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Calendar overview 1986
1986 | |
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The Chernobyl nuclear disaster |
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On January 28, shortly after take-off, the Challenger broke up and thus the worst accident in the history of space travel in the USA at the time |
1986 in other calendars | |
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From urbe condita | 2739 |
Armenian calendar | 1434-1435 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1978-1979 |
Badi calendar | 142-143 |
Bengali calendar | 1392-1393 |
Berber calendar | 2936 |
Buddhist calendar | 2530 |
Burmese calendar | 1348 |
Byzantine calendar | 7494-7495 |
Chinese calendar | |
- era | 4682-4683 or 4622-4623 |
- 60 year cycle |
Wood Buffalo (乙丑, 2) - |
French revolution calendar |
- CXCIV CXCV 194-195 |
Hindu calendar | |
- Vikram Sambat | 2042-2043 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1908-1909 |
Iranian calendar | 1364-1365 |
Islamic calendar | 1406-1407 |
Japanese calendar | |
- Nengō (era): | Shōwa 61 |
- Kōki | 2646 |
Jewish calendar | 5746-5747 |
Coptic Calendar | 1702-1703 |
Korean calendar | |
- Dangun era | 4319 |
- Juche era | 75 |
Minguo calendar | 75 |
Modern Olympics | XXIII |
Seleucid calendar | 2297-2298 |
Thai solar calendar | 2529 |
Annual dedications
- 1986 is the "International Year of Peace".
- The rook (lat. Corvus frugilegus) is bird of the year ( NABU / Germany).
events
Politics and world events
- January 1st: Alphons Egli becomes the new Federal President of Switzerland .
- January 1: In the Federal Republic of Germany, childcare allowance and childcare leave are introduced.
- January 1st: Portugal and Spain join the European Community .
- January 6th: Beginning of the 2nd Republic of Liberia
- January 13: In North Yemen sparks a civil war, as President Ali Nasir Muhammad the Politburo absent of the country and his bodyguards kill the Vice President and four other members of the Politburo.
- January 15: Mikhail Gorbachev proposes that the West disarm all nuclear weapons by the year 2000 .
- January 17: After the war over the Agacher Strip , Mali and Burkina Faso sign a peace treaty in Yamoussoukro . The disputed border area is later divided between the two states by a judgment of the International Court of Justice .
- January 26: First round of presidential elections in Portugal . Since none of the candidates achieve an absolute majority, there will be a runoff .
- January 29th: After successfully leading the liberation struggle for five years, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni becomes President of the Republic of Uganda .
- February 16: The second round of the presidential elections in Portugal is won by Mário Soares .
- February 23: Mass demonstrations in Spain for Spain's exit from NATO .
- February 25th: Philippines : President Ferdinand Marcos is overthrown in the bloodless EDSA revolution and travels to Hawaii .
- February 25: the 27th party congress of the CPSU begins (end of March 6). Mikhail Gorbachev (General Secretary of the CPSU since March 11, 1985) calls for " glasnost " (openness: more freedom of speech, opinion and press in the country) and perestroika (restructuring).
- February 28: The incumbent Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm .
- March 9: Mário Soares becomes the new Portuguese President.
- March 12: Referendum in Spain. The majority of the voters vote for Spain to remain in NATO.
- April 5: The bomb attack allegedly carried out by Libyans on the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin is considered to be the trigger for the US air raids on Libyan cities on April 14.
- April 8: The Californian town of Carmel hit the headlines nationwide when the actor Clint Eastwood was elected mayor by a large majority.
- April 14th: Under the code name Operation El Dorado Canyon , US forces launch air strikes on the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi .
- April 17th: XI. SED party conference in Berlin . The most prominent guest is the Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev.
- April 17th: The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly officially sign a peace treaty to end their state of war, which has existed since 1651. Nonetheless, critics argue that the conflict was resolved by the end of the first Anglo-Dutch War in 1654.
- April 25: King Mswati III. becomes head of state in Swaziland .
- April 26: The Chernobyl nuclear disaster begins with the explosion of Unit 4 of the nuclear power plant .
- May 1: Afghanistan : Mohammed Najibullah replaces Babrak Karmal as Secretary General of the DVPA .
- May 28: Sinking of the trawler “Chian-der 3” in the Falkland Islands.
- June 8: Kurt Waldheim is elected President of Austria .
- June 8th: The police shut down the Hamburg cauldron : one of the most criticized police operations in the Federal Republic of Germany .
- June 12: The Bavarian State Ministry for State Development and Environmental Issues approves the demolition of the Niederaichbach nuclear power plant near Landshut. It is the first administrative act of its kind in the world .
- June 22nd: General elections in Spain . The PSOE won 184 of the 350 seats in parliament; Felipe González remains Prime Minister and can continue to govern with an absolute majority.
- July 9: RAF terrorists murder Karl Heinz Beckurts (physicist, atomic researcher and Siemens board member).
- July 26th and 27th 1986 Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival with over 100,000 visitors, the largest rock concert in German history to date.
- August 16: Dominican Republic . Salvador Jorge Blanco is replaced as President by Joaquín Balaguer .
- September 9: The German Bundestag holds its first session in the former Bonn waterworks because the parliament building needs renovation .
- September 13: Jörg Haider replaces Norbert Steger as chairman of the FPÖ at a party conference in Innsbruck .
- September 19: The Conference on Security, Confidence-Building Measures and Disarmament in Europe (KVAE) comes to an end in Stockholm with the final document. After this CSCE follow-up conference, announcements of military maneuvers and inviting observers from the other side will become the duty of the contracting parties.
- September 21: State election in Styria 1986
- October / November: The Iran-Contra affair is exposed . Sentencing of the USA before the International Court of Justice in The Hague
- October 10: The German diplomat Gerold von Braunmühl is killed by an RAF commando in Bonn .
- October 21: The Marshall Islands in Micronesia become independent from the United States .
- October 22nd: In the Solange II decision, the Federal Constitutional Court recognizes that the European Court of Justice provides adequate protection of fundamental rights . This affects the admissibility of constitutional complaints in Germany.
- November 1st: Afghanistan. Babrak Karmal also loses the office of President of the Revolutionary Council (head of state). He has been in exile in the Soviet Union since 1987 .
- November 3: The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States .
- November 4: With the 4th broadcasting judgment, the Federal Constitutional Court underpins the dual broadcasting system in Germany.
- November 23: National Council election in Austria . The SPÖ with Chancellor Vranitzky becomes the party with the strongest vote.
- December 18: The Rio Group is founded at a conference of foreign ministers of Latin American countries in Rio de Janeiro .
- December 19: In the Federal Republic of Germany , the Counter-Terrorism Act intensifies the catalog offenses under Section 129a of the Criminal Code and expands the powers of the Higher Regional Courts and the General Public Prosecutor's Office in criminal prosecution and comes into force on January 1, 1987.
- December 19: The Soviet regime critic Andrei Sakharov is rehabilitated by the Soviet government and is allowed to return to Moscow from exile .
business
- February 4th: Investment promotion agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Oman
- May 2nd: The World Exposition Expo 86 is opened in Vancouver by Prince Charles , Princess Diana and the Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney .
- May 30th: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and India
- September 16: The merger of the Sperry Corporation and the Burroughs Corporation creates the world's second largest computer company after IBM , which a short time later is named Unisys .
- September 26: The US publishing house Doubleday & Co. is bought by Bertelsmann for 475 million US dollars . Bertelsmann temporarily becomes the world's largest media group .
- November 17: The French urban guerrilla group Action Directe (Commando Pierre Overney ) kills Renault director Georges Besse . She sees in him the main person responsible for mass layoffs by the automobile manufacturer.
- November 25th: The King Fahd Causeway opens. The combined bridge and dam connection connects Saudi Arabia with the island state of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf over a length of 26 kilometers .
science and technology
- January 24th: The US space probe Voyager 2 flies past Uranus and provides many photos of Uranus, its rings and its moons
- February 19: The Soviet Union shoots the core module of the “Mir” space station into orbit
- March 13: The Soyuz T-15 mission to the Mir and Salyut 7 space stations starts from the Soviet Baikonur spaceport .
- March 13: President François Mitterrand inaugurates the futuristic science and technology museum Cité des sciences et de l'industrie in the Parc de la Villette in Paris .
- November 5: DENIC has the .de data record created for the Internet ID in the IANA database.
Culture and society
- February 1st: World premiere of the opera Hunger und Durst by Violeta Dinescu in Freiburg im Breisgau
- February 28: After three years of construction, the Schirn Kunsthalle opens in Frankfurt am Main .
- APRIL 5: Jean Michel Jarre plays on the 150th anniversary of the State of Texas and the City of Houston and the 25th anniversary of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of NASA a concert in front of at least 1.3 million listeners in Houston and receives an entry in the Guinness Book of Records .
- July 1: In Kiel, Radio Schleswig-Holstein is the first national private radio station to go on air.
- July 23: Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson marry in Westminster Abbey .
- July 29: Werner Pinzner shoots the investigating public prosecutor, his wife and finally himself during an interrogation at the Hamburg police headquarters, thereby triggering a judicial scandal.
- October 9: World premiere of the musical The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theater in London
- December 1: The Musée d'Orsay , converted from a train station into an art museum , opens in Paris .
religion
- April 13th: Pope John Paul II is the first Pope to visit a synagogue in Rome .
- May 18: The fifth encyclical of Pope John Paul II, entitled Dominum et Vivificantem, deals with the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and the world.
- October 29th: The first world prayer meeting takes place in Assisi , Italy.
Sports
For entries of athletics world records, see the respective discipline under athletics .
- February 20: The media entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi acquires the majority of shares in the soccer club AC Milan and becomes its president.
- March 22nd: Trevor Berbick wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Pinklon Thomas at the Riviera Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas , Nevada , USA, by winning on points.
- March 23 to October 26: The 37th Formula 1 World Championship is held
- May 4th to August 24th: The 38th FIM Motorcycle Road World Championship is held
- June 19: Less than two days after the NBA draft , Len Bias , draft pick of the Boston Celtics , dies of a cocaine overdose .
- July 6th: Boris Becker wins the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the second time .
- May 31 to June 29: At the 13th Soccer World Cup in Mexico , Argentina wins 3-2 in the final against the Federal Republic of Germany.
- August 10: For the first time a Formula 1 car race is held in an Eastern Bloc country . The Brazilian Nelson Piquet wins at the Hungaroring the Hungarian Grand Prix .
- October 16: Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders .
- October 26th: Alain Prost becomes Formula 1 world champion for the second time .
- November 22nd: American boxer Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight world champion of all time after knocking out Trevor Berbick in the second round .
Disasters
- January 28: The US space shuttle Challenger breaks apart shortly after taking off on its STS-51-L mission . All seven astronauts are killed.
- March 31: Near Mexico City . After a fire on board a bouncing Boeing 727 of Mexicana against a mountain. All 166 passengers die
- March 31st: A fire damages Hampton Court in London , killing one person
- April 20: The dam of the Kantale Dam in Sri Lanka breaks. The tidal wave flooded dozen of villages; there are up to 178 dead
- April 21: When the ferry “Ekhlas Star” ( Bangladesh ) sank , around 1,000 people died
- April 26: nuclear disaster in Chernobyl (Chernobyl)
- August 21: A gas lake in Cameroon , Lake Nyos , emits huge amounts of CO 2 overnight . This spreads over a radius of up to 25 km and kills over 1,700 people and all cattle by suffocation.
- August 31: The Soviet cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov collides with a freighter in the Black Sea . 423 passengers and crew members die when the ship sinks near Novorossiysk, which lasts a few minutes .
- August 31: Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a private plane, killing 84 people.
- October 10: 5.5 magnitude earthquake in El Salvador kills over 1,000
- November 1: Major fire at the chemical company Sandoz in Schweizerhalle near Basel , extinguishing water contaminates the Rhine and leads to large fish deaths
- December 12th: An Aeroflot Tupolew Tu-134 crashed in fog in Berlin-Schönefeld, GDR. 70 of the 82 inmates are killed, mostly schoolchildren. The plane crashes in front of the waiting parents.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Born
January
- Alemitu Abera , Ethiopian marathon runner January 1st:
- Anna Brewster , British actress and model January 1:
- Marco Pischorn , German soccer player January 1st:
- Franziska Stürmer , German actress January 1st:
- Mehmet Akyüz , Turkish soccer player January 2nd:
- Dana Hussein Abdulrazak , Iraqi athlete January 3:
- Silvia Arroyo Camejo , Spanish-German physicist and science writer January 3:
- Mansur Faqiryar , German-Afghan football goalkeeper and coach January 3rd:
- Mikhail Alexandrovich Antonov , Russian road cyclist January 4th:
- Viktoria Borschtschenko , Ukrainian handball player January 5th:
- Carl-Robert Holmer-Kårell , Swedish actor January 5th:
- Christina Arend , German soccer player January 6th:
- Alex Turner , singer and guitarist for the band Arctic Monkeys January 6th:
- Serhiy Stachowskyj , Ukrainian tennis player January 6th:
- Tanya Abrol , Indian film actress January 8th:
- Sagarika Ghatge , Indian model and actress January 8th:
- David Silva , Spanish soccer player January 8th:
- Raphael Diaz , Swiss ice hockey player January 9:
- Uwe Hünemeier , German soccer player January 9:
- January 11: Timuçin Aşcıgil , Turkish soccer player
- January 12th: Pablo Daniel Osvaldo , Italian-Argentine soccer player
- January 13: Hemza Mihoubi , Algerian-French soccer player
- January 13: Josefine Preuss , German actress
- January 14th: Christina Irene Aicardi Cagigao , Peruvian badminton player
- January 15: Marija Wassiljewna Abakumowa , Russian javelin thrower
- January 16: Aija Andrejeva , Latvian singer
- January 16: Christian Eggert , German soccer player
- January 16: Marcel Hug , Swiss athlete
- January 16: Reto Ziegler , Swiss football player
- January 17th: Olympia Zacharias , Nauruan athlete
- January 18: Philip Baumgarten , German actor
- January 18: Senad Lulić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- January 19: Claudio Marchisio , Italian football player
- January 19: Yann Schneider , French soccer player
- January 21: Sergei Sergejewitsch Ogorodnikow , Russian ice hockey player († 2018)
- January 21: Mike Taylor , American basketball player
- January 22nd: Matthew "Matt" Simon , Australian soccer player
- January 23: Natalja Hryhorenko , Ukrainian chess player
- January 24th: Mischa Barton , American actress
- January 24th: Vieirinha , Portuguese soccer player
- January 25: Sumi Hwang , South Korean opera singer
- January 26th: DJ Arafat , Ivorian musician († 2019)
- January 26th: Delia Arnold , Malaysian squash player
- January 26: César Arzo Amposta , Spanish football player
- January 26: Matthew Kiichi Heafy , American singer and guitarist
- January 28: Jessica Ennis , UK all-rounder (athletics)
- January 28: Tommy Milner , American racing car driver
- January 29th: Thomas Greiss , German ice hockey goalkeeper
- January 29th: Matilda Rapaport , Swedish freeride athlete († 2016)
- January 31: Cassandra Engel , German handball player
- January 31: Yves Makabu-Makalambay , Belgian football player
February
- Johan Vonlanthen , Swiss football player February 1st:
- Gemma Arterton , British actress February 2nd:
- André Kuhnert , German radio host and web video producer February 2:
- Rémi Cusin , French cyclist February 3rd:
- Lucas Duda , American baseball player February 3:
- Niels Albert , Belgian cyclocross and road cyclist February 5th:
- Andreas Beck , German tennis player February 5th:
- Vedran Ćorluka , Croatian football player February 5:
- Mathew Tait , English rugby player February 6:
- Scott Arnold , Australian squash player February 8:
- Anderson .Paak , American singer, rapper and record producer February 8:
- Kamran Adilxan oğlu Ağayev , Azerbaijani football player February 9:
- Julian Fässler , Austrian politician February 9:
- February 10: Falcao , Colombian soccer player
- February 10: Vegard Sklett , Norwegian ski jumper
- February 11: Gabriel Boric , President of Chile
- February 12: Hanny Allston , Australian orienteer
- February 14: Djamel Abdoun , Algerian soccer player
- February 14th: Michael Ammermüller , German racing car driver
- February 14th: Jan Bakelants , Belgian cyclist
- February 14th: Tim Winkler , Danish handball player
- February 15: Valery Boschinov , Bulgarian football player
- February 15: Marc Hafner , German handball player
- February 15: Alexandra Kubasta , German handball player
- February 15: Gabriel Alejandro Paletta , Argentine soccer player
- February 15: Amber Riley , American actress
- February 15: Natalie Hof Ramos , German presenter and poker player
- February 16: Fabian Aupperle , German soccer player
- February 16: Ciprian Deac , Romanian football player
- February 16: Diego Godín , Uruguayan soccer player
- February 16: Aujes Jeljubaev , Kazakh billiards player
- February 16: Mira Möller , German soccer player
- February 16: Renger van der Zande , Dutch racing car driver
- February 18: Christoph Alex , German rapper
- February 19: Sebastián Dubarbier , Argentinian football player
- February 19: Jayde Nicole , Canadian model, playmate, and actress
- February 19: Maria Mena , Norwegian singer
- February 19: Amadou Sidibé , Malian football player
- February 19: Marta , Brazilian soccer player
- February 20: Rasmus Andresen , German politician
- February 20: Salome Clausen , Swiss pop singer
- February 20: Jessica Helleberg , Swedish handball player
- February 21: Kineke Alexander , Vincentian athlete
- February 21: Christoph Kozik , German actor
- February 22nd: Norbert Kleinwächter , German politician
- February 22nd: Enzo Pérez , Argentine soccer player
- February 22: Rajon Rondo , American basketball player
- February 23: Samwel Owikowitsch Aslanjan , Russian handball player
- February 23: Bertrand Baguette , Belgian racing car driver
- February 23: Rahel Frey , Swiss racing car driver
- February 23: Skylar Gray , American singer, songwriter, and record producer
- February 23: Ola , Swedish pop singer
- February 25: Justin Berfield , American actor
- February 25: David Micevski , Australian soccer player
- February 25: James Phelps , British actor
- February 25: Oliver Phelps , British actor
- February 26: Patricia Hanebeck , German soccer player
- February 28: Jackson Avelino Coelho , Brazilian soccer player
March
- Ajsel Kujovic , Swedish football player March 1st:
- Jennifer Oster , German soccer player March 2nd:
- Gunnar Dietrich , German handball player March 3:
- Thorsten Salzer , German handball player March 3rd:
- Michael Olsson , Swedish cyclist March 4th:
- Mahmoud Abdelrazek , Egyptian soccer player March 5:
- Eugen Bauder , German actor and model March 5th:
- Constantin von Jascheroff , German actor, voice actor and singer March 5:
- Florian Schöbinger , German handball player March 5:
- Paul Nicolás Aguilar Rojas , Mexican soccer player March 6:
- Jacob Joseph Arrieta , American baseball player March 6:
- Natalie Vansier , Canadian actress March 7:
- Alexander Sergeevich Aksyonenko , Russian ice hockey player March 8:
- Ariane Alter , German TV presenter March 8:
- Chris van der Drift , New Zealand racing car driver March 8:
- Lena Goeßling , German soccer player March 8th:
- Lauren Lopez , American actress March 8:
- Bernadett Bognár-Bódi , Hungarian handball player March 9:
- March 10th: Jon Aaraas , Norwegian ski jumper
- March 10: Miroslav Antonov , Bulgarian football player
- March 11th: Cindy Billaud , French athlete
- March 12th: Kasper Irming Ryan Andersen , Danish handball player
- March 12: Martynas Andriuškevičius , Lithuanian basketball player
- March 13: Natalie and Nicole Albino , identical twins and American pop music duo
- March 13: Simon Geschke , German racing cyclist
- March 14th: Jamie Bell , British actor
- March 14: Monika Theresia Reithofer , German actress
- March 15th: Simone Aresti , Italian football goalkeeper
- March 15: Annette Lober , German actress and screenwriter
- March 16: Alexandra Daddario , American actress
- March 17: Edin Džeko , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- March 17th: Eugen Polanski , German soccer player
- March 17: Olesya Rulin , American actress
- March 17th: Felipe Santana , Brazilian soccer player
- March 17th: Silke Spiegelburg , German athlete
- March 18: Lykke Li , Swedish singer
- March 18th: Paulina Barzycka , Polish swimmer
- March 20: Rok Benkovič , Slovenian ski jumper
- March 20: Maxime Martin , Belgian racing driver
- March 20: Román Torres , Panamanian soccer player
- March 21: Sascha Ahnsehl , German basketball player
- March 21: Giulia Arcioni , Italian sprinter
- March 21: Franz Schiemer , Austrian footballer
- March 21: Alina Merkau , German moderator and actress
- March 22nd: Andrew Barisic , Australian soccer player
- March 23: Andrea Dovizioso , Italian motorcycle racer
- March 24th: Kōhei Hirate , Japanese racing car driver
- March 24th: Christoffer Nygaard , Danish racing driver
- March 25th: Raúl Alarcón , Spanish cyclist
- March 25: Adrian Leijer , Australian soccer player
- March 26th: Sinja Dieks , German actress
- March 27: Dan Bull , British rapper and songwriter
- March 27: Manuel Neuer , German soccer player
- March 28: Adaílson Pereira Coelho , Brazilian soccer player
- March 28: J-Kwon , American rapper
- March 28: Lady Gaga , American pop singer
- March 29: Luke Eberl , American actor, director and screenwriter
- March 29th: Romina Oprandi , Swiss-Italian tennis player
- March 30th: Pablo Ben Yakov , German actor and director
- March 30th: Sergio Ramos , Spanish soccer player
- March 31: Ahn Jae-hong , South Korean actor
- March 31: Peter Dempsey , Irish racing driver
- March 31: Andreas Dober , Austrian soccer player
April
- Vanessa Bürki , Swiss soccer player April 1st:
- Marina Guerrini , Swiss actress April 1st:
- Philipp Pöter , German handball player April 1st:
- Ireen Wüst , Dutch speed skater and Olympic champion April 1st:
- Drew Van Acker , American actor April 2:
- Ibrahim Afellay , Dutch football player April 2nd:
- Vahid Asghari , Persian human rights activist April 3:
- Kristina Bille , Danish handball player April 3:
- Amanda Bynes , American actress April 3:
- Sergio Canamasas , Spanish racing car driver April 3rd:
- Emmanuel Mathias , Togolese soccer player April 3:
- Labinot Harbuzi , Swedish football player († 2018) April 4:
- Cyndie Allemann , Swiss racing car driver April 4th:
- Bevan Calvert , Australian handball player April 4th:
- Maurice Manificat , French cross-country skier April 4th:
- Julian Musiol , German ski jumper April 4th:
- David Aaron Carpenter , American violist April 5:
- Ri Song-chol , North Korean figure skater and politician April 5:
- Nikolas Asprogenis , Cypriot football player April 6:
- Alexandre Aulas , French cyclist April 7th:
- Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie , American football player April 7:
- Michael Ranseder , Austrian motorcycle racer April 7th:
- Sebastian Schwarz , German ice hockey player April 7th:
- Igor Vladimirovich Akinfejew , Russian football player April 8:
- Mirna Jukic , Austrian swimmer April 9th:
- April 10: Fernando Rubén Gago , Argentinian soccer player
- April 10: Vincent Kompany , Belgian football player
- April 11th: Markus Heppke , German soccer player
- April 11th: Mario Huhnstock , German handball player
- April 11: Ana Isabelle , Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress
- April 11th: Angelica Wallén , Swedish handball player
- April 12th: Blerim Džemaili , Swiss football player
- April 12: Matt McGorry , American actor
- April 12th: Marcel Granollers , Spanish tennis player
- April 12: Udo Landbauer , Austrian politician
- April 12th: Jonathan Pitroipa , Burkinabe soccer player
- April 14th: Reza Askari , German double bass player and composer
- April 14: Matías Nicolás Rodríguez , Argentine soccer player
- April 15: Calum Angus , English soccer player
- April 15th: Iván Lorenzo Roncero , Andorran football player
- April 16: Paul di Resta , British racing car driver
- April 17th: Jens Bechtloff , German handball player
- April 17th: Romain Grosjean , French-Swiss racing driver
- April 17th: Toon Leenders , Dutch handball player
- April 18: René Villadsen , Danish handball player
- April 19: Candace Parker , American basketball player
- April 19: Arthit Sunthornpit , Thai soccer player
- April 20th: Rikke Poulsen , Danish handball player
- April 21: Kevin Artmann , German soccer player
- April 22nd: Viktor Igorevich Faisulin , Russian football player
- April 22nd: Amber Heard , American actress
- April 23: Sven Kramer , Dutch speed skater and Olympic medalist
- April 24: Mohd Nafiizwan Bin Mohd Adnan , Malaysian squash player
- April 24th: Gerald Wambacher , Austrian ski jumper
- April 25: Ahmad Haidar Anuawar , Malaysian cyclist
- April 25: Karim Günes , German actor
- April 25: Jörn Nowak , German soccer player
- April 25: Daniel Sharman , British actor
- April 26: Cristina do Rego , German-Brazilian actress
- April 26th: Klaus Thomsen , Danish handball player
- April 28: Mateusz Rutkowski , Polish ski jumper, junior world champion (2004)
- April 28: Guilherme Siqueira , Brazilian soccer player
- April 28th: Junior Strous , Dutch racing car driver
- April 29: Michał Adamuszek , Polish handball player
- April 29th: Pradeep Sanjaya Uggl Dena Pathirannehelag , Sri Lankan athlete
- April 30: Dianna Agron , American singer and actress
- April 30th: Lena Düpont , German politician
- April 30th: Mirko Drotschmann , German journalist, producer, book author and web video producer
- April 30th: Martin Hikel , German politician
- April 30th: Björn Ziegenbein , German soccer player
May
- Adam Michael Casey , Australian soccer player May 1:
- Karim Ben Hassan Aouadhi , Tunisian football player May 2:
- Amandine Leynaud , French handball player May 2nd:
- Johannes Müller , German handball player May 2nd:
- Mads Christiansen , Danish handball player May 3rd:
- Arnel Tači , Bosnian-Herzegovinian actor May 3:
- Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa , Spanish handball player May 5th:
- Lilli Hollunder , German actress May 5th:
- Roman Kreuziger , Czech cyclist May 6th:
- Emi Hasegawa , Japanese ski racer May 8:
- Maya Antic , German actress and figure skater May 9:
- Ludovic Clemente , Andorran football player May 9:
- FPSRussia channel ) May 9: Kyle Myers, American YouTuber (
- Helgi Schmid , German actor May 9:
- May 10: Kevin Onyekachi Amuneke , Nigerian soccer player
- May 10th: P. Harikrishna , Indian chess grandmaster
- May 11th: Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran , Mongolian wrestler
- May 11: Jacob Wukie , American archer
- May 12th: Ondřej Vaculík , Czech ski jumper
- May 12: Emily VanCamp , Canadian actress
- May 13: Morgan Arritola , American cross-country skier
- May 13: Lena Dunham , American actress, writer, screenwriter, film director and film producer
- May 13: Anthony Giacoppo , Australian cyclist
- May 13: Robert Pattinson , British actor
- May 13: Scott Sutter , Swiss football player
- May 13: Alexander Rybak , Belarusian-Norwegian singer, violinist, composer and actor
- May 14: Rodolfo González , Venezuelan racing car driver
- May 14: Marco Motta , Italian soccer player
- May 15th: Maibritt Kviesgaard , Danish handball player
- May 15: Josephine Techert , German handball player
- May 15th: Bernadett Temes , Hungarian handball player
- May 16: Daryna Apanashchenko , Ukrainian soccer player
- May 16: Eleni Artymata , Cypriot sprinter
- May 16: Megan Fox , American actress
- May 17th: Nikolas Löbel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- May 17: Tahj Mowry , American actor
- May 18: Kevin Anderson , South African tennis player
- May 18: Carl Lombé , Cameroonian-Armenian football player
- May 19: Alessandro De Marchi , Italian cyclist
- May 21: Mario Mandžukić , Croatian football player
- May 22nd: Nicole Hofer , Swiss cyclist, duathlete and triathlete
- May 23: Mariana Mie Arimori , Brazilian badminton player
- May 23: Bastian von Bömches , German actor
- May 23: Claudia Helene Hinterecker , German actress
- May 23: Angela Martini , Albanian-Swiss model
- May 23: Ruben Zadkovich , Australian soccer player
- May 24th: Rakel Dögg Bragadóttir , Icelandic handball player and trainer
- May 24th: Jenny Karolius , German handball player
- May 25: Geraint Thomas , British cyclist
- May 25: Juri Ueno , Japanese actress
- May 26: Ashley Bell , American actress
- May 26: Matti Oivanen , Finnish volleyball player
- May 28: Berrick Barnes , Australian rugby player
- May 31: Jordan Leigh Angeli , American soccer player
- May 31: Sopho Chalwaschi , Georgian singer
June
- Jessica Czop , American actress June 1:
- Mark Fistric , Canadian ice hockey player June 1:
- Sebastian Achim , Romanian soccer player June 2nd:
- Angelina Probst , German artist June 2nd:
- Al Horford , Dominican basketball player June 3:
- Eugene Laverty , Irish motorcycle racer June 3rd:
- Rafael Nadal , Spanish tennis player June 3rd:
- Sven Präkels , German handball player June 3rd:
- Tolgahan Acar , Turkish football goalkeeper June 4th:
- Sebastian Asch , German racing car driver June 4th:
- Maxim Asowski , Kazakh football player June 4th:
- Dominika Valachová , Slovak volleyball player June 4th:
- Sergio Campana , Italian racing car driver June 5th:
- Amanda Crew , Canadian actress June 5th:
- Martin Strobel , German handball player June 5th:
- Leslie Carter , American singer († 2012) June 6:
- Abbos Abdurazzoqovich Atoyev , Uzbek boxer June 7th:
- Lance David Arnold , German racing car driver June 8th:
- Andreas Laskaratos , Greek racing car driver June 9th:
- Adamo Ruggiero , Canadian actor June 9:
- Michelle Skovgaard , Danish handball player June 9:
- June 10: Marco Andreolli , Italian football player
- June 11: Shia LaBeouf , American actor
- June 11th: Annika Firley , German musical actress
- June 13th: Stefanie Anthes , German diver
- June 13: Eros Capecchi , Italian cyclist
- June 13: Kat Dennings , American actress
- June 13: Akihiro Ienaga , Japanese soccer player
- June 13: Mary-Kate Olsen , American actress
- June 13: Ashley Olsen , American actress
- June 14th: Marko Hübenbecker , German bobsleigh driver
- June 14: Haley Hudson , American actress
- June 15th: Oleksandr Areschchenko , Ukrainian chess master
- June 15th: Stoya , American porn actress
- June 16: Fernando Muslera , Uruguayan soccer player
- June 16: Žarko Šešum , Serbian handball player
- June 17th: Dominik Paul Weber , German theater and film actor
- June 18: Brent Aubin , Canadian ice hockey player
- June 20: Girma Assefa , Ethiopian marathon runner
- June 20: Hamid Sulaiman , Syrian painter and comic book writer
- June 20: Luca Cigarini , Italian football player
- June 20: Jan Kästner , German handball player
- June 22: Dwayne Anderson , American basketball player
- June 22nd: Ramin Shahin Ott , American-Samoan soccer player
- June 23: Charlie Hollings , British racing car driver
- June 23: Simon Špilak , Slovenian cyclist
- June 24: Harrison Afful , Ghanaian soccer player
- June 25: Gabriele Grunewald , American long-distance runner († 2019)
- June 25th: Linn Gossé , Norwegian handball player
- June 26th: Marko Bezjak , Slovenian handball player
- June 26: Cristian Ezeqiuel Llama , Argentine soccer player
- June 27: Drake Bell , American actor
- June 27: Sam Claflin , British actor
- June 28th: Mathias Beche , Swiss racing car driver
- June 28th: Willemijn Karsten , Dutch handball player
- June 30th: Yvonne Hak , Dutch middle distance runner
- June 30th: Stefan Hundstrup , Danish handball player
- June 30th: Steffen Lehle , German handball player
July
- Agnes Monica Muljoto , Indonesian singer and actress July 1st:
- Denis Epstein , German soccer player July 2nd:
- Lindsay Lohan , American actress and pop singer July 2:
- Sam Trickett , English poker player July 2nd:
- Robina Muqimyar , Afghan athlete July 3:
- Sascha Dum , German soccer player July 3:
- Óscar Alfredo Ustari , Argentinian football goalkeeper July 3:
- Rafael Arévalo , Salvadoran tennis player July 4th:
- Ömer Aşık , Turkish basketball player July 4th:
- Willem Janssen , Dutch football player July 4th:
- Piermario Morosini , Italian football player († 2012) July 5:
- Michele Pirro , Italian motorcycle racer July 5th:
- Luigi Di Maio , Italian politician July 6th:
- Miguel Klauss , German politician July 7th:
- Alex Somoza Losada , Andorran football player July 7th:
- July 10th: Maren Fromm , German volleyball player
- July 10: Benjamin Schwarz , German soccer player
- July 11th: Nana Akwasi Asare , Ghanaian soccer player
- July 11: Julia Popke , German actress
- July 11th: Marco Zanni , Italian politician
- July 12th: Didier Digard , French soccer player
- July 12: Daniel Herrington , American racing driver
- July 12th: Simone Laudehr , German soccer player
- July 12: JP Pietersen , South African rugby player
- July 12: Ilka Wolf , German singer
- July 14: Franciszek Araszkiewicz , Polish composer, installation, performance and video artist
- July 15: David Ángel Abraham , Argentinian soccer player
- July 15: Cynthia Uwak , Nigerian soccer player
- July 16: Florence Joy , young German singer
- July 16: Taryn Southern , American actress and singer
- July 18th: Thijs van Amerongen , Dutch cyclocross and road cyclist
- July 18: Anna Fischer , German actress and singer
- July 18: Hitomi Tanaka , Japanese porn actress
- July 19: Steffen Weinhold , German handball player
- July 20: Lars Bastian , German handball player
- July 21: Anthony Gildas Kofi Annan , Ghanaian soccer player
- July 23: Millane Fernandez , pop singer
- July 24: Fernando Damian Tissone , Argentinian soccer player
- July 24: Natalie Tran , Australian actress, writer and vlogger
- July 25: Barbara Meier , German photo model and mannequin
- July 26th: Eduardo Vélez , Mexican archer
- July 27: Lukas Lang , ice hockey player (goalkeeper)
- July 28th: Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia , Portuguese table tennis player
- July 29th: Tim Küchler , German actor
- July 30th: Arthur Abele , German decathlete
- July 30th: Karolina Horster , German actress
- July 30th: Hannes Lindt , German handball player
August
- Jörn Schlönvoigt , German actor and musician August 1st:
- Jelena Wesnina , Russian tennis player and Olympic champion August 1st:
- Ekaterina Wetkowa , Russian handball player August 1st:
- Michela Andreola , Italian biathlete August 3rd:
- Emil Berggren , Swedish handball player and official August 3rd:
- Charlotte Casiraghi , daughter of Caroline von Hannover August 3rd:
- Thilo Corzilius , German writer, copywriter and theologian August 3:
- Darja Domratschawa , Belarusian biathlete and Olympic champion August 3rd:
- Kathrin Zettel , Austrian ski racer August 5th:
- Mehmet Akgün , German-Turkish soccer player August 6:
- Paul Biedermann , German swimmer August 7th:
- Valter Birsa , Slovenian football player August 7th:
- Mahir Savranlıoğlu , Turkish football player August 7th:
- Neri Raúl Cardozo , Argentinian soccer player August 8:
- Peyton List , American actress August 8:
- Robert Adcock , English badminton player August 9:
- Dennis Grote , German soccer player August 9:
- August 10: John-Lee Augustyn , South African racing cyclist
- August 10: Janina Haye , German soccer player
- August 10: Bajram Sadrijaj , Serbian football player
- August 11: Börni , Swiss singer
- August 11: Marcos Arouca da Silva , Brazilian soccer player
- August 12th: Alessandra Amoroso , Italian singer
- August 12th: Peggy Nietgen , German soccer player
- August 13: Onur Akbay , Turkish soccer player
- August 13: Alexandra Ndolo , German sword fencer
- August 14: Sebastian Opderbeck , German handball player
- August 15: Natalia Kills , British musician, actress, songwriter and singer
- August 15: Bessik Kuduchow , Russian wrestler († 2013)
- August 16: Fliss Abram , Australian triathlete
- August 16: Audrey Bitoni , American porn actress and model
- August 16: Leslie Clio , German pop singer
- August 16: Christian Poser , German bobsleigh athlete
- August 17th: Denis Alexandrovich Kornilov , Russian ski jumper
- August 17th: Tobias Schönenberg , German actor
- August 18: Patrick Amoah , Swedish football player
- August 18: Tim Kneule , German handball player
- August 19: Sebastián Sosa , Uruguayan soccer player
- August 20: Kemy Agustien , Dutch football player
- August 20th: Damien Gaudin , French cyclist
- August 20th: Daniel Martin , Irish cyclist
- August 20: Miss Plastique , German musician, singer and model
- August 21: Per Åslund , Swedish ice hockey player
- August 21: Ana Radović , Montenegrin handball player
- August 21: Jana Podpolinski , German handball player
- August 21: Usain Bolt , Jamaican sprinter
- August 22nd: Augusto Ramos Soares , East Timorese marathon runner
- August 24: Joseph Akpala , Nigerian soccer player
- August 24th: Jonny Cocker , British racing car driver
- August 24: Fabiano Santacroce , Italian football player
- August 25: DJ Jackson , Austrian DJ
- August 26: Cassie , American R&B singer, model, and actress
- August 26: Davide Rigon , Italian racing car driver
- August 26th: Erik Lyche Solheim , Norwegian ski jumper
- August 27: Sebastian Kurz , Austrian politician
- August 27: Theodor Reppe , German internet activist, supporter of WikiLeaks
- August 27: Michael Schubert , German swimmer
- August 28: Walid Atta , Ethiopian-Swedish football player
- August 28: Bettina Burchard , German actress
- August 28: James Davison , Australian racing car driver
- August 28: Matthew Edgar , English darts player
- August 28: Joseph Julian Soria , American actor
- August 28: Florence Mary Leontine Welch , British singer-songwriter
- August 29: Andrey Amador Bikazakova , Costa Rican cyclist
- August 29: Lea Michele , American singer and actress
- August 30: Ali Abbas Mshehid Al-Hilfi , Iraqi soccer player
- August 30: Sebastián Eduardo Leto , Argentinian football player
- August 30: Isabella Vinet , German actress
September
- Matthias Walkner , Austrian motocross rider September 1st:
- Hrajr Mkojan , Armenian football player September 2:
- Sebastian Weber , German handball player September 2nd:
- Kathrin Hitzer , German biathlete September 3:
- Shaun White , American snowboarder and skateboarder September 3:
- Danilo Asconeguy , Uruguayan soccer player September 4th:
- Aaron Hunt , German soccer player September 4th:
- Florencia Benítez , Argentine actress and singer September 5:
- Alexander Alexandrovich Ryazantsev , Russian football player September 5:
- Baschi , Swiss pop singer September 6th:
- Mesgen Amanov , Turkmen chess grandmaster September 6th:
- Thomas Lüthi , Swiss motorcycle road racer September 6th:
- Jason Lamy Chappuis , French Nordic combined skier September 9th:
- September 10: Ariane Pejkovic , Swiss handball player
- September 10: Ashley Monroe , American country singer and songwriter
- September 11th: Sonja Barjaktarović , Montenegrin handball player
- September 13: Kamui Kobayashi , Japanese racing car driver
- September 14th: Steven Naismith , Scottish soccer player
- September 14th: Sabine Stockhorst , German handball player
- September 15th: Anan Anwar , Thai pop singer and actor
- September 15th: Pierre Emmanuel Robe , French ski jumper
- September 15: Guillaume Thierry , Mauritian decathlete
- September 16: Michael Allendorf , German handball player
- September 16: Kyla Pratt , American actress
- September 16: Amir Weintraub , Israeli tennis player
- September 17th: Sarah Alles , German actress
- September 17th: Tomás Néstor Blanco , Argentine handball player and coach
- September 17th: Paolo De Ceglie , Italian football player
- September 18: Keeley Hazell , English model
- September 19: Adul Lahso , Thai soccer player
- September 19: Gerald Ciolek , German cyclist
- September 19: Paula Piechotta , German politician (Greens)
- September 19: Christopher Kullmann , German soccer player
- September 20: Cristian Daniel Ansaldi , Argentine soccer player
- September 22nd: Itte Detenamo , Nauruan weightlifter
- September 22nd: Jennifer Elie , American tennis player
- September 22nd: Jan Schult , German handball player
- September 23: Emre Aktaş , Turkish soccer player
- September 23: Eduarda Amorim , Brazilian handball player
- September 23: Florian Kirchner , German handball player
- September 23: Gina-Lisa Lohfink , German model and It-Girl
- September 24th: Max Lercher , Austrian politician
- September 25th: Assan Tachtachunow , Kazakh ski jumper
- September 27: Natasha Thomas , Danish singer
- September 29: Diego Ares , Brazilian road cyclist
- September 29: İbrahim Koray Arslan , Turkish soccer player
- September 29th: Stefan Hula , Polish ski jumper
- September 30th: Sailan Adamow , Kyrgyz billiards player
- September 30th: Marvin Angulo , Costa Rican soccer player
October
- Daniela Katzenberger , German restaurateur, singer and occasional model October 1st:
- Camilla Belle , American actress October 2:
- Simon Grotelüschen , German laser sailor October 3rd:
- Jacob Heinl , German handball player October 3:
- Bárbara Arenhart , Brazilian handball player October 4th:
- Sara Forestier , French actress October 4th:
- Markus Ramers , German politician October 4th:
- Rui Costa , Portuguese cyclist October 5th:
- Sarah Knappik , German model and reality TV participant October 5:
- Adil Auassar , Dutch football player October 6:
- Irina Yuryevna Blisnowa , Russian handball player October 6:
- Jānis Andersons , Latvian ice hockey player October 7th:
- Selene Kapsaski , German-English writer, film director and producer, actress and camerawoman October 7th:
- Tom Van Grieken , Belgian politician from the Vlaams Belang October 7th:
- Karan Rastogi , Indian tennis player October 8:
- Laure Manaudou , French swimmer October 9th:
- October 10: Cecilia Baena , Colombian speed skater
- October 10: Ezequiel Garay , Argentine soccer player
- October 10: Billy Johnson , American racing car driver
- October 10: Pierre Rolland , French cyclist
- October 11: Patrick Angele , Swiss politician
- October 12th: Sebastian Baumgart , German actor and singer
- October 12: Li Wenliang , Chinese ophthalmologist († 2020)
- October 12: Michael Woods , Canadian cyclist
- October 13: Gabriel Imuetinyan Agbonlahor , English football player
- October 13: Ranawarathana Atapaththu , Sri Lankan soccer player
- October 14: Henrique Adriano Buss , Brazilian soccer player
- October 14: Skyler Shaye , American actress
- October 15: Manuel Agudo Durán , Spanish football player
- October 15: Carlo Janka , Swiss ski racer
- October 15: Nolito , Spanish soccer player
- October 16: Inna , Romanian pop singer
- October 17th: Constant Djakpa , Ivorian football player
- October 17th: Franziska Wiese , German violinist and singer
- October 18: Martin Leung , Chinese pianist
- October 18: Petar Jelić , Serbian football player
- October 19: Brandy Aniston , American porn actress
- October 19: Stefan Nippes , German handball player
- October 21: Almen Abdi , Swiss football player
- October 22: Murat Akın , Belgian-Turkish soccer player
- October 22nd: Cordula Busack , German soccer and handball player
- October 22: Kara Lang , Canadian soccer player
- October 22nd: Johannes Stuck , Austrian racing car driver
- October 22nd: Vegard Swensen , Norwegian ski jumper
- October 23: Emilia Clarke , British actress
- October 23: Jovanka Radičević , Montenegrin handball player
- October 24: Aubrey Drake Graham , Canadian actor and rapper
- October 25: Kristian Sarkies , Australian soccer player
- October 26: Uwe Gensheimer , German handball player
- October 26: Schoolboy Q , American rapper
- October 26: Erik Jendrišek , Slovak football player
- October 26: Marco Gastón Rubén , Argentinian soccer player
- October 29th: Pedro Petiz , Portuguese racing car driver
- October 30th: Thomas Morgenstern , Austrian ski jumper
- October 30th: Margareta Kozuch , German volleyball player
- October 31: Marios Athanasiadis , Cypriot mountain biker and road cyclist
- October 31: Brent Corrigan , American actor and model
November
- Bryn Kenney , American poker player November 1st:
- Pablo Estifer Armero , Colombian soccer player November 2nd:
- Héctor Barberá , Spanish motorcycle racer November 2nd:
- Antonia Thomas , British actress November 3rd:
- Alexz Johnson , Canadian actress and singer November 4th:
- Frank Rinck , German politician November 4th:
- Doreen Steinert , German singer November 4th:
- Florian Temengil , Palau wrestler November 4th:
- Adrian Zaugg , South African racing car driver November 4th:
- Kwon Boa , Korean pop star November 5th:
- Katie Leclerc , American actress November 6:
- Caner Arıcı , Turkish soccer player November 7th:
- Elina Andriola , Greek athlete November 9th:
- Paula Kalenberg , German actress November 9:
- November 10th: Chhunly Pagenburg , German soccer player
- November 10: Josh Peck , American actor
- November 11th: Diana Haller , Croatian opera singer, mezzo-soprano
- November 11th: Lydia Neumann , German soccer player
- November 12th: Ignazio Abate , Italian football player
- November 12th: Robert Müller , German soccer player
- November 13: Ernir Hrafn Arnarson , Icelandic handball player
- November 13: Paul Boll , German figure skater
- November 15th: KIM , French beatboxer
- November 18: Georgia King , Scottish actress
- November 19th: Jessicah Schipper , Australian swimmer
- November 20: Andrew Ranger , Canadian racing car driver
- November 20: Kōdai Tsukakoshi , Japanese racing car driver
- November 21: Kristof Goddaert , Belgian cyclist († 2014)
- November 22nd: Paul Dixon , Scottish soccer player
- November 24th: Simon Alois Huber , Austrian actor
- November 25: Katie Cassidy , American actress and singer
- November 25th: Josephine Ortleb , German politician
- November 26th: Bauke Mollema , Dutch cyclist
- November 28th: Brou Benjamin Angoua , Ivorian football player
- November 28th: Severino Seeger , German singer
- November 28th: Kai Gronauer , German baseball player
- November 28th: Edyta Jasińska , Polish cyclist
- November 29: Monika Oschek , German actress and speaker
December
- Sandra von Ruffin , German actress December 2nd:
- Jürgen Müller , German handball goalkeeper December 3:
- Toyokazu Shibata , Japanese dart player December 3rd:
- Mohammed Lartey , German soccer player December 4th:
- Mateusz Molęda , German-Polish conductor December 4th:
- Josephine Rita Akaffou Leyo , Ivorian soccer player December 5th:
- James Hinchcliffe , Canadian racing car driver December 5th:
- Nicolas Marroc , French racing car driver December 5th:
- Sean Edwards , British racing car driver († 2013) December 6:
- Jasmina Rebmann-Janković , Dutch handball player December 6th:
- Matt Niskanen , American ice hockey player December 6:
- Tschawdar Arsow , Bulgarian natural track toboggan runner December 7th:
- Merle Collet , German actress December 7th:
- Valentina Jewgenjewna Artemjewa , Russian breaststroke swimmer December 8:
- December 10: Mate Ghwinianidze , Georgian football player
- December 11th: Moritz Stoppelkamp , German soccer player
- December 12th: Përparim Hetemaj , Finnish football player
- December 12th: Zhao Jun , Chinese chess player
- December 13th: Christian Engelhart , German automobile racing driver
- December 13th: Miranda Schmidt-Robben , Dutch handball player
- December 15: Boris Pandža , Bosnian-Herzegovinian-Croatian football player
- December 16: Toni Podpolinski , German handball player
- December 16: Roland Müller , Austrian ski jumper
- December 16: Pärt Uusberg , Estonian composer, choir director and actor
- December 17th: Tyler Dueck , Canadian racing car driver
- December 17th: Besart Ibraimi , Macedonian football player
- December 18: José Òscar Da Cunha , Andorran football player
- December 18: Henrik Toft Hansen , Danish handball player
- December 19th: Dale Appleby , British road cyclist
- December 19: Ryan Babel , Dutch football player
- December 19: Frederik Hunschede , German actor
- December 19: Saskia Lang , German handball player
- December 20: Urata Rama , Kosovar sports shooter
- December 21: Sergej Karimow , German-Kazakh football player († 2019)
- December 21: Adrián Argachá González , Uruguayan football player
- December 21: Mandy-Marie Mahrenholz , German actress, singer and dancer
- December 22nd: Arianne Caoili , Australian chess player († 2020)
- December 23: Thomas Bourgin , French motorcycle racer († 2013)
- December 23: Marie Gerbron , Franco-British handball player
- December 23: Noël Wells , American actress and voice actress
- December 24th: Christian Rompf , German handball player
- December 25th: Alfred Arthur , Ghanaian soccer player
- December 27th: Sandra Auffarth , German eventing rider
- December 27th: Mario Klinger , German soccer player
- December 29th: Kristen Bicknell , Canadian poker player
- December 30th: Onyekachi Apam , Nigerian soccer player
- December 30th: Domenico Criscito , Italian football player
- December 30th: Ellie Goulding , British singer
- December 31: Pascal Hesse , German journalist and publicist
Date unknown
- Max Andrzejewski , German jazz drummer
- Corinne Anselmet , French ski racer
- Bilguun Ariunbaatar , Polish journalist, satirist and television presenter
- Tamer Arslan , German actor
- Martin Aselmann , German actor
- Anna Attar , Austrian musician
- Felix von Bredow , German actor
- Frank Casali , German-Italian actor
- Emanuel Fellmer , German actor
- Sebastian Fräsdorf , German actor
- Henrike Hahn , German actress
- Tony Kainz , German actor
- Freya von Korff , German writer
- Matti Krause , German actor and speaker
- David Korbmann , German actor
- Lenka Matějáková , Czech violinist
- Patricia Meeden , German actress, singer and musical artist
- Katharina Nocun , German politician
- Alexander Pensel , German actor
- Irina Potapenko , German-Ukrainian actress
- Reto Stalder , Swiss actor and speaker
- Liesa van der Aa , Belgian actress, musician, singer, songwriter and composer
- Rasmus Max Wirth , German actor
Died
January
- Giuseppe Addobbati , Italian actor (* 1909) January 4th:
- Harry Fuchs , American cellist (* 1908) January 4th:
- Christopher Isherwood , English-American writer (* 1904) January 4:
- Phil Lynott , Irish bass player and singer (born 1949) January 4th:
- Ilmari Salminen , Finnish athlete (* 1902) January 5th:
- Fernand Oubradous , French bassoonist and composer (* 1903) January 6:
- Pierre Fournier , cellist (* 1906) January 8:
- Michel de Certeau , a French Jesuit, sociologist, historian and cultural philosopher (* 1925) January 9:
- Helga Wex , German politician (* 1924) January 9:
- January 10: Ernst Angel , Austrian and American poet, director and psychologist (* 1894)
- January 10: Werner Augustiner , Austrian painter (* 1922)
- January 10: Joe Farrell , American jazz musician (* 1937)
- January 10th: Emil Forrer , Assyriologist, antiquarian and Hittite scientist (* 1894)
- January 10: Ernst Lehner , German football player (* 1912)
- January 10: Jaroslav Seifert , Czech writer (* 1901)
- January 11: Heinrich Härtle , German publicist (* 1909)
- January 12: Marcel Arland , French writer and literary critic (* 1899)
- January 12: Ludwig Biermann , German physicist (* 1907)
- January 13: Alberto Abdala , Uruguayan politician (* 1920)
- January 13: Carl Borro Schwerla , German author, journalist and director (* 1903)
- January 14th: Donna Reed , American actress (* 1921)
- January 14th: Daniel Balavoine , French singer (* 1952)
- January 15: Jim Crowley , American football player, coach and official (* 1902)
- January 15: Bruno Liebrucks , German philosopher (* 1911)
- January 16: Eugen Ray , German athlete (* 1957)
- January 16: Stjepan Šulek , Croatian composer and conductor (* 1914)
- January 19: Ingeborg Bukor , German sculptor (* 1926)
- January 19: Sammy Drechsel , German cabaret artist, journalist and sports reporter (* 1925)
- January 19: Leo Kowalski , German composer and pianist (* 1911)
- January 19: Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen , Danish lyric poet (* 1892)
- January 21: Baby Ray , American football player (born 1914)
- January 22nd: Ilse Fromm-Michaels , composer (* 1888)
- January 23: Joseph Beuys , German artist (* 1921)
- January 23: Yvonne Lefébure , French pianist (* 1898)
- January 24: L. Ron Hubbard , science fiction writer and founder of Scientology (born 1911)
- January 24: Gordon MacRae , American singer and actor (born 1921)
- January 24th: Leopold Szondi , Hungarian physician and psychologist (* 1893)
- January 25: Josef Kammhuber , Colonel in the Third Reich and Air Force General in the German Armed Forces (* 1896)
- January 25: Erwin Hartung , chorus singer, actor (* 1901)
- January 25: Ernst Schnabel , German writer (* 1913)
- January 27: Lilli Palmer , German actress (* 1914)
- January 28: Horace Lapp , Canadian pianist, organist, conductor and composer (* 1904)
- January 28: Francis Richard Scobee , American astronaut (* 1939)
- January 28: Michael John Smith , American astronaut (* 1945)
- January 28: Judith Resnik , American astronaut (* 1949)
- January 28: Ellison Shoji Onizuka , American astronaut (* 1946)
- January 28: Ronald McNair , American astronaut (* 1950)
- January 28: Gregory Bruce Jarvis , American astronaut (* 1944)
- January 28: Christa McAuliffe , American teacher and astronaut (* 1948)
- January 29: Jörg Mauthe , Austrian journalist, writer and cultural politician (* 1924)
- January 29: Leif Erickson , American actor (born 1911)
February
- Dick James , British music publisher (* 1920) February 1:
- Alva Myrdal , Swedish sociologist, politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (* 1902) February 1:
- Alfred Vohrer , German film director (* 1914) February 3:
- Minoru Yamasaki , American architect (* 1912) February 6:
- Ishizuka Tomoji , Japanese writer (* 1906) February 8:
- February 10: Brian Aherne , British actor (* 1902)
- February 11: Frank Herbert , American science fiction and fantasy author (* 1920)
- February 14: Edmund Rubbra , English composer (* 1901)
- February 15: Erik Olson , Swedish painter (* 1901)
- February 16: Howard Da Silva , American film and stage actor (* 1909)
- February 16: Anton Hilbert , German politician (* 1898)
- February 17th: Jiddu Krishnamurti , philosopher (* 1895)
- February 18: Otto Wittmann , German geologist and high school teacher (* 1907)
- February 19: Francisco Mignone , Brazilian composer (* 1897)
- February 19: Hans Münstermann , German economist (* 1899)
- February 20: Hans Geiger , German politician (* 1912)
- February 21: Eckhard Hess , American psychologist and ethologist (* 1916)
- February 21: Shigechiyo Izumi , believed to be the oldest man (* allegedly 1865)
- February 23: Mart Stam , Dutch architect and designer (* 1899)
- February 23: Nino Taranto , Italian actor, comedian and singer (* 1986)
- February 24th: Rukmini Devi Arundale , Indian dancer, politician and theosophist (* 1904)
- February 24: Tommy Douglas , Canadian politician (* 1904)
- February 26: Wolfgang Hedler , German politician (* 1899)
- February 26: Lyudmila Rudenko , Soviet chess player (* 1904)
- February 27: Gholam Hossein Banan , Iranian singer (* 1911)
- February 27: Gedeon Barcza , Hungarian chess player (* 1911)
- February 28: William Dollar , American ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer (* 1907)
- February 28: Olof Palme , Swedish politician and two-time Prime Minister (* 1927)
March
- Ding Ling , Chinese writer (* 1904) March 4:
- Franciska Clausen , German-Danish painter (* 1899) March 5:
- Helmut Thielicke , German theologian (* 1908) March 5:
- Weldon Kilburn , Canadian pianist, organist and music teacher (* 1906) March 6:
- Georgia O'Keeffe , American painter (* 1887) March 6:
- Cläre Schimmel , German radio play director, actress and opera singer (* 1902) March 6th:
- Franz-Josef Wuermeling , German politician (* 1900) March 7th:
- Hubert Fichte , German writer (* 1935) March 8:
- Blanche Aubry , Swiss actress (* 1921) March 9:
- Walter Bader , German archaeologist and monument protector (* 1901) March 9:
- March 10: Ray Milland , British film and television actor (born 1907)
- March 11th: Sonny Terry , American blues singer and harmonica player (* 1911)
- March 13: Eugen Gerstenmaier , Protestant theologian, resistance fighter and politician (* 1906)
- March 14: Benno Ammann , Swiss conductor and composer (* 1904)
- March 14th: Paul Rinkowski , recumbent bike pioneer from Leipzig (* 1915)
- March 16: Anna Maria Bieganowski , German politician (* 1906)
- March 16: Hans Kloss , Austrian bank director (* 1905)
- March 17: Mieczysław Drobner , Polish composer, conductor, musicologist and music teacher (* 1912)
- March 17: Alfred Mallwitz , German building researcher and architect and archaeologist (* 1919)
- March 17: Heinz Nixdorf , German company founder and business manager (* 1925)
- March 18: Ludvík Aškenazy , Czech writer, playwright and screenwriter (* 1921)
- March 18: Bernard Malamud , American writer (* 1914)
- March 22nd: Denys Gaith , Syrian Archbishop (* 1910)
- March 22nd: John W. Bricker , American politician (* 1893)
- March 23: Otto Bramm , German art historian and folklorist (* 1897)
- March 24: James Earle Ash , American pathologist and officer (* 1884)
- March 28: Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki , German writer, illustrator and comic artist (* 1895)
- March 30th: James Cagney , American film actor (* 1899)
- March 30th: Milan Munclinger , Czech flautist, conductor, composer and musicologist (* 1923)
- March 31: Helga Anders , Austrian actress and voice actress (* 1948)
- March 31: Paulus Rusch , Bishop of the Diocese of Innsbruck (* 1903)
- March 31: Heinrich Heitsch , career officer, lieutenant general of the NVA (* 1916)
April
- Erik Bruhn , Danish ballet dancer (* 1928) April 1:
- Peter Pears , British tenor and partner of the composer Benjamin Britten (* 1910) April 3:
- Wally Deane , American rockabilly musician (* 1936) April 5:
- Tommy Duchesne , Canadian accordionist (born 1909) April 5th:
- Raimundo Bibian Mumo Orsi , Argentine-Italian football player (* 1901) April 6:
- Leonid Witaljewitsch Kantorowitsch , Nobel Prize Winner for Economics (* 1912) April 7:
- Valérie von Martens , Austrian-German actress (* 1894) April 7:
- Pamela Wedekind , actress and chanson singer (* 1906) April 9:
- Heinz Conrads , Austrian actor, conférencier and Wienerlied interpreter (* 1913) April 9:
- Alfred Pfeifle , German tenor (* 1916) April 9:
- Martin David , German-Dutch legal historian of the Orient and papyrologist (* 1898) April 9:
- April 10: Eugen Grimminger , member of the White Rose resistance movement (* 1892)
- April 13: Dorothy Jeanne Ashby , American jazz harpist and composer (* 1932)
- April 14: Simone de Beauvoir , French writer, philosopher and feminist (* 1908)
- April 15: Sergei Nikolajewitsch Anochin , Soviet test pilot (* 1910)
- April 15: Jean Genet , French novelist, playwright and poet (* 1910)
- April 17th: Marcel Dassault , French aviation entrepreneur (* 1892)
- April 17th: Bessie Head , Botswana writer (* 1937)
- April 18: Antonio Lauro , Venezuelan composer and guitarist (* 1917)
- April 18: Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock , German captain and frigate captain (* 1911)
- April 20: Alexei Nikolajewitsch Arbusow , Soviet-Russian playwright (* 1908)
- April 22: Mircea Eliade , Romanian religious historian, essayist and novelist (* 1907)
- April 22nd: Cliff Finch , American politician (* 1927)
- April 23: Harold Arlen , American composer, Oscar winner (* 1905)
- April 23: Otto Preminger , American director and film producer of Austrian origin (* 1905)
- April 24: Wallis Simpson , Duchess of Windsor (* 1896)
- April 26th: Lou van Burg , Dutch-German showmaster and entertainer (* 1917)
- April 26: Broderick Crawford , American actor (born 1911)
- April 26: Hermann Gmeiner , founder of SOS Children's Villages (* 1919)
- April 26: Gregor Hövelmann , German teacher, historian and archivist (* 1930)
- April 27: J. Allen Hynek , American astrophysicist (* 1910)
- April 27: Rudolf Schütrumpf , German palynologist (* 1909)
- April 28: Werner Conze , German historian and rector of Heidelberg University (* 1910)
- April 29: Raúl Prebisch , Argentine development economist (* 1901)
- April 30: Wilhelm Kratz , German member of the Bundestag (* 1905)
- April 30: Françoise Perret , Swiss journalist and politician (* 1919)
- April 30: Robert Stevenson , British-American film director, screenwriter and film producer (* 1905)
May
- Henri Toivonen Finnish rally driver (* 1956) May 2nd:
- Käthe Haack , German actress (* 1897) May 5:
- Gaston Defferre , French politician (* 1910) May 7:
- Robert A. Lovett , American politician (* 1895) May 7:
- Haldun Taner , Turkish writer (* 1915) May 7:
- Herma Szabó , Austrian figure skater (* 1902) May 7:
- Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach , last member of the Krupp dynasty (* 1938) May 8:
- Ferenc Fülep , Hungarian archaeologist and museum director (* 1919) May 8:
- Ulrich Ilg , Austrian politician and governor of Vorarlberg (* 1905) May 9:
- Tenzing Norgay , mountaineer, first to climb Mount Everest (* 1914) May 9:
- May 12: Elisabeth Bergner , theater and film actress (* 1897)
- May 13: Vasily Ignatenko , Soviet liquidator in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (* 1961)
- May 14: Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis , Dutch botanist (* 1901)
- May 15: Elio de Angelis , Italian Formula 1 driver (* 1958)
- May 16: Edoardo Antonelli , Italian screenwriter and film director (* 1910)
- May 16: Elsa Arnold , German resistance fighter (* 1903)
- May 16: Friedrich Franz von Unruh , German writer (* 1893)
- May 17: Lyudmila Alexejewna Pachomowa , Russian figure skater (* 1946)
- May 18: Peter Wehle , Austrian composer, author and cabaret artist (* 1914)
- May 19: Jimmy Lyons , American jazz saxophonist (* 1933)
- May 19: Bernard Naylor , English composer, organist and conductor (* 1907)
- May 23: Sterling Hayden , American actor and author (born 1916)
- May 24: Robert Philipp Nöll von der Nahmer , German financial scientist and politician (* 1899)
- May 24: Yakima Canutt , American actor (* 1895)
- May 26: Vitaly Abalakov , Soviet mountaineer (* 1906)
- May 29: Onelio Jorge Cardoso , Cuban writer and journalist (* 1914)
- May 29: Inge Landgut , actress and voice actress (* 1922)
- May 30th: Boy Gobert , German-Austrian theater and film actor (* 1925)
- May 30: James Rainwater , American physicist (born 1917)
- May 30th: Luis G. Roldán , Mexican singer (* 1910)
- May 31: Harry Westermann , German lawyer (* 1909)
June
- Charles F. Wennerstrum , US judge, et al. at the Nuremberg Trials (* 1889) June 1:
- Jo Gartner , Austrian racing driver (* 1954) June 1:
- Alfred Sabisch , German sculptor (* 1905) June 3:
- Albert LaMadeleine , Canadian fiddle player (* 1905) June 4:
- Henry Nash Smith , American cultural and literary scholar (* 1906) June 6:
- Herbert Eisenreich , Austrian writer (* 1925) June 6:
- John Tolan , American racing driver (* 1917) June 6:
- Roba Stanley , American old-time musician June 8:
- Elisabeth Selbert , German politician and lawyer, one of the four "Mothers of the Basic Law" (* 1896) June 9th:
- June 10: Edward Sagarin , American sociologist (* 1913)
- June 11: Jim Trueman , American entrepreneur and racing car driver (* 1935)
- June 12: Ernst Scholz , Minister for Construction of the GDR (* 1913)
- June 13: Dean Reed , American actor, rock 'n' roll star and country singer (born 1938)
- June 13: Benny Goodman , American jazz musician (clarinetist and band leader) (* 1909)
- June 14: Jorge Luis Borges , Argentine writer (* 1899)
- June 14: Alan Jay Lerner , American author and songwriter (* 1918)
- June 14th: Giorgio Pellini , Italian fencer (* 1923)
- June 14: Marlin Perkins , American zoologist and zoo director (* 1905)
- June 14: Wilhelm Szabo , poet, author, translator and teacher (* 1901)
- June 16: Maurice Duruflé , French composer (* 1902)
- June 16: Jean Sachot , French racing car driver (* 1895)
- June 18: Hans Koch , cultural scientist and cultural functionary of the GDR (* 1927)
- June 18: Ágnes Salamon , Hungarian archaeologist (* 1923)
- June 19: Hellmut Arnold , German geologist and paleontologist (* 1912)
- June 19: Coluche , French film actor and comedian (* 1944)
- June 19: Len Bias , American basketball player (born 1963)
- June 20: Juan Pablo Miranda , Cuban flautist and composer (* 1906)
- June 25: Reinhold Munzenberg , German soccer player (* 1909)
- June 25: Hans Wildberger , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor (* 1910)
- June 26th: Annalize Wagner , German homeland researcher (* 1903)
- June 27: Charles Jordan , Canadian singer and vocal teacher (* 1915)
- June 29: Jack Christiansen , American football player and coach (born 1928)
- June 30: László Lékai , Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (* 1910)
- Max Kramer , German aerospace engineer (* 1903) June:
July
- Klaas Aldert Hendrik Hidding , Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian (* 1902) July 1:
- Flor Peeters , Belgian composer, organist and music teacher (* 1903) July 4th:
- Lothar Kreyssig , was a judge and founder of Aktion Sühnezeichen (* 1898) July 5:
- Albert Scherrer , Swiss automobile racing driver (* 1908) July 5:
- Hubert Suschka , German actor (* 1925) July 5:
- Walter Hollitscher , Austrian philosopher, Marxist and psychoanalyst (* 1911) July 6:
- Willi Ankermüller , German lawyer and politician (* 1901) July 7th:
- Pedro Ortiz Dávila , Puerto Rican singer (* 1912) July 8:
- Karl Heinz Beckurts , German physicist and manager (* 1930) July 9:
- July 10: Dušan Antonijević , Yugoslav actor (* 1912)
- July 10: Philippe de Gunzburg , French resistance fighter and racing car driver (* 1904)
- July 10: Le Duan , Vietnamese politician (* 1907)
- July 10: Tomasz Michalak , Polish violinist and conductor (* 1940)
- July 14: Raymond Loewy , industrial designer, is considered one of the inventors of streamline design (* 1893)
- July 14: Joseph Vogt , German ancient historian (* 1895)
- July 18: Stanley Rous , sixth president of the world football association FIFA (* 1895)
- July 19: Alfredo Binda , Italian racing cyclist (* 1902)
- July 21: José Dera Avelino , Filipino politician (* 1890)
- July 22nd: Fritz Goller , German composer (* 1914)
- July 22nd: Floyd Gottfredson , American comic artist and writer, cartoonist and painter (* 1905)
- July 23: Adolfo Baloncieri , Italian football player and coach (* 1897)
- July 23: Robert-Henri Blaser , Swiss university professor, Germanist and medical historian (* 1919)
- July 24th: Fritz Albert Lipmann , American biochemist (* 1899)
- July 25: Vincente Minnelli , American director (born 1903)
- July 27: Dorothea Neff , Austrian actress (* 1903)
- July 27: Friedrich Wilckens , Austrian composer and pianist (* 1899)
- July 28: William Charles Andrews , British film architect (* 1901)
- July 28: Yvan Leyvraz , Swiss internationalist in Nicaragua (* 1954)
- July 29: Joe Kopcha , American football player and surgeon (born 1905)
- July 29: Werner Pinzner , German murderer (* 1947)
- July 30: John N. Dalton , American politician (born 1931)
- July 31: Ernst Hildebrand (musician) , German composer and musician (* 1918)
August
- Robert Wolfgang Schnell , German writer (* 1916) August 1:
- Ali Gholi Ardalan , Persian Ambassador and Foreign Minister (* 1900) August 2:
- Otmar Emminger , President d. Deutsche Bundesbank v. 1977–1979 (* 1911) August 3:
- Beryl Markham , British aviation pioneer (* 1902) August 3:
- Fritz Schwerdtfeger , German forest scientist (* 1905) August 4th:
- Artur Stegner , German politician (* 1907) August 5:
- Simone Plé-Caussade , French composer, pianist and music teacher (* 1897) August 6th:
- Beppe Wolgers , Swedish actor, director, author and composer (* 1928) August 6:
- Manfred Hausmann , German writer (* 1898) August 6:
- Kathrine Aurell , Swedish-Norwegian writer and screenwriter (* 1901) August 7th:
- August 10: Chuck McKinley , American tennis player (born 1941)
- August 10: Vratislav Effenberger , Czech literary theorist (* 1923)
- August 11th: Heinz Strehl , former soccer player (* 1938)
- August 11th: Pierre Tabourin , French racing car driver (* 1902)
- August 12: Ernst Wendt , German theater director (* 1937)
- August 12: Hans Pesser , Austrian soccer player and coach (* 1911)
- August 13: Unica Bachmann-Calcoen , German-Dutch portrait and animal painter (* 1904)
- August 14: Pierre Bertaux , French Germanist (* 1907)
- August 15: Silvia Eisenstein , Argentine-Venezuelan pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1917)
- August 15: Winthrop Sargeant , American music critic (* 1903)
- August 17: Shipwreck Kelly , American football player (born 1910)
- August 19: Willy Kramp , German writer (* 1909)
- August 20: Paul Doyon , Canadian pianist and organist (* 1903)
- August 20: Thad Jones , American jazz trumpeter (* 1923)
- August 21: Christoph Barth , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor (* 1917)
- August 22: Celâl Bayar , Turkish President (* 1883)
- August 24: Harry Benjamin , American psychologist (* 1885)
- August 24: Josef Buchkremer , Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Aachen and Titular Bishop von Agger (* 1899)
- August 25: Merle Montgomery , American composer, pianist and music teacher (* 1904)
- August 26: Franziska Bennemann , German politician (* 1905)
- August 27: Georgi Tadschijewitsch Agsamow , Soviet chess master (* 1954)
- August 31: Jorge Alessandri , Chilean politician (* 1896)
- August 31: Elizabeth Coatsworth , American writer (* 1893)
- August 31: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen , Finnish President (* 1900)
- August 31: Henry Moore , English sculptor and painter (* 1898)
September
- Neerja Bhanot , Indian flight attendant and model (* 1962) September 5:
- Leslie Harry Ernest Bury , Australian politician (* 1913) September 7:
- Omar Ali Saifuddin III. , Sultan of Brunei (* 1916) September 7th:
- Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov , Russian composer (* 1903) September 7:
- Magda Tagliaferro , Brazilian pianist and music teacher (* 1893) September 9:
- September 10: Pepper Adams , American baritone saxophonist (* 1930)
- September 12: Ernst Haas , Austrian-American photographer (* 1921)
- September 12: Gerhard Rohlfs , Romanist (* 1892)
- September 14: Marcel Couraud , French conductor (* 1912)
- September 14: Allen Irvine McHose , American musicologist, music teacher and organist (* 1902)
- September 14th: Ernst Rudolph , German carom player (* 1918)
- September 15: Virginia Gregg , American actress (born 1916)
- September 15: Freimut Stein , German psychologist and figure skater (* 1924)
- September 16: Luís Armando Rivera , Dominican composer, pianist and violinist (* 1901)
- September 18: Walther Brühl , German politician (* 1894)
- September 20: Johannes Caspers , German politician (* 1910)
- September 20: Marguerite de Beaumont , Swiss sister of the reformed women's community Communauté de Grandchamp (* 1895)
- September 22nd: József Asbóth , Hungarian tennis player (* 1917)
- September 22nd: Abdel-Kader Zaaf , Algerian racing cyclist (* 1917)
- September 25: Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Semjonow , Russian physical chemist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1896)
- September 25: Hans Batz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag (* 1927)
- September 25: Marcel Rüedi , Swiss mountaineer (* 1938)
- September 25: Hubertus Strughold , German aeronautical surgeon (* 1898)
- September 27: Clifford Lee Burton , bassist for the heavy metal band Metallica (* 1962)
- September 28: Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina , Polish writer (* 1899)
- September 29: Helmut Qualtinger , Austrian cabaret artist and writer (* 1928)
- September 30th: Franz Burda , German publisher and founder of Burda-Verlag (* 1903)
October
- Emil Maier-Dorn , German writer (* 1908) October 1:
- Raymond E. Baldwin , American politician (* 1893) October 4:
- Pieter Muntendam , Dutch medic and politician (* 1901) October 4:
- Alexander Arendt , German medic (* 1921) October 5:
- Hal B. Wallis , American film producer (* 1898) October 5:
- James Hardy Wilkinson , mathematician (born 1919) October 5:
- Cheryl Crawford , American theater director and producer (* 1902) October 7th:
- Ishizaka Yōjirō , Japanese writer (* 1900) October 7:
- Nels Anderson , American sociologist (* 1889) October 8:
- Harald Reinl , film director and screenwriter (* 1908) October 9:
- October 10: Massie Kennard , American church reformer (* around 1919)
- October 10: Antonio di Benedetto , Argentine writer (* 1922)
- October 10: Gerold von Braunmühl , German diplomat (* 1935)
- October 10: Michele Pellegrino , Archbishop of Turin and Cardinal (* 1903)
- October 11th: David Hand , American animator, film director and film producer (* 1900)
- October 11: Paul Rudolf Henning , German sculptor and architect (* 1886)
- October 11: Robert Scholz , Austrian-American pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1902)
- October 14: Barbara Kostrzewska , singer and music teacher (* 1915)
- October 14: Bilal Xhaferr Xhaferri , Albanian writer and publicist (* 1935)
- October 16: Arthur Grumiaux , Belgian violinist (* 1921)
- October 16: Sandro Puppo , Italian football player and coach (* 1918)
- October 17: Ayukawa Nobuo , Japanese writer and literary critic (* 1920)
- October 19: Moses Asch , American record producer (* 1905)
- October 19: Samora Machel , President of Mozambique from 1975 (* 1933)
- October 20: Fritz Hochwälder , Austrian writer (* 1911)
- October 21: Theodor Busse , German general (* 1897)
- October 21: Augusta Holtz , German-American age record holder (* 1871)
- October 22: Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt , Hungarian biochemist (* 1893)
- October 22: Ye Jianying , Chinese field marshal and politician (* 1897)
- October 23: Edward Adelbert Doisy , American biochemist (* 1893)
- October 25: Johnny Dyani , South African jazz musician (* 1947)
- October 25: Joseph B. Johnson , American politician (* 1893)
- October 26: Jackson Scholz , American athlete and Olympic champion (* 1897)
- October 27: Sherman A. Adams , American politician (* 1899)
- October 27: Alfred Au , German soccer player (* 1898)
- October 29: Shimizu Osamu , Japanese composer (* 1911)
- October 29: Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt , German politician (* 1901)
- October 29: Harry Voigt , German athlete (* 1913)
- October 30: Otto Knefler , German soccer coach (* 1923)
- October 30: Abel Meeropol , American songwriter and writer (* 1903)
- October 31: Bruno Snell , German classical philologist (* 1896)
November
- Serge Garant , Canadian composer and conductor (* 1929) November 1:
- Sippie Wallace , American blues musician (* 1898) November 1:
- Fritz-Aurel Goergen , German industrial manager (* 1909) November 4:
- Adolf Brudes , German motorcycle and automobile racing driver (* 1899) November 5:
- Oskar Wielgos , German problem composer (* 1916) November 5:
- Elisabeth Grümmer , opera and chamber singer (* 1911) November 6th:
- Hugo de Groot , Dutch composer and conductor (* 1897) November 6th:
- Gotfrid Köchert , Austrian automobile racing driver (* 1918) November 6th:
- Erich Rammler , German process engineer (* 1901) November 6th:
- Artur London , Czech communist and diplomat (* 1915) November 7th:
- Aenne Michalsky , Austrian opera singer (1908) November 8:
- Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov , head of government and foreign minister of the Soviet Union (* 1890) November 8:
- November 10: Ria Baran , figure skater (* 1922)
- November 12th: Enchi Fumiko , Japanese writer (* 1905)
- November 12: Erich Koch , Gauleiter of the NSDAP in East Prussia and Reich Commissioner in the Ukraine (* 1896)
- November 12th: Shimao Toshio , Japanese writer (* 1917)
- November 13: Fritz Viktor Arens , German art historian and monument conservator (* 1912)
- November 13th: Franco Cortese , Italian racing driver (* 1903)
- November 13: Rudolf Schock , German lyric tenor, opera, lied and operetta singer (* 1915)
- November 15: Alexandre Tansman , Polish-French composer (* 1897)
- November 16: François Lacour , French racing driver (* 1907)
- November 17: Ingrid Leodolter , Austrian politician (SPÖ) and Minister of Health (1971–1979) (* 1919)
- November 17th: Peter Kuhlen , clergyman and co-founder of the Apostolic Community (* 1899)
- November 18: Gia Carangi , American model (* 1960)
- November 19: Negrito Chapuseaux , Dominican singer and composer (* 1911)
- November 21: Jerry Colonna , American actor, comedian and musician (born 1904)
- November 22nd: Scatman Crothers , American singer and actor (born 1910)
- November 22nd: Hans-Jürgen Fröhlich , German writer (* 1932)
- November 23: Yasuzo Masumura , Japanese director (* 1924)
- November 25: Gabdulchaj Achatow , Russian linguist and Turkologist (* 1927)
- November 26th: Ingeborg Drewitz , German writer (* 1923)
- November 29: Cary Grant , American actor (born 1904)
December
- Bobby Layne , American football player (born 1926) December 1:
- Heinrich Amersdorffer , German painter, graphic artist and art teacher (* 1905) December 2:
- Desi Arnaz , Colombian musician and actor (* 1917) December 2:
- Frederick Reginald Attwell , English football player (* 1920) December 2:
- Theodor Zeller , German painter and graphic artist (* 1900) December 3:
- December 10: Bruno Mora , Italian football player (* 1937)
- December 10th: Fred Stone , Canadian flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer (* 1935)
- December 11th: Carmen Guerrero Franco , Mexican actress (* 1911)
- December 11th: Miya Shūji , Japanese poet (* 1912)
- December 12: Carlos Ramírez , Colombian singer and actor (* 1916)
- December 12: Paul Verner , member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED in the GDR (* 1911)
- December 13: Heather Grace Angel , British actress (born 1909)
- December 15: Serge Lifar , Russian-French dancer and choreographer (* 1904)
- December 18: George Amy , American film editor (born 1903)
- December 19: VC Andrews , American writer (* 1923)
- December 19: Avelar Brandão Vilela , Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia and Cardinal (* 1912)
- December 19: Frank Sels , Belgian comic artist and author (* 1942)
- December 20: Eduard Abramyan , Armenian pianist and music teacher (* 1923)
- December 20: Alicia Urreta , Mexican composer (* 1930)
- December 21: Hans Baur , German actor (* 1910)
- December 23: Heidi Abel , Swiss announcer and presenter (* 1929)
- December 23: Gerhard Bienert , German actor (* 1898)
- December 25th: Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov , Bulgarian spiritual master (* 1900)
- December 25th: Friedrich von Ledebur , Austrian film actor (* 1900)
- December 26: Elsa Lanchester , British actress (* 1902)
- December 26th: Herwig Walter , German actor (* 1911)
- December 27: Lars-Erik Larsson , Swedish composer (* 1908)
- December 27: Louis van Lint , Belgian painter (* 1909)
- December 28: Alton Asa Lennon , American politician (* 1906)
- December 28: John D. MacDonald , American writer (born 1916)
- December 29th: Harold Macmillan , British politician and Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963 (* 1894)
- December 29: Pietro Parente , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (* 1891)
- December 29: Lothar Bolz , chairman of the NDPD of the GDR (* 1903)
- December 29: Jürgen Driehaus , German prehistorian (* 1927)
- December 29th: Andrei Tarkowski , Soviet film director (* 1932)
- December 29: John Antill , Australian composer (* 1904)
- December 29th: Grete Mosheim , German actress (* 1905)
- December 31: Piero Chiara , Italian writer (* 1913)
- Giulio Ramponi , Italian technician and racing car driver (* 1902) December:
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- Axel Arens , German journalist (* 1939)
- Ernst-Ludwig von Aster , German hunting and animal painter (* 1902)
- Wolfgang Auler , German organist (* 1904)
- Cayetano Biondo , Argentine theater and film actor (* 1902)
- Sonja Friedmann-Wolf , German author (* 1923)
- Margot von Gans , German aviation pioneer and racing car driver (* 1899)
- Hanns Geier , German automobile racing driver (* 1902)
- Robert Last , German drummer (* 1921)
- Friedrich Oetinger , German publisher (* 1907)
- Alfredo Poviña , Argentine sociologist (* 1904)
- Novella Hamilton Richards , Antiguan writer and politician (* 1917)
- Rusty Wellington , American country and rockabilly musician (* 1925)
Nobel Prizes
- Physics : Ernst Ruska , Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer
- Chemistry : Dudley R. Herschbach , Yuan T. Lee, and John C. Polanyi
- Medicine : Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini
- Literature : Wole Soyinka
- Nobel Peace Prize : Elie Wiesel
- Economics : James M. Buchanan
music
- The thrash metal band Metallica is releasing their album Master of Puppets on March 3rd , it is considered a milestone in thrash metal and is considered to be one of the best metal albums ever.
- Sandra Kim wins the 31st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 3rd in Bergen with the song J'aime la vie for Belgium
- The British indie rock band The Smiths will release their third studio album The Queen Is Dead on June 16 , which later went down in history as one of the most influential and style-defining works in popular music.
- The rock band Bon Jovi will release their album Slippery When Wet on August 18th , which has sold 14 million copies.
- Iron Maiden will release their sixth studio album Somewhere in Time on September 29th . Guitar synthesizers are used on this for the first time.
- The album Reign in Blood by the thrash metal band Slayer will be released on October 7th .
- With her third album, True Blue, Madonna made it to number 1 on the charts in 28 countries. An unprecedented success for a female interpreter.
- List of number one hits in Germany (1986)
Individual evidence
Web links
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