1987 Books

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Events

January

* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 4 – 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
* January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives.
* January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release.
* January 20 – Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut (released November 1991).

February

* February 6 – The Soviet oil tanker ''Antonio Gramsci'' suffers a minor shipwreck in Finnish waters en route to the Neste oil refinery in Porvoo, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 570–650 tons.
* February 11
** British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
** The new Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect. This new constitution adds Spanish and Arabic as optional languages of the Philippines.
* February 20 – A second Unabomber bomb explodes at a Salt Lake City computer store in the United States, injuring the owner.
* February 23 – SN 1987A, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604, is observed.
* February 25 – Beginning of the Phosphorite War protest movement in the Estonian SSR.
* February 26 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security Council staff.

March

* March 1 – The first Starbucks outside of the US is opened in Vancouver, Canada.
* March 2 – New Zealand's most destructive earthquake in 19 years hits near the city of Edgecumbe, killing 1 person and leaving 25 injured.
* March 4 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran–Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.

* March 6 – Zeebrugge disaster: Roll-on/roll-off cross-channel ferry capsizes off Zeebrugge harbor in Belgium; 193 people die.
* March 7 – 1987 Lieyu massacre: The Republic of China Army execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, Lieyu, Kinmen off Mainland China.
* March 18 – Woodstock of physics: A marathon session of the American Physical Society's meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors.
* March 20 – AZT is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
* March 24 – Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and French Prime Minister and future President of France, Jacques Chirac, sign an agreement to construct the Euro Disney Resort (now called Disneyland Paris) and to develop the Val d'Europe area of the new town Marne-la-Vallée in Paris, France.
* March 29
** The World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) produces WrestleMania III from the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The event is particularly notable for the record attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America until February 14, 2010, when the 2010 NBA All-Star Game has an attendance of 108,713 at AT&T Stadium.
** A hybrid solar eclipse was the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on October 3, 1986. It was annular visible in southern Argentina, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan (part of the path of annularity crossed today's South Sudan), Ethiopia, Djibouti and northern Somalia and total visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds.
* March 30 – The 59th Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles, with ''Platoon'' winning Best Picture.
* March 31 – Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, conducts a 45-minute interview on Soviet television.

April

* April 13 – The governments of the Portuguese Republic and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau will be returned to China in 1999.
* April 19 – ''The Simpsons'' cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on ''The Tracey Ullman Show''.
* April 21 – In Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Central Bus Station Bombing kills 113 civilians.
* April 27 – The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien".
* April 30 – Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution.

May

* May 8 – Loughgall ambush: A 24-man unit of the British Army Special Air Service (SAS) ambushed eight members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) as they mounted an attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) barracks. All IRA members were killed as well as one civilian.
* May 9 – A Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines, crashes into a forest just outside Warsaw, killing all 183 people on board.
* May 11 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
* May 14 – Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji.
* May 17 – is hit by two Iraqi-owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 37 sailors.
* May 22
** The Hashimpura massacre occurs in Meerut, India.
** The first ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park, Auckland.
* May 27 – In one of the densest concentrations of humanity in history, a crowd of 800,000+ packed shoulder-to-shoulder onto the Golden Gate Bridge and its approaches for its 50th Anniversary celebration.
* May 28 – Eighteen-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet air defenses and lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained (released on August 3, 1988).

June

* June 3 – The Vanuatu Labour Party is founded.
* June 8 – The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, the first of its kind in the world.
* June 11 – The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.
* June 12 – During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
* June 17 – With the death of the last known individual, the dusky seaside sparrow, a subspecies native to the US state of Florida, becomes extinct.
* June 19
** Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands.
** ''Edwards v. Aguillard'': The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional.
** Hipercor bombing: the Basque terrorist group ETA perpetrate a car-bomb attack at an Hipercor market in Barcelona, killing 21 and hurting 45.
* June 27 – A commercial HS 748 (Philippine Airlines Flight 206) crashes near Baguio, Philippines, killing 50.
* June 28
** Iraqi warplanes drop mustard-gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in two separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas. This is the first time a civilian town was targeted by chemical weapons.
** An accidental explosion at the Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troops.
* June 29 – South Korean politician, presidential candidate of the ruling party Roh Tae-woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of the June Democracy Movement.
* June 30 – Canada introduces a one-dollar coin, nicknamed the "Loonie".

July

* July 1 – The Single European Act is passed by the European Community.
* July 3 – Greater Manchester Police recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor, after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.
* July 4 – A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbie to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
* July 11
** 1987 Australian federal election: Bob Hawke's Australian Labor Party, Labor Hawke Government, Government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party led by John Howard and the National Party of Australia, National Party led by Ian Sinclair.
** World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.
* July 15 – Martial law in Taiwan ends after 38 years.
* July 17 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
* July 22 – Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28.
* July 25 – The East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway in the North West of England, is opened between Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and Ramsbottom.
* July 27 – The song Never Gonna Give You Up a single (music), single was created and released by Rick Astley.
* July 31
** Four hundred pilgrims are killed in 1987 Mecca incident, clashes between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.
** Docklands Light Railway in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
** An Edmonton tornado, F4-rated tornado devastates eastern Edmonton, Alberta; hardest hit are an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured, with hundreds more left homeless and jobless.

August

* August 4
** The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, ''Our Common Future.''
** The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to present alternative views on controversial issues.
* August 7
** The Colombian frigate ''Caldas'' enters Venezuelan waters near the Los Monjes Archipelago, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.
** American Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim the Bering Strait, crossing from Little Diomede Island to Big Diomede in 2 hours and 5 minutes.
* August 9 – Hoddle Street massacre in Australia: Julian Knight (murderer), Julian Knight, 19, goes on a shooting rampage in the Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill, Victoria, killing 7 people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police.
* August 14 – All the children held at Kai Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
* August 16
** Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan just west of Detroit killing all but one (4-year old Cecelia Cichan) of the 156 people on board.
** The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it was observed around the world.
* August 17 – Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. Hess, 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex, which is soon demolished.
* August 19
** Hungerford massacre: Sixteen people die in an apparently motiveless mass shooting in the United Kingdom, carried out by Michael Ryan (mass murderer), Michael Ryan.
** ABC News' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity.
** The Order of the Garter is opened to women.
* August 23 – The Hirvepark meeting is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, in commemoration of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

September

* September 2 – In Moscow, USSR, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
* September 3 – In a 1987 Burundian coup d'état, coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
* September 7–September 21, 21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.
* September 13 – Goiânia accident: Metal scrappers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area.
* September 15 – Pope John Paul II arrives in Los Angeles for a two-day papal visit, his first one ever to the city, where he makes an arrival day speech to local leaders of the U.S. entertainment industry.
* September 17 – Pope John Paul II arrives in San Francisco for his first visit to the city, in which he embraces several HIV/AIDS, AIDS sufferers, including an infected child, and proclaims abstinence from illicit sex and drugs are the two main ways to avoid infection.

October

* October 3 – The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA.
* October 6 – Fiji becomes a republic.
* October 7 – Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India.
* October 15 – In Burkina Faso, a 1987 Burkinabé coup d'état, military coup is orchestrated by Blaise Compaoré against incumbent President Thomas Sankara.

* October 15–October 16, 16 – Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit much of southern England, killing 23 people.
* October 19
** Black Monday (1987), Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
** US warships Operation Nimble Archer, destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
** Two commuter trains Bintaro train crash, collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; 102 are killed.
* October 22
** The pilot of a BAE Harrier II, British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it fuel exhaustion, runs out of fuel and crashes into the Irish Sea.
* October 23
** British champion jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion.
** On a vote of 58–42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination, nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
* October 26 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes down 156.83 points.

November

* November 1 – The InterCity 125 breaks the world speed record for a diesel-powered train, reaching 238 km/h (147.88 mph).
* November 7
** Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia.
** Lynne Cox swims between the Diomede Islands from the American Little Diomede Island to the Soviet Big Diomede Island.
** Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
* November 8 – Enniskillen bombing: Twelve people are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen.
* November 12 – The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Mainland China opens in Beijing, near Tiananmen Square.
* November 15 – In Brașov, Romania, Brașov Rebellion, workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae Ceaușescu.
* November 16 – The Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization is signed.
* November 17 – A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska.
* November 18
** The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100.
** Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
* November 22 – Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds, and displays a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.

* November 25 – Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths.
* November 28 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish.
* November 29 – Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea, killing 115 crew and passengers. North Korean agents are responsible for the bombing.

December

* December – Fluoxetine, marketed as Prozac, is approved for use as an antidepressant in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration.
* December 1
** NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing, Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International, Rockwell.
** Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Michael Ahern (Australian politician), Mike Ahern, the only premier never to contest an election as premier.
* December 7 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, United States, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots.
* December 8
** Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
** Queen Street massacre: In Melbourne, Australia, 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 people and injures another 5 in a Post Office building before committing suicide by jumping from the eleventh floor.
** The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It later expires in 2019.
** Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla District, Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43.
* December 9 – General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army, along with the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship.
* December 15 – Production I.G is founded by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto.
* December 17 – Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* December 20 – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry MV Doña Paz, MV ''Doña Paz'' sinks after colliding with the oil tanker ''Vector 1'' in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
* December 21 – Turgut Özal of Motherland Party (Turkey), ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (46th government).
* December 22 – In Zimbabwe, the political parties Zimbabwe African National Union, ZANU and Zimbabwe African People's Union, ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
* December 30 – Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical ''Sollicitudo rei socialis'' (''On Social Concern'').

Births

January

* January 1 – Meryl Davis, American figure skater
* January 2 – Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
* January 5 – Jason Mitchell, American actor
*January 6 – Zhang Lin (swimmer), Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
* January 7
** Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018)
** Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
** Sirusho, Armenian singer
* January 8 – Freddie Stroma, English actor and model
* January 9
** Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player
** Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer
** Pablo Santos (actor), Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
* January 10 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
* January 11
** Jamie Vardy, English footballer
** Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer
* January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (d. 2020)
* January 13 – Jack Johnson (ice hockey), Jack Johnson, American ice hockey player
* January 15
** Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
** Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian long-distance runner
** Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler
** Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
* January 18 – Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
* January 19 – Arkadiy Vasilyev, Russian decathlete
* January 20
** Evan Peters, American actor
** Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle road racer (d. 2011)
* January 21 – Pablo Caballero González, Uruguayan footballer
* January 24
** Ruth Bradley, Irish television and film actress
** Wayne Hennessey, Welsh football player
** Luis Suárez, Uruguayan football player
* January 26 – Sebastian Giovinco, Italian football player
* January 27 – Hannah Teter, American snowboarder
* January 30
** Becky Lynch, Irish professional wrestler
** Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
* January 31 – Marcus Mumford, English-American singer, songwriter, and musician (Mumford & Sons)

February

* February 1
** Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
** Ronda Rousey, American martial arts expert and actress
* February 2 – Gerard Piqué, Barcelona and Spanish footballer
* February 3 – Johan Dahlberg, Swedish architect
* February 4 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
* February 5
** Darren Criss, American singer and actor
** Henry Golding, Malaysian-English actor, model, and television host
* February 7 – Kerli, Estonian singer
* February 8 – Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
* February 9
** Michael B. Jordan, American actor and producer
** Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
* February 10
** Choi Siwon, South Korean recording artist
** Poli Genova, Bulgarian singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter
** Yuja Wang, Chinese pianist
* February 11 – Ellen van Dijk, Dutch road and track cycling world champion
* February 13 – Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer
* February 14
** Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
** José Miguel Cubero, Costa Rican footballer
* February 16
** Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. 2008)
** Mauricio Henao, Colombian actor
**Jon Ossoff, American politician, senior senator from Georgia
* February 17 – Raffi Ahmad, Indonesian actor and comedian
* February 18 – Carla Hernández, Mexican actress
* February 20
** Miles Teller, American actor
** Taylor Boggs, American Football Player
* February 21
** Ashley Greene, American actress
** Tuppence Middleton, English actress
* February 22
** Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress
** Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer
* February 24 – Tina Desai, Indian actress and model
* February 25 – Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater
* February 26 – Johan Sjöstrand, Swedish handball player
* February 27 – Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler

March

* March 1 – Kesha, American singer
* March 3 – Elnur Hüseynov, Azerbaijani singer
* March 5 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian professional tennis player
* March 6 – Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
* March 9 – Bow Wow (rapper), Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
* March 10
** Liu Shishi, Chinese actress
** Emeli Sandé, Scottish recording artist and songwriter
* March 11
** Estefanía Villarreal, Mexican actress
** Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
* March 12 – Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
* March 13 – Marco Andretti, American IRL driver
* March 14 – Aravane Rezaï, Iranian-French tennis player
* March 16 – Alexandr Smyshlyaev, Russian freestyle skier
* March 17
** Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer
** Rob Kardashian, American television personality, model, and talent manager
** Bryan Dechart, American actor and Twitch streamer
* March 18
** Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
** Gabriel Mercado, Argentine footballer
* March 19 – AJ Lee, American professional wrestler
* March 20 – Jô, João Alves de Assis Silva (Jô), Brazilian soccer player
* March 21 – Yuri Ryazanov, Russian artistic gymnast (d. 2009)
* March 22 – Alexander Shatilov, Israeli artistic gymnast
* March 23 – Alan Toovey, Australian rules footballer
* March 24 – Juan Diego Covarrubias, Mexican actor
* March 25 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
* March 26 – Yui (singer), YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter
* March 27 – Polina Gagarina, Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model
** Buster Posey, American Baseball Player
* March 29 – Dénes Varga, Hungarian water polo player
* March 31 – Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster

April

* April 1
** Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress
** Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
* April 3 – Yuval Spungin, Israeli footballer
* April 4
** Océane Zhu, Chinese actress
** Sami Khedira, German footballer
** Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
* April 8 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
* April 9
** Jesse McCartney, American singer, songwriter, and actor
** Pengiran Anak Sarah, wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah
* April 10
** Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
** Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
* April 11
** Joss Stone, English singer and actress
** Lights Poxleitner, Canadian musician
* April 12
** Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress
** Brendon Urie, American musician
* April 15 – Samira Wiley, American actress and model
* April 17 – Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Canadian actress
* April 18 − Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English supermodel
* April 19
** Joe Hart, English footballer
** Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
** Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
* April 21
** Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter
** Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer
* April 22
** David Luiz, Brazilian footballer
** Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer
* April 24 − Varun Dhawan, Indian actor
* April 25 - Arjit Singh, Indian playback singer
* April 27
** Anne Suzuki, Japanese actress
** Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress
* April 28
** Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian film actress and model
** Daequan Cook, American basketball player
* April 29 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player

May

* May 1 – Matt Di Angelo, British Actor
* May 2 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
* May 4
** Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish football player
** Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish triple MotoGP world champion
** Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player
** Li Yifeng, Chinese male actor
* May 6 – Moon Geun-young, Korean actress
* May 7 – Asami Konno, Japanese singer
* May 11
** Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo Albanian politician
** Enikő Mihalik, Hungarian model
* May 12 – Felipe Roque, Brazilian actor and model
* May 13
** Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
** Candice King, American actress and singer
** Marianne Vos, Dutch multiple cyclist
* May 15 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
* May 17 – Ott Lepland, Estonian singer
* May 18 – Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and singer
* May 20 – Julian Wright, American basketball player
* May 22
** Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
** Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
* May 23 – Bray Wyatt, American professional wrestler
* May 25 – Nico Hillenbrand, German footballer
* May 26
** Tooji, Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host
** Brandi Cyrus, American actress, singer and DJ
* May 27 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress
* May 29 – Noah Reid, Canadian actor and musician

June

* June 2
** Tobias Arlt, German Olympic luger
** Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
* June 3
** Lalaine, American actress, singer-songwriter, and bassist
** Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
* June 6
** Luo Zilin, Miss Universe China, Miss Universe China 2011 4th runner-up and model
** Cássio Ramos, Brazilian footballer
* June 10 – He Chong, Chinese diver
* June 11
** Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer
** Rie Tanaka (gymnast), Rie Tanaka, Japanese gymnast
* June 12
** Abbey Lee, Australian model
** Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer
* June 16 – Tobias Wendl, German Olympic luger
* June 17
** Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer
** Kendrick Lamar, American rapper
* June 18
** Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor
** Zsuzsanna Tomori, Hungarian handball player
* June 20
** A-fu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
** Daiana Menezes, Brazilian actress, model, and television host
* June 21 – Kim Ryeo-wook, South Korean singer
* June 22
** Joe Dempsie, English actor
** Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer and model
* June 23
** Guillaume Bonnafond, French road bicycle racer
** Aaron Groom, Fijian rugby league footballer
* June 24
** Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer
** Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder
* June 26 – Samir Nasri, French footballer

July

* July 1 – Ahn Jae-hyun, South Korean model and actor
* July 2 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008)
* July 3
** Murad Subay, Yemeni artist and political activist
** Maximilian Mauff, German actor
** Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver, 4-time champions in Formula One
* July 4
** Ater Majok, Sudanese basketball player
** Prajwal Devaraj, Indian film actor
* July 5
** David Halaifonua, Tongan rugby union player
** Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor
** Mohd Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer
** Chen Xiao, Chinese actor and model
* July 6
** Kate Nash, British singer-songwriter
** Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
* July 7 – Veronica Wagner, Swedish artistic gymnast
* July 9
** Rebecca Sugar, American animator and creator of ''Steven Universe''
** Élodie Fontan, French actress
* July 11 – Maximilian Müller, German field hockey player
* July 13
** Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer
** Neil Denis, Canadian actor
* July 14
** Sara Canning, Canadian actress
** Larry Madowo, Kenyan journalist and news anchor
** Dan Reynolds (singer), Dan Reynolds, American singer and musician
* July 16 – AnnaLynne McCord, American actress
* July 17 – Benedict Martin, Malaysian footballer
* July 19
** Yan Gomes, Brazilian baseball player
** Ho Ho Lun, Hong Kong wrestler
* July 20 – Owen Cheung, Hong Kong actor
* July 23 – Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Polish artistic gymnast
* July 24 – Mara Wilson, American actress and writer
* July 25 – Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer
* July 28
** Sumire (model), Sumire, Japanese fashion model (d. 2009)
** Pedro (footballer, born 1987), Pedro, Spanish footballer
* July 31
** Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
** Michael Bradley (soccer), Michael Bradley, American soccer player

August

* August 3 – Zaquan Adha, Malaysian footballer
* August 4 – Phil Younghusband, British-Filipino footballer
* August 7 – Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
* August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish actress
* August 10 – Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor
* August 14 – Johnny Gargano, American wrestler
* August 16
** Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
** Okieriete Onaodowan, Nigerian actor
** Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
* August 19 – Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver
* August 20
** Cătălina Ponor, Romanian gymnast
** Tulus (singer), Tulus, Indonesian singer
* August 21 – Anton Shipulin, Russian biathlete
* August 24 – Anže Kopitar, Slovene ice hockey player
* August 25
** Liu Yifei, Chinese actress
** Blake Lively, American actress
** Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer and songwriter
** Rona Nishliu, Albanian singer, radio presenter, and humanitarian
* August 30 – Roy Krishna, Fijian footballer

September

* September 2
** Scott Moir, Canadian figure skater
** Spencer Smith (musician), Spencer Smith, American musician
* September 3 – James Neal (ice hockey), James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
* September 4 – Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model
* September 6 – Anna Pavlova (gymnast), Anna Pavlova, Russian artistic gymnast
* September 7
** Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
** Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
* September 8
** Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
** Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier
* September 9
** Afrojack, Dutch DJ and music producer
** Milan Stanković, Serbian pop-folk singer
* September 11
** Ilija Spasojević, Indonesian footballer
** Susianna Kentikian, German-Armenian boxer
** Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
** Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
* September 13 – G.NA, Canadian singer
* September 15 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
* September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
* September 21 – Ryan Guzman, American actor
* September 22 – Tom Felton, English actor and musician
* September 26 – Jang Keun Suk, South Korean actor, singer and model
* September 28 – Hilary Duff, American actress, businesswoman, singer, songwriter, producer, and writer
* September 29 – Anaïs Demoustier, French actress
* September 30
** Ramy Ashour, Egyptian squash player
** Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano
** Elanne Kong, Hong Kong actress and singer

October

* October 1 – Matthew Daddario, American actor
* October 3 – Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen (Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006, Miss Universe 2006)
* October 4 – Marina Weisband, German politician
* October 8 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
* October 11 – Ariella Käslin, Swiss artistic gymnast
* October 12 – Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer
* October 15
** Jesse Levine, American-Canadian tennis player
** Mizuho Sakaguchi, Japanese woman footballer
* October 16
** Seungho (singer), Seungho, South Korean pop singer (MBLAQ)
** Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
* October 18
** Zac Efron, American actor and singer
** Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
* October 23 – Miyuu Sawai, Japanese actress
* October 24 – Charlie White (figure skater), Charlie White, American figure skater
* October 26 – Tommy Johansson (musician), Tommy Johansson, Swedish musician (Sabaton (band), Sabaton)
* October 27
** Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer
** Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (year of birth disputed)
* October 28
** Frank Ocean, American singer and rapper
** Na Yeon Choi, South Korean female professional golfer
* October 29 – Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer

November

* November 1 – Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress
* November 3
** Colin Kaepernick, American football player
** Gemma Ward, Australian model
* November 4 – T.O.P (rapper), T.O.P, Korean rapper
* November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American actor and singer-songwriter
* November 6
** Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
** G.O (singer), G.O, South Korean singer (MBLAQ)
* November 8
** Maryjun Takahashi, Japanese model and actress
** Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer
* November 10 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
* November 11
** Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer (News (band), NEWS, Tegomass)
** Giles Matthey, Australian actor
* November 12
** Jason Day, Australian golfer
** Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
** Juan José Ballesta, Spanish actor
* November 14 – Brian Gleeson (actor), Brian Gleeson, Irish actor
* November 15 – Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player
* November 18 – Daniella Mastricchio, Argentine actress
* November 22 – Mauro Nespoli, Italian archer
* November 23 – Kasia Struss, Polish model
* November 24
** Maysoon al-Eryani, Yemeni poet and translator
** Jeremain Lens, Dutch footballer
** Elena Satine, Georgian-American film actress and singer
* November 26 – Kat DeLuna, American singer
* November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress

December

* December 1 – Sarah Snook, Australian actress
* December 2 – Isaac Promise, Nigerian footballer (d. 2019)
* December 3
** Michael Angarano, American actor
** Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast

* December 8 – Susanne Riesch, German alpine skier
* December 9 – Hikaru Nakamura, American chess grandmaster
* December 10 – Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine footballer
* December 11 – Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress
* December 12 – Lao Lishi, Chinese diver
* December 13
** Michael Socha, English actor
** Rachel Anne Daquis, Filipino volleyball player
* December 14 - Ana Polvorosa, Spanish actress
* December 18
** Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
** Ayaka, Japanese singer
** Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor
* December 19
** Karim Benzema, French footballer
** Ronan Farrow, American activist
** Fábio Audi, Brazilian actor and producer
* December 20 – Michihiro Yasuda, Japanese football player
* December 25 – LJ Reyes, Filipino actress
* December 27 – Lily Cole, British model
* December 28 – Thomas Dekker (actor), Thomas Dekker, American actor, musician, singer, director and producer
* December 29 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor
* December 31
** Seydou Doumbia, Ivorian football player
** Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast

Deaths

January

* January 2 – Jean de Gribaldy, French road cyclist and directeur sportif (b. 1922)
* January 5 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian supercentenarian (b. 1875)
* January 9 – Arthur Lake (actor), Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
* January 10
** Håkan Malmrot, Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1900)
** Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
* January 14 – Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (b. 1897)
* January 15 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
* January 22 – R. Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)
* January 25 – Asim Ferhatović, Yugoslav footballer (b. 1933)
* January 27 – Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)
* January 28 – Galo Plaza, Ecuadorian statesman, 29th President of Ecuador (b. 1906)
* January 31 – Yves Allégret, French film director (b. 1905)

February

* February 1
** Gustav Knuth, German film actor (b. 1901)
** Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
* February 2
** Alistair MacLean, British novelist (b. 1922)
** Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian football goalkeeper (b. 1927)
* February 3 – Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito (b. 1905)
* February 4 – Liberace, American pianist, singer and actor (b. 1919)
* February 5 – Otto Wöhler, German general, serving during World War I and World War II (b. 1894)
* February 7 – Claudio Villa, Italian singer (b. 1926)
* February 10 – Robert O'Brien (racing driver), Robert O'Brien, American racing driver (b. 1908)
* February 11 – Mark Ashton, Irish gay rights activist (b. 1960)
* February 12
** Dennis Poore, British entrepreneur, financier and sometime racing driver (b. 1916)
** Raymond Vouel, Luxembourg politician (b. 1923)
* February 14 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b. 1904)
* February 22 – Andy Warhol, American artist, director, writer (b. 1928)
* February 23
** Esmond Knight, English actor (b. 1906)
** José Afonso, Portuguese singer-songwriter, teacher and activist (b. 1929)
* February 25
** James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
** Elisabeth Coit, American architect (b. 1897)
* February 27
** Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921)
** Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (b. 1921)

March

* March 1 – Freddie Green, American swing jazz guitarist (b. 1911)
* March 2 – Randolph Scott, American actor (b. 1898)
* March 3 – Danny Kaye, American singer, actor, and comedian (b. 1911)
* March 7 – Waldo Salt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
* March 11 – Joe Gladwin, English actor (b. 1906)
* March 12 - Woody Hayes, American college football coach, coached for Ohio State University
* March 15 – W. Sterling Cole, American politician, first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (b. 1904)
* March 19 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
* March 21
** Robert Preston (actor), Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918)
** Dean Paul Martin, American pop singer and film and television actor (b. 1951)
* March 26
** Georg Muche, German painter, printmaker, architect, author, and teacher (b. 1895)
** Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
* March 27 – Stane Kavčič, 6th Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. 1919)
* March 28
** Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (b. 1905)
** Patrick Troughton, English actor (b. 1920)
** Alphonse Alley, Beninese military officer, former President of Dahomey, Head of State of Dahomey (b. 1930)

April

* April 1 – Henri Cochet, French tennis champion (b. 1901)
* April 2
** Wang Renmei, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1914)
** Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer (b. 1917)
* April 4 – C. L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911)
* April 5 – Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914)
* April 11
** Erskine Caldwell, American writer (b. 1903)
** Kent Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)
** Primo Levi, Italian chemist and writer (b. 1919)
* April 12 – Mike Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
* April 15 – Masatoshi Nakayama, Japanese karate master (b. 1913)
* April 17
** Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (b. 1950)
** Cornelius Van Til, Dutch Christian philosopher, reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist (b. 1895)
** Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923)
* April 19
** Milt Kahl, Animator for the Disney Studio (b. 1909)
** Antony Tudor, English dancer and choreographer (b. 1908)
** Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat (b. 1901)

May

* May 3 – Dalida, French rock musician (b. 1933)
* May 4
** Paul Butterfield, American musician (b. 1942)
** Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
* May 6 – William J. Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913)
* May 7 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
* May 8
** James Plimsoll, Sir James Plimsoll, Australian public servant (b. 1917)
** Carl Tchilinghiryan, German businessman (b. 1910)
* May 9 – Thodoros Kefalopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1894)
* May 13
** Ismael Rivera, Puerto Rican composer and salsa singer (b. 1931)
** Signe Amundsen, Norwegian operatic soprano (b. 1899)
* May 14 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
* May 17 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
* May 19 – James Tiptree, Jr., American author (b. 1915)
* May 21 – Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (b. 1930)
* May 24 – Hermione Gingold, English actress (b. 1897)
* May 27
** Colin McCahon, New Zealand artist (b. 1919)
** John Howard Northrop, American biochemist (b. 1891)
* May 29
** Charan Singh, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
** Jozef Langenus, Belgian middle-distance runner (b. 1898)
* May 31 – John Abraham (director), John Abraham, Indian film director (b. 1937)

June

* June 1
** Errol Barrow, Caribbean statesman, 1st Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1920)
** Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman, 21st Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921)
** Domenico Piemontesi, Italian road bicycle racer (b. 1903)
* June 2 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
* June 3 – Will Sampson, American actor (b. 1933)
* June 6 – Richard Münch (actor), Richard Münch, German actor (b. 1916)
* June 9
** Madge Kennedy, American actress (b. 1891)
** Raya Dunayevskaya, Russian-born philosopher, founder of Marxist humanism in the United States (b. 1910)
* June 10 – Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (b. 1943)
* June 13
** Vera Caspary, American screenwriter, novelist, playwright (b. 1899)
** Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
* June 20 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and naturalist (b. 1896)
* June 22 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1899)
* June 24 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and comedian (b. 1916)
* June 26
** Arthur F. Burns, American economist (b. 1904)
** Henk Badings, Dutch composer (b. 1907)
* June 30 – Federico Mompou, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1893)

July

* July 2 – Michael Bennett (theater), Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (b. 1943)
* July 3 – Viola Dana, American actress (b. 1897)
* July 4 – Abdul Halim (Indonesia), Abdul Halim, Indonesian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1911)
* July 8 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
* July 10 – John Hammond (record producer), John Hammond, American record producer (b. 1910)
* July 11 – Tom Waddell, American sportsman and competitor (b. 1937)
* July 17
** Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
** Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
* July 20 – Richard Egan (actor), Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921)
* July 28 - James Burnham, American philosopher and political theorist (b. 1905)

August

* August 1 – Pola Negri, Polish born actress (b. 1897)
* August 2 – Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, 2nd President of Bangladesh (b. 1921)
* August 5 – Anatoli Papanov, Soviet and Russian stage, film and voice actor (b. 1922)
* August 6
** Léon Noël, French diplomat, politician and historian (b. 1888)
** Ira C. Eaker, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (b. 1896)
* August 7
** Camille Chamoun, 7th President of Lebanon (b. 1900)
** Nobusuke Kishi, Japanese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1896)
* August 10 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1893)
* August 16 – Andrei Mironov (actor), Andrei Mironov, Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor (b. 1941)
* August 17
** Rudolf Hess, German Nazi official (b. 1894)
** Clarence Brown, American film director (b. 1890)
** Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (b. 1902)
* August 23 – Didier Pironi, French racing driver (b. 1952)
* August 24 – Bayard Rustin, American civil rights activist (b. 1912)
* August 26 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
* August 28 – John Huston, American film director, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1906)
* August 29 – Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)

September

* September 1 – Gerhard Fieseler, German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion, and aircraft designer and manufacturer (b. 1896)
* September 2 – Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, President of Argentina (1982) (b. 1926)
* September 3 – Morton Feldman, American composer (b. 1926)
* September 4 – Richard Marquand, Welsh film director (b. 1937)
* September 9
** Bill Fraser, Scottish actor (b. 1908)
** Gerrit Jan Heijn, Dutch businessman (b. 1931)
* September 11
** Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1944)
** Lorne Greene, Canadian actor, radio personality and singer (b. 1915)
* September 12
** John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1899)
** J. Lawton Collins, American general (b. 1896)
* September 13 – Mervyn LeRoy, American film producer and director (b. 1900)
* September 17 – Vladimir Basov, Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
* September 18 – Américo Tomás, 13th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
* September 19 – Einar Gerhardsen, former Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
* September 21 – Jaco Pastorius, American jazz bassist (b. 1951)
* September 22
** Hákun Djurhuus, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1908)
** Dan Rowan, American comedian (b. 1922)
** Hédi Váradi, Hungarian actress (b. 1929)
* September 23
** Bob Fosse, American theater choreographer and director (b. 1927)
** Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dutch-born wrestler, opera singer and actor (b. 1953)
* September 25
** Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
** Emlyn Williams, Welsh writer, dramatist and actor (b. 1905)
* September 29 – Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917)
* September 30 – Alfred Bester, American author (b. 1913)

October

* October 2
** Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)
** Peter Medawar, Sir Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born British scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
* October 3
** Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (b. 1910)
** Catherine Bramwell-Booth, English Salvation Army officer (b. 1883)
** Hans Gál, composer, teacher and author (b. 1890)
* October 8
** Spencer Gordon Bennet, American film producer (b. 1893)
** Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece (b. 1899)
* October 9 – William P. Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1892)
* October 11 – Jaime Pardo Leal, Colombian lawyer, union leader, and politician (b. 1941)
* October 12
** Alf Landon, American politician (b. 1887)
** Fahri Korutürk, Turkish diplomat, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)
* October 13
** Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
** Kishore Kumar, Indian actor and playback singer (b. 1929)
* October 15 – Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe politician, 5th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso and 2nd President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
* October 19
** Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist (b. 1945)
** Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
* October 20 – Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
* October 22 – Lino Ventura, Italian actor (b. 1919)
* October 27 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (b. 1911)
* October 28 – André Masson, French artist (b. 1896)
* October 29 – Woody Herman, American jazz musician (b. 1913)
* October 30 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, author (b. 1904)

November

* November 1 – René Lévesque, Canadian politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (b. 1922)
* November 5 – Georges Franju, French filmmaker (b. 1912)
* November 6
** Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
** Jean Rivier, French composer of classical music (b. 1896)
* November 7 – Arne Borg, Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1901)
* November 10 – Seyni Kountché, Nigerien military officer and statesman, 2nd President of Niger (b. 1931)
* November 12 – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter, poet and actor (b. 1937)
* November 18 – Jacques Anquetil, French road racing cyclist (b. 1934)
* November 23 – Antonio Sastre, Argentine footballer (b. 1911)
* November 26 – Duncan Sandys, British politician (b. 1908)

December

* December 1 – James Baldwin, African-American novelist, essayist, playwright and poet (b. 1924)
* December 2
** Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Honduran military officer (b. 1930)
** Donn F. Eisele, American astronaut (b. 1930)
** Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
** Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
* December 4 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (b. 1897)
* December 8
** Marcos Calderón, Peruvian football coach (b. 1928)
** José González Ganoza, Peruvian footballer (b. 1954)
* December 10 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born violinist (b. 1901)
* December 17 – Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal (b. 1900)
* December 21 – Ralph Nelson, American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor (b. 1916)
* December 22 – Alice Terry, American actress (b. 1899)
* December 24
** Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician and journalist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1973–1977) (b. 1919)
** M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor and Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu (1977–1987) (b. 1917)
* December 27 – Priscilla Dean, American actress (b. 1896)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – J. Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander Müller
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Susumu Tonegawa
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Joseph Brodsky
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Óscar Arias Sánchez
* Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Solow

References

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