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'''1969''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXIX]]) was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1969th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the [[2nd millennium]], the 69th year of the [[20th century]], and the 10th and last year of the [[1960s]] decade.

The year's most prominent event is often considered the [[Apollo 11|Apollo 11 moon landing]] on July 20, where astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] became the first humans to walk on the [[Moon]].

==Events==
===January===
{{Main|January 1969}}

[[File:Aircraft burning on USS Enterprise (CVN-65).jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|January 14: Explosion kills 27 on USS ''Enterprise'']]
* [[January 4]] – The Government of [[Spain]] hands over [[Ifni]] to [[Morocco]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1969-01-05 |title=Spanish Return Ifni to Morocco (Published 1969) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/01/05/archives/spanish-return-ifni-to-morocco.html |access-date=2025-09-04 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701]] crashes into a house on its approach to London's [[Gatwick Airport]], killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants.<ref>{{cite report |last=Kelly |first=G.M. |title=Civil Aircraft Accident Report No. EW/C/303: Report on the Accident to Boeing 727-112C YA-FAR 1.5 miles east of London (Gatwick) Airport on 5th January 1969 |url=http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/YA-FAR.asp |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|Her Majesty's Stationery Office]] |date=June 1970 |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907045653/http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/YA-FAR.asp |archive-date=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Super Bowl III|January 12]] – The [[New York Jets]] defeat the [[Baltimore Colts (1947–1950)|Baltimore Colts]] 16–7 in [[Super Bowl III]].
* [[January 14]] – [[USS Enterprise fire|An explosion]] aboard the aircraft carrier [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'']] near [[Hawaii]] kills 28 and injures 314.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1969, Jan 14: Explosion rocks USS Enterprise {{!}} The NAFI Blog |url=https://www.nafi.org/blog/1969-jan-14-explosion-rocks-uss-enterprise/ |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=www.nafi.org}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – First successful docking of two crewed spacecraft in orbit and the first transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another (by a [[space walk]]) between Soviet craft [[Soyuz 5]] and [[Soyuz 4]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Russians Master Space Docking |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=1969-01-17 |page=2}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – Failure of [[Soyuz 5]]'s service module to separate correctly causes a near-fatal re-entry (not publicly acknowledged until 1997) but the module makes a hard landing in the [[Ural Mountains]].<ref>{{cite journal |first=James |last=Oberg |authorlink=James Oberg |journal=Flight Journal |date=June 2002 |volume=7 |issue=3 |title=Soyuz 5's Flaming Return |pages=56–60 |url=https://www.jamesoberg.com/062002flightjournalsoyuz5.html |accessdate=2024-11-24}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – End of the siege of the [[University of Tokyo]], marking the beginning of the end for the [[1968–69 Japanese university protests]].
* [[January 20]] – [[Richard Nixon]] is sworn in as  the 37th president of the [[United States of America]].
* [[January 22]] – [[Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev]], the Soviet leader, by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured; [[Leonid Brezhnev|Brezhnev]] escapes unharmed. Very little is publicly admitted about the incident by the Soviet authorities at this time.
* [[January 27]]
** Fourteen men, 9 of them [[Jews]], [[1969 Baghdad hangings|are executed]] in [[Baghdad]] for spying for [[Israel]].
** Reverend [[Ian Paisley]], Northern Irish Unionist leader and founder of the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster]] is jailed for three months for illegal assembly.
* [[January 28]] – [[1969 Santa Barbara oil spill]]: A [[Blowout (well drilling)|blowout]] on [[Union Oil]]'s Platform A spills 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil into a channel and onto the beaches of [[Santa Barbara County]] in [[Southern California]]; on February 5 the [[oil spill]] closes [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]'s harbor. The incident inspires [[Wisconsin]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Gaylord Nelson]] to organize the first [[Earth Day]] in [[1970]].

===February===
{{Main|February 1969}}

* [[February 4]] – In [[Cairo]], [[Yasser Arafat]] is elected [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] leader at the [[Palestinian National Congress]].
* [[February 8]]
** The [[Allende meteorite]] explodes over Mexico.
** After 147 years, the last weekly issue of ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' is published in the United States. (The magazine is later briefly resurrected as a monthly magazine.)
* [[February 9]] – The [[Boeing 747]] "jumbo jet" is flown for the first time, taking off from the Boeing airfield at [[Everett, Washington]].
* [[February 13]] – [[Front de libération du Québec]] (FLQ) terrorists [[Montreal Stock Exchange bombing|bomb]] the [[Montreal Exchange|Montreal Stock Exchange]].
* [[February 14]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] issues ''[[Mysterii Paschalis]]'', a ''[[motu proprio]]'', deleting many names from the [[Roman calendar of saints]] (including [[Valentine's Day|Valentine]], who was celebrated on this day).
* [[February 17]] – [[Aquanaut]] [[Berry L. Cannon]] dies of [[carbon dioxide poisoning]] while attempting to repair the [[SEALAB#SEALAB III|SEALAB III]] habitat off [[San Clemente Island, California]].
* [[February 24]] – The [[Mariner 6]] Mars probe is launched from the United States.
* [[February 28]] – The [[1969 Portugal earthquake]] hits [[Portugal]], [[Spain]] and [[Morocco]].

===March===
{{Main|March 1969}}

* [[March 2]]
** In [[Toulouse]], France the first [[Concorde]] test flight is conducted.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1969-03-02 |title=1969: Concorde flies for the first time |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/newsid_2514000/2514535.stm |access-date=2025-09-14 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
** [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the [[Ussuri River]].
* [[March 3]]
** [[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] launches [[Apollo 9]] ([[James McDivitt]], [[Rusty Schweickart]], [[David Scott]]) to test the [[lunar module]].
** In a [[Los Angeles]] court, [[Sirhan Sirhan]] admits that he killed presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy]].
* [[March 13]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 9]] returns safely to Earth after testing the [[Apollo Lunar Module|Lunar Module]].
* [[March 16]] – [[Viasa Flight 742]] crashes into a neighborhood in [[Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]], shortly after taking off for [[Miami]]; all 84 people on board the DC-9 jet are killed along with 71 people on the ground.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19690317&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "150 Killed in Air Disaster]— 47 Americans Die In Miami-Bound Jet From Venezuela", ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', March 17, 1969, p1</ref>
* [[March 17]]
** [[Golda Meir]] becomes the first female prime minister of [[Israel]].
** The [[Longhope, Orkney|Longhope]] [[Lifeboat (rescue)|life-boat]] is lost after answering a mayday call during severe storms in the [[Pentland Firth]] between [[Orkney]] and the northern tip of Scotland; the entire crew of 8 die.<ref>[http://news.stv.tv/scotland/82797-orkney-remembers-longhope-disaster/ "Orkney remembers Longhope disaster", STV News, 17 March 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002804/http://news.stv.tv/scotland/82797-orkney-remembers-longhope-disaster/ |date=March 4, 2016 }}. Accessed June 27, 2013</ref>
* [[March 18]] – An [[Solar eclipse of March 18, 1969|annular solar eclipse]] is visible in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and is the 49th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 129]].
* [[March 20]]
** One hundred of the 105 passengers and crew on a [[1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash|United Arab Airlines flight]], most of them Muslim pilgrims returning to Aswan from Mecca, are killed when the Ilyushin-18 turboprop crashes during a sandstorm.
** [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] are married at [[Gibraltar]], and proceed to their honeymoon "[[Bed-in]]" for peace in [[Amsterdam]].
* [[March 22]]
** UCLA wins its third consecutive [[1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA basketball championship]] by defeating Purdue University, 92 to 72.
** The landmark art exhibition ''When Attitudes become Form'', curated by [[Harald Szeemann]], opens at the [[Kunsthalle Bern]] in Bern, Switzerland.
* [[March 25]] - [[Ayub Khan]] resigns as President of [[Pakistan]] and transfers the power to [[Yahya Khan]].
* [[March 26]] - Yahya Khan imposes Martial Law on Pakistan.
* [[March 28]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] increases the number of Roman Catholic cardinals by one-third, from 101 to 134.
* [[March 29]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1969]] is held in Madrid, and results in four co-winners, with 18 votes each, from Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France.
* [[March 30]] – The body of former United States General and President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] is brought by caisson to the [[United States Capitol]] to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda; Eisenhower had died two days earlier, after a long illness, in the [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]], Washington, D.C.
* [[March 31]] – The [[Barroterán coal mine disaster]] kills 153 coal miners in [[Mexico]].

===April===
{{Main|April 1969}}

* [[April 3]] – The [[Mass of Paul VI]] is [[Promulgation (Catholic canon law)|promulgated]] in the [[Catholic Church]] by the Pope.<ref>''[[Missale Romanum (apostolic constitution)|Missale Romanum]]''.</ref>
* [[April 4]] – [[Denton Cooley]] implants the first temporary [[artificial heart]].
* [[April 7]] – [[request for comments|RFC]] series begins with Network Working Group RFC 1 on [[ARPANET]] host software.
* [[April 8]] – The [[Montreal Expos]] become [[Major League Baseball]]'s first team outside the United States.
* [[April 9]] – Fermín Monasterio Pérez is murdered by [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] in [[Biscay]], [[Spain]]; the 4th victim in the name of [[Basque nationalism]].
* [[April 15]] – The [[EC-121 shootdown incident]]: [[North Korea]] shoots down a US reconnaissance aircraft over the [[Sea of Japan]], killing all 31 on board.<ref>{{cite book |last=Larson |first=George A. |year=2001 |title=Cold war shoot downs: Part two |publisher=Challenge Publications Inc.}}</ref>
* [[April 17]] – [[Sirhan Bishara Sirhan]] is found guilty of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
* [[April 20]] – British troops arrive in [[Northern Ireland]] to reinforce the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]].
* [[April 22]] – English sailor [[Robin Knox-Johnston]] becomes the first person to sail around the world solo without stopping.
* [[April 28]] – [[Charles de Gaulle]] steps down as president of [[France]] after suffering defeat in a [[1969 French constitutional referendum|referendum the day before]].

===May===
{{Main|May 1969}}

* [[May 10]] – The Battle of Dong Ap Bia, also known as [[Battle of Hamburger Hill|Hamburger Hill]], begins during the [[Vietnam War]].
* [[May 13]] – [[May 13 Incident]]: [[Race riot]]s occur in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]].
* [[May 14]] – Colonel [[Muammar Gaddafi]] visits Mecca, [[Saudi Arabia]].
* [[May 15]] – An [[United States|American]] teenager known as '[[Robert R.]]' dies in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], United States, of a baffling medical condition. In 1984 it will be identified as the earliest confirmed case of [[HIV/AIDS]] in [[North America]].
* [[May 16]] – [[Venera program]]: [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] space probe [[Venera 5]] lands on [[Venus]].
* [[May 17]] – Venera program: Soviet space probe [[Venera 6]] begins to descend into [[Venus]]'s atmosphere, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
* [[May 18]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 10]] ([[Gene Cernan]], [[Thomas Patten Stafford|Tom Stafford]], [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]]) is launched. It is to be a full rehearsal for the [[Moon]] landing, stopping 15 kilometers short of actually reaching the lunar surface.
* [[May 20]] – [[United States National Guard]] helicopters spray skin-stinging powder on anti-war protesters in [[California]].
* [[May 21]] – ''[[Rosariazo]]'': Civil unrest breaks out in [[Rosario]], Argentina, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
* [[May 22]] – Apollo program: [[Apollo 10]]'s lunar module flies to within 15,400 m of the [[Moon]]'s surface.
* [[May 26]]
** The [[Andean Pact]] (Andean Group) is established.
** Apollo program: [[Apollo 10]] returns to [[Earth]], after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first crewed [[Moon]] landing.
* [[May 26]]–[[June 2]] – [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] conduct their second [[bed-in]]. The follow-up to the Amsterdam event is held at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. Lennon composes and records the song "[[Give Peace a Chance]]" during the event.
* [[May 29]] – ''[[Cordobazo]]'': A general strike and civil unrest break out in [[Córdoba, Argentina]].
* [[May 30]] – [[1969 Curaçao uprising|Riots]] in [[Curaçao]] mark the start of an Afro-Caribbean [[civil rights]] movement on the island.

===June===
{{Main|June 1969}}

* [[June 3]] – While operating at sea on SEATO maneuvers, the Australian aircraft carrier [[HMAS Melbourne (R21)|HMAS ''Melbourne'']] accidentally [[Melbourne–Evans collision|rams and slices]] into the American destroyer [[USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)|USS ''Frank E. Evans'']] in the South China Sea, killing 74 American seamen.
* [[June 5]] – An [[1969 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties|international communist conference]] begins in [[Moscow]].
* [[June 8]]
** [[Francisco Franco]] orders the closing of the [[Gibraltar–Spain border]] and communications between [[Gibraltar]] and Spain in response to the [[1967]] [[1967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum|Gibraltar sovereignty referendum]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19690609&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Spanish close off 'Rock'"], ''Montreal Gazette'', June 9, 1969, p1</ref> The border remains closed until a partial reopening on December 15, [[1982]].
** U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] and [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]] meet at [[Midway Atoll|Midway Island]]. Nixon announces that 25,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn by September.
* [[June 15]] – [[Georges Pompidou]] is elected President of France.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19690616&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Pompidou Elected French President By Large Margin"], ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', June 16, 1969, p1</ref>
* [[June 17]] – After a 23-game match, [[Boris Spassky]] defeats [[Tigran Petrosian]] to become the World Chess Champion in Moscow.
* [[June 24]] – The [[United Kingdom]] and [[Rhodesia]] sever diplomatic relations, after the [[1969 Rhodesian constitutional referendum|Rhodesian constitutional referendum]].
* [[June 27]] – Gay intercourse is officially legalized in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-1969-amendment-and-the-de-criminalization-of-homosexuality |title=The 1969 Amendment and the (De)criminalization of Homosexuality &#124; the Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] – The [[Stonewall riots]], a milestone in the modern [[gay rights movement]] in the United States, began in [[New York City]].

===July===
{{Main|July 1969}}

[[File:Apollo 11 Launch - GPN-2000-000630.jpg|thumb|right|July 16: The Saturn V rocket is launched]]
[[File:Astronaut Edwin Aldrin descends the Lunar Module ladder, AS11-40-5868 (21037483754).jpg|thumb|July 20: Buzz Aldrin descends a ladder to become the second human to step onto the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 program]]
* [[July 7]] – French is made equal to English throughout the Canadian national government.
* [[July 8]] – [[Vietnam War]]: The first U.S. troop withdrawals are made.
* [[July 14]]
** [[Football War]]: After [[Honduras]] loses an association football match against [[El Salvador]], rioting breaks out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers. Of the 300,000 Salvadoran workers in Honduras, tens of thousands are expelled, prompting a brief Salvadoran invasion of Honduras. The [[Organization of American States|OAS]] works out a cease-fire on [[July 18]], which takes effect on [[July 20]].
** The [[Act of Free Choice]] for [[Western New Guinea|West Irian]] commences in [[Merauke]], [[Indonesia]].
* [[July 16]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 11]] ([[Buzz Aldrin]], [[Neil Armstrong]], [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]]) lifts off from [[Cape Kennedy]] in Florida towards the first crewed landing on the [[Moon]].
* [[July 19]]
** [[Chappaquiddick incident]]: US Senator [[Ted Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]] drives off a bridge into a tidal pond after leaving a party on [[Chappaquiddick Island]], [[Massachusetts]], killing [[Mary Jo Kopechne]]. Kennedy does not report the accident for nine or ten hours.
** [[John Fairfax (rower)|John Fairfax]] lands in [[Hollywood Beach, Florida]], United States and becomes the first person to row across an ocean solo, after 180 days spent at sea on board the 25' ocean rowboat ''Britannia'' (left [[Gran Canaria]] on January 20, 1969).
* [[July 20]]
** [[Apollo program]] [[Moon landing]]: At 3:17 pm ET (20:17&nbsp;UTC) [[Apollo 11]]'s [[Lunar Module Eagle|Lunar Module ''Eagle'']] lands on the Moon's surface. At 10:56 pm ET (02:56&nbsp;UTC July 21), an estimated 650&nbsp;million people worldwide, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at this time, watch in awe as [[Neil Armstrong]] takes his first historic steps on the surface.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manned Space Chronology: Apollo_11 |url=http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html |publisher=spaceline.org |access-date=2008-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html |archive-date=February 14, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[1969 Tour de France]]: Belgian [[Eddy Merckx]] wins the cycle race for the first time.
* [[July 22]] – Spanish dictator and head of state [[Francisco Franco]] appoints Prince [[Juan Carlos]] to be his successor as head of state following his death.
* [[July 24]]
** [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 11]] returns from the first successful Moon landing and the astronauts are placed in biological isolation for several days in case they may have brought back lunar germs. The airless lunar environment is later determined to rule out microscopic life.
** The [[Soviet Union]] returns British lecturer [[Gerald Brooke]] to the United Kingdom freed from a Soviet prison in exchange for their spies Peter and Helen Kroger ([[Morris Cohen (spy)|Morris]] and [[Lona Cohen]]).
* [[July 26]] – A [[1969 Yangjiang earthquake|6.4 earthquake]] shakes the Chinese city of [[Yangjiang]] destroying thousands of homes and killing 3,000 people.
* [[July 30]] – [[Vietnam War]]: U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] makes an unscheduled visit to [[South Vietnam]], meeting with President [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]] and U.S. military commanders.
* [[July 31]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] arrives in [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]] for the first visit by a reigning [[Pope]] to [[Africa]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pope Paul VI's Apostolic Pilgrimage to Uganda, 31 July–2 August 1969 |url=http://www.totus2us.co.uk/universal/uganda/pvi-pilgrim-visit-1969 |access-date=2016-10-29 |archive-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030002840/http://www.totus2us.co.uk/universal/uganda/pvi-pilgrim-visit-1969/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===August===
{{Main|August 1969}}

[[File:Woodstock redmond stage.JPG|thumb|upright=1.0|right|August 15–18: Woodstock Festival is held]]
* [[August 2]] – U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] visits [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]], becoming the first incumbent U.S. president to visit a [[communist state]] since the start of the [[Cold War]].<ref>"Cheers Hail Nixon In Romania", ''Pittsburgh Press'', August 2, 1969, p1</ref>
* [[August 4]] 
** [[Vietnam War]]: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, U.S. representative [[Henry Kissinger]] and North Vietnamese representative [[Xuan Thuy]] begin secret peace negotiations. They eventually fail since the two sides cannot agree to any terms.
** The [[Zodiac Killer]] adopts his persona in [[s:Zodiac Killer letter, August 4th 1969|a letter]] in which he introduces himself with the phrase, "This is the Zodiac speaking."
* [[August 5]] – [[Mariner program]]: [[Mariner 7]] makes its closest fly-by of [[Mars]] ({{convert|3,524|km}}).
* [[August 9]] – On orders from [[Charles Manson]], members of the Manson Family invade the Los Angeles home of film director [[Roman Polanski]], and murder his pregnant wife, the actress [[Sharon Tate]], and four others. 
* [[August 10]] – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of the Manson Family kill [[Leno and Rosemary LaBianca]] in Los Angeles. 
* [[August 13]] – [[Sino-Soviet border conflict|Serious border clashes]] occur between the [[Soviet Union]] and the People's Republic of China.
* [[August 14]] – [[The Troubles]]: British troops are deployed in [[Northern Ireland]] to restore order following [[1969 Northern Ireland riots|three days of political and sectarian violence]], marking the beginning of the 37-year [[Operation Banner]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/14/newsid_4075000/4075437.stm |title=1969: British troops sent into Northern Ireland |work=BBC News |access-date=2008-01-10 |date=August 14, 1969}}</ref>
* [[August 15]]–[[August 18|18]] – The [[Woodstock|Woodstock Festival]] is held near [[White Lake, Sullivan County, New York|White Lake, New York]], featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
* [[August 17]] – Category 5 [[Hurricane Camille]] hits the [[Mississippi]] coast of the United States, killing 248 people and causing US$1.5&nbsp;billion in damage (1969 USD).
* [[August 21]] – Australian [[Denis Michael Rohan]] sets fire to the [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]] in Jerusalem.
* [[August 29]] – A [[Trans World Airlines]] flight from Rome to Tel Aviv is [[TWA Flight 840 hijacking|hijacked]] and diverted to Syria.

===September===
{{Main|September 1969}}

* [[September 1]]
** [[1969 Libyan coup d'état]]: A bloodless coup in [[Libya]] ousts King [[Idris I of Libya|Idris]] and brings Colonel [[Muammar Gaddafi]] to power.
** For Brazil, the [[Jornal Nacional]] was created on Monday, 1 September 1969.
* [[September 2]] – [[Ho Chi Minh]], the president of [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]], died at the age of 79.
* [[September 5]] – Lieutenant [[William Calley]] is charged with six counts of premeditated murder for the [[1968]] [[My Lai Massacre]] deaths of 109 [[Vietnam]]ese civilians in [[My Lai]], [[Vietnam]].
* [[September 9]] – [[Allegheny Airlines Flight 853]], a [[Douglas DC-9|DC-9]] airliner, collides in flight with a small [[Piper PA-28]] airplane, and crashes near [[Fairland, Indiana]], killing all 83 people in both aircraft.
* [[September 11]] – An [[Solar eclipse of September 11, 1969|annular solar eclipse]] is visible in Pacific Ocean and South America, and is the 41st solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 134]].
* [[September 13]] – ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' premieres on [[CBS]], starting the ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' franchise.
* [[September 22]]–[[September 25|25]] – An Islamic conference in [[Rabat]], Morocco, following the al-Aqsa Mosque fire (August 21), condemns the Israeli claim of ownership of [[Jerusalem]].
* [[September 23]] – China carries out an [[underground nuclear testing|underground nuclear bomb test]].
* [[September 25]] – The [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] is founded.
* [[September 26]] – [[The Beatles]] release their eleventh studio album, ''[[Abbey Road]]'' in the United Kingdom
* [[September 28]] – [[1969 West German federal election]]: The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]], led by Vice Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]], and the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democrats]] led by [[Walter Scheel]], formed a coalition government with Brandt as Chancellor, after the Social Democrats severed their relationship with Chancellor [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]]'s Christian Democratic Union.

===October===
{{Main|October 1969}}

* [[October 1]]
** In [[Sweden]], [[Olof Palme]] is elected Leader of the Social Democratic Worker's Party, replacing [[Tage Erlander]] as [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]] on [[October 14]].
** The [[Beijing Subway]] begins operation.
* [[October 2]] – A 1.2 [[TNT equivalent|megaton]] thermonuclear device is tested at [[Amchitka Island]], [[Alaska]]. This test is code-named Project Milrow, the 11th test of the [[Operation Mandrel]] 1969–[[1970]] underground nuclear test series. This test is known as a "calibration shot" to test if the island is fit for larger underground nuclear detonations.
* [[October 5]] – ''[[Sazae-san]]'' first airs on [[Fuji Television]].
* [[October 9]]–[[October 12|12]] – [[Days of Rage]]: In [[Chicago]], the [[Illinois National Guard]] is called in to control demonstrations involving the radical [[Weatherman (organization)|Weathermen]], in connection with the "[[Chicago Eight]]" Trial.
* [[October 11]] – The [[Zodiac Killer]] shoots and kills taxi driver Paul Stine in the [[Presidio Heights]] neighborhood of [[San Francisco]]; this is the serial killer's last known murder.
* [[October 11]]–[[October 16|16]] – The [[1969 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] upset the [[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] four games to one in the [[1969 World Series|World Series]].
* [[October 15]] – 
** [[DZKB-TV|DZKB-TV Channel 9]], the Philippines' sixth TV station, is launched.
** [[Vietnam War]]: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in [[Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam]] demonstrations across the [[United States]].
* [[October 17]] – Willard S. Boyle and George Smith invent the [[Charge-coupled device|CCD]] at [[Bell Laboratories]] (30 years later, this technology is widely used in digital cameras).
* October 18th - [[Caravaggio|Carravagio's]] [[Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence]] is stolen from the oratory of San Lorenzo in [[Palermo]], [[Sicily|Sicily.]]
* [[October 20]] – Experimental research showing that [[proton]]s were composed of smaller particles, the first evidence of [[quark]]s, is published.<ref name="Bloom">
{{cite journal |author=E. D. Bloom |display-authors=etal |title=High-Energy Inelastic ''e''–''p'' Scattering at 6° and 10° |journal=[[Physical Review Letters]] |volume=23 |issue=16 |pages=930–934 |year=1969 |bibcode=1969PhRvL..23..930B |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.930 |doi-access=}}</ref>
* [[October 21]]
** [[Willy Brandt]] becomes Chancellor of [[West Germany]].
** General [[Siad Barre]] comes to power in [[Somalia]] in a coup, 6 days after the assassination of President [[Abdirashid Ali Shermarke]].
* [[October 25]] – [[1969 Australian federal election]]: [[John Gorton]]'s [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Gorton government|government]] is narrowly re-elected with a sharply reduced majority, defeating a resurgent [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Gough Whitlam]]. [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] Gorton survived a [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1969|leadership challenge]] by his deputy [[William McMahon]] as well as [[David Fairbairn (politician)|David Fairbairn]] in the immediate aftermath of the election.
* [[October 29]] – The first electronic message is sent between two computers connected via [[ARPANET]] between [[University of California, Los Angeles]] and [[SRI International]] in California at around 10:30pm local time, the initial forerunning technology to the [[Internet]].

===November===
{{Main|November 1969}}

* [[November 3]] – [[Süleyman Demirel]] of [[Justice Party (Turkey)|AP]] forms the new government of Turkey (31st government).
* [[November 10]] –  The television series ''[[Sesame Street]]'' premiered on [[National Educational Television]], becoming the most famous preschool television series of all time.
* [[November 14]]
** [[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] launches [[Apollo 12]] ([[Pete Conrad]], [[Richard F. Gordon, Jr.|Richard Gordon]], [[Alan Bean]]), the second crewed mission to the [[Moon]].
** The [[SS United States]], the last active [[United States Lines]] passenger ship, is withdrawn from service.
* [[November 15]] – [[Cold War]]: The [[Soviet submarine K-19]] collides with the American submarine [[USS Gato (SSN-615)|USS ''Gato'']] in the [[Barents Sea]].
* [[November 17]] – [[Cold War]]: Negotiators from the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[United States]] meet in [[Helsinki]], to begin the [[SALT I]] negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
* [[November 19]]
** [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 12]] astronauts [[Pete Conrad|Charles Conrad]] and [[Alan Bean]] land at [[Oceanus Procellarum]] ("Ocean of Storms"), becoming the third and fourth humans to walk on the [[Moon]].
** Professional footballer [[Pelé]] scores his 1,000th goal.
** [[Vietnam War]]: A Cleveland, Ohio newspaper, ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'', publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the [[My Lai Massacre]] in [[Vietnam]].
** [[Richard Oakes (activist)|Richard Oakes]] returns with 90 followers to Alcatraz Island and begins a 19 month long occupation, lasting until June 1971.
* [[November 21]]
** U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] and Japanese Premier [[Eisaku Satō]] agree in Washington, D.C. to the return of [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. retains rights to military bases on the island, but they must be nuclear-free.
** The first [[ARPANET]] link is established (the progenitor of the global [[Internet]]).
* [[November 24]] – [[Apollo program]]: The [[Apollo 12]] spacecraft splashes down safely in the [[Pacific Ocean]], ending the second crewed mission to the Moon.

===December===
{{Main|December 1969}}

* [[December 1]] – [[Vietnam War]]: The first [[Draft lottery (1969)|draft lottery]] in the United States since World War II is held. [[September 14]] is the first of the 366 days of the year selected, meaning that anyone born on September 14 in the years from 1944 to 1951 would be the first to be summoned. On January 4, 1970, ''[[The New York Times]]'' will run a long article, "Statisticians Charge Draft Lottery Was Not Random".
* [[December 2]] – The [[Boeing 747]] jumbo jet makes its first passenger flight. It carries 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from [[Seattle]] to [[New York City]].
* [[December 3]] – [[Air France Flight 212 (1969)|Air France Flight 212]], a [[Boeing 707]] registered as F-BHSZ, crashed shortly after takeoff from [[Venezuela]] killing all 62 occupants on board. The cause of the accident is not yet known since the [[Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety]] (BEA) did not publish an investigation report. It will not be released until 2029, sixty years after the accident.
* [[December 6]] – [[Killing of Meredith Hunter|Meredith Hunter]] is stabbed to death by [[Hells Angels]] at the [[Altamont Free Concert]], an event which came to be viewed as the end of the [[hippie]] era and the de facto conclusion of late-1960s American youth culture.
* [[December 12]] – The [[Piazza Fontana bombing]] in [[Milan]], Italy, kills 17 people and injures 88.
* [[December 24]]
** [[Charles Manson]] is allowed to defend himself at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial.
** The oil company [[Phillips Petroleum]] made the first [[oil]] discovery in the Norwegian sector of [[North Sea]].
** Nigerian troops capture [[Umuahia]]. The last [[Biafra]]n capital before its dissolution becomes [[Owerri]].
* [[December 27]] – The [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] wins 47.6% of the votes in the [[1969 Japanese general election]]. Future prime ministers [[Yoshirō Mori]] and [[Tsutomu Hata]] and future kingmaker [[Ichirō Ozawa]] are elected for the first time.

===Date unknown===
* Summer – Invention of [[Unix]] under the potential name "Unics" (after [[Multics]]).<ref>[http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/hist.html Dennis M. Ritchie, "The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System", Lucent Technologies, 1996] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408054606/http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/hist.html |date=April 8, 2015}}; accessed June 27, 2013.</ref>
* Common [[Africa]]n, [[Madagascar|Malagasy]] and [[Mauritius|Mauritian]] Organization (OCAMM) (Organisation Commune Africaine Malgache et Mauricienne) is established.
* [[International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage]], a maritime treaty, is adopted.

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

===January===
[[File:Michael Schumacher Berkedip (Cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Michael Schumacher]]]]
[[File:Norman Reedus by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Norman Reedus]]]]
[[File:Dave Bautista Photo Op GalaxyCon Minneapolis 2019.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Dave Bautista]]]]
[[File:Patton Oswalt by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Patton Oswalt]]]]
* [[January 1]] – [[Verne Troyer]], American actor (d. [[2018]])
* [[January 2]]
** [[Robby Gordon]], American racing driver
** [[Tommy Morrison]], American boxer (d. [[2013]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Tommy Morrison obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/sep/11/tommy-morrison |access-date=4 January 2015 |work=The Guardian |date=11 September 2013}}</ref>
** [[Christy Turlington]], American fashion model
* [[January 3]] – [[Michael Schumacher]], German seven-time [[Formula One]] world champion
* [[January 5]] – [[Marilyn Manson]], American rock musician
* [[January 6]] – [[Norman Reedus]], American actor
* [[January 7]] – [[Alfredo Romero (activist)|Alfredo Romero]], Venezuelan activist<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Alfredo Romero |url=https://romeroalfredo.com/biography |access-date=31 December 2017 |archive-date=January 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101030113/https://romeroalfredo.com/biography |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 11]]
** [[Kyōko Hikami]], Japanese voice actress
** [[Kyle Richards]], American actress
* [[January 13]]
** [[Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller]], Mexican writer, wife of [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.quien.com/politica/2018/07/02/quien-es-beatriz-gutierrez-muller |publisher=Quien.com |title=¿Quién es Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller? |date=July 2, 2018 |language=es |trans-title=Who is Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller? |access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>
** [[Stephen Hendry]], British snooker player
* [[January 14]]
** [[Jason Bateman]], American actor, director and producer
** [[Dave Grohl]], American rock drummer and composer
* [[January 15]]
** [[Meret Becker]], German actress and musician
** [[Nishantha Jayaweera]], Sri Lankan politician, MP
* [[January 16]] – [[Dead (musician)|Dead]], Swedish vocalist (d. [[1991]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Lukas Moodysson]], Swedish film director
* [[January 18]] – [[Dave Bautista]], American pro wrestler and actor
* [[January 19]]
** [[Predrag Mijatović]], Montenegrin footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Mijatović, Predrag |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14013/Predrag_Mijatovic.html |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
** [[Robert Prosinečki]], Croatian football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Prosinečki |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe41199/robert-prosinecki/ |website=worldfootball.net |date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
* [[January 27]]
** [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]], Japanese rock musician, singer and producer
** [[Patton Oswalt]], American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice artist<ref>Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Births, 1864-2015; Certificate Number: 1969002666</ref>
* [[January 28]] – [[Kathryn Morris]], American actress
* [[January 29]] – [[Hyde (musician)|Hyde]], Japanese rock musician, singer and guitarist
* [[January 31]] – [[Bill Huizenga]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=HUIZENGA, Bill |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H001058 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>

===February===
[[File:Omar Batistuta (2).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Gabriel Batistuta]]]]
[[File:Bobby Brown on Sister Circle Live.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Bobby Brown]]]]
[[File:Michael Sheen crop n2 Good Omens panel at NYCC (61104).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Michael Sheen]]]]
[[File:JenniferAnistonFeb09.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Jennifer Aniston]]]]
[[File:OIFF 2015-07-17 193547 - Darren Aronofsky.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Darren Aronofsky]]]]
[[File:Birdman performing at Club Nokia.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]]]]
* [[February 1]]
** [[Gabriel Batistuta]], Argentine footballer
** [[Andrew Breitbart]], American writer and publisher (d. [[2012]])
* [[February 2]] – [[Dambisa Moyo]], Zambian-born economist
* [[February 3]] – [[Retief Goosen]], South African golfer
* [[February 5]]
** [[Bobby Brown]], African-American singer
** [[Michael Sheen]], Welsh actor
* [[February 6]] – [[David Hayter]], Canadian-American actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
* [[February 7]] – [[Andrew Micallef]], Maltese painter and musician<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schiavone |first1=Michael J. |title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. II G-Z |date=2009 |publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza |location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]] |isbn=9789993291329 |page=1126}}</ref>
* [[February 9]] – [[Priyantha Weerasooriya]], Sri Lankan police officer and 37th Inspector general
* [[February 11]] – [[Jennifer Aniston]], American actress, director, producer and businesswoman
* [[February 12]]
** [[Darren Aronofsky]], American filmmaker
** [[Hong Myung-bo]], South Korean footballer<!-- "Hong" is surname -->
** [[Brad Werenka]], Canadian ice-hockey player
* [[February 13]]
** [[Ahlam (singer)|Ahlam]], Emirati singer
** [[JB Blanc]], French voice actor
* [[February 14]] – [[Adriana Behar]], Brazilian volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adriana Brandão Behar |url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1261 |website=bvbinfo.com |publisher=Beach volleyball database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927204914/http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1261 |archive-date=September 27, 2013}}</ref>
* [[February 15]]
** [[Roberto Balado]], Cuban boxer (d. [[1994]])
** [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]], American rapper, entertainer, and record producer
* [[February 21]]
** [[James Dean Bradfield]], Welsh singer-songwriter
** [[Bosson]], Swedish singer-songwriter
** [[Petra Kronberger]], Austrian alpine skier
** [[Tony Meola]], American soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=T. Meola |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/coaches/tony-meola/81168/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[February 23]]
** [[Michael Campbell]], New Zealand golfer
** [[Marc Wauters]], Belgian cyclist
* [[February 28]]
** [[Robert Sean Leonard]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55970-460-1 |website=Playbill |access-date=2 November 2020}}</ref>
** [[Pat Monahan]], American singer, lead vocals of [[Train (band)|Train]]

===March===
[[File:Premios Goya 2018 - Javier Bardem (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Javier Bardem]]]]
[[File:President Trump and the First Lady Welcome the President and First Lady of Guatemala (49238996191) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Jimmy Morales]]]]
[[File:Kevin Corrigan 2017.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Kevin Corrigan]]]]
[[File:Mariah Carey WBLS 2018 Interview 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Mariah Carey]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Javier Bardem]], Spanish actor
* [[March 4]]
** [[Annie Yi]], Taiwanese actress
** [[Patrick Roach]], Canadian actor
* [[March 7]] – [[Brian Jamieson (rower)|Brian Jamieson]], American rower<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Brian GJamieson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/brian-jamieson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104184324/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/brian-jamieson-1.html |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |quote=Full name: Brian G. Jamieson}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – [[Paget Brewster]], American actress
* [[March 11]]
** [[Terrence Howard]], American actor and singer
** [[Soraya (musician)|Soraya]], Colombian singer and multi-instrumentalist (d. [[2006]])
* [[March 12]]
** [[Graham Coxon]], English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter
** [[Akemi Okamura]], Japanese voice actress
* [[March 13]] – [[Susanna Mälkki]], Finnish conductor
* [[March 15]]
** [[Kim Raver]], American actress
** [[Timo Kotipelto]], Finnish musician
** [[Yutaka Take]], Japanese jockey
* [[March 16]] – [[Markus Lanz]], German-Italian television presenter
* [[March 17]] – [[Alexander McQueen]], British fashion designer (d. [[2010]])
* [[March 18]]
** [[Vasyl Ivanchuk]], Ukrainian chess grandmaster
** [[Jimmy Morales]], Guatemalan politician, 37th [[President of Guatemala]]
* [[March 19]] – [[Patrick Tam (actor)|Patrick Tam]], Hong Kong actor
* [[March 20]] – [[Nalin Pradeep Udawela]], Sri Lankan actor and politician (d. [[2025]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Ali Daei]], Iranian football player
* [[March 22]] – [[Tony Fadell]], American engineer, inventor, designer and entrepreneur ([[Nest Labs]], [[Apple Inc]])<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0ajAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |title=iPod and Electronics Visionary Tony Fadell |first=Anastasia |last=Suen |date=April 1, 2014 |publisher=LernerClassroom |isbn=9781467725804 |accessdate=December 18, 2022 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – [[Stephan Eberharter]], Austrian alpine skier
* [[March 25]] – [[Jeff Walker (musician)|Jeffrey Walker]], British musician
* [[March 26]] – [[Suroosh Alvi]], Canadian journalist and filmmaker
* [[March 27]]
** [[Mariah Carey]], American pop singer
** [[Kevin Corrigan]], American actor
** [[Pauley Perrette]], American actress
* [[March 28]] – [[Rodney Atkins]], American country music singer
* [[March 29]] – [[Chiaki Ishikawa]], Japanese singer ([[See-Saw (group)|See-Saw]])
* [[March 30]] – [[Karl Bushby]], English adventurer and paratrooper
* [[March 31]] – [[Annabelle Neilson]], British socialite (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Emily |date=16 July 2018 |title=Annabelle Neilson: A Look Back at the 'Ladies of London' Star's Life in Photos |url=https://people.com/tv/annabelle-neilson-life-in-photos/ |access-date=18 June 2025 |website=People |quote="Born on March 31, 1969 [...]"}}</ref>

===April===
[[File:Ben Mendelsohn by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Ben Mendelsohn]]]]
[[File:Paul Rudd (cropped) 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Paul Rudd]]]]
[[File:Gina-torres-gesf-2018-5560.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Gina Torres]]]]
[[File:Renée Zellweger 2010 (facecrop).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Renée Zellweger]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** [[Fadl Shaker]], Lebanese singer
** [[Andrew Vlahov]], Australian basketball player
* [[April 2]] – [[Ajay Devgn]], Indian actor, director and producer
* [[April 3]]
** [[Ben Mendelsohn]], Australian actor
** [[Lance Storm]], Canadian professional wrestler
* [[April 6]] – [[Paul Rudd]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* [[April 11]]
** [[Cerys Matthews]], Welsh singer
** [[Caren Miosga]], German journalist and television presenter
** [[Chisato Moritaka]], Japanese singer
* [[April 16]] – [[Dawn Brancheau]], American animal trainer (d. [[2010]])
* [[April 18]]
** [[Shannon Lee]], Chinese-American actress
** [[Susan Polgár]], Hungarian chess player
* [[April 20]] – [[Marietta Slomka]], German journalist
* [[April 21]] – [[Toby Stephens]], English actor
* [[April 23]] – [[Yelena Shushunova]], Soviet gymnast (d. [[2018]])
* [[April 25]]
** [[Vanessa Beecroft]], Italian artist
** [[Gina Torres]], American actress
** [[Renée Zellweger]], American [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning actress and producer
* [[April 27]]
** [[Stas Mikhaylov]], Russian singer and songwriter 
** [[Cory Booker]], US Senator from [[New Jersey]]

===May===
[[File:MJK 08478 Wes Anderson (Opening Gala Berlinale 2018).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Wes Anderson]]]]
[[File:Cate Blanchett Cannes 2018 2 (cropped).jpg|upright=0.5|thumb|[[Cate Blanchett]]]]
[[File:David Boreanaz Comic-Con 2012.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[David Boreanaz]]]]
[[File:Tucker Carlson (51771495255) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Tucker Carlson]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Wes Anderson]], American filmmaker
* [[May 2]]
** [[Brian Lara]], Trinidadian cricketer.
** [[Corinna Schumacher]], German animal rights activist and accomplished horse rider
* [[May 4]] – [[Rabindra Prasad Adhikari]], Nepalese politician (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 5]] – [[Hideki Irabu]], Japanese baseball player (d. [[2011]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Jim Magilton]], Northern Irish footballer
* [[May 7]] – [[Katerina Maleeva]], Bulgarian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Katerina Maleeva |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/130005/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[May 9]] – [[Amber (Dutch singer)|Amber]], German musician
* [[May 10]] – [[Dennis Bergkamp]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|77376}}</ref>
* [[May 13]]
** [[Nikos Aliagas]], French-born television host
** [[Buckethead|Brian Carroll]] (aka Buckethead), American guitarist
* [[May 14]] – [[Cate Blanchett]], Australian actress
* [[May 16]]
** [[David Boreanaz]], American actor
** [[Tucker Carlson]], American political commentator
** [[Steve Lewis (sprinter)|Steve Lewis]], American athlete<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14244067 |title=Steve Lewis |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[May 19]] – [[Teresa Ribera]], Spanish politician
* [[May 21]] – [[Georgiy Gongadze]], Ukrainian journalist (d. [[2000]])
* [[May 25]] – [[Hassan de Zé Cocá]], Brazilian politician 
* [[May 26]] – [[Siri Lindley]], American triathlete
* [[May 28]] – [[Rob Ford]], Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (d. [[2016]])

===June===
[[File:Peter Dinklage by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Peter Dinklage]]]]
[[File:Steffi Graf in Hamburg 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Steffi Graf]]]]
[[File:Ice-Cube 2014-01-09-Chicago-photoby-Adam-Bielawski.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Ice Cube]]]]
[[File:2022-07-30 Fußball, Männer, DFL-Supercup, RB Leipzig - FC Bayern München 1DX 3179 by Stepro.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Oliver Kahn]]]]
* [[June 3]] – [[Takako Minekawa]], Japanese musician, composer and writer
* [[June 4]] – [[Rob Huebel]], American comedian
* [[June 5]] – [[Brian McKnight]], American musician 
* [[June 7]]
** [[Alina Astafei]], Romanian-German high jumper
** [[Prince Joachim of Denmark]]
** [[Kim Rhodes]], American actress
* [[June 8]] – [[J. P. Manoux]], American actor
* [[June 11]]
** [[Peter Dinklage]], American actor
** [[Steven Drozd]], American rock drummer
** [[Anatoliy Povedenok]], Kazakh football player
* [[June 12]]
** [[Zsolt Daczi]], Hungarian rock guitarist (d. [[2007]])
** [[Heinz-Christian Strache]], Austrian politician
* [[June 13]] – [[Søren Rasted]], Danish musician
* [[June 14]]
** [[Eugene Chung]], Korean-American football player
** [[Steffi Graf]], German tennis player
* [[June 15]]
** [[Ice Cube]], African-American rapper and actor
** [[Oliver Kahn]], German football goalkeeper
** [[Jansher Khan]], Pakistani squash player
* [[June 16]] – [[MC Ren]], American rapper
* [[June 17]] – [[Paul Tergat]], Kenyan athlete
* [[June 18]] – [[Haki Doku]], Albanian para-cyclist
* [[June 19]] – [[Trine Pallesen]], Danish actress
* [[June 20]]
** [[Alexander Schallenberg]], current [[Chancellor of Austria]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Österreich |first=Außenministerium der Republik |title=Alexander Schallenberg |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/themen/abruestung/massenvernichtungswaffen/atomwaffen/2022-wiener-konferenz-zu-den-humanitaeren-auswirkungen-von-atomwaffen/vortragende/alexander-schallenberg |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=www.bmeia.gv.at |language=de-AT}}</ref>
** [[Paulo Bento]], Portuguese football player and coach
* [[June 23]]
** [[Noa (Israeli singer)|Noa]], Israeli singer
** [[Fernanda Ribeiro]], Portuguese long-distance runner
* [[June 24]]
** [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]], Norwegian singer
** [[Nicodemo Gentile]], Italian lawyer and TV personality
* [[June 30]] – [[Sanath Jayasuriya]], Sri Lankan cricketer

===July===
[[File:Cree Summer 2020.png|thumb|100px|[[Cree Summer]]]]
[[File:Shawnee Smith gfdl.png|thumb|100px|[[Shawnee Smith]]]]
[[File:RZA speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[RZA]]]]
[[File:James Arnold Taylor Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2022.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Arnold Taylor]]]]
[[File:Triple H November 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Triple H]]]]
[[File:210120-D-WD757-1975 - Jennifer Lopez at the US Capitol (50860511978) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jennifer Lopez]]]]
[[File:Dana White in June 2025 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dana White]]]]
* [[July 2]]
** [[Jenni Rivera]], Mexican-American singer-songwriter, producer and actress (d. [[2012]])
** [[Tim Rodber]], English rugby player
* [[July 3]]
** [[Gedeon Burkhard]], German actor
** [[Shawnee Smith]], American actress
* [[July 5]]
**[[John LeClair]], American hockey player
**[[RZA]], American rapper and record producer 
* [[July 7]]
** [[Sylke Otto]], German luger
** [[Joe Sakic]], Canadian hockey player
** [[Cree Summer]], American-Canadian actress and singer
* [[July 8]] – [[Sugizo]], Japanese guitarist and singer
* [[July 9]] – [[Munkhbayar Dorjsuren]], Mongolian-German sport shooter
* [[July 10]]
** [[Gale Harold]], American actor
** [[Hossan Leong]], Singaporean stage and screen actor, television host, radio deejay and comedian
** [[Jonas Kaufmann]], German operatic tenor
** [[Rami Makhlouf]], Syrian businessman
* [[July 11]] – [[David Tao]], Taiwanese singer-songwriter
* [[July 14]] – [[Billy Herrington]], American gay pornographic actor (d. [[2018]])
* [[July 16]]
** [[Björn Dunkerbeck]], Danish windsurfer
** [[Sahra Wagenknecht]], German politician
* [[July 17]]
** [[Jason Clarke]], Australian actor
** [[Ravi Kishan]], Indian actor
** [[Kazuki Kitamura]], Japanese actor
* [[July 18]] – [[The Great Sasuke]], Japanese wrestler
* [[July 20]]
** [[Josh Holloway]], American actor
** [[Johnny Ngauamo]], Tonga rugby union player
* [[July 21]]
** [[Avraam Russo]], Russian singer
** [[Isabell Werth]], German equestrian
* [[July 22]]
** [[Jason Becker]], American heavy metal guitarist, formerly of Cacophony
** [[James Arnold Taylor]], American voice actor
** [[Despina Vandi]], Greek singer
* [[July 23]] – [[Raphael Warnock]], American pastor and junior senator from Georgia<ref>{{cite web |title=Warnock, Raphael G. |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000790 |access-date=January 24, 2021}}</ref>
* [[July 24]] – [[Jennifer Lopez]], American actress and singer
* [[July 25]] – [[Annastacia Palaszczuk]], Australian politician, Premier of Queensland<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/annastacia-palaszczuk-queenslands-accidental-premier-20150402-1mdq2e.html |title=Annastacia Palaszczuk: Queensland's accidental premier |date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] – [[Tanni Grey-Thompson]], born Carys Grey, British Paralympian
* [[July 27]]
** [[Dacian Cioloș]], 64th [[Prime Minister of Romania]]
** [[Bryan Fuller]], American writer, producer, and director
** [[Pavel Hapal]], Czech footballer
** [[Jonty Rhodes]], South African cricketer
** [[Triple H]], American wrestler
* [[July 28]]
** [[Michael Amott]], Swedish guitarist and songwriter
** [[Alexis Arquette]], American actress, cabaret performer, underground cartoonist, and activist (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/12/alexis-arquette-obituary |title=Alexis Arquette obituary |date=12 September 2016 |website=The Guardian |author=Ryan Gilbey |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>
** [[Dana White]], American businessman and president of [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]
* [[July 30]] – [[Simon Baker]], Australian-American actor and director
* [[July 31]] – [[Antonio Conte]], Italian football player and manager

===August===
[[File:John Fetterman official portrait.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[John Fetterman]]]]
[[File:Ed Norton Shankbone Metropolitan Opera 2009.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Edward Norton]]]]
[[File:SXSW 2016 - Christian Slater (25138462254) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Christian Slater]]]]
[[File:Matthew Perry 2013.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Matthew Perry]]]]
[[File:2016 RiP Tenacious D - Jack Black - by 2eight - 8SC8891.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Jack Black]]]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Graham Thorpe]], English cricketer (d. [[2024]])
* [[August 2]]
** [[Jan Axel Blomberg]], Norwegian drummer
** [[Fernando Couto]], Portuguese footballer
* [[August 3]] – [[Anne Marie DeLuise]], Canadian actress
* [[August 4]]
** [[Max Cavalera]], Brazilian musician and singer ([[Soulfly]], [[Cavalera Conspiracy]], ex-[[Sepultura]])
** [[Michael DeLuise]], American actor
* [[August 6]] – [[Elliott Smith]], American musician (d. [[2003]])
* [[August 8]] – [[Faye Wong]], Hong Kong singer and actress
* [[August 10]]
** [[Brian Drummond]], Canadian voice actor
** [[Emily Symons]], Australian actress
* [[August 11]]
** [[Vanderlei de Lima]], Brazilian long-distance runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14176124 |title=Vanderlei de Lima |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
** [[Ashley Jensen]], British actress
* [[August 12]] – [[Tanita Tikaram]], German-born British singer-songwriter
* [[August 13]] – [[Midori Ito]], Japanese figure skater
* [[August 14]] – [[Chris Pérez]], American guitarist
* [[August 15]]
** [[Justin Broadrick]], British musician
** [[Kevin Cheng]], Hong Kong television actor and singer
** [[Bernard Fanning]], Australian musician ([[Powderfinger]])
** [[John Fetterman]], American politician, Senator of Pennsylvania<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pittsburghquarterly.com/article_tags/john-fetterman/ |title=John Fetterman Archives}}</ref>
* [[August 17]]
** [[Uhm Jung-hwa]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Uhm Jung-hwa |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Uhm_Jung-hwa.php |website=hancinema.net |date=September 23, 2024 |publisher=Han Cinema}}</ref>
** [[Christian Laettner]], American professional basketball player
** [[Donnie Wahlberg]], American singer and actor ([[New Kids on the Block]])
* [[August 18]]
** [[Edward Norton]], American actor, film director, screenwriter, and social activist
** [[Christian Slater]], American actor and producer
** [[Timothy Snyder]], American author and historian
* [[August 19]]
** [[Nate Dogg]], African-American rapper (d. [[2011]])
** [[Matthew Perry]], American actor (d. [[2023]])
* [[August 20]]
** [[Neil Fitzmaurice]], English actor, comedian and writer
** [[Santeri Kinnunen]], Finnish actor<ref>{{cite book |title=Suomen teatterit ja teatterintekijät 1993 |publisher=[[Tammi (company)|Tammi]] |year=1993 |last1=Seppälä |first1=Riitta |last2=Tainio |first2=Ilona |page=218 |location=Helsinki |isbn=951-31-0236-X |language=fi}}</ref>
* [[August 23]] – [[Jean-Marc Tellier]], French politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=nationale |first=Assemblée |title=M. Jean-Marc Tellier - Mandat clos - Pas-de-Calais (3e circonscription) |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA794650 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Assemblée nationale |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[August 28]] – [[Jack Black]], American actor and musician
* [[August 29]] – [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]], Mexican singer and actress

===September===
[[File:Portrait of Mojtaba Khamenei.jpg|thumb|[[Mojtaba Khamenei]]]]
[[File:Tyler Perry Interview 2016.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Tyler Perry]]]]
[[File:Bong Joon-ho 2017.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Bong Joon-ho]]]]
[[File:Hal Sparks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Hal Sparks]]]]
[[File:Catherine Zeta-Jones VF 2012 Shankbone 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]]]
* [[September 3]] – [[Robert Karlsson]], Swedish golfer
* [[September 4]]
** [[Giorgi Margvelashvili]], politician; 4th President of the [[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]]
** [[Noah Taylor]], Australian actor
** [[Sasha (DJ)|Alexander Paul Coe]]''',''' Welsh DJ and record producer
* [[September 6]]
** [[Michellie Jones]], Australian triathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Michellie Jones |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94438 |website=[[Olympedia]]}}</ref>
** [[Cece Peniston]], American musician
* [[September 7]] – [[Diane Farr]], American actress
* [[September 8]] 
**[[Mojtaba Khamenei]], Iranian politician and Shia cleric, Supreme leader<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader? |url=https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-mojtaba-khamenei-ali-khamenei-us-israel-irgc/a-76271184 |access-date=2026-06-09 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Gary Speed]], Welsh footballer and manager (d. [[2011]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Rachel Hunter]], New Zealand model and actress
* [[September 12]]
** [[Ángel Cabrera]], Argentine golfer
** [[Shigeki Maruyama]], Japanese golfer
* [[September 13]]
** [[Tyler Perry]], American actor, film director and screenwriter
** [[Shane Warne]], Australian cricketer (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/04/shane-warne-obituary |title=Shane Warne obituary |date=4 March 2022 |author=Matthew Engel |website=Guardian |access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] – [[Bong Joon-ho]], South Korean film director and screenwriter
* [[September 17]]
**[[Ken Doherty]], Irish snooker player
**[[Keith Flint]], English singer/dancer in the band [[The Prodigy]] (d. [[2019]])
* [[September 19]] – [[Simona Păucă]], Romanian gymnast
* [[September 21]] – [[Billy Porter]], American actor and singer
* [[September 22]] – [[Sue Perkins]], English actress and comedian
* [[September 24]] – [[Shawn Crahan]], American rock percussionist
* [[September 25]]
** [[Hansie Cronje]], South African cricketer (d. [[2002]])
** [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], Welsh actress
** [[Hal Sparks]], American comedian, actor, musician, and political commentator
* [[September 29]] 
** [[Erika Eleniak]], American model and actress
** [[Aleks Syntek]], Mexican singer and songwriter
* [[September 30]] – [[Jackie Traverse]], Canadian artist and activist
** [[Chris Von Erich]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1991]])


===October===
[[File:Zach Galifianakis 2012 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Zach Galifianakis]]]]
[[File:Gwen_Stefani,_No_Doubt_(crop_2).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Gwen Stefani]]]]
[[File:Steve McQueen holding Best Picture Oscar 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Sir [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]]]]
[[File:Loren Bouchard by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Loren Bouchard]]]]
[[File:Wendi McLendon-Covey 2012.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Wendi McLendon-Covey]]]]
[[File:Trey Parker by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Trey Parker]]]]
* [[October 1]]
** [[Zach Galifianakis]], American actor and stand-up comedian
** [[Marcus Stephen]], President of Nauru
** [[Igor Ulanov]], Russian hockey player
* [[October 3]]
** [[Gwen Stefani]], American singer, actress and television host
** [[Tetsuya (musician)|Tetsuya]], Japanese rock musician
* [[October 5]]
** [[Elizabeth Azcona Bocock]], Honduran politician
** [[M. A. Muhit]], Bangladeshi politician
* [[October 6]]
** [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]], 15th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of Malaysia and [[Sultan of Kelantan]]
** [[Ogün Temizkanoğlu]], Turkish footballer
* [[October 7]] – [[Benny Chan (actor)|Benny Chan Ho Man]], Hong Kong actor
* [[October 9]]
** [[Jun Akiyama]], Japanese professional wrestler
** [[PJ Harvey]], British singer-songwriter
** [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]], English film director, producer and screenwriter
** [[Chan Chun Sing]], Singaporean politician 
* [[October 10]]
** [[Brett Favre]], American football player
** [[Wendi McLendon-Covey]], American actress
* [[October 11]] – [[Merieme Chadid]], Moroccan born-French astronomer
* [[October 12]] – [[Judit Mascó]], Spanish model, television host and writer
* [[October 13]]
** [[Rhett Akins]], American country singer
** [[Nancy Kerrigan]], American figure skater
** [[Cady McClain]], American actress and director
* [[October 15]] – [[Dominic West]], English actor, director and musician
* [[October 16]] – [[Wendy Wilson]], American singer and television personality
* [[October 17]]
** [[Ernie Els]], South African golfer
** [[Jesús Ángel García]], Spanish race walker
** [[Wood Harris]], American actor
** [[Wyclef Jean]], Haitian rapper
** [[Nancy Sullivan (American actress)|Nancy Sullivan]], American actress
* [[October 19]]
** [[Pedro Castillo]], 63rd President of Peru<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://realidad.pe/elecciones-peru/elecciones-2021-conoce-el-perfil-de-pedro-castillo-candidato-del-partido-peru-libre/ |title=Elecciones 2021: Conoce el perfil de Pedro Castillo, candidato del partido Perú Libre |trans-title=Elections 2021: Get to know the profile of Pedro Castillo, candidate of Free Peru party |website=Diario Nacional Realidad |date=27 January 2021 |access-date=16 November 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
** [[Vanessa Marshall]], American actress and voice actress
** [[Trey Parker]], American actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director and composer
* [[October 20]]
** [[Laurie Daley]], Australian rugby league player
** [[Juan González (baseball)|Juan González]], American baseball player
* [[October 21]] – [[Michael Hancock (rugby league)|Michael Hancock]], Australian rugby league player
* [[October 22]] – [[Spike Jonze]], American director and filmmaker
* [[October 24]]
** [[Peter Dolving]], Swedish metal musician
** [[Adela Noriega]], Mexican actress
* [[October 25]]
** [[Samantha Bee]], Canadian comedian, writer, producer and political commentator
** [[Josef Beránek]], Czech ice hockey player
** [[Oleg Salenko]], Russian footballer<ref>{{NFT player|id=15111}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – [[Sarina Wiegman]], Dutch footballer and manager
* [[October 28]]
** [[Steven Chamuleau]], Dutch cardiologist<ref>See Curriculum Vitae in {{Cite book |last=Chamuleau |first=S. a. J. |url=https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=f54b06d1-c204-4744-b30b-f1e19a0ccdd2 |title=Intracoronary derived physiological parameters for clinical decision-making in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease |date=2001 |publisher=Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host] |isbn=978-90-5170-571-3 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 30]]
** [[Stanislav Gross]], 5th [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]] (d. [[2015]])
** [[Snow (musician)|Snow]], Canadian reggae singer
* [[October 31]] – [[Kim Rossi Stuart]], Italian actor and director

===November===
[[File:Sean Combs 2010.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Sean Combs]]]]
[[File:Matthew McConaughey 2019 (48648344772).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Matthew McConaughey]]]]
[[File:Ellen Pompeo at 27 Dresses Premiere 1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Ellen Pompeo]]]]
[[File:Gerard Butler (29681162176).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Gerard Butler]]]]
[[File:Colman Domingo (39300779370) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Colman Domingo]]]]
* [[November 1]] – [[Gary Alexander (basketball)|Gary Alexander]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/alexaga01.html |title=Gary Alexander Stats |website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
* [[November 2]]
** [[Reginald Arvizu]] (aka Fieldy Snuts), American bassist
** [[Madhushree]], Indian [[playback singer]]
* [[November 3]] – [[Robert Miles]], Swiss-born Italian record producer and DJ (d. [[2017]])
* [[November 4]]
**[[Tony Burke]], Australian politician, [[Leader of the House (Australia)|Leader of the House]] (2022-present)<ref>{{cite web | title=Hon Tony Burke MP | url=https://www.aph.gov.au/T_Burke_MP }}</ref>
** [[Sean Combs]], American rapper and entrepreneur
** [[Matthew McConaughey]], American actor
* [[November 7]]
** [[Michelle Clunie]], American actress
** [[Hélène Grimaud]], French pianist
* [[November 8]] – [[Jonathan Slavin]], American actor and activist
* [[November 9]] – [[Allison Wolfe]], American musician
* [[November 10]]
** [[Faustino Asprilla]], Colombian football player
** [[Jens Lehmann]], German football player
** [[Ellen Pompeo]], American actress
* [[November 12]]
** [[Tomas N'evergreen]], Danish singer
** [[Rob Schrab]], American actor and comic book creator
* [[November 13]]
** [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]], Somali-born Dutch American activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Ayaan Hirsi Ali |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/ayaan-hirsi-ali |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
** [[Gerard Butler]], Scottish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerard Butler |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbda95d0c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810093723/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbda95d0c |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=11 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 14]]
** [[Butch Walker]], American musician
** [[Daniel Abraham (author)|Daniel Abraham]], American novelist, author, screenwriter, and producer
* [[November 17]] – [[Jean-Michel Saive]], Belgian table tennis player
* [[November 18]]
** [[Sam Cassell]], American basketball player
** [[Ahmed Helmy]], Egyptian actor
* [[November 19]]
** [[Ertuğrul Sağlam]], Turkish football coach and former player
** [[Viktor Skrypnyk]], Ukrainian football coach and former player<ref>{{cite web |title=Скрипник Виктор Анатольевич |url=https://footballfacts.ru/person/22312 |website=footballfacts.ru |publisher=Football Facts}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] – [[Ken Griffey Jr.]], American baseball player
* [[November 22]] 
**[[Katrin Krabbe]], German sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Katrin KRABBE |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/katrin-krabbe-14343736 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
**[[Marjane Satrapi]], Iranian-French graphic novelist (d. [[2026]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nierenberg |first=Amelia |last2=London |first2=Ségolène Le StradicReporting from |last3=Paris |date=2026-06-04 |title=Marjane Satrapi, Artist and Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/world/middleeast/marjane-satrapi-dead.html |access-date=2026-06-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[November 23]] – [[Robin Padilla]], Filipino actor
* [[November 24]] – [[David Adeang]], Nauruan politician
* [[November 26]] – [[Kara Walker]], American artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Kara Walker |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/kara-walker |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref>
* [[November 27]]
** [[Elizabeth Marvel]], American actress
** [[Carina Ricco]], Mexican actress and singer
* [[November 28]]
** [[Colman Domingo]], African-American actor
** [[Lexington Steele]], African-American actor and film director
* [[November 29]]
** [[Pierre van Hooijdonk]], Dutch footballer
** [[Kasey Keller]], [[United States|American]] [[Major League Soccer]] player
** [[Mariano Rivera]], Panamanian-American professional baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml |title=Mariano Rivera Stats |website=Baseball Reference |access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] 
** [[Trina Gulliver]], English darts player
** [[Chris Weitz]], American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor

===December===
[[File:Jay-Z @ Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter Foundation Carnival (crop 2).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Jay-Z]]]]
[[File:Laurie Holden 2023 Publicity Photo.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Laurie Holden]]]]
[[File:Land Rover ‘Defender 2,000,000’ Sells for Record £400,000 at Bonhams Charity Auction (23175792013) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Richard Hammond]]]]
[[File:Julie Delpy Cannes.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Julie Delpy]]]]
[[File:Sarah Vowell.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Sarah Vowell]]]]
[[File:Jamiroquai 2018 Coachella18W1-157 (42013516212) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Jay Kay]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Richard Carrier]], American historian
* [[December 4]] – [[Jay-Z]], African-American rapper
* [[December 5]]
** [[Sajid Javid]], British Pakistani politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asiabriefing.com/news/2022/07/the-next-british-prime-minister-could-be-of-asian-heritage-how-could-this-impact-upon-the-uks-trade-with-the-asian-region/ |title=The Next British Prime Minister Could Be of Asian Heritage. How Could This Impact Upon the UK's Trade with the Asian Region? |last=Devonshire-Ellis |first=Chris |date=5 July 2022 |work=Asia Briefing Weekly |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref>
** [[Catherine Tate]], English actress, comedian, and writer
* [[December 9]] 
** [[Bixente Lizarazu]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/bixente-lizarazu/ |title=Bixente Lizarazu |publisher=[[fussballdaten.de]]}}</ref>
** [[Jakob Dylan]], American singer-songwriter
* [[December 11]] – [[Viswanathan Anand]], Indian chess grandmaster
* [[December 16]] – [[Michelle Smith]], Irish swimmer
* [[December 17]]
** [[Laurie Holden]], Canadian and American actress, producer and human rights activist
** [[Chuck Liddell]], American [[mixed martial arts]] fighter 
** [[Ismail Qasim Naji]], Somali politician
* [[December 18]]
** [[Santiago Cañizares]], Spanish footballer
** [[Mille Petrozza]], German-Italian rock vocalist and guitarist ([[Kreator]])
* [[December 19]]
** [[Richard Hammond]], British television presenter
** [[Lauren Sánchez]], American news anchor
** [[Kristy Swanson]], American actress
* [[December 20]] – [[Nicușor Dan]], president of Romania
* [[December 21]]
** [[Julie Delpy]], French-American actress
** [[Magnus Samuelsson]], Swedish bodybuilder, [[World's Strongest Man]]
* [[December 22]] – [[Dagmar Hase]], German swimmer
* [[December 24]]
** [[Pernille Fischer Christensen]], Danish film director
** [[Sean Cameron Michael]], South African actor and singer
** [[Ed Miliband]], English academic and politician, [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]]
** [[Mark Millar]], Scottish author
** [[Luis Musrri]], Chilean footballer
** [[Oleg Skripochka]], Russian cosmonaut
** [[Gintaras Staučė]], Lithuanian footballer
** [[Chen Yueling]], American race walker
* [[December 25]] – [[Nicolas Godin]], French musician
* [[December 27]]
** [[Chyna]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2016]])
** [[Sarah Vowell]], American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress
* [[December 28]] – [[Linus Torvalds]], Finnish computer programmer<ref>{{Cite book |ref=Torvalds |last1=Torvalds |first1=Linus |last2=Diamond |first2=David |title=Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2001 |location=New York City, United States |isbn=0-06-662072-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/justforfun00linu}}</ref>
* [[December 30]]
** [[Kersti Kaljulaid]], 5th [[President of Estonia]]
** [[Jay Kay]], English singer ([[Jamiroquai]])

==Deaths==
{{BD ToC|deaths}}

===January===
<!--[[File:Barton MacLane Outlaws.JPG|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Barton MacLane]]]]-->
<!--[[File:Albert Hill 1920b.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Albert Hill (athlete)|Albert Hill]]]]-->
[[File:Georges Pire 1958.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Dominique Pire]]]]
* [[January 1]] – [[Barton MacLane]], American actor (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Movie Bad Guy, Barton MacLane, Dead At 66 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fVVQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4378,287185&dq=barton+maclane+dead&hl=en |access-date=3 April 2017 |work=The Evening Independent |agency=Associated Press |date=January 2, 1969}}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – [[Commodore Cochran]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1902]])
* [[January 4]] – [[Paul Chambers]], American jazz bassist (b. [[1935]])
* [[January 6]] – [[Shalva Nutsubidze]], Georgian philosopher, historian, rustvelologist, literary critic, translator, and public figure (b. [[1888]])
* [[January 8]] – [[Albert Hill (athlete)|Albert Hill]], British athlete (b. [[1889]])
* [[January 12]] – [[Roberto Noble]], Argentine politician, journalist and publisher (b. [[1902]])<ref>[https://www.cadenanueve.com/2025/01/11/roberto-noble-un-hombre-de-impacto-en-el-periodismo-la-politica-y-la-sociedad-argentina/ Roberto Noble, un hombre de impacto en el periodismo, la política y la sociedad argentina] {{in lang|es}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – [[Jan Palach]], Czech student (b. [[1948]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Charles Winninger]], American actor (b. [[1884]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Allen Dulles]], American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (b. [[1893]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Dominique Pire]], Belgian Dominican friar, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 31]] – [[Meher Baba]], Indian spiritual master (b. [[1894]])

===February===
[[File:Borris Karloff still.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Boris Karloff]]]]
[[File:King Saud.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|King [[Saud of Saudi Arabia|Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]]]]
[[File:Portrait of prime minister Levy Eshkol. August 1963. D699-070.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Levi Eshkol]]]]
* [[February 2]] – [[Boris Karloff]], English actor (b. [[1887]])
* [[February 3]] 
** [[Eduardo Mondlane]], leader of the [[Mozambique]] nationalist organization [[FRELIMO]] (b. [[1920]])
** [[Al Taliaferro]], American Disney comics artist (b. [[1905]])
** [[C. N. Annadurai]], Indian politician and [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] (b. [[1909]])   [[File:CN Annadurai.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[C. N. Annadurai]]]]
* [[February 5]] – [[Thelma Ritter]], American actress (b. [[1902]])
* [[February 9]] – [[George "Gabby" Hayes]], American actor (b. [[1885]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Florence Mary Taylor]], English-born Australian architect (b. [[1879]])
* [[February 14]] – [[Vito Genovese]], Italian-American mobster (b. [[1897]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Dragiša Cvetković]], 13th [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Madge Blake]], American actress (b. [[1899]])
* [[February 20]] – [[Ernest Ansermet]], Swiss conductor (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Ansermet |title=Ernest Ansermet &#124; Swiss conductor &#124; Britannica |website=www.britannica.com |date=February 16, 2024}}</ref>
* [[February 23]]
** King [[Saud of Saudi Arabia]], (b. [[1902]])
** [[Madhubala]], Indian actress (b. [[1933]])
* [[February 25]] – [[Jan Zajíc]], Czech student (b. [[1950]])
* [[February 26]]
** [[Levi Eshkol]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1895]])
** [[Karl Jaspers]], German psychiatrist and philosopher (b. [[1883]])
* [[February 27]] – [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]], American actor (b. [[1895]])

===March===
<!--[[File:Ali Al-Ayoubi.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi]]]]-->
<!--[[File:Oscar Osorio.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Óscar Osorio]]]]-->
[[File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]]]
* [[March 3]]
** [[Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi]], 11th [[Prime Minister of Iraq]] (b. [[1886]])
** [[Fred Alexander]], American tennis player (b. [[1880]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Óscar Osorio]], Salvadorian military leader, 32nd [[President of El Salvador]] (b. [[1910]])
* [[March 11]]
**[[Daniel E. Barbey]], American admiral (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tracesofwar.com/ |title=TracesOfWar.com |website=www.tracesofwar.com}}</ref>
**[[John Wyndham]], English author (b. [[1903]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Seed |first1=David |title=A Companion to Science Fiction |date=9 June 2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-79701-3 |page=387 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PiphRocVYRwC&pg=PA387 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 14]] – [[Ben Shahn]], Lithuanian-American artist (b. [[1898]])
* [[March 15]] – [[Miles Malleson]], English actor (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oldbrightonians.com/news/notable-obs/film-theatre-television/218-miles-malleson-ob-1899-08.html |title=Miles Malleson (OB. 1899-08) |website=Old Brightonians - The Alumni of Brighton College}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – [[Joseph Kasavubu]], 1st [[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President of Congo-Léopoldville]] (b. [[1917]])
* [[March 25]] – [[Max Eastman]], American writer (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{cite news |date=March 26, 1969 |title=Max Eastman Dies: Author and Radical |page=1 |work=The New York Times |format=obituary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/26/archives/max-eastman-dies-author-and-radical-max-eastman-author-radical-and.html}}</ref>
* [[March 26]] – [[John Kennedy Toole]], American author (b. [[1937]])
* [[March 28]] – [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], American general and politician, 34th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1890]])

===April===
[[File:Rómulo Gallegos 1940s.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Rómulo Gallegos]]]]
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* [[April 2]] – [[Fortunio Bonanova]], Spanish actor and singer (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{cite book |author=Everett Grant Jarvis |title=Final Curtain: Deaths of Noted Movie and TV Personalities, 1912-1996 |publisher=Carol Publishing Group |year=1995 |page=142}}</ref>
* [[April 5]]
** [[Alberto Bonucci]], Italian actor and director (b. [[1918]])
** [[Rómulo Gallegos]], Venezuelan novelist and politician, 48th [[President of Venezuela]] (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1997 |isbn=9781135314255 |page=630}}</ref>
* [[April 9]]  – [[FS Hussain]], Pakistani [[aerobatic]] pilot who fought in [[World War II]] (b. [[1924]])
* [[April 10]] – [[Harley Earl]], American designer and executive (b. [[1893]])
* [[April 15]] – [[Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg]], Queen consort of Spain (b. [[1887]])
* [[April 20]] – [[Vjekoslav Luburić]], Croatian [[Ustaše]] official and concentration camp administrator (b. [[1914]])
* [[April 26]] – [[Morihei Ueshiba]], Japanese martial artist and founder of [[aikido]] (b. [[1883]])
* [[April 27]] – [[René Barrientos]], Bolivian general and statesman, 47th [[President of Bolivia]] (helicopter crash) (b. [[1919]])

===May===
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* [[May 2]] – [[Franz von Papen]], 22nd [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] and 26th [[Prime Minister of Prussia]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[May 3]]
** [[Karl Freund]], German cinematographer (b. [[1890]])
** [[Zakir Husain]], Indian politician, 3rd [[President of India]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[May 4]] – [[Osbert Sitwell|Sir Osbert Sitwell]], English writer (b. [[1892]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-Osbert-Sitwell-5th-Baronet Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet English writer]</ref>
* [[May 14]]
** [[Enid Bennett]], American actress (b. [[1893]])
** [[Frederick Lane]], Australian swimmer (b. [[1880]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Robert Rayford]], American HIV/AIDS victim (b. [[1953]])
* [[May 18]] – [[Camille Drevet]], French anti-colonialist, feminist activist and pacifist (b. [[1881]])
* [[May 21]] – [[William Lincoln Bakewell]], American explorer (b. [[1888]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Jimmy McHugh]], American composer (b. [[1894]])
* [[May 24]]
** [[Mitzi Green]], American actress (b. [[1920]])
** [[Fritz Skullerud]], Norwegian long-distance runner and station master (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Fritz Skullerud |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79711 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=30 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ny stasjonsmester ved Stabekk |url=https://www.nb.no/items/2d6f04663b39a36bb26a6eb929fedb9a |access-date=29 October 2025 |work=[[Asker og Bærum Budstikke]] |issue=125 |date=12 December 1945 |language=no}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[Paul Hawkins (racing driver)|Paul Hawkins]], Australian racing driver (b. [[1937]])
* [[May 27]]
** [[Muhammad Fareed Didi]], [[Sultan of Maldives]] (b. [[1901]])
** [[Jeffrey Hunter]], American actor (b. [[1926]])
* [[May 28]] – [[Rhys Williams (Welsh-American actor)|Rhys Williams]], Welsh actor (b. [[1897]])

===June===
[[File:Judy Garland publicity photo.png|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Judy Garland]]]]
* [[June 1]] – [[Ivar Ballangrud]], Norwegian Olympic speed skater (b. [[1904]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Rafael Osuna]], Mexican professional tennis player (b. [[1938]])
* [[June 8]] – [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], American actor (b. [[1911]])
* [[June 11]] – [[John L. Lewis]], President of the [[United Mine Workers of America]] (b. [[1880]])
* [[June 12]] – [[Aleksandr Deyneka]], Russian painter and sculptor (b. [[1899]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Martita Hunt]], Argentine-born British actress (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/67/101067806/ |title=Martita Hunt |website=oxforddnb.com |access-date=2017-10-19 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220125843/http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/67/101067806/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 16]] – [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis]], British field marshal and 17th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[June 18]] – [[Edgar Anderson]], American botanist (b. [[1897]])
* [[June 19]] – [[Natalie Talmadge]], American actress (b. [[1896]])
* [[June 20]] – [[Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi]], Egyptian Qur'anic reciter (b. [[1920]])
* [[June 22]] – [[Judy Garland]], American actress and singer (b. [[1922]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Judy Garland &#124; Biography, Movies, Songs, & Facts &#124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Judy-Garland |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] – [[Volmari Iso-Hollo]], Finnish athlete (b. [[1907]])

===July===
[[File:Brian Jones, Statesboro, Georgia, May 4, 1965 (377872218).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Brian Jones]]]]
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* [[July 2]] – [[Mikio Naruse]], Japanese film director (b. [[1905]])
* [[July 3]] – [[Brian Jones]], British rock musician (b. [[1942]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=19 June 2020 |title='Life and Death of Brian Jones' Documentary Digs Deep Into the Rolling Stones Co-Founder's Demise |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/rolling-stones-life-death-of-brian-jones-documentary-1234643158/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[July 5]]
** [[Ben Alexander (actor)|Ben Alexander]], American actor (b. [[1911]])
** [[Wilhelm Backhaus]], German pianist (b. [[1884]])
** [[Walter Gropius]], German architect (b. [[1883]])
** [[Lambert Hillyer]], American film director (b. [[1889]])
** [[Tom Mboya]], Kenyan politician (b. [[1930]])
** [[Leo McCarey]], American film director (b. [[1898]])
* [[July 9]] – [[Raizō Tanaka]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1892]])
* [[July 15]] – [[Peter van Eyck]], German actor (b. [[1911]])
* [[July 17]] – [[Ichikawa Raizō VIII]], Japanese actor (b. [[1931]])
* [[July 24]] – [[Witold Gombrowicz]], Polish novelist and dramatist (b. [[1904]])<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkUhDi-q5mkC&pg=PA235 |title=The Rhetoric of Failure: Deconstruction of Skepticism, Reinvention of Modernism |author=Ziarek, Ewa Płonowska |date=January 1995 |page=235 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=9780791427118}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – [[Otto Dix]], German painter (b. [[1891]])
* [[July 28]]
** [[Frank Loesser]], American songwriter (b. [[1910]])<ref>Krebs, Alvin, "Frank Loesser, Composer, Dead," ''The New York Times'', July 29, 1969, p. 1</ref>
** [[Ramón Grau]], president of Cuba (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://biography.yourdictionary.com/ramon-grau-san-martin |title=Ramón Grau San Martin |website=biography.yourdictionary.com}}</ref>

===August===
[[File:Adorno.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Theodor W. Adorno]]]]
[[File:Sharon Tate in Eye of the Devil (1965).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Sharon Tate]]]]
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* [[August 5]] – [[Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg]] (b. [[1873]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Theodor W. Adorno]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. [[1903]])
* [[August 8]] – [[Choi Seung-hee]], Korean modern dancer (b. [[1911]])
* [[August 9]]
** [[C. F. Powell]], British physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1903]])
** [[Constantin Ion Parhon]], Romanian politician (b. [[1874]])
** [[Jay Sebring]], American celebrity hair stylist (b. [[1933]])
** [[Sharon Tate]], American actress and model (b. [[1943]])
* [[August 13]] – [[Nicolás Fasolino]], Argentine [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal (b. [[1887]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Leonard Woolf]], English writer (b. [[1880]])
* [[August 17]]
** [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]], German-American architect (b. [[1886]])
** [[Otto Stern]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]])
* [[August 20]] – [[Marty Barry]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1905]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Ismail al-Azhari]], 2nd Prime Minister, 3rd President of Sudan (b. [[1900]])
* [[August 27]]
** Dame [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], English novelist (b. [[1884]])
** [[Erika Mann]], German writer (b. [[1905]])
* [[August 31]] – [[Rocky Marciano]], American professional boxer (b. [[1923]])

===September===
[[File:Ho Chi Minh 1946.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Ho Chi Minh]]]]
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* [[September 2]] 
** [[Ho Chi Minh]], Vietnamese Communist politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam|Prime Minister of North Vietnam]] and 1st [[President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam|President of North Vietnam]] (b. [[1890]])
** [[Norman Manley]], Premier of Jamaica (b. [[1893]])<ref>[https://jis.gov.jm/information/heroes/norman-washington-manley/ Norman Washington Manley]</ref>
* [[September 3]] – [[John Lester]], American cricketer (b. [[1871]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/john-lester-155716 |title=John Lester |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* [[September 6]] – [[Arthur Friedenreich]], Brazilian footballer (b. [[1892]])
* [[September 8]]
** [[Bud Collyer]], American radio and television personality (b. [[1908]])
** [[Alexandra David-Néel]], French explorer (b. [[1868]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.]], American general (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=28393 |title=Allen Terry de la Mesa Sr. |website=www.uswarmemorials.org}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – [[Rex Ingram (actor)|Rex Ingram]], American actor (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 22]]
** [[Adolfo López Mateos]], Mexican politician, 48th [[President of Mexico]], 1958-1964 (b. [[1909]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/8782/Adolfo%20Lopez%20Mateos |title=Adolfo López Mateos |publisher=Busca Biografias |language=es |access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>
** [[Aleksandras Stulginskis]], Lithuanian politician, 2nd [[President of Lithuania|President of the Republic of Lithuania]] (b. [[1885]])
* [[September 27]] – [[Nicolas Grunitzky]], 2nd [[President of Togo]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[September 28]] – [[Nicolae Dăscălescu]], Romanian general (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roaf.ro/?page_id=4793 |title=General Nicolae Dăscălescu &#124; Fortele Aeriene Romane |accessdate=December 18, 2022 |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117112516/http://www.roaf.ro/?page_id=4793 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===October===
[[File:Sonja Henie 1936.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Sonja Henie]]]]
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* [[October 3]] – [[Skip James]], American blues singer (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Russell |year=1997 |title=The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray |publisher=Carlton Books |location=Dubai |page=123 |isbn=1-85868-255-X}}</ref>
* [[October 6]] – [[Walter Hagen]], American golf champion (b. [[1892]])
* [[October 7]]
** [[Natalya Lisenko]], Russian actress (b. [[1884]])
** [[Ture Nerman]], Swedish communist leader (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://snl.no/Ture_Nerman |title=Ture Nerman |first=Helge |last=Giverholt |date=August 23, 2023 |via=Store norske leksikon}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] – [[Sonja Henie]], Norwegian figure skater (b. [[1912]])
* [[October 16]] – [[Leonard Chess]], Polish-American record company executive, co-founder of [[Chess Records]] (b. [[1917]])
* [[October 21]]
** [[Jack Kerouac]], American author (b. [[1922]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/what-hollywood-gets-wrong-about-jack-kerouac-and-the-beat-generation/280612/ |title=What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation |last=Larson |first=Jordan |work=The Atlantic |access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>
** [[Wacław Sierpiński]], Polish mathematician (b. [[1882]])
* [[October 22]] – [[Vittorio Tur]], Italian admiral (b. [[1882]])<ref>[http://www.difesa.it/Area_Storica_HTML/editoria/2016/uomini-mm/Pagine/files/basic-html/page527.html Biographical Dictionary Men of the Navy.]</ref>
* [[October 23]] - [[Tommy Edwards]], American singer-songwriter (b. [[1922]])
* [[October 26]] – [[Gyula Mándi]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. [[1899]])
* [[October 29]] – [[Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich]], 34th [[President of Costa Rica]] (b. [[1907]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río]], 26th [[President of Ecuador]], leader during [[World War II]] (b. [[1893]])

===November===
[[File:Iskander Mirza.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Iskander Mirza]]]]
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* [[November 1]] – [[Pauline Bush (actress)|Pauline Bush]], American actress (b. [[1886]])
* [[November 5]] – [[Lloyd Corrigan]], American actor (b. [[1900]])
* [[November 8]]
** [[Dave O'Brien (actor)|Dave O'Brien]], American actor (b. [[1912]])
** [[Vesto M. Slipher]], American astronomer (b. [[1875]])
* [[November 12]] 
** [[William F. Friedman]], American cryptanalyst (b. [[1891]])
** [[Liu Shaoqi]], [[President of China]] (b. [[1898]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Liu-Shaoqi Liu Shaoqi Chinese statesman]</ref>
* [[November 13]] – [[Iskander Mirza]], Pakistani politician, 1st [[President of Pakistan]] (b. [[1899]])
* [[November 18]] – [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]], American politician (b. [[1888]])
* [[November 21]]
** [[Norman Lindsay]], Australian painter (b. [[1879]])
** [[Mutesa II of Buganda]], [[Kabaka of Buganda]] and 1st [[President of Uganda]] (b. [[1924]])

===December===
[[File:Kliment Voroshilov.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Kliment Voroshilov]]]]
[[File:Spencer williams carmel theater 1958.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|[[Spencer Williams Jr.]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Magic Sam]], American musician (b. [[1937]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Deep Blues |first=Robert |last=Palmer |author-link=Robert Palmer (American writer) |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |pages=267, 269}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] 
** [[José María Arguedas]], Peruvian novelist, poet and anthropologist (b. [[1911]])<ref>{{cite journal|last=Siemens|first=William L.|title=Chronology: José María Arguedas|journal=Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas|year=1980|volume=14|issue=25–26|pages=12&ndash;15|doi=10.1080/08905768008594020|via=[[Taylor & Francis]]}}</ref>
** [[Kliment Voroshilov]], Soviet military commander (b. [[1881]])
* [[December 4]] – [[Fred Hampton]], American activist (b. [[1948]])
* [[December 5]]
** [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]] (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lagos |first1=Constantinos |last2=Carr |first2=John |title=Philip, Prince of Greece: The Duke of Edinburgh's Early Life and the Greek Succession |date=30 June 2021 |publisher=Pen and Sword History |isbn=978-1-5267-9083-5 |page=282 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBcuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT282 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Claude Dornier]], German airplane builder, founder of [[Dornier Flugzeugwerke]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[December 6]] – [[João Cândido]], Brazilian sailor, led the [[Revolt of the Lash]] (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.infoescola.com/biografias/joao-candido/ |title=João Cândido - Biografia do almirante negro |first=Ana Paula de |last=Araújo |website=InfoEscola}}</ref>
* [[December 7]] 
** [[Lefty O'Doul]], American baseball player and restaurateur (b. [[1897]])<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/o'doule01.shtml Lefty O'Doul]</ref>
** [[Eric Portman]], English actor (b. [[1901]])<ref>[http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/p112_2.html Eric Portman Biography]</ref>
* [[December 8]] – [[Karl Fiehler]], German Nazi politician and mayor of Munich (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 13]]
** [[Spencer Williams Jr.]], American actor (b. [[1893]])
** [[Raymond A. Spruance]], American admiral (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 21]] – [[Georges Catroux]], French Army general and colonial governor (b. [[1877]])
* [[December 22]]
** [[Josef von Sternberg]], Austrian film director (b. [[1894]])
** [[Enrique Peñaranda]], Bolivian general, 38th [[President of Bolivia]], leader during [[World War II]] (b. [[1892]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin]], French author (b. [[1902]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1969/12/27/archives/louise-leveque-de-vilmorin-french-novelist-is-dead-at-67.html Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French Novelist, Is Dead at 67]</ref>
* [[December 29]] – [[Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango]], 11th [[President of Panama]], leader during [[World War II]] (b. [[1899]])

==Nobel Prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Murray Gell-Mann]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Derek Barton]], [[Odd Hassel]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Max Delbrück]], [[Alfred Hershey]], [[Salvador Luria]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Samuel Beckett]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[International Labour Organization]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Ragnar Frisch]], [[Jan Tinbergen]]

== References ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928021056/http://www.wcbs880.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=847931 1969 – Headlines] A report from Rich Lamb of WCBS Newsradio 880 (WCBS-AM New York) Part of WCBS 880's celebration of 40 years of newsradio.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020620/http://www.wcbs880.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=847934 1969 – The Year in Sound] An Audiofile produced by Lou Zambrana of WCBS Newsradio 880 (WCBS-AM New York) Part of WCBS 880's celebration of 40 years of newsradio.

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