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==Events==
===January===
{{main|January 1977}}
* [[January 8]] – [[1977 Moscow bombings|Three bombs]] explode in [[Moscow]] within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an [[Armenia]]n separatist group.<ref>{{cite book |last=Suny |first=Ronald |title=Looking toward Ararat : Armenia in modern history |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |year=1993 |isbn=9780253207739 |page=187}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in eastern [[Zaire]] (now the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57215690 |title=Mount Nyiragongo: DR Congo plans to evacuate city as volcano erupts |work=BBC News |date=23 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – 49 marines from the {{USS|Trenton|LPD-14|6}} and {{USS|Guam|LPH-9|6}} are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain.<ref>{{cite book |title=Surface Warfare |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuwaH7tmzd4C&pg=RA10-PA40 |year=1978 |publisher=Chief of Naval Operations |pages=10}}</ref>
* [[January 18]]
** Scientists identify a previously unknown [[Bacteria|bacterium]] as the cause of the mysterious [[Legionnaires' disease]].
** Australia's worst [[Granville rail disaster|railway disaster at Granville]], a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead.<ref>{{cite news |title=The rail disaster that changed Australia |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38645976 |access-date=26 January 2020 |work=BBC News |date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
** [[SFR Yugoslavia]] Prime minister [[Džemal Bijedić]], his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Death of Džemal Bijedić |journal=Review of International Affairs |date=1977 |issue=642–665 |page=1 |publisher=Federation of Yugoslav Journalists}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – An [[Ejército del Aire]] [[CASA C-207 Azor|CASA C-207C Azor]] (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near [[Chiva, Valencia|Chiva]], on approach to [[Valencia Airport]] in [[Spain]], killing all 11 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770119-1 |title=Aviation Safety Network Accident Description |website=ASN |access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 20]] - [[Jimmy Carter]] is [[Inauguration of Jimmy Carter|sworn in]] as the 39th President of the United States after defeating [[Gerald Ford]] in the [[1976 United States presidential election|1976 election]].
* [[January 23]] – Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] of India calls for fresh elections to the [[Lok Sabha]], and releases all political prisoners.
* [[January 24]] – The [[1977 Massacre of Atocha|Massacre of Atocha]] occurs, during the [[Spanish transition to democracy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=25 Años de la 'matanza de Atocha', el crimen que marcó la transición democrática |url=http://www.terra.es/actualidad/articulo/html/act35699.htm |date=January 24, 2002 |website=Terra |language=es |trans-title=25 years since the 'Atocha massacre', the crime that marked the democratic transition |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129033507/http://www.terra.es/actualidad/articulo/html/act35699.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>

===February===
{{main|February 1977}}
* [[February 2]] – The Congress Party of India, led by [[Indira Gandhi]], splits with [[Jagjivan Ram]] and other senior leaders, forming [[Congress for Democracy]]. This party later merges with the [[Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite book |title=320 Million Judges |author=G. G. Mirchandani |pages=90–100 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=2003 |isbn=81-7017-061-3}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] – In northern [[Japan]] a blizzard piles snow on rooftops, causing many to collapse killing at least 31 people.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--No author name given.--> |date=4 February 1977 |title=Snow proves deadly in Japan |url=https://videttearchive.ilstu.edu/?a=d&d=vid19770204-01.2.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |format=PDF |work=[[The Vidette]] |volume=89 |issue=109 |agency=[[United Press International|UPI]] |page=2 |access-date=2022-06-06}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – Eleven [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] commuters are killed when an [[Chicago Loop derailment|elevated train derails]] from the [[The Loop (CTA)|Loop]] in central Chicago, United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-04 |title=Today in Chicago History: 'A slow-motion horror' in the Loop kills 11 in CTA derailment during rush hour |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/04/chicago-history-february-4/ |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – The [[Soviet Union]] launches ''[[Soyuz 24]]'' ([[Viktor Gorbatko]], [[Yury Glazkov]]) to dock with the ''[[Salyut 5]]'' space station.
* [[February 18]]
:*American [[Space Shuttle program]]: First test flight of [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']] mated to the [[Boeing 747]] [[Shuttle Carrier Aircraft]].<ref>{{cite book |author=R. Michael Gordon |title=The Space Shuttle Program: How NASA Lost Its Way |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vn8gAQAAIAAJ |date=29 July 2008 |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |isbn=978-0-7864-3434-3 |page=28}}</ref>
:*The [[Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire]] started during Chinese New Year when a firecracker ignites wreaths to the [[Death and state funeral of Mao Zedong|late Mao Zedong]], killing 694 people, mostly children. It remains the [[list of fires in China|deadliest fire]] in China.<ref name="1995a">{{cite journal |title=694条生命化为灰烬——一场没有公开报道的特大火灾 |journal=新世纪 |date=1995 |issue=4 |last=西夫 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ozEZgbB4HAVet3z7pfvRlw |access-date=2023-01-04 |archive-date=2023-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104195119/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ozEZgbB4HAVet3z7pfvRlw}}</ref> 
* [[February 23]] – [[Óscar Romero]], an outspoken opponent of violence, becomes Archbishop of San Salvador, [[El Salvador]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Inter-church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America |title=Newsletter - Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QQkAQAAIAAJ |year=1977 |publisher=Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America |page=17}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – Queen [[Elizabeth II]] opens the [[New Zealand Parliament]] in person, after Parliament is summoned for a special short session to allow her to deliver the Speech from the Throne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Display of royal memorabilia |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/get-involved/features-pre-2016/document/00NZPHomeNews201104261/display-of-royal-memorabilia |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=12 November 2018 |language=en-NZ |date=29 April 2011 |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021753/https://www.parliament.nz/en/get-involved/features-pre-2016/document/00NZPHomeNews201104261/display-of-royal-memorabilia |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===March===
{{main|March 1977}}
* [[March 4]] – The [[1977 Vrancea earthquake]] in the [[Vrancea Mountains]] of [[Romania]] kills over 1,500 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.referat.ro/referate/Cutremurul_din_1977_38471.html |title=Cutremurul din 1977 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |archive-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207005117/http://www.referat.ro/referate/Cutremurul_din_1977_38471.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – The [[Parliament of Australia|Australian parliament]] is opened by [[Elizabeth II]] in her capacity as Queen of Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House |first=Canberra |title=Chapter 1 - The opening of Parliament |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Practice_and_Procedure/aso/so004 |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=www.aph.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[March 9]] – [[1977 Washington, D.C., attack and hostage taking|Hanafi Siege]]: Approximately a dozen armed [[Nation of Islam|Hanafi Movement]] members take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking 149 hostages (the hostage situation ends 2 days later).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=J.Y. |title=Prosecution Opens Trial Of Hanafis |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/06/10/prosecution-opens-trial-of-hanafis/37b5ca1f-a16a-4736-bafc-6a3ade587c0b/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=March 14, 2017 |date=June 10, 1977 |archive-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315091124/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/06/10/prosecution-opens-trial-of-hanafis/37b5ca1f-a16a-4736-bafc-6a3ade587c0b/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – The [[rings of Uranus]] are discovered.<ref>{{cite book |last=Szebehely |first=Victor |title=Applications of Modern Dynamics to Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, August 2-14, 1981 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |location=Dordrecht |year=1982 |isbn=9789400977938 |page=9}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] – The [[Centenary Test]] between Australia and England begins at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].
* [[March 19]] – [[1977 Indian general election|Results of elections]] to the [[Indian Parliament]] are declared. [[Indira Gandhi]]'s [[Congress (I)|Congress Party]] is routed by the opposition [[Janata Party|Janata alliance]].<ref>M.R. Masani, "India's Second Revolution," ''Asian Affairs'' (1977) 5#1 pp 19–38.</ref>
* [[March 21]] – Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] withdraws the [[The Emergency (India)|state of emergency]] which was implemented on June 25, 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2025 |title=The Emergency in India |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/FactsheetDetails.aspx?id=149224&NoteId=149224&ModuleId=16 |website=Government of India Press Information Bureau}}</ref>
* [[March 27]] – [[Tenerife airport disaster|Tenerife disaster]]: A collision between [[KLM]] and [[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am]] [[Boeing 747]]s at [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], kills 583 people. This becomes the deadliest accident in aviation history.

===April===
{{main|April 1977}}
* [[April 2]] – [[Horse racing]]: [[Red Rum]] wins a record third [[Grand National]] at [[Aintree Racecourse]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/2/newsid_2466000/2466403.stm |title=BBC ON THIS DAY {{pipe}} 2 {{pipe}} 1977: Hat trick for Red Rum |work=BBC News |date=April 2, 1982 |access-date=August 18, 2014}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] – [[Southern Airways Flight 242]] crashes on a highway in [[New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia|New Hope, Georgia]], United States, killing 72 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pauldingrotary.org/news-events/24-news-events/45-mrs-cherry-waddell-40th-anniversary-of-the-new-hope-plane-crash-disaster-of-1977 |title=Mrs. Cherry Waddell: 40th anniversary of the New Hope plane crash disaster of 1977 |publisher=Paulding County (Georgia) Rotary Club |access-date=January 2, 2018}}</ref>
* [[April 7]] – German Federal Prosecutor [[Siegfried Buback]] and his driver are shot by [[Red Army Faction]] members while waiting at a red light near his home in [[Karlsruhe]]. The "[[Ulrike Meinhof]] Commando" later claims responsibility.
[[File:Silver Routemaster SRM3.jpg|thumb|[[April 11]]: UK [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]] (25 red buses painted silver)]]
* [[April 9]] – [[Spain]] legalizes the [[Communist Party of Spain]], which had been outlawed since 1939.
* [[April 11]] – [[London Transport Executive (GLC)|London Transport's]] [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]] [[AEC Routemaster]] buses are launched.
* [[April 17]] – Belgian prime minister [[Leo Tindemans]]' Christian Social Party gains eight seats in the lower house in parliamentary elections.
* [[April 18]] – An [[Solar eclipse of April 18, 1977|annular solar eclipse]] was visible in Africa, and was the 29th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 138]].
* [[April 24]] – In northern [[Bangladesh]], a cyclone kills 13 people and injures about 100 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cyclone Kills 13 in Bangladesh |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/25/archives/cyclone-kills-13-in-bangladesh.html |access-date=30 September 2025 |work=New York Times |date=25 April 1977}}</ref>
* [[April 28]] – A federal court in [[Stuttgart]], West Germany, sentences [[Red Army Faction]] members [[Andreas Baader]], [[Gudrun Ensslin]], and [[Jan-Carl Raspe]] to life imprisonment.
* [[April 30]] – The [[Cold war (general term)|Cold War]] between [[Cambodia]] and [[Vietnam]] evolves into the [[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]].

===May===
{{main|May 1977}}
* [[May 1]] – The [[Taksim Square massacre]] in [[Istanbul]] results in 34 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
* [[May 12]] – Portugal and Israel establish [[Foreign relations of Israel#Portugal|diplomatic relations]].
* [[May 14]] – An [[1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash|IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash]] in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]], kills all six on board.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 1978 |title=Report on the accident to Boeing 707 321C, G-BEBP near Lusaka International Airport, Zambia, 14 May 1977 |url=https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/9-1978-boeing-707-321c-g-bebp-14-may-1977 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306162844/https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/9-1978-boeing-707-321c-g-bebp-14-may-1977 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |access-date=2020-12-28 |publisher=[[Air Accidents Investigation Branch]]}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – A 20-passenger [[Sikorsky S-61|S-61L]] topples sideways at takeoff from the roof of the [[MetLife Building|Pan Am Building]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]. Four passengers are killed by the turning rotors and a woman at street level is killed by a falling blade.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Network |first=The Learning |date=2012-05-16 |title=May 16, 1977 {{!}} 5 Killed in Helicopter Accident on Top of Pan Am Building |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/may-16-1977-helicopter-accident-on-top-of-pan-am-building-kills-five/ |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=The Learning Network |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] – The [[Likud]] Party, led by [[Menachem Begin]], wins [[1977 Israeli legislative election|the national elections]] in [[Israel]].
* [[May 23]]
** Scientists report using [[bacteria]] in a lab to make [[insulin]] via [[gene splicing]].
** [[Molucca]]n terrorists [[1977 Dutch school hostage crisis|take over]] a school in [[Bovensmilde]], northern Netherlands (105 hostages), and a passenger train on the Bovensmilde–[[Assen]] route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. The children are released on [[May 26]].<ref>"All 106 Dutch Children Freed by Terrorists", ''Los Angeles Times'', May 27, 1977, p. I-1</ref> On [[June 11]], [[Dutch Royal Marines]] storm the train, and six terrorists and two hostages are killed.
* [[May 27]]
** The [[Aeroflot Flight 331|1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 airplane crash]] in [[Cuba]] kills 69 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soviet Jet Crashes; 66 Die |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Nashua Telegraph]] |location=Mexico City |date=28 May 1977 |page=1}}</ref>
** A [[1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt|demonstration and coup attempt in Angola]] takes place. Thousands are killed by the government and Cuban forces.<ref>{{cite book |title=In the Name of the People: Angola's Forgotten Massacre |date=2014 |isbn=978-1780769059 |author=Lara Pawson |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] – The [[Beverly Hills Supper Club fire|Beverly Hills Supper Club]] in [[Southgate, Kentucky]], United States, is engulfed in fire; 165 are killed inside.
* [[May 29]] – [[1977 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]]: [[A. J. Foyt]] becomes the first driver to win the race four times.

===June===
{{main|June 1977}}
[[File:Flag of Djibouti.svg|thumb|Flag of Djibouti]]
* [[June 5]] – A bloodless [[Coup d'état|coup]] installs [[France-Albert René]] as President of the [[Seychelles]].
* [[June 15]] – Spain has [[1977 Spanish general election|its first democratic election]]s, after 41 years of [[Francoist Spain]].
* [[June 21]] – [[Bülent Ecevit]], of [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (40th government since the founding of the Turkish republic, but fails to receive the vote of confidence).
* [[June 25]] – The [[1977 Rugby League World Cup]] culminates in [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]]'s 13–12 victory over [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] before about 24,450 spectators.
* [[June 27]]
** [[Djibouti]] receives its independence from France.
** [[Constitution for the Federation of Earth]] is adopted by the second session of the [[Second World Constituent Assembly|World Constituent Assembly]], held at [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preparing earth constitution {{pipe}} Global Strategies & Solutions {{pipe}} The Encyclopedia of World Problems |url=http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/strategy/193465 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=The Encyclopedia of World Problems {{pipe}} Union of International Associations (UIA)}}</ref>
* [[June 30]] – The [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]] is permanently disbanded.

===July===
{{main|July 1977}}
* [[July 1]]
** The [[East African Community]] is dissolved.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Peter N. Stearns |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World: 1750 to the Present |publisher=OUP USA |year=2008 |page=34}}</ref>
** [[The Championships, Wimbledon]] (tennis) – [[Virginia Wade]] wins the women's singles title in the centenary year of the tournament, Wade's first and only Wimbledon title and her third and final Grand Slam title overall; she remains the last British woman to win the singles title at Wimbledon.
* [[July 5]] – General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] overthrows [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], the first elected Prime Minister of [[Pakistan]].
* [[July 9]] – The [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Pinochet dictatorship]] in Chile organises the youth event of [[Acto de Chacarillas]],<ref name="mercurio">{{cite web |url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/20802967/Los-77-de-Chacarillas |title=La Juventud en Chacarillas |work=[[El Mercurio]] |date=July 9, 1977 |access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> a ritualised act reminiscent of [[Francoist Spain]].<ref name=Yanko2015>{{cite journal |last1=González |first1=Yanko |date=2015 |title=El "Golpe Generacional" y la Secretaría Nacional de la Juventud: purga, disciplinamiento y resocialización de las identidades juveniles bajo Pinochet (1973–1980) |journal=[[Atenea]] |volume=512 |issue=512 |pages=10.4067/S0718–04622015000200006 |doi=10.4067/S0718-04622015000200006 |language=es |trans-title=The "Generational Putsch" and the National youth Office: Purge, disciplining and resocialization of youth identities under Pinochet (1973–1980) |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[July 10]] – A temperature of {{convert|48.0|C|F}}, a [[List of weather records|record]] for continental Europe, is recorded in [[Climate of Greece|Greece]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wmo.asu.edu/#global |title=Global Weather & Climate Extremes |publisher=[[World Meteorological Organization]] |access-date=2018-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213113854/http://wmo.asu.edu/ |archive-date=2013-12-13}}</ref>
* [[July 13]]
** [[Somalia]] declares war on Ethiopia, starting the [[Ethio-Somali War]]. 
** New York City is affected by a complete [[New York City blackout of 1977|electricity blackout]] lasting through the following day that results in citywide looting and other criminal activity, including arson.
* [[July 21]]–[[July 24|24]] – The [[Libyan–Egyptian War]], sparked by a Libyan raid on [[Sallum]], begins.
* [[July 21]] – [[Süleyman Demirel]], of [[Justice Party (Turkey)|AP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (41st government a three-party coalition, so-called second national front ({{langx|tr|Milliyetçi cephe}})).
* [[July 22]] – The purged [[Chinese Communist]] leader [[Deng Xiaoping]] is restored to power nine months after the "[[Gang of Four]]" was expelled from power in a coup d'état.
* [[July 27]] – The [[Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Politburo]] orders [[Boris Yeltsin]] to demolish the [[Ipatiev House]], where Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and his family were shot in [[1918]]. Yeltsin later refers to this as a barbarian act.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
* [[July 30]] – Left-wing German terrorists [[Susanne Albrecht]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.baader-meinhof.com/who/terrorists/raf/albrechtsusanne.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125215217/http://www.baader-meinhof.com/who/terrorists/raf/albrechtsusanne.html |url-status=dead |title=Baader-Meinhof.com |archive-date=November 25, 2005}}</ref> [[Brigitte Mohnhaupt]] and [[Christian Klar]] assassinate [[Jürgen Ponto]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dresdner-bank.com/content/03_unternehmen/05_gesellschaftliches_engagement/02_ponto_stiftung |title=Startseite Privat- und Geschäftskunden – Commerzbank |author=Commerzbank AG}}</ref> chairman of the [[Dresdner Bank]] in [[Oberursel]], West Germany.

===August===
{{main|August 1977}}
* [[August 4]] – U.S. president [[Jimmy Carter]] signs legislation creating the [[United States Department of Energy]].
* [[August 9]] – The military-controlled government of [[Uruguay]] announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in [[1981]] for a president and [[General Assembly of Uruguay|Congress]].
* [[August 12]] – The [[NASA]] [[Space Shuttle]], named ''[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
* [[August 15]]
** [[The Big Ear]], a [[radio telescope]] operated by [[Ohio State University]] as part of the [[SETI]] project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the [[Wow! signal]] for a notation made by a volunteer on the project.
** Nazi war criminal [[Herbert Kappler]] escapes from the [[Caelian Hill]] military hospital in Rome.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cicchino |first=Enzo |year=2000 |title=Kappler's escape MEETING WITH Hon. Minister Vito Lattanzio |url=http://www.larchivio.com/xoom/vitolattanzio.htm |access-date=2 September 2020 |website=larchivio.com}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] – The Soviet icebreaker ''[[Arktika (1972 nuclear icebreaker)|Arktika]]'' becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.<ref>{{cite book |last=Paine |first=Lincoln P |title=Ships of the World |year=1997 |publisher=Houghton-Mifflin |isbn=0-395-71556-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/shipsofworldhist00pain/page/39 39] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/shipsofworldhist00pain/page/39}}</ref>
* [[August 20]] – [[Voyager program]]: The United States launches the [[Voyager 2]] [[spacecraft]].
* [[August 26]] – The [[National Assembly of Quebec]] passes the [[Charter of the French Language]] (Law 101, ''La charte de la langue française'') making [[French language|French]] the [[official language]] of the Canadian province of [[Quebec]].

=== September ===
{{main|September 1977}}
* [[September 4]] – The [[Golden Dragon massacre]], involving rival Chinatown gangs, takes place in [[San Francisco]], United States. Five are killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19770905.2.18 |title=Chinese Gang War Erupts In Shooting |agency=AP |date=September 5, 1977 |newspaper=Desert Sun |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> 
* [[September 5]]
** [[Voyager program]]: ''[[Voyager 1]]'' is launched after a brief delay.
** [[German Autumn]]: Employers Association President [[Hanns Martin Schleyer]] is kidnapped in [[Cologne]], West Germany. The kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand the release of [[Red Army Faction]] prisoners.
* [[September 7]] – [[Torrijos–Carter Treaties|Torrijos-Carter treaties]]: Treaties between [[Panama]] and the United States on the status of the [[Panama Canal]] are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
* [[September 8]] – [[Interpol]] issues a resolution against the copyright infringement of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs.
* [[September 10]] – Murderer [[Hamida Djandoubi]] is the last person executed by [[guillotine]] in France (at [[Marseille]]) and the last legal beheading in the Western world.
* [[September 15]] – [[Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live telephone traffic, as an Italian company in [[Turin]], Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni (CSELT) begins operation of two telephone exchanges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.telecomitalia.com/italia-al-telefono-oltre/15-settembre-1977-torino-prima-stesura-al-mondo-di-fibra-ottica-in-esercizi|title=15 settembre 1977, Torino, prima stesura al mondo di una fibra ottica in esercizio. Un record detenuto da TIM. &#124; archiviostorico.telecomitalia.com|date=September 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917171214/http://archiviostorico.telecomitalia.com/italia-al-telefono-oltre/15-settembre-1977-torino-prima-stesura-al-mondo-di-fibra-ottica-in-esercizi |archive-date=September 17, 2017 }}</ref>
* [[September 18]] – ''[[Courageous (yacht)|Courageous]]'' (U.S.), skippered by [[Ted Turner]], sweeps the Australian challenger ''Australia'' in the [[1977 America's Cup|24th America's Cup]] yacht race at Newport, Rhode Island.
* [[September 19]] 
** Under pressure from the [[Carter Administration]], President of Nicaragua [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]] lifts the [[State of emergency|state of siege]] in [[Nicaragua]].
** [[North Korea]]n agents abduct Yutaka Kume from [[Noto Peninsula]] starting the [[North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens]].
* [[September 20]] – The [[Petrozavodsk phenomenon]] is observed in the [[Soviet Union]] and some northern European countries.
* [[September 28]] – The [[Porsche 928]] debuts at the [[Geneva Motor Show]].

=== October ===
{{main|October 1977}}
* [[October 1]] – [[Energy Research and Development Administration]] combines with the [[Federal Energy Administration]] to form [[United States Department of Energy]].
* [[October 7]]
** The Soviet Union adopts its [[1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union|third Constitution]]. The [[Soviet National Anthem]]'s lyrics are returned after a 24-year period, with [[Joseph Stalin]]'s name omitted.
** [[Pelé]] plays his final professional football game, as a member of the [[New York Cosmos (1970–85)|New York Cosmos]].
* [[October 13]] – [[German Autumn]]: Four [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]]s hijack [[Lufthansa Flight 181]] to [[Somalia]] and demand the release of 11 [[Red Army Faction]] members.
* [[October 17]]–[[October 18|18]] – [[German Autumn]]: [[GSG 9]] troopers storm the hijacked [[Lufthansa]] passenger plane in [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]]; three of the four hijackers die.
* [[October 18]] – [[German Autumn]]: [[Red Army Faction]] members [[Andreas Baader]], [[Jan-Carl Raspe]] and [[Gudrun Ensslin]] commit suicide in Stammheim prison; [[Irmgard Möller]] fails (their supporters still claim they were murdered). They are buried on [[October 27]].
* [[October 19]] – [[German Autumn]]: Kidnapped industrialist [[Hanns Martin Schleyer]] is found murdered in [[Mulhouse]], France.
* [[October 20]] – Three members of the rock band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] die in a charter plane crash outside [[Gillsburg, Mississippi]], three days after the release of their fifth studio album ''[[Street Survivors]]''.
* [[October 21]] – The [[European Patent Institute]] is founded.
* [[October 23]] – The [[president of Catalonia]], [[Josep Tarradellas]], returns to [[Barcelona]] from exile and the autonomous government of [[Catalonia]], the [[Generalitat de Catalunya|Generalitat]], is restored.
* [[October 26]]
** The last natural [[smallpox]] case is discovered in Merca district, [[Somalia]]. The [[WHO]] and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, a great success of [[vaccination]] and, by extension, of modern science.
** [[Space Shuttle program]]: Last test taxi flight of [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']], over California.
* [[October 27]] – British punk band [[Sex Pistols]] release ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'' on the [[Virgin Records]] label. Despite refusal by major retailers in the UK to stock it, it enters the [[UK Album Charts]] at number one the week after its release.
* [[October 28]] –  Hong Kong police attack the [[Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)|ICAC]] headquarters.

=== November ===
{{main|November 1977}}
* [[November 1]] – [[2060 Chiron]], first of the outer [[Solar System]] [[asteroid]]s known as [[Centaur (minor planet)|Centaur]]s, is discovered by [[Charles T. Kowal|Charlie Kowal]].
[[File:Sadat Camp David.jpg|thumb|140px|[[November 19]]: [[Anwar Sadat]] meets [[Menachem Begin]] in Israel.]]
[[File:IP stack connections.svg|thumb|130px|[[November 22]]: [[TCP/IP]] links 3 of 111 [[ARPANET]] nodes.]]
* [[November 2]] – The worst storm in [[Athens]]' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people.
* [[November 6]] – The [[Kelly Barnes Dam]], located above [[Toccoa Falls Bible College]] near [[Toccoa, Georgia]], United States, fails, killing 39 people.
* [[November 8]]
** Greek archaeologist [[Manolis Andronikos]] discovers the tomb of [[Philip II of Macedon]] at [[Vergina]].
** [[San Francisco]] elects City Supervisor [[Harvey Milk]], the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.
* [[November 9]] – [[Hugo Banzer|Gen. Hugo Banzer]], president of the military government of [[Bolivia]], announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in [[1978]] instead of [[1980]] as previously provided.
* [[November 19]]
** [[Egypt]]ian President [[Anwar Sadat]] becomes the first [[Arab people|Arab]] leader to make an official visit to [[Israel]], when he meets with Israeli prime minister [[Menachem Begin]], seeking a permanent peace settlement.
** [[TAP Portugal Flight 425]] crashes at [[Madeira Airport]], [[Funchal]], Portugal, killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors.
* [[November 22]]
** [[British Airways]] inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic [[Concorde]] service.
** The [[TCP/IP]] test succeeds, connecting 3 [[ARPANET]] nodes (of 111), in what eventually becomes the [[Internet]] protocol.<ref>"TCP/IP", LivingInternet, 2008, webpage: [http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_tcpip.htm LivingI-tcpip] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823082049/http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_tcpip.htm |date=August 23, 2000 }}.</ref> See [[Packet Radio Van]]
* [[November 30]] – The [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]] (IFAD) is founded as a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]].

=== December ===
{{main|December 1977}}
* December – The [[Colombo Plan]] for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific (CESDAP) is implemented.
* [[December 4]]
** [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], president of the [[Central African Republic]], crowns himself emperor.
** [[Malaysian Airline System Flight 653]] is hijacked and crashes in [[Tanjung Kupang]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]], killing all 100 passengers and crew on board.
* [[December 6]] – South Africa grants independence to [[Bophuthatswana]], although it is not recognized by any other country.
* [[December 10]] – [[1977 Australian federal election]]: [[Malcolm Fraser]]'s [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Fraser government|government]] is re-elected with a slightly reduced majority, defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by former [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Gough Whitlam]]. Consequently, Whitlam resigns as ALP leader after holding the job for nearly 11 years; he is [[December 1977 Australian Labor Party leadership election|replaced]] by former [[Treasurer of Australia|treasurer]] [[Bill Hayden]].
* [[December 13]] – a chartered Douglas DC-3 aircraft carrying the [[University of Evansville]] basketball team to Nashville, Tennessee, [[Air Indiana Flight 216|crashes in rain and dense fog]] about 90 seconds after takeoff from [[Evansville Regional Airport]]; 29 people die in the crash, including 14 members of the team and head coach Bob Watson.
* [[December 18]] – [[SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730]], an international charter service from Zurich to Funchal Airport (Madeira), hits the sea during a landing attempt. Many of the 36 who die drown, trapped inside the sinking aircraft. Twenty-one people survive with the help of rescuers and by swimming to the shore.
* [[December 19]] – The {{M|w}} 5.9 [[1977 Bob–Tangol earthquake|Bob–Tangol earthquake]] rocks Iran, killing at least 584 people and injuring 1,000.<ref name=ngdc>{{citation |title=Significant Earthquake Database |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/4786 |author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) |year=1972 |publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] |doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |type=Data Set}}</ref>
* [[December 20]] – [[Djibouti]] and [[Vietnam]] join the [[United Nations]].
* [[December 22]] – A [[grain elevator]] explodes in [[Westwego, Louisiana]], United States, killing 36 people.

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

===January===
[[File:Orlando Bloom at Venice Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Orlando Bloom]]]]
[[File:Adam Stanheight Saw32006.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Leigh Whannell]]]]
[[File:Jerry Trainor 2021.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jerry Trainor]]]]
* [[January 1]] – [[Hasan Salihamidžić]], Bosnian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Hasan Salihamidžić |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hasan-salihamidzic/ |website=worldfootball.net |date=February 5, 2023}}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – [[Mayumi Iizuka]], Japanese voice actress<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://berrysmile.net/biography.php |title=BIOGRAPHY |website=飯塚雅弓オフィシャルホームページ「Berry Smile」 |access-date=2015-03-12 |archive-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501085013/http://berrysmile.net/biography.php |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 4]] – [[Irán Castillo]], Mexican actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |website=IranCastillo.com |access-date=August 24, 2019 |title=Biografia |url=http://irancastillo.com.mx/biografia/ |language=es |trans-title=Biography}}</ref> 
* [[January 11]] 
** [[Anni Friesinger-Postma]], German speed skater<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anni-friesinger.de/ueber-mich.html |title=Uber Mich |website=Official website |language=de |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
** [[Devin Ratray]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Devin Ratray |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/58900/Devin-Ratray/biography |access-date=2017-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707181346/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/58900/Devin-Ratray/biography |archive-date=2015-07-07 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Cammila Collar |date=2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – [[Orlando Bloom]], British actor<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 |date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-264-1 |pages=84}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Narain Karthikeyan]], Indian Formula One driver<ref>{{cite news |url=http://hrtf1team.com/en/equipo/pilotos/narain-karthikeyan.html |title=Narain Karthikeyan biography, Hispania Racing |publisher=HispaniaF1Team.com |date=10 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906041804/http://www.hrtf1team.com/en/equipo/pilotos/narain-karthikeyan.html |archive-date=6 September 2012}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[Giorgia Meloni]], Italian politician
* [[January 17]] – [[Leigh Whannell]], Australian actor and writer
* [[January 21]] – [[Jerry Trainor]], American actor, comedian and musician
* [[January 22]] – [[Hidetoshi Nakata]], Japanese footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|156055}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] – [[Hatem Trabelsi]], Tunisian footballer
* [[January 26]] – [[Vince Carter]], American basketball player
* [[January 28]] – [[Takuma Sato]], Japanese racing driver
* [[January 31]]
** [[Bobby Moynihan]], American actor, comedian, producer and writer
** [[Kerry Washington]], African-American actress<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20090131.html |title=On This Day |date=January 31, 2009 |access-date=August 6, 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195556/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20090131.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===February===
[[File:Shakira 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shakira]]]]
[[File:Floyd Mayweather Jr 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]]]
* [[February 2]] – [[Shakira]], Colombian singer-songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/shakira-189151 |title=Shakira: Singer (1977–) |website=Biography |publisher=[[A&E Networks]] |access-date=28 March 2013 |archive-date=10 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410141658/http://www.biography.com/people/shakira-189151 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[Ben Ainslie]], British sailor
* [[February 7]] – [[Mariusz Pudzianowski]], Polish strongman
* [[February 11]] – [[Mike Shinoda]], American musician, singer and rapper<ref>{{cite book |title=Current Biography Yearbook |publisher=H. W. Wilson Company |year=2002 |page=334}}</ref>
* [[February 18]]
** [[Ike Barinholtz]], American actor, comedian and screenwriter
** [[László Nemes]], Hungarian film director and screenwriter
** [[Elke Slagt-Tichelman]], Dutch politician
* [[February 19]] – [[Gianluca Zambrotta]], Italian footballer
* [[February 20]]
** [[Stephon Marbury]], American basketball player
** [[Gail Kim]], Canadian professional wrestler and actress
* [[February 21]] – [[Jonathan Safran Foer]], American author
* [[February 23]] – [[Kristina Šmigun-Vähi]], Estonian skier
* [[February 24]] – [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], American boxing champion
* [[February 25]] – [[Hakan Yakin]], Turkish football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=H. Yakin |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/hakan-yakin/780/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[February 26]]
** [[Olsi Baze]], columnist, writer and human rights activist.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kas.de/de/statische-inhalte-detail/-/content/kas-unterstuetzt-die-vorbereitungen-fuer-ein-neues-lustrationsgesetz-in-albanien |title=Erfolgreicher Besuch einer Expertengruppe aus Tirana in Berlin |trans-title=Successful visit by a group of experts from Tirana in Berlin |website=Konrad Adenauer Stiftung |date=November 16, 2011 |language=de |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
** [[Shane Williams]], Welsh rugby player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/shane-mark-williams-born-swansea-2122905 |title=Shane Mark Williams was born in Swansea on February 26, 1977 |date=12 February 2009 |website=WalesOnline |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] 
** [[Jason Aldean]], American country music singer<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 |date=24 September 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-316-7 |pages=150}}</ref>
** [[Rafael Amaya]], Mexican model, singer, and actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/biografias/012353/rafael-amaya/ |title=Rafael Amaya |last1=Castellanos |first1=Paulina |date=29 March 2011 |website=2.esmas.com |publisher=[[Esmas.com]] |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506011618/http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/biografias/012353/rafael-amaya/ |archive-date=6 May 2018 |access-date=6 May 2018}}</ref>

===March===
[[File:ChrisMartinManch030623 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Chris Martin]] |150x150px]]
[[File:Ronan Keating (8532953277).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ronan Keating]]]]
[[File:Robin Thicke 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robin Thicke]]]]
[[File:Jessica Chastain (Berlin Film Festival 2011).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jessica Chastain]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Rens Blom]], Dutch athlete
* [[March 2]] – [[Chris Martin]], British rock musician<ref>{{Who's Who|author=Anon|title=Martin, Christopher Anthony John|id=U268294|year=2024|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U268294|edition=176th|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|isbn=9781399409452|oclc=1402257203|pages=2736}}</ref> 
* [[March 3]] – [[Ronan Keating]], Irish singer 
* [[March 4]] – [[Ana Guevara]], Mexican track and field athlete and politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14291090 |title=Ana Guevara |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[March 6]]
** [[Paquillo Fernández]], Spanish race walker
** [[Santino Marella]], Canadian professional wrestler
* [[March 7]]
** [[Ronan O'Gara]], Irish rugby player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishrugby.ie/player/?PlayGuid=RO808413 |title=Ireland Profile |website=Irish Rugby |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – [[James Van Der Beek]], American actor
* [[March 9]]
** [[Peter Enckelman]], Finnish footballer
** [[Shannon Miller]], American gymnast
* [[March 10]] – [[Robin Thicke]], American-Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/robin-thicke-21209847 |title=Robin Thicke Biography |publisher=[[Biography Channel]] ([[A+E Networks]]) |access-date=2014-02-24 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063720/http://www.biography.com/people/robin-thicke-21209847 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] – [[Becky Hammon]], American basketball player
* [[March 14]] 
** [[Matthew Booth (soccer)|Matthew Booth]], South African footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Booth |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/players/matthew-paul-booth/6644/ |website=soccerway.com |publisher=Soccer Way}}</ref>
** [[Naoki Matsuda]], Japanese footballer (d. [[2011]])<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Naoki Matsuda |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/naoki-matsuda-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203144823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/naoki-matsuda-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |access-date=7 March 2020 |check-wikidata=no}}</ref>
** [[Kim Nam-il]], South Korean footballer
* [[March 15]] – [[Brian Tee]], Japanese American actor
* [[March 16]] – [[Mónica Cruz]], Spanish actress and dancer
* [[March 18]]
** [[Arkady Babchenko]], Russian journalist<ref>{{cite web |title=Российский журналист Аркадий Бабченко |url=https://ria.ru/20180529/1521645102.html |publisher=RIA Novosti |language=Russian |date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
** [[Zdeno Chára]], Slovak ice hockey player
** [[Willy Sagnol]], French football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=W. Sagnol |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/540/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[Robert Lindstedt]], Swedish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Lindstedt |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/L335/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – [[Jessica Chastain]], American actress<ref>{{cite book |last=Thomson |first=David |title=The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Sixth Edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qt2BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT510 |date=May 6, 2014 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-101-87470-7 |page=510 |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085211/https://books.google.com/books?id=Qt2BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT510 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – [[Édgar Ramírez]], Venezuelan actor
* [[March 28]] – [[Annie Wersching]], American actress (d. [[2023]])

===April===
[[File:Michael Fassbender by Gage Skidmore 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Fassbender]]]]
[[File:JonathanErlich_DSC3033_1600_1065.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jonathan Erlich]]]]
[[File:Sarah Michelle Gellar by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]]]
<!--[[File:Rob McElhenney by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rob McElhenney]]]]-->
<!--[[File:Arash 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Arash (singer)|Arash]]]]-->
[[File:John Cena July 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Cena]]]]
<!--[[File:Jason Earles 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jason Earles]]]]-->
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* [[April 1]] – [[Vitor Belfort]], Brazilian mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Vitor-Belfort-156 |title=Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography |website=[[Sherdog]] |access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[April 2]] 
** [[Michael Fassbender]], Irish-German actor
** [[Nicki Pedersen]], Danish speedway rider<ref>Oakes, P.(2006). ''Speedway Star Almanac''.  {{ISBN|0-9552376-1-0}}</ref>
* [[April 5]]
** [[Jonathan Erlich]], Israeli tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/jonathan-erlich/e152/overview |title=Jonathan Erlich {{pipe}} Bio {{pipe}} ATP Tour {{pipe}} Tennis |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
** [[Daniel Majstorović]], Swedish soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.celticfc.net/player.php?id=14 |title=Daniel Majstorović Celtic FC |access-date=February 11, 2024 |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606221040/http://www.celticfc.net/player.php?id=14 |url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] – [[Gerard Way]], American musician and comic book writer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio 1 Presents... My Chemical Romance |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/events/mychemicalromance.shtml |publisher=[[BBC Radio 1]] |access-date=May 4, 2007 |archive-date=November 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113203424/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/events/mychemicalromance.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – [[Cristiano Zanetti]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Cristiano Zanetti » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/cristiano-zanetti/2/ |website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>
* [[April 12]] 
** [[Tobias Angerer]], German cross-country skier
** [[Gemma Mengual]], Spanish synchronised swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Gemma Mengual |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/93893 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[April 14]]
** [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], American actress
** [[Rob McElhenney]], American actor
* [[April 16]] – [[Freddie Ljungberg]], Swedish footballer
* [[April 17]] – [[Frederik Magle]], Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist
* [[April 21]] – [[Jamie Salé]], Canadian figure skater
* [[April 22]]
** [[Mark van Bommel]], Dutch football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark van Bommel |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mark-van-bommel/ |website=worldfootball.net |date=September 10, 2021}}</ref>
** [[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]], British film composer
* [[April 23]]
** [[Arash (singer)|Arash]], Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer and producer
** [[John Cena]], American professional wrestler, actor and rapper
** [[John Oliver]], British-American comedian and host
** [[Kal Penn]], American actor, producer, and former civil servant
** [[Matt Huuki]], American politician and former member of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] in 2011 and 2012
* [[April 24]]
** [[Carlos Beltrán]], Puerto Rican baseball player
** [[Rebecca Mader]], English actress
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Manolo Cardona]], Colombian actor
* [[April 26]]
** [[Jason Earles]], American actor, comedian, and martial artist
** [[Tom Welling]], American actor, director, producer, and model
* [[April 30]] – [[Alexandra Holden]], American actress

===May===
[[File:Maryam Mirzakhani in Seoul 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maryam Mirzakhani]]]]
<!--[[File:Rachel Wilson at WSFF 2012- Christmas in June.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rachel Wilson]]]]-->
[[File:Samantha Morton Edinburgh International Film Festival.png|thumb|100px|[[Samantha Morton]]]]
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[[File:Melanie Lynskey at the premiere of The Meddler, 2015 Toronto Film Festival -a.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Melanie Lynskey]]]]
[[File:Richard Ayoade at Soho Hotel (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Ayoade]]]]
* [[May 4]] – [[Emily Perkins]], Canadian actress
* [[May 5]]
** [[Choi Kang-hee (actress)|Choi Kang-hee]], South Korean actress
** [[Virginie Efira]], Belgian actress and television anchor
** [[Jessica Schwarz]], German film and television actress
* [[May 9]] – [[Marek Jankulovski]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Jankulovski |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/players/marek-jankulovski/253/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[May 10]] – [[Nick Heidfeld]], German racing driver
* [[May 11]]
** [[Janne Ahonen]], Finnish ski jumper
** [[Victor Matfield]], South African rugby player
* [[May 12]] – [[Maryam Mirzakhani]], Iranian mathematician (d. [[2017]])
* [[May 13]] 
** [[Samantha Morton]], English actress
** [[Tarik Sektioui]], Moroccan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=T. Sektioui |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/tarik-sektioui/21559/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Roy Halladay]], American baseball player (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hallaro01.shtml |title=Roy Halladay Stats |website=Baseball Reference |access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 16]]
** [[Melanie Lynskey]], New Zealand actress
** [[Emilíana Torrini]], Icelandic singer
* [[May 23]] 
** [[Richard Ayoade]], British actor and presenter
** [[Ilia Kulik]], Russian figure skater
** [[Yevgeny Rodionov]], Russian soldier (d. [[1996]])
* [[May 24]] 
** [[Jeet Gannguli]], Indian singer, music director and score composer
** [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]], Thai tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tamarine Tanasugarn |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/200137/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] – [[Alberto Del Rio]], Mexican professional wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Del Rio |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/alberto-del-rio |website=sportskeeda.com}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[Luca Toni]], Italian footballer
* [[May 27]]
** [[Abderrahmane Hammad]], Algerian athlete
** [[Tommie van der Leegte]], Dutch soccer player
* [[May 29]] – [[Massimo Ambrosini]], Italian football player
* [[May 30]] – [[Katharina Slanina]], German politician
* [[May 31]]
** [[Domenico Fioravanti]], Italian swimmer<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Domenico Fioravanti |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/domenico-fioravanti-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203144823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/naoki-matsuda-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |access-date=7 May 2012 |check-wikidata=no}}</ref>
** [[Moses Sichone]], Zambian footballer

===June===
[[File:Sarah Wayne Callies by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sarah Wayne Callies]]]]
[[File:Zachary Quinto by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zachary Quinto]]]]
[[File:Kanye West at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kanye West]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[Sarah Wayne Callies]], American actress
** [[Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson|Jónsi]], Icelandic singer
* [[June 2]] – [[Zachary Quinto]], American actor
* [[June 7]] 
** [[Chen Luyun]], Chinese basketball player (d. [[2015]])
** [[Donovan Ricketts]], Jamaican footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Donovan Ricketts |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20878 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[June 8]] – [[Kanye West]], American rapper and record producer<ref>{{cite book |title=Current Biography Yearbook: Annual Cumulation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yZnDW7PT4QC |year=2006 |publisher=H.W. Wilson Company |page=588}}</ref>
* [[June 9]] – [[Peja Stojaković]], Serbian basketball player
* [[June 11]] 
** [[Kim Hee-sun]], South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Kim Hee-sun (김희선) |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Hee-seon.php |website=hancinema.net |date=December 18, 2024 |publisher=Han Cinema}}</ref>
** [[Geoff Ogilvy]], Australian golfer
* [[June 12]] – [[Ana Tijoux]], French-Chilean musician
* [[June 17]] – [[Bartosz Brożek]], Polish philosopher and jurist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://facultymedia.jcu.edu.s3.amazonaws.com/sneconference/files/2014/01/cv_Brozek.pdf |title=BARTOSZ BROŻEK : CV |website=Facultymedia.jcu.edu.s3.amazonaws.com |access-date=2017-05-06}}</ref> 
* [[June 18]] – [[Kaja Kallas]], 19th [[Prime Minister of Estonia|prime minister of Estonia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaja Kallas |url=https://valitsus.ee/en/prime-minister-ministers/prime-minister-kaja-kallas |access-date=2021-01-27 |website=valitsus.ee}}</ref>
* [[June 19]] – [[Veronika Vařeková]], Czech model
* [[June 21]] – [[Jochen Hecht]], German ice hockey player
* [[June 23]] – [[Jason Mraz]], American singer-songwriter
* [[June 25]] 
** [[Layla El]], English dancer, model, and retired professional wrestler
** [[Naoya Tsukahara]], Japanese gymnast
* [[June 26]]
** [[William Kipsang]], Kenyan long-distance runner
** [[Tite Kubo]], Japanese manga artist who created [[BLEACH]]<ref>{{cite web |title=久保帯人の一覧 |url=https://booklive.jp/focus/author/a_id/22290 |website={{ill|BookLive|ja|BookLive}}|access-date=August 7, 2021|language=ja}}</ref>
* [[June 27]]
** [[Arkadiusz Radomski]], Polish footballer
** [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]], Spanish footballer
* [[June 29]] 
** [[Will Kemp (actor, born 1977)|Will Kemp]], English actor and dancer
** [[Zuleikha Robinson]], British actress 
* [[June 30]] – [[Justo Villar]], Paraguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Villar |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/justo-wilmar-villar-viveros/10539/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>

===July===
[[File:Live Tyler.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Liv Tyler]]]]
[[File:Milo Ventimiglia 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Milo Ventimiglia]]]]
[[File:Chiwetel Ejiofor by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chiwetel Ejiofor]]]]
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[[File:Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden in 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden]]]]
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* [[July 1]] – [[Liv Tyler]], American actress
* [[July 2]] – [[Carl Froch]], British boxer
* [[July 5]] – [[Nicolas Kiefer]], German tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicolas Kiefer |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K316/overview |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
* [[July 6]] 
** [[Audrey Fleurot]], French actress
** [[Max Mirnyi]], Belarusian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Mirnyi |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/M595/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
* [[July 8]]
** [[Milo Ventimiglia]], American actor
** [[Wang Zhizhi]], Chinese basketball player<!-- "Wang" is surname-->
* [[July 10]] – [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]], English actor
* [[July 11]] – [[Finau Maka]], Tongan rugby union footballer
* [[July 12]]
** [[Steve Howey (actor)|Steve Howey]], American actor
** [[Brock Lesnar]], American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist
* [[July 13]] – [[Kari Wahlgren]], American voice actress<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niccum |first=Jon |date=April 21, 2006 |title=Voices Kari – KU Grad becomes the go-to voice for animation and video games |work=[[Lawrence Journal-World]] |url=http://www.lawrence.com/news/2006/apr/21/voices_kari/}}</ref>
* [[July 14]] – [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden]]
* [[July 15]] – [[Lana Parrilla]], American actress
* [[July 18]] – [[Alexander Morozevich]], Russian chess Grandmaster
* [[July 21]] 
** [[Paul Casey]], English golfer
** [[Allison Wagner]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Allison Wagner |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51226 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[July 24]] 
** [[Danny Dyer]], English actor<ref>{{cite book |last=Dyer |first=Danny |title=Straight Up: My Autobiography |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4NHLrsKM0vUC&pg=PA5 |publisher=Cornerstone Digital |isbn=978-0-09-955298-7 |page=5 |chapter=2: I Feel Love |quote=I was born on 24 July 1977 in Custom House in London's East End... |date=30 September 2010}}</ref>
** [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]], Iranian football player
* [[July 26]] – [[Rebecca St. James]], Australian-born Christian musician
* [[July 27]] – [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], Irish actor
* [[July 28]] – [[Manu Ginóbili]], Argentine basketball player
* [[July 30]] – [[Jaime Pressly]], American actress<ref name=tvg>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jaime-pressly/bio/155237/ |title=Jaime Pressly |magazine=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]] |access-date=April 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106063332/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jaime-pressly/bio/155237 |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===August===
[[File:Edward Furlong 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edward Furlong]]]]
[[File:Tom Brady 2016.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Tom Brady]]]]
[[File:John Green by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Green]]]]
* [[August 2]] – [[Edward Furlong]], American actor
* [[August 3]] – [[Tom Brady]], American football player and entrepreneur
* [[August 8]] – [[Marílson Gomes dos Santos]], Brazilian long-distance runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14175572 |title=Marílson Gomes dos Santos |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[August 9]] –  [[Chamique Holdsclaw]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chamique Holdsclaw |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/213/chamique-holdsclaw |website=espn.com}}</ref>
* [[August 12]] 
** [[Jesper Grønkjær]], Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jesper Gronkjaer |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=19659 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
** [[Iva Majoli]], Croatian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Iva Majoli |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/130316/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[August 13]] – [[Michael Klim]], Australian swimmer
* [[August 15]]
** [[Martin Biron]], Canadian hockey player
** [[Igor Cassina]], Italian gymnast<ref>{{FIG|bio=18140|lic=1321|name=Igor Cassina}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – [[Tamer Hosny]], Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
* [[August 17]]
** [[Tarja Turunen]], Finnish operatic soprano
** [[Thierry Henry]], French footballer
** [[William Gallas]], French footballer
* [[August 18]] – [[Lukáš Bauer]], Czech cross-country skier
* [[August 20]]
** [[Felipe Contepomi]], Argentine rugby player
** [[Manuel Contepomi]], Argentine rugby player
** [[Henning Stensrud]], Norwegian ski jumper
* [[August 24]]
** [[Denílson (footballer, born 1977)|Denílson]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Denilson |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j563.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
** [[Jürgen Macho]], Austrian footballer
** [[John Green]], American author, vlogger, and editor
** [[Robert Enke]], German footballer (d. [[2009]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Deco]], Brazilian born-Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Deco |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=17648 |publisher=Soccer base}}</ref>
* [[August 30]]
** [[Jens Ludwig]], German guitarist
** [[Félix Sánchez (hurdler)|Félix Sánchez]], American-Dominican athlete
* [[August 31]]
** [[Jeff Hardy]], American professional wrestler
** [[Ian Harte]], Irish footballer

===September===
[[File:Ludacris 2008 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ludacris]]]]
[[File:Tom Hardy by Gage Skidmore in 2018.jpg|thumb|[[Tom Hardy]] |135x135px]]
* [[September 1]] 
** [[David Albelda]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Albelda |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j510.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
** [[Kathleen de Leon Jones]], Filipino-Australian actress, dancer, singer and television performer ([[Hi-5 (Australian group)|Hi-5]])
* [[September 2]]
** [[Frédéric Kanouté]], Malian [[soccer]] player
** [[Sam Rivers (bassist)|Sam Rivers]], American musician (d. [[2025]])
** [[Elitsa Todorova]], Bulgarian singer-songwriter
* [[September 4]] – [[Lucie Silvas]], English singer
* [[September 5]] – [[Cinta de Oro|Sin Cara]], Mexican-American professional wrestler
* [[September 6]] – [[Katalin Novák]], Hungarian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Ms. Katalin Novák became the first female president of Hungary |url=https://delhi.mfa.gov.hu/eng/news/magyarorszag-toertenetenek-elso-noi-koeztarsasagi-elnoeke-lett-novak-katalin |website=delhi.mfa.gov.hu |publisher=Embassy of Hungary New Delhi}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] – [[Soulja Slim]], American rapper (d. [[2003]])
* [[September 11]] – [[Ludacris]], American rapper and actor
* [[September 12]] 
** [[2 Chainz]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2012/09/13/video-2-chainz-gets-his-big-booty-birthday-wish/ |title=2 Chainz Gets His Big Booty Birthday Wish |website=Rap-Up.com |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510005205/https://www.rap-up.com/2012/09/13/video-2-chainz-gets-his-big-booty-birthday-wish/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Idan Raichel]], Israeli singer-songwriter
* [[September 13]] – [[Fiona Apple]], American singer
* [[September 15]]
** [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]], Nigerian author<ref>{{cite web |title=Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
** [[Tom Hardy]], English actor
** [[Jason Terry]], American basketball player
* [[September 18]] – [[Kieran West]], British Olympic oarsman
* [[September 20]] – [[Namie Amuro]], Japanese singer
* [[September 21]] – [[Marc de Hond]], Dutch television presenter and wheelchair basketball player (d. [[2020]]) 
* [[September 23]] – [[Suzanne Tamim]], Lebanese singer, actress, and murder victim (d. [[2008]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Joel David Moore]], American actor
* [[September 27]] – [[Andrus Värnik]], Estonian javelin thrower
* [[September 28]] – [[Se-Ri Pak]], South Korean golfer
* [[September 30]]
** [[Roy Carroll]], Irish footballer
** [[Sun Jihai]], Chinese footballer

===October===
<!--[[File:Matt Bomer Comic-con by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Matt Bomer]]]]-->
<!--[[File:John Mayer in 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Mayer]]]]-->
[[File:DuduAouate.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dudu Aouate]]]]
[[File:Jyothika_Filmfare_2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jyothika]]]]
[[File:Birgit_Prinz.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Birgit Prinz]]]]
* [[October 2]] – [[Didier Défago]], Swiss Olympic alpine skier
* [[October 3]] – [[Antonio Di Natale]], Italian football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=10. Antonio Di Natale |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=32086 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[October 4]] 
** [[Najat Vallaud-Belkacem]], French politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Najat VALLAUD-BELKACEM |url=https://www.oecd.org/gender/Vallaud-Belkacem.pdf |website=oecd.org}}</ref>
** [[Bowie Jane]], Australian DJ, singer, producer, lawyer and contestant on [[Big Brother 25 (American season)|Big Brother Season 25]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Palinkas |first=Lorianne |date=2023-09-06 |title=Big Brother 25: Bowie Jane's Age, Jobs, Instagram & More |url=https://screenrant.com/big-brother-season-25-bowie-jane-age-job-instagram-more/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 6]] – [[Daniel Brière]], Canadian ice hockey player and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Brière Stats and News {{pipe}} NHL.com |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/daniel-briere-8464975 |website=www.nhl.com |access-date=October 18, 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – [[Anne-Caroline Chausson]], French mountain bicycle racer
* [[October 10]] – [[Brandon Vera]], [[Filipino Americans|Filipino-American]] retired mixed martial artist and former [[List of ONE Championship champions|ONE Heavyweight World Champion]]
* [[October 11]]
** [[Matt Bomer]], American film, stage, and television actor
** [[Claudia Palacios]], Colombian journalist and newsreader
* [[October 12]] – [[Bode Miller]], American skier<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Bode Miller |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/bode-miller-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203144823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/naoki-matsuda-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |check-wikidata=no}}</ref>
* [[October 13]]
** [[Paul Pierce]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|nba=paul_pierce}}</ref>
** [[Kiele Sanchez]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |author=The Associated Press |url=http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091013/APA/910130501 |title=JournalGazette.net - Associated Press {{pipe}} The Journal Gazette {{pipe}} Fort Wayne, IN |publisher=The Journal Gazette |date=2009-10-13 |access-date=2012-05-21 |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906084342/http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091013/APA/910130501 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[October 14]]
** [[Kelly Schumacher]], American basketball and volleyball player
** [[Oleg Velyky]], Ukrainian and German handball player World champion 2007 (d. [[2010]])
* [[October 15]] – [[David Trezeguet]], French footballer
* [[October 16]] – [[John Mayer]], American musician and record producer
* [[October 17]]
** [[Dudu Aouate]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.espn.com/soccer//profile?id=19086&lang=EN&wjb= |title=ESPNFC: Dudu Aouate |website=ESPN}}</ref>
** [[André Villas-Boas]], Portuguese football manager
* [[October 18]]
** [[Jyothika]], Indian actress
** [[Ryan Nelsen]], New Zealand footballer
** [[Peter Sohn]], American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, and film director
** [[Paul Stalteri]], Canadian soccer player<ref>{{FIFA player|178034}}</ref>
* [[October 19]] – [[Raúl Tamudo]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Tamudo |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j2312.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
* [[October 25]] – [[Birgit Prinz]], German footballer
* [[October 26]]
** [[Jon Heder]], American actor and voice artist 
** [[Louis Crayton]], Swiss/Liberian footballer
* [[October 27]] – [[Kumar Sangakkara]], Sri Lankan cricketer
* [[October 28]] – [[Jonas Rasmussen]], Danish badminton player
* [[October 29]] – [[Brendan Fehr]], Canadian actor

===November===
[[File:Brittany Murphy.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brittany Murphy]]]]
<!--[[File:Maggie Gyllenhaal Berlinale 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maggie Gyllenhaal]]]]-->
<!--[[File:Colin Hanks in 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Colin Hanks]]]]-->
<!--[[File:Nelsan Ellis at True Blood premiere party (crop).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nelsan Ellis]]]]-->
* [[November 10]] – [[Brittany Murphy]], American actress and singer (d. [[2009]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Wheaton |first=Sarah |title=Brittany Murphy, Actress in 'Clueless,' Dies at 32 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 21, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/movies/21murphy.html |access-date=December 20, 2009}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] 
** [[Maniche]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Maniche |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j2098.html |website=bdfutbol.com/en/j/j2098.html}}</ref>
** [[Scoot McNairy]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=John Marcus Mcnairy, "Texas, Birth Index, 1903–1997" |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VD8D-JS1 |work=[[FamilySearch]] |access-date=27 January 2014}}</ref>
* [[November 13]] – [[Huang Xiaoming]], Chinese actor and singer<!-- "Huang" is surname -->
* [[November 15]] – [[Sean Murray (actor)|Sean Murray]], American actor
* [[November 16]]
** [[Oksana Baiul]], Ukrainian figure skater
** [[Maggie Gyllenhaal]], American actress
* [[November 17]] – [[Ryk Neethling]], South African swimmer
* [[November 18]] – [[Trent Barrett]], Australian rugby league player
* [[November 19]]
** [[Mette Frederiksen]], Danish politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members: Mette Frederiksen |url=https://www.thedanishparliament.dk/members/mette-frederiksen |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=thedanishparliament.dk |publisher=[[Folketinget]]}}</ref>
** [[Kerri Strug]], American gymnast
* [[November 20]] – [[Daniel Svensson]], Swedish drummer
* [[November 21]] – [[Tobias Sammet]], German singer and songwriter
* [[November 24]] – [[Colin Hanks]], American actor
* [[November 28]] – [[Fabio Grosso]], Italian football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=F. Grosso |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/players/fabio-grosso/75/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] – [[Nelsan Ellis]], African-American film and television actor and playwright (d. [[2017]])

===December===
<!--[[File:Linkin Park-Rock im Park 2014- by 2eight 3SC0285.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brad Delson]]]]-->
[[File:Оксана Фёдорова 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Oxana Fedorova]]]]
[[File:Emmanuel Macron (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Emmanuel Macron]]]]
[[File:PSY EMTV logo 27 (8198008711).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Psy]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Brad Delson]], American musician ([[Linkin Park]])
* [[December 2]] – [[Nancy Mace]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=MACE, Nancy |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000194 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] – [[Andrew Flintoff]], English cricketer
* [[December 7]] – [[Luke Donald]], English golfer
* [[December 8]]
** [[Elsa Benítez]], Mexican model and television host
** [[Sébastien Chabal]], French rugby union player
** [[Matthias Schoenaerts]], Belgian actor and producer
* [[December 10]] – [[Andrea Henkel]], German professional biathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrea Henkel |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/101160 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia}}</ref>
* [[December 11]] – [[Peter Stringer]], Irish rugby union player
* [[December 12]] – [[Adam Saitiev]], Chechen wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
* [[December 14]] – [[Thoriqul Haq]], Indonesian politician
* [[December 16]]
** [[Anu Nieminen]], Finnish badminton player
** [[René Redzepi]], Danish chef
* [[December 17]] – [[Oxana Fedorova]], Russian model
* [[December 20]] – [[Sonja Aldén]], Swedish pop singer
* [[December 21]]
** [[Gregor Horvatič]], Slovenian politician
** [[Emmanuel Macron]], 25th president of France 
* [[December 23]] – [[Jari Mäenpää]], Finnish musician
* [[December 24]] – [[Domingo Vega]], also known as ''Américo'', Chilean singer
* [[December 25]] – [[Uhm Ji-won]], South Korean actress
* [[December 30]]
** [[Laila Ali]], American boxer
** [[Kenyon Martin]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite basketball-reference |id=m/martike01 |name=Kenyon Martin |access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] 
** [[Psy]], South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer and record producer
** [[Donald Trump Jr.]], American businessman and son of former U.S. president [[Donald Trump]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Real Story of Donald Trump Jr. |first=Julia |last=Ioffe |date=June 20, 2018 |work=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]] |url=https://www.gq.com/story/real-story-of-donald-trump-jr |access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621141307/https://www.gq.com/story/real-story-of-donald-trump-jr |archive-date=June 21, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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

=== January ===
[[File:Anthony Eden (retouched).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anthony Eden]]]]
[[File:Peter Finch 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peter Finch]]]]
<!--[[File:Freddie Prinze 1975.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Freddie Prinze]]]]-->
* [[January 2]] – [[Erroll Garner]], American musician (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 4]] – [[Ibrahim Biçakçiu]], Albanian politician, 2-time [[Prime Minister of Albania]] leader of [[World War II]] (b. [[1905]])
* [[January 5]] – [[Artur Adson]], Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vabar |first=Sven |title=Artur Adson |url=https://sisu-vana.ut.ee/ewod/a/adson |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=sisu-vana.ut.ee |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 14]]
** [[Anthony Eden]], British politician, 62nd [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1897]])
** [[Peter Finch]], English-born actor (b. [[1916]])
** [[Anaïs Nin]], French-born American diarist and writer (b. [[1903]])<ref>{{cite book |author=Anaïs Nin |title=Conversations with Anaïs Nin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kbo8A9CASVUC&pg=PR18 |year=1994 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-0-87805-719-1 |pages=18}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – [[Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (b. [[1940]])
* [[January 18]]
** [[Džemal Bijedić]], Yugoslavian politician, 27th [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia|prime minister of Yugoslavia]] (b. [[1917]])
** [[Carl Zuckmayer]], German writer and playwright  (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite book |author=Ian Herbert |title=Who's who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZ2J8cPyTvAC |year=1981 |publisher=Gale Research Company |isbn=978-0-8103-0235-8 |page=749}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – [[Yvonne Printemps]], French singer and actress (b. [[1894]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Dimitrios Kiousopoulos]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1892]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Pascual Pérez (boxer)|Pascual Pérez]], Argentine world Flyweight boxing champion (b. [[1926]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Dietrich von Hildebrand]], German philosopher and theologian (b. [[1889]])
* [[January 28]]
**[[Burt Mustin]], American actor (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://digitalwolfgram.widener.edu/digital/collection/p270801coll17/id/324/ |title=Burton Hill Mustin, 1903 |website=digitalwolfgram.widener.edu |access-date=September 4, 2023 |archive-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013213905/https://digitalwolfgram.widener.edu/digital/collection/p270801coll17/id/324/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
**[[Talib Haji Hamzah]], Malaysian armed robber executed in Singapore (b. [[1953]])
* [[January 29]]
**[[Freddie Prinze]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1954]])
**[[Johnny Franz]], English record producer (b. [[1922]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnny Franz Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-franz-mn0000995529 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref>

===February===
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[[File:Queen Alia of Jordan.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alia Toukan]]]]
* [[February 3]] – [[Pauline Starke]], American actress (b. [[1901]])
* [[February 4]] – [[Brett Halliday]], American writer (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 5]] – [[Oskar Klein]], Swedish theoretical physicist (b. [[1894]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Alia Toukan]], Queen consort of Jordan (b. [[1948]])
* [[February 11]] 
** [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]], Indian lawyer and statesman, 5th [[president of India]] (b. [[1905]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fakhruddin-Ali-Ahmed Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed president of India]</ref>
** [[Louis Beel]], prime minister of the Netherlands (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/90007/Beel-Louis-Joseph-Maria.htm|title=Beel, Louis Joseph Maria - TracesOfWar.com|website=www.tracesofwar.com}}</ref>
* [[February 16]] – [[Rózsa Péter]], Hungarian mathematician (b. [[1905]])
* [[February 18]] 
** [[Newsboy Brown]], American boxer (b. [[1905]])<ref>[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/brown_newsboy.html Newsboy Brown]</ref>
** [[Andy Devine]], American actor (b. [[1905]])
* [[February 27]] 
** [[John Dickson Carr]], American crime novelist (b. [[1906]])<ref>{{cite book |author1=Winks |author2=Robin W. Winks |title=Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e3SnIItDKh8C |year=1998 |publisher=Scribner's Sons |isbn=978-0-684-80519-1 |page=127}}</ref>
** [[Allison Hayes]], American actress (b. [[1930]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Eddie "Rochester" Anderson]], American actor (b. [[1905]])<ref>[https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/02/11/renowned-comedian-eddie-rochester-anderson/ Renowned comedian Eddie “Rochester” Anderson]</ref>

===March===
[[File:Fannie Lou Hamer 1964-08-22.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Fannie Lou Hamer]]]]
[[File:Marien Ngouabi, 1972 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Marien Ngouabi]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Diallo Telli]], Guinean diplomat and politician, 1st [[Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity|secretary general of the Organisation of African Unity]] (b. [[1925]])
* [[March 3]]
** [[Brian Faulkner]], last [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland|prime minister of Northern Ireland]] (b. [[1921]])
** [[Percy Marmont]], American stage and screen actor (b. [[1883]])
* [[March 4]] 
** [[Andrés Caicedo]], Colombian writer (b. [[1951]])
** [[Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk]], German jurist and senior government official, last führer of [[Nazi Germany]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[March 5]] – [[Tom Pryce]], British Formula One racing driver (b. [[1949]])
* [[March 8]] – [[Henry Hull]], American actor (b. [[1890]])
* [[March 10]]
** [[E. Power Biggs]], English-American organist (b. [[1906]])
** [[Willem Schermerhorn]], Dutch politician and civil engineer, 28th [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|prime minister of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Fannie Lou Hamer]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1917]])
* [[March 15]] – [[Antonino Rocca]], Italian professional wrestler (b. [[1921]])
* [[March 18]] – [[Marien Ngouabi]], 3rd [[president of Congo]] (b. [[1938]])
* [[March 19]] – [[William L. Laurence]], Jewish Lithuanian-American journalist (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham]], English politician, 9th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (b. [[1909]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Ernest Gugenheim]], French rabbi (b. [[1916]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=1977-03-24 |title=Ernest Guggenheim Dead at 61 |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/ernest-guggenheim-dead-at-61 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[March 27]] – [[Diana Hyland]], American actress (b. [[1936]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Eugen Wüster]], industrialist and terminologist (b. [[1898]])
* [[March 30]] – [[Abdel Halim Hafez]], Egyptian singer and actor (b. [[1929]])

=== April ===
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[[File:Gummo Marx, Tonight Show.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gummo Marx]]]]
* [[April 2]] – [[John Whitaker (gymnast)|John Whitaker]], British gymnast (b. [[1886]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Carlos Prío Socarrás]], 11th [[president of Cuba]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[April 7]] – [[Karl Ritter (director)|Karl Ritter]], German film producer and director (b. [[1888]])
* [[April 11]] – [[Jacques Prévert]], French poet and screenwriter (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{cite book |author=Gale Cengage |title=Modern French Poets |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsoUAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Gale Group |isbn=978-0-7876-5252-4 |page=352}}</ref>
* [[April 17]] – [[William Conway (cardinal)|William Conway]], Northern Irish cardinal (b. [[1913]])
* [[April 20]]
** [[Wilmer Allison]], American tennis champion (b. [[1904]])
** [[Bryan Foy]], American film producer and director (b. [[1896]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Gummo Marx]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1892]])
* [[April 27]]
** [[Stanley Adams (actor)|Stanley Adams]], American actor (b. [[1915]])
** [[Charles Alston]], American artist and sculptor (b. [[1907]])
* [[April 28]]
** [[Ricardo Cortez]], American actor (b. [[1899]])
** [[Sepp Herberger]], German footballer and manager (b. [[1897]])

===May===
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[[File:Joan Crawford - 1936 - Hurrell.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Joan Crawford]]]]
* [[May 5]] – [[Ludwig Erhard]], German politician, 28th [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)|Chancellor of Germany]] ([[West Germany]]) (b. [[1897]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma]], Spanish [[Carlist]] pretender (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 9]] – [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]], American writer (b. [[1921]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Joan Crawford]], American actress (b. c. [[1904]])
* [[May 13]] – [[Otto Deßloch]], German World War II Luftwaffe general (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Herbert Wilcox]], British film director and producer (b. [[1892]])
* [[May 16]] – [[Modibo Keïta]], 1st [[president of Mali]] (b. [[1915]])
* [[May 25]] – [[Willoughby Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie|Willoughby Norrie]], British army general and [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[May 26]] – [[Shewalul Mengistu]], Ethiopian poet and political activist (b. [[1944]])
* [[May 30]] – [[Paul Desmond]], American jazz saxophonist and composer (b. [[1924]])
* [[May 31]] – [[William Castle]], American film director (b. [[1914]])

===June===
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[[File:Wernher von Braun 1960.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wernher von Braun]]]]
* [[June 2]] – [[Stephen Boyd]], Northern Irish actor (b. [[1931]])
* [[June 3]]
** [[Archibald Hill]], English physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1886]])
** [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italian film director (b. [[1906]])
* [[June 13]] 
** [[Tom C. Clark]], American lawyer and politician (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tom-C-Clark|title=Tom C. Clark &#124; Supreme Court Justice, Associate Justice, Attorney General &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref>
** [[Matthew Garber]], English child actor (b. [[1956]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Alan Reed]], American actor (b. [[1907]])
* [[June 16]] – [[Wernher von Braun]], German-born American rocket scientist (b. [[1912]])
* [[June 22]] – [[Marston Morse]], American mathematician (b. [[1892]])
* [[June 25]] – [[Olave Baden-Powell]], first Chief Guide for Britain (b. [[1889]])
* [[June 26]] – [[Sergei Lemeshev]], Russian operatic lyric tenor (b. [[1902]])
* [[June 30]] – [[Paul Hartmann (actor)|Paul Hartmann]], American actor (b. [[1889]])

===July===
[[File:David Toro - (CROPPED1).jpg|thumb|131x131px|[[David Toro]]]]
* [[July 2]] – [[Vladimir Nabokov]], Russian-born American writer (b. [[1899]])
* [[July 9]] – [[Alice Paul]], American women's rights activist (b. [[1885]])
* [[July 20]] – [[Carter DeHaven]], American actor (b. [[1886]])
* [[July 25]] – [[David Toro]],  35th [[president of Bolivia]] (b. [[1898]])
* [[July 26]] – [[Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927–1977)|Prince Charles of Luxembourg]], Prince of Luxembourg (b. [[1927]])
* [[July 30]] – [[Jean de Laborde]], French admiral (b. [[1878]]){{importance inline|date=December 2020}}
* [[July 31]] – [[Giuseppe Castellano]], Italian general (b. [[1893]]){{importance inline|date=December 2020}}

===August===
[[File:Elvis Presley promoting Jailhouse Rock.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Elvis Presley]]]]
[[File:Groucho Marx - portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Groucho Marx]]]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Francis Gary Powers]], American [[Lockheed U-2|U-2 spy plane]] pilot (b. [[1929]])
* [[August 2]] – [[Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira]], Portuguese [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal (b. [[1888]])
* [[August 3]]
** [[Alfred Lunt]], American actor (b. [[1892]])
** [[Makarios III]], Greek-Cypriot archbishop, 1st [[president of Cyprus]] (b. [[1913]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2015/08/03/anniversary-of-makarios-death/ |title=Anniversary of Makarios' death |date=August 3, 2015 |website=Cyprus Mail |author=Andria Kades |access-date=September 13, 2021}}</ref>
* [[August 4]] 
** [[Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian]], English physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1889]])
** [[Ernst Bloch]], German Marxist philosopher (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Thinkers of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical, Bibliographical, and Critical Dictionary |publisher=Gale Research Company |year=1983 |page=70}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] – [[Alexander Bustamante|Sir Alexander Bustamente]], Jamaican politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Jamaica|prime minister of Jamaica]] (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/08/07/sir-alexander-bustamante-94-jamaican-leader-dies/2f8af0b7-ec0b-4b3b-a957-264fb580f280/ |title=Sir Alexander Bustamante, 94, Jamaican Leader, Dies |last=Weil |first=Martin |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=7 August 1977 |access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref>
* [[August 8]] – [[Son Ngoc Thanh]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Cambodia|prime minister of Cambodia]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[August 9]] – [[Beryl May Dent]], English mathematical physicist (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2003 |title=Beryl Dent at the University of Bristol Department of Physics |publisher=[[University of Bristol]] Physics Library |id=DM1961/2 |type=Document |location=Bristol |language=en |url=https://archives.bristol.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DM1961%2f2&pos=1 |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020133627/https://archives.bristol.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DM1961/2&pos=1 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 13]] – [[Henry Williamson]], English naturalist, farmer and prolific ruralist (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{cite book |author=Anne Williamson |title=Henry Williamson: Tarka and the Last Romantic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJ9bAAAAMAAJ |year=1995 |publisher=Alan Sutton |isbn=978-0-7509-0639-5 |page=333}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – [[Alexander Luria]], Russian neuropsychologist (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/A-R-Luria|title=A.R. Luria &#124; Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology & Neuroscience &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – [[Elvis Presley]], American actor, musician and singer-songwriter (b. [[1935]])<ref>{{cite book |author=Guralnick, Peter |year=1999 |title=Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley |publisher=Back Bay Books |isbn=978-0-316-33297-2 |ref={{sfnRef|Guralnick|1999}}
|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780316332972|pages=645–648}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] – [[Delmer Daves]], American screenwriter and director (b. [[1904]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Groucho Marx]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Groucho Marx, Comedian, Dead. Movie Star and TV Host Was 86. Master of the Insult. Groucho Marx, Film Comedian and Host of 'You Bet Your Life,' Dies |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E4DD103DE532A25753C2A96E9C946690D6CF |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 20, 2007 |page=1}}</ref> 
* [[August 23]]
** [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]], English actor (b. [[1918]])
** [[Naum Gabo]], Russian sculptor (b. [[1890]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Jean Hagen]], American actress (b. [[1923]])

===September===
[[File:Marc Bolan In Concert 1973 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Marc Bolan]]]]
[[File:Een portret van de zangeres, Bestanddeelnr 926-8776 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maria Callas]]]]
* [[September 1]] – [[Ethel Waters]], American singer and actress (b. [[1896]])
* [[September 4]] – [[E. F. Schumacher]], German statistician and economist (b. [[1885]])
* [[September 6]] – [[John Edensor Littlewood]], British mathematician (b. [[1885]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Zero Mostel]], American actor (b. [[1915]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Steve Biko]], South African anti-apartheid activist (b. [[1946]])
* [[September 13]] – [[Leopold Stokowski]], English conductor (b. [[1882]])<ref>Allen Hughes, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9902E1DD163AE334BC4C52DFBF66838C669EDE&legacy=true "Leopold Stokowski Is Dead of a Heart Attack at 95"], ''The New York Times'', 14 September 1977.</ref>
* [[September 16]]
** [[Marc Bolan]], British singer and guitarist (b. [[1947]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mystery-of-marc-bolans-death-solved-8142457.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mystery-of-marc-bolans-death-solved-8142457.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Mystery of Marc Bolan's death solved |access-date=27 August 2013 |location=London |work=The Independent |first=Paul |last=Bignell |date=16 September 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** [[Maria Callas]], Greek soprano <!--renounced US citizenship--> (b. [[1923]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1202.html |title=Maria Callas, 53, Is Dead of Heart Attack in Paris |website=archive.nytimes.com |access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
* [[September 18]] – [[Paul Bernays]], Swiss mathematician (b. [[1888]])
* [[September 29]] – [[Robert McKimson]], American animator and director (b. [[1910]])

===October===
[[File:Bing Crosby 1951.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bing Crosby]]]]
* [[October 3]] – [[Tay Garnett]], American film director (b. [[1894]])
* [[October 10]] – [[Jean Duvieusart]], Belgian politician, 36th [[Prime Minister of Belgium|prime minister of Belgium]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[October 11]] – [[MacKinlay Kantor]], American writer and historian (b. [[1904]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921544 |title=MacKinlay Kantor |website=[[Olympedia]] |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=25 December 2021 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225062120/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921544 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 12]] – [[Dorothy Davenport]], American actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American pop singer and actor (b. [[1903]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Michael Balcon|Sir Michael Balcon]], English film producer (b. [[1896]])
* [[October 20]] – Three members of American rock group, [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], killed in plane crash:
** [[Ronnie Van Zant]], lead singer (b. [[1948]])
** [[Cassie Gaines]], lead singer (b. [[1948]])
** [[Steve Gaines]], lead singer and guitarist (b. [[1949]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Félix Gouin]], French politician (b. [[1884]])
* [[October 27]] 
** [[James M. Cain]], American writer (b. [[1892]])
** [[Miguel Mihura]], Spanish playwright (b. [[1905]])

===November===
[[File:Kurt Schuschnigg 1934.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kurt Schuschnigg]]]]
* [[November 3]] – [[Florence Vidor]], American actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[November 4]] – [[Betty Balfour]], English screen actress (b. [[1902]])
* [[November 5]]
** [[René Goscinny]], French comic book writer (b. [[1926]])
** [[Guy Lombardo]], Canadian-American bandleader (b. [[1902]])
* [[November 9]] – [[Gertrude Astor]], American actress (b. [[1887]])
* [[November 10]] – [[Dennis Wheatley]], English writer (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |year=2015 |isbn=9781349813667 |page=1468}}</ref>
* [[November 14]]
** [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]], Indian religious leader (b. [[1896]])
** [[Ferdinand Heim]], German general, branded the "[[Battle of Stalingrad|Scapegoat]] of [[Stalingrad]]" (b. [[1897]])
* [[November 16]] – [[Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois]] (b. [[1898]]), Monégasque princess
* [[November 18]]
** [[Victor Francen]], Belgian actor (b. [[1888]])
** [[Kurt Schuschnigg]], 11th [[chancellor of Austria]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[November 21]] – [[Richard Carlson (actor)|Richard Carlson]], American actor (b. [[1912]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Olga Petrova]], English-born American actress (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-olga-petrova/ |title=Olga Petrova – Women Film Pioneers Project |website=wfpp.columbia.edu}}</ref>

=== December ===
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<!--[[File:Juan Velasco Alvarado 1971.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Juan Velasco Alvarado]]]]-->
[[File:Charlie Chaplin portrait Getty 1739411952.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Charlie Chaplin]]]]
* [[December 3]] – [[Jack Beresford]], British Olympic rower (b. [[1899]])
* [[December 5]] – [[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]], Soviet general, [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 9]] – [[Clarice Lispector]], Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist (b. [[1920]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Adolph Rupp]], American college basketball coach (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolph-Rupp|title=Adolph Rupp &#124; Biography, Kentucky Wildcats, NCAA Champion, Hall of Fame, & Facts &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref>
* [[December 12]] – [[Clementine Churchill]], wife of [[Winston Churchill]] (b. [[1885]])
* [[December 16]] 
** [[Gustaf Aulén]], Bishop of Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden (b. [[1879]])
** [[Yngve Larsson]], Swedish politician (b. [[1881]])
* [[December 19]]
** [[Takeo Kurita]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1889]])
** [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]], American politician (b. [[1876]])
** [[Jacques Tourneur]], French-American filmmaker (b. [[1904]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Juan Velasco Alvarado]], 58th president of Peru (b. [[1910]])
* [[December 25]] 
** Sir [[Charlie Chaplin]], British actor, producer and director (b. [[1889]])
** [[Oliver P. Smith]], American general (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History/Scannell-Upshur/General-Oliver-P-Smith/|title=GENERAL OLIVER P. SMITH, USMC (DECEASED)}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] – [[Howard Hawks]], American film director (b. [[1896]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Charlotte Greenwood]], American actress (b. [[1890]])

== Nobel Prizes ==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Philip Warren Anderson]], Sir [[Nevill Francis Mott]], [[John Hasbrouck Van Vleck]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Ilya Prigogine]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Roger Guillemin]], [[Andrew Schally]], [[Rosalyn Yalow]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Vicente Aleixandre]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Amnesty International]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Bertil Ohlin]], [[James Meade]]

== References ==
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