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1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.

Events

January

• January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.^[1]
• January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
• January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another.
• January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.^[2]
• January 20 – Bill Clinton is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.
• January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate.^[3]

February

• February 4
  • On their way to Lebanon, two Israeli troop-transport helicopters collide, killing all 73 on board.^[4][5]
  • After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
  • A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes North Khorasan province, Iran, killing 88 people and injuring 1,948.^[6]
• February 10 – Sandline affair: Australian newspapers publish stories that the government of Papua New Guinea has brought mercenaries onto Bougainville Island.
• February 13 – STS-82: Tune-up and repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope is started by astronauts from the Space Shuttle Discovery.^[7]
• February 28 – North Hollywood shootout: Two robbers, wearing kevlar body armor, and armed with AK-47s containing armor-piercing bullets, injure 17 police officers and civilians in a gun battle. The incident sparks debate on the appropriate firepower for United States patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.^[relevant?]

March

• March 4 – U.S. President Bill Clinton bans federal funding for any research on human cloning.
• March 7 – In Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill over 100 Sri Lankan troops.
• March 13
  • India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala, to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
  • The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China creates a new Chongqing Municipality, out of part of Sichuan.
• March 14 – A study of gender reassignment of a boy who lost his penis to a botched circumcision is refuted by a follow-up study. The supposedly successful outcome had been widely cited as proof that gender was determined by nurture, yet the patient, David Reimer, was deeply unhappy and had returned to his original gender by the age of 15, thus indicating the opposite thesis.^[8]
• March 16 – Sandline affair: On Bougainville Island, soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International.
• March 18 – The tail of a Russian An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey, causing the plane to crash, killing all 50 on board, and resulting in the grounding of all An-24s.
• March 21 – In Zaire, Étienne Tshisekedi is appointed prime minister; he ejects supporters of Mobutu Sese Seko from his cabinet.
• March 22 – The Comet Hale–Bopp makes its closest approach to Earth.
• March 24 – The 69th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with The English Patient winning Best Picture. During the event, the DVD format is launched in the United States.
• March 24 – 26 – In San Diego, 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound.
• March 26 – Julius Chan resigns as prime minister of Papua New Guinea, effectively ending the Sandline affair.^[9]

April

• April 3 – The Thalit massacre in Algeria: all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
• April 14
  • Fire breaks out in a pilgrim camp on the Plain of Mena, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Mecca; 343 die.
  • Former S.S. Captain Erich Priebke is retried; on July 22 he is sentenced to fifteen years in prison.^[10]
• April 18 – The Red River of the North breaks through dikes and floods Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, causing US$2 billion in damage.
• April 21 – A Pegasus rocket carries the remains of 24 people into earth orbit, in the first space burial.
• April 22
  • Haouch Khemisti massacre: 93 villagers are killed in Algeria.
  • A 126-day hostage crisis at the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, Peru.
• April 23 – 42 villagers are killed in the Omaria massacre in Algeria.
• April 29
  • The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), CWC treaty enters into force.
  • Two trains crash at Hunan, China; 126 are killed.

May

• May 1 - Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as the Labour Party wins the 1997 United Kingdom general election and returns to government for the first time in 18 years.^[11]
• May 3 – Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 for the United Kingdom with "Love Shine a Light".
• May 9 – The first genetically modified three-parent baby is born.^[12]
• May 10 – The 7.3 M_w  Qayen earthquake strikes eastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). At least 1,567 were killed and 2,300 were injured.
• May 11 – IBM's Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, the first time a computer beats a chess World champion in a match.
• May 12
  • The Russian–Chechen Peace Treaty is signed.
  • An F1-rated tornado strikes downtown Miami, causing $525,000 in damages. Pictures and videos of this tornado made news headlines around the world.
• May 15 – The United States government acknowledges existence of the "Secret War" in Laos (1953–1975) during the Vietnam War, and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
• May 16
  • President Mobutu Sese Seko is exiled from Zaire.
  • U.S. President Bill Clinton issues a formal apology to the surviving victims of the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male and their families.
• May 17 – Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa.
• May 23 – Mohammad Khatami wins the 1997 Iranian presidential election and becomes the first Iranian Reformist president.
• May 25 – A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
• May 27 – The second-deadliest tornado of the 1990s hits in Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people.
• May 31 – The 13-kilometer Confederation Bridge, the world's longest bridge spanning ice-covered waters, opens between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Canada.

June

• June 1
  • Socialist Party-led Centre-left coalition won the second-round in 1997 French legislative elections, began with the third Cohabitation (1997–2002).
  • Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
• June 2 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
• June 10 – Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief, Son Sen, and 11 of Sen's family members, before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.
• June 11 – In the United Kingdom, the House of Commons votes for a total ban on handguns.
• June 13 – A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
• June 16 – About 50 people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
• June 21 – The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) plays its first game at The Great Western Forum in Los Angeles.^[13]
• June 25
  • A massive eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat leads to evacuation and eventual abandonment of the capital, Plymouth.
  • An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• June 26 – Bertie Ahern is appointed as the 10th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland and Mary Harney is appointed as the 16th, and first female, Tánaiste, after their parties, Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats respectively, win the 1997 General Election.
• June 26 – Bloomsbury Publishing publishes J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in London.

July

• July – The 1997 Central European flood occurs across Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
• July 1 – The United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
• July 2 – The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
• July 4 – NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
• July 5
  • In Cambodia, Hun Sen of the Cambodian People's Party overthrows Norodom Ranariddh in a coup.
  • The Egyptian Islamic Group announces a cessation-of-violence initiative.
• July 8 – NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.
• July 10 – In London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neanderthal skeleton, which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
• July 11 – Thailand's worst hotel fire at Pattaya kills 90.
• July 13 – The remains of Che Guevara are returned to Cuba for burial, alongside some of his comrades. Guevara and his comrades were executed on October 9 1967 in Bolivia.
• July 15 – Spree killer Andrew Cunanan shoots fashion designer Gianni Versace dead outside Versace's Miami Beach residence.
• July 17 – The F. W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.
• July 25 – K. R. Narayanan is sworn in as India's 10th president and the first member of the Dalit caste to hold this office.
• July 27 – About 50 are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
• July 30 – 18 people are killed in the Thredbo landslide in the Snowy Mountains resort in Australia.

August

• August 1 – Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete a merger.
• August 3 – Between 40 and 76 villagers are killed in the Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria.
• August 3 – 11 – Two of the three islands of the Union of the Comoros – Anjouan and Mohéli – attempt to revert to colonial rule by France. The plan fails when the French government of President Jacques Chirac refuses to recolonize them, resulting in the two islands being reintegrated into the Comoros over the next two years.
• August 6 – Korean Air Flight 801 crash lands west of Guam International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 228 people.
• August 20 – More than 60 are killed, 15 kidnapped in the Souhane massacre in Algeria.
• August 26
  • 60–100 are killed in the Beni Ali massacre in Algeria.
  • The Independent International Commission on Decommissioning is set up in Northern Ireland, as part of a peace process.
• August 29 – Over 98 (and possibly up to 400) are killed in the Rais massacre in Algeria.
• August 31 – Death of Diana, Princess of Wales: Diana, Princess of Wales is taken to a hospital after a car accident shortly after midnight, in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. She is pronounced dead at 4:00 am.^[14]

September

The funeral cortege of Diana, Princess of Wales, en route to Westminster Abbey from Kensington Palace.

• September 1
  • Dublin Regulation on treatment of applications for right of asylum under European Union law first comes into force.
• September 5
  • Over 87 are killed in the Beni Messous massacre in Algeria.
  • The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece, to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[15]
• September 6 – The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, takes place at Westminster Abbey, watched by over two billion people worldwide.
• September 11 – Scotland votes in favour of a devolved Parliament, forming the Scottish Parliament less than two years later
• September 15 – The Norwegian parliamentary election was held in Norway.
• September 17 – Iraq disarmament crisis: While waiting for access to a site, UNSCOM inspectors witness and videotape Iraqi guards moving files, burning documents, and dumping waste cans into a nearby river.
• September 18
  • Wales votes in favour of devolution and the formation of a National Assembly for Wales.
  • Al-Qaeda carries out a terrorist attack in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• September 19 – 53 are killed in the Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria.
• September 21
  • The Islamic Salvation Army, the Islamic Salvation Fronts' armed wing, declares a unilateral ceasefire in Algeria.
  • St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down.^[16]
• September 25 – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM inspector Dr. Diane Seaman catches several Iraqi men sneaking out the back door of an inspection site, with log books for the creation of prohibited bacteria and chemicals.
• September 26
  • Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes while on approach to Medan, North Sumatra, during the 1997 Southeast Asian haze, killing all 234 people on board. This becomes the deadliest aviation accident in Indonesian history.
  • An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

October

• October 2 – British scientists Moira Bruce and John Collinge, with their colleagues, independently show that the new variant form of the Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease is the same disease as Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
• October 3 – President of Paraguay, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, orders the arrest of political opponent Lino Oviedo.
• October 4 – Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery: The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history ($17.3 million, mostly in small bills) occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Wells Fargo. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the stolen cash.
• October 12 – Sidi Daoud massacre: 43 are killed at a false roadblock in Algeria.
• October 14: A 7.1 earthquake shakes Chile leaving 8 dead.
• October 15
  • Andy Green sets the first supersonic land speed record for the ThrustSSC team, led by Richard Noble of the UK. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock Desert, Nevada at an average speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph).
  • NASA launches the Cassini–Huygens probe to Saturn.
• October 16 – The first color photograph appears on the front page of The New York Times.
• October 17 – The remains of Che Guevara are laid to rest with full military honours in a specially built mausoleum in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba, where he had won the decisive battle of the Cuban Revolution 39 years before.
• October 22 – Danish escaped criminal Steen Christensen robs the Hotel Palace in Helsinki, Finland, killing two police officers while evading capture.^[17][18]
• October 29 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq says it will begin shooting down Lockheed U-2 surveillance planes being used by UNSCOM inspectors.

November

Mary McAleese

• November 11 – Telecom companies WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a US$37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom, the largest merger in U.S. history.
• November 12 – Mary McAleese is elected the eighth President of Ireland in succession to Mary Robinson, the first time in the world that one woman has succeeded another as elected head of state.
• November 13 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
• November 17 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut.
• November 19 – In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy.
• November 27 – NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission is launched, the start of the satellite component of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System.

December

• December 1 – In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
• December 3 – In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel land mines. However, the United States, the People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and 32 other nations do not sign and/or ratify the treaty.
• December 10 – The capital of Kazakhstan is moved from Almaty to Astana.
• December 11 – The Kyoto Protocol is adopted by a United Nations committee.
• December 16 – In Japan, over 700 children suffer epileptic attacks due to an episode of the anime Pokémon.
• December 18 – In Australia, 20th Century Fox releases a feature-length film about a children's group named The Wiggles called The Wiggles Movie.
• December 19
  • Janet Jagan (widow of Cheddi Jagan) takes office in Guyana.
  • James Cameron's Titanic, the then highest-grossing film of all time, premieres in the U.S.
  • SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
• December 21 – Brazil beats Australia 6–0 in the Confederations Cup final.
• December 24 – 50–100 villagers are killed in the Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria.
• December 27 – Ulster loyalist paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, inside Long Kesh prison.
• December 29 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the chickens within its territory (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
• December 30 – Wilaya of Relizane massacres of December 30, 1997: In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, 400 are killed from four villages in the wilaya of Relizane.

Date unknown

• The Toyota Prius, the first hybrid vehicle to go into full production, is unveiled in Japan on October 24, and goes on sale in Japan on December 9. It comes to U.S. showrooms on July 11, 2000.^[19]

Births

January

Cody Simpson

Connor McDavid

Elvira Herman

Jeremy Shada

• January 1
  • Chidozie Awaziem, Nigerian footballer^[20]
  • Chloé Dygert, American professional cyclist^[21]
• January 2 – Gabriel Carlsson, Swedish ice hockey player^[22]
• January 4 – Pauline Schäfer, German gymnast^[23]
• January 5 – Mikhail Vorobyev, Russian ice hockey player^[24]
• January 7 – Lamar Jackson, American football player^[25]
• January 9 – Elvira Herman, Belarusian athlete^[26]
• January 11 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter^[27]
• January 12 – Felix Sandström, Swedish ice hockey player^[28]
• January 13
  • Egan Bernal, Colombian road bicycle racer^[29]
  • Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player^[30]
• January 14 – Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
• January 15 – Valentina Zenere, Argentine actress, model, and singer
• January 17 – Jake Paul, American boxer, actor and social media personality^[31]
• January 18 – Denis Malgin, Swiss ice hockey player^[32]
• January 20 – Blueface, American rapper
• January 21
  • Jeremy Shada, American actor, voice actor, singer and musician
  • Yang Yang, Chinese paralympic swimmer
• January 22 – Kole Sherwood, American ice hockey player^[33]
• January 23
  • Sophie Hahn, English paralympic sprinter^[34]
  • Lexie Priessman, American artistic gymnast
  • Ramadan Sobhi, Egyptian footballer
  • Gudaf Tsegay, Ethiopian middle-distance runner
• January 25 – Noah Hanifin, American ice hockey player^[35]
• January 26 – Gedion Zelalem, American soccer player^[36]
• January 28 – Jeffrey Viel, Canadian ice hockey player^[37]
• January 29
  • Joel Eriksson Ek, Swedish ice hockey player
  • Jack Roslovic, American ice hockey player^[38]
• January 30 – Shim Suk-hee, South Korean speed skater^[39]

February

Chloë Grace Moretz

Isabelle Fuhrman

• February 2 – Jaheel Hyde, Jamaican sprinter^[40]
• February 8 – Kathryn Newton, American actress
• February 10
  • Josh Jackson, American basketball player^[41]
  • Lilly King, American swimmer^[42]
  • Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress^[43]
  • Rozaliya Nasretdinova, Russian swimmer
• February 11 – Rosé, New Zealand singer
• February 14 – Breel Embolo, Swiss footballer
• February 22 – Anton Chupkov, Russian swimmer
• February 23
  • Érick Aguirre, Mexican footballer
  • Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player^[44]
• February 24 – César Montes, Mexican footballer
• February 25
  • Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
  • Santiago Ascacíbar, Argentinian footballer
  • Katsiaryna Halkina, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
• February 26 – Zheng Siwei, Chinese badminton player

March

Becky G

Camila Cabello

Simone Biles

Katie Ledecky

• March 2 – Becky G, American singer^[45]
• March 3
  • Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer
  • Jaime Carreño, Chilean footballer
  • David Neres, Brazilian footballer
• March 4 – Matisse Thybulle, American basketball player
• March 6 – Alisha Boe, Norwegian actress
• March 8
  • Irene Ekelund, Swedish sprinter
  • Jurina Matsui, Japanese singer
• March 10 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
• March 13 – Rúben Neves, Portuguese footballer
• March 14
  • Simone Biles, American gymnast
  • Dawid Kownacki, Polish footballer
• March 17
  • Konrad Bukowiecki, Polish athlete
  • Katie Ledecky, American swimmer^[46]
• March 18
  • Ciara Bravo, American actress, voice artist, singer, and comedian
  • Mario Burke, Barbadian sprinter
• March 19 – Rūta Meilutytė, Lithuanian swimmer
• March 20 – Bobby Cheng, Australian chess champion
• March 21 – Martina Stoessel, Argentine actress, singer, dancer, and model
• March 22 – Harry Wilson, Welsh footballer
• March 23 – Thiago Maia, Brazilian footballer
• March 27
  • A-Reece, South African hip hop artist
  • Lisa, Thai rapper, singer, dancer, and model
• March 30
  • Gideon Adlon, American actress
  • Cha Eun-woo, South Korean singer^[47]

April

Asa Butterfield

Maisie Williams

Alexander Zverev

• April 1 – Asa Butterfield, English actor
• April 3 – Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
• April 6 – Pavel Zacha, Czech ice hockey player
• April 8 – Roquan Smith, American football player
• April 9 – Michael Špaček, Czech ice hockey player
• April 10 – Alla Sosnitskaya, Russian artistic gymnast
• April 11
  • Max Clegg, English speedway racer
  • Mélovin, Ukrainian singer-songwriter
• April 12 – Katelyn Ohashi, American artistic gymnast
• April 14 – D. J. Moore, American football player
• April 15
  • Jesse Little, American stock car racing driver
  • Maisie Williams, English actress
• April 16 – Daniel Rioli, Australian rules footballer
• April 18
  • Donny van de Beek, Dutch footballer
  • Matthias Blübaum, German chess grandmaster
• April 19 – Malcolm Perry, American football player^[48]
• April 20 – Alexander Zverev, German tennis player
• April 21 – Mikel Oyarzabal, Spanish footballer
• April 23
  • Zach Apple, American swimmer^[49]
  • Kim Hae-jin, South Korean figure skater
  • Peng Cheng, Chinese figure skater^[50]
• April 24
  • Kirill Aleshin, Russian ice dancer
  • Arturo Deliser, Panamanian sprinter
  • Lydia Ko, South Korean-born New Zealand golfer
  • Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
• April 26 – Moritz Wagner, German basketball player
• April 27 – Livio Loi, Belgian motorcycle racer
• April 28 – Denzel Ward, American football player
• April 29 – Ekaterina Baturina, Russian artistic gymnast
• April 30 – T. J. Leaf, American basketball player^[51]

May

Youri Tielemans

Ousmane Dembélé

Jake Short

• May 2
  • BamBam, Thai singer
  • Blake Rutherford, American baseball first baseman and outfielder
• May 3
  • Desiigner, American hip hop artist
  • Ivana Jorović, Serbian tennis player
• May 4
  • Nicolas Prattes, Brazilian actor
  • Jon Teske, American basketball player
  • Ben Dolic, Slovenian singer
• May 5 – Mitch Marner, Canadian ice hockey player^[52]
• May 6 – Duncan Scott, Scottish swimmer^[53]
• May 7
  • Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
  • Youri Tielemans, Belgian footballer
  • Rico Nasty, American rapper and singer
• May 10
  • Richarlison, Brazilian footballer
  • Enes Ünal, Turkish footballer
• May 11 – Lana Condor, American actress and dancer
• May 12
  • Frenkie de Jong, Dutch footballer
  • Morgan Lake, English athlete
  • Odeya Rush, Israeli-born American actress
• May 14 – Manushi Chhillar, Indian model, actress and Miss World 2017
• May 15 – Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer
• May 19
  • Oliver Kylington, Swedish ice hockey player
  • Víctor Robles, Dominican baseball outfielder
• May 21 – Kevin Quinn, American actor
• May 22 – Lauri Markkanen, Finnish basketball player
• May 23 – Joe Gomez, English footballer
• May 26 – Julian Yee, Malaysian figure skater
• May 27 – Daron Payne, American football player
• May 30 – Jake Short, American actor
• May 31 – Cupcakke, American rapper

June

John Hunter Nemechek

Madison Kocian

KJ Apa

Shannon Purser

• June 1 – Youssef En-Nesyri, Moroccan footballer
• June 5
  • Sam Darnold, American football quarterback
  • Henry Onyekuru, Nigerian footballer
• June 7 – David Montgomery, American football player^[54]
• June 8 – Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player
• June 9 – Shen Duo, Chinese swimmer
• June 10 – Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Ukrainian basketball player
• June 11
  • Kodak Black, American hip-hop artist
  • Julia Lavrentieva, Ukrainian pair skater
  • John Hunter Nemechek, American stock car racing driver
  • Jorja Smith, English singer
• June 13
  • Katie Lou Samuelson, American basketball player
  • Yuta Watanabe, Japanese badminton player
• June 15 – Madison Kocian, American artistic gymnast
• June 17 – KJ Apa, New Zealand actor
• June 21
  • Rebecca Black, American singer
  • Derrius Guice, American football player
• June 22
  • Lorenzo Dalla Porta, Italian motorcycle racer
  • Dinah Jane, American singer
• June 23
  • Chen Qingchen, Chinese badminton player
  • Antoine Olivier Pilon, French-Canadian actor
• June 25
  • Rodrigo Bentancur, Uruguayan footballer
  • Bassem Srarfi, Tunisian footballer
• June 27
  • H.E.R., American singer
  • Shannon Purser, American actress
• June 28 – Shakur Stevenson, American boxer
• June 29 – Jia Yifan, Chinese badminton player
• June 30
  • Avika Gor, Indian actress
  • Iryna Shymanovich, Russian tennis player

July

Malala Yousafzai

Noah Lyles

Cailee Spaeny

Finneas O'Connell

• July 1 – Grigoriy Oparin, Russian chess grandmaster
• July 2 – Marquese Chriss, American basketball player
• July 3 – Georgios Papagiannis, Greek basketball player
• July 4
  • Daniela Nieves, Venezuelan-American actress
  • Jason Spevack, Canadian actor and filmmaker
• July 8 – Bryce Love, American football player and sprinter
• July 10
  • Ebba Andersson, Swedish cross-country skier^[55]
  • Marilena Kirchner, German volksmusik and schlager singer^[56]
• July 12 – Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize laureate^[57]
• July 13 – Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist
• July 14 – Cengiz Ünder, Turkish footballer
• July 17 – Amadou Diawara, Guinese footballer
• July 18
  • Bam Adebayo, American basketball player
  • Chiara Kreuzer, Austrian ski jumper
  • Kwon Jin-ah, South Korean singer
  • Noah Lyles, American sprinter
  • Fionn Whitehead, English actor
• July 19
  • Kang Young-seo, South Korean alpine skier
  • Zach Werenski, American ice hockey player
• July 22 – Field Cate, American actor
• July 24
  • Emre Mor, Turkish footballer
  • Cailee Spaeny, American actress and singer
  • Andreas Varady, Slovak jazz guitarist
• July 25 – Kayli Barker, American racing driver
• July 26 – Ewa Swoboda, Polish track and field sprinter
• July 27 – Craig Wighton, Scottish footballer
• July 28 – Bilal Ould-Chikh, Dutch-Moroccan footballer
• July 30
  • Teófimo López, American boxer^[58]
  • Finneas O'Connell, American musician and actor

August

Olivia Holt

Adam Irigoyen

Wang Yibo

Kylie Jenner

Greyson Chance

• August 1
  • Kévin Aymoz, French figure skater^[59]
  • Yomif Kejelcha, Ethiopian long-distance runner
• August 2
  • Ke Jie, Chinese professional go player
  • Triston McKenzie, American baseball pitcher
  • Christina Robinson, American actress
• August 3
  • Daniel Crowley, English footballer
  • Ronald Jones II, American football player
• August 4 – Cinzia Zehnder, Swiss footballer
• August 5
  • Braxton Garrett, American baseball pitcher
  • Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
  • Adam Irigoyen, American actor
  • Laura Waem, Belgian artistic gymnast
• August 6 – Sander Svendsen, Norwegian footballer
• August 7 – Kyler Murray, American football player
• August 9 – Leon Bailey, Jamaican footballer
• August 10 – Kylie Jenner, American reality television personality
• August 16
  • Greyson Chance, American singer, songwriter and pianist^[60]
  • Piper Curda, American actress
• August 18
  • Josephine Langford, Australian actress^[61]
  • Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer
• August 19 – Maria Titova, Russian rhythmic gymnast
• August 22 – Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
• August 23 – Lil Yachty, American rapper, singer and songwriter
• August 24 – Alan Walker, British-Norwegian music producer
• August 25
  • Bryana Salaz, American singer and actress
  • Markus Thormeyer, Canadian swimmer
  • Mike Weber, American football player
• August 28
  • Bazzi, American singer-songwriter
  • Emilia McCarthy, Canadian actress
• August 29 – Ainsley Maitland-Niles, English footballer
• August 30 – Dana Gaier, American actress

September

Jeon Jung-Kook

Jonatan Christie

Auston Matthews

Max Verstappen

• September 1
  • Jungkook, South Korean singer, member of BTS
  • Maria Stavitskaia, Russian figure skater
• September 2 – Brandon Ingram, American basketball player
• September 3
  • Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2020)
  • Salome Pazhava, Georgian rhythmic gymnast
• September 6
  • Mallory Comerford, American swimmer
  • Tsukushi, Japanese wrestler
• September 7 – Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor
• September 12
  • Almida de Val, Swedish curler^[62]
  • Sydney Sweeney, American actress
• September 13 – Leah Keiser, American figure skater
• September 14 – Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer-songwriter
• September 15
  • Jonatan Christie, Indonesian badminton player
  • Forrest Whitley, American baseball pitcher
• September 16
  • Zsanett Kaján, Hungarian footballer
  • Elena Kampouris, American actress
  • Jackie Young, American basketball player
• September 17
  • Luke Greenbank, British swimmer
  • Guan Xiaotong, Chinese actress
  • Auston Matthews, American ice hockey player
• September 18 – Alisson Perticheto, Filipina figure skater
• September 20 – Aurélie Fanchette, Seychellois swimmer
• September 23 – John Collins, American basketball player
• September 24 – Malaya Watson, American singer and tuba player
• September 30
  • Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian rhythmic gymnast
  • Max Verstappen, Dutch racing driver

October

Naomi Osaka

Marcus Rashford

• October 1 – Jade Bird, English singer-songwriter
• October 2 – Tammy Abraham, English footballer
• October 3
  • Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater
  • Jonathan Isaac, American professional basketball player
  • Jo-Ane van Dyk, South African javelin thrower
• October 4 – Seamus O'Connor, Irish snowboarder
• October 6
  • Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
  • Tsao Chih-i, Taiwanese figure skater
• October 7 – Kira Kosarin, American actress and singer
• October 8
  • Steven Bergwijn, Dutch footballer
  • Bella Thorne, American actress and singer
  • Ben White, English footballer
• October 9 – Angelica Moser, Swiss athlete
• October 10 – Grace Rolek, American actress
• October 16
  • Charles Leclerc, Monégasque racing driver
  • Naomi Osaka, Japanese tennis player
• October 24
  • Claudia Fragapane, British artistic gymnast
  • Park So-youn, South Korean figure skater
• October 25 – Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer
• October 27
  • Lonzo Ball, American basketball player
  • Li Meiyi, Chinese pair skater
• October 28 – Sierra McCormick, American actress^{[citation needed]}
• October 29 – Ale Müller, Mexican actress and singer
• October 31
  • Sydney Park, American actress and comedian
  • Marcus Rashford, English footballer

November

Max Burkholder

Alex Wolff

Stratos Iordanoglou

• November 1
  • Max Burkholder, American actor
  • Alex Wolff, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• November 3 – Lázaro Martínez, Cuban triple jumper
• November 4
  • Bea Binene, Filipino actress
  • Stratos Iordanoglou, Greek basketball player
• November 6 – Hero Fiennes Tiffin, English actor and model
• November 10 – Daniel James, English-born Welsh footballer
• November 14 – Christopher Nkunku, French footballer
• November 17 – Jacob Eason, American football player
• November 19 – Rachel Parsons, American ice dancer^[63]
• November 23 – Akari Takeuchi, Japanese singer
• November 26 – Aubrey Joseph, American actor and rapper
• November 29
  • Agata Kryger, Polish figure skater
  • Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player
• November 30 – Liu Huixia, Chinese diver

December

Taylor Hickson

Zara Larsson

Vachirawit Chiva-aree

• December 3 – Rashan Gary, American football linebacker
• December 5
  • Khaleel Ahmed, Indian cricketer
  • Clara Rugaard, Danish actress and singer
  • Sophie Simnett, English actress
• December 8 – Ilaria Käslin, Swiss artistic gymnast
• December 11 – Taylor Hickson, Canadian actress and singer
• December 14 – DK Metcalf, American football wide receiver^[64]
• December 15 – Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
• December 16
  • Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
  • Bassam Al-Rawi, Iraqi-born Qatari footballer
• December 17 – Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
• December 18 – Ronald Acuña Jr., Venezuelan baseball outfielder
• December 20
  • De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player^[65]
  • Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
• December 21 – Charlie McAvoy, American ice hockey player^[66]
• December 22 – Taylor Rapp, American football player
• December 23
  • Luka Jović, Serbian footballer
  • Park Yoo-na, South Korean actress^[67]
• December 24 – Oreoluwa Cherebin, Grenadian swimmer
• December 27
  • Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player
  • Zhao Ziquan, Chinese figure skater
  • Vachirawit Chivaaree, Thai actor and singer^[68]
• December 30 – Anastasiya Malyavina, Ukrainian swimmer

Deaths

January

Melvin Calvin

Alexander R. Todd

Charles Brenton Huggins

• January 1 – Townes Van Zandt, American folk singer (b. 1944)
• January 5
  • Bertil, Swedish prince, Duke of Halland (b. 1912)
  • Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (b. 1912)
• January 6
  • Teiichi Matsumaru, Japanese footballer (b. 1909)
  • Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
• January 8 – Melvin Calvin, American chemist (b. 1911)
• January 9
  • Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician (b. 1909)
  • Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
• January 10
  • Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
  • Alexander R. Todd, Scottish chemist (b. 1907)^[69]
• January 12 – Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher (b. 1901)
• January 14 – King Hu, Chinese film director and actor (b. 1932)
• January 17
  • Amha Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1916)
  • Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906)
• January 18
  • Adriana Caselotti, American actress, voice actress and singer (b. 1916)
  • Paul Tsongas, American politician (b. 1941)
• January 19 – James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
• January 21
  • Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-born celebrity manager (b. 1909)
  • Polly Ann Young, American actress (b. 1908)
• January 25 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
• January 28 – Mikel Koliqi, Albanian cardinal (b. 1900)

February

Deng Xiaoping

• February 1 – Marjorie Reynolds, American actress (b. 1917)
• February 5 – Pamela Harriman, American diplomat (b. 1920)
• February 9
  • Brian Connolly, Scottish musician (b. 1945)
  • Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943)
• February 10 – Milton Cato, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (b. 1915)
• February 19 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese revolutionary, communist leader, and statesman (b. 1904)
• February 23 – Tony Williams, American musician (b. 1945)
• February 26 – David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)

March

Michael Manley

Fred Zinnemann

• March 4 – Robert H. Dicke, American experimental physicist (b. 1916)
• March 6
  • Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
  • Michael Manley, 2-Time Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
• March 7
  • Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist (b. 1912)^[70]
  • Martin Kippenberger, German artist (b. 1953)
• March 9
  • The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (b. 1972)^[71]
  • Terry Nation, Welsh screenwriter (b. 1930)
  • Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist and author (b. 1952)
• March 10 – LaVern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
• March 11 – Lars Ahlin, Swedish author and aesthetician (b. 1915)
• March 14
  • Jurek Becker, Polish-born German writer (b. 1937)
  • Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (b. 1907)
• March 15 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French artist (b. 1906)
• March 17 – Jermaine Stewart, American singer (b. 1957)
• March 19 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch artist (b. 1904)
• March 20 – Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
• March 21 – Wilbert Awdry, British children's writer (b. 1911)
• March 26 – Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (b. 1931)
• March 31
  • Friedrich Hund, German physicist (b. 1896)
  • Lyman Spitzer, American theoretical physicist and astronomer (b. 1914)

April

Allen Ginsberg

• April 4 – Alparslan Türkeş, Turkish politician (b. 1917)
• April 5
  • Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
  • Ignazio Buttitta, Sicilian dialectal poet (b. 1899)
• April 8 – Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (b. 1947)
• April 7 – Georgy Shonin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1935)
• April 12 – George Wald, American scientist (b. 1906)
• April 13 – Shuhei Nishida, Japanese athlete (b. 1910)
• April 16 – Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
• April 17 – Chaim Herzog, Israel politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918)
• April 20 – Jean Louis, American costume designer (b. 1907)
• April 21
  • Andrés Rodríguez, 47th President of Paraguay (b. 1923)
  • Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Philippines (b. 1910)
• April 23 - Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)^[72]
• April 24 – Eugene Stoner, American firearms designer and engineer (b. 1922)
• April 26 – John Beal, American actor (b. 1909)

May

Virgilio Barco Vargas

• May 1 – Bo Widerberg, Swedish film director (b. 1930)
• May 2
  • John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist (b. 1903)
  • Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher (b. 1921)
• May 3, Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist (b. 1927)
• May 4 – Wijeyananda Dahanayake, 5th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1901)
• May 5 – Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924)
• May 13 – Laurie Lee, English author (b. 1914)
• May 16 – Giuseppe De Santis, Italian film director (b. 1917)
• May 20 – Virgilio Barco Vargas, 27th President of Colombia (b. 1921)
• May 22 – Alfred Hershey, American biochemist (b. 1908)
• May 24 – Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)
• May 26 – Manfred von Ardenne, German physicist and inventor (b. 1907)
• May 29 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966)

June

Brian Keith

Jacques Cousteau

• June 1
  • Robert Serber, American physicist (b. 1909)
  • Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet-Russian statesman (b. 1905)
• June 2 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis champion (b. 1908)
• June 4 – Ronnie Lane, English musician (b. 1946)
• June 6 – Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1915)
• June 12 – Bulat Okudzhava, Soviet singer (b. 1924)
• June 14 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
• June 15
  • Edmond Leburton, 42nd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1915)
  • Son Sen, Cambodian politician and criminal (b. 1930)
• June 18
  • Lev Kopelev, Soviet writer and dissident (b. 1912)
  • Héctor Yazalde, Argentine footballer (b. 1946)
• June 21 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (b. 1931)
• June 22 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1956)
• June 23 – Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (b. 1934)
• June 24
  • Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913)
  • Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
• June 25 – Jacques Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910)
• June 26 – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
• June 29 – William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)

July

Robert Mitchum

James Stewart

• July 1 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)
• July 2 – James Stewart, American actor and soldier (b. 1908)
• July 8 – Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, 6th President of Bangladesh (b. 1916)
• July 9 – Aurelio González, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1905)
• July 13 – Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and dance instructor (b. 1903)
• July 15 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946)
• July 17 – Robert C. Weaver, American economist and academic (b. 1907)^[73]
• July 18 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer (b. 1928)
• July 20 – John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler (b. 1949)
• July 23
  • Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (b. 1969)
  • Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904)
• July 24
  • William J. Brennan Jr., American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906)
  • Frank Parker, American tennis champion (b. 1916)
• July 25 – Ben Hogan, American golf champion (b. 1912)
• July 26 – Jaime Milans del Bosch, Spanish general and insurgent (b. 1915)
• July 28
  • Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920)
  • Seni Pramoj, Thai politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
• July 30 – Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1913)

August

William S. Burroughs

Diana, Princess of Wales

• August 1
  • Ngiratkel Etpison, 5th President of Palau (b. 1925)
  • Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
• August 2
  • William S. Burroughs, American author (b. 1914)
  • Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and political activist (b. 1938)
• August 4 – Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian, oldest person ever lived (b. 1875)
• August 6 – Jürgen Kuczynski, German economist and communist (b. 1904)
• August 10 – Conlon Nancarrow, American-born composer (b. 1912)
• August 12 – Luther Allison, American musician (b. 1939)
• August 20 – Norris Bradbury, American physicist (b. 1909)
• August 21
  • Misael Pastrana Borrero, 23rd President of Colombia (b. 1923)
  • Yuri Nikulin, Soviet and Russian actor and clown (b. 1921)
• August 22 – Matti Sippala, Finnish athlete (b. 1908)
• August 23
  • Eric Gairy, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1922)
  • John Kendrew, British molecular biologist (b. 1917)
• August 24 – Louis Essen, English physicist (b. 1908)
• August 27 – Sally Blane, American actress (b. 1910)
• August 30 – Ernst Wilimowski, German–Polish footballer (b. 1916)
• August 31
  • Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
  • Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (b. 1955)^[74]

September

Mother Teresa

Red Skelton

• September 1 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
• September 2 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
• September 4
  • Hans Eysenck, German-born British psychologist (b. 1916)
  • Aldo Rossi, Italian architect and designer (b. 1931)
• September 5
  • Sir Georg Solti, Hungarian-born British conductor (b. 1912)
  • Mother Teresa, Indian nun, missionary and saint (b. 1910)
• September 7 – Mobutu Sese Seko, 2nd President of Zaire (b. 1930)
• September 9 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907)^[75]
• September 10 – Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
• September 12 – Stig Anderson, Swedish talent manager (b. 1931)
• September 17
  • Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913)
  • Jan P. Syse, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1930)
• September 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American blues singer (b. 1920)
• September 19 – Rich Mullins, American Christian musician (b. 1955)
• September 23 – Shirley Clarke, American filmmaker (b. 1919)
• September 25 – Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912)
• September 28 – Ho Feng-Shan, Chinese diplomat (b. 1901)
• September 29 – Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923)

October

John Denver

Audra Lindley

• October 1 – Francisco Aramburu, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
• October 4
  • Otto Ernst Remer, German Wehrmacht officer (b. 1912)
  • Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game franchise creator (b. 1941)
• October 5 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
• October 7 − Orlando Ramón Agosti, Argentine general (b. 1924)
• October 11 – Ivan Yarygin, Soviet and Russian heavyweight wrestler (b. 1948)
• October 12 – John Denver, American musician (b. 1943)
• October 13 – Adil Çarçani, Albanian politician (b. 1922)
• October 14 – Harold Robbins, American writer (b. 1916)
• October 16
  • Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (b. 1903)
  • Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
  • James A. Michener, American writer (b. 1907)
• October 19
  • Glen Buxton, American guitarist (b. 1947)
  • Pilar Miró, Spanish screenwriter and film director (b. 1940)
• October 23
  • Hedley Bunton, an Australian missionary in China (b. 1906)
  • Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
• October 29 – Anton LaVey, American author, musician, and occultist (b. 1930)^[76]
• October 30 – Samuel Fuller, American screenwriter and director (b. 1912)

November

Hastings Banda

• November 2 – Shōshin Nagamine, Japanese author and soldier, police officer, and karate master (b. 1907)
• November 5 – Isaiah Berlin, Russian-British social and political theorist (b. 1909)
• November 8 – Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Iranian author (b. 1892)
• November 9 - Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (b. 1905)^[77]
• November 11 – Rod Milburn, American athlete (b. 1950)
• November 16 - George O. Petrie, American actor and director (b. 1912)^[78]
• November 21 – Robert Simpson, English composer (b. 1921)
• November 22
  • Joanna Moore, American actress (b. 1934)
  • Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
• November 24 – Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
• November 25 – Hastings Banda, 1st President of Malawi (b. 1898)
• November 30 – Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947)

December

Lillian Disney

Toshiro Mifune

• December 1 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
• December 2 – Michael Hedges, American composer and guitarist (b. 1953)
• December 7 – Billy Bremner, British footballer (b. 1942)
• December 14
  • Stubby Kaye, American actor (b. 1918)
  • Owen Barfield, British philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1898)
• December 16
  • Lillian Disney, American artist (b. 1899)
  • Nicolette Larson, American pop singer (b. 1952)
• December 18 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
• December 19
  • Masaru Ibuka, Japanese electronics industrialist (b. 1908)
  • Jimmy Rogers, American musician (b. 1924)
• December 20
  • Juzo Itami, Japanese film director (b. 1933)
  • Denise Levertov, English-born American poet (b. 1923)
• December 23 – Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (b. 1908)
• December 24 – Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (b. 1920)
• December 25
  • Denver Pyle, American actor (b. 1920)
  • Anita Conti, French explorer and photographer (b. 1899)
  • Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountain climber (b. 1958)
• December 31 – Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)

Nobel Prizes

• Chemistry – Paul D. Boyer, John E. Walker, Jens C. Skou
• Economics – Bank of Sweden – Robert C. Merton, Myron Scholes
• Literature – Dario Fo
• Peace – International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Jody Williams
• Physics – Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, William D. Phillips
• Medicine – Stanley B. Prusiner