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==Events==
===January&ndash;February===
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* [[January 14]] &ndash; The First Minister of [[Northern Ireland]] and the [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]] meet for the first time in 43 years.
* [[January 20]] 
** [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] is [[Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson|sworn in]] for a full term as President of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=45TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES |url=https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/45th-inaugural-ceremonies/ |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Indonesia]]n President [[Sukarno]] announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nations |first=United |title=Indonesia |url=https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/indonesia |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=United Nations |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[Tampere Ice Stadium|Hakametsä]], the first ice rink of Finland, is inaugurated in [[Tampere]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-7765473|title=Suomen ensimmäinen jäähalli täyttää 50 vuotta – "Hakamettä" on monelle kiekkoilijalle toinen koti|first=Kirsi|last=Matson-Mäkelä|work=[[Yle]]|date=29 January 2015|access-date=29 January 2025|language=fi}}</ref>
* [[January 30]] &ndash; The [[Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill|state funeral]] of Sir [[Winston Churchill]] takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4421081.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|title=Holding history's largest funeral|date=2005-04-08|access-date=2010-03-29}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Trofim Lysenko]] is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the [[Russian Academy of Sciences|Academy of Sciences]] in the Soviet Union. [[Lysenkoism|Lysenkoist]] theories are now treated as pseudoscience.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The descent of Lysenko|last=Cohen|first=Barry M.|journal=[[Journal of Heredity]]|volume=56|pages=229–33|year=1965|issue=5|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a107425}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Joravsky|first=David|title=The Lysenko Affair|url=https://archive.org/details/lysenkoaffair0000jora|url-access=registration|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=1970|series=Russian Research Center studies, 61|isbn=0-674-53985-0}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; The African and [[Malagasy Republic|Malagasy]] Common Organization (''{{lang|fr|Organization Commune Africaine et Malgache}}''; OCAM) is formed as successor to the Afro-Malagasy Union for Economic Cooperation (''{{lang|fr|Union Africaine et Malgache de Cooperation Economique}}''; UAMCE), formerly the [[African and Malagasy Union]] (''{{lang|fr|Union Africaine et Malgache}}''; UAM).
[[File:Flag of the Gambia.svg|thumb|180px|February 18: Flag of the newly independent Gambia]]
* [[February 15]] &ndash; The [[maple leaf]] is adopted as the [[flag of Canada]], replacing the [[Canadian Red Ensign]] flag.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heritage |first=Canadian |date=2017-08-28 |title=The history of the National Flag of Canada |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/flag-canada-history.html |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[The Gambia]] becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
* [[February 20]]
** ''[[Ranger 8]]'' crashes into the Moon, after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the [[Apollo program]] [[astronaut]]s.
** [[Suat Hayri Ürgüplü]] forms the new (interim) government of [[Turkey]] (29th government).
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Malcolm X]] is [[Assassination of Malcolm X|gunned down]] while giving a speech at the [[Audubon Ballroom]] in Harlem.

===March&ndash;April===
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* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Rolling Thunder]] &ndash; The [[United States Air Force]] [[2nd Air Division]], [[United States Navy]] and [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force|South Vietnamese air force]] begin a 3{{frac|1|2}}-year aerial bombardment campaign against [[North Vietnam]].
* [[March 7]]
** [[Mass in the Catholic Church]] worldwide is said in local languages (rather than Latin) for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biggest Change Greets Catholics Tomorrow|location=Tucson|newspaper=Daily Citizen|date=6 March 1965|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Piero|last=Marini|title=A Challenging Reform: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal, 1963-1975|publisher=Liturgical Press|year=2007|page=97}}</ref>
** "[[Selma to Montgomery marches#"Bloody Sunday" events|Bloody Sunday]]": Some 200 Alabama State Troopers attack 525 civil rights demonstrators in [[Selma, Alabama]], as they attempt to [[Selma to Montgomery marches|march to the state capitol of Montgomery]].
* [[March 8]] &ndash; Vietnam War: Some 3,500 [[United States Marines]] arrive in [[Da Nang]], [[South Vietnam]], becoming the first American ground combat troops in [[Vietnam]].
* [[March 9]] &ndash; The "[[Selma to Montgomery marches#Second march: "Turnaround Tuesday"|Turnaround Tuesday]]" march from Selma to [[Montgomery, Alabama]], under the leadership of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], stops at the site of "Bloody Sunday", to hold a prayer service and return to Selma, in obedience to a court [[Injunction|restraining order]]. On the same day, [[White supremacist]]s attack three white ministers, leaving [[Unitarian Universalist]] minister [[James J. Reeb]] in a coma.
* [[March 10]] &ndash; An engagement is announced between [[Princess Margriet of the Netherlands]] and [[Pieter van Vollenhoven]], who will become the first commoner and the first Dutchman to marry into the [[Dutch royal family]].
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Cosmonaut]] [[Alexei Leonov]] leaves his [[Voskhod 2]] spacecraft for 12 minutes, becoming the first person to walk in space.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50017409|title=Alexei Leonov: First person to walk in space dies aged 85|website=BBC News|date=11 October 2019|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[March 20]]
** "[[Poupée de cire, poupée de son]]", sung by [[France Gall]] (music and lyrics by [[Serge Gainsbourg]]), wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1965]] (staged in Naples) for [[Luxembourg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/Naples-1965/final|title=Official Eurovision Song Contest 1965 scoreboard|website=[[Eurovision Song Contest]]}}</ref>
** The [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] begins.
* [[March 23]]
** [[Events of March 23, 1965]]: Large student demonstration in Morocco, joined by discontented masses, meets with violent police and military repression. 
** [[Gemini 3]]: [[NASA]] launches the United States' first 2-person crew ([[Gus Grissom]], [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]]) into [[Geocentric orbit|Earth orbit]].
**The first issue of ''[[The Vigilant]]'' is published from [[Khartoum]].
* [[March 25]] &ndash; Martin Luther King Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully end the 4-day march from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery.
*[[March 28]] &ndash; At least 400 are killed or missing after an [[1965 Valparaíso earthquake and El Cobre dam failure|earthquake triggered a series of dam failures]] in La Ligua, Chile.<ref>{{cite web |title=M 7.4 - Valparaiso, Chile |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem858940/impact |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |publisher=USGS |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>
* [[March 30]] &ndash; The second [[ODECA]] charter, signed by Central American states on December 12, 1962, becomes effective.
* [[April 3]] &ndash; The world's first space nuclear power reactor, ''[[SNAP-10A]]'', is launched by the United States from Vandenberg AFB, California. The reactor operates for 43 days and remains in [[low Earth orbit]].
* [[April 5]] &ndash; At the [[37th Academy Awards]], ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'' wins 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. [[Rex Harrison]] wins an Oscar for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]. ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' takes home 5 Oscars. [[Julie Andrews]] wins an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her performance in the title role. [[Sherman Brothers]] receives 2 Oscars including [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]], "[[Chim Chim Cher-ee]]".
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The [[Intelsat I]] ("Early Bird") [[communications satellite]] is launched. It becomes operational [[May 2]] and is placed in commercial service in [[June]].
* [[April 9]] &ndash; The West German parliament extends the [[statute of limitations]] on [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[war crime]]s.
* [[April 12]] – A [[1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak|historic and extremely destructive]] tornado outbreak struck the Midwest region of the United States, killing 266.
* [[April 18]] &ndash; Consecration of Saint [[Clement of Ohrid]] Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto, Canada.
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The [[Pennine Way]] officially opens.
* [[April 24]]
** The [[1965 Yerevan demonstrations]] start in Yerevan, demanding recognition of the [[Armenian genocide]].
** The bodies of Portuguese opposition politician [[Humberto Delgado]] and his secretary Arajaryr Moreira de Campos are found in a forest near Villanueva del Fresno, Spain (they were killed [[February 12]]).
** In the [[Dominican Republic]], officers and civilians loyal to deposed President [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]] mutiny against the right-wing junta running the country, setting up a [[provisional government]]. Forces loyal to the deposed military-imposed government stage a countercoup the next day, and civil war breaks out, although the new government retains its hold on power.
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Rede Globo]] is founded in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].
* [[April 28]]
** [[American occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)|U.S. troops occupy the Dominican Republic.]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: Prime Minister of Australia [[Robert Menzies]] announces that the country will substantially increase its number of troops in [[South Vietnam]], supposedly at the request of the [[Saigon]] government (it is later revealed that Menzies had asked the leadership in Saigon to send the request at the behest of the Americans).
* [[April 29]] &ndash; Australia announces that it is sending an [[infantry]] battalion to support the [[South Vietnam]] government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 September 2025 |title=Bien Hoa Province |url=https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/vietnam-war-1962-1975/vietnam-war/bien-hoa-province |website=DVA (Department of Veterans' Affairs) (2025)}}</ref>

===May&ndash;June===
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* [[May 1]]
** [[Robert Askin|Bob Askin]] replaces [[Jack Renshaw]] as Premier of [[New South Wales]].
** The [[Battle of Dong-Yin]] occurs as a conflict between [[Taiwan]] and the People's Republic of China.
* [[May 9]] &ndash; Pianist [[Vladimir Horowitz]] returns to the stage after a 12-year absence, performing a legendary concert in [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York.
* [[May 12]] &ndash;West Germany and [[Israel]] establish diplomatic relations.
[[File:Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston.jpg|thumb|alt=Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston|Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston]]
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Ali]] knocks out [[Sonny Liston]] in the first round of their championship rematch with the "[[Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II|Phantom Punch]]" at the [[Androscoggin Bank Colisée|Central Maine Civic Center]] in [[Lewiston, Maine|Lewiston]].
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] beats [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] 1–0 at the [[San Siro]], [[Milan]] and wins the [[1964–65 European Cup]] in Association football.
* [[May 28]] &ndash; A [[1965 Dhanbad coal mine disaster|mining accident]] in [[Dhanbad]], India, kills 268.
* [[May 31]] &ndash; Scottish [[Auto racing|racing driver]] [[Jim Clark]] wins the [[Indianapolis 500]], later this year winning the [[Formula One]] world driving championship.
* [[June 1]] &ndash; A [[Coal mining|coal mine]] explosion in [[Fukuoka]], Japan, kills 237.
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrives in [[South Vietnam]].
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[1965 Kakanj mine disaster|Kakanj mine disaster]]: A mining accident in [[Kakanj]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]], results in 128 deaths.
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dong Xoai]]: About 1,500 [[Viet Cong]] mount a mortar attack on [[Đồng Xoài]], overrunning its military headquarters and the adjoining militia compound.
* [[June 19]] 
** [[Houari Boumediene]]'s Revolutionary Council ousts [[Ahmed Ben Bella]], in a bloodless [[coup]] in [[Algeria]].
** Air Marshal [[Nguyen Cao Ky]], head of the [[Vietnam Air Force|South Vietnamese Air Force]], was appointed prime minister at the head of the military junta, with General [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]] becoming a figurehead president, ending two years of short-lived military juntas.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Political Monks: The Militant Buddhist Movement during the Vietnam War | author = Moyar, Mark | journal = Modern Asian Studies | volume = 38 | issue = 4 | year = 2004 | pages = 749–784 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = New York City | author-link = Mark Moyar | doi = 10.1017/S0026749X04001295 | s2cid = 145723264 }}</ref>{{non sequitur|reason=Nguyen was prime minister at the head of the junta and the junta ceased to exist with the appointment of a figurehead president by the junta|date=March 2022}}
* [[June 20]] &ndash; Police in [[Algiers]] break up demonstrations by people who have taken to the streets chanting slogans in support of deposed President [[Ahmed Ben Bella]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; The [[Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea]] is signed in Tokyo.
* [[June 25]] &ndash; A U.S. Air Force [[Boeing C-135 Stratolifter]] bound for Okinawa crashes just after takeoff at [[MCAS El Toro]] in [[Orange County, California]], killing all 85 on board.

===July&ndash;August===
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* July &ndash; The [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] secretariat is created.
* [[July 14]] &ndash; U.S. spacecraft ''[[Mariner 4]]'' flies by [[Mars]], becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
* [[July 15]] &ndash; Greek Prime minister [[Georgios Papandreou]] and his government are dismissed by King [[Constantine II of Greece|Constantine II]].
* [[July 16]] &ndash; The [[Mont Blanc Tunnel]], a highway tunnel between France and Italy, is inaugurated by presidents [[Charles de Gaulle]] and [[Giuseppe Saragat]].
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Four [[F-4 Phantom II|F-4C Phantoms]] escorting a [[Strategic bombing|bombing raid]] at Kang Chi are targeted by [[antiaircraft missile]]s, in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other 3 sustain damage.
* [[July 26]] &ndash; The [[Maldives]] obtains full independence from Great Britain.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 July 2015 |title=Timeline – Story of Independence |url=https://maldivesindependent.com/politics/timeline-story-of-independence-115638 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070805/https://maldivesindependent.com/politics/timeline-story-of-independence-115638 |archive-date=24 June 2016 |access-date=26 July 2015 |work=Maldives Independent}}</ref>
* [[July 27]] &ndash; [[Edward Heath]] becomes Leader of the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].
* [[July 28]] &ndash; Vietnam War: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in [[South Vietnam]] from 75,000 to 125,000, and to more than double the number of men drafted per month - from 17,000 to 35,000.
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[War on poverty]]: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Social Security Act of 1965]] into law, establishing [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]].
* [[August 6]] &ndash; U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965|Voting Rights Act]] into law, outlawing [[literacy test]]s and other discriminatory voting practices that have been responsible for widespread [[disfranchisement]] of [[African Americans]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Marsha|last=Darling|title=The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Race, Voting and Redistricting|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|page=xxi}}</ref>
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]], [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]], recommends the expulsion of [[Singapore]] from the [[Malaysia|Federation of Malaysia]] following a deterioration of [[PAP–UMNO relations]], negotiating its separation with [[Lee Kuan Yew]], Prime Minister of Singapore.
* [[August 9]]
** [[Proclamation of Singapore]]: [[Singapore]] is expelled from the Federation of [[Malaysia]], which recognises it as a [[Sovereignty|sovereign nation]]. [[Lee Kuan Yew]] announces Singapore's independence and assumes the position of Prime Minister of the new island nation – a position he holds until [[1990]].
** An explosion at an [[Arkansas]] missile plant kills 53.
** [[Indonesia]]n president [[Sukarno]] collapses in public.
* [[August 11]] – [[Watts riots|Racial rioting]] in the [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] neighborhood of [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] breaks out after an African American motorist, Marquette Frye,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mars |first=Shaun Michael |date=January 21, 2007 |title=Marquette Frye, 1944-1986 |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/frye-marquette-1944-1986/ |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=BlackPast}}</ref> is stopped on suspicion of drunken driving. Six days of unrest are quelled by over 14,000 members of the [[California National Guard]]. There are 34 deaths and over $40 million in property damage. It is the largest and costliest urban rebellion of the [[Civil rights movement|Civil Rights movement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watts Riots |url=https://crdl.usg.edu/events/watts_riots |access-date=October 2, 2024 |website=Digital Library of Georgia |publisher=University of Georgia, University Libraries}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Starlite]] &ndash; 5,500 [[United States Marines]] destroy a [[Viet Cong]] stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in [[Quảng Ngãi Province]], in the first major American ground battle of the war. The Marines were tipped off by a Viet Cong deserter who said that there was an attack planned against the U.S. base at [[Chu Lai]].
* [[August 19]] &ndash; At the conclusion of the [[Frankfurt Auschwitz trials]], 66 ex-[[SS]] personnel receive [[life sentence]]s, 15 others shorter ones.
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[NASA]] launches [[Gemini 5]] ([[Gordon Cooper]], [[Pete Conrad]]) on the first 1-week space flight, as well as the first test of [[fuel cell]]s for electrical power on such a mission.
* [[August 30]] &ndash; An [[avalanche]] buries a [[dam]] construction site at [[Saas-Fee]], Switzerland, killing 90 workers.
* [[August 31]] &ndash; U.S. President Johnson signs a law penalizing the burning of draft cards with up to 5 years in prison and a $1,000 fine.

===September&ndash;October===
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* [[September 2]]
**[[Pakistan]]i troops enter the Indian sector of [[Kashmir]], while Indian troops counter at [[Lahore]].
** The People's Republic of China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
** [[Vietnam War]]: In a follow-up to August's [[Operation Starlite]], [[United States Marines]] and [[South Vietnam]]ese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula, {{convert|23|mi|km}} south of the Chu Lai Marine base.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965|Indo-Pakistani war]]:
** India opens two additional fronts against Pakistan.
** The Pakistan Navy destroys the Indian port of Dwarka. [[Operation Dwarka]] (Pakistan celebrates [[Victory Day (Pakistan)|Victory Day]] annually).
* [[September 9]]
** [[United Nations Secretary-General|U.N. Secretary General]] [[U Thant]] negotiates with Pakistan President [[Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)|Ayub Khan]].
** [[U Thant]] recommends China for [[United Nations]] membership.
* [[September 14]] &ndash; The fourth and final period of the [[Second Vatican Council]] opens.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; In [[Iraq]], Prime Minister [[Arif Abd ar-Razzaq]]'s attempted coup fails.
* [[September 17]] &ndash; King [[Constantine II of Greece]] forms a new government with Prime Minister [[Stephanos Stephanopoulos]], in an attempt to end a 2-year-old political crisis.
* [[September 18]]
** In Denmark, [[Palle Sørensen]] shoots 4 policemen in pursuit; he is apprehended the same day.
** [[Comet Ikeya–Seki]] is first sighted by Japanese astronomers.
** [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Soviet Premier]] [[Alexei Kosygin]] invites the leaders of India and Pakistan to meet in the Soviet Union to negotiate.
* [[September 19]] &ndash; Pakistani Forces achieve a decisive victory at the [[Battle of Chawinda]], ultimately halting the Indian advance and successfully stabilizing the [[Sialkot]] Front; it is the world's largest tank battle since the [[Battle of Kursk]] in the [[World War II|Second World War]] between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: An [[United States Air Force|USAF]] [[F-104 Starfighter]] piloted by Captain Philip Eldon Smith is shot down by a Chinese [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19|MiG-19 Farmer]]. The pilot is held until March 15, [[1973]].
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Gambia]], [[Maldives]] and [[Singapore]] are admitted as [[Members of the United Nations|members]] of the [[United Nations]].
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Radio Peking]] announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.
* [[September 24]]
** Fighting resumes between Indian and Pakistani troops.
** The British governor of [[Aden]] cancels the constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate, due to the bad security situation.
* [[September 27]] &ndash; The largest tanker ship at this time, ''Tokyo Maru'', is launched in [[Yokohama]], Japan.
* [[September 28]]
** [[Fidel Castro]] announces that any Cuban who wants to can emigrate to the United States.
** [[Taal Volcano]] in [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]], erupts, killing hundreds.
* [[September 30]]
** The [[Indonesia]]n army, led by General [[Suharto]], crushes an alleged communist coup attempt (see [[Transition to the New Order]] and [[30 September Movement]]).
** The classic family sci-fi show ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'' debuts on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the United Kingdom.
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Fidel Castro]] announces that [[Che Guevara]] has resigned and left [[Cuba]].
* [[October 4]]
** [[1965 Durban rail accident|Durban rail accident]]: At least 150 are killed when a commuter train derails at the outskirts of [[Durban]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], South Africa.
** Prime minister [[Ian Smith]] of [[Rhodesia]] and [[Arthur Bottomley]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] begin negotiations in London.
** [[Pope Paul VI]] makes the first [[Papal visits to the United States|papal visit to the United States]]. He appears for a Mass in [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] and makes a speech at the [[United Nations]].
** The [[University of California, Irvine]] opens its doors.
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Pakistan]] severs [[diplomatic relations]] with [[Malaysia]] because of their disagreement in the UN.
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Ian Brady]], a 27-year-old stock clerk from [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]] in [[Cheshire]], is arrested for allegedly hacking to death (with a hatchet) 17-year-old apprentice electrician Edward Evans at a house on the [[Hattersley]] [[housing estate]]. He and his girlfriend Myra Hindley are subsequently identified as the perpetrators of the "[[Moors murders]]" of four young people aged from 10 to 16.
* [[October 7]] &ndash; Seven Japanese fishing boats are sunk off [[Guam]] by [[Typhoon Carmen (1965)|Super Typhoon Carmen]]; 209 are killed.
* [[October 8]]
** [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966]]: The Indonesian army instigates the arrest and execution of communists which last until next March.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vickers |first1=Adrian |title=A History of Modern Indonesia. |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=9781107624450 |pages=160–165 |edition=2nd }}</ref>
** The 7 Fundamental Principles of the [[Red Cross and Red Crescent]] are adopted at the XX International Conference in Vienna, Austria.
** The [[International Olympic Committee]] admits [[East Germany]] as a member.
* [[October 10]] &ndash; The first group of [[Cuba]]n refugees travels to the U.S.
* [[October 12]]
** [[Per Borten]] forms a government in Norway.
** The U.N. General Council recommends that the United Kingdom try everything to stop a rebellion in [[Rhodesia]].
* [[October 13]] &ndash; Congo President [[Joseph Kasavubu]] fires Prime Minister [[Moise Tshombe]] and forms a provisional government, with [[Évariste Kimba]] in a leading position.
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Catholic Worker Movement]] stages an anti-war protest in Manhattan. One draft card burner is arrested, the first under the new law.
* [[October 17]] &ndash; The [[1964 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair]] at Flushing Meadows, closes. Due to financial losses, some of the projected site park improvements fail to materialize.
* [[October 18]] &ndash; The Indonesian government outlaws the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bartrop|first=Paul|title=A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide: Portraits of Evil and Good|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2012|isbn=978-0313386787|pages=355}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Erhard]] is re-elected Chancellor of West Germany (he had first been elected in 1963).
* [[October 21]]
** [[Comet Ikeya–Seki]] approaches perihelion, passing {{convert|450,000|km|mi|-3}} from the sun.
** The [[Organization of African Unity]] meets in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].
* [[October 22]]
** African countries demand that the United Kingdom use force to prevent [[Rhodesia]] from declaring unilateral independence.
** Colonel [[Christophe Soglo]] stages a second coup in [[Republic of Dahomey|Dahomey]].
* [[October 25]] &ndash; The Soviet Union declares its support of African countries in case Rhodesia unilaterally declares independence.
* [[October 27]]
** [[Brazil]]ian president [[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco]] removes power from parliament, legal courts and opposition parties.
** [[Süleyman Demirel]] of [[Justice Party (Turkey)|AP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (30th government).
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul VI]] promulgates ''[[Nostra aetate]]'', a "Declaration on the Relation of the (Roman Catholic) Church with Non-Christian Religions" by the [[Second Vatican Council]] which includes a statement that Jews are not collectively responsible for the death of [[Jesus]] ([[Jewish deicide]]).
* [[October 29]] &ndash; An 80-kiloton nuclear device is detonated at [[Amchitka Island]], Alaska, as part of the [[Vela Uniform]] program, code-named Project Long Shot.
* [[October 30]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: Near [[Da Nang]], [[United States Marines]] repel an intense attack by [[Viet Cong]] forces, killing 56 guerrillas. A sketch of Marine positions is found on the dead body of a 13-year-old [[Vietnam]]ese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.
** English model [[Jean Shrimpton]] wears an above-the-knee [[White shift dress of Jean Shrimpton|white shift dress]] in [[Orlon]] to the [[Victoria Derby]] at [[Flemington Racecourse]] in Melbourne, Australia, causing a global sensation in women's fashion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Melbourne Cup memories: The legs that stopped a nation|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/01/sport/jean-shrimpton-melbourne-cup-fashion/|date=2012-11-01|publisher=CNN|author=McKenzie, Sheena|accessdate=2025-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19651101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Horses lost to top model|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=1965-11-01|page=6|accessdate=2025-08-22|via=Google news}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=London Gals in Thighland Fling|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York|date=1965-10-30|page=5}}</ref>

===November&ndash;December===
{{main|November 1965}}
{{main|December 1965}}
* [[November 1]] &ndash; A [[trolleybus]] plunges into the [[Nile]] at [[Cairo]], Egypt, killing 74 passengers.
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[President of France|French President]] [[Charles de Gaulle]] announces (just short of his 75th birthday) that he will stand for re-election.
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Martial law]] is announced in [[Rhodesia]]. The [[United Nations General Assembly]] accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary by a vote of 82–9.
* [[November 6]] &ndash; Freedom Flights begin: [[Cuba]] and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States (by 1971, 250,000 Cubans take advantage of this program).
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]] &ndash; [[Operation Hump]]: The United States Army [[173rd Airborne]] is ambushed by over 1,200 [[Viet Cong]].
* [[November 11]]
** In [[Rhodesia]] (modern-day [[Zimbabwe]]), the white-minority government of [[Ian Smith]] [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|unilaterally declares ''de facto'' independence]] ('UDI').
** [[United Airlines Flight 227]] crashes short of the runway and catches fire at [[Salt Lake City International Airport]], killing 43 out of 91 passengers and crew.
* [[November 12]] &ndash; A [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 216|UN Security Council resolution]] (voted 10–0) recommends that other countries not recognize independent Rhodesia.
* [[November 13]]
** The {{SS|Yarmouth Castle}} burns and sinks {{convert|60|mi|km}} off [[Nassau, Bahamas]], with the loss of 90 lives.
** British theatre critic [[Kenneth Tynan]] says "[[fuck]]" during a discussion on [[BBC]] satirical programme ''[[BBC-3 (TV series)|BBC-3]]'' for what many believed was the first time on British television. The corporation later issues a public apology.
* [[November 14]] &ndash; Vietnam War &ndash; [[Battle of Ia Drang]]: In the [[Ia Drang Valley]] of the [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]] in [[Vietnam]], the first major engagement of the war between regular United States and [[North Vietnam]]ese forces begins.
* [[November 15]] &ndash; U.S. racer [[Craig Breedlove]] sets a new [[land speed record]] of {{convert|600.601|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}.
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Venera|Venera program]]: The [[Soviet Union]] launches the ''[[Venera 3]]'' space probe from [[Baikonur]], [[Kazakhstan]] toward [[Venus]] (on March 1, 1966, it becomes the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet).
* [[November 20]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 217|recommends]] that all states stop trading with Rhodesia.
* [[November 22]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP) is established as a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]].
* [[November 23]] &ndash; Soviet general [[Mikhail Kazakov]] assumes command of the [[Warsaw Pact]].
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] [[lieutenant general]] [[Mobutu Sese Seko|Mobutu]] ousts [[Joseph Kasavubu]] and declares himself president.
* [[November 26]] &ndash; At the [[Hammaguir]] launch facility in the [[Sahara Desert]], France launches a [[Diamant A]] rocket with its first [[satellite]], ''[[Astérix (satellite)|Astérix-1]]'' on board, becoming the third country to enter [[outer space]].
* [[November 27]]
** Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters picket the [[White House]], then march on the [[Washington Monument]].
** [[Vietnam War]]: [[The Pentagon]] tells U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] that if planned major sweep operations to neutralize [[Viet Cong]] forces during the next year are to succeed, the number of American troops in [[Vietnam]] will have to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
* [[November 28]] &ndash; Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s call for "more flags" in [[Vietnam]], [[Philippines]] President-elect [[Ferdinand Marcos]] announces he will send troops to help fight in [[South Vietnam]].
* [[November 29]] &ndash; The Canadian satellite ''[[Alouette 2]]'' is launched.
* [[December 5]]
** [[Charles de Gaulle]] is [[1965 French presidential election|re-elected]] as French president with 10,828,421 votes.
** The "[[Glasnost Meeting]]" in Moscow becomes the first spontaneous political demonstration, and the first demonstration for civil rights in the Soviet Union.
[[File:Second Vatican Council by Lothar Wolleh 005 – unframed.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|December 8: End of the Second Vatican Council]]
* [[December 8]]
** The [[Second Vatican Council]] closes.
** Rhodesian prime minister [[Ian Smith]] warns that [[Rhodesia]] will resist a [[trade embargo]] by neighboring countries with force.
** The [[Race Relations Act 1965|Race Relations Act]] becomes the first legislation to address racial discrimination in the UK.
*[[December 9]] – ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'', the first ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[television]] special, debuts on [[CBS]] in the United States. It becomes a [[Christmas]] tradition. 
* [[December 15]]
** The [[Caribbean Free Trade Association]] (CARIFTA) is formed.
** ''[[Gemini 6]]'' and ''[[Gemini 7]]'' perform the first controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit.
*[[December 17]] &ndash; The Queensland Elections Act Amendment Bill 1965 passes. Indigenous voting provisions in this Act would be enacted on 1 February 1966, giving Aboriginal people the vote in Queensland, Australia.<ref>[https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/explore/education/factsheets/Factsheet_10.5_IndigenousSuffrageTimeline.pdf "Indigenous Suffrage Timeline Queensland"] (PDF). ''Parliament of Queensland''. July 2015. [https://web.archive.org/web/20241216181943/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/explore/education/factsheets/Factsheet_10.5_IndigenousSuffrageTimeline.pdf Archived] (PDF) from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024. Note: The Queensland Elections Act Amendment Bill 1965 was passed on 17 December 1965. However, the Indigenous voting provisions were enacted on 1 February 1966.</ref>
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The [[World Food Programme]] is made a permanent agency of the [[United Nations]].
* [[December 21]]
** The [[Soviet Union]] announces that it has shipped rockets to [[North Vietnam]].
** In West Germany, [[Konrad Adenauer]] resigns as chairman of the Christian Democratic Party.
** The [[United Nations]] adopts the [[International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination]].
** A new 1-hour German-American production of the ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]'', with an international cast that includes [[Edward Villella]] in the title role, makes its U.S. television debut. It is repeated annually by CBS over the next 3 years but after that is virtually forgotten until issued on DVD in 2009 by Warner Archive.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; A [[military coup]] is launched in [[Republic of Dahomey|Dahomey]].
* [[December 25]] &ndash; The [[Yemen]]i [[Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation]] is founded in [[Ta'izz]].
[[File:Ferdinand Marcos at the White House.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|December 30: Ferdinand Marcos is the 10th President of the Philippines]]
* [[December 30]]
** [[Ferdinand Marcos]] becomes [[President of the Philippines]].
** President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] of [[Zambia]] announces that Zambia and the United Kingdom have agreed on a deadline before which the Rhodesian white government should be ousted.
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Bokassa]] takes power in the [[Central African Republic]].

===Date unknown===
* [[Hainzl Industriesysteme GmbH]] company is founded in Austria.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hainzl.at/company/geschichte.html?L=0 | title=Geschichte | access-date=2012-07-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311220637/http://www.hainzl.at/company/geschichte.html?L=0 | archive-date=2012-03-11 | url-status=dead }} )</ref>
* Tokyo officially becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Largest Cities Through History|publisher=[[Dotdash|About.com]]|work=[[Geographical (magazine)|Geography]]|access-date=February 27, 2006|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===World population===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="7"|[[World population]]
|-
!
!1965
!colspan="2"|[[1960]]
!colspan="2"|[[1970]]
|-
![[File:Globe.svg|50px]] World
|align="right"|'''3,334,874,000'''
|align="right"|3,021,475,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 313,399,000
|align="right"|3,692,492,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 357,618,000
|-
![[File:Africa satellite orthographic.jpg|50px]] Africa
|align="right"|'''313,744,000'''
|align="right"|277,398,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 36,346,000
|align="right"|357,283,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 43,539,000
|-
![[File:Two-point-equidistant-asia.jpg|50px]] Asia
|align="right"|'''1,899,424,000'''
|align="right"|1,701,336,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 198,088,000
|align="right"|2,143,118,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 243,694,000
|-
![[File:Europe satellite orthographic.jpg|50px]] Europe
|align="right"|'''634,026,000'''
|align="right"|604,401,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 29,625,000
|align="right"|655,855,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 21,829,000
|-
![[File:Latin America terrain.jpg|50px]] Latin America
|align="right"|'''250,452,000'''
|align="right"|218,300,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 32,152,000
|align="right"|284,856,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 34,404,000
|-
![[File:LocationWHNorthernAmerica.png|50px]] Northern America
|align="right"|'''219,570,000'''
|align="right"|204,152,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 15,418,000
|align="right"|231,937,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 12,367,000
|-
![[File:Oceania (World-Factbook).jpg|50px]] Oceania
|align="right"|'''17,657,000'''
|align="right"|15,888,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,769,000
|align="right"|19,443,000
|align="right"|[[File:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,786,000
|}

==Births==
{{BDToC|births}}
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===January===
[[File:Julia Ormond Cannes.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Julia Ormond]]]]
[[File:VinnieJonesCCJuly07.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vinnie Jones]]]]
[[File:JoelyRichardsonSept11TIFF.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joely Richardson]]]]
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[[File:Diane Lane (Berlin Film Festival 2011) 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Diane Lane]]]]
* [[January 4]]
** [[Julia Ormond]], British actress<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=73}}</ref>
** [[Yvan Attal]], Israeli-born French actor and director 
* [[January 5]]
** [[Vinnie Jones]], British footballer-turned-actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Vinnie Jones|title=It's Been Emotional|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ke41DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|date=17 July 2014|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4711-2759-5|pages=9}}</ref>
** [[Patrik Sjöberg]], Swedish high jumper<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/patrik-sjoberg|title=Patrik Sjöberg|website=IOC|access-date=March 3, 2021}}</ref> 
* [[January 9]] 
** [[Haddaway]], German singer
** [[Farah Khan]], Indian choreographer, film director 
** [[Joely Richardson]], British actress
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Butch Hartman]], American animator and voice actor
* [[January 12]]
** [[Nikolai Borschevsky]], Russian ice hockey player 
** [[Maybrit Illner]], German television journalist and presenter
** [[Rob Zombie]], American musician
* [[January 14]]
** [[Shamil Basayev]], Chechen terrorist (d. [[2006]])
** [[Marc Delissen]], Dutch field hockey player
** [[Bob Essensa]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[January 15]]
** [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]], American musician, guitarist of metal band [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
** [[James Nesbitt]], Northern Irish actor<ref>Staff (15 January 2010). "Happy birthday". ''The Times'' (Times Newspapers): p.&nbsp;47.</ref>
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh]], wife of [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]]
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Jam Master Jay]], American DJ, rapper and producer (d. [[2002]])
* [[January 22]]
** [[DJ Jazzy Jeff]], American disc jockey
** [[Diane Lane]], American actress
* [[January 23]] – [[Catherine Guillouard]], French businesswoman
* [[January 24]] – [[Porfirio Fisac]], Spanish basketball coach 
* [[January 25]] – [[Esa Tikkanen]], Finnish ice hockey player
* [[January 26]] – [[Natalia Yurchenko]], Soviet artistic gymnast
* [[January 27]]
** [[Alan Cumming]], Scottish actor
** [[Ignacio Noé]], Argentine artist
* [[January 29]]
** [[Dominik Hašek]], Czech hockey player
** [[Jo Min-su]], South Korean actress

===February===
[[File:Chris Rock 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Rock]]]]
<!--[[File:Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Official Portrait (full length).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brett Kavanaugh]]]]-->
[[File:Omar Yaghi 413953 by Christopher Michel 1-7-2025.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Omar Yaghi]]]]
[[File:Adama Barrow - 2018 (39774084330) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Adama Barrow]]]]
[[File:Michael.bay.png|thumb|100px|[[Michael Bay]]]]
[[File:Dr. Dre 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dr. Dre]]]]
* [[February 1]]
** [[Dave Callaghan]], South African cricketer
** [[Brandon Lee]], Chinese-American actor (d. [[1993]])
** [[Sherilyn Fenn]], American actress
** [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco]]
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Maura Tierney]], American actress
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Gheorghe Hagi]], Romanian footballer, manager and club owner<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=2354/index.html |title=Gheorghe Hagi – FIFA competition record |access-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305165730/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=2354/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Chris Rock]], African-American actor, comedian, and film director
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Dicky Cheung]], Hong Kong actor
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Omar Yaghi]], Palestinian-Jordanian-American chemist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2025/yaghi/facts/ |access-date=9 October 2025 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Roberto Moya]], Cuban athlete (d. [[2020]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Brett Kavanaugh]], American attorney and Supreme Court Justice
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Héctor Beltrán Leyva]], Mexican drug lord (d. [[2018]])
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Adama Barrow]], Gambian politician, 3rd [[President of Gambia]]
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Michael Bay]], American film director<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 17, 2012|issue=1194|page=26}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Dr. Dre]], African-American rapper and music producer
* [[February 23]]
** [[Kristin Davis]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Almanac & Book of Facts|year=2007|publisher=World Almanac Books|page=218|quote=2/23/65.}}</ref>
** [[Michael Dell]], American computer manufacturer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2007/tc20070131_658871.htm?campaign_id=msnbc_dell |title=Biography of Michael Dell |website=businessweek.com |date=2007-01-31 |access-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213162103/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2007/tc20070131_658871.htm?campaign_id=msnbc_dell |archive-date=13 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Vincent Chalvon-Demersay]], French producer
** [[Helena Suková]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Helena Sukova |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/190110/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Sylvie Guillem]], French ballerina
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Claudia Zobel]], Filipina actress (d. [[1984]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Park Gok-ji]], South Korean film editor

===March===
[[File:Aamir Khan From The NDTV Greenathon at Yash Raj Studios (11).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Aamir Khan]]]]
[[File:Prime Minister Mark Carney June 2025.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mark Carney]]]]
[[File:Rick Harrison by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rick Harrison]]]]
[[File:The Undertaker US Marine Visit 2019 (cropped)2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[The Undertaker]]]]
[[File:Sarah Jessica Parker 2022.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sarah Jessica Parker]]]]
* [[March 1]]
** [[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]], Record producer
** [[Stewart Elliott]], Canadian jockey
** [[Jack Tu]], Taiwanese-Canadian cardiologist (d. [[2018]])
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Ami Bera]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=BERA, Ami |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001287 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
* [[March 3]]
** [[Tedros Adhanom]], Director of the World Health Organization
* [[March 4]]
** [[Greg Alexander]], Australian rugby league player
** [[Paul W. S. Anderson]], British filmmaker, producer and screenwriter
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Harry Bevers]], Dutch politician
* [[March 8]]
** [[Mac Jack]], South African educator and politician (d. [[2020]])
** [[Caio Júnior]], Brazilian football forward and manager (d. [[2016]])
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Antonio Saca]], 43rd [[President of El Salvador]]
* [[March 11]]
** [[Catherine Fulop]], Venezuelan actress, model, beauty pageant contestant, and television presenter
** [[Jesse Jackson Jr.]], African-American politician
** [[Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen]], British designer and television presenter
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Aamir Khan]], Indian film director, producer, film and scriptwriter and actor
* [[March 16]]
** [[Utut Adianto]], Indonesian [[chess]] [[grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] and politician
** [[Mark Carney]], Canadian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Canada<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/world/canada/mark-carney-liberal-election.html | title=Banker Mark Carney Wins Race to Lead Liberal Party, and Canada | work=The New York Times | date=March 9, 2025 | last1=Stevis-Gridneff | first1=Matina }}</ref>
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Rick Harrison]], American businessman and reality television personality
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Marti Pellow]], Scottish singer ([[Wet Wet Wet]])
* [[March 24]] 
** [[Rob MacCachren]], American racecar driver 
** [[The Undertaker]], American professional wrestler 
* [[March 25]]
** [[Stefka Kostadinova]], Bulgarian high jumper and president of the [[Bulgarian Olympic Committee]]
** [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], American actress
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Prakash Raj]], Indian actor, producer and director
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Voula Patoulidou]], Greek athlete
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Piers Morgan]], British journalist and television personality

===April===
[[File:Robert Downey Jr 2014 Comic Con (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Downey Jr.]]]]
[[File:MartinLawrenceHWOFJune2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Martin Lawrence]]]]
[[File:VP Leni Robredo official portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Leni Robredo]]]]
[[File:Kevin James 2011 (Cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin James]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** [[Brian Marshall (athlete)|Brian Marshall]], Canadian retired track and field athlete
** [[Bekir Bozdağ]], Turkish theologian, lawyer, and politician
* [[April 3]] &ndash; [[Nazia Hassan]], Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (d. [[2000]])
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Robert Downey Jr.]], American actor, producer, and singer
* [[April 6]]
** [[Black Francis]], American musician
** [[Rica Reinisch]], German swimmer
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Paulina Porizkova]], Swedish-American model and actress
* [[April 10]]
** [[Anna-Leena Härkönen]], Finnish author<ref>{{cite web|url=https://annaleenaharkonen.com/about-the-author.html|title=About the Author|website=annaleenaharkonen.com|access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref>
** [[Jure Robič]], Slovenian cyclist (d. [[2010]])
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Eelco van Asperen]], Dutch computer scientist
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Kim Bodnia]], Danish actor and director
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Linda Perry]], American musician
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Martin Lawrence]], American actor, comedian, and producer
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Camille Coduri]], English actress
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Suge Knight]], American record producer and convicted [[felon]]
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Jovy Marcelo]], Filipino racing driver (d. [[1992]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Julio Robaina]], Republican politician, Mayor of [[Hialeah, Florida]]
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Leni Robredo]], 14th [[Vice President of the Philippines]]
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Michel Leclerc]], French director and screenwriter
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Édouard Ferrand]], French politician (d. [[2018]])
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Kevin James]], American comedian and actor
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Edwin Poots]], Irish politician
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[David Shafer (politician)|David Shafer]], American politician, [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Adrian Pasdar]], Iranian-American actor and voice artist

===May===
[[File:Owen_Hart_with_a_fan.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Owen Hart]]]]
[[File:Trent Reznor-FEB2008 (cropped, but higher quality) (2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Trent Reznor]]]]
[[File:John C. Reilly (43646997525) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[John C. Reilly]]]]
[[File:Yahya Jammeh.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yahya Jammeh]]]]
[[File:Brooke Shields (2018) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brooke Shields]]]]
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Myriam Hernández]], Chilean singer
* [[May 3]]
** [[Gary Mitchell]], Irish playwright
** [[Rob Brydon]], Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist and presenter
* [[May 7]]
** [[Owen Hart]], Canadian professional wrestler (d. [[1999]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Sybex|title=Hardcore Wrestling! (Ultimate Strategy Guide)|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=1999|isbn=978-0782126914|page=1952 pp}}</ref>
** [[Norman Whiteside]], Northern Irish football player
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Steve Yzerman]], Canadian hockey player
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Linda Evangelista]], Canadian supermodel
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Monsour del Rosario]], Filipino Olympic athlete and actor
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Renée Simonsen]], Danish model and writer
* [[May 13]] &ndash; [[José Antonio Delgado]], Venezuelan mountain climber (d. [[2006]])
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Eoin Colfer]], Irish novelist
* [[May 16]] 
** [[Rodica Dunca]], Romanian artistic gymnast
** [[Krist Novoselic]], American musician and activist ([[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]])
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Trent Reznor]], American rock musician ([[Nine Inch Nails]])
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Philippe Dhondt]], French singer
* [[May 23]] 
** [[Melissa McBride]], American actress (''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'')
* [[May 24]]
** [[Carlos Franco]], Paraguayan golfer
** [[John C. Reilly]], American actor and comedian 
** [[Shinichirō Watanabe]], Japanese anime director
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Yahya Jammeh]], [[President of the Gambia]]
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Emilio Sánchez]], Spanish tennis player
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Guadalupe Grande]], Spanish poet (d. [[2021]]) 
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Brooke Shields]], American actress and model

===June===
[[File:Mick Foley Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2023.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mick Foley]]]]
[[File:Frank Grillo Oct 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Frank Grillo]]]]
[[File:Elizabeth Hurley in 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Elizabeth Hurley]]]]
[[File:Kim Dickens (36145412405) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kim Dickens]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[Larisa Lazutina]], Russian cross-country skier
** [[Nigel Short]], English chess player
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Steve Waugh|Steve]] and [[Mark Waugh]], Australian cricketers
* [[June 4]] 
** [[Mick Doohan]], Australian motorcycle racer
** [[Andrea Jaeger]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrea Jaeger |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/100003/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[June 6]]
** [[Cam Neely]], Canadian ice hockey player
** [[Megumi Ogata]], Japanese voice actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/ogata-megumi/|title=Ogata Megumi|publisher=[[Hitoshi Doi]] |access-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref>
* [[June 7]]
** [[Mick Foley]], American professional wrestler
** [[Damien Hirst]], British artist
** [[Christine Roque]], French singer
* [[June 8]]
** [[Frank Grillo]], American actor<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Frank Grillo|user=FrankGrillo|number= 475679031694589952 |date= June 8, 2014 |title=Thanks all for the B-Day wishes. Much love and appreciation!!!|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501053345/https://twitter.com/frankgrillo/status/475679031694589952|archivedate= May 1, 2016}}</ref> 
** [[Rob Pilatus]], German model, dancer and singer (d. [[1998]])
* [[June 10]]
** [[Veronica Ferres]], German actress
** [[Elizabeth Hurley]], English model and actress
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Manuel Uribe (obese man)|Manuel Uribe]], morbidly obese Mexican (d. [[2014]])
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Carlos Luis Morales]], Ecuadorian journalist (d. [[2020]])
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Infanta Cristina of Spain]], Spanish princess
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Bernard Hopkins]], American boxer
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Andrea M. Ghez]], American astronomer, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/ghez/facts/|title=Andrea Ghez - Facts|website=Nobel Prize|access-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>
* [[June 17]] 
** [[Dana Eskelson]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0260632/|title=Dana Eskelson|website=IMDb}}</ref>
** [[Dan Jansen]], American speedskater
** [[Dara O'Kearney]], Irish ultra runner and professional poker player
* [[June 18]]
** [[Kim Dickens]], American actress
** [[Hani Mohsin]], Malaysian celebrity, actor and host (d. [[2006]]) 
* [[June 21]]
** [[Yang Liwei]], Chinese major general, military pilot and China National Space Administration astronaut
** [[Gabriella Selmeczi]], Hungarian jurist and politician
** [[Tim Lajcik]], Czech American mixed martial artist, stuntman, actor and writer
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Anubhav Sinha]], Indian film director
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Paul Arthurs]], English Musician ([[Oasis (band)|Oasis]])
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Son Hyun-joo]], South Korean actor 
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Jean Castex]], French politician
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Jana Hybášková]], Czech politician and diplomat
* [[June 27]] 
** [[Frédéric Lemoine]], French businessman
** [[S. Manikavasagam]], Malaysian politician
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Belayneh Dinsamo]], Ethiopian long-distance runner
* [[June 29]]
** [[Véronique Laury]], French businesswoman
** [[Dado Villa-Lobos]], Brazilian musician
** [[Matthew Weiner]], American television writer, director and producer<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1731510/Matthew-Weiner| title=Matthew Weiner: American writer and producer|first=Adam |last=Augustyn|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica.com]] | access-date=May 21, 2015}}</ref>
* [[June 30]] 
** [[Philippe Duquesne]], French actor
** [[Cho Jae-hyun]], South Korean actor
** [[Mitch Richmond]], American basketball player

===July===
[[File:Connie Nielsen by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Connie Nielsen]]]]
[[File:Hailemariam2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hailemariam Desalegn]]]]
[[File:Shawn Michaels WM24 shot (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shawn Michaels]]]]
[[File:Slash live in London 2022 (Cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Slash (musician)|Slash]]]]
[[File:JeremyPivenFeb09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeremy Piven]]]]
[[File:J. K. Rowling 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[J. K. Rowling]]]]
* [[July 1]] 
** [[Teddy McCarthy]], hurler and Gaelic footballer 
** [[Carl Fogarty]], English motorcycle racer
** [[Mohammed Abdul Hussein]], Iraqi former footballer
** [[Ramdas Ambatkar]], Indian politician, [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Maharashtra MLC]] (d. [[2025]])<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/ex-mlc-ramdas-ambatkar-passes-away-after-prolonged-illness-in-chennai/articleshow/120776264.cms Ex-MLC Ramdas Ambatkar Passes Away After Prolonged Illness in Chennai]</ref>
* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Fredrik Sejersted]], Norwegian jurist
* [[July 3]]
** [[Komsan Pohkong]], Thai lawyer
** [[Shinya Hashimoto]], Japanese professional wrestler (d. [[2005]])
** [[Connie Nielsen]], Danish actress
** [[Tommy Flanagan (actor)|Tommy Flanagan]], Scottish actor
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Tracy Letts]], American actor, playwright and screenwriter
* [[July 5]] 
** [[Kathryn Erbe]], American actress
** [[Eyran Katsenelenbogen]], Israeli jazz pianist
* [[July 7]]
** [[Paula Devicq]], Canadian actress
** [[Jeremy Kyle]], English radio and television presenter
* [[July 10]]
** [[Danny Boffin]], Belgian footballer
** [[Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark]]
** [[Alec Mapa]], American comedian
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Ernesto Hoost]], Dutch kickboxer
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Mama Kandeh]], Gambian politician
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Akina Nakamori]], Japanese singer and actress
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Lou Savarese]], American boxer
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Dafna Rechter]], Israeli actress and singer
* [[July 17]] 
** [[Santiago Segura]], Spanish actor, screenwriter, producer and director
** [[Rosa Gumataotao Rios]], 43rd Treasurer of the United States
** [[Alex Winter]], British actor
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Eva Ionesco]], French actress, film director and screenwriter
* [[July 19]]
** Dame [[Evelyn Glennie]], Scottish virtuoso percussionist
** [[Hailemariam Desalegn]], 15th Prime Minister of Ethiopia
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Guðni Bergsson]], Icelandic footballer
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Shawn Michaels]], American professional wrestler
* [[July 23]] 
** [[Grace Mugabe]], First Lady of Zimbabwe
** [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] (Saul Hudson), English-born American rock guitarist
* [[July 26]] 
** [[Vladimir Cruz]], Cuban actor
** [[Jeremy Piven]], American actor
** [[Jimmy Dore]], American comedian and political commentator 
* [[July 27]]
** [[José Luis Chilavert]], Paraguayan footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|160374}}</ref>
** [[Trifon Ivanov]], Bulgarian footballer (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{FIFA player|51338}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Daniela Mercury]], Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actress and television host
* [[July 29]] &ndash; [[Chang-Rae Lee]], Korean-American novelist
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[J. K. Rowling]], English author

===August===
[[File:Sam Mendes in 2022-2.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Sam Mendes]]]]
[[File:Viola Davis by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Viola Davis]]]]
[[File:KyraSedgwickJune09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kyra Sedgwick]]]]
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Sam Mendes]], English film director
* [[August 2]]
** [[Sandra Ng]], Hong Kong actress
** [[Hisanobu Watanabe]], Japanese baseball player and coach
* [[August 4]]
** [[Terri Lyne Carrington]], American jazz drummer
** [[Dennis Lehane]], American crime writer
** [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]], Swedish Prime Minister<ref>{{cite book | last = Turner | first = Barry | title = The statesman's yearbook : the politics, cultures and economies of the world | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | location = Basingstoke | year = 2012 | isbn = 9781349595419 | page=1176}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Monica Ward]], Italian actress and voice actress
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[David Robinson]], American basketball player
* [[August 10]]
** [[Claudia Christian]], American actress, writer, singer, musician, and director
** [[Mike E. Smith]], American jockey
** [[John Starks (basketball)|John Starks]], American basketball player
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Viola Davis]], African-American actress
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Vincent Kok]], Hong Kong director and actor
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Michael O'Gorman (rowing)|Michael O'Gorman]], American coxswain (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 19]]
** [[Kevin Dillon]], American actor
** [[Maria de Medeiros]], Portuguese actress
** [[Kyra Sedgwick]], American actress
** [[James Tomkins (rower)|James Tomkins]], Australian rower
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[David Reimer]], Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (d. [[2004]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/david-reimer-and-john-money-gender-reassignment-controversy-johnjoan-case|title=David Reimer and John Money Gender Reassignment Controversy: The John/Joan Case - The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|website=embryo.asu.edu}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Reggie Miller]], American basketball player and commentator
* [[August 25]] &ndash; [[Mia Zapata]], American singer (d. [[1993]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Azela Robinson]], Mexican actress
* [[August 28]]
** [[Satoshi Tajiri]], Japanese video game designer and ''[[Pokémon]]'' creator<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://stars.ign.com/objects/917/917976_biography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105234523/http://www.ign.com/stars/satoshi-tajiri|archive-date=5 November 2016|title=Satoshi Tajiri Biography|year=2010|publisher=[[IGN]]. [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]]|url-status=dead|access-date=27 January 2010}}</ref>
** [[Amanda Tapping]], Canadian actress
** [[Shania Twain]], Canadian country singer and songwriter
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Daniel Bernhardt]], Swiss actor and martial artist

===September===
[[File:Charlie Sheen March 2009.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Charlie Sheen]]]]
[[File:Bashar al-Assad (2018-05-17) 02 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bashar al-Assad]]]]
[[File:Dmitry Medvedev (2024-05-25).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dmitry Medvedev]]]]
[[File:Kyle Chandler 2018.png|thumb|100px|[[Kyle Chandler]]]]
[[File:Tim Scott official portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tim Scott]]]]
[[File:EPP Congress Rotterdam - Day 1 (52113152023) (cropped 2).jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Petro Poroshenko]]]]
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Craig McLachlan]], Australian actor and singer
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Lennox Lewis]], British boxer
* [[September 3]]
** [[Costas Mandylor]], Greek-Australian actor
** [[Charlie Sheen]], American actor and producer
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Derby Makinka]], Zambian footballer (d. [[1993]])
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Gleisi Hoffmann]], Brazilian lawyer and politician
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Jörg Pilawa]], German television presenter
* [[September 8]]
** [[Tutilo Burger]], German Benedictine monk and abbot
** [[Darlene Zschech]], Australian singer and worship leader
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Marco Pastors]], Dutch politician
* [[September 11]]
** [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[President of Syria]]
** [[Moby]], American musician
* [[September 12]] 
**[[Einstein Kristiansen]], Norwegian cartoonist, designer, and television host
* [[September 14]] – [[Dmitry Medvedev]], former [[President of Russia]]
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Fernanda Torres]], Brazilian actress
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Katy Kurtzman]], American actress, director and producer
* [[September 17]] 
** [[Kyle Chandler]], American actor
** [[Yuji Naka]], Japanese video game programmer
* [[September 19]]
** [[Goldie]], English record producer and DJ
** [[Iliya Lazarov]], Bulgarian politician
** [[Tim Scott]], African-American politician and businessman
** [[Tshering Tobgay]], former [[List of prime ministers of Bhutan|Prime Minister of Bhutan]]
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Robert Rusler]], American actor
* [[September 21]]
** [[Cheryl Hines]], American actress
** [[Johanna Vuoksenmaa]], Finnish film director
** [[David Wenham]], Australian actor
** [[Pramila Jayapal]], American politician
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Mark Woodforde]], Australian tennis player 
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Scottie Pippen]], American basketball player
* [[September 26]] 
** [[Radisav Ćurčić]], Serbian-Israeli basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curcira01.html|title=Radisav Ćurčić Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
** [[Alexei Mordashov]], Russian businessman
** [[Petro Poroshenko]], former [[President of Ukraine]]
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Steve Kerr]], American basketball player

===October===
[[File:Lennie James (35756680210).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lennie James]]]]
[[File:Steve Coogan 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Steve Coogan]]]]
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Andreas Keller]], German field hockey player
* [[October 2]] 
** [[Gerardo Reyero]], Mexican voice actor
** [[Ferhan and Ferzan Önder]], Turkish-Austrian pianists<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16942020g|title=Önder, Ferhan|website=Catalogue.bnf.fr|publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]|date=30 January 2015|access-date=7 May 2024|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16942021t|title=Önder, Ferzan|website=Catalogue.bnf.fr|publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]|date=30 January 2015|access-date=7 May 2024|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[October 3]]
** [[Adriana Calcanhotto]], Brazilian singer and composer
** [[Jan-Ove Waldner]], Swedish table tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.old.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=109931 |title=Jan-Ove Waldner at old.ittf.com |access-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111090146/http://www.old.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=109931 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[October 5]]
** [[Mario Lemieux]], Canadian ice hockey player
** [[Patrick Roy]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Steve Scalise]], [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Whip]] and [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] of Louisiana's 1st district<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4Som-OxRt4C&pg=PA117|title=Official Congressional Directory 114th Congress, 2015-2016, Convened January 2015|first=Congress (U S. ) Joint Committee on|last=Printing|date=March 30, 2016|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]|isbn=9780160929977|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[October 8]]
** [[Matt Biondi]], American swimmer
** [[C. J. Ramone]], American musician
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Dionicio Cerón]], Mexican long-distance runner
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Chris Penn]], American actor (d. [[2006]])
* [[October 11]]
** [[Julianne McNamara]], American artistic gymnast
** [[Lennie James]], English actor, screenwriter, and playwright<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lennie-james/282638| website=TVGuide.com| title=Lennie James| access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref> 
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]], Indian film actress (d. [[2016]])
* [[October 14]]
** [[Steve Coogan]], British comedian and actor
** [[Jüri Jaanson]], Estonian rower and politician
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Kang Kyung-ok]], South Korean artist
* [[October 17]] 
** [[Aravinda de Silva]], Sri Lankan cricketer
** [[Rhys Muldoon]], Australian actor, writer, and director 
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Zakir Naik]], Indian doctor and Islamic activist
* [[October 19]]
** [[The Renegade (wrestler)|The Renegade]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1999]])
** [[Ty Pennington]], American television presenter
** [[Tracy Griffith]], American actress, sushi chef, and painter
* [[October 20]] 
** [[Amos Mansdorf]], Israeli tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/amos-mansdorf/m012/overview|title=Amos Mansdorf {{pipe}} Overview {{pipe}} ATP Tour {{pipe}} Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
** [[Stefano Pioli]], Italian football player and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=S. Pioli |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/coaches/stefano-pioli/137800/ |website=soccerway.com |publisher=Soccer way}}</ref>
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Sumito Estévez]], Venezuelan chef<ref name="excess">Quintana, Marsolaire. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728162526/http://www.sumitoestevez.com/mipaginaanterior/Curriculum/CocinayVino.pdf Sumito Estevez and ginger to taste]. Excess Magazine. 2 April 2003, issue number 34.</ref>
* [[October 26]]
** [[Aaron Kwok]], Hong Kong singer and actor
** [[Kelly Rowan]], Canadian actress
** [[Ken Rutherford (cricketer)|Kenneth Rutherford]], New Zealand cricketer
* [[October 29]] &ndash; [[Christy Clark]], Canadian politician
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Zaza Urushadze]], Georgian film director, producer and screenwriter (d. [[2019]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Rob Rackstraw]], British actor

===November===
[[File:Shah Rukh Khan graces the launch of the new Santro.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shah Rukh Khan]]]]
[[File:Bjork Orkestral Paris (cropped).png|thumb|100px|[[Björk]]]]
[[File:Mads Mikkelsen Cannes 2013 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mads Mikkelsen]]]]
[[File:Ben Stiller May 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ben Stiller]]]]
* [[November 1]] 
** [[Patrik Ringborg]], Swedish conductor
* [[November 2]] 
** [[Paweł Adamowicz]], Polish politician and lawyer (d. [[2019]])
** [[Shah Rukh Khan]], Indian actor, film/television producer and television presenter
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Wayne Static]], American singer and musician ([[Static-X]]) (d. [[2014]])
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Sigrun Wodars]], German athlete
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Patricia Poleo]], Venezuelan journalist<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|title=Biografía de Patricia Poleo|url=https://www.cuandonacio.com/patricia-poleo/|date=|accessdate=6 November 2017|work=Cuandonacio|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723182335/https://www.cuandonacio.com/patricia-poleo/|archivedate=23 July 2018}}</ref>
* [[November 9]] &ndash; Sir [[Bryn Terfel]], Welsh baritone
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Eddie Irvine]], Northern Irish racing driver
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Max Mutchnick]], American television producer
* [[November 13]] &ndash; [[Rick Roberts (actor)|Rick Roberts]], Canadian actor
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Pam Bondi]], American attorney and politician, 87th U.S. Attorney General<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/pam-bondi-fast-facts/index.html | title=Pam Bondi Fast Facts &#124; CNN Politics | website=[[CNN]] | date=February 13, 2025 }}</ref>
* [[November 19]]
** [[Paulo S. L. M. Barreto|Paulo Barreto]], Brazilian cryptographer
** [[Laurent Blanc]], French football player and manager
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]], Japanese rock composer, pianist, and drummer
* [[November 21]]
** [[Björk]], Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician
** [[Reggie Lewis]], American basketball player (d. [[1993]])
** [[Alexander Siddig]], Sudanese-British actor
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Mads Mikkelsen]], Danish actor
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Radion Gataullin]], Uzbek-Russian pole-vaulter
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Shirley Henderson]], Scottish actress
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Ana Paula Padrão]], Brazilian journalist, chief editor, entrepreneur, writer and television presenter
* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Scott Adsit]], American actor
* [[November 29]]
** [[Lauren Child]], American author
** [[Raffaella Reggi]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Raffaella Reggi |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/180021/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[November 30]]
** [[Ben Stiller]], American actor, comedian and filmmaker
** [[Tashi Tenzing]], Indian mountaineer

===December===
[[File:Salman Khan at Renault Star Guild Awards.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Salman Khan]]]]
[[File:Andrew Stanton cropped 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andrew Stanton]]]]
[[File:Jeffrey Wright by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeffrey Wright]]]]
[[File:Andy Dick 2012 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Andy Dick]]]]
* [[December 3]]
** [[Steve Harris (actor)|Steve Harris]], American actor
** [[Katarina Witt]], German figure skater
** [[Andrew Stanton]], American animator, storyboard artist, film director, and screenwriter
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Johnny Rzeznik]], American rock singer and guitarist 
* [[December 7]]
** [[Teruyuki Kagawa]], Japanese actor
** [[Jeffrey Wright]], African-American actor
* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[David Harewood]], English actor
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Brad Savage]], American actor
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Stephanie Morgenstern]], Canadian actress
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Luis Fabián Artime]], Argentine footballer
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[J. B. Smoove]], African-American actor and comedian
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[John Moshoeu]], South African footballer (d. [[2015]])<ref>{{NFT player|id=6163}}</ref>
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Jessica Steen]], Canadian actress
* [[December 21]] 
** [[Andy Dick]], American actor and comedian
** [[Anke Engelke]], German comedian, actress and voice-over actress
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Andreas Kappes]], German cyclist (d. [[2018]])
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Salman Khan]], Indian actor, television presenter
* [[December 30]]
** [[Valentina Legkostupova]], Soviet and Russian pop singer, teacher and producer (d. [[2020]])
** [[Robert Rep]], Dutch politician
* [[December 31]]
** [[Nicholas Sparks]], American author<ref>{{cite book | title = Chase's calendar of events 2022 : the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | location = Lanham, Maryland | year = 2021 | isbn = 9781641435048 | page=618}}</ref>
** [[Gong Li]], Chinese actress

===Date unknown===
*[[Yklymberdi Paromov]], [[Turkmenistan|Turkmen]] politician
*[[Marga Hoek]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] businesswoman

==Deaths==

===January===
[[File:Thomas Stearns Eliot by Lady Ottoline Morrell (1934).jpg|thumb|120px|[[T. S. Eliot]]]]
[[File:Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Winston Churchill]]]]
<!--[[File:Hassan Ali Mansur.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Hassan Ali Mansur]]]]-->
* [[January 4]] – [[T. S. Eliot]], American-British poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Grantq|first1=Michael|title=T.S. Eliot: The Critical Heritage, Volume 1|date=1997|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415159470|page=55}}</ref>
* [[January 10]]
** [[Antonín Bečvář]], Czechoslovak astronomer (b. [[1901]])
** [[Frederick Fleet]], British sailor and lookout aboard the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] (b. [[1887]])
* [[January 12]] – [[Lorraine Hansberry]], African-American playwright and writer (b. [[1930]])
* [[January 14]] – [[Jeanette MacDonald]], American actress and singer (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 15]] – [[Pierre Ngendandumwe]], 4th and 6th [[Prime Minister of Burundi]] (assassinated) (b. [[1930]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Alan Freed]], American disc jockey (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 24]] – Sir [[Winston Churchill]], British politician and statesman, twice [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], [[World War II]] leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1874]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Jenkins |first=Roy |author-link=Roy Jenkins |title=Churchill |year=2001 |publisher=Macmillan Press |location=London |isbn=978-03-30488-05-1|page=911|language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – [[Hassan Ali Mansur]], Iranian politician, 69th [[Prime Minister of Iran]] (b. [[1923]])
* [[January 28]]
** [[Taimur bin Feisal]], [[List of rulers of Oman|Sultan of Oman]] (b. [[1886]])
** [[Tich Freeman]], English cricketer (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/tich-freeman-12918 Tich Freeman England]</ref>
** [[Maxime Weygand]], French general (b. [[1867]])
* [[January 31]] – [[Konstantin Muraviev]], 31st [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] (b. [[1893]])

===February===
[[File:Nat King Cole 1959.JPG|120px|thumb|[[Nat King Cole]]]]
[[File:Malcolm X NYWTS 2a.jpg|120px|thumb|[[Malcolm X]]]]
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* [[February 5]] – [[Irving Bacon]], American actor (b. [[1893]])
* [[February 6]] – [[Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Nance O'Neil]], American stage and film actress (b. [[1874]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah]], Indian educationist, philosopher, philanthropist, social reformer and spiritualist (b. [[1874]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ahsaniamission.org.bd/founder/|title=Founder &#124; Dhaka Ahsania Mission|date=September 18, 2014|website=www.ahsaniamission.org.bd}}</ref>
* [[February 13]] 
** [[Humberto Delgado]], Portuguese general and opposition politician (b. [[1906]])
** [[William Heard Kilpatrick]], American mathematician and philosopher (b. [[1871]])
* [[February 14]] – [[Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht]], French composer (b. [[1880]])
* [[February 15]] – [[Nat King Cole]], American singer and musician (b. [[1919]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Epstein|first=Daniel Mark|year=1999|title=Nat King Cole|location=New York|publisher=Farrar Straus Giroux|isbn=978-0-374-21912-3|url=https://archive.org/details/natkingcole00epst|page=356|language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 19]] 
** [[Forrest Taylor]], American actor (b. [[1883]])<ref>[http://www.westernclippings.com/heavies/forresttaylor_charactersheavies.shtml Forrest Taylor]</ref>
** [[Tom Wilson (actor)|Tom Wilson]], American actor (b. [[1880]])
* [[February 21]] – [[Malcolm X]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1925]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/02/22/archives/malcolm-x-shot-to-death-at-rally-here-three-other-negroes-wounded.html|title=Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally|first=Peter|last=Kihss|work=The New York Times |date=February 22, 1965|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] – [[Felix Frankfurter]], [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court Justice]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[February 23]] – [[Stan Laurel]], British actor (b. [[1890]])<ref>Bergan, Ronald. ''The Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy.'' New York: Smithmark, 1992. {{ISBN|0-8317-5459-1}} pages 119-120</ref>
* [[February 24]] – [[Takeo Itō]], Japanese general (b. [[1889]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Adolf Schärf]], Austrian politician, 6th [[President of Austria]] (b. [[1890]])

===March===
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* [[March 2]] – [[Masakazu Kawabe]], Japanese general (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite web| last = Ammenthorp| first = Steen| url = http://www.generals.dk/general/Kawabe/Masakasu/Japan.html| title = Kawabe Masakazu| work = The Generals of World War II}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia| last = Budge| first = Kent| url = http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/index.htm| title = Kawabe, Masakazu| encyclopedia = Pacific War Online Encyclopedia}}</ref>
* [[March 5]] – [[Salvador Castaneda Castro]], 31st [[President of El Salvador]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 6]] 
** [[Margaret Dumont]], American actress (b. [[1889]])
** [[Herbert Morrison]], British politician (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/833429103/|title = Morrison Asked For "Jolly" Funeral Music|date = 8 March 1965|newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|page = 1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|url-access = subscription|accessdate = 27 May 2024}}</ref>
* [[March 7]] – [[Louise Mountbatten]], queen consort of Sweden as second wife of [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden|King Gustaf VI Adolf]] (b. [[1889]])
* [[March 13]]
** [[Corrado Gini]], Italian statistician (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Garzia | first = Mino | title = Political communities and calculus: sociological analysis in the Italian scientific tradition (1924-1943) | publisher = P. Lang | location = Bern; New York | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780820442006 | page=21}}</ref>
** [[Vittorio Jano]], Italian automobile designer (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Barker | first = Ronald | title = Automobile design: great designers and their work | publisher = R. Bentley | location = Cambridge, Mass | year = 1970 | isbn = 9780837600451 | page=254}}</ref>
** [[Fan Noli]], Albanian bishop, poet and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Albania]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Marion Jones Farquhar]], American tennis champion (b. [[1879]])
* [[March 17]]
** [[Nancy Cunard]], English writer, heiress and political activist (b. [[1896]])
** [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]], American baseball, basketball and football player and coach (b. [[1862]])
* [[March 18]] – [[Farouk of Egypt]], deposed king (b. [[1920]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej]], Romanian communist leader, 47th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (b. [[1901]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Fidel Dávila Arrondo|Fidel Dávila]], Spanish general and minister (b. [[1878]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Mae Murray]], American silent film actress (b. [[1885]])
* [[March 25]] – [[Viola Liuzzo]], American Unitarian Universalist and civil rights activist (b. [[1925]])
* [[March 28]]
** [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood]], member of the British royal family (b. [[1897]])
** [[Jack Hoxie]], American actor, rodeo performer (b. [[1885]])
* [[March 30]] – [[Philip Showalter Hench]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1896]])

===April===
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* [[April 3]] – [[Ray Enright]], American film director (b. [[1896]])
* [[April 9]] – [[Sherman Minton]], American politician and [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] (b. [[1890]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sherman-Minton Sherman Minton United States jurist]</ref>
* [[April 10]] 
** [[Linda Darnell]], American actress (b. [[1923]])
** [[La Belle Otero]], Spanish actress, dancer and courtesan (b. [[1868]])
* [[April 14]] 
** [[Leonard Mudie]], English actor (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elcinema.com/en/person/2191677|title=Leonard Mudie - Actor Filmography، photos، Video|website=elCinema.com}}</ref>
** [[Perry Smith (murderer)|Perry Smith]] (b. [[1928]]) and [[Richard Hickock]] (b. [[1931]]), American convicted murderers
* [[April 16]] – [[Sydney Chaplin]], English actor (b. [[1885]])
* [[April 18]] – [[Guillermo González Camarena]], Mexican inventor (b. [[1917]])
* [[April 21]] 
** [[Edward Victor Appleton|Sir Edward Victor Appleton]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1892]])
** [[Pedro Albizu Campos]], advocate of Puerto Rican independence (b. [[1891]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pedro-Albizu-Campos Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican attorney, social activist, and nationalist]</ref>
* [[April 23]] – [[George Adamski]], Polish-American UFO writer (b. [[1891]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Louise Dresser]], American actress (b. [[1878]])
* [[April 27]] – [[Edward R. Murrow]], American journalist (b. [[1908]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Edward R. Murrow|url=https://ncpedia.org/biography/murrow-edward|website=NCPedia|publisher=[[State Library of North Carolina]]|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] – [[Helen Chandler]], American actress (b. [[1906]])

===May===
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* [[May 1]] – [[Spike Jones]], American musician and bandleader (b. [[1911]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Oren E. Long]], American politician, 10th [[Governor of Hawai'i]] (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 7]]
** [[Charles Sheeler]], American photographer (b. [[1883]])
** [[Alf Bjørnskau Bastiansen]], Norwegian priest and politician (b. [[1883]])
* [[May 9]] – [[Leopold Figl]], 14th [[Chancellor of Austria]] and acting [[President of Austria]] (b. [[1902]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Hubertus van Mook]], Dutch [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://voi.id/en/memori/173128 Today's History, May 30, 1894: The Birth Of NICA Leader Hubertus Johannes Van Mook]</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Frances Perkins]], first woman appointed as a United States presidential cabinet member (Labor) (b. [[1880]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Yisrael Bar-Yehuda]], Zionist activist and Israel politician (b. [[1895]])
* [[May 18]] – [[Eli Cohen]], Israeli spy (b. [[1924]])
* [[May 19]] – [[Maria Dąbrowska]], Polish writer (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 21]] – [[Geoffrey de Havilland|Sir Geoffrey de Havilland]], British [[aviation]] pioneer and [[aircraft]] company founder (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/archive-exhibitions/de-havilland-the-man-and-the-company/captain-sir-geoffrey-de-havilland/|title=Captain Sir Geoffrey De Havilland &#124; De Havilland - The Man and the Company &#124; Archive Exhibitions &#124; Research|accessdate=December 26, 2022}}</ref>
* [[May 23]]
** [[Rosina Anselmi]], Italian actress (b. [[1880]])
** [[David Smith (sculptor)|David Smith]], American sculptor (b. [[1906]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Sonny Boy Williamson II|Sonny Boy Williamson]], American [[blues]] musician (b. [[1899]])
* [[May 27]] – [[John Rinehart Blue]], American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (b. [[1905]])<ref name="Cumberland Evening Times 6">{{cite news| title =John R. Blue| newspaper =[[Cumberland Times-News|Cumberland Evening Times]]| location =[[Cumberland, Maryland]]| date =May 28, 1965| page =20| url =https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66807954/john-r-blue/| access-date =January 3, 2021| url-status =live| via =[[Newspapers.com]]| archive-date =January 3, 2021| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210103224402/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66807954/john-r-blue/}}</ref>

===June===
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* [[June 1]] – [[Curly Lambeau]], American football player and coach (b. [[1898]])
* [[June 5]]
** [[Eleanor Farjeon]], British author of children's literature (b. [[1881]])
** [[Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[June 7]] – [[Judy Holliday]], American actress, comedian, and singer (b. [[1921]])
* [[June 11]] – [[José Mendes Cabeçadas]], Portuguese navy officer, 94th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] and 9th [[President of Portugal]] (b. [[1883]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Martin Buber]], Austrian-Israeli philosopher (b. [[1878]])
* [[June 15]] – [[Steve Cochran]], American actor (b. [[1917]])
* [[June 19]] – [[James Collip]], Canadian [[biochemist]] (b. [[1892]])
* [[June 20]] – [[Bernard Baruch]], American financier and presidential adviser (b. [[1870]])
* [[June 22]] – [[David O. Selznick]], American film producer (b. [[1902]])
* [[June 23]] – [[Mary Boland]], American actress (b. [[1882]])
* [[June 28]] – [[Red Nichols]], American jazz cornettist (b. [[1905]])
* [[June 30]] – [[Bessie Barriscale]], American actress (b. [[1884]])

===July===
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* [[July 1]] – [[Wally Hammond]], English cricketer (b. [[1903]])
* [[July 5]] – [[Porfirio Rubirosa]], Dominican diplomat, race-car driver and polo player (b. [[1909]])<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2002/11/porfirio-rubirosa-200211?srsltid=AfmBOor4jyddHTKeMFoy7bk2CTIjgsL8J0C0uRjzlElmOVFGuOhwJDI_ The Legend Of Rubirosa]</ref>
* [[July 7]] – [[Moshe Sharett]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[July 8]] – [[T. S. Stribling]], American novelist (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://una.edu/library/collections/t.s.-stribling---biography.html|title=T.S. Stribling - Biography|first=University of North|last=Alabama|website=una.edu}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] – [[Ray Collins (actor)|Ray Collins]], American actor (b. [[1889]])
* [[July 13]] – [[Laureano Gómez]], 43rd [[President of Colombia]] (b. [[1889]])
* [[July 14]]
** [[Adlai Stevenson II]], American politician (b. [[1900]])
** [[Max Woosnam]], English sportsman (b. [[1892]])
* [[July 19]]
** [[Clyde Beatty]], American animal trainer (b. [[1903]])
** [[Ingrid Jonker]], South African Afrikaans poet (b. [[1933]])
** [[Syngman Rhee]], Korean statesman, 1st [[President of South Korea]] (b. [[1875]])
* [[July 24]] – [[Constance Bennett]], American actress (b. [[1904]])
* [[July 28]] – [[Rampo Edogawa]], Japanese author and critic (b. [[1894]])
* [[July 30]] 
** [[Pier Ruggero Piccio]], Italian World War I fighter ace, air force general (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://italianmonarchist.blogspot.com/2013/07/general-count-pier-ruggero-piccio.html|title=The Italian Monarchist: General Count Pier Ruggero Piccio|date=July 27, 2013}}</ref>
** [[Jun'ichirō Tanizaki]], Japanese writer (b. [[1886]])

===August===
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* [[August 1]] – [[John Miller (rower)|John Miller]], American Olympic rower - Men's eights (b. [[1903]])
* [[August 6]]
** [[Nancy Carroll]], American actress (b. [[1903]])
** [[Everett Sloane]], American actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[August 8]] – [[Shirley Jackson]], American author (b. [[1916]])
* [[August 9]] – [[Creighton Hale]], American actor (b. [[1882]])
* [[August 13]] – [[Hayato Ikeda]], Japanese politician, 38th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1899]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Johnny Hayes]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1886]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Le Corbusier]], Swiss architect (b. [[1887]])
* [[August 28]]
** [[Rashid Ali al-Gaylani]], Iraqi politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Iraq]] (b. [[1892]])
** [[Giulio Racah]], Israeli physicist (b. [[1909]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Paul Waner]], American baseball player (b. [[1903]])

===September===
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* [[September 4]]
** [[Tommy Hampson]], British Olympic athlete (b. [[1907]])
** [[Albert Schweitzer]], [[Alsace|Alsatian]] physician and missionary, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1875]])
* [[September 6]] – [[Yunus Hussain]], Pakistani fighter pilot (b. [[1935]]) 
* [[September 8]]
** [[Dorothy Dandridge]], American actress (b. [[1922]])
** [[Hermann Staudinger]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Lucian Truscott]], American general (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 16]] 
** [[Ahn Eak-tai]], Korean composer and conductor (b. [[1906]])<ref>[https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?lang=e&menu_cate=history&id=&board_seq=60206&page=11&board_code=korean_story Ahn Eak-tai, the Composer of the Korean National Anthem]</ref>
** [[Fred Quimby]], American animated film producer (b. [[1886]])
* [[September 17]] – [[Alejandro Casona]], Spanish poet and playwright (b. [[1903]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Othmar Ammann]], Swiss-born American engineer (b. [[1879]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Othmar-Herman-Ammann|title=Othmar Herman Ammann &#124; American engineer &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=February 12, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[September 27]] – [[Clara Bow]], American silent film actress (b. [[1905]])

===October===
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[[File:Paul Hermann Müller nobel.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Paul Hermann Müller]]]]
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* [[October 1]] – [[Anton Boisen]], American founder of the [[clinical pastoral education]] movement (b. [[1876]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://acpe.edu/docs/default-source/acpe-history/the-biography-of-anton-theophilus-boisen.pdf?sfvrsn=f542507_2|title=The Biography of Anton Theophilus Boisen|accessdate=December 26, 2022}}</ref>
* [[October 3]] – [[Zachary Scott]], American actor (b. [[1914]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Thomas B. Costain]], Canadian author and journalist (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography: Who's News and Why, 1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeeiQW67jAsC|date=June 1953|publisher=Hw Wilson Company|isbn=978-0-8242-0119-7|page=124}}</ref>
* [[October 11]]
** [[Dorothea Lange]], American photographer (b. [[1895]])
** [[Walther Stampfli]], [[member of the Swiss Federal Council]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[October 12]] – [[Samir Al-Rifai]], 6-time [[Prime Minister of Jordan]] (b. [[1901]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Paul Hermann Müller]], Swiss chemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1899]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Randall Jarrell]], American poet (b. [[1914]])
* [[October 15]] – [[Abraham Fraenkel]], Israeli mathematician and recipient of the [[Israel Prize]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Bart King]], American cricketer (b. [[1873]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/bart-king-16-facts-about-the-greatest-cricketer-from-usa-537136|title=Bart King: 16 facts about the greatest cricketer from USA|date=October 19, 2016|website=Latest Sports Updates, Cricket News, Cricket World Cup, Football, Hockey & IPL}}</ref>
* [[October 18]]
** [[Oscar Beregi (actor, born 1876)|Oscar Beregi]], Hungarian actor (b. [[1876]])
** [[Henry Travers]], English actor (b. [[1874]])
* [[October 21]] 
** [[Bill Black]], American musician and bandleader (b. [[1926]])
** [[Marie McDonald]], American actress (b. [[1923]])
* [[October 22]] – [[Paul Tillich]], German American Christian existentialist philosopher and theologian (b. [[1886]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Luis de la Puente Uceda]], Peruvian guerrilla leader (b. [[1926]])
* [[October 24]] – [[Hans Meerwein]], German chemist (b. [[1879]])
* [[October 26]] – [[Murder of Sylvia Likens|Sylvia Likens]], American murder victim (b. [[1949]])
* [[October 29]] – [[Miller Anderson (diver)|Miller Anderson]], American Olympic diver (b. [[1922]])
* [[October 30]] – [[Arthur Schlesinger, Sr.]], American historian (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-M-Schlesinger Arthur M. Schlesinger American historian]</ref>
* [[October 31]] – [[Rita Johnson]], American actress (b. [[1913]])

===November===
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[[File:33 Henry Wallace 3x4.jpg|120px|thumb|[[Henry A. Wallace]]]]
[[File:Shaikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah.jpg|120px|thumb|Emir [[Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah]]]]
* [[November 2]] 
** [[Félix Paiva]], 28th [[President of Paraguay]] (b. [[1877]])
** [[H.V. Evatt]], Australian politician, judge (b. [[1894]])
* [[November 6]]
** [[Edgard Varèse]], French-born American composer (b. [[1883]])
** [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]], American musician (b. [[1893]])
* [[November 8]] 
** [[Dorothy Kilgallen]], American newspaper columnist and television personality (b. [[1913]])
** [[Emma Gramatica]], Italian actress (b. [[1874]])
** [[Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad]], second caliph (b. [[1889]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Taher Saifuddin]], Indian Bohra spiritual leader (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.thedawoodibohras.com/about-the-bohras/syedna-taher-saifuddin/ HIS HOLINESS  DR SYEDNA TAHER SAIFUDDIN]</ref>
* [[November 16]] 
** [[Harry Blackstone Sr.]], American magician and illusionist (b. [[1885]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Blackstone-Sr Harry Blackstone, Sr. American magician]</ref>
**[[W. T. Cosgrave]], Irish politician, president of the [[Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State|Provisional Government]] and the [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|Executive Council]] of the [[Irish Free State]] (b. [[1880]])
* [[November 18]] 
** [[Khalid al-Azm]], 5-time [[Prime Minister of Syria]] and acting [[President of Syria]] (b. [[1903]])
** [[Henry A. Wallace]], 33rd [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[November 24]] – [[Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Emir of Kuwait (b. [[1895]])
* [[November 25]] – Dame [[Myra Hess]], English pianist (b. [[1890]])

===December===
[[File:Maugham retouched.jpg|120px|thumb|[[W. Somerset Maugham|Somerset Maugham]]]]
* [[December 5]] – [[Joseph Erlanger]], American physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1874]])
* [[December 9]] – [[Branch Rickey]], American baseball executive (b. [[1881]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Henry Cowell]], American composer (b. [[1897]])
* [[December 11]] – [[George Constantinescu]], Romanian scientist (b. [[1881]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Joseph Bamina]], 8th [[Prime Minister of Burundi]] (executed) (b. [[1927]])
* [[December 16]] 
** [[W. Somerset Maugham]], English writer (b. [[1874]])
** [[Tito Schipa]], Italian tenor (b. [[1889]])
** Queen [[Sālote Tupou III]] of Tonga, (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Wood-Ellem|first=Elizabeth|author-link=Elizabeth Wood-Ellem|title=Queen Sālote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900–1965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5LL854qzTAC|year=1999|publisher=Auckland University Press|location=Auckland, N.Z|isbn=978-0-8248-2529-4|oclc=262293605|page=1}}</ref>
* [[December 24]] – [[William M. Branham]], American minister (b. [[1909]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Edgar Ende]], German painter (b. [[1901]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Kosaku Yamada]], Japanese composer and conductor (b. [[1886]])

==Nobel Prizes==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] &ndash; [[Shin'ichirō Tomonaga]], [[Julian Schwinger]], [[Richard Feynman|Richard P. Feynman]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] &ndash; [[Robert Burns Woodward]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] &ndash; [[François Jacob]], [[André Michel Lwoff]], [[Jacques Monod]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Sholokhov]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] &ndash; [[UNICEF|United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF)]]

==References==
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