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[[File:1987 Events Collage.png|From top left, clockwise: the [[MS Herald of Free Enterprise|MS ''Herald of Free Enterprise'']] capsizes after leaving the [[Port of Zeebrugge]] in [[Belgium]], killing 193; [[Northwest Airlines Flight 255]] crashes after takeoff from [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]], killing everyone except a little girl; the [[King's Cross fire]] kills 31 people after a fire under an [[escalator]] [[Flashover|flashes-over]]; the [[MV Doña Paz|MV ''Doña Paz'']] sinks after colliding with an [[oil tanker]], [[drowning]] almost 4,400 passengers and crew; [[Typhoon Nina (1987)|Typhoon Nina]] strikes the [[Philippines]], killing 1,036; [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055]] crashes outside of [[Warsaw]], taking the lives of all aboard; the {{USS|Stark}} is [[USS Stark incident|struck]] by [[Iraq|Iraqi]] [[Exocet]] missiles in the [[Persian Gulf]]; [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] gives a famous [[Tear down this wall!|speech]], demanding that [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] tear down the [[Berlin Wall]].|300x300px|thumb]]
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==Events==
===January===
* [[January 1]] – [[Bolivia]] reintroduces the [[Boliviano]] currency.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |editor-last=Zeleny |editor-first=Robert O. |title=A Review of the Events of 1987 |journal=The World Book Year Book |publisher=World Book, Inc. |publication-place=Chicago |issue=1988}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] – [[Chadian–Libyan conflict]] – [[Battle of Fada]]: The [[Military of Chad|Chadian army]] destroys a [[Libya]]n armoured brigade.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Kenneth Pollack|last=Pollack |first=Kenneth M.|title=Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948–1991|publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]]|year=2002|isbn=0-8032-3733-2 |pages=391–2}}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – Afghan leader [[Mohammad Najibullah]] says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals.<ref name=":0" />
* [[January 4]] –
** [[1987 Maryland train collision]]: An [[Amtrak]] train en route from Washington, D.C. to [[Boston]] collides with [[Conrail]] engines at [[Chase, Maryland]], United States, killing 16 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR8801.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR8801.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Railroad Accident Report: Rear-end Collision of Amtrak Passenger Train 94, The Colonial and Consolidated Rail Corporation Freight Train ENS-121, on the Northeast Corridor, Chase, Maryland, January 4, 1987 |date=January 25, 1988 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
** Televangelist [[Oral Roberts]] announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Associated Press |date=March 31, 1987 |title=Roberts Seeks More Pledges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/31/us/roberts-seeks-more-pledges.html?searchResultPosition=8 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[Hu Yaobang]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]], is forced into retirement by political conservatives.
* [[January 16]] – [[León Febres Cordero]], [[president of Ecuador]], is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned general [[Frank Vargas Pazzos|Frank Vargas]], who successfully demand the latter's release.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/12/16/obituarios/1229386285.html/ |title=León Febres Cordero, ex presidente de Ecuador |last=Ayala Samaniego |first=Maggy |date=2008-12-16 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |access-date=2019-12-12 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – The [[Jumalan teatteri]] ("The theatre of God") theatre students' group cause a huge scandal at the [[Oulu City Theatre]] in [[Oulu]], [[Finland]] by throwing excrement, eggs and yoghurt on the audience during their two-minute performance.<ref>[https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2009/12/04/paska-juttu-jumalan-teatteri-oulussa Paska juttu – Jumalan teatteri Oulussa], [[Yleisradio]]. Accessed on 11 February 2024.</ref>
* [[January 20]] – [[Terry Waite]], the special envoy of the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] in [[Lebanon]], is kidnapped in [[Beirut]] (released November [[1991]]).
* [[January 24]] – [[1987 Forsyth County protests]]: About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in [[Forsyth County, Georgia]], United States.
* [[January 28]] – The [[United States]] establishes diplomatic relations with [[Mongolia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Halloran |first=Richard |date=January 28, 1987 |title="U.S. and Mongolia in Ceremony Establishing Diplomatic Relations" |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/28/world/us-and-mongolia-in-ceremony-establishing-diplomatic-relations.html?searchResultPosition=4 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
=== February ===
* [[February 6]] – The Soviet oil tanker [[Antonio Gramsci (ship)|''Antonio Gramsci'']] suffers a minor shipwreck in [[Finland|Finnish]] waters en route to the [[Neste]] oil refinery in [[Porvoo]], resulting in an oil spill of approximately 570–650 tons.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9444130 | title = Neuvostotankkerin karilleajosta 30 vuotta – Antonio Gramsci paljasti Suomen öljytorjunnan heikkoudet | website = [[Yle]] | date = 2017-02-06 | access-date = 2021-11-04 }}</ref>
* [[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 in the United States, 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 the [[Estonian SSR]].
** The U.S. [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] rules in ''United States v. Paradise'' that [[affirmative action]] is lawful if the organization in question has a history of pervasive racial discrimination in hiring practices; in this case, police departments in the state of [[Alabama]]. Justice [[William J. Brennan Jr.|William J. Brennan, Jr.]] rules that the government is "justified by a compelling governmental interest in eradicating the Department's pervasive, systematic, and obstinate discriminatory exclusion of blacks."<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States v. Paradise, 480 U.S. 149 (1987) |url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/480/149/ |website=Justia U.S. Law}}</ref>
* [[February 26]] – [[Iran–Contra affair]]: The [[Tower Commission]] rebukes U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] for not controlling his [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] staff.
* [[February 28]] – A [[Rüppell's vulture]] chick is hatched at the [[Milwaukee County Zoo]], the first time the animal has been successfully bred in North America.<ref name=":0" />
=== March ===
[[File:Herald of Free Enterprise.jpg|75px|thumb|{{MS|Herald of Free Enterprise}} before its capsizing on [[March 6]]]]
* [[March 1]] – The first [[Starbucks]] outside of the US is opened in [[Vancouver]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.starbucks.ca/about-us/our-heritage|title = About Us: Starbucks Coffee Company}}</ref>
* [[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 [[Iran–Contra affair|arms-for-hostages]] deal.
* [[March 6]] – [[Herald of Free Enterprise disaster|Zeebrugge disaster]]: [[Roll-on/roll-off]] cross-channel ferry {{MS|Herald of Free Enterprise}} capsizes off [[Zeebrugge]] harbor in Belgium; 193 people die.<ref>{{citation|last=Sheen|first=Mr Justice|title=mv Herald of Free Enterprise: Report of Court No. 8074 Formal Investigation |year=1987 |publisher=Crown Department of Transport |isbn=0-11-550828-7 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54c1704ce5274a15b6000025/FormalInvestigation_HeraldofFreeEnterprise-MSA1894.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54c1704ce5274a15b6000025/FormalInvestigation_HeraldofFreeEnterprise-MSA1894.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=31 July 2018 }}</ref>
* [[March 7]] – [[1987 Lieyu massacre]]: The [[Republic of China Army]] execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, [[Lieyu, Kinmen]] off [[Mainland China]].
* [[March 18]] – [[Woodstock of physics]]: A marathon session of the [[American Physical Society]]'s meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of [[high-temperature superconductor]]s.
* [[March 20]] – [[Zidovudine|AZT]] is approved by the United States [[Food and Drug Administration]] for use in the treatment of [[HIV/AIDS]].
* [[March 24]] – Michael Eisner, CEO of [[The Walt Disney Company]], and French Prime Minister and future President of France, [[Jacques Chirac]], sign an agreement to construct the {{convert|4,800|acre|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]].
** A [[Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987|hybrid solar eclipse]] is the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on [[Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986|October 3, 1986]]. It is annular visible in southern [[Argentina]], [[Gabon]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Sudan]] (part of the path of annularity crossed today's [[South Sudan]]), [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]] and northern [[Somalia]] and totally visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds.
* [[March 30]] – The [[59th Academy Awards]] take place in [[Los Angeles]], with ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' winning Best Picture.
* [[March 31]] – [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], conducts a 45-minute interview on Soviet television.
=== April ===
* [[April 5]] – [[Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse|Schoharie Creek Bridge Collapse]]: I-90 bridge collapse near [[Fort Hunter, New York|Fort Hunter]] leaves 10 people dead. Investigators conclude that the bridge's piers had been weakened by structural flaws and significant [[Bridge scour|scour]]. The accident leads to stricter safety standards in bridge design and inspection. The body of the 10th victim will ultimately be recovered from the [[Mohawk River]] more than two years later.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Uhlig |first=Mark A. |date=May 28, 1987 |title=A Warning was Ignored when Bridge that Collapsed was Built |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/28/nyregion/a-warning-was-ignored-when-bridge-that-failed-was-built.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] – The governments of the [[Portuguese Republic]] and the People's Republic of China sign an [[Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau|agreement]] in which [[Macau]] will be returned to China in [[1999]].
* [[April 19]] – ''[[The Simpsons]]'' cartoon first appears as a series of [[The Simpsons shorts|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 4]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''Rotary Int'l v. Rotary Club of Duarte'' that local [[Rotary Clubs]] do not have a constitutional right to deny membership to women. Other clubs thereafter comply with the ruling: [[Lions Clubs International|Lions International]] begins admitting women in June, and [[Kiwanis|Kiwanis Club]] in July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rotary Club Int'l v. Rotary Club of Duarte 481 U.S. 537 (1987) |url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/481/537/}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[Loughgall ambush]]: A 24-man unit of the [[British Army]] [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) ambushed eight members of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) as they mounted an attack on a [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]] (RUC) barracks. All IRA members were killed as well as one civilian.
* [[May 9]] – A Soviet-made [[Ilyushin Il-62]] airliner, operated by [[LOT Polish Airlines]], [[LOT Flight 5055|crashes into a forest]] just outside [[Warsaw]], killing all 183 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M SP-LBG Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870509-0|access-date=2020-07-12|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
* [[May 11]] – [[Klaus Barbie]] goes on trial in [[Lyon]] for [[war crime]]s committed during World War II.
* [[May 14]] – Lieutenant Colonel [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] executes a bloodless coup in [[Fiji]].
* [[May 17]] – {{USS|Stark|FFG-31|6}} is [[USS Stark incident|hit]] by two [[Iraq]]i-owned [[Exocet]] AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 37 sailors.
* [[May 22]]
** The [[Hashimpura massacre]] occurs in [[Meerut]], India.
** The inaugural [[1987 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]] hosted by both New Zealand and Australia kicks off. In the opening match of the new tournament, [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] beat [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] in the pool stage.
* [[May 27]]
** At the [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion|Prater Stadium]] of [[Vienna]], [[FC Porto|Porto]] of [[Portugal]] defeats [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern München]] of [[West Germany]] 2–1 and wins its first European Cup.
** 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 Union|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 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]].
* [[June 12]] – During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] challenges [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|general secretary]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] to [[Tear down this wall!|tear down]] the [[Berlin Wall]].
* [[June 13]] – At the [[Paris Air Show]], [[Boeing]] announces the sale of their 1,842nd [[Boeing 737]], making the 737 the best-selling airliner of all time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenhouse |first=Steven |date=June 13, 1987 |title=The Boeing 737 is now No. 1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/13/business/the-boeing-737-is-now-no-1.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[June 17]] – With the death of the last known individual, the [[dusky seaside sparrow]], a subspecies native to the US state of [[Florida]], becomes extinct.<ref>''[[Newsweek]]'', June 9, 2008, page 45</ref>
* [[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.
** [[Hipercor bombing]]: the Basque terrorist group [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] perpetrate a car-bomb attack at an Hipercor market in [[Barcelona]], killing 21 and wounding 45.
* [[June 20]] – [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] wins the [[1987 Rugby World Cup|inaugural Rugby World Cup]] after beating [[France national rugby union team|France]] in [[1987 Rugby World Cup final|the final]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/25/the-breakdown-rugby-union-1987-world-cup-nations-championship|title=1987 Rugby World Cup|work=The Guardian|date=25 June 2020|access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] – A commercial [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|HS 748]] ([[Philippine Airlines Flight 206]]) crashes near [[Baguio]], [[Philippines]], killing 50.
* [[June 28]]
** Iraqi warplanes drop mustard-gas bombs on the Iranian town of [[Sardasht, West Azerbaijan|Sardasht]] in two separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas. This is the first time a civilian town has been targeted by chemical weapons.
** An accidental explosion at the [[Hohenfels, Bavaria|Hohenfels Training Area]] in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troops.
* [[June 29]] – South Korean politician, presidential candidate of the ruling party [[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]].
* [[July 3]] – [[Greater Manchester Police]] in England 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 8 – A [[Delta Air Lines]] [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar|L-1011]] strays 60 miles off course and nearly collides with a [[Continental Airlines]] [[Boeing 747|747]] over the Atlantic Ocean. The two planes are carrying nearly 600 total passengers and may have come within 100 feet of each other.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Witkin |first=Richard |date=1987-07-09 |title=2 Jets Nearly Collide Over the Atlantic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/09/us/2-jets-nearly-collide-over-the-atlantic.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=15}}</ref>
* [[July 11]]
** [[1987 Australian federal election]]: [[Bob Hawke]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Hawke government|government]] is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] led by [[John Howard]] and the [[National Party of Australia|National Party]] led by [[Ian Sinclair]].
** [[World population]] is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 12, 1987 |title=And Baby Makes Five Billion – U.N. Hails a Yugoslav Infant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/12/world/and-baby-makes-five-billion-un-hails-a-yugoslav-infant.html |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
* [[July 15]] – [[Martial law in Taiwan]] ends after 38 years.
* [[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.<ref name="o293">{{cite news| last=Grierson | first=Jamie | title=Police reinvestigate 1987 London murder of Palestinian cartoonist | website=the Guardian | date=2017-08-29 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/police-reinvestigate-1987-london-of-palestinian-cartoonist-naji-salim-hussain-al-ali- | access-date=2024-12-02}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – The [[United States Census Bureau]] reports the biggest population gains in metropolitan U.S. areas of over 1 million people since 1980: [[Phoenix metropolitan area|Phoenix]] (population increase of 26%); [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth]] (+25%); [[Metro Atlanta|Atlanta]] (+20%); [[Greater San Antonio|San Antonio]] (+19%) [[Tampa Bay area|Tampa-Saint Petersburg]] (+19%); [[San Diego County, California|San Diego]] (+18%); [[Sacramento metropolitan area|Sacramento]] (+17%); and [[Greater Houston|Houston]] (+17%). The largest population losses were in [[Rust Belt]] cities: [[Detroit]], [[Pittsburgh]], and [[Cleveland]].<ref name=":0" />
* [[July 25]] – The [[East Lancashire Railway]], a [[heritage railway]] in the North West of England, is opened between [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]] and [[Ramsbottom]].
* [[July 27]] – [[Salvage diving|Salvage]] dives begin on the wreck of the [[Titanic]]; survivor [[Eva Hart]] likens the salvage teams to "vultures."<ref>{{Cite news |last=AP |date=July 28, 1987 |title=Titanic Survivor Sees Salvagers as 'Vultures' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/us/titanic-survivor-sees-salvagers-as-vultures.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[July 31]]
** Four hundred pilgrims are killed in [[1987 Mecca incident|clashes]] between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and [[Saudi Arabia]]n security forces in [[Mecca]].
** [[Docklands Light Railway]] in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Queen [[Elizabeth II]].
** An [[Edmonton tornado|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 present alternative views on controversial issues.
* [[August 7]]
** The [[Colombia]]n frigate ''Caldas'' enters [[Venezuela]]n waters near the [[Los Monjes Archipelago]], sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.
** American [[Lynne Cox]] becomes the first person to swim the [[Bering Strait]], crossing from [[Little Diomede Island]] to [[Big Diomede]] in 2 hours and 5 minutes.
* [[August 9]] – [[Hoddle Street massacre]] in Australia: [[Julian Knight (murderer)|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 11]] – [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] introduces [[HyperCard|Hypercard]], a precursor to the [[World Wide Web]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pollack |first=Andrew |date=August 11, 1987 |title=Apple to Introduce Unusual Software |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/11/business/company-news-apple-to-introduce-unusual-software.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[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 15]] – [[Great Basin National Park]] is dedicated; it is the 49th [[List of national parks of the United States|national park]] in the United States and the first in the state of [[Nevada]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=AP |date=August 16, 1987 |title=New National Park is Dedicated in Nevada's Lonely Outback |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/16/us/new-national-park-is-dedicated-in-nevada-s-lonely-outback.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[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 is 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 an apparently motiveless mass shooting in the United Kingdom, carried out by [[Michael Ryan (mass murderer)|Michael Ryan]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Josephs |first1=Jeremy |title=Hungerford: One Man's Massacre |url=http://www.jeremyjosephs.com/hunger.htm |access-date=1 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104044543/http://www.jeremyjosephs.com/hunger.htm |archive-date=4 January 2006}}</ref>
** [[ABC News (United States)|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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Waddington |first=Raymond B. |year=1993 |journal= Sixteenth Century Journal |title= Elizabeth I and the Order of the Garter |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=97–113 |doi= 10.2307/2541800 |publisher=The Sixteenth Century Journal |jstor= 2541800|s2cid=165893968 | issn=0361-0160 }}</ref>
*[[August 22]] – The [[Parliament of Zimbabwe]] votes to eliminate the 20 seats reserved for the [[White Zimbabweans|white minority]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 22, 1987 |title=Zimbabwe to Drop White-Only Posts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/22/world/zimbabwe-to-drop-white-only-posts.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[August 23]] – The [[Hirvepark meeting]] is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic]], in commemoration of the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]].
* [[August 24]] – [[Mozert v. Hawkins]] decision: The U.S. [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit|Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals]] rules that the class readings assigned by public schools in [[Hawkins County, Tennessee]] do not violate Christian students' [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] rights.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mozert v. Hawkins County Public Schools, 647 F. Supp. 1194 (E.D. Tenn. 1986) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/647/1194/2359788/ |website=Justia U.S. Law}}</ref>
* [[August 26]] – [[Smith v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County]] decision: The U.S. [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit|Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals]] overturns the earlier ruling of a lower court which found that certain public school textbooks promoted the "religion" of [[secular humanism]]; in this final ruling, the court finds that the plaintiffs have not proven that the state is presenting secular humanism as a religious ideology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smith v. Board of School Com'rs of Mobile County, 655 F. Supp. 939 (S.D. Ala. 1987) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/655/939/1423583/ |website=Justia U.S. Law}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] – [[Michael Jackson]] releases ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'', his first studio album since ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'', the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken.
=== September ===
* [[September 1]] – [[Honda]] announces plans to build a second U.S. assembly plant, the [[East Liberty Auto Plant]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Philip E. |date=September 18, 1987 |title=Honda Expansion: U.S. Exports a Goal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/business/honda-expansion-us-exports-a-goal.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] – In Moscow, [[USSR]], the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot [[Mathias Rust]], who flew his [[Cessna]] airplane into [[Red Square]] in May.
* [[September 3]] – In a [[1987 Burundian coup d'état|coup d'état in Burundi]], President [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]] is deposed by Major [[Pierre Buyoya]].
* [[September 4]] – In a village in [[Rajasthan]], an 18-year-old widow, [[Roop Kanwar]] is burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre, in a banned practice known as [[Sati (practice)|Sati]]. Though the woman's father-in-law is arrested by authorities, thousands of Hindu pilgrims travel to the cremation site in support of the act.<ref name=":0" />
* [[September 7]]–[[September 21|21]] – The world's first conference on [[artificial life]] is held at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] in the United States.
* [[September 7]] – [[Erich Honecker]] makes a visit to [[Bonn]], the first (and last) visit by an East German head of state to [[West Germany]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schmemann |first=Serge |date=September 13, 1987 |title=Honecker Visit To The West Stirs More Curiosity Than Passion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/13/weekinreview/honecker-visit-to-west-stirs-more-curiosity-than-passion.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[September 11]] – [[Chadian–Libyan War]]: Chad and Libya sign a ceasefire under supervision of the [[Organisation of African Unity]], officially ending the 14-year territorial conflict. Sporadic fighting will continue.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenhouse |first=Steven |date=September 12, 1987 |title=Chad and Libya in Pact but Clash Anew |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/12/world/chad-and-libya-in-pact-but-clash-anew.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] – [[Goiânia accident]]: Metal scrappers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in [[Goiânia]], Brazil, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area.
* [[September 23]] – The [[Poland–United States relations|United States and Poland]] agree to exchange ambassadors after a four-year break in relations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sciolino |first=Elaine |date=September 23, 1987 |title=Poland and U.S. to Exchange Envoys |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/23/world/poland-and-us-to-exchange-envoys.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
=== October ===
[[File:Aftermath of the Great Storm of 1987.jpg|thumb|75px|[[October 16]]: aftermath of the [[Great Storm of 1987]]]]
[[File:DJIA Black Monday 1987.svg|thumb|75px|Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index during Black Monday, October 19]]
* [[October 3]] – The [[Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement]] is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to [[North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]].
* [[October 6]] – [[Fiji]] becomes a republic.
* [[October 7]]
** [[Sikh]] nationalists declare the independence of [[Khalistan]] from India.
** The U.S. [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] announces new guidelines for teaching about [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] in public schools, emphasizing the importance of [[Abstinence-only sex education|abstinence]] and "appropriate moral and social conduct."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boffey |first=Philip |date=October 7, 1987 |title=U.S. AIDS Guide for Schools Stresses Abstinence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/07/us/us-aids-guide-for-schools-stresses-abstinence.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – [[Muammar Gaddafi|Gaddafi]] announces that [[Algeria]] and [[Libya]] have "agreed in principle" to a proposed union of the two states, which Gaddafi suggests should be named "Algibya."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sciolino |first=Elaine |date=October 8, 1987 |title=Libya Says Political Treaty with Algeria is Near |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/08/world/libya-says-political-treaty-with-algeria-is-near.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[October 8]]–[[November 8]] – The [[1987 Cricket World Cup]] is held in India and Pakistan with Australia defeating England in the final.
* [[October 15]] – In [[Burkina Faso]], a [[1987 Burkinabé coup d'état|military coup]] is orchestrated by [[Blaise Compaoré]] against incumbent President [[Thomas Sankara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/16/world/burkino-faso-leader-ousted-in-coup-led-by-chief-adviser.html|title=Burkino Faso Leader Ousted In Coup Led by Chief Adviser|date=16 October 1987|work=The New York Times|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
* [[October 15]]–[[October 16|16]] – The [[Great storm of 1987]] strikes southern Great Britain and northwestern France. It is one of the strongest storms to affect the region in the past 200 years.
* [[October 19]]
** [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]]: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
** US warships [[Operation Nimble Archer|destroy two Iranian oil platforms]] in the [[Persian Gulf]].
** Two commuter trains [[1987 Bintaro train crash|collide]] head-on on the outskirts of [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]; 102 are killed.
* [[October 22]] – The pilot of a [[BAE Harrier II|British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5]] registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it [[fuel exhaustion|runs out of fuel]] and crashes into the [[Irish Sea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-182748.html|title=Accidental and fatal ejection over southern England [Archive] – PPRuNe Forums|work=pprune.org}}</ref>
* [[October 23]]
** British champion [[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 [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court]].
=== November ===
[[File:KingsXfire.jpg|thumb|75px|[[November 18]]: [[King's Cross St Pancras tube station]] catches fire]]
* [[November 1]] – The [[InterCity 125]] breaks the world speed record for a diesel-powered train, reaching 238 km/h (147.88 mph).<ref>{{cite news | first=Russell | last=Hollowood | title=The little train that could |date=16 March 2006 |work=BBC News |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4812304.stm |access-date = 7 April 2008 |___location= London}}</ref>
* [[November 7]]
** [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] assumes the [[Presidency of Tunisia]].
** The [[Soviet Union]] celebrates the 70th Anniversary of The [[October Revolution Day|October Revolution]] with a Parade on [[Moscow]]'s [[Red Square]].
** [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) system in [[Singapore]] opens for passenger service.<ref>{{cite news |title=MRT: Set to roll |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19871106-1.2.38.1 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=6 November 1987 |page=20}}</ref>
* [[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]], [[Brașov Rebellion|workers rebel]] against the communist regime led by [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]].
* [[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 video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.
* [[November 25]] – [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|Category 5]] [[Typhoon Nina (1987)|Typhoon Nina]] smashes the [[Philippines]] with {{convert|265|km/h|mph}} winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths.
* [[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|Boeing Aerospace]], [[General Electric]]'s Astro-Space Division, [[McDonnell Douglas]], and the [[Rocketdyne]] Division of [[Rockwell International|Rockwell]].
* [[December 7]] – [[Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771]] crashes near [[Paso Robles, California]], United States, 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]].
** The [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] and Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. It expires in [[2019]].
** [[Alianza Lima air disaster]]: A [[Peruvian Navy]] [[Fokker F27]] crashes near [[Ventanilla District|Ventanilla]], [[Peru]], killing 43.
* [[December 9]] – General [[Rahimuddin Khan]] retires from the [[Pakistan Army]], along with the cabinet of the country's [[military dictatorship]].
* [[December 15]] – [[Production I.G]] is founded by [[Mitsuhisa Ishikawa]] and Takayuki Goto.
* [[December 17]] – [[Gustáv Husák]] resigns as [[General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]].
* [[December 20]] – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry [[MV Doña Paz|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 [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|ANAP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (46th government).
* [[December 22]] – In Zimbabwe, the political parties [[Zimbabwe African National Union|ZANU]] and [[Zimbabwe African People's Union|ZAPU]] reach an agreement that ends the violence in the [[Matabeleland]] region known as the [[Gukurahundi]].
* [[December 23]] – [[Nikki Sixx]], [[Mötley Crüe]]'s bassist overdoses on heroin and is declared clinically dead for two minutes before a paramedic revives him with two syringes full of adrenaline.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newsweek.com/motley-crue-nikki-sixx-overdose-dirt-1368786|title=Mötley Crüe and the Real Story of Nikki Sixx's Overdose: Going Beyond 'The Dirt'|first=Andrew|last=Whalen|magazine=[[Newsweek]]|date=2019-03-22|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
* [[December 30]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] issues the [[encyclical]] ''[[Sollicitudo rei socialis]]'' (''On Social Concern'').
== Births ==
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{{BDToC|births}}
=== January ===
[[File: Chelsea 2 West Brom 0 The Blues go marching on (15672771328).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Loïc Rémy]]]]
[[File:20150616 - Portugal - Italie - Genève - Davide Astori (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Davide Astori]]]]
[[File:Paolo Nutini Flickr 08.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paolo Nutini]]]]
[[File:Jamie Vardy 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jamie Vardy]]]]
[[File:Luis Suárez 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Luis Suárez]]]]
[[File:Evan Peters by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Evan Peters]]]]
* [[January 1]] – [[Meryl Davis]], American figure skater<ref name="DavisandWhite">{{isu name | id=00006260 | name= Meryl Davis / Charlie White}}</ref>
* [[January 2]]
** [[Shelley Hennig]], American actress and model<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Loïc Rémy]], French professional footballer
* [[January 5]]
** [[Kristin Cavallari]], American actress, fashion designer, and author
** [[Jason Mitchell]], American actor<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-5-2019/9081546481545/ |title= UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 |work=[[United Press International]]|date=January 5, 2019|access-date=September 6, 2019|archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190105134420/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-5-2019/9081546481545/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 6]] – [[Zhang Lin (swimmer)|Zhang Lin]], Chinese swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Zhang Lin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/103180 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 7]]
** [[Davide Astori]], Italian footballer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Lyndsy Fonseca]], American actress
** [[Sirusho]], Armenian singer
* [[January 8]] – [[Freddie Stroma]], English actor and model
* [[January 9]]
** [[Lucas Leiva]], Brazilian football player
** [[Paolo Nutini]], Scottish singer<ref>{{Cite news | last = Philby | first = Charlotte | title = My Secret Life: Paolo Nutini, singer-songwriter, 22 | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | date = 18 July 2009| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-paolo-nutini-singersongwriter-22-1748101.html | access-date = 5 March 2011}}</ref>
** [[Pablo Santos (actor)|Pablo Santos]], Mexican actor (d. [[2006]])
* [[January 10]] – [[César Cielo]], Brazilian swimmer
* [[January 11]] – [[Jamie Vardy]], English footballer
* [[January 12]] – [[Naya Rivera]], American actress and singer (d. [[2020]])
* [[January 14]]
** [[Dennis Aogo]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Aogo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dennis-aogo/ |website=worldfootball.net|date=February 17, 2016 }}</ref>
** [[Kosala Jayaweera]], Sri Lankan politician (d. [[2025]])
* [[January 15]]
** [[Greg Inglis]], Australian rugby league player
** [[Tsegaye Kebede]], Ethiopian long-distance runner
** [[Kelly Kelly]], American professional wrestler
** [[Michael Seater]], Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
* [[January 17]] – [[Oleksandr Usyk]], Ukrainian boxer<ref>{{cite web |title=Oleksandr Usyk |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/113055 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[Johan Djourou]], Ivorian born-Swiss footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=28. Johan Djourou |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39954 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – [[Arkadiy Vasilyev]], Russian decathlete
* [[January 20]]
** [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]], Colombian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Farah |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-farah/f525/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
** [[Evan Peters]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evan Peters |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/evan-peters/bio/193548 |access-date=January 7, 2014 |publisher=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]}}</ref>
** [[Marco Simoncelli]], Italian motorcycle road racer (d. [[2011]])
** [[Serguey Torres]], Cuban canoeist
* [[January 21]] – [[Pablo Caballero González]], Uruguayan footballer
* [[January 24]]
** [[Ruth Bradley]], Irish television and film actress
** [[Wayne Hennessey]], Welsh football player
** [[Luis Suárez]], Uruguayan football player
* [[January 26]]
** [[Sebastian Giovinco]], Italian football player
** [[Gojko Kačar]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information about the player Gojko Kačar |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/2257/Gojko_Kacar.html |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – [[Hannah Teter]], American snowboarder<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?type=biog&competitorid=61112§or=SB |title=FIS-Ski Biography |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=January 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019222945/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?type=biog&competitorid=61112§or=SB |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[January 29]] – [[José Abreu]], Cuban baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=José Abreu #79 |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jose-abreu-547989 |website=mlb.com}}</ref>
* [[January 30]]
** [[Becky Lynch]], Irish professional wrestler
** [[Arda Turan]], Turkish footballer
=== February ===
[[File:Heather Morris by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Heather Morris]]]]
[[File:Gerard Piqué 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gerard Piqué]]]]
[[File:2018-05-12- Cannes-L'acteur Michael B. Jordan-2721 (42075892224).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael B. Jordan]]]]
[[File:PALMEIRAS X BOCA JUNIORS - COPA LIBERTADORES 2023 (53286889335).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edinson Cavani]]]]
[[File:2017 FRIENDLY MATCH RUSSIA v ARGENTINA - Sergio Romero.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sergio Romero]]]]
* [[February 1]]
** [[Heather Morris]], American actress and dancer<ref name=birthindex>{{cite web|url= http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/heather_elizabeth_morris_born_1987_18102027 |title=The Birth of Heather Elizabeth Morris |publisher=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org |access-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131113012059/http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/heather_elizabeth_morris_born_1987_18102027 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[Giuseppe Rossi]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=7. Giuseppe Rossi |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40227 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
** [[Ronda Rousey]], American martial arts expert, actress and professional wrestler
* [[February 2]]
** [[Faydee]], Australian singer
** [[Gerard Piqué]], Spanish footballer
* [[February 4]] – [[Lucie Šafářová]], Czech tennis player
* [[February 5]]
** [[Darren Criss]], American singer and actor<ref>{{cite journal|title=Darren Criss profile|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/darren-criss-307244/bio|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317061456/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/darren-criss-307244/bio/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Henry Golding]], Malaysian-English actor, model, and television host
** [[Özge Gürel]], Turkish actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Özge Gürel kimdir? |url=http://www.cnnturk.com/fotogaleri/magazin/ozge-gurel-kimdir?page=3 |website=cnnturk.com | date=December 19, 2014 |publisher=CNN Turk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307210158/http://www.cnnturk.com/fotogaleri/magazin/ozge-gurel-kimdir?page=3 | archive-date=March 7, 2016 }}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – [[Joel Freeland]], British basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joel Freeland |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=Y39 |website=acb.com| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105141150/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=Y39 | archive-date=January 5, 2017 }}</ref>
* [[February 8]] – [[Carolina Kostner]], Italian figure skater
* [[February 9]]
** [[Michael B. Jordan]], American actor and producer<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Michael B. Jordan Partied With Beyoncé And JAY-Z At Star-Studded Birthday Bash|url=https://www.essence.com/celebrity/michael-b-jordan-beyonce-jay-z-birthday/|first=Sydney|last=Scott|date=February 13, 2019|magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]|access-date=February 11, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212003533/https://www.essence.com/celebrity/michael-b-jordan-beyonce-jay-z-birthday/|archive-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
** [[Rose Leslie]], Scottish actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Rose Leslie |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rose-leslie/375661 |website=tvguide.com |publisher=Guide TV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913092919/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rose-leslie/375661 |archive-date=September 13, 2015 }}</ref>
** [[Magdalena Neuner]], German biathlete
* [[February 10]]
** [[Choi Siwon]], South Korean recording artist
** [[Poli Genova]], Bulgarian singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter
** [[Yuja Wang]], Chinese pianist
* [[February 11]]
** [[José Callejón]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Callejón |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j6159.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
** [[Ellen van Dijk]], Dutch road and track cycling world champion
* [[February 13]] – [[Eljero Elia]], Dutch footballer
* [[February 14]]
** [[Edinson Cavani]], Uruguayan footballer
** [[José Miguel Cubero]], Costa Rican footballer
* [[February 16]]
** [[Luc Bourdon]], Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. [[2008]])
** [[Mauricio Henao]], Colombian actor
** [[Jon Ossoff]], American politician, senior senator from Georgia<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=http://votesmart.org/|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Vote Smart}}</ref>
* [[February 17]]
** [[Raffi Ahmad]], Indonesian actor and comedian
** [[Ísis Valverde]], Brazilian actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Ísis Valverde |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/isis_valverde |website=rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] – [[Carla Hernández]], Mexican actress
* [[February 20]] – [[Miles Teller]], American actor
* [[February 21]]
** [[Ashley Greene]], American actress
** [[Elliot Page]], Canadian actor
* [[February 22]]
** [[Han Hyo-joo]], South Korean actress
** [[Sergio Romero]], Argentine footballer
* [[February 24]] – [[Tina Desai]], Indian actress and model
* [[February 25]] – [[Andrew Poje]], Canadian figure skater
* [[February 26]] – [[Johan Sjöstrand]], Swedish handball player
* [[February 27]] – [[Valeriy Andriytsev]], Ukrainian wrestler
=== March ===
[[File:TaylorHawkTributeWemb030922 (43 of 281) (Kesha).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kesha]]]]
[[File:Emeli Sandé September 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Emeli Sandé]]]]
[[File:Chelsea 1 Man City 1 (16413207122).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ramires]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Kesha]], American singer
* [[March 2]] – [[Solomon Okoronkwo]], Nigerian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=S. Okoronkwo |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/solomon-ndubisi-okoronkwo/1878/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[March 3]] – [[Elnur Hüseynov]], Azerbaijani singer
* [[March 5]] – [[Anna Chakvetadze]], Russian professional tennis player
* [[March 6]] – [[Kevin-Prince Boateng]], Ghanaian-German footballer
* [[March 9]] - [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]], American rapper and actor
* [[March 10]]
** [[Liu Shishi]], Chinese actress
** [[Tuukka Rask]], Finnish Ice Hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuukka Rask | #40 |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tuukka-rask-8471695 |website=nhl.com}}</ref>
** [[Emeli Sandé]], Scottish recording artist and songwriter
* [[March 11]]
** [[Estefanía Villarreal]], Mexican actress
** [[Ngonidzashe Makusha]], Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
* [[March 12]]
** [[Maxwell Holt]], American volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Holt Maxwell Philip |url=https://www.legavolley.it/player/HOL-MAX-87 |website=legavolley.it}}</ref>
** [[Teimour Radjabov]], Azerbaijani chess player
* [[March 13]] – [[Mauro Zárate]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=10. Mauro Zarate |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48560 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[March 14]] – [[Aravane Rezaï]], Iranian-French tennis player
* [[March 16]] – [[Alexandr Smyshlyaev]], Russian freestyle skier
* [[March 17]] – [[Federico Fazio]], Argentine footballer
* [[March 18]] – [[Gabriel Mercado]], Argentine footballer
* [[March 19]] – [[AJ Lee]], American professional wrestler
* [[Josie Loren]], American Actress
* [[March 20]] – [[Jô]], Brazilian footballer
* [[March 21]] – [[Yuri Ryazanov]], Russian artistic gymnast (d. [[2009]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Alexander Shatilov]], Israeli artistic gymnast
* [[March 23]] – [[Alan Toovey]], Australian rules footballer
* [[March 24]]
** [[Juan Diego Covarrubias]], Mexican actor
** [[Ramires]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ramires |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/10085/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[March 25]]
** [[Victor Obinna]], Nigerian footballer
** [[Nobunari Oda]], Japanese figure skater
* [[March 26]] – [[Larisa Korobeynikova]], Russian fencer<ref>{{cite web |title=Larisa Korobeynikova |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/127205 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[March 27]]
** [[Polina Gagarina]], Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model
** [[Benjamin Savšek]], Slovenian canoeist<ref>{{cite web |title=Benjamin Savšek |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/benjamin-savsek-1.html |website=sports-reference.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203220658/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/benjamin-savsek-1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016 }}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – [[Dénes Varga]], Hungarian water polo player
* [[March 31]] – [[Humpy Koneru]], Indian chess grandmaster
=== April ===
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[[File:Sarah Gadon Cannes 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sarah Gadon]]]]
[[File:20180602 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Germany Sami Khedira 850 0707.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sami Khedira]]]]
[[File:Brendon Urie MTV 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brendon Urie]]]]
[[File:Sharapova WM19 (5) (48521917742).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maria Sharapova]]]]
[[File:John Obi Mikel 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mikel John Obi]]]]
[[File:Arijit 5th GiMA Awards (cropped, retouched).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Arijit Singh]]]]
[[File:Rohit Gurunath Sharma.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rohit Sharma]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** [[Mackenzie Davis]], Canadian actress
** [[Ding Junhui]], Chinese snooker player
* [[April 4]]
** [[Sarah Gadon]], Canadian actress
** [[Sami Khedira]], German footballer
** [[Océane Zhu]], Chinese actress
* [[April 7]] – [[Martín Cáceres]], Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Cáceres |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j4073.html |publisher=BDFutbol}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – [[Royston Drenthe]], Dutch footballer
* [[April 9]]
** [[Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei]], wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, [[Al-Muhtadee Billah]]
** [[Paddy Barnes]], Irish boxer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/113020|title=Olympedia – Paddy Barnes|website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref>
** [[Blaise Matuidi]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Blaise Matuidi |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur21898.html |publisher=L'ÉQUIPE}}</ref>
** [[Sara Petersen (hurdler)|Sara Petersen]], Danish hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Sara Slott Petersen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123173 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[April 10]]
** [[Hayley Westenra]], New Zealand soprano
** [[Shay Mitchell]], Canadian actress and model
* [[April 11]]
** [[Joss Stone]], English singer and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://doversoul.tripod.com/id64.html |title=Dover's Soul Sensation Joss Stone |access-date=5 February 2008 |date=16 October 2004 |work=Devon Soul |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070731013102/http://doversoul.tripod.com/id64.html |archive-date=31 July 2007 }}</ref>
** [[Lights Poxleitner]], Canadian musician
* [[April 12]]
** [[Luiz Adriano]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Luiz Adriano |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/luiz-adriano-souza-da-silva/9428/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Brooklyn Decker]], American fashion model and actress
** [[Brendon Urie]], American musician
* [[April 15]] – [[Samira Wiley]], American actress and model
* [[April 16]] – [[Aaron Lennon]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Lennon |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14357/Aaron_Lennon.html |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
* [[April 17]]
** [[Medhi Benatia]], French born-Moroccan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Benatia |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mehdi-benatia/13730/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Jacqueline MacInnes Wood]], Canadian actress
* [[April 18]] – [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]], English supermodel
* [[April 19]]
** [[Joe Hart]], English footballer
** [[Maria Sharapova]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/310137/maria-sharapova |title=Maria Sharapova |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref>
** [[Oksana Akinshina]], Russian actress
* [[April 21]] − [[Anastasia Prikhodko]], Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer
* [[April 22]]
** [[David Luiz]], Brazilian footballer
** [[Mikel John Obi]], Nigerian footballer
* [[April 24]]
** [[Varun Dhawan]], Indian actor
** [[Serdar Tasci]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Serdar Tasci |url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/serdar-tasci/ |website=fussballdaten.de}}</ref>
** [[Jan Vertonghen]], Belgian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Vertonghen |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/2190/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[April 25]] − [[Arijit Singh]], Indian playback singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/happy-birthday-arijit-singh-from-tum-hi-ho-to-gerua-his-top-10-songs-2769623/|title = Happy Birthday Arijit Singh: From Tum Hi Ho to Gerua, his Top 10 songs|work=Indian Express|date = April 25, 2016}}</ref>
* [[April 26]] − [[Jarmila Wolfe]], Slovak born-Australian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jarmila Wolfe |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/310169/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[April 27]]
** [[Anne Suzuki]], Japanese actress
** [[Emma Taylor-Isherwood]], Canadian actress
** [[William Moseley (actor)|William Moseley]], English actor
* [[April 28]]
** [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu]], Indian film actress and model
** [[Daequan Cook]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cookda02.html|title=Daequan Cook Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
** [[Zoran Tošić]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=11. Zoran Tosic |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48954 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[April 29]] – [[Sara Errani]], Italian tennis player
* [[April 30]] – [[Rohit Sharma]], Indian cricketer
=== May ===
[[File:2023 - Cesc Fabregas (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Cesc Fàbregas]]]]
[[File:Jorge Lorenzo 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jorge Lorenzo]]]]
[[File:Candice Accola by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Candice King]]]]
[[File:2010 Rogers Cup Men's Champion (2) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andy Murray]]]]
[[File:Novak Djoković Trophy Wimbledon 2019-croped and edited.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Novak Djokovic]]]]
* [[May 1]]
** [[Leonardo Bonucci]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=L. Bonucci |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/leonardo-bonucci/3979/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Matt Di Angelo]], British Actor
** [[Shahar Pe'er]], Israeli tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shahar Peer |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/311168/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[May 2]] – [[Nana Kitade]], Japanese singer
* [[May 3]] – [[Damla Sönmez]], Turkish actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Damla Sonmez: A Spectacular Background and Career of Turkish Actress |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/damla-sonmez-bizde-yarim-kalan-oykulerden-bol-bir-sey-yok-27498025 |website=doyouknowturkey.com|date=November 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203161803/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/damla-sonmez-bizde-yarim-kalan-oykulerden-bol-bir-sey-yok-27498025 |archive-date=February 3, 2017 }}</ref>
* [[May 4]]
** [[Cesc Fàbregas]], Spanish football player
** [[Jorge Lorenzo]], Spanish triple [[MotoGP]] world champion
** [[Zbigniew Bartman]], Polish volleyball player
* [[May 6]]
** [[Dries Mertens]], Belgian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=D. Mertens |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/49531/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Moon Geun-young]], Korean actress
* [[May 11]]
** [[Albulena Haxhiu]], Kosovo Albanian politician
** [[Enikő Mihalik]], Hungarian model
** [[Kamaru Usman]], Nigerian born-American mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Kamaru Usman |url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kamaru-Usman-120691 |website=sherdog.com}}</ref>
* [[May 12]]
** [[Lee Wai-sze]], Hong Kong cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Lee |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/124579 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
** [[Liu Hong (racewalker)|Liu Hong]], Chinese racewalker<ref>{{cite web |title=Hong LIU |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/pr-of-china/hong-liu-14265808 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[May 13]]
** [[Antonio Adán]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Adán |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j6155.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
** [[Hunter Parrish]], American actor and singer
** [[Candice King]], American actress and singer
** [[Marianne Vos]], Dutch multiple cyclist
* [[May 15]]
** [[Thaísa Menezes]], Brazilian volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Thaísa Menezes |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/en/volleyball/challengercup/2021/news/thaisa-a-special-relationship?id=91905 |website=volleyballworld.com}}</ref>
** [[Andy Murray]], Scottish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Murray |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] – [[Ott Lepland]], Estonian singer
* [[May 18]] – [[Luisana Lopilato]], Argentine actress and singer
* [[May 20]]
** [[Julian Wright]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wrighju01.html|title=Julian Wright Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
** [[Syazwan Zulkifly]], Malaysian actor, born in [[South Korea]]
* [[May 22]]
** [[Arturo Vidal]], Chilean footballer
** [[Novak Djokovic]], Serbian tennis player
* [[May 24]] – [[Fabio Fognini]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabio Fognini |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabio-fognini/f510/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] – [[Kamil Stoch]], Polish ski jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Kamil Stoch |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109725 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[Tooji]], Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host
* [[May 27]]
** [[Gervinho]], Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Y. Gervinho |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gervais-yao-kouassi/13760/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Bella Heathcote]], Australian actress
** [[Martina Sáblíková]], Czech speed skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Martina Sáblíková |url=http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID=103037&SportID=103&Personid=210868&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=2.html |website=infostradasports.com}}</ref>
* [[May 29]]
** [[Noah Reid]], Canadian actor and musician
** [[Daniela Ryf]], Swiss triathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniela Ryf |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/116177 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] – [[Shaun Fleming]], American actor and musician
=== June ===
[[File:Cassio-Corinthians-Juventude-jul-2022.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Cássio (footballer, born 1987)|Cássio]]]]
[[File:Pulitzer2018-portraits-kendrick-lamar.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kendrick Lamar]]]]
[[File:140120 Minho Lee b.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lee Min-ho]]]]
[[File:Lionel Messi 20180626.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lionel Messi]]]]
* [[June 1]] – [[Yarisley Silva]], Cuban pole vaulter<ref>{{cite web |title=Yarisley SILVA |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/yarisley-silva-14263377 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[June 2]]
** [[Tobias Arlt]], German Olympic luger
** [[Clayton Bartolo]], Maltese politician<ref>{{cite web | title=Girlfriend surprises Minister Bartolo with birthday bash at tourism ministry… when she's supposed to be working in Gozo | website=The Shift News | date=2022-02-16 | url=https://theshiftnews.com/2022/02/16/girlfriend-surprises-minister-bartolo-with-birthday-bash-at-tourism-ministry-when-shes-supposed-to-be-working-in-gozo/ | access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref>
** [[Sonakshi Sinha]], Indian actress
* [[June 3]] – [[Masami Nagasawa]], Japanese actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=長澤まさみ：プロフィール・作品情報・最新ニュース |url=https://eiga.com/person/53868/ |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=Eiga.com |language=Japanese}}</ref>
* [[June 6]] – [[Cássio (footballer, born 1987)|Cássio]], Brazilian footballer
* [[June 10]] – [[He Chong]], Chinese diver
* [[June 11]]
** [[Robertlandy Simón]], Cuban volleyball player
** [[Didrik Solli-Tangen]], Norwegian singer
* [[June 12]]
** [[Abbey Lee]], Australian model<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/fashion/look/2008/fall/fourotherfaces/ |title=Four Other Faces |last=Herbst |first=Kendall |date=6 May 2008 |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref>
** [[Antonio Barragán]], Spanish footballer
* [[June 16]] – [[Tobias Wendl]], German Olympic luger
* [[June 17]] – [[Kendrick Lamar]], American rapper<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|publisher=Bernan Press|year=2020|isbn=9781641434249|page=326}}</ref>
* [[June 18]]
** [[Ezgi Asaroğlu]], Turkish actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Ezgi Asaroglu |url=https://www.turkishdrama.com/ezgi-asaroglu.html |website=turkishdrama.com|date=March 18, 2014 }}</ref>
** [[Niels Schneider]], French-Canadian actor
** [[Zsuzsanna Tomori]], Hungarian handball player
* [[June 20]]
** [[A-fu]], Taiwanese singer and songwriter
** [[Asmir Begović]], Bosnian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=15. Asmir Begovic |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=45671 |website=soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=45671}}</ref>
** [[Daiana Menezes]], Brazilian actress, model, and television host
* [[June 21]]
** [[Khatia Buniatishvili]], Georgian concert pianist<ref>{{cite web |title=Khatia Buniatishvili |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Khatia+Buniatishvili/+wiki |website=last.fm |publisher=Last FM}}</ref>
** [[Kim Ryeo-wook]], South Korean singer
** [[Sebastian Prödl]], Austrian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastien Prodl |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=46538 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[June 22]]
** [[Joe Dempsie]], English actor
** [[Eda Erdem]], Turkish volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Eda Erdem |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123884 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
** [[Nikita Rukavytsya]], Ukrainian born-Australian soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=13. Nikita Rukavytsya |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=54708 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
** [[Lee Min-ho]], South Korean actor, singer and model
* [[June 23]]
** [[Guillaume Bonnafond]], French road bicycle racer
** [[Nando de Colo]], French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nando de Colo |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Nando-De-Colo/100619 |website=eurobasket.com}}</ref>
** [[Aaron Groom]], Fijian rugby league footballer
* [[June 24]]
** [[Lionel Messi]], Argentine footballer
** [[Pierre Vaultier]], French snowboarder
* [[June 25]] – [[Sandrine Gruda]], French basketball player
* [[June 26]]
** [[Samir Nasri]], French footballer
** [[Wallace de Souza]], Brazilian volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wallace de Souza |url=https://volleybox.net/wallace-de-souza-p236 |website=volleybox.net}}</ref>
=== July ===
[[File:Sebastian Vettel - 2022236172324 2022-08-24 Champions for Charity - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0418 - B70I2428.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sebastian Vettel]]]]
[[File:190920 지창욱 (1).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ji Chang-wook]]]]
[[File:Wagner student.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Veronica Wagner]]]]
[[File:Cristina Vee by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Cristina Vee]]]]
[[File:Barça - Napoli - 20140806 - Pedro Rodriguez (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pedro (footballer, born 1987)|Pedro]]]]
[[File:Genesis Rodriguez (close-up).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Genesis Rodriguez]]]]
* [[July 1]] – [[Ahn Jae-hyun]], South Korean model and actor
* [[July 2]]
** [[Esteban Granero]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Granero |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j4128.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
** [[Ruslana Korshunova]], Kazakhstani model (d. [[2008]])
* [[July 3]] – [[Sebastian Vettel]], German racing driver, 4-time champions in [[Formula One]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sebastian Vettel|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/sebastian-vettel.html|access-date=9 August 2020|website=Formula 1|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723144619/https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/sebastian-vettel.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[July 5]]
** [[David Halaifonua]], Tongan rugby union player
** [[Ji Chang-wook]], South Korean actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.tenasia.com/archives/1770|title=[INTERVIEW] Actor Ji Chang-wook|date=8 February 2010|website=10Asia|access-date=31 January 2024|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712214600/http://en.tenasia.com/archives/1770|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Chen Xiao]], Chinese actor and model
* [[July 6]]
** [[Kate Nash]], British singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeoutdubai.com/nightlife/features/28487-kate-nash-interview |title=Kate Nash interview |last=Garratt |first=Rob |newspaper=Time Out Dubai |publisher=TimeOutDubai.com |date=30 November 2011 |access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref>
** [[Caroline Trentini]], Brazilian model
* [[July 9]]
** [[Rebecca Sugar]], American animator and creator of ''[[Steven Universe]]''
** [[Élodie Fontan]], French actress
* [[July 11]]
** [[Maximilian Müller]], German field hockey player
** [[Cristina Vee]], American voice actress
* [[July 13]]
**[[Eva Rivas]], Armenian-Russian singer
**[[Ajmal Kasab]], Pakistani terrorist (d. [[2012]])
* [[July 14]]
** [[Sara Canning]], Canadian actress
** [[Dan Reynolds (singer)|Dan Reynolds]], American singer and musician<ref name="i830">{{cite web | last=Rose | first=Mike | title=Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds tops list of celebrity birthdays for July 14, 2016 | website=cleveland.com | date=2016-07-14 | url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2016/07/imagine_dragons_frontman_dan_r.html | access-date=2024-09-16}}</ref>
* [[July 16]] – [[AnnaLynne McCord]], American actress
* [[July 18]] – [[Tontowi Ahmad]], Indonesian badminton player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tontowi AHMAD (54267) |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/50850611-F9A4-4B8D-BAAD-756309EC2BFD |website=tournamentsoftware.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926093632/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/50850611-F9A4-4B8D-BAAD-756309EC2BFD |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[July 19]]
** [[Yan Gomes]], Brazilian baseball player
** [[Ho Ho Lun]], Hong Kong wrestler
* [[July 20]] – [[Owen Cheung]], Hong Kong actor
* [[July 22]] – [[Andrey Golubev]], Russian born-Kazakhstani tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrey Golubev |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/G806/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – [[Julian Nagelsmann]], German football coach<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Nagelsmann |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/307331/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[July 24]] – [[Mara Wilson]], American actress and writer
* [[July 25]] – [[Eran Zahavi]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.espn.com/soccer//profile?id=151771&lang=EN&wjb=|title=ESPNFC: Eran Zahavi|website=m.espn.com}}</ref>
* [[July 27]] – [[Marek Hamšík]], Slovak footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Hamšík |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/marek-hamsik/17671/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
* [[July 28]]
** [[Anyer Antonio Blanco]], Cuban dissident<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-10-28 |title=BLANCO RODRIGUEZ, Anyer Antonio | Directorio Democrático Cubano |url=http://www.directorio.org/presos/profile.php?note_id=3078 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301192718/http://www.directorio.org/presos/profile.php?note_id=3078 |archivedate=2014-03-01 |accessdate=2014-02-27 |publisher=Directorio.org}}</ref>
** [[Sumire (model)|Sumire]], Japanese fashion model (d. [[2009]])
** [[Pedro (footballer, born 1987)|Pedro]], Spanish footballer
* [[July 29]] – [[Genesis Rodriguez]], American actress and model
* [[July 31]]
** [[Brittany Byrnes]], Australian actress
** [[Michael Bradley (soccer)|Michael Bradley]], American soccer player
=== August ===
[[File:Sidney Crosby 2019-01-06 1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sidney Crosby]]]]
[[File:Liu Yifei at the 2016 BAZAAR Stars’ Charity Night.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Liu Yifei]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** [[Iago Aspas]], Spanish footballer
** [[Marta Walczykiewicz]], Polish sprint canoeist<ref>{{cite web |title=Marta Walczykiewicz |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122394 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[August 4]] – [[Phil Younghusband]], British-Filipino footballer<ref>{{FIFA|345354}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] – [[Tosaint Ricketts]], Canadian soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tosaint Ricketts | date=January 28, 2020 |url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=2703 |publisher=Canadian Soccer Association}}</ref>
* [[August 7]] – [[Sidney Crosby]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[August 8]] – [[Katie Leung]], Scottish actress
* [[August 11]] – [[Greysia Polii]], Indonesian badminton player<ref>{{cite web |title=Greysia POLII (14729) |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/599974C3-A697-4ED9-BEBB-81B5FB695C96 |website=tournamentsoftware.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019205122/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/599974C3-A697-4ED9-BEBB-81B5FB695C96 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[August 16]]
** [[Eri Kitamura]], Japanese voice actress and singer<ref name="doi1">{{Cite web |last=Doi |first=Hitoshi |url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/ |title=Kitamura Eri |work=Seiyuu Database |access-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406075638/http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kitamura-eri/ |archive-date=April 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Okieriete Onaodowan]], Nigerian actor
** [[Carey Price]], Canadian ice hockey goaltender
* [[August 18]] – [[Joanna Jędrzejczyk]], Polish mixed martial artist and kickboxer<ref>{{cite web |title=Joanna Jedrzejczyk |url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Joanna-Jedrzejczyk-101411 |website=sherdog.com}}</ref>
* [[August 19]] – [[Nico Hülkenberg]], German racing driver
* [[August 20]]
** [[Cătălina Ponor]], Romanian gymnast
** [[Tulus (singer)|Tulus]], Indonesian singer
* [[August 21]] – [[Anton Shipulin]], Russian biathlete
* [[August 24]] – [[Anže Kopitar]], Slovene ice hockey player
* [[August 25]]
** [[Liu Yifei]], Chinese actress
** [[Blake Lively]], American actress
** [[Amy Macdonald]], Scottish singer and songwriter
** [[Rona Nishliu]], Albanian singer, radio presenter, and humanitarian
* [[August 29]] – [[Marko Podraščanin]], Serbian volleyball player
* [[August 30]] – [[Roy Krishna]], Fijian footballer
=== September ===
[[File:EvanRachelWood.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Evan Rachel Wood]]]]
[[File:Wiz Khalifa 2024 (051724) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wiz Khalifa]]]]
[[File:Afrojack 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Afrojack]]]]
* [[September 1]] – [[Leonel Suárez]], Cuban decathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonel SUÁREZ |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/leonel-suarez-14169301 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] – [[Scott Moir]], Canadian figure skater
* [[September 3]]
** [[Flora Duffy]], Bermudian triathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Flora Duffy |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/116209 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
** [[James Neal (ice hockey)|James Neal]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[September 4]] – [[Maryna Linchuk]], Belarusian model
* [[September 6]] – [[Anna Pavlova (gymnast)|Anna Pavlova]], Russian artistic gymnast
* [[September 7]]
** [[Mohammad Ahsan]], Indonesian badminton player<ref>{{cite web |title=tournamentsoftware.com |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/8EDADE5C-6AB4-4BFD-88E3-E27D9757754E |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131043958/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/8EDADE5C-6AB4-4BFD-88E3-E27D9757754E |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[Denis Istomin]], Russian born-Uzbek tennis player
** [[Evan Rachel Wood]], American actress and singer
** [[Aleksandra Wozniak]], Canadian tennis player
* [[September 8]]
** [[Wiz Khalifa]], American rapper
** [[Alexandre Bilodeau]], Canadian freestyle skier
* [[September 9]]
** [[Afrojack]], Dutch DJ and music producer
** [[Ahmed Elmohamady]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahmed Elmohamady |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48570 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
** [[Andrea Petkovic]], Bosnian born-German tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrea Petkovic |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/310770/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
** [[Alex Song]], Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=A. Song |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/alexandre-song-billong/2962/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** [[Milan Stanković]], Serbian pop-folk singer
* [[September 11]]
** [[Elizabeth Henstridge]], English actress
** [[Tyler Hoechlin]], American actor
** [[Susianna Kentikian]], German-Armenian boxer
** [[Ilija Spasojević]], Indonesian footballer
* [[September 12]] – [[Yaroslava Shvedova]], Kazakhstani tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yaroslava Shvedova |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/311137/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[September 15]] – [[Aly Cissokho]], French footballer
* [[September 19]] – [[Danielle Panabaker]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/danielle-panabaker/bio/191286/|title=Danielle Panabaker |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=2016-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825133458/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/danielle-panabaker/bio/191286/|archive-date=2010-08-25}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] – [[Ryan Guzman]], American actor
* [[September 22]]
** [[Tom Felton]], English actor and musician
** [[Zdravko Kuzmanović]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kuzmanović |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j93087.html |website=bdfutbol.com}}</ref>
* [[September 25]] – [[Monica Niculescu]], Romanian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Monica Niculescu |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/310775/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[September 26]] – [[Jang Keun-suk]], South Korean actor, singer and model
* [[September 27]] – [[Luke Campbell (boxer)|Luke Campbell]], British boxer<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Campbell |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122652 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[September 28]] – [[Hilary Duff]], American actress, businesswoman, singer, songwriter, producer, and writer
* [[September 29]] – [[Anaïs Demoustier]], French actress
* [[September 30]]
** [[Ramy Ashour]], Egyptian squash player
** [[Aida Garifullina]], Russian operatic soprano
=== October ===
[[File:Zuleyka Rivera, Red Dress Collection 2007.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zuleyka Rivera]]]]
[[File:Zac Efron at the Baywatch Red Carpet Premiere Sydney Australia.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zac Efron]]]]
[[File:Tove Lo (2) By Daniel Åhs Karlsson.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Tove Lo]]]]
* [[October 1]]
** [[Ketleyn Quadros]], Brazilian judoka<ref>{{cite web |title=Ketleyn Quadros |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112591 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
** [[Michaela Coel]], British screenwriter and actress
** [[Matthew Daddario]], American actor
* [[October 2]] – [[Joe Ingles]], Australian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Joe Ingles |title=acb.com |url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=BHJ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726064444/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=BHJ |archive-date=July 26, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[October 3]] – [[Zuleyka Rivera]], Puerto Rican beauty queen (Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006, Miss Universe 2006)
* [[October 5]] – [[Foluke Gunderson]], American volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Foluke Akinradewo |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126693 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – [[Carla Esparza]], American mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Carla Esparza |url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Carla-Esparza-63410 |website=sherdog.com}}</ref>
* [[October 15]]
** [[Jesse Levine]], American-Canadian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jesse Levine |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jesse-levine/l799/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
** [[Mizuho Sakaguchi]], Japanese woman footballer
* [[October 16]]
** [[Seungho (singer)|Seungho]], South Korean pop singer ([[MBLAQ]])
** [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]], New Zealand tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Venus |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
** [[Zhao Liying]], Chinese actress
* [[October 18]]
** [[Zac Efron]], American actor and singer
** [[Freja Beha Erichsen]], Danish model
* [[October 23]] – [[Carmella (wrestler)|Carmella]], American professional wrestler
* [[October 24]] – [[Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White]], American figure skater<ref name="DavisandWhite"/>
* [[October 25]] – [[Fabian Hambüchen]], German gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabian Hambüchen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/107249 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[October 28]]
**[[Na Yeon Choi]], South Korean female professional golfer
**[[Frank Ocean]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 28, 2022 includes celebrities Julia Roberts, Matt Smith |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-28-2022-includes-celebrities-julia-roberts-matt-smith.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=26 October 2023 |date=28 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[October 29]]
** [[Tove Lo]], Swedish singer and songwriter
** [[Makoto Ogawa]], Japanese singer
=== November ===
[[File:T.O.P - 0.TO.10 in Seoul - 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[T.O.P]]]]
[[File:NewFrontKevin Jonas.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Jonas]]]]
[[File:Karen Gillan Stuttgart Comic-Con Germany 2019- d90 by-RaBoe 123 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Karen Gillan]]]]
[[File:CONTINUACIÓN DE LA SESIÓN NO. 769 DEL PLENO DE LA ASAMBLEA NACIONAL. ECUADOR, 24 DE MARZO DEL 2022 (51958783626) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Daniel Noboa]]]]
* [[November 1]] – [[Ileana D'Cruz]], Indian actress
* [[November 3]]
** [[Colin Kaepernick]], American football player<ref>{{Footballstats |nflnew=colin-kaepernick }}</ref>
** [[Gemma Ward]], Australian model
* [[November 4]] – [[T.O.P]], Korean rapper
* [[November 5]] – [[Kevin Jonas]], American actor and singer-songwriter
* [[November 6]]
** [[Ana Ivanovic]], Serbian tennis player
** [[G.O (singer)|G.O]], South Korean singer ([[MBLAQ]])
* [[November 9]] – [[Nouchka Fontijn]], Dutch boxer<ref>{{cite web |title=Nouchka Fontijn |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131136 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[November 10]] – [[Jessica Tovey]], Australian actress
* [[November 11]] – [[Yuya Tegoshi]], Japanese singer ([[News (band)|NEWS]], [[Tegomass]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Jason Day]], Australian golfer
* [[November 13]] – [[Dana Vollmer]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Dana Vollmer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/103470 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Sergio Llull]], Spanish basketball player
* [[November 22]] – [[Mauro Nespoli]], Italian archer
* [[November 23]]
** [[Nicklas Bäckström]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicklas Backstrom | #19 |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nicklas-backstrom-8473563 |website=nhl.com}}</ref>
** [[Kasia Struss]], Polish model
* [[November 24]]
** [[Maysoon al-Eryani]], Yemeni poet and translator<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10017162.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130210014147/http://www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10017162.html|url-status=usurped|title=Al-Eryani to publish "I'll break the sky by lovers"|archivedate=February 10, 2013|website=yobserver.com}}</ref>
** [[Jeremain Lens]], Dutch footballer
* [[November 26]] – [[Kat DeLuna]], American singer
* [[November 28]] – [[Karen Gillan]], Scottish actress
* [[November 30]] – [[Daniel Noboa]], [[President of Ecuador]] and businessman
=== December ===
[[File:Gonzalo Higuaín 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gonzalo Higuaín]]]]
[[File:Karim Benzema wearing Real Madrid home kit 2021-2022.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Karim Benzema]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Sarah Snook]], Australian actress
* [[December 3]] – [[Alicia Sacramone]], American gymnast<ref>{{USA Gymnastics|307019|Alicia Sacramone}}</ref>
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* [[December 9]]
** [[Hikaru Nakamura]], Japanese born-American chess grandmaster
** [[Keri-anne Payne]], South African born-British swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Keri-Anne Payne |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112295 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[December 10]] – [[Gonzalo Higuaín]], Argentine footballer
* [[December 11]]
** [[Amir Aliakbari]], Iranian wrestler and mix martial artist
** [[Shane Gillis]], American stand-up comedian
* [[December 12]] – [[Lao Lishi]], Chinese diver
* [[December 15]] – [[Mikey Garcia]], American boxer
* [[December 18]]
** [[Miki Ando]], Japanese figure skater
** [[Ayaka]], Japanese singer
** [[Deiveson Figueiredo]], Brazilian martial mixed artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Deiveson Figueiredo |url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Deiveson-Figueiredo-110485 |website=sherdog.com}}</ref>
** [[Yuki Furukawa]], Japanese actor
* [[December 19]]
** [[Shuko Aoyama]], Japanese tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shuko Aoyama |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315086/name |website=wtatennis.com}}</ref>
** [[Karim Benzema]], French footballer
** [[Ronan Farrow]], American activist
* [[December 20]] – [[Emmanuel Ekpo]], Nigerian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Emmanuel Ekpo |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/emmanuel-ekpo/ |website=mlssoccer.com}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] – [[Eder (footballer, born 1987)|Eder]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Éder |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/48712/Eder_2.html |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
* [[December 23]] – [[Taťána Kuchařová]], Czech dancer, model and beauty queen
* [[December 25]] – [[LJ Reyes]], Filipino actress
* [[December 26]] – [[Mikhail Kukushkin]], Russian born-Kazakh tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikhail Kukushkin |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mikhail-kukushkin/k926/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
* [[December 27]] – [[Lily Cole]], British model
* [[December 29]] – [[Iain De Caestecker]], Scottish actor<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Dalton |first=Brett |author-link=Brett Dalton |user=IMBrettDalton |number=417370731953930240 |title=@AgentsofSHIELD happy birthday to @IdeCaestecker the coolest scientist in the world who also happens to be my best friend #wardfitz4ever |date=29 December 2013 |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>
* [[December 30]] – [[Jeanette Ottesen]], Dutch swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeanette Ottesen Gray |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/103775 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* [[December 31]]
** [[Seydou Doumbia]], Ivorian football player
** [[Émilie Le Pennec]], French gymnast
== Deaths ==
{{Main|Deaths in 1987}}
== Nobel Prizes ==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[J. Georg Bednorz]], [[Karl Alexander Müller]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Donald J. Cram]], [[Jean-Marie Lehn]], [[Charles J. Pedersen]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Susumu Tonegawa]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Joseph Brodsky]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Óscar Arias Sánchez]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] – [[Robert Solow]]
== References ==
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{{Events by month links}}
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