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Calendar overview 1987
1987 | |
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Ronald Reagan speaks in front of the Brandenburg Gate . |
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Visit of Erich Honecker in Bonn. |
1987 in other calendars | |
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Ab urbe condita | 2740 |
Armenian calendar | 1435-1436 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1979-1980 |
Badi calendar | 143-144 |
Bengali calendar | 1393-1394 |
Berber calendar | 2937 |
Buddhist calendar | 2531 |
Burmese calendar | 1349 |
Byzantine calendar | 7495-7496 |
Chinese calendar | |
- era | 4683-4684 or 4623-4624 |
– 60-year cycle |
Fire Tiger (丙寅, 3) - |
French Revolutionary Calendar |
- CXCV CXCVI 195-196 |
Hindu calendar | |
– Vikram Sambat | 2043-2044 |
– Shaka Samvat | 1909-1910 |
Iranian calendar | 1365-1366 |
Islamic calendar | 1407-1408 |
Japanese calendar | |
– Nengō (era): | Showa 62 |
- Koki | 2647 |
Jewish calendar | 5747-5748 |
Coptic calendar | 1703-1704 |
Korean calendar | |
– Dangun era | 4320 |
– Juche era | 76 |
Minguo calendar | 76 |
Modern Olympics | XXIII |
Seleucid calendar | 2298-2299 |
Thai solar calendar | 2530 |
annual dedications
- 1987 is the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless .
- The Whinchat (lat. Saxicola rubetra ) is Bird of the Year ( NABU /Germany).
events
politics and world affairs
- 1 January: The Stockholm Document of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (KVAE) comes into force. It is the first multilateral arms control agreement in Europe since the CSCE in August 1975.
- 1 January: Pierre Aubert becomes President of Switzerland again .
- January 1: Radio Moscow broadcasts US President Ronald Reagan 's New Year's address to the Soviet people in Russia .
- January 1: Instead of the current New Year's speech by Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl , ARD accidentally broadcasts the speech from the previous year.
- 1 January: In the Federal Republic of Germany , the Counter-Terrorism Act (TerrBG) tightens catalog offenses under Section 129a of the Criminal Code and expands the powers of the Higher Regional Courts and the Federal Public Prosecutor in criminal prosecution.
- January 16: Michel Camdessus , France , becomes director of the International Monetary Fund .
- January 25: The governing coalition of CDU/CSU and FDP is confirmed in office in the federal elections in Germany .
- January 27: At the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU , Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev announces the reforms in the USSR that have become known as perestroika .
- March 18: The Djibouti attack killed 13 people, including four German marine researchers.
- March 23: Willy Brandt announces his early resignation as SPD party chairman. Hans-Jochen Vogel is elected as his successor .
- April 16: A Swedish Radio broadcast uncovers the Bofors scandal . In an arms deal with the Swedish company Bofors , bribes in the millions are said to have flowed to politicians in India .
- April 20: Turkey applies for EC membership, but the European Council does not confirm this application until 1997.
- 1 May: The private broadcaster Eureka TV begins broadcasting; it becomes ProSieben on January 1, 1989 .
- May 4: Pope John Paul II stays in Augsburg , visits the Basilica of St. Ulrich and Afra for prayer and makes the Benediction of the seminary.
- May 28: Mathias Rust lands in a Cessna on Red Square in Moscow on Border Forces Day . As a result, some veteran, high-ranking military officers are given early retirement and perestroika is also pushed forward in the army.
- 3 June: First state visit by Erich Honecker ( GDR ) to the Netherlands .
- June 10 South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan nominates Roh Tae-woo to succeed him. This is followed by demonstrations for free elections . These should pave the way for the democratization of South Korea.
- June 12: US President Ronald Reagan travels to West Berlin to celebrate his 750th anniversary . In his public speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate , he called on the Soviet party leader , Mikhail Gorbachev , to tear down the wall and suggested holding the Olympic Games in both parts of the city.
- June 19: 18 people are killed in an ETA bomb attack on a department store in Barcelona .
- June 29: After weeks of protests , Roh Tae-woo once again declares free presidential elections in South Korea and amnesty for Kim Dae-jung , who was under house arrest.
- July 13: R. Venkataraman is elected in India's presidential election with a large majority. The election results are announced on July 16, 1987.
- July 14: The 38-year state of emergency in the Republic of China (Taiwan) ends .
- July 19: General elections in Portugal . Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva 's Social Democrats are the first party in the history of the Third Republic to win an absolute majority.
- August 17: The former Hitler deputy and last inmate in the Spandau prison for war criminals , Rudolf Hess , kills himself according to the prison administration. The family expresses doubts about the first autopsy report from the same day.
- August 19: An unemployed man kills 16 and injures at least 13 others in the Hungerford killing spree before shooting himself.
- August 26: The German federal government decides to raise the welcome fee for visitors from the GDR from twice 30 DM to once 100 DM per person per year. A reduction in the maximum amount allowed for DM purchases by the GDR is to be compensated for.
- August 26: The Federal Republic of Germany decides not to modernize the Pershing I/IA (MGM-31A) short- range missile, whose nuclear warheads are under the control of the US armed forces as part of nuclear sharing .
- August 28: Newspapers not only in the Federal Republic but also in the GDR print a policy paper written by SED and SPD thinkers (“Dialogue Paper”, title: The dispute of ideologies and common security ). The SPD was able to push through formulations for freedom of discussion - which some critics in the GDR then claimed as their right.
- September 3: Military coup in Burundi
- 7 September: Erich Honecker is the first GDR head of state to visit the Federal Republic of Germany .
- September 12: Beginning of the Barschel affair : One day before the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein , Der Spiegel reported that Prime Minister Uwe Barschel had the SPD's top candidate , Björn Engholm , spied on.
- September 28: The Goiânia accident comes to light. When a woman brings a container to a doctor in the Brazilian city of Goiânia , the doctor suspects radioactive influences in several sick people. They were exposed to radiation doses of the substance cesium -137, as it turns out.
- October 2: The Federal Republic of Germany and the Socialist People's Republic of Albania establish diplomatic relations.
- October 11: Uwe Barschel , former Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein , dies in a hotel room in Geneva ; by suicide , according to official information that has been confirmed several times . The Barschel affair had previously made headlines.
- 15 October: Blaise Compaoré becomes head of state and government of Burkina Faso .
- October 20: Aruba becomes an associate member of UNESCO .
- 1 November: Loya Jirga adopts the constitution of the "Republic of Afghanistan" and elects General Secretary Mohammed Najibullāh as President.
- November 2: Two police officers are shot dead at Runway West . The disputes over the runway at Frankfurt Main Airport reached their climax.
- November 5: Spain signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty .
- November 7: Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali becomes President of Tunisia .
- November 16: Roman Herzog succeeds Wolfgang Zeidler as the new President of the Federal Constitutional Court .
- 6 December: In Switzerland , the popular initiative to protect moors (“ Rothenthurm Initiative ”) is accepted.
- December 8: The Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan sign the INF treaty in Washington, DC on the complete phase-out of all medium-range nuclear weapons of shorter and longer range (between 500 and 5500 km).
- December 8: Beginning of the first Intifada
- December 11: An attack by ETA on a Guardia Civil barracks in Zaragoza claims eleven lives.
- December 11: John Philip Sousa 's 1896 composition Stars and Stripes Forever becomes the official national march of the United States by law.
- December 11: German Defense Minister Manfred Wörner is appointed NATO Secretary General.
- 31 December: Robert Gabriel Mugabe becomes Zimbabwe 's head of state .
business
- February 22: In Paris , the G7 countries agree on the Louvre Agreement , which is intended to stabilize exchange rates.
- March 12: The ECJ condemns the Federal Republic of Germany to allow the marketing of beer that was lawfully brewed in another EC member state, even if it does not comply with the German Purity Law. (ECJ, case 178/84; complaint by the EC Commission of July 6, 1984)
- March 26: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Yugoslavia
- May 5: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Uruguay
- June 2: Double taxation agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Bulgaria
- July 1: The Single European Act to create the European internal market comes into force.
- July 28th: The report of the ARD television magazine Monitor about worms in canned fish triggers a rapid drop in demand for the purchase of canned fish . The German fishing industry subsequently fell into a crisis.
- September 27: In Cairo, the first metro line in Africa is opened by the Cairo Transport Authority .
- October 19 On what is known as Black Monday , there is a stock market crash in which prices collapse by more than 20% in one day.
- Moët & Chandon company merges with Louis Vuitton company, resulting in LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) company
- The French television channel TF1 is privatized and bought by the Bouygues company
science and technology
- February 23: Supernova 1987A is discovered. It is the first supernova that can be observed with the naked eye since 1604.
- April 1: Germany is the first country in Europe to start issuing machine-readable ID cards.
- May 25: The Laichingen hunger chronicle about inflation and famine in 1816/17 is exposed as a forgery created at the beginning of the 20th century.
- December 29: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko returns to Earth after 326 days aboard the Mir space station.
- In Norway , the last Linjesender , a long - wave radio station , is shut down.
- Ferrari presents the Ferrari F40 for the 40th company anniversary .
culture and society
- The 750th anniversary of the city of Berlin is celebrated with numerous events on both sides of the wall.
- January 22: The US politician Budd Dwyer kills himself in front of the camera at a press conference he called one day before the verdict in his criminal trial. He faced a long prison sentence.
- January 29: Premiere of the opera Habemeajaja by Boris Blacher at the Academy of Arts in Berlin
- February 15: The German comedy series Rudis Tagesshow shown on ARD triggers an international scandal when the Iranian head of state Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is associated with women's underwear in one scene . Moderator Rudi Carrell receives death threats.
- April 3: The State Media Treaty seals the dual system of public and private radio and television stations.
- April 8: Cultural Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Venezuela . In force since March 2, 1988
- The 1987 Federal Garden Show will take place in Düsseldorf from April 30th to October 11th .
- May 10: World premiere of the new version of the ballet Sleeping Beauty choreographed by Marcia Haydée with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in the Great House of the Württemberg State Theater in Stuttgart
- May 21: Cultural agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Kenya . In force since June 29, 1988
- June 6th to 14th: Hessentag 1987 in Melsungen
- The Documenta 8 , world exhibition of art, takes place in Kassel from June 12th to October 20th .
- June 22: Cultural Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Uruguay . In force since May 8, 1989
- August 28: Cultural agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Benin . In force since May 13, 1988
- September 22: In Guardamar del Segura , fragments of the Iberian - era Dama de Guardamar are found. The parts are then assembled into a bust .
- September 26: Thomas Gottschalk moderates the TV show Wetten, dass..? for the first time in the Hofer Freiheitshalle . .
- 6 October: Cultural Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Morocco . In force since January 15, 1990
- October 22: Premiere of the opera Nixon in China by John Coolidge Adams at the Houston Grand Opera , Texas
- Founding of the White Rose Foundation
religion
- June 17: The 22nd German Evangelical Church Congress begins in Frankfurt am Main . By June 21, more than 125,000 participants will gather under the motto "Behold what a man." ( John 19.5 LUT )
- December 30: In the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis , Pope John Paul II develops Catholic social teaching further, addresses problems of the North-South conflict and outlines the model of a society based on solidarity .
Sports
Entries of athletics world records see under the respective discipline under athletics .
- January 1st: Andreas Bauer wins the New Year's ski jumping event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
- January 21: After Boris Becker failed in the semifinals of the Australian Open , coach Günter Bosch announced his separation from Becker.
- March 7: Mike Tyson wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against James Smith at the Hilton Hotel , Las Vegas , Nevada , United States , by win on points.
- 29 March to 4 October: hosting of the 39th FIM Motorcycle Road World Championship
- April 12 to November 15: Host of the 38th Formula 1 World Championship
- May 13: 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig loses 0-1 (0-1) against Ajax Amsterdam in the EC Cup Winners' Cup final in Athens .
- May 27: FC Bayern Munich lost 1-2 (1-0) to FC Porto in the EC final of the national champions in Vienna .
- May 30: Mike Tyson wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title by knockout against Pinklon Thomas at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- June 6th: Steffi Graf wins her first of a total of 22 Grand Slam titles at the French Open in Paris and reaches the top of the world rankings for the first time on August 24th.
- 20 June: New Zealand beat France 29-9 in the Rugby World Cup final in Auckland .
- July 26–August 2: Germany (with Steffi Graf and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch ) wins Fed Cup final against USA in Vancouver , Canada .
- August 1 Mike Tyson wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title by defeating Tony Tucker at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- August 7: The American extreme athlete Lynne Cox swims through the cold waters of the Bering Strait between the Diomedes Islands and crosses the state border between the USA and the former Soviet Union .
- October 16: Mike Tyson wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title by technical knockout against Tyrell Biggs at Convention Hall , Atlantic City , New Jersey , United States.
- 1 November: Nelson Piquet becomes Formula 1 World Champion for the third and last time.
- 8 November Australia wins the fourth Cricket World Cup in India and Pakistan by beating England by 7 runs in the final.
- Argentina , Canada , Fiji , Italy , Japan , Romania , Tonga , United States and Zimbabwe are invited by the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB, now World Rugby) to take part in the first Rugby World Cup, which comes with their full membership.
disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
- March 6: The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise ( UK ) capsizes off the port of Zeebrugge . There are 193 dead.
- March 10: 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Colombia and Ecuador , killing over 1,000
- May 9: A chartered Ilyushin Il-62M airliner of Polish LOT en route to New York City , USA , crashes less than an hour after takeoff near Warsaw , Poland . 183 people die. (→ LOT flight 5055 )
- July 28: A landslide causes rock masses in the Valtellina to fall into the Adda valley . They bury the village of Morignone under them. The number of dead in the village and on a busy street is estimated at 53, 1,500 people become homeless.
- August 16: A Northwest Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD - 80 , en route to Phoenix , crashes shortly after takeoff from Detroit , Michigan , United States , crashing into a busy street. 156 people die, one child is saved.
- November 18: A match ignites a major fire at King's Cross St. Pancras Underground station in London, killing 31 and injuring over 60 people.
- November 28: A cargo fire broke out on board a South African Airways Boeing 747 on a scheduled flight from Taiwan to South Africa for unknown reasons. The plane crashes into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius . All 159 people on board die. (→ South African Airways Flight 295 )
- November 29: A bomb explodes on a Korean Air Boeing 707 over Myanmar . All 115 people on board die. (→ Korean Airlines Flight 858 )
- December 20: The sinking of the Philippine ferry Doña Paz after a collision with the tanker "Vector" killed 4,375 passengers and crew members of the "Doña Paz" and eleven crew members of the "Vector". There are only 26 survivors in total. It is the worst shipwreck in peacetime.
Born
January
- Vitaly Sergeyevich Anikejenko , Russian ice hockey player (died 2011) January 2
- Sören Halfar , German footballer January 2:
- Loïc Rémy , French footballer January 2:
- Meredith Stepien , American actress January 2
- Pierre-Luc Périchon , French cyclist January 4:
- Radoslav Augustín , Slovak footballer January 5:
- Icke Dommisch , German TV presenter January 5:
- Muna Jabir Adam , Sudanese hurdler January 6:
- Davide Astori , Italian footballer (died 2018) January 7:
- Yuriy Agarkov , Ukrainian cyclist January 8
- Amanda Ammann , Miss Switzerland 2007 January 8:
- José Ricardo Asqueta Vera , Uruguayan footballer January 9:
- Angelica Augustsson Zanotelli , Swedish show jumper January 9:
- Sam Bird , British motor racing driver January 9:
- Bradley Davies , Welsh rugby union player January 9:
- Paolo Nutini , Scottish singer-songwriter January 9
- Pablo Santos , Mexican actor and producer († 2006) January 9:
- January 10: Eyüp Kadri Ataoğlu , Turkish footballer
- January 10 Florian Bartholomäi , German actor
- January 10: Yoshitaka Kuroda , Japanese automobile racer
- January 12 Nathan Doyle , English footballer
- January 12: Johannes Huber , German politician
- January 12: Kirati Keawsombat , Thai soccer player
- January 12: Nikita Kharchenkov , German basketball player
- January 12 Mykhailo Kryvchykov , Ukrainian handball player
- January 12: Maarija Mikiver , Estonian footballer
- January 12: Edoardo Mortara , Italian racing driver
- January 12: Iván Nova , Dominican baseball player
- January 12 Naya Rivera , American actress († 2020)
- January 12 Will Rothhaar , American actor
- January 12 Salvatore Sirigu , Italian footballer
- January 12: Kris Sparre , Canadian ice hockey player
- January 13: Meelah Adams , German actress
- January 13 Daniel Oss , Italian cyclist
- January 13: Radosław Wojtaszek , Polish chess player
- January 14: Dennis Aogo , German soccer player
- January 14: Jeremias Kochorz , German actor
- January 15: Cafercan Aksu , Turkish footballer
- January 15: Thierry Gerard Audel , French footballer
- January 15: Kelly Kelly , American professional wrestler
- January 15: Thomas Drechsel , German actor
- January 16: Park Joo-ho , South Korean soccer player
- January 16: Piotr Żyła , Polish ski jumper
- January 16: Adílson Warken , Brazilian soccer player
- January 16 Quynh Anh Pham , Belgian singer
- January 19 Edgar Manucharian , Armenian footballer
- January 20 Evan Peters , American actor
- January 20: Cemil Adıcan , Turkish footballer
- January 20: Christine Eixenberger , German cabaret artist and actress
- January 20: Marco Simoncelli , Italian motorcycle racer (died 2011)
- January 22: Abdenour Amachaibou , German footballer
- January 24: Cristian Maidana , Argentine footballer
- January 24: Luis Suárez , Uruguayan footballer
- January 24: Davide Valsecchi , Italian racing driver
- January 25: Hafsia Herzi , French actress
- January 26: Olson , German rapper
- January 26: Sebastian Giovinco , Italian footballer
- January 26: Rigoberto Urán , Colombian cyclist
- January 27: Andrea Consigli , Italian footballer
- January 27: Michael Marrone , Australian footballer
- January 27: Jamel Saihi , Tunisian footballer
- January 28 Alexandria Anderson , American sprinter
- January 28 Steven O'Dor , Australian footballer
- January 29 Le-Thanh Ho , German musician and actress
- January 30: Dario Venitucci , Italian footballer
- January 31: Raúl Richter , German actor
February
- Barış Ataş , Turkish footballer February 1:
- Giuseppe Rossi , Italian footballer February 1
- Jonathan Rea , British motorcycle racer February 2
- Lucie Šafářová , Czech tennis player February 4:
- Nikita Vityugov , Russian chess player February 4:
- Darren Criss , American actor, singer and songwriter February 5
- Olli Pekkala , Finnish ski jumper February 5:
- Sarah Stork , German actress February 6:
- Joseph Walker , American actor and musical performer February 6
- Jessica Jerome , American ski jumper February 8
- Carolina Kostner , Italian figure skater February 8:
- Moritz Weltgen , German handball player February 8
- Davide Lanzafame , Italian footballer February 9:
- Rose Leslie , British actress February 9:
- Magdalena Neuner , German biathlete February 9:
- Kristof Van Hout , Belgian football goalkeeper February 9:
- Michael Wiemann , German footballer February 9:
- February 10 Chaz Davies , British motorcycle racer
- February 10: Yuja Wang , Chinese pianist
- February 11: Luca Antonelli , Italian footballer
- February 11: Robert Fleßers , German footballer
- February 12: Meghan Agosta , Canadian ice hockey player
- February 12 Claire-Hope Ashitey , British actress
- February 12: Antonín Hájek , Czech ski jumper
- February 12 Philipp Reuter , German handball player
- February 13: Eljero Elia , Dutch footballer
- February 14: Edinson Cavani , Uruguayan soccer player
- February 16: William-Fils Aubameyang , Gabonese footballer
- February 16: Malte Schröder , German handball player
- February 17: Eliran Atar , Israeli soccer player
- February 17: Jessy Atila , Belgian soccer player
- February 17: Jan Molsen , German handball player
- February 18: Michela Cerruti , Italian automobile racer
- February 18: Cristian Tănase , Romanian footballer
- February 18: Māris Vartiks , Latvian billiards player
- February 19: Ahmed Adly , Egyptian grandmaster in chess
- February 19 Martin Büchel , Liechtenstein footballer
- February 20 Falko Ochsenknecht , German actor
- February 21: Elliot Page , Canadian actor
- February 21 Burgess Abernethy , Australian actor
- February 21 Techy Fatule , Dominican singer, composer and actress
- February 21 Ashley Greene , American actress
- February 22 Han Hyo-joo , South Korean actress
- February 22: Sergio Romero , Argentine-Italian footballer
- February 22: Johannes Theobald , German racing driver
- February 23: Ab-Soul , American rapper
- February 23: Sara Fazilat , German actress
- February 23 Theophilus London , American rapper and producer
- February 25 Justin Abdelkader , American ice hockey forward
- February 26: Jauhen Abramenka , Belarusian biathlete
- February 26: Sebastian Albert , German footballer
- February 26: Johan Plat , Dutch footballer
- February 26: Johan Sjöstrand , Swedish handball player
- February 27 Valery Andriitsev , Ukrainian wrestler
- February 27: Anna Blasse , German soccer player
- February 27: Maximiliano Moralez , Argentine footballer
- February 28: Antonio Candreva , Italian footballer
- February 28 Michelle Horn , American actress
March
- Andreas Adityawarman , Indonesian badminton player March 1:
- Kesha , American singer, rapper and songwriter March 1
- Jonas Jerebko , Swedish basketball player March 2:
- Brandon Wagner , American racing driver March 4:
- Anna Chakvetadze , Russian tennis player March 5:
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker , German cellist March 5:
- Julian Paeth , German actor March 5
- Kevin-Prince Boateng , German-Ghanaian footballer March 6:
- Chris Grossman , Australian footballer March 6
- Lasse Kohnagel , German handball player March 6:
- Hannah Taylor-Gordon , British film actress March 6:
- Andrea Ambrosi , Italian ice hockey player March 7
- Hatem Ben Arfa , French footballer March 7
- Sylta Fee Wegmann , German actress March 7:
- Bianca Atzei , Italian pop singer March 8:
- Devon Graye , American actor March 8
- Joonas Icons , Finnish ski jumper March 8:
- Bow Wow , American rapper and actor March 9
- March 10 Martellus Bennett , American football player
- March 11: An Jong-ho , North Korean soccer player
- March 12 Manuele Boaro , Italian cyclist
- March 12 Markus Noel , German handball player
- March 12: Teymur Rəcəbov , Azerbaijani chess grandmaster
- March 13: José Luis Abadín , Spanish automobile racer
- March 13: Marco Andretti , American racing driver
- March 13: Andreas Beck , German footballer
- March 13 Christoph Dübener , German handball player
- March 13: Mauro Zárate , Argentine footballer
- March 15 Juliane Höfler , German soccer player
- March 15 Yelena Morozova , Russian soccer player
- March 15: Sameh Sidhom , Egyptian three cushion player
- March 16: Valerio Aspromonte , Italian foil fencer
- March 16 Paul-Max Walther , German footballer
- March 17: Federico Fazio , Argentine footballer
- March 18: Gabriel Mercado , Argentine footballer
- March 18: Arnd Peiffer , German biathlete
- March 19: AJ Lee , American professional wrestler
- March 19: Kathrin Geißler , German pop singer (Banaroo)
- March 20: João Alves de Assis Silva , Brazilian soccer player
- March 20: Nizamettin Çalışkan , Turkish footballer
- March 20: Julian FM Stoeckel , German actor
- March 20: Rollo Weeks , British actor
- March 21: Odine Johne , German actress
- March 21: Rodolfo Torres , Colombian cyclist
- March 21: Alina Wojtas , Polish handball player
- March 22 Jairo Mora Sandoval , Costa Rican environmental activist (died 2013)
- March 23: Marc Henninger , Swiss radio presenter
- March 24: María Valverde , Spanish actress
- March 24: Ramires , Brazilian soccer player
- March 25 Patrick Ryan Anderson , American actor
- March 25 Jacob Bagersted , Danish handball player
- March 25: Bruce Djite , Australian footballer
- March 25 Raffaele De Rosa , Italian motorcycle racer
- March 25: Robbin Ruiter , Dutch football goalkeeper
- March 26: Robert Åhman-Persson , Swedish footballer
- March 26: Mareen von Römer , German volleyball player
- March 26: Matteo Carlo Ardemagni , Italian footballer
- March 26: Steven Fletcher , Scottish football matches
- March 28: Asier Arranz Martín , Spanish footballer
- March 29: Claudia Andreatti , Italian presenter
- March 29: Maxime Authom , Belgian tennis player
- March 29 Kelly Minkin , American poker player
- March 29: Lea Marlen Woitack , German actress
- March 30 Marc-André Dorion , Canadian ice hockey player
- March 30 Calum Elliot , Scottish footballer
- March 30: Meike Weber , German soccer player
- March 31: Nordin Amrabat , Dutch-Moroccan footballer
- March 31 K. Humpy , Indian chess player
April
- Vitorino Gabriel Pacheco Antunes , Portuguese footballer April 1
- Mackenzie Davis , Canadian actress April 1:
- Ding Junhui , Chinese snooker player April 1
- Oliver Turvey , British racing driver April 1
- Nikki Adler , German boxer April 2
- Glen Akama-Eseme , Cameroonian footballer April 3
- Julián Simón , Spanish motorcycle racer April 3
- Francesco Castellacci , Italian racing driver April 4
- Sami Khedira , German footballer April 4
- Konrad Reuland , American football player († 2016) April 4
- Steff la Cheffe , Swiss rapper and beatboxer April 4:
- Herdeiro Lucau , Swedish handball player April 7
- Martín Cáceres , Uruguayan footballer April 7:
- Tobias Lister , Australian helmsman in rowing 7 April:
- Tobias Reinkemeier , German poker player April 7
- Nils Babin , German handball goalkeeper April 8
- Peter Hickman , British motorcycle racer April 8
- Janine Pink , German actress April 8
- Dario Vidosic , Australian footballer April 8
- Juliane Maier , German soccer player April 9
- Blaise Matuidi , French footballer April 9
- Jesse McCartney , American actor and musician April 9
- April 11 Joss Stone , British soul singer
- April 12 Shawna Lenee , American pornographic actress
- April 12: Brendon Urie , singer Panic! at the Disco
- April 14: Ida Odén , Swedish handball player
- April 15 Jenna Mohr , German ski jumper
- April 16: Cenk Akyol , Turkish basketball player
- April 16: Lhadji Badiane , Franco-Senegalese footballer
- April 16 David Peters , American poker player
- 17 April: Tom James , Welsh rugby player
- April 17 Jacqueline MacInnes Wood , Canadian actress, singer and model
- April 18 Matthew Anderson , American volleyball player
- April 18 Anthony Roux , French cyclist
- April 18 Sara Walzik , German handball player
- April 19 Oxana Akinshina , Russian actress
- April 19: Joe Hart , English footballer
- April 19: Alexandre Imperatori , Swiss automobile racer
- April 19 Maria Sharapova , Russian tennis player
- April 19 Daniel Schuhmacher , German musician
- April 20 John Patrick Amedori , American actor and rock musician
- April 20: Hayden Paddon , New Zealand rally driver
- April 21: Sven Franzen , German handball manager
- April 21: Pietro Gandolfi , Italian racing driver
- April 22: John Obi Mikel , Nigerian footballer
- April 23: Michael Antonio Arroyo Mina , Ecuadorian soccer player
- April 23 Timon Seubert , former German cyclist
- April 24: Simone Corsi , Italian motorcycle racer
- April 24 Laurianne Delabarre , French volleyball player
- April 24 Anne Kaiser , German soccer player
- April 24: Rein Taaramäe , Estonian cyclist
- April 24: Jan Vertonghen , Belgian footballer
- April 25: Marcel Höttecke , German soccer goalkeeper
- April 26: Mária Trošková , Slovak entrepreneur and model
- April 26 Adrian Wöhler , German handball player
- April 27: Gerry Carroll , Northern Ireland politician
- April 27 Alexandra Lacrabère , French handball player
- April 27 William Moseley , British film actor
- April 28 Vijessna Ferkic , German-Croatian actress
- April 28: Josip Landeka , Croatian footballer
- April 28: Robin Schulz , German DJ and producer
- April 28 Frank Ziegler , German actor and singer
- April 29 Sara Errani , Italian tennis player
- April 30: Ian Ashworth , South African ice hockey player
- April 30 Marta Bastianelli , Italian cyclist
- April 30: Kazuya Ōshima , Japanese automobile racer
May
- Leonardo Bonucci , Italian footballer May 1
- Claudia Root , Italian rower May 1:
- Johan Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player May 2:
- Adrian Gaspar , Romanian-Austrian jazz pianist and composer May 2
- Cesc Fàbregas , Spanish footballer May 4:
- Jorge Lorenzo , Spanish motorcycle racer May 4:
- Anjeza Shahini , Albanian pop singer May 4
- Marija Šestić , Bosnian singer May 5:
- Germán Voboril , Argentine footballer May 5:
- Meek Mill , American rapper May 6:
- Moon Geun-young , South Korean actress May 6
- Jörn Neumeister , German footballer May 7:
- Stefan Read , Canadian ski jumper May 7
- Miriam Rickli , Swiss TV presenter May 7:
- Vreneli van Helbergen , Dutch actress May 7:
- Felix Jones , American football player May 8
- May 12: Kassim Aidara , Franco-Senegalese footballer
- May 13 Candice Accola , American actress and musician
- May 13: Antonio Adán , Spanish football goalkeeper
- May 13 Felix Kossler , German handball player
- May 13 Carrie Prejean , American model
- May 14: Joseph Attieh , Lebanese singer
- May 14: Adrián Daniel Calello , Argentine footballer
- May 14: François Steyn , South African rugby player
- May 14 Ari Freyr Skúlason , Icelandic footballer
- May 15 Andy Murray , British tennis player
- May 16 Louise Coldefy , French actress
- May 16 Jana Kilka , German actress and voice actress
- May 16 Günther Matzinger , Austrian sprinter and middle-distance runner
- May 17 Ulrike Graessler , German ski jumper
- May 17 Aleandro Rosi , Italian footballer
- May 18: Jaana Ehmcke , German swimmer
- May 18 Luisana Lopilato , Argentine actress, singer and model
- May 19: Waldemar Sobota , Polish footballer
- May 20: Taku Takeuchi , Japanese ski jumper
- May 21 Maike Jüttendonk , German actress
- May 21 Pina Kühr , German actress
- May 22: Mikhail Alyoshin , Russian automobile racer
- May 22: Hugo Lemos Arthuso , Brazilian badminton player
- May 22: Novak Đoković , Serbian tennis player
- May 22: Rômulo , Brazilian soccer player
- May 22: Zita Szucsánszki , Hungarian handball player
- May 22: Arturo Vidal , Chilean soccer player
- May 23: Windham Rotunda , American professional wrestler
- May 24 Fabio Fognini , Italian tennis player
- May 24: Déborah François , Belgian actress
- May 25 Pavel Nikolayevich Atman , Russian handball player
- May 25: Sanja Vujović , Serbian handball player
- May 25 Jackson Mendy , French footballer
- May 25 Ian Stannard , British cyclist
- May 25 Kamil Stoch , Polish ski jumper
- May 26 Daniel Lackner , Austrian ski jumper
- May 29: Taner Ari , Austro-Turkish footballer
- May 29: Lina Andrijauskaitė , Lithuanian long jumper
June
- Bryan Staring , Australian motorcycle racer June 1:
- Jack Anderson , Australian road cyclist June 2
- Tobias Arlt , German luger and Olympic champion June 2:
- Simon Herold , German handball goalkeeper June 2:
- Benjamin Kirsten , German soccer goalkeeper June 2:
- Nathalie Thiede , German actress June 2
- Darin Zanyar , Swedish pop singer June 2
- Lalaine Vergara-Paras , American actress June 3
- Christiane Stenger , German memory athlete June 4
- Robert Sweeting , American bicycle racer June 5
- Mohamed Amine Aoudia , Algerian footballer June 6:
- Unathi Mohamed Al-Arjaoui , Moroccan amateur boxer June 6:
- Steven Kruijswijk , Dutch cyclist June 7
- Moritz Heidelbach , German actor June 8
- Patrick Kleefeld , German handball player June 8
- June 10: Emil Schwarz German actor
- June 10 Kjell Köpke , German handball player
- June 10 Jana Krause , German handball player
- June 10 Martin Harnik , Austrian footballer
- June 11 Gonzalo Castro , German footballer
- June 11 Eugen Knecht , German-Russian actor
- June 12: Igor Anic , French handball player
- June 12: Alexander Heib , German handball player
- June 12: Max Snegiryov , Russian automobile racer
- June 16: Krassimir Anew , Bulgarian biathlete
- June 16: Benjamin Lariche , French automobile racer
- June 16: Tobias Wendl , German luger and Olympic champion
- June 17 Malick Bolivard , French footballer
- June 17 Serhiy Issayenko , Ukrainian snooker player
- June 17 Kendrick Lamar , American rapper
- June 17: Betina Riegelhuth , Norwegian handball player
- June 17: Anna Wysokińska , Polish handball player
- June 18 Melanie Iglesias , American actress, model and singer
- June 18: Omar Arellano Riverón , Mexican soccer player
- June 18: Raúl Bobadilla , Argentine soccer forward
- June 18 Vanessa Hegelmaier , German model
- June 18 Jake Keough , American road bicycle racer
- June 18: Zsuzsanna Tomori , Hungarian handball player
- June 19 Sacha Modolo , Italian cyclist
- June 20 Alexei Korolev , Kazakh ski jumper
- June 20: Asmir Begović , Bosnian Canadian footballer
- June 21 Nicolas Fettner , Austrian ski jumper
- June 22: Nikita Rukavytsya , Ukrainian-Australian footballer
- June 22 Visa Vie , German presenter and rapper
- June 23: Alessia Filippi , Italian swimmer
- June 24 Ronnie Aguilar , American basketball player
- June 24: Feta Ahamada , Comorian track and field athlete
- June 24: Lionel Messi , Argentine footballer
- June 24: Florian Ondruschka , German ice hockey player
- June 25: Sandro Agricola , German ice hockey goalie
- June 25: Claudio Corti , Italian motorcycle racer
- June 25 Rafael Valls , Spanish cyclist
- June 26 Samir Nasri , French footballer
- June 27 Arild Askestad , Norwegian biathlete and biathlon coach
- June 27 Hamad Al Fardan , Bahraini racing driver
- June 27: An Chol-hyok , North Korean soccer player
- June 27: Katharina Heinz , German skeleton pilot
- June 27: Miriam Höller , German stuntwoman and presenter
- June 29 Katrin Jaehne , German actress and voice actress
- June 29 Marc-André Kruska , German footballer
- June 29: Raphaël Tschudi , Swiss actor
- June 30 Martin Jacobson , Swedish poker player
- June 30: Stefan Matter , Swiss telemarker
July
- Tobias Schimmelbauer , German handball player July 1
- Ruslana Korshunova , Kazakh photo model (died 2008) July 2
- Maximilian Mauff , German actor July 3
- Mariano Tripodi , Argentine footballer July 3
- Sebastian Vettel , German racing driver July 3:
- Alexander Kristoff , Norwegian cyclist July 5
- Victor Stelian Astafei , Romanian footballer July 6:
- Sophie Auster , American singer and actress July 6
- Matteo Rubin , Italian footballer July 9
- Butrint Vishaj , Austro-Albanian footballer July 9:
- July 10: Steffen Deibler , German swimmer
- July 10 Sandra Kleinjung , German handball player
- July 10 Jens Vortmann , German handball player
- July 12 Arjan Haenen , Dutch handball player
- July 13 Ulrika Toft Hansen , Swedish handball player
- July 13: Michael Seewald , German Roman Catholic theologian, professor of dogmatics and dogma history in Munster
- July 14: Igor Armaș , Moldovan footballer
- July 16 Andrew James Allen , American actor
- July 16: Mousa Dembélé , Belgian footballer
- July 17 Gesine Agena , German politician
- July 17 Daniel Brands , German tennis player
- July 17: Jan Charouz , Czech automobile racer
- July 17 Marcel Meyerdiercks , German boxer
- July 17 Frida Tegstedt , Swedish handball player
- July 18: Tontowi Ahmad , Indonesian badminton player
- July 18: Chloé Graftiaux , Belgian sport climber († 2010)
- July 18 Carlos Eduardo , Brazilian soccer player
- July 18: Claudio Yacob , Argentine footballer
- July 19: Jun'ya Koga , Japanese swimmer
- July 21 Bashir Adam , German taekwondo fighter
- July 21: Timi Garstang , Marshallese sprinter
- July 21 Pyotr Chaadayev , Russian ski jumper
- July 22 Daniel Finkenstein , German handball player
- July 23 Maximilian Arndt , German bobsledder
- July 23 Tobias Hahn , German handball player
- July 23 Julian Nagelsmann , German football coach
- July 25 Michael Welch , American actor
- July 27: Anna Hammel , Austrian model and Miss Austria 2009
- July 28 Pedro , Spanish footballer
- July 29 Victor Butler , American football player
- July 29: Yuhki Nakayama , Japanese automobile racer
- July 31 Julia Augustin , German actress
- July 31: Lukas Runggaldier , Italian Nordic Combined
August
- Iago Aspas Juncal , Spanish footballer August 1
- Jakov Fak , Slovenian-Croatian biathlete August 1:
- Sébastien Pocognoli , Belgian footballer August 1:
- Fotis Antonarakis , Greek track and road cyclist August 2:
- Cesare Benedetti , Italian cyclist August 3
- Eric Breininger , German Islamist terrorist (died 2010) August 3 –
- James Jakes , British racing driver August 4:
- Bakhtijar Akhmedov , Russian wrestler August 5
- Damian Rączka , Polish footballer August 5
- Sarah Gregorius , New Zealand soccer player August 6
- Sidney Crosby , Canadian ice hockey player August 7:
- Kwame Amoateng , Swedish footballer August 8
- August 11: Maris Mägi , Estonian track and field athlete
- August 11 Ryan Murray , Scottish darts player
- August 12 André Hamann , German male model
- August 12: Sigurbergur Sveinsson , Icelandic handball player
- August 13: Rafael Suzuki , Brazilian racing car driver
- August 14 Johnny Gargano , American professional wrestler
- August 14 Rosalie Thomass , German actress
- August 16: Mousa Animus , German rapper
- August 16 Martin Walde , German actor
- August 17 Martin Cikl , Czech ski jumper
- August 18 Toby Price , Australian motorcycle racer
- August 19: Nico Hulkenberg , German automobile racer
- August 19 Marlon Knauer , German singer
- August 20 Stefan Aigner , German footballer
- August 21: Erik Simon , German ski jumper
- August 22: Nikola Aistrup , Danish track and road cyclist
- August 22: Hamida Al-Habsi , Omani track and field athlete
- August 22 Gianluca Brambilla , Italian cyclist
- August 22 Dan Weekes-Hannah , New Zealand actor
- August 23: Murielle Ahouré , Ivorian sprinter
- August 25: Zahir Ali , Indonesian automobile racer
- August 25 Raffaele Bianco , Italian footballer
- August 25 Ollie Hancock , British racing driver
- August 25 Blake Lively , American actress and It girl
- August 25 Amy Macdonald , Scottish singer-songwriter
- August 25 Ali Abdosh , Ethiopian long-distance runner
- August 26 Todor Ruskov , Bulgarian handball player
- August 27: Jordi Torres , Spanish motorcycle racer
- August 27 Nicky Verjans , Dutch handball player
- August 31: Eric Botteghin , Brazilian soccer player
September
- Alper Akçam , Turkish footballer September 1
- Ramon Leeuwin , Dutch footballer September 1
- Gabrielle Pietermann , German voice actress September 2:
- Andrea Zattoni , Italian cross-country skier September 2
- Menowin Fröhlich , German singer and finalist at DSDS 2010 September 4:
- Maryna Linchuk , Belarusian model September 4
- Hristomir Angelov , Bulgarian road cyclist September 5
- Thalke Deters , German handball player September 5
- Hadrien Federiconi , better known as Feder , French deep house DJ and producer September 5
- Andrea Lekić , Serbian handball player September 6:
- Silvia Martin , Italian rower September 6:
- Anna Pavlova , Russian gymnast and Olympian September 6:
- Mohammad Ahsan , Indonesian badminton player September 7:
- Aurea , Portuguese soul/pop singer-songwriter September 7
- Víctor Rodríguez , Andorran footballer September 7:
- Tōru Suzuki , Japanese darts player September 7
- Evan Rachel Wood , American actress September 7
- Afrojack , Dutch house DJ September 9:
- Sebastian Colloredo , Italian ski jumper September 9
- Andrea Petković , German tennis player September 9
- September 11 Robert Acquafresca , Italian-Polish footballer
- September 11: Anže Damjan , Slovenian ski jumper
- September 11 Kevin McCann , Scottish footballer
- September 11 Susianna Kentikian , German boxer
- September 11: Meamea Thomas , Kiribati weightlifter († 2013)
- September 12 Kelvin Snoeks , Dutch racing driver
- September 16 Kyle Lafferty , Northern Ireland footballer
- September 17 Julia Renner , German handball player
- September 18 Daniel Addo , Ghanaian footballer
- September 18: Aykut Akgün , Turkish footballer
- September 18: Marwin Hitz , Swiss soccer goalkeeper
- September 18 Johanna Uekermann , German politician
- September 19 Danielle Panabaker , American actress
- September 19 Nadine Thal , German soccer player
- September 20 Stefan Denifl , Austrian cyclist
- September 20: Reza Ghoochannejhad , Iranian-Dutch footballer
- September 20: Deon McCauley , Belizean footballer
- September 20: Alex Pullin , Australian snowboarder († 2020)
- September 21: Marcelo Estigarribia , Paraguayan footballer
- September 21: Katy Townsend , British actress
- September 22 Tom Felton , British actor
- September 22: Tom Hilde , Norwegian ski jumper
- September 23 Skylar Astin , American actor
- September 23: Jay Bridger , British racing driver
- September 24: Senzo Meyiwa , South African soccer player († 2014)
- September 25: Franz-Xaver Brückner , German actor
- September 25: Evgeni Prasolov , handball player of Uzbek origin
- September 26 Zlatko Junuzovic , Austrian footballer
- September 26: Vanessa Wormer , German journalist
- September 28 Hilary Duff , American actress and singer
- September 29: Dani Abalo , Spanish footballer
- September 29: Anaïs Demoustier , French actress
- September 29 Jessica Houara , French soccer player
- September 29: Peter Jungwirth , German handball player
- September 30 Ramy Mohamed Ashour , Egyptian squash player
- September 30: Aida Garifullina , Russian opera singer
October
- Daniel Adlung , German footballer October 1
- Florian Mundt , German YouTuber October 1:
- Wout Poels , Dutch cyclist October 1
- Dia Frampton , American singer-songwriter October 2
- Joshua Grothe , German actor and stuntman October 2
- Ruan Lufei , Chinese chess player October 2
- Ricky Stenhouse junior , American racing driver October 2
- Johanna Ahlm , Swedish handball player October 3
- Philipp Antholzer , Italian natural track luger October 3:
- Martin Plowman , British racing driver October 3
- Starley Hope , Australian pop musician October 3:
- Juan Pablo Garcia , Mexican automobile racer October 4:
- Marina Weisband , German politician October 4
- Foluke Akinradewo , American volleyball player October 5 –
- Kevin Mirallas , Belgian footballer October 5:
- Morten Skou , Danish handball player October 5
- Javier Villa , Spanish racing car driver October 5
- Sarah Ammerman , American volleyball player October 7
- Gorka Izaguirre , Spanish cyclist October 7
- Aya Hirano , Japanese voice actress (Seiyū) and J-pop singer October 8:
- Ahmet Kulabas , German-Turkish footballer October 8:
- Semir Štilić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer October 8:
- Luigi Busà , Italian karateka October 9:
- Felix Herholc , German handball goalkeeper October 9:
- October 10 Maryna Anzybor , Ukrainian cross-country skier
- October 10 Jimmy Downey , Australian footballer
- October 11: Musa Hajdari , Kosovan middle-distance runner
- October 11: Ariella Kaeslin , Swiss artistic gymnast
- October 11: Pablo Mouche , Argentine soccer player
- October 12 Damiano Caruso , Italian cyclist
- October 15: Serge Akakpo , Togolese-Beninese-French footballer
- October 15: Ole Kittner , German footballer
- October 15: Ott Tänak , Estonian rally driver
- October 17: Amelie Kiefer , German actress
- October 17: Hideto Takahashi , Japanese soccer player
- October 18 Matt Bosher , American football player
- October 18 Zac Efron , American actor
- October 18: Henri Moser , Swiss racing car driver
- October 18: Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo , Brazilian handball player
- October 19: Ufuk Arslan , Turkish footballer
- October 19: Jenny Bach , German theater and television actress
- October 19 Dot Rotten , British rapper
- October 20: Rafael Andriato , Brazilian cyclist
- October 20 Marcus Mørk , Danish handball player
- October 20 Eva Lennartz , German handball player
- October 22: Eerik Aps , Estonian wrestler
- October 22: Mikkel Hansen , Danish handball player
- October 22 Laila Kveli , Norwegian cross-country skier
- October 22 Park Ha-seon , South Korean actress
- October 23: Arnór Þór Gunnarsson , Icelandic handball player
- October 24: Vladlena Eduardowna Bobrovnikova , Russian handball player
- October 24: Anthony Vanden Borre , Belgian footballer
- October 25: Black Angelika , Romanian porn actress
- October 25: Fabian Hambüchen , German artistic gymnast
- October 26: Melo Imai , Japanese snowboarder and tarento
- October 27 Thelma Aoyama , Japanese pop and R&B singer
- October 29: Tove Lo , Swedish pop musician
- October 31: Jean Karl Vernay , French automobile racer
- October 31: Troy Hearfield , Australian footballer
November
- Saori Ariyoshi , Japanese soccer player November 1
- Larissa Pereira da Cruz , Brazilian soccer player November 1
- Jordi Rubio , Andorran footballer November 1:
- Danny Cipriani , English rugby player November 2
- Anton Baron , German industrial engineer and politician November 3:
- Steffen Berg Løkkebø , Norwegian handball player November 3
- Dennis Krause , German handball player November 3
- Gemma Ward , Australian mannequin November 3:
- Ben Swift , British cyclist November 5
- Anna Herrmann , German actress November 6:
- Rachele Brooke Smith , American actress and dancer November 7
- Edgar Benítez , Paraguayan footballer November 8
- Samantha Droke , American actress November 8
- Andrei Gavrilov , Russian ice hockey goalie November 8:
- Eduardo Gurbindo , Spanish handball player November 8:
- Miroslav Holec , Czech ice hockey player November 8:
- Takashi Kobayashi , Japanese automobile racer November 8:
- Andreas Lukse , Austrian football goalkeeper November 8:
- Greg Mansell , British racing driver November 8:
- JayJay Jackpot , German web video producer, comedian, influencer and amateur actress († 2020) November 9:
- Jaqueline Anastácio , Brazilian handball player November 9:
- November 10 Darryl Jerard Augustin , American basketball player
- November 12: Kim Dong-hyun , South Korean bobsledder
- November 13: Rina Thieleke , German figure skater
- November 14: Sofia Assefa , Ethiopian long-distance runner
- November 14: Ben Gastauer , Luxembourg cyclist
- November 15: Arsen Kasabiev , Polish-Georgian weightlifter
- November 15: Anders Krohn , Norwegian automobile racer
- November 16: Phylicia George , Canadian bobsledder and track and field athlete
- November 17 Kat DeLuna , American R&B and dancehall singer
- November 18 Jake Abel , American actor
- November 19: Vijay Drangoy , Moldovan billiards player
- November 19: Feng Zhe , Chinese gymnast
- November 21: Anju Jason , Marshall Taekwondoin
- November 21 Lee Smith , American football player
- November 22 Marouane Fellaini , Belgian footballer
- November 24: Mehmed Alispahić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
- November 24 Eric Avila , American soccer player
- November 24: Oliver Konietzny , German actor
- November 24: Hristijan Spirovski , Macedonian-Australian pianist and pop singer
- November 25: Odil Ahmedov , Uzbek footballer
- November 25: Julian Bayer , German actor
- November 25: Sergi Moreno , Andorran footballer
- November 28 Karen Gillan , British actress
- November 29: Sandro Wagner , German footballer
December
- Giedrius Arlauskis , Lithuanian footballer December 1
- Philippa Strache , Austrian moderator, politician and former model. December 1
- Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara , Cuban artist and dissident December 2:
- Nicolas Edet , French cyclist December 2:
- Michael Angarano , American film and television actor December 3
- Rachel Laura Atherton , British mountain biker December 6
- Harald Schlegelmilch , Latvian racing car driver December 6:
- Aaron Carter , American singer December 7
- Greg Merson , American poker player December 8
- Hikaru Nakamura , US chess grandmaster December 9:
- Ádám Szalai , Hungarian footballer December 9:
- December 10: Alexei Aksyonov , Russian sprinter
- December 10 Sergio Luis Henao , Colombian cyclist
- December 10: Gonzalo Higuaín , Argentine footballer
- December 11 Markus Eggenhofer , Austrian ski jumper
- December 11: Natalia Gordienco , Moldovan singer
- December 12: Stephan Andrist , Swiss footballer
- December 12: Tim Kalkhof , German actor
- December 13 Michael Socha , British actor
- December 13 Mark Yee , American cellist
- December 14: Netsanet Achamo , Ethiopian long-distance and steeplechase runner
- December 15: Júlia Orban-Smidéliusz , Hungarian handball player
- December 16 Hallee Hirsh , American film actress
- December 17 Maryna Arsamassava , Belarusian middle-distance runner
- December 17: Fabrizio Crestani , Italian racing driver
- December 17 Bradley Manning , American IT specialist and member of the US Armed Forces
- December 18: Miki Andō , Japanese figure skater
- December 19: Shūko Aoyama , Japanese tennis player
- December 19: Karim Benzema , French footballer
- December 20 Matteo Busato , Italian cyclist
- December 21: Ismail Assad , Algerian road cyclist
- December 21: Harald Feuchtmann Perez , Chilean handball player
- December 21: Rachel Shenton , British film actress
- December 22 Lisa Andreas , English Cypriot singer
- December 23: Daniela Götz , swimmer
- December 23: Taťána Kuchařová , Czech fashion model
- December 25: Jorgie Porter , British actress
- December 25: Ma Qinghua , Chinese automobile racer
- December 26: Carolina Eyck , German theremin player
- December 27 Andrea Arnaboldi , Italian tennis player
- December 28: Luise Risch , German actress
- December 28: Matthias Schwarz , German footballer
- December 29 Kim Birke , German handball player
- December 29: Yūhi Sekiguchi , Japanese automobile racer
- December 30: Thomaz Bellucci , Brazilian tennis player
- December 30: Jeanette Ottesen , Danish swimmer
- December 30 Antonia Pütz , German handball player
- December 31: Akmal Amrun , Malaysian road cyclist
- December 31 Fabricio Agosto Ramírez , Spanish footballer
- December 31: Jan Peveling , German handball player
- December 31: René Summer , Austrian soccer goalkeeper
day unknown
- Astrobot , German musician and producer
- Daniel Auner , Austrian violinist
- Corinna Borau , German meteorologist, editor and TV presenter
- Esther Brandt , German actress, voice actress and presenter
- Mai Duong Kieu , German-Vietnamese actress
- Christian Erdt , German actor
- Juliane Fisch , German actress
- Artjom Gilz , German actor and model
- Baran Hêvî , German actor
- Elly Hoyt , Australian jazz singer
- Patrick Nellessen , German actor
- Sarina Radomski , German actress
- Tobias Retzlaff , German actor
- Sarah Stock , German actress
- Daron Yates , German actor
Died
January
- Franck Sylvain , Haitian politician (b. 1909) January 3:
- Jesco von Puttkamer , German politician and diplomat (born 1919) January 5:
- Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson , Chilean composer and music educator (b. 1899) January 6:
- Marion Blackwell , American Dominican sister, composer and music teacher (b. 1887) January 7:
- Ferdinand Friedensbacher , Austrian alpine skier and ski jumper (b. 1911) January 7:
- Elmer Miller , American baseball player (b. 1903) January 8:
- January 14: Johann Cramer , German politician (born 1905)
- January 14: Douglas Sirk , German-American director (b. 1897)
- January 14: Rauli Somerjoki , Finnish rock musician and singer (b. 1947)
- January 15: Ray Bolger , American actor (b. 1904)
- January 15: Rudolf Carl , Austrian actor and comedian (b. 1899)
- January 17: Aram A. Avakian , American film director, screenwriter and film editor (b. 1926)
- January 17: Harry Darby , American politician (b. 1895)
- January 17: Hugo Fregonese , former director of Argentine descent (b. 1908)
- January 18: Renato Guttuso , Italian painter (b. 1911)
- January 19: Lawrence Kohlberg , American psychologist (b. 1927)
- January 20: David Ouchterlony , Canadian organist, music teacher and composer (b. 1914)
- January 22: Budd Dwyer , American politician (b. 1939)
- January 22: Fabio Metelli , Italian psychologist (born 1907)
- January 23: John Coveart , Canadian pianist and music educator (b. 1924)
- January 23: Elly Linden , German politician (b. 1895)
- January 25: Emil Hlobil , Czech composer and music teacher (b. 1901)
- January 26: James Barnes , American composer (born 1949)
- January 26: Charles Wolcott , American music director, composer and film composer (b. 1906)
- January 27: Norman McLaren , Canadian animator (b. 1914)
- January 28: Grete Rehor , Austrian politician (b. 1910)
- January 29: Vincent R. Impellitteri , former Mayor of New York City (b. 1900)
- January 30: Joe Lederer , Austrian journalist and writer (born 1904)
- January 31: Yves Allégret , French director (born 1907)
- January 31: Boris Blinder , American cellist (born 1898)
- January 31: Benno von Wiese , German scholar (b. 1903)
February
- Alessandro Blasetti , Italian film director (born 1900) February 1:
- Christian Broda , Austrian politician (b. 1916) February 1:
- Gustav Knuth , German actor (b. 1901) February 1:
- Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist (b. 1922) February 2:
- Yakov Borisovich Estrin , Russian chess player (born 1923) February 2:
- Donald "Don" Joel Aronow , American designer and powerboat operator (b. 1927) February 3
- Liberace , American entertainer (b. 1919) February 4:
- Carl Rogers , American psychologist and youth psychotherapist (b. 1902) February 4:
- CW Adams , American western swing musician and rancher (b. 1919) February 5:
- Kōichi Isoda , Japanese literary critic and scholar (born 1931) February 5:
- Otto Bertram , Luftwaffe officer in the Third Reich and German Army (b. 1916) February 8:
- Max Seydewitz , German politician (born 1892) February 8:
- February 10: Anton Donhauser , German politician (born 1913)
- February 10: Robert O'Brien , American racing driver (b. 1908)
- February 10: Hans Rosenthal , German television show host (b. 1925)
- February 11: Mark Ashton , British activist (b. 1960)
- February 12: Rudolf Henz , Austrian writer; Program Director of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (* 1897)
- February 16: Alois Brems , Catholic Bishop of Eichstätt (b. 1906)
- February 16: Miguel Prado Paz , Mexican composer (b. 1905)
- February 17: Leopoldo de Anchóriz Fustel , Spanish actor (born 1932)
- February 17: Philip Arp , German actor, cabaret artist, writer and director (b. 1929)
- February 19: Claudia Doren , German television announcer (b. 1931)
- February 19: Kirsten Walther , Danish actress (born 1933)
- February 20: Joseph Parecattil , Archbishop of Ernakulam and Cardinal (b. 1912)
- February 20: Adrian Cruft , British composer (b. 1921)
- February 20: EP Jacobs , Belgian comics artist. (* 1904)
- February 21: Leo Adler , Austrian painter and printmaker (b. 1897)
- February 22: Hildegard Domizlaff , German sculptor, woodcut and jewelry artist (b. 1898)
- February 22: Alberto Echagüe , Argentine singer and songwriter (b. 1909)
- February 22: Andy Warhol , founder and the most important artist of Pop Art (b. 1928)
- February 23: José Afonso , Portuguese singer and composer (born 1929)
- February 24: Jacques Albrespic , French composer and organist (born 1922)
- February 25: James Coco , American actor (b. 1930)
- February 28: Anny Ondra , German-Czech actress (born 1902)
- February 28 Karl Emerich Krämer , German writer (b. 1918)
March
- Bernard Abraham van Groningen , Dutch Greek scholar and papyrologist (b. 1894) March 1:
- Randolph Scott , American actor (b. 1898) March 2:
- Danny Kaye , American actor, comedian and singer (b. 1911) March 3:
- Ludwig Apfelbeck , Austrian engineer and designer of internal combustion engines (b. 1903) March 5:
- Josef Gregor , German folksong teacher (b. 1903) March 5:
- Richard F. Kneip , American politician (b. 1933) March 9:
- March 11: Dietrich Bahner senior , German entrepreneur politician (b. 1913)
- March 12: Richard Levinson , American film producer and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- March 13: Bernhard Grzimek , veterinarian, animal filmmaker, author and editor of animal books (b. 1909)
- March 13: Gerald Moore , British pianist (b. 1899)
- March 13: Fela Sowande , Nigerian composer, organist and music educator (b. 1905)
- March 15: Léon Fleuriot , French Celticologist and historian (b. 1923)
- March 16: Frederick Grinke , Canadian violinist and music teacher (b. 1911)
- March 16: Franz Heinrich Ulrich , German bank manager (b. 1910)
- March 17: Georg Lammers , German athlete (b. 1905)
- March 18: Karl Heinz Robrahn , cath. Poet (born 1913)
- March 19: Louis-Victor de Broglie , French physicist (b. 1892)
- March 20: Rita Streich , German soprano (born 1920)
- March 21: Dean Paul Martin , American actor (born 1951)
- March 21: Robert Preston , American actor (born 1918)
- March 21: Jacob Taubes , Judaist, sociologist of religion, philosopher (born 1923)
- March 21 – Ollie Sansen , American football player (b. 1908)
- March 22: Odysseas Angelis , Greek officer and politician (b. 1912)
- March 22 Gustava Kahler , Austrian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1906)
- March 22: Olaf Klose , German art historian and librarian (born 1903)
- March 22: Joan Shawlee , American actress (b. 1926)
- March 23: Walter Walford Johnson , American politician (b. 1904)
- March 25: Reginald Godden , Canadian pianist and music educator (b. 1905)
- March 25: Mustache , French jazz drummer (b. 1929)
- March 26: Walter Abel , American actor (b. 1898)
- March 26: Eugen Jochum , German conductor (b. 1902)
- March 26: Georg Muche , painter, graphic artist, Bauhaus style (b. 1895)
- March 27: Max Spangenberg , member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED in the GDR (b. 1907)
- March 28: Alphonse Amadou Alley , President of Dahomey (b. 1930)
- March 28: Maria Augusta von Trapp , American singer and writer (b. 1905)
- March 31: Eugen Andergassen , Austrian writer (b. 1907)
April
- Henri Cochet , French tennis player (b. 1901) April 1:
- Pierre Thériault , Canadian actor (b. 1930) April 1:
- Buddy Rich , American jazz drummer (b. 1917) April 2:
- Robert Dalban , French actor (born 1903) April 3:
- CL Moore , science fiction and fantasy writer (b. 1911) April 4:
- Leabua Jonathan , Lesotho politician (b. 1914) April 5:
- Nakazato Tsuneko , Japanese writer (b. 1909) April 5:
- Horst Dassler , German entrepreneur (b. 1936) April 9:
- April 10: Birgit Dressel , German athlete (born 1960)
- April 10: Berta Drews , German actress (born 1901)
- April 11: Erskine Caldwell , American writer (b. 1903)
- April 11: Primo Levi , Italian writer and chemist (born 1919)
- April 12: René Hardy , member of the Résistance, believed to be the traitor of Jean Moulin (b. 1911)
- April 13: Fridolin Aichner , German-Moravian teacher and writer (born 1912)
- April 13: Gholam Hossein Bigjekhani , Iranian tar player (b. 1918)
- April 13 Herbert Blumer , American sociologist (born 1900)
- April 14: Karl Höller , German composer (b. 1907)
- April 15: Jonas Deichmann , German extreme athlete (b. 1987)
- April 15 Orland Kay Armstrong , American politician (b. 1893)
- April 17: Carlton Barrett , Jamaican reggae drummer (The Wailers) (b. 1950)
- April 17: Dick Shawn , American actor (b. 1923)
- April 17: Cornelius Van Til , Dutch-American Presbyterian pastor, professor of apolegetics and author (b. 1895)
- April 18: Kenneth Cook , Australian journalist, screenwriter and director (b. 1929)
- April 19: Hasegawa Shirō , Japanese writer and translator (b. 1909)
- April 19: Maxwell D. Taylor , United States general and diplomat (b. 1901)
- April 19: Antony Tudor , British ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1908)
- April 21: Walther Asal , German general staff physician and surgeon (b. 1891)
- April 21: Hermann Götz , German politician (b. 1914)
- April 21: Gustav Bergmann , Austrian philosopher of science (b. 1906)
- April 22: Irving Ashby , American jazz guitarist (b. 1920)
- April 22: Margaret Ponce Israel , American ceramist and painter (b. 1929)
- April 27: Gioacchino Colombo , Italian designer of automobile engines (b. 1903)
- April 27: Attila Hörbiger , Austrian actor (born 1896)
- April 27: Walther Kauer , Swiss writer (b. 1935)
- April 28: Emil Staiger , Professor of German Studies at the University of Zurich (b. 1908)
May
- Walther G. Oschilewski , German publicist, poet and cultural historian (b. 1904) May 1:
- Dalida , French singer and actress (born 1933) May 3:
- Paul Butterfield , musician (b. 1942) May 4:
- Joseph Ackermann , Swiss politician (born 1901) May 5:
- Gilles Boizard , French composer (born 1933) May 5:
- William J. Casey , US CIA Director (b. 1913) May 6:
- Colin Blakely , British actor (b. 1930) May 7
- Else Meidner , German graphic artist and painter (b. 1901) May 7:
- Karl Schuke , German organ builder (born 1906) May 7:
- Miroslav Venhoda , Czech choir conductor (b. 1915) May 7:
- May 10: Hermann Glöckner , German painter (born 1889)
- May 10: Wilhelm Strienz , German singer (born 1900)
- May 11: Hans Klotz , German church musician and organologist (born 1900)
- May 12: James Jesus Angleton , American agent (b. 1917)
- May 12: Victor Feldman , English jazz musician (b. 1934)
- May 13: Georgy Ivanovich Petrov , Russian engineer (b. 1912)
- May 14: Rita Hayworth , American actress (b. 1918)
- May 17: Gunnar Myrdal , Swedish economist (b. 1898)
- May 18: Heðin Brú , Faroese writer (b. 1901)
- May 19: James Tiptree junior , American science fiction writer (b. 1915)
- May 21: Emmy Damerius-Koenen , journalist, co-founder of DFD (b. 1903)
- May 21: Ernst Nagelschmitz , German footballer (b. 1902)
- May 22 Heinrich Mückter , German physician and chemist (b. 1914)
- May 24: Niklot Beste , bishop in East Germany (b. 1901)
- May 24: Hermione Gingold , British actress (born 1897)
- May 24: Detlef Struve , German politician (born 1903)
- May 25 Charley Brock , American football player (b. 1916)
- May 27: John Howard Northrop , American chemist (born 1891)
- May 28: John Archer , English football goalkeeper (b. 1936)
- May 29: Max Lang , Swiss musician, composer and conductor (b. 1917)
- May 29: Choudhary Charan Singh , Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
- May 30: Frank Carlson , American politician (b. 1893)
- May 30: Frank Licht , American politician (b. 1916)
- May 30: Hilde Weissner , German actress (born 1909)
June
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , Indian film director, screenwriter and journalist (b. 1914) June 1:
- Errol Walton Barrow , Barbados politician (b. 1920) 1 June:
- Rashid Karami , Lebanese politician (b. 1921) June 1:
- Anthony de Mello , Jesuit priest and spiritual teacher (b. 1931) June 1:
- Sammy Kaye , American orchestra leader and composer (b. 1910) June 2:
- Andrés Segovia , Spanish guitarist (born 1893) June 2:
- Will Sampson , American actor (b. 1933) June 3:
- Bernhard Leverenz , German politician (b. 1909) June 4:
- Richard Münch , German actor (b. 1916) June 5:
- Takahashi Shinkichi , Japanese lyric poet (b. 1901) June 5:
- Burhan Atak , Turkish soccer player and referee (b. 1905) June 6:
- Mori Mari , Japanese writer (b. 1903) June 6:
- Humberto Costantini , Argentine writer (b. 1924) June 7:
- Clara Döhring , German politician and MP (b. 1899) June 7:
- Monique Haas , French pianist (born 1909) June 9:
- June 10: Elizabeth Hartman , American actress (b. 1943)
- June 12: Paul Janes , German soccer player (b. 1912)
- June 13: Geraldine Page , American actress (b. 1924)
- June 14: Jack Mavrogordato , British barrister, falconer and author (b. 1905)
- June 17: Herbert Anker , German architect (b. 1908)
- June 19: Ian Donald , British gynecologist (born 1910)
- June 20: Bruno Friedrich , German politician (b. 1927)
- June 21: Abram Chasins , American composer, pianist and musicologist (b. 1903)
- June 22: Fred Astaire , American dancer, singer and actor (b. 1899)
- June 23: Adrienne Gessner , Austrian actress (b. 1896)
- June 23: Tito Lara , Puerto Rican singer and actor (b. 1932)
- June 23: Helmut Stellrecht , German politician and writer (b. 1898)
- June 24: Jackie Gleason , American actor (b. 1916)
- June 26: Henk Badings , Dutch composer (b. 1907)
- June 26: Arthur F. Burns , American economist (b. 1904)
- June 27: Pierre Nicole , Swiss journalist and politician (b. 1909)
- June 29 Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten , American folk and blues musician (b. 1895)
July
- Edvard Fendler , German conductor (born 1902) July 1:
- Philip Charles Lithman , British rock guitarist (b. 1949) July 1:
- Bengt Strömgren , a Bruce Medalist (b. 1908) July 4:
- Bernard U. Taylor , American music educator (b. 1897) July 4:
- Hannelore Schroth , German actress (born 1922) July 7:
- July 10: John Hammond , American record producer, musician and music critic (b. 1910)
- July 11: Christian Anatole , French Romance scholar and Occitan scholar (b. 1937)
- July 11: Tom Waddell , American physician and athlete (b. 1937)
- July 12: Rudolf Lenz , Austrian actor (born 1920)
- July 15: Pete King , British musician (b. 1958)
- July 16: Jean-Marc Chappuis , Swiss Protestant theologian and university teacher (b. 1924)
- July 17: Oscar Andriani , Italian actor (b. 1905)
- July 17: Jörg Fauser , German writer and journalist (b. 1944)
- July 17: Howard McGhee , American jazz trumpeter (b. 1918)
- July 18: Gilberto Freyre , Brazilian sociologist and anthropologist (born 1900)
- July 20: Richard Egan , American actor (born 1921)
- July 25: Malcolm Baldrige , American politician (b. 1922)
- July 31: Joseph Meurers , German astronomer, astrophysicist and natural philosopher (b. 1909)
August
- Abu Sayeed Chowdhury , Bangladeshi politician (b. 1921) 1 August:
- Pola Negri , Polish actress and a star of silent films (b. 1897) August 1:
- Alois Pfeiffer , German trade unionist and politician (b. 1924) August 1:
- Bruno Heusinger , second President of the Federal Court of Justice (b. 1900) August 3:
- Karl Hoppe , German motorcycle racer (b. 1923) August 3:
- Bert Niosi , Canadian bandleader, clarinetist, saxophonist and composer (b. 1909) August 3:
- Hanns Aderhold , German water jumper (b. 1919) August 4:
- Zygmunt Mycielski , Polish composer (b. 1907) August 5:
- Tatsuhiko Shibusawa , Japanese writer (born 1928) August 5:
- Camille Chamoun , Lebanese politician (b. 1900) August 7:
- Nobusuke Kishi , Japanese politician (b. 1896) August 7:
- Manfred Schubert , German politician, professor of chemical engineering in Dresden (b. 1930) August 7:
- Hans Milch , pastor and founder of the actio spes unica, was assassinated (b. 1924) August 8:
- Jutta Balk , painter, co-founder of the municipal puppet theater in Magdeburg (b. 1902) August 9:
- August 10: Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle , Archbishop of Washington and Cardinal (b. 1896)
- August 10: Giorgos Athanasiadis-Novas , Greek writer, politician and prime minister (b. 1893)
- August 11: Zvonimir Bajsić , Yugoslav playwright, director and translator (born 1925)
- August 11: Alexander Ziegler , actor, publicist and writer (b. 1944)
- August 12: Lena Ohnesorge , German politician (b. 1898)
- August 14: Vincent Persichetti , American composer (b. 1915)
- August 16: Arthur Grundmann , German politician (b. 1920)
- August 17: Clarence Brown , American film director (b. 1890)
- August 17: Carlos Drummond de Andrade , Brazilian lyric poet (b. 1902)
- August 17: Rudolf Hess , Nazi politician (b. 1894)
- August 18: Fukazawa Shichirō , Japanese writer (born 1914)
- August 19: Ydnekachew Tessema , Ethiopian footballer and sports official (b. 1921)
- August 22: Helmut Allardt , German diplomat (b. 1907)
- August 22: Imre Reiner , Hungarian painter, printmaker and typographer (born 1900)
- August 23: Siegfried Borris , German composer, musicologist and music teacher (b. 1906)
- August 23: Didier Pironi , French racing driver (b. 1952)
- August 23: Stephanos I Sidarouss Cardinal and Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 1904)
- August 25: Erik Arnberger , Austrian cartographer (b. 1917)
- August 25: Otto Höfler , Austrian Germanist (b. 1901)
- August 25 Willi Weyer , German sports official (b. 1917)
- August 26: Heribert Apfalter , Austrian industrial manager (b. 1925)
- August 26: Georg Wittig , German chemist (b. 1897)
- August 27: Gerhard Puchelt , German pianist (born 1913)
- August 28: Ewart Bartley , Canadian organist, choirmaster, music educator and composer (b. 1909)
- August 28: John Huston , American film director and actor (b. 1906)
- August 29: Lee Marvin , American actor (b. 1924)
- August 31: Hans Eisenmann , German politician (b. 1923)
September
- Gerhard Fieseler , industrialist, National Socialist, aircraft designer, aerobatic and fighter pilot (b. 1896) September 1:
- William Borm , FDP politician and East German agent (b. 1895) September 2:
- Morton Feldman , American composer (b. 1926) September 3:
- Viktor Platonovich Nekrasov , Soviet writer (b. 1911) September 3:
- Walther Abel , German classical philologist (b. 1906) September 4:
- Hans von Lehndorff , German writer (b. 1910) September 4:
- Wolfgang Fortner , German composer (b. 1907) September 5:
- René Hernández , Cuban pianist and arranger (born 1916) September 5:
- Richard Schneider , Catholic cleric and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp (b. 1893) 6 September:
- Theodor Sonnemann , German State Secretary (b. 1900) September 6:
- Gordon M. Gollob , German fighter pilot and general of fighter pilots (b. 1912) September 7:
- Konrad Georg , German actor (b. 1914) September 8:
- Klaus Immelmann , German behavioral biologist (b. 1935) September 8
- Gunnar de Frumerie , Swedish pianist and composer (born 1908) September 9:
- Gerrit Jan Heijn , Dutch businessman (b. 1931) September 9:
- September 11: Margot Büttner , German conservationist (b. 1900)
- September 11: Ludovic Feldman , Romanian composer (b. 1893)
- September 11: Lorne Greene , Canadian actor (born 1915)
- September 11: Peter Tosh , Jamaican singer (b. 1944)
- September 12: John Qualen , Canadian actor (b. 1899)
- September 13: Mervyn LeRoy , American film director and film producer (b. 1900)
- September 16: Christopher Soames , British politician (b. 1920)
- September 17: Dieter Schidor , German actor (b. 1948)
- September 17: Bradford Tracey , German pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1951)
- September 18: Américo Tomás , Admiral, President of the Republic of Portugal (1958 to 1974) (b. 1894)
- September 19: Einar Gerhardsen , Norwegian social democratic politician (b. 1897)
- September 21: Aimo Anshelm Aaltonen , Finnish politician (b. 1906)
- September 21: Sven Olof Morgan Andersson , Swedish politician (born 1910)
- September 21: Jaco Pastorius , American jazz musician and composer (born 1951)
- September 22: Norman Luboff , American composer and choirmaster (b. 1917)
- September 23: Bob Fosse , American film director (b. 1927)
- September 23: Maria Müller-Gögler , German writer (born 1900)
- September 25: Hermann Gutmann , German entrepreneur (b. 1907)
- September 25: Mary Astor , American actress (b. 1906)
- September 26: Harold Macfarlane Anstey , British film producer (b. 1907)
- September 26: Herbert Tichy , writer, mountaineer (b. 1912)
- September 26: Ethel Catherwood , Canadian track and field athlete (b. 1908)
- September 27: Jochen Steffen , German politician (born 1922)
- September 28: Mario of Galli , Jesuit, theological editor and publicist (b. 1904)
- September 29: Henry Ford II , grandson of Henry Ford, President of Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960 (b. 1917)
- September 30: Alfred Bester , American science fiction writer (b. 1913)
- September 30: Robert Schollum , Austrian composer and conductor (born 1913)
October
- Madeleine Carroll , British actress (b. 1906) October 2:
- Peter Brian Medawar , British zoologist and anatomist (b. 1915) October 2:
- Kalervo Palsa , Finnish Expressionist painter (born 1947) October 3:
- Jean Anouilh , French writer (b. 1910) October 3:
- Hans Gál , Austrian composer (b. 1890) October 3:
- Maria Ivogün , Hungarian soprano (born 1891) October 3:
- Eugen Steimle , chief of the SD in Stuttgart (b. 1909) 6 October:
- Bobby Walston , American football player (b. 1928) October 7:
- Konstantinos Tsatsos , Greek politician (b. 1899) October 8:
- William Parry Murphy , American physician, Nobel laureate (born 1892) October 9:
- October 10: Richard Imbt , German politician (born 1900)
- October 11: Uwe Barschel , CDU politician, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1944)
- 11 October: Erich Peter , German Colonel-General, Chief of Border Troops (b. 1919)
- October 11: Fritz Rößler , German politician (b. 1912)
- October 11: Eleonora Rozanek , German painter (born 1896)
- October 12: Fahri Korutürk , Turkish politician and admiral (b. 1903)
- October 12: Alf Landon , American politician (b. 1887)
- October 12 Russ Letlow , American football player (b. 1913)
- October 12: Martin Ness , German table tennis player (b. 1942)
- October 12: Heinz Vollmar , German footballer (b. 1936)
- October 13: Walter H. Brattain , American physicist and Nobel laureate. (* 1902)
- October 13 Gisela Andersch , German painter, printmaker and collage artist (b. 1913)
- October 14: Emmy Loose , Austrian Kammersängerin (born 1914)
- October 15: Thomas Sankara , left-wing politician in Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
- 16 October: Joseph Höffner , German cardinal (b. 1906)
- October 19: Igor Newerly , Polish writer and educator (b. 1903)
- October 19: Hermann Lang , German racing driver (b. 1909)
- October 19: Jacqueline du Pré , English cellist (b. 1945)
- October 20 Andrei Nikolayevich Kolmogorov , Russian mathematician (born 1903)
- October 22: Lino Ventura , Italian-French film actor (born 1919)
- October 23: Diether Ritzert , painter and graphic artist (b. 1927)
- October 23 Karlfranz Schmidt-Wittmack , German politician, MP (b. 1914)
- October 23: Alejandro Scopelli Casanova , Argentine-Italian footballer and football coach (b. 1908)
- October 27: Jean Hélion , French painter (b. 1904)
- October 28: Theo Burauen , former Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne (b. 1906)
- October 28: André Masson , French painter (b. 1896)
- October 29: Jakob Bräckle , German painter (b. 1897)
- October 29: Woody Herman , American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader (b. 1913)
- October 30: Joseph Campbell , American author (b. 1904)
- October 31: Natalie Beer , Austrian poet and writer (b. 1903)
November
- René Lévesque , Canadian politician (born 1922) November 1:
- Wiggerl Kraus , German motorcycle racer (b. 1907) November 3:
- Ekkehard Fritsch , German actor (born 1921) November 4:
- Danielle Gaubert , French actress (born 1943) November 4:
- Paulin Soumanou Vieyra , pioneer of African cinema (b. 1925) November 4:
- Jan Nicolaas Bakhuizen van den Brink , Dutch theologian and church historian (born 1896) November 5:
- Sohar Argov , Israeli singer (b. 1955) November 6:
- Sydney Morris Cockerell , British bookbinder, book restorer and paper designer (b. 1906) November 6:
- Jean Rivier , French composer (b. 1896) November 6:
- Arne Borg , Swedish swimmer (b. 1901) November 7:
- Erwin Sutz , Swiss Protestant minister (b. 1906) November 8:
- November 10: Seyni Kountché , former President of Niger (b. 1931)
- November 12: Maria Felchlin , first practicing doctor of the canton of Solothurn (b. 1899)
- November 12: Cornelis Vreeswijk , Dutch-Swedish troubadour, composer and poet (born 1937)
- 15 November: Ernő Goldfinger , Hungarian-British architect (b. 1902)
- November 17: Mozaffar Baqai , Iranian politician (b. 1912)
- November 17: Jean Lallemand , Canadian patron (b. 1898)
- November 17: Kurt Lindner , German entrepreneur and hunting scientist (b. 1906)
- November 18: Jacques Anquetil , French cyclist (b. 1934)
- November 18: George Ryga , Canadian writer (b. 1932)
- 19 November: Wilhelm Käber , politician state minister (b. 1896)
- November 21: James Folsom senior , American politician (b. 1908)
- November 21: Dixie Boy Jordan , American country musician (b. 1906)
- November 22: Helmut Aris , German politician (born 1908)
- November 22: William Haydon Burns , American politician (b. 1912)
- November 22: Plácido Domingo Ferrer , Spanish zarzuela singer (baritone) (b. 1907)
- November 24 Abd ar-Rahman Sharqawi , Egyptian writer (b. 1921)
- November 24: Hans Schubert , German mathematician (born 1908)
- November 25: Hermann Ferdinand Arning , German jurist and politician (b. 1911)
- November 25: Harold Washington , American politician (b. 1922)
- November 26: Willibald Pschyrembel , German physician (b. 1901)
- November 27: Charline Arthur , American rockabilly musician (b. 1929)
- November 28: Paul Arma , French composer, ethnomusicologist and pianist (b. 1905)
- November 28: Wolfgang Liebeneiner , German actor and director (born 1905)
- November 28: Víctor Yturbe , Mexican singer (b. 1926)
- November 29: Herbert Langemann , German actor (born 1950)
- November 30: Helmut Horten , German entrepreneur (b. 1909)
December
- James Baldwin , American writer (b. 1924) December 1:
- Vatche Hovsepian , Armenian duduk player (b. 1925) December 1:
- Franz Ryba , German politician (b. 1910) December 1:
- Alessandro Vallebona , Italian radiologist, developer of tomography (born 1899) December 1:
- Donn Eisele , American astronaut (b. 1930) December 2:
- Luis Federico Leloir , Argentine biochemist (b. 1906) December 2:
- Juan Alberto Melgar Castro , Honduran politician (b. 1930) December 2:
- Myrta Silva , Puerto Rican singer and composer (b. 1927) December 2:
- Christine Busta , an Austrian poet (born 1915) December 3:
- Rouben Mamoulian , American film and theater director (b. 1897) December 4:
- Johannes Arnold , German writer (b. 1928) December 5:
- Molly O'Day , American country singer (b. 1923) December 5:
- Maria Koller-Feuchtinger , Austrian politician (b. 1897) December 6:
- Peter Lorenz , German politician (born 1922) December 6:
- Walt Stickel , American football player (b. 1922) December 6:
- Hermann Meinert , German historian and archivist (b. 1894) December 7:
- Annelies Kupper , German opera singer (b. 1906) December 8:
- Ernst August of Hanover , Head of the House of Hanover (b. 1914) 9 December:
- December 10: Giovanni Arpino , Italian writer and journalist (b. 1927)
- December 10: Jascha Heifetz , violinist (b. 1901)
- December 10: Denis Sanders , American filmmaker and Academy Award winner (b. 1929)
- December 10: Leroy Stewart , American jazz musician (b. 1914)
- December 10: Boris Alexandrovich Chagin , Russian philosopher and historian (b. 1899)
- December 11: Adile Naşit , Turkish-Armenian comedian of Turkish film (b. 1930)
- December 12: Clifton Chenier , American blues musician (b. 1925)
- December 13: Klaus scullin , pastor, politician, writer (b. 1918)
- December 13: Claude T. Smith , American composer (b. 1932)
- December 13: Herbert Tiede , German actor (b. 1915)
- December 14 Raúl Damonte Botana , Argentine comic artist (b. 1939)
- December 14 Georg Knöpfle , German soccer player and soccer coach (b. 1904)
- December 15: Elisabeth Zaisser , Minister for Public Education of the GDR (b. 1898)
- December 17: Bernard Jan Alfrink , Dutch cardinal (b. 1900)
- December 17: Horst Käsler , German handball player and coach and professor of sports didactics (b. 1926)
- December 17: Marguerite Yourcenar , writer (b. 1903)
- December 19: Bob Adler , American actor (b. 1906)
- December 21: Eugene Lukacs , American mathematician of Hungarian descent (b. 1906)
- December 22: Gustav Fröhlich , German actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- December 22: Alice Terry , American actress (b. 1899)
- December 24 Eugen Kogon , German publicist, sociologist and political scientist (b. 1903)
- December 24: Joop den Uyl , Dutch politician (born 1919)
- December 25: Anthony J. Armentano , American politician (b. 1916)
- December 25: Werner Scheid , German neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1909)
- December 26: Kurt Birrenbach , German politician and MP (b. 1907)
- December 26 Fritz Schachermeyr , Austrian ancient historian (b. 1895)
- December 27: Harry Buckwitz , German director (born 1904)
- December 29: MG Ramachandran , Indian film actor and politician (b. 1917)
- December 30: Leslie John S. Arliss , British screenwriter and film director (b. 1901)
- 30 December: Helmut Hermann Wittler , Bishop of Osnabrück (b. 1913)
- December 31: Hansl Schmid , Austrian Wienerlied singer (b. 1897)
- December 31: Wolfgang Zeidler , judge (b. 1924)
day unknown
- Costantino Affer , Italian medalist (born 1906)
- Thomas Agro , American mobster (born 1931)
- Edna Anhalt , American screenwriter and film producer (born 1914)
- John Fletcher , British musician (born 1941)
- Khalilullah Khalili , Afghan poet, diplomat (b. 1907)
- José Ramírez Conde , Dominican painter (born 1940)
- Christa Siebenrok (born 1926), German object artist
Nobel prizes
- Physics : Johannes Georg Bednorz and Karl Alex Müller
- Chemistry : Donald J. Cram , Jean-Marie Lehn , and Charles Pedersen
- Medicine : Susumu Tonegawa
- Literature : Joseph Brodsky
- Nobel Peace Prize : Oscar Arias Sanchez
- Economics : Robert Solow
music
- Johnny Logan wins the 32nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels on May 9 with the song Hold Me Now for Ireland . It was Logan's second win.
- July 7: Eric B. & Rakim 's debut album Paid in Full is released, revolutionizing East Coast hip-hop .
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Michael Jackson releases his new and long-awaited follow-up album to Thriller with the album Bad . Bad becomes number 1 in 25 countries and sells over 30 million copies.
- Tango in the Night by Fleetwood Mac
- List of number one hits in Germany (1987)
- The American grunge band Nirvana is founded.
web links
Commons : 1987 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Annual review from tagesschau.de
- Annual chronicle from the house of the history of the FRG
- Year 1987 by Frank Rübertus
itemizations
- ↑ A stormy papal visit to augsburger-allgemeine.de.
- ↑ Franz Walter : How SPD and SED destabilized the GDR on spiegel.de.
- ↑ The Kohl – Honecker meeting in Bonn (September 7 to 11, 1987) ( memento from July 29, 2012 in the web archive.today )
- ↑ Status of the double taxation agreement and other agreements in the tax area as well as the agreement negotiations on January 1, 2015. (PDF) bundesfinanzministerium.de, archived from the original on June 16, 2015 ; retrieved August 19, 2019 .