1987

January

January 1 – Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit.

January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.

January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

January 4 – 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, killing 16.

January 5 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery, causing speculation about his physical fitness to continue in office.

January 8 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes for the first time above 2,000, gaining 8.30 to close at 2,002.25.

January 13 – New York mafiosi Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.

January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, is forced into retirement by political conservatives.

January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release.

January 20 – Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut (released November 1991).

January 22 – Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself with a revolver during a televised press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and racketeering.

January 29 – William J. Casey ends his term as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

January 31 – The last Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation.

February

February 11

British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The new Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect. This new constitution adds Spanish and Arabic as optional languages of the Philippines.

February 20 – A second Unabomber bomb explodes at a Salt Lake City computer store, injuring the owner.

February 23 – SN 1987A, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604, is observed.

February 25

Beginning of the Phosphorite War protest movement in Estonian SSR.

St. Kitts and Nevis recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

February 26 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security Council staff.

February 27 – Antigua and Barbuda recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

March

March 2 – American Motors is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation.

March 4 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran–Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.

March 6 – Zeebrugge disaster: Roll-on/roll-off cross-channel ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge harbor in Belgium; 193 people die.

March 7 – 1987 Lieyu massacre: Republic of China Army execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, Lieyu, Kinmen off Mainland China.

March 9 – The Irish rock band U2 releases their studio album The Joshua Tree.

March 18 – Woodstock of physics: The marathon session of the American Physical Society’s meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors.

March 20 – AZT is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

March 23 – The Bold & the Beautiful debuts on CBS.

March 24 – Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and French Prime Minister and future President of France, Jacques Chirac, sign the agreement to construct the 4,800 acres (19 km²) Euro Disney Resort (now called Disneyland Paris) and to develop the Val d'Europe area of the new town Marne-la-Vallée in Paris, France.

March 29 – The World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) produces WrestleMania III from the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The event is particularly notable for the record attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America until February 14, 2010, when the 2010 NBA All-Star Game has an attendance of 108,713 at AT&T Stadium.

March 30 – The 59th Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles, with Platoon winning Best Picture

March 31 – Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, conducts a 45-minute interview on Soviet television.

April

April 3 – Showboat Casino Hotel first opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

April 7 – Whitesnake release their seventh album, 1987.

April 13 – The governments of the Portuguese Republic and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau will be returned to China in 1999.

April 19 – The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.

April 21 – In Colombo, Sri Lanka, The Central Bus Station Bombing kills 113 civilians.

April 27 – The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien".

April 30 – Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution.

May

May 9 – A Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines, crashes into a forest just outside Warsaw, killing all 183 people on board.

May 11 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.

May 14 – Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji.

May 17 – USS Stark is hit by two Iraqi-owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 47 sailors.

May 22

The Hashimpura massacre occurs in Meerut, India.

The first ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park, Auckland.

May 27 – In one of the densest concentrations of humanity in history, a crowd of 800,000+ packed shoulder-to-shoulder onto the Golden Gate Bridge and its approaches for its 50th Anniversary celebration.

May 28 – Eighteen-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet air defenses and lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained (released on August 3, 1988).

June

June 3 – The Vanuatu Labour Party is founded.

June 8 – The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, the first of its kind in the world.

June 11 – The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.

June 12 – During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

June 15 – Rock musician Roger Waters releases his second solo album since splitting from his former band, Pink Floyd, entitled Radio K.A.O.S.

June 17 – With the death of the last individual, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.

June 19

Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands.

Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional.

June 27 – A commercial HS 748 (Philippine Airlines Flight 206) crashes near Baguio City, Philippines, killing 50.

June 28

Iraqi warplanes drop mustard-gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in two separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas. This is the first time a civilian town was targeted by chemical weapons.

An accidental explosion at the Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troops.

June 29 – South Korean president Roh Tae-woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of the June Democracy Movement.

June 30 – Canada introduces a one-dollar coin, nicknamed the "Loonie".

July

July 1

The Single European Act is passed by the European Community.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The nomination is later rejected by the Senate.

July 3

In the Soviet Union, Vladimir Nikolayev is sentenced to death for cannibalism.

Greater Manchester Police recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor, after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.

July 4 – A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbie to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.

July 11

Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke's government is re-elected for a third term.

World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.

July 12 – Konami releases the video game Metal Gear in Japan for the MSX2.

July 16 – Death of Pierre Lardinois, Belgian politician (b. 1924)

July 17 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.

July 22 – Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28.

July 25

The East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway in the North West of England, is opened between Bury and Ramsbottom.

United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, Jr. dies in a rodeo accident at a California ranch.

July 31

Four hundred pilgrims killed in clashes between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.

Docklands Light Railway in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Elizabeth II.

An F4-rated tornado devastates eastern Edmonton, Alberta; hardest hit are an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured, with hundreds more left homeless and jobless.

August

August 4

The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, Our Common Future.

The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.

August 7 – The Colombian frigate Caldas enters Venezuelan waters near the Los Monjes Archipelago, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.

August 9 – Hoddle Street massacre in Australia: Julian Knight, 19, goes on a shooting rampage in the Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill, Victoria, killing 7 people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police.

August 14 – All the children held at Kai Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.

August 16

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan just west of Detroit killing all but one (4-year old Cecelia Cichan) of the 156 people on board.

The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it was observed around the world.

August 17 – Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. Hess, 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex, which is soon demolished.

August 19

Hungerford massacre: Sixteen people die in the first British mass shooting carried out by Michael Ryan.

ABC News' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity.

The Order of the Garter is opened to women.

August 22 – North American release of The Legend of Zelda

August 23 – The Hirvepark meeting is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in Estonian SSR, in commemoration of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

August 31 – Michael Jackson releases his hit album Bad.

September

September 2 – In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.

September 3 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

September 7 – Rock band Pink Floyd release their album A Momentary Lapse of Reason, their first since the departure of Roger Waters.

September 7 – 21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

September 13 – Scavengers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in Goiânia, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area.

September 15 – Pope John Paul II arrives in Los Angeles for a two-day papal visit, his first one ever to the city, where he made an arrival day speech to local leaders of the U.S. entertainment industry.

September 17 – At a small rally in New York City's Harlem district, televangelist Pat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.

September 17 Pope John Paul II arrives in San Francisco for his first ever papal tour here, including a speech to several AIDS sufferers.

September 22 – The series Full House airs its first episode, "Our Very First Show".

September 28 – The second Star Trek TV series The Next Generation premieres in syndication.

October

October 3 – The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to NAFTA.

October 7 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India.

October 11 – The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

October 14–16 – The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child named Jessica McClure falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.

October 15–16 – Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit much of southern England, killing 23 people.

October 19

Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.

US warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.

Two commuter trains collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; 102 are killed.

October 22 – The pilot of a British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes into the Irish Sea.

October 23

Champion English jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion.

On a vote of 58–42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.

October 26 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes down 156.83 points.

November

November 1 – InterCity 125 breaks world diesel powered train speed record reaching 238 km/h (147.88 mph).

November 7

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia.

Lynne Cox swims between the Diomede Islands from the American Little Diomede Island to the Soviet Big Diomede Island.

November 8 – Enniskillen bombing: Twelve people are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen.

November 12 – The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Mainland China opens in Beijing, near Tiananmen Square.

November 15

In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae Ceaușescu.

European release of The Legend of Zelda

November 16 – The Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization is signed.

November 17 – A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska.

November 18

The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100.

Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.

November 22 – Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds, and displays a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.

November 25

Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 miles per hour (266 km/h) winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.

Omega Delta Phi was established at Texas Tech University by seven men of vision.

November 28 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish.

November 29

Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea, killing 115 crew and passengers. North Korean agents are responsible for the bombing.

December

December 1

NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.

Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Mike Ahern, the only premier never to contest an election as premier.

December 2 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

December 7 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots.

December 8

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Queen Street massacre: In Melbourne, Australia, 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 and injures another 5 in a Post Office building before committing suicide by jumping from the eleventh floor.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43.

December 9

General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army, along with the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship.

Microsoft releases Windows 2.0.

December 17

Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.

Mega Man is released in Japan.

December 18

Square Co., Ltd. releases Final Fantasy in Japan for the Famicom.

The Perl programming language is created by Larry Wall.

December 20 – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).

December 21 – Turgut Özal of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (46th government).

December 30 – Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis (On Social Concern).

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Birth rates begin to fall in the Soviet Union as the country's government began to collapse.

The Pendolino train makes its debut in Italy.

Tinker Hatfield designs the Nike Air Max.

Shoko Asahara founds the Aum Shinrikyo cult.

Thomas Knoll and John Knoll develop the first version of Photoshop.

Maglite introduces the 2AAA Mini Maglite flashlight, targeted for medical and industrial applications.

Barry Minkow's ZZZZ Best fraud unravels.

Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite of honeybees, is found in the U.S.

The first Starbucks Coffee stores outside Seattle are opened in Vancouver and Chicago.

BiCE Ristorante opens in New York, New York.

Fluoxetine, marketed as Prozac, is approved for use as an antidepressant in the USA by the Food and Drug Administration in December 1987.

January

January 1

Meryl Davis, American figure skater

January 2

Shelley Hennig, American actress

Lauren Storm, American actress

January 5

Kristin Cavallari, American reality television star

Jason Mitchell, American actor

January 6

Ndamukong Suh, American football player

Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer

January 7

Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress

Sirusho, Armenian singer

January 8 – Freddie Stroma, English actor

January 9

Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player

Paolo Nutini, British singer

January 10 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer

January 11

Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer

Jamie Vardy, English footballer

January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress

January 13 – Jack Johnson, American hockey player

January 15

Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league footballer

Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian long-distance runner

Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler

Michael Seater, Canadian actor

January 16 – Jake Epstein, Canadian actor

January 18

Zane Holtz, Canadian actor

Stefan Filipović, Montenegrin pop singer

January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor

January 23 – The Avener, French deep house producer

January 24

Ruth Bradley, Irish television and film actress

Luis Suárez, Uruguayan football player

January 26

Andrew J. Ferchland, American actor

Sebastian Giovinco, Italian football player

January 27

Lily Donaldson, British model

Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter

Kylie Sparks, American actress

Hannah Teter, American snowboarder

January 28

Misha Crosby, British actor

Katie Nolan, American sport personality and TV host

January 29

Ksenia Kahnovich, Russian model

Alex Murrel, American singer and actress

January 30

Lance Franklin, Australian rules footballer

Phil Lester, English video blogger and radio personality

Arda Turan, Turkish footballer

January 31 – Marcus Mumford, English-American singer, songwriter and musician (Mumford & Sons)

February

February 1

Heather Morris, American actress and dancer

Giuseppe Rossi, Italian-American football player

Ronda Rousey, American martial arts expert and actress

February 2

Gerard Piqué, Barcelona and Spanish footballer

Victoria Song, Chinese pop singer (f(x)) and model

Martin Spanjers, American actor

Athena Imperial, Miss Philippines Earth 2011 winner

February 3 – Johan Dahlberg, Swedish architect

February 4 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player

February 5

Darren Criss, American singer and actor

Richard Rawson, English rapper and songwriter

Donald Sanford, American-Israeli Olympic sprinter

February 7

Kerli Kõiv, Estonian singer

Monika Brodka, Polish singer

February 8 – Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater

February 9

Rose Leslie, Scottish actress

Michael B. Jordan, American actor

Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete

February 10

Choi Siwon, South Korean recording artist

Poli Genova, Bulgarian singer

February 11 – Ellen van Dijk, Dutch road and track cycling world champion

February 13

Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer

Rau'shee Warren, American boxer

February 14 – Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer

February 15 – Alex Rodman, English footballer

February 16

Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. 2008)

Ryan Follesé, American singer; lead singer of pop-rock band Hot Chelle Rae

February 20 – Miles Teller, American actor

February 21

Ashley Greene, American actress

Tuppence Middleton, English actress

Ellen Page, Canadian actress

February 22

Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress

Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer

February 24 – Tina Desai, Indian actress and model

February 25

Natalie Dreyfuss, American actress

Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater

Eva Avila, Canadian singer-songwriter

February 26 – Johan Sjöstrand, Swedish handball player

February 27

Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler

Scott Davies, English footballer

March

March 1 – Kesha, American singer

March 3

Siddharth Bhardwaj, Indian VJ, model and actor

Elnur Hüseynov, Azerbaijani singer

March 4 – Tamzin Merchant, English actress

March 5 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian professional tennis player

March 6

Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer

Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress

March 7 – Hatem Ben Arfa, Tunisian-French footballer

March 8 – Devon Graye, American actor

March 9 – Bow Wow, African-American rapper

March 10

Martellus Bennett, American football player

Liu Shishi, Chinese actress

Emeli Sandé, Scottish recording artist and songwriter

March 11 – Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper

March 12

Jessica Hardy, American swimmer

Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player

Chris Stark, English radio DJ

March 13 – Marco Andretti, American IRL driver

March 14

Robert Clark, American actor

Aravane Rezaï, Iranian-French tennis player

March 16 – Alexandr Smyshlyaev, Russian freestyle skier

March 17 – Robert Kardashian Jr., American television personality, model, and talent manager

March 18 – Rebecca Soni, American swimmer

March 19

AJ Lee, American professional wrestler

Josie Loren, American actress

March 20 – João Alves de Assis Silva (Jô), Brazilian soccer player

March 21 – Yuri Ryazanov, Russian artistic gymnast (d. 2009)

March 22

Ike Davis, American baseball player

Alexander Shatilov, Israeli artistic gymnast

March 23 – Alan Toovey, Australian Rules Football Premiership player

March 24 – Josh Zeid, American baseball player

March 25 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater

March 26 – YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter

March 27

Polina Gagarina, Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model

Buster Posey, American baseball player

March 28 – Kagney Linn Karter, American pornographic actress

March 29 – Dénes Varga, Hungarian water polo player

March 31 – Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster

April

April 1

Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress.

Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player

April 2 – Molly Smitten-Downes, British singer-songwriter

April 3 – Park Jung-min, South Korean singer (SS501)

April 4

Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress

Océane Zhu, Chinese actress

April 6 – Hilary Rhoda, American model

April 8 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer

April 9

Jesse McCartney, American singer and actor

Jazmine Sullivan, American recording artist

Pengiran Anak Sarah, wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah

April 10

Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano

Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model

Jamie Renée Smith, American actress

April 11

Joss Stone, English musician

Lights Poxleitner, Canadian musician

Michelle Phan, American make-up demonstrator

April 12

Brendon Urie, American musician

Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress

Mike Manning, American actor

April 15

Iyaz, British Virgin Islands singer

Samira Wiley, American actress and model

April 16 – Aaron Lennon, English footballer

April 17 – Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Canadian actress

April 18 – Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English supermodel

April 19

Courtland Mead, American actor

Joe Hart, English footballer

Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player

Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress

April 20

John Patrick Amedori, American actor and musician

Anna Rossinelli, Swiss singer-songwriter

April 21

Sophie Rundle, English television and film actress

Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter

Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer

April 22 – John Obi Mikel, Nigerian footballer

April 24 – Varun Dhawan, Indian Bollywood actor

April 27

William Moseley, English actor

Anne Suzuki, Japanese actress

Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress

April 28 – Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian film actress and model

April 29

Sara Errani, Italian tennis player

Alicia Morton, American actress and singer

May

May 1

Matt Di Angelo, English actor

Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player

May 2

Nana Kitade, Japanese singer

Pat McAfee, American football player

May 4

Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer

Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish football player

Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer

Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player

May 5 – Jessie Cave, English actress

May 6 – Moon Geun-young, Korean actress

May 7

Aidy Bryant, American actress and comedian

Asami Konno, Japanese singer

Anissa Kate, French pornographic actress

May 10

Allie Haze, American pornographic actress

Eileen April Boylan, American actress

May 11

Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo Albanian politician

Enikő Mihalik, Hungarian model

May 13

Hunter Parrish, American actor

Candice King, American actress and singer

Misha Gabriel, American dancer

May 15 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player

May 16 – Can Bonomo, Turkish-Jewish singer

May 17 – Ott Lepland, Estonian singer

May 20 – Fra Fee, Northern Irish actor and singer

May 22 – Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

May 23 – Bray Wyatt , American professional wrestler

May 25 – Nico Hillenbrand, German footballer

May 26 – Tooji, Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host

May 29

Alessandra Torresani, American actress

Ak'Sent, American female rapper

Noah Reid, Canadian actor and musician

May 30 – Curtis Williams, American actor

May 31

Shaun Fleming, American actor and musician

Meredith Hagner, American actress

June

June 2 – Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress

June 3

Lalaine, American actress and singer

Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress

Michelle Keegan, British actress

June 4

Mollie King, British singer

Tori Praver, American model and swimwear designer

Luisa Zissman, British TV personality

June 5 – Charlie Clements, British actor

June 6 – Luo Zilin, Miss Universe China 2011 4th runner-up and model

June 9 – Rheagan Wallace, American actress

June 10 – He Chong, Chinese diver

June 11

Dappy, English rapper

Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer

Rie Tanaka, Japanese gymnast

June 12 – Abbey Lee Kershaw, Australian model

June 14 – Cameron Russell, American model

June 16

Kelly Blatz, American actor and singer

Diana DeGarmo, American singer and Broadway actress

June 17

Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer

Kendrick Lamar, American rapper

Rebecca Breeds, Australian actress

June 18 – Zsuzsanna Tomori, Hungarian handball player

June 19 – Miho Fukuhara, Japanese singer

June 20 – Daiana Menezes, Brazilian actress, model, and television host

June 21 – Kim Ryeowook, South Korean singer (Super Junior)

June 22 – Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor and model

June 23 – Haley Strode, American actress

June 24

Lionel Messi, Argentine football player

Josh Lillis, English footballer

June 26 – Samir Nasri, French footballer

June 27 – Ed Westwick, English actor

July

July 2 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008)

July 3

Chris Hunter, American actor

Chad Broskey, American actor

Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver

July 5

Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor

Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer

July 6

Kate Nash, British singer-songwriter

Matt O'Leary, American actor

Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model

July 7

Julianna Guill, American actress

Veronica Wagner, Swedish artistic gymnast

July 9 – Rebecca Sugar, American animator and creator of Steven Universe.

July 11 – Maximilian Müller, German field hockey player

July 14 – Dan Reynolds, American singer and musician

July 13 – Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer

July 16

AnnaLynne McCord, American actress

Evelina Sašenko, Lithuanian jazz singer of Polish-Ukrainian descent

July 17 – Jeremih, American recording artist and producer

July 19 – Yan Gomes, Brazilian baseball player

July 23 – Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Polish artistic gymnast

July 24 – Mara Wilson, American actress

July 25

Alan Dawa Dolma (better known as "Alan"), Chinese singer

Gor Sujyan, Armenian rock singer, lead singer of Dorians

Michael Welch, American actor

July 26 – Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress and dancer

July 27 – Marek Hamšík, Slovak football player

July 28

Sumire, Japanese fashion model (d. 2009)

Pedro, Spanish footballer

July 29 – Alice Dellal, Brazilian-born British model

July 31

Michael Bradley, American soccer player

August

August 2 – Jessie Daniels, American actress, songwriter, and Christian musician

August 3

Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer, DJ (SS501)

Aidil Zafuan, Malaysian footballer

August 4

Jon Lilygreen, Welsh singer

Philip Younghusband, British-Filipino footballer

August 5

Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress, model, and host

Lexi Belle, American porn actress

August 6

Aditya Narayan, Bollywood actor and singer

Charley Chase, American pornographic actress

Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murder suspect

August 7

Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player

Ryan Lavarnway, American baseball player

August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish actress

August 10 – Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor

August 14

James Buckley, English actor

Tim Tebow, American football player

August 15 – Sean McAllister, English footballer

August 16 – Okieriete Onaodowan, Nigerian actor, known for originating the roles of Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in the 2015 musical Hamilton

August 18 – Mika Boorem, American actress

August 19 – Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver

August 20

Cătălina Ponor, Romanian gymnast

Tulus, Indonesian singer

August 21

Cody Kasch, American actor

Kim Kibum, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior)

August 24 – Anže Kopitar, Slovene ice hockey player

August 25

Stacey Farber, Canadian actress

Liu Yifei, Chinese actress

Blake Lively, American actress

Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer and songwriter

Rona Nishliu, Albanian Kosovar singer, radio presenter and humanitarian

Justin Upton, American baseball player

August 30 – Johanna Braddy, American film actress

September

September 2

Scott Moir, Canadian figure skater

Spencer Smith, American musician

September 3 – James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player

September 4 – Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model

September 6 – Anna Pavlova, Russian artistic gymnast

September 7

Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer

Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player

September 8 – Wiz Khalifa, American rapper

September 9

Afrojack, Dutch DJ and music producer

Clayton Snyder, American actor

Milan Stanković, Serbian pop-folk singer

September 11

Susianna Kentikian, German-Armenian boxer

Tyler Hoechlin, American actor

Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress

September 13 – G.NA, Canadian singer

September 16

Anthony Padilla, Internet comedian

Daren Kagasoff, American actor

September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress

September 20

Jack Lawless, American actress

Sarah Natochenny, American Voice Artist

September 22 – Tom Felton, English actor

September 23 – Skylar Astin, American actor

September 24

Matthew Connolly, English footballer

Brit Morgan, American film and television actress

September 25 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player

September 26 – Jang Keun Suk, South Korean actor, singer and model

September 28 – Hilary Duff, American actress and singer

September 29

Kyle Riabko, Canadian pop singer, guitarist

David Del Rio, American actor

September 30

Ramy Ashour, Egyptian squash player

Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano

Elanne Kong, Hong Kong actress and singer

Denise Laurel, Filipina actress and singer

October

October 1 – Matthew Daddario, American actor

October 2

Christopher Larkin, American actor

Phil Kessel, American professional ice hockey forward

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., American stock car driver

October 3 – Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen who held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 and Miss Universe 2006

October 4 – Marina Weisband, German politician

October 6 – Samuel, American musician

October 8 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer

October 11 – Ariella Kaslin, Swiss artistic gymnast

October 12 – Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer

October 15 – Mizuho Sakaguchi, Japanese woman footballer

October 16 – Seungho, South Korean pop singer (MBLAQ)

October 17 – Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress

October 18

Zac Efron, American actor

Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model

October 20 – Levy Li, Miss Malaysia Universe 2008

October 22 – Donny Montell, Lithuanian singer-songwriter

October 23 – Miyuu Sawai, Japanese actress

October 24 – Charlie White, American figure skater

October 27

Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer

Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (year of birth disputed)

October 28

Na Yeon Choi, South Korean female professional golfer

Frank Ocean, American singer and rapper

October 29

Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater

Tove Lo, Swedish singer-songwriter

Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer

November

November 1

Bruce Irvin, American football player

Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress

November 3

Ty Lawson, American basketball player

Colin Kaepernick, American National Football League player, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers

Kyle Seager, American baseball player

Elizabeth Smart, American kidnap survivor

Gemma Ward, Australian model

November 4

Tim Douwsma, Dutch singer

T.O.P, Korean rapper

November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter

November 6

Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player

G.O, South Korean singer (MBLAQ)

November 7 – Rachele Brooke Smith, American actress and dancer

November 8

Samantha Droke, American actress

Maryjun Takahashi, Japanese model and actress

Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer

November 11 – Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer (NEWS, Tegomass)

November 12 – Jason Day, Australian golfer

November 17 – Kat DeLuna, American singer

November 18 – Jake Abel, American actor

November 22 – Mauro Nespoli, Italian archer

November 23

Kasia Struss, Polish model

Snooki, American television personality

November 24 – Elena Satine, American film actress and singer

November 25 – Dolla, American rapper (d. 2009)

November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress

November 30

Christel Khalil, American actress

Dougie Poynter, English musician (McFly)

Ian Hecox, Internet comedian

December

December 2 – Teairra Marí, American singer

December 3

Michael Angarano, American actor

Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast

December 4

Dree Hemingway, American model and actress

Orlando Brown, American actor, singer, and comedian

December 6 – Jack DeSena, American actor

December 7 – Aaron Carter, American singer and actor

December 8 – Susanne Riesch, German alpine skier

December 9 – Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese chess grandmaster

December 10 – Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine footballer

December 12

Lao Lishi, Chinese diver

Kate Todd, Canadian actress

December 13 – Rachel Anne Daquis, Filipino volleyball player

December 14 – Aletta Ocean, Hungarian porn actress

December 16

Hallee Hirsh, American actress

Michael Lohan Jr., American actor

December 18

Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater

Ayaka, Japanese singer

Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor

December 19

Karim Benzema, French footballer

Ronan Farrow, American activist

December 20

Michihiro Yasuda, Japanese football player

Alana Grace, American singer and actress

December 21

Ryza Cenon, Filipino actress

Valerie Concepcion, Filipino actress

December 22 – Lisa Andreas, English singer of Cypriot descent

December 25

LJ Reyes, Filipino actress

Demaryius Thomas, American football player

December 27 – Lily Cole, British model

December 28

Taylor Ball, American actor

Thomas Dekker, American actor

Hannah Tointon, English actress

Adam Gregory, American actor

December 29 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor

December 31

Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player

Seydou Doumbia, Ivorian football player

Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast

January

January 6 – Harry D. Payne, American architect (b. 1891)

January 9 – Arthur Lake, American actor, Dagwood Bumstead in Blondie (b. 1905)

January 10 – Hakan Malmrot, Swedish swimmer (b. 1900)

January 14 – Douglas Sirk, German-born film director, Hollywood melodramas Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, Imitation of Life (b. 1897)

January 15 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer. Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (b. 1904)

January 16

Joyce Jameson, American actress, 'Skippy' in The Andy Griffith Show, and 'The Blonde' in The Apartment (b. 1932)

Joseph Urner, American sculptor, painter and etcher born in Frederick, Maryland (b. 1898)

January 19 – Gerald Brenan, British writer and Hispanist (b. 1894)

January 21 – Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)

January 22 – Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)

January 25 – Nahuel Moreno, Argentine Trotskyist leader (b. 1924)

January 27

Allan V. Cox, American geologist (b. 1926)

Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director, Best Documentary Oscar winner Neighbours (b. 1914)

January 29 – Emvin Cremona, Maltese artist (b. 1919)

January 31 – Yves Allégret, French film director, Oscar nomination for The Proud and the Beautiful screenplay. Husband of Simone Signoret (b. 1905)

February

February 2

Alistair MacLean, British writer (b. 1922)

Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian football goalkeeper (b. 1927)

February 3 – Donald Aronow, creator of the Cigarette Boat (b. 1927)

February 4 – Liberace, American pianist (b. 1919)

February 5

William Collier, Jr., American actor, Cimarron, Little Caesar (b. 1902)

Otto Wöhler, serving during World War I and World War II (b. 1894)

February 10

Robert O'Brien, American racing driver (b. 1908)

Hans Rosenthal, German radio editor, director, and radio and television host (b. 1925)

February 14 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b. 1904)

February 20 – Lev Russov, Russian painter (b. 1926)

February 22

David Susskind, American producer and host (b. 1920)

Andy Warhol, American artist, director, writer (b. 1928)

Glenway Wescott, American novelist (b. 1901)

February 24 – Jim Connors, American radio personality (b. 1940)

February 25

James Coco, American actor, the unemployed actor in Only When I Laugh, and Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha (b. 1930)

Elisabeth Coit, American architect (b. 1897)

Florence Cayford, Labour politician in London (b. 1897)

John Collin, English actor, Detective Sergeant Haggar in Z-Cars (b. 1931)

Edgar Nixon, African-American civil rights leader (b. 1899)

February 27 – Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921)

February 28 – Stephen Tennant, British aristocrat and playboy (b. 1906)

March

March 2 – Randolph Scott, American actor (b. 1898)

March 3 – Danny Kaye, American singer, actor, and comedian (b. 1911)

March 7 – Waldo Salt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)

March 11 – Joe Gladwin, English actor (b. 1906)

March 12 – Woody Hayes, football coach at Ohio State (b. 1913)

March 13

Bernhard Grzimek, German zoo director and zoologist (b. 1909)

Gerald Moore, English pianist (b. 1899)

March 15 – W. Sterling Cole, American politician, first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (b. 1904)

March 19 – Louis-Victor de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

March 21

Dean Paul Martin, American actor (b. 1951)

Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918)

March 22 – Joan Shawlee, American actress (b. 1926)

March 26

Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)

Georg Muche, German painter, printmaker, architect, author, and teacher (b. 1895)

Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)

March 28

Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (b. 1905)

Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)

Alphonse Alley, Beninese military officer, former Head of State of Dahomey (b. 1930)

April

April 1 – Henri Cochet, French tennis champion (b. 1901)

April 2

Wang Renmei, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1914)

Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer (b. 1917)

Trevor Hockey, Welsh footballer (b. 1943)

April 3 – Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)

April 4 – C. L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911)

April 11

Erskine Caldwell, American writer (b. 1903)

Kent Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)

April 13

Dennis Allen (b. 1951), Australian criminal and drug dealer, eldest son of Kath Pettingill

April 15 – Masatoshi Nakayama, Japanese Karate Master (b. 1913)

April 17

Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (b. 1950)

Cornelius Van Til, Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist (b. 1895)

Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923)

April 19

Hugh Brannum, American actor (b. 1910)

Milt Kahl, Animator for the Disney Studio (b. 1909)

Antony Tudor, English dancer and choreographer (b. 1908)

Antonio Quarantotto, Italian freestyle swimmer (b. 1897)

Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat (b. 1901)

April 24 – Josephine Bell, English physician and writer (b. 1897)

April 26 – John Ernest Silkin, British politician (b. 1923)

April 28 – Ben Linder, American engineer (b. 1959)

May

May 1 – Paul Geidel, longest serving American prison inmate (b. 1894)

May 3 – Dalida, French singer (b. 1933)

May 4

Paul Butterfield, American musician (b. 1942)

Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)

May 6 – William J. Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913)

May 7 – Colin Blakely, Irish actor (b. 1930)

May 8 – James Plimsoll, Australian public servant (b. 1917)

May 9 – Thodoros Kefalopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1894)

May 14 – Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)

May 17 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)

May 19 – James Tiptree, Jr., American author (b. 1915)

May 21 – Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (b. 1930)

May 24 – Hermione Gingold, English actress (b. 1897)

May 26 – Emiliana de Zubeldia, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1888)

May 27 – John Howard Northrop, American biochemist (b. 1891)

June

June 1 – Errol Barrow, 1st Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1920)

June 2

Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)

Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)

June 3 – Will Sampson, American actor (b. 1933)

June 6 – Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor (b. 1922)

June 9 – Madge Kennedy, American actress (b. 1891)

June 10

Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (suicide) (b. 1943)

Gordon Fox Rule, Anglo-Brazilian First World War flying ace (b. 1898)

June 11 – Ralph Guldahl, American golf champion (b. 1911)

June 13

Vera Caspary, American screenwriter, novelist, playwright (b. 1899)

Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)

June 20 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and naturalist (b. 1896)

June 22

Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)

John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (b. 1907)

Joseph Meyer, American songwriter (b. 1894)

Mow Pang Tzu, Republic of China air force general (b. 1904)

June 24 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and comedian (b. 1916)

June 26

Oluf Berntsen, Danish fencer (b. 1891)

Gerhard Wagner, German naval officer, and the last Rear Admiral of the Federal Navy (b. 1898)

June 30 – Federico Mompou, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1893)

July

July 2 – Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (b. 1943)

July 3 – Viola Dana, American actress (b. 1897)

July 4 – Edward Addison, electrical engineering (b. 1898)

July 10 – John Hammond, American record producer (b. 1910)

July 12 – Joseph Burns, Major League Baseball outfielder (b. 1889)

July 15 – Alfie Bass, British actor (b. 1916)

July 17

Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)

Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)

July 20 – Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921)

July 22

Jack Lescoulie, American actor (b. 1917)

Don McMahon, American baseball player (b. 1930)

July 26

Kenneth Muse, American animator (b. 1910)

Hugh Wheeler, English playwright and librettist (b. 1912)

July 27 – Travis Jackson, American baseball player (New York Giants) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1904)

July 28 – Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, former Premier of New South Wales (b. 1909)

July 31 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b. 1905)

August

August 1 – Pola Negri, Polish born actress (b. 1897)

August 4 – Ellen Liiger, Estonian actress (b. 1918)

August 6

Léon Noël, French diplomat, politician and historian (b. 1888)

Ira C. Eaker, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (b. 1896)

August 8 – Juan Antonio Yanes, Venezuelan professional baseball pioneer (b. 1902)

August 9 – Terrence Michael Walsh, Australian singer, known as Johnny Dole (b. 1953)

August 10 – Prince Yamashina Takehiko (b. 1898)

August 11 – Clara Peller, American actress (b. 1902)

August 16 – Nick Vanos, American basketball player (b. 1963)

August 17

Clarence Brown, American film director (b. 1890)

Rudolf Hess, Nazi Deputy Führer (b. 1894)

August 19

Hayden Rorke, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (b. 1910)

Bruno Vogel, German pacifist and writer. (b. 1898)

Harold Sherman, American author, lecturer and psychical researcher. (b. 1898)

August 26 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

August 28 – John Huston, American film director and actor (b. 1906)

August 29 – Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)

September

September 1 – Gerhard Fieseler, German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion, and aircraft designer and manufacturer (b. 1896)

September 3 – Rusty Wescoatt, American actor (b. 1911)

September 4

Bill Bowes, British cricketer (b. 1908)

Richard Marquand, Welsh film director (b. 1937)

September 11

Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915)

Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1944)

September 12

J. Lawton Collins, American general (b. 1896)

John Qualen, Canadian actor (b. 1899)

September 13 – Mervyn LeRoy, American film producer and director (b. 1900)

September 15 – Trygve Dalseg, America Norwegian marketing agent (b. 1898)

September 16 – Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (b. 1922)

September 17 – Harry Locke, British character actor (b. 1913)

September 19 – Einar Gerhardsen, former Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)

September 20

Michael Stewart, American playwright and librettist for the stage (b. 1924)

Holly Glynn, former unidentified decedent (b. 1966)

September 21 – Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (b. 1951)

September 22

Dan Rowan, American comedian (b. 1922)

Hédi Váradi, Hungarian actress (b. 1929)

September 23

Bob Fosse, American theater choreographer and director (b. 1927)

Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dutch-born wrestler, opera singer and actor (b. 1953)

September 25

Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)

Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist (b. 1912)

Emlyn Williams, British actor (b. 1905)

September 29 – Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917)

September 30 – Herbert Sobel, US Army officer, made famous by Band of Brothers (b. 1912)

October

October 2

Madeleine Carroll, British actress (b. 1906)

Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)

October 3

Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (b. 1910)

Hans Gál, composer, teacher and author (b. 1890)

Oskar Theodor, Israeli entomologist (b. 1898)

Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)

October 7 – Cedric Phatudi, Chief Minister of Lebowa bantustan (b. 1912)

October 8 – Spencer Gordon Bennet, American film producer (b. 1893)

October 9

Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright (b. 1903)

William P. Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1892)

October 12

Alf Landon, American politician (b. 1887)

Fahri Korutürk, Turkish diplomat, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)

October 13

Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

Kishore Kumar, Indian playback singer (b. 1929)

October 15 – Donald Wandrei, American writer (b. 1908)

October 19

Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist (b. 1945)

Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)

October 20 – Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)

October 22 – Lino Ventura, Italian actor (b. 1919)

October 23 – John Wittig, Danish actor (b. 1921)

October 24 – Kelvin Martin, New York criminal (b. 1964)

October 28 – André Masson, French artist (b. 1896)

October 29 – Woody Herman, American jazz musician (b. 1913)

October 30 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, author (b. 1904)

November

November 1 – René Lévesque, Canadian politician and premier of Quebec (b. 1922)

November 5

Eamonn Andrews, Television and Radio Presenter (b. 1922)

Georges Franju, French filmmaker (b. 1912)

November 6

Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)

Jean Rivier, French composer of classical music (b. 1896)

November 7 – Arne Borg, Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1901)

November 8 – Matilde Cantos, Spanish feminist (b. 1898)

November 10

Seyni Kountché, 2nd President of Niger (b. 1931)

Jackie Vernon, American comic (b. 1924)

November 16 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. 1907)

November 21 – Ivan Jandl, Czech actor (b. 1937)

November 24 – Anton Pieck, Dutch painter, artist and graphic artist (b. 1895)

November 26 – Duncan Sandys, British politician (b. 1908)

November 27 – Henri Fluchère, chairman of the Société Française Shakespeare and a notable literary critic (b. 1898)

November 30 – James Baldwin, American writer (b. 1924)

December

December 1 – Punch Imlach, Canadian NHL coach (b. 1918)

December 2

Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)

December 3 – Pierre Mollaret, American neurologist (b. 1898)

December 4 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (b. 1898)

December 10 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born violinist (b. 1901)

December 14 – Tim Dinsdale, British aeronautical engineer and Loch Ness Monster seeker (b. 1924)

December 15 – Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and civil rights activist (b. 1898)

December 19 – Leo Jung, American rabbi (b. 1892)

December 21

Ralph Nelson, American actor (b. 1916)

Robert Paige, American actor (b. 1911)

Joe Sherman, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1890)

December 22 – Alice Terry, American actress (b. 1899)

December 23 – Harald Johnsson, Swedish politician (b. 1898)

December 24 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician and journalist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1973–1977) (b. 1919)

December 25 – Ruf Bonner, Soviet Jewish exilee (b. 1900)

December 27 – Priscilla Dean, American actress (b. 1896)

December 29 – Patrick Bissell, American dancer (b. 1957)

Date unknown

Lou Darvas, American artist and cartoonist (b. 1913)

John Pierotti, American cartoonist (b. 1911)

Huang Yao, Chinese artist (b. 1917)

Syd Hartley, English professional association football player (b. 1914)

Otto Klemperer, German physicist (b. 1899)

In fiction

The following are references to year 1987 in fiction:

Film

13 Going on 30 (2004): The scenes where Jenna is thirteen take place in New Jersey on May 26, 1987.

American Psycho (2000): According to director Mary Harron on the DVD commentary, the film is set around the end of 1987. Patrick Bateman is seen reading Zagat's Survey of this year as well.

Fargo (1996): The film takes place in Minnesota, 1987

Adventureland (2009): The film takes place in Pittsburgh, summer 1987

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997): The year that Romy and Michele had their high school prom and graduated takes place in Los Angeles 1987

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009): The film takes place in Harlem, New York 1987.

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004): There is a picture of a fat White Goodman with the caption "White Goodman – 1987" on it.

Rock of Ages (2012): The film takes place in Los Angeles 1987

Dirty Girl The film takes place in Oklahoma 1987

McFarland, USA (2015) The film takes place in McFarland, California 1987 based on a true story.

Chasing Mavericks (2012) The scene where Jay is 8 years old takes place in Santa Cruz, California 1987

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) The scene at the start with Jordan Belfort takes place in New York City 1987

Television

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979): NASA launches the last of America's deep-space probes, the Space Shuttle Ranger 3, which is piloted by Captain William "Buck" Rogers.

Set in 1987: the Doctor Who episode "Father's Day" (2005) takes place on November 7.

Space: 1999 episode "The Rules of Luton" we learn that a world war, likely World War III, began sometime in 1987. It was described as The war to end all wars.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Bye Bye Nerdy", Bloo insists that Mac purchased something from a store named "1987 Store", however, the plan backfires.

Video games

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2015): The game takes place in 1987.

The following games were released in 1987 -

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Jan 14) : Made by Nintendo.

Final Fantasy (Dec 18) : Created by Hironobu Sakaguchi.

Nobel Prizes

Physics – J. Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander Müller

Chemistry – Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen

Medicine – Susumu Tonegawa

Literature – Joseph Brodsky

Peace – Óscar Arias Sánchez

Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Solow