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1972
Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai on his visit to China
Egon Bahr and Michael Kohl at the press conference to sign the basic agreement
1972 Summer Olympics ( German Federal Post stamp block )
annual dedications
International Year ( United Nations )	International Year of the Book
Bird of the Year (Germany)	little owl (Athene noctua)

1972 in other calendars
Ab urbe condita	2725
Armenian calendar	1420-1421
Ethiopian calendar	1964-1965
Badi calendar	128-129
Bengali calendar	1378-1379
Berber calendar	2922
Buddhist calendar	2516
Burmese calendar	1334
Byzantine calendar	7480-7481
Chinese calendar
- era	4668-4669 or 4608-4609
– 60-year cycle	Metal Pig (辛亥, 48) - Water Rat (壬子, 49)
French Revolutionary Calendar	CLXXX - CLXXXI 180-181
Hindu calendar
– Vikram Sambat	2028-2029
– Shaka Samvat	1894-1895
Iranian calendar	1350-1351
Islamic calendar	1391-1392
Japanese calendar
– Nengō (era):	Showa 47
- Koki	2632
Jewish calendar	5732-5733
Coptic calendar	1688-1689
Korean calendar
– Dangun era	4305
– Juche era	61
Minguo calendar	61
Modern Olympics	XX
Seleucid calendar	2283-2284
Thai solar calendar	2515

In 1972 , the power structure between the blocs in the Cold War shifted : the People's Republic of China , which had been admitted to the UN the previous year , drew closer to the USA thanks to Richard Nixon's visit to China . Meanwhile, relations between the Federal Republic and the GDR normalize through the Transit Agreement and the Basic Treaty .

The summer Olympics in Munich are overshadowed by the kidnapping of Israeli athletes .

The year 1972 was the longest year on the Gregorian calendar . As a leap year , it was one day and two leap seconds longer than usual.

events

politics and world affairs

International Relations

Richard Nixon pays an official visit to the PRC against the background of the Sino-Soviet rift .

The ABM treaty between the USA and the USSR is the first SALT treaty to contain the nuclear arms race .

USA

The Watergate affair and protests against the Vietnam War determine American domestic politics.

Federal Republic of Germany and GDR

• The Federal Republic and the GDR conclude two crucial agreements to normalize their relations: the Transit Agreement and the Basic Treaty . These are the two most important treaties of the New Ostpolitik under Chancellor Willy Brandt .
• Schwerin exceeds the 100,000-inhabitant mark and thus becomes a big city .

Northern Ireland

On January 30, 13 unarmed civilians were shot dead and 13 others shot (one died of complications) by British paratroopers during a demonstration in support of civil rights and against the British government's internment policy in the northern Irish city of Derry . This day, later known as Bloody Sunday , led to the escalation of the Northern Ireland conflict .

Japan

US returns control of Ryūkyū and Daitō Islands ( Okinawa Prefecture ) to Japan on May 15 .

January

Kurt Waldheim

• January 1: Nello Celio becomes President of Switzerland .
• January 1: Indonesian President Hadji Mohamed Suharto issues a partial amnesty for the 1965 coup plotters.
• January 1: Poland and the GDR introduce passport and visa-free border traffic.
• January 1: Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations .
• January 10: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announces in Dhaka that Bangladesh , which is already formally independent, will secede from West Pakistan and takes over the formation of a government.
• January 15: Margrethe II becomes Queen of Denmark .
• January 17: Bangladesh receives its final state flag .
• January 18: Bahrain becomes a member of UNESCO .
• January 27: Qatar becomes a member of UNESCO.
• January 28: The heads of government of the federal and state governments pass the so-called Radical Decree
• January 30: Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland
• January 30 Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth .

February

• February 10: Oman becomes a member of UNESCO.
• February 11: Ra's al-Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, created in December 1971 , as the seventh and last emirate of the former Trucial States .
• February 11: German television broadcasting is renamed East German television .
• February 15: In the Oslo Convention , twelve European countries bordering the Atlantic agree on measures to prevent further pollution of the sea.
• February 19: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Singapore
• February 22: Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani assumes state and government power in Qatar.
• February 23: A Lufthansa plane is hijacked to Aden ; Arab terrorists are demanding a ransom equivalent to 16 million Deutschmarks.
• February 25: The German government ends the hijacking of a jumbo jet by Arab terrorists bound for Aden ( South Yemen ) by paying a ransom of five million US dollars .
• February 27: The government of Sudan and South Sudanese rebels sign the Addis Ababa Accords , ending South Sudan's first civil war .

March

• March 9th: In the vote on the law on the termination of pregnancy , there are the first and only dissenting votes in the People's Chamber of the GDR until the later reunification . In addition to 14 religiously motivated no votes from the ranks of the East CDU , eight abstentions were counted.

April

• April 20: The United Arab Emirates become a member of UNESCO
• April 23: In a referendum in France , 68.3 percent of voters approve the planned enlargement of the European Economic Community (the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and Norway join – but the latter then never materialises).
• April 27: A constructive no-confidence vote against Chancellor Willy Brandt fails
• April 29: First German gay demo in Münster

May

• May 20: Referendum on the United Republic of Cameroon
• May 22 Ceylon adopts a new constitution and becomes a republic under the name of Sri Lanka
• May 26: Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT I treaties

June

• June 1: Iraq (then under Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr ) nationalizes the entire petroleum industry
• June 1: Andreas Baader and other members of the Red Army Faction are arrested in Frankfurt am Main after a shootout
• June 3: The transit agreement between the two German states of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR comes into force
• June 5: Opening day of the first World Environment Conference in Stockholm , has since been celebrated annually as World Environment Day
• June 7: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Morocco
• June 8: Egypt . Resumption of diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Germany
• June 9: The Bundestag decides to lower the active voting age to 18 years
• June 15: Ulrike Meinhof and Gerhard Müller from the Red Army Faction are arrested in a teacher's apartment near Hanover (see here )
• 16 June: The first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment concludes in Stockholm . It is seen as the beginning of an international environmental policy .
• June 17: Break-in into the Watergate building in Washington DC , triggering the Watergate affair

July

• 1 July In Bavaria , the law to strengthen local self-government comes into force. The number of administrative districts and urban districts is thereby reduced from 143 to 71; 23 of the previously 48 independent cities lose their independent districts. As a result, the number of municipalities belonging to the district fell from 6,962 to 2,031 by 1978.

August

• August 10th: The meteorite US19720810 enters the earth's atmosphere over the American state of Utah , approaches the earth to a minimum of 53 kilometers and leaves the earth's atmosphere again after about 1 ½ minutes. The celestial body, visible as a luminous " fireball ", is the first clearly documented event of this kind.
• August 16: In Rabat , officers stage a coup against King Hassan II and proclaim the Republic of Morocco . The uprising fails, Interior Minister Mohammed Oufkir commits suicide , according to the official account .

September

• September 5: Munich . Munich hostage -taking : Eight members of the Palestinian terrorist organization “ Black September ” take eleven athletes from the Israeli Olympic team hostage and demand the release of 232 Palestinians. The hostage-taking ends with a failed hostage rescue at the Fürstenfeldbruck airfield, in which all the hostages, five terrorists and a policeman die.
• September 14: Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland
• September 20: Willy Brandt puts the vote of confidence in the Bundestag , which is answered in the negative: There will be early elections.
• September 20: The erection of bilingual place- name signs in the Austrian state of Carinthia fuels the place- name sign dispute . The storming of the place- name sign sets in during the night .
• September 25: Norwegians reject joining the EEC by a majority of 54% in a referendum .

October

• October 5: The National Front party is founded in the Salle des Horticulteurs in Paris .
• 7 October: First Uganda–Tanzania war ends in ceasefire after Somali mediation .
• October 10: Watergate Affair : FBI agents say the break-in at Democratic headquarters was part of a White House political sabotage operation
• October 27: Bangladesh becomes a member of UNESCO
• 29 October: The German Army memorial at Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz is inaugurated

November

• November 7: Richard Nixon defeats George McGovern by a wide margin in the US presidential election

Election evening of the 1972 federal election

• November 19th: the first early Bundestag elections in the Federal Republic. The SPD under Willy Brandt received more votes than the CDU for the first time; Brandt remains Chancellor ( Cabinet Brandt II )
• November 24: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Australia

December

• December 14: Willy Brandt is elected Chancellor for a second time by the German Bundestag .
• December 18: Agreement on mutual assistance in customs matters between the Federal Republic of Germany and Sweden
• December 18: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland
• 21 December: Signing of the basic treaty between the GDR and the Federal Republic
• December 28: The remains of Martin Bormann are identified in Berlin
• December 31: Portugal withdraws from UNESCO

day unknown

• Kim Il-sung becomes President of North Korea
• The Club of Rome publishes its report The Limits to Growth

science and technology

• January 29: The Stade nuclear power plant goes online.
• February 4: The Mariner 9 spacecraft broadcasts images of Mars .
• March 3: Launch of the Pioneer 10 spacecraft
• April 16: Launch of the Apollo 16 mission
• 30 June The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig inserts a leap second after 23:59:59 for the first time in Germany .
• August 1st: With a diameter of 100 m, the world's largest freely movable radio telescope is put into operation near Effelsberg .
• August 18: The University of Málaga begins teaching.
• September 30: The Öland Bridge opens in Sweden, one of Europe's longest bridges.
• December 7: Launch of the Apollo 17 mission, the last lunar mission
• December 14: Eugene Andrew Cernan becomes the last human to set foot on the moon .

Magnavox Odyssey

• The Magnavox Odyssey , the first gaming console , is launched.
• Magirus-Deutz builds the world's first fire -fighting vehicle that is suitable for both rail and road use . It was e.g. B. by the Frankfurt fire brigade for operations in underground - procured tunnels .
• The social experiment Abecedarian Early Intervention Project begins in North Carolina , United States.

Culture

• January 28: World premiere of Scott Joplin 's opera Treemonisha in Atlanta , Georgia
• 9 February: Wings play their first concert (University of Nottingham )
• March 10: The US science fiction film Silent in Space hits American cinemas.
• April 13: Number 17/72 is the first issue of the Zack comic magazine .
• April 16: World premiere of Siegfried Matthus ' opera Another Spoonful of Gift, Darling at the Komische Oper Berlin
• May 21: A confused man damages Michelangelo 's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in an act of vandalism . The perpetrator hits the sculpture with a hammer .
• May 27: The first episode of Star Trek (Spaceship Enterprise) is shown on German television.
• The Documenta 5 – World Art Exhibition will take place in Kassel from June 30th to October 8th ,
• August 7: Opening of the University of Duisburg
• October 23: Premiere of the opera Elisabeth Tudor by Wolfgang Fortner in Berlin
• 13 December: Radio Bremen broadcasts the first episode of the music show Musikladen , intended for younger audiences , on German television .
• Establishment of the University of Tromsø
• Founding of the University of Duisburg
• Founding of the University of Essen
• Foundation of the Musée alsacien de Haguenau

music

See also: Category:Music 1972

• Vicky Leandros wins the 17th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest on March 25 in Edinburgh with the song Après toi for Luxembourg
• In Sweden, the four artists Agnetha Fältskog , Björn Ulvaeus , Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad record their first single together as "Björn und Benny, Agnetha und Anni-Frid"; from 1974 the band should be known worldwide under the name ABBA
• The East German rock group City is founded in East Berlin
• American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival split up after just 5 years
• American hard rock band Van Halen is formed

society

• January 4: Judge Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman to serve at London's Old Bailey Criminal Court .
• January 16: The German Federal Ministry of the Interior decreed that the use of the designation " Fräulein " should be refrained from in federal authorities. The salutation "Frau" is to be used for every female adult.

religion

• August 15: The motu proprio "Ministeria quaedam" by Pope Paul VI. will be published. In it, all ordained offices are newly regulated, among other things, the subdeaconate of the Roman Catholic Church, which has existed since the 3rd century, is abolished.
• September 23: Synod 72 opens in Switzerland. The Roman Catholic bishops want to implement the decisions of the Second Vatican Council in a series of events with those affected and interested lay people .
• November 30: Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Sacram Unctionem Infirmorum, approves the modified Rite of Anointing of the Sick , known as Last Unction, to be applied from January 1, 1974 .

business

HP-35

• February 1: Hewlett-Packard launches the first scientific calculator , the HP-35 .
• March 1: The Nuremberg underground begins operation on the first section between Langwasser Süd and Bauernfeindstrasse.
• March 20 Seychelles International Airport is opened by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II .
• April 10: In Basel, six countries of the European Community agree on the European Exchange Rate Network . The aim of the multilateral intervention system is stable exchange rates for the currencies of the participating countries. Their peg to the US dollar has forced central banks to take undesirable actions in the forex market .
• June 27: Foundation of Bayerische Landesbank .
• June 27: Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney found the slot machine manufacturer and later video game producer Atari in California .
• August 1: The Bauer publishing group launches the German edition of the men's magazine Playboy .
• Five former employees of IBM ( Claus Wellenreuther , Hans-Werner Hector , Klaus Tschira , Dietmar Hopp and Hasso Plattner ) found the company system analysis and program development - today's SAP AG - in Weinheim
• The mineral oil trading company Adolf Präg opens Europe 's first self - service petrol station under the Texaco brand in Lagerlechfeld near Augsburg

Sports

Entries of athletics world records see under the respective discipline under athletics .

• Ingolf Mork from Norway wins the Four Hills Tournament 1971/1972
• January 15: Joe Frazier won his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Terry Daniels at Rivergate Auditorium , New Orleans , United States , by technical knockout
• January 23 to October 8: Host of the 23rd Formula 1 World Championship
• February 3rd to 13th: XI. Winter Olympics in Sapporo ( Japan )
• May 25: Joe Frazier won his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Ron Stander at Civic Auditorium , Omaha , Nebraska , United States , by technical knockout
• August 10: Founding of the ice hockey club Kölner Haie
• August 26 to September 11: XX. Summer Olympics in Munich
• 1 September: Bobby Fischer becomes the eleventh world chess champion by defeating Boris Spasski in the so-called match of the century
• 3 September: On Golden Sunday , Klaus Wolfermann wins the javelin throw , Hildegard Falck wins the 800 meter run and Bernd Kannenberg wins the 50 km walk at the Olympic Games in Munich .
• September 10: Emerson Fittipaldi becomes Formula 1 World Champion
• September 11: The Games of the XX. Olympiad will end in Munich one day later than planned with the closing ceremony. Those present rise at the event to commemorate the victims of the Olympic attack on Israeli athletes .
• December 21: Klaus Wolfermann , Heide Rosendahl and the men's national hockey team are honored in Baden-Baden as Sportsman of the Year .
• The German national team wins the European Football Championship in Belgium
• Eddy Merckx wins the Tour de France for the 4th time
• FC Schalke 04 wins the DFB Cup
• FC Bayern Munich becomes German soccer champion
• The Hermannslauf takes place for the first time
• The Atlanta Flames (now the Calgary Flames ) ice hockey club is formed

disasters

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .

• January 7th: A Sud Aviation Caravelle of the Spanish airline Iberia crashes on approach to Ibiza . There are 104 dead.
• January 26: Crash Jugoslovenski Aerotransport flight JU 367 JAT from Stockholm via Copenhagen to Zagreb and Belgrade over the village of Srbská Kamenice ( CSR ) ended fatally for all other 26 occupants except for the stewardess Vesna Vulović .
• February 3: A snowstorm sets in in Iran, killing several thousand people by February 9.
• February 26: The Buffalo Creek dam collapse in West Virginia , United States, causing up to 125 lives.
• March 14: Al Fujairah , United Arab Emirates . Sterling Airways Aerospatiale Caravelle crashes. All 112 people on board die.
• 10th/12th April: 7.1 magnitude earthquake in southern Iran kills 5,054.
• May 5: Palermo , Italy . An Alitalia Douglas DC-8 crashes into a mountain on approach for landing. All 115 people on board die.
• June 9: The dam on Canyon Lake in Rapid City , South Dakota , ruptures, causing a tidal wave .
• June 18: London , UK . BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident crashed shortly after takeoff . All 118 people on board die.
• August 14: Königs Wusterhausen , East Germany . Königs Wusterhausen air disaster : Crash of an Interflug Ilyushin Il-62 , triggered by a design-related fire in a hot-air duct. All 148 passengers and eight crew members are killed.
• October 13: Moscow , USSR . Crash of an Ilyushin Il-62 of the Russian Aeroflot . All 176 people die.
• October 13: Andes , Uruguay . Fuerza Aérea Uruguay Flight 571 crash . Of the 45 people on board, 16 survive the 72 days in the snowy mountains at over 4,000 m by eating ( cannibalism ) the deceased.
• 13 November: The Quimburga hurricane , also known as the Lower Saxony hurricane and up until then the heaviest hurricane in the region since weather records began, destroyed large parts of the forests from the North Sea coast to Brandenburg within a few hours with gusts of up to 170 km/h. A total of 47 people are killed.
• December 3 Tenerife , Spain , a Convair Coronado charter aircraft operated by Spantax Airlines crashed on takeoff. 165 dead, including 144 Germans.
• December 23: 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Nicaragua , killing about 5,000.
• December 29: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 with 176 people on board crashes into the Everglades about 12 miles (20 km) from Miami International Airport . 75 people survive, 60 of them with serious injuries, 101 people die.

award ceremonies

John Bardeen, 1956

• Nobel Prizes :
  • Physics : John Bardeen , Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer
  • Chemistry : Christian B. Anfinsen , Stanford Moore , and William H. Stein
  • Medicine : Gerald M. Edelman and Rodney R. Porter
  • Literature : Heinrich Böll
  • Nobel Peace Prize : (not awarded)
  • Economics : John R. Hicks and Kenneth Arrow
• Edsger W. Dijkstra receives the Turing Prize
• Roy Jenkins receives the International Charlemagne Prize from the city of Aachen
• Charles Chaplin receives the honorary Oscar for his "invaluable contributions to the art of cinema"
• John Berger receives the Booker Prize

Born

January

• 0January 1 Marou Amadou , Nigerien jurist and politician
• 0January 1: Micaela Nevárez , Puerto Rican actress
• 0January 1 Giovanni Pretorius , South African boxer (d. 2021)
• 0January 1 Lilian Thuram , French footballer

Lilian Thuram (2008)

• 0January 2 Hanno Girke , German player inventor
• 0January 2: Luís Pérez Companc , Argentine auto racer and entrepreneur
• 0January 2: Britt Reinecke , German TV presenter
• 0January 3 Alisha Klass , American pornographic actress
• 0January 5 Ulrik Kirkely Hansen , Danish handball coach and handball player
• 0January 5 Nikki Nova , American pornographic actress
• 0January 5: Sakis Rouvas , Greek singer
• 0January 5 Sasha , German pop singer
• 0January 5 Dmitri Torgovanov , Russian handball player
• 0January 5: Vincent Vosse , Belgian racing driver
• 0January 6 Mina Agossi , French jazz singer and songwriter
• 0January 6 Filippo Neviani , Italian rock musician
• 0January 8: Giuseppe Favalli , Italian footballer
• 0January 8: Dieter Tappert , German comedian ( Paul Panzer )
• 0January 9: Alessandro Corona , Italian rower
• January 11: Kåre Conradi , Norwegian actor
• January 11: Mathias Énard , French Arabic scholar, writer and translator
• January 11: Thomas Hoersen , German footballer
• January 11 Amanda Peet , American actress
• January 13: Stefan Beinlich , German footballer
• January 13 Nicole Eggert , American actress
• January 13: Alexei Vasilyev , Russian automobile racer
• January 15: Murat Aslanoğlu , Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Christian-Islamic Dialogue
• January 15 Shelia Burrell , American track and field athlete
• January 17 Benno Fürmann , German actor
  

  Benno Furmann (2008)
• January 17 Matt Hales , British musician
• January 17: Rafał Trzaskowski , Polish politician
• January 17: Nina Vorbrodt , German actress
• January 18 Conny Mayer-Bonde , German politician
• January 18: Kjersti Platzer , Norwegian track and field athlete and Olympian
• January 19 Drea de Matteo , American actress
• January 20: Oscar Fredrick Dronjak , Swedish guitarist
• January 21: Michael Ludwig Heryanto Arbi , Indonesian badminton player
• January 21: Sead Kapetanović , Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
• January 21 Sabina Valbusa , Italian cross-country skier
• January 21: Javier Yubero , Spanish footballer (died 2005)
• January 23: Ewen Bremner , Scottish actor
• January 24: Muriel Baumeister , Austrian actress
• January 24 Beth Hart , American singer, rock musician
• January 25: Pauli Jaks , Swiss ice hockey player
• January 25 Silke Rottenberg , German soccer player
• January 27: Demba Nabé , German musician († 2018)
• January 27: Mirjam Ott , Swiss curler
• January 27: Tobias Steinhauser , German cyclist
• January 27 Mark Owen , English singer
• January 28: Lars Funke , German speed skater
• January 29: Olga Viktorovna Anissimova , Russian biathlete
• January 31: Manfred Kainz , Austrian motorcycle racer and team owner

February

• 0February 1 Hamed Abdel-Samad , German-Egyptian political scientist, historian and author
• 0February 1 Bernhard Aichner , Austrian writer and photographer
• 0February 1: Johan Walem , Belgium international footballer

Christian Ziege .

• 0February 1 Christian Ziege , German footballer
• 0February 1 Aaron Ziercke , German handball player and handball coach
• 0February 3 Franny Armstrong , British documentary filmmaker and environmental activist
• 0February 3 Georg Koch , German footballer
• 0February 5 Marc Bernhard , German jurist and politician
• 05 February: Mary , Crown Princess of Denmark
• 0February 5: Reto Finger , Swiss playwright
• 0February 6 Gisela Aderhold , German actress
• 0February 6: Greger Artursson , Swedish ice hockey player
• 0February 6 Tomas Andersson Wij , Swedish singer and songwriter
• 0February 7 Essence Uhura Atkins , American actress
• 0February 7 Dagmar Pohlmann , German soccer player
• 0February 8: Piotr Gładki , Polish marathon runner (died 2005)
• 0February 8 Paul Wight , American professional wrestler
• 0February 9: Crispin Freeman , American voice actor
• February 11 Ralf Ewen , German football player and coach
• February 11: Lisa Martinek , German actress († 2019)
• February 11 Kelly Slater , American surfer
• February 11: Geert Van der Stricht , Belgian chess player
• February 12 Andrea Loose , German lawyer and judge at the Federal Social Court
• February 12 Markus Steiner , Austrian singer
• February 12: Sophie Zelmani , Swedish musician

Virgilius Alekna .

• February 13: Virgilijus Alekna , Lithuanian track and field athlete
• February 13: Anne Brendler , German actress
• February 14 Adam Fenton , English jungle and drum and bass DJ and producer
• February 14: Andrée Jeglertz , Swedish football player and coach
• February 14: Rob Thomas , rock musician
• February 15 Michelle , German pop singer
• February 15: Stephen Arigbabu , German basketball player
• February 15: Jaromír Jágr , Czech ice hockey player
• February 16 Wiebke Lorenz , German journalist and novelist
• February 16: Grit Breuer , German track and field athlete
• February 17: Eugenio Amore , Italian beach volleyball player
• February 17: Billie Joe Armstrong , lead singer and guitarist for punk rock band Green Day
• February 17 Moishe Friedman , American Jewish anti-Zionist
• February 17: Johnny Jensen , Norwegian handball player
• February 17: Nani Roma , Spanish motorcycle racer
• February 18: Khalid Al-Qassimi , Arab rally driver
• February 18 Christine Aufderhaar , Swiss composer and pianist
• February 18: Oxana Kushchenko , Russian freestyle skier
• February 19: Allan Bo Andresen , Danish road cyclist
• February 19 Paul McMullen , American track and field athlete (d. 2021)
• February 20 Laith Al-Deen , German pop musician
• February 20: Uroš Pavlovčič , Slovenian alpine skier
• February 21 Alan Norris , English darts player
• February 22: Haim Revivo , Israeli soccer player
• February 22 Markus Rühl , German bodybuilder

Claudia Pechstein , 2008

• February 22 Claudia Pechstein , German speed skater
• February 22: Kari Eisenhut , Swiss paraglider pilot
• February 22: Michael Chang , American tennis player
• February 22: Rolando Villazón , Mexican-French opera singer
• February 23: Ina Dietz , German journalist and TV presenter
• February 24 Delilah Asiago , Kenyan long-distance runner
• February 24: Manon Rhéaume , Canadian ice hockey player
• February 25: Anneke Kim Sarnau , German actress
• February 26: Dino Cerimagić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian pool player
• February 27: Michaël Paquay , Belgian motorcycle racer (d. 1998)
• February 27 Susan Yeagley , American actress
• February 29: Rui Águas , Portuguese automobile racer

March

• 0March 1: Andraž Vehovar , Slovenian canoeist
• 0March 2 Tim Bergmann , German actor
• 0March 2: Mauricio Pochettino , Argentina international footballer
• 0March 3 Darren Robert Anderton , English footballer
• 0March 3 Kola Boof , American writer and feminist
• 0March 3 Thomas M. Held , German-Austrian actor
• 0March 4 Dirk Lottner , German footballer
• 0March 4: Yann Bonato , French basketball player

Jos Verstappen

• 0March 4: Jos Verstappen , Dutch racing driver
• 0March 5: Luca Turilli , musician
• 0March 6: Chris Taylor , Canadian ice hockey player
• 0March 6: Peter Sendel , German biathlete
• 0March 6 Shaquille O'Neal , American basketball player
• 0March 6: Marianne Thieme , Dutch animal rights activist, publicist and politician
• 0March 7: Alexandra Reimer , German theater and television actress
• 0March 8 Fergal O'Brien , Irish snooker player
• 0March 9 Jean Louisa Kelly , American actress
• March 10: Michl Müller , Franconian cabaret artist
• March 10 Timbaland , American hip hop and R'n'B musician, producer and rapper
• March 11 Martin Braxenthaler , German monoskier
• March 11: Timo Brunke , German word artist, poet and author
• March 12 Christian Möllmann , German actor and singer
• March 12: Andreas Tzermiadianos , Greek chess player
• March 13: Cleisson , Brazilian soccer player and coach
• March 14 Jens Harzer , German actor, winner of the Iffland Ring
• March 15 Elio Aggiano , Italian cyclist
• March 15: Mark Hoppus , bassist and vocalist
• March 15 Michael Wherley , American rower
• March 16: Uldis Augulis , Latvian politician
• March 16 Katja Bornschein , German soccer player
• March 16: Sander Germanus , Dutch saxophonist and composer
• March 16: Simon Jäger , German dubbing actor, dubbing director, dubbing author, radio play speaker and reciter
• March 17 Phillip Archer , English golfer
• March 17: Melissa Auf der Maur , Canadian rock musician and fashion model
• March 17: Oxana Grishchuk , Russian figure skater
• March 17 Mia Hamm , American soccer player
• March 19 Julie Lunde Hansen , Norwegian alpine skier
• March 19: Alexander Spreng , German singer and frontman of the band ASP
• March 19: Daniel Vogt , Liechtenstein ski racer
• March 20: Pedro Lamy , Portuguese automobile racer
• March 21: Piotr Adamczyk , Polish actor and voice actor
• March 21: Derartu Tulu , Ethiopian track and field athlete
• March 21: Large Professor , US producer
• March 21: Chris Candito , American wrestler (d. 2005)
• March 23: Joe Calzaghe , Welsh boxer
• March 23 Erwin Vervecken , Belgian cyclist
• March 25: Roberto Miguel Acuña Cabello , Paraguayan footballer
• March 25: Giniel de Villiers , South African racing driver
• March 25: Ralf Witzel , German politician
• March 26: Tor Graves , Thai automobile racer
• March 26 Trevor Kidd , ice hockey player
• March 26: Thilo Michler , German local politician
• March 26: Christoph Ulrich , Swiss racing car driver
• March 27: Bel-Aziz Acharki , German taekwondo coach
• March 28 Olga Nikolayevna Yegorova , Russian long-distance runner
• March 29: Michel Ancel , French designer
• March 29: Rui Costa , Portuguese footballer
• March 29 Christian Scheffler , German handball player
• March 30: Heiko Ruprecht , German actor
• March 30 Keirut Wenzel , German comedian, actor, presenter
• March 31: Alejandro Amenábar , Chilean-Spanish film director
• March 31 Christian Aflenzer , Austrian football player and coach

April

• 0April 1: Malik Beširević , German handball player
• 0April 1: Björn Höcke , German teacher and politician (AfD)
• 0April 2 Gwen Giabbani , French motorcycle racer
• 0April 2 Samir Ibrahim , Egyptian footballer
• 0April 2: Peter Rosenberger , German politician

Jenny Garth

• 0April 3 Jennie Garth , American actress
• 0April 4 Bastian Pastewka , German comedian and actor
• 0April 5 Nima Arkani-Hamed , US-Canadian theoretical physicist
• 0April 5: Tom Coronel , Dutch racing driver
• 0April 5 Paul Okon , Australian footballer
• 0April 6 Ralf Bucher , soccer player
• 0April 6: Constantinos Stylianou , Greek Cypriot composer
• 0April 7: Elke Zauner , German painter
• 0April 8 Paul Gray , American rock musician, bassist for Slipknot († 2010)
• 0April 9: Alain Berset , Swiss politician
• April 10 Sami Yli-Sirniö , Finnish musician
• April 12: René Cattarinussi , Italian biathlete
• April 12: Şebnem Ferah , Turkish pop and rock music artist
• April 12: Judith Klein , German actress
• April 13 John van Buskirk , American soccer player and coach
• April 13: Qurban Qurbanov , Azerbaijani footballer
• April 14 Christian Decker , German musician
• April 15 Giuseppe Reina , German footballer
• April 15: Viva Seifert , British gymnast and musician
• April 16: Andreas Dittmer , German canoeist
• April 16: Conchita Martínez , Spanish tennis player

John McGuinness

• April 16: John McGuinness , British motorcycle racer
• April 16. Paolo Negro , Italian soccer player
• April 16 Christof Spörk , Austrian clarinettist and cabaret artist
• April 17 Jennifer Garner , American actress
• April 17: Minna Suoniemi , Finnish video artist
• April 17: Yūichi Nishimura , Japanese soccer referee
• April 18 Lars Christiansen , Danish handball player
• April 18 Garry McCoy , Australian motorcycle racer
• April 18 Tetje Mierendorf , German actor, musical singer and voice actor
• April 18 Michael Rutter , British motorcycle racer
• April 18: Gerhard Schick , German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
• April 18 Stefanie Schmid , German actress
• April 19 Django Asül , Turkish-German Lower Bavarian cabaret artist
• April 19: Sonja Nef , Swiss alpine skier
• April 19: Rivaldo , Brazilian soccer player
• April 20: Giga Bokeria , Georgian politician
• April 20 Carmen Electra , American model, actress, singer
• April 20 Svetlana Irekovna Ishmuratova , Russian biathlete
• April 20: Željko Joksimović , Serbian composer and singer
• April 20 Stephen Marley , Jamaican roots reggae musician
• April 21 Kitty Hoff , German singer, musician, composer
• April 21: Horst Meierhofer , German politician and MP
• April 21 Petra van de Voort , Swedish actress
• April 22 Sabine Appelmans , Belgian tennis player
• April 22 Anna Falchi , Italian film actress and fashion model
• April 22: Radwan Yasser , Egyptian footballer
• April 23: Demet Akalın , Turkish singer and model
• April 23: Nicolas Aithadi , French film technician
• April 24 Adhemar , Brazilian soccer player
• April 24 Zuill Bailey , American cellist
• April 24 Anne Dorthe Tanderup , Danish handball player
• April 25: Jaak Sooäär , Estonian jazz guitarist
• April 25 Silke Wittkopp , German jurist
• April 26: Eva Löbau , Austrian actress
• April 25 Thomas Hanreich , German singer and songwriter
• April 27 Caspar Arnhold , German actor and director
• April 27: Murat Gözay , German politician
• April 27 Mehmet Kurtuluş , Turkish-born actor from Germany
• April 28: Vincent Sebastian Andreas , German composer and author
• April 29 Derek Mears , American stuntman and actor
• April 29: Marko Rehmer , German footballer

Anthony Rother

• April 29 Anthony Rother , German electro musician

May

• 0May 1: Roland Braun , German Nordic combined athlete
• 0May 1: Ilya Simin , Russian journalist (died 2006)
• 0May 2 Steffen Ziesche , German ice hockey player
• 0May 2: Alec Empire , German musician

Dwayne Douglas Johnson

• 0May 2 Dwayne Douglas Johnson , American actor and wrestler
• 0May 2: Paultheo von Zezschwitz , German chemist and entrepreneur
• 0May 3: Reza Aslan , Iranian-American religious scholar
• 0May 3: Kristin Lehman , Canadian actress
• 0May 4 Mike Dirnt , American musician, bassist for punk rock band Green Day
• 0May 5: Armin Arslanagic , Bosnian-German ice hockey player
• 0May 5 Katja Hessel , Bavarian politician
• 0May 5 Marian Sandu , Romanian wrestler
• 0May 5 Devin Townsend , Canadian singer and guitarist
• 0May 5: Žigmund Pálffy , Slovak ice hockey player
• 0May 6: Sébastien Amiez , French alpine skier
• 0May 6 Martin Brodeur , Canadian ice hockey player
• 0May 6: Peter Friedrich , German politician
• 0May 6: Naoko Takahashi , Japanese track and field athlete and Olympic champion
• 0May 8: Xavier Amigo , Spanish rally co-driver
• 0May 8 Darren Hayes , Australian pop singer
• 0May 8 Max Rauffer , German ski racer
• 0May 9 Lisa Ann , American pornographic actress
• 0May 9: Tommy Krappweis , German writer and director

Katja Seizinger

• May 10 Katja Seizinger , German alpine skier
• May 10 Christian Wörns , German footballer
• May 11: Tomáš Dvořák , Czech track and field athlete

Jenny Elvers

• May 11 Jenny Elvers , German actress
• May 12: Damian McDonald , Australian cyclist (d. 2007)
• May 13 Sergio Assisi , Italian film and stage actor
• May 13: Erika Raum , Canadian violinist, music teacher and composer
• May 15 Isidre Esteve Pujol , Spanish enduro racer
• May 15 Ulrike C. Tscharre , German actress
• May 16: Andrzej Duda , Polish politician
• May 17 Marta Andrade , Spanish figure skater
• May 18 Ingo Pohlmann , German pop musician
• May 18: Nordin ben Salah , Dutch boxer (d. 2004)
• May 19: Jenny Berggren , Swedish singer
• May 19 Rohan Anthony Marley , Jamaican musician
• May 20 Busta Rhymes , American rapper
• May 20: André Wiersig , German extreme swimmer
• May 21: Christoph Hartmann , German politician
• May 21: The Notorious BIG , American rapper (d. 1997)
• May 22 Andrus Aug , Estonian cyclist
• May 22 Anna Belknap , American actress
• May 22 Morten Bjerre , Danish handball player
• May 22 Annabel Chong , Chinese web designer and former porn actress
• May 22: Aurelijus Gutauskas , Lithuanian criminal lawyer and judge
• May 23: Rubens Barrichello , Brazilian auto sportsman and Formula One racer
• May 23: Wowo Habdank , German actor and voice artist
• May 23: Stephanie Japp , Swiss actress
• May 24 Laure Sainclair , French porn actress
• May 27: Agueda Fatima Amaral , East Timorese marathon runner
• May 27: Ivete Sangalo , Brazilian singer
• May 28 Kate Ashfield , British actress
• May 28: Boris Palmer , German politician
• May 28 Chiara Mastroianni , French actress
• May 28 Michael Boogerd , Dutch cyclist
• May 29: Simon Jones , British musician
• May 30 Zoran Lerchbacher , Austrian darts player
• May 31 Heidi Astrup , Danish handball player
• May 31 Frode Estil , Norwegian cross-country skier
• May 31: Sébastien Barberis , Swiss footballer
• May 31: John Godina , American shot putter
• May 31 Christian McBride , American jazz bassist
• May 31 Doris Schretzmayer , Austrian actress, author and presenter

June

• 0June 1 Stine Stengade , Danish actress
• 0June 2: Francesc Xavier Soria Gómez , Andorran footballer
• 0June 3 Mara Bizzotto , Italian politician
• 0June 4 Nikka Costa , American singer
• 0June 7 Fiona Coors , German actress
• 0June 7 Karl Urban , New Zealand actor
• 0June 7 Natascha Pfeiffer , German soap opera actress
• 0June 8: Tron , German hacker and phreaker (died 1998)
• 0June 8: Roosevelt Skerrit , Dominican politician and Prime Minister
• 0June 8: Jaroslav Rudiš , Czech writer and journalist

Jaroslav Rudis

• 0June 9 Sandro Cois , Italian footballer
• 0June 9 Matthew "Matt" Horsley , Australian footballer
• June 10 Denis Amici , San Marinese politician
• June 10: Sundar Pichai , US manager
• June 10: Stephan Lucas , German lawyer and television actor
• June 12 Arthur Farh , Liberian footballer
• June 12: Bounty Killer , dancehall deejay
• June 12 – Inger Miller , American track and field athlete
• 13 June: Meelis Aasmäe , cross-country skier, cross-country skiing and biathlon coach
• June 14: Moritz Anton , German cameraman
• June 14 Elisabeth Rauchenberger , Swiss paraglider pilot
• June 14 Matthias Ettrich , German computer scientist, initiator of the KDE project
• June 15 Jean-François Labbé , Canadian ice hockey player
• June 15 Stefan Malz , German football player and coach
• June 16: Olena Antonova , Ukrainian discus thrower
• June 17: Iztok Čop , Slovenian rower
• June 18 Katja Primel , German voice actress in radio plays and films
• June 18: Anu Tali , Estonian conductor
• June 19: Nicola Celio , Swiss ice hockey player
• June 19: Jean Dujardin , French actor and Academy Award winner
• June 19 Christian Kahrmann , German actor and restaurateur
• June 19 Ilya Markov , Russian track and field athlete
• June 19 Robin Tunney , American actress
• June 21: Nobuharu Asahara , Japanese track and field athlete
• June 21: Dorkas Kiefer , German actress
• June 21: Johann König , German cabaret artist
• June 21: Åsa Mogensen , Swedish handball player
• June 22 Dariusz Baranowski , Polish cyclist
• June 22: Zakaria Asidah , Danish taekwondoin
• June 22 Michael Wendler , German pop singer and songwriter
• June 23 Selma Blair , American actress
• June 23 Monika Meyer , German soccer player
• June 23: Zinédine Zidane , French footballer

Zinedine Zidane

• June 24 Mitch Berger , American football player
• June 24 Robbie McEwen , Australian cyclist
• June 25: Peter Möller , Swedish handball player
• June 25 Thorsten Schoen , German beach volleyball player
• June 25: Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi , son of Muammar al-Gaddafi
• June 26: Alexander Marcus , German musician
• June 27: Xavier Pompidou , French automobile racer
• June 28: Marija Viktorovna Butyrskaya , Russian figure skater

July

• 0July 1: Bruno Kernen , Swiss ski racer

Steffi Nerius

• 0July 1 Steffi Nerius , German track and field athlete
• 0July 1 Jörnschläger , German handball coach and player
• 0July 2 Clemens Bratzler , German TV presenter and journalist
• 0July 2 Paulo Flores , Angolan singer
• 0July 2 Darren Shan , British children's author
• 0July 4 William Goldsmith , American drummer
• 0July 4: Tomio Okamura , Czech entrepreneur and politician
• 0July 4 Alexei Shirov , Latvian chess player
• 0July 4: Karin Thürig , Swiss cyclist and duathlete
• 0July 5 Niki Aebersold , Swiss professional cyclist
• 0July 6 Isabelle Boulay , French-Canadian pop and chanson singer
• 0July 6: Zhanna Block , Ukrainian sprinter
• 0July 6: Georgios Souleidis , Greek chess player
• 0July 7 Leonard Diepenbrock , German TV presenter
• 0July 7: Manfred Stohl , Austrian rally driver
• 0July 9 Simon Tong , British musician
• July 10: Daniel Rudolf Anrig , Colonel in the Swiss Army
• July 10 Dimitra Asilian , Greek water polo player
• July 10 Peter Serafinowicz , British actor
• July 10 Sofía Vergara , Colombian-American actress
• July 10 Tilo Wolff , German musician, member of Lacrimosa and Snakeskin
• July 11 Volker Büdts , German actor
• July 12 Andrea Ballschuh , German TV and radio presenter
• July 12: Lady Saw , dancehall and reggae deejay/singjay
• July 14: Aron Kristjánsson , Icelandic handball player and coach
• July 14: Andreas Urs Sommer , Swiss philosopher
• July 14: Manfred Weber , German MEP
• July 16 Mie Andreasen , Danish film producer
• July 17: Jaap Stam , Dutch footballer
• July 17 Erik Wudtke , German handball player and coach
• July 19: Ebbe Sand , Danish footballer
• July 21 Paul Brandt , Canadian country singer
• July 21: Catherine Ndereba , Kenyan marathon runner and Olympian
• July 22 Colin Ferguson , Canadian actor
• July 22: Enid Tahirović , Bosnian handball player

Giovane Elber

• July 23: Giovane Élber , Brazilian soccer player
• July 23: Anja Harteros , German soprano
• July 24 Kaiō Hiroyuki , Japanese sumo wrestler
• July 25: Roberto Guerra , Swiss actor
• July 25 Artyom Yurievich Kopot , Russian ice hockey player (died 1992)
• July 26 Max Hopp , German actor
• July 27: Elisângela Maria Adriano , Brazilian track and field athlete
• July 27 Candice Gilg , French freestyle skier
• July 28 Walter Bénéteau , French cyclist
• July 29: Juichi Wakisaka , Japanese automobile racer
• July 29 Wil Wheaton , American actor and writer
• July 30 Edith Wolf-Hunkeler , Swiss athlete

August

• 0August 1: Anders Niklas Andersson , Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 0August 2: Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ , Saudi Arabian football goalkeeper
• 0August 2 Daniele Nardello , Italian cyclist
• 0August 2 Jacinda Barrett , Australian actress and fashion model

Justyna Steczkowska

• 0August 2 Justyna Steczkowska , Polish pop musician
• 0August 2: Corinne Rey-Bellet , Swiss alpine skier (died 2006)
• 0August 3: Erika Marozsán , Hungarian actress
• 0August 5: J-Ax , Italian rapper and rock musician
• 0August 6: Christoph Simon , Swiss writer
• 0August 6 Jason O'Mara , American actor
• 0August 6 Geri Halliwell , British pop singer
• 0August 7: Sorin Anca , Romanian artist
• 0August 7: Anneliese Anglberger , Austrian judoka
• 0August 8: Terje Aune , Norwegian biathlete
• 0August 8: Axel Merckx , Belgian cyclist
• 0August 8 Lüpüs Thünder , American guitarist
• 0August 9 Juanes , Colombian singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 0August 9 Marcos Serrano , Spanish cyclist
• August 10 Peter Scott Adamson , American historian
• August 10 Angie Harmon , American actress
• August 10 Stefano Sacchetti , Italian football player and coach
• August 12 Takanohana Kōji , Japanese sumo wrestler and 65th yokozuna
• August 12: Demir Demirkan , Turkish musician and actor
• August 12: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien , American rapper
• August 12 Paolo Vanoli , Italian football player and coach
• August 14 Nicole Ernst , German actress
• August 14 Cristian Zorzi , Italian cross-country skier
• August 15 Mikey Graham , Irish singer

Ben Affleck (2011)

• August 15 Ben Affleck , American actor
• August 16 Stan "Skippy" Lazaridis , Australian footballer
• August 16 Nicole Werner , German soccer player and coach
• August 17 Andreas Schlütter , German cross-country skier
• August 17 Ty , British rapper and record producer (died 2020)
• August 19: Roberto Abbondanzieri , Argentine football goalkeeper
• August 19 Nobuyuki Anzai , Japanese manga artist
• August 19: Stefan Keuter , German politician
• August 20 Scott Quinnell , Welsh rugby player
• August 21: al-Hassan al-Yami , Saudi Arabian footballer
• August 22 Marliece Andrada , American model and actress
• August 22 Paul Doucette , American musician
• August 22 Marisa Growaldt , German actress
• August 22 Ri Yong-sam , North Korean wrestler
• August 24: Jean-Luc Brassard , Canadian freestyle skier
• August 24: Xaver Fischer , German keyboardist and jazz musician
• August 24 Fritz Strobl , Austrian alpine skier
• August 24 Olga Savyalova , Russian cross-country skier
• August 25: Nikolaj Arcel , Danish director and screenwriter
• August 25: Aino Johanna Asklöf , Finnish orienteer
• August 27 Chris Armas , American soccer player
• August 27 Heinz Dieter Arzberger , Austrian footballer
• August 27: The Great Khali , Indian bodybuilder, wrestler and actor
• August 27 Denise Lewis , British track and field athlete
• August 27 Roland Garber , Austrian cyclist
• August 27 Jimmy Pop , American musician
• August 28: Tim Reeves , British motorcycle racer
• August 28: Dmitri Zavadsky , Belarusian cinematographer († 2000)
• August 28 Eike Hagen Schweikhardt , German actor and cinematographer
• August 29: Amanda Marshall , Canadian pop musician
• August 30 Marco Antoniazzi , Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer

Cameron Diaz , 2010

• August 30 Cameron Diaz , American actress and fashion model
• August 30: Pavel Nedvěd , football player
• August 31: Konstantinos Konstantinidis , Greek footballer

September

• 0September 1: Peter Adolphsen , Danish writer
• 0September 2 Nicolette Krebitz , German actress

Nicolette Krebitz

• 0September 3: Tim Lobinger , German athlete

Tim Lobinger

• 0September 3 Neil Martin , British mathematician and racing strategist
• 05 September Jan Malte Andresen , German radio presenter and journalist
• 08 September: Markus Babbel , German national team footballer
• 08 September: Os du Randt , South African rugby union player
• 0September 9 Miriam Oremans , Dutch tennis player
• 0September 9: Goran Višnjić , Croatian actor
• 10 September: Mehmet Haxhosaj , Albanian author
• September 10: Ghada Shouaa , Syrian track and field athlete and heptathlete
• September 10 Bente Skari , Norwegian cross-country skier
• September 10: Steffen Wöller , German luger
• September 11: Harry Luck , German author and journalist
• September 12: Anders Aukland , Norwegian cross-country skier
• September 14: Peter Németh , Slovak footballer
• September 15 Timothy Mack , American track and field athlete
• September 15: Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano , wife of the Spanish heir to the throne
• September 15: Mandakranta Sen , Indian writer
• September 15: Alois Vogl , German skier
• 15 September: Kai Wegner , German politician and MP
• September 16: Vebjørn Rodal , Norwegian track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist
• September 17: Sunrise Coigney , French-American actress
• September 18: Julia Cencig , Austrian actress
• September 18 Christian Ehring , German cabaret artist, author and musician
• September 19: Tom Wax , German DJ, producer and remixer
• September 20: Henning Baum , German actor
• September 21: Liam Gallagher , British singer of rock band Oasis

Liam Gallagher , 2006

• September 23 Sarah Bettens , Belgian musician
• September 24: Finty Williams , British actress
• September 25 Steven Gätjen , German-American television host, actor, reporter, and film critic
• 25 September Lars Koltermann , German rowing coach, sports official and lawyer
• September 26: Maik Stief , German motorcycle racer
• 27 September Alyaksey Fyodarau , Belarusian chess player
• September 27 Steffen Henssler , German chef, cookbook author and presenter
• September 27 Gwyneth Paltrow , American actress

Gwyneth Paltrow , 2011

• September 28: Alexander Baumgärtel , German speed skater
• September 28 Kevin MacLeod , American record producer
• September 28 Werner Schlager , Austrian table tennis player
• September 28: Dita Von Teese , American nude model
• September 29 Arnold Ilagan Atienza , Filipino athlete, politician and news anchor
• September 29: Oliver Gavin , British racing driver
• September 30: Gonçalo Amorim , Portuguese cyclist (died 2012)
• September 30: Ari Behn , Norwegian writer (died 2019)
• September 30: Yū Nagashima , Japanese writer

October

• 01 October: Abdulrahman Mohammed Abdou , Qatari football referee
• 0October 1: Mantas Adomėnas , Lithuanian philosopher and politician
• 0October 1 Ahn Jae-chang , South Korean badminton player
• 0October 1: Aleksandra Bechtel , German TV presenter
• 0October 3: Anna Gourari , concert pianist
• 0October 5: Annely Akkermann , Estonian politician
• 0October 5 Alyaksey Myadzvedseu , Belarusian wrestler
• 0October 5 Varvara Vladimirovna Zelenskaya , Russian alpine skier
• 0October 6: Dominic Andres , Swiss curler
• 0October 6: Mark Schwarzer , Australian football goalkeeper
• 0October 7 Giorgio Di Centa , Italian cross-country skier
• 0October 7: Sidney Polak , Polish rock musician and drummer
• 0October 7: Anja Reschke , German journalist and presenter

Anja Reschke

• 0October 7: Loek van Wely , Dutch chess grandmaster and politician
• 0October 8: Hicham Hamdouchi , Moroccan-French chess grandmaster
• October 10 Oh Seong-ok , South Korean handball player
• October 11 Claudia Black , Australian actress
• October 12: Indika Dodangoda , Sri Lankan snooker player
• October 12 Sönke Möhring , German actor
• October 13 Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera , Cuban wrestler
• October 14: Johann Grégoire , French freestyle skier
• October 15: Carlos Checa , Spanish motorcycle racer
• October 15 Axel Geerken , German handball player
• October 16: Benjamin Mikfeld , German politician
• October 16: Tomasz Hajto , Polish footballer
• October 16: Sebastián Modarelli , Argentine composer and organist
• October 17: Jorge Arreola , Mexican soccer player
• October 17: Eminem , American hip hop musician
• October 17: Tarkan , Turkish musician, songwriter and producer
• 18 October: Helge Braun , German politician and MP
• October 18 Wojciech Kuczok , Polish writer
• October 18: Alex Tagliani , Canadian racing driver
• October 19: Stephan Hanke , German footballer
• October 19 Pras Michel , American rapper and songwriter
• October 20 Will Greenwood , English rugby player
• October 22: Jacek Będzikowski , Polish handball player and coach
• October 24 – Matt Hemingway , American track and field athlete
• October 24: Tino Mogensen , Danish handball player
• October 25 Dario Andriotto , Italian cyclist
• 26 October: Daniel Elena , Monegasque rally co-driver
• October 26: Rasmus Larsen , Greenlandic handball player
• October 26: Shan Sa , Sino-French writer
• October 27: Sebastian Ratjen , German politician (died 2018)
• October 27: Santiago Botero , Colombian cyclist
• October 27: Maria de Lurdes Mutola , Mozambican middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
• October 28: Mirco Reseg , German actor
• October 29 Constanze Blum , German cross-country skier
• October 29: Thomas Douglas , German-British actor
• October 30 Daniela Knor , German author of fantasy novels
• October 30 Jason Lowe , English darts player
• October 30: Elşən Qəmbərov , Azerbaijani footballer
• October 31: Harald Berger , Austrian mountaineer (died 2006)
• October 31: Eugene Hütz , Ukrainian musician and actor

November

Tony Collette

• 0November 1 Mario Barth , German comedian
• 0November 1 Toni Collette , Australian actress
• 0November 1 Katrin Ellermann , German engineering scientist
• 0November 2 Sargis Hovsepyan , Armenian footballer
• 0November 2: Alfred Schreuder , Dutch football manager
• 0November 3: Hubertus Heil , German politician
• 0November 3: Michael Hofmann , German soccer goalkeeper
• 0November 4: Luís Figo , Portuguese footballer
• 0November 4: Takeshi Tsuchiya , Japanese auto racer
• 0November 6: Thandie Newton , British actress
• 0November 6 Rebecca Romijn , American actress
• 0November 7 Christopher Daniel Barnes , American actor
• 0November 7: Jason London , American film actor and film producer
• 0November 7 Nils Wogram , German jazz trombonist and composer
• 0November 9 Eric Dane , American actor
• 0November 9: Alexander Mazza , German TV presenter and actor
• November 10 DJ Ashba , American musician and guitarist for Guns N' Roses
• November 11: Adam Beach , Canadian actor
• November 11 Siegfried Baumegger , Austrian chess player and coach
• November 11 Dirk Elbrüchter , German TV presenter
• November 12: Vasileios Tsiartas , Greek footballer
• November 12: Wolf Edwards , Canadian composer
• November 13: Rachel Nergård , Norwegian educator and language activist

Peter Brugger , 2010

• November 14 Peter Brugger , German singer and guitarist
• November 14 Josh Duhamel , American actor
• November 14: Edyta Górniak , Polish singer
• November 14: Sanne Schnapp , German actress
• November 14: Dariusz Żuraw , Polish footballer
• November 15 Jonny Lee Miller , British actor
• November 16 – Annette Kahl , German disabled athlete
• November 16: Steffen Weber , German handball player
• November 17 Kimya Dawson , American singer
• November 17: Andreas Kalbitz , German politician
• November 17: Julian Gillesberger , Austrian violist
• 18 November Darren Penhall , English darts player
• November 18: Andrea Zinsli , Swiss ski racer
• November 20: Johan Åkerman , Swedish ice hockey player
• November 20: Jérôme Alonzo , French footballer
• November 21 Franziska Heinz , German handball player and coach
• November 21: Thomas Schleicher , Austrian judoka (died 2001)
• November 21 Galina Alexeyevna Kukleva , Russian biathlete
• November 22: Franz Bazzani , Italian composer and pianist
• November 23: Kurupt , American rapper
• November 25: Kenny Håkansson , Swedish rock musician
• November 26 Arjun Rampal , Indian actor
• November 27: Yōichi Ui , Japanese motorcycle racer
• November 28: Lei Liang , Chinese-American composer, pianist, musicologist and music educator
• November 28: Paulo José Lopes Figueiredo , Angolan footballer
• November 29: Oscar Ackeström , Swedish ice hockey player
• November 29 Andreas Goldberger , Austrian ski jumper
• November 29 Shin'ya Tanaka , Japanese writer
• November 30: Petr Bystron , German politician
• November 30: Kriemhild Jahn , German singer

December

• 0December 2 Trond Fausa Aurvåg , Norwegian actor
• 0December 2 Roman Rossa , German actor
• 0December 2 Sergejs Žoltoks , Latvian ice hockey player (died 2004)
• 0December 4: Sebastian Karpiniuk , Polish politician (died 2010)

Marc Bator .

• 0December 4: Marc Bator , German journalist
• 0December 5: Amir Muhammad , Malaysian journalist and filmmaker
• 0December 5 Linus Sandgren , Swedish cinematographer
• 0December 6 Kevin Brockmeier , American writer
• 0December 7 Roman Bichler , German music producer

Herman Maier , 2006

• 0December 7: Hermann Maier , ski racer, Olympic champion
• 07 December: Patrick Scheuß , German jurist
• 0December 7 Arianna Zukerman , American singer and music teacher
• 0December 9 Reiko Aylesworth , American actress
• 0December 9 Tré Cool , American rock musician, drummer for US punk rock band Green Day
• 0December 9 Markus Frank , German actor
• 0December 9: Marcus Rominger , German handball goalkeeper
• December 10 Brian Molko , British-American musician
• December 11 J.D. Allen III , American jazz saxophonist
• December 11 Andriy Hussin , Ukrainian footballer (died 2014)
• December 12: Tim Akers , American author
• December 12 Melissa Francis , American actress
• December 12: Wilson Kipketer , Danish track and field athlete
• December 12 Brandon Teena , murder victim due to his transgender identity († 1993)
• December 13 Peter Luttenberger , Austrian cyclist
• December 13: American McGee , American designer of games and films
• December 15: Tony Särkkä , Swedish metal musician († 2017)
• December 15: Lars Woldt , German musician
• December 15 Sete Gibernau , Spanish motorcycle racer
• December 16: Julia Klöckner , German politician
• December 16: Jason Young , Canadian ice hockey player
• December 17: John Abraham , Indian actor and a model
• December 17 – Anton Ehmann , Austrian professional footballer
• December 18: Daniel Andersson , Swedish footballer
• December 18: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , Icelandic snooker player
• December 19 Alyssa Milano , American actress, producer and singer
• December 19 Corinna Milborn , Austrian political scientist and journalist
• December 20: Anja Rücker , German track and field athlete
• December 20 Joey Kelly , American-Irish pop-rock-folk singer and sportsman
• December 22: Franck Cammas , French professional sailor
• December 22: Steffi Jones , German soccer player
• 22 December: Ali Al Badwawi , soccer referee ( United Arab Emirates )
• December 22: Vanessa Paradis , French actress and singer
• December 22: Alexandre Moos , Swiss cyclist
• December 23 Lukas Loules , German composer, lyricist, record producer and singer
• December 24: Matt Passmore , Australian actor
• December 25: Josh Freese , American drummer
• December 25: Sophie Heathcote , Australian actress († 2006)
• December 25: Qu Yunxia , Chinese track and field athlete and Olympian
• December 26: Ralf Adam , German lawyer and judge at the Federal Fiscal Court
• December 27: Thomas Grandi , Canadian alpine skier
• December 27 Malin Schwerdtfeger , German writer
• December 28 Patrick Rafter , Australian tennis player
• 28 December: Florian Pronold , German politician and MP
• December 29 Barry Atsma , Dutch actor

Jude Law , 2007

• December 29: Jude Law , British actor
• December 29: Eva Hassmann , German actress
• December 29: Leonor Varela , Chilean actress
• December 30: Daniel Owefin Amokachi , Nigerian footballer
• December 30: Stefan Liebich , German politician
• December 31 Mathias Hain , German footballer

day unknown

• Tom Abbs , American jazz musician, filmmaker, and music executive
• Etienne Abelin , Swiss violinist and cultural manager
• Don Abi , Nigerian jazz, soul and reggae singer
• Miguel Abrantes-Ostrowski , German actor and author
• Tarik Abtout , Algerian ski racer
• Abdul Sattar Abu Risha , chairman and co-founder of an alliance of Sunni clan leaders († 2007)
• Shimon Adaf , Israeli writer
• Christopher Adler , American composer, pianist and improvisational musician
• Ashim Ahluwalia , Indian director and filmmaker
• Annette Ahrens , Austrian cultural expert
• Alessio Allegrini , Italian horn player
• Alessandra Ammara , Italian pianist

Cristina Branco

• Sven Amtsberg , German writer and publisher
• Geraint Anderson , English investment banker and columnist
• Scott G. Anderson , British actor
• Claudia Angelmaier , German photographer
• Nourig Apfeld , German author
• Gunter Arentzen , German writer
• Mustafa Türker Ari , Turkish diplomat
• Ali Aslan , German TV presenter, journalist, and political scientist
• Mikail Aslan , Kurdish singer and musician
• Vahram Atayan , German linguist and translation scholar
• Stefan Atzenhofer , German comic artist and illustrator
• Marietta Auer , German legal scholar
• Knut Aufermann , German radio artist, musician, composer and curator
• Sonja Augart , German artist, choreographer, dancer, performer and curator
• Gerald Blanchard , Canadian thief
• Cristina Branco , Portuguese fado singer
• Elisabeth Brück , German actress
• Murat Coşkun , German percussionist
• Jenny Deimling , German actress
• Karin de Fleyt , Belgian flautist
• Gabriela Lena Frank , American composer and pianist
• Marie-Therese Futterknecht , Austrian actress
• Martin Glade , German actor
• Larry Keigwin , American dancer, choreographer, and dance educator
• Dieter Kraus , German saxophonist
• Oliver Kuhn , German journalist, cartoonist and book author
• Steve Lawson , British musician
• Hai-Ye Ni , Chinese cellist and music teacher
• Norms Odenthal , German journalist and TV presenter
• Miguel Abrantes Ostrowski , German actor
• Jazze Pha , American rapper and record producer
• David Puderbaugh , American choral conductor, music educator and scholar
• Arndt Reuning , German chemist, radio and science journalist
• Arianna Savall , Spanish harpist and soprano
• Christoph Schnee , German musician, actor and director
• Shane Shanahan , American percussionist
• Jannis Spengler , Greek-German actor
• Philipp von Steinaecker , German cellist and conductor
• Korbinian Strimmer , German mathematician
• Ann-Cathrin Sudhoff , German actress
• Lhakpa Tsamchoe , Indian actress
• Julia Urban , German actress
• Klaus Wannemacher , German scholar, theologian and university lecturer
• Christian Weber , Swiss double bass player
• Petra Winter , German archivist and historian

Died

January

• 0January 1: Rosario Arcidiacono , Italian actor (born 1886)

Frederick IX († January 14)

Mahalia Jackson (died January 27)

• 0January 1: Eberhard Wolfgang Möller , German novelist and playwright (b. 1906)
• 0January 3: Elisabeth Schiemann , German botanist (b. 1881)
• 0January 6: Chen Yi , Chinese army leader and politician (b. 1901)
• 0January 7: Paul Humbert , Swiss Protestant theologian, university lecturer and librarian (b. 1885)
• 0January 7: Jacob Mangers , Chief Pastor of the Catholic Church in Norway (b. 1889)
• January 10: Sverre Jordan , Norwegian composer (b. 1889)
• January 13: Jack Ensley , American entrepreneur and racing driver (b. 1910)
• January 14: Anna Maria Achenrainer , Austrian writer (born 1909)
• January 14: Frederick IX. , King of Denmark (b. 1899)
• January 14: Horst Assmy , German footballer (b. 1933)
• January 16: David Seville , American singer and songwriter (b. 1919)
• January 16: Teller Ammons , American politician (b. 1895)
• January 17: Karl Gaul , German politician (b. 1889)
• January 18: Bohumil Turek ; Czechoslovak motorcycle and automobile racer (born 1901)
• January 21: Wilhelm Armbrecht , German politician (born 1898)
• January 24: Gene Austin , American singer and songwriter (b. 1900)
• January 24: Robert Neufang , German politician and football official (born 1901)
• January 25: Sophie Antoniadis , Greek Neo-Greek (b. 1895)
• January 25: Erhard Milch , Field Marshal in the Third Reich (b. 1892)
• January 27: Richard Courant , German mathematician (b. 1888)
• January 27: Georg Köhler , German football player and coach (b. 1900)
• January 27: Mahalia Jackson , American gospel singer (b. 1911)
• January 28: Fritz Apelt , German politician (b. 1893)
• January 28: Dino Buzzati , Italian writer (born 1906)
• January 30: Karel Boleslav Jirák , Czech composer (b. 1891)
• January 31: Hans Breitensträter , heavyweight boxer (b. 1897)

February

• 0February 1: Karl Grünberg , German journalist and writer (b. 1891)
• 0February 2 Natalie Clifford Barney , founder of a Literary Salon (b. 1876)
• 0February 2: Arnold Hartig , Sudeten German medalist (b. 1878)
• 0February 3 Fritz Harkort , German folklorist and narrative researcher (b. 1927)
• 0February 5: Link Davis , American musician (b. 1914)
• 0February 5: Marianne Moore , American novelist (b. 1887)
• 0February 6: Boris Gavrilovich Shpitalny , Soviet weapons designer (b. 1902)
• 0February 7: Walter Lang , American film director (born 1896)

Walter von Sanden-Guja

• 0February 7: Walter von Sanden-Guja , German writer, naturalist, poet (b. 1888)
• 0February 8: Markos Vamvakaris , Greek singer, composer and bouzouki performer (b. 1905)
• 0February 9: Artur Wypochowicz , anti-fascist and local politician (b. 1893)
• February 11: Marian Hemar , Polish poet (born 1901)
• February 15 Edgar Snow , American journalist and China expert (b. 1905)
• February 16: Jakob Fischbacher , German politician (born 1886)
• February 18: Erwin Hinze , German politician, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (Oder) (b. 1909)
• February 19: Lee Morgan , jazz trumpeter, shot by his jealous wife (b. 1938)
• February 20 Maria Goeppert-Mayer , German-American physicist (b. 1906)
• February 20: Herbert Menges , English composer and conductor (born 1902)
• February 25: Gottfried Fuchs , German footballer (b. 1889)
• February 27: Ivar Rooth , Swedish banker (b. 1888)
• February 28: Victor Barna , Hungarian table tennis player (born 1911)
• February 29: Violet Trefusis , British novelist (b. 1894)

March

• 0March 1: Richard Epple , suspected RAF terrorist shot dead by police (b. 1954)
• 0March 1 Marianne Kneisel , American violinist and music teacher (b. 1897)
• 0March 2: Clifford Coffin , American photographer (b. 1913)
• 0March 2: Robert Meyn , German actor, theater manager (born 1896)
• 0March 2: Léo-Ernest Ouimet , Canadian cinema director, film distributor and producer (b. 1877)
• 0March 2: Elmer Raguse , American sound engineer (b. 1901)
• 0March 2: Erna Sack , German singer (soprano) (b. 1898)
• 0March 2: Thomas Weisbecker , member of the “June 2nd Movement” (b. 1949)
• 0March 4: Georg Bergler , Professor of Business Administration (b. 1900)
• 0March 5: Helmut Körnig , German athlete (b. 1905)
• 0March 7: Otto Griebel , German painter (b. 1895)
• 0March 8: Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski , SS Obergruppenfuhrer (b. 1899)
• March 11: Ferdinand Friedensburg , German politician (b. 1886)
• March 11: Martin Blank , German politician (b. 1897)
• March 14 Linda Jones , American soul singer (b. 1944)
• March 15: Philipp Lersch , German psychologist (born 1898)
• March 16: Heinz Hanus , Austrian film pioneer (b. 1882)
• March 17: Francisco Javier Aguilar González , Mexican Ambassador (b. 1895)
• March 19: Paul Braess , German university lecturer (b. 1904)
• March 20: Gerhard Heid , German football coach (born c. 1936)
• March 20: Marilyn Maxwell , American actress (b. 1921)
• March 20: Curt Proskauer , German-American dentist and medical historian (b. 1887)
• March 23: Cristóbal Balenciaga , Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895)
• March 27: MC Escher , Dutch artist and printmaker (b. 1898)
• March 27: Ricco Wassmer , Swiss painter (b. 1915)
• March 29: J. Arthur Rank , English industrialist and film producer (b. 1888)
• March 30: Mahir Çayan , Turkish revolutionary (b. 1946)
• March 31: Ramon Iglésias Navarri , Bishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra (b. 1889)

April

Kwame Nkrumah (died April 27)

• 0April 1: Josef Ecker-Stadlmayr , Austrian politician (born 1898)
• 0April 1: Dora Puelma , Chilean painter (b. 1898)
• 02 April: Franz Halder , German Wehrmacht general in World War II (b. 1884)
• 0April 3: Ferde Grofé , American composer, arranger and conductor (born 1892)
• 0April 3: Buford Ellington , American politician, Governor of Tennessee (b. 1907)
• 0April 4: Stefan Wolpe , German composer (b. 1902)
• 0April 6: August Annist , Estonian literary scholar, translator, folklorist and lyric poet (b. 1899)
• 0April 6: Heinrich Lübke , German politician (born 1894)
• 0April 7: Woodrow Stanley Lloyd , Canadian politician (b. 1913)
• 0April 7: Günther Klotz , Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe (1952 to 1970) (b. 1911)
• April 11: Solomon Aaron Berson , American physician (b. 1918)
• 11 April: Iver Callø , Danish minority politician in South Schleswig (b. 1888)
• April 11: Lucien Erb , French automobile racer (b. 1887)
• April 12: C. W. Ceram , German journalist and science writer (b. 1915)
• April 13: Alina de Silva , Peruvian singer and actress (b. 1898)
• April 13: Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval , Icelandic painter (b. 1885)
• April 13: Elsie Wisdom , British motor racing driver (b. 1904)
• April 15: Frank Knight , American economist (b. 1885)
• April 15: Otto Brenner , German trade unionist and former chairman of IG Metall (b. 1907)
• April 16: Kawabata Yasunari , Japanese writer and Nobel laureate in literature (b. 1899)
• April 16 Karl Lugmayer , Austrian folk educator, philosopher and politician (b. 1892)
• April 18: Gabriel Cusson , Canadian composer and music educator (b. 1903)
• April 18: Louis Kukenheim , Dutch Romanist (b. 1905)
• April 18: Willi Lausen , German politician (born 1901)
• April 19: Adolf Bach , German scholar (b. 1890)
• April 23: Walter Czollek , head of the publishing house Volk und Welt in the GDR (b. 1907)
• April 23: Robert Nünighoff , member of the board of directors of Hessische Berg- und Hüttenwerke AG (b. 1908)
• April 24: Pem , German-British journalist and writer (b. 1901)
• April 24: Rudolf Sang , German actor, director and theater manager (born 1900)
• April 25: George Sanders , British actor and Academy Award winner (b. 1906)
• April 26: Johann Reichhart , last executioner of Germany (b. 1893)
• April 26: Arthur E. Summerfield , American politician (b. 1899)
• April 26: Heinrich Vedder , German evangelical missionary, linguist and ethnologist (b. 1876)
• April 27: Kwame Nkrumah , Ghanaian thinker and politician, 1960–1966 President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• April 27: Jóhannes úr Kötlum , Icelandic writer (b. 1899)
• April 28: Paulus af Uhr , Swedish major general and track and field athlete (b. 1892)
• April 28: Robert W. Upton , American politician (b. 1884)
• April 29: Manfred Gurlitt , German author and composer (b. 1890)
• April 29: Gotthard Neumann , German prehistorian (b. 1902)

May

Edward VIII (died May 28)

• 0May 1: Andor Mészáros , Hungarian-Australian architect, sculptor and medalist (b. 1900)
• 0May 2: Hugo Hartung , German writer (born 1902)
• 0May 2: J. Edgar Hoover , founder and director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (b. 1895)
• 0May 3 Leslie Harvey , Scottish rock guitarist (b. 1944)
• 0May 4: Edward Calvin Kendall , American biochemist (b. 1886)
• 0May 5: Gary Davis , influential blues guitarist (b. 1896)
• 0May 5: Hans Pemmer , Austrian local historian and teacher (b. 1886)
• 0May 5: Fulbert Youlou , President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1917)
• 0May 6: Deniz Gezmiş , member of Turkey's '68 Movement (b. 1947)
• 0May 7: Lino Fayen , Venezuelan entrepreneur and racing driver (b. 1925)
• 0May 7 Ralph Eugene Meatyard , American photographer (b. 1925)
• 0May 8: Alexander Graf Stenbock-Fermor , author and resistance fighter in the Nazi era (b. 1902)
• 0May 9: Michael Laßleben , German publisher (b. 1899)
• May 12: Steve Ihnat , American actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1934)
• May 12: Marcel Mongin , French automobile racer (b. 1897)
• May 13: Dan Blocker , American actor (b. 1928)
• May 13: Werner Burri , Swiss ceramist (b. 1898)
• May 14: Theodor Blank , German politician (b. 1905)
• May 18: Sidney Franklin , American director and film producer (born 1893)
• May 19: Eftimios Youakim , Lebanese Archbishop (b. 1886)
• May 21 Camilio Mayer , German tightrope artist (b. 1890)
• May 22: Cecil Day-Lewis , novelist and poet (b. 1904)
• May 22: Fred Forbát , Hungarian-Swedish architect, town planner and painter (b. 1897)
• May 22: Margaret Rutherford , English actress (born 1892)
• May 23: Paul Atzler , German jurist (b. 1889)
• May 25: Asta Nielsen , Danish actress (born 1881)
• May 27: José Garibi y Rivera , Archbishop of Guadalajara and Cardinal (b. 1889)
• May 28: Edward VIII , British King (b. 1894)
• May 29: Margaret Ruthven Lang , American composer (born 1867)
• May 30: Roberto Rey , Chilean actor (b. 1905)

June

• 0June 2: Ulvi Cemal Erkin , Turkish composer (b. 1906)
• 0June 7: Kurt Müller , German archaeologist (b. 1880)

Jimmy Rushing

• 0June 8: Jimmy Rushing , American blues and jazz singer (b. 1903)
• June 11: Joakim Bonnier , Swedish sports car and Formula One racing driver (b. 1930)
• June 12: Ludwig von Bertalanffy , Austrian biologist and naturalist (b. 1901)
• June 12 Regina Kägi-Fuchsmann , Swiss women's rights activist, refugee helper (b. 1889)
• June 13: Georg von Békésy , Hungarian-American physicist and physiologist (born 1899)
• June 14: Germaine Lebel , Canadian singer (b. 1894)
• June 16: Pedro Biava Ramponi , Colombian composer (b. 1902)
• June 19: Helge Rosvaenge , Danish tenor (b. 1897)
• June 22: Elton Britt , American country musician (b. 1913)
• June 22: Paul Czinner , author, film director and producer (b. 1890)
• June 23: Carl Theodor Auen , German film actor (born 1892)
• June 23: Werner Klingler , German actor, director and screenwriter (born 1903)
• June 24: Hans Heyck , German poet and writer (b. 1891)
• June 25: Günther Simon , film actor of the GDR (b. 1925)
• June 26: Gertrud Kurz , founder and director of a Swiss refugee agency (b. 1890)
• June 26: Wilhelm Schubert , German officer (b. 1879)
• June 27: Cédia Brault , Canadian singer (b. 1894)
• June 28: Eberhard Arlt , German functionary (b. 1905)
• June 28: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis , Indian physicist and statistician (b. 1893)
• June 29: Boby Lapointe , French singer (b. 1922)
• June 30: Erwin Anders , German cinematographer (b. 1908)

July

• 0July 2: Edmond Apéti , Togolese footballer (born 1946 or 1947)
• 0July 2: Felipe Pirela , Venezuelan singer (b. 1941)
• 0July 3 Gustav Hillard , German writer, playwright and critic (b. 1881)
• 0July 3: Fred McDowell , American blues musician (b. 1904)
• 0July 7: Athenagoras , Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972 (b. 1886)
• 0July 7: Talal , King of Jordan (b. 1909)
• 0July 7: John Montgomery Dalton , American politician (born 1900)
• 0July 9: Willy Minz , Professor (b. 1901)
• 0July 9: Franz Pfender , German politician (born 1899)
• July 10: Lovie Austin ; American blues and jazz pianist, arranger and composer (born 1887)
• July 11: August Tiedtke , German carom player, 2-time world champion, European champion and 31-time German champion (b. 1913)
• July 11: Georg Wagner , German geologist and university lecturer (b. 1885)
• July 12: Konrad Grebe , German climber and inventor (b. 1907)
• July 20: Friedrich Flick , German entrepreneur (b. 1883)
• July 20: Geeta Dutt , Indian singer (b. 1930)
• July 21: Ralph Craig , American track and field athlete (born 1889)
• July 22: Max Aub , Spanish writer (b. 1903)
• July 23: George Alan Thomas , British chess, badminton and tennis player (b. 1881)
• July 24: Cecil Wingfield Fiennes , British peer and racing driver (b. 1897)
• July 25: Thomas Andresen , German politician (born 1897)
• July 26: Joop Boutmy , Dutch footballer (b. 1894)
• July 27: Richard Nikolaus Graf von Coudenhove-Kalergi , German writer, politician, founder of the Paneuropa Union (b. 1894)
• July 31: Paul-Henri Spaak , Belgian politician and statesman (b. 1899)
• July 31: Ernst Fischer , Austrian writer and communist (b. 1899)

August

• 0August 1: Pietro Ghersi , Italian automobile and motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
• 0August 2: Rudolph Ganz , Swiss composer, pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 0August 2: Ralph Maria Siegel , German composer and lyricist (b. 1911)
• 0August 2 Paul Goodman , American social philosopher and poet (b. 1911)
• 0August 9: Ernst von Salomon , German writer (b. 1902)
• August 11: Albrecht Aschoff , German politician (born 1899)
• August 11: Albrecht Aschoff , German politician (born 1899)

Max Theiler

• August 11 Max Theiler , American biologist (b. 1899)
• August 13: Hans von Benda , German conductor, music editor and officer (b. 1888)
• August 13: Ralph Tyler Smith , American politician (b. 1915)
• August 14: Pierre Brasseur , French actor (b. 1905)
• August 14: Paolo Giobbe , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1880)
• August 16: John Barnes Chance , American composer (b. 1932)
• August 19: Leopold Reitz , German writer (b. 1889)
• August 19: Tony Taylor , Australian volcanologist (b. 1917)
• August 24: Don Byas , jazz tenor saxophone player (b. 1912)
• August 24: Georg Draheim , Professor of Economics (b. 1903)
• August 25: Juan Carlos Paz , Argentine composer (b. 1897)
• August 25: Helmut Sünermann , German publicist (b. 1911)
• August 26: Francis Chichester , British circumnavigator and aviator (b. 1901)
• August 26: Albert Hoffmann (Gauleiter) , German merchant and Nazi Gauleiter (b. 1907)
• August 26: Oskar Wacker , German politician (b. 1898)
• August 26: Wilhelm Webels , German physician, painter and sculptor (b. 1896)
• 28 August: William of Gloucester , grandson of King George V (b. 1941)

Lale Andersen , ca. 1951

• August 29: Lale Andersen , German singer and actress (born 1905)
• August 29: Herta Ilk , German politician (b. 1902)
• August 30: Joseph Maria Lutz , German writer (b. 1893)
• August 31: Andrés Pardo Tovar , Colombian sociologist, ethnomusicologist and folklorist (b. 1911)

September

• 0September 1 May Frances Aufderheide Kaufman , American ragtime composer (b. 1888)
• 0September 2: John Hutchinson , British botanist (b. 1884)
• 0September 3: Hans Georg Calmeyer , lawyer, savior of many Jews in the Nazi era (b. 1903)
• 0September 4: Stanisław Milski , Polish actor and director (born 1897)
• 0September 5: Anton Fliegerbauer , German police officer and assassination victim (b. 1940)
• 0September 5: Josef Romano , Israeli weightlifter and assassination victim (b. 1940)
• 0September 5 Mosche Weinberg , Israeli wrestling coach and assassination victim (b. 1939)
• 0September 6: David Mark Berger , American-Israeli weightlifter and assassination victim (b. 1944)
• 0September 6: Zeev Friedman , Israeli weightlifter and assassination victim (b. 1944)
• 0September 6: Yossef Gutfreund , Israeli referee and assassination victim (b. 1931)
• 0September 6: Eliezer Halfin , Israeli wrestler and assassination victim (b. 1948)
• 0September 6 – Amitzur Schapira , Israeli athletics coach and assassination victim (b. 1932)
• 0September 6: Kehat Shorr , Israeli marksmanship coach and assassination victim (b. 1919)
• 0September 6: Mark Slavin , Israeli wrestler and assassination victim (b. 1954)
• 0September 6: André Spitzer , Israeli fencing coach and assassination victim (b. 1945)
• 0September 6: Yakov Springer , Israeli referee and assassination victim (b. 1921)
• 0September 8 Isidor Alfred Amreich , Austrian gynecologist (b. 1885)
• September 12: William Boyd , American actor (b. 1895)

Asgeir Asgeirsson

• September 15: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , second President of Iceland (b. 1894)
• September 17: Lloyd Stark , American politician (b. 1886)
• September 19: Robert Casadesus , French pianist (b. 1899)
• September 21: Henry de Montherlant , French writer (b. 1895)
• September 22: Benedicto Kiwanuka , Ugandan politician (b. 1922)
• September 23 Theodor M. Auer , German diplomat (b. 1899)
• September 23 Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta , Mexican media company (b. 1895)
• September 23: Gerard Boedijn , Dutch composer and teacher (b. 1893)
• September 24: Karl Ledersteger , geodesist (b. 1900)
• September 25: Alejandra Pizarnik , Argentine poet (b. 1936)
• September 27: Rory Storm , British rock musician, singer (b. 1938)
• September 27: SR Ranganathan , Indian mathematician and librarian (b. 1892)
• September 28: Erich Przywara , theologian and philosopher of religion (b. 1889)
• September 28: Paul Richter , German painter and illustrator (b. 1874)
• September 29: Armand Schulthess , Swiss object and text artist (b. 1901)
• September 30: Edgar G. Ulmer , American film director (b. 1904)

October

• 0October 1: Kurt Hiller , German writer and publicist (b. 1885)
• 0October 1: Louis Leakey , paleoanthropologist (b. 1903)
• 0October 2: Gert Andreae , German actor (b. 1927)
• 0October 7: Josef Schüttler , German politician (b. 1902)

Prescott Bush

• 0October 8: Prescott Bush , United States Senator from Connecticut (b. 1895)
• 09 October: Inger Karén , principal alto at the Dresden State Opera (b. 1908)
• October 10: Kenneth Essex Edgeworth , Irish astronomer (born 1880)
• October 10: Tom Stewart , American lawyer and politician (b. 1892)
• October 13: Herman Andrew Affel , American electrical engineer, co-inventor of coaxial cable (b. 1893)
• October 14: Maria Elisabeth Ammann , German welfare worker (born 1900)
• October 16: Hale Boggs , American politician and member of the Warren Commission (b. 1914)
• October 16: Leo G. Carroll , British actor (b. 1886)
• October 16: Henri Stoffel , French automobile racer (b. 1883)
• 16 October Abdel Wael Zwaiter , translator, PLO representative in Rome (b. 1934)
• October 17: Günter Neumann , German composer, author and cabaret artist (b. 1913)
• October 20: Harlow Shapley , American astronomer (b. 1885)
• October 23: Dave Simmonds , British motorcycle racer (b. 1939)
• October 25: Doyle Carlton , American politician (b. 1885)
• October 25: Johnny Mantz , American racing driver (b. 1918)
• October 26: Igor Sikorski , Ukrainian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1889)
• October 28: Mitchell Leisen , American director, actor, producer and costume designer (b. 1898)
• October 29: Laura Rodig , Chilean painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
• October 30: Silvio Sganzini , Swiss linguist and cultural historian (b. 1898)
• October 31: Lee Bartlett , American javelin thrower (b. 1907)

November

• 0November 5: Lubor Bárta , Czech composer (b. 1928)
• 0November 6: Edward V. Long , American politician (b. 1908)
• 0November 6: Heinz Bung Bottle , German soccer player (b. 1919)
• November 11: Erich Kaufmann , constitutional lawyer (b. 1880)
• November 11: Paul Schmitthenner , German architect and university lecturer (b. 1884)
• November 12: Tommy Wisdom , British racing driver and journalist (b. 1906)
• November 13: Arnold Jackson , British athlete and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1891)

Martin Dies Jr.

• November 14: Martin Dies junior , American politician (b. 1900)
• November 15: William Ross Ashby , British psychiatrist and pioneer in cybernetics (born 1903)
• November 16: Ulysse Paquin , Canadian singer (b. 1885)
• November 16: Andrei Pashchenko , Russian composer (b. 1885)
• November 17: Pierre Apestéguy , French writer (b. 1902)
• November 17: Eugène Minkowski , Russian-French psychiatrist (b. 1885)
• November 18: Stanislaus Kobierski , German footballer (b. 1910)
• November 18: Segundo Luis Moreno , Ecuadorian composer (b. 1882)
• November 20: Erwin Stresemann , German ornithologist (born 1889)
• November 20: Ennio Flaiano , Italian writer (b. 1910)
• November 21: Karel Hába , Czech composer (b. 1898)
• November 23: Juan Pulido , Spanish singer and actor (born 1891)
• November 24: Mani Matter , Swiss dialect songwriter and jurist (b. 1936)
• November 25: Hans Scharoun , German architect (b. 1893)
• November 25: Henri Marie Coandă , physicist and aerodynamicist (b. 1886)

Yip Man

• November 27: Victor Eftimiu , Romanian writer (b. 1889)
• November 27: Willi Richter , German politician (b. 1894)
• November 28: Havergal Brian , English composer (b. 1876)
• November 30: Hans Erich Apostel , composer and representative of the Second Viennese School (b. 1901)
• 30 November: Johann Josef Demmel , Bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany (b. 1890)
• November 30: Neil H. McElroy , American politician (b. 1904)

December

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev

• 0December 1: Antonio Segni , Italian politician (b. 1891)
• 0December 2: Wassili Luckhardt , German architect (b. 1889)
• 0December 2: Yip Man , wing chun grandmaster (b. 1893)
• 0December 3: Frederick Lee Hisaw , American zoologist and endocrinologist (b. 1891)
• 0December 4: Mikalaj Aladau , Belarusian composer (b. 1890)
• 0December 4: Arnold Fischer , German politician (b. 1898)
• 0December 6: Paul Weyland , German imposter and nationalist agitator (b. 1888)
• 0December 7: Humberto Mariles Cortés , Mexican colonel and show jumper and eventer (b. 1913)
• 0December 9: William Dieterle , German film director and actor (born 1893)
• December 12: Johanna Magerfleisch , German painter (b. 1883)
• December 13: Robert Laly , French automobile racer (b. 1887)
• December 15: Wolfgang Jacobi , German composer and music teacher of Jewish descent (b. 1894)
• December 17: Peter Tobaben , German politician (b. 1905)
• December 18 Neilia Hunter Biden , American teacher and first wife of Joe Biden (b. 1942)
• December 18: Elise Aylen Scott , Canadian writer (b. 1904)
• December 20 Günter Eich , German poet and radio play author (b. 1907)
• December 20: René del Risco Bermúdez , Dominican writer (b. 1937)
• 21 December: Paul Hausser , creator and initiator of the Waffen-SS (b. 1880)
• December 23: Adolf Armbruster , German farmer (b. 1890)
• December 23: Charles Atlas , Italian-American bodybuilder (b. 1892)
• December 23: Andrei Tupolev , Russian aircraft designer (b. 1888)
• December 24: César Geoffray , French composer and choir director (b. 1901)
• December 24: Ernst Kreuder , German writer (b. 1903)

Harry S Truman

• December 26: Harry S. Truman , American politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• December 27: Lester Pearson , Canadian politician (b. 1897)
• December 29: Joseph Cornell , American sculptor, painter and experimental filmmaker (b. 1903)
• December 29: Henri Armand , French racing driver (b. 1894)
• December 29 Curth Georg Becker , German painter and printmaker (b. 1904)

day unknown

• Guiscardo Améndola , Uruguayan visual artist and painter (b. 1906)
• Betty Astor , German film actress (born 1902)
• Douglas Cameron , English cellist and music teacher (born 1902)
• Auguste Le Guennant , French organist, composer and music teacher (born 1881)
• Arthur Kolnik , Galician-Jewish illustrator and painter (born 1890)
• Juan López Sánchez , Spanish syndicalist and politician (born 1900)
• Earl Songer , American country musician (born 1916)
• Willy Zick , German fighter pilot, motorcycle racer and entrepreneur (born 1895)

web links

Commons : 1972  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Annual review from tagesschau.de
• Annual chronicle from the house of the history of the FRG
• The cabinet minutes of the Federal Government (1972) in the Federal Archives
• Year 1972 by Frank Rübertus