1974
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Template:Year nav Template:C20 year in topic Template:Year in various calendars Template:Year article header Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a parliamentary republic and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Template:TOC limit
Events
[edit]January–February
[edit]- January 25 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (37th government, partner MSP).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- January 31
- The South Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong announced that they would resume prisoner of war exchanges on February 8, after a suspension of seven months.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Two members of the Japanese Red Army (JRA) and two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) made a failed attempt to blow up oil tanks at the Shell oil refinery complex on Pulau Bukom at Singapore. The terrorists then hijacked the ferry Laju and took its five crew members hostage.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
- The People's Republic of China released Gerald Emil Kosh, a U.S. civilian captured during the Battle of the Paracel Islands.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 1
- Fire breaks out in the Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is declared a Federal Territory.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 8 – After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 17 – Zamalek disaster: A soccer stampede occurs in Cairo, killing 49.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 28 – The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieves its biggest vote.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March–April
[edit]- March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981, travelling from Paris to London, crashes in the woods near Paris, killing all 346 aboard. This was the deadliest aircraft accident in history up to this time, and remains the deadliest single aircraft accident with no survivors.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 4 – Following a hung parliament in the United Kingdom general election, Conservative prime minister Edward Heath resigns and is succeeded by Labour's Harold Wilson, who previously led the country from 1964 to 1970.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- March 18
- In West Germany, the Bundestag passes the Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz ("Federal Emission Control Act").<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- End of five-month oil embargo by most OPEC nations against the United States, Europe, and Japan which had caused the 1973 oil crisis.
- March 26 – A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, use their bodies to surround trees to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement.
- March 29
- The Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang is discovered at Xi'an, China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Launch of the Volkswagen Golf in West Germany, a modern front-wheel drive hatchback which is expected to replace the iconic Volkswagen Beetle, holder of the world record for the car with the most units produced.
- April 3–4 – An enormous tornado outbreak strikes the central parts of the United States, killing around 319 and injuring about 5,484.
- April 5 – Carrie, the debut novel by Stephen King, is published.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 6 – Swedish pop group ABBA's song "Waterloo" wins the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, UK.
- April 6 – The first California Jam festival takes place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. Co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 8 – In Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Henry "Hank" Aaron hits his 715th home run, surpassing Babe Ruth as the all-time home run king.
- April 11 – The Kiryat Shmona massacre takes place in Israel.
- April 24 – Guillaume Affair: exposure of an East German spy Günter Guillaume within the West German government, leading to the resignation of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt.<ref>"Aide to Willy Brandt arrested for spying", Observer–Reporter no. 7499, April 26, 1974, A5.</ref>
- April 25 – Carnation Revolution: A left-wing military coup in Portugal restores democracy, ending 41 years of the Estado Novo dictatorship in the country. Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano flees to Brazil and is granted political asylum by Brazilian President Ernesto Geisel.
- April 28 – Sam Fowles was born
May–June
[edit]- May 4
- An all-female Japanese team summits Manaslu in Nepal, becoming the first women to climb an Template:Convert peak.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- The Expo '74 world's fair opens in Spokane, Washington.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 7 – Willy Brandt, West Germany's chancellor, resigns.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 11 – A violent 7.1 earthquake shakes the Chinese city of Zhaotong causing between 1,600 and 20,000 deaths.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 16 – Helmut Schmidt becomes the new Chancellor of West Germany.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 17 – The Troubles: The Dublin and Monaghan bombings are carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force, when they explode four car bombs in counties Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The attacks kill 33 civilians and wound almost 300, the highest number of casualties in any single event during the conflict.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 18
- 1974 Australian federal election: Gough Whitlam's Labor government is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the Liberal/Country Coalition led by Billy Snedden. Whitlam consequently becomes the first Labor Prime Minister to be re-elected in his own right. The Democratic Labor Party meanwhile loses all five of their Senate seats, effectively wiping them out as a political force.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Nuclear weapons testing: Under Project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, becoming the 6th nation to do so.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- June 13 – The 1974 FIFA World Cup Association football tournament began in West Germany.
- June 17 – A bomb explodes in Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the British Houses of Parliament. The hall's annex, housing offices, and a canteen are destroyed by the bombing, attributed by police to the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.
- June 29 – Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina, replacing her sick husband Juan Perón, who dies 2 days later.
July–August
[edit]- July 7 – West Germany beats the Netherlands 2–1 to win the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The West German football team is awarded the new FIFA World Cup Trophy.
- July 15 – The Greek military junta sponsors a coup d'état in Cyprus, replacing President Makarios III with Nikos Sampson.
- July 19 – Railcar explosion in Decatur, Illinois. A tanker car collides with a Norfolk & Western boxcar. Seven people are killed, 349 are injured and $18 million in property damage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 20 – The Turkish invasion of Cyprus occurs.
- July 23 – The Greek military junta is replaced by a civilian government, the metapolitefsi.
- August 4 – A bomb explodes in a train between Italy and West Germany, killing twelve and wounding 48.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Watergate scandal:
- August 8 – U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation on August 8, effective at noon on August 9.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 9 – Vice President Gerald Ford becomes the 38th president of the United States upon Nixon's resignation. President Gerald Ford is sworn in at the White House.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 14
- Turkey invades Cyprus for the second time,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> occupying 37% of the island's territory.
- Greece withdraws its forces from NATO's military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 30
- An express train bound for Germany from Belgrade derails in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), killing more than 150 passengers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries building in Tokyo is bombed by radical far-left terrorists, killing 8 and wounding more than 376.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
September–October
[edit]- September 8
- TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea 18 minutes after takeoff from Athens on an Israel–New York flight after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, and kills 88 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- President Gerald Ford signs Proclamation 4311, granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon, his predecessor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 10 – The Portuguese military junta grants independence to Guinea-Bissau.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 12
- Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed by the Derg,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> bringing an end to the Solomonic dynasty's rule since 1270.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Ethiopian Civil War begins.
- African Youth Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
- September 13 – Japanese Red Army members seize the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 20 – The Kootenai War is declared, and 10-cent tolls are charged on U.S. Highway 95.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 11 – The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the second general election of the year, forming a three-seat majority. Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now won four of the five general elections he has contested.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 26 – Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN) sets off 5 bombs in Manhattan, with their largest bomb set off in the Financial District.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
November–December
[edit]- November 1 – The World Tourism Organization (WTO) is established.
- November 5 – The Democratic Party makes big gains nationwide in House, Senate, and Gubernatorial elections.
- November 13 – Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. shoots and kills all six of his family members while they sleep in their beds inside the family's Amityville, New York, home.
- November 16 – Arecibo message: The radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory on Puerto Rico sends an interstellar radio message towards Messier 13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. The message will reach its destination around the year 27,000.
- November 17 – The 1974 Greek legislative election, the first election since the fall of the Greek junta of 1967–1974, is held and the newly formed New Democracy party wins 220 of 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 18 – The International Energy Agency is founded.
- November 20 – Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes in Nairobi, Kenya, due to a mechanical failure, killing 59 of its 157 occupants.
- November 21 – Birmingham pub bombings: In Birmingham, England, two pubs are bombed, killing 21 people in an attack widely believed at the time to be linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The Birmingham Six are later sentenced to life in prison for this, but their convictions are quashed after a lengthy campaign.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- November 22 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
- November 24 – A skeleton from the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis is discovered and named Lucy.
- November 26 – Anneline Kriel is crowned as Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant.
- December 1 – Two Boeing 727s, TWA Flight 514 and Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, crash on the same day in the Eastern United States resulting in a combined deaths of 95 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Swissair Flight 319, a Douglas DC-8 was hijacked in Pakistan. The hijacker was overpowered and no one died.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 8 – 1974 Greek republic referendum: Greeks vote in a 2 to 1 margin to reject the monarchy, solidifying the country's republican form of government.
- December 9 – The Paris summit, reuniting the European Communities' heads of state and government, commences.
- December 13 – Malta becomes a republic.
- December 17 – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
- December 24–25 – Darwin, Australia is almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy.
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[edit]- Rubik's Cube puzzle is invented by Hungarian architecture professor Ernő Rubik.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Births
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January
[edit]- January 3
- Alessandro Petacchi, Italian road cyclist
- Katie Porter, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 9 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, singer, producer, and television host<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 10
- Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
- Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor
- January 12
- Melanie C, English pop singer (Spice Girls)
- Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 14
- Kevin Durand, Canadian-American actor and singer
- January 16 – Kate Moss, English model
- January 19 – Natassia Malthe, Norwegian actress and model
- January 22 – Joseph Muscat, 13th Prime Minister of Malta<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- January 23 – Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
- January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and stand-up comedian
- January 25 – Emily Haines, American-Canadian singer
- January 27 – Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian biathlete
- January 28 – Kari Traa, Norwegian freestyle skier
- January 29
- Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
- Kōji Wada, Japanese rock singer (d. 2016)
- January 30
- Christian Bale, British actor
- Olivia Colman, English actress
February
[edit]- February 1 – Roberto Heras, Spanish road cyclist<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- February 3
- Shahab Hosseini, Iranian actor and film director<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ayanna Pressley, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 4
- Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 7
- J Dilla, American record producer and rapper (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Nujabes, Japanese record producer and DJ (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Femke Zeedijk-Raeven, Dutch politician
- February 8
- Seth Green, American actor and comedian<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
- Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician and record producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born American boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 10
- Elizabeth Banks, American actress and film director<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- David Datuna, Georgian-American artist (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ivri Lider, Israeli singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 11 – Alex Jones, American radio host, conspiracy theorist, author and filmmaker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 12 – Naseem Hamed, British boxer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 13 – Robbie Williams, British singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 14
- Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
- Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 15
- Mr Lordi, Finnish singerTemplate:Citation needed
- Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver
- February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
- February 17
- Jerry O'Connell, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 18
- Nadine Labaki, Lebanese film director, actress and activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 22
- James Blunt, English singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- David Pelletier, Canadian pair skater
- February 25
- Divya Bharti, Indian film actress (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Dominic Raab, British politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 26 – Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
- February 27
- Carte Goodwin, former United States senator from West Virginia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japanese speed skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March
[edit]- March 4
- Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player
- Ariel Ortega, Argentine football player
- March 5
- Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- Matt Lucas, British actor and comedian
- Eva Mendes, American actress and model
- Hiten Tejwani, Indian model and actor
- March 6 – Anthony Carelli, Canadian professional wrestler
- March 7
- Jenna Fischer, American actress
- Antonio de la Rúa, Argentine lawyer
- March 9 – Nalbert Bitencourt, Brazilian volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 14 – Grace Park, Canadian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 13
- Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Vampeta, Brazilian football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 15 – Percy Montgomery, South African rugby union player
- March 19 – Vida Guerra, Cuban born-American model and actress
- March 20 – Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
- March 21 – Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor and comedian
- March 22
- Marcus Camby, American basketball player
- Kidada Jones, American actress
- Bassem Youssef, Egyptian journalist and comedian
- March 23 – Jaume Collet-Serra, Spanish-American film director and producer
- March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
- March 26 – Laurel Lee, American politician and lawyer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- March 28 – Daisuke Kishio, Japanese voice actor
- March 29 – Miguel Gómez, Colombian photographer
- March 30 – Miho Komatsu, Japanese pop singer and songwriter
- March 31
- Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter
- Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer
April
[edit]- April 2 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
- April 6 – Robert Kovač, Croatian football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 8 – Chris Kyle, American sniper (d. 2013)
- April 9 – Jenna Jameson, American adult actress and model
- April 11
- Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress and model
- April 12
- Marley Shelton, American actress
- Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 13 – Marta Jandová, Czech musician and actress
- April 15
- Danny Pino, Cuban American actor
- Tim Thomas, American Ice Hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 16 – Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress and director
- April 17
- Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish musician (Opeth)<ref name="Mikael Åkerfeldt">Mikael Åkerfeldt Template:Webarchive, Opeth – Official Website, Retrieved 3 June 2012</ref>
- Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 18
- Lorraine Pilkington, Irish actress
- Edgar Wright, English film director
- April 21 – Oleksiy Zhuravko, Ukrainian politician (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 23 – Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress
- April 24 – Stephen Wiltshire, British architectural artist and autistic savant<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
- April 25 – Grant Achatz, American chef and restaurateur<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and model
- April 29 – Anggun, Indonesian-French singer-songwriter
May
[edit]- May 1 – Lornah Kiplagat, Kenyan-Dutch runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 2 – Matt Berry, English actor and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 3 – Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 7
- Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Breckin Meyer, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 8 – Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 9 – Brian Deegan, American motocross racer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 10
- Liu Fang, Chinese pipa player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Better source needed
- Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 11 – Simon Aspelin, Swedish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 14 – Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter
- May 16 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 17
- Andrea Corr, Irish singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Tamara Rojo, Spanish ballet dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 18 – Ikke Nurjanah, Indonesian dangdut singer and actress
- May 19
- Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian film actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 20 – Mikael Stanne, Swedish singer
- May 21 – Fairuza Balk, American actress and musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 22
- Sean Gunn, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian artistic gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 23 – Jewel, American singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 26 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 27
- Marjorie Taylor Greene, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Gürkan Uygun, Turkish actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 28
- Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 29 – Steve Cardenas, American martial artist and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 30 – Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
- May 31 – Kenan Doğulu, Turkish pop musician
June
[edit]- June 1 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer
- June 2 – Gata Kamsky, American chess player
- June 3 – Martín Karpan, Argentinian actor
- June 7
- Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
- Helen Vollam, Principal Trombone Player for the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
- Bear Grylls, British survivalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 13
- Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter.
- Selma, Icelandic singer
- Steve-O, American actor
- June 18 – Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Turkish actor and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 19 – Rossella Erra, Italian television personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- June 21
- Natasha Beaumont, Malaysian actress and model
- Maggie Siff, American actress
- Hitoshi Uematsu, Japanese short track speed skater
- June 22
- Devayani, Indian actress
- Donald Faison, American actor<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- B. V. S. Ravi, Indian writer
- Tu Tamarua, Cook Islands rugby union flanker
- Vijay, Indian actor
- June 23
- Joel Edgerton, Australian actor and filmmaker
- Kim Young-chul, South Korean comedian and singer
- Andi Vasluianu, Romanian actor
- June 24
- Andrea De Cruz, Singaporean actress
- Ruffa Gutierrez, Filipino model, beauty queen and actress
- June 25
- Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- Tereza Pergnerová, Czech actress, singer and television presenter
- June 26
- Derek Jeter, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ecija Ojdanić, Croatian actress
- Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer and actress
- Kristofer Steen, Swedish musician
- Matt Striker, American professional wrestler and commentator
- June 27 – Christopher O'Neill, British-American businessman, Swedish royal
- June 28
- Nelson Mariano II, Filipino chess Grandmaster
- Rob Dyrdek, American entrepreneur and Television personality
- June 29 – Pua Khein-Seng, Malaysian businessman
- June 30 – Hezekiél Sepeng, South African middle-distance athlete
July
[edit]- July 1
- Timmy Hung, Hong Kong actor
- Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorean race walker
- July 2 – Moon So-ri, South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter
- July 3
- Taiga Ishikawa, Japanese politician and LGBT activist
- Marko Milošević, Serbian fugitive and refugee
- July 4
- Kevin Hanchard, Canadian actor
- Karole Rocher, French actress
- Jammi German American football player
- July 6 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 7 – Jennifer Jones, Canadian curler
- July 8
- Jeanna Friske, Russian singer, actress, model and socialite (d. 2015)
- Dragoslav Jevrić, Montenegrin footballer
- July 12
- Parvin Dabas, Indian actor, model and director
- Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer
- July 14
- Martina Hill, German actress, comedian and impersonator
- David Mitchell, British comedian and actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 20 – Doug Ithier, Australian footballer
- July 22
- Franka Potente, German actress and singer
- Johnny Strong, American actor
- July 23
- Maurice Greene, American athlete<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Stephanie March, American actress
- Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian road racing cyclist
- July 24
- Eva Aridjis, Mexican-American director and screenwriter
- July 25 – Lauren Faust, American animator
- July 26 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
- July 28
- Elizabeth Berkley, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Alexis Tsipras, Greek politician
- July 29 – Josh Radnor, American actor
- July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
- July 31 – Emilia Fox, English actress
August
[edit]- August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 6 – Ever Carradine, American actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 7 – Michael Shannon, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 9 – Derek Fisher, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 13 – Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 14 – Christopher Gorham, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 16
- Didier Cuche, Swiss alpine skier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- August 20
- Amy Adams, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Misha Collins, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Deborah Gravenstijn, Brazilian judoka<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Maxim Vengerov, Russian-Israeli violinist<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 22
- Cory Gardner, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Lee Sheppard, Australian cartoonist
- August 23
- Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ovi, Romanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, producer and musician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Shifty Shellshock, American rapper, singer-songwriter and vocalist (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- August 24 – Jennifer Lien, American actress<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- August 28 – Carsten Jancker, German footballer<ref>Template:NFT player</ref>
September
[edit]- September 3 – Jen Royle, American sports reporter and chef<ref>Template:Cite web; reply: Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Unreliable source?
- September 4 – Carmit Bachar, American singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 6
- Tim Henman, English tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Nina Persson, Swedish singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 7 – Glenn Ljungström, Swedish guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 9 – Leah O'Brien, American softball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 10
- Mirko Filipović, Croatian kickboxer; mixed martial arts fighter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ryan Phillippe, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ben Wallace, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 12
- Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor
- September 14 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 15 – Wael Kfoury, Lebanese singer, musician, and songwriter
- September 16 – Loona, Dutch singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 17
- Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist
- Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 18
- Sol Campbell, English footballer<ref>Template:NFT player</ref>
- Xzibit, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 19
- Jimmy Fallon, American actor, comedian, and television personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Hidetaka Miyazaki, Japanese video game designer and executive<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
- Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 20 – Jon Bernthal, American actor
- September 23 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 24 – Kati Wolf, Hungarian singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 26 – Joo Jin-mo, South Korean actor
- September 30 – Yul Bürkle, Venezuelan actor and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October
[edit]- October 2 – Rachana Banerjee, Indian film actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 3 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 6 – Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese sports shooter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 7
- Shannon MacMillan, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 8 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 10
- Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Chris Pronger, Canadian hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 11 – Jason Arnott, Canadian hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 14 – Shaggy 2 Dope, American rapper
- October 15 – Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, Spanish politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 16
- Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 17 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 18
- Susana Díaz, Spanish politician
- Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 23
- Aravind Adiga, Indian-Australian author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 24 – Catherine Sutherland, Australian actress
- October 25 – Nevenka Fernández, Spanish economist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 28
- Nelly Ciobanu, Moldovan singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Joaquin Phoenix, American actor born in Puerto Rico<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 29
- Akashdeep Saigal, Indian television actor and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
November
[edit]- November 2 – Nelly, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- November 5
- Ryan Adams, American singer and songwriter
- Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
- Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
- November 8
- Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
- Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
- November 9 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian football player
- November 10 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and actor
- November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor, producer and environmentalist
- November 13 – Kerim Seiler, Swiss artist and architect
- November 14 – Chip Gaines, an American actor, producer, television personality, and author
- November 15
- Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
- Ingrida Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania
- November 16 – Paul Scholes, English football player
- November 18
- Chloë Sevigny, American actress
- Petter Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
- November 20
- Drew Ginn, Australian rower
- Kurt Krömer, German television presenter, comedian and actor
- November 24 – Stephen Merchant, English actor and comedian
- November 26 – Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- November 27
- Wendy Houvenaghel, British racing cyclist
- Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born chess player
- November 29 – Ferenc Merkli, Hungarian Slovene priest, writer and translator
- November 30 – Wallace Chung, Hong Kong actor and singer
December
[edit]- December 1 – Costinha, Portuguese footballer
- December 4 – Anke Huber, German tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 5
- Kid Koala, Canadian DJ, turntablist, musician and graphic novelist
- Ben McAdams, American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 in Utah
- December 7 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer
- December 10 – Meg White, American drummer
- December 11
- Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
- Gete Wami, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- Ben Shephard, TV presenter and journalist
- December 12 – Michelle Saram, Singaporean singer and actress
- December 13 - Nick McCarthy, English-German guitarist singer (Franz Ferdinand)
- December 17
- Sarah Paulson, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
- December 18
- Kari Byron, American artist and television personality
- Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan Army commander (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Viki Miljković, Serbian singer
- Nelly Karim, Egyptian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 19 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
- December 20 – Paul Linger, English footballer
- December 24
- Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- Ryan Seacrest, American television personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer
- December 27 – Alena Vinnitskaya, Ukrainian singer
- December 29 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 30
- Dr. Jitheshji, Indian Speed Cartoonist and Pictorial Orator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- December 31
- Tan Tolga Demirci, Turkish director and writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]
- January 2 – Tex Ritter, American actor and country musician (b. 1905)
- January 3 – Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901)
- January 6
- David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter and muralist (b. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Margit Slachta, Hungarian politician (b. 1884)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- January 12 – Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
- January 18 – Bill Finger, American comic strip and book writer (b. 1914)
- January 21 – Lewis Strauss, American businessman, philanthropist, and naval officer (b. 1896)
- January 22 – Oskar Herman, Croatian Jewish painter (b. 1886)
- January 27
- Georgios Grivas, Greek-Cypriot colonel (b. 1898)
- Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, German general (b. 1886)
- January 29 – H. E. Bates, English writer and author (b. 1905)
- January 31
- Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born American film studio executive (b. 1879)
- Glenn Morris, American Olympic athlete (b. 1912)
February
[edit]
- February 4
- Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician and physicist (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Stuart Buchanan, American actor (d. 1894)<ref>Stuart Buchanan</ref>
- February 8 – Fritz Zwicky, Swiss physicist and astronomer (b. 1898)<ref>Fritz Zwicky Swiss scientist</ref>
- February 11 – Anna Q. Nilsson, Swedish-born American silent film star (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 15
- Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- George W. Snedecor, American mathematician and statistician (b. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- February 18 – Manuel A. Odría, 79th President of Peru (b. 1896)<ref>Manuel Apolinario Odría Amoretti</ref>
- February 21 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia This source gives Horton's date of death as both February 17 and February 21; the latter is correct.</ref>
- February 23
- Harry Ruby, American musician, composer and writer (b. 1895)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- George Van Biesbroeck, American-born Belgian astronomer (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- February 24 – Robert A. Stemmle, German screenwriter and film director (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March
[edit]
- March 1 – Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1935)
- March 3
- Barbara Ruick, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
- Frank Wilcox, American actor (b. 1907)
- March 4 – Adolph Gottlieb, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1903)
- March 5 – Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
- March 6 – Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and writer (b. 1924)
- March 8 – Martha Wentworth, American actress (b. 1889)
- March 9 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- March 17 – Louis Kahn, Russian-born American architect (b. 1901)
- March 19 – Edward Platt, American actor known as "The Chief" on NBC/CBS's Get Smart (b. 1916)
- March 20 – Chet Huntley, American television reporter (b. 1911)
- March 21 – Candy Darling, American actress (b. 1944)
- March 22 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
- March 27 – Eduardo Santos Montejo, Colombian publisher and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
- March 28 – Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1904)
- March 29 – Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (La ciociara) (b. 1916)
April
[edit]
- April 2
- Georges Pompidou, 100th Prime Minister of France and 19th President of France, Co-Prince of Andorra (b. 1911)
- Douglass Dumbrille, Canadian actor (b. 1889)
- April 5 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven (b. 1882)
- April 6 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch modernist architect (b. 1884)
- April 8 – K. A. C. Creswell, English architectural historian (b. 1879)
- April 10 – Patricia Collinge, Irish-born American actress (b. 1892)
- April 14 – Howard Pease, American adventure novelist (b. 1894)<ref>Howard Pease</ref>
- April 18
- Betty Compson, American actress (b. 1897)
- Marcel Pagnol, French novelist (b. 1895)
- April 19 – Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (b. 1907)
- April 20 – Peter Lee Lawrence, German actor (b. 1944)
- April 24
- Bud Abbott, American comedian (b. 1895)
- Franz Jonas, Austrian political figure, 7th President of Austria (b. 1899)
- April 30 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
May
[edit]
- May 7 – Fred Kelly, American Olympic athlete (b. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 10 – Takeshi Sakamoto, Japanese actor (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 13 – Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican public servant, 2nd Director-General of the UNESCO (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 14 – Jacob L. Moreno, Romanian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist (b. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 15 – Guy Simonds, Canadian Lieutenant-General, commander of the Canadian Armed Forces in World War II (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- May 18 – Sir Harry Ricardo, English mechanical engineer (b. 1885)
- May 19 – Allal al-Fassi, Moroccan politician, poet, writer and scholar (b. 1910)
- May 20 – Jean Daniélou, French Catholic cardinal, theologian and academic (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 21 – Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (b. 1890)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- May 24 – Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- May 25 – Donald Crisp, English-American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
June
[edit]
- June 3 – Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Soviet chess player (b. 1912)
- June 4 – Mamerto Urriolagoitía, 43rd President of Bolivia (b. 1895)
- June 9
- Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- Katharine Cornell, German-born, American stage actress, writer, theatre owner, and producer (b. 1893)
- Carlo Pisacane, Italian actor (b. 1889)
- June 10 – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 11th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1900)
- June 11
- Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
- Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
- June 12 – André Marie, French Radical politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (b. 1897)
- June 14 – Knud Jeppesen, Danish musicologist, composer, and songwriter (b. 1892)
- June 16 – Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian painter (b. 1894)<ref>Amalie Sara Colquhoun b. 20 March 1894</ref>
- June 17 – Pamela Britton, American actress (b. 1923)
- June 18 – Georgy Zhukov, Soviet Army marshal and Minister of Defence (b. 1896)
- June 22 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
- June 25 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893)
- June 26 – Ernest Gruening, American journalist, Governor of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1953, and United States Senator from 1959 to 1969 (b. 1887)
- June 28
- Vannevar Bush, American engineer, inventor and science administrator (b. 1890)
- Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
- June 29 – José Maria Ferreira de Castro, Portuguese writer and journalist (b. 1898)
- June 30 – Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer (b. 1904)
July
[edit]
- July 1 – Juan Perón, Argentine army general and politician, 2-time President of Argentina (b. 1895)
- July 4 – Georgette Heyer, British writer (b. 1902)
- July 7 – Leon Shamroy, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
- July 8
- Margaret Furse, British costume designer (b. 1911)
- Deborah Gail Stone, Disneyland Employee (b. 1956)
- July 9 – Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1891)
- July 11 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- July 13
- Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1898)
- July 14 – Carl Spaatz, U.S. Air Force general (b. 1891)
- July 15 – Christine Chubbuck, American TV personality (b. 1944)
- July 17
- Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1910)
- Edith Alice Macia, Arizona pioneer, postmaster, and undercover FBI agent (b. 1884)
- July 19 – Joe Flynn, American actor (b. 1924)
- July 22 – Wayne Morse, American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator from Oregon (1945–1969) (b. 1900)
- July 24
- Olimpia Ajakaiye, Polish interior designer, actress and television presenter
- Sir James Chadwick, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- July 29
- Cass Elliot, American vocalist (b. 1941)
- Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
- July 30 – Lev Knipper, Soviet composer (b. 1898)
August
[edit]
- August 3 – Edna Murphy, American actress (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 7 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
- August 8 – Baldur von Schirach, Nazi German Hitler Youth leader (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 11 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 13 – Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 15 – Edmund Cobb, American actor (b. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- August 17 – Aldo Palazzeschi, Italian novelist, poet, journalist and essayist (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 22 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-Jewish British mathematician, biologist and science historian (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 23 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and pioneer (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 24 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 27 – Otto Strasser, Nazi German politician (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- August 31
- Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1895)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Norman Kirk, New Zealand politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
September
[edit]
- September 3 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 4
- Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Marcel Achard, French playwright and scriptwriter (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 6
- Olga Baclanova, Soviet stage and screen actress, operatic singer, and ballerina (b. c. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Otto Kruger, American actor (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 7 – Juan Antonio Ipiña, Spanish football manager (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 10 – Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish army officer, writer, journalist, and publisher (b. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 12 – Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 16 – Phog Allen, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 18 – Edna Best, British actress (b. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 20 – José Mojica, Mexican Franciscan friar, tenor and film actor (b. 1896)<ref>Mojica, José Fray José de Guadalupe Template:In lang</ref>
- September 21
- Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Jacqueline Susann, American writer and actress (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 22 – Winfried Otto Schumann, German physicist (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite dictionary</ref>
- September 23 – Cliff Arquette, American comedian who created the character Charley Weaver (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- September 26 – Jean Gale, American vaudeville performer (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 28 – Arnold Fanck, German film director (b. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- September 30 – Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician (assassinated) (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
October
[edit]
- October 2 – Vasily Shukshin, Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and director (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 4
- Robert Lee Moore, American mathematician (b. 1882)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Anne Sexton, American poet and writer (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 5 – Zalman Shazar, 3rd President of Israel (b. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 6 – V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian statesman, diplomat and nationalist (b. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 8 – Harry Carney, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 9 – Oskar Schindler, German businessman and humanitarian (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 13
- Josef Krips, Austrian conductor and violinist (b. 1902)<ref>Josef Krips, the Conductor, Dies of Cancer in Geneva</ref>
- Ed Sullivan, American television host (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 14 – Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani landscape painter (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- October 16 – Vlasta Dekanova, Czechoslovak artistic gymnast (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 17 – Tomotaka Tasaka, Japanese film director (b. 1902)
- October 18 – Anders Lange, Norwegian politician (b. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 20 – Élie Lescot, 29th President of Haiti, leader in World War II (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite news This source gives Lescot's day of death as October 22.</ref>
- October 23 – Melchior Lengyel, Hungarian writer, dramatist and film screenwriter (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite news This source gives Lengyel's day of death as October 25.</ref>
- October 24 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- October 27 – Paul Frankeur, French actor (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 30 – Begum Akhtar, Indian singer (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- October 31 – Mikheil Chiaureli, Soviet Georgian filmmaker (b. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November
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- November 1 – Ralf Harolde, American actor (b. 1899)
- November 5 – Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918)
- November 7
- Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-born American actor (b. 1920)
- Eric Linklater, British author (b. 1899)
- November 8 – Ivory Joe Hunter, American rhythm & blues singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. 1914)
- November 9 – Egon Wellesz, British composer, teacher and musicologist (b. 1885)
- November 13
- Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and film director (b. 1901)
- Karen Silkwood, American chemical technician and labor union activist (b. 1946)
- November 14 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football star and actor (b. 1904)
- November 15 – Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma (b. 1909)
- November 16 – Walther Meissner, German technical physicist (b. 1882)
- November 17
- Erskine Hamilton Childers, Irish politician, 4th President of Ireland (b. 1905)
- Clive Brook, English actor (b. 1887)
- November 18 – Gösta Lilliehöök, Swedish pentathlete and 1912 Olympic Games champion (b. 1884)
- November 19 – Alessandro Momo, Italian actor (b. 1956)
- November 21 – Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890)
- November 23
- Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born American writer (b. 1920)
- Massacre of the Sixty in Ethiopia of government and military officials.
- Abiye Abebe, politician and army officer (b. 1918)
- Aklilu Habte-Wold, politician and 6th Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1912)
- Aman Andom, army officer and 1st President of Ethiopia (b. 1924)
- Asrate Medhin Kassa, aristocrat and army officer (b. 1922)
- Endelkachew Makonnen, politician and 4th Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1927)
- November 25
- Nick Drake, British musician (b. 1948)
- U Thant, Burmese diplomat and 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909)
- November 28 – Konstantin Melnikov, Soviet architect (b. 1890)
- November 29
- James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
- Peng Dehuai, Chinese military leader (b. 1898)
December
[edit]
- December 1 – Anita Brenner, Mexican anthropologist, historian and author (b. 1905)
- December 3 – Hans Leibelt, German film actor (b. 1885)
- December 5
- Pietro Germi, Italian actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
- Zaharia Stancu, Romanian prose writer (b. 1902)
- Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (b. 1886)
- December 6 – Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Russian admiral (b. 1904)
- December 9 – Ludwig Weber, Austrian bass (b. 1899)
- December 10 – Paul Richards, American actor, Beneath the Planet of the Apes (b. 1924)
- December 11
- Maravillas de Jesús, Spanish Roman Catholic professed member of the Discalced Carmelites and saint (b. 1891)
- Reed Hadley, American actor (b. 1911)
- December 13 – John G. Bennett, British mathematician (b. 1897)
- December 14 – Walter Lippmann, American writer and journalist (b. 1889)
- December 15 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (b. 1902)
- December 16 – Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (b. 1884)
- December 17 – Bing Slamet, Indonesian singer, songwriter, comedian and actor (b. 1927)
- December 18 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1887)
- December 20 – André Jolivet, French composer (b. 1905)
- December 21 – Richard Long, American actor (b. 1927)
- December 26
- Jack Benny, American actor (b. 1894)
- Frank Hussey, American Olympic athlete (b. 1905)
- December 27
- Vladimir Fock, Soviet physicist (b. 1898)
- Ned Maddrell, last surviving native speaker of the Manx language (b. 1877)
- December 29 – Robert Ellis, American actor (b. 1892)
- December 31 – Robert Pache, Swiss footballer (b. 1897)
Nobel Prizes
[edit]
- Physics – Sir Martin Ryle, Antony Hewish<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Chemistry – Paul Flory
- Medicine – Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, George Emil Palade
- Literature – Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson
- Peace – Seán MacBride, Eisaku Satō
- Economics – Gunnar Myrdal, Friedrich Hayek