.org.nz/biography-of-sir-keith-park/ BIOGRAPHY Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, MC & Bar, DFC, DCL, CdeG]</ref>
* [[February 8]] 
** [[Robert Robinson (organic chemist)|Sir Robert Robinson]], British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1886]])
** [[Jan Mukařovský]], Czech literary, linguistic and aesthetic theorist. (b. [[1891]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Ivan Stedeford|Sir Ivan Stedeford]], British industrialist (b. [[1897]])<ref>[https://www.devonheritage.org/stentiford/Issue_35/Article4/4Nov4art2.htm Ivan Arthur Rice Stedeford]</ref>
* [[February 10]] – [[Dave Alexander (musician)|Dave Alexander]], American musician (b. [[1947]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Carl Lutz]], Swiss diplomat and humanitarian (b. [[1895]])<ref>[http://www.carl-lutz.com/en/carl-lutz-2/ Carl Lutz]</ref>
* [[February 13]] – [[André Beaufre]], French general (b. [[1902]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andre-Beaufre André Beaufre French general]</ref>
* [[February 14]] 
** Sir [[Julian Huxley]], British biologist (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Addresses Delivered at a Memorial Ceremony for Julian Huxley Formerly Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1946-1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3a_1Ahk010C|year=1975|publisher=Unesco House}}</ref>
** Sir [[P. G. Wodehouse]], English writer (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{cite book | last = McCrum | first = Robert | author-link =Robert McCrum| title = Wodehouse: A Life | year = 2004 | location = London | publisher = Viking | isbn = 978-0-670-89692-9 |pages=415–417}}</ref>
* [[February 16]] – [[Morgan Taylor]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1903]])
* [[February 17]] – [[Hugo Österman]], Finnish general (b. [[1892]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Chivu Stoica]], 48th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] and head of State (b. [[1908]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Luigi Dallapiccola]], Italian composer (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 22]] – [[Lionel Tertis]], English violist (b. [[1876]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/lionel-tertis.html|title=Honeywood Museum - Lionel Tertis|website=The Friends of Honeywood Museum}}</ref>
* [[February 24]] – [[Nikolai Bulganin]], [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 25]] – [[Elijah Muhammad]], American Nation of Islam leader (b. [[1897]])
* [[February 28]] – Sir [[Neville Cardus]], British cricket and music writer (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/neville-cardus-11777 Neville Cardus England]</ref>

===March===
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* [[March 2]] – [[Madeleine Vionnet]], French fashion designer (b. [[1876]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/madeleine-vionnet-1876-1975/|title=Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975)|website=The Business of Fashion|date=August 23, 2015 }}</ref>
* [[March 3]] – [[Therese Giehse]], German actress (b. [[1898]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Glenn Hardin]], American athlete (b. [[1910]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Mikhail Bakhtin]], Russian philosopher and literary scholar (b. [[1895]])
* [[March 8]]
** [[Joseph Bech]], [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg]] (b. [[1887]])
** [[George Stevens]], American director, producer and cinematographer (b. [[1904]])
* [[March 9]] 
** [[Joseph Dunninger]], American mentalist (b. [[1892]]){{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
** [[Shirley Ross]], American actress and singer (b. [[1913]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Margarita Fischer]], American silent film actress (b. [[1886]])
* [[March 13]] – [[Ivo Andrić]], Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1892]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Susan Hayward]], American actress (b. [[1917]])
* [[March 15]] – [[Aristotle Onassis]], Greek shipping magnate (b. [[1906]])
* [[March 16]] – [[T-Bone Walker]], American blues performer (b. [[1910]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Harry Lachman]], American set designer and film director (b. [[1886]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Joe Medwick]], American baseball player and manager (b. [[1911]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/22/archives/ducky-meduwick-slugger-for-gas-house-gang-dies-a-controversial.html |title=Ducky Medwick, Slugger For Gas House Gang, Dies |date=March 22, 1975 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref>
* [[March 25]]
** King [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]] (b. [[1906]])
** [[Michèle Girardon]], French actress (b. [[1938]])
* [[March 27]] – Sir [[Arthur Bliss]], British composer and Master of the Queen's Music (b. [[1891]])
* [[March 30]] – [[Boots Adams]], American business magnate, president of [[Phillips Petroleum Company]] (b. [[1899]]){{importance inline|date=January 2021}}

===April===
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* [[April 5]]
** [[Chiang Kai-shek]], Chinese nationalist general and politician, 1st [[President of the Republic of China]] (b. [[1887]])
** [[Harold Osborn]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1899]])
** [[Victor Marijnen]], Dutch politician and jurist, 40th [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1917]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn2/marijnen|title=Marijnen, Victor Gerard Marie (1917-1975)|publisher=Huygens ING|date=12 November 2013|access-date=20 May 2019|language=nl}}</ref>
* [[April 10]]
** [[Walker Evans]], American photographer (b. [[1903]])
** [[Marjorie Main]], American actress (b. [[1890]])
* [[April 12]] – [[Josephine Baker]], American-born French entertainer and activist (b. [[1906]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Fredric March]], American actor (b. [[1897]])
* [[April 17]] – [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd [[President of India]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[April 19]] – [[Percy Lavon Julian]], American scientist (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.biography.com/scientists/percy-julian Percy Julian]</ref>
* [[April 23]] – [[William Hartnell]], English actor (b. [[1908]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Pete Ham]], Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. [[1947]])

===May===
[[File:Avery Brundage 1964.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Avery Brundage]]]]
* [[May 4]] – [[Moe Howard]], American actor and comedian, [[The Three Stooges]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[May 8]] – [[Avery Brundage]], American administrator, 5th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[May 9]] – [[Philip Dorn]], Dutch actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Ernst Alexanderson]], Swedish-born American television pioneer (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edisontechcenter.org/alexanderson.html|title=Ernst F. Alexanderson - Electrical Pioneer|website=edisontechcenter.org}}</ref>
* [[May 18]]
** [[Leroy Anderson]], American composer (b. [[1908]])
** [[Aníbal Troilo]], Argentine tango musician (b. [[1914]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Barbara Hepworth|Dame Barbara Hepworth]], English sculptor and artist (b. [[1903]])
* [[May 22]]
** [[Lefty Grove]], American baseball player (b. [[1900]])
** [[Torben Meyer]], Danish actor (b. [[1884]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Moms Mabley]], African-American comedian (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moms-Mabley Moms Mabley American comedian]</ref>
* [[May 28]] 
** [[Ezzard Charles]], American boxer, World Heavyweight Champion (b. [[1921]])
** [[Lung Chien]], Chinese screenwriter and film director (b. [[1916]])
* [[May 30]]
** [[Steve Prefontaine]], American distance runner (b. [[1951]])
** [[Michel Simon]], Swiss actor (b. [[1895]])

===June===
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* [[June 3]]
** [[Eisaku Satō]], Japanese politician, [[Prime Minister of Japan]], recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1974 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1974/sato/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>
** [[Ozzie Nelson]], American actor, director and producer (b. [[1906]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Evelyn Brent]], American actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer]], British aristocrat (b. [[1892]])
* [[June 12]] – [[Rafael Arévalo Martínez]], Guatemalan writer (b. [[1884]])
* [[June 13]] – [[José María Guido]], 33rd [[President of Argentina]] (b. [[1910]])
* [[June 15]] – [[William Austin (actor)|William Austin]], English actor (b. [[1884]])
* [[June 18]] – [[Hugo Bergmann]], German and Israeli Jewish philosopher (b. [[1883]])
* [[June 26]] – [[Josemaría Escrivá]], Spanish [[Roman Catholic]] priest and saint (b. [[1902]])<ref>[https://stjosemaria.org/biography/ Biography]</ref>
* [[June 27]] – [[G. I. Taylor]], British physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory (b. [[1886]])
* [[June 28]] – [[Rod Serling]], American television screenwriter and narrator (b. [[1924]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Tim Buckley]], American singer-songwriter (b. [[1947]])

===July===
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* [[July 2]] – [[James Robertson Justice]], British actor (b. [[1907]])
* [[July 4]] – [[Luigi Carlo Borromeo]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1893]])
* [[July 5]] – [[Otto Skorzeny]], Austrian-born German lieutenant colonel (b. [[1908]])
* [[July 10]] – [[Achille Van Acker]], 33rd [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. [[1898]])
* [[July 13]] – [[Thomas Walter Swan]], American jurist and judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] from 1926 until 1975 (b. [[1877]])
* [[July 14]] – [[Madan Mohan (music director)|Madan Mohan]], Indian music director (b. [[1924]])
* [[July 17]] – [[Konstantine Gamsakhurdia]], Georgian writer and public benefactor (b. [[1893]])
* [[July 19]] 
** [[Lefty Frizzell]], American singer (b. [[1928]])
** [[Charles Alan Pownall]], American admiral, 3rd Military Governor of Guam (b. [[1887]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/23/archives/adm-ca-pownall-a-governor-of-guam.html ADM. C. A. POWNALL, A GOVERNOR OF GUAM]</ref>
* [[July 21]] – [[Billy West (silent film actor)|Billy West]], American actor (b. [[1892]])
* [[July 23]] – [[Emlen Tunnell]], American football player and coach (b. [[1924]])
* [[July 30]] – [[James Blish]], American science fiction and fantasy writer (b. [[1921]])

===August===
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* [[August 3]]
** [[Andreas Embirikos]], Greek poet (b. [[1901]])
** [[Jack Molinas]], American basketball player (b. [[1931]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera]], Spanish prince, military aviator (b. [[1886]]){{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
* [[August 9]] – [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Soviet and Russian composer (b. [[1906]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Anthony McAuliffe]], American general (b. [[1898]])
* [[August 11]] – [[Rachel Katznelson-Shazar]], Zionist political figure and wife of third President of Israel (b. [[1885]])
* [[August 15]] – [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] and 1st and 4th [[President of Bangladesh]] (b. [[1920]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Vladimir Kuts]], Soviet runner (b. [[1927]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Sig Arno]], German actor (b. [[1895]])
* [[August 19]]
** [[Mark Donohue]], American race car driver (b. [[1937]])
** [[Ima Hogg]], American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanitiestexas.org/programs/tx-originals/list/ima-hogg|title=Ima Hogg &#124; Humanities Texas|website=www.humanitiestexas.org}}</ref>
** [[Frank Shields]], American tennis player (b. [[1909]])
* [[August 23]] – [[Sidney Buchman]], American screenwriter (b. [[1902]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Joseph Kane]], American film director and producer (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Cullen Landis]], American actor (b. [[1896]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Haile Selassie|Haile Selassie I]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Fritz Wotruba]], Austrian sculptor (b. [[1907]])
* [[August 29]] 
**[[Charles C. Bass]], American physician and medical researcher (b. [[1875]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/395930257/|title=Daily News 31 Aug 1975, page 166|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
**[[Éamon de Valera]], Irish politician and statesman, 3rd [[President of Ireland]] and 3-time [[Taoiseach]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[August 31]] – [[Pierre Blaise]], French film actor (b. [[1955]])

===September===
[[File:George Paget Thomson.jpg|thumb|110px|Sir [[George Paget Thomson]]]]
[[File:Saint-John Perse 1960.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Saint-John Perse]]]]
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* [[September 5]] – [[Alice Catherine Evans]], American microbiologist (b. [[1881]])
* [[September 9]]
** [[Minta Durfee]], American actress (b. [[1889]])
** [[Ethel Griffies]], British actress (b. [[1878]])
* [[September 10]] – Sir [[George Paget Thomson]], British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1892]])
* [[September 15]] – [[Pavel Sukhoi]], Soviet aerospace engineer, twice [[Hero of Socialist Labour]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 19]] – [[Pamela Brown (actress)|Pamela Brown]], English actress (b. [[1917]])
* [[September 20]] 
**[[Doria Shafik]], Egyptian feminist, poet, writer and editor (b. [[1908]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/obituaries/doria-shafik-overlooked.html|title=Overlooked No More: Doria Shafik, Who Led Egypt's Women's Liberation Movement|work=The New York Times |date=August 22, 2018|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
**[[Saint-John Perse]], French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1887]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Ian Hunter (actor)|Ian Hunter]], British actor (b. [[1900]])
* [[September 26]] – [[C. H. Waddington]], British biologist, paleontologist, geneticist and philosopher (b. [[1905]])
* [[September 27]] 
** [[Mark Frechette]], American actor (b. [[1947]])
** [[Jack Lang (Australian politician)|Jack Lang]], Australian politician (b. [[1876]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Lang|title=Jack Lang &#124; Australian statesman &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=December 17, 2023 }}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – [[Casey Stengel]], American baseball player and manager (b. [[1890]])

===October===
[[File:Gustav Hertz.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gustav Ludwig Hertz]]]]
* [[October 3]] – [[Guy Mollet]], 94th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1905]])
* [[October 4]] – [[May Sutton]], American tennis champion (b. [[1887]])
* [[October 10]] – [[Norman Levinson]], American mathematician (b. [[1912]])
* [[October 16]] – [[Don Barclay (actor)|Don Barclay]], American actor and artist (b. [[1892]])<ref>[https://www.rshonor.org/node/15007 Actor, Artist Don Barclay]</ref>
* [[October 21]] – [[Charles Reidpath]], American athlete (b. [[1889]])<ref>[https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/JOHv11n1o.pdf CHARLES REIDPATH, OLYMPIC CHAMPION]</ref>
* [[October 22]] – [[Arnold J. Toynbee]], English historian (b. [[1889]])
* [[October 27]] 
** [[Peregrino Anselmo]], Uruguayan football player (b. [[1902]])
** [[Rex Stout]], American author (b. [[1886]])
* [[October 28]] – [[Georges Carpentier]], French boxer (b. [[1894]])
* [[October 30]] – [[Gustav Ludwig Hertz]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])

===November===
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[[File:Franco0001.PNG|thumb|110px|[[Francisco Franco]]]]
* [[November 1]] – [[C. S. Wright]], Canadian explorer (b. [[1887]])
* [[November 2]] – [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], Italian film director (b. [[1922]])
* [[November 4]] – [[Francis Dvornik]], Czech historian (b. [[1893]])
* [[November 5]] –  [[Lionel Trilling]], American literary critic (b. [[1905]])
* [[November 6]] 
** [[Ernst Hanfstaengl]], German-born American businessman and politician (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/GERhanfstaengel.htm|title=Ernst Hanfstaengel|website=Spartacus Educational}}</ref>
** [[Annette Kellerman]], Australian swimmer and actress (b. [[1886]])
* [[November 13]] – [[R. C. Sherriff]], English writer (b. [[1896]])
* [[November 17]] – [[Kay Johnson]], American actress (b. [[1904]])
* [[November 20]] – [[Francisco Franco]], Spanish general and politician, [[Caudillo of Spain]] (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Francisco Franco {{!}} Biography, Nickname, Beliefs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Franco |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 29]]
** [[Tony Brise]], English racing driver (b. [[1952]])
** [[Graham Hill]], English racing driver (b. [[1929]])

===December===
[[File:Hannah Arendt 1975 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Hannah Arendt]]]]
[[File:Bernard-Herrmann.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Bernard Herrmann]]]]
* [[December 4]] – [[Hannah Arendt]], German political theorist (b. [[1906]])
* [[December 7]] – [[Thornton Wilder]], American playwright (b. [[1897]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Plínio Salgado]], Brazilian politician and writer (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 9]] – [[William A. Wellman]], American film director (b. [[1896]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Boy Charlton]], Australian Olympic swimmer (b. [[1907]])
* [[December 11]] – [[Nihal Atsız]], Turkish [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]] writer, novelist, and poet (b. [[1905]])<ref>[https://www.halkkitabevi.com/huseyin-nihal-atsiz-kimdir Hüseyin Nihal Atsız Kimdir?] {{in lang|tr}}</ref>
* [[December 12]] – [[Saadi Al Munla]], 4th [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] (b. [[1890]])
* [[December 13]] – [[Addie Viola Smith]], American lawyer and trade commissioner (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) |encyclopedia=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |publisher=National Centre of Biography, [[Australian National University]] |location=Canberra |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-addie-viola-11717 |url-status=live |access-date=April 14, 2024 |last=Barker |first=Heather |date=2006 |orig-date=2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222081431/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-addie-viola-11717 |archive-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] – [[Arthur Treacher]], English actor (b. [[1894]])
* [[December 15]]
** [[Alex Aronson]], Jewish-Dutch aid worker (b. [[1934]])
** [[Shigeyoshi Inoue]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1889]])
* [[December 17]] – [[Noble Sissle]], American jazz composer (b. [[1889]])
* [[December 18]] – [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]], Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist (b. [[1900]])
* [[December 19]] – [[René Maheu]], French professor and administrator, 6th [[Director-General of UNESCO]] (b. [[1905]])
* [[December 20]] – [[William Lundigan]], American actor (b. [[1914]])
* [[December 21]] – [[Rowland V. Lee]], American film director (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Bernard Herrmann]], American composer (b. [[1911]])
* [[December 30]] – [[Elene Akhvlediani]], Soviet painter (b. [[1901]])

===Date unknown===
* [[Sisowath Monireth]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (b. [[1909]])

==Nobel Prizes==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Aage Bohr]], [[Ben Roy Mottelson]], [[James Rainwater]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[John Cornforth]], [[Vladimir Prelog]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[David Baltimore]], [[Renato Dulbecco]], [[Howard Martin Temin]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Eugenio Montale]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Andrei Sakharov|Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Leonid Kantorovich]], [[Tjalling Koopmans]]

== References ==
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