Editing 1960

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It is also known as the "[[Year of Africa]]" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of [[Pan-Africanism]].
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==Events==
===January===
{{Main|January 1960}}
* [[January 1]] – [[Cameroon]] becomes independent from France.<ref name=1960s>{{cite book|title=1960s|first=Nigel|last=Gross|display-authors=etal|publisher=HarperCollins|location=Glasgow|series=Collins Gem|year=1999|isbn=0-00-472310-4}}</ref>
* [[January 9]]–[[January 11|11]] – [[Aswan Dam]] construction begins in [[Egypt]].
* [[January 10]] – [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Harold Macmillan]] makes the [[Wind of Change (speech)|"Wind of Change" speech]] for the first time, to little publicity, in [[Accra]], [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] (modern-day [[Ghana]]).
* [[January 19]] – A revised version of the [[Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan]] ("U.S.-Japan Security Treaty" or "''Anpo (jōyaku)''"), which allows U.S. troops to be based on Japanese soil, is signed in Washington, D.C. by Prime Minister [[Nobusuke Kishi]] and President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. The new treaty is opposed by the massive [[Anpo protests]] in Japan.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kapur|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Re5hDwAAQBAJ|title=Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2018|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=21|isbn=9780674988484}}</ref>
* [[January 21]] 
** [[Coalbrook mining disaster]]: A coal mine collapses at [[Holly Country]], South Africa, killing 435 miners.
** [[Avianca Flight 671]] crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica killing 37, the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.
* [[January 22]]
** [[Charles de Gaulle]], President of France, dismisses [[Jacques Massu]] as commander-in-chief of French troops in [[Algeria]].
** [[Jacques Piccard]] and [[Don Walsh]] descend into the [[Mariana Trench]] in the [[bathyscaphe]] ''[[Trieste (bathyscaphe)|Trieste]]'', reaching the depth of {{convert|10,911|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}, and become the first human beings to reach the lowest spot on Earth.
* [[January 24]] – A major insurrection occurs in [[Algiers]] against French colonial policy.

===February===
{{Main|February 1960}}
[[File:Greensboro sit-in counter.jpg|thumb|February 1: A section of lunch counter from the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's where the Greensboro sit-ins began is now preserved in the [[Smithsonian Institution]] [[National Museum of American History]]]]
[[File:Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|right|February 8: Hollywood Walk of Fame established]]
*[[February 1]] – [[Greensboro sit-ins]]: In [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], four black students from [[North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University]] begin a sit-in at a segregated [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth's]] [[lunch counter]]. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar non-violent protests throughout the [[Southern United States]], and six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same counter.
*[[February 3]] – [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Harold Macmillan]] makes the [[Wind of Change (speech)|Wind of Change]] speech to the South African Parliament in [[Cape Town]] (although he had first made the speech, to little publicity, in [[Accra]], [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] – modern-day [[Ghana]] – on [[January 10]]).
*[[February 5]] – The first [[CERN]] [[particle accelerator]] becomes operational in [[Geneva]], Switzerland.
*[[February 8]] – [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] is established.
*[[February 10]] – A conference about the proposed independence of the [[Belgian Congo]] begins in [[Brussels]], Belgium.
*[[February 11]] – [[China–India relations#1960s|China–India relations]]: Twelve Indian soldiers die in clashes with [[People's Republic of China|Red Chinese]] troops along their small common border.
*[[February 13]] – ''[[Gerboise Bleue]]'': France tests its first atomic bomb, in the [[Sahara Desert]] of [[Algeria]].
*[[February 18]] – The [[1960 Winter Olympics]] begin at the [[Squaw Valley Ski Resort]] in [[Placer County, California]].
*[[February 26]] – [[Alitalia Flight 618]]: An airliner ''en route'' to New York crashes into a cemetery at [[Shannon, Ireland]], shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
*[[February 29]] – The 5.7 {{M|w}} [[1960 Agadir earthquake|Agadir Earthquake]] shakes coastal [[Morocco]] with a maximum perceived intensity of [[Mercalli intensity scale|X (''Extreme'')]], destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.

===March===
{{Main|March 1960}}
[[File:Che Guevara - Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda.jpg|thumb|130px|March 5: The iconic picture of Che Guevara<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/books/21kaku.html Brand Che: Revolutionary as Marketer's Dream] by [[Michiko Kakutani]], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 20, 2009</ref>]]
* [[March 5]] – [[Alberto Korda]] takes his iconic photograph of [[Che Guevara]], ''[[Guerrillero Heroico]]'', in [[Havana]].
* [[March 6]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to [[Vietnam]].
** The [[Canton of Geneva]] in Switzerland gives women the right to vote.
* [[March 17]] 
** [[Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710]] crashes near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 63 on board.
** U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] approves a covert [[Central Intelligence Agency]] plan to train a paramilitary force against Cuba, which will result in the 1961 [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]].<ref>[https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/bayofpigs/chron.html Bay of Pigs: 40 Years After"] by the [[National Security Archive]]</ref>
* [[March 21]] – The [[Sharpeville massacre]] in South Africa results in more than 69 black protesters shot dead by police, 300 injured.
* [[March 22]] – [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]] and [[Charles Hard Townes]] receive the first [[patent]] for a [[laser]], in the United States.
* [[March 23]] – Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] meets French President [[Charles de Gaulle]] in Paris.
* [[March 29]] – "[[Tom Pillibi]]" sung by 18-year-old [[Jacqueline Boyer]] (music by [[André Popp]], lyrics by [[Pierre Cour]]) wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1960]] (staged in London) for France.

===April===
{{Main|April 1960}}
[[File:Tiros satellite navitar.jpg|thumb|upright|April 1: TIROS-I prototype on display at the Smithsonian [[National Air and Space Museum]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** [[Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan]], 1st [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]], dies in office. He is replaced by [[Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah]], [[Sultan]] of [[Selangor]].
** The United States launches the first [[weather satellite]], [[TIROS-1]].
** The [[1960 United States census]] begins. There are 179,323,175 U.S. residents on this day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1961-02.pdf|title=Population}}</ref> All people from [[Latin America]] are listed as white, including blacks from the [[Dominican Republic]], European whites from [[Argentina]] and Mexicans who resemble [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].
* [[April 4]] – At the [[32nd Academy Awards]] Ceremony, ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' wins a record 11 [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].
* [[April 9]] – White gunman [[David Pratt (assassin)|David Pratt]] shoots [[South African Prime Minister]] [[Hendrik Verwoerd]] in [[Johannesburg]], wounding him seriously.
* [[April 12]] – Eric Peugeot, the youngest son of the founder of the [[Peugeot Corporation]], is kidnapped in Paris. He is released on [[April 15]], in exchange for $300,000 in ransom.
* [[April 19]] – [[April Revolution]]: South Korean students hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against President [[Syngman Rhee]], eventually leading him to resign from office.
* [[April 21]] – In Brazil, the country's capital ([[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]]) is relocated from the city of [[Rio de Janeiro]] to the new city, [[Brasília]], in the highlands. The actual city of [[Rio de Janeiro]] becomes the [[State of Guanabara]].
* [[April 27]] – [[Togo]] gains independence from France, with the French-administered [[United Nations Trust Territory]] being terminated.

===May===
{{Main|May 1960}}
[[File:RIAN archive 35172 Powers Wears Special Pressure Suit.jpg|thumb|May 1: USSR shoots down U-2 spy plane and captures USAF spy pilot Francis Gary Powers]]
* [[May 1]]
** The [[U-2 incident]]: Several [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[surface-to-air missile]]s shoot down an American [[Lockheed U-2]] spy plane. Its pilot, [[Francis Gary Powers]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], is captured.
** In India, this day is declared as 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., [[Maharashtra Day]] (also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day).
* [[May 3]] – The [[European Free Trade Association]] (EFTA) is established.
* [[May 4]] – West German refugee minister [[Theodor Oberländer]] is dismissed because of his [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] past.
* [[May 6]] – United States President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs the [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]] into law.
* [[May 10]] – The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine {{USS|Triton|SSRN-586|6}}, under the command of Captain [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]], completes the first underwater [[circumnavigation]] of the Earth (codenamed [[Operation Sandblast]]).
* [[May 11]] – In [[Buenos Aires]], four [[Mossad]] agents abduct fugitive [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[war criminal]] [[Adolf Eichmann]] in order that he can be taken to [[Israel]] and put on trial. This is announced on May 23 by [[Prime Minister of Israel]] [[David Ben-Gurion]]. Eichmann is convicted and executed in 1962.
* [[May 13]] – A joint Swiss and Austrian expedition makes the first ascent of the Asian mountain [[Dhaulagiri]], the world's 7th highest.
* [[May 14]] – The Kenyan African National Congress Party is founded in [[Kenya]], when 3 political parties join forces.
* [[May 15]] – The [[satellite]] [[Sputnik program|Sputnik 4]] is launched into orbit by the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[May 16]]
** Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] demands an apology from [[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] for the [[1960 U-2 incident|U-2 reconnaissance plane flights]] over the [[Soviet Union]], thus aborting their summit meeting scheduled for Paris this year.
** [[Theodore Maiman]] operates the first [[laser]].
* [[May 18]] – [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] beat [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] 7–3 at [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]], and win the [[1959–60 European Cup]] in Association football, their 5th successive victory in the competition.
* [[May 22]] – The 9.5 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|Valdivia earthquake]] affects [[Chile]] with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (''Extreme''). This [[megathrust earthquake]] ruptures from [[Arauco, Chile|Arauco]] to [[Chiloé Archipelago]], causing the most powerful earthquake on record and a destructive basin-wide [[tsunami]].
* [[May 27]] – In Turkey, [[1960 Turkish coup d'état|a bloodless military coup d'état]] removes President [[Celâl Bayar]], and installs General [[Cemal Gürsel]] as the [[head of state]].
* [[May 30]] – [[Cemal Gürsel]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (its 24th government, composed mostly of so-called "technocrats").

===June===
{{Main|June 1960}}
[[File:Bodom-1960-teltta.jpg|thumb|right|June 5: Investigating the campers' tent after the Lake Bodom murders in Finland]]
[[File:1960._Junio,_24._Atentado_a_Rómulo_Betancourt_en_Los_Próceres.jpg|thumb|June 24: Explosion in Paseo Los Próceres, Caracas, during the attempted assassination of Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt]]
* [[June 1]] – New Zealand's first [[television station]] begins broadcasting, in the city of [[Auckland]].
* [[June 5]] 
** The [[Lake Bodom murders]] occur in Finland.
** The [[First Vatican Council]], adjourned in 1870, is officially closed.
* [[June 9]] – [[1960 Pacific typhoon season]]: [[Typhoon Mary (1960)|Typhoon Mary]] kills 1,600 people in China.
* [[June 10]] – [[Anpo Protests#The "Hagerty Incident"|The "Hagerty Incident"]]: As part of the ongoing [[Anpo protests]] in Japan against the [[U.S.-Japan Security Treaty]], a car carrying [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s press secretary [[James Hagerty]] and U.S. Ambassador to Japan [[Douglas MacArthur II]] is mobbed by protesters outside of Tokyo's [[Haneda Airport]], requiring the occupants to be rescued by a U.S. Marine helicopter.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kapur|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Re5hDwAAQBAJ|title=Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2018|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=27–29|isbn=9780674988484}}</ref>
* [[June 15]]
** [[Anpo Protests#The "June 15th Incident"|The "June 15 Incident"]]: As part of the massive [[Anpo protests]] against the [[U.S.-Japan Security Treaty]] in Japan, radical student activists from the [[Zengakuren]] student federation attempt to storm the [[National Diet]] compound, precipitating a battle with police in which female [[Tokyo University]] student [[Michiko Kanba]] is killed.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kapur|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Re5hDwAAQBAJ|title=Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2018|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=29–31|isbn=9780674988484}}</ref>
** The [[BC Ferries]] company, later to become the second-largest ferry operator in the world, commences service between [[Tsawwassen, British Columbia|Tsawwassen]] and [[Swartz Bay, British Columbia]], Canada.
* [[June 16]] – Premiere of [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s landmark thriller film ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' in the United States.
* [[June 19]] – The new [[Anpo|U.S.-Japan Security Treaty]] is automatically ratified 30 days after passing the Lower House of the Diet.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kapur|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Re5hDwAAQBAJ|title=Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2018|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=34|isbn=9780674988484}}</ref>
* [[June 20]]
** The short-lived [[Mali Federation]], consisting of the [[French Sudan|Sudanese Republic]] (modern-day [[Mali|Republic of Mali]]) and [[Senegal]], gains independence from France.
** [[Floyd Patterson]] becomes the first person to regain the world heavyweight boxing championship, with a knock-out of [[Ingemar Johansson]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite book|first=Alan H.|last=Levy|title=Floyd Patterson: A Boxer and a Gentleman|publisher=McFarland|year=2008|page=106}}</ref>
* [[June 22]] – [[1960 Quebec general election]]: the ruling [[Union nationale (Quebec)|Union nationale]], led by [[Antonio Barrette]], is defeated by the [[Quebec Liberal Party]], led by [[Jean Lesage]], beginning the '[[Quiet Revolution]]' in the historically conservative Canadian province.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeremy|last=Webber|title=Reimagining Canada: Language, Culture, Community and the Canadian Constitution|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=1994|page=44}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] – Japanese prime minister [[Nobusuke Kishi]] announces his resignation.
* [[June 24]]
**[[Joseph Kasa-Vubu]] is elected as the first President of the independent [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].
**[[Assassination attempt of Rómulo Betancourt|Assassination attempt]] of [[Venezuela]]n President [[Rómulo Betancourt]].
* [[June 26]]
** The [[State of Somaliland]] (the former [[British Somaliland]] protectorate) receives its independence from the United Kingdom. Five days later, it unites as scheduled with the [[Trust Territory of Somalia]] (the former [[Italian Somaliland]]), to form the [[Somali Republic]].
** The [[Malagasy Republic]] ([[Madagascar]]) becomes independent from France.
* [[June 28]] – King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand arrives in Washington, D.C. for a 4-day royal visit to the U.S.
* [[June 30]] 
** The [[Belgian Congo]] receives its independence from Belgium, as the [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)]]. A [[civil war]] follows shortly.
** Public demonstrations by democratic and left forces against Italian government support of the post-fascist [[Italian Social Movement]] are heavily suppressed by police.

===July===
{{Main|July 1960}}
* [[July 1]]
** [[Ghana]] becomes a republic, and [[Kwame Nkrumah]] becomes its first [[President of Ghana|President]].
** [[Cold War]]: A [[Soviet Air Force]] [[MiG-19]] [[fighter plane]] flying north of [[Murmansk]], Russia, over the [[Barents Sea]], shoots down a six-man [[RB-47 Stratojet]] [[reconnaissance plane]] of the U.S. Air Force. Four of the U.S. Air Force officers are killed, and the two survivors are held prisoner in the [[Soviet Union]].
** The [[Trust Territory of Somaliland]] (the former [[Italian Somaliland]]) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old [[State of Somaliland]] (the former [[British Somaliland]]) to form the [[Somali Republic]].
* [[July 3]] &ndash; The [[1960 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]] is won by Australian [[Jack Brabham]] driving a [[Cooper T53]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Apps|first=Bryan|title=Raymond Mays' magnificent obsession|publisher=Veloce|location=Dorchester|year=2015|isbn=9781845847869|page=102}}</ref>
* [[July 4]] &ndash; Following the admission of the State of Hawaii as the 50th state in August 1959, the new (and continuing) 50-star [[flag of the United States]] is first officially flown over [[Philadelphia]].
* [[July 10]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union national football team]] defeats the [[Yugoslavia national football team]] 2–1 in Paris to win the first [[1960 European Nations' Cup|UEFA European Championship]].
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Congo Crisis]]: [[Moise Tshombe]] declares the Congolese province of [[State of Katanga|Katanga]] independent. He requests and receives help from Belgium.
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Chin Peng]] is exiled from [[Malaysia]] to [[Thailand]], and the Malayan [[Malayan Emergency|state of emergency]] is lifted.
* [[July 14]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Security Council]] decides to send troops to Katanga to oversee the withdrawal of Belgian troops.
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] elects Mrs. [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]] as its Prime Minister, the world's first elected female [[head of government]] (she takes office the following day).
* [[July 21]] &ndash; English navigator [[Francis Chichester]] wins the first [[Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race]], arriving in [[New York City|New York]] aboard ''Gypsy Moth III'' having made a record solo [[Atlantic]] crossing in 40 days.<ref name=1960s/>
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[F. W. Woolworth Company|The Woolworth Company]]'s lunch counter in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], the location of a sit-in that has [[F. W. Woolworth Company#Greensboro sit-in|sparked demonstrations]] by [[Negro]]es across the [[Southern United States]], serves a meal to its first black customer.
* [[July 25]]&ndash;[[July 28|28]] &ndash; In Chicago, the [[1960 Republican National Convention]] nominates [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]] as its candidate for President of the United States, and [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]] for vice-president.

===August===
{{Main|August 1960}}
* [[August 1]] – [[Republic of Dahomey|Dahomey]] (modern-day [[Benin]]) becomes independent from France.
* [[August 3]] – [[Niger]] becomes independent from France.
* [[August 5]] – [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] (modern-day [[Burkina Faso]]) becomes independent from France.
* [[August 6]] – In the [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)]] (later the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]), [[Albert Kalonji]] declares the independence of the Autonomous State of [[South Kasai]].
* [[August 7]]
** The [[Ivory Coast]] becomes independent from France.
** The world's first [[standard gauge]] passenger preserved railway, the [[Bluebell Railway]], opens to the public in southern England.
* [[August 9]] – The government of [[Laos]] is overthrown in a coup.
* [[August 11]] – [[Chad]] becomes independent from France.
* [[August 13]] – [[Ubangi-Shari]] becomes independent from France, as the [[Central African Republic]]. It later becomes the [[Central African Empire]].
* [[August 15]] – [[Middle Congo]] becomes independent from France, as the [[Republic of Congo|Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)]].
* [[August 16]]
** The Mediterranean island of [[Cyprus]] receives its independence from the United Kingdom.
** [[Joseph Kittinger]] parachutes from a balloon over [[New Mexico]] at an altitude of about {{convert|102,800|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}. Kittinger sets world records for: high-altitude jump; [[free-fall]] by falling 16.0 miles (25.7 [[kilometer]]s) before opening his parachute; first [[Space diving|space dive]], and fastest speed attained by a human being without mechanical or chemical assistance, about 982 k.p.h (614 m.p.h.). Kittinger survives more or less uninjured. He is also the first man to make a solo crossing of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in a gas balloon, and the first man fully to witness the spherical curvature of the [[Earth]]. ([[Felix Baumgartner]] breaks his space diving record in [[2012]].)
* [[August 17]]
** Newly named English group [[The Beatles]] begin a 48-night residency at the Indra Club in [[Hamburg]], [[West Germany]].
** [[Gabon]] becomes independent from France.
** The trial of American [[Lockheed U-2|U-2]] pilot [[Francis Gary Powers]] begins in Moscow.
* [[August 19]] – In the [[Soviet Union]]:
** [[Cold War]]: American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced in Moscow to 10 years in prison for [[espionage]].
** [[Sputnik program]]: The [[satellite]] [[Sputnik 5]] is launched, with the dogs [[Belka and Strelka]] (the Russian for "Squirrel" and "Little Arrow"), 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants. This satellite returns to Earth the next day and all animals are recovered safely.
* [[August 20]] – [[Senegal]] breaks away from the [[Mali Federation]], declaring its independence.
* [[August 25]] – The [[1960 Summer Olympic Games]] begin in Rome.
* [[August 29]] – [[Hurricane Donna]] kills 50 people in [[Florida]] and [[New England]].

===September===
{{Main|September 1960}}
* [[September 1]]
** [[Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah]], [[Sultan]] of [[Selangor]] and 2nd [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]], dies in office. He is replaced by [[Tuanku Syed Putra]], [[Raja]] of [[Perlis]].
** Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in the United States, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasts two days).
* [[September 2]] – The first elections of the [[Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration]] (in exile in India) are held. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
* [[September 5]]
** [[1960 Summer Olympic Games]]: [[Muhammad Ali]] (at this time Cassius Clay) of the United States wins the gold medal in [[light-heavyweight]] boxing.
** [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] President [[Joseph Kasa-Vubu]] dismisses [[Patrice Lumumba]]'s entire government, and also places Lumumba under [[house arrest]].
** Poet [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]] is the first elected [[President of Senegal]].
* [[September 6]] – [[Martin and Mitchell defection]]: William Hamilton Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell, two American [[cryptologist]]s, announce their defection to the Soviet Union at a press conference in Moscow.
* [[September 8]] – In [[Huntsville, Alabama]], U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] formally dedicates the [[Marshall Space Flight Center]] (which had been activated by [[NASA]] on July 1).
* [[September 9]] – The first regular season game in the [[American Football League]] (established as a rival league to the NFL) takes place at Boston's [[Nickerson Field]]. The [[Denver Broncos]] defeat the [[Boston Patriots]], 13–10.
* [[September 10]] – [[1960 Summer Olympic Games]]: [[Abebe Bikila]] of [[Ethiopia at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Ethiopia]] wins the gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|marathon]], running barefoot in a world time, and becoming the first person from [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] to win Olympic gold.
* [[September 14]]
** Colonel [[Joseph Mobutu]] takes power in [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Republic of the Congo]] via a [[military coup]].
** The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded by [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Kuwait]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Venezuela]].
* [[September 18]] – The [[1960 Summer Paralympics|first international Summer Paralympics]] open in [[Rome]] under the title "9th International Stoke Mandeville Games", the first quadrennial paralympic event outside of England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paralyzed Athletes, With Big Victories Behind Them, Open Olympics This Week|first=Howard A.|last=Rusk|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1960-09-19|page=134}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] – Mexican President [[Adolfo López Mateos]] nationalizes the country's electricity supply system.
* [[September 22]] – [[Mali]], the sole remaining member of the "Mali Federation" (following the withdrawal of [[Senegal]] one month earlier), declares its full independence as the ''Republic of Mali''.
* [[September 26]] – [[1960 United States presidential debates]]: The two leading candidates in the [[1960 United States presidential election]], [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Richard Nixon]], participate in the first live televised presidential debate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nixon, Kennedy Meet Face to Face on TV|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=27 September 1960|page=1}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – At the [[United Nations General Assembly]], Soviet leader [[Nikita Khrushchev]] angrily interrupts British Prime Minister [[Harold Macmillan]], banging the desk and shouting in Russian. Macmillan drily says "I should like that to be translated, if I may".<ref>{{cite news|title=Premier Angers Khrushschev|newspaper=The Scotsman|location=Edinburgh|date=30 September 1960|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nikita Beats On Desk, Screams As Macmillan Speaks In U.N.|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|date=29 September 1960|page=1}}</ref>

===October===
{{Main|October 1960}}
* [[October 1]] – [[Nigeria]] becomes independent from the United Kingdom, and [[Nnamdi Azikiwe]] becomes its first native-born [[Governor General]].
* [[October 3]] – [[Jânio Quadros]] is elected [[President of Brazil]], for a five-year term.
* [[October 7]] – [[Nigeria]] becomes the 99th member of the [[United Nations]].
* [[October 12]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Shoe-banging incident]] – Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] pounds his shoe on a desk at a meeting of the [[United Nations General Assembly]], his way of protesting the discussion of the [[Soviet Union]]'s policies toward Eastern Europe.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Thomas M.|last=Prymak|title=Cold War Clash, New York City, September-October 1960: Comrade Khrushchev vs 'Dief the Chief'|journal=[[International History Review]]|volume=45|year=2023|issue=1 |pages=134–51|doi=10.1080/07075332.2022.2116072 }}</ref>
* [[October 14]]
** [[President of the United States|Presidential]] candidate [[John F. Kennedy]] first suggests the idea for the [[Peace Corps]] of the United States.
** The Premier of [[New South Wales]] officially opens [[Warragamba Dam]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/water/visit/warragamba-dam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003030413/http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/water/visit/warragamba-dam|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2013|title=Warragamba Dam - Sydney Catchment Authority|date=October 3, 2013}}</ref> one of the world's largest domestic water supply dams.
* [[October 24]] – [[Nedelin catastrophe]]: A large [[rocket]] explodes on the launch pad at the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]], killing at least 92 people of the [[Soviet space program]].
* c. [[October 31]] – [[1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season#Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ten|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ten]] makes landfall in [[East Pakistan]], followed by a storm surge, just three weeks after a previous storm devastated the country.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author=India Meteorological Department|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|year=1960|access-date=2013-05-09|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED26A.pdf|pages=11–13}}</ref>

===November===
{{Main|November 1960}}
* [[November 8]] – [[1960 United States presidential election]]: In a close race, Democratic U. S. Senator [[John F. Kennedy]] is elected over Republican U. S. Vice President [[Richard Nixon]], to become (at 43) the second youngest man to serve as [[President of the United States]], and the youngest man elected to this position.
* [[November 14]]
** Belgium threatens to leave the [[United Nations]] over criticism of its policy concerning the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Republic of the Congo]].
** [[Stéblová train disaster]]: A head-on collision between two trains in [[Pardubice]], [[Czechoslovakia]], kills 118 people.
* [[November 22]] – The [[United Nations]] supports the government of [[Joseph Kasavubu]] and [[Joseph Mobutu]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Republic of the Congo]].
* [[November 26]] – [[1960 New Zealand general election]]: The [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] defeats the governing [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] after only three years in office. National leader [[Keith Holyoake]] becomes Prime Minister of New Zealand for a second time.
* [[November 28]] – [[Mauritania]] becomes independent of France.

===December===
{{Main|December 1960}}
* [[December]] – The African and [[Madagascar|Malagasy]] Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OAMCE – Organisation Africain et Malagache de Coopération Économique) is established.
* [[December 1]]
** [[Patrice Lumumba]], deposed premier of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Republic of the Congo]], is arrested by the troops of [[Colonel]] [[Joseph Mobutu]].
** A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Korabl-Sputnik 3|satellite]] containing live animals (dogs [[Soviet space dogs#Pchyolka and Mushka|Pcholka and Mushka]]) and plants is launched into orbit. Due to a malfunction, it burns up during [[atmospheric re-entry|re-entry]].
**Striking coal miners at the [[Miike Coal Mine]] in Japan return to work, ending the unprecedented 312-day-long [[Miike Struggle]].<ref name=Kapur137>{{Cite book|last=Kapur|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Re5hDwAAQBAJ|title=Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2018|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=137|isbn=9780674988484}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] – U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] authorizes the use of $1.0&nbsp;million for the relief and resettlement of [[Cubans|Cuban]] [[refugee]]s, who have been arriving in [[Florida]] at the rate of about 1,000 per week.
* [[December 4]] – The admission of [[Mauritania]] to the [[United Nations]] is vetoed by the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[December 7]] – The [[United Nations Security Council]] is called into session by the [[Soviet Union]], in order to consider Soviet demands for the Security Council to seek the immediate release of former [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese Premier]] [[Patrice Lumumba]].
* [[December 8]] – For the first time, [[Mary Martin]]'s ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'' is presented as a stand-alone 2-hour special on [[NBC]] television in the United States, instead of as part of an anthology series. This version, rather than being presented live, is shown on [[videotape]], enabling NBC to repeat it as often as they wish without having to restage it. Although nearly all of the adult actors repeat their original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] roles, all of the original children have, ironically, outgrown their roles and are replaced by new actors.
* [[December 9]] – French President [[Charles de Gaulle]]'s visit to [[Algeria]] is bloodied by European and Muslim rioters in Algeria's largest cities. These riots cause 127 deaths.
* [[December 13]]
** [[1960 Ethiopian coup attempt]]: While Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] of [[Ethiopia]] visits Brazil, his [[Kebur Zabagna]] (Imperial Bodyguard) leads a military coup against his rule, proclaiming that the emperor's son, [[Crown Prince]] [[Amha Selassie|Asfaw Wossen Taffari]], is the new emperor.
** The countries of [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], and [[Nicaragua]] announce the formation of the [[Central American Common Market]].
** The U.S. Navy's Commander Leroy Heath (pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe (bombardier/navigator) establish a world flight-altitude record of {{convert|91,450|ft|m}}, with [[payload]], in an [[A-5 Vigilante]] [[bomber]] carrying {{convert|1000|kg|lb|order=flip|abbr=on}}, and better the previous world record by over {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}}.
* [[December 14]]
** [[Antoine Gizenga]] proclaims in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] that he has taken over as the country's premier.
** [[Tied Test#First tied Test, 1960|The first tied test]] is held by the [[West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1960–61|West Indian cricket team in Australia]] in [[Brisbane]].
* [[December 15]]
** King [[Mahendra of Nepal]] deposes the democratic government in his country and takes direct control himself.
** King [[Baudouin of Belgium]] marries Doña [[Fabiola de Mora y Aragón]].
* [[December 16]]
** [[U.S. Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Christian Herter]] announces that the United States will commit five [[nuclear submarine]]s and eighty [[Polaris missiles]] to the defense of the [[NATO]] countries by the end of 1963.
** [[1960 New York mid-air collision|New York mid-air collision]]: A [[United Airlines|United Air Lines]] [[DC-8]] collides in mid-air with a [[TWA]] [[Lockheed Constellation]] over [[Staten Island]] in New York City. All 128 passengers and crewmembers on the two airliners, and six people on the ground, are killed.
* [[December 17]] – Troops loyal to Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] in [[Ethiopia]] overcome the [[1960 Ethiopian coup attempt|coup]] that began on December 13, returning the reins to the Emperor upon his return from a trip to Brazil. The Emperor absolves his own son of any guilt.
* [[December 19]] – Fire sweeps through the [[USS Constellation (CV-64)|USS ''Constellation'']], to become the U.S. Navy's largest [[aircraft carrier]], while she is under construction at the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]]; killing 50 workers and injuring 150.
* [[December 23]] – Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called the "[[oven homicide]]" case in Krootila, [[Kokemäki]], [[Finland]].<ref>Hannes Markkula: ''Kuusi suomalaista murhaa''. ([[Gummerus]], 1997) {{ISBN|951-20-5081-1}} (in Finnish)</ref>

===World population===
* [[World population]]: 3,021,475,000
** Africa: 277,398,000
** Asia: 1,701,336,000
** Europe: 604,401,000
** Latin America: 218,300,000
** North America: 204,152,000
** Oceania: 15,888,000

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

===January===
[[File:Michael Stipe of REM photographed by Kris Krug.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Stipe]]]]
[[File:Aprilwinchellprofile.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[April Winchell]]]]
[[File:Nigella Lawson in Manilla - 2017 (29946044613) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nigella Lawson]]]]
[[File:Mohammad Javad Zarif 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mohammad Javad Zarif]]]]
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[[File:Mark Rylance Cannes 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mark Rylance]]]]
[[File:Michael-hutchence-INXS-1986.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Hutchence]]]] 
* [[January 2]] – [[Naoki Urasawa]], Japanese manga author and artist
* [[January 4]]
** [[Michael Stipe]], American rock singer ([[R.E.M.]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/michael-stipe-9542550 |title=Michael Stipe: Songwriter, Singer, Activist, Music Producer (1960–) |publisher=[[Biography.com]]|access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-date=July 3, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180703075845/https://www.biography.com/people/michael-stipe-9542550|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[April Winchell]], American writer and voice actress
* [[January 6]]
** [[Natalia Bestemianova]], Soviet [[ice dance]]r, [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Olympic Champion]]
** [[Kari Jalonen]], Finnish ice hockey player
** [[Nigella Lawson]], English journalist, broadcaster, television personality, gourmet and food writer
** [[Miriam O'Callaghan]], Irish media personality
* [[January 7]] – [[Mohammad Javad Zarif]], Iranian politician, diplomat
* [[January 10]]
** [[Jurrie Koolhof]], Dutch footballer and manager (d. [[2019]])
** [[Negro Casas]], Mexican professional wrestler
** [[Brian Cowen]], [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland
* [[January 12]]
** [[Oliver Platt]], Canadian actor
** [[Dominique Wilkins]], French-born American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/dwilkins21?lang=en |title=Dominique Wilkins Summary |work=NBA.com |access-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011052602/http://www.nba.com/history/players/wilkins_summary.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[January 16]]
** [[Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar]], Malaysian politician, architect and entrepreneur (d. [[2016]]) 
** [[Richard Elliot]], Scottish-born American saxophonist
* [[January 18]] – [[Mark Rylance]], English actor, theatre director and playwright
* [[January 20]] 
** [[Sabar Koti]], Indian singer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], American computer game designer
* [[January 21]] – [[Mamoru Nagano]], Japanese designer
* [[January 22]] – [[Michael Hutchence]], Australian rock musician ([[INXS]]) (d. [[1997]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Patrick de Gayardon]], French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. [[1998]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Samia Suluhu]], President of Tanzania
* [[January 29]]
** [[Gia Carangi]], American model (d. [[1986]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article311535.ece |title=Gia: The tragic tale of the world's first supermodel |first=Paul |last=Vallely |date=2005-09-10 |access-date=2007-05-28 |work=[[The Independent]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101071428/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article311535.ece |archive-date=2008-01-01 }}</ref>
** [[Sean Kerly]], British field hockey player<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Sean Kerly |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/sean-kerly-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040858/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/sean-kerly-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=20 November 2014}}</ref>
** [[Greg Louganis]], American diver
** [[Tigran Sargsyan]], Prime Minister of Armenia
* [[January 31]] – [[Grant Morrison]], Scottish comic book writer and playwright

===February===
[[File:James Spader by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Spader]]]]
[[File:Benigno Aquino III 020216 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Benigno Aquino III]]]]
[[File:The Duke of York in Belfast.jpg|thumb|[[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]]|112x112px]]
[[File:Naruhito and Masako visit Bogor Palace 48 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Naruhito|Naruhito, Emperor of Japan]]]]
* [[February 2]] – [[Jari Porttila]], Finnish sports journalist
* [[February 3]] – [[Joachim Löw]], German football manager
** [[Kerry Von Erich]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1993]])
* [[February 4]] – [[Jonathan Larson]], American composer and playwright (d. [[1996]])
* [[February 7]]
** [[Yasunori Matsumoto]], Japanese voice actor
** [[James Spader]], American actor and producer
* [[February 8]]
** [[Benigno Aquino III]], 15th [[President of the Philippines]] (d. [[2021]])
** [[Alfred Gusenbauer]], [[Chancellor of Austria]]
* [[February 9]] – [[Frederik Ndoci]], Albanian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and international recording artist
* [[February 13]] – [[Pierluigi Collina]], Italian football (soccer) referee 
* [[February 14]]
** [[Olivia Cheng (Hong Kong actress)|Olivia Cheng]], Hong Kong actress
** [[Meg Tilly]], American-Canadian actress and novelist 
* [[February 16]] – [[Tineke Huizinga]], Dutch politician
* [[February 18]]
** [[Gazebo (musician)|Gazebo]], Italian musician
** [[Tony Anselmo]], American animator and voice actor<ref>{{cite news|title=An Utahn is the man behind Donald Duck|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_cooAAAAIBAJ&jid=T4QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7079,4981433|author=Joseph Walker|date=May 27, 1987|work=The Deseret News|access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref>
* [[February 19]] – [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]], British prince and second son of [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]]
* [[February 20]]
** [[Kee Marcello]], Swedish rock guitarist ([[Easy Action]], [[Europe (band)|Europe]])
** [[Cándido Muatetema Rivas]], 4th Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (d. [[2014]])
* [[February 21]]
** [[Laurent Petitguillaume]], French radio and television host
** [[Ricky Tosso]], Peruvian actor (d. [[2016]])
* [[February 23]] – [[Naruhito|Naruhito, Emperor of Japan]]
* [[February 24]] – [[Wendy Sharpe]], Australian artist
* [[February 27]] 
** [[Andrés Gómez]], Ecuadorian tennis player
** [[Paul Humphreys]], English musician ([[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]])
* [[February 28]]
** [[Tōru Ōkawa]], Japanese voice actor
** [[Dorothy Stratten]], Canadian model and actress (d. [[1980]])

===March===
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[[File:Ayrton Senna 8 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ayrton Senna]]]]
[[File:11.30.10JenniferGreyByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jennifer Grey]]]]
* [[March 2]] – [[Hector Calma]], Filipino basketball player
* [[March 4]]
** [[Mikko Kuustonen]], Finnish singer-songwriter
** [[John Mugabi]], Ugandan boxer and World Junior Middleweight champion
* [[March 7]] – [[Ivan Lendl]], Czech tennis player
* [[March 8]]
** [[Finn Carter]], American actress
** [[Jeffrey Eugenides]], American author
* [[March 10]]  
** [[Anne MacKenzie (journalist)|Anne MacKenzie]], Scottish broadcaster
** [[Anthony Fisher]], Australian prelate of the Catholic Church and a friar of the [[Order of Preachers]] 
* [[March 11]] – [[Sharon Jordan]], American actress
* [[March 12]] – [[Minoru Niihara]], Japanese singer ([[Loudness (band)|Loudness]])
* [[March 13]]
** [[Joe Ranft]], American screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist and voice actor (d. [[2005]])<ref name=ind>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joe-ranft-503963.html|title=Joe Ranft|work=[[The Independent]]|date=August 23, 2005|access-date=January 24, 2010|first=Alan|last=Woollcombe|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514041837/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joe-ranft-503963.html|archive-date=May 14, 2010}}</ref>
** [[Adam Clayton]], English-born Irish musician ([[U2]])
* [[March 15]] – [[Rosa Beltrán]], Mexican writer, lecturer and academic
* [[March 17]] – [[Arye Gross]], American actor
* [[March 20]] – [[Norbert Pohlmann]], German computer scientist
* [[March 21]] – [[Ayrton Senna]], Brazilian triple [[Formula One]] world champion (d. [[1994]])
* [[March 23]] 
** [[Nicol Stephen]], Scottish politician
** [[Yoko Tawada]], Japanese writer
* [[March 24]]
** [[Jan Berglin]], Swedish cartoonist
** [[Kelly Le Brock]], American-English model and actress
** [[Nena]], German singer
* [[March 25]] – [[Brenda Strong]], American actress
* [[March 26]] – [[Jennifer Grey]], American actress
* [[March 27]]
** [[Hans Pflügler]], German footballer
** [[Renato Russo]], Brazilian singer ([[Legião Urbana]]) (d. [[1996]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Hiromi Tsuru]], Japanese voice actress (d. [[2017]])

===April===
[[File:Presidente Gustavo Petro Urrego.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gustavo Petro]]]]
[[File:Hugo Weaving 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hugo Weaving]]]]
[[File:Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear Live 2012 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeremy Clarkson]]]]
[[File:BradGarrettApr2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brad Garrett]]]]
[[File:Susanne Bier 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Susanne Bier]]]]
[[File:Philippe of Belgium in 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Philippe of Belgium]]]]
[[File:Miguel Díaz-Canel (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Miguel Díaz-Canel]]]]
[[File:ValerieBertinelliHWOFAug2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Valerie Bertinelli]]]]
* [[April 1]] – [[Michael Praed]], British actor
* [[April 2]] – [[Linford Christie]], British athlete
* [[April 4]] – [[Hugo Weaving]], Nigerian-born Australian actor
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]], American actor
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Isabel Coixet]], Spanish film director
* [[April 10]]
** [[Fabio Golfetti]], Brazilian musician and record producer ([[Violeta de Outono]], [[Gong (band)|Gong]])
** [[Héctor Rivoira]], Argentine football manager and player (d. [[2019]]) 
* [[April 11]] – [[Jeremy Clarkson]], English journalist, television show host and comedian
* [[April 12]] – [[David Thirdkill]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thirdda01.html|title=David Thirdkill Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
* [[April 13]]
**[[Dinesh Kaushik (politician)|Dinesh Kaushik]], Indian politician
**[[Rudi Völler]], German footballer and manager
* [[April 14]] – [[Brad Garrett]], American actor, comedian and voice actor
* [[April 15]] 
** [[Susanne Bier]], Danish film director
** King [[Philippe of Belgium]]
* [[April 16]]
** [[Wahab Akbar]], Filipino politician (d. [[2007]])
** [[Rafael Benítez]], Spanish football manager
** [[Pierre Littbarski]], German footballer and coach
** [[Sok Siphana]], Cambodian lawyer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soksiphana.com/about/story-of-dr-sok-siphana/|title=Story of Dr Sok Siphana|website=SokSiphana&associates|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref>
* [[April 18]]
** [[Neo Rauch]], German painter
** [[J. Christopher Stevens]], American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Libya (d. [[2012]])
* [[April 19]]
** [[Gustavo Petro]], [[President of Colombia]], 2022–2026
* [[April 20]] – [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]], Cuban politician, [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba]] and 17th [[President of Cuba]]
* [[April 23]]
** [[Valerie Bertinelli]], American actress and presenter<ref>{{cite web|title=Valerie Bertinelli|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/valerie-bertinelli/3000385757/|access-date=November 24, 2021|website=TV Guide}}</ref> (born April 23, 1960)<ref>{{cite web|last=Hines|first=Ree|title=Valerie Bertinelli gets emotional talking about son on her 60th birthday|url=https://www.today.com/parents/valerie-bertinelli-gets-emotional-talking-about-son-she-celebrates-60th-t179710|website=Today.com|date=April 23, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref>
** [[Steve Clark]], English guitarist ([[Def Leppard]]) (d. [[1991]])
** [[David Gedge]], English musician ([[The Wedding Present]] and [[Cinerama (band)|Cinerama]])
** [[Léo Jaime]], Brazilian writer, actor and musician ([[João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados]] )
** [[Claude Julien (ice hockey)|Claude Julien]], Canadian ice hockey coach
* [[April 24]] – [[Masami Kikuchi]], Japanese voice actor
* [[April 25]] – [[Michael Lohan]], American television personality; father of [[Lindsay Lohan]]
* [[April 28]]
** [[Elena Kagan]], [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
** [[Ian Rankin]], Scottish crime novelist
* [[April 29]] – [[Steve Blum]], American voice actor

===May===
[[File:Ǵorge Ivanov 2012-04-27.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gjorge Ivanov]]]]
[[File:Bono singing in Indianapolis on Joshua Tree Tour 2017 9-10-17.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bono]]]]
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[[File:Tony Goldwyn March 18, 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tony Goldwyn]]]]
[[File:Kristin Scott Thomas Cabourg 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kristin Scott Thomas]]]]
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[[File:Chris Elliott by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Elliott]]]]
* [[May 2]]
** [[Stephen Daldry]], English film director
** [[Gjorge Ivanov]], [[President of the Republic of Macedonia|President of Macedonia]]
* [[May 4]] – [[Werner Faymann]], [[Chancellor of Austria]]
* [[May 8]]
** [[Franco Baresi]], Italian footballer
** [[Sergey Belyayev]], Kazakhstani shooter (d. [[2020]])
** [[Patrick McKenna]], Canadian actor and comedian
* [[May 10]] 
** [[Bono]], Irish rock singer ([[U2]])
** [[Merlene Ottey]], Jamaican-Slovenian track and field sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Merlene Ottey-Page |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72229 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Ronan Tynan]], Irish tenor
* [[May 15]] – [[Julian Jarrold]], English film and television director and producer
* [[May 16]]
** [[Landon Deireragea]], Nauruan politician
** [[Lovebug Starski]], American rapper and disc jockey (d. [[2018]])
* [[May 17]] – [[John Payne (voice actor)|John Payne]], English actor and voice actor
* [[May 18]]
** [[Jari Kurri]], Finnish hockey player
** [[Yannick Noah]], French tennis player
* [[May 19]] – [[Yazz]], British pop singer
* [[May 20]]
** [[John Billingsley]], American actor
** [[Tony Goldwyn]], American actor, voice actor and film director
* [[May 21]]
** [[Jeffrey Dahmer]], American serial killer (d. [[1994]])
** [[Mark Ridgway]], Australian cricketer
** [[Vladimir Salnikov]], Russian swimmer
* [[May 21]] – [[Mohanlal]], Indian actor
* [[May 22]] 
** [[Amir Ishemgulov]], Russian biologist and politician (d. [[2020]])
** [[Hideaki Anno]], Japanese director
* [[May 23]] – [[Linden Ashby]], American actor
* [[May 24]]
** [[Greg Conescu]], Australian rugby league player
** [[Guy Fletcher]], British keyboardist ([[Dire Straits]])
** [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]], American actor
** [[Kristin Scott Thomas]], English actress
* [[May 25]] – [[Amy Klobuchar]], American politician
* [[May 26]] – [[Rob Murphy]], American baseball player
* [[May 27]]
** [[Alexander Bashlachev]], Soviet poet and rock musician (d. [[1988]])
** [[D. Kupendra Reddy]], Indian politician
* [[May 29]]
** [[Thomas Baumer]], Swiss economist, interculturalist and personality assessor
** [[Neil Crone]], Canadian actor
* [[May 30]] 
** [[Micah Barnes]], Canadian pop singer-songwriter
** [[Carmen Velasquez]], American justice, New York City Civil Court
* [[May 31]] – [[Chris Elliott]], American actor and comedian

===June===
[[File:Gary Trousdale.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gary Trousdale]]]]
[[File:Mehmet Oz - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|Dr. [[Mehmet Oz]]]]
[[File:Thomas Haden Church at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Thomas Haden Church]]]]
[[File:Diego Trujillo en 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Diego Trujillo]]]]
* [[June 2]]
** [[P. Balasubramaniam]], Malaysian police officer (d. [[2013]])
** [[Tony Hadley]], British pop musician, lead singer of [[Spandau Ballet]]
** [[Kyle Petty]], American [[NASCAR]] driver and sports commentator
** [[Maria Lourdes Sereno]], Filipina jurist, 24th [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
* [[June 3]] – [[Catherine Davani]], first female [[Papua New Guinea]]n judge (d. [[2016]])
* [[June 5]] – [[Seiichi Endo]], Japanese criminal (d. [[2018]])
* [[June 6]] – [[Steve Vai]], American guitarist
* [[June 7]] − [[Hirohiko Araki]], Japanese manga writer
* [[June 8]]
** [[Gary Trousdale]], American animator and film director
** [[Mick Hucknall]], English rock singer-songwriter ([[Simply Red]])
* [[June 11]] – [[Mehmet Oz]], Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon and television personality
* [[June 12]] – [[Corynne Charby]], French model, actress and singer
* [[June 15]] – [[Michèle Laroque]], French actress
* [[June 17]] 
** [[Thomas Haden Church]], American actor and film director
** [[Adrián Campos]], Spanish Formula One driver (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/motor/20210128/muere-adrian-campos-expiloto-espanol-formula-historico/554694563_0.html|title=Muere Adrián Campos, expiloto español de Fórmula 1 e histórico del motor, a los 60 años|date=28 January 2021|website=El Español}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] – [[Coco Fusco]], Cuban-American artist, writer and curator 
* [[June 20]] – [[Anatoly Donika]], Russian ice hockey player
* [[June 21]] – [[Karl Erjavec]], Slovenian lawyer and politician
* [[June 22]] – [[Erin Brockovich]], American environmental activist
* [[June 23]] – [[Per Morberg]], Swedish actor, chef and news presenter
* [[June 26]] – [[Mauro Carlesse]], Brazilian politician, Governor of [[Tocantins]]
* [[June 27]] – [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]], American theatre director, film director, television director and playwright
* [[June 28]] – [[John Elway]], American football player
* [[June 29]] – [[Ivans Ribakovs]], Latvian politician
* [[June 30]]
** [[Anna Šišková]], Slovak actress
** [[Tony Bellotto]], Brazilian guitarist and writer
** [[Diego Trujillo]], Colombian actor
** [[Vincent Klyn]], New Zealand-born actor and surfer
** [[Murray Cook]], musician

===July===
[[File:Jane Lynch at the 2016 Willfilm Awards.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jane Lynch]]]]
[[File:9.21.14JohnLeguizamoByLuigiNovi1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Leguizamo]]]]
[[File:Richard Linklater April 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Linklater]]]]
* [[July 1]]
** [[Kōji Ishii]], Japanese voice actor
** [[Mikael Håfström]], Swedish film director and screenwriter
** [[Evelyn "Champagne" King]], American disco singer
* [[July 3]]
** [[Vince Clarke]], British musician and composer ([[Depeche Mode]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]])
** [[Perrine Pelen]], French alpine skier
** [[Håkan Loob]], Swedish ice hockey player
* [[July 4]] – [[Roland Ratzenberger]], Austrian Formula One driver (d. [[1994]])
* [[July 5]]
** [[Brad Loree]], Canadian actor and stuntman
** [[Hugo Rubio]], Chilean football player
* [[July 6]]
** [[Ferenc Juhász (politician)|Ferenc Juhász]], Minister of Defence for Hungary
** [[Lyudmyla Denisova]], Ukrainian politician
* [[July 7]] – [[Kevin A. Ford]], American astronaut
* [[July 8]] 
** [[Thilo Martinho]], German composer and singer-songwriter
** [[Eleanor Scott (archaeologist)|Eleanor Scott]], British archaeologist and politician
* [[July 9]] 
** [[Yūko Asano]], Japanese actress and singer
** [[Charles Gavin]], Brazilian drummer and producer
** [[Wanda Vázquez Garced]], Puerto Rican politician, Governor
** [[Michael Feichtenbeiner]], German football coach
* [[July 10]] 
**[[Jeff Bergman]], American voice actor, comedian and impressionist
**[[Ariel Castro]], Puerto Rican-American convicted kidnapper and rapist, previously bus driver (d. [[2013]])
*[[July 11]] &ndash; [[Jafar Panahi]], Iranian filmmaker<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUOWDwAAQBAJ&dq=jafar+panahi+azerbaijani&pg=PT52|title=Jafar Panahi: Interviews|first=Drew|last=Todd|date=20 May 2019|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781496823212 |accessdate=11 March 2023|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] – [[Sully Díaz]], Puerto Rican actress and singer
* [[July 13]] 
** [[Ian Hislop]], British journalist and broadcaster
** [[Frane Perišin]], Croatian actor
* [[July 14]]
** [[Kyle Gass]], American music singer-songwriter-guitarist/actor
** [[Jane Lynch]], American actress, comedian and author
** [[Taung Galay Sayadaw]], Burmese buddhist monk
** [[Angélique Kidjo]], Beninese singer-songwriter and activist
* [[July 15]]
** [[Dennis Storhøi]], Norwegian actor
** [[Martyn Joseph]], Welsh singer-songwriter
** [[Sergio Kato]], Brazilian actor, television host, comedian and martial artist
* [[July 16]]
** [[Cedric Foo]], Singaporean politician and corporate executive
** [[Jacqueline Gold]], British businesswoman (d. [[2023]])
** [[PJ Powers]], South African musician
* [[July 17]]
** [[Robin Shou]], Hong Kong martial artist and actor
** [[Mark Burnett]], British television and film producer
** [[Jan Wouters]], Dutch football player and manager
* [[July 19]] – [[Atom Egoyan]], Armenian-Canadian film maker
* [[July 20]] – [[Jonathon Morris]], English actor and television presenter
* [[July 21]]
** [[Ezequiel Viñao]], Argentine-born composer
** [[Fritz Walter (footballer born 1960)|Fritz Walter]], German footballer
*[[July 22]] − [[John Leguizamo]], Colombian-American actor, comedian and producer<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/leguizamo-elmhurst-s-versatile-hollywood-veteran/article_3f90d3af-46ad-5c0b-83f8-7eae8258b349.html |title=John Leguizamo Versatile Hollywood veteran |access-date=2022-12-03 |archive-date=2022-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203154941/https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/leguizamo-elmhurst-s-versatile-hollywood-veteran/article_3f90d3af-46ad-5c0b-83f8-7eae8258b349.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[July 27]] – [[Uddhav Thackeray]], Indian Politician
* [[July 28]]
** [[Jonathan Gold]], American food critic (d. [[2018]])
** [[Harald Lesch]], German physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, author, television presenter, professor of physics
* [[July 30]] – [[Richard Linklater]], American director
* [[July 31]] – [[Dale Hunter]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach

===August===
[[File:Presidente José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero - La Moncloa 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]]]]
[[File:David Duchovny by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Duchovny]]]]
[[File:Antonio banderas (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Antonio Banderas]]]]
[[File:Sean Penn by Sachyn Mital (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sean Penn]]]]
[[File:Branford Marsalis 01.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Branford Marsalis]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** [[Chuck D]], American rapper ([[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]])
** [[Professor Griff]], American rapper ([[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]])
* [[August 4]]
** [[Dean Malenko]], American professional wrestler
** [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]], [[Prime Minister of Spain]]
* [[August 7]]
** [[Rosana Pastor]], Spanish actress
** [[David Duchovny]], American actor
* [[August 10]]
** [[Antonio Banderas]], Spanish actor and film director
** [[Kenny Perry]], American golfer
* [[August 12]] – [[Laurent Fignon]], French road bicycle racer (d. [[2010]])
* [[August 13]]
** [[Koji Kondo]], Japanese composer
** [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]], English darts player
** [[Lorna Simpson]], American photographer and multimedia artist
* [[August 14]] – [[Sarah Brightman]], English soprano singer and actress
* [[August 15]] – [[Judy Holt]], British television actress
* [[August 16]]
** [[Franz Welser-Möst]], Austrian conductor<ref>{{Cite web |title=FRANZ WELSER-MÖST UNOFFICIAL WEBSITE |url=https://www.rodoni.ch/OPERNHAUS/welser-most/biomusecdance.html |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=www.rodoni.ch}}</ref>
** [[Timothy Hutton]], American actor
* [[August 17]] – [[Sean Penn]], American actor and film director
* [[August 18]] – [[Stuart Matthewman]], English songwriter
* [[August 19]] – [[Morten Andersen]], American football player
* [[August 20]] – [[Elizabeth Alda]], American actress
* [[August 22]] – [[Regina Taylor]], American actress
* [[August 23]] – [[Chris Potter (actor)|Chris Potter]], Canadian actor and musician
* [[August 24]] – [[Cal Ripken Jr.]], American baseball player
* [[August 26]]
** [[Branford Marsalis]], American musician
** [[Ola Ray]], American actress and model
* [[August 28]]
** [[Jodi Carlisle]], American actress
** [[Leroy Chiao]], American engineer, retired NASA astronaut<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Eneide_-_Vittori_mission/ISS_Expedition_Ten_biographies |title=ISS Expedition Ten biographies |work=European Space Agency |access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] – [[Viire Valdma]], Estonian actress

===September===
[[File:Damon Wayans.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Damon Wayans]]]]
[[File:Hugh Grant in 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hugh Grant]]]]
[[File:Colin Firth (36124162705) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Colin Firth]]]]
[[File:Melissa Leo at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Melissa Leo]]]]
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* [[September 1]] – [[Joseph Williams (musician)|Joseph Williams]], American singer and film score composer
* [[September 2]] – [[John S. Hall]], American poet and spoken-word artist
* [[September 4]]
** [[Kim Thayil]], American rock guitarist ([[Soundgarden]])
** [[Damon Wayans]], African-American actor and comedian
* [[September 5]] 
** [[Karita Mattila]], Finnish soprano
** [[Dayo Wong]], Hong Kong actor and standup comedian
* [[September 7]]
** [[Phillip Rhee]], American actor, producer and writer
** [[Dušan Pašek]], Slovak ice hockey player (d. [[1998]])
* [[September 9]]
** [[Mario Batali]], American chef and host
** [[Hugh Grant]], English actor and activist
** [[Johnson Righeira]], Italian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
** [[Bob Stoops]], American football coach
* [[September 10]]
**[[Margaret Ferrier]], Scottish politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myparliament.info/Member/4386|title=MyParliament - Biography for Margaret Ferrier|date=May 24, 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524030924/http://myparliament.info/Member/4386|archive-date=2016-05-24}}</ref>
**[[Colin Firth]], English actor
* [[September 11]] – [[Annie Gosfield]], American composer
* [[September 12]]
** [[Robert John Burke]], American actor
** [[Evan Jenkins (politician)|Evan Jenkins]], American politician
** [[Barham Salih]], Iraqi Kurdish politician, 8th [[President of Iraq]]
* [[September 13]] – [[Kevin Carter]], South African photojournalist (d. [[1994]])
* [[September 14]]
** [[Melissa Leo]], American actress
** [[Callum Keith Rennie]], Canadian actor
* [[September 15]] – [[Jimmy Bridges (actor)|Jimmy Bridges]], American actor
* [[September 18]] – [[Elena Valenciano]], Spanish politician
* [[September 16]]
** [[John Franco]], American baseball player
** [[Yianna Katsoulos]], French singer
* [[September 17]]
** [[Alan Krueger]], American economist (d. [[2019]])
** [[Damon Hill]], British 1996 [[Formula 1]] world champion
** [[Kevin Clash]], American actor and puppeteer
* [[September 19]] – [[Yolanda Saldívar]], American murderer of [[tejano]] singer [[Selena]]
* [[September 21]] – [[David James Elliott]], Canadian-American actor
* [[September 22]] – [[Scott Baio]], American actor
* [[September 25]] – [[Eduardo Yáñez]], Mexican film and television actor

===October===
[[File:Jean-Claude Van Damme 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]]]
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[[File:Maradona 2010-1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Diego Maradona]]]]
[[File:Reza Pahlavi by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran|Reza Pahlavi]]]]
* [[October 1]] – [[Gilles Dyan]], French art dealer<ref>{{cite web |title=Gilles Diyan: Gallery Owner and Entrepreneur |url=https://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/article/gilles-diyan-3A-gallery-owner-and-entrepreneur/11847 |website=Gazette Drouot |access-date=21 February 2024 |date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[October 4]] – [[Ana Patricia Botín]], Spanish banker
* [[October 5]] 
** [[Careca]], Brazilian footballer
** [[Hitomi Kuroki]], Japanese actress
* [[October 6]] – [[Toru Takahashi (racing driver)|Toru Takahashi]], Japanese race car driver (d. [[1983]])
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Rano Karno]], Indonesian actor and politician
* [[October 9]] – [[Marin Mazzie]], American actress and singer (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Joey Belladonna]], American heavy metal singer ([[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Bernie Nolan]], Irish actress and singer ([[The Nolans]]) (d. [[2013]])
* [[October 18]]
** [[Alex Ferrer]], Cuban-American television personality, lawyer and judge 
** [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]], Belgian actor and martial artist
** [[Erin Moran]], American actress (d. [[2017]])
* [[October 24]]
** [[BD Wong]], American actor<ref>{{cite tweet |title=I got a bday tweet from the Beev! "@TheJerryMathers: Hope you have a great 51st birthday. I hope you do something fun to celebrate." |number=128508055750049792 |last=Wong |first=BD |date=October 24, 2011 |access-date=May 7, 2020 |user=wongbd |author-link=BD Wong}}</ref>
** [[Jaime Garzón]], Colombian journalist and comedian (d. [[1999]])
* [[October 26]] – [[Jouke de Vries]], Dutch–[[Frisians|Frisian]] politician
* [[October 29]] – [[Dieter Nuhr]], German comedian
* [[October 30]] – [[Diego Maradona]], Argentine footballer (d. [[2020]])
* [[October 31]] 
**[[Luis Fortuño]], Puerto Rican politician, [[Governor of Puerto Rico]] (2009–2013)
**[[Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran|Reza Pahlavi]], Crown Prince of Iran

===November===
[[File:Tim Cook 2009 cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tim Cook]]]]
[[File:Tilda Swinton Paris Fashion Week Spring Summer 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tilda Swinton]]]]
<!--[[File:Stanley Tucci 2017 Berlinale.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stanley Tucci]]]]-->
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[[File:Yulia Tymoshenko 2018 Vadim Chuprina.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yulia Tymoshenko]]]]
[[File:Daryl Hannah by Dana Fineman.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Daryl Hannah]]]]
* [[November 1]] – [[Tim Cook]], American businessman and current CEO of [[Apple, Inc]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cultofmac.com/110498/who-is-apples-new-ceo-tim-cook-bio/ |title=Who Is Apple's New CEO Tim Cook? [Bio] |last=Brownlee |first=John |date=August 25, 2011 |website=[[Apple community#Other sites|Cult of Mac]] |access-date=November 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094155/https://www.cultofmac.com/110498/who-is-apples-new-ceo-tim-cook-bio/ |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 3]] – [[Karch Kiraly]], American volleyball player
* [[November 4]] – [[Siniša Glavašević]], Croatian reporter (d. [[1991]])
* [[November 5]] – [[Tilda Swinton]], British actress
* [[November 8]]
** [[Michael Nyqvist]], Swedish actor (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/29/michael-nyqvist-obituary|title=Michael Nyqvist obituary|date=29 June 2017|author=Michael Carlson|website=The Guardian|access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
** [[Megan Cavanagh]], American actress and voice actress
* [[November 9]]
** [[Andreas Brehme]], German football player and manager (d. [[2024]])
** [[Joëlle Ursull]], Guadeloupean singer
* [[November 10]] – [[Neil Gaiman]], English author
* [[November 11]] – 
** [[Stanley Tucci]], American actor and film director
** [[Christy Essien-Igbokwe]], Nigerian actress and musician (d. [[2011]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Maurane]], Belgian singer and actress (d. [[2018]])
* [[November 15]] – [[Susanne Lothar]], German actress (d. [[2012]])
* [[November 17]] 
**[[Jonathan Ross]], English television presenter<ref>{{cite news | title=OBE for broadcaster Jonathan Ross | date=10 June 2005 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4077812.stm | work =BBC News | access-date =30 October 2008 }}</ref>
**[[RuPaul]], American [[drag queen]] and entertainer
* [[November 18]] 
** [[Elizabeth Perkins]], American actress
** [[Kim Wilde]], English pop singer, DJ and television presenter.
* [[November 19]]
** [[Miss Elizabeth]], American professional wrestling valet (d. [[2003]])
** [[Hiroshi Naka]], Japanese voice actor
* [[November 20]] – [[Marc Labrèche]], Canadian actor and television host
* [[November 23]] – [[Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts]], American television broadcaster
* [[November 24]] – [[Amanda Wyss]], American actress
* [[November 25]]
** [[Robert Dunlop]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. [[2008]])
** [[Amy Grant]], American Christian and pop musician
** [[John F. Kennedy Jr.]], American lawyer, journalist and son of 35th President [[John F. Kennedy]] (d. [[1999]])
* [[November 26]]
** [[Greg Berg]], American actor and voice actor
** [[Harold Reynolds]], American baseball player and broadcaster
** [[Randy Santiago]], Filipino musician and actor
* [[November 27]]
** [[Eike Immel]], German football player and manager
** [[Tim Pawlenty]], American politician
** [[Yulia Tymoshenko]], [[Prime Minister of Ukraine]] in 2005 and 2007–2010
*[[November 29]] – [[Cathy Moriarty]], American actress
* [[November 30]]
** [[Rich Fields]], American television personality
** [[Gary Lineker]], English footballer and sports presenter

===December===
[[File:Julianne Moore (15011443428) (2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Julianne Moore]]]]
[[File:KennethBranaghApr2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kenneth Branagh]]]]
<!--[[File:Kim_Ki-duk_at_the_69th_Venice_International_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kim Ki-duk]]]]-->
[[File:Temuera Morrison 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Temuera Morrison]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Carol Alt]], American model and actress
* [[December 2]] – [[Silk Smitha]], Indian actress (d.[[1996]])
* [[December 3]]
** [[Daryl Hannah]], American actress and environmental activist
** [[Julianne Moore]], American actress and children's author
* [[December 4]] – [[Glynis Nunn]], Australian athlete
* [[December 5]]
** [[Brian Bromberg]], American jazz bassist and composer
** [[Jack Russell (musician)|Jack Russell]], American rock singer ([[Great White]]) (d. [[2024]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Lim Guan Eng]], Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of [[Penang]]
* [[December 9]] – [[Steve Doll]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2009]])
* [[December 10]] – Sir [[Kenneth Branagh]], Northern Irish actor and director
* [[December 12]] – [[Volker Beck (politician)|Volker Beck]], German politician
* [[December 14]] – [[Ebrahim Raisi]], Iranian politician, 8th [[President of Iran]] (d. [[2024]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Livingstone |first=Helen |date=2024-05-20 |title=Iran president helicopter crash: Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister have died, state TV says – live updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/20/iran-helicopter-crash-live-updates-ebrahim-raisi-iranian-president-search-and-rescue-middle-east-crisis-latest-news |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] – [[Tarako]], Japanese voice actress
* [[December 18]] – [[Kazuhide Uekusa]], Japanese economist
* [[December 19]] – [[Michelangelo Signorile]], American journalist, author and talk radio host
* [[December 20]] – [[Kim Ki-duk]], South Korean director and screenwriter (d. [[2020]])
* [[December 22]] – [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American musician and graffiti painter (d. [[1988]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Temuera Morrison]], New Zealand actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Temuera Morrison |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/person/102370401-Temuera-Morrison |website=The Numbers |access-date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[December 27]] – [[Maryam d'Abo]], British actress
* [[December 28]]
** [[Ray Bourque]], Canadian ice hockey player
** [[John Fitzgerald (tennis)|John Fitzgerald]], Australian tennis player
* [[December 29]] – [[Dave Pelzer]], American author

==Deaths==
===January===
[[File:Hurston-Zora-Neale-LOC.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zora Neale Hurston]]]]
[[File:Studio publicity Margaret Sullavan.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Margaret Sullavan]]]]
[[File:Albert Camus, gagnant de prix Nobel, portrait en buste, posé au bureau, faisant face à gauche, cigarette de tabagisme.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Albert Camus]]]]
[[File:Ferdinando Pius.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria]]]]
[[File:Beno Gutenberg.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Beno Gutenberg]]]]
* [[January 1]] 
** [[Gianni Franciolini]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. [[1910]])
** [[Margaret Sullavan]], American actress (b. [[1909]])
* [[January 2]] – [[Paul Sauvé]], Premier of [[Quebec]] (b. [[1907]])
* [[January 3]] – [[Victor Sjöström]], Swedish actor (b. [[1879]])
* [[January 4]]
** [[Albert Camus]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] winner, automobile accident (b. [[1913]])
** [[Dudley Nichols]], American screenwriter (b. [[1895]])
* [[January 5]] – [[Donald Knight (cricketer)|Donald Knight]], English cricketer (b. [[1894]])
* [[January 7]] – [[Dorothea Chambers]], English tennis champion (b. [[1878]])
* [[January 9]] – [[Elsie J. Oxenham]], English children's novelist (b. [[1880]])
* [[January 10]] – [[Arthur S. Carpender]], American admiral (b. [[1884]])
* [[January 11]] – [[Isabel Emslie Hutton]], Scottish nurse in Serbia during World War I and psychiatrist (b. [[1887]])
* [[January 12]] – [[Nevil Shute]], English-born novelist (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 16]] – [[Wilmer W. MacElree]], American lawyer and author (b. [[1859]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Dadasaheb Torne]], Indian filmmaker (b. [[1890]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Matt Moore (actor)|Matt Moore]], Irish-American actor (b. [[1888]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Edwin Fischer]], Swiss pianist and conductor (b. [[1886]])
* [[January 25]]
** [[Diana Barrymore]], American stage and film actress (b. [[1921]])
** [[Rutland Boughton]], English composer (b. [[1878]])
** [[Beno Gutenberg]], German-American seismologist (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{Cite news |title=Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0604.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – [[Osvaldo Aranha]], Brazilian politician (b. [[1894]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Zora Neale Hurston]], American folklorist, anthropologist and author (b. [[1891]])
* [[January 30]] – [[J. C. Kumarappa]], Indian economist (b. [[1892]])

===February===
[[File:Stepinac.jpg|thumb|100px|Blessed [[Aloysius Stepinac]]]]
[[File:Adone Zoli.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Adone Zoli]]]]
* [[February 2]] – [[Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha]], Hindu teacher (b. [[1884]])
* [[February 3]] – [[Fred Buscaglione]], Italian singer and actor (b. [[1921]])
* [[February 6]] – [[Jesse Belvin]], American urban singer (b. [[1932]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Igor Kurchatov]], Soviet physicist (b. [[1903]])
* [[February 8]]
** [[J. L. Austin]], British philosopher (b. [[1911]])
** [[Giles Gilbert Scott|Sir Giles Gilbert Scott]], British architect (b. [[1880]])
* [[February 9]] 
** [[Adolph Coors III]], American brewer and kidnap victim (b. [[1916]])
** [[Ernst von Dohnányi]], Hungarian conductor (b. [[1877]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernst-von-Dohnanyi|title=Ernst von Dohnányi &#124; Hungarian composer &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=5 February 2024 }}</ref>
* [[February 10]] – [[Aloysius Stepinac]], Yugoslav [[Roman Catholic]] prelate (b. [[1898]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Jean-Michel Atlan]], French painter (b. [[1913]])
* [[February 14]] – [[Masatomi Kimura]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1891]])
* [[February 20]]
** [[Leonard Woolley]], English archaeologist (b. [[1880]])
** [[Adone Zoli]], Italian politician, 35th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[February 29]]
** [[Jacques Becker]], French director (b. [[1906]])
** [[Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma]] (b. [[1901]]), last Vicereine of India
** [[Melvin Purvis]], American lawman and FBI agent (b. [[1903]])

===March===
* [[March 2]] – [[Stanisław Taczak]], Polish general (b. [[1874]])
* [[March 4]] – [[Leonard Warren]], American opera singer (b. [[1911]])
* [[March 9]] – [[Jack Beattie]], Irish politician (b. [[1886]])
* [[March 11]]
** [[Roy Chapman Andrews]], American explorer, adventurer and naturalist (b. [[1884]])
** [[Takuma Kajiwara]], Japanese-born American photographer (b.[[1876]])
* [[March 13]]
** [[Louis Wagner (driver)|Louis Wagner]], French Grand Prix racer, aviator (b. [[1882]])
** [[Yosef Zvi HaLevy]], Israeli rabbi and judge (b. [[1874]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Oliver Kirk]], American Olympic boxer (b. [[1884]])
* [[March 22]] – [[José Antonio Aguirre (politician)|José Antonio Aguirre]], Spanish politician (b. [[1904]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Franklin P. Adams]], American journalist (b. [[1881]])
* [[March 26]] – [[Ian Keith]], American actor (b. [[1899]])
* [[March 27]]
** [[Mario Talavera]], Mexican songwriter (b. [[1885]])
** [[Gregorio Marañón]], Spanish physician, scientist, historian and philosopher. (b. [[1887]])

===April===
[[File:Eddie Cochran.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eddie Cochran]]]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-U0205-502, Max von Laue.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Max von Laue]]]]
[[File:1912 Gustaf Lindblom2.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Gustaf Lindblom (athlete)|Gustaf Lindblom]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** [[Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan]], King of Malaysia (b. [[1895]])
** [[Madeleine Rolland]], French translator and peace activist (b. [[1872]])
* [[April 3]] – [[Norodom Suramarit]], [[King of Cambodia]] (b. [[1896]])
* [[April 5]]
** [[Cuthbert Burnup]], English sportsman (b. [[1875]])
** [[Peter Llewelyn Davies]], namesake for [[Peter Pan]] (b. [[1897]])
** [[Alma Kruger]], American actress (b. [[1868]])
* [[April 10]] – [[Arthur Benjamin]], Australian composer (b. [[1893]])
* [[April 17]] – [[Eddie Cochran]], American rock singer (b. [[1938]])
* [[April 24]]
** [[Max von Laue]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]])<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1960.0028| title = Max von Laue 1879-1960| journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]| volume = 6| pages = 134–156| year = 1960| last1 = Ewald | first1 = P. P. | s2cid = 71307727| author-link1 = Paul Peter Ewald}}</ref>
** [[George Relph]], English actor (b. [[1888]])
* [[April 25]]
** [[Amānullāh Khān]], Emir and King of Afghanistan (b. [[1892]])
** [[Turan Emeksiz]], Turkish student killed during the demonstrations (b. [[1940]])
* [[April 26]] – [[Gustaf Lindblom (athlete)|Gustaf Lindblom]], Swedish Olympic athlete (b. [[1891]])
* [[April 28]] – [[Carlos Ibáñez del Campo]], Chilean army officer and political figure, 20th [[President of Chile]] (b. [[1877]])

===May===
[[File:John D. Rockefeller Jr..jpg|thumb|100px|[[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]]]]
[[File:Georges Claude 1926.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Georges Claude]]]]
[[File:George Zucco.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Zucco]]]]
[[File:James Montgomery Flagg (1).jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Montgomery Flagg]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Sergei Safronov (fighter pilot)|Sergei Safronov]], Soviet fighter pilot (b. [[1930]])
* [[May 2]] – [[Caryl Chessman]], American criminal (executed) (b. [[1921]])
* [[May 3]] – [[Masa Niemi]], Finnish actor (b. [[1914]])
* [[May 8]]
** [[Hersch Lauterpacht|Sir Hersch Lauterpacht]], British international lawyer (b. [[1897]])
** [[J. H. C. Whitehead]], British mathematician (b. [[1904]])
* [[May 11]] – [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]], American philanthropist (b. [[1874]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Prince Aly Khan]], Pakistani [[United Nations]] ambassador (b. [[1911]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Lucrezia Bori]], Spanish opera singer (b. [[1887]])
* [[May 22]] – [[İbrahim Çallı]], Turkish painter (b. [[1882]])
* [[May 23]]
** [[Georges Claude]], French inventor (b. [[1870]])
** [[The Great Gama]], Punjabi wrestler (b. [[1878]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Avraham Arnon]], Israeli educator and a recipient of the Israel Prize (b. [[1887]])
* [[May 25]] – [[Rafael Gómez Ortega]], Spanish bullfighter (b. [[1882]])
* [[May 27]]
** [[Edward Brophy]], American character actor (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://threestooges.net/cast/actor/737|title=Cast Member : Edward Brophy -- ThreeStooges.net}}</ref>
** [[James Montgomery Flagg]], American artist, comics artist and illustrator (b. [[1877]])
** [[George Zucco]], English-born character actor (b. [[1886]])
* [[May 30]] – [[Boris Pasternak]], Russian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (declined)  (b. [[1890]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Walther Funk]], German Nazi politician (b. [[1890]])

===June===
[[File:Kenneth McArthur.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ken McArthur]]]]
[[File:OttoEnder1929.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Otto Ender]]]]
* [[June 3]] – [[Ana Pauker]], Romanian politician (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/pauker-anna|title=Ana Pauker|website=Jewish Women's Archive}}</ref>
* [[June 4]]
** [[Józef Haller]], Polish general (b. [[1873]])
** [[Lucien Littlefield]], American actor (b. [[1895]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Ken McArthur]], South African athlete (b. [[1881]])
* [[June 14]]
** [[Natalia Martirosyan]], Armenian engineer (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1981 |title=ՄԱՐՏԻՐՈՍՅԱՆ Նատալյա Արտեմի |encyclopedia=[[Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House]] |location=Yerevan |url=https://hy.wikisource.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BB:%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6_(Soviet_Armenian_Encyclopedia)_7.djvu/349 |editor-last=Karadelyan |editor-first=Kh. |volume=7 |pages=349 |language=hy |trans-title=MARTIROSYAN Natalia Artemi}}</ref>
** [[Ana Pauker]], Romanian communist politician (b. [[1893]])
* [[June 17]] – [[Arthur Rosson]], English film director (b. [[1886]])
* [[June 18]] – [[Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili]], Georgian politician (b. [[1884]])
* [[June 19]] – [[Chris Bristow]], English race car driver (b. [[1937]])
* [[June 20]] – [[William E. Fairbairn]], English soldier, police officer and hand-to-hand combat expert (b. [[1885]])
* [[June 25]]
** [[Walter Baade]], German astronomer (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Osterbrock|first1=D. E.|title=Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories|journal=AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #33|volume=33|pages=10.03|bibcode=2002DDA....33.1003O|publisher=Harvard Univ|date=Sep 2002}}</ref>
** [[Otto Ender]], Austrian political figure, 8th [[Chancellor of Austria]] (b. [[1875]])
* [[June 27]] – [[Lottie Dod]], English tennis player; Wimbledon women's champion, 1887–88, 1891–93 (b. [[1871]])
* [[June 28]] 
** [[Móric Esterházy]], Hungarian aristocrat and politician, 18th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. [[1881]])
** [[Jaume Vicens i Vives]], Spanish historian (b. [[1910]])

===July===
[[File:Pavol Godjic.jpg|thumbnail|100px|[[Pavel Peter Gojdič]]]]
[[File:Hasan H%C3%BCsn%C3%BC Saka.jpg|thumbnail|100px|[[Hasan Saka]]]]
* [[July 2]] – [[Margherita Bagni]], Italian actress (b. [[1902]])
* [[July 6]] 
** [[Aneurin Bevan]], Welsh politician (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-BEVA-ANE-1897|title=Bevan, Aneurin (1897-1960), politician and one of the founders of the Welfare State|author= John Graham Jones|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref>
** [[Hans Wilsdorf]], German-Swiss watchmaker, founder of [[Rolex]] (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rolex.org/perpetual/the-man-behind-the-crown|title=The man behind the crown - Hans Wilsdorf - Perpetual|website=rolex.org}}</ref>
* [[July 7]] – [[Francis Browne]], Irish Jesuit priest, famous for his last photos of the ''[[RMS Titanic]]'' (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coastmonkey.ie/titanic-photos-fr-browne/|title=The Titanic Photos of Fr Browne &#124; A Unique Glimpse Onboard – Coast Monkey|website=coastmonkey.ie}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] 
** [[Buddy Adler]], American film producer (b. [[1909]])
** [[Francis Xavier Gsell]], Australian [[Roman Catholic]] bishop and missionary (b. [[1872]])
* [[July 14]] – [[Maurice de Broglie]], French physicist (b. [[1875]])
* [[July 15]]
** [[Anton Giulio Bragaglia]], Italian cinematographer (b. [[1890]])
** [[Set Persson]], Swedish politician (b. [[1897]])
** [[Lawrence Tibbett]], American opera singer and actor (b. [[1896]])
* [[July 16]]
** [[Albert Kesselring]], German field marshal (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book |last = Lingen |first = Kerstin von |author-link=Kerstin von Lingen  |title = Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945–1960 |publisher = University Press of Kansas |location = Lawrence, Kansas |year = 2009 |isbn = 978-0-7006-1641-1 |oclc = 263605489 | page=220}}</ref>
** [[John P. Marquand]], American novelist (b. [[1893]])
** [[Manuel Gamio]], Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist (b. [[1883]])
* [[July 17]] 
** [[Pavel Peter Gojdič]], Czechoslovak [[Roman Catholic]] monk and blessed (b. [[1888]])
** [[Maud Menten]], Canadian biochemist (b. [[1879]])
* [[July 22]] – [[Yan Xishan]], Chinese warlord and politician (b. [[1883]])
* [[July 24]] – [[Hans Albers]], German actor and singer (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Historisches Kalenderblatt|url=http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/draufgaenger-und-melancholiker.871.de.html?dram:article_id=127039|access-date=24 July 2010|publisher=Deutschlandfunk|date=24 July 2010}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] – [[Cedric Gibbons]], Irish-American art director (b. [[1893]])
* [[July 27]] – [[Georgi Kyoseivanov]], 27th [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[July 28]] – [[Enrique Amorim]], Uruguayan novelist (b. [[1900]])
* [[July 29]] – [[Hasan Saka]], 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. [[1885]])

===August===
[[File:Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Arthur Meighen]]]]
[[File:Carlo Emilio Bonferroni.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]]]]
* [[August 2]] – [[Francesca French]], British [[Protestant]] missionary (b. [[1871]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Arthur Meighen]], 9th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1874]])
* [[August 7]]
** [[Walden L. Ainsworth]], American admiral (b. [[1886]])
** [[Luis Ángel Firpo]], Argentine boxer (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 10]]
** [[Frank Lloyd]], British-born American film director (b. [[1886]])
** [[Oswald Veblen]], American mathematician, geometer and topologist (b. [[1880]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Fred Clarke]], American baseball player ([[Pittsburgh Pirates]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1872]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Charles W. Ryder]], American general (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 18]] – [[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]], Italian mathematician (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 22]]
** [[Eduard Pütsep]], Estonian wrestler (b. [[1898]])
** [[Johannes Sikkar]], Estonian politician (b. [[1897]])
* [[August 23]]
** [[Jersey Flegg]], English-Australian [[rugby league]] player and chairman (b. [[1878]])
** [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], American librettist (b. [[1895]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Stanley Clifford Weyman]], American impostor (b. [[1890]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Charles Forbes (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Charles Forbes]], British admiral (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2002.10656840|title=Lost Leader: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes and the Second World War|first=James|last=Levy|date=January 1, 2002|journal=The Mariner's Mirror|volume=88|issue=2|pages=186–195|via=Taylor and Francis+NEJM|doi=10.1080/00253359.2002.10656840|s2cid=162918539 }}</ref>
* [[August 29]]
** [[Hazza' al-Majali]], Prime Minister of Jordan, assassinated (b. [[1917]])
** [[Vicki Baum]], Austrian novelist (b. [[1888]])
** [[David Diop]], French West African poet (b. [[1927]])

===September===
[[File:Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah.jpg|thumb|100px|King [[Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah]]]]
* [[September 1]] – [[Hisamuddin of Selangor]], King of Malaysia (b. [[1898]])
* [[September 4]] – [[Alfred E. Green]], American film director (b. [[1889]])
* [[September 8]]
** [[Feroze Gandhi]], Indian politician (b. [[1912]])
** [[Oscar Pettiford]], American jazz string player (b. [[1922]])
* [[September 9]] – [[Jussi Björling]], Swedish tenor (b. [[1911]])
* [[September 11]] – [[Edwin Justus Mayer]], American screenwriter (b. [[1896]])
* [[September 13]] – [[Leó Weiner]], Hungarian composer (b. [[1885]])
* [[September 20]] 
** [[Ida Rubinstein]], Russian ballet dancer (b. [[1883]])
** [[Ernest William Goodpasture]], American pathologist and physician (b. [[1886]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Melanie Klein]], Austrian-British psychoanalyst (b. [[1882]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Kathlyn Williams]], American stage and silent film actress (b. [[1879]])
* [[September 24]] – [[Mátyás Seiber]], Hungarian composer (b. [[1905]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Emily Post]], American etiquette expert (b. [[1873]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emily-Post|title=Emily Post &#124; American writer &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=21 September 2023 }}</ref>
* [[September 27]] – [[Sylvia Pankhurst]], English [[suffragette]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[September 29]] – [[Vladimir Dimitrov]], Bulgarian artist (b. 1882) <ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Dimitrov-Maistora, Vladimir |encyclopedia=[[Grove Art Online]] |date=2003 |last=Katzarova |first=Mariana |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location= |id= |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000022809 |access-date=20 February 2024 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T022809}}</ref>
* [[September 30]] – [[St John Philby]], Ceylonese-born British Arabist (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-Saint-John-Philby|title=H. Saint John Philby &#124; British explorer &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|accessdate=18 December 2022}}</ref>

===October===
[[File:Khalifa bin Hareb (cropped).jpg|thumbnail|100px|Sultan [[Khalifa bin Harub of Zanzibar]]]]
* [[October 5]] – [[Alfred L. Kroeber]], American anthropologist (b. [[1876]])
* [[October 11]] – [[Richard Cromwell (actor)|Richard Cromwell]], American film actor (b. [[1910]])
* [[October 12]] – [[Inejiro Asanuma]], Japanese politician (assassinated) (b. [[1898]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Abram Ioffe]], Soviet physicist (b. [[1903]])
* [[October 15]]
** [[Henny Porten]], German actress and producer (b. [[1890]])
** [[Clara Kimball Young]], American actress (b. [[1890]])
* [[October 21]] 
** [[Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl]], Scottish aristocrat and politician (b. [[1874]])
** [[Ma Hongbin]], Chinese warlord (b. [[1884]])
* [[October 24]]
** [[Mitrofan Nedelin]], Soviet [[Chief marshal of the branch|Chief Marshal of the Artillery]], chief of the [[Strategic Missile Force]], [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] (b. [[1902]])
** [[Yevgeny Ostashev]], Soviet head of the 1st control polygon NIIP-5 ([[Baikonur]]), Lenin prize winner (b. [[1924]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Harry Ferguson]], Irish engineer and inventor (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ferguson-museum.co.uk/chronology.htm|title=Biography and history of Harry Ferguson|website=www.ferguson-museum.co.uk|accessdate=18 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] – [[H. L. Davis]], American fiction writer and poet (b. [[1894]])

===November===
[[File:Anak pili.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Julio Nakpil]]]]
[[File:Clark Gable - publicity.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Clark Gable]]]]
[[File:Dirk Jan de Geer.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dirk Jan de Geer]]]]
[[File:Richard Wright.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]]]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1980-128-63, Erich Raeder.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Erich Raeder]]]]
* [[November 2]]
**[[Dimitri Mitropoulos]], Greek conductor, pianist and composer (b. [[1896]])
** [[Julio Nakpil]], Filipino composer and general (b. [[1867]])
** [[Otoya Yamaguchi]], Japanese ultranationalist assassin (suicide) (b. [[1943]])
* [[November 3]]
** [[Bobby Wallace (baseball)|Bobby Wallace]], American baseball player ([[St. Louis Browns]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1873]])
** [[Harold Spencer Jones|Sir Harold Spencer Jones]], English astronomer (b. [[1890]])
* [[November 5]]
** [[Ward Bond]], American actor (b. [[1903]])
** [[August Gailit]], Estonian writer (b. [[1891]])
** [[Johnny Horton]], American country singer (b. [[1925]])
** [[Mack Sennett]], Canadian film producer and director (b. [[1880]])
* [[November 6]] 
**[[John Lavington Bonython|Sir John Bonython]], Australian businessman and politician (b. [[1875]])
** [[Erich Raeder]], German admiral (b. [[1876]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Erich Raeder |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erich-Raeder|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |date=2 November 2020 |orig-year=20 July 1998 |access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] – [[A. P. Carter]], American singer-songwriter (b. [[1891]])
* [[November 11]] – [[Monte Attell]], American boxer (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/attell-monte.htm|title=Cyber Boxing Zone -- Monte Attell|website=www.cyberboxingzone.com|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] – [[Lord Buckley]], American [[monologist]] (b. [[1906]])
* [[November 16]]
** [[Paul Faure (politician)|Paul Faure]], French Socialist politician (b. [[1878]])
** [[Clark Gable]], American actor (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark Gable {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clark-Gable |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 19]] – [[Phyllis Haver]], American actress (b. [[1899]])
* [[November 23]] – [[Allen Hobbs]], 32nd [[Governor of American Samoa]] (b. [[1889]])
* [[November 24]] – [[Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia]], sister of Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[November 25]] – [[Mirabal sisters]]: Patria (b. 1924), Minerva (b. 1926) and Maria Teresa Mirabal (b. 1935), three Dominican revolutionaries (and Rufino de la Cruz, their driver) (assassinated)
* [[November 26]] – [[Helen Hellwig]], American tennis player (b. [[1874]])
* [[November 28]]
** [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]], American novelist (b. [[1908]])
** [[Dirk Jan de Geer]], Dutch nobleman, lawyer and politician, 26th [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Andrew Hamilton Russell|Sir Andrew Russell]], New Zealand Army general (b. [[1868]])

===December===
[[File:Hashim Al Atassi.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Hashim al-Atassi]]]]
[[File:Elizabeth_Prophet,_sculptress_and_teacher_-_NARA_-_559226_(head_crop).jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Nancy Elizabeth Prophet]]]]
* [[December 5]] – [[Hashim al-Atassi]], Syrian statesman, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Syria]] and 4th [[President of Syria]] (b. [[1875]])
* [[December 7]] 
** [[Virginia Balestrieri]], Italian actress (b. [[1888]])
** [[Ioannis Demestichas]], Greek admiral (b. [[1882]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Christopher Hornsrud]], 11th Prime Minister of Norway (b. [[1859]])
* [[December 13]]
** [[John Charles Thomas]], American opera singer (b. [[1891]])
** [[Nancy Elizabeth Prophet]], African-American artist known for her sculpture (b. [[1890]])
* [[December 14]] – [[Gregory Ratoff]], Russian actor and director
* [[December 22]] – [[Ninian Comper|Sir Ninian Comper]], British architect (b. [[1864]])
* [[December 25]] – [[Alberto Maria de Agostini]], Italian missionary (b. [[1883]])
* [[December 26]]
** [[Giuseppe Mario Bellanca]], Italian-American aircraft designer and company founder (b. [[1886]])
** [[Watsuji Tetsuro]], Japanese philosopher (b. [[1889]])

===Date unknown===
* [[Signe Bergman]], Swedish suffragist (b. [[1869]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://skbl.se/en/article/SigneBergman|title=skbl.se - Signe Wilhelmina Ulrika Bergman|website=skbl.se}}</ref>

==Nobel Prizes==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Donald Arthur Glaser]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Willard Libby]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – Sir [[Frank Macfarlane Burnet]], [[Peter Medawar]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Saint-John Perse]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Albert Lutuli]]

==References==
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