1963

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Events

January

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January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963.
January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the penumbral lunar eclipse and the annular solar eclipse, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee.
January 19 – Soviet spy Gheorghe Pintilie is removed from his position as Deputy Interior Minister of the Romanian People's Republic,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> as a step in ensuring Romania's political independence; the Workers' Party Politburo discusses way of neutralizing "Soviet intelligence networks [...] which Gheorghe Pintilie had coordinated."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 22 – France and West Germany sign the Élysée Treaty.
January 25 – A large annular solar eclipse covers 99.5% of the Sun and a narrow path (at most 19.6 km (12.2 mi)). It is visible in Chile, Argentina, South Africa and Madagascar, and is the 26th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 140. Gamma has a value of -0.48984.
January 26 – The Australia Day shootings rock Perth; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by Eric Edgar Cooke.
January 29 – French President Charles de Gaulle vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the European Common Market.

February

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February 5 – The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the basic tenets of European Union law.
February 8 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy Administration.
February 10 – Five Japanese cities located on the northernmost part of Kyūshū are merged and become the city of Kitakyūshū, with a population of more than 1 million.
February 12 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing all 43 aboard.
February 14 – Harold Wilson becomes leader of the opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in October 1964 he becomes prime minister.
February 21 – The 5.6 Template:M Marj earthquake affects northern Libya with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing 290–375 deaths and 375–500 injuries.
February 27 – Juan Bosch takes office as the 41st president of the Dominican Republic.

March

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March 4 – In Paris, six people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle pardons five, but the other conspirator, Jean Bastien-Thiry, is executed by firing squad several days later.
March 5 – Country music star Patsy Cline is killed in a plane crash along with country performers Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and manager Randy Hughes, during a flight from Kansas City, Missouri, back to Nashville.
March 17 – Mount Agung erupts on Bali, killing approximately 1,500.
March 23 – "Dansevise" by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (music by Otto Francker, text by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 (staged in London) for Denmark.
March 30 – Indigenous Australians are legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales.<ref>Tracker, "Footprints Tracker", August 2012, p. 46.</ref>

April

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April 6 – The Kingsmen record their influential cover of "Louie Louie" in Portland, Oregon, released in June.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 7 – Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a socialist republic, and Josip Broz Tito is named President for Life.
April 8 – The 35th Academy Awards ceremony is held. Lawrence of Arabia wins Best Picture.
April 10 – The U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher sinks Template:Convert east of Cape Cod; all 129 aboard (112 crewmen plus yard personnel) die.
April 11 – Pope John XXIII issues his final encyclical, Pacem in terris, entitled On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will", rather than to Roman Catholics only.
April 12 – The Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish Straits. Although severely damaged, both vessels make it to port.
April 14 – The Institute of Mental Health (Belgrade) is established.
April 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. issues his "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
April 20 – In Quebec, Canada, members of the terrorist group Front de libération du Québec bomb a Canadian Army recruitment center, killing night watchman Wilfred V. O'Neill.
April 21–23 – The first election of the Supreme Institution of the Baháʼí Faith (known as the Universal House of Justice, whose seat is at the Baháʼí World Centre on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel) is held.
April 22 – Lester Bowles Pearson becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
April 28 – 1963 general election is held in Italy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 29 – Buddy Rogers becomes the first WWWF Champion.

May

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May 1 – The Coca-Cola Company introduces its first diet drink, Tab cola.
May 2 – Berthold Seliger launches near Cuxhaven a 3-stage rocket with a maximum flight altitude of more than Template:Cvt (the only sounding rocket developed in Germany).
May 4 – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, Senegal, kills 64 people.
May 8 – Huế Phật Đản shootings: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam opens fire on Buddhists who defy a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha, killing 9. Earlier, President Ngô Đình Diệm allowed the flying of the Vatican flag in honour of his brother, Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục, triggering the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
May 13 – A smallpox outbreak hits Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until July.
May 14 – Kuwait becomes the 111th member of the United Nations.
May 15 – Project Mercury: NASA launches Gordon Cooper on Mercury-Atlas 9, the last Mercury mission (on June 12 NASA Administrator James E. Webb tells Congress the program is complete).
May 22 – A.C. Milan beats Benfica 2–1 at Wembley Stadium, London and wins the 1962–63 European Cup (football).
May 23 – Fidel Castro visits the Soviet Union.
May 25 – The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

June

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June 3 – Huế chemical attacks: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam rains liquid chemicals on the heads of Buddhist protestors, injuring 67 people. The United States threatens to cut off aid to the regime of Ngô Đình Diệm.
June 4 – President of the United States John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 11110, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing silver certificates.
June 5 – The first annual National Hockey League Entry Draft is held in Montreal, Canada.

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Thích Quảng Đức's self-immolation

June 11 – In Saigon, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức commits self-immolation to protest the oppression of Buddhists by Ngô Đình Diệm’s government.
June 13
- The cancellation of Mercury-Atlas 10 effectively ends the United States' manned spaceflight Project Mercury.
- The New York Commodity Exchange begins trading silver futures contracts.
June 15 – The AC Cobra makes its first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It will go on to win its class the following year.
June 16 – Vostok 6 carries Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman into space.
June 17 – In Abington School District v. Schempp, the US Supreme Court ruled that compulsory prayer and Bible-reading violated the First Amendment.
June 19 – Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space, returns to Earth, landing in the Soviet Union.
June 20
- Establishment of the Moscow–Washington hotline (officially, the Direct Communications Link or DCL; unofficially, the "red telephone"; and in fact a teleprinter link) is authorized by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva by representatives of the Soviet Union and the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Swedish Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström is arrested as a spy for the Soviet Union.
- War film The Great Escape (starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough) is premiered in London.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
June 21 – Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope.
June 26
- John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in West Berlin, Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- David Ben-Gurion is replaced by Levi Eshkol as prime minister of Israel.

July

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July 1 – ZIP codes are introduced by the United States Postal Service.
July 5 – Diplomatic relations between the Israeli and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level.
July 7 – Double Seven Day scuffle: Secret police loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, attack American journalists including Peter Arnett and David Halberstam at a demonstration during the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
July 11 – South Africa: police raid Liliesleaf Farm to the north of Johannesburg, arresting a group of African National Congress leaders.
July 19 – American test pilot Joe Walker, flying the X-15, reaches an altitude of 65.8 miles (105.9 kilometers), making it a sub-orbital spaceflight by recognized international standards.
July 26
- An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,800 dead.
- NASA launches Syncom 2, the world's first geostationary (synchronous) satellite.
July 30 – The Soviet newspaper Izvestia reports that British diplomat and double agent Kim Philby has been given asylum in Moscow.

August

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August 28: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

August 5 – The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.<ref name=PNTBT>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 8 – The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.
August 14 – A huge and devastating forest fire hits the region around Paraná State, Brazil. According to government documents, two million hectares (4.94 million acres) are lost to burning and 110 persons perished.<ref>pt:Incêndio florestal no Paraná dm 1963 (Portuguese language edition) Retrieved on July 3, 2020.</ref>
August 15 – Trois Glorieuses: President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo after a three-day uprising in the capital, Brazzaville.
August 21 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, vandalise Buddhist pagodas across South Vietnam, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. In the wake of the raids, the Kennedy administration by Cable 243 orders the United States Embassy, Saigon to explore alternative leadership in the country, opening the way towards a coup against Diệm.
August 22 – American test pilot Joe Walker again achieves a sub-orbital spaceflight according to international standards, this time by piloting the X-15 to an altitude of 67.0 miles (107.8 kilometers).
August 24 – First games played in the Bundesliga, the primary professional Association football league in West Germany, replacing the Oberliga.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 28 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of at least 250,000, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It is, at that point, the single largest protest in American history.
August 30 – The Moscow–Washington hotline (a direct teleprinter link) is inaugurated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

September

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September 1 – Establishment of language areas and facilities in Belgium comes into effect. This will become the foundation for further state reform in Belgium.
September 6 – The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
September 10 – Sicilian Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on April 11, 2006).
September 15 – American civil rights movement: The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, in Birmingham, Alabama, kills 4 and injures 22.
September 16 – Malaysia is formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo (renamed Sabah) and Sarawak.
September 18 – Rioters burn down the British Embassy in Jakarta, to protest the formation of Malaysia.
September 19 – Iota Phi Theta fraternity is founded at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland
September 23 – King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the College of Petroleum and Minerals.
September 24 – The United States Senate ratifies the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
September 25 – In the Dominican Republic, Juan Bosch is deposed by a coup d'état led by the military with civilian support.
September 29 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council in Rome opens.

October

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October 1 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy toasts Emperor Haile Selassie at a luncheon in Rockville, Maryland.
October 2
- Nigeria becomes a republic; The 1st Republican Constitution is established.
- The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women in the United States issues its final reports to President Kennedy.
October 3 – 1963 Honduran coup d'état: A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform under President Ramón Villeda Morales and begins two decades of military rule under General Oswaldo López Arellano.
October 4 – Hurricane Flora, one of the worst Atlantic storms in history, hits Hispaniola and Cuba, killing nearly 7,000 people.
October 7 – Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the Kennedy administration.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 9 – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
October 10 – Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed on August 5, takes effect.<ref name=PNTBT/>
October 14 – A revolution starts in Radfan, South Yemen, against British colonial rule.
October 16 – Ludwig Erhard replaces Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor of West Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 19 – Alec Douglas-Home succeeds Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 24 – Fire at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome in an R-9 Desna underground missile silo; seven people are killed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 30 – The car manufacturing firm Lamborghini is founded in Italy.
October 31 – 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: 81 die in a gas explosion during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis, United States.

November

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November 1 – Arecibo Observatory, a radio telescope, officially begins operation in Puerto Rico.
November 2 – 1963 South Vietnamese coup: Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the South Vietnamese President.
November 6 – 1963 South Vietnamese coup: Coup leader General Dương Văn Minh takes over as leader of South Vietnam.
November 7
- 11 German miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days in what becomes known as the "Wunder von Lengede" ("miracle of Lengede").
- The star-studded movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres in Los Angeles.
November 8 – Finnair aircraft OH-LCA crashes before landing at Mariehamn Airport on Åland.
November 9 – Two disasters in Japan:
- Miike coal mine explosion: A coal mine explosion kills 458 and sends 839 carbon monoxide poisoning victims to the hospital.
- Tsurumi rail accident: A triple train disaster in Yokohama kills 161.
November 10 – Malcolm X makes an historic speech in Detroit, Michigan ("Message to the Grass Roots").
November 14 – A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey.

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November 22: Assassination of John F. Kennedy

November 22 – Assassination of John F. Kennedy: In a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, U.S. President John F. Kennedy is fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, and Governor of Texas John Connally is seriously wounded at 12:30 CST. Upon Kennedy's death, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th president of the United States. A few hours later, President Johnson is sworn in aboard Air Force One, as Kennedy's body is flown back to Washington, D.C. Stores and businesses shut down for the next four days, in tribute.
November 23
- The Golden Age Nursing Home fire kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville, Ohio, United States.
- The long-running sci-fi television series Doctor Who premieres on BBC TV in the United Kingdom.
November 24
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby in Dallas, an event seen on live national television.
- Vietnam War: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.
November 25 – State funeral of John F. Kennedy: President Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Schools around the nation cancel classes that day; millions watch the funeral on live international television. Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral takes place on the same day.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 29
- U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all 118 on board, the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history.
- Foundation stone for Mirzapur Cadet College is laid in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh).
November 30 – 1963 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with an increased majority to an unprecedented eighth term in office, defeating the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell. (This would be the final lower house election won by Menzies, who would retire from office during the term as the longest-serving Prime Minister in Australian history; he would be replaced by Harold Holt.)

December

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December 3 – The Warren Commission begins its investigation into the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy.
December 4 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council closes.
December 5 – The Seliger Forschungs-und-Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH demonstrates rockets for military use to military representatives of non-NATO-countries near Cuxhaven. Although these rockets land via parachute at the end of their flight and no allied laws are violated, the Soviet Union protests this action.
December 7 – The first instant replay system to use videotape instead of film is used by Tony Verna, a CBS-TV director, during a live televised sporting event, the Army–Navy Game of college football played in Philadelphia, United States.
December 8 – A lightning strike causes the crash of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, United States, killing 81 people.
December 10
- Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom, as a constitutional monarchy under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- Chuck Yeager narrowly escapes death while testing an NF-104A rocket-augmented aerospace trainer when his aircraft goes out of control at 108,700 feet (nearly 21 miles up) and crashes. He parachutes to safety at 8,500 feet after vainly battling to gain control of the powerless, rapidly falling craft. In this incident he becomes the first pilot to make an emergency ejection in the full pressure suit needed for high altitude flights.
December 12 – Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister.
December 20 – The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials begin.
December 21 – Cyprus Emergency: Inter-communal fighting erupts between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
December 22 – The cruise ship TSMS Lakonia burns Template:Convert north of Madeira, with the loss of 128 lives.
December 25 – İsmet İnönü of the Republican People's Party (CHP) forms the new government of Turkey (28th government, coalition partners; independents, İnönü has served ten times as a prime minister, this is his last government).
December 31 – Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolves.

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David H. Frisch and J.H. Smith prove that the radioactive decay of mesons is slowed by their motion (see Einstein's special relativity and general relativity).
The TAT-3 transatlantic communications cable goes into operation.
Ivan Sutherland writes the revolutionary Sketchpad program and runs it on the Lincoln TX-2 computer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Slavery in Dubai is abolished.
Construction of Moscow's Ostankino Tower begins.
The IEEE Computer Society is founded.
The Urdu keyboard is standardised by the Central Language Board in Pakistan.
Harvey Ball invents the ubiquitous smiley face symbol.
The classic Porsche 911 is first produced.
The Reformed Druids of North America is founded.
Hergé's The Castafiore Emerald is published.
Marvel releases their Superhero assembly team The Avengers.

Births

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January

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James May

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José Mourinho

January 4
- Dave Foley, Canadian actor and comedian
- Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
January 5 – Jiang Wen, Chinese actor, film director and screenwriter
January 6 – Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan long-distance runner (d. 1995)<ref name="EdwardsSparks1996">Template:Cite book</ref>
January 10 – Kira Ivanova, Soviet Russian figure skater (d. 2001)
January 11
- Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer
- Petra Schneider, East German swimmer
January 14 – Steven Soderbergh, American film director<ref>Template:Britannica</ref>
January 15 – Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer, cyber security expert and writer<ref name="fb">Template:Cite web</ref>
January 16
- Simon Johnson, English-born economist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- James May, English motoring journalist and television show host<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
January 17 – Kai Hansen, German power metal guitarist and singer
January 18 – Efraín Alegre, Paraguayan politician
January 21 – Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian basketball player<ref>Hakeem Olajuwon player profile at NBA.com</ref>
January 23 – Gail O'Grady, American actress<ref name="allm">Template:Cite web</ref>
January 25 – Fernando Haddad, Brazilian academic and politician
January 26
- José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Andrew Ridgeley, English pop musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

February

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Michael Jordan

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Larry the Cable Guy

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Seal

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William Baldwin

February 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (d. 1996)
February 3 – Gretel Killeen, Australian journalist
February 4 – Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
February 6
- David Capel, English cricketer (d. 2020)
- Cláudia Ohana, Brazilian actress and singer
February 9 – Brian Greene, American physicist.
February 12 – John Michael Higgins, American actor and voice actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 14
- Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor and director
- Alex Perry, Australian fashion designer
February 15 – Shoucheng Zhang, Chinese-American physicist (d. 2018)
February 16 – Claudio Amendola, Italian actor, television presenter and director
February 17
- Jinggoy Estrada, Filipino politician, actor and film producer
- Michael Jordan, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Larry the Cable Guy, American actor and comedian
February 18 – Rob Andrew, English rugby union player
February 19 – Seal, English soul singer
February 20
- Charles Barkley, American basketball player<ref>Template:Basketballstats</ref>
- Jon Christensen (politician), American politician and member of the US House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999
February 21 – William Baldwin, American actor, producer and writer<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
February 22 – Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer
February 25 – Merab Katsitadze, retired Georgian professional football player
February 27 – Virginie Boutaud, Brazilian singer and actress (Metrô, Virginie & Fruto Proibido)

March

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Thomas Anders

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Anthony Albanese

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Rick Rubin

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Quentin Tarantino

March 1
- Thomas Anders, German singer
- Aydan Şener, Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 2
- Anthony Albanese, 31st Prime Minister of Australia
- Tuff Hedeman, American PRCA World Champion Bull Rider<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 3 – Martín Fiz, Spanish long-distance runner
March 4 – Jason Newsted, American bassist
March 8 – Juan Gilberto Funes, Argentine footballer (d. 1992)
March 9 − Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter (d. 2021)
March 10
- Rick Rubin, American music producer
- Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Italian politician
March 11
- Azem Hajdari, Albanian student leader (d. 1998)
- Alex Kingston, English actress
- David LaChapelle, American photographer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
March 12
- Farahnaz Pahlavi, Iranian princess
- Jake Weber, British actor
- Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
March 13 – Fito Páez, Argentine rock musician
March 14 – Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer
March 15 – Bret Michaels, American rock singer (Poison)
March 16 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002)
March 17 – Alex Fong, Hong Kong actor
March 18 – Vanessa Williams, American beauty queen, actress and singer
March 20
- Kathy Ireland, American actress and model
- David Thewlis, British actor
March 21 – Ronald Koeman, Dutch football player and manager
March 22
- Marty Natalegawa, Indonesian diplomat
- Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban middle-distance runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru
March 23 – Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin del Campo, Spanish football player
March 25 – Auxillia Mnangagwa, Zimbabwean politician and First Lady of Zimbabwe
March 27
- Dave Koz, American jazz musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Quentin Tarantino, American actor, director, writer and producer
- Xuxa, Brazilian television personality
March 28 – Bernice King, American activist, lawyer and minister
March 30 – Panagiotis Tsalouchidis, Greek footballer
March 31 – Stephen Tataw, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2020)

April

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Graham Norton

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Garry Kasparov

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Eric McCormack

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Conan O'Brien

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Jet Li

April 3 – Sarah Woodward, English actress
April 4
- Siraj Raisani, Pakistani politician (d. 2018)
- Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
- Graham Norton, Irish comedian and talk show host
- Frank Yallop, Canadian soccer player and coach
April 6 – Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador
April 8 – Dean Norris, American actor
April 9
- Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer
- Erdal Tosun, Turkish actor (d. 2016)
April 10
- Jean-Luc Bourgeaux, French politician
- Angela Hohmann, German politician
- Doris Leuthard, Swiss politician and lawyer
April 11 – Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Nigerian-born British biophysicist and virologist (d. 2021)
April 13 – Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 15
- Beata Szydło, Prime Minister of Poland<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan politician
April 16 – Jimmy Osmond, American pop singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 18
- Universo 2000, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2018)
- Mike Mangini, American drummer
- Eric McCormack, Canadian actor
- Conan O'Brien, American television entertainer and talk show host<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 21 – Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor
April 22 – Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Spanish ski racer (d. 2019)
April 23 – Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak, Iranian politician (d. 2020)
April 24 – Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian punk rock musician
April 26 – Jet Li, Chinese martial artist and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 27– Russell T Davies, Welsh television producer and writer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 28 – Jim Aldred, Canadian ice hockey coach and player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
April 29 – Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey coach
April 30 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster

May

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Natasha Richardson

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Mike Myers

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Viktor Orbán

May 8 – Anthony Field, Australian singer, musician and actor (The Wiggles)
May 9 – Gary Daniels, British martial artist and actor
May 10
- Rich Moore, American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor
- Lisa Nowak, American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut
May 11 – Natasha Richardson, British-American actress (d. 2009)
May 16 – Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
May 21 – Kevin Shields, Irish-American singer (My Bloody Valentine)
May 24
- Michael Chabon, American fiction writer
- Joe Dumars, American basketball player<ref>Template:Basketballstats</ref>
May 25
- Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
- Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
May 26
- Clive Cowdery, English insurance entrepreneur
- Musetta Vander, South African actress
- Phil Pavlov, American politician and member of the Michigan Legislature from 2005 to 2018
May 29 – Débora Bloch, Brazilian actress
May 31 – Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

June

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Bernard Cazeneuve

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Jason Isaacs

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Johnny Depp

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Anne-Sophie Mutter

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Helen Hunt

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George Michael

June 2 – Bernard Cazeneuve, Prime Minister of France
June 3
- Alessandra Karpoff, Italian voice actress
- Andrée Taurinya, French politician
June 4 – Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player
June 5 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
June 6 – Jason Isaacs, British actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June 9 – Johnny Depp, American actor and film director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June 10 – Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
June 12
- Warwick Capper, Australian rules footballer
- T. B. Joshua, Nigerian Christian leader (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June 13 – Bettina Bunge, German tennis player
June 14 – Rambo Amadeus, Montenegrin singer-songwriter
June 15
- Helen Hunt, American actress
- Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress
June 17 – Greg Kinnear, American actor
June 18 – Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria
June 19 – Laura Ingraham, American television host<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
June 21
- Tiger Huang, Taiwanese popular singer
- Jan Pinkava, Czech director and writer
June 22
- Randy Couture, American mixed martial arts fighter and actor
- Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
- John Tenta, Canadian wrestler (d. 2006)
June 23
- Marianne Berglund, Swedish road racing cyclist
- Shin Ji-ho, South Korean politician
- Liu Cixin, Chinese science fiction writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Márcio França, Brazilian lawyer and politician
- Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
June 24 – Sükhbaataryn Batbold, Mongolian politician
June 25
- Yann Martel, Canadian novelist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- George Michael, British singer-songwriter (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
June 26
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman, activist and oligarch
- Farukh Ruzimatov, Russian ballet dancer
June 28 – Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director and screenwriter
June 29
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
- Rupert Graves, English actor
- Judith Hoag, American actress
June 30
- Vladimir Vermezović, Serbian football player and coach
- Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

July

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Brigitte Nielsen

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Phoebe Cates

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Letsie III of Lesotho

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Matti Nykänen

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Martín Torrijos

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Lisa Kudrow

July 1
- Naser Khader, Danish-Syrian politician
- Igor Zhelezovski, Belarusian speed skater
- Zhang Zhicheng, Chinese fencer
- Roddy Bottum, American musician, keyboardist for the band Faith No More
July 2 – Faiq Al Sheikh Ali, Iraqi lawyer and politician
July 3 – Zainudin Nordin, Singaporean politician
July 4
- Henri Leconte, French tennis player
- R.S. Thanenthiran, Malaysian politician and businessman
July 5
- Edie Falco, American actress
- Zbigniew Hoffmann, Polish politician
July 6 – Sorin Matei, Romanian high jumper
July 7
- Vonda Shepard, American pop/rock singer-songwriter and actress
- Fermín Alvarado Arroyo, Mexican politician
- Janni Larsen, Danish female darts player
- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Indian filmmaker and screenwriter
July 8
- Michael Cuesta, American film and television director
- Luis de Jesús Rodríguez, Dominican attorney, businessman and entrepreneur
- Dmitry Pevtsov, Russian actor
July 10
- Fatemeh Goudarzi, Iranian actress
- Ian Lougher, British motorcycle racer
July 11
- Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player
- Manuel Marrero Cruz, Cuban politician; Prime Minister of Cuba
- Lisa Rinna, American actress
July 12
- Bertus Servaas, Polish entrepreneur
- Aleksandr Domogarov, Russian actor
- Andrés Roemer, Mexican diplomat
July 13
- Kenny Johnson, American actor, producer and model<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Spud Webb, American basketball player
July 14 – Wouter Bos, Dutch politician
July 15 – Brigitte Nielsen, Danish actress
July 16
- Phoebe Cates, American actress
- Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player
- Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player
July 17
- Suha Arafat, widow of Yasser Arafat
- King Letsie III of Lesotho
- Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper (d. 2019)
July 18 – Martín Torrijos, President of Panama
July 19 – Sándor Wladár, Hungarian swimmer
July 20
- Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancing coach and competitor
- Gbenga Aluko, Nigerian politician
- Roy Cheung, Hong Kong actor
July 21 – Giant Silva, Brazilian national basketball player, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
July 22
- Joanna Going, American actress
- Emilio Butragueño, Spanish football player
July 23 – Slobodan Živojinović, Serbian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
July 24 – Karl Malone, American professional basketball player<ref>Template:Basketballstats</ref>
July 27 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor and martial artist
July 28 – Beverley Craven, British singer-songwriter
July 29
- Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
- Alexandra Paul, American actress, activist and health coach, previously model
July 30
- Lisa Kudrow, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Antoni Martí, prime minister of Andorra (d. 2023)
- Chris Mullin, American basketball player, coach and executive
- Gisèle Meygret, French fencer (d. 1999)
- Mandakini, Indian Bollywood actress
July 31
- Fatboy Slim, English DJ, musician and record producer
- Martin H. Wiggers, German economist, editor, author and businessman

August

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James Hetfield

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Whitney Houston

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Sridevi

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Emmanuelle Béart

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Glória Pires

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Mohammed VI of Morocco

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Hideo Kojima

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Miro Cerar

August 1
- Coolio, American rapper (d. 2022)
- Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor
- John Carroll Lynch, American actor and film director<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
August 3
- Tasmin Archer, English singer
- James Hetfield, American heavy metal guitarist (Metallica)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 5
- Mark Strong, English actor
- Doris Schröder-Köpf, German journalist
August 6 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
August 7 – Harold Perrineau, American actor
August 9 – Whitney Houston, American singer (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
August 13
- Sridevi, Indian actress (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Édouard Michelin, French businessman (d. 2006)
- Valerie Plame, American writer and spy novelist
August 14 – Emmanuelle Béart, French actress<ref>Emmanuelle Béart. cinema.jeuxactu.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020.</ref>
August 15
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter
- Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician and political prisoner
August 16 – Christine Cavanaugh, American actress and voice actress (d. 2014)
August 18 – Heino Ferch, German actor
August 19
- Marcos Palmeira, Brazilian actor
- John Stamos, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe)
August 21
- King Mohammed VI of Morocco
August 22 – Tori Amos, American singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
August 23
- Glória Pires, Brazilian actress
- Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
- Laura Flores, Mexican actress, hostess and singer
- Park Chan-wook, South Korean film director and screenwriter
August 24 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter, video game designer and video game producer
August 25 – Miro Cerar, 10th Prime Minister of Slovenia
August 26 – Liu Huan, Chinese singer
August 30
- Michael Chiklis, American actor
- Phil Mills, Welsh racing driver
August 31 – Todd Carty, British-Irish actor

September

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Geert Wilders

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John Powell

September 6
- Betsy Russell, American actress
- Geert Wilders, Dutch politician and critic of Islam
September 8 – Li Ning, Chinese gymnast
September 9
- Markus Wasmeier, German alpine-skier
- Chris Coons, US Senator
September 10
- Randy Johnson, American baseball player
- Gabriel Tiacoh, Ivorian sprinter (d. 1992)
September 11 – Gabriela Goldsmith, Mexican actress
September 12 – Michael McElhatton, Irish actor and writer
September 14 – Robert Herjavec, Canadian businessman, investor and television personality
September 16
- Andréa Beltrão, Brazilian actress
- Richard Marx, American pop/rock singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
September 17 – Masahiro Chono, Japanese professional wrestler
September 18
- Christopher Heyerdahl, Canadian actor
- John Powell, English-American composer, conductor, pianist and record producer
- Dan Povenmire, American animator, producer and voice actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
September 19
- Jarvis Cocker, English rock musician (Pulp)
- David Seaman, English football goalkeeper
September 21
- Cecil Fielder, American baseball player
- Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor
- Mamoru Samuragochi, Japanese impostor
September 23 – Michiru Yamane, Japanese composer
September 25 – Tate Donovan, American actor and director
September 29
- Dave Andreychuk, Canadian hockey player
- Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)

October

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Elisabeth Shue

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Tom Cavanagh

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Farin Urlaub

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Lauren Holly

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Johnny Marr

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Rob Schneider

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Dunga

October 1
- Mark McGwire, American baseball player<ref>Template:Baseballstats</ref>
- Iriana Joko Widodo, 7th First Lady of Indonesia, wife of Joko Widodo
October 2 – Maria Ressa, Filipina American campaigning journalist, Nobel Prize laureate
October 4 – Marcelo Buquet, Uruguayan-Mexican actor, previously model
October 5 –Dame Laura Davies, English golfer
October 6 – Elisabeth Shue, American actress
October 10
- Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
- Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)
- Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
- Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian cross-country skier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 11 – Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 12 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 13 – Ha Seung Moo, Korean poet and theologian
October 14 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer
October 19
- Elsa Castillo, Venezuelan teacher and trade unionist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Prince Laurent of Belgium<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Sinitta, Anglo-American singer
October 20
- Domingos Simões Pereira, 16th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
- Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut and Governor General of Canada
October 21 – Marisa Orth, Brazilian actress, singer and TV host
October 22 – Brian Boitano, American figure skater
October 23
- Gordon Korman, Canadian-American children's and young adult author
- Wilson Yip, Hong Kong actor and director
October 25 – John Levén, Swedish bassist (Europe)
October 26
- Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Natalie Merchant, American singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 27
- Sergey Smiryagin, Russian freestyle swimmer (d. 2020)
- Feyyaz Uçar, Turkish footballer
- Farin Urlaub, German singer, band Template:Lang<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Marla Maples, American actress and television personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 28 – Lauren Holly, American actress
October 31
- Dunga, Brazilian footballer
- Johnny Marr, English alternative rock musician
- Dermot Mulroney, American actor
- Rob Schneider, American actor, comedian and film director

November

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Gabby Concepcion

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Ming-Na Wen

November 1
- Rick Allen, British rock drummer (Def Leppard)
- Mark Hughes, Welsh football player & manager
- Katja Riemann, German actress
November 2
- Brian Kemp, American politician, 83rd Governor of Georgia
- Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker
- Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia
November 4 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish entertainer (d. 1999)
November 5 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author
November 7 – John Barnes, Jamaican-born English footballer
November 10
- Hugh Bonneville, British actor
- Mike Powell, American long jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
November 11 – Billy Gunn, American professional wrestler<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
November 15 – Benny Elias, Australian rugby league player
November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish-born football goalkeeper
November 19 – Terry Farrell, American actress
November 20 – Ming-Na Wen, Macanese-American actress
November 21 – Nicollette Sheridan, English actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
November 23 – Erika Buenfil, Mexican actress, TV host and singer
November 25 – Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer

December

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Empress Masako

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Juan Carlos Varela

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Brad Pitt

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Jennifer Beals

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Til Schweiger

December 2 – Ann Patchett, American novelist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 4 – Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
December 7 – Mark Bowen, Welsh footballer
December 8
- Greg Howe, American guitarist
- Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler
December 9
- Empress Masako, Japanese consort of Emperor Naruhito<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Bárbara Palacios, Miss Universe 1986
December 12
- Juan Carlos Varela, Panamanian politician and 37th President of Panama
- Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
December 13
- Uwe-Jens Mey, German speed skater
- Jake White, South African rugby coach
December 14
- Cynthia Gibb, American actress
- Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian baritone, professor and television host
December 15 – Helen Slater, American actress and singer- songwriter
December 16
- Benjamin Bratt, American actor
- Jeff Carson, American singer
- Bärbel Schäfer, German television presenter and talk show host
December 18
- Pauline Ester, French singer
- Rikiya Koyama, Japanese voice actor
- Charles Oakley, American basketball player
- Brad Pitt, American actor and film producer, co-founder of Plan B Entertainment
December 19
- Jennifer Beals, American actress
- Til Schweiger, German actor
December 20
- Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, Spanish princess
- Iqbal Theba, Pakistani actor
December 21
- Donovan Ruddock, Jamaican Canadian professional boxer
- Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor and politician
- Jacques Simonet, Belgian politician (d. 2007)
December 22
- Vladimir Flórez, Colombian cartoonist
- Bryan Gunn, Scottish footballer
- Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American Surrealist painter
December 23 – Donna Tartt, American novelist
December 24
- Caroline Aherne, English actress, comedienne and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- Sanjay Mehrotra, Indian entrepreneur
December 26 – Lars Ulrich, Danish rock drummer (Metallica)
December 29
- Graciano Rocchigiani, German professional boxer (d. 2018)
- Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player
- Ulf Kristersson, 35th Prime Minister of Sweden
- Sean Payton, American football coach
December 31 – Azalina Othman Said, Malaysian politician

Deaths

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January

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Dick Powell

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Sylvanus Olympio

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Hugh Gaitskell

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Avra Theodoropoulou

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Robert Frost

January 2
- Jack Carson, Canadian actor (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Dick Powell, American actor (b. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 3 – Shinobu Ishihara, Japanese ophthalmologist (b. 1879)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 5
- Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (b. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Erik Strandmark, Swedish film actor (b. 1919)
January 6 – Frank Tuttle, American film director (b. 1892)
January 7 – Erik Lundqvist, Swedish athlete (b. 1908)
January 9 – Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-born American aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer (b. 1888)
January 10 – Franz Planer, Austrian film cinematographer (b. 1894)
January 13
- Sonny Clark, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
- Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese politician, 1st President of Togo (assassinated) (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish writer (b. 1888)
January 14
- Hugh Greer, American basketball coach (b. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Gustav Regler, German socialist novelist (b. 1898)
January 15 – Cesare Fantoni, Italian actor and voice actor (b. 1905)
January 18 – Hugh Gaitskell, British politician, leader of the Labour Party (b. 1906)
January 20
- Fyodor Terentyev, Soviet Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1925)
- Avra Theodoropoulou, Greek suffragist (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 21 – Al St. John, American actor (b. 1892)
January 23
- Mohammad Ali Bogra, Pakistani statesman, politician and diplomat, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1909)
- Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (b. 1908)
January 24
- Otto Harbach, American lyricist and librettist (b. 1873)
- Kenneth Western, part of The Western Brothers (b. 1899)
January 25 – Marion Sunshine, American actress (b. 1894)
January 26
- Hans Kopfermann, German physicist (b. 1895)
- Ole Olsen, American actor (b. 1892)
January 27 – John Farrow, Australian-born American film director (b. 1904)
January 29
- Anthony Coldeway, American screenwriter (b. 1887)
- Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
- Lee Meadows, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- Isaías de Noronha, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1873)<ref>José Isaías de Noronha, Rear Admiral</ref>
January 30
- Jane Gail, American silent movie and stage actress (b. 1890)
- Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. 1899)
January 31 – Alasgar Alakbarov, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1910)

February

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Abd al-Karim Qasim

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Sylvia Plath

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Fernando Tambroni

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Rajendra Prasad

February 1
- Louis D. Lighton, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1895)
- Wyndham Standing, English actor (b. 1880)
February 2 – William Gaxton, American vaudeville, film and theatre performer (b. 1893)
February 6
- Abd el-Krim, Riffian political and military leader (b. 1882)
- Piero Manzoni, Italian artist (b. 1933)
February 8 – George Dolenz, American actor (b. 1908)
February 9 – Abd al-Karim Qasim, Iraqi general, 24th Prime Minister of Iraq (executed) (b. 1914)
February 11 – Sylvia Plath, American poet and novelist (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
February 15
- Edgardo Donato, Uruguayan tango composer and orchestra leader (b. 1897)
- Louis J. Gasnier, French film director (b. 1875)
- Bump Hadley, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1904)
February 16
- Else Jarlbak, Danish film actress (b. 1911)
- László Lajtha, Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor (b. 1892)
February 18
- Monte Blue, American actor (b. 1887)
- Beppe Fenoglio, Italian fiction writer and partisan (b. 1887)<ref>Beppe Fenoglio on Encyclopædia Britannica</ref>
- Fernando Tambroni, Italian politician and 36th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1901)
- Tokugawa Iemasa, Japanese politician, 17th head of the Tokugawa shogunate (b. 1884)
- Zareh I, Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia (b. 1915)
February 19 – Benny Moré, Cuban singer (b. 1919)
February 20
- Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)
- Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (b. 1879)
- Bill Hinchman, American baseball player (b. 1883)
February 22 – Arthur Guy Empey, American soldier (in British service), author, screenwriter and actor (b. 1883)
February 25 – Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist (b. 1895)
February 28
- Rajendra Prasad, Indian politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)
- Eppa Rixey, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1891)

March

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Patsy Cline

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William Beveridge

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Thoralf Skolem

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Henry Bordeaux

March 1 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893)
March 4 – William Carlos Williams, American poet (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
March 5
- Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
- Ludde Gentzel, Swedish film actor (b. 1885)
- Cyril Smith, Scottish actor (b. 1892)
- Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Egyptian intellectual and anti-colonial activist (b. 1872)
March 6 – Robert E. Cornish, scientist (b. 1903)
March 7 – Joachim Holst-Jensen, Norwegian film actor (b. 1880)
March 11
- Ignat Bednarik, Romanian painter (b. 1882)
- Joe Judge, American baseball player (b. 1894)
March 15
- Victor Feguer, convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1935)
March 16
- Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (b. 1883)
- William Beveridge, British economist (b. 1879)
March 17
- Thomas Lennon, screenwriter (b. 1896)
- Lizzie Miles, American blues singer (b. 1895)
March 18
- Sir Hubert Gough, British general (b. 1870)
- Wanda Hawley, American actress (b. 1895)
March 20 – Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt, Cuban Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1879)
March 21 – Felice Minotti, Italian film actor (b. 1887)
March 22
- Cilly Aussem, German tennis champion (b. 1909)
- Abraham Ellstein, American composer (b. 1907)
- Mihály Székely, Hungarian bass singer (b. 1901)
March 23 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1887)
March 25 – Felix Adler, American screenwriter (b. 1884)
March 27 – Harry Piel, German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1892)
March 28
- Antoine Balpêtré, French film actor (b. 1898)
- Frank J. Marion, American motion picture pioneer (b. 1869)
March 31
- Harry Akst, American songwriter (b. 1894)
- Sir Harold Franklyn, British army general (b. 1885)

April

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Alma Richards

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Saint Gaetano Catanoso

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Felix Manalo

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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

April 1 – Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress and stage producer (b. 1875)
April 3 – Alma Richards, American athlete (b. 1890)
April 4
- Gaetano Catanoso, Italian Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1879)
- Jason Robards Sr., American stage and screen actor (b. 1892)
- Oskari Tokoi, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (b. 1873)
April 5 – Mario Fabrizi, English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
April 6 – Otto Struve, Russian–American astronomer (b. 1897)
April 7 – Amedeo Maiuri, Italian archaeologist (b. 1886)
April 8 – Irena Káňová, Slovak politician (b. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 9
- Benno Moiseiwitsch, Jewish-Ukrainian pianist (b. 1890)
- Xul Solar, Argentine painter, sculptor and writer (b. 1887)
April 11 – Nando Bruno, Italian film actor (b. 1895)
April 12
- Nicolette Bruining, Dutch theologian and humanitarian (b. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Felix Manalo, 1st Executive Minister, Iglesia ni Cristo (b. 1886)
- Herbie Nichols, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1919)
April 14
- Abdel Messih El-Makari, Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monk, priest and saint (b. 1892)
- Arthur Jonath, German Olympic athlete (b. 1909)
- Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian, writer and scholar (b. 1893)
April 23
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israel historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (b. 1884)
- Ferruccio Cerio, Italian film writer and director (b. 1904)
- Paul Fejos, Hungarian film director (b. 1897)
- Harry Harper, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- Don C. Harvey, American television and film actor (b. 1911)
- Frederick Peters, American film actor (b. 1884)
- William Lewis Moore, American postal worker (b. 1927)
April 24
- Rino Corso Fougier, Italian air force general (b. 1894)
- Leonid Lukov, Soviet film director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
April 26 – Roland Pertwee, English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor (b. 1885)
April 27 – Kenneth Macgowan, American film producer (b. 1888)
April 30
- Giovanni Grasso, Italian film actor (b. 1888)
- William C. Mellor, American cinematographer (b. 1903)
- Bryant Washburn, American film actor (b. 1889)