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File:1972 Events Collage.jpg in Nicaragua kills 4,000–11,000 people; the first commercial home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, is released; a photo of the Earth known as The Blue Marble is taken during Apollo's final mission; during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a terrorist attack carried out; Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty is signed; Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes at the Andes, survivors resort to cannibalism to survive; President Ferdinand Marcos announces on television that the entirety of the Philippines is under martial law (eventually lifted in 1981); US President Richard Nixon is implicated in a scandal involving the theft of documents from the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.]]

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Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.{{cite web|title=TAI−UTC (1972-01-01 – 2025-06-28)|date=4 July 2024|access-date=2 January 2025|url=https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/Leap_Second.dat}} (If its start and end are defined using mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908).{{cite journal|journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A|author1=Stephenson, F. R.|author2=Morrison, L. V.|year=1984|volume=313|issue=1524|pages=47–70|title=Long-Term Changes in the Rotation of the Earth: 700 B. C. to A. D. 1980|publisher=Royal Society|doi=10.1098/rsta.1984.0082|bibcode=1984RSPTA.313...47S|s2cid=120566848}}

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Events

=January=

{{Main|January 1972}}

  • January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-waldheim-factbox/factbox-the-life-of-ex-un-head-kurt-waldheim-idUSL1487718320070614|title=FACTBOX: The life of ex-U.N. head Kurt Waldheim|date=June 14, 2007|access-date=June 8, 2019|agency=Reuters}}
  • January 4 – The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395).{{cite book|title=1976 WESCON Technical Papers: Western Electronic Show and Convention : Papers Presented at the Western Electronic Show and Convention in Los Angeles, California, September 14–17, 1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2klGAQAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Western Electronic Show and Convention|page=1}}
  • January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed.
  • January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong's Victoria harbor while undergoing conversion to a floating university.
  • January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.{{cite book|author=J. C. Johari|title=Governments and Politics of South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZF0hAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Link Press|isbn=978-1-873444-00-9|page=378}}
  • January 11 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a new constitutional government in Bangladesh, with himself as president.
  • January 12 – In a 10-hour siege, a cell of 4 left-wing insurgents hold off a task force of 2500 army soldiers and police agents in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: eight members of the security forces and the entire insurgent cell are killed in the course of the siege.{{cite web|url=http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.diariolibre.com%2Fespeciales%2Freportajes%2Fla-intensa-batalla-en-que-acribillaron-a-los-palmeros-GK11820723|title=La intensa batalla en que acribillaron a Los Palmeros|website=Diario Libre|access-date=September 2, 2021}}
  • January 13 – Prime Minister of Ghana Kofi Abrefa Busia is overthrown in a military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.{{cite book|title=Who's who in Africa: The Political, Military and Business Leaders of Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA4ZAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=African Development|isbn=978-0-9502755-0-5|page=162}}
  • January 14 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark succeeds her father, King Frederik IX, on the throne of Denmark, the first queen regnant of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
  • January 18 – Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, 33 days after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.{{cite news|url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1027878cf31917aa32db9fe6d6d1635f|title=Bangladesh Guerrilla Fighters Give Up Arms in Dhaka|agency=Associated Press|access-date=March 8, 2021|date=January 18, 1972}}
  • January 19 – The Libertarian enclave Minerva on a platform in the South Pacific, sponsored by the Phoenix Foundation, declares independence. Soon neighboring Tonga annexes the area and dismantles the platform.
  • January 20 – President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announces that Pakistan will immediately begin a nuclear weapons program.
  • January 21
  • A New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party; 100 people die.
  • Tripura, part of the former independent Twipra Kingdom, becomes a full state of India.
  • January 24 – Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi is discovered in Guam; he has spent 28 years in the jungle, having failed to surrender after World War II.{{cite book|last=LastName|first=FirstName|title=The last Japanese soldier: Corporal Yokoi's 28 incredible years in the Guam jungle|publisher=Tom Stacey Ltd|location=London|year=1972|isbn=9780854682935|page=7}}
  • January 26
  • Yugoslavian air stewardess Vesna Vulović is the only survivor when her plane crashes in Czechoslovakia. She survives after falling {{convert|10160|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} in the tail section of the aircraft.{{cite news|last=Zimonjic|first=Vesna|newspaper=The Independent|title=Too good to be true? Miracle woman who survived '33,000ft fall'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/too-good-to-be-true-miracle-woman-who-survived-33000ft-fall-6294556.html|date=January 26, 2012|access-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810043228/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/too-good-to-be-true-miracle-woman-who-survived-33000ft-fall-6294556.html|archive-date=August 10, 2017|url-status=live}}
  • The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is set up on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra.{{cite book|last=Lines|first=William|title=Taming the great south land : a history of the conquest of nature in Australia|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|year=1991|isbn=9780520078307|page=244}}
  • January 30
  • Bloody Sunday: The British Army kills 14 unarmed nationalist civil rights marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland.
  • Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • January 31 – King Birendra succeeds his father as King of Nepal.

= February =

{{Main|February 1972}}

  • February 2
  • A bomb explodes at the British Yacht Club in West Berlin, killing Irwin Beelitz, a German boat builder.{{cite book|last=Baumann|first=Michael|title=Wie alles anfing = How it all began : the personal account of a West German urban guerrilla|publisher=Pulp Press|location=Vancouver|year=2000|isbn=9780889780453|page=5}} The German militant group June 2 Movement claims responsibility, announcing its support of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
  • Anti-British riots take place throughout Ireland. The British Embassy in Dublin is burned to the ground, as are several British-owned businesses.{{cite book|last=Day|first=Alan|title=Political violence in Northern Ireland : conflict and conflict resolution|publisher=Praeger|location=Westport, Conn|year=1997|isbn=9780275954147|page=9}}
  • February 3–13 – The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book|title=Ski|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWCke6Y6KzYC&pg=PA52|date=February 1972|pages=52}}
  • February 4 – Mariner 9 sends pictures as it orbits Mars.{{Cite web|title=In Depth {{!}} Mariner 09|url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-09/in-depth|access-date=2023-05-09|website=NASA Solar System Exploration}}
  • February 15 – President of Ecuador José María Velasco Ibarra is deposed for the fourth time.
  • February 17 – Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model T when the 15,007,034th Beetle is produced.
  • February 19 – Asama-Sansō incident: Five United Red Army members break into a lodge below Mount Asama in Japan, taking the wife of the lodgekeeper hostage.
  • February 21 – The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
  • February 21–28 – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon makes an unprecedented 8-day visit to the People's Republic of China and meets with Mao Zedong.
  • February 22
  • The Troubles: 1972 Aldershot bombing – A car bomb planted by the Official Irish Republican Army kills seven people outside a British military base in Aldershot, England.[https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/feb/23/ira-bomb-paras-aldershot-1972 "From the archives: IRA kills 7 in raid on Paras' English base"] – The Guardian (February 23, 1972)
  • Lufthansa Flight 649 is hijacked and taken to Aden. Passengers are released the following day after a ransom of 5 million US dollars is agreed.{{cite book|author=United States Congress|title=Legal Mechanisms to Combat Terrorism: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on the Availability of Civil and Criminal Actions Against Yassir Arrafat's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), April 23, 1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGEvupLgOuQC&pg=PA224|year=1986|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=224}}
  • February 23 – US activist Angela Davis is released from jail. Rodger McAfee, a farmer from Caruthers, California, helps her make bail.{{cite book|author=Bettina Aptheker|title=The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VE-nAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT122|date=February 15, 2014|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-7013-4|page=122}}
  • February 26 – Luna 20 comes back to Earth with {{convert|55|g|oz|abbr=off}} of lunar soil.
  • February 28 – The Asama-Sansō incident ends in a standoff between 5 members of the Japanese United Red Army and the authorities, in which two policemen are killed and 12 injured.

= March =

{{Main|March 1972}}

= April =

{{Main|April 1972}}

  • April 4 – The U.S. formally recognizes Bangladesh.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/05/archives/bangladesh-gets-us-recognition-promise-of-help-rogers-announces-the.html|title=Bangladesh Gets U.S. Recognition, Promise of Help|work=The New York Times|date=April 5, 1972}}
  • April 10
  • The U.S. and the Soviet Union join some 70 nations in signing the Biological Weapons Convention, an agreement to ban biological warfare.{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations|title=Prohibition of Chemical and Biological Weapons: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations... December 10, 1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_mHQAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA21|year=1974|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=21}}
  • Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
  • The 6.7 {{M|w}} Qir earthquake shakes southern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 5,374 people in the province of Fars.
  • The 44th Annual Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
  • April 13 – The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
  • April 16
  • Apollo 16 (John Young, Ken Mattingly, Charlie Duke) is launched.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-15 |title=50 Years Ago: Apollo 16 Launches to the Moon - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-16-launches-to-the-moon/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |language=en-US}} During the mission, the astronauts, driving the Lunar Roving Vehicle, achieve a lunar rover speed record of 18 km/h.{{Citation needed|reason=other Wikipedia articles say the 18 km/h speed was achieved only during the Apollo 17 mission|date=May 2022}}
  • Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive – Prompted by the North Vietnamese offensive, the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.
  • April 26 – The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar enters service with Eastern Airlines.
  • April 27
  • Ikiza: Burundi government forces begin a 4-month genocide against the Hutu people, killing 100,000–300,000.
  • A no-confidence vote against German Chancellor Willy Brandt fails under obscure circumstances.
  • April 29 – The fourth anniversary of the Broadway musical Hair is celebrated with a free concert at a Central Park bandshell, followed by dinner at the Four Seasons. There, 13 Black Panther protesters and the show's co-author, Jim Rado, are arrested for disturbing the peace and for using marijuana.

= May =

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= June =

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= July =

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= August =

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= September =

{{Main|September 1972}}

  • September 1
  • Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion.
  • The Second Cod War begins between the United Kingdom and Iceland.{{cite book|author=Robert L. Mason|title=Imperfect Circle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhIZe54_qfEC&pg=PA77|date=November 4, 2011|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4670-0193-9|pages=77}}
  • September 5–6 – Munich massacre: Eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered after eight members of the Arab terrorist group Black September invade the Olympic Village; five guerillas and one policeman are also killed in a failed hostage rescue.
  • September 10 – Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and becomes the youngest Formula One World Champion at the age of 25.{{cite book|author=Norris McWhirter|title=Guinness Book of Sports Records, Winners & Champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0mZYAAAAYAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-8069-0234-0|page=24}}
  • September 14 – West Germany and Poland renew diplomatic relations.{{cite book|title=The World Book Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShUMAAAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=World Book – Childcraft International|isbn=978-0-7166-0473-0|page=353}}
  • September 23 – Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos announces on national television the issuance of Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire country under martial law.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/146939-martial-law-explainer-victims-stories|title=Martial Law, the dark chapter in Philippine history|last=Francisco|first=Katerina|date=September 22, 2016|work=Rappler|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923155126/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/146939-martial-law-explainer-victims-stories|archive-date=September 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/the-fall-of-the-dictatorship/|title=The Fall of the Dictatorship|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903153904/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/the-fall-of-the-dictatorship/|archive-date=2017-09-03|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-09-09}}File:Martiallawjf9906 09.JPG: Martial law in the Philippines.]]
  • September 24 – An F-86 fighter aircraft leaving an air show at Sacramento Executive Airport fails to become airborne and crashes into a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour, killing 12 children and 11 adults.{{cite web|url=http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Sabrejet_crash_site.htm|title=Crash at Farrell's|access-date=2008-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320003854/http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Sabrejet_crash_site.htm|archive-date=March 20, 2008|url-status=live}}
  • September 25 – 1972 Norwegian EC referendum: Norway rejects membership of the European Economic Community.
  • September 28 – The Canada men's national ice hockey team defeats the Soviet national ice hockey team in the eighth and final game of the 1972 Summit Series 6–5 to win the series 4–3–1.{{cite news|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|title=Foster Hewitt, 81, was voice of hockey|date=April 22, 1985|page=C1|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ikYwAAAAIBAJ&pg=2775%2C115416}}{{cite web|last=Lucas|first=Dean|title=Famous Pictures Magazine – Shot Heard around the world|url=http://www.famouspictures.org/1972-canada-soviet-hockey-goal/|access-date=April 30, 2006}}{{cite news|work=Montreal Gazette|page=1|date=September 29, 1972|title=...6–5 and it's all over|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KIs0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fqEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1689%2C8033183|first=Ted|last=Blackman}}
  • September 29 – China–Japan relations: The Joint Communiqué of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China is signed in Beijing, which normalizes Japanese diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan).

= October =

{{Main|October 1972}}

= November =

{{Main|November 1972}}

  • November – The Nishitetsu Lions baseball club, part of the NPB's Pacific League, is sold to the Fukuoka Baseball Corporation, a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad. The team is renamed the Taiheiyo Club Lions.
  • November 7 – 1972 United States presidential election: Republican incumbent Richard Nixon defeats Democratic Senator George McGovern in a landslide. The election has the lowest voter turnout since 1948, with only 55 percent of the electorate voting.
  • November 11 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.{{cite book|author1=George Moss|author2=Paul Alwyn Conway|title=A Vietnam Reader: Sources and Essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUIuAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Prentice Hall|isbn=978-0-13-946625-0|page=324}}
  • November 14 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time.{{cite book|author=Hsuan Owyang|title=From Wall Street to Bukit Merah: Strategies of a Corporate Leader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LUuKoB_zQmQC|year=1998|publisher=Times Books International|isbn=978-981-204-969-8|page=61}}
  • November 16 – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization adopts the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.{{cite web|title=Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext/|author=UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|access-date=October 17, 2012|date=November 16, 1972}}
  • November 19 – Seán Mac Stíofáin, a leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, is arrested in Dublin after giving a radio interview to RTÉ and charged with being a member of the IRA.
  • November 28 – The last executions in Paris, France. Roger Bontems and Claude Buffet – the Clairvaux Mutineers – are guillotined at La Santé Prison by chief executioner André Obrecht. Bontems, found not guilty of murder by the court, is condemned as Buffet's accomplice. President Georges Pompidou, in private an abolitionist, upholds both death sentences in deference to French public opinion.{{cite book|author=Council of Europe|title=The Death Penalty: Beyond Abolition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKsfGi3y3YgC&pg=PA194|date=January 1, 2004|publisher=Council of Europe|isbn=978-92-871-5333-3|pages=194}}
  • November 29
  • The "tea house" Mellow Yellow opens on the river Amstel in Amsterdam, pioneering the legal sale of cannabis in the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/book/nov29.html|title=*Ø* Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | November 29 | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Die Grünen Petra Kelly|publisher=Wilsonsalmanac.com|access-date=2012-05-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924071355/http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/book/nov29.html|archive-date=September 24, 2012}}
  • Atari in the United States release the production version of Pong, one of the first video games to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home console markets, devised by Nolan Bushnell and Allan Alcorn.{{cite book|title=Ultimate History of Video Games|first=Steven|last=Kent|author-link=Steven L. Kent|chapter=And Then There Was Pong|publisher=Three Rivers Press|isbn=0-7615-3643-4|year=2001}}

=December=

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Births

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=January=

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  • January 1 – Lilian Thuram, French football player{{LFP Ligue 1|lilian-thuram}}
  • January 2 – Shiraz Minwalla, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist{{Cite web|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=362|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|website=ssbprize.gov.in|access-date=October 31, 2020}}
  • January 5
  • Ariel McDonald, American-Slovenian basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/arriel-mcdonald-1.html|title=Arriel McDonald International Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}
  • Sakis Rouvas, Greek recording, film and television artist, athlete and businessman{{cite web|url=http://www.pamebouzoukia.gr/sakis-rouvas|title=Σάκης Ρουβάς|access-date=January 3, 2023|publisher=Pame mpouzoukia|date=January 15, 2012}}
  • January 10 – Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier{{Cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=CC&competitorid=856|title=Thomas Alsgaard|website=International Ski Federation|access-date=October 31, 2020}}
  • January 11 – Amanda Peet, American actress
  • January 12 – Toto Wolff, Austrian racing driver and team principal{{cite web|url=http://www.brdc.co.uk/Toto-Wolff|title=Toto Wolff|website=British Racing Drivers Club|access-date=October 31, 2020}}
  • January 13
  • Nicole Eggert, American actress{{cite web|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 13, 2022 includes celebrities Patrick Dempsey, Shonda Rhimes|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-13-2022-includes-celebrities-patrick-dempsey-shonda-rhimes.html|website=cleveland.com|date=January 13, 2022}}
  • Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast{{cite book|author=Dan Gutman|title=Gymnastics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsnUxfFEQxUC&pg=PT144|date=August 1, 1998|publisher=Penguin Young Readers Group|isbn=978-0-14-130130-3|pages=144}}
  • January 16
  • Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/salah-hissou|title=Salah HISSOU|website=Olympic.org|publisher=International Olympic Committee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715094539/https://www.olympic.org/salah-hissou|archive-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Greg Page, Australian singer, musician and actor (The Wiggles)
  • January 20 – Nikki Haley, Indian-American politician, Governor of South Carolina (2010–2017) and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018){{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=PA94|date=September 30, 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=94}}
  • January 21 – Billel Dziri, Algerian footballer and manager{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/8646/Billel_Dziri.html|title=Billel Dziri|website=National Football Teams|access-date=November 2, 2020}}
  • January 22 – Gabriel Macht, American actor{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|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=PA96|date=September 24, 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=96}}
  • January 23 – Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/marcel-wouda|title=Marcel Wouda|website=Olympic.org|access-date=October 31, 2020}}
  • January 27
  • Bibi Gaytán, Mexican singer and actress{{citation|website=Quien.net|title=Biografía de Bibi Gaytán – Quién es|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.quien.net/bibi-gaytan.php|language=es|trans-title=Bibi Gaytán, Who she is}}
  • Mark Owen, British pop singer (Take That){{cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/take-that/mark-owen-age-wife-children-height-facts/|title=Mark Owen facts: Take That singer's wife, height, children, songs and more revealed|work=AMP Smooth Radio|date=December 28, 2020|access-date=May 30, 2023|archive-date=September 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921065913/https://amp.smoothradio.com/artists/take-that/mark-owen-age-wife-children-height-facts/|url-status=dead}}
  • Keith Wood, Irish rugby player{{cite book|author=Frank Keating|title=The Highlights: The Best of Frank Keating|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Z_0CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT115|date=May 13, 2014|publisher=Guardian Faber Publishing|isbn=978-1-78335-020-9|pages=115}}
  • January 28 – Amy Coney Barrett, American attorney, jurist and associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court{{cite web|title=Who is Amy Coney Barrett? Meet Trump's Supreme Court pick|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/9/25/21454492/who-is-amy-coney-barrett-meet-trumps-leading-supreme-court-pick|website=Chicago Sun-Times|date=September 25, 2020}}
  • January 30 – Mike Johnson, 56th Speaker of the US House of Representatives{{Cite web |title=Bioguide Search |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000299 |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}

=February=

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  • February 1
  • Tego Calderón, Puerto Rican hip hop musician and actor{{Cite web|date=September 7, 2015|title=Tego Calderon – Profile of 'El Abayarde' Tego Calderon|url=http://latinmusic.about.com/od/artists/p/PRO01TEGOC.htm|access-date=2024-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907135957/http://latinmusic.about.com/od/artists/p/PRO01TEGOC.htm|archive-date=September 7, 2015}}
  • Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate{{cite web|last1=Swanson|first1=Abigail|title=Leymah Gbowee (1972– ) •|url=https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/gbowee-leymah-1972/|website=blackpast.org|access-date=July 26, 2021|date=December 5, 2011}}
  • February 2
  • Klára Dobrev, Hungarian politician
  • Hendrick Ramaala, South African long-distance runner{{cite web|title=Olympedia – Hendrick Ramaala|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/75313|website=olympedia.org|access-date=March 22, 2021}}
  • February 3 – Michael Kovrig, Canadian diplomat and hostage victim{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kovrig-spavor-china-biden-new-momentum-1.5900094|title=New U.S. administration brings fresh momentum to those working to free Canada's '2 Michaels'|website=CBC|date=February 2, 2021|author1=Katie Simpson|author2=Stephanie Hogan|access-date=October 12, 2021}}
  • February 5 – Queen Mary of Denmark{{cite book|author=Alastair H. Thomas|title=Historical Dictionary of Denmark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPq6DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA348|date=July 26, 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-6465-6|pages=348}}
  • February 8 – Big Show, American professional wrestler
  • February 9 – Norbert Rózsa, Hungarian swimmer
  • February 11
  • Craig Jones, American sampler / keyboardist
  • Steve McManaman, British footballer
  • Kelly Slater, American professional surfer
  • February 13
  • Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuanian discus thrower
  • Ana Paula Connelly, Brazilian beach volleyball player{{cite web|title=Ana Paula Connelly Henkel|url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1286|website=bvbinfo.com}}
  • February 14 – Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter (Matchbox Twenty)
  • February 15 – Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player{{Ice hockey stats|tsn=jaromir-jagr}}
  • February 17
  • Billie Joe Armstrong, American rock musician and lead singer/guitarist (Green Day){{cite web|last1=Else|first1=Loren|title=Today in History: Yellow ribbons tied on trees and light standards|url=http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/today-in-history-yellow-ribbons-tied-on-trees-and-light/article_53eba0ad-b363-5e4b-bfe9-0257710345e2.html|website=Post Bulletin|date=February 17, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2016}}
  • Taylor Hawkins, American musician (d. 2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/breaking-taylor-hawkins-dead-foo-26560968|title=Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies at age 50 as band share heartbreak|first=Vicki|last=Newman|date=March 26, 2022|website=Irish Mirror}}
  • Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model and businesswoman
  • February 18 – Olexandra Timoshenko, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
  • February 22
  • Michael Chang, American tennis player
  • Claudia Pechstein, German speed-skater{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/claudia-pechstein|title=Claudia Pechstein|website=IOC|access-date=December 29, 2020}}
  • Haim Revivo, Israeli footballer{{cite book|author=Robert Slater|title=Great Jews in Sports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw-DAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=J. David Publishers|isbn=978-0-8246-0433-2|page=321}}
  • February 24
  • Pooja Bhatt, Indian actress
  • Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (d. 2001){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/29/guardianobituaries.athletics|date=August 29, 2001|author=Pete Nichols|title=Richard Chelimo|website=The Guardian|access-date=October 31, 2020}}
  • February 26 – Keith Ferguson, American voice actor{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
  • February 29
  • Dave Williams, American singer (d. 2002)
  • Pedro Sánchez, Spanish politician, Prime Minister 2018–{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/poder/articulos/pedro-sanchez-padre-madre-hermano-quien-es-mujer-begona-gomez-hijas/43121|website=Vanity Fair|title=Así es la familia más cercana de Pedro Sánchez|first=Nuria|last=Hernández|date=March 22, 2020}}

=March=

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  • March 4 – Pae Gil-su, North Korean gymnast{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Pae Gil-Su |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/pae-gil-su-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203185319/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/pae-gil-su-1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016}}
  • March 6
  • Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player{{cite book|author1=Pohla Smith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYdN-AOouJUC&pg=PA10|title=Shaquille O'Neal: Superhero at Center|author2=Steve Wilson|date=December 15, 2002|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=978-0-8239-3577-2|pages=10}}
  • Marianne Thieme, Dutch politician and activist
  • March 10 – Timbaland, American record producer, songwriter and rapper{{cite web|url=http://www.timbalandmusic.com/biography|title=Timbaland|publisher=timbalandmusic|access-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513023750/http://www.timbalandmusic.com/biography|archive-date=May 13, 2013}}
  • March 13
  • Leigh-Allyn Baker, American actress{{Cite web|title=Leigh-Allyn Baker – Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/leighallyn_baker|access-date=2023-12-27|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}
  • Common, African-American rapper and actor{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
  • March 15 – Mark Hoppus, American musician and bassist (blink-182){{cite web|last1=Stam|first1=Janneke|title=14 of Mark Hoppus' Greatest Tweets|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/14-of-mark-hoppus-greatest-tweets|website=Rock Sound|publisher=Freeway Press|access-date=March 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315211837/http://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/14-of-mark-hoppus-greatest-tweets|archive-date=March 15, 2016|date=March 15, 2016}}
  • March 17 – Mia Hamm, American soccer player
  • March 18 – Dane Cook, American comedian
  • March 20 – Segundo Cernadas, Argentine actor
  • March 21
  • Balázs Kiss, Hungarian Olympic athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/balazs-kiss-1|title=Balazs Kiss|website=IOC|access-date=December 23, 2020}}
  • Derartu Tulu, Ethiopian long-distance runner{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/derartu-tulu|title=Derartu Tulu|website=IOC|access-date=December 23, 2020}}
  • March 22
  • Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
  • Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/elvis-stojko|title=Elvis Stojko|website=Olympic.org|access-date=December 29, 2020}}
  • March 23
  • Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer{{Citation|first=Joe|last=Calzaghe|title=Joe Calzaghe – No Ordinary Joe|year=2007|publisher=Arrow Books|location=London|isbn=9780099509356|page=24}}
  • Judith Godrèche, French actress
  • March 25 – Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician{{cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=864|title=Naftali Bennett|publisher=Knesset|access-date=June 2, 2021}}
  • March 26 – Leslie Mann, American actress
  • March 27
  • Kieran Modra, Australian Paralympic swimmer and cyclist (d. 2019){{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/kieran-modra|title=Kieran Modra|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|access-date=January 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217182115/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/kieran-modra|archive-date=February 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}
  • Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler{{cite web|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txbirths?c=search&first=Charles&last=Haas&spelling=Exact&11_year=1972&11_month=3&11_day=27&4=&14=&SubmitSearch.x=0&SubmitSearch.y=0|title=Charlie Haas Birth Record|access-date=2008-06-25|publisher=Family Tree Legends}}
  • Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
  • March 28 – Nick Frost, English actor, comedian and screenwriter
  • March 29
  • Hera Björk, Icelandic singer
  • Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer{{cite web|title=Rui Costa|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/16572/|website=soccerway.com}}
  • Priti Patel, British Indian politician, Secretary of State for the Home Department
  • March 30 – Karel Poborský, Czech footballer

=April=

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  • April 2 – Eyal Berkovic, Israeli footballer{{cite book|author=Tony Matthews|title=Manchester City Player by Player|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjaIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT36|date=August 15, 2013|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-4456-1737-4|pages=36}}
  • April 3 – Jennie Garth, American actress{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20477333,00.html|magazine=People|title=Best Birthday Wishes for Jennie Garth|date=April 3, 2011|access-date=August 16, 2012|quote=The 90210 star is 39 today.|archive-date=May 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505074809/http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20477333,00.html|url-status=dead}}
  • April 4 – Jill Scott (singer), American singer-songwriter and model
  • April 7 – Tim Peake, British astronaut{{Who's Who | title=PEAKE, Timothy Nigel | id = U281695 | volume = 2016 | edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}}
  • April 10 – Vincent Zhao, Chinese actor and martial artist
  • April 12 – Marco Goecke, German choreographer{{cite web|author=Ballett Stuttgarter|title=April 12th, 1972: Birth Marco Goecke {{!}} Stuttgart Ballet|url=https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/blog/birth-marco-goecke/|website=stuttgart-ballet.de|access-date=February 18, 2023|language=de}}
  • April 13 – Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player
  • April 15 – Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (d. 2009){{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Britannica Book of the Year 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeKbAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA131|date=March 1, 2010|isbn=978-1-61535-366-8|pages=131|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}
  • April 16 – Conchita Martínez, Spanish tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/130113/conchita-martinez|title=Conchita Martinez|website=WTA|access-date=November 25, 2020}}
  • April 17
  • Jennifer Garner, American actress
  • Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer{{cite book|author1=John Stern|author2=Marcus Williams|title=The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ne8EAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA132|date=January 7, 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4081-7896-6|pages=132}}
  • April 19 – Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rivaldo|title=Rivaldo|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=September 3, 2021}}
  • April 20
  • Lê Huỳnh Đức, Vietnamese footballer{{NFT player|id=7841}}
  • Carmen Electra, American actress and singer
  • Željko Joksimović, Serbian singer, composer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
  • Stephen Marley, American musician
  • April 21 – Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate{{cite news|title=Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize|first1=Christian|last1=Edwards|first2=Ed|last2=Upright|first3=Sana Noor|last3=Haq|url=https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/nobel-peace-prize-2023-latest-news-intl/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=October 6, 2023|access-date=2023-10-06}}
  • April 26 – Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3337/Avi_Nimni.html|title=Avi Nimni|website=National Football Teams|access-date=October 31, 2020}}
  • April 28
  • Sergio Massa, Argentine lawyer and politician
  • Violent J, American rapper actor and one-half of the Insane Clown Posse

=May=

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  • May 1 – Julie Benz, American actress
  • May 2 – Dwayne Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
  • May 3 – Steve Barclay, British politician
  • May 4 – Mike Dirnt, American rock musician and bassist (Green Day){{cite book|last1=Spitz|first1=Marc|title=Nobody Likes You: inside the turbulent life, times, and music of Green Day|url=https://archive.org/details/nobodylikesyouin00spit|url-access=registration|date=2006|publisher=Hyperion|isbn=1401302742|page=[https://archive.org/details/nobodylikesyouin00spit/page/12 12]|chapter=Twin Jesuses of Suburbia}}
  • May 5
  • Devin Townsend, Canadian musician
  • James Cracknell, British Olympic rower{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/james-cracknell|title=James Cracknell|website=IOC|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
  • May 6
  • Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey goaltender{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/martin-brodeur|title=Martin Brodeur|website=IOC|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
  • Naoko Takahashi, Japanese long-distance runner{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/naoko-takahashi|title=Naoko Takahashi|website=IOC|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
  • May 7 – Asghar Farhadi, Iranian film director{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Britannica Book of the Year 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXadAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81|date=March 1, 2013|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-62513-103-4|pages=81}}
  • May 8 – Darren Hayes, Australian musician{{cite book|author=Andy Gregory|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&pg=PA224|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-161-2|pages=224}}
  • May 9 – Daniela Silivaș, Romanian gymnast{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/daniela-silivas|title=Daniela Silivas|website=IOC|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
  • May 10 – Katja Seizinger, German alpine skier{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/katja-seizinger|title=Katja Seizinger|website=Olympic.org|access-date=December 29, 2020}}
  • May 15 – Élisa Martin, French politician{{Cite web|last=nationale|first=Assemblée|title=Mme Élisa Martin – Mandat clos – Isère (3e circonscription)|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA342384|access-date=2024-06-28|website=Assemblée nationale|language=fr}}
  • May 19
  • Jenny Berggren, Swedish rock singer (Ace of Base)
  • Özcan Deniz, Turkish actor, singer and composer{{cite web|title=Ozcan Deniz|url=https://www.turkishdrama.com/ozcan-deniz.html|website=turkishdrama.com|date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Turkish drama}}
  • Claudia Karvan, Australian actress{{cite web|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6131866/todays-birthday-195/|title=Today's Birthday 19/5|last=Polson|first=Laura|work=The Newcastle Herald|date=May 19, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2020|agency=Australian Associated Press|url-access=subscription}}
  • May 20 – Busta Rhymes, African-American rapper and actor
  • May 21 – The Notorious B.I.G., African-American rapper (d. 1997)
  • May 22 – Max Brooks, American horror author and screenwriter{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qAuDwAAQBAJ&dq=max+brooks+born+may+1972&pg=PA102|title=Anne Bancroft: The Life and Work|first=Peter|last=Shelley|year=2017|publisher=McFarland & Company|page=102|isbn=978-1476662428}}
  • May 23
  • Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian racing driver{{cite book|author=Aleks Kruz|title=F1 Pocket Companion 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_aOtcpdYXmkC&pg=PA17|date=March 18, 2010|publisher=Chequered Flag Media|isbn=978-0-9565222-0-7|pages=17}}
  • Kevin Ullyett, Zimbabwean tennis player{{cite web|title=Kevin Ullyett|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/U024/overview|website=atptour.com}}
  • May 24 – Maia Sandu, Prime Minister of Moldova{{Cite web |title=Maia Sandu |url=https://www.pi-sf22.com/participant/maia-sandu/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=22nd Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum |language=en-US}}
  • May 25
  • Karan Johar, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter{{cite news|last1=Basu|first1=Nilanjana|title=Koffee With Karan 6: Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal Discover Karan Johar Was Originally Named As...|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/koffee-with-karan-6-ayushmann-khurrana-vicky-kaushal-discover-karan-johar-was-originally-named-as-1963483|access-date=December 16, 2018|publisher=NDTV|date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216214144/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/koffee-with-karan-6-ayushmann-khurrana-vicky-kaushal-discover-karan-johar-was-originally-named-as-1963483|url-status=live}}
  • Cung Le, Vietnamese-born American actor and mixed martial artist
  • May 26 – Dhani Muhammad Prasetyo, Indonesian singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, record executive, entrepreneur, and politician
  • May 28 – Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
  • May 29 – Laverne Cox, American actress and LGBTQ+ advocate
  • May 30 – Manny Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
  • May 31 – Frode Estil, Norwegian cross-country skier

=June=

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  • June 2 – Wentworth Miller, British-born American actor and screenwriter{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPcCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA306|date=October 27, 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-424-9|pages=306}}
  • June 4 – Stoja, Serbian singer
  • June 5 – Yogi Adityanath, Indian priest and politician[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=7 Shri Yogi Adityanath: Members bioprofile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324132606/http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=7 |date=March 24, 2017 }}, Sixteenth Lok Sabha, retrieved March 19, 2017.
  • June 6
  • Noriaki Kasai, Japanese ski jumper{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/noriaki-kasai|title=Noriaki Kasai|website=IOC|access-date=February 13, 2021}}
  • Natalie Morales, American journalist{{Cite web|date=September 6, 2014|title=TODAY anchors show their driver's license photos – Video on TODAY.com|url=http://www.today.com/video/today/49118142|access-date=2024-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906043600/http://www.today.com/video/today/49118142|archive-date=September 6, 2014}}
  • Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer
  • June 7 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor{{Cite web|url=https://cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/06/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-june-7-2020-includes-celebrities-liam-neeson-karl-urban.html|title=Today's famous birthdays list for June 7, 2020 includes celebrities Liam Neeson, Karl Urban|first=Mike|last=Rose|date=June 7, 2020|website=cleveland}}
  • June 15 – Poppy Montgomery, Australian-American actress
  • June 16 – John Cho, Korean-American actor and musician{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-cho/bio/157818/|title=John Cho Biography|publisher=TVGuide.com|access-date=July 7, 2016|archive-date=September 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920130151/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-cho/bio/157818/}}
  • June 17 – Iztok Čop, Slovenian rower{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/2147/cop-iztok|title=Iztok Cop|website=World Rowing|access-date=October 31, 2020|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822161819/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/2147/cop-iztok|url-status=dead}}
  • June 18 – Michal Yannai, Israeli actress
  • June 19 – Jean Dujardin, French actor, comedian and film director{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|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=PA328|date=September 24, 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=328}}
  • June 21 – Irene van Dyk, South African born New Zealand netball player
  • June 23 – Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager{{cite book|first1=Patrick|last1=Fort|first2=Jean|last2=Philippe|title=Zidane: The Biography|year=2018|publisher=Ebury Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-78503-848-8|page=1}}
  • June 24
  • Robbie McEwen, Australian professional bicycle road racer
  • Kim Yeo-jin, South Korean actress and activist
  • June 28
  • Geeta Tripathee, Nepali poet, lyricist and literary critic
  • Maria Butyrskaya, Russian figure skater
  • June 29
  • DJ Shadow, American DJ and record producer{{Cite Grove|title=DJ Shadow|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2218982|url-access=subscription|last1=Levine|first1=Mike}}
  • Samantha Smith, American peace activist (d. 1985){{cite book|author=Patricia Stone Martin|title=Samantha Smith, Young Ambassador|publisher=Rourke Enterprises|year=1987|isbn=9780865921733|page=5}}
  • June 30
  • Molly Parker, Canadian actress{{cite tweet|title=Thanks for the birthday wishes!!!|url=https://twitter.com/TheMollyParker/status/483672261019197440|user=TheMollyParker|number=483672261019197440|date=June 30, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141030013400/https://twitter.com/TheMollyParker/status/483672261019197440|archive-date=October 30, 2014|url-status=live}}

=July=

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  • July 1 – Steffi Nerius, German javelin thrower{{cite web|title=Steffi Nerius|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70067|website=olympedia.org}}
  • July 2 – Darren Shan, Irish author
  • July 4
  • Nina Badrić, Croatian pop singer
  • Alexei Shirov, Spanish chess Grandmaster{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/players/alexei-shirov|title=Alexei Shirov|website=chess.com|access-date=February 13, 2021}}
  • Craig Spearman, New Zealand cricketer
  • July 5
  • Robert Esmie, Canadian Olympic athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/robert-esmie|title=Robert Esmie|website=IOC|access-date=February 13, 2021}}
  • Gary Shteyngart, Soviet-born American writer{{cite web|url=https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Gary-Shteyngart/10644|title=Gary Shteyngart|website=babelio.com|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
  • July 6
  • Isabelle Boulay, French Canadian singer
  • Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter{{cite web|title=ZHANNA PINTUSEVICH-BLOCK|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/ZhannaPintusevich.html|website=jewishsports.net}}
  • July 7
  • Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
  • Kirsten Vangsness, American actress and writer{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.com/primetime/criminal_minds/blog2.php?id=10|title=Kirstens Blog|access-date=2007-10-07|first=Kirsten|last=Vangsness|date=July 24, 2007|publisher=CBS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012101952/http://cbs.com/primetime/criminal_minds/blog2.php?id=10|archive-date=2007-10-12}}
  • July 8 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer{{cite book|title=The Herald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5x-UKQ4sNCIC|year=1999|publisher=Pakistan Herald Publications|page=76}}
  • July 10
  • Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress, television producer, comedian, presenter and model{{cite web|url=http://www.elheraldo.co/tendencias/entre-pitufos-mexicanos-sof-a-vergara-celebr-sus-39-a-os-29008|title=Entre pitufos mexicanos, Sofía Vergara celebró sus 39 años / Among Mexican Smurfs, Sofia Vergara celebrated her 39 years|date=July 11, 2011|work=El Heraldo|language=es|access-date=March 29, 2015|quote=Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara nació el 10 de julio de 1972 en Barranquilla. / Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara was born on July 10, 1972 in Barranquilla.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215025/http://www.elheraldo.co/tendencias/entre-pitufos-mexicanos-sof-a-vergara-celebr-sus-39-a-os-29008|archive-date=October 4, 2013}}
  • Julián Legaspi, Uruguayan-Peruvian actor
  • July 11 – Michael Rosenbaum, American actor,{{cite web|title=Rising Star Michael Rosenbaum on Midday with Mike Tuesday|date=May 6, 2003|url=https://www.14news.com/story/1265946/rising-star-michael-rosenbaum-on-midday-with-mike-tuesday/|access-date=January 27, 2024}} producer, singer and comedian{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
  • July 17 – Jaap Stam, Dutch football player and coach{{cite web|title=Jaap Stam|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=12657|website=soccerbase.com}}
  • July 20 – Jozef Stümpel, Slovak professional ice hockey player
  • July 21 – Catherine Ndereba, Kenyan long-distance runner
  • July 22
  • Andrew Holness, 9th Prime Minister of Jamaica{{cite book|author=Palgrave Macmillan|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2017: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBs9DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA680|date=February 28, 2017|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-68398-7|pages=680}}
  • Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
  • Nataša Ninković, Serbian actress{{cite web|title=Nataša Ninković|url=http://www.trebinje.info/trebinje/trebinjci-u-svijetu/natasa-ninkovic.html|website=trebinje.info|access-date=January 24, 2023|archive-date=April 20, 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070420070849/http://www.trebinje.info/trebinje/trebinjci-u-svijetu/natasa-ninkovic.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}
  • July 23 – Marlon Wayans, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
  • July 25 – Carole Samaha, Lebanese singer and actress
  • July 27
  • Clint Robinson, Australian kayaker
  • Maya Rudolph, American actress, comedienne and singer
  • Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and the first commercial astronaut
  • July 28
  • Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
  • Evan Farmer, American television host, actor and musician
  • July 29 – Wil Wheaton, American actor, blogger and writer

=August=

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=September=

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  • September 2 – Sergejs Žoltoks, Latvian hockey player (d. 2004)
  • September 4
  • Daniel Nestor, Serbian born-Canadian tennis player{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-nestor/n210/overview|title=Daniel Nestor | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}
  • Françoise Yip, Chinese-Canadian actress
  • September 6 – Idris Elba, English actor{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|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=September 24, 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=445}}
  • September 9 – Goran Višnjić, Croatian-American actor
  • September 10 – Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/ghada-shouaa|title=Ghada Shouaa|website=IOC|access-date=December 29, 2020}}
  • September 12 – Vebjørn Rodal, Norwegian middle-distance athlete{{cite web|title=Vebjørn RODAL|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/norway/vebjorn-rodal-14215450|website=worldathletics.org}}
  • September 15 – Queen Letizia of Spain{{cite book|author1=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations|author2=World Health Organization|title=Proceedings of the FAO/WHO International Symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy diets and improved nutrition: 1–2 December, 2016, Rome, Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGy1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA131|date=April 26, 2018|publisher=Food & Agriculture Org.|isbn=978-92-5-130474-7|pages=131}}
  • September 16
  • Sprent Dabwido, Nauruan politician (d. 2019)
  • Vebjørn Rodal, Norwegian Olympic athlete
  • September 17 – Bobby Lee, Asian-American comedian
  • September 19 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player, theoretician and coach
  • September 20 – Victor Ponta, 3-Time Prime Minister of Romania{{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2013: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pLlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1020|date=January 12, 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-59541-9|pages=1020}}
  • September 21
  • Liam Gallagher, British singer (Oasis)
  • Erin Fitzgerald, Canadian-American voice actress
  • September 23
  • Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese politician (d. 2006)
  • Galit Gutman, Israeli female model
  • September 26
  • Beto O'Rourke, American politician, representative of Texas 16th congressional district
  • Shawn Stockman, American singer and musician (Boyz II Men)
  • September 27 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
  • September 28 – Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist, model and businesswoman
  • September 30
  • Ari Behn, Norwegian author (d. 2019){{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/12/27/ari-behn-acclaimed-writer-compared-scott-fitzgerald-controversially/|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/12/27/ari-behn-acclaimed-writer-compared-scott-fitzgerald-controversially/|archive-date=January 12, 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=Ari Behn – obituary|last=Telegraph Obituaries|date=December 27, 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=December 29, 2019}}{{cbignore}}
  • José Lima, Dominican baseball player (d. 2010)
  • Shaan, Indian singer

=October=

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  • October 2 – Konstantinos Papadakis, Greek pianist
  • October 3 – Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (d. 2017)
  • October 5 – Grant Hill, African-American basketball player
  • October 6 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian soccer player{{cite web|title=M. Schwarzer|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/702/|website=soccerway.com}}
  • October 11 – Claudia Black, Australian actress
  • October 15 – Sandra Kim, Belgian singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1986 winner
  • October 17
  • Eminem, American rapper and actor{{cite book|author=Peter Buckley|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA340|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|pages=340}}
  • Sharon Leal, American actress and director{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20137328,00.html|title=Extra Credit — Kids & Family Life, Boston Public : People.com|work=People|year=2014|access-date=October 2, 2014|archive-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914181827/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20137328,00.html|url-status=dead}}
  • Tarkan, Turkish singer{{cite news|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/ekler/gazete_pazar/981108/haber/hab2.html|title=Tarkan Fransa ve Belçika'da pop listelerinde hızla yükseliyor|first=Melek|last=Derman|access-date=June 7, 2013|date=November 8, 1998|newspaper=Milliyet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305091132/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/ekler/gazete_pazar/981108/haber/hab2.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}
  • October 21
  • Evgeny Afineevsky, Russian-born American film director and producer
  • Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian professor of international law
  • October 22 – Saffron Burrows, British actress
  • October 24 – Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
  • October 25 – Esther Duflo, French American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
  • October 26 – Dianno A. Jakelj, Slovenian abstract painter{{cite web|title=Dianno Jakelj Artworks|url=https://www.saatchiart.com/diannojakelj|website=saatchiart.com|publisher=Saatchi Art|access-date=July 13, 2023}}
  • October 27
  • Elissa, Lebanese singer
  • Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Mozambican athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/maria-mutola|title=Maria Mutola|website=IOC|access-date=November 25, 2020}}
  • October 28 – Brad Paisley, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist.
  • October 29 – Gabrielle Union, American actress{{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=PA533|date=September 24, 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=533}}

=November=

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=December=

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Deaths

=January=

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  • January 1
  • Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (b. 1888){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/02/archives/maurice-chevalier-dead-singer-and-actor-was-83.html|title=Maurice Chevalier Dead; Singer and Actor Was 83|date=February 14, 1972|newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Maximus V of Constantinople, Turkish Orthodox Christian bishop (b. 1897)
  • January 3 – Frans Masereel, Belgian painter and graphic artist (b. 1889){{cite book|author1=Amy T. Schlegel|author2=Corinne Granof|author3=Bessie Tina Yarborough|author4=Stephanie D'Alessandro|title=Art in Germany, 1909–1936: From Expressionism to Resistance : the Marvin and Janet Fishman Collection|publisher=Milwaukee Art Museum|year=1990|page=260}}
  • January 6 – Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chen-Yi Chen Yi Chinese military leader]
  • January 7 – Emma P. Carr, American spectroscopist (b. 1880){{cite web|title=Data Bank of Scientists: Emma Perry Carr|url=http://www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/carr.html|work=Project NOVA (NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics)|publisher=California State Polytechnic University, Pomona|access-date=June 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205040333/http://www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/carr.html|archive-date=December 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}
  • January 8 – Wesley Ruggles, American film director (b. 1889){{Cite news|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/wesley-ruggles/|title=Wesley Ruggles|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2016|date=January 10, 1972}}
  • January 10
  • Nubar Gulbenkian, Ottoman-born Armenian-British oil trader, socialite and intelligence operative (b. 1896)
  • Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897){{Cite web|url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/aksel-larsen-1897-1972|title=Aksel Larsen, 1897-1972|website=danmarkshistorien.dk}}
  • January 14 – King Frederik IX of Denmark (b. 1899){{cite news|title=Frederik of Denmark Dies. Margrethe to Be Queen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/15/archives/frederik-of-denmark-dies-margrethe-to-be-queen-frederik-of-denmark.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 15, 1972}}
  • January 16 – Ross Bagdasarian, American record producer (b. 1919)
  • January 17 – Rochelle Hudson, American actress, heart attack (b. 1916){{cite news|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|location=Tucson, Arizona|page=5|date=January 19, 1972|title=Former Screen Star Rochelle Hudson Dies|agency=Associated Press|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/164867898/|access-date=December 9, 2022}}
  • January 19 – Mohammad Al-Abbasi, 45th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1914)
  • January 25 – Erhard Milch, German field marshal and Luftwaffe officer (b. 1892)
  • January 27 – Mahalia Jackson, American gospel singer (b. 1911)Whitman, Alden, "Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer And a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies", The New York Times, (January 28, 1972) p. 1.
  • January 30
  • Beatrice Forbes, Countess of Granard, American-born heiress (b. 1883){{Cite web|url=http://www.longfordatwar.ie/soldiers/858|title=President, Founder, Administrator Beatrice Forbes (O.B.E.)|website=longfordatwar.ie}}
  • Prince Sisowath Watchayavong, 5th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1891)
  • January 31 – King Mahendra of Nepal (b. 1920)

=February=

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{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,,910224,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204143240/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,,910224,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|title=Mrs. Winchell's Little Boy|date=March 26, 1972|work=Time Magazine|access-date=October 17, 2011}}

=March=

  • March 4 – Sir Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer and chief justice (b. 1894){{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5b12/barrowclough-harold-eric|title=Barrowclough, Harold Eric|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|last=Taonga|website=teara.govt.nz}}
  • March 8 – Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German Nazi politician and SS functionary (b. 1899)
  • March 11
  • Fredric Brown, American science fiction and mystery writer (b. 1906){{cite book|last=Seabrook|first=Jack|title=Martians and misplaced clues : the life and work of Fredric Brown|publisher=Bowling Green State University Popular Press|location=Bowling Green, OH|year=1993|isbn=9780879725914|page=10}}
  • Zack Wheat, American baseball player (b. 1888){{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/wheat-zack|title=Wheat, Zack | Baseball Hall of Fame|website=baseballhall.org}}
  • March 17 – Claude J. Crenshaw, American Air Force officer and flying ace (b. 1918){{cite web|url=http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1114|title=Claude J. Crenshaw|newspaper=Veteran Tributes|access-date=September 29, 2023}}
  • March 20 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921)
  • March 23 – Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (b. 1895){{cite web|last=Charleston|first=Beth Duncuff|title=Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972)|work=Timeline of Art History|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|date=October 2004|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bale/hd_bale.htm|access-date=December 23, 2020}}
  • March 27
  • M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. 1898)
  • Lorenzo Wright, American athlete (b. 1926){{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/lorenzo-wright-1.html|title=Lorenzo Wright Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105919/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/lorenzo-wright-1.html|archive-date=April 18, 2020}}
  • March 28 – Joseph Paul-Boncour, 71st Prime Minister of France (b. 1873)
  • March 31 – Meena Kumari, Indian actress, singer and poet (b. 1933)

=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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=September=

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=October=

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  • October 1 – Louis Leakey, British paleontologist (b. 1903){{cite book|title=New Scientist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=167YFAML_o4C&pg=PA573|date=September 8, 1977|publisher=Reed Business Information|pages=573}}
  • October 5 – Ivan Yefremov, Soviet paleontologist and science fiction author (b. 1908){{cite book|author1=Christy G. Turner II|author2=Nicolai D. Ovodov|author3=Olga V. Pavlova|title=Animal Teeth and Human Tools: A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8U5CAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|date=July 11, 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-06765-3|pages=27}}
  • October 8 – Prescott Bush, American banker and politician (b. 1895){{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Prescott-Bush|title=Prescott S. Bush | Biography, Family Tree, & Facts | Britannica|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}
  • October 9 – Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
  • October 10 – Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish army officer, economist and astronomer (b. 1880){{cite book|title=The Irish Astronomical Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDtBAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Irish Astronomical Society|page=3}}
  • October 16 – Leo G. Carroll, English actor (b. 1886){{cite book|last=Ellenberger|first=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2001|isbn=9780786409839|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ|page=103|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Mass Slated Today for Actor Leo G. Carroll|work=Valley News|date=October 19, 1972|page=35}}
  • October 17 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
  • October 20 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885){{cite news|title=Dr. Harlow Shapley Dies at 86. Dean of American Astronomers. Dr. Harlow Shapley, Dean of American Astronomers, Dies at 86|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/21/archives/dr-harlow-shapley-dies-at-86-dean-of-american-astronomers-dr-harlow.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 21, 1972|access-date=2014-01-15}}
  • October 24
  • Jackie Robinson, African-American baseball player (b. 1919){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0131.html|title=Jackie Robinson, First Black in Major Leagues, Dies|last=Anderson|first=Dave|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 27, 2009|date=October 25, 1972}}
  • Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1892){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/25/archives/claire-windsor-actress-74-dead-blonde-star-of-the-silent-screen-for.html|title=Claire Windsor, actress, 74, dead|date=October 25, 1972|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 25, 2020}}
  • October 26 – Igor Sikorsky, Soviet aviation engineer (b. 1889){{cite web|url=http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/pdf/news%202013/April%202013%202.pdf|title=Igor Sikorsky Was a Reflection of His Heritage and Experiences in Life|last=Jacobson|first=Lee|date=April 2013|work=Sikorsky Archives News|publisher=Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives|access-date=October 12, 2021|page=3}}
  • October 27 – Katherine Oppenheimer, American biologist (b. 1910)
  • October 28 – Mitchell Leisen, American film director (b. 1898)

=November=

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  • November 1 – Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885){{cite book|author=Peter Ackroyd|title=Ezra Pound and His World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IccfAQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-16798-5|page=116}}
  • November 5 – Reginald Owen, English actor (b. 1887)
  • November 12
  • Rudolf Friml, Czech composer (b. 1879){{cite book|author1=Ian Herbert|author2=Christine Baxter|author3=Robert E. Finley|title=Who's who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAC1AAAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Pitman|isbn=978-0-273-00163-8|page=1382}}
  • José Nucete Sardi, Venezuelan historian and diplomat (b. 1897)Mireya SOSA DE LEÓN: «Nucete Sardi, José». En: [http://bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org/dhv/entradas/n/nucete-sardi-jose-vicente/ Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela]. Venezuela: Fundación Empresas Polar, 1997. 980-6397-37-I.
  • November 13 – Arnold Jackson, British Olympic athlete (b. 1891)
  • November 14 – Martin Dies Jr., American politician (b. 1900){{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Dies-Jr|title=Martin Dies, Jr. | Texas Congressman, House Un-American Activities Committee | Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}
  • November 17
  • Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral (b. 1888){{cite book|author=Gerald E. Wheeler|title=Kinkaid of the Seventh Fleet: A Biography of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, U.S. Navy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4wTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA486|year=1995|publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy|isbn=978-0-945274-26-1|pages=486}}
  • Eugène Minkowski, French psychiatrist (b. 1885)
  • November 23 – Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
  • November 25 – Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886)
  • November 28
  • Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1876)
  • Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1908)
  • November 29 – Carl W. Stalling, American musician (b. 1891){{Cite web|url=https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004257/Carl-Stalling.html|title=Carl Stalling Biography|website=musicianguide.com}}

=December=

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Nobel Prizes

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Other academic awards

References

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