1984

January

January 1

Brunei becomes a fully independent state.

Bell System in the United States is broken up.

January 3 – President of the United States Ronald Reagan meets with Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman and the Reverend Jesse Jackson at the White House, following Lieutenant Goodman's release from Syrian captivity.

January 5 – President Ronald Reagan nominates Elizabeth Dole as U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

January 10

The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations.

The Victoria Agreement is signed–institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission.

January 18 – The Mitsui Miike coal mine explosion at Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan, kills 83.

January 22 – The national release of the iconic 1984 advertisement

January 24 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.

February

February 1 – Medicare comes into effect in Australia.

February 3

Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth.

STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission.

February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk.

February 8–19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held in Sarajevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

February 13 – Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

February 23 – TED (conference) founded.

February 26 – The United States Marine Corps pulls out of Beirut, Lebanon.

February 29 – Canadian prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, announces his retirement.

March

March 5 – Iran accuses Iraq of using chemical weapons; the United Nations condemns their use on March 30.

March 6 – A year-long strike action begins in the British coal industry (see UK miners' strike (1984–85)).

March 14 – Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and three others are seriously injured in a gun attack by the Ulster Volunteer Force.

March 16 – The United States Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, William Francis Buckley, is kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad Organization and later dies in captivity.

March 22 – Teachers at the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the school children; the charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.

March 23 – General Rahimuddin Khan becomes the first man in Pakistan's history to rule over two of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of Sindh.

March 25

Pope John Paul II consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Fátima, Portugal.

The Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) is founded under Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela.

April

April 1 – Death of Marvin Gaye: Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father, a day before his 45th birthday.

April 2 – Indian Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched into space, aboard the Soyuz T-11.

April 4 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.

April 9 – The 56th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Terms of Endearment wins Best Picture and 4 other Academy Awards.

April 12 – Palestinian gunmen take Israeli bus number 300 hostage. Israeli special forces storm the bus, freeing the hostages (one hostage, two hijackers killed).

April 13 – India launches Operation Meghdoot, bringing most of the disputed Siachen Glacier region of Kashmir under Indian control and triggering the Siachen conflict with Pakistan.

April 15

Welsh comedian Tommy Cooper suffers a massive heart attack and dies while live on TV.

The first World Youth Day gathering is held in Rome, Italy.

April 16 – More than one million people, led by Tancredo Neves, occupy the streets of São Paulo to demand direct presidential elections during the Brazilian military government of João Figueiredo. It is the largest protest during the Diretas Já civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history of Brazil. The elections are granted in 1989.

April 17 – WPC Yvonne Fletcher is shot and killed by a secluded gunman, leading to a police siege of the Libyan Embassy in London.

April 19 – "Advance Australia Fair" is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.

April 23 – United States researchers announce their discovery of the AIDS virus.

April 24 – An X-class solar flare erupts on the Sun.

April 25 – The term of Sultan Ahmad Shah as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ends.

April 26 – Sultan Iskandar of Johor, becomes the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

May

May 2 – The International Garden Festival opens in Liverpool.

May 5

The Herreys' song Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden in Luxembourg.

The Itaipu Dam is inaugurated on the border of Brazil and Paraguay after 9 years of construction, making it the largest hydroelectric dam in the world at the time.

May 8

The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Denis Lortie kills three government employees in the National Assembly of Quebec building.

The Chicago White Sox defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 in the longest game in Major League Baseball history: 25 innings totalling eight hours, six minutes.

May 11 – A transit of Earth from Mars takes place.

May 12 – The Louisiana World Exposition, also known as the 1984 World's Fair, and also the New Orleans World's Fair, and, to the locals, simply as "The Fair" or "Expo 84", opens.

May 13 – Severomorsk Disaster: an explosion at the Soviets’ Severomorsk Naval Base destroys two-thirds of all the missiles stockpiled for the Soviets’ Northern Fleet. The blast also destroys workshops needed to maintain the missiles as well as hundreds of technicians. Western military experts called it the worst naval disaster the Soviet Navy has suffered since WWII.

May 14 – The one dollar coin is introduced in Australia.

May 17 – Michael Silka kills nine people near Manley Hot Springs, Alaska.

May 19 – The Edmonton Oilers win The Stanley Cup, beating the defending champion New York Islanders in 4 games to 1.

May 23 – A methane gas explosion at Abbeystead water treatment works in Lancashire, England, kills 16 people.

May 27 – An overnight flash flood rages through neighborhoods in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nearly 15 inches of rain falls in some areas over a four-hour period; 14 people are killed.

May 31 – Six inmates, including James and Linwood Briley, escape from a death row facility at Mecklenburg Correctional Center, the only occasion this has ever happened in the United States.

June

June 1 – William M. Gibbons is released as receiver and trustee of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, after all of its debts and creditors are paid off by order of a federal bankruptcy court.

June 3 – Ronald Reagan visits his ancestral home in Ballyporeen, the Republic of Ireland.

June 4 – Bruce Springsteen release's his 7th album Born in the U.S.A.

June 5 – The Indian government begins Operation Blue Star, the planned attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

June 8

A deadly F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.

Ghostbusters is released.

June 12 – In one of the greatest NBA Finals ever, The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers in 7 games to capture their 15th NBA Championship.

June 16 – The world-renowned, critically acclaimed Canadian entertainment company, Cirque du Soleil is founded.

June 18 – Colorado radio host Alan Berg is shot dead outside his home in Denver by members of The Order.

June 20 – The biggest exam shake-up in the British education system in over 10 years is announced, with O-level and CSE exams to be replaced by a new exam, the GCSE.

June 22

The official name of the Turkish city of Urfa is changed into Şanlıurfa.

Virgin Atlantic Airways makes its inaugural flight.

June 27 – France beats Spain 2–0 to win Euro 84.

June 28 – Richard Ramírez (the "Night Stalker") murders his first confirmed victim.

June 30 – John Turner becomes Canada's 17th prime minister.

June 30 – Elton John plays the famous Night and Day Concert at Wembley Stadium.

July

July 1

Liechtenstein becomes the last country in Europe to grant women the right to vote.

Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona is sold by FC Barcelona (Spain) to S.S.C. Napoli (Italy) for a world record fee at this date of $10.48M (£6.9M).

July 13 – Terry Wallis, a 19-year-old living in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, falls into a deep coma after a severe automobile accident; he will eventually awaken 19 years later on June 13, 2003.

July 14 – New Zealand Prime Minister Rob Muldoon calls a snap election and is heavily defeated by opposition Labour leader David Lange.

July 18

Beverly Burns becomes the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.

In San Ysidro, San Diego, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed himself.

July 19 – 1984 Llŷn Peninsula earthquake. The largest instrumentally recorded inland earthquake ever to take place in The British Isles is felt in Ireland and each of the four British nations.

July 23 – Vanessa L. Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown, after nude photos of her appear in Penthouse magazine.

July 25 – Salyut 7: cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.

July 28–August 12 – The 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles, California.

August

August 1 Kathy Rhoan began her career with Mariposa County Public Works

August 1 – Australian banks are deregulated.

August 4

The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.

Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets reaches a record submergence depth of 1,020 meters.

August 11

United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes".

Barefoot South African runner Zola Budd, controversially granted British citizenship earlier in the year, collides with Mary Decker of the U.S. in the Olympic 3000 meters final, neither finishing as medallists.

August 16 – John DeLorean is acquitted of all eight charges of possessing and distributing cocaine.

August 17 – Peru recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

August 21 – Half a million people in Manila demonstrate against the regime of Ferdinand Marcos.

August 30 – STS-41-D: the Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

September

September 2 – Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.

September 4

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Brian Mulroney, wins 211 seats in the Canadian House of Commons, forming the largest majority government in Canadian history.

The long running British children's TV show Thomas & Friends debuts on ITV.

September 5

STS-41-D: the Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.

September 10 – Jeopardy! begins its syndicated version.

September 14 – P. W. Botha is inaugurated as the first executive State President of South Africa.

September 16 – Edgar Reitz's film series Heimat begins release in Germany.

September 17 – Brian Mulroney is sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada.

September 18 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic, solo, in a hot air balloon.

September 20 – Hezbollah car-bombs the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24 people.

September 23 – The television drama Threads, a documentary of nuclear war, broadcasts on BBC Two.

September 26 – The United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China sign the initial agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.

October

October 4 – Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer become the first Australians to summit Mount Everest.

October 5 – STS-41-G: Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

October 11 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

October 12 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British Cabinet in the Brighton hotel bombing.

October 19 – Polish secret police kidnap Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Catholic priest who supports the Solidarity movement. His dead body is found in a reservoir 11 days later on October 30.

October 23 – The world learns from moving BBC News television reports presented by Michael Buerk of the famine in Ethiopia, where thousands of people have already died of starvation due to a famine, and as many as 10,000,000 more lives are at risk.

October 25 – The European Economic Community makes £1.8 million available to help combat the famine in Ethiopia.

October 31 – Assassination of Indira Gandhi: Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards in New Delhi. Anti-Sikh riots break out, leaving 10,000 to 20,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi and surrounding areas with majority populations of Hindus. Rajiv Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India.

November

November 4 – The Sandinista Front wins the Nicaraguan general elections.

November 6

United States presidential election, 1984: Ronald Reagan defeats Walter F. Mondale with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% popular vote victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states in the electoral college; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia.

Former U.S. Secretary of State and eventual 2004 presidential nominee John Kerry gets elected as the Democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and was in office until 2013, when he resigned to become the Secretary of State, succeeding Hillary Clinton.

November 9 – Cesar Chavez delivers his speech, "What The Future Holds For Farm Workers And Hispanics", at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

November 11 – The Louisiana World Exposition, also known as The 1984 World's Fair, and also the New Orleans World's Fair, and, to the locals, simply as "The Fair" or "Expo 84", closes.

November 14 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.

November 19 – A series of explosions at the Pemex Petroleum Storage Facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec, in Mexico City, ignites a major fire and kills about 500 people.

November 25

An East Rail train derails between Sheung Shui and Fanling stations, Hong Kong.

Band Aid (assembled by Bob Geldof) records the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in London to raise money to combat the famine in Ethiopia. It is released on December 3.

Uruguayan presidential election, 1984: Julio María Sanguinetti is democratically elected President of Uruguay after 12 years of military dictatorship.

November 28 – Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.

November 30 – Kent and Dollar Farm massacres: the Tamil Tigers begin the purge of the Sinhalese people from North and East Sri Lanka; 127 are killed.

December

December – A peace agreement between Kenya and Somalia is signed in the Egyptian capital Cairo. With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounces its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries began to improve.

December 1 – Controlled Impact Demonstration: NASA and the FAA crashes a remote controlled Boeing 720.

December 2 – Bob Hawke's government is re-elected in Australia with a reduced majority.

December 3

Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, kills more than 8,000 people outright and injures over half a million (with more later dying from their injuries the death toll reaches 23,000+) in the worst industrial disaster in history.

British Telecom is privatised.

December 4

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107-150 civilians in Mannar.

Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane and kill 4 passengers.

December 8 – White supremacist and Order leader Robert Jay Mathews is killed in a gun battle and fire during an FBI siege on Whidbey Island.

December 10 – Cisco Systems is founded.

December 14 – Nigeria recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

December 19 – The People's Republic of China and United Kingdom sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong.

December 22

Four African-American youths (Barry Allen, Troy Canty, James Ramseur, and Darrell Cabey) board an express train in the Bronx borough of New York City. They attempt to rob Bernhard Goetz, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime in the United States.

In Malta, Prime Minister Dom Mintoff resigns.

December 28 – A Soviet cruise missile plunges into Inarinjärvi lake in Finnish Lapland. Finnish authorities announce the fact in public on January 3, 1985.

Date unknown

1983–85 famine in Ethiopia intensifies with renewed drought by mid-year, killing a million people by the end of this year.

Crack cocaine, a smokeable form of the drug, is first introduced into Los Angeles and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the crack epidemic.

The Chrysler Corporation introduces the first vehicles to be officially labeled as "minivans". They are branded as the Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge Caravan, and Plymouth Voyager.

January

January 1 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby league player

January 2 – Kristen Hager, Canadian film and television actress

January 6

Priit Loog, Estonian actor

Kate McKinnon, American actress, voice actress, and comedian

January 7 – Max Riemelt, German actor

January 8

Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player

Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (d. 2012)

Kim Jong-Un, North Korean Supreme Leader

January 10 – Kalki Koechlin, Indian film actress

January 11 – Mark Forster, German singer-songwriter

January 12 – Scott Olsen, American baseball player

January 13

Eleni Ioannou, Greek martial artist (d. 2004)

Nathaniel Motte, American songwriter, performer, singer, music producer, film composer, instrumentalist, and playwright (3OH!3)

January 15

Megan Quann, American swimmer

Victor Rasuk, American actor

January 16 – Craig Beattie, Scottish footballer

January 17

Sophie Dee, Welsh pornographic actress

Cassie Hager, American basketball player

Calvin Harris, British dance musician

January 18

Seung-Hui Cho, Korean-born American Virginia Tech massacre gunman (d. 2007)

Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer

January 19

Thomas Vanek, Austrian hockey player

Trent Cutler, Australian rugby league player

Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzanian long distance runner

January 20 – Toni Gonzaga, Filipina actress, singer, and TV host

January 21 – Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor

January 22 – Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel

January 23 – Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer

January 24 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish musician (d. 2007)

January 25

Robinho, Brazilian footballer

Stefan Kießling, German football player

Kaiji Tang, American voice actor

January 26 – Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer

January 27 – Davetta Sherwood, American actress and musician

January 28 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player

January 29

Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer

Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer

Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer

January 30

Chad Power, American actor

Kid Cudi, American hip hop artist

Xi Zhang, Chinese contemporary artist

February

February 1

Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013)

Darren Fletcher, Scottish football player

February 3 – Kim Joon, South Korean rapper, actor, and model

February 4 – Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer

February 5

Nate Salley, American football player

Carlos Tevez, Argentinian football player

February 6 – Darren Bent, English footballer

February 9

Han Geng, Chinese singer in Korea (Super Junior)

Logan Bartholomew, American actor

February 10 – Kim Hyo-jin, Korean actress

February 11

Mai Demizu, Japanese announcer

Aubrey O'Day, American singer and actress

February 12

Brad Keselowski, American stock car driver

Jennie McAlpine, British actress and comedian

Peter Vanderkaay, American Olympic swimmer

February 13 – Brina Palencia, American voice actress

February 15 – Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer and model

February 16

Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian Olympic swimmer

Fábio Lucindo, Brazilian voice actor

February 17 – AB de Villiers, South African cricketer

February 18 – Genelle Williams, Canadian actress

February 19 – Marissa Meyer, American novelist

February 20

Ben Lovejoy, American hockey player

Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor, and television personality

February 21

Karina, Japanese model and actress

Damien Molony, Irish television actor

February 22 – Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby union footballer

February 25

Filip Šebo, Slovak footballer

Xing Huina, Chinese athlete

February 26

Beren Saat, Turkish actress

Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer

February 28 – Karolína Kurková, Czech model

February 29

Alicia Hollowell, American softball pitcher

Cullen Jones, American Olympic swimmer

Cam Ward, Canadian hockey player

March

March 1

Claudio Bieler, Argentinian football player

Naima Mora, American winner of America's Next Top Model, cycle 4

Brandon Stanton, American photographer and blogger

March 2 – Ian Sinclair, American voice actor

March 3 – Hayley Marie Norman, American actress and model

March 4

Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer

Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress

Zak Whitbread, American soccer player

Whitney Port, American television personality, clothing designer, and author

March 7

Brandon T. Jackson, American stand-up comedian, actor and rapper

Mathieu Flamini, French football player

March 8

Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer

Nora-Jane Noone, Irish actress

March 9 – Julia Mancuso, U.S. Olympic medalist

March 10 – Olivia Wilde, American actress

March 12 – Jaimie Alexander, American actress

March 16

Michael Ennis, Australian rugby league player

Hosea Gear, New Zealand Rugby Union player

March 18 – Michael Schmid, Swiss Olympic freestyle skiier

March 19 – Bianca Balti, Italian model

March 20

Fernando Torres, Spanish football player

Nomura Yuka, Japanese actress

Christy Carlson Romano, American stage and film actress

Justine Ezarik, Internet celeberity and actress

March 21 – Sopho Gelovani, Georgian singer

March 24

Chris Bosh, American basketball player

Park Bom, Korean singer

March 25 – Katharine McPhee, American Idol finalist

March 26

Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer

Sara Jean Underwood, American model

March 28 – Nikki Sanderson, English actress

March 30

Anna Nalick, American singer

Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player

Justin Moore, American country music singer

April

April 1 – Murali Vijay, Indian cricketer

April 2 – Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor

April 3 – Allana Slater, Australian gymnast

April 4 – Sean May, American basketball player

April 5

Saba Qamar, Pakistani actress and model

Marshall Allman, American actor

Aram Mp3, Armenian singer-songwriter, comedian and showman.

Phil Wickham, Contemporary Christian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist

April 8 – Kirsten Storms, American actress

April 9

Adam Loewen, Canadian pitcher

Linda Chung, Canadian TVB actress and singer

April 10

Mandy Moore, American singer and actress

Cara DeLizia, American actress

Natasha Melnick, American television and film actress

April 11

Kelli Garner, American actress

Nikola Karabatić, French handball player

April 12 – Emmy, Armenian singer

April 13

Kris Britt, Australian cricketer

Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor and writer

Nemanja Vuković, Montenegrin footballer

April 14 – Kyle Coetzer, Scottish cricketer

April 16

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American author

Claire Foy, English actress

April 17 – Rosanna Davison, Irish model, Miss World 2003

April 18

Red Bryant, American football player

America Ferrera, American actress

April 19

Lee Da-hae, South Korean actress

Dmitry Trunenkov, Russian Olympic bobsledder

April 20

John Jairo Castillo, Colombian football player

Tyson Griffin, American MMA fighter

Nelson Évora, Portuguese athlete

April 22

Michelle Ryan, English actress

Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)

April 23 – Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player

April 24 – Tyson Ritter, American singer-songwriter (The All-American Rejects)

April 25 – Melonie Diaz, American actress

April 26 – Brett Novek, American male fashion model and actor

April 27

Fabien Gilot, French Olympic swimmer

Patrick Stump, American singer (Fall Out Boy)

April 29

Taylor Cole, American actress and model

Kirby Cote, Canadian Paralympic swimmer

Firass Dirani, Australian actor

Paulius Jankūnas, Lithuanian basketball player

Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player and commentator

Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer

Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player

May

May 1

Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer

Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese singer (NEWS) and actor

Kerry Bishé, American actress

May 3 – Cheryl Burke, American professional dancer

May 4

Little Boots, British pop singer

Sarah Meier, Swiss figure skater

May 7

Kevin Owens, Canadian professional wrestler

Alex Smith, American football player

May 8 – Martin Compston, Scottish actor and former professional footballer

May 9

Ezra Klein, American journalist, blogger and columnist

Prince Fielder, American baseball player

May 11 – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer

May 12 – Junie Browning, American MMA fighter

May 14

Michael Rensing, German footballer

Mark Zuckerberg, American founder and CEO of Facebook

Gary Ablett Jr., Australian rules footballer

May 15 – Samantha Noble, Australian actress

May 17

Andreas Kofler, Austrian ski jumper

Passenger, English singer and songwriter

Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player

May 20

Dilara Kazimova, Azerbaijani singer and actress

Naturi Naughton, American singer and actress

May 21 – Jackson Pearce, American novelist

May 23

Adam Wylie, American actor

Sam Milby, Filipino actor and rock musician

May 24

Monica Bergamelli, Italian artistic gymnast

Sarah Hagan, American actress

May 25

Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, "Miss Iceland", crowned Miss World in 2005

Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player

Emma Marrone, Italian pop/rock singer

Kostas Martakis, Greek singer, model and occasional actor

Nikolai Pokotylo, Russian singer

Marion Raven, Norwegian rock musician and was lead singer and guitarist of pop group M2M

May 27 – Darin Brooks, American actor

May 29

Carmelo Anthony, African-American basketball player

Kaycee Stroh, American actress

Aleksei Tishchenko, Russian Olympic boxer

May 31

Jason Smith, Australian actor

Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer

Yael Grobglas, Israeli actress

June

June 1

Olivier Tielemans, Dutch race-car driver

Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian judoka

Taylor Handley, American actor

June 4

Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer

Jillian Murray, American actress

June 5 – Iris van Herpen, Dutch fashion designer

June 6 – ByeAlex, Hungarian indie-pop singer and writer

June 7 – Ari Koivunen, Finnish singer

June 8

Todd Boeckman, American football player

Andrea Casiraghi, Prince of Monaco

Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer

Torrey DeVitto, American actress and former fashion model

June 9

Caroline D' Amore, American DJ, model and actress

Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer

June 11 – Vágner Love, Brazilian footballer

June 13 – Bérengère Schuh, French archer

June 14 – Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer

June 15 – Tim Lincecum, American baseball player

June 16

Rick Nash, Canadian hockey player

Emiri Miyasaka, Japanese model

June 17 – John Gallagher Jr., American actor, singer and dancer

June 19 – Paul Dano, American actor and producer

June 23 – Duffy, Welsh singer

June 24

J. J. Redick, American basketball player

Lucien Dodge, American voice actor

June 25

Lauren Bush-Lauren, American model

Indigo, American television and voice actress

Killian Donnelly, Irish stage actor

June 26

Raymond Felton, American basketball player

Deron Williams, American basketball player

Aubrey Plaza, American actress

June 27

Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress

Khloé Kardashian, Television personality

June 29 – Chris Egan, Australian actor

June 30

Fantasia Barrino, African-American singer

Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, Tunku Mahkota of Johor

July

July 1 – Donald Thomas, Bahamian high jumper

July 2 – Vanessa Lee Chester, American television and film actress

July 3

Corey Sevier, Canadian actor

Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer

Manny Lawson, American football player

July 4 – Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer (KAT-TUN and LANDS) and actor

July 5 – Danay García, Cuban film actress

July 6 – Lauren Harris, British rock musician

July 7 – Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer

July 9

LA Tenorio, Filipino professional basketball player

Hanna R. Hall, American actress

July 11

Tanith Belbin, Canadian figure skater

Joe Pavelski, American hockey player

Rachael Taylor, Australian actress

July 12

Gareth Gates, English singer

Amanda Hocking, American fantasy novelist

Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer

Sami Zayn, Syrian Canadian professional wrestler

July 17 – Asami Kimura, Japanese pop musician and was member of Hello! Project

July 18

Lee Barnard, English footballer

Liv Boeree, English poker player and TV presenter

Josh Harding, Canadian hockey player

July 19

Lasse Gjertsen, Norwegian videographer

Diana Mocanu, Romanian swimmer

Alessandra De Rossi, Filipina actress

Andrea Libman, Canadian actress, voice actress and singer

July 21

Paul Davis, American basketball player

Iris Strubegger, Austrian model

July 23

Brandon Roy, American National Basketball Association player

Celeste Thorson, Asian American actress, model

July 24 – Tyler Kyte, Canadian actor/singer

July 26 – Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper

July 27

Antoine Bethea, American football player

Taylor Schilling, American actress

July 28

Ali Krieger, American soccer player

Zach Parise, American hockey player

July 29 – Todd Bosley, American actor

July 30

Anna Bessonova, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast

Gabrielle Christian, American actress

August

August 1 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German football player

August 2

Britt Nicole (Brittany Nicole Waddell), Christian rock artist

Brandon Browner, American NFL player

August 3

Carah Faye Charnow, American singer (Shiny Toy Guns)

Ryan Lochte, American swimmer

Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor

August 5 – Helene Fischer, German singer and entertainer

August 6 – Marco Airosa, Angolan footballer

August 7 – Ann Hsu, Taiwanese actress and model

August 10

Ryan Eggold, American film and television actor

Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina actress and model

August 11 – Melky Cabrera, American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals

August 12

Yua Aida, Japanese model and pornographic actress

Marian Rivera, Filipino actress

Sherone Simpson, Jamaican athlete

August 13 – James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

August 14

Clay Buchholz, American Major League Baseball pitcher

Nick Grimshaw, British radio DJ and socialite

Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player

August 15 – Quinton Aaron, American actor

August 17 – Garrett Wolfe, American NFL player

August 19

Micah Alberti, American model and actor

Simon Bird, English actor and comedian

August 20

Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor

Tsokye Karchung, Bhutanese beauty queen, Miss Bhutan 2008

August 21

Alizée Jacotey, French singer

Melissa Schuman, American singer and actress

August 22 – Lee Camp, English footballer

August 23 – Glen Johnson, English footballer

August 24

Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor

Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player

Yesung, Korean singer (Super Junior)

August 25 – Kenan Sofuoğlu, Turkish professional motorcycle racer

August 28

Him Law, Hong Kong actor

Sarah Roemer, American model and actress

August 31

Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player

Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer

September

September 1 – Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and guitarist (Fall Out Boy)

September 2 – Danson Tang, Taiwanese actor, model, and singer

September 3 – Garrett Hedlund, American actor

September 5 – Annabelle Wallis, British actress

September 5 – Erin Krakow, American Actress

September 6

Maksymenko Igor Volodymorovych, Ukrainian kickboxer

Orsi Kocsis, Hungarian model

September 7

Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer

Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player

Kate Lang Johnson, American actress and model

September 8 – Daniele Hypolito, Brazilian artistic gymnast

September 10 – Luke Treadaway, English actor

September 12 – September, Swedish singer and songwriter

September 14

Adam Lamberg, American actor

Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor

September 15 – Prince Harry, British Prince and son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales

September 16

Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer

Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer

Ali Fedotowsky, American television personality

September 18

Jack Carpenter, American actor

Dizzee Rascal, English rapper

September 19

Amber Rayne, American pornographic actress (d. 2016)

Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor

September 20

Brian Joubert, French figure skater

Holly Weber, American actress and model

September 21

Dwayne Bowe, American football player

Ben Wildman-Tobriner, American Olympic swimmer

September 22

Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress

Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress

September 23

Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch born American actress and singer

Gabrielle Christian, American television and film actress and model

Kate French, American television and film actress and model

September 25

Rashad McCants, American National Basketball Association player

Zach Woods, American actor and comedian

September 26 – Keisha Buchanan, British singer (Sugababes)

September 27 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian rock musician

September 28

Melody Thornton, American singer (Pussycat Dolls)

Helen Oyeyemi, British novelist

September 29 – Per Mertesacker, German football player

October

October 1

Matt Cain, American baseball player

Mónica Spear, Venezuelan actress, Miss Venezuela 2004 (d. 2014)

October 2

John Morris, American actor

Marion Bartoli, French professional tennis player

October 3

Chris Marquette, American actor

Ashlee Simpson, American singer and actress

Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer

Yoon Eun-hye, Korean singer, model, actress and entertainer

Laura Weissbecker, French actress

Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress

October 4

Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u)

Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver

October 5

Glenn McMillan, Australian actor

Brooke Valentine, American urban musician

October 6

Joanna Pacitti, American singer

Magdalena Frackowiak, Polish model

October 7 – Ikuta Toma, Japanese drama actor

October 10

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress

Steve Turner, Australian rugby league player

October 12 – Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai, Kenyan long-distance runner

October 13

Kathrin Fricke, German web- and video-artist, known as Coldmirror

Anton Kushnir, Belarusian Olympic freestyle skiier

October 14 – Santino Quaranta, American soccer player

October 15 – Chris Olivero, American actor

October 16

Ben Smith, Australian rugby league player

Shayne Ward, British singer

October 17

Chris Lowell, American actor

Randall Munroe, American programmer and webcomic artist

October 18

Hollie Dunaway, American female boxer

Lindsey Vonn, American alpine skier

October 19 – Kaio de Almeida, Brazilian swimmer

October 21 – Marvin Mitchell, American football player

October 23

Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model

Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of Senator John McCain

October 24 – Emily Barclay, English-born New Zealand AFI award-winning actress

October 25

Sara Lumholdt, Swedish singer

Katy Perry, American singer and actress

October 26 – Sasha Cohen, American figure skater

October 27

Kelly Osbourne, English singer

Brady Quinn, American football player

Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer

October 28 – Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer

October 29 – Eric Staal, Canadian hockey player

October 30 – Eva Marcille, American model

October 31

Scott Clifton, American actor and singer

Pat Murray, American football player

Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer

Nicole Rash, American model

November

November 1

Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer

Natalia Tena, English actress and singer

November 2

Anastasia Karpova, Russian singer (Serebro)

Julia Stegner, German model

Tamara Hope, Canadian actress and singer

November 3

Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (d. 2011)

Ryo Nishikido, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (NEWS and Kanjani Eight)

Mina Fukui, Japanese actress, tarento and gravure model (Juken Sentai Gekiranger)

November 4

Dustin Brown, American hockey player

French Montana, Moroccan-American rapper

Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer

November 5

Jon Cornish, Canadian football player

Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player

Nick Folk, American football player

Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler

Nick Tandy, English race car driver

Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

November 6

Ricky Romero, American baseball player

Sebastian Schachten, German footballer

November 7

Amelia Vega, Miss Universe 2003, from the Dominican Republic

Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer

Jonathan Bornstein, American soccer player

November 8

Steven Webb, English actor

Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2012)

November 9

Beatrice Bofia, Cameroonian-American basketball player

Delta Goodrem, Australian actress and singer

Ku Hye-sun, South Korean actress and singer

Joel Zumaya, American baseball player

November 10

Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and singer

Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer

Jarno Mattila, Finnish footballer

Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer

Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player

November 11

Stephen Hunt, English footballer

Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic footballer

November 12

Omarion, American singer-songwriter and actor

Sandara Park, South Korean singer (2NE1) and model

Yan Zi, Chinese tennis player

November 14 – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2007 winner

November 16 – Kimberly J. Brown, American actress

November 17 – Park Han-byul, South Korean actress

November 18 – Johnny Christ, American bassist (Avenged Sevenfold)

November 19 – Lindsay Ellingson, American model

November 21

Lindsey Haun, American actress

Jena Malone, American actress

November 22 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress

November 23

Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer

Jarah Mariano, American model

November 24

Ku Hye-sun, South Korean actress

Maria Riesch, German alpine skier

November 25

Ian Lacey, Australian rugby league player

Gaspard Ulliel, French actor

November 27 – Sanna Nielsen, Swedish pop singer

November 28

Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player

Marc-André Fleury, Canadian hockey player

Trey Songz, African-American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress

November 30

Alan Hutton, Scottish professional footballer

Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstani athlete

December

December 4 – Lindsay Felton, American actress

December 5 – Lauren London, American actress and model

December 7 – Robert Kubica, Polish Formula One racing driver

December 8

Jennifer Grassman, American recording artist and journalist

Sam Hunt, American singer-songwriter

December 10 – Tom Hern, New Zealand actor

December 11 – Xosha Roquemore, American actress

December 12 – Daniel Agger, Danish football (soccer) player

December 13 – Santi Cazorla, Spanish football player

December 14

Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer

Jackson Rathbone, American actor and singer

December 15

Yu Fengtong, Chinese speed skater

Martin Škrtel, Slovakian footballer

December 16 – Laura More (Muncey), British singer

December 16 – Theo James, English-American actor and singer.

December 17

Asuka Fukuda, Japanese singer

Shannon Woodward, American actress

Tennessee Thomas, British-born American drummer and actor

December 18

Julia Holter, American singer, songwriter and instrumentalist

Tiffany Mulheron, Scottish actress

December 20

Bob Morley, Australian actor

David Tavaré, Spanish singer

December 22

Basshunter, Swedish DJ, Eurodance/Techno singer and record producer

Greg Finley, American actor

December 23

Alison Sudol, American singer-songwriter and pianist (aka A Fine Frenzy)

Cary Williams, American football player

December 25

Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer

Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer

December 26 – Jennifer Sipes, American actress and model

December 27

Tye'sha Fluker, American basketball player

Rocío Guirao Díaz, Argentinian model

December 28

Martin Kaymer, German golfer

Festus, American professional wrestler

December 30 – LeBron James, African-American basketball player

Date Unknown

Odette Annable, American actress

Mariko Ebralidze, Georgian jazz singer

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, Nepali Sherpa mountaineer

January

January 1 – Alexis Korner, British blues musician and broadcaster (b. 1928)

January 6 – Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)

January 7 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

January 9 – Sir Deighton Lisle Ward, Governor-General of Barbados (b. 1909)

January 11 – Jack La Rue, American actor (b. 1902)

January 13 – Ray Moore, American comic writer (b. 1905)

January 14

Brooks Atkinson, American theater critic (b. 1894)

Ray Kroc, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)

Saad Haddad, Lebanese military officer and militia leader (b. 1936)

January 17 – George Rigaud, Argentinian actor (b. 1905)

January 20 – Johnny Weissmuller, Austrian-born swimmer and actor (b. 1904)

January 21 – Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)

January 22 – Sir Count Michael Gonzi, Archbishop of Malta and past politician (b. 1885)

January 29 – Frances Goodrich, American screenwriter (b. 1890)

January 30 – Luke Kelly, Lead Singer of Irish band The Dubliners (b. 1940)

February

February 8 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)

February 9 – Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1914)

February 10 – David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)

February 11 – John Comer, English actor (b. 1924)

February 12

Anna Anderson, Pretender to the Russian throne (b. 1896)

Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)

February 13 – Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer (b. 1941)

February 15 – Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)

February 21 – Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

February 22

Jessamyn West, American writer. (b. 1902)

Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah a Pakistani religious leader,of Allo Mahar Shrif. (b. 1911)

March

March 1 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)

March 5

Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)

William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)

March 6 – Henry Wilcoxon, British actor (b. 1905)

March 10 – June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)

March 12 – Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (b. 1896)

March 16 – John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)

March 18

Charley Lau, American baseball player (b. 1933)

Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist (b. 1907)

March 20 – Stan Coveleski, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1889)

March 23 – Shauna Grant, American pornographic actress (b. 1963)

March 24 – Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891)

March 26 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)

March 28 – Ben Washam, American animator (b. 1915)

March 31 – Jack Howarth, English actor (b. 1896)

April

April 1

Douglas Cooper, British art historian, critic and collector (b. 1911)

Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)

George Glass, American film producer and publicist (b. 1910)

Elizabeth Goudge, English writer (b. 1900)

April 5

Arthur "Bomber" Harris, British air marshall (b. 1892)

Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures, (b. 1894)

April 8 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)

April 9 – Willem Sandberg, Dutch typographer (b. 1897)

April 11 – Edgar V. Saks, Estonian statesman and historian (b. 1910)

April 15

Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)

William Empson, English poet and critic (b. 1906)

Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (b. 1925)

April 16 – Byron Haskin, American film and television director (b. 1899)

April 17 – Mark W. Clark, American general (b. 1896)

April 19 – Machito, Cuban jazz musician (b. 1908)

April 20

Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)

Mabel Mercer, English cabaret singer (b. 1900)

April 21 – Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (b. 1895)

April 22 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)

April 23

Roland Penrose, English artist, historian and poet (b. 1900)

Vicente Solano Lima, Argentinian journalist and politician (b. 1901)

April 24 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish writer (b. 1891)

April 25 – David A. Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy (b. 1955)

April 26

Count Basie, American musician and composer (b. 1904)

May McAvoy, American actress (b. 1899)

April 29 – Frances Day, American actress and singer (b. 1908)

April 30 – Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Colombian lawyer and politician (b. 1946)

May

May 2

Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)

Jack Barry, American television host and producer (b. 1918)

Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)

May 4 – Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)

May 6 – Mary Cain, Mississippi newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904)

May 8 – Lila Wallace, American publisher (b. 1889)

May 16

Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)

Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)

May 19 – John Betjeman, English poet (b. 1906)

May 21

Andrea Leeds, American actress (b. 1914)

Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)

May 22

Karl-August Fagerholm, 3-Time Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1901)

Rambai Barni, Queen consort of King Prajadhipok of Thailand (b. 1904)

John Marley, American actor (b. 1907)

May 24 – Vincent J. McMahon, professional wrestling promoter WWF (b. 1914)

May 26 – Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936)

May 27 – Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (b. 1923)

May 28 – Eric Morecambe, British comedian (b. 1926)

June

June 2 – Fernando Zóbel, Filipino painter (b. 1924)

June 6 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sikh theologian, Most powerful Sikh leader of the 20th century (b. 1947)

June 11 – Enrico Berlinguer, General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party (b. 1922)

June 13 – António Variações, Portuguese singer (b. 1944)

June 15

Ned Glass, American actor (b. 1906)

Meredith Willson, American composer (b. 1902)

June 16 – Robert Mandrou, French historian (b. 1921)

June 17 – Chet Allen, American actor (b. 1939)

June 18

Alan Berg, American talk radio host (murdered) (b. 1934)

Marlia Hardi, Indonesian actress (suicide) (b. 1927)

June 19 – Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)

June 20 – Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883)

June 22 – Joseph Losey, American film director (b. 1909)

June 24 – William Keighley, American film director (b. 1889)

June 25 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher (b. 1926)

June 26 – Carl Foreman, American screenwriter (b. 1914)

June 28

Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist, politician and Military Chief of Staff (b. 1917)

Claude Chevalley, French mathematician (b. 1909)

June 30

Henri Fabre, pioneer French aviator & inventor (b. 1882)

Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)

July

July 1 – Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian founder of the Feldenkrais Method (b. 1904)

July 4 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

July 7 – Flora Robson, English actress (b. 1902)

July 8 – Brassaï, Hungarian-born photographer (b. 1899)

July 14 – Philippé Wynne, American musician (b. 1941)

July 17 – Karl Wolff, German Nazi SS Officer (b. 1900)

July 19 – Harry Stockwell, American actor and singer (b. 1902)

July 24 – Armando Morales Barillas, Nicaraguan guitarist (b. 1936)

July 25 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer (b. 1926)

July 26

George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (b. 1901)

Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)

July 27 – James Mason, British actor (b. 1909)

July 28 – Bess Flowers, American actress (b. 1898)

July 29 – Fred Waring, American bandleader (b. 1900)

August

August 2 – Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animated film director (b. 1896)

August 4 – Mary Miles Minter, American actress (b. 1902)

August 5 – Richard Burton, British actor (b. 1925)

August 8 – Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1921)

August 11

Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (b. 1892)

Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (b. 1916)

Percy Mayfield, American rhythm and blues singer (b. 1920)

August 12 – Christine Hargreaves, British actress (b. 1939)

August 13

Clyde Cook, Australian actor (b. 1891)

Tigran Petrosian, Georgian chess player (b. 1929)

August 14 – J. B. Priestley, British novelist and playwright (b. 1894)

August 24 – Martín Almagro Basch, Spanish archaeologist, historian, and writer (b. 1911)

August 25

Truman Capote, American writer (b. 1924)

Viktor Chukarin, Russian Olympic gymnast (b. 1921)

Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (New York Yankees) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1899)

August 27 – Bernard Youens, British actor (b. 1914)

August 28 – Muhammad Naguib, 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901)

August 29 – Pierre Gemayel, Lebanese politician, founder of the Kataeb Party (b. 1905)

September

September 5

Adam Malik, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)

Jane Roberts, American writer (b. 1929)

September 6 – Ernest Tubb, American singer (b. 1914)

September 7 – Joe Cronin, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1906)

September 8 – Frank Lowson, English Test Cricketer 1951–1955 (b.1925)

September 9 – Yılmaz Güney, Turkish film director (b.1937)

September 10 – Ismael Merlo, Spanish actor (b. 1918)

September 14

Richard Brautigan, American counter-culture author (suicide) (b. 1935)

Janet Gaynor, American Academy Award-winning actress (b. 1906)

September 17 – Richard Basehart, American actor (b. 1914)

September 20 – Steve Goodman, American folk musician and songwriter (b. 1948)

September 24 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)

September 25 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (b. 1897)

September 27 – Toke Townley, English actor (b. 1912)

October

October 1 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1911)

October 5 – Leonard Rossiter, British actor (b. 1926)

October 6 – George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (b. 1902)

October 12 – Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (bombing) (b. 1925)

October 13 – George Kelly, American baseball player (New York Giants) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1895)

October 14 – Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918)

October 16 – Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (b. 1932)

October 18 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (b. 1957)

October 19

Henri Michaux, Belgian writer and painter (b. 1899)

Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1947)

October 20

Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)

Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

October 21 – François Truffaut, French film director (b. 1932)

October 23

David Gorcey, American actor (b. 1921)

Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922)

October 24 – Walter Woolf King, American singer and actor (b. 1899)

October 30 – June Duprez, English actress (b. 1918)

October 31

Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor (b. 1900)

Indira Gandhi, 4th Prime Minister of India (assassinated) (b. 1917)

November

November 6 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)

November 11 – Martin Luther King Sr., American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the Civil Rights Movement, father of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1899)

November 14 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (assassinated) (b. 1916)

November 16

Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)

Leonard Rose, American cellist (leukemia) (b. 1918)

November 18 – Mary Hamman, American writer and editor, modern living editor LIFE and editor in chief Bride & Home (b. 1907)

November 20 – Trygve Bratteli, Norwegian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1910)

December

December 1 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)

December 4 – Jack Mercer, Voice of Popeye the Sailor (b. 1910)

December 5 – Cecil M. Harden, American politician (b. 1894)

December 7 – Jeanne Cagney, American actress (b. 1919)

December 8

Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)

Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)

Robert Jay Mathews, leader of the neo-Nazi terrorist group The Order

December 11

Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (b. 1911)

George Waggner, American film director (b. 1894)

December 14 – Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)

December 15 – Jan Peerce, American tenor (b. 1904)

December 16

Karl Deichgräber, German classical philologist (b. 1903)

J. Roderick MacArthur, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1920)

December 20

Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b. 1946)

Dmitriy Ustinov, Soviet Army officer and Minister of Defense (b. 1908)

Stanley Milgram, American psychologist (b. 1933)

December 24 – Peter Lawford, British actor (b. 1923)

December 26 – Sheila Andrews, American surburbian musician (b. 1953)

December 28 – Sam Peckinpah, American film director (b. 1925)

December 29 – Leo Robin, American composer (b. 1900)

Nobel Prizes

Physics – Carlo Rubbia, Simon van der Meer

Chemistry – Robert Bruce Merrifield

Medicine – Niels Kaj Jerne, Georges J. F. Köhler, César Milstein

Literature – Jaroslav Seifert

Peace – Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu

Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Richard Stone

1984 in fiction

The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, published in 1949, is set in this year.

The video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories takes place in 1984.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain takes place in this year.

The Terminator takes place in May of this year.

The Breakfast Club Saturday school detention takes place on 24 March 1984