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= January =

{{Main|January 1958}}

  • January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.{{cite book|author1=John Pinder|author2=Simon Usherwood|title=The European Union: A Very Short Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYOuYAKTswEC&pg=PT33|date=25 July 2013|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-150394-8|pages=33}}
  • January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Board of Inland Revenue|title=Income Taxes Outside the United Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qiFQAQAAMAAJ|year=1966|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|page=247}}
  • January 4
  • Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles.{{cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/dash-pole-tractors|title=Arrival at the Pole by tractor|website=New Zealand History|access-date=March 11, 2021}}
  • Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up.{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics|title=Communications Satellites: Hearings Before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives...|year=1961|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=448}}
  • January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol.{{cite book|title=East Asian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aEBuAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University|page=155}}
  • January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C.{{cite journal|last=Kozovoi|first=Andrei|date=2016-01-02|title=A foot in the door: the Lacy–Zarubin agreement and Soviet-American film diplomacy during the Khrushchev era, 1953–1963|journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television|volume=36|issue=1|pages=21–39|doi=10.1080/01439685.2015.1134107|s2cid=155781953|issn=0143-9685}}

= February =

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= March =

{{Main|March 1958}}

= April =

{{Main|April 1958}}

= May =

{{Main|May 1958}}

= June =

{{Main|June 1958}}

= July =

{{Main|July 1958}}

  • July 9 – 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami: A 7.8 {{M|w}} strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reaches {{convert|525|m|abbr=on}} on the rim of Lituya Bay.
  • July 12 – Henri Cornelis becomes Governor-General of the Belgian Congo, the last Belgian governor prior to independence.
  • July 14 – July 14 Revolution in Iraq: King Faisal II and several family members are executed. Abd al-Karim Qasim assumes power.{{cite book|last=Al Hayah|first=Dar|title=Majzarat Al Rihab: A Journalistic Investigation on the Death of the Hashemite Royal Family on 14 July 1958 in Baghdad|publisher=Dar Al Hayah|year=1960|location=Beirut|pages=42|language=Arabic}}
  • July 15 – 1958 Lebanon crisis: 5,000 United States Marines land in the Lebanese capital Beirut in support of the pro-Western government.{{cite book |author=Dwight D. Eisenhower |title=Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1958 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGoTTqSXe2oC&pg=PR25 |year=1960 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=25}}
  • July 24 – Fourteen life peerages, the first under the Life Peerages Act 1958, are created in the United Kingdom.{{cite book|author1=Erika Rackley|author2=Rosemary Auchmuty|title=Women's Legal Landmarks: Celebrating the history of women and law in the UK and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mn17DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA253|date=27 December 2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-78225-979-4|pages=253}}
  • July 26
  • Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched in the United States.{{cite book|author=United States. Department of the Army. Office, Chief of Research and Development|title=USSR: Missiles, Rockets and Space Effort: A Bibliographic Record, 1956–1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igE7kL_mt3gC&pg=PA40|year=1960|publisher=Department of The Army|pages=40}}
  • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom announces that she is giving her son Prince Charles the customary title for the heir apparent of Prince of Wales.{{cite book|author=John Clements|title=The United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations, a Directory of Governments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSYkAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Political Research|page=17}} The announcement is made at the end of the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, held in Cardiff.
  • July 29 – The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).{{cite book|author=United States|title=United States Code Service, Lawyers Edition: All Federal Laws of a General and Permanent Nature Arranged in Accordance with the Section Numbering of the United States Code and the Supplements Thereto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KasoAQAAMAAJ|year=1936|publisher=Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company|page=443}}

= August =

{{Main|August 1958}}

= September =

{{Main|September 1958}}

= October =

{{Main|October 1958}}

  • October – GoldStar, predecessor of LG Electronics, is founded in South Korea.{{cite book|last1=Meenakshi|first1=Arun Kumar|author2=N.|title=Marketing Management|edition=2nd|year=2011|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|isbn=978-81-259-4259-7|page=909|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mDlDDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA909|language=en}}
  • October 1
  • Tunisia and Morocco join the Arab League.
  • The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty of Christmas Island from Singapore to Australia.{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}
  • NASA starts operations and replaces the NACA in the United States.
  • October 2 – Guinea declares itself independent from France, rejecting that nation's new constitution.
  • October 4
  • The new Constitution of France is signed into law, establishing the French Fifth Republic.
  • The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) uses one of its new de Havilland Comet 4s, G-APDB, to make the first commercial transatlantic flight by a jet airliner, from London to New York International Airport, Anderson Field via Gander.{{cite news|title=Atlantic Jet Era Begins; British Span Ocean Twice – Six-Hour Record Is Set|first=Robert|last=Alden|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1958-10-05|page=1}}
  • October 11 – Pioneer 1, the second and most successful of the 3 project Able space probes, becomes the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA.{{Cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-007A|title = NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details}}
  • October 17 – An Evening with Fred Astaire, the first television show recorded on color videotape, is broadcast on NBC in the United States.{{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Nitrate won't wait: a history of film preservation in the United States|publisher=McFarland & Co|location=Jefferson, N.C|year=1992|isbn=9780899506944| page=117}}
  • October 18 – Tennis for Two, a game invented by William Higinbotham and considered to be the first pure entertainment computer game,{{cite web |url=https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/tennis-anyone/ |title=Tennis Anyone? |work=They Create Worlds |last=Smith |first=Alexander |date=2014-01-28 |access-date=2016-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225121214/https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/tennis-anyone/ |archive-date=2015-12-25 |url-status=live}} is introduced at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Visitors' Day Exhibit in the United States.
  • October 26 – A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 makes its first transatlantic flight.
  • October 28 – Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII, as the 261st pope.

= November =

{{Main|November 1958}}

= December =

{{Main|December 1958}}

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  • For the first time, the total of transatlantic passengers carried by air this year exceeds the total carried by sea.
  • Denatonium, the bitterest substance known, is discovered. It is used as an aversive agent in products such as bleach to reduce the risk of children drinking them.{{cite web|last1=Holvoet|first1=Jean-Patrick|title=Denatonium|url=http://www.sentinalco.com/page/denatonium/f1.html|publisher=Sentinalco|access-date=2 October 2015}}

Births

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= January =

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  • January 1
  • Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian-American hip-hop/rap DJ
  • Renn Woods, American actress, vocalist and songwriter
  • January 4 – Matt Frewer, Canadian-American actor (Max Headroom)
  • January 6 – Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/shlomo-glickstein/g019/overview|title=Shlomo Glickstein | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}
  • January 7 – Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (d. 2009){{cite web|last1=Bergan|first1=Ronald|title=Obituary : Yasmin Ahmad|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2009/aug/12/obituary-yasmin-ahmad|website=The Guardian|access-date=7 March 2017|date=12 August 2009}}
  • January 8 – Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
  • January 9 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish militant, would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II
  • January 10 – Samira Said, Moroccan singer{{cite web|url=https://www.libe.ma/Samira-Said-Oui-j-ai-decide-de-m-installer-definitivement-au-Maroc_a46519.html|title=Samira Said: Oui, j'ai décidé de m'installer définitivement au Maroc|date=April 5, 2014|website=Libération|language=fr|access-date=May 18, 2021}}
  • January 12 – Christiane Amanpour, British-born Iranian journalist and television host for CNN and PBS{{cite news |date=12 January 2020 |title=UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 |work=United Press International |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/12/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-12-2020/8721578623716/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113032052/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/12/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-12-2020/8721578623716/ |archive-date=13 January 2020 |quote=… journalist Christiane Amanpour in 1958 (age 62)}}
  • January 15 – Boris Tadić, Serbian president{{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2008: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1087|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-74024-6|pages=1087}}
  • January 19 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012)
  • January 20 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, martial artist and reality show participant
  • January 21 – Hussein Saeed, Iraqi football player{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/hussein-saeed_prs201399/person.shtml|title=Hussein Saeed Mohammed – Player profile|work=Eurosport|access-date=30 December 2022}}
  • January 24 – Jools Holland, British musician{{cite web | url=https://www.joolsholland.com/biography.htm | title=Jools Holland | Official Web Site | About Jools | Biography }}
  • January 26
  • Anita Baker, American soul and R&B singer
  • Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian and television host{{cite news|title=Try not to get jealous reading about Ellen DeGeneres' star-studded 60th birthday party|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/02/13/try-not-get-jealous-reading-ellen-degeneres-star-studded-60th-birthday-party/332755002/|publisher=USA Today|date=February 13, 2018|access-date=May 13, 2021|quote=DeGeneres, who marked the milestone birthday on Jan. 26}}

= February =

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  • February 8
  • Marina Silva, Brazilian politician
  • Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
  • February 9 – Cyrille Regis, English footballer (d. 2018)
  • February 10
  • Michael Weiss, Jazz pianist and composer
  • Ricardo Gareca, Argentine footballer and manager
  • February 13 – Pernilla August, Swedish actress{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=177569|title=Pernilla August|work=sfi.se|date=February 13, 1958 |access-date=2 January 2017}}
  • February 15 – Shaun Toub, Iranian born-American actor{{cite tweet|number=832037816246824960|user=ShaunToub|title=This is how I spent my Valentine's/ birthday, courtesy of my lovely wife. #Caviar #Champagne #Lobster #Pasta #cake|date=16 February 2017}}
  • February 16
  • Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter and actor
  • Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (d. 2014)
  • February 19 – Leslie David Baker, American actor
  • February 21
  • Jack Coleman, American actor and screenwriter{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA140|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=140}}
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer{{cite book|author=Michael McCall, Dave Hockstra and Janet Williams|title=Country Music Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGjyvjVg5DIC|year=1992|isbn=978-1-56173-697-3|page=170}}
  • February 22
  • Kais Saied, President of Tunisia{{Cite web|url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1290464-قيس-سعيد-هو-ولماذا-اختارته-تونس؟|title=قيس سعيد من هو.. ولماذا اختارته تونس؟|website=سكاي نيوز عربية|language=ar|access-date=16 October 2019}}
  • February 26
  • Susan Helms, American astronaut{{cite book|title=Astronaut Fact Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpRTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA12|year=1992|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|pages=12}}
  • Tim Kaine, US Senator
  • February 27 – Maggie Hassan, US Senator
  • February 28 – Natalya Estemirova, Russian activist (d. 2009){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/21/obituary-natalia-estemirova|title=Natalia Estemirova|date=21 July 2009|author=Tanya Lokshina|website=The Guardian|access-date=12 March 2023}}

= March =

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= April =

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  • April 3 – Alec Baldwin, American actor
  • April 4
  • Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
  • Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai billionaire businessman (d. 2018){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/29/vichai-srivaddhanaprabha-obiutary|title=Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha obituary|date=29 October 2018|author=Peter Mason|website=The Guardian|access-date=12 March 2023}}
  • April 6 – Pascal Lecamp, French politician{{Cite web |last=nationale |first=Assemblée |title=Mme Delphine Lingemann - Puy-de-Dôme (4e circonscription) |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA794702 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Assemblée nationale |language=fr}}
  • April 12 – Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian athlete
  • April 14 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor
  • April 15 – Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and musician{{cite book|author=David Scott Kastan|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2006|page=371}} (d. 2023)
  • April 21
  • Andie MacDowell, American actress
  • Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (Crayon Shin-chan) (d. 2009)
  • April 24 – Susan Tsvangirai, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d. 2009){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/09/susan-tsvangirai-zimbabwe-obituary|title=Susan Tsvangirai|date=March 9, 2009|author=David Beresford|website=The Guardian|access-date=May 18, 2021}}
  • April 25 – Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica{{cite book|author=Nick Heath-Brown|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDkUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA362|date=7 February 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-57823-8|pages=362}}
  • Mike DeVault, American politician{{Cite web |title=Mike DeVault (R - Marion, 074) |url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20DeVault |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=West Virginia Legislature}}
  • April 26 – Giancarlo Esposito, Italian-American actor
  • April 29 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gf8ZAAAAYAAJ|year=1991|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=503}}

= May =

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  • May 3 – Sandi Toksvig, Danish-British writer, comedian and broadcaster
  • May 4 – Keith Haring, American artist (d. 1990){{Cite book|last=Gruen|first=John|title=Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=978-0-671-78150-7|page=x}}
  • May 10
  • Rick Santorum, American politician{{cite book|author1=Duane Nystrom|author2=Leslie Mason|title=1993–1994 Official Congressional Directory: 103D Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqmY4Fhf8-AC&pg=PA261|date=June 1993|publisher=Bernan Assoc|isbn=978-0-16-041175-5|pages=261}}
  • Ellen Ochoa, American astronaut, first Hispanic woman to go into space
  • May 11 – Sayuri Kume, Japanese singer-songwriter[https://news.1242.com/article/143927 "5月11日は「異邦人」久保田早紀の誕生日"]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 5 May 2018.
  • May 12 – Dries van Noten, Belgian designer{{cite book|author=Encyclopedia Britannica|title=Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kbmPiWGOi98C|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-59339-073-0|page=97}}
  • May 19 – Jenny Durkan, American attorney, federal prosecutor and politician
  • May 20 – Jane Wiedlin, American musician and actress{{Cite web |date=2014-06-19 |title=Jane Wiedlin {{!}} Boomer Style Magazine |url=http://www.livinglifeboomerstyle.com/2012/04/30/jane-wiedlin/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140619013601/http://www.livinglifeboomerstyle.com/2012/04/30/jane-wiedlin/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-06-19 |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=archive.ph}}
  • May 23
  • Drew Carey, American comedian and actor{{cite news|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/drew-carey/|title=Drew Carey|last=Ferrell|first=David|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=October 17, 2018}}
  • Lea DeLaria, American comedian, actress and jazz singer
  • May 25 – Paul Weller, English singer-songwriter
  • May 26 – Margaret Colin, American actress{{cite web|work=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/margaret-colin-vault-0000063449|title=Margaret Colin|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190130064226/http://www.playbill.com/person/margaret-colin-vault-0000063449|archive-date=January 30, 2019|access-date=January 30, 2019|url-status=live}}
  • May 27 – Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter
  • May 29
  • Annette Bening, American actress
  • Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist (d. 2011){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/apr/11/juliano-mer-khamis-obituary|title=Juliano Mer-Khamis obituary|date=11 April 2011|author=Rachel Shabi|website=The Guardian|access-date=30 October 2022}}
  • May 30 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (d. 2019){{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/arts/music/marie-fredriksson-roxette-dead.html |title=Roxette Singer Marie Fredriksson Is Dead at 61 |author1=Edwards, Gavin |author2=Magra, Iliana |work=The New York Times |date=10 December 2019 |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215144948/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/arts/music/marie-fredriksson-roxette-dead.html |archive-date=15 December 2019 |url-status=live}}

= June =

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  • June 1 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
  • June 2 – Lex Luger, American professional wrestler{{cite web|url=http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/total.package/|title=The Total Package|publisher=World Championship Wrestling|work=WCW.com (via Wayback Machine)|access-date=July 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001110060100/http://www.wcw.com/2000/superstars/total.package/|archive-date=November 10, 2000 }}
  • June 3 – Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, German bishop
  • June 5 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comoroan businessman and politician, President of Comoros 2006–2011{{cite book|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2012: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|year=2017|isbn=9781349590513|page=349}}
  • June 7 – Prince, African-American musician (d. 2016){{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=August|last2=Rottenberg|first2=Josh|date=April 21, 2016|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-prince-20160421-story.html|title=Prince, master of rock, soul, pop and funk, dies at 57|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 15, 2022}}
  • June 10 – Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (d. 2023){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/08/elain-harwood-obituary|first=Andrew|last=Saint|title=Elain Harwood obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 May 2023|access-date=9 May 2023}}
  • June 14
  • Eric Heiden, American speed skater with five Olympic gold medals
  • Olaf Scholz, 9th Chancellor of Germany
  • June 15 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player
  • June 18 – Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
  • June 19 – Sergei Makarov, Russian ice-hockey player and coach{{Ice hockey stats|legendsm=P201602}}
  • June 22
  • Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress{{cite web|website=All Music.com|title=Rocio Banquells|author=Evan C. Gutierrez|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roc%C3%ADo-banquells-mn0000287921/biography|access-date=August 24, 2019}}
  • Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer and director{{cite book | last = Weisbrot | first = Robert | title = Xena, Warrior Princess : the official guide to the Xenaverse | publisher = Doubleday | location = New York | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780385491365 |page=141}}
  • June 24 – Tommy Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler (d. 2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/cmplxjoshua-espinoza/tommy-tiny-lister-dead-at-62|title='Friday' Actor Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Dead at 62|website=Complex Networks |access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211022302/https://amp.www.complex.com/pop-culture/2020/12/tommy-tiny-lister-dead-at-62|url-status=dead}}
  • June 25 – Serik Akhmetov, 8th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
  • June 27 – Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer{{BLF|9660|Magnus Lindberg}}
  • June 29 – Rosa Mota, Portuguese long-distance runner{{cite book|author1=David E. Martin|author2=Roger W. H. Gynn|title=The Olympic Marathon|publisher=Human Kinetics|year=2000|isbn=9780880119696|page=366}}
  • June 30
  • Ziggy Rozalski, Polish American boxing manager and promoter{{cite web |title=Zbigniew Rozalski |url=https://www.officialusa.com/names/Zbigniew-Rozalski/ |website=officialusa.com |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718192959/https://www.officialusa.com/names/Zbigniew-Rozalski/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer{{cite book|author1=Roderick L. Sharpe|author2=Jeanne Koekkoek Stierman|title=Maestros in America: Conductors in the 21st Century|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2008|isbn=9781461669487|page=212}}
  • Irina Vorobieva, Russian pair skater
  • Vasil Yakusha, Belarusian rower

= July =

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  • July 1 – Tom Magee, Canadian world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor
  • July 2 – Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor{{cite news |title=Happy Birthday Pavan Malhotra: 5 Best Movies of the Versatile Actor |url=https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/happy-birthday-pavan-malhotra-5-best-movies-of-the-versatile-actor-3916154.html |website=News18 |accessdate=15 August 2022 |date=4 July 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815131853/https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/happy-birthday-pavan-malhotra-5-best-movies-of-the-versatile-actor-3916154.html |archivedate=15 August 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}
  • July 5 – Bill Watterson, American cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes){{cite book|last=Martell |first=Nevin| date=2009 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q6wHaqIDzDEC |title=Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip |page=15 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-8264-2984-1}}
  • July 6 – Jennifer Saunders, British comedian and actressEditors at The Times. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article2032228.ece Birthdays]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Times. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  • July 7 – Michala Petri, Danish recorder player{{cite book|title=Who's who in Scandinavia|publisher=Who's Who, the international red series Verlag|year=1981|page=811}}
  • July 8
  • Kevin Bacon, American actor
  • Neetu Singh, Indian actress
  • Jackson Anthony, Sri Lankan actor (d. 2023)
  • July 10 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress{{cite book|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2024: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|publisher=Bernan Press|year=2023|isbn=9781636714080|page=362}}
  • July 11 – Hugo Sánchez, Mexican football player and coach{{cite web |title=Hugo Sánchez |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/players/hugo-sanchez-guerrero/14506/ |website=soccerway.com}}
  • July 14
  • Jujie Luan, Chinese-Canadian fencer{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LUANJUJ01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Jujie Luan |accessdate=2011-04-28 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019021941/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LUANJUJ01 |archivedate=19 October 2012 }}
  • Scott Rudin, American producer
  • July 15 – Jörg Kachelmann, Swiss presenter, journalist and entrepreneur in the meteorological field{{Cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/joerg-kachelmann-das-leben-des-wettermanns-1.946671|title=Das Leben des Wettermanns|first=Süddeutsche|last=Zeitung|website=Süddeutsche.de|date=May 22, 2010 }}
  • July 16 – Michael Flatley, Irish-born dancer{{cite book |author=Constance Valis Hills |title=Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19-022538-4 |page=205}}
  • July 17 – Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong second wave filmmaker{{cite book|last1=Bettinson|first1=Gary|title=The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai: Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance|date=2014|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|location=Hong Kong|isbn=978-9888139293|page=2}}
  • July 19 – Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
  • July 20 – Billy Mays, American television salesperson (d. 2009)
  • July 27 – Christopher Dean, British ice dancer and Olympian
  • July 28 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (d. 1981){{cite journal |last1=McCaffery |first1=Margaret |last2=Murray |first2=Terry |title=Terry Fox: Heroes Aren't Saints |journal=Canadian Family Physician |volume=27 |date=August 1981 |pages=1184–1186 |pmc=2306103 |pmid=21289776}}
  • July 30 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
  • July 31 – Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and basketball team owner{{cite news|last1=Altman|first1=Alex|last2=Pickert|first2=Kate|last3=Stephey|first3=M. J.|title=Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban |url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859909,00.html|magazine=Time |date=November 18, 2008|access-date=May 12, 2010}}

= August =

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  • August 3 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
  • August 5 – Andriy Fedetskyi, Ukrainian football player (d. 2018)
  • August 7 – Bruce Dickinson, English musician (Iron Maiden)
  • August 10 – Rami Hamdallah, Palestinian politician{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/rami-hamdallah|title=Rami Hamdallah|website=Jewish Virtual Library|access-date=March 13, 2023}}
  • August 16
  • Angela Bassett, African-American actress
  • Anne L'Huillier, French-born atomic physicist, Nobel Prize laureate{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2023/lhuillier/facts/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}
  • Madonna, American-born singer-songwriter and actress
  • August 17 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer
  • August 18
  • Reg E. Cathey, African-American actor (d. 2018){{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/reg-cathey-dead-dies-the-wire-house-of-card-1202694366/|title=Reg Cathey, 'House of Cards' and 'The Wire' Actor, Dies at 59|last=Brockington|first=Ariana|date=February 9, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=February 9, 2018|language=en-US}}
  • Madeleine Stowe, American actress
  • August 19 – Brendan Nelson, Australian politician{{cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=RW5|title=Hon Dr Brendan Nelson AO|website=Parliament of Australia|access-date=July 8, 2024}}
  • August 22 – Colm Feore, American-born Canadian actor{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/colm-joseph-feore|title=Colm Feore|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=August 22, 2019}}
  • August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor
  • August 25 – Tim Burton, American film director{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/tim-burton|title=Tim Burton|website=Festival de Cannes|access-date=July 8, 2024}}
  • August 27 – Kathy Hochul, American politician, Governor of New York{{cite web | url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/15616 | title=Hochul, Kathleen C. }}
  • August 29
  • Michael Jackson, African-American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2009)
  • Sir Lenny Henry, English comedian and actor

= September =

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  • September 2 – Zdravko Krivokapić, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of Montenegro{{Cite web|last=Nedeljnik.rs|date=1 August 2020|title=Ko je Zdravko Krivokapić, čovek koji će "izaći na crtu" Đukanovićevom DPS-u|url=https://www.nedeljnik.rs/ko-je-zdravko-krivokapic-covek-koji-ce-izaci-na-crtu-dukanovicevom-dps-u/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=Nedeljnik|language=en-US}}
  • September 6 – Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor and author{{cite book|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA445|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=445}}
  • September 10 – Chris Columbus, American film director/writer/producer
  • September 16 – Jennifer Tilly, Canadian/American actress
  • September 17 – Janez Janša, 2-Time Prime Minister of Slovenia
  • September 18 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (d. 2018){{Cite news |last=Denselow |first=Robin |date=2018-09-13 |title=Rachid Taha obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/13/rachid-taha-obituary |access-date=2025-04-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
  • September 19 – Lita Ford, British musician"Lita Ford." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale, 1993. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 24 August 2011.
  • September 22
  • Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
  • Joan Jett, American rock musician
  • September 24 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor
  • September 27 – Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer

= October =

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  • October 3 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
  • October 4 – Ned Luke, American actor
  • October 5 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and science communicator
  • October 7 – Bernardo Arévalo, president of Guatemala[https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/bernardo-arevalo-guatemala-s-next-president-defies-odds-to-face-greater-ones/2974317 Bernardo Arevalo: Guatemala’s next president defies odds to face greater ones]
  • October 8 – Ursula von der Leyen, German politician, President of the European Commission{{cite book | title = Chase's calendar of events 2021: the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | location = Lanham, Maryland | year = 2020 | isbn = 9781641434249 | page=503}}
  • October 10 – Tanya Tucker, American singer
  • October 13
  • Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (d. 2018){{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/jamal-khashoggi-obituary|title=Jamal Khashoggi obituary|last=Black|first=Ian|date=19 October 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=13 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013013517/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/jamal-khashoggi-obituary|archive-date=13 October 2019|issn=0261-3077}}
  • Maria Cantwell, US Senator
  • October 14 – Thomas Dolby, English musician{{Cite web |last=Dohmann |first=Mark |date=2020-03-24 |title=Thomas Dolby – Blinded By Science |url=https://dohmannaudio.com/music-recommendations/thomas-dolby-blinded-by-science/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Dohmann Audio |language=en-AU}}
  • October 16 – Tim Robbins, American actor and film director{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/108437/Tim-Robbins/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329151753/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/108437/Tim-Robbins/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 29, 2008 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Jason Ankeny |date=2008 |title=Tim Robbins |access-date=August 14, 2010}}
  • October 18 – Thomas Hearns, American boxer
  • October 20
  • Viggo Mortensen, Danish-American actor{{cite book|author=Laura Avery|title=Newsmakers 2003 Cumulation: The People Behind Today's Headlines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWdmAAAAMAAJ|date=August 2003|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-6391-9|page=314}}
  • Scott Hall, American professional wrestler (d. 2022)
  • October 25 – Kornelia Ender, German swimmer{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/kornelia-ender|title=Kornelia Ender|website=IOC|access-date=15 December 2020}}
  • October 26 – Pascale Ogier, French actress (d. 1984)
  • October 27 – Simon Le Bon, English rock singer
  • October 28 – Raúl Pellegrin, Chilean revolutionary, leader of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (d. 1988)
  • October 31 – Jeannie Longo, French cyclist

= November =

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= December =

  • December 1
  • Gary Peters, US Senator
  • Charlene Tilton, American actress{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bebe-neuwirth/bio/141418/ |title=Bebe Neuwirth| work=TV Guide |access-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150716060123/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bebe-neuwirth/bio/141418/ |url-status= dead}}
  • Javier Aguirre, Mexican football player and manager{{cite book|author=Michael Lewis|title=World Cup Soccer: Korea/Japan, 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nq2vRvWkAIC|year=2002|publisher=Moyer Bell|isbn=978-1-55921-319-6|page=295}}
  • December 6 – Nick Park, English filmmaker and animator
  • December 7 – Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
  • December 8 – Arlette Sombo-Dibélé, Central African lawyer and politician{{cite web |last1=Bissidi |first1=Milka |last2=Ngoulou |first2=Fridolin |title=RCA: le top 10 des centrafricaines qui ont marqué 2022 |url=https://oubanguimedias.com/2023/01/24/rca-le-top-10-des-centrafricaines-qui-ont-marque-2022/ |website=oubanguimedias.com |date=January 24, 2023 |publisher=Oubangui Medias}}
  • December 10 – Cornelia Funke, German author{{cite web|url=http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/cornelia-funke/|title=Cornelia Funke|author=Luise Pusch|author-link=Luise F. Pusch|work=fembio.org|access-date=8 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213105208/http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/cornelia-funke|archive-date=13 February 2010|url-status=dead}}
  • December 11 – Nikki Sixx, American rock musician
  • December 12 – Sheree J. Wilson, American actress
  • December 25
  • Dimi Mint Abba, Mauritanian musician and singer (d. 2011){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/09/dimi-mint-abba-obituary|title=Dimi Mint Abba obituary|date=9 June 2011|author=Robin Denselow|website=The Guardian|access-date=23 March 2023}}
  • Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • December 29 – Lakhdar Belloumi, Algerian football player
  • December 31 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress

= Other =

  • Vincenzo de Cotiis, artist and designer{{Cite book |last1=Bony |first1=Anne |title=Vincenzo de Cotiis: Works |last2=Grima |first2=Joseph |last3=Delavan |first3=Tom |publisher=Rizzoli Electa |year=2019 |isbn=978-0-8478-6609-0 |location=New York |pages=267}}

Deaths

= January =

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  • January 1 – Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)Conger, Amy (1992). Edward Weston – Photographs From the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography. Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 1992. Page 45. {{ISBN|0-938262-21-1}}
  • January 7 – Petru Groza, Romanian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1884)
  • January 8
  • Mary Colter, American architect (b. 1869){{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/marycolter.htm|title=Mary Colter and Her Buildings at Grand Canyon (U.S. National Park Service)|website=www.nps.gov}}
  • Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)
  • January 13
  • Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (b. 1880){{cite magazine |title=Jesse Lasky dies|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864219,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131163510/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,864219,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2011 |magazine=Time |date=January 27, 1958 |access-date=June 8, 2008}}
  • Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895){{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19580116&id=9RYvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aagFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3279,2536053|title=Edna Purviance|date=January 16, 1958|work=The Montreal Gazette|page=35|access-date=August 13, 2021}}
  • January 19 – Cândido Rondon, Brazilian military officer (b. 1865)
  • January 20 – Ataúlfo Argenta, Spanish conductor and pianist (b. 1913)
  • January 27 – Prince Oskar of Prussia (b. 1888)
  • January 30 – Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer and manufacturer (b. 1888)

= February =

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= March =

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= April =

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= May =

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= June =

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= July =

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= August =

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  • August 26 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (b. 1872)
  • August 27 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901){{Cite journal | last = Alvarez|first = Luis | author-link = Luis Walter Alvarez | url = http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/lawrence-ernest.pdf | title = Ernest Orlando Lawrence 1901–1958 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences | year = 1970}}

= September =

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= October =

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= November =

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= December =

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Nobel Prizes

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References

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