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==Events==
===January===
{{Main|January 1976}}
* [[January 2]] – The [[International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]] enters into force.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b36c0.html|title=Refworld {{pipe}} International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|last=Refugees|website=Refworld|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – The [[Pol Pot]] regime proclaims a new constitution for [[Democratic Kampuchea]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) |url=https://d.dccam.org/Archives/Documents/DK_Policy/DK_Policy_DK_Constitution.htm |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=d.dccam.org}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh - Pakistan |url=https://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/107.htm |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Country Studies}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] 
** The United States vetoes a [[United Nations]] resolution that calls for an independent [[Palestinian state]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestine question/Palestine question core of conflict - Vetoed draft resolution |url=https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-189673/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Western Sahara War]]: The [[First Battle of Amgala (1976)|First Battle of Amgala]] breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Besenyő |first=János |date=2017 |title=Guerrilla Operations in Western Sahara: The Polisario versus Morocco and Mauritania |url=https://connections-qj.org/article/guerrilla-operations-western-sahara-polisario-versus-morocco-and-mauritania |journal=Connections: The Quarterly Journal |language=en |volume=16 |issue=3|pages=23–45 |doi=10.11610/Connections.16.3.02 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

===February===
{{Main|February 1976}}
* [[February 4]]
** The [[1976 Winter Olympics]] begin in [[Innsbruck]], Austria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976 |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/innsbruck-1976}}</ref>
** The 7.5 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1976 Guatemala earthquake|Guatemala earthquake]] affects [[Guatemala]] and [[Honduras]] with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured.
* [[February 9]] – The [[Australian Defence Force]] is formed by unification of the [[Australian Army]], the [[Royal Australian Navy]] and the [[Royal Australian Air Force]].
* [[February 13]] – General [[Murtala Mohammed]] of [[Nigeria]] is assassinated in a military coup.
* [[February 24]] – [[Cuba]]'s [[constitution]] of 1976 is enacted.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Proclamation of the Constitution of 1976 |url=https://www.tsp.gob.cu/en/our-history/proclamation-constitution-1976 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220810144543/https://www.tsp.gob.cu/en/our-history/proclamation-constitution-1976 |archive-date=2022-08-10 |access-date=2025-09-07 |work=Tribunal Supremo Popular de la República de Cuba |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 26]] – The [[Spanish Armed Forces]] withdraw from [[Western Sahara]].
* [[February 27]] – The [[Polisario Front]], [[Western Sahara]]'s national [[liberation movement]], declares independence of the territory under the name "[[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]".

===March===
{{Main|March 1976}}
* [[March]] – The [[Cray-1]], the first commercially developed [[supercomputer]], is released by [[Seymour Cray]]'s [[Cray Research]], with the first purchaser being the [[Energy Research and Development Administration]] (ERDA) in [[Los Alamos, New Mexico]].<ref>"100 Million Computations Each Second", AP report in ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', September 20, 1976, p. 17</ref>
* [[March 1]] 
** U.K. Home Secretary [[Merlyn Rees]] ends [[Special Category Status]] for those sentenced for scheduled [[Terrorism|terrorist]] crimes relating to the civil violence in [[Northern Ireland]].
** [[Bradford Bishop]] allegedly murders five of his family members in Bethesda, Maryland. The crime goes undiscovered for 10 days and the suspect is never caught. From 2014 to 2018 he is on the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives]] list.
* [[March 4]]
** The [[Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention]] is formally dissolved in [[Northern Ireland]], resulting in [[Direct rule over Northern Ireland]] by the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] in London.
** The [[Maguire Seven]] are found guilty in London of possessing explosives for use by the Provisional Irish Republican Army and subsequently jailed for 14 years; their convictions were overturned in 1991.
* [[March 9]] – [[Cavalese cable car disaster (1976)|A cable car disaster]] occurs when a supporting cable breaks in [[Cavalese]], Italy, resulting in 43 deaths.<ref>{{cite news|title=42 Skiers Are Killed in Italy When Cable Car Falls 200 Feet|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 10, 1976}}</ref>
* [[March 9]]–[[March 11|11]] – Two coal mine explosions claim 26 lives at the Blue Diamond Coal Co. Scotia Mine, in [[Letcher County, Kentucky]].
* [[March 16]] – [[Harold Wilson]] resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=BBC Archive 1976: Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns |url=https://www.bbc.com/videos/c87713y3nlmo |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – [[Patty Hearst]] is found guilty of armed robbery of a [[San Francisco]] bank in [[1974]].
* [[March 24]]
** [[Argentina]] military forces [[1976 Argentine coup d'état|depose]] president [[Isabel Perón]].
** A [[M 24|general strike]] takes place in the [[People's Republic of the Congo]].
* [[March 26]]
** [[The Body Shop]], the retail chain for [[skin care]] products and [[cosmetics]] founded by [[Anita Roddick]], opens its first branch in [[Brighton]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebodyshop.com/_en/_ww/services/aboutus_history.aspx |title=Our History |publisher=[[The Body Shop]] |year=2009 |access-date=2010-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814132117/http://www.thebodyshop.com/_en/_ww/services/aboutus_history.aspx |archive-date=14 August 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 27]]
** The [[South African Defence Force]] withdraws from [[Angola]] and concludes [[Operation Savannah (Angola)|Operation Savannah]].
** The first {{convert|7.4|km|mi}} of the [[Washington Metro]] [[Subway (rail)|subway]] system opens.
* [[March 29]] – The [[National Reorganization Process|military dictatorship]] of General [[Jorge Videla]] comes to power in [[Argentina]].
* [[March 31]] – The [[New Jersey]] Supreme Court rules that patient in a [[persistent vegetative state]] in the [[Karen Ann Quinlan case]] can be disconnected from her [[ventilator]]. She remains comatose and dies in [[1985]].

===April===
{{Main|April 1976}}
* [[April 1]]
** [[Apple Computer]] Company is formed by [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Steve Wozniak]] in California.
** [[Conrail]] (Consolidated Rails Corporation) is formed by the U.S. government, to take control of 13 major Northeast Class-1 railroads that have filed for bankruptcy protection. Conrail takes control at midnight, as a government-owned and operated railroad until [[1986]], when it is sold to the public.
** The [[Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect]] is first reported by British astronomer [[Patrick Moore]].
* [[April 2]] – [[Norodom Sihanouk]] is forced to resign as Head of State of Kampuchea by the [[Khmer Rouge]] led by [[Pol Pot]] and is placed under house arrest.
* [[April 3]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1976]] is won by [[Brotherhood of Man]], representing the United Kingdom, with their song ''[[Save Your Kisses for Me]]''.
* [[April 5]]
** [[James Callaghan]] becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
** [[1976 Tiananmen Incident|Tiananmen Incident]]: Large crowds lay wreaths at Beijing's ''Monument of the Martyrs'' to commemorate the death of Premier [[Zhou Enlai]]. Poems against the [[Gang of Four]] are also displayed, provoking a police crackdown.
** [[Segovia prison break]]: in Spain's largest prison break since the [[Spanish Civil War]], 29 political prisoners escape from [[Segovia]] prison.
* [[April 12]]
** The [[1976 West Bank local elections]] were held.
* [[April 13]]
** The [[Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion]] in [[Lapua]], Finland kills 40.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=In memoriam: The victims of 1976 explosion |url=https://www.lapua.com/in-our-memories/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Lapua |language=en-US}}</ref>
** The [[United States Treasury Department]] reintroduces the [[United States two-dollar bill|two-dollar bill]] as a [[Federal Reserve Note]] on [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s 233rd birthday as part of the [[United States Bicentennial]] celebration.
* [[April 16]] – As a measure to curb [[population growth]], the minimum age for marriage in India is raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.
* [[April 19]] – A [[1976 Brownwood tornado|violent F5 tornado]] strikes around [[Brownwood, Texas]], injuring 11 people. Two people were thrown at least {{convert|1000|yd|m}} by the tornado and survived uninjured.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |author2=[[National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service]] |author3=[[National Climatic Data Center]] |editor1-last=Potter |editor1-first=Thomas D. |title=Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena |journal=Storm Data |date=April 1976 |volume=18 |issue=4 |page=14 |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |language=English}}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – The [[Great Bookie Robbery]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia: Bandits steal A$1.4&nbsp;million in bookmakers' settlements from Queen Street, Melbourne.
* [[April 25]] – Portugal's [[1976 Constitution of Portugal|new constitution]] is enacted.
* [[April 29]] – [[Sino-Soviet split]]: A concealed bomb explodes at the gates of the Soviet embassy in China, killing four Chinese.<ref name="konkurent">{{cite web|url=http://old.konkurent.ru/print.php?id=3691|script-title=ru:"Красный" Китай против советских ревизионистов|author=Юрий Уфимцев|publisher=Конкурент.Ru|language=ru|access-date=July 10, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143640/http://old.konkurent.ru/print.php?id=3691|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> The targets were embassy employees, returning from lunch, but on this day they had returned to the embassy earlier.<ref name="konkurent"/>

===May===
{{Main|May 1976}}
* [[May 1]] – [[Neville Wran]] becomes [[Premier of New South Wales]].
* [[May 4]]
** The first [[LAGEOS]] (Laser Geodynamics Satellite) is launched.
** A train crash in [[Schiedam]], the Netherlands, kills 24 people.
* [[May 6]] – An [[1976 Friuli earthquake|earthquake hits the Friuli area]] in Italy, killing more than 900 people and making another 100,000 homeless.
* [[May 9]] – [[Ulrike Meinhof]] of the [[Red Army Faction]] is found hanged in an apparent suicide in her Stuttgart-Stammheim prison cell.
* [[May 11]]
**U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] signs the [[Federal Election Campaign Act]].
** An accident involving a tanker truck carrying [[anhydrous ammonia]] takes place in [[Houston, Texas]], resulting in the deaths of 7 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2011/05/35-years-later-houstons-deadly-ammonia-truck-disaster|title=35 years later: Houston's deadly ammonia truck disaster|access-date=2011-05-27|date=2011-05-26|work=Houston Chronicle}}</ref>
* [[May 13]] – The [[Atari Inc.|Atari]] video arcade game ''[[Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]'' is released.
* [[May 16]] – The [[Montreal Canadiens]] sweep the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in four games to win the [[Stanley Cup]] in ice hockey.
* [[May 21]] – The [[Yuba City bus disaster]], the second-worst bus crash in U.S. history, leaves 28 students and one teacher killed.
* [[May 24]]
** Washington, D.C. [[Concorde]] service begins.
** [[Judgment of Paris (wine)|The Judgment of Paris]] pits French vs. California wines in a blind taste-test in Paris, France. California wines win the contest, surprising the wine world and opening the wine industry to newcomers in several countries.
* [[May 25]] – U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] defeats challenger [[Ronald Reagan]] in 3 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential primaries: [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]] and [[Oregon]].
* [[May 30]] – [[Indianapolis 500]] automobile race: [[Johnny Rutherford]] wins the (rain-shortened) shortest race in event history to date, at 102 laps or {{convert|408|km|mi}}.
* [[May 31]] – Syria [[Syrian intervention in the Lebanese Civil War|intervenes in the Lebanese Civil War]] in opposition to the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]], which it has previously supported.

===June===
{{Main|June 1976}}
* [[June 1]] – The United Kingdom and [[Iceland]] end the [[Cod Wars|Third Cod War]], with the UK accepting Iceland's extension of its territorial waters to 200 nautical miles in exchange for defined fishing rights.
* [[June 2]] 
** A car bomb fatally injures ''[[Arizona Republic]]'' reporter [[Don Bolles]].
** The [[Philippine]] government opens relations with the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[June 4]] – The [[Boston Celtics]] defeat the [[Phoenix Suns]] 128–126 in triple overtime in Game 5 of the [[1976 NBA Finals|National Basketball Association Finals]] at the [[Boston Garden]]. In 1997, the game is selected by a panel of experts as the greatest of the NBA's first 50 years.
* [[June 5]] – The [[Teton Dam]] collapses in southeast [[Idaho]] in the US, killing 11 people.
* [[June 6]] – The [[Double Six Crash]], a plane crash in [[Kota Kinabalu]], [[Malaysia]], kills everyone on board, including [[Sabah]]an [[Chief Minister of Sabah|Chief Minister]] [[Tun Fuad Stephens]].
* [[June 12]] – [[Alberto Demicheli]], a jurist, is inaugurated as a civilian [[List of Presidents of Uruguay|de facto President of Uruguay]] after [[Juan María Bordaberry]] is deposed by the military.
* [[June 13]] – Savage thunderstorms roll through the state of [[Iowa]], spawning several tornadoes, including an F-5 [[tornado]] that destroys the town of [[Jordan, Iowa|Jordan]].
* [[June 16]] – The [[Soweto uprising]] in South Africa begins.
* [[June 20]]
** Hundreds of Western tourists are moved from [[Beirut]] and taken to safety in [[Syria]] by the U.S. military, following the murder of the U.S. Ambassador.
** [[1976 Italian general election|General elections]] are held in Italy, resulting in the best result for the Communist Party (PCI) in a general election.
** [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] beats [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] 5–3 on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]] to win [[UEFA Euro 1976|Euro 76]] when the game ends 2–2 after extra time.
* [[June 25]] – Strikes start in Poland ([[Ursus, Warsaw|Ursus]], [[Radom]], [[Płock]]) after communists raise [[food prices]]; they end on [[June 30]].
* [[June 26]] – The [[CN Tower]] is opened in Toronto, the tallest free-standing land structure opens to the public.
* [[June 27]]
** [[Group of Six|G-6]] is renamed "[[G7|Group of 7]]" (G-7) with the inclusion of Canada.
** Palestinian militants [[Operation Entebbe|hijack]] an [[Air France]] plane in Greece with 246 passengers and 12 crew. They take it to [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]].
* [[June 29]]
** [[Seychelles]] gains independence from the United Kingdom.
** The [[1976 Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe|Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe]] convenes in [[East Berlin]].

===July===
{{Main|July 1976}}
[[File:Amerigo vespucci 1976 nyc aufgetakelt.jpg|thumb|Italian tall ship ''[[Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci|Amerigo Vespucci]]'' in New York Harbor during the [[United States Bicentennial]] celebration.]]
* [[July 2]] – [[North Vietnam]] dissolves the [[Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam|Provisional Government]] of [[South Vietnam]] and unites the two countries to form the [[Communism|Socialist Republic]] of [[Vietnam]].
* [[July 3]]
** ''[[Gregg v. Georgia]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules that the [[death penalty]] is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment overturning the ''[[Furman v. Georgia]]'' case of [[1972]].
** The [[1976 United Kingdom heat wave|great heat wave]] in the United Kingdom, which is currently suffering from drought conditions, reaches its peak.
* [[July 4]]
** The U.S. celebrates its [[United States Bicentennial|bicentennial]], in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the 1776 adoption of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] from Great Britain.
** [[Entebbe Raid]]: [[Israel]]i airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] hijackers of an [[Air France]] plane at [[Uganda]]'s [[Entebbe]] Airport; [[Yonatan Netanyahu]] and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid.
* [[July 6]] – The first class of women is inducted at the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]].
* [[July 7]]
** German left-wing women terrorists Monika Berberich, Gabriella Rollnick, Juliane Plambeck and Inge Viett escape from the Lehrter Straße maximum security prison in [[West Berlin]].
** [[David Steel]] becomes leader of the UK's Liberal Party in the aftermath of [[Thorpe affair|the scandal]] which forced out [[Jeremy Thorpe]].
* [[July 10]]
** Four [[mercenary|mercenaries]], three British and one American, are shot by firing squad in [[Angola]], following the [[Luanda Trial]].
** [[Seveso disaster]]: An explosion at a chemical plant in Seveso, Italy, causes extensive pollution to a large area in the neighborhood of Milan, with many evacuations and a large number of people affected by the toxic cloud.
* [[July 12]] – In the United States:
** [[California State University, Fullerton massacre]]: seven people are shot and killed, and two others are wounded in a [[mass shooting]] on campus at [[California State University, Fullerton]].
** [[Price Club]], as predecessor of [[Costco]], a worldwide membership-registration-only retailer, is founded in [[California]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Magill |first1=Frank N. |title=Chronology of Twentieth-Century History: Business and Commerce: Volume II |date=23 April 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-26462-9 |page=1135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySJpAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1135 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 15]]
** [[Jimmy Carter]] is nominated for U.S. president at the [[1976 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] in New York City.
** Twenty-six Chowchilla schoolchildren and their bus driver are [[1976 Chowchilla kidnapping|abducted and buried in a box truck within a quarry]] in Livermore, California. The captives dig themselves free after 16 hours. The quarry-owner's son and two accomplices are arrested for the crime.
* [[July 16]]–[[July 20|20]] – [[Albert Spaggiari]] and his gang break into the vault of the Société Generale Bank in [[Nice]], France.
* [[July 17]]
** The [[1976 Summer Olympics]] begin in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada.
** [[East Timor]] is declared the [[Indonesian occupation of East Timor|27th province]] of [[Indonesia]].
* [[July 18]] – 14-year-old Romanian gymnast [[Nadia Comăneci]] earns the first of seven perfect scores of 10 at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
* [[July 19]] – [[Sagarmatha National Park]] in [[Nepal]] is created.
* [[July 20]] 
** [[Viking program]]: The ''[[Viking 1]]'' lander successfully lands on [[Mars]].
** American criminal [[Gary Gilmore]] is arrested for murdering two men in Utah.
* [[July 21]] – A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb kills [[Christopher Ewart-Biggs]], new British ambassador to the Irish Republic, and Judith Cooke, a Northern Ireland Office private secretary, in Dublin; two others are seriously wounded but survive. 
* [[July 26]] – In Los Angeles, [[Ronald Reagan]] announces his choice of liberal U.S. Senator [[Richard Schweiker]] as his vice presidential running mate, in an effort to woo moderate [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] delegates away from President [[Gerald Ford]].
* [[July 27]]
** The United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with its former colony [[Uganda]] in response to the hijacking of [[Air France Flight 139]].
** Delegates attending an [[American Legion]] convention at [[The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel]] in [[Philadelphia]], US, begin falling ill with a form of [[pneumonia]]: this will eventually be recognised as the first [[outbreak]] of [[Legionnaires' disease]] and will end in the deaths of 29 attendees.
* [[July 28]] – The [[1976 Tangshan earthquake|Tangshan earthquake]] flattens [[Tangshan]], China, killing 242,769 people, and injuring 164,851.
* [[July 29]] – In New York City, the "[[Son of Sam]]" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing one and seriously wounding another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorize the city for the next year.
* [[July 30]]
** [[Bruce Jenner]] wins the gold medal in the men's [[decathlon]] at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in Montreal.<ref name="giardina">{{cite web |author = Tony Giardina |title = Olympic Track & Field: Decathlete Ashton Eaton Is Next American Star |url = http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1288133-olympic-track-field-decathlete-ashton-eaton-is-next-american-star |date = August 7, 2012 |website = [[Bleacher Report]] |access-date = June 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150712223115/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1288133-olympic-track-field-decathlete-ashton-eaton-is-next-american-star |archive-date = July 12, 2015 |df = mdy-all}}</ref>
** In [[Santiago]], Chile, [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] from Brazil beats [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] from Argentina and are the [[Copa Libertadores de América]] champions in [[Association football]].
* [[July 31]]
** [[NASA]] releases the famous [[Face on Mars]] photo, taken by ''[[Viking 1]]''.
** The [[Big Thompson River]] in northern Colorado floods, destroying more than 400 cars and houses and killing 143 people.

===August===
{{Main|August 1976}}
[[File:Lebak Tsunami.jpg|150px|left|thumbnail|Tsunami damage at [[Lebak, Sultan Kudarat|barangay Tibpuan, Lebak, Mindanao]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** The [[1976 Summer Olympics]] ends in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada.
** [[Trinidad and Tobago]] becomes a [[republic]], replacing [[Elizabeth II]] as its [[head of state]] with [[President of Trinidad and Tobago|President]] [[Ellis Clarke]].
** Defending F1 World Champion [[Niki Lauda]] suffers serious burns in the [[1976 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] after a huge accident that nearly cost him his life.
* [[August 2]] – A gunman murders [[Andrea Wilborn]] and [[Stan Farr]] and injures [[Priscilla Davis]] and Gus Gavrel, in an incident at Priscilla's mansion in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. [[T. Cullen Davis]], Priscilla's husband and one of the richest men in Texas, is tried and found innocent for Andrea's murder, involvement in a plot to kill several people (including Priscilla and a judge), and a wrongful death lawsuit. Cullen goes broke afterwards.
* [[August 5]] – The clock of "[[Big Ben]]" at the [[Palace of Westminster]] in London suffers internal damage and requires frequent repairs. The clock is stopped at times on 26 of the next 275 days.
* [[August 6]] – Former United Kingdom Postmaster General [[John Stonehouse]] is sentenced to 7 years' jail for fraud, theft and forgery.
* [[August 7]] – [[Viking program]]: ''[[Viking 2]]'' enters into orbit around [[Mars]].
* [[August 8]] – As part of the [[American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger]], [[ABA dispersal draft, 1976|a dispersal draft]] is conducted to assign teams for the players on the two ABA franchises which have folded.
* [[August 11]] – A sniper rampage in [[Wichita, Kansas]] on a [[Holiday Inn]] results in 3 deaths while 7 others are wounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/7561672.html |title=Holiday Inn Sniper Up for Parole|date=May 17, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527195127/https://www.webcitation.org/6gfiWOqVI?url=http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/7561672.html|archive-date=May 27, 2024}}</ref>
* [[August 14]]
** Around 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in [[Northern Ireland]].
** The [[Senegal]]ese [[political party]] ''[[African Independence Party – Renewal|PAI-Rénovation]]'' is legally recognized, becoming the third legal party in the country.
* [[August 17]] – The 8.0 {{M|w}} [[1976 Moro Gulf earthquake|Moro Gulf earthquake]] hits off the coast of [[Mindanao]], [[Philippines]], triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000 and 8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless.<ref>{{cite book|title=Catalog of Tsunamis in the Pacific 1969–1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=umZ--INFYEEC&pg=PA103|author=Staff of the Academy of Sciences of the USS|publisher=Diane Pub|isbn=978-0-7881393-1-4|pages=103, 104|date=1997}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] – At Panmunjom, [[North Korea]], two United States soldiers are killed while trying to [[Operation Paul Bunyan|chop down part of a tree]] in the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] which has obscured their view.
* [[August 19]] – U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] edges out challenger [[Ronald Reagan]] to win the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] presidential nomination in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]].
* [[August 24]] – In [[Uruguay]], the army captures Marcelo Gelman and his pregnant wife. Gelman is later killed and his wife disappears. 
* [[August 25]] 
** [[Jacques Chirac]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of France]]; he is succeeded by [[Raymond Barre]].
** Landslide disaster in [[Sau Mau Ping]], Hong Kong.
* [[August 26]]
** The first known outbreak of [[Ebola virus]] occurs in [[Yambuku]], [[Zaire]].
** [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]], husband of Queen [[Juliana of the Netherlands]], resigns from various posts over a scandal involving alleged corruption in connection with business dealings with the [[Lockheed Corporation]].
* [[August 30]] – [[James Alexander George Smith McCartney]] is sworn in as the first [[chief minister]] of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]].

===September===
{{Main|September 1976}}
* [[September 1]]
** Cigarette and tobacco advertising is banned on Australian television and radio.
** [[Aparicio Méndez]], a jurist, is inaugurated as a civilian ''de facto'' [[President of Uruguay]] in the framework of a dictatorship.
** The [[state of emergency]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]] legally still in force since [[1939]] is lifted.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Greene |first=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRZRDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 |title=Permanent States of Emergency and the Rule of Law: Constitutions in an Age of Crisis |date=2018-04-05 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-5099-0617-8 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 3]]
** [[Viking program]]: The ''[[Viking 2]]'' spacecraft lands at [[Utopia Planitia]] on [[Mars]], taking the first close-up color photographs of the planet's surface.
** A [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] of the [[Venezuelan Air Force]] [[1976 Venezuelan Air Force C-130 crash|crashed]] near [[Lajes Field]], [[Azores Islands]], Portugal, killing all 68 occupants on board.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Lockheed C-130H Hercules 7772, Friday 3 September 1976 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/329328 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* [[September 6]]
** [[Cold War]]: [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Air Force pilot Lt. [[Viktor Belenko]] lands a [[MiG-25]] jet fighter at [[Hakodate]], on the island of [[Hokkaidō]] in Japan, and requests [[refugee|political asylum]] in the United States.
** [[Frank Sinatra]] brings [[Jerry Lewis]]'s former partner [[Dean Martin]] onstage, unannounced, at the 1976 [[Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon]] in [[Las Vegas]], reuniting the comedy team for the first (and only) time in over 20 years.
* [[September 9]] – [[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party]] [[Mao Zedong]] dies in [[Beijing]] after a series of heart attacks. 
* [[September 10]] – [[1976 Zagreb mid-air collision|Zagreb mid-air collision]]: A [[British Airways]] Trident and a [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] DC-9 collide near [[Zagreb]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] (modern-day [[Zagreb, Croatia]]), killing all 176 aboard.
* [[September 15]] – [[Darryl Sittler]] scores the winning goal in the [[1976 Canada Cup]] for Canada to win over Czechoslovakia in overtime, to win the first Canada Cup in ice hockey. 
* [[September 16]]
** [[Shavarsh Karapetyan]] saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a [[Yerevan]] [[reservoir]].
** Beginning with the [[Night of the Pencils]], a series of kidnappings and [[forced disappearance]]s followed by torture, rape, and murder of students under the [[National Reorganization Process|Argentine dictatorship]] takes place.
* [[September 17]] – The space shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' is rolled out of a hangar in [[Palmdale, California]], United States.
* [[September 21]]
** The [[Seychelles]] join the [[United Nations]].
** [[Orlando Letelier]] is [[Assassination of Orlando Letelier|assassinated]] in Washington, D.C. by agents of [[Chile]]an dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]].
* [[September 24]] – [[Patty Hearst]] is sentenced to seven years in prison for her role in the armed robbery of a [[San Francisco]] bank in [[1974]] (an executive clemency order from U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] will set her free after only 22 months).

===October===
{{Main|October 1976}}
[[Image:British Rail Class 43 at Chesterfield.jpg|thumb|200px|
[[October 4]]: The [[InterCity 125]] [[high-speed train]] is introduced in the UK; services begin two days later.]]
* [[October 4]] – The [[InterCity 125]] [[high-speed train]] is introduced in the United Kingdom.
* [[October 6]]
** [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 455]] crashes due to a bomb placed by [[Cuban dissident movement|anti-Fidel Castro terrorists]], after taking off from [[Bridgetown]], Barbados; all 73 people on board are killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4535661.stm|work=BBC News|title=Cuba 'plane bomber' was CIA agent|date=May 11, 2005}}</ref>
** Students gathering at [[Thammasat University]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] are [[Thammasat University massacre|massacred]], while protesting the return of ex-dictator [[Thanom Kittikachorn]] by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
** In [[San Francisco]], during his second televised debate with [[Jimmy Carter]], U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] incorrectly declares that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" (there is at the time).
** The [[Cultural Revolution]] in China concludes upon the capture of the [[Gang of Four]].
* [[October 8]] – [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]] replaces [[Olof Palme]] as [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]] of [[Sweden]].
* [[October 10]] – Taiwan Governor [[Hsieh Tung-min]] is injured by a letter bomb from a pro-independence activist.
* [[October 12]] – The People's Republic of China announces that [[Hua Guofeng]] is the successor to [[Mao Zedong]] as [[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party]] following the latter's death on September 9 from a [[heart attack]].
* [[October 13]] – The [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]] releases the report, ''Puerto Ricans in the Continental United States: An Uncertain Future,'' that documents that [[Puerto Ricans in the United States]] have a poverty rate of 33 percent in 1974 (up from 29 percent in 1970), the highest of all major racial-ethnic groups in the country (not including [[Puerto Rico]], a U.S. territory).
* [[October 19]]
** The [[Battle of Aishiya]] is fought in [[Lebanon]].
** The [[Copyright Act of 1976]] extends [[copyright]] duration for an additional 19 years in the United States.
** The [[Common chimpanzee|Chimpanzee]] (''Pan troglodytes'') is placed on the list of endangered species.
* [[October 20]] – The [[Mississippi River]] ferry [[MV George Prince ferry disaster|MV ''George Prince'']] is struck by a ship while crossing from [[Destrehan, Louisiana]] to [[Luling, Louisiana]], killing 78 passengers and crew.
* [[October 22]] – [[Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh]], the 5th [[President of Ireland]], resigns after being publicly insulted by the Minister for Defense.
* [[October 26]] – [[Transkei]] gains "independence" from [[South Africa]].

===November===
{{Main|November 1976}}
* [[November 2]] – [[1976 United States presidential election]]: [[Jimmy Carter]] narrowly defeats incumbent [[Gerald Ford]], becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
* [[November 6]] -  [[Uttawar forced sterilisations]]: [[Compulsory sterilization#India|Mass vasectomy]] of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, [[Palwal district]], Haryana during India's [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] imposed by [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="times">{{cite web | last=Ghosh | first=Avijit | title=Nasbandi with handcuffs on... | website=The Times of India | date=21 June 2015 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/nasbandi-with-handcuffs-on-/articleshow/47750238.cms | access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] – [[Disappearance of Renee MacRae]] and her 3-year-old son Andrew from [[Inverness]] in Scotland; this becomes Britain's longest-running missing persons case.<ref>{{cite news |title=The bone detective |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/apr/30/women.gender |access-date=2009-05-13 |date=2008-04-30 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |first=Julie |last=Bindel |author-link=Julie Bindel}}</ref>
* [[November 15]] – The first [[megamouth shark]] is discovered off [[Oahu|O{{okina}}ahu]] in Hawai{{okina}}i.
* [[November 19]] – [[Jaime Ornelas Camacho]] takes office as the first President of the Regional Government of [[Madeira]], Portugal.
* [[November 24]] – [[1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake]]: Between 4,000 and 5,000 are killed in a 7.3 {{M|s|link=y}} earthquake at [[Van, Turkey|Van]] and [[Muradiye]] in eastern Turkey.
* [[November 26]]
** [[Microsoft]] is officially registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of [[New Mexico]].
** The [[Warsaw Treaty Organization]] joint secretariat is established.

===December===
{{Main|December 1976}}
* [[December 1]]
** [[Angola]] joins the [[United Nations]].
** [[José López Portillo]] takes office as [[President of Mexico]].
** Sir [[Douglas Nicholls]] is appointed the 28th [[Governor of South Australia]], the first [[Australian Aboriginal]] appointed to [[Viceroy|vice-regal office]].
* [[December 3]] – [[Patrick Hillery]] is sworn in after being elected unopposed as the 6th [[President of Ireland]].
* [[December 5]] – The [[1976 Japanese general election|Japanese general election]] takes place, and the ruling [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] loses its majority in the 511-member [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]], but remains the largest party with 249 seats. 
* [[December 6]] – The [[Viet Cong]] is disbanded, and its former members become a part of the [[Vietnam People's Army]].
* [[December 8]] – The [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus]] is established by the five Latinos in the United States Congress: [[Herman Badillo]] of the Bronx, E. de la Garza and [[Henry B. Gonzalez]] of Texas, [[Edward R. Roybal]] of California, and the nonvoting Resident Commissioner of [[Puerto Rico]], [[Baltasar Corrada del Río]].
* [[December 10]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] adopts the [[Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques]].
* [[December 15]]
** [[Samoa]] joins the [[United Nations]].
** [[Denis Healey]] announces to the British Parliament that he has successfully negotiated a £2.3bn loan from the [[International Monetary Fund]].
* [[December 23]] – A new volcano, [[Murara]], erupts in eastern [[Zaire]].

===Date unknown===
* Random breath testing is introduced in Victoria (Australia).
* The first [[laser printer]] is introduced by [[IBM]] (the IBM 3800).
* The [[New Jersey Legislature]] passes legislation legalizing casinos in the shore town of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] commencing in [[1978]]. After signing the bill into law, [[Governor]] [[Brendan Byrne]] declares "The [[American Mafia|mob]] is not welcome in New Jersey!" referring to the Mafia's influence at casinos in [[Nevada]].

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

===January===
[[File:Premios Goya 2020 - Paz Vega (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paz Vega]]]]
[[File:Johnny Yong Bosch.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Johnny Yong Bosch]]]]
[[File:Michael Peña TIFF 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Peña]]]]
[[File:Emma Bunton 2014 1.png|thumb|100px|[[Emma Bunton]]]]
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* [[January 2]] – [[Paz Vega]], Spanish actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paz Vega - Actress |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/paz-vega/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=TV Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – [[Angelos Basinas]], Greek footballer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-30 |title=World Cup Daily: Fri, Jan. 3 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37372179/january-3 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 4]] – [[August Diehl]], German actor{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
* [[January 6]] – [[Johnny Yong Bosch]], American actor
* [[January 13]]
** [[Michael Peña]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pizzello |first=Chris |date=2015-01-12 |title=Birthday: Michael Pena |url=https://madison.com/birthday-michael-pena/image_9665c986-9a88-11e4-9c8a-ffe0eafcbb78.html |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Wisconsin State Journal |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Mario Yepes]], Colombian football player<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Happy Birthday – January 13 – Guillermo Coria, Mario Yepes, Kamran Akmal - Sport360 News |url=https://sport360.com/article/other/more-sports/218299/happy-birthday-january-13-guillermo-coria-mario-yepes-kamran-akmal |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=sport360 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Martina Moravcová]], Slovak swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Martina Moravcová |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50208 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia}}</ref>
* [[January 21]] – [[Emma Bunton]], English musician<ref>{{cite book|author=Anna Louise Golden|title=The Spice Girls: The Uncensored Story Behind Pop's Biggest Phenomenon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_p1XpnuINYC|date=29 October 1997|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-345-42559-1|page=114}}</ref>
* [[January 23]]
** [[Anne Margrethe Hausken]], Norwegian orienteer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anne Margrethe HAUSKEN |url=https://www.hellesland.com/getperson.php?personID=I135842&tree=T1&sitever=standard |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.hellesland.com}}</ref>
** [[Angelica Lee]], Taiwanese actress and singer{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
* [[January 27]]August Diehl[[Ahn Jung-hwan]], South Korean footballer and television personality<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BBCZzS-nwC5/?hl=en "Happy Birthday, Ahn Jung-hwan!"](27 January 2016). Posted by fifaworldcup on Instagram.</ref>
* [[January 28]] – [[Rick Ross]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-28 |title=The Thing Rick Ross Wants for His 39th Birthday Costs $65 Million |url=https://www.gq.com/story/rick-ross-birthday-65-million |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref>

===February===
[[File:Isla Fisher 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Isla Fisher]]]]
[[File:Tony Jaa 2005.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tony Jaa]]]]
[[File:Abhishek Bachchan.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Abhishek Bachchan]]]]
[[File:Charlie Day by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charlie Day]]]]
[[File:KellyMacdonaldOct07 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kelly Macdonald]]]]
[[File:Rashida Jones 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rashida Jones]]]]
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* [[February 1]] 
** [[Katrín Jakobsdóttir]], Icelandic politician, 28th [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] 
** [[Muteba Kidiaba]], Congolese football goalkeeper
* [[February 2]]
** [[Carlos Coste]], Venezuelan free-diver
** [[James Hickman]], British swimmer
* [[February 3]]
** [[Isla Fisher]], Australian actress 
** [[Tim Heidecker]], American comedian
** [[Tijana Dapčević|Tijana]], Macedonian singer
* [[February 4]] – [[Cam'ron]], African-American rapper
* [[February 5]]
** [[Abhishek Bachchan]], Indian actor
** [[Tony Jaa]], Thai martial art film actor/choreographer/director
** [[Brian Moorman]], American football player
* [[February 6]] – [[Kim Zmeskal]], American gymnast
* [[February 9]] – [[Charlie Day]], American actor
* [[February 10]] – [[Lance Berkman]], American baseball player
* [[February 11]] – [[Brice Beckham]], American actor
* [[February 12]] – [[Silvia Saint]], Czech actress
* [[February 14]] – [[Erica Leerhsen]], American actress
* [[February 15]] – [[Brandon Boyd]], American singer-songwriter and author
* [[February 16]]
** [[Kyo (musician)|Kyo]], Japanese rock musician ([[Dir En Grey]])
** [[Adam Simpson]], [[Australian rules football]]er
** [[Janet Varney]], American actress and comedian
* [[February 17]] – [[Svein Berge]], Norwegian musician ([[Röyksopp]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Chanda Rubin]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chanda Rubin |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/180175/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[February 20]]
** [[Johanna Beisteiner]], Austrian guitarist
** [[Chris Cillizza]], American journalist
* [[February 21]] – [[Michael McIntyre]], British stand-up comedian
* [[February 23]] 
** [[Aaron Aziz]], Singaporean-born Malaysian actor
** [[Kelly Macdonald]], Scottish actress
* [[February 24]] – [[Zach Johnson]], American golfer
* [[February 25]] – [[Rashida Jones]], American actress, writer, model and musician
* [[February 27]] – [[Sergei Semak]], Russian football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Сергей СЕМАК |url=http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/semak.html |website=permian.ru}}</ref>
* [[February 28]]
** [[Ali Larter]], American actress and model
** [[Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge]], Canadian actor
* [[February 29]]
** [[Ja Rule]], American rapper
** [[Mark Pollock]], blind Irish adventurer and author

===March===
[[File:Freddie Prinze, Jr. (27600088526) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Freddie Prinze Jr.]]]]
[[File:Danny Masterson (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Danny Masterson]]]]
[[File:Linkin Park-Rock im Park 2014- by 2eight 3SC0327.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chester Bennington]]]]
[[File:Rachael MacFarlane by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rachael MacFarlane]]]]
[[File:Reese Witherspoon at TIFF 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Reese Witherspoon]]]]
[[File:Peyton Manning (51665689271).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peyton Manning]]]]
[[File:Wladimir Klitschko B 08-2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wladimir Klitschko]]]]
[[File:Ayako Kawasumi 20060805 Otakon 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ayako Kawasumi]]]]
[[File:Leni_Republika_rally_Malolos_Sports_Complex_Vice_Ganda_(Bulacan;_04-27-2022)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vice Ganda]]]]

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* [[March 3]]
**[[Fraser Gehrig]], Australian rules footballer
**[[Isabel Granada]], Filipino actress and singer (d. [[2017]])
* [[March 5]] – [[Šarūnas Jasikevičius]], Lithuanian basketball player
* [[March 6]] – [[Ken Anderson (wrestler)|Ken Anderson]], American professional wrestler (Mr. Anderson)
* [[March 8]]
** [[Sergej Ćetković]], Montenegrin singer
** [[Gaz Coombes]], English musician and singer-songwriter ([[Supergrass]])
** [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]], American actor
* [[March 9]] – [[Yamila Diaz-Rahi]], Argentinean model
* [[March 10]] – [[Miroslav Kostadinov]], Bulgarian singer and songwriter
* [[March 12]] – [[Zhao Wei]], Chinese singer and actress
* [[March 13]] – [[Danny Masterson]], American actor
* [[March 14]] – [[Merlin Santana]], American actor (d. [[2002]])
* [[March 16]]
** [[Nick Spano]], American actor
** [[Blu Cantrell]], American R&B singer
** [[Pál Dárdai]], Hungarian football player and manager
** [[Kim Johnsson]], Swedish hockey player
** [[Zhu Chen]], Chinese chess grandmaster
* [[March 17]]
** [[Stephen Gately]], Irish singer ([[Boyzone]]) (d. [[2009]])
** [[Álvaro Recoba]], Uruguayan footballer
* [[March 18]]
** [[Emma Willis]], English television presenter and former model
** [[FanFan]], American-born Taiwanese singer-songwriter
** [[Eric Sorensen (politician)|Eric Sorensen]], American meteorologist and politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001225 |title=SORENSEN, Eric 1976 – |last= |first= |date= |website=bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |access-date=22 June 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
* [[March 19]]
** [[Rachel Blanchard]], Canadian actress
** [[Andre Miller]], American basketball player
** [[Alessandro Nesta]], Italian football player
* [[March 20]] – [[Chester Bennington]], American singer ([[Linkin Park]]) (d. [[2017]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Rachael MacFarlane]], American actress and singer, sister of [[Seth MacFarlane]]
* [[March 22]]
** [[Teun de Nooijer]], Dutch field hockey player
** [[Shawty Lo]], American rapper (d. [[2016]])
** [[Kellie Shanygne Williams]], American actress
** [[Reese Witherspoon]], American actress
* [[March 23]]
** Sir [[Chris Hoy]], Scottish cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Summer Olympics Bio - Chris Hoy |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/athletes/_/athlete/6887 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>
** [[Keri Russell]], American actress
** [[Sa Beining]], Chinese host
* [[March 24]]
** [[Aaron Brooks (American football)|Aaron Brooks]], American football player
** [[Peyton Manning]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Peyton Manning Stats |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/1428/peyton-manning |publisher=ESPN |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
* [[March 26]] – [[Amy Smart]], American actress
* [[March 27]] 
**[[Brandon Johnson]], American politician, mayor-elect of Chicago<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/voter-guide/ct-brandon-johnson-chicago-mayor-bio-20230131-j3c2c24dlvednbpqql7nny5vuy-story.html|title=Chicago mayoral candidate profile: Brandon Johnson|website=Chicago Tribune|date=January 31, 2023 |access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref>
**[[Liu Limin]], Chinese swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Liu Limin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/46090 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – [[Jennifer Capriati]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/30200/jennifer-capriati |title=Jennifer Capriati |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref>
* [[March 30]]
** [[Jessica Cauffiel]], American actress and singer
** [[Ty Conklin]], American ice-hockey player
** [[Ayako Kawasumi]], Japanese voice actress

===April===
[[File:David Oyelowo Golden Globes.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Oyelowo]]]]
[[File:Candace Cameron Bure by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Candace Cameron Bure]]]]
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[[File:Melissa Joan Hart (36726572364) (cropped and rotated).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Melissa Joan Hart]]]]
[[File:Joey Lawrence 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joey Lawrence]]]]
[[File:Sally Hawkins Berlinale 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sally Hawkins]]]]
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* [[April 1]]
** [[Troy Baker]], American actor and musician
** [[David Oyelowo]], English-American actor
* [[April 2]]
** [[Lucy Diakovska]], German-Bulgarian pop singer
** [[Daisuke Namikawa]], Japanese voice actor
** [[Rory Sabbatini]], South African golfer
* [[April 3]] – [[Will Mellor]], English actor
* [[April 4]] 
** [[Emerson (footballer, born 1976)|Emerson]], Brazilian footballer
** [[James Roday Rodriguez]], American actor, director and screenwriter
** [[Paula Yacoubian]], Lebanese politician and journalist<ref>{{cite web |title=PAULA YACOUBIAN |url=https://paulayacoubian.com/page.php?id=9 |publisher=Paula Yacoubian}}</ref>
* [[April 5]]
** [[Fernando Morientes]], Spanish footballer
** [[Natascha Ragosina]], Russian boxer
** [[Henrik Stenson]], Swedish golfer<ref>{{PGATour player|21528}}</ref>
** [[Sterling K. Brown]], African-American actor
* [[April 6]] – [[Candace Cameron Bure]], American actress
* [[April 10]] – [[Jan Werner Danielsen]], Norwegian singer (d. [[2006]])
* [[April 12]] – [[Andrei Lipanov]], Russian ice skater
* [[April 13]]
** [[Glenn Howerton]], American actor
** [[Jonathan Brandis]], American actor, director and screenwriter (d. [[2003]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Laurie Lanzen Harris|title=Biography Today, Annual Cumulation 1995: Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers|publisher=Omnigraphics, Incorporated|year=1995|isbn=9780780800632|page=55}}</ref>
* [[April 14]] – [[Anna DeForge]], American basketball player
* [[April 15]]
** [[Jason Bonsignore]], Canadian ice-hockey player
** [[Steve Williams (rower)|Steve Williams]], British rower
* [[April 16]]
** [[David Lyons (actor)|David Lyons]], Australian actor
** [[Robert Dahlqvist]], Swedish guitarist and vocalist (d. [[2017]])
** [[Shu Qi]], Taiwanese actress
* [[April 18]]
** [[Melissa Joan Hart]], American actress
** [[Sean Maguire]], British actor and singer
* [[April 19]]
**[[Wyatt Cenac]], American actor, writer and director
**[[Kim Young-oh]], South Korean illustrator 
* [[April 20]]
** [[Joey Lawrence]], American actor
** [[Shay Given]], Irish football goalkeeper
* [[April 21]] – [[Rommel Adducul]], Filipino basketball player
* [[April 22]] – [[Michał Żewłakow]], Polish footballer
* [[April 23]] – [[Darren Huckerby]], English footballer
* [[April 25]]
** [[Tim Duncan]], American basketball player
** [[Denis Kartsev]], Russian professional ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0050322023.html|title=Novosibirsk Sibir 2022-23 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com|website=www.hockeydb.com}}</ref>
** [[Rainer Schüttler]], German tennis player
** [[Kim Jong-kook (singer)|Kim Jong-kook]], South Korean singer, television personality
* [[April 26]] – [[Elisabet Reinsalu]], Estonian actress
* [[April 27]] – [[Sally Hawkins]], English actress
* [[April 28]] – [[Joseph N'Do]], Cameroonian international footballer <ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Ndo - Sligo Rovers |website=Sky Sports Football |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/player/8685/joseph-ndo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228195452/https://www.skysports.com/football/player/8685/joseph-ndo |archive-date=2023-02-28 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 29]] – [[Kanaka Herath]], Sri Lankan politician

=== May ===
[[File:Head Phones President 20110225 Japan Expo Sud 55.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anza (singer)|Anza]]]]
[[File:Michele Frangilli 001.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michele Frangilli]]]]
[[File:124. seja Vlade RS dr Anže Logar.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anže Logar]]]]
[[File:Ana Paula Valadão Bessa live at CFNI.png|thumb|100px|[[Ana Paula Valadão]]]]
[[File:Cillian Murphy-2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Cillian Murphy]]]]
[[File:BansheesBFI131022 (21 of 22) (52447275762) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Colin Farrell]]]]
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* [[May 1]]
** [[Darius McCrary]], American actor
** [[Michele Frangilli]], Italian archer
* [[May 3]] 
** [[Beto (footballer, born May 1976)|Beto]], Portuguese footballer
** [[Jeff Halpern]], American ice hockey player
* [[May 4]] – [[Anza (singer)|Anza]], Japanese actress and singer best known for playing the character of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' in some Sailor Moon musical 
* [[May 5]] – [[Juan Pablo Sorín]], Argentine footballer and sports broadcaster<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&dq=Juan+Pablo+Sor%C3%ADn++5+May+1976&pg=PA126| title = ''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History''| year = 2008| publisher = KTAV Publishing House| isbn = 9781602800137}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[Martha Wainwright]], Canadian-American folk-pop singer
* [[May 10]]
** [[Rhona Bennett]], American actress, singer and model
** [[Rogério Oliveira da Costa]], Brazilian-born football striker (d. [[2006]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Martine McCutcheon]], British actress and singer
* [[May 15]] 
** [[Mark Kennedy (footballer, born 1976)|Mark Kennedy]], Irish footballer
** [[Jacek Krzynówek]], Polish footballer
** [[Anže Logar]], Slovenian politician, minister of foreign affairs 
* [[May 17]] – [[Mayte Martínez]], Spanish athlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayte MARTÍNEZ |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/spain/mayte-martinez-14261047 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – [[Ramón Hernández]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] player
* [[May 23]] – [[Ricardinho (footballer, born May 1976)|Ricardinho]], Brazilian football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Ricardinho |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ricardo-ribeiro-de-lima/101379/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[May 25]]
** [[Stefan Holm]], Swedish high jumper<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/stefan-holm|title=Stefan Holm|website=IOC|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>
** [[Cillian Murphy]], Irish actor
** [[Erinn Hayes]], American actress
** [[Nadine Heredia]], Peruvian politician, [[First Lady of Peru]]
* [[May 26]] – [[Paul Collingwood]], English cricketer
* [[May 28]]
** [[Alexei Nemov]], Russian gymnast
** [[Liam O'Brien]], American actor
* [[May 31]]
** [[Colin Farrell]], Irish actor<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Michael Welsh|author2=Donald M. Whaley|title=The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2013|isbn=9780810883529|page=79}}</ref>
** [[Roar Ljøkelsøy]], Norwegian ski jumper

=== June ===
[[File:Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso.jpg|thumb|100px|[['Masenate Mohato Seeiso]]]]
[[File:Alexey Navalny 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alexei Navalny]]]]
[[File:Emilie-Claire Barlow 2015 Zipolite 03 (29739310195).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Emilie-Claire Barlow]]]]
[[File:Davenport 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lindsay Davenport]]]]
[[File:Blake Shelton July 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Blake Shelton]]]]
[[File:Ryan Hurst in 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ryan Hurst]]]]
[[File:Belletti 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Juliano Belletti]]]]
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* [[June 2]]
** [[Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira]], Brazilian mixed martial artist
** [[Tim Rice-Oxley]], English rock musician/composer ([[Keane (band)|Keane]])
** [[Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso]] of Lesotho
* [[June 3]] – [[Jamie McMurray]], American race car driver
* [[June 4]] 
** [[Alexei Navalny]], Russian lawyer and political activist (d. [[2024]])
** [[Nenad Zimonjić]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nenad Zimonjic |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/Z072/overview |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
* [[June 5]]
** [[Aesop Rock]], American hip-hop artist
** [[Marc Worden]], Canadian actor and voice actor
* [[June 6]]
** [[Emilie-Claire Barlow]], Canadian actress and singer
** [[Geoff Rowley]], English skateboarder
* [[June 7]]
** [[Necro (rapper)|Necro]], American rapper
** [[Nora Salinas]], Mexican actress and model
** [[Mirsad Türkcan]], Serbian born-Turkish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mirsad Türkcan |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/turkcmi01.html |website=basketball-reference.com}}</ref>
* [[June 8]] – [[Lindsay Davenport]], American tennis player
* [[June 10]]
** [[Esther Ouwehand]], Dutch politician, parliamentarian for the [[Party for the Animals]]
** [[Mariana Seoane]], Mexican actress
* [[June 12]] – [[Thomas Sørensen]], Danish football goalkeeper
* [[June 13]]
** [[Kym Marsh]], British singer ([[Hear'Say]]) and actress
** [[Jason "J" Brown]], British singer ([[5ive]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Alan Carr]], English comedian
* [[June 16]] – [[Tom Lenk]], American actor
* [[June 17]] 
** [[Estelle Folest]], French politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=nationale |first=Assemblée |title=Mme Estelle Folest - Val-d'Oise (6e circonscription) |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA795604 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Assemblée nationale |language=fr}}</ref>
** [[Peter Svidler]], Russian chess grandmaster
* [[June 18]]
** [[Petri Haapimaa]], Finnish footballer and coach
** [[Brady Haran]], Australian-British founder and cast of [[Numberphile]] channel
** [[Blake Shelton]], American singer
* [[June 19]] – [[Ryan Hurst]], American actor
* [[June 20]] – [[Juliano Belletti]], Brazilian footballer
* [[June 21]] – [[Antonio Cochran]], American football player
* [[June 22]] – [[Mike O'Brien (actor)|Mike O'Brien]], American actor, writer and comedian
* [[June 23]]
** [[Brandon Stokley]], American football player
** [[Paola Suárez]], Argentine tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Paola Suárez |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/190360/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
** [[Emmanuelle Vaugier]], Canadian actress
** [[Patrick Vieira]], French footballer
** [[Gavin Williamson]], British politician, Secretary of State for Education
* [[June 25]] – [[Maurren Maggi]], Brazilian athlete and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Maurren Higa MAGGI |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/brazil/maurren-higa-maggi-14268979 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[June 26]] 
** [[Cédric Jimenez]], French film producer, film director and screenwriter
** [[Wilson Lima]], Brazilian politician and journalist
** [[Alexander Zakharchenko]], Ukrainian separatist rebel (d. [[2018]])
* [[June 27]] – [[Joseph Sikora]], American actor
* [[June 28]]
** [[Nawaf Al-Temyat]], Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player 
** [[David Palmer (squash player)|David Palmer]], Australian squash player
** [[Hesha Withanage]], Sri Lankan politician
* [[June 29]]
** [[Annette Beutler]], Swiss professional racing cyclist
** [[Katsutoshi Domori]], Japanese football player
** [[Angelo Lekkas]], Australian rules footballer
* [[June 30]]
** [[Tamara Sedmak]], Swiss television presenter, model and actress
** [[Jason Bostic]], American football defensive back 
** [[Christine Schürrer]], German serial killer
** [[Gilbert Yvel]], Dutch mixed martial artist

=== July ===
[[File:Gino D'Acampo - Rochdale Feelgood Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gino D'Acampo]]]]
[[File:Bérénice Bejo Cannes 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bérénice Bejo]]]]
[[File:Adrian Grenier June 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Adrian Grenier]]]]
[[File:Diane Kruger-5300 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Diane Kruger]]]]
[[File:Gabriel Iglesias, 2018 (URcS11Jws-Q).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gabriel Iglesias]]]]
[[File:LukeBryanApr10.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Luke Bryan]]]]
<!--[[File:Elsa Pataky Cannes.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Elsa Pataky]]]]--->
[[File:BCumberbatch Comic-Con 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Benedict Cumberbatch]]]]
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* [[July 1]]
** [[Patrick Kluivert]], Dutch footballer
** [[Ruud van Nistelrooy]], Dutch footballer
* [[July 2]]
** [[Kon Arimura]], Malaysian-Japanese radio personality, film critic and film commentator
** [[Krisztián Lisztes (footballer, born 1976)|Krisztián Lisztes]], Hungarian footballer
** [[Tommy Pistol]], American actor and director 
* [[July 3]]
** [[Shane Lynch]], Irish singer 
** [[Wanderlei Silva]], Brazilian mixed martial artist
** [[Bobby Skinstad]], Zimbabwean rugby union player
** [[Andrea Barber]], American actress
** [[Henry Olonga]], Zambian-Zimbabwean cricketer
* [[July 4]] 
** [[Jo Chen]], American-Taiwanese comic book artist and writer
** [[Daijiro Kato]], Japanese motorcycle racer (d. [[2003]])
* [[July 5]]
** [[Jamie Elman]], Canadian-American actor
** [[Nuno Gomes]], Portuguese footballer
** [[Rufus Johnson]], American rapper also known as Bizarre
* [[July 7]] 
** [[Lina Teoh]], Malaysian actress, television host and model
** [[Bérénice Bejo]], Argentine actress
** [[Hamish Linklater]], American actor and playwright
* [[July 8]] 
** [[Ellen MacArthur]], English yachtswoman
** [[Grettell Valdez]], Mexican television and film actress and fashion model<ref>{{citation|website=Las Noticias Mexico.com|title=Grettell Valdez|language=es|access-date=Aug 24, 2019|url=http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/117292.html|archive-date=August 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821101640/http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/117292.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[July 9]]
** [[Fred Savage]], American actor and director
** [[Arturo Carmona]], Mexican actor
** [[Elliot Cowan]], English actor
* [[July 10]]
** [[Edmílson]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmílson |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1422.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
** [[Ludovic Giuly]], French footballer
** [[Adrian Grenier]], American actor, musician and director
** [[Elissa Slotkin]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=SLOTKIN, Elissa |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001208 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] – [[Eduardo Nájera]], Mexican basketball player
* [[July 12]]
** [[Anna Friel]], English actress 
** [[Tracie Spencer]], American R&B singer
** [[Kyrsten Sinema]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=SINEMA, Kyrsten |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001191 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref>
* [[July 14]] – [[Geraint Jones]], Papua New Guinea cricketer
* [[July 15]] 
** [[Diane Kruger]], German actress
** [[Gabriel Iglesias]], American actor, voice actor and comedian
* [[July 16]]
** [[Anna Smashnova]], Israeli tennis player
** [[Bobby Lashley]], American professional wrestler
* [[July 17]]
** [[Luke Bryan]], American country music singer-songwriter
** [[Marcos Senna]], Brazilian born-Spanish footballer
** [[Eric Winter]], American actor and fashion model
* [[July 18]] – [[Elsa Pataky]], Spanish actress and model
* [[July 19]] 
** [[Diether Ocampo]], Filipino actor, singer and model
** [[Benedict Cumberbatch]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Benedict Cumberbatch |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc66eef1f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624181006/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc66eef1f |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Eric Prydz]], Swedish DJ and producer
* [[July 20]] – [[Alex Yoong]], Malaysian racing driver
* [[July 21]]
** [[Cori Bush]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=BUSH, Cori |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001224 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
** [[Tatyana Lebedeva]], Russian long jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Tatyana LEBEDEVA |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/tatyana-lebedeva-14298427 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
** [[Jaime Murray]], English actress
* [[July 23]] – [[Judit Polgár]], Hungarian chess player
* [[July 25]] – [[Timur Mutsurayev]], Chechen bard
* [[July 26]] – [[Pável Pardo]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Pável Pardo |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/pavel-pardo/ |publisher=Major League Soccer}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] – [[Jacoby Shaddix]], American singer
* [[July 31]] – [[Paulo Wanchope]], Costa Rican footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Paulo Wanchope |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=10430 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>

=== August ===
[[File:Iván Duque Márquez (49610487797) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Iván Duque]]]]
[[File:Pritam_Singh_Singapore_4_(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pritam Singh]]]]
[[File:JC Chasez (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[JC Chasez]]]]
[[File:Alexander Skarsgard (29485267411) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alexander Skarsgård]]]]
[[File:Alex O'Loughlin (6382641163).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alex O'Loughlin]]]]
[[File:SarahChalkeDec08.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sarah Chalke]]]]
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* [[August 1]] 
** [[Iván Duque]], Colombian politician, 33rd [[President of Colombia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concordia.net/community/ivan-duque-marquez/|title=Iván Duque Marquez|website=Concordia|access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref>
** [[Don Hertzfeldt]], American animator
** [[Nwankwo Kanu]], Nigerian footballer
** [[Hasan Şaş]], Turkish football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Şaş, Hasan |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6821/Hasan_Sas.html |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
** [[Amar Upadhyay]], Indian television actor and model
* [[August 2]] 
** [[Kati Wilhelm]], German biathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Kati Wilhelm |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/100035 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
** [[Pritam Singh]], Singaporean lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Pritam Singh? The Indian origin politician taking charge of Singapore's opposition |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/who-is-pritam-singh-the-indian-origin-politician-taking-charge-of-singapores-opposition/articleshow/120894674.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
* [[August 4]] 
** [[Paul Goldstein (tennis)|Paul Goldstein]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/paul-goldstein/g333/overview|title=Paul Goldstein Overview|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] – [[Napoleon Beazley]], juvenile offender (d. [[2002]])
* [[August 6]]
** [[Andero Ermel]], Estonian actor
** [[Soleil Moon Frye]], American actress, director and screenwriter
** [[Melissa George]], Australian actress
** [[Travis Kalanick]], American businessman and computer programmer; co-founder of [[Uber]]
* [[August 8]] – [[JC Chasez]], American singer ([['N Sync]])
* [[August 9]]
** [[Jessica Capshaw]], American actress
** [[Audrey Tautou]], French actress
* [[August 11]] 
** [[Iván Córdoba]], Colombian football player and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=I. Córdoba |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/players/ivan-ramiro-cordoba/3974/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Will Friedle]], American actor, voice actor, writer and comedian
** [[Jhong Hilario]], Filipino actor, dancer, television host, and politician
* [[August 12]]
** [[Mikko Lindström]], Finnish rock guitarist
** [[Lina Rafn]], Danish singer
* [[August 14]] – [[Maya Nasri]], Lebanese actress and singer
* [[August 15]]
** [[Abiy Ahmed]], Ethiopian Prime Minister, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2019/abiy/facts/|title=Abiy Ahmed Ali|website=Nobelprize.org|access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref>
** [[Boudewijn Zenden]], Dutch football player
* [[August 18]]
** [[Lee Seung-yuop|Lee Seung-yeop]], South Korean baseball player
** [[Bryan Volpenhein]], American rower<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/volpenhein.aspx |title = USRowing Biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803044742/http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/AthleteBios/volpenhein.aspx |archive-date=3 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[August 21]] – [[Liezel Huber]], South African born-American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Liezel Huber |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/80258/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] – [[Alexander Skarsgård]], Swedish actor
* [[August 27]]
** [[Sarah Chalke]], Canadian actress
** [[Carlos Moyá]], Spanish tennis player
** [[Mark Webber (racing driver)|Mark Webber]], Australian racing driver
* [[August 29]] 
** [[Luana Piovani]], Brazilian actress and model
** [[Jon Dahl Tomasson]], Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Tomasson |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/1941/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[August 30]] – [[Cristian Gonzáles]], Uruguayan-born Indonesian footballer
* [[August 31]] – [[Roque Júnior]], Brazilian footballer

=== September ===
[[File:Carice van Houten by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carice van Houten]]]]
[[File:Naomie Harris 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Naomie Harris]]]]
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[[File:Alison Sweeney 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alison Sweeney]]]]
[[File:Crop of Jon Bernthal by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jon Bernthal]]]]
[[File:Emma de Caunes Cannes 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Emma de Caunes]]]]
[[File:051119SMcC0014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]]]
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* [[September 1]]
** [[Marcos Ambrose]], Australian racing driver
** [[Ivano Brugnetti]], Italian race walker
** [[Sebastián Rozental]], Chilean footballer<ref>Bob Wechsler (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&dq=Sebasti%C3%A1n+Rozental+1+September+1976&pg=PA245 ''Day by day in Jewish sports history'']</ref>
* [[September 3]]
** [[Jevon Kearse]], American football player
** [[Samuel Kuffour]], Ghanaian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=S. Kuffour |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/608/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Vivek Oberoi]], Indian actor
* [[September 4]] – [[Brian Myrow]], American baseball player
* [[September 5]] – [[Carice van Houten]], Dutch actress
* [[September 6]]
** [[Naomie Harris]], British actress
** [[Mark Wilkerson]], American musician
** [[Robin Atkin Downes]], English actor and voice actor
* [[September 7]] – [[Stevie Case]], American video game celebrity
* [[September 8]] – [[Sjeng Schalken]], Dutch tennis player
* [[September 9]]
** [[Mick Blue]], Austrian pornographic actor and director
** [[Emma de Caunes]], French actress
** [[Lúcia Moniz]], Portuguese singer and actress
* [[September 10]] – [[Gustavo Kuerten]], Brazilian tennis player
* [[September 11]] – [[Marco Rose]], German football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Rose |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/1688/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] – [[Maciej Żurawski]], Polish footballer
* [[September 13]] – [[Puma Swede]], Swedish pornographic actress
* [[September 15]] – [[Rob Wiethoff]], American actor
* [[September 16]] – [[Tina Barrett]], English singer ([[S Club 7]])
* [[September 17]] – [[Nicole Reinhart]], American track and road racing cyclist (d. [[2000]])
* [[September 18]] – [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], Brazilian footballer
* [[September 19]]
** [[Raja Bell]], American basketball player
**[[Isha Koppikar]], Indian actress
** [[Alison Sweeney]], American actress
** [[Sergey Tsinkevich]], Belarusian footballer and referee
* [[September 20]]
** [[Jon Bernthal]], American actor
** [[Yui Horie]], Japanese voice actress
** [[Enuka Okuma]], Canadian actress
* [[September 23]] – [[Rob James-Collier]], British actor and model
* [[September 24]] – [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie McMahon-Levesque]], American professional wrestling promoter
* [[September 25]]
** [[Chauncey Billups]], American basketball player
** [[Chiara Siracusa]], Maltese singer, [[Eurovision Song Contest]] 2005 runner-up
* [[September 26]]
** [[Michael Ballack]], German footballer
** [[Kersti Heinloo]], Estonian actress 
* [[September 27]] – [[Francesco Totti]], Italian footballer
* [[September 28]] – [[Fedor Emelianenko]], Russian [[mixed martial arts]] fighter
* [[September 29]] – [[Andriy Shevchenko]], Ukrainian footballer

=== October ===
[[File:Seann William Scott 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Seann William Scott]]]]
[[File:Alica Silverstone 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alicia Silverstone]]]]
[[File:Ramzan Kadyrov (2018-06-15) 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ramzan Kadyrov]]]]
[[File:Emily Deschanel by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Emily Deschanel]]]]
[[File:Andrew Scott at Berlinale 2025 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]]]]
[[File:Deadpool 2 Japan Premiere Red Carpet Ryan Reynolds (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ryan Reynolds]]]]
[[File:Piper Perabo Comic-Con 2, 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Piper Perabo]]]]
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* [[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi]], Iraqi-born leader of the Islamic state (d. [[2022]])
* [[October 1]] – [[Danielle Bisutti]], American actress and singer
* [[October 2]] – [[Anita Kulcsár]], Hungarian handball player (d. [[2005]])
* October 2 - Qaisar Mahmood
* [[October 3]] – [[Seann William Scott]], American actor and producer
* [[October 4]]
** [[Mauro Camoranesi]], Argentine born-Italian footballer
** [[Alicia Silverstone]], American actress
** [[Ueli Steck]], Swiss mountaineer (d. [[2017]])
* [[October 5]] – [[Ramzan Kadyrov]], [[Head of the Chechen Republic]]
* [[October 6]]
** [[Freddy García]], Venezuelan baseball player
** [[Barbie Hsu]], Taiwanese actress and singer (d. [[2025]])
* [[October 7]]
** [[Taylor Hicks]], American singer
** [[Pekka Kuusisto]], Finnish violinist
** [[Gilberto Silva]], Brazilian football player
** [[Santiago Solari]], Argentine football player and coach
* [[October 9]]
** [[Sam Riegel]], American voice actor and director
** [[Nick Swardson]], American actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter
* [[October 10]]
** [[Bob Burnquist]], Brazilian skateboarder
** [[Shane Doan]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[October 11]] – [[Emily Deschanel]], American actress
* [[October 12]] – [[Kajsa Bergqvist]], Swedish high jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Kajsa Bergqvist |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/kajsa-bergqvist-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202222906/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/kajsa-bergqvist-1.html |archive-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref>
* [[October 14]] – [[Chang Chen]], Taiwanese actor
* [[October 15]] – [[Yoon Son-ha]], South Korean actress
* [[October 18]] – [[Galder]], Norwegian musician
* [[October 19]]
** [[Joe Duplantier]], French musician
** [[Dan Smith (ice hockey)|Dan Smith]], Canadian ice-hockey player
** [[Michael Young (baseball)|Michael Young]], American baseball player
** [[Desmond Harrington]], American actor
** [[Omar Gooding]], American actor
* [[October 20]]
** [[Dan Fogler]], American actor, comedian and writer
** [[Plamen Goranov]], Bulgarian photographer, mountain climber and a Varna-based local protest leader (d. [[2013]])
* [[October 21]]
** [[Jeremy Miller]], American actor
** [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]], Irish actor
* [[October 23]]
** [[Cat Deeley]], British television presenter
** [[Ryan Reynolds]], Canadian actor
* [[October 25]] 
** [[Steve Jones (Northern Irish footballer)|Steve Jones]], Northern Irish footballer
** [[Anton Sikharulidze]], Russian figure skater
* [[October 26]]
** [[Miikka Kiprusoff]], Finnish hockey player 
** [[Jeremy Wotherspoon]], Canadian speed skater
** [[Thurop Van Orman]], American animator and voice actor
* [[October 29]]
**[[Stephen Craigan]], Northern Irish footballer
**[[Mark Sheehan]], Irish guitarist ([[The Script]]) (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite news|title=The Script co-founder and guitarist Mark Sheehan dies at 46|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-04-14/script-mark-sheehan-dead-guitarist-co-founder|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] 
** [[Guti]], Spanish football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Guti |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1527.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
** [[Piper Perabo]], American actress

=== November ===
[[File:Chad Lindberg.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chad Lindberg]]]]
[[File:Sebastian Arcelus 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sebastian Arcelus]]]]
[[File:Jack Dorsey 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jack Dorsey]]]]
[[File:Jaleel White at the 2010 Streamy Awards (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jaleel White]]]]
[[File:Chadwick Boseman by Gage Skidmore July 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chadwick Boseman]]]]
[[File:Anna Faris, 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anna Faris]]]]
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* [[November 1]] 
** [[Chad Lindberg]], American actor
** [[Sam Presti]], American basketball executive, general manager of the NBA's [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] since 2007
* [[November 2]] – [[Thierry Omeyer]], French handball goalkeeper
* [[November 5]]
** [[Oleh Shelayev]], Ukrainian footballer
** [[Sean Brown (ice hockey)|Sean Brown]], Canadian ice-hockey player
** [[Sebastian Arcelus]], American actor
* [[November 6]]
** [[Pat Tillman]], American football player, victim of friendly fire (d. [[2004]])
** [[Troy Hambrick]], American football player
** [[Wiley Wiggins]], American actor
* [[November 7]] – [[Mark Philippoussis]], Australian tennis player
* [[November 8]] – [[Brett Lee]], Australian cricketer
* [[November 9]]
** [[Josh Kaufman (singer)|Josh Kaufman]], American singer-songwriter, winner of ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]'' [[The Voice (U.S. season 6)|season 6]]
** [[Federica De Bortoli]], Italian voice actress
* [[November 11]] – [[Mike Leon Grosch]], German singer
* [[November 12]] 
** [[Tevin Campbell]], American singer and actor 
** [[Mirosław Szymkowiak]], Polish footballer
* [[November 13]] – [[Janine Leal]], Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-03 |title=Janine Leal a más de tres años lejos de la televisión: "La extraño mucho... Feliz haría mi programa, me gusta mucho" |url=https://glamorama.latercera.com/noticias/2020/08/janine-leal-a-mas-de-tres-anos-lejos-de-la-television-la-extrano-mucho-feliz-haria-mi-programa-me-gusta-mucho.shtml/ |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=Glamorama}}</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Virginie Ledoyen]], French actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginie Ledoyen Biography |url=https://www.fandango.com/people/virginie-ledoyen-384482/biography |website=fandango.com |publisher=Fandango}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – [[Diane Neal]], American actress
* [[November 18]] – [[Shagrath]], Norwegian black metal musician ([[Dimmu Borgir]])
* [[November 19]]
** [[Jack Dorsey]], American software architect, businessman, co-founder of [[Twitter]]
** [[Benny Vansteelant]], Belgian duathlete (d. [[2007]])
* [[November 20]]
** [[Dominique Dawes]], African-American Olympic gymnast
** [[Ji Yun-nam]], North Korean footballer
** [[Laura Harris]], Canadian actress
* [[November 22]]
** [[Torsten Frings]], German footballer
** [[Ville Valo]], Finnish rock singer ([[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]])
* [[November 24]]
** [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]], Chinese figure skater
** [[Christian Laflamme]], Canadian ice-hockey player
* [[November 25]]
** [[Donovan McNabb]], American football player
** [[Hienadz Shutau]], Belarusian demonstrator (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{cite news|date=2020-08-19|title=Сьледчы камітэт апісаў абставіны забойства берасьцейца падчас акцыі пратэсту|newspaper=Радыё Свабода |url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/30792603.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910151007/https://www.svaboda.org/a/30792603.html|archive-date=2020-09-10|access-date=2020-09-10|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|language=be|last1=Свабода |first1=Радыё}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] – [[Maia Campbell]], American actress and singer
* [[November 27]] – [[Jaleel White]], African-American actor
* [[November 28]] – [[Ryan Kwanten]], Australian actor and comedian
* [[November 29]] 
** [[Chadwick Boseman]], American actor and playwright (d. [[2020]])
** [[Anna Faris]], American actress
** [[Ehren McGhehey]], American stunt performer and actor

=== December ===
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[[File:Armin van Buuren Armin Only Embrace 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Armin van Buuren]]]]
[[File:DannyRMcBrideMar09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Danny McBride]]]]
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* [[December 1]] 
** [[Matthew Shepard]], American murder victim (d. [[1998]])
** [[Laura Ling]], American [[journalist]] [[2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea|imprisoned]] by [[North Korea]] in 2009
* [[December 3]]
** [[Cornelius Griffin]], American football player
** [[Marcos Denner]], Brazilian footballer
* [[December 4]] – [[Amie Comeaux]], American country music singer (d. [[1997]])
* [[December 5]]
** [[Amy Acker]], American actress
** [[Rafaela Crespín Rubio]], Spanish politician
** [[Evonne Hsu]], Taiwanese singer
* [[December 6]] – [[Alicia Machado]], Venezuelan beauty queen, [[Miss Universe 1996]]
* [[December 7]] 
** [[Mark Duplass]], American actor, screenwriter and director
** [[Georges Laraque]], Canadian ice-hockey player
** [[Derek Ramsay]], Filipino actor and model
* [[December 8]]
** [[Zoe Konstantopoulou]], Greek lawyer and politician
** [[Dominic Monaghan]], English-German actor
* [[December 13]] 
** [[Mark Paston]], New Zealand footballer
** [[Radosław Sobolewski]], Polish footballer
* [[December 14]] – [[Leland Chapman]], American bail bondsman
*[[December 16]] – [[Osamu Sato (boxer)|Osamu Sato]], Japanese former professional boxer
* [[December 17]]
** [[Takeo Spikes]], American football player
** [[The Hageman Brothers|Dan Hageman]], American screenwriter and television producer
* [[December 18]]
** [[Koyuki]], Japanese actress
* [[December 21]] – [[Mirela Maniani]], Greek javelin thrower 
* [[December 23]]
** [[Jamie Noble]], American professional wrestler
** [[Amjad Sabri]], Pakistani [[Qawwali]] singer (d. [[2016]])
** [[Christopher Pizzey]], English actor and comedian
* [[December 24]] – [[Ángel Matos]], Cuban [[taekwondo]] athlete
* [[December 25]]
** [[Tuomas Holopainen]], Finnish metal keyboardist ([[Nightwish]])
** [[Armin van Buuren]], Dutch music producer and DJ
* [[December 26]] 
** [[Nadia Litz]], Canadian actress and producer
** [[Dmitri Tertyshny]], Russian professional ice hockey (d. [[1999]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Fernando Pisani]], Canadian ice-hockey player
* [[December 28]] – [[Joe Manganiello]], American actor
* [[December 29]] – [[Danny McBride]], American actor, comedian and writer

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Pedro X. Molina]], Nicaraguan caricaturist<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-04-30|title=Pedro Molina: "Humor should always be challenging"|url=https://www.confidencial.com.ni/english/pedro-molina-humor-should-always-be-challenging/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=[[Confidencial]]|language=en}}</ref>

==Deaths==
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===January===
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[[File:Agatha Christie.png|thumb|100px|Dame [[Agatha Christie]]]]
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* [[January 3]] – [[John Ainsworth-Davis]], Welsh surgeon and athlete (b. [[1895]])
* [[January 5]]
** [[John A. Costello]], [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]] (b. [[1891]])
** [[Mal Evans]], English road manager to the Beatles (b. [[1935]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Miles|first=Barry|author-link=Barry Miles|title=[[Many Years From Now]]|publisher=Vintage-Random House|year=1997|isbn=978-0-7493-8658-0|pages=600–02}}</ref>
** [[Károly Takács]], Hungarian Olympic shooter (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 8]]
** [[Georges Stuttler]], French footballer (b. [[1897]])
** [[Zhou Enlai]], 1st [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (b. [[1898]])
* [[January 10]] – [[Howlin' Wolf]], American blues singer (b. [[1910]])
* [[January 12]] – [[Agatha Christie]], English detective fiction writer (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Agatha Christie {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agatha-Christie/additional-info#More-Articles |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=18 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – [[Margaret Leighton]], English actress (b. [[1922]])
* [[January 14]]
** [[Abdul Razak Hussein]], Malaysian politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] (b. [[1922]])
** [[Muhammad Sakizli]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Libya]] (b. [[1892]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Hidetsugu Yagi]], Japanese electrical engineer (b. [[1886]])
* [[January 22]] – [[Hermann Jónasson]], Icelandic politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (b. [[1896]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Paul Robeson]], American actor, singer, writer and activist (b. [[1898]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Emil Bodnăraș]], Romanian communist politician and army officer and Soviet agent (b. [[1904]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Konstantin Anisimovich Pavlov]], Latvian iconographer (b. [[1907]])<ref>[https://www.russkije.lv/en/lib/read/k-pavlov.html?source=fine-arts Konstantin Pavlov]</ref>
* [[January 26]] – [[Gabriele Allegra]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] priest and blessed (b. [[1907]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Jesse Fuller]], American one-man band musician (b. [[1896]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Arnold Gehlen]], German philosopher (b. [[1904]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZQqBgAAQBAJ |last=Lange |first=Bettina |title=Gehlen, Arnold |dictionary=Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers |editor1-last=Brown |editor1-first=Stuart |editor2-last=Collinson |editor2-first=Diané |editor3-last=Wilkinson |editor3-first=Robert |location=London and New York |publisher=[[Routledge|Routledge Reference]] |year=1996 |pages=269–270 |isbn=0-415-06043-5 |access-date=15 December 2021 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[Ernesto Miranda]], American criminal and namesake of the [[Miranda right]] (b. [[1941]])

=== February ===
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[[File:Sal mineo Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sal Mineo]]]]
[[File:Florence Ballard (1965).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Florence Ballard]]]]
* [[February 1]]
** [[Werner Heisenberg]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1901]])
** [[Hans Richter (artist)|Hans Richter]], German artist and filmmaker (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartstory.org/artist/richter-hans/|title=Hans Richter Films, Bio, Ideas|website=The Art Story|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref>
** [[George Whipple]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1878]])
* [[February 4]] – [[Roger Livesey]], Welsh actor (b. [[1906]])
* [[February 6]] – [[Ritwik Ghatak]], Bengali filmmaker and script writer (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Percy Faith]], Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor (b. [[1908]])
* [[February 11]] 
** [[Lee J. Cobb]], American actor (b. [[1911]])
** [[Alexander Lippisch]], German aeronautical engineer (b. [[1894]])
** [[Dorothy Maud Wrinch]], British mathematician and biochemical theorist (b. [[1894]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Sal Mineo]], American actor (b. [[1939]]) 
* [[February 13]] 
** [[Murtala Mohammed]], Nigerian general (b. [[1938]])
** [[Lily Pons]], French-American operatic soprano and actress (b. [[1898]])
* [[February 17]] – [[Jean Servais]], Belgian actor (b. [[1910]])
* [[February 20]]
** [[René Cassin]], French judge, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1887]])
** [[Kathryn Kuhlman]], American evangelist and faith healer (b. [[1907]])
* [[February 22]] – [[Florence Ballard]], American singer ([[The Supremes]]) (b. [[1943]])
* [[February 23]] – [[L. S. Lowry]], British artist (b. [[1887]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Frieda Inescort]], Scottish-born actress (b. [[1901]])

=== March ===
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[[File:Luchino Visconti 1972b.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Luchino Visconti]]]]
* [[March 4]] – [[Walter H. Schottky]], German physicist (b. [[1886]])
* [[March 5]] – [[Otto Tief]], Estonian politician and military commander (b. [[1889]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Maxie Rosenbloom]], American boxer and actor (b. [[1907]])
* [[March 8]] – [[Alfons Rebane]], Estonian military commander (b. [[1908]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Haddon Sundblom]], American illustrator and artist (b. [[1899]])
* [[March 14]] 
** [[Busby Berkeley]], American choreographer and director (b. [[1895]])
** [[Jasimuddin]], Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, composer and writer (b. [[1903]])<ref>[https://www.thedailystar.net/star-people/tribute-jasimuddin-71424 A tribute to Jasimuddin]</ref>
* [[March 17]] – [[Luchino Visconti]], Italian theatre and film director (b. [[1906]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Paul Kossoff]], British rock guitarist (''[[free (band)|Free]]'') (b. [[1950]])
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Marschall]], German admiral (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= |title=Marschall, Wilhelm (Generaladmiral) |url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/14932/Marschall-Wilhelm-Generaladmiral.htm |website=Traces of War |location= |publisher= |access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref>
* [[March 24]]
** [[Bernard Montgomery]], British field marshal (b. [[1887]])
** [[E. H. Shepard]], English artist and book illustrator (b. [[1879]])
* [[March 25]] – [[Josef Albers]], German-American artist (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 28]] – [[Richard Arlen]], American actor (b. [[1899]])
* [[March 31]] – [[Paul Strand]], American photographer (b. [[1890]])

=== April ===
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[[File:Howard Hughes 1938.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Howard Hughes]]]]
* [[April 1]] 
** [[Max Ernst]], German artist (b. [[1891]])
** [[Alfred Lennon]], father of musician [[John Lennon]] (b. [[1912]])
* [[April 4]] – [[Harry Nyquist]], American [[information theory]] pioneer (b. [[1889]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Howard Hughes]], American aviation pioneer, film director and millionaire recluse (b. [[1905]])
* [[April 9]] 
** [[Margaret Brundage]], American illustrator (''[[Weird Tales]]'') (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brundage_margaret|title=Authors : Brundage, Margaret : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=sf-encyclopedia.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-21|archive-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022085100/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brundage_margaret|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Phil Ochs]], American singer-songwriter (b. [[1940]])
** [[Renato Petronio]], Italian rower, Olympic champion ([[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]) (b. [[1891]])
* [[April 12]] – [[Miriam Cooper]], American actress (b. [[1891]])
* [[April 13]] – [[Sabri al-Asali]], Syrian politician, 3-time [[Prime Minister of Syria]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Mariano Ospina Pérez]], Colombian politician, 17th [[President of Colombia]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[April 17]] – [[Henrik Dam]], Danish biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[April 25]]
** [[Carol Reed|Sir Carol Reed]], English film director (b. [[1906]])
** [[Markus Reiner]], Israeli scientist (b. [[1886]])
* [[April 26]] – [[Andrei Grechko]], Soviet general, [[Soviet Defence Minister|Minister of Defence]] (b. [[1903]])

=== May ===
[[File:Hugo Wieslander crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hugo Wieslander]]]]
* [[May 9]]
** [[Jens Bjørneboe]], Norwegian author (b. [[1920]])
** [[Ulrike Meinhof]], German terrorist (b. [[1934]])
* [[May 11]] – [[Alvar Aalto]], Finnish architect (b. [[1898]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Keith Relf]], British rock musician ([[The Yardbirds]]) (b. [[1943]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Samuel Eliot Morison]], American historian (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Eliot-Morison|title=Samuel Eliot Morison {{pipe}} American historian and biographer {{pipe}} Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 24]] – [[Hugo Wieslander]], Swedish Olympic athlete (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 26]] 
** [[Martin Heidegger]], German philosopher (b. [[1889]])
** [[Edgar Moon]], Australian tennis player (b. [[1904]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Ruth McDevitt]], American actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[May 28]] – [[Zainul Abedin]], Bangladeshi painter (b. [[1914]])
* [[May 30]] – [[Mitsuo Fuchida]], Japanese aviator, naval officer and Christian evangelist (b. [[1902]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Jacques Monod]], French biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1910]])

=== June ===
[[File:J Paul Getty crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[J. Paul Getty]]]]
[[File:Sybil Thorndike.jpg|thumb|100px|Dame [[Sybil Thorndike]]]]
[[File:Juliette Elmir Saadeh.png|thumb|100px|[[Juliette Elmir]]]]
* [[June 2]]
** [[Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam]], Egyptian diplomat and politician, 1st [[List of Secretaries General of the Arab League|Secretary-General of the Arab League]] (b. [[1893]])
** [[Juan José Torres]], Bolivian politician and military leader, 50th [[President of Bolivia]] (b. [[1920]])
* [[June 6]]
** [[J. Paul Getty]], American industrialist, founder of [[Getty Oil]] (b. [[1892]])
** [[David Jacobs (Welsh athlete)|David Jacobs]], Welsh Olympic athlete (b. [[1888]])
** [[Fuad Stephens]], Malaysian politician (b. [[1920]])
** [[Victor Varconi]], Hungarian actor (b. [[1891]])
* [[June 7]] 
** [[Bobby Hackett]], American jazz musician (b. [[1915]])
** [[Shigetarō Shimada]], Japanese admiral during World War II (b. [[1883]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Sybil Thorndike|Dame Sybil Thorndike]], British actress (b. [[1882]])
* [[June 10]] – [[Adolph Zukor]], Hungarian-born American film producer (b. [[1873]])
* [[June 11]] – [[Toots Mondt]], American WWF promoter (b. [[1894]])
* [[June 12]] – [[Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ]], 1st [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam|Prime Minister of South Vietnam]] and 1st Vice President of South Vietnam (b. [[1908]])
* [[June 15]] – [[Jimmy Dykes]], American baseball player and manager (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=dykesji01 JIMMY DYKES STATS]</ref>
* [[June 16]] – [[Hector Pieterson]], South African activist (b. [[1963]])
* [[June 17]] – [[Richard Casey, Baron Casey|Richard Casey]], Australian statesman and diplomat (b. [[1890]])
* [[June 23]] – [[DeHart Hubbard]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1903]])<ref>[https://walnuthillsstories.org/stories/dehart-hubbard/ DeHart Hubbard]</ref>
* [[June 24]] 
** [[Imogen Cunningham]], American photographer (b. [[1883]])
** [[Juliette Elmir]], Lebanese-Argentine nurse and political activist (b. [[1909]])
* [[June 27]] – [[C. Wade McClusky]], United States Navy admiral (b. [[1902]])
* [[June 28]] 
** [[Stanley Baker]], Welsh actor and film producer (b. [[1928]])
** [[Ruby McKim]], American quilt designer (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fullerton Jones |first=Christina |title=Ruby Short McKim |url=https://quiltershalloffame.net/ruby-short-mckim/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Quilters Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[June 30]] – [[Firpo Marberry]], American baseball pitcher (b. [[1898]])<ref>[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/firpo-marberry/ Firpo Marberry]</ref>

=== July ===
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R65485, Joachim Peiper.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joachim Peiper]]]]
[[File:Mickey Cohen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mickey Cohen]]]]
* [[July 1]]
** [[Anneliese Michel]], German [[Roman Catholic]] woman who was believed to be possessed by demons (b. [[1952]])
** [[Zhang Wentian]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[July 4]] – [[Yonatan Netanyahu]], Israeli commando leader (b. [[1946]])
* [[July 6]] – [[Zhu De]], [[List of Presidents of the People's Republic of China|Head of State]] of China, China Red Army Commander-in-Chief (b. [[1886]])
* [[July 7]]
** [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]], American film director (b. [[1903]])
** [[Gustav Heinemann]], 6th [[President of Germany|President of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (b. [[1899]]) 
* [[July 8]] – [[Gaston Marie Jacquier]], French Roman Catholic bishop in Algeria (b. [[1904]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjacquier.html |title=Bishop Gaston-Marie Jacquier |website=[[Catholic-Hierarchy]] |date=18 November 2020 |publisher=David M. Cheney |access-date=26 December 2021 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226065913/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjacquier.html |url-status=live }}{{Self-published source|date=December 2021}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] – [[León de Greiff]], Colombian poet (b. [[1895]])
* [[July 12]] – [[James Wong Howe]], American cinematographer (b. [[1899]])
* [[July 14]] – [[Joachim Peiper]], German military leader (b. [[1915]])
* [[July 15]] – [[Paul Gallico]], American novelist, short story and sports writer (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite web|author=Molly Ivins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/17/archives/paul-gallico-sportswriter-and-author-is-dead-at-78-founded-golden.html|title=Paul Gallico, Sportswriter And Author, Is Dead at 78|website=The New York Times|date=July 17, 1976|access-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
* [[July 16]] – [[Wilhelmina von Bremen]], American sprint runner (b. [[1909]])
* [[July 22]] – Sir [[Mortimer Wheeler]], British archaeologist (b. [[1890]])
* [[July 23]] – [[Basil Hopko]], Czechoslovak [[Roman Catholic]] bishop and saint (b. [[1904]]) 
* [[July 24]] – [[Afro Basaldella]], Italian painter (b. [[1912]])
* [[July 28]] 
** [[Maggie Gripenberg]], Finnish dancer and choreographer (b. [[1881]])<ref>[https://www.teatterimuseo.fi/fi/Tammikuu-Maggie-Gripenbergin-muistikirjat Tammikuu: Maggie Gripenbergin muistikirjat – Teatterimuseo] (in Finnish)</ref>
** [[Lucie Mannheim]], German singer and actress (b. [[1899]])
* [[July 29]] – [[Mickey Cohen]], American gangster (b. [[1913]])
* [[July 30]] – [[Rudolf Bultmann]], German Lutheran theologian (b. [[1884]])

=== August ===
[[File:Fritz Lang (1969).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Fritz Lang]]]]
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* [[August 2]] – [[Fritz Lang]], Austrian-German-American filmmaker, screenwriter and occasional film producer (b. [[1890]])
* [[August 4]] – [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roy-Herbert-Thomson-1st-Baron-Thomson Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson British publisher]</ref>
* [[August 6]]
** [[Gregor Piatigorsky]], Russian-born American cellist (b. [[1903]])
** [[Maria Klenova]], Russian marine geologist (b. [[1898]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peoples.ru/science/geologist/maria_klenova/|title=Биография Мария Клёнова|website=www.peoples.ru}}</ref>
** [[Betty Clooney]], American singer (b. [[1931]]), sister of singer [[Rosemary Clooney]]
* [[August 9]] – [[José Lezama Lima]], Cuban writer and poet (b. [[1910]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Karl Schmidt-Rottluff]], German painter (b. [[1884]])
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Tom Driberg]], British politician and journalist (b. [[1905]])<ref name= Hines>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31047|title= Tom Driberg|last=Davenport-Hines|first=Richard|year=2004|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/31047|access-date=12 February 2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] – [[Juscelino Kubitschek]], 21st [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1902]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Eyvind Johnson]], Swedish novelist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Lotte Lehmann]], German soprano (b. [[1888]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Anissa Jones]], American actress and student (b. [[1958]])
* [[August 29]] 
** [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]], [[Bangladesh]]i national poet (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=bdnews24.com |title=Kazi Nazrul Islam to be officially recognised as Bangladesh's national poet |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/ed5655d26e1f |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Nazrul to be recognised as national poet finally |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Jimmy Reed]], American blues musician (b. [[1925]])

=== September ===
[[File:Mao Tse Tung.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Mao Zedong]]]]
* [[September 5]] – [[Arthur Gilligan]], English cricketer (b. [[1894]])
* [[September 9]] – [[Mao Zedong]], Chinese revolutionary and political theorist, [[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[September 10]] – [[Dalton Trumbo]], American screenwriter and novelist (b. [[1905]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Dalton Trumbo, Film Writer, Dies. Oscar Winner Had Been Blacklisted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/11/archives/dalton-trumbo-film-writer-dies-oscar-winner-had-been-blacklisted.html|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 11, 1976 |access-date=June 18, 2008 | first=Jon | last=Nordheimer}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] – [[Camilo Ponce Enríquez (politician)|Camilo Ponce Enríquez]], Ecuadorian political figure, 30th [[President of Ecuador]] (b. [[1912]])
* [[September 14]] – [[Prince Paul of Yugoslavia]], (b. [[1893]])
* [[September 15]] – [[Josef Sudek]], Czech photographer (b. [[1896]])
* [[September 16]] – [[Bertha Lutz]], Brazilian zoologist, politician, diplomat and feminist (b. [[1894]])
* [[September 19]]
** [[Yehezkel Abramsky]], Russian-born British rabbi (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/abramsky-yehezkel|title=Abramsky, Yeḥezkel {{pipe}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref>
** [[Choe Yong-gon (army commander)|Choi Yong-kun]], North Korean general and defence minister (b. [[1900]])<ref>[https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/people/choe-yong-gon-choe-yong-geon Choe, Yong-gon (Choe Yong-geon)]</ref>
** [[Robert Mellard]], American US Army soldier (b. [[1919]])
* [[September 21]] – [[Orlando Letelier]], Chilean economist, politician and diplomat (assassinated) (b. [[1932]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Leopold Ružička]], Yugoslav chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])
* [[September 28]] – [[Raymond Collishaw]], Canadian World War I fighter ace (b. [[1893]])

=== October ===
[[File:Barbara Nichols 1956.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Barbara Nichols]]]]
* [[October 5]]
** [[Lars Onsager]], Norwegian-born American physical theoretical physicist, 1968 Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1903]])
** [[Barbara Nichols]], American actress (b. [[1928]])
* [[October 6]] – [[Gilbert Ryle]], British philosopher (b. [[1900]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gilbert-Ryle Gilbert Ryle British philosopher]</ref>
* [[October 9]] – [[Troy H. Middleton]], American general and educator (b. [[1889]])
* [[October 10]] – [[Silvana Armenulić]], Yugoslav singer (b. [[1939]])
* [[October 11]] - [[Connee Boswell]], American popular and jazz singer (b. [[1907]])
* [[October 14]] 
** [[Edith Evans|Dame Edith Evans]], British actress (b. [[1888]])
** [[Suleiman Nabulsi]], [[Prime Minister of Jordan]] (b. [[1908]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rulers.org/indexn1.html|title=Index Na-Ne|website=www.rulers.org}}</ref> 
* [[October 15]] – [[Carlo Gambino]], Italian-American mobster (b. [[1902]])
* [[October 18]] – [[Giacomo Lercaro]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal (b. [[1891]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Raymond Queneau]], French writer (b. [[1903]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Raymond-Queneau Raymond Queneau French author]</ref>
* [[October 31]] – [[Eileen Gray]], Irish furniture designer (b. [[1878]])

=== November ===
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[[File:Trofim Lysenko portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Trofim Lysenko]]]]
[[File:Studio publicity Rosalind Russell.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rosalind Russell]]]]
* [[November 3]] – [[Solange d'Ayen]], French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (b. [[1898]])<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |date=1976 |title=Fichier des personnes décédées - DE LABRIFFE Solange Marie Christine Louise {{!}} Amiens 05/04/1898 - Paris 03/11/1976 |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/ZaMQ-EaLrz9A |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=matchID - Moteur de recherche des décès}}</ref>
* [[November 8]] – [[Gottfried von Cramm]], German tennis player (b. [[1909]])
* [[November 9]] – [[Armas Taipale]], Finnish Olympic athlete (b. [[1890]])
* [[November 11]] – [[Alexander Calder]], American sculptor (b. [[1898]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Walter Piston]], American composer (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Piston Walter Piston American composer]</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Jean Gabin]], French actor (b. [[1904]])
* [[November 18]] – [[Man Ray]], American artist (b. [[1890]])
* [[November 20]] – [[Trofim Lysenko]], Soviet biologist and agronomist of Ukrainian origin (b. [[1898]])
* [[November 23]] – [[André Malraux]], French novelist (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/24/archives/andre-malraux-75-dies-in-paris-writer-war-hero-de-gaulle-aide-andre.html|title = Andre Malraux, 75, Dies in Paris; Writer, War Hero, de Gaulle Aide|newspaper = The New York Times|date = November 24, 1976}}</ref>
* [[November 28]] – [[Rosalind Russell]], American actress (b. [[1907]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Godfrey Cambridge]], American comedian and actor (b. [[1933]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Ivan Yakubovsky]], Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. [[1912]])

=== December ===
[[File:Benjamin Britten, London Records 1968 publicity photo for Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Benjamin Britten]]]]
[[File:MO 63.2240.2 - Photograph of João Goulart President of the Republic of Brazil (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[João Goulart]]]]
* [[December 2]] – [[Danny Murtaugh]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] baseball player and manager (b. [[1917]])
* [[December 3]]
** [[Alfredo Dinale]], Italian Olympic cyclist (b. [[1900]])
** [[Angelo Iachino]], Italian admiral (b. [[1889]])
** [[Mary Nash (actress)|Mary Nash]], American actress (b. [[1884]])
* [[December 4]] 
** [[Tommy Bolin]], American guitarist (b. [[1951]])
** [[Benjamin Britten]], English composer (b. [[1913]])
* [[December 6]] – [[João Goulart]], Brazilian politician, 24th [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1918]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Jack Cassidy]], American actor (b. [[1927]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Grégoire Kayibanda]], Rwandan politician, 2nd [[President of Rwanda]] (b. [[1924]])
* [[December 20]]
** [[Richard J. Daley]], American politician (b. [[1902]])
** [[Ned Washington]], American lyricist (b. [[1901]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Freddie King]], American blues guitarist (b. [[1934]])

== Nobel Prizes ==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Burton Richter]], [[Samuel Chao Chung Ting]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[William Lipscomb|William Nunn Lipscomb Jr]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Baruch S. Blumberg]], [[D Carleton Gajdusek]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Saul Bellow]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Betty Williams (Nobel laureate)|Betty Williams]] and [[Mairead Corrigan]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Milton Friedman]]

== References ==
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