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Calendar overview 1977
1977 | |
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Jimmy Carter will be sworn in as the 39th President of the United States on January 20th | Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped by the RAF on September 5 and later murdered; High point of the German Autumn . |
Return of the GSG 9 after the liberation of the Lufthansa plane | The Tenerife air disaster was the worst air disaster in the history of civil aviation |
On May 25, the first Star Wars film hit the cinemas, and it has shaped pop culture to this day | Elvis Presley dies of heart failure on August 16th |
1977 in other calendars | |
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Ab urbe condita | 2730 |
Armenian calendar | 1425-1426 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1969-1970 |
Badi calendar | 133-134 |
Bengali calendar | 1383-1384 |
Berber calendar | 2927 |
Buddhist calendar | 2521 |
Burmese calendar | 1339 |
Byzantine calendar | 7485-7486 |
Chinese calendar | |
- era | 4673-4674 or 4613-4614 |
– 60-year cycle |
Fire Dragon (丙辰, 53) - |
French Revolutionary Calendar |
- CLXXXV CLXXXVI 185-186 |
Hindu calendar | |
– Vikram Sambat | 2033-2034 |
– Shaka Samvat | 1899-1900 |
Iranian calendar | 1355-1356 |
Islamic calendar | 1397-1398 |
Japanese calendar | |
– Nengō (era): | Showa 52 |
- Koki | 2637 |
Jewish calendar | 5737-5738 |
Coptic calendar | 1693-1694 |
Korean calendar | |
– Dangun era | 4310 |
– Juche era | 66 |
Minguo calendar | 66 |
Modern Olympics | XXI |
Seleucid calendar | 2288-2289 |
Thai solar calendar | 2520 |
In Germany in particular, 1977 was marked by the RAF terror ( German Autumn ) . This reached its peak with the kidnapping of the Landshut and the kidnapping and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer .
events
annual dedications
- The barn owl (lat. Tyto alba) is Bird of the Year . ( NABU /Germany)
politics
January
- January 1: Kurt Furgler becomes President of Switzerland .
- January 1: The civil rights group Charta 77 is founded in Prague .
- January 4: Bomb attack on a military tank farm and attack on an American nuclear weapons depot in Giessen by Revolutionary Cells (RZ)
- January 6: The European Commission begins work as an organ of the European Economic Community (EEC).
- 13 January: Block A accident at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant . Short circuit on high voltage line in cold and humid weather
- January 20: The Republic of Niger becomes a member of the BAD ( African Development Bank ).
- January 20: Agreement on government committee for economic questions between the Federal Republic of Germany and Sweden
- January 20: Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States. He replaces Gerald Ford .
- January 24: In Madrid, at the time of the transition to Spain , an armed commando from the Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista broke into a lawyer's office close to the union with intent to kill. The Atocha bloodbath costs five lives and four people are shot.
February
- February 1: Cultural Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Mexico . In force since March 3, 1978.
- 1 February: South Africa grants KwaZulu conditional independence as its homeland .
- February 8: Brigitte Mohnhaupt is released after serving a prison sentence, goes into hiding and begins to reorganize the terrorist Red Army Faction .
March
- March 11: Angola becomes a member of UNESCO .
- 16-20 March: The general election in India ends with the defeat of the Congress party under Indira Gandhi .
- March 18: A constitutional plan is drawn up in Windhoek (“ Turnhallenkonferenz ”).
- March 22: The Comoros becomes a member of UNESCO.
April
- April 7: In Karlsruhe , RAF terrorists assassinate Federal Public Prosecutor Siegfried Buback .
- April 8: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Malaysia
May
- May 1st: Attacks by Turkish counterguerrilla forces kill 37 people at the largest May Day demonstration in Turkey 's history. In Turkey and Northern Kurdistan , up to 20-25 people die every day in political conflicts between revolutionary and fascist forces at the end of the 1970s.
- May 17: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Kenya
- May 23: The Assen-Groningen/Netherlands train is hijacked by South Moluccan youths. Military termination 19 days later. Two dead hostages. Six dead hostage-takers
June
- 1 June: The Treaty establishing the European Court of Auditors enters into force.
- June 5: Coup d'état in the Seychelles , France-Albert René becomes President.
- 7 June: A million people line the route of Elizabeth II 's Silver Jubilee Parade ; over 500 million people watch the television broadcast.
- June 15: Spain holds free elections for the first time in 41 years. Adolfo Suárez remains prime minister.
- June 18: Niger concludes an agreement on technical cooperation with the Federal Republic of Germany.
- June 20: Menachem Begin becomes Prime Minister of the State of Israel .
- June 27: Djibouti becomes independent.
- June 28: Investment Protection Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Mali
July
- July 5: Overthrow of the Bhutto government and end of civil war-like conditions in Pakistan by the army . Seizure of power by General Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq
- July 13: Blackout in New York and areas of Westchester County , north of New York, overnight due to lightning strikes
- July 18: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Hungary
- July 20: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel
- July 28: Spain applies to join the EC .
- July 30: During a kidnapping attempt by the RAF , Jürgen Ponto , spokesman for the board of Dresdner Bank AG, is shot dead in his house in Oberursel (Taunus) .
August
- August 15: Astrophysicist Jerry R. Ehman discovers the Wow! signal at the Big Ear radio telescope as part of a SETI project .
- August 23: Dissident Rudolf Bahro is arrested in East Germany . The Hamburg news magazine Der Spiegel published an excerpt from Bahro's dissident book "The Alternative" the day before.
September
- September/October: High point of terrorism in Germany (see also German Autumn ):
- 5 September to 19 October: An RAF commando kidnapped and assassinated German Employers President Hanns Martin Schleyer .
- September 7 Torrijos - Carter contract is signed.
- 10 September: Last guillotine execution in France , the delinquent Hamida Djandoubi was the last person to be executed in Western Europe. He was the last convict in the world to be beheaded by guillotine.
- September 12: South African civil rights activist Steve Biko dies after being tortured by police one day after being admitted to Pretoria Prison Hospital . His death soon became a symbol of the resistance movement against the apartheid regime and later triggered an arms embargo on the country by the UN Security Council .
- 20 September: Vietnam and Djibouti become members of the United Nations .
- 24 September: Large-scale demonstration in Kalkar on the Lower Rhine against the fast breeder ( Kalkar nuclear power plant )
October
- October 11: Agreement on financial cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and Rwanda
- 13-17 October: Hijacking of the "Landshut" plane to Mogadishu and liberation by the GSG9
- October 18: Night of death in Stammheim on the night of October 18, the imprisoned leaders of the Red Army Faction Andreas Baader , Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe commit suicide in their prison cells in the JVA Stuttgart .
- October 19: German Autumn: Hanns Martin Schleyer , kidnapped September 5, is found dead in Mulhouse in Alsace.
November
- 10 November: Spain becomes a member of the Council of Europe .
- November 16 (Day of Repentance and Prayer): Hartmut Gründler self-immolates in Hamburg during the SPD party congress, in protest against the nuclear policy of the time
- November 19: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visits Jerusalem , Israel
- November 20: In a speech before the Knesset , Egyptian President Anwar Sadat recognizes Israel's right to exist.
December
- December 4: Jean-Bédel Bokassa is crowned Emperor of the Central African Empire .
- December 6: The “ homeland ” of Bophuthatswana is granted “independence” by the apartheid regime in South Africa , but this is not recognized by any country in the world.
business
- October 26: The German Federal Railroad retired its last steam locomotive . This marks the end of 143 years of German industrial history. This is followed by the heavily disputed " steam locomotive ban ".
- December 23: The chairman of the board of the Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Ludwig Poullain , resigns from his position after the announcement of his consulting contract caused considerable uproar.
science and technology
- August 15: Astrophysicist Jerry R. Ehman receives the so-called Wow! signal as part of a SETI project at Ohio State University 's Big Ear radio telescope .
- August 17: The nuclear-powered Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface-going ship to reach the North Pole .
- August 20: Launch of the American space probe Voyager 2 , which visited Jupiter on July 9, 1979 , Saturn on August 25, 1981 , Uranus on January 24, 1986 and Neptune on August 25, 1989 .
- September 5: Launch of the American space probe Voyager 1 , which flew past Jupiter on March 5, 1979 and Saturn on November 12, 1980
- November 8 Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos finds unplundered royal tombs at Vergina site . According to his own statements, he claims to have discovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedonia , which is not certain.
- The US company Apple launches the Apple II , which is the first to be fully equipped with a keyboard and screen.
- First use of the Orlan space suit
Culture
- January 31: After five years of construction, the Center Pompidou is opened in Paris .
- March 28: Rocky , starring Sylvester Stallone , receives an Oscar in Los Angeles .
- April 21: The musical Annie premieres on New York's Broadway . It saw another 2,376 performances there in the following years.
- April 26: Opening of the legendary Studio 54 nightclub in New York
- May 13: First performance of Morton Feldman 's opera Neither in Rome

"Laserscape" by Horst H. Baumann
- The Documenta 6 – world exhibition of art, takes place from June 24th to October 2nd in Kassel .
- May 25: Star Wars : A new hope premieres in the United States
- August 16: Pictures of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora , painted by Lucas Cranach , exhibited in the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover , fall victim to an acid attack, the perpetrator was Hans-Joachim Bohlmann .
- September 20: Parts of the Sophien treasure are stolen from the Dresden City Museum .
- October 28: Virgin Records releases Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols . It is the Sex Pistols ' only studio album and is considered to be seminal for the punk scene of the late 1970s.
- December 14: The film Saturday Night Fever , starring John Travolta , premieres in New York City.
- Sculpture.Projects held for the first time
- First award of the Wingate Literary Prize
- First -time award of the Kodansha Manga Prize
- Methodist Peace Prize awarded for the first time
- Founding of the Künstlerhaus Hamburg
- Founding of the gallery at Moritzplatz
- Founding of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
- Foundation of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
- The song Am Fenster by the GDR band City , which is considered a classic of GDR rock music , is published for the first time.
society
- January 17: Robber killer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad at Utah State Prison . It is the first execution in the United States after a ten-year moratorium on the death penalty .
- Foundation of the grassroots Green Belt Movement
Sports
Entries of athletics world records see under the respective discipline under athletics .
- January 9th to October 23rd: Hosting of the 28th Formula 1 World Championship
- March 13: The Cologne EC becomes German champions in ice hockey for the first time .
- May 16: Muhammad Ali wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Alfredo Evangelista at Capital Centre , Landover , USA by win on points.
- 25 May: Liverpool defeat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome to win the European Cup .
- September 10th: The new single-track national handball league starts playing.
- September 29: Muhammad Ali wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Earnie Shavers at Madison Square Garden , New York , United States , by win on points.
- October 2nd: Niki Lauda wins his second Formula 1 world championship title.
- December 9: Kermit Washington crushes the skull of Rudy Tomjanovich during a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets .
- End of the Enforcer era in the NHL .
disasters
- March 4: 7.2 magnitude earthquake in area of Vrâncioaia , Romania , killing over 1,500
- March 27: Two Boeing 747s collide in the Tenerife air disaster . Because of a bomb threat in Gran Canaria , a Pan American Airways plane is diverted to Los Rodeos on Tenerife. There, in dense fog, she collided with a Boeing 747 belonging to the Dutch company KLM , which was taking off without permission. 583 people lost their lives in this worst accident in aviation history .
- August 5: Uncontrolled flooding causes the disused Wapno (Poland) rock salt mine to collapse. In the eruptions that lasted until 1978 , the entire town center with 53 houses and a railway station disappeared. 1,402 people become homeless.
- August 14: Dannenwalde rocket disaster . An explosion in an ammunition depot belonging to Soviet troops stationed in the GDR detonated hundreds of Katyusha rockets, which fell in the vicinity. The exact circumstances are still kept secret and the number of fatalities among the Soviet soldiers is not known to this day.
- December 4: Johor Bahru , Malaysia . Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 explodes while the plane is being hijacked; all 100 people sitting on this plane die.
Nobel prizes
- Physics : Philip Warren Anderson , Nevill F. Mott and John H. van Vleck
- Chemistry : Ilya Prigogine
- Medicine : Roger Guillemin , Andrew V. Schally and Rosalyn Yalow
- Literature : Vicente Aleixandre
- Nobel Peace Prize : Amnesty International
- Economics : Bertil Ohlin and James Edward Meade
music
- albums
- ABBA – The Album by ABBA
- Let There Be Rock by AC/DC
- I Robot by The Alan Parsons Project
- Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track by the Bee Gees
- Low by David Bowie
- Heroes by David Bowie
- The Clash by The Clash
- Out of the Blue , by Electric Light Orchestra
- Rumors by Fleetwood Mac
- Trans Europa Express by Kraftwerk
- Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf
- Exodus by Bob Marley
- Animals by Pink Floyd
- The Idiot by Iggy Pop
- Lust for Life by Iggy Pop
- Queen 's News of the World
- Leave Home by Ramones
- Rocket to Russia by Ramones
- Love You Live by The Rolling Stones
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols by the Sex Pistols
- The Planets (synthetic version) by Isao Tomita
- American Stars 'n Bars by Neil Young
- Decade by Neil Young
- Founding of Dire Straits
- Founding of the EAV ( First General Uncertainty ) in Austria
- Founding of the Village People
- Marie Myriam wins the 22nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in London on 7 May with the song L'oiseau et l'enfant for France .
- List of number one hits in Germany (1977)
quotes
Quotes from and about 1977:
- Ken Olsen formulates his vision for the future of computing: There is no single reason why anyone would want a computer in their home. The quote has been demonstrably taken out of context.
Born
January
- Abdihakem "Abdi" Abdirahman , American long-distance runner January 1
- Tine Acke , German photographer and designer January 1
- Krzysztof Ratajski , Polish darts player January 1:
- Hasan Salihamidžić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer, sporting director at Bayern Munich January 1:
- Oliver Thomas , German singer January 1:
- Rosemar Coelho Neto , Brazilian track and field athlete January 2:
- Mayumi Iizuka , Japanese voice actress January 3:
- Louisa Baïleche , French singer, dancer and performer January 4:
- Jonathan Cochet , French racing driver January 4:
- Teitur Lassen , Faroese songwriter January 4:
- David Millar , Scottish cyclist January 4:
- Bugz , American rapper January 5:
- Guy Gross , German pop singer January 7:
- Playboy 51 , German bit player January 7:
- Manuela Arcuri , Italian actress January 8:
- Andrea Ardito , Italian footballer January 8
- Amber Benson , American actress January 8
- Maik Machulla , German handball player and coach January 9
- Christian Rose , German handball player January 9:
- January 10 Axel Kromer , German handball player and coach
- January 10 Kathrin Kühnel , German actress
- January 10 Noel Malicdem , Filipino darts player
- January 10 Björn Rupprecht , German handball player and handball coach
- January 11: Anna "Anni" Christina Friesinger , German speed skater
- January 12 Dominic Auger , German-Canadian ice hockey player
- January 13: Frank Berblinger , German handball player
- January 13 Orlando Bloom , British actor
- January 13: Alex Hofer , paraglider pilot
- January 13: Agusti Pol Pérez , Andorran footballer
- January 14: Uwe Hardter , German cyclist
- January 14: Narain Karthikeyan , Indian automobile racer
- January 15: Giorgia Meloni , Italian politician
- January 16: Athirson , Brazilian soccer player
- January 16: Darius Kampa , German professional footballer
- January 16 Marco Laaser , German footballer
- January 17 Luca Paolini , Italian cyclist
- January 17: Sverre Rotevatn , Norwegian Nordic Combined
- January 17 Leigh Whannell , Australian actor and screenwriter
- January 17: Hicham Zerouali , Moroccan soccer player (d. 2004)
- January 18 Didier Dinart , French handball player
- January 18 Jean-Patrick Nazon , French cyclist
- January 19: Henrik Andersson , Swedish badminton player
- January 20 Lucinda Arthur , Canadian badminton player
- January 21: Ben Birchall , British motorcycle racer
- January 21: Bradley Carnell , South African footballer
- January 21: Scott King , Canadian ice hockey player
- January 21: Kirsten Klose , German hammer thrower
- January 21: Phil Neville , English footballer
- January 21: Jerry Trainor , American actor
- January 22: Hidetoshi Nakata , Japanese soccer player
- January 23: Nebojša Golić , Bosnian handball player
- January 24: Michelle Hunziker , Swiss presenter and model
- January 24: Funda Vanroy , German presenter and actress
- January 25: Tom Aage Aarnes , Norwegian ski jumper
- January 25: Lidia Chojecka , Polish track and field athlete
- January 25: Luke Roberts , Australian cyclist
- January 26: Nicholaus Arson , Swedish lead guitarist and backing vocalist
- January 26 Vince Carter , American basketball player
- January 26 Park Hae-il , South Korean actor
- January 28 Daunte Culpepper , American football player
- January 28: Maximilian Krah , German politician
- January 28: Takuma Satō , Japanese racer
- January 31 Torri Edwards , American track and field athlete
- January 31: Olessya Kulakova , Germany national volleyball player
- January 31: Kerry Washington , actress
February
- Libor Sionko , Czech footballer February 1
- Bibiana Aído Almagro , Spanish politician February 2
- Martin Andresen , Norwegian football player and coach February 2:
- Marc Bernaus Cano , Andorran footballer February 2:
- Martin Boquist , Swedish handball player February 2
- Antje Mönning , German actress, producer and film composer February 2:
- Shakira , Colombian singer February 2
- Sebastian Ströbel , German actor February 2:
- Jessica Wahls , German pop singer February 2
- ACO , Japanese singer February 3:
- Tammy Crow , American synchronized swimmer February 3
- Pierre Kiwitt , Franco-German actor February 3:
- Carlos Parra , American soccer player and youth coach February 3
- Maitland Ward , American actress February 3
- Charles Benedict Ainslie , English sailor February 5
- Dane Šijan , Serbian handball player February 5:
- Thomas von Steinaecker , German writer and journalist February 6:
- Josh Stewart , American actor February 6:
- Shigeru Aburaya , Japanese long-distance runner February 8
- Sverre Andreas Jakobsson , Icelandic handball player February 8:
- Ledina Çelo , Albanian singer and model February 9:
- Björn Weikl , German footballer February 9:
- February 10: Endre Lund Eriksen , Norwegian writer
- February 11 Angelo Barletta , German footballer
- February 10 Tanja Vreden , German soccer player
- February 12 Raylene , American pornographic actress
- February 12: Liv Sansoz , French mountaineer and sport climber
- February 14: Michael Adams , South African badminton player
- February 14 Donna Cruz , Filipino singer and actress
- February 14: Cadel Evans , Australian cyclist
- February 14: François Perrodo , French entrepreneur, polo player and automobile racer
- February 14: Diana Romagnoli , Swiss fencer
- February 14: Elmer Symons , South African motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
- February 15: Milenko Ačimovič , Slovenian footballer
- February 15: Margus Ader , Estonian biathlete
- February 15 Brooks Wackerman , American punk drummer
- 16 February Ian Clarke , Irish computer scientist
- February 17: Wong Choong Hann , Malay badminton player
- February 17: Özgür Özata , German-Turkish actor
- February 18: Hugo Cunha , Portuguese professional footballer (died 2005)
- February 18: Beatrice Kaps-Zurmahr , German stage and film actress
- February 19: Eloy Azorín , Spanish actor
- February 19: Daniel Gonzalo Giménez , Argentine footballer
- February 19 Vittorio Grigolo , Italian singer
- February 19: Gianluca Zambrotta , Italian footballer
- February 21: Max von Thun , Austrian actor
- February 22 Claudia Hiersche , German presenter and actress
- February 22 Timo Latsch , German sports journalist
- February 22: Timo Rose , German director and producer
- February 22: Julio Hernán Rossi , Italian-Argentine footballer
- February 22: Hakan Yakin , Swiss footballer of Turkish descent
- February 23: Ayhan Akman , Turkish footballer
- February 23: Kristina Šmigun-Vähi , Estonian cross-country skier
- February 23 Ilona Teimurasowa , German concert pianist and music teacher
- February 24 Floyd Mayweather Jr. , American professional boxer
- February 24 Jean-Pierre Vidal , French alpine skier
- February 25 Francisco José Lara Ruiz , Spanish cyclist
- February 27 Jennifer Isacco , Italian bobsleigh athlete
- February 28: Mirza Džomba , Croatian handball player
- February: Laleh Sadigh , Iranian rally driver
March
- Rens Blom , Dutch track and field athlete March 1:
- Nikky Andersson , Hungarian porn actress March 1:
- Rod White , American archer March 1
- Chris Martin , English musician in the band Coldplay March 2
- Gabriel Arroyo , Argentine volleyball player March 3
- Ronan Keating , Irish singer March 3
- Stéphane Robidas , Canadian ice hockey player March 3:
- Ana Guevara , Mexican track and field athlete March 4:
- Daniel Klewer , German professional footballer March 4
- Jennifer Anson , Palau judoka March 5:
- Giorgos Karagounis , Greek footballer March 6:
- Bubba Sparxxx , American rapper March 6:
- Brad Ascalon , American industrial designer March 7
- Jérôme Fernandez , French handball player March 7:
- Mia Hundvin , Norwegian handball player March 7:
- Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz , Polish composer March 7:
- James van der Beek , American actor March 8
- Fitz van Thom , German actor, director and filmmaker March 8:
- Fernando Vicente , Spanish tennis player March 8
- Johann Vogel , Swiss footballer March 8:
- Vincent Defrasne , French biathlete March 9:
- Ariane Sommer , German tabloidist March 9:
- March 10 Stefan Blank , German footballer
- March 10 Robin Thicke , American songwriter and actor
- March 11: Stefan Arsenijević , Serbian film director and screenwriter
- March 12: Amdy Faye , Senegalese footballer
- March 12: Rita König , German foil fencer
- March 14: Zé António , Portuguese footballer
- March 14: Andrés Silvera , Argentine footballer
- March 16: Mónica Cruz , Spanish dancer and actress
- March 16 Mike Hairston , German handball player
- March 17: Xabier Zandio , Spanish cyclist
- March 18 Willy Sagnol , French footballer
- March 18: Zdeno Chára , Slovak ice hockey player
- March 19 Michael Hegemann , German handball player
- March 20: Tor Hogne Aarøy , Norwegian footballer
- March 20 Bryan Adams , Canadian professional ice hockey player
- March 22 Ambrosi Hoffmann , Swiss ski racer
- March 22: John Otto , American rock musician
- March 23 Wayne Carpendale , German actor
- March 23: Norman Gobbi , Swiss politician
- March 23: Maxim Viktorovich Marinin , figure skater
- March 24 Ivan Nikolayevich Arteyev , Russian cross-country skier
- March 24 Olivia Burnette , American actress
- March 24 Jessica Chastain , American actress
- March 25 Timo Hübsch , German actor
- March 25 Natalie Clein , British cellist
- March 25 Axel Keller , German soccer goalkeeper
- March 27: Violetta Blue , American porn actress
- March 27: Kheïreddine Madoui , Algerian football player and coach
- March 27: Vitor Meira , Brazilian racing driver
- March 27: Juraj Minčík , Slovak canoeist
- March 27: Nils Winter , German athlete (long jump)
- March 28 Devon , American pornographic actress
- March 28 Annie Wersching , American actress
- March 29: Anja Schache , German fencer
- March 30 Marc Gicquel , French tennis player
- March 30 Gianluca Grava , Italian footballer
- March 30 Anna Hepp , German documentary filmmaker, photographer and artist
- March 30 Antonio Langella , Italian footballer
- March 30: Isabel Siebert , German politician
April
- Haimar Zubeldia , Spanish professional cyclist April 1
- Annett Louisan , German singer and musician April 2
- Nicki Pedersen , Danish track athlete April 2
- Alen Avdić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer April 3:
- Birgit Minichmayr , Austrian actress April 3
- Eddy Ratti , Italian cyclist April 4
- Erhan Albayrak , German footballer April 5:
- Håkon Kornstad , Norwegian jazz saxophonist April 5:
- Martin Plüss , Swiss professional ice hockey player April 5
- Sami Mustonen , Finnish freestyle skier April 6:
- Matthias Schloo , German actor April 6
- Ulrike Urbansky , German track and field athlete April 6:
- Markus Sehr , German director April 7:
- Daniela Larcher , Austrian writer April 8
- Gerard Way , American singer of the band My Chemical Romance April 9
- April 10: Mladen Bartolović , Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
- April 10: Erik Range , German moderator
- April 11 Georgi Penev Nikolov , Bulgarian handball player
- April 11 Guy Tuneh , Israeli double bass virtuoso
- April 12 Tobias Angerer , German cross-country skier
- April 12: Lars Herrmann , German politician
- April 12 Sarah Monahan , Australian actress
- April 13: Ángel Vicioso , Spanish cyclist
- April 14: Erjon Bogdani , Albanian footballer
- April 14 Sarah Michelle Gellar , American actress
- April 14: Ben Williams , Australian football referee
- April 14 Cristiano Zanetti , Italian footballer
- April 16 Jeff Dessner , American ice hockey player
- April 16: Freddie Ljungberg , Swedish footballer
- April 16: Stefanie Melbeck . German handball player
- April 16: Thomas Rasmussen , Danish footballer
- April 17 Chad Hedrick , American speedskater and speed skater
- April 17: Frederik Magle , Danish composer, concert organist and pianist
- April 18: Joakim Andersson , Swedish badminton player
- April 18 Nora Jokhosha , German actress and voice actress
- April 20: Grażyna Prokopek , Polish track and field athlete
- April 21: Atef Vogel , German judoka, actor and choreographer
- April 22: Ambra Angiolini , Italian film actress
- April 22: Aleksey Basov , Russian automobile racer
- April 22: Mark van Bommel , Dutch footballer
- April 22 Sabine Egger , Austrian alpine skier
- April 22 Robert Hunter , South African cyclist
- April 22: Anthony Lurling , Dutch footballer
- April 23: John Cena , American professional wrestler
- April 23 Kirsten Lee Clark , American alpine skier
- April 23 Tamara Schädler , Liechtenstein alpine skier
- April 24: Diego Placente , Argentine footballer
- April 25: Christian Dubé , Canadian ice hockey player
- April 26: Craig Adams , Canadian ice hockey player
- April 26 Samantha Cristoforetti , Italian fighter pilot and astronaut
- April 26 Christian Lenze , German footballer
- April 26 Tom Welling , American actor
- April 26 Raphael Wicky , Swiss footballer
- April 27: Daryl Andrews , Canadian ice hockey player
- April 27: Jeff Ulmer , Canadian ice hockey player
- April 28: Ronald Schmidt , German footballer
- April 29 Marcus Bühl , German computer scientist and politician
- April 29: Marcel Hacker , German rower
- April 29 Timo Pritzel , German cyclist
- April 29: Attila Zsivóczky , Hungarian track and field athlete
- April 30: Michał Górczyński , Polish bass clarinetist, improvisational musician and composer
- April : Denis Auroux , French mathematician
May
- Jan Fitschen , German track and field athlete May 2:
- Kalle Palander , Finnish alpine skier May 2
- Eric Church , American country music singer and songwriter May 3
- Sascha Nathan , German actor May 4
- Mariano Pernía , Argentine-Spanish footballer May 4
- Jessica Schwarz , German actress May 5
- Xaver Bayer , Austrian writer May 5:
- Jon Conway , American soccer player May 6
- René Münnich , German racing driver, racing team owner and entrepreneur May 6:
- Daniela Rath , German high jumper May 6:
- André Sá , Brazilian tennis player May 6:
- Roman Týce , Czech footballer May 7
- Joe Bonamassa , American blues guitarist, singer and composer May 8
- Jan Rune Grave , Norwegian Nordic Combined May 8:
- Aníbal Matellán , Argentine footballer May 8:
- Edmond Grin , Swiss evangelical minister and university teacher May 9:
- Iñigo Landaluze , Spanish cyclist May 9:
- Kami Manns , German director, actress, singer and dancer May 9:
- May 10: Nick Heidfeld , German Formula E racing driver
- May 10: Sergei Nakaryakov , Russian trumpeter
- May 10: Jiří Štoček , Czech chess grandmaster
- May 11 Janne Ahonen , Finnish ski jumper
- May 11 Nikolai Bolshakov , Russian cross-country skier
- May 11 Oliver Bröcker , German actor
- May 11 Pablo García , Uruguayan footballer
- May 11: Victor Matfield , South African rugby player
- May 12 Jeffrey Aubynn , Swedish footballer
- May 12 Graeme Dott , Scottish professional snooker player
- May 12 Mareile Höppner , German TV presenter and journalist
- May 13 Samantha Morton , British actress
- May 14: Claude Crétier , French alpine skier
- May 14: Roy Halladay , American baseball player (died 2017)
- May 14 Pusha T , American rapper
- May 15 Fazlur Rahman Abdul Aziz , Sri Lankan footballer
- May 15: Andrew Haryanto , Indonesian entrepreneur and automobile racer
- May 15: Celine Fontanges , German voice actress
- May 16: Ronny Ackermann , German Nordic Combined
- May 16 Katrin Bühring , German actress and screenwriter
- May 16: Jean-Sébastien Giguère , ice hockey player
- May 16 Adam MacDonald , Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter
- May 16 Emilíana Torrini , Icelandic singer, composer and music producer
- May 16 Melanie Lynskey , New Zealand actress
- May 16: Fernando Silva , Andorran footballer
- May 17 India Morel , American dancer, singer and porn actress
- May 18 Elisabeth Auer , Austrian journalist and presenter
- May 18: Kamaliya , Ukrainian singer, actress and model
- May 19: Ronny Amm , German rally racer
- May 19: Katarina Breznik , Slovenian alpine ski racer
- May 20 – Olivier Brassart , French footballer
- May 20: Meiko Reißmann , German singer
- May 21 Bodo Wartke , German cabaret artist, singer and pianist
- May 21: Maxime Brunerie , French assassin of Jacques Chirac
- May 21: Kerstin Landsmann , German actress
- May 22 Marc Bürkle , German handball player
- May 22: Víctor Hugo Lorenzón , Argentine footballer
- May 23 Heather Wahlquist , American actress
- May 25: Andre Anis , Estonian footballer
- May 26 Luca Toni , Italian footballer
- May 28 Anja Monke , German golf player
- May 29 Massimo Ambrosini , Italian footballer
- May 29 Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez , Spanish tennis player
- May 29 Marco Cassetti , Italian footballer
- May 29: António Lebo Lebo , Angolan footballer
- May 29: Sandrine Mittelstädt , German actress and voice actress
- May 30: Akwá , Angolan footballer
- May 30 Rachael Stirling , British actress
- May 31: Andreas Biernat , German rapper
- May 31: Karim Chérif , Franco-Swiss actor
June
- Allen Lloyd Jones , American professional wrestler June 2
- Bettina Lamprecht , German actress June 2
- Patrik Kristiansson , Swedish pole vaulter June 3:
- Claudia von Lanken , German soccer player June 3
- Albert Thurton , Belizean footballer June 4
- Steve Zampieri , Swiss cyclist June 4:
- David Connolly , Irish footballer June 6
- Meike Evers , German rower, 2-time Olympic champion June 6:
- Ira Anika Göbel , German musician June 6:
- Kanye West , American record producer and rapper June 8
- Martin Lacey Jr. , English tamer and animal teacher June 8:
- Gregor Werum , German handball player June 8
- Carlos Alberto Gómez Benitez , Andorran footballer June 9:
- Olin Kreutz , American football player June 9
- Predrag Stojaković , Serbian basketball player June 9:
- June 10: Özgür Karadeniz , German actor
- June 11: Ryan Dunn , American stuntman (died 2011)
- June 11: Pamela Großer , German presenter and actress
- June 11: Paul Kalkbrenner , German techno music producer
- June 12: Burak Akdiş , Turkish footballer
- June 12 Andreas Renz , German ice hockey player
- June 12 Kenny Wayne Shepherd , American blues-rock musician
- June 13 Rainer Schönfelder , Austrian alpine skier
- June 14 Chris McAlister , American football player
- June 14 Alida-Nadine Kurras , German TV presenter
- June 14: Black Kappa , Jamaican dancehall singer
- June 14: Haiducii , Romanian singer
- June 14 Joe Worsley , English rugby player
- June 15: Kathrin von Steinburg , German actress and singer
- June 16: Kenneth Zeigbo , Nigerian footballer
- June 17 Akhmed Zakratulayevich Asimov , Russian orientalist
- June 17 Robin Grubert , German singer-songwriter^
- June 18 Kaja Kallas , Estonian politician
- June 19: Maria Cioncan , Romanian athlete († 2007)
- June 21: Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson , Icelandic handball coach and handball player
- June 21: Jochen Hecht , German ice hockey player (forward)
- June 21 Angelo Furlan , Italian cyclist
- June 22 Denis Moschitto , German actor
- June 22: Yevgeny Najer , Russian chess player
- June 23: Miguel Ángel Angulo , Spanish footballer
- June 25 Antonio Borghini , Italian jazz bassist
- June 25 Layla El , British model, dancer and wrestler
- June 26: Azər Hacıyev , Azerbaijani billiards player
- June 26 Florian Kehrmann , German handball player
- June 26 Nadine Krüger , German TV presenter and actress
- June 27 Dan Andriano , American musician
- June 27: Sabine Dünser , singer of the Liechtenstein goth metal band Elis († 2006)
- June 27: Sebastian Herrmann , German actor and director

Raúl , 2009
- June 27: Raúl , Spanish footballer
- June 27: Danijel Šarić , Bosnian handball player
- June 27: Bruno Souza , Brazilian handball player
- June 28: Ella Grødem , Greenlandic handball player
- June 29 Jens Matthies , German footballer
- June 30 Tathiana Garbin , Italian tennis player
July
- Eva K. Anderson , Austrian singer-songwriter July 1
- Jarome Iginla , Canadian ice hockey player July 1
- Liv Tyler , American actress July 1
- Simon Mora , German actor July 3
- Sandra Smisek , German soccer player July 3
- Denise Meili , Swiss actress July 4
- Nicolas Kiefer , German tennis player July 5
- Max Mirny , Belarusian tennis player July 6
- Benjamin Huggel , Swiss footballer July 7
- Christian Abbiati , Italian football goalkeeper July 8:
- Milo Ventimiglia , American actor July 8
- Liu Xianying , Chinese biathlete July 8:
- July 10 Sonia Aquino , Italian actress
- July 10 Mauricio Martín Astudillo , Argentine footballer
- July 10: João Pereira Jamba , Angolan footballer
- July 10 Bent Angelo Jensen , German fashion designer
- July 10 Levan Kobiashvili , Georgian footballer
- July 11: Tobias Welz , German football referee
- July 11 Robert Wulnikowski , German footballer
- July 12 Carola Calello , Argentine alpine skier
- July 12 Brock Lesnar , American professional wrestler and MMA fighter
- July 12 Clayton Zane , Australian footballer
- July 13 Kathleen Friedrich , German track and field athlete
- July 13 Suzuki Sarina , Japanese actress
- July 13 Ashley Scott , American actress
- July 14: Peter Abelsson , Swedish footballer
- July 14: Victoria of Sweden , Crown Princess
- July 14 Christine Uschy Wernke , German director
- July 15 Lana Parrilla , American actress
- July 18 Melbeatz , German hip hop producer
- July 18: Alexander Morozevich , Russian chess player
- July 18 Kelly Reilly , British actress
- July 19: Jean-Sébastien Aubin , Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- July 20 Alpaslan Agüzüm , German boxer
- July 20: Alessandro dos Santos , Japan international soccer player
- July 21 Sarah Biasini , French actress, daughter of Romy Schneider
- July 21: Danny Ecker , German track and field athlete
- July 21 Jamie Richard Harnwell , Australian footballer
- July 22 Parisa Fitz-Henley , American-Jamaican actress
- July 22 – Ingo Hertzsch , German footballer
- July 23 Gail Emms , British badminton player
- July 24 Arnold Bruggink , Dutch footballer
- July 24: Mehdi Mahdavikia , Iranian footballer
- July 26 Frank Ettwein , German handball player
- July 26 Rebecca St James , Australian singer
- July 26: Tanja Szewczenko , German figure skater
- July 27 Jonathan Rhys Meyers , Irish actor
- July 28: Mark Boswell , Canadian track and field athlete
- July 28: Emanuel Ginóbili , Argentine basketball player
- July 29: Luiz Carlos Tavares Ferrao Amorim , Brazilian road cyclist
- July 29 Maximilian Ramota , German handball player
- July 30 Javier Botet , Spanish actor
- July 30 Jaime Pressly , American actress
August
- Metin Aktaş , Turkish football goalkeeper August 1:
- Damien Saez , French singer-songwriter August 1
- Afrob , German rapper and actor August 1:
- Roman Cress , Marshallese sprinter August 2:
- Edward Furlong , American actor August 2
- Crito Arsenis , Greek politician August 3:
- Óscar Pereiro , Spanish cyclist August 3:
- Kristina Schröder , German politician August 3
- Rui Silva , Portuguese track and field athlete August 3:
- Ashlie Atkinson , American actress August 6
- Nat Friedman , founder of the Ximian software project August 6
- Alexandre Jouan Arcady , French director, screenwriter and film producer August 7
- Georges Houot , French naval officer and marine explorer August 7:
- Kunle Adejuyigbe , Nigerian sprinter August 8:
- Marsha Ambrose , English R&B singer-songwriter August 8
- Bianca Kappler , German track and field athlete August 8:
- Hunter Smith , American football player August 9
- August 10: Sergiu Radu , Romanian footballer
- August 11: Gemma Hayes , Irish singer-songwriter
- August 12: Iva Majoli , Croatian tennis player
- August 13: Amiaz Habtu , German presenter and rapper
- August 13: Michael Klim , Australian swimmer
- August 14 Kyle Abraham , American dancer and choreographer
- August 14: Justin Anlezark , Australian shot putter
- August 14: Preben Fjære Brynemo , Norwegian Nordic Combined
- August 14 Hasan Ismaik , Jordanian businessman and investor
- August 16 Tamer Hosny , Egyptian singer, actor and composer
- August 16: Markus Palttala , Finnish automobile racer
- August 17: William Gallas , French footballer
- August 17 Thierry Henry , French footballer
- August 17 Tarja Turunen , Finnish singer-songwriter
- August 18 Leandro Augusto , Mexican soccer player
- August 18: Lukáš Bauer , Czech cross-country skier
- August 18: Lars Andreas Østvik , Norwegian Nordic Combined
- August 19 Iban Mayo Diez , Basque professional cyclist
- August 19 Oliver Haidt , Austrian schlager singer
- August 23: Illo , German rapper
- August 23: Francisco Gabriel Guerrero , Argentine footballer
- August 23: Cristian Roig Mauri , Andorran footballer
- August 23 Moritz Tittel , German actor
- August 24 Jarkko Kalevi Ahola , Finnish musician
- August 24: Robert Enke , German soccer player (died 2009)
- August 24 Jürgen Macho , Austrian footballer
- August 24: Massimo Colomba , Swiss soccer goalkeeper
- August 26 Therese Alshammar , Swedish swimmer
- August 27: Deco , Portuguese footballer
- August 27: Mase , American rapper
- August 27 Wes Newton , English darts player
- August 28 Daniel Andersson , Swedish footballer
- August 28: Juanín García , Spanish handball player and coach
- August 29 John Hensley , American actor
- August 29 Stefan Leitl , German footballer
- August 29: Jo Weil , German actor and voice actor
- August 30 Shaun Alexander , American football player
- August 30: Félix Sánchez , Dominican Republic track and field athlete
- August 30: George Kollias , Greek musician
- August 30: Kamil Kosowski , Polish footballer
- August 31: Jeff Hardy , American professional wrestler
September
- Francisco Aguirre , Argentine soccer forward September 1:
- David Albelda , Spanish footballer September 1
- Armindo Araújo , Portuguese rally driver 1 September:
- Jerry Azumah , American football player September 1
- Linda Jap Tjoen San , Dutch chess player September 1
- David Rott , German actor September 1
- Marek Mintál , Slovak footballer September 2
- Fuminori Nakamura , Japanese writer September 2:
- Sam Rivers , American musician September 2
- Julian Clarke , Canadian film editor September 3
- Manja Doering , German actress and voice actress September 3:
- Rui Marques , Angolan footballer September 3
- Olof Mellberg , Swedish football player and coach September 3
- Teresa Marinova , Bulgarian track and field athlete and Olympic champion September 5:
- Rico Anton , German politician September 6:
- Ariel Jakubowski , Polish footballer September 7
- Jason Collier , American basketball player (died 2005) September 8:
- Soulja Slim , American rapper (d. 2003) September 9:
- Damos , Swiss musicians and artists September 9:
- Saro Emirze , German actor September 9:
- September 10 Bernardo Daniel Romeo , Argentine footballer
- September 11: Matthew Stevens , snooker player
- September 11: Ludacris , American rapper and actor
- September 12: 2 Chainz , American rapper
- September 13 Fiona Apple , American singer
- September 14: Alexsandro de Souza , Brazilian soccer player
- September 15 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Nigerian writer
- September 15: Angela Aki , Japanese singer-songwriter
- September 15 Caterina Murino , Italian actress
- September 15 Marisa Ramirez , American actress and model
- September 15 Daniela Wutte , German actress
- September 16: Dmitri Alexandrovich Gorbunov , Russian darts player
- September 17 Juan Antonio Flecha , Spanish cyclist
- September 17: Simone Perrotta , Italian footballer
- September 18: David Malone , Irish swimmer
- September 18 Pete Zimmer , American jazz drummer and bandleader
- September 19: Emil Sutovsky , Israeli chess champion
- September 20 Namie Amuro , Japanese pop singer
- September 21: Marcin Lijewski , Polish handball player
- September 22: Gabriel Héctor Fernández , Argentine footballer
- September 23 Magomed Aripgadiev , Belarusian boxer
- September 24 Frank Fahrenhorst , German footballer
- September 25 Clea DuVall , American actress
- September 25 Rinaldo Nocentini , Italian cyclist
- September 26: Haruki Kurosawa , Japanese automobile racer
- September 26: Karin Mortensen , Danish handball player
- September 27: Lucas Bernardi , Argentine footballer
- September 27 Jovo Stanojević , Serbian professional basketball player
- September 27: Andrus Värnik , Estonian track and field athlete
- September 29 Kerstin Stegemann , German soccer player
- 30 September: Roy Carroll , Northern Ireland football goalkeeper
- September 30 David García , Spanish cyclist
- September 30: Tobias Schlegl , German radio and television presenter
October
- Dwight Phillips , American track and field athlete October 1
- Patricia Arribas Pérez , Spanish long-distance runner October 2
- Didier Défago , Swiss alpine skier 2 October:
- Marco Fritz , German football referee October 3
- Ana Johnsson , Swedish singer October 4:
- Bartłomiej Macieja , Polish chess player October 4
- Mustafa Alin , German-Kurdish actor October 5
- Anja Richter , Austrian water jumper October 5:
- Daniel Brière , Canadian ice hockey player October 6:
- Dan Beutler , Swedish handball goalkeeper October 7:
- Lapo Elkann , Italian entrepreneur and designer October 7
- Marwa Ali El-Sherbini , Egyptian handball player and pharmacist (d. 2009) October 7
- Amir ElSaffar , American jazz musician October 8 –
- Emanuele Belardi , Italian footballer October 9:
- Mehmet Dragusha , Albanian footballer October 9:
- October 10: Sanel Kuljić , Austrian footballer
- October 10 Shin'ya Nakano , Japanese motorcycle racer
- October 10 Tina Wunderlich , German soccer player
- October 10: Roger Yasukawa , American racing driver
- October 11: Yelena Berezhnaya , Russian figure skater and Olympic champion
- October 11: Antiopi Melidoni , Greek water polo player
- October 11: Kouji Yamanishi , Japanese automobile racer
- October 12: Jessica Barker , Canadian actress
- October 12: Kenyon Jones , American basketball player (died 2005)
- October 12 Bode Miller , American ski racer
- October 13: Katrin Wagner-Augustin , German canoeist
- October 13: Judith Sylvester , German national volleyball player
- October 13 Antonio Di Natale , Italian footballer
- October 14 Jason Adasiewicz , American jazz vibraphonist and composer
- October 14: Aaron Nigel Armstrong , sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
- October 14 Joseph Anthony "Joey" Didulica , Australian-Croatian footballer
- October 14 Violetta Oblinger-Peters , Austrian whitewater paddler
- October 14 – Oleg Velyky , German handball player (died 2010)
- October 14: Monique , Swiss singer
- October 15: David Trezeguet , French footballer
- October 17: David Aouate , Israeli soccer player
- October 17: Anna Depenbusch , German pop song poet
- October 18 Paul Stalteri , Canadian professional soccer player
- October 19 Jonathan Crow , Canadian violinist and music educator
- October 20: Leila Josefowicz , exceptional Canadian violinist
- October 20: Simon Emil Ammitzbøll , Danish politician
- October 20: Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum , German actress
- October 21: Def Cut , Swiss DJ and music producer
- October 21: Julieta Cardinali , Argentine actress
- October 22: Gabriele Gardel , Swiss racing car driver
- October 22 Grit Jurack , German handball player
- October 25: Bodipo , Spanish Equatorial Guinean footballer
- October 25 Birgit Prinz , German soccer player
- October 28 Jana Arnošová , Czech handball player
- October 28: Christoph Bieler , Austrian Nordic combined athlete
- October 28: Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien , Congolese (Rep. Congo) footballer
- October 28 Sascha Rösler , German footballer
- October 29: Jon Avery Abrahams , American actor
- October 29: Annemarie Carpendale , German TV presenter
- October 30 Takanori Aoki , Japanese badminton player
- October 30: Pia-Luise Aufrecht , German show jumper
- October 30: Jesper Jensen , Danish handball player
- October 30: Jördis Triebel , German actress
- October 31: Sylviane Félix , French track and field athlete and Olympian
- October 31: Mike Hedlund , American racing driver
- October 31: Sylvio Ney , German handball player
- October 31 Ramona Pop , German politician
- October 31: Diana Staehly , German actress
November
- Kristoffer Arvhage , Swedish footballer November 3:
- Belén Fabra , Spanish actress November 3:
- Aria Giovanni , American porn actress and model November 3
- Ivo Adam , Swiss world champion chef and author November 4:
- Bärbel Stolz , German actress November 5:
- Pádraic Delaney , Irish actor November 6:
- Yusup Abdussalomow , Tajik wrestler November 8
- Shahram Amiri , Iranian physicist (died 2016) November 8:
- Sascha Amstätter , German footballer November 8
- Stephan Protschka , German politician November 8:
- Jan-Philippe Schlueter , German radio journalist November 9:
- November 10 Mikhail Ashetia , Georgian footballer
- November 10: Stéphanie Berger , Swiss actress, TV presenter and singer
- November 10 Abdullah Jumʿan ad-Dusari , Saudi Arabian footballer
- November 10: Brittany Murphy , American actress (died 2009)
- November 11 Arianna Follis , Italian cross-country skier
- November 11: Lo Ka Chun , Hong Kong auto racer
- November 11: Maniche , Portuguese footballer
- November 14 Lucio Amanti , Canadian musician and composer
- November 14 Pavel Pergl , Czech footballer (died 2018)
- November 14 Jason Rohrer , American computer scientist
- November 14 Obie Trice , American rapper
- November 15: Noureddine Daham , Algerian footballer
- November 15: Logan Whitehurst , American drummer and singer († 2006)
- November 16: Maxim Stawiski , Bulgarian figure skater
- November 16: Oksana Bajul , Ukrainian figure skater

Maggie Gyllenhaal , 2010
- November 16 Maggie Gyllenhaal , American actress
- November 16: Stuart Moseley , British motor racing driver
- November 17: Aaron Lines , Canadian country musician
- November 17: Anne Weinknecht , German actress
- November 18: Fabolous , American rapper
- November 18: Heiko Grimm , German handball player
- 18 November Deiniol Jones , Welsh rugby player
- November 19: Mette Frederiksen , Danish politician and Prime Minister of Denmark
- November 20: Sandra Quellmann , German TV presenter
- November 21: Annie , Norwegian singer
- November 21: Tobias Sammet , German singer
- November 22: Wilmer Santiago Acasiete Ariadela , Peruvian soccer player
- November 23: Christopher Amott , Swedish guitarist
- November 23: Andrei Bănică , Romanian rower
- November 24 Leila Aman , Ethiopian long-distance runner
- November 24 Danah Boyd , American media scholar and social researcher
- November 24 Dylan Duo , darts player from Gibraltar
- November 24 Colin Hanks , American actor
- November 24: Fernando Troyansky , Argentine footballer
- November 24 Lise Vidal , French windsurfer (died 2021)
- November 25: Nuno Assis Lopes de Almeida , Portuguese footballer
- November 25 Guillermo Cañas , Argentine tennis player
- November 26: Ivan Basso , Italian cyclist
- November 26: Sebastian Deyle , German actor, presenter and musician
- November 27: Joseph Akongo , Cameroonian footballer
- November 28 Markus Ahlf , German footballer
- November 28 Filip Albrecht , German-Czech lyricist, media manager and film producer
- November 28: Inés Arrondo , Argentine hockey player
- November 28 Fabio Grosso , Italian footballer
- November 28: Claus von Wagner , German cabaret artist and author
- November 29: Maria Igorevna Petrova , Russian figure skater
- November 30 Rachel Howard , New Zealand soccer player
- November 30 Steve Aoki , American DJ and record producer
- November 30 Timo Wenzel , German footballer
December
- Brad Delson , American guitarist and one of the founding members of the band Linkin Park December 1
- Luis Díaz , Mexican automobile racer December 1:
- Sophie Guillemin , French actress December 1:
- Eros Riccio , Italian correspondence chess grandmaster 1 December:
- Salar Aghili , Iranian singer December 2:
- Karsten Klein , German politician December 2:
- Dillon Battistini , British racing driver 3 December:
- Adam Małysz , Polish ski jumper December 3
- Darvis Patton , American track and field athlete December 4
- Michael Patrick "Paddy" Kelly , Irish-American singer December 5
- Finlay Mickel , British alpine skier 6 December:
- Lee Rychter , Swiss actor December 6:
- Luke Donald , English golfer December 7
- Delron Buckley , South African footballer December 7:
- Sébastien Chabal , French rugby player December 8:
- Anita Weyermann , Swiss track and field athlete December 8:
- Imogen Heap , British singer, musician and record producer December 9:
- December 10: Matthias Heidrich , German footballer
- December 10: Andrea Henkel , German biathlete
- December 10 Thomas Klitgaard , Danish handball player
- December 10: Bastian Obermayer , German journalist
- December 11: Andreas Geritzer , Austrian sailor
- December 11: Mark Streit , Swiss ice hockey player
- December 12: Bridget Hall , American fashion model
- December 13: Kerstin Kramer , German actress
- December 15 Marco Aurélio Brito Dos Prazeres , Turkish footballer
- December 15: Gong Zhichao , Chinese badminton player, Olympic champion
- December 15: Timo Joh. Mayer , German director
- December 15: Nadja Zwanziger , German actress
- December 17: Jan Kaňka , Czech composer, trombonist and music teacher
- December 17 Katheryn Winnick , Canadian actress
- December 19: Arzu Bazman , German actress
- December 19: Samy Deluxe , German rapper
- December 19 Elisa Toffoli , Italian singer-songwriter
- December 21: Nicolas Bay , French politician
- December 21: Klodian Duro , Albanian footballer
- December 21: Emmanuel Macron , French politician, President of the Republic
- December 22: Max Wiedemann , German film producer
- December 23: Verneri Pohjola , Finnish jazz trumpeter
- December 24: Américo , Chilean singer
- December 24 Carlos Meza , Colombian professional bantamweight boxer (d. 2004)
- December 25 Priya Anjali Rai , American porn actress and actress of Indian descent
- December 25: Uhm Ji-won , South Korean actress
- December 26: Fatih Akyel , Turkish footballer
- December 26: Angela Ascher , German actress
- December 26: Kai Gehring , German politician
- December 27 Florence Ekpo-Umoh , German track and field athlete
- December 27: Sinead Keenan , Irish actress
- December 28: Kuami Agboh , Togolese footballer
- December 28: Dennis Todorović , German director, screenwriter and film producer
- December 28 Michael Spears , American actor and singer
- December 28: Thomas Kleine , German footballer
- December 28: Derrick Brew , American track and field athlete
- December 30: Marco Reich , German footballer
- December 30: Glory Alozie , Spanish track and field athlete and Olympian
- December 31: Psy , South Korean singer
day unknown
- Lutz Ackermann , German television journalist
- Taner Akyol , Turkish saz player and composer
- Slim Amamou , Tunisian entrepreneur
- Francesco Angelico , Italian conductor
- Annamateur , German jazz singer, lyricist, actress and radio columnist
- Benjamin Appel , German trombonist and music teacher
- Alparslan Arslan , Turkish lawyer
- Simone Aughterlony , New Zealand-Swiss choreographer and dancer
- Edgar Barroso , Mexican composer
- Kerem Can , German-Turkish actor
- Marc Dresander , German actor and speaker
- Dodo , Swiss reggae and ragga singer
- Hanno Dönneweg , German bassoonist
- Danny Driver , English pianist
- Peter Fieseler , German actor
- Christian Furrer , German actor
- Tom Gerber , Swiss film director
- Jessica Gower , Australian actress
- Daniela Holtz , German actress
- Stefan Kaminsky , German actor
- Stephanie Kämmer , German actress
- Patrick Khatami , German actor
- Urte Krass , art historian
- Pablo Lescano , Argentine singer, keyboardist and music producer
- Christian Lex , German screenwriter, actor and director
- Ali Asgar Mammadov , Azerbaijani tar player
- Clancy Newman , American cellist and composer
- Richi Owaki , Japanese video, media and installation artist
- Marc Benjamin Puch , German actor
- Thomas Reintjes , science journalist
- Jiska Rickels , Dutch documentary filmmaker
- Tim Rumsey , American composer, music educator, and music publisher
- Ben Salomo , German-Israeli rapper, YouTuber and author
- Anja Schneider , German actress
- Sybille Schönberger , German star chef
- Sebastian Schulz , German voice actor
- Kathrin Anna Stahl , German actress, director, screenwriter and producer
- Tillbert Strahl , German actor and musician
- Johannes Suhm , German actor
- Sven van Thom , German musician
- Jeanne Tremsal , German-French actress
- Henriette Vásárhelyi , German writer
- Jesco Wirthgen , German actor, dubbing and radio play speaker, dialogue book author and director
Died
January
- Roland Hayes , American singer (b. 1887) January 1:
- Michael Mann , German musician and literary scholar, son of Thomas Mann (born 1919) January 1:
- Achille Campanile , Italian journalist and playwright (born 1899) January 4:
- Artur Adson , Estonian poet, novelist and theater critic (b. 1889) January 5:
- Johannes Lilje , German theologian, art historian and regional bishop (b. 1899) January 6:
- Horst von Mellenthin , German general of artillery (b. 1898) January 8:
- January 11: Jean de Saussure , American-Swiss evangelical minister and university teacher (b. 1899)
- January 12: Henri-Georges Clouzot , French director of crime films (b. 1907)

Anthony Eden , 1942
- January 14: Anthony Eden , British Foreign and Prime Minister (b. 1897)
- January 14: Werner Henneberger , German architect, Social Democrat (b. 1904)
- January 14: Anaïs Nin , American writer (b. 1903)
- January 15: Hermann Schwann , German politician (b. 1899)
- January 15: Hans Alser , Swedish table tennis player (born 1942)
- January 15: Robert Fuchs , German major general (b. 1895)
- January 15: Herbert Ihering , German journalist and theater critic (born 1888)
- January 16: Leif Panduro , Danish writer and dentist (born 1923)
- January 16: Ernest Alvin Archia Jr. , American tenor saxophonist (b. 1919)
- January 16: Anna Klöcker , fought for equal rights for women (b. 1895)
- January 17: Wolf Schmidt , German journalist, cabaret artist and actor (b. 1913)
- January 18: Luciano Re Cecconi , Italian footballer (born 1948)
- January 18: Max Reimann , German politician (b. 1898)
- January 18: Helmuth von Grolman , German soldier and politician (born 1898)

Carl Zuckmayer († January 18)
- January 18: Carl Zuckmayer , German writer (b. 1896)
- January 19: Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm , German politician (b. 1916)
- January 21: Benjamin Laney , American politician (b. 1896)
- January 22: Max Burghardt , German director and chairman of the Kulturbund der DDR (b. 1893)
- January 22: Pascual Pérez , Argentine boxer, Olympic and world champion (b. 1926)
- January 23: Otto Lüthje , German actor (born 1902)
- January 26: Dietrich von Hildebrand , Catholic philosopher, theologian and author (born 1889)
- January 28: Benito Quinquela Martín , Argentine painter (b. 1890)
- January 29 – Jack Manders , American football player (b. 1909)
- January 31: Margrethe Klenze , German painter (b. 1881)
February
- Maximilian Graf von Attems-Heiligenkreuz , Austrian ambassador, economist and writer (b. 1892) February 1:
- Edmond Hamilton , American author et al. by Captain Future (b. 1904) February 1:
- Hans Hügelkamp , German educator, university lecturer and university director (b. 1893) February 2:
- Oskar Klein , Swedish physicist (born 1894) February 5:
- Hermann Felsner , Austrian football coach (born 1889) February 6:
- Richard Bevan Austin , American lawyer (b. 1901) February 7:
- Francisco Cristancho Camargo , Colombian composer, arranger, trombonist, guitarist and orchestra leader (b. 1905) February 9:
- February 10: Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin , Russian engineer and aircraft builder (b. 1894)
- February 11: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , Indian politician and President (b. 1905)
- February 11: Fouad Ammoun , Lebanese jurist and diplomat (b. 1899)
- February 11: Louis Beel , Dutch politician and Prime Minister (b. 1902)
- February 11: Luigi Bertolini , Italian footballer (born 1904)
- February 13: Otto Niebergall , German politician (b. 1904)
- February 14: Ok Formenoy , Dutch footballer (b. 1899)
- February 15: Isaak Boleslawski , Soviet chess player (b. 1919)
- February 15: Herman Johannes Lam , Dutch botanist (b. 1892)
- February 16: Rózsa Péter , Hungarian mathematician (born 1905)
- February 16: Janani Luwum , Archbishop of Uganda (b. 1922)
- February 17: Blinky Palermo , German painter (born 1943)
- February 21: Heinrich Auge , German politician (b. 1898)
- February 21: John Hubley , American animator (b. 1914)
- February 21: Henry Jordan , American football player and concert promoter (b. 1935)
- February 22: Marcel Anghelescu , Romanian actor (born 1909)
- February 27: Lotte Neumann , German actress (b. 1896)
- February 28: Eddie Rochester Anderson , American entertainer and actor (b. 1905)
March
- Eugénie Brazier , French cook (b. 1895) March 2:
- Takeuchi Yoshimi , Japanese sinologist and cultural theorist (born 1910) March 3:
- Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk , Reich Finance Minister and Reich Foreign Minister (b. 1887) March 4:
- Isaac Nemiroff , American composer, music educator and scholar (b. 1912) March 5:
- Friedrich Schnack , German poet (b. 1888) March 6:
- Paul Aebischer , Swiss Romanist and Medievalist (b. 1897) March 9:
- March 11: Alberto Rodríguez Larreta , Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
- March 12: George Eldredge , American actor (b. 1898)
- March 13: Jan Patočka , Czech philosopher (born 1907)
- March 14: Gyula Dávid , Hungarian composer (b. 1913)
- March 15: Hubert Aquin , Canadian writer (b. 1929)
- March 16: Kamal Jumblat , Lebanese politician (b. 1917)
- March 18: Marien Ngouabi , former President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
- March 19: Pehr Edman , Swedish biochemist (b. 1916)
- March 22: Murayama Tomoyoshi , Japanese writer and theater director (b. 1901)
- March 23: Emile Biayenda , Archbishop of Brazzaville and Cardinal (b. 1927)
- March 23 – Joe Stydahar , American football player and coach (b. 1912)
- March 24: Conrad Felixmüller , Expressionist and New Objectivity painter (b. 1897)
- March 25: Alphonse Massemba-Débat , former President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1921)
- March 25: Nunnally Johnson , American screenwriter (b. 1897)
- March 25: Eugen Szenkar , Hungarian conductor (b. 1891)
- March 25: Rodolfo Walsh , Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1927)
- March 27 Gustav Schickedanz , German manufacturer and entrepreneur (b. 1895)
- March 26: Frank Thorolfson , Canadian pianist, conductor, music educator and composer (born 1914)
- March 27: Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten , Dutch pilot (b. 1927)
- March 28: Waldo de los Ríos , pianist, orchestra leader, arranger and composer (b. 1934)
- March 30: Jacques Errera , Belgian physical chemist (b. 1896)
- March 30: Abdel Halim Hafez , Egyptian singer and actor (born 1929)
- March 30: Levko Revuki , Ukrainian composer (b. 1889)
April

Sepp Herberger († April 28)
- Fritz Walter , German politician (b. 1896) April 1:
- Eduard Arnold , Swiss politician and federal judge (b. 1895) April 2:
- Robert Murton-Neale , British racing driver (b. 1907) April 2:
- Walter Wolf , German communist politician (b. 1907) April 2:
- Benjamin Appel , American writer (b. 1907) April 3:
- Julius Watkins , American horn player (b. 1921) April 4:
- Carlos Prío Socarrás , President of Cuba (b. 1903) April 5:
- Luperce Miranda , Brazilian mandolinist and composer (b. 1904) April 5:
- Guy Dollfuss , French racing driver (b. 1901) April 6:
- Broadus Erle , American violinist and music teacher (b. 1918) April 6:
- Siegfried Buback , lawyer and Federal Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (born 1920) April 7:
- Karl Ritter , German director (b. 1888) April 7:
- Michael Felke , German entrepreneur (b. 1895) April 8:
- April 11: Jacques Prévert , French author, poet and chansonnier (b. 1900)
- April 15: Walter Hollstein , German football coach (b. 1899)
- April 17: Richard Adler , German painter, illustrator and graphic artist (b. 1907)
- April 17: Richard Brauer , German-American mathematician (b. 1901)
- 17 April: William Conway , Archbishop of Armagh and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1913)
- April 19 Günter Bruno Fuchs , German writer and graphic artist (b. 1928)
- April 19: Johannes Spörl , historian (b. 1904)
- April 20: Wilmer Allison , American tennis player (born 1904)
- April 20: István Déván , Hungarian athlete and winter sportsman (b. 1890)
- April 21: Gummo Marx , American comedian (b. 1892)
- April 22 Arvo Haavisto , Finnish wrestler (born 1900)
- April 24: Josef Angermüller , German motorcycle track racer (b. 1949)
- April 24: Martin Heix , German politician (b. 1903)
- April 25 Cayetano Córdova Iturburu , Argentine journalist, art critic and writer (b. 1899)
- April 26: Charles Arthur Anderson , American politician (b. 1899)
- April 28: Sepp Herberger , German national football team coach (b. 1897)
- April 29: Clive Douglas , Australian composer, musician and conductor (born 1903)
- April 30: Ludwig Bäte , German writer (b. 1892)
May
- Isidor Markowitsch Annensky , Soviet director (b. 1906) May 2:
- Sonja Åkesson , Swedish writer and artist (born 1926) May 5:

Ludwig Erhard († May 5)
- Ludwig Erhard , German Economics Minister and Chancellor (b. 1897) May 5:
- Sam Lanin , American jazz musician (b. 1891) May 5
- Julián Soler , Mexican actor and director (b. 1907) May 5:
- Walter Gray Walter , American neurophysiologist (b. 1910) May 6:
- Hendrik Gerard Bungenberg de Jong , Dutch chemist (b. 1893) May 7:
- Knud Ahlborn , German figures of the early youth movement (b. 1888) May 9:
- Walter Wilhelm Johann Kraft , German organist and composer (born 1905) May 9:
- James Jones , American writer (b. 1921) May 9:
- May 10: Alfred Eduard Frauenfeld , Nazi politician (b. 1898)

Joan Crawford , still photograph from 1925
- May 10: Joan Crawford , American film actress (b. 1905)
- May 12: Barry Ashbee , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1939)
- May 12: Lau Lauritzen jr. , Danish actor, film director and screenwriter (born 1910)
- May 16: Modibo Keïta , former President of Mali (b. 1915)
- May 17: Erwin Wilhelm Müller , German-American physicist (b. 1911)
- May 20: Benno Graf , German politician (born 1908)
- May 22: Hampton Hawes , American jazz musician (b. 1928)
- May 26: Fujimori Seikichi , Japanese novelist and playwright (b. 1892)
- May 26: William Powell , American singer (b. 1942)
- May 27: Hans Augustin , German jurist (b. 1909)
- May 28 Adolf Horion , German Roman Catholic clergyman and entomologist (b. 1888)
- May 30: Paul Desmond , American saxophonist (b. 1924)
- May 30: Claire Goll , Franco-German journalist (b. 1891)
- May 31: William Castle , American film director and producer (born 1914)
- May 31: Floyd Davis , American racing driver (b. 1909)
June
- Stephen Boyd , American actor (b. 1931) June 2:
- Henri Gagnebin , Swiss composer (b. 1886) June 2:
- Archibald Vivian Hill , British physiologist (b. 1886) June 3:
- Roberto Rossellini , Italian director (b. 1906) June 3:
- Sleepy John Estes , American blues musician (b. 1899) June 5:
- Luis César Amadori , Argentine filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist (b. 1903) June 5:
- Erik Bohlin , Swedish bicycle and motorcycle racer (b. 1897) June 8:
- Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim , German lieutenant general and diplomat (b. 1894) June 9:
- June 13: Tom C. Clark , American politician (b. 1899)
- June 13: Herbert Haag , German organist and church musician (b. 1908)
- June 14: Alan Mills , Canadian singer, actor and author (b. 1912)
- June 16: Werner Eggerath , German politician (born 1900)
- June 16: Wernher von Braun , German rocket engineer, space pioneer (b. 1912)
- June 17: Qian Xingcun , Chinese literary scholar (b. 1900)
- June 18: Jacqueline Audry , French film director (born 1908)
- June 18: Franco Rol , Italian racing driver (b. 1908)
- June 19: Ali Shariati , Iranian sociologist and intellectual (b. 1933)
- June 20: Jules Moriceau , French automobile racer (b. 1887)
- June 22: Paul Oppenheim , German chemist, philosopher, private scholar and industrialist (born 1885)
- June 22: Elisabeth Müller , Swiss youth writer (b. 1885)
- June 25: Olave Baden-Powell , co-founder of Girl Scouts (b. 1889)
- June 25: Petko Stajnov , Bulgarian composer (b. 1896)
- June 26: Ulrich Neuenschwander , Swiss Reformed theologian (born 1922)
- June 26: Walter Kennedy , American manager, second commissioner of the NBA (b. 1912)
- June 26: Arnold Pauli , Swiss singer, choirmaster and composer (b. 1900)
- June 29: Carl Hesberg , German politician (born 1898)
- June 29: Giovanni Ziggiotto , Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1954)
- June 30: Karl Scherm , German soccer player (b. 1904)
July
- Hermann Aicher , Austrian theater manager (b. 1902) July 1:
- Vladimir Nabokov , Russian writer (b. 1899) July 2:
- William H. Ziegler , American film editor (b. 1909) July 2
- Gertrude Abercrombie , American artist (b. 1909) July 3:
- Alexander Melentyevich Volkov , Russian writer and mathematics professor (b. 1891) July 3:
- Ödön Pártos , Israeli composer (born 1907) July 6:
- Nicolae Kovacs , Romanian football player and coach of Hungarian descent (b. 1911) July 7:
- Katherine Stinson , American aviation pioneer (b. 1891) July 8:
- Alice Paul , American suffragette and feminist (b. 1885) July 9:
- July 12: Osmín Aguirre y Salinas , San Salvadorian military (b. 1889)
- July 12: Waldemar Kraft , German politician (born 1898)
- July 13: Hermann Kemper , inventor of the maglev train (b. 1892)
- July 15: Konstantin Alexandrovich Fedin , Russian writer and actor (b. 1892)
- July 17: Zózimo Alves Calazães , Brazilian soccer player (b. 1932)
- July 16: Francesco Roberti , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1889)
- July 18: Josef Korbel , Czechoslovak diplomat and author of some books (b. 1909)
- July 20: Friedrich Georg Jiinger , German poet, storyteller and essayist (b. 1898)
- July 21 Lee Miller , American photographer and photojournalist (b. 1907)
- July 21: Henry Vahl , German folk actor (b. 1897)
- July 24: Emil Botta , Romanian actor and lyricist (b. 1911)
- July 25: Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt , German painter and etcher (born 1895)
- July 26: Oskar Morgenstern , economist (b. 1902)
- July 27: Hal Holmes , American politician (b. 1902)
- July 27: Jacob Marschak , American economist and scientist of Ukrainian descent (b. 1898)
- July 30: Jürgen Ponto , German banker; Spokesman of the Management Board of Dresdner Bank AG (* 1923)
August

Ernst Bloch († August 4)
- Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira , Archbishop of Lisbon and Cardinal (b. 1888) August 2:
- Georg Abesser , German physician (b. 1889) August 3:
- Wanda Axel , German opera singer (b. 1886) August 3:
- Macarius III. , Cypriot clergyman and politician (born 1913) August 3:
- Yoshida Ken'ichi , Japanese writer (born 1912) August 3:
- Edgar Douglas Adrian , British anatomist and physiologist (b. 1889) August 4:
- Ernst Bloch , German philosopher (b. 1885) August 4:
- Antonio Machín , Cuban singer (b. 1908) August 4:
- Gerhard Just , German actor (born 1904) August 5:
- Max Kaus , German painter and printmaker (b. 1891) August 5
- Dino Staffa , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1906) August 7:
- Paul Chaudet , Swiss politician (FDP) (b. 1904) August 7:
- Jean Bassoul , Lebanese Archbishop (b. 1920) August 9:
- August 11: Otto August Andersson , Sweden international football player (b. 1910)
- August 13 Karl Kreutzberg , German handball player (born 1912)
- August 13: Henry Williamson , British novelist (b. 1895)
- August 14: Otto Aßmann , German politician (b. 1901)
- August 16: Heinz-Eberhardt Andres , German politician (born 1908)

Elvis Presley , 1970
- August 16: Elvis Presley , American rock 'n' roll singer (b. 1935)
- August 17: Delmer Daves , American screenwriter and director (b. 1904)
- August 18: Alfred Rasser , Swiss cabaret artist, actor and politician (b. 1907)
- August 18 Wiltraut Rupp-von Brünneck , German judge of the Federal Constitutional Court (b. 1912)
- August 19: Groucho Marx , American comedian (b. 1890)
- August 24: Happy Wilson , American country musician (b. 1919)
- August 27: Gertrud Wiebke Schröder , German sculptor and artist (born 1897)
- August 28: Peter Altmeier , German CDU politician and Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate (b. 1899)
- August 28: Ralph Samuelson , American inventor of the sport of water skiing (b. 1904)
- August 30: Erny Pinckert , American football player (b. 1907)
- August 31: Sidney James Montford Atkinson , South African track and field athlete (b. 1901)
September
- Henry Vars , American film composer of Polish descent (b. 1902) September 1:
- Ethel Waters , American actress and singer (b. 1896) September 1:
- Karl Herold , German politician (b. 1921) September 1:
- Ernst Friedrich Schumacher , British economist (born 1911) September 4:
- Walter "Kid" Smith , American old-time musician (b. 1895) September 5:
- Werner Charles Rudolph Aue , British diplomat (b. 1891) September 6:
- Paul Burkhard , Swiss composer (b. 1911) September 6:
- Eugen Schüfftan , American Breslau-born cameraman, inventor (b. 1886) September 6:
- Luis Vargas Rosas , Chilean painter (b. 1897) September 6:
- Carl von Campe , German politician (b. 1894) September 8:
- Zero Mostel , American actor (b. 1915) September 8:
- Rita Maiburg , German pilot, world's first female airline captain (b. 1952) 9 September:
- September 12: Robert Lowell , American poet (b. 1917)
- September 12 Steve Biko , founder of the black consciousness movement in South Africa (b. 1946)
- September 13: Leopold Stokowski , English conductor (b. 1882)
- September 13: Edmond Trudel , Canadian conductor, pianist and music educator (b. 1892)
- September 15: Roberto Kinsky , Argentine conductor (b. 1910)
- September 16: Günther Anders , German cameraman (b. 1908)
- September 16: Maria Callas , American soprano (b. 1923)
- September 16: Rie Cramer , Dutch illustrator and writer (b. 1887)
- September 16: Marc Bolan , British singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
- September 17: Ruth Andreas-Friedrich , resistance fighter against National Socialism, writer (b. 1901)
- September 19: Kon Tōkō , Japanese writer and politician (b. 1898)
- September 21: Otto Abel , German organist and composer (born 1905)
- September 24 Piet Zwart , Dutch typographer, photographer, designer, interior designer and teacher (b. 1885)
- September 25: Gerhard Winkler , German composer of light music (b. 1906)
- September 26: Franz Böhm , German politician (b. 1895)
- September 29: Hans Habe , German journalist, novelist and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- September 29: Alexander Nikolayevich Cherepnin , Russian composer (b. 1899)
- September 30: Heinrich Gretler , Swiss actor (b. 1897)
October

Bing Crosby († October 14)
- - Milo Barus , German strength athlete, "Strongest Man in the World" (b. 1906) October 1
- Arnold Bode , German curator, artist and university lecturer, founder of the documenta (b. 1900) October 3:
- Tay Garnett , American director (b. 1894) October 3:
- Giuseppe Morandi , Italian racing driver (b. 1894) October 3:
- Artur Sträter , German politician (b. 1902) October 4:
- Peter Blachstein , German politician and diplomat (b. 1911) October 4:
- Anton Schütz (later also Anton Schutz ), German-American artist, author and publisher (b. 1894) October 6 –
- Uno Åhrén , Swedish architect and town planner (b. 1897) October 8:
- Ruth Elder , American aviation pioneer and actress (b. 1902) October 9:
- Hans Gustl Kernmayr , Austrian writer (b. 1900) October 9:
- October 10: Lea Grundig , German painter and printmaker (b. 1906)
- October 10: Eberhard Ernst Reinhardt , Swiss jurist and bank manager (b. 1908)
- 11 October: Ibrahim al-Hamdi , President of the Yemen Arab Republic (b. 1943)
- October 11: MacKinlay Kantor , American writer (b. 1904)
- October 11: El Sayed Mohammed Nosseir , Egyptian weightlifter (b. 1905)
- October 13: Stefan Auer , Romanian-Hungarian footballer (b. 1905)
- October 13: Gladys Marie Deacon , mistress of French descent (b. 1881)
- October 13: Otto Steinwachs , Auxiliary Bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany (b. 1882)
- October 14: Bing Crosby , American singer and actor (b. 1903)
- October 16: Jürgen Schumann , captain of the Lufthansa plane Landshut (b. 1940)
- October 17 – Cal Hubbard , American football player, coach and baseball official (b. 1900)
- October 18: Zohair Youssif Akache , Palestinian terrorist (b. 1954)
- October 18 Andreas Baader , German terrorist, member and co-founder of the RAF (b. 1943)
- October 18: Gudrun Ensslin , German terrorist, member and co-founder of the RAF (b. 1940)
- October 18: Jan-Carl Raspe , German terrorist and member of the Red Army Faction (b. 1944)
- 18 October: Hanns Martin Schleyer , German manager, killed by the RAF (b. 1915)
- October 20: Enrique Casal Chapí , Spanish composer (b. 1909)
- October 20: Steven Earl Gaines , American musician (b. 1949)
- October 20: Ronald Wayne Van Zant , American musician (b. 1948)
- October 21: Norman Thomas Gilroy , Archbishop of Sydney and Cardinal (b. 1896)
- October 25: Inagaki Taruho , Japanese writer (b. 1900)
- October 26: Elisabeth Flickenschildt , German stage and film actress (b. 1905)
- October 26: Charles Wheeler , New Zealand-Australian painter (b. 1880)
- October 27: James M. Cain , American writer (b. 1892)
- October 28: Miguel Mihura , Spanish writer (b. 1905)
- October 28: Bruno Linienbach , German SS General (b. 1902)
- October 29: William Dale Archerd , American serial killer (b. 1912)
- October 29: Otto Ley , German motorcycle racer (b. 1903)
- October 30: Renato Curi , Italian footballer (born 1953)
November
- Franco Albini , Italian architect (born 1905) November 1:
- Hans Erich Nossack , German writer (b. 1901) November 2:
- Walter Oehmichen , founded the Augsburger Puppenkiste in 1948 (b. 1901) November 2:
- Victor Heerman , American director and screenwriter (b. 1893) November 3:
- Greta Keller , Austrian chanson singer (born 1903) November 4:

Rene Goscinny , 1971
- René Goscinny , Belgian-French comics writer (b. 1926) November 5:
- Hertha Spielberg , German painter (b. 1890) November 7:
- Fred Oelßner , member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED (b. 1903) November 7:
- Gertrude Astor , American actress (b. 1887) November 9:
- Ferdinand May , German playwright and author (b. 1896) November 8:
- November 12: Ingrid Schubert , German RAF terrorist (b. 1944)
- November 14: AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , Founder of ISKCON (b. 1896)
- November 14: Richard Addisell , British film composer (b. 1904)
- November 14: Roberto Pineda Duque , Colombian composer (b. 1910)
- November 16: Charlotte of Monaco , mother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco (b. 1898)
- November 16: Maria von Wedemeyer , fiancée of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (b. 1924)
- November 17: Karl Berbuer , German composer and crooner (b. 1900)
- November 18: Kurt Schuschnigg , Austrian politician (b. 1897)
- November 19: Chester Arthur Arnold , American paleobotanist and botanist (b. 1901)
- November 20: Lester Koenig , American record producer (b. 1918)
- November 20: Conrad Letendre , Canadian organist, composer and music educator (b. 1904)
- November 21: Maxie Wander , Austrian writer (b. 1933)
- November 21: Hartmut Gründler , German environmentalist. Died after self-immolation in protest against nuclear policy at the time (* 1930)
- November 22: Luigi Traglia , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1895)
- November 24: Reidar Aulie , Norwegian painter (b. 1904)
- November 25: Manuchehr Eghbal , Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1909)
- November 26: Ruth Moufang , German mathematician (born 1905)
- November 28: Hans Möbius , German archaeologist (b. 1895)
- November 30: Miloš Crnjanski , Serbian poet, storyteller, travel writer and playwright (b. 1893)
- November 30: Ludwig Wieder , German national soccer player (b. 1900)
December

Charles Chaplin (died December 25)
- Kaionji Chōgorō , Japanese writer (b. 1901) December 1:
- Otto Adam , German fencer (b. 1909) December 2:
- Jack Beresford , British rower and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1899) December 3:
- Fritz Oellers , German politician (born 1903) December 4:
- Ursula Herwig , German actress and voice actress (b. 1935) December 5:
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk , American saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1936) December 5:
- Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky , Russian army commander and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) 5 December:
- Andrew Auld , American soccer player (b. 1900) December 6:
- Georges Grignard , French automobile racer (b. 1905) December 7:
- Werner Fischel , German behavioral scientist (b. 1900) December 8:
- Clarice Lispector , Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (b. 1920) December 9:
- December 10: Adolph Rupp , American basketball coach (born 1901)
- December 11: Luis Humberto Salgado , Ecuadorian composer (b. 1903)
- December 12: Clementine Churchill , wife of Winston Churchill (b. 1885)
- December 13: Oğuz Atay , Turkish writer (b. 1934)
- December 14: Sydney James Butlin , Australian economist and historian (b. 1910)
- December 16: Gustaf Emanuel Hildebrand Aulén , Swedish theologian and bishop (b. 1879)
- December 16: Rikard Long , Faroese poet and literary critic (b. 1889)
- December 16: Thomas Schippers , American conductor (b. 1930)
- December 17: Benny de Weille , German clarinetist, composer, arranger and orchestra leader (b. 1915)
- December 18: Marriner S. Eccles , American entrepreneur and Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (b. 1890)
- December 18: James Bowes-Lyon , British officer (b. 1917)
- December 19: Takeo Kurita , Vice Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy, War of the Pacific (b. 1889)
- December 19: Nellie Tayloe Ross , American politician and governor of Wyoming (b. 1876)
- December 19: Jacques Tourneur , American film director of French descent (b. 1904)
- December 20: Walter Drechsel , German politician and MP (b. 1902)
- December 20: Otto Sartorius , German oenologist (b. 1892)
- 20 December: Henry Tandey , English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross and most decorated British private of World War I (b. 1891)
- December 22: Rosette Anday , Hungarian mezzo-soprano (b. 1903)
- December 22: Johann Nepomuk David , Austrian composer (b. 1895)
- December 22: Frank Thiess , German writer (b. 1890)
- December 22: Ernst Waldbrunn , Austrian actor and cabaret artist (b. 1907)
- December 23: Philipp Etter , Swiss politician (CVP) (b. 1891)
- December 24: Juan Velasco Alvarado , military ruler of Peru from 1968 to 1975 (b. 1910)
- December 24: Samael Aun Weor , Colombian occultist (b. 1917)
- December 24: Peruchín , Cuban pianist, composer and arranger (b. 1913)
- December 24: Edmund Veesenmayer , Nazi war criminal (b. 1904)
- December 25: Sir Charles "Charlie" Chaplin , British director, actor and comedian (b. 1889)
- December 25: Eguchi Takaya , Japanese dancer (b. 1900)
- December 25: Ahmad Mogharebi , Iranian general and Soviet spy (b. 1921)
- December 25: József Reményi , Hungarian sculptor and medalist (b. 1887)
- December 26: Henk Angenent , Dutch footballer (b. 1930)
- December 26: Howard Hawks , American director of Hollywood's classic period (b. 1896)
- December 31: Paul Ackerman , American journalist (b. 1909)
- December 31: Robert Humphreys , American politician (b. 1893)
- December 31: Nora Marlowe , American actress (b. 1915)
- December 31 Hans Rothe , German writer, playwright, radio playwright and translator of all the works of William Shakespeare (b. 1894)
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- Nicholas of Arseniev , Russian émigré and theologian (born 1888)
- France Audoul , French painter and resistance fighter (born 1894)
- Jack Ayre , Canadian pianist and composer (born 1894)
- JC Moses , American jazz drummer (born 1936)
- Emmy Wehlen , German actress (born 1886)
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