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1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.

January

 * January 2 – Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
 * January 4 – Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 in Algeria: over 170 are killed in 3 remote villages.
 * January 6 – The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.
 * January 8 – Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.
 * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
 * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
 * January 17 – The Drudge Report breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which would lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him.
 * January 22 – "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty in the United States, and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

February

 * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car.
 * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With up to 4,000 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
 * February 7–22 – The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan.
 * February 16 – China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 202 people (all 196 on board and 6 on the ground).
 * February 20 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein negotiates a deal with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, allowing weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, preventing military action by the United States and Britain.
 * February 22 - The Palace 2 building collapses at neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
 * February 28
 * A massacre in Likoshane, FR Yugoslavia starts the Kosovo War.
 * A study led by Andrew Wakefield is published in The Lancet suggesting an alleged link between MMR vaccine and autism. Now known to be full of data manipulation, the study was instantly controversial and fueled the nascent anti-vaccination movement. Despite subsequent large epidemiological research found no link between vaccines and autism,   the study contributed — in the following years and decades — to a sharp drop in vaccination rates and the resurgence of measles in several countries. The study, fully retracted in 2010, was later characterised as "perhaps the most damaging medical hoax of the 20th Century".

March

 * March 1 – Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1 billion.
 * March 2 – Data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
 * March 5 – NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
 * March 11 – 1998 Danish general election: Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is re-elected.
 * March 13 – The High-Z Supernova Search Team becomes the first team to publish evidence that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
 * March 23 – The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted for the 6th time by Billy Crystal, is held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Titanic wins 11 Oscars including Best Picture.
 * March 26 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives; 32 of the killed are babies under the age of two.

April

 * April 5 – In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
 * April 6 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
 * April 10 – Good Friday Agreement: 1 hour after the end of the talks deadline, the Belfast Agreement is signed between the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties, with the notable exception of the Democratic Unionist Party.
 * April 20 – The alleged date the German Red Army Faction (created 1970) is dissolved.
 * April 23 – The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 19.

May

 * May 11
 * India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including one thermonuclear device.
 * The first euro coins are minted in Pessac, France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999.
 * May 13–14 – Riots directed against Chinese Indonesians break out in Indonesia, killing around 1,000 people.
 * May 19
 * The Galaxy IV communications satellite fails, leaving 80–90% of the world's pagers without service.
 * The wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942, is found near Midway Atoll by a team led by former US Navy officer Robert D. Ballard.
 * May 21 – Suharto (elected 1967) resigns, after 32 years as President of Indonesia and his 7th consecutive re-election by the Indonesian Parliament (MPR). Suharto's hand-picked Vice President, B. J. Habibie, becomes Indonesia's third president.
 * May 28 – Nuclear testing: In response to a series of Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan explodes five nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan, codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
 * May 30
 * A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
 * A second nuclear test, codenamed Chagai-II, is conducted and supervised by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).

June

 * June 1 – European Central Bank established, replacing the European Monetary Institute.
 * June 3 – Eschede train disaster: an Intercity-Express high-speed train derails between Hanover and Hamburg, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
 * June 7
 * Former Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané seizes control over military barracks in Bissau, marking the beginning of the Guinea-Bissau Civil War (1998–99).
 * James Byrd Jr. is beaten and dragged to death by 3 white men in Jasper, Texas.
 * June 9–July 12 – The 1998 FIFA World Cup in France: France beats Brazil 3–0 in the FIFA World Cup Final.
 * June 10 – The Organisation of African Unity passes a resolution which states that its members will no longer comply with punitive sanctions applied by the UN Security Council against Libya.
 * June 27 – Kuala Lumpur International Airport officially opened, becoming the new international gateway into Malaysia.
 * June 30 – Philippine Vice President Joseph Estrada is sworn in as the 13th President of the Philippines.

July

 * July 5 – Japan launches a probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as an outer space-exploring nation.
 * July 6 – The new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opens, while the old Kai Tak Airport closes.
 * July 17
 * At a conference in Rome, 120 countries vote to create a permanent International Criminal Court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
 * In Saint Petersburg, Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by the Lenin-led Bolsheviks in 1918.
 * The 7.0 Papua New Guinea earthquake shakes the region near Aitape with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This submarine earthquake triggered a landslide that caused a destructive tsunami, leaving more than 2,100 dead and thousands injured.
 * July 21 – September 5 – The 1998 Sydney water crisis involved the suspected contamination by the microscopic pathogens cryptosporidium and giardia of the water supply system of Greater Metropolitan Sydney.

August

 * August 4 – The Second Congo War begins; 5.4 million people die before it ends in 2003, making it the bloodiest war, to date, since World War II.
 * August 7
 * Yangtze River Floods: in China the Yangtze river breaks through the main bank; before this, from August 1–5, peripheral levees collapsed consecutively in Jiayu County Baizhou Bay. The death toll exceeds 12,000, with many thousands more injured.
 * 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: the bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist Osama bin Laden, an exile of Saudi Arabia.
 * August 15 – The Omagh bombing is carried out in Northern Ireland by the Real Irish Republican Army.
 * August 26 - Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama wins the Libertadores Cup after a 2-1 win against Barcelona S.C..

September

 * September 2
 * A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner (Swissair Flight 111) crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en route to Geneva; all 229 people on board are killed.
 * A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced.
 * September 4 – Google, Inc. is founded in Menlo Park, California, by Stanford University PhD candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
 * September 5 – The Government of North Korea adopts a military dictatorship on its 50th anniversary.
 * September 9 – St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run of the season, thus breaking the single season record of 61 which had been held by Roger Maris since 1961.
 * September 10 – At midnight, a shooting occurs aboard an Akula-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Russian Navy docked in the northern Russian port city of Severomorsk.
 * September 12 – The Cuban Five intelligence agents are arrested in Miami, and convicted of espionage. The agents claim they were not spying against the United States Government but against the Cuban exile community in Miami.
 * September 24 – Iranian President Mohammad Khatami retracts a fatwa against Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie that was in force since 1989 stating that the Iranian government will "neither support nor hinder assassination operations on Rushdie".

October

 * October 1 – Europol is established when the Europol Convention signed by all of its member states comes into force.
 * October 3 – 1998 Australian federal election: John Howard's Liberal/National Coalition Government is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.
 * October 10 – Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet: General Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator from 1973 to 1990, is indicted for human rights violations he committed in Chile by Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón. 6 days later British police place him under house arrest during his medical treatment in the UK. This is a leading case in the law of universal jurisdiction.
 * October 17 – 1998 Jesse pipeline explosion: An oil pipeline explosion in Jesse, Nigeria results in 1,082 deaths.
 * October 29 – Hurricane Mitch makes landfall in Central America, killing an estimated 11,000 people.

November

 * November 17 – Voyager 1 overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant man-made object from the Solar System, at a distance of 69.419 AU.
 * November 20 – A Russian Proton rocket is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first segment of the International Space Station, the 21-ton Zarya Module.
 * November 24 – A declassified report by Swiss International Olympic Committee official Marc Hodler reveals that bribes had been used to bring the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City during bidding process in 1995. The IOC, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, the United States Olympic Committee and the United States Department of Justice immediately launch an investigation into the scandal.

December

 * December 4 – The Space Shuttle Endeavour launches the first American component to the International Space Station, the 25,600 lb Unity module on STS-88. It docks with Zarya two days later.
 * December 6 – Hugo Chávez, politician and former member of the Venezuelan military, is elected President of Venezuela.
 * December 14 – The Yugoslav Army ambushes a column of 140 Kosovo Liberation Army militants attempting to smuggle arms from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
 * December 16–19 – Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President Bill Clinton orders airstrikes on Iraq. UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq.
 * December 19 – The U.S. House of Representatives forwards articles of impeachment against President Clinton to the Senate, making him the second president to be impeached in the nation.
 * December 29 – Khmer Rouge leaders apologize for the post-Vietnam War genocide in Cambodia that killed more than one million people in the 1970s.
 * December 31
 * The first leap second since June 30, 1997, occurs.
 * In the Eurozone, the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently.

Date unknown

 * Ibrahim Hanna, the last native speaker of Mlahsô, dies in Qamishli, Syria, making the language effectively extinct. Also, the last native speaker of related Bijil Neo-Aramaic, Mrs. Rahel Avraham, dies in Jerusalem.

January

 * January 1
 * Sara Ahmed, Egyptian weightlifter
 * January 2
 * Chen Xinyi, Chinese swimmer
 * Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
 * January 3 – Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer
 * January 4
 * Coco Jones, American actress and singer
 * Liza Soberano, Filipino actress and singer
 * January 5
 * Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
 * Marie Iitoyo, Japanese fashion model and actress
 * January 6
 * Ismail Azzaoui, Belgian footballer
 * Norman Grimes, American sprinter
 * Lee Seung-woo, South Korean footballer
 * January 8 – Manuel Locatelli, Italian footballer
 * January 10 – Xu Shilin, Chinese tennis player
 * January 11 – Salih Özcan, German footballer
 * January 12
 * Juan Foyth, Argentine footballer
 * Rafik Zekhnini, Norwegian footballer
 * January 13
 * Gabrielle Daleman, Canadian figure skater
 * Kamron Doyle, American ten-pin bowler
 * January 14 – Ai Moritaka, Japanese model and actress
 * January 16 – Odsonne Édouard, French footballer
 * January 18
 * Vashti Cunningham, American track and field athlete
 * Éder Militão, Brazilian footballer
 * January 20 – Frances Tiafoe, American tennis player
 * January 21 – Amelia Hundley, American artistic gymnast
 * January 23
 * Rachel Crow, American singer and actress
 * Cole Custer, American stock car racing driver
 * XXXTentacion, American rapper (d. 2018)
 * January 26 – Devin Druid, American actor
 * January 27 – Rebeka Kim, South Korean ice dancer
 * January 28
 * Javier Acevedo, Canadian swimmer
 * Ariel Winter, American actress
 * January 29 – Mion Mukaichi, Japanese singer and actress
 * January 31
 * Amadou Haidara, Malian footballer
 * Bradie Tennell, American figure skater

February

 * February 1
 * Kipyegon Bett, Kenyan middle-distance runner
 * Stefan Kozlov, American tennis player
 * February 3
 * Michael McLeod, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
 * Yang Hao, Chinese diver
 * February 4
 * Scott Jones, English paralympic athlete
 * Malik Monk, American basketball player
 * February 10
 * Aitor Buñuel, Spanish footballer
 * Gray Gaulding, American stock car racing driver
 * February 11 – Khalid, American singer and songwriter
 * February 13 – Khalifa St. Fort, Trinbagonian sprinter
 * February 15
 * Dennis Cholowski Canadian hockey defenseman
 * Zachary Gordon, American actor
 * George Russell, British racing driver
 * February 17 – Fernanda Urdapilleta, Mexican actress and singer
 * February 18
 * Sander Berge, Norwegian footballer
 * Matthew Davidson, American guitarist
 * February 21 – Michaela Hrubá, Czech athlete
 * February 24 – Mariel Pamintuan, Filipino actress
 * February 25 – Rizky Febian, Indonesian singer, songwriter, actor, and TV presenter
 * February 27
 * Elisa Balsamo, Italian cyclist
 * Felix Gall, Austrian cyclist
 * Theo Stevenson, English actor

March

 * March 2 – Tua Tagovailoa, American football player
 * March 3 – Jayson Tatum, American basketball player
 * March 5
 * Sergio Díaz, Paraguayan footballer
 * Micah Fowler, American actor
 * March 9
 * Najee Harris, American football player
 * Kaylin Whitney, American sprinter
 * March 16 – Lil Keed, American rapper
 * March 17 – Nathan O'Toole, Irish actor
 * March 19 – Sakura Miyawaki, Japanese singer
 * March 21 – Miles Bridges, American basketball player
 * March 22 – Paola Andino, Puerto-Rican-American actress
 * March 26
 * Daria Grushina, Russian ski jumper
 * Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
 * March 27 – Haji Wright, American footballer
 * March 28
 * Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer
 * Ryan Simpkins, American actress
 * March 29 – Alex Neustaedter, American actor
 * March 30 – Kalyn Ponga, Australian rugby league footballer
 * March 31
 * Oskar Buur, Danish footballer
 * Jakob Chychrun, American ice hockey player
 * Anna Seidel, German short track speed skater

April

 * April 3 – Paris Jackson, American actress and model
 * April 5 – Kaito Nakamura, Japanese actor and model
 * April 6
 * Peyton List, American actress and model
 * Spencer List, American actor
 * April 9 – Elle Fanning, American actress and model
 * April 10 – Anna Pogorilaya, Russian figure skater
 * April 16
 * Maxime Rooney, American swimmer
 * Paul Salas, Filipino actor
 * April 19 – Patrik Laine, Finnish ice hockey player
 * April 21 – Jarrett Allen, American basketball player
 * April 24 – Ryan Newman, American actress and model
 * April 26 – Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Polish chess grandmaster
 * April 29 – Kimberly Birrell, German-born Australian tennis player

May

 * May 2
 * Ian Anderson, American baseball pitcher
 * Tremaine Edmunds, American football player
 * Jonathan Ikoné, French footballer
 * May 4
 * Frank Jackson, American basketball player
 * Rex Orange County, English artist and songwriter
 * May 5
 * Tijana Bogdanović, Serbian taekwondo practitioner
 * Olli Juolevi, Finnish ice hockey player
 * Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player
 * May 6
 * Sierra Schmidt, American swimmer
 * Kayden Troff, American chess champion
 * May 7
 * MrBeast, American YouTube celebrity
 * Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
 * Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
 * May 8 – Johannes Eggestein, German footballer
 * May 11 – Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer
 * May 12
 * Mohamed Bamba, American basketball player
 * Tornado Alicia Black, American tennis player
 * May 13
 * Karen Iwata, Japanese singer and voice actress
 * Mickey Moniak, American baseball outfielder
 * May 16 – Adian Pitkeev, Russian figure skater
 * May 17 – Terrance Ferguson, American basketball player
 * May 18 – Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
 * May 20 – Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater
 * May 23 – Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
 * May 28 – Dahyun, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer
 * May 29
 * Markelle Fultz, American basketball player
 * Lucía Gil, Spanish singer and actress
 * Oliver Stokes, English actor
 * Felix Passlack, German footballer
 * May 31 – Reza Shekari, Iranian footballer

June

 * June 1
 * Aleksandra Soldatova, Russian rhythmic gymnast
 * Branimir Kalaica, Croatian footballer
 * June 5
 * Dave, English rapper, singer and songwriter
 * Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater
 * June 7 – Graham Newberry, British-American figure skater
 * June 11 – Charlie Tahan, American actor
 * June 12
 * Jean-Victor Makengo, French footballer
 * Andrey Makolov, Russian artistic gymnast
 * June 14 – Jovane Cabral, Cape Verdean footballer
 * June 15 – Alexander Samarin, Russian figure skater
 * June 16
 * Ritsu Doan, Japanese footballer
 * Lauren Taylor, American actress and singer
 * June 19
 * Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş, Turkish swimmer
 * Suzu Hirose, Japanese actress and model
 * Atticus Shaffer, American actor
 * Ömer Yurtseven, Turkish basketball player
 * June 21 – Gerben Thijssen, Belgian road and track cyclist
 * June 22 – Javairô Dilrosun, Dutch footballer
 * June 23 – Josip Brekalo, Croatian footballer
 * June 24
 * Pierre-Luc Dubois, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Coy Stewart, American actor
 * June 25 – Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer
 * June 26 – Edu Gueda, Brazilian singer
 * June 27 – Bor Pavlovčič, Slovenian ski jumper
 * June 28 – Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz, Spanish footballer
 * June 29 – Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player
 * June 30
 * Houssem Aouar, French footballer
 * Tom Davies, English footballer

July

 * July 2 – Ema Klinec, Slovenian ski jumper
 * July 7 – Dylan Sprayberry, American actor
 * July 8
 * Maya Hawke, American actress and model
 * Yann Karamoh, French footballer
 * Jaden Smith, American actor
 * Daria Spiridonova, Russian artistic gymnast
 * July 9 – Robert Capron, American actor
 * July 10
 * Kimia Alizadeh, Iranian taekwondo athlete
 * Haley Pullos, American actress
 * July 12 – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Canadian basketball player
 * July 16 – Rina Matsuno, Japanese singer, model, and actress (d. 2017)
 * July 21 – Kim Magnus, South Korean Olympic cross-country skier
 * July 22
 * Alicia Moffet, Canadian singer
 * Madison Pettis, American actress
 * Patrick Schmidt, Austrian footballer
 * Federico Valverde, Uruguayan footballer
 * July 23 – Deandre Ayton, Bahamian basketball player
 * July 24 – Bindi Irwin, Australian television personality and conservationist
 * July 27 – Risa Watanabe, Japanese idol and model
 * July 28 – Frank Ntilikina, French basketball player
 * July 30 – Jake Fromm, American football player
 * July 31
 * Hamidou Diallo, American basketball player
 * Rico Rodriguez, American actor

August

 * August 1 – Khamani Griffin, American actor
 * August 2 – Giarnni Regini-Moran, British artistic gymnast
 * August 3 – Cozi Zuehlsdorff, American actress, pianist, and singer
 * August 4 – Lil Skies, American rapper
 * August 5
 * Mimi Keene, English actress
 * Daniil Pakhomov, Russian swimmer
 * August 6 – Forrest Goodluck, American actor
 * August 7 – Jalen Hurts, American football player
 * August 8
 * Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter
 * Ronan Parke, English singer
 * August 9
 * Jorrit Croon, Dutch hockey player
 * Panagiotis Retsos, Greek footballer
 * August 10
 * Diptayan Ghosh, Indian chess grandmaster
 * Eythóra Thorsdóttir, Dutch gymnast
 * August 11 – Nadia Azzi, American classical pianist
 * August 12 – Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player
 * August 13
 * Arina Averina, Russian rhythmic gymnast
 * Dina Averina, Russian rhythmic gymnast
 * Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player
 * Carter Hart, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
 * August 14 – Amy Marren, English paralympic swimmer
 * August 18 – Tenshin Nasukawa, Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
 * August 23 – P. J. Washington, American basketball player
 * August 25
 * Abraham Mateo, Spanish singer and actor
 * China Anne McClain, American actress and singer

September

 * September 1 – Emily Condon, Australian footballer
 * September 5 – Matteo Rizzo, Italian figure skater
 * September 9 – Jesús Marimón, Colombian footballer
 * September 10 – Sheck Wes, American rapper
 * September 17 – Richard Wang, Canadian chess champion
 * September 18 – Christian Pulisic, American soccer player
 * September 19
 * Jacob Bruun Larsen, Danish footballer
 * Trae Young, American basketball player
 * September 20 – Rashid Khan, Afghan cricket player
 * September 21 – Miguel Tanfelix, Filipino actor
 * September 26 – Ivan Pavlov, Ukrainian figure skater
 * September 28
 * Máscara de Bronce, Mexican wrestler
 * Aleksandra Goryachkina, Russian chess Grandmaster

October

 * October 1 – Danika Yarosh, American actress and dancer
 * October 7 – Trent Alexander-Arnold, English footballer
 * October 9 – Tako Natsvlishvili, Georgian model
 * October 10 – Nash Aguas, Filipino actor
 * October 12 – Tyler Pierce, American figure skater
 * October 17 – Erin Kellyman, British actress
 * October 18 – Emily Robinson, American actress
 * October 22
 * Ike Anigbogu, American basketball player
 * Ianis Hagi, Romanian footballer
 * October 24 – Daya, American singer
 * October 26 – Samantha Isler, American actress
 * October 27 – Dayot Upamecano, French footballer
 * October 28
 * Nolan Gould, American actor
 * Perrine Laffont, French mogul skier
 * October 29
 * Maria Kharenkova, Russian artistic gymnast
 * Lance Stroll, Canadian racing driver

November

 * November 1 – Marie-Antoinette Katoto, French footballer
 * November 2 – Elkie, South Korean based singer and actress
 * November 3 – Maddison Elliott, Australian paralympic swimmer
 * November 4
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes, American actress
 * Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer
 * November 10 – Renz Valerio, Filipino actor
 * November 11 – Carlo Lacana, Filipino actor
 * November 12 – Jules Koundé, French footballer
 * November 17 – Kara Hayward, American actress
 * November 23 – Bradley Steven Perry, American actor
 * November 24 – Peyton Meyer, American actor
 * November 29 – Ayumu Hirano, Japanese snowboarder

December

 * December 2
 * Annalise Basso, American actress
 * Amber Montana, American actress
 * Juice WRLD, American rapper and singer
 * December 4 – Si Yajie, Chinese diver
 * December 8 – Anastasia Rizikov, Canadian classical pianist
 * December 11 – Dante Rigo, Belgian footballer
 * December 14 – Maggie Voisin, American freestyle skier
 * December 15 – Chandler Canterbury, American actor
 * December 16
 * Kiara Muhammad, American actress and singer
 * Reece Oxford, English football player
 * Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer
 * December 17
 * Jasmine Armfield, English actress
 * Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
 * December 18
 * Simona Quadarella, Italian swimmer
 * Calvin Stengs, Dutch footballer
 * December 19 – Frans Jeppsson Wall, Swedish singer
 * December 20
 * Kylian Mbappé, French football player
 * Ivett Tóth, Hungarian figure skater
 * December 22 – G Hannelius, American actress and singer
 * December 24 – Nikita Howarth, New Zealand paralympic swimmer
 * December 26 – Kesz Váldez, Filipino humanitarian
 * December 28
 * Paris Berelc, American actress
 * Jared Gilman, American actor
 * December 31 – Gianina Ernst, German ski jumper

January



 * January 1
 * Åke Seyffarth, Swedish speed skater (b. 1919)
 * Helen Wills, American tennis player (b. 1905)
 * January 4
 * Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
 * Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Italian film director (b. 1894)
 * January 5 – Sonny Bono, American singer, actor, and politician (b. 1935)
 * January 6 – Georgy Sviridov, Soviet and Russian composer (b. 1915)
 * January 7 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist (b. 1906)
 * January 8 – Michael Tippett, English composer (b. 1905)
 * January 9 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist (b. 1918)
 * January 11 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
 * January 15
 * Junior Wells, American harmonica player (b. 1934)
 * Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician and economist (b. 1898)
 * Duncan McNaughton, Canadian Olympic athlete (b. 1910)
 * January 19 – Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)
 * January 21 – Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
 * January 23 – Alfredo Ormando, Italian writer (b. 1958)
 * January 26 – Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese musician and educator (b. 1898)
 * January 28 – Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga artist (b. 1938)

February



 * February 2
 * Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1914)
 * Raymond Cattell, British and American psychologist (b. 1905)
 * February 3
 * Fat Pat, American rapper (b. 1970)
 * Karla Faye Tucker, American convicted murderer (b. 1959)
 * February 6
 * Falco, Austrian rock musician (b. 1957)
 * Carl Wilson, American musician (b. 1946)
 * Nazim al-Kudsi, 26th Prime Minister of Syria and 14th President of Syria (b. 1906)
 * February 8
 * Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer (b. 1902)
 * Enoch Powell, British politician (b. 1912)
 * Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
 * February 9 – Maurice Schumann, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
 * February 11 – Jonathan Hole, American actor (b. 1904)
 * February 16 – Fernando Abril Martorell, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1936)
 * February 17 – Ernst Jünger, German writer (b. 1895)
 * February 18
 * Harry Caray, American television and radio broadcaster (b. 1914)
 * Scott O'Hara, American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (b. 1961)
 * February 19 – Grandpa Jones, American musician (b. 1913)
 * February 22
 * Abraham Alexander Ribicoff, American politician (b. 1910)
 * José María de Areilza, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1909)
 * February 23 – Philip Abbott, American actor (b. 1924)
 * February 24 – Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (b. 1906)
 * February 26 – Theodore Schultz, American economist (b. 1902)
 * February 27
 * George H. Hitchings, American scientist (b. 1905)
 * J. T. Walsh, American actor (b. 1943)
 * February 28 – Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (b. 1952)

March



 * March 3 – Fred W. Friendly, American television journalist and executive (b. 1915)
 * March 8 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
 * March 10
 * Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Milton Mallawarachchi, Sri Lankan Musician (b. 1944)
 * March 12
 * Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)
 * Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (b. 1893)
 * Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (b. 1924)
 * March 13
 * Bill Reid, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
 * Hans von Ohain, German physicist (b. 1911)
 * March 15
 * Benjamin Spock, American rower, pediatrician, and author (b. 1903)
 * Dušan Pašek, Slovak ice hockey player (b. 1960)
 * Tim Maia, Brazilian musician, songwriter and businessman (b. 1942)
 * March 16 – Derek Barton, British chemist (b. 1918)
 * March 25 – Daniel Massey, English actor (b. 1933)
 * March 27 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian auto designer and businessman (b. 1909)
 * March 31 – Bella Abzug, American lawyer, feminist activist, and politician (b. 1920)

April

 * April 1
 * Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1920)
 * Rozz Williams, American singer (b. 1963)
 * April 3
 * Charles Lang, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
 * Rob Pilatus, German singer and dancer (b. 1965)
 * Wolf Vostell, German painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
 * April 5 – Cozy Powell, English drummer (b. 1947)
 * April 6
 * Rudy Dhaenens, Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1961)
 * Wendy O. Williams, American singer (b. 1949)
 * Tammy Wynette, American singer (b. 1942)
 * April 11 – Rodney Harvey, American actor and model (b. 1967)
 * April 15 – Pol Pot, 30th Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea and Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (b. 1925)
 * April 16
 * Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (b. 1920)
 * Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)
 * Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian supercentenarian (b. 1880)
 * April 17 – Linda McCartney, American photographer and musician (b. 1941)
 * April 18 – Terry Sanford, American politician (b. 1917)
 * April 19 – Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer (b. 1914)
 * April 21 – Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (b. 1924)
 * April 23
 * Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
 * James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)
 * April 25
 * Christian Mortensen, Danish supercentenarian (b. 1882)
 * Wright Morris, American photographer and writer (b. 1910)
 * April 27
 * Carlos Castaneda, American anthropologist and author (b. 1925)
 * Anne Desclos, French writer (b. 1907)

May



 * May 1 – Eldridge Cleaver, American political activist and writer (b. 1935)
 * May 2
 * Justin Fashanu, British footballer (b. 1961)
 * Hide, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
 * Maidie Norman, American actress (b. 1912)
 * Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
 * May 7
 * Allan McLeod Cormack, South African–born physicist (b. 1924)
 * Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
 * May 9 – Alice Faye, American entertainer (b. 1915)
 * May 14
 * Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (b. 1890)
 * Frank Sinatra, American actor and singer (b. 1915)
 * May 15 – Earl Manigault, American street basketball player (b. 1944)
 * May 19 – Sōsuke Uno, 47th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
 * May 21 – Douglas Fowley, American actor (b. 1911)
 * May 22 – John Derek, American actor and film director (b. 1926)
 * May 28 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor, writer, and comedian (b. 1948)
 * May 29
 * Orlando Anderson, American criminal (b. 1974)
 * Barry Goldwater, American politician (b. 1909)

June

 * June 2
 * Junkyard Dog, American pro wrestler (b. 1952)
 * Dorothy Stickney, American actress (b. 1896)
 * June 5 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
 * June 8 – Sani Abacha, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
 * June 9 – Lois Mailou Jones, African-American artist (b. 1905)
 * June 10 – Hammond Innes, English author (b. 1914)
 * June 11 – Dame Catherine Cookson, English author (b. 1906)
 * June 12 – Theresa Merritt, American actress (b. 1924)
 * June 13 – Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (b. 1911)
 * June 20 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)
 * June 23 – Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (b. 1911)
 * June 25 – Lounès Matoub, Algerian Berber singer (b. 1956)
 * June 28 – Marion Eugene Carl, American fighter pilot (b. 1915)

July



 * July 3 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (b. 1949)
 * July 5 – Johnny Speight, British television scriptwriter (b. 1920)
 * July 6 – Roy Rogers, American singer and actor (b. 1911)
 * July 8 – Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (b. 1905)
 * July 12 – Arkady Ostashev, Soviet, Russian scientist (b. 1925)
 * July 17 – Joseph Maher, Irish-born American actor (b. 1933)
 * July 21
 * Alan Shepard, American astronaut (b. 1923)
 * Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)
 * July 22 – Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
 * July 27 – Binnie Barnes, British-born American actress (b. 1903)
 * July 29 – Jerome Robbins, American choreographer and director (b. 1918)

August

 * August 1 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian actress (b. 1927)
 * August 2
 * Otto Bumbel, Brazilian professional football manager (b. 1914)
 * Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (b. 1933)
 * August 3
 * Reizo Koike, Japanese swimmer (b. 1915)
 * Alfred Schnittke, Russian-born composer (b. 1934)
 * August 4 – Yury Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1930)
 * August 5
 * Otto Kretschmer, German U-boat commander (b. 1912)
 * Todor Zhivkov, 6th President of Bulgaria (b. 1911)
 * August 6 – André Weil, French mathematician (b. 1906)
 * August 8 – László Szabó, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1917)
 * August 9 – Frankie Ruiz, American salsa singer and songwriter (b. 1958)
 * August 13
 * Nino Ferrer, French singer (b. 1934)
 * Julien Green, French-born American writer (b. 1900)
 * August 17
 * Władysław Komar, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1940)
 * Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (b. 1915)
 * Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1950)
 * August 18 – Persis Khambatta, Indian actress and model (b. 1948)
 * August 19 – Vasily Arkhipov, Soviet Navy officer (b. 1926)
 * August 24 – E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1914)
 * August 25 – Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1907)
 * August 26
 * Wade Dominguez, American actor, model, singer, and dancer (b. 1966)
 * Frederick Reines, American physicist (b. 1918)

September



 * September 1 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
 * September 2
 * Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1933)
 * Allen Drury, American writer (b. 1918)
 * September 5
 * Willem Drees Jr., Dutch politician (b. 1922)
 * Leo Penn, American actor and director (b. 1921)
 * September 6 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese screenwriter, producer, and director (b. 1910)
 * September 8 – Leonid Kinskey, Russian-born actor (b. 1903)
 * September 9 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (b. 1943)
 * September 11 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1912)
 * September 13 – George Wallace, American politician (b. 1919)
 * September 14
 * Yang Shangkun, 4th President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
 * Johnny Adams, American singer (b. 1932)
 * September 15 – Fred Alderman, American sprint runner (b. 1905)
 * September 17 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (b. 1907)
 * September 19 – Patricia Hayes, British character actress and comedian (b. 1909)
 * September 20 – Muriel Humphrey Brown, American politician (b. 1912)
 * September 21 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American runner (b. 1959)
 * September 23 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
 * September 26 – Betty Carter, American jazz singer (b. 1929)
 * September 30
 * Bruno Munari, Italian-born industrial designer (b. 1907)
 * Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (b. 1912)

October



 * October 2
 * Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and sports team owner (b. 1907)
 * Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)
 * October 3 – Roddy McDowall, British-born American actor (b. 1928)
 * October 8 – Zhang Chongren, Chinese artist (b. 1907)
 * October 9 – Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer (b. 1917)
 * October 10 – Marvin Gay Sr., American minister (b. 1914)
 * October 11 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
 * October 12 – Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
 * October 14 – Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)
 * October 16 – Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer (b. 1943)
 * October 17
 * Joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)
 * Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist (b. 1920)
 * October 19 – Germán List Arzubide, Mexican poet and revolutionary (b. 1898)
 * October 22 – Eric Ambler, British writer (b. 1909)
 * October 24 – Pino Dordoni, Italian athlete (b. 1926)
 * October 28 – James Goldman, American writer (b. 1927)
 * October 29 – Ted Hughes, English poet (b. 1930)
 * October 31 – Maria de la Purisima Salvat Romero, Spanish nun and saint (b. 1926)

November

 * November 3
 * Bob Kane, American comic book creator (b. 1915)
 * Martha O'Driscoll, American film actress (b. 1922)
 * November 5 – Momoko Kōchi, Japanese actress (b. 1932)
 * November 8 – Jean Marais, French actor (b. 1913)
 * November 10 – Mary Millar, British actress and singer (b. 1936)
 * November 13
 * Valerie Hobson, English actress (b. 1917)
 * Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
 * November 15 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
 * November 17 – Esther Rolle, American actress (b. 1920)
 * November 19 – Alan J. Pakula, American film director (b. 1928)
 * November 22 – Stu Ungar, American professional poker player (b. 1953)
 * November 23 – Don Ray, American basketball player (b. 1921)
 * November 25 – Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
 * November 29 – Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
 * November 30 – Margaret Walker, American poet (b. 1915)

December

 * December 1 – Freddie Young, American cinematographer (b. 1902)
 * December 2 – Mikio Oda, Japanese athlete (b. 1905)
 * December 6 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921)
 * December 7 – Martin Rodbell, American scientist (b. 1925)
 * December 8 - Michael Craze, British actor (b 1942)
 * December 9 – Archie Moore, American professional boxer (b. 1916)
 * December 12 – Lawton Chiles, American politician (b. 1930)
 * December 13 – Sir Lew Grade, British businessman (b. 1906)
 * December 14 – Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924)
 * December 15 – Brady Boone, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
 * December 16 – William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)
 * December 17 – Claudia Benton, Peruvian-born child psychologist (b. 1959)
 * December 18 – Lev Dyomin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1926)
 * December 19
 * Gordon Gunter, American marine biologist and fisheries scientist (b. 1909)
 * Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932)
 * December 20
 * Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British scientist (b. 1914)
 * December 21 – Roger Avon, British actor (b. 1914)
 * December 23 – David Manners, Canadian-American actor (b. 1900)
 * December 25
 * Richard Paul, American actor (b. 1940)
 * John Pulman, English snooker player (b. 1923)
 * December 26 – Hurd Hatfield, American actor (b. 1917)
 * December 29 – Don Taylor, American actor and film director (b. 1920)
 * December 30
 * Keisuke Kinoshita, Japanese film director (b. 1912)
 * George Webb, British actor (b. 1912)

Nobel Prizes

 * Physics – Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Störmer, Daniel Chee Tsui
 * Chemistry – Walter Kohn, John Pople
 * Medicine – Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, Ferid Murad
 * Literature – José Saramago
 * Peace – John Hume and David Trimble
 * Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Amartya Sen

Fields Medal

 * Richard Ewen Borcherds, William Timothy Gowers, Maxim Kontsevich, Curtis T. McMullen

January

 * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
 * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill six Spanish aid workers, three soldiers, and seriously wound another.
 * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
 * January 20 – Bill Clinton is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.
 * January 22 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State, after confirmation by the United States Senate.

February

 * February 4
 * On their way to Lebanon, two Israeli troop-transport helicopters collide, killing 73.
 * After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
 * February 10 – Sandline affair: Australian newspapers publish stories that the government of Papua New Guinea has brought mercenaries onto Bougainville Island.
 * February 13 – STS-82: Tune-up and repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope is started by astronauts from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
 * February 22 – In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned, and was born in July 1996.
 * February 27 – Divorce becomes legal in the Republic of Ireland.
 * February 28 – North Hollywood shootout: Two robbers wearing kevlar body armor armed with AK-47s containing armor-piercing bullets injure 17 police officers and civilians in a gun battle. The incident sparks debate on the appropriate firepower for United States patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.

March

 * March 4 – U.S. President Bill Clinton bans federal funding for any research on human cloning.
 * March 7 – In Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill at least 100.
 * March 13
 * India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
 * The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China creates a new Chongqing Municipality, out of part of Sichuan.
 * March 16 – Sandline affair: On Bougainville Island, soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International.
 * March 18 – The tail of a Russian An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey, causing the plane to crash, killing all 50 on board, and resulting in the grounding of all An-24s.
 * March 21 – In Zaire, Étienne Tshisekedi is appointed prime minister; he ejects supporters of Mobutu Sese Seko from his cabinet.
 * March 22 – The Comet Hale–Bopp makes its closest approach to Earth.
 * March 24 – The 69th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with The English Patient winning Best Picture.
 * March 24–26 – In San Diego, 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound.
 * March 26 – Julius Chan resigns as prime minister of Papua New Guinea, ending the Sandline affair.
 * March 30 – Channel 5 began broadcasting and was the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue network in the United Kingdom.

April

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

May

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

June

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

July

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

August

 * August 1 – Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete a merger.
 * August 3 – Between 40 and 76 villagers are killed in the Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria.
 * August 3–11 – Two of the three islands of the Union of the Comoros – Anjouan and Mohéli – attempt to revert to colonial rule by France. The plan fails when the French government of President Jacques Chirac refuses to recolonize them resulting in the two islands being reintegrated into the Comoros over the next two years.
 * August 4 – Jeanne Calment, the oldest person ever, dies at age 122 years 164 days in Arles, France.
 * August 6 – Korean Air Flight 801 crash lands west of Guam International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 228 people.
 * August 20 – More than 60 are killed, 15 kidnapped in the Souhane massacre in Algeria.
 * August 26
 * 60–100 are killed in the Beni Ali massacre in Algeria.
 * The Independent International Commission on Decommissioning is set up in Northern Ireland, as part of a peace process.
 * August 29 – Over 98 (and possibly up to 400) are killed in the Rais massacre in Algeria.
 * August 31 – Death of Diana, Princess of Wales: Diana, Princess of Wales is taken to a hospital after a car accident shortly after midnight, in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. She is pronounced dead at 4:00 am.

September

 * September 1 – Dublin Regulation on treatment of applications for right of asylum under European Union law first comes into force.
 * September 5
 * Over 87 are killed in the Beni Messous massacre in Algeria.
 * The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece, to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
 * September 6 – The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, takes place at Westminster Abbey, watched by over two billion people worldwide.
 * September 11 – Scotland votes in favour of a devolved Parliament forming the Scottish Parliament less than two years later
 * September 13 – Iraq disarmament crisis: An Iraqi military officer attacks an UNSCOM weapons inspector on board an UNSCOM helicopter, while the inspector attempts to take photographs of unauthorized movement of Iraqi vehicles inside a site designated for inspection.
 * September 15 – The Norwegian parliamentary election was held in Norway.
 * September 17 – Iraq disarmament crisis: While waiting for access to a site, UNSCOM inspectors witness and videotape Iraqi guards moving files, burning documents, and dumping waste cans into a nearby river.
 * September 18
 * Wales votes in favour of devolution and the formation of a National Assembly for Wales.
 * Al-Qaeda carries out a terrorist attack in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 * September 19 – 53 are killed in the Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria.
 * September 21 – The Islamic Salvation Army, the Islamic Salvation Fronts' armed wing, declares a unilateral ceasefire in Algeria.
 * September 25 – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM inspector Dr. Diane Seaman catches several Iraqi men sneaking out the back door of an inspection site, with log books for the creation of prohibited bacteria and chemicals.
 * September 26
 * Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes while on approach to Medan, North Sumatra, during the 1997 Southeast Asian haze, killing all 234 people on board. This becomes the deadliest aviation accident in Indonesian history.
 * An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

October

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

November

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

December

 * December 1 – In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
 * December 3 – In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel land mines. However, the United States, the People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and 32 other nations do not sign and/or ratify the treaty.
 * December 10 – The capital of Kazakhstan is moved from Almaty to Astana.
 * December 11 – The Kyoto Protocol is adopted by a United Nations committee.
 * December 19
 * Janet Jagan (widow of Cheddi Jagan) takes office in Guyana.
 * James Cameron's Titanic, the then highest-grossing film of all time, based on the 1912 disaster and the 1985 discovery, premieres in the U.S.
 * SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
 * December 21 – Brazil beats Australia 6–0 in the Confederations Cup final.
 * December 24 – 50–100 villagers are killed in the Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria.
 * December 27 – Ulster loyalist paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, inside Long Kesh prison.
 * December 29 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the chickens within its territory (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
 * December 30 – Wilaya of Relizane massacres of December 30, 1997: In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, 400 are killed from four villages in the wilaya of Relizane.

Date unknown

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

January

 * January 1
 * Chidozie Awaziem, Nigerian footballer
 * Quique Fornos, Spanish footballer
 * January 3 – Jérémie Boga, French footballer
 * January 4 – Pauline Schäfer, German gymnast
 * January 5 – Jesús Vallejo, Spanish footballer
 * January 7
 * Izzy Brown, English footballer
 * Lamar Jackson, American football player
 * Pablo Rosario, Dutch footballer
 * January 8 – Jack Andraka, American scientist
 * January 9
 * Issa Diop, French footballer
 * Elvira Herman, Belarusian athlete
 * January 11 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter
 * January 13
 * Egan Bernal, Colombian road bicycle racer
 * Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player
 * January 14 – Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
 * January 15 – Valentina Zenere, Argentine actress, model, and singer
 * January 17 – Jake Paul, American actor
 * January 21
 * Jeremy Shada, American voice actor
 * Yang Yang, Chinese paralympic swimmer
 * January 23
 * Sophie Hahn, English paralympic sprinter
 * Lexie Priessman, American artistic gymnast
 * Ramadan Sobhi, Egyptian footballer
 * Gudaf Tsegay, Ethiopian middle-distance runner
 * January 25 – Noah Hanifin, American ice hockey player
 * January 29
 * Joel Eriksson Ek, Swedish hockey player
 * Jack Roslovic, American hockey player
 * January 30 – Shim Suk-hee, South Korean speed skater
 * January 31 – Anatoliy Ryapolov, Russian long jumper

February

 * February 2 – Jaheel Hyde, Jamaican sprinter
 * February 3 – Lewis Cook, English footballer
 * February 7
 * Saquon Barkley, American football player
 * Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player
 * February 8 – Kathryn Newton, American actress
 * February 10
 * Adam Armstrong, English footballer
 * Josh Jackson, American basketball player
 * Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
 * Rozaliya Nasretdinova, Russian swimmer
 * Josh Rosen, American football player
 * February 11
 * Damien Harris, American football player
 * Mike Hughes, American football player
 * Nasty C, South African rapper
 * Rosé, New Zealand singer
 * February 13 – Deondre Francois, American football player
 * February 14 – Breel Embolo, Swiss footballer
 * February 15
 * Myles Gaskin, American football player
 * Derrick Jones Jr., American basketball player
 * February 20 – Mitchie Brusco, American professional skateboarder
 * February 21 – Ben Rhodes, American racing driver
 * February 22 – Anton Chupkov, Russian swimmer
 * February 23
 * Érick Aguirre, Mexican footballer
 * Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player
 * February 24 – César Montes, Mexican footballer
 * February 25
 * Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
 * Brock Boeser, American ice hockey player
 * Santiago Ascacíbar, Argentinian footballer
 * Katsiaryna Halkina, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
 * February 26 – Malcom, Brazilian footballer

March

 * March 2
 * Becky G, American singer
 * Arike Ogunbowale, American basketball player
 * March 3
 * Camila Cabello, Cuban singer
 * Jaime Carreño, Chilean footballer
 * David Neres, Brazilian footballer
 * March 6
 * Alisha Boe, Norwegian actress
 * Daniel De Silva, Australian footballer
 * March 8
 * Iréne Ekelund, Swedish sprinter
 * Jurina Matsui, Japanese singer
 * March 9 – Niamh Wilson, Canadian actress
 * March 10
 * Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
 * Travis Konecny, Canadian ice hockey player
 * March 11 – Lina Qostal, Moroccan tennis player
 * March 12 – Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer
 * March 13 – Ruben Neves, Portuguese footballer
 * March 14
 * Simone Biles, American gymnast
 * Dawid Kownacki, Polish footballer
 * March 16
 * Vladislav Kozlov, Russian swimmer
 * Tyrel Jackson Williams, American actor
 * March 17
 * Konrad Bukowiecki, Polish athlete
 * Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
 * March 18
 * Ciara Bravo, American actress, voice artist, singer, and comedian
 * Mario Burke, Barbadian sprinter
 * March 19 – Rūta Meilutytė, Lithuanian swimmer
 * March 20 – Bobby Cheng, Australian chess champion
 * March 21 – Martina Stoessel, Argentine actress, singer, dancer, and model
 * March 22 – Harry Wilson, Welsh footballer
 * March 23 – Thiago Maia, Brazilian footballer
 * March 27
 * A-Reece, South African hip hop artist
 * Lisa, Thai rapper, singer, dancer, and model
 * March 29 – Ezequiel Ponce, Argentine footballer

April

 * April 1 – Asa Butterfield, English actor
 * April 2 – Abdelhak Nouri, former Dutch footballer
 * April 3 – Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
 * April 5 – Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer
 * April 6 – Pavel Zacha, Czech ice hockey player
 * April 8 – Roquan Smith, American football player
 * April 9 – Michael Špaček, Czech ice hockey player
 * April 10 – Alla Sosnitskaya, Russian artistic gymnast
 * April 11
 * Max Clegg, English speedway racer
 * Ethan Couch, American criminal
 * Mélovin, Ukrainian singer-songwriter
 * April 12 – Katelyn Ohashi, American artistic gymnast
 * April 13 – Mateo Cassierra, Colombian footballer
 * April 14 – D. J. Moore, American football player
 * April 15
 * Maisie Williams, English actress
 * Jesse Little, American stock car racing driver
 * April 16 – Daniel Rioli, Australian rules footballer
 * April 17 – Jorge Meré, Spanish footballer
 * April 18
 * Donny van de Beek, Dutch footballer
 * Matthias Blübaum, German chess grandmaster
 * April 20 – Alexander Zverev, German tennis player
 * April 21 – Mikel Oyarzabal, Spanish footballer
 * April 23 – Kim Hae-jin, South Korean figure skater
 * April 24
 * Kirill Aleshin, Russian ice dancer
 * Arturo Deliser, Panamanian sprinter
 * Lydia Ko, South Korean-born New Zealand golfer
 * Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
 * April 27
 * Livio Loi, Belgian motorcycle racer
 * Josh Onomah, English footballer
 * April 28 – Denzel Ward, American football player
 * April 29 – Ekaterina Baturina, Russian artistic gymnast

May

 * May 2
 * BamBam, Thai singer
 * Blake Rutherford, American baseball first baseman and outfielder
 * May 3
 * Desiigner, American hip hop artist
 * Dwayne Haskins, American football player
 * Ivana Jorović, Serbian tennis player
 * May 4 – Nicolas Prattes, Brazilian actor
 * May 5 – Mitch Marner, Canadian ice hockey player
 * May 6 – Duncan Scott, Scottish swimmer
 * May 7
 * Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
 * Youri Tielemans, Belgian footballer
 * May 10
 * Richarlison, Brazilian footballer
 * Enes Ünal, Turkish footballer
 * May 11 – Lana Condor, American actress and dancer
 * May 12
 * Frenkie de Jong, Dutch footballer
 * Morgan Lake, English athlete
 * Odeya Rush, Israeli-born American actress
 * May 14 – Manushi Chhillar, Indian model and beauty pageant
 * May 15 – Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer
 * May 17
 * Andrea Favilli, Italian footballer
 * Ayron Verkindere, Belgian footballer
 * May 19
 * Oliver Kylington, Swedish ice hockey player
 * Víctor Robles, Dominican baseball outfielder
 * May 21 – Kevin Quinn, American actor
 * May 22 – Lauri Markkanen, Finnish basketball player
 * May 23 – Joe Gomez, English footballer
 * May 26
 * Mathew Barzal, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Julian Zhi Jie Yee, Malaysian figure skater
 * May 27 – Daron Payne, American football player
 * May 30 – Jake Short, American actor
 * May 31 – Cupcakke, American rapper

June

 * June 1 – Youssef En-Nesyri, Moroccan footballer
 * June 5
 * Sam Darnold, American football player
 * Henry Onyekuru, Nigerian footballer
 * June 6 – Grant Shoults, American swimmer
 * June 8 – Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player
 * June 9 – Shen Duo, Chinese swimmer
 * June 10 – Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Ukrainian basketball player
 * June 11
 * Kodak Black, American hip-hop artist
 * Julia Lavrentieva, Ukrainian pair skater
 * John Hunter Nemechek, American stock car racing driver
 * June 13 – Katie Lou Samuelson, American basketball player
 * June 16 – Jean-Kévin Augustin, French footballer
 * June 15 – Madison Kocian, American artistic gymnast
 * June 17 – KJ Apa, New Zealand actor
 * June 21
 * Rebecca Black, American singer
 * Derrius Guice, American football player
 * June 22
 * Lorenzo Dalla Porta, Italian motorcycle racer
 * Dinah Jane, American singer
 * Gabriel Rojas, Argentine footballer
 * June 23 – Antoine-Olivier Pilon, French-Canadian actor
 * June 25
 * Rodrigo Bentancur, Uruguayan footballer
 * Bassem Srarfi, Tunisian footballer
 * June 26 – Jacob Elordi, Australian actor
 * June 27
 * H.E.R., American singer
 * Shannon Purser, American actress
 * June 28 – Shakur Stevenson, American boxer
 * June 30
 * Avika Gor, Indian actress
 * Iryna Shymanovich, Russian tennis player

July

 * July 1 – Grigoriy Oparin, Russian chess grandmaster
 * July 2 – Marquese Chriss, American basketball player
 * July 3
 * Georgios Papagiannis, Greek basketball player
 * Filip Sachpekidis, Swedish footballer
 * July 4 – Daniela Nieves, Venezuelan-American actress
 * July 5
 * Park Ji-min, South Korean singer
 * Anna Styazhkina, Russian chess champion
 * July 7 – Gatlin Green, American actress and singer
 * July 8 – Bryce Love, American football player and sprinter
 * July 11 – Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Danish footballer
 * July 12 – Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Nobel Prize activist
 * July 13 – Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist
 * July 14 – Cengiz Ünder, Turkish footballer
 * July 17 – Amadou Diawara, Guinese footballer
 * July 18
 * Bam Adebayo, American basketball player
 * Chiara Hölzl, Austrian ski jumper
 * Kwon Jin-ah, South Korean singer
 * Noah Lyles, American sprinter
 * Fionn Whitehead, English actor
 * July 19
 * Kang Young-seo, South Korean alpine skier
 * Zach Werenski, American ice hockey player
 * July 22 – Field Cate, American actor
 * July 24
 * Emre Mor, Turkish footballer
 * Andreas Varady, Slovak jazz guitarist
 * July 25
 * Kayli Barker, American race car driver
 * Louis Reed, English footballer
 * July 26 – Ewa Swoboda, Polish track and field sprinter
 * July 27 – Craig Wighton, Scottish footballer
 * July 28 – Bilal Ould-Chikh, Dutch-Moroccan footballer

August

 * August 1 – Yomif Kejelcha, Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * August 2
 * Ke Jie, Chinese professional go player
 * Triston McKenzie, American baseball pitcher
 * Christina Robinson, American actress
 * Ivan Šaponjić, Serbian footballer
 * August 3
 * Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien, Norwegian footballer (d. 2018)
 * Daniel Crowley, English footballer
 * Ronald Jones, American football player
 * August 4 – Cinzia Zehnder, Swiss footballer
 * August 5
 * Braxton Garrett, American baseball pitcher
 * Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
 * Adam Irigoyen, American actor
 * Laura Waem, Belgian artistic gymnast
 * August 6 – Sander Svendsen, Norwegian footballer
 * August 7 – Kyler Murray, American football player
 * August 9 – Leon Bailey, Jamaican footballer
 * August 10 – Kylie Jenner, American reality television personality
 * August 11 – Kyle Guy, American basketball player
 * August 14 – Łukasz Pawlikowski, Polish cellist
 * August 16
 * Greyson Chance, American singer, songwriter and pianist
 * Piper Curda, American actress
 * August 18 – Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer
 * August 19
 * Bartłomiej Drągowski, Polish footballer
 * Maria Titova, Russian rhythmic gymnast
 * August 22 – Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
 * August 24 – Alan Walker, British-Norwegian music producer
 * August 25
 * Bryana Salaz, American singer
 * Markus Thormeyer, Canadian swimmer
 * Mike Weber, American football player
 * August 28
 * Bazzi, American singer-songwriter
 * Emilia McCarthy, Canadian actress
 * August 29 - Ainsley Maitland-Niles, English footballer
 * August 30 – Dana Gaier, American actress

September

 * September 1 – Jungkook, South Korean singer
 * September 1 – Maria Stavitskaia, Russian figure skater
 * September 2 – Brandon Ingram, American basketball player
 * September 3 – Salome Phajava, Georgian rhythmic gymnast
 * September 6 – Tsukushi, Japanese wrestler
 * September 7 – Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor
 * September 9 – Shriya Sharma, Indian actress
 * September 12 – Sydney Sweeney, American actress
 * September 13 – Leah Keiser, American figure skater
 * September 14 – Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer-songwriter
 * September 15
 * Jonatan Christie, Indonesian badminton player
 * Jeisson Vargas, Chilean footballer
 * Forrest Whitley, American baseball pitcher
 * September 16
 * Zsanett Kaján, Hungarian footballer
 * Elena Kampouris, American actress
 * Jackie Young, American basketball player
 * September 17
 * Luke Greenbank, British swimmer
 * Auston Matthews, American ice hockey player
 * September 18 – Alisson Perticheto, Filipina figure skater
 * September 20 – Aurélie Fanchette, Seychellois swimmer
 * September 23 – John Collins, American basketball player
 * September 24 – Malaya Watson, American singer and tuba player
 * September 30
 * Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian rhythmic gymnast
 * Max Verstappen, Dutch racing driver

October

 * October 1 – Jade Bird, English singer-songwriter
 * October 2 – Tammy Abraham, English footballer
 * October 3
 * Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater
 * Jonathan Isaac, American professional basketball player
 * Jo-Ane van Dyk, South African javelin thrower
 * October 4 – Seamus O'Connor, Irish snowboarder
 * October 6
 * Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
 * Chih-I Tsao, Taiwanese figure skater
 * October 7 – Kira Kosarin, American actress and singer
 * October 8
 * Steven Bergwijn, Dutch footballer
 * Bella Thorne, American actress and singer
 * October 9 – Angelica Moser, Swiss athlete
 * October 10 – Grace Rolek, American actress and singer
 * October 16
 * Charles Leclerc, Monégasque racing driver
 * Naomi Osaka, Japanese tennis player
 * October 17 – Václav Černý, Czech footballer
 * October 23
 * Daphne Blunt, American fashion blogger
 * Nick Bosa, American football player
 * Zach Callison, American actor and voice actor
 * October 24
 * Claudia Fragapane, British artistic gymnast
 * Park So-youn, South Korean figure skater
 * October 25
 * Tyler Alvarez, American actor
 * Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer
 * October 27
 * Lonzo Ball, American basketball player
 * Li Meiyi, Chinese pair skater
 * October 28
 * Taylor Fritz, American tennis player
 * Sierra McCormick, American actress
 * October 29 – Ale Müller, Mexican actress and singer
 * October 31
 * Sydney Park, American actress and comedian
 * Marcus Rashford, English footballer

November

 * November 1
 * Max Burkholder, American actor
 * Nordi Mukiele French footballer
 * Alex Wolff, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
 * November 3 – Lázaro Martínez, Cuban triple jumper
 * November 4
 * Bea Binene, Filipino actress
 * Stratos Iordanoglou, Greek basketball player
 * November 6
 * Riley Pint, American baseball pitcher
 * Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model
 * November 7 - The8, Chinese singer
 * November 9
 * Matthew Fisher, English cricketer
 * Alex Kirilloff, American baseball outfielder
 * November 10 – Daniel James, English footballer
 * November 12 – Dexter Lawrence, American football player
 * November 14 – Christopher Nkunku, French footballer
 * November 17
 * Jacob Eason, American football player
 * James Whitley, British paralympic skier
 * November 18 – Olivier Boscagli, French footballer
 * November 19 – Rachel Parsons, American ice dancer
 * November 23 – Akari Takeuchi, Japanese singer
 * November 25 – Dennis Smith Jr., American basketball player
 * November 26
 * Aubrey Joseph, American rapper and actor
 * Aaron Wan-Bissaka, English footballer
 * November 29
 * William Byron, American race car driver
 * Agata Kryger, Polish figure skater
 * Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player
 * November 30 – Liu Huixia, Chinese diver

December

 * December 1 - Jung Chae-yeon, South Korean singer and actress
 * December 3
 * Hayley Okines, English progeria activist (d. 2015)
 * Rashan Gary, American football player
 * December 5 – Khaleel Ahmed, Indian cricketer
 * December 8 – Ilaria Käslin, Swiss artistic gymnast
 * December 11
 * Ben Cook, American actor
 * Taylor Hickson, Canadian actress and singer
 * Konstantinos Mavropanos, Greek footballer
 * December 12 – Ed Oliver, American football player
 * December 15
 * Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
 * Kelvin Harmon, American football player
 * December 16
 * Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
 * Bassam Al-Rawi, Iraqi-born Qatari footballer
 * December 17 – Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
 * December 18 – Ronald Acuña, Venezuelan baseball outfielder
 * December 20
 * De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player
 * Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
 * December 22 – Taylor Rapp, American football player
 * December 23 – Luka Jović, Serbian footballer
 * December 24 – Oreoluwa Cherebin, Grenadian swimmer
 * December 27
 * Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player
 * Zhao Ziquan, Chinese figure skater
 * December 30 – Anastasiya Malyavina, Ukrainian swimmer
 * December 31 – Cameron Carter-Vickers, American soccer player

January



 * January 1
 * Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
 * Townes Van Zandt, American folk singer (b. 1944)
 * January 5
 * Bertil, Swedish prince, Duke of Halland (b. 1912)
 * Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (b. 1912)
 * January 6 – Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
 * January 8 – Melvin Calvin, American chemist (b. 1911)
 * January 9 – Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
 * January 10
 * Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
 * Alexander R. Todd, Scottish chemist (b. 1907)
 * January 12 – Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher (b. 1901)
 * January 17 – Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906)
 * January 18 – Paul Tsongas, American politician (b. 1941)
 * January 19
 * James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
 * Adriana Caselotti, American actress, voice actress and singer (b. 1916)
 * January 20 – Curt Flood, American baseball player (b. 1938)
 * January 21
 * Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-born celebrity manager (b. 1909)
 * Polly Ann Young, American actress (b. 1908)
 * January 22 – Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer (b. 1957)
 * January 23 – Richard Berry, American singer and composer (b. 1935)
 * January 25 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)

February

 * February 1 – Marjorie Reynolds, American actress (b. 1917)
 * February 5 – Pamela Harriman, American diplomat (b. 1920)
 * February 9
 * Brian Connolly, Scottish musician (b. 1945)
 * Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943)
 * February 10 – Milton Cato, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (b. 1915)
 * February 11 – Don Porter, American actor (b. 1912)
 * February 12 – James Cossins, English actor (b. 1933)
 * February 19 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese revolutionary and statesman (b. 1904)
 * February 23 – Tony Williams, American musician (b. 1945)
 * February 25 – Arthur Hewlett, English actor (b. 1907)
 * February 26 – David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)

March

 * March 2 – Judi Bari, American environmental activist (b. 1949)
 * March 4 – Robert H. Dicke, American experimental physicist (b. 1916)
 * March 6
 * Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
 * Michael Manley, 2-Time Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
 * March 7
 * Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist (b. 1912)
 * Martin Kippenberger, German artist (b. 1953)
 * March 9
 * The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (b. 1972)
 * Terry Nation, Welsh screenwriter (b. 1930)
 * March 10 – LaVern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
 * March 14 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (b. 1907)
 * March 15 – Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)
 * March 17 – Jermaine Stewart, American singer (b. 1957)
 * March 19 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch artist (b. 1904)
 * March 20 – Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
 * March 21
 * Wilbert Awdry, British children's writer (b. 1911)
 * John Nemechek, American race car driver (b. 1970)
 * March 31 – Friedrich Hund, German physicist (b. 1896)

April



 * April 1 – Jolie Gabor, Hungarian socialite (b. 1896)
 * April 5
 * Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
 * Ignazio Buttitta, Sicilian dialectal poet (b. 1899)
 * April 8 – Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (b. 1947)
 * April 7 – Georgy Shonin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1935)
 * April 10 – Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
 * April 12 – George Wald, American scientist (b. 1906)
 * April 15 – Don Bexley, American actor and comedian (b. 1910)
 * April 16
 * Doris Angleton, American socialite (b. 1951)
 * Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
 * April 17 – Chaim Herzog, Israel politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918)
 * April 20 – Jean Louis, American costume designer (b. 1907)
 * April 21
 * Andrés Rodríguez, 47th President of Paraguay (b. 1923)
 * Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Philippines (b. 1910)
 * April 23 – Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, Chechen historian (b. 1908)
 * April 24
 * Pat Paulsen, American comedian (b. 1927)
 * Eugene Stoner, American firearms designer and engineer (b. 1922)
 * April 26 – John Beal, American actor (b. 1909)
 * April 30 – Henry Picard, American golfer (b. 1906)

May



 * May 1 – Bo Widerberg, Swedish film director (b. 1930)
 * May 2
 * John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist (b. 1903)
 * Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher (b. 1921)
 * May 4
 * Wijeyananda Dahanayake, 5th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1901)
 * Lee Miglin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924)
 * May 5 – Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924)
 * May 11 – Howard Morton, American actor (b. 1925)
 * May 13 – Laurie Lee, English author (b. 1914)
 * May 14 – Thelma Carpenter, American singer and actress (b. 1922)
 * May 16 – Giuseppe De Santis, Italian film director (b. 1917)
 * May 18 – Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
 * May 20 – Virgilio Barco Vargas, 27th President of Colombia (b. 1921)
 * May 22
 * Alfred Hershey, American biochemist (b. 1908)
 * Stanisław Swianiewicz, Polish economist and historian (b. 1899)
 * May 23 – James Lee Byars, American artist (b. 1932)
 * May 24 – Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)
 * May 26 – Manfred von Ardenne, German physicist and inventor (b. 1907)
 * May 29 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966)
 * May 31
 * James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905)
 * Johnny Papalia, Canadian mobster (b. 1924)

June

 * June 2 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis champion (b. 1908)
 * June 3 – Dennis James, American game show host (b. 1917)
 * June 4 – Ronnie Lane, English musician (b. 1946)
 * June 6 – Magda Gabor, American actress (b. 1915)
 * June 8 – Reid Shelton, American actor (b. 1924)
 * June 12 – Bulat Okudzhava, Soviet singer (b. 1924)
 * June 14
 * Helmut Fischer, German actor (b. 1926)
 * Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
 * June 15 – Son Sen, Cambodian politician and criminal (b. 1930)
 * June 18 – Lev Kopelev, Soviet writer and dissident (b. 1912)
 * June 21 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (b. 1931)
 * June 22
 * Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter and musician (b. 1956)
 * Don Henderson, British actor (b. 1931)
 * June 23 – Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (b. 1936)
 * June 24
 * Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913)
 * Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
 * June 25 – Jacques Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910)
 * June 26 – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
 * June 29 – William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)

July

 * July 1 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)
 * July 2 – James Stewart, American actor and soldier (b. 1908)
 * July 5 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (b. 1907)
 * July 8 – Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, 6th President of Bangladesh (b. 1916)
 * July 13 – Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and dance instructor (b. 1903)
 * July 14 – Sir Garfield Barwick, Australian Chief Justice (b. 1903)
 * July 15 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946)
 * July 18 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer (b. 1928)
 * July 20 – John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler (b. 1949)
 * July 23
 * Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (b. 1969)
 * Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904)
 * July 24
 * William J. Brennan Jr., American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906)
 * Frank Parker, American tennis champion (b. 1916)
 * July 25 – Ben Hogan, American golf champion (b. 1912)
 * July 28
 * Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920)
 * Seni Pramoj, Thai politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
 * July 30 – Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1913)

August



 * August 1
 * Ngiratkel Etpison, 5th President of Palau (b. 1925)
 * Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
 * August 2
 * William S. Burroughs, American author (b. 1914)
 * Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and political activist (b. 1938)
 * August 4 – Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian, oldest person ever (b. 1875)
 * August 6 – Lance Barnard, Australian politician (b. 1919)
 * August 10 – Conlon Nancarrow, American-born composer (b. 1912)
 * August 12 – Luther Allison, American musician (b. 1939)
 * August 16 – Donn Reynolds, Canadian country musician (b. 1921)
 * August 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American musician (b. 1920)
 * August 21
 * Misael Pastrana Borrero, 23rd President of Colombia (b. 1923)
 * Yuri Nikulin, Soviet and Russian actor and clown (b. 1921)
 * August 23
 * Eric Gairy, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1922)
 * John Kendrew, British molecular biologist (b. 1917)
 * August 24
 * Werner Abrolat, German actor (b. 1924)
 * Louis Essen, English physicist (b. 1908)
 * August 27 – Sally Blane, American actress (b. 1910)
 * August 31 – Diana, Princess of Wales, (b. 1961)

September

 * September 1 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
 * September 2 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
 * September 5
 * Sir Georg Solti, Hungarian-born British conductor (b. 1912)
 * Mother Teresa, Indian nun, missionary and saint (b. 1910)
 * September 7 – Mobutu Sese Seko, 2nd President of Zaire (b. 1930)
 * September 9 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907)
 * September 10 – Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
 * September 12
 * Stig Anderson, Swedish talent manager (b. 1931)
 * Leonard Maguire, Scottish actor (b. 1924)
 * September 17 – Red Skelton, American comedian (b. 1913)
 * September 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American blues singer (b. 1920)
 * September 19
 * Jack May, English actor (b. 1922)
 * Rich Mullins, American Christian musician (b. 1955)
 * September 23 – Shirley Clarke, American filmmaker (b. 1919)
 * September 25 – Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912)
 * September 29 – Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923)
 * September 30 – Nobuo Fujita, Japanese aviator (b. 1911)

October

 * October 1 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)
 * October 4
 * Otto Ernst Remer, German Wehrmacht officer (b. 1912)
 * Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game franchise creator (b. 1941)
 * October 5 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
 * October 7 − Orlando Ramón Agosti, Argentine general (b. 1924)
 * October 9 – Arch Johnson, American actor (b. 1922)
 * October 12 – John Denver, American musician (b. 1943)
 * October 13 – Adil Çarçani, Albanian politician (b. 1922)
 * October 14 – Harold Robbins, American writer (b. 1916)
 * October 16
 * Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
 * James A. Michener, American writer (b. 1907)
 * October 19 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist (b. 1947)
 * October 23
 * Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
 * Claire Falkenstein, American sculptor, painter, printmaker, jewelry designer and teacher (b. 1908)
 * October 24 – Don Messick, American voice actor (b. 1926)
 * October 25 – Tina Lattanzi, Italian actress (b. 1897)
 * October 28 – Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
 * October 29 – Anton Szandor LaVey, American author and Satanist (b. 1930)
 * October 30 – Samuel Fuller, American screenwriter and director (b. 1912)

November

 * November 1 – Victor Mills, American chemical engineer (b. 1897)
 * November 2 – Shōshin Nagamine, Japanese author and soldier, police officer, and karate master (b. 1907)
 * November 5 – Isaiah Berlin, Russian-British social and political theorist (b. 1909)
 * November 8 – Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Iranian author (b. 1892)
 * November 11 – Rod Milburn, American athlete (b. 1950)
 * November 21 – Robert Simpson, English composer (b. 1921)
 * November 22
 * Joanna Moore, American actress (b. 1934)
 * Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
 * November 24 – Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
 * November 25 – Hastings Banda, 1st President of Malawi (b. 1898)
 * November 30 – Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947)

December

 * December 1 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
 * December 2 – Michael Hedges, American composer and guitarist (b. 1953)
 * December 7 – Billy Bremner, British footballer (b. 1942)
 * December 14
 * Stubby Kaye, American actor (b. 1918)
 * Owen Barfield, British philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1898)
 * December 16
 * Lillian Disney, American artist (b. 1899)
 * Nicolette Larson, American pop singer (b. 1952)
 * December 18 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
 * December 19
 * Masaru Ibuka, Japanese electronics industrialist (b. 1908)
 * Jimmy Rogers, American musician (b. 1924)
 * December 20
 * Juzo Itami, Japanese film director (b. 1933)
 * Denise Levertov, English-born American poet (b. 1923)
 * December 23 – Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (b. 1908)
 * December 24 – Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (b. 1920)
 * December 25
 * Denver Pyle, American actor (b. 1920)
 * Anita Conti, French explorer and photographer (b. 1899)
 * December 27 – Billy Wright, Northern Irish paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
 * December 31 – Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)

Nobel Prizes

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

January

 * January 3 – Motorola introduces the Motorola StarTAC Wearable Cellular Telephone, the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone to date.
 * January 5 – Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is assassinated by an Israeli Shabak-planted, bomb-laden cell phone.
 * January 7 – One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 150 people. Philadelphia receives a record 30.7 in of snow, New York City's public schools close for the first time in eighteen years and the federal government in Washington, D.C. is closed for days.
 * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing 300 people.
 * January 9–20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya.
 * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
 * January 13 – Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government.
 * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal.
 * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February.
 * January 19
 * The North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The North Cape Barge is pulled along with it and leaks 820,000 gallons of home heating oil.
 * An Indonesian ferry sinks off the northern tip of Sumatra, drowning more than 100 people.
 * January 20 – Yasser Arafat is re-elected president of the Palestinian Authority.
 * January 21 – France undertakes its last nuclear weapons test.
 * January 22 – Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece, resigns due to health problems; a new government forms under Costas Simitis.
 * January 24 – Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow. He is replaced by Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz.
 * January 27 – Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected President of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.
 * January 31
 * Colombo Central Bank bombing: an explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
 * An explosion in Shaoyang, China kills 122 people and injures over 400 when 10 ST of dynamite in an illegal explosives warehouse underneath an apartment building detonate.
 * An amateur astronomer from southern Japan discovers Comet Hyakutake; it will pass very close to the Earth in March.

February

 * February 4 – The 6.6 earthquake near Lijiang in South-west China kills up to 322 people, injures 17,000, and leaves 300,000 homeless.
 * February 6 – Birgenair Flight 301, on a charter flight from the Caribbean to Germany, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 passengers and crew.
 * February 7 – René Préval succeeds Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti in the first peaceful handover of power since the nation achieved independence 192 years earlier, in 1804.
 * February 9
 * The element copernicium is created by fusing a 208Pb nucleus with a 70Zn nucleus, forming 278Cn. Given the placeholder name "ununbium", the element is not named until 2010.
 * An IRA ceasefire ends with the Docklands bombing in London's Canary Wharf District, killing two people and causing over £85,000,000 worth of damage.
 * February 10 – Bosnian Serbs break off contact with the Bosnian government and with representatives of Ifor, the NATO localised force, in reaction to the arrest of several Bosnian Serb war criminals.
 * February 14 – Violent clashes erupt between Filipino soldiers and Vietnamese boat people, as the Filipino government attempts to forcibly repatriate hundreds of Vietnamese asylum seekers.
 * February 15
 * The American Embassy in Athens, Greece, comes under mortar fire.
 * Begum Khaleda Zia is re-elected as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. The country's second democratic election is marred by low voter turnout, due to several boycotts and pre-election violence, which has resulted in at least thirteen deaths.
 * The UK government publishes the Scott Report.
 * February 16 – 1996 Maryland train collision: A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
 * February 17 – The 8.2 Biak earthquake strikes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured.
 * February 24 – Cuban fighter jets shoot down two American aircraft belonging to the Cuban exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Cuban officials assert that they invaded Cuban airspace.
 * February 25 – Two suicide bombs in Israel kill 25 and injure 80; Hamas claims responsibility.
 * February 29
 * Faucett Flight 251 en route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near Arequipa; all 123 people on board are killed.
 * At least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of Kampala, Uganda.
 * The Bosnian government declares the end of the Siege of Sarajevo.

March

 * March 1 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to seventeen hours.
 * March 2 – 1996 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by John Howard defeats the Labor Government led by Prime Minister Paul Keating. Howard was sworn in on March 11.
 * March 3 – José María Aznar, leader of the Popular Party, is elected as Prime Minister of Spain, replacing Felipe González.
 * March 3–4 – Two suicide bombs explode in Israel, killing 32 people. The Yahya Ayyash Units admit responsibility, and Palestinian president Yasser Arafat condemns the killings in a televised address. Israel warns of retaliation.
 * March 6
 * Mesut Yılmaz of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (53rd government).
 * A boat carrying market traders capsizes outside Freetown harbour in Sierra Leone, killing at least 86 people.
 * Chechen rebels attack the Russian government headquarters in Grozny; 70 Russian soldiers and policemen and 130 Chechen fighters are killed.
 * March 8 – China begins surface-to-surface missile testing and military exercises off Taiwanese coastal areas. The United States government condemns the act as provocation, and the Taiwanese government warns of retaliation.
 * March 9 – Jorge Sampaio is the new Portuguese president.
 * March 13 – Dunblane massacre: Unemployed former shopkeeper Thomas Hamilton walks into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire, killing sixteen infant school pupils and one teacher before committing suicide.
 * March 14 – An international peace summit is held in Egypt in response to escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East.
 * March 16 – Robert Mugabe is re-elected as President of Zimbabwe, although only 32% of the electorate actually voted.
 * March 17 – Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup by beating Australia in the final.
 * March 18 – The Ozone Disco Club fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 163 people.
 * March 22 – Sweden's Finance Minister Göran Persson becomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden.
 * March 23 – Taiwan (Republic of China) holds its first direct elections for President; Lee Teng-hui is re-elected.
 * March 24 – The Marcopper mining disaster on the island of Marinduque, Philippines takes place.
 * March 25 – The 68th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Braveheart winning Best Picture.
 * March 26 – The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan to Russia for economic reform.

April

 * April 1 – The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created.
 * April 3
 * A Boeing 737 military jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia. All 35 people on board are killed, including United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
 * Massacres of Hutus by Tutsis in Burundi take place with more than 450 killed within a few days.
 * April 6
 * Fighting breaks out in Monrovia, Liberia, between various rebel factions struggling for power in the country's interrupted civil war. Several foreign nationals leave the nation.
 * Turkish authorities begin Operation Hawk, a military offensive against rebels from the Kurdish Workers' Party in south-east Turkey.
 * April 9 – In a common statement, the European Union officially recognises the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
 * April 11 – The Israeli government launches Operation Grapes of Wrath, consisting of massive attacks on Lebanon, in retaliation for prior terrorist attacks, and sparking off a violent series of retaliations.
 * April 18
 * Qana Massacre: Over 100 Lebanese civilians are killed after Israel shells the United Nations compound in Qana.
 * In reaction to the Qana Massacre, an Islamist group in Egypt open fire on a hotel, killing eighteen Greek tourists and injuring seventeen others.
 * April 21 – A general election in Italy proclaims a new center-left government headed by Romano Prodi, replacing Silvio Berlusconi.
 * April 24 – At the urging of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel. The Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of Palestine.
 * April 28
 * Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people at the Port Arthur tourist site in Tasmania, Australia.
 * A bomb explodes in Bhaiperu, Pakistan, killing more than 60 people.

May

 * May – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main production facility of biological warfare agents.
 * May 9
 * South Africa's National Party pulls out of the coalition government formed two years earlier, and the African National Congress assumes full political control.
 * Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni wins a landslide victory in the country's first direct presidential elections, securing 75% of the vote.
 * May 10
 * 1996 Everest disaster: A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving eight people dead. By the end of the month, at least four other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date.
 * The Australian government introduces a nationwide ban on the private possession of both automatic and semi-automatic rifles, in response to the Port Arthur massacre.
 * May 11 – After takeoff from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.
 * May 13 – Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
 * May 17–28 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is elected as Prime Minister of India, replacing P. V. Narasimha Rao of the Indian National Congress. However, the party does not receive an overall majority and Vajpayee resigns thirteen days later rather than face a no confidence vote and is replaced by the United Front leader, Deve Gowda.
 * May 18 – The X Prize Foundation launches the $10,000,000 Ansari X Prize.
 * May 21
 * The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters in Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000 people in one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.
 * The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.
 * May 23 – Members of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria kill seven French Trappist monks, after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down.
 * May 27 – First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a ceasefire for the dispute.
 * May 28 – Albania's general election of May 26 is declared unfair by international monitors, and the ruling Democratic Party under President Sali Berisha is charged by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe with rigging the elections. Several hundred protestors gather in Tirana to demonstrate against the election result.
 * May 30 – The Likud Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a narrow victory in the Israeli general election.

June

 * June – Iraq disarmament crisis: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the United States fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council.
 * June 1–3 – The Czech Republic's first general election ends inconclusively. Prime Minister Václav Klaus and his incumbent Civic Democratic Party emerge as the winners, but are unable to form a majority government. President Václav Havel refuses to invite Klaus to form a coalition.
 * June 4 – The space rocket Ariane 5 explodes forty seconds after takeoff in French Guiana. The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years.
 * June 6 – Leighton W. Smith, Jr. resigns as NATO commander in the face of increasing criticism.
 * June 8–30 – England hosts the UEFA Euro 1996 football tournament, which is won by Germany.
 * June 11
 * An explosion in a São Paulo suburban shopping centre kills 44 people and injures more than 100.
 * A peace convoy carrying Chechen separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines; eight people are killed.
 * June 15 – In Manchester, UK, a massive IRA bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre.
 * June 28
 * A new government is formed in Turkey, with Necmettin Erbakan of Refah Partisi becoming Prime Minister of the coalition government, and Deputy/Foreign Minister Tansu Çiller of the True Path Party succeeding him after two years.
 * The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
 * June 29
 * The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
 * An explosion in a firecrackers factory in Sichuan Province, China kills at least 52 people and injures 83 others.
 * June 30
 * Costas Simitis is elected president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Greece.
 * Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić relinquishes power to his deputy, Biljana Plavšić.

July

 * July
 * Iraq disarmament crisis: U.N. Inspector Scott Ritter attempts to conduct surprise inspections on the Republican Guard facility at the airport but is blocked by Iraqi officials.
 * The Indian government officially renames the city of Madras, restoring the name Chennai.
 * July 1
 * The Northern Territory in Australia legalises voluntary euthanasia.
 * German orthography reform of 1996 agreed internationally.
 * July 3 – Boris Yeltsin is re-elected as President of Russia after the second round of elections.
 * July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
 * July 11 – Arrest warrants are issued for Bosnian Serb war criminals Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić by the Russell Tribunal in The Hague.
 * July 12 – Hurricane Bertha: made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 2 storm, causing $270 million in damage ($ in present-day terms) to the United States and its possessions and many indirect deaths.
 * July 16 – An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning in Japan results in 6,000 children being ill, including two deaths, after a group of school children eat contaminated lunches.
 * July 17
 * The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) is constituted.
 * Paris- and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 (Boeing 747) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 people on board.
 * July 19
 * The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, begin.
 * Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić resigns from public office in Republika Srpska after being indicted for war crimes.
 * July 21 – The Saguenay Flood, one of Canada's most costly natural disasters, is caused by flooding on the Saguenay River in Quebec.
 * July 24 – The Dehiwala train bombing kills 56 commuters outside Colombo.
 * July 25 – The Tutsi-led Burundian army performs a coup and reinstalls previous president Pierre Buyoya, ousting current president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
 * July 27 – The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills one person and injures 111.

August

 * August
 * The first three-parent baby is conceived in New Jersey through mitochondrial donation.
 * The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York City.
 * August 1
 * Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines.
 * A pro-democracy demonstration supporting Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia is broken up by riot police.
 * August 4 – The 1996 Summer Olympics conclude.
 * August 6 – NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive lifeforms; further tests are inconclusive.
 * August 7 – Heavy rains kill more than 80 campers near Huesca, Spain.
 * August 9 – Boris Yeltsin is sworn in at the Kremlin for a second term as President of Russia.
 * August 13 – Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be water on one of Jupiter's moons.
 * August 14 – A rocket ignited during a fireworks display in Arequipa, Peru knocks down a high-tension power cable into a dense crowd, electrocuting 35 people.
 * August 15 – Bob Dole is nominated for President of the United States, and Jack Kemp for Vice President, at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California.
 * August 16 – Brookfield Zoo, Chicago. After a 3-year-old boy falls into the 20 ft deep gorilla enclosure, Binti Jua, a female lowland gorilla sits with the injured boy until his rescue.
 * August 21
 * Former State President of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, makes an official apology for crimes committed under Apartheid to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town.
 * In the UK, Queen Elizabeth II issues letters patent on divorced former wives of British princes, taking away from the ex-wives the attribute and style of Royal Highness. With that Sarah, Duchess of York as well as Diana, Princess of Wales legally cease to be Royals, but they remain as non-royal Duchess and Princess.
 * August 23 – Osama bin Laden writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places," a call for the removal of American military forces from Saudi Arabia.
 * August 28 – Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the High Court of Justice in London. Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled Diana, Princess of Wales, due to the Queen's letters patent issued a week earlier.
 * August 29
 * U.S. President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore are re-nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
 * A Russian Tupolev 154 jetliner crashes into a mountain as it approaches the airport at Spitsbergen, Norway, killing all 141 people on board.
 * August 31 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces launch an offensive into the northern No-Fly Zone and capture Arbil.

September

 * September 2 – A permanent peace agreement is signed at the Malacañan Palace between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front.
 * September 3 – The United States launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq in reaction to the attack on Arbil.
 * September 4 – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attack a military base in Guaviare, Colombia, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians.
 * September 5 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damages ($ in present-day terms) and killed 27 people, mainly in North Carolina.  The name "Fran" was retired due to the extensive damage.
 * September 10 – Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) signed (it will be ratified 180 days after ratification by 44 Annex 2 countries).
 * September 13 – Alija Izetbegović is elected President of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the country's first election since the Bosnian War.
 * September 18 – A North Korean Sang-O class submarine runs aground in South Korea. The crew are described as spies by the South Korean government and killed by the South Korean military.
 * September 20 – Leader of Pakistani opposition party Pakistan Peoples Party Murtaza Bhutto is killed during a gunfight with police.
 * September 22 – The Panhellenic Socialist Movement under the leadership of Costas Simitis succeeds in the 1996 Greek legislative election.
 * September 24 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
 * September 27 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city of Kabul, after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.

October

 * October 2
 * The former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Andrey Lukanov, is assassinated.
 * Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 people on board.
 * October 6 – The government of New Zealand agrees to pay $130 million worth of compensation for the loss of land suffered by the Māori population between the years of 1844 and 1864.
 * October 22 – A fire at La Planta prison in southwest Caracas, Venezuela, kills thirty prisoners.
 * October 30 – Fighting erupts when Banyamulenga Tutsis of Laurent Kabila in Zaire seize Uvira and proceed to kill Hutu refugees.
 * October 31 – TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into a densely populated area of São Paulo, killing all 96 people on board.

November

 * November – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM inspectors uncover buried prohibited missile parts. Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM teams to remove remnants of missile engines for analysis outside of the country.
 * November 5
 * Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government is dismissed by President Farooq Leghari after widespread allegations of corruption.
 * 1996 United States presidential election: Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeats his Republican challenger, Bob Dole.
 * November 7
 * A category 4 cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India, killing more than 2,000 people.
 * NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
 * November 8 – All 141 people on board a Nigerian-owned Boeing 727 die when the aircraft crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while approaching Lagos airport.
 * November 12 – Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 collides in mid-air with Kazakhstan Airlines Il-76 in New Delhi, India, resulting in the loss of 349 lives.
 * November 17
 * A bomb exploded in Kaspiysk, Russia, killing 32 people.
 * Emil Constantinescu is elected as President of Romania.
 * November 18 – Frederick Chiluba is re-elected as President of Zambia.
 * November 19
 * Martin Bryant is sentenced to 35 consecutive sentences of life imprisonment plus 1,035 years without parole for murdering 35 people in a shooting spree in Tasmania earlier this year.
 * Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization (CTBTO) established.
 * STS-80: Space Shuttle Columbia conducts the longest mission of the Space Shuttle program.
 * November 20 – The 1996 Garley Building fire occurred in Hong Kong, resulting in 41 deaths and 81 injuries.
 * November 21 – A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33 people.
 * November 23
 * The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization as Angola.
 * Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
 * Tamagotchi is released in Japan by Bandai.
 * November 25 – An ice storm strikes the U.S., killing 26 directly and hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts Florida with winds gusts up to 90 mph.

December

 * December 9 – Jerry Rawlings is re-elected as President of Ghana.
 * December 11 – Tung Chee-hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997 at the end a 99-year lease to the United Kingdom.
 * December 13 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is elected by the United Nations Security Council the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.
 * December 17 – The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru.
 * December 25 – At least 283 migrants drown in the sinking of F174 near Capo Passero (Sicily).
 * December 26
 * The largest strike in South Korean history begins.
 * Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
 * December 27 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Air Base, solidifying their buffer zone around Kabul.
 * December 29 – Guatemala and the leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord that ends the 36-year Guatemalan Civil War.
 * December 30 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.

Undated

 * Economy of Venezuela: Inflation in the country peaks at 99.87%.

January

 * January 1
 * Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer
 * Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer
 * Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer
 * January 2 – Xiaoyu Yu, Chinese figure skater
 * January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
 * January 5
 * Maxim Baldry, English actor
 * Tyler Ulis, American basketball player
 * January 6
 * Courtney Eaton, Australian actress
 * Kishan Shrikanth, Indian actor and director
 * Harmanpreet Singh, Indian hockey player
 * January 7
 * Fu Yuanhui, Chinese swimmer
 * Helly Shah, Indian actress
 * Isaac Success, Nigerian footballer
 * January 9 – Oana Gregory, Romanian American actress
 * January 10 – Anna Sztankovics, Hungarian swimmer
 * January 11 – Leroy Sané, German footballer
 * January 12 – Ella Henderson, English singer
 * January 13 – Aníta Hinriksdóttir, Icelandic middle-distance runner
 * January 15 – Dove Cameron, American actress and singer
 * January 16
 * Anastasia Grishina, Russian artistic gymnast
 * Jennie, South Korean singer and rapper
 * January 17
 * Caitlin Sanchez, American actress
 * Nile Wilson, British artistic gymnast
 * January 18 – Sarah Gilman, American actress
 * January 21 – Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
 * January 22
 * Sami Gayle, American actress
 * Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player
 * January 23
 * Chachi Gonzales, American dancer
 * Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer
 * January 24 – Patrik Schick, Czech footballer
 * January 26 – Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer
 * January 27 – Braeden Lemasters, American actor, musician, and voice actor
 * January 31 – Joel Courtney, American actor

February

 * February 1
 * Ahmad Abughaush, Jordanian taekwondo athlete
 * Dionne Bromfield, English singer-songwriter and television personality
 * February 2 – Harry Winks, English footballer
 * February 5 – Zeng Siqi, Chinese artistic gymnast
 * February 7
 * Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Pierre Gasly, French racing driver
 * Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
 * February 8 – Kenedy, Brazilian footballer
 * February 9
 * Jimmy Bennett, American actor
 * Kelli Berglund, American actress
 * Chungha, South Korean singer and dancer
 * February 11
 * Jonathan Tah, German footballer
 * Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer
 * February 13 – Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Indonesian badminton player
 * February 14
 * Lucas Hernandez, French footballer
 * Viktor Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
 * February 17
 * Erika Fasana, Italian artistic gymnast
 * Sasha Pieterse, South African-born American actress
 * February 18 – Ikumi Hisamatsu, Japanese fashion model and actress
 * February 20 – Mabel, English singer
 * February 21 – Sophie Turner, English actress
 * February 23
 * Michael Johnston, American actor
 * D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player
 * February 24 – Cristian Imparato, Italian singer
 * February 25 – Emel Dereli, Turkish shot putter
 * February 28
 * Danilo Barbosa, Brazilian footballer
 * Bobb'e J. Thompson, American actor, dancer, rapper and comedian

March

 * March 1
 * Sage Northcutt, American mixed martial artist
 * Ye Shiwen, Chinese swimmer
 * March 4
 * Timo Baumgartl, German footballer
 * Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer
 * March 6
 * Timo Werner, German footballer
 * Yan Han, Chinese figure skater
 * March 8
 * Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
 * Emil Imre, Hungarian short track speed skater
 * March 9 – Giorgio Minisini, Italian synchronized swimmer
 * March 14 – Janai Haupapa, Canadian rugby league player
 * March 15 – Levin Öztunalı, German footballer
 * March 16 – Anna Ovcharova, Russian/Swiss figure skater
 * March 18 – Madeline Carroll, American actress
 * March 19 – Feodosiy Efremenkov, Russian figure skater
 * March 22 – Gig Morton, Canadian actor
 * March 23
 * Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
 * Lauri Kivari, Finnish freestyle skier
 * March 24
 * Valentino Lazaro, Austrian footballer
 * Myles Turner, American basketball player
 * March 25 – Dougal Howard, Australian rules footballer
 * March 26 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipina actress
 * March 27 – Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Italian-American actress
 * March 28
 * Benjamin Pavard, French footballer
 * Xie Siyi, Chinese diver
 * March 29 – Wade Baldwin IV, American basketball player
 * March 31 – Liza Koshy, American actress and television host

April

 * April 2
 * Polina Agafonova, Russian figure skater
 * Matheus Santana, Brazilian swimmer
 * April 3 – Sarah Jeffery, American actress
 * April 4 – Austin Mahone, American singer
 * April 8 – Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress
 * April 9 – Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian footballer
 * April 10
 * Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer
 * Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player
 * Loïc Nottet, Belgian singer
 * Audrey Whitby, American teen actress
 * April 11 – Dele Alli, English footballer
 * April 12 – Polina Korobeynikova, Russian figure skater
 * April 14 – Abigail Breslin, American actress
 * April 16 – Anya Taylor-Joy, American actress
 * April 17 – Dee Dee Davis, American actress
 * April 18 – Ski Mask the Slump God, American rapper
 * April 21 – Tavi Gevinson, American fashion blogger
 * April 22 – Wendy Sulca, Peruvian singer
 * April 23
 * Álex Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
 * Charlie Rowe, British actor
 * April 24 – Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
 * April 25
 * Mack Horton, Australian swimmer
 * Allisyn Ashley Arm, American actress
 * April 28 – Tony Revolori, American actor
 * April 29
 * Gustav Engvall, Swedish footballer
 * Katherine Langford, Australian actress

May

 * May 2 – Julian Brandt, German footballer
 * May 3
 * Mary Cain, American middle-distance runner
 * Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer
 * Noah Munck, American actor
 * May 4
 * Arielle Gold, American snowboarder
 * Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist.
 * May 5 – Matheus Pereira, Brazilian footballer
 * May 8 – 6ix9ine, American rapper
 * May 9 – Noah Centineo, American actor
 * May 10 – Tyus Jones, American basketball player
 * May 11 – Andrés Cubas, Argentinian footballer
 * May 14
 * Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ and producer
 * McKaley Miller, American actress
 * Pokimane, Moroccan YouTuber
 * May 15 – Birdy, English singer and songwriter
 * May 17 – Ryan Ochoa, American actor and musician
 * May 18 – Violett Beane, American actress
 * May 19 – Lakshmi Menon, Indian film actress
 * May 18 – Yuki Kadono, Japanese snowboarder
 * May 23 – Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
 * May 26 – Lukáš Haraslín, Slovak footballer
 * May 30
 * Aleksandr Golovin, Russian footballer
 * Erik Jones, American race car driver
 * May 31 – Normani, American singer

June

 * June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
 * June 3 – Han Tianyu, Chinese short track speed skater
 * June 7 – Christian McCaffrey, American football player
 * June 10 – Raury, American singer-songwriter
 * June 11 – Hakeeb Adelakun, English footballer
 * June 12 – Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer
 * June 13
 * Kingsley Coman, French footballer
 * Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor
 * June 15 – Aurora, Norwegian singer
 * June 16 – Lily Zhang, American table tennis player
 * June 17 – Godfred Donsah, Ghanese footballer
 * June 18 – Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
 * June 19 – Larisa Iordache, Romanian artistic gymnast
 * June 20
 * Sam Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Michael Dal Colle, Canadian ice hockey player
 * June 22
 * Yusupha Bobb, Gambian footballer
 * Hugo Calderano, Brazilian table tennis player
 * Kong Sang-jeong, South Korean short track speed skater
 * Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer
 * June 24 – Harris Dickinson, English actor, writer, and director
 * June 27 – Lauren Jauregui, American singer
 * June 28
 * Milot Rashica, Kosovar footballer
 * Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player
 * June 29 – Bart Ramselaar, Dutch footballer

July

 * July 1 – Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
 * July 3
 * Kendji Girac, French singer
 * Kumaahran Sathasivam, Malaysian footballer
 * July 5 – Risa Shōji, Japanese figure skater
 * July 6 – Robert Naylor, Canadian actor and musician
 * July 9 – Shanice Williams, American actress and singer
 * July 10 – Moon Ga-young, South Korean actress
 * July 11
 * Alessia Cara, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * Andrija Živković, Serbian footballer
 * July 12 – Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
 * July 16
 * Kevin Abstract, American rapper, singer-songwriter and director
 * Nicky Jones, American voice actor
 * July 18
 * Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov, Russian footballer
 * Yung Lean, Swedish rapper and record producer
 * Siebe Schrijvers, Belgian footballer
 * July 20 – Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player
 * July 21 – Joey Bragg, American actor and comedian
 * July 22
 * Skyler Gisondo, American actor
 * Indy Groothuizen, Dutch football player
 * Jane Oineza, Filipina actress
 * July 23
 * Danielle Bradbery, American singer
 * Rachel G. Fox, American actress
 * July 30
 * Dylan Larkin, American hockey player
 * Austin North, American actor
 * July 31 – Blake Michael, American actor

August

 * August 1 – Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer
 * August 2 – Simone Manuel, American swimmer
 * August 5
 * Francesca Deagostini, Italian artistic gymnast
 * Mai Murakami, Japanese artistic gymnast
 * August 7
 * Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer
 * Liam James, Canadian actor
 * August 10 – Jacob Latimore, American singer, actor and dancer
 * August 12
 * Arthur Melo, Brazilian footballer
 * Torri Webster, Canadian actress
 * August 14
 * Brianna Hildebrand, American actress
 * Neal Maupay, French footballer
 * August 19
 * Almoez Ali, Sudanese-Qatari footballer
 * Laura Tesoro, Belgian singer and actress
 * August 21
 * Sofyan Amrabat, Dutch-born Moroccan footballer
 * Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress
 * August 22
 * Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer
 * Michael Graue, American actor
 * August 24 – Kenzō Shirai, Japanese gymnast
 * August 27 – Ebru Topçu, Turkish footballer
 * August 28 – Kim Se-jeong, South Korean singer and actress
 * August 30
 * Gabriel Barbosa, Brazilian footballer
 * Chen Dequan, Chinese short track speed skater

September

 * September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
 * September 3 – Joy, South Korean singer and actress
 * September 5
 * Sigrid (singer), Norwegian singer
 * Richairo Živković, Dutch footballer
 * September 6 – Lil Xan, American rapper
 * September 9 – Jaïro Riedewald, Dutch footballer
 * September 12 – Colin Ford, American actor
 * September 13
 * Playboi Carti, American rapper
 * Lili Reinhart, American actress
 * September 16 – Alexis Blin, French footballer
 * September 17
 * Duje Ćaleta-Car, Croatian footballer
 * Esteban Ocon, French racing driver
 * Ella Purnell, English actress
 * September 19 – Pia Mia, Guamanian singer-songwriter and model
 * September 20 – Jerome Sinclair, English footballer
 * September 22 – Anthoine Hubert, French racing driver (d. 2019)
 * September 23
 * Lee Hi, South Korean singer-songwriter
 * Evgeny Rylov, Russian swimmer
 * September 25
 * Max Christiansen, German footballer
 * Mie Nielsen, Danish swimmer
 * September 27 – Maxwel Cornet, French-Ivorian footballer
 * September 28 – Michael Ronda, Mexican actor and singer

October

 * October 3 – Kelechi Iheanacho, Nigerian footballer
 * October 7 – Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter
 * October 8 – Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
 * October 9
 * Jacob Batalon, American-Filipino actor
 * Bella Hadid, American model
 * October 12 – Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
 * October 15
 * Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
 * Zelo, Korean singer
 * October 22
 * B.I, Korean singer
 * Harley Windsor, Australian pair skater
 * October 23 – Sam Berns, American high school student, and activist (d. 2014)
 * October 24
 * Jaylen Brown, American basketball player
 * Kyla Ross, American gymnast
 * October 26 – Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player
 * October 27 – Nadiem Amiri, German footballer
 * October 28
 * Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
 * Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
 * Lee June-hyoung, South Korean figure skater
 * October 30
 * Devin Booker, American basketball player
 * Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese singer

November



 * November 1
 * Sean Gelael, Indonesian racing driver
 * Lil Peep, American rapper (d. 2017)
 * Jeongyeon, South Korean singer
 * November 4 – Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
 * November 7
 * André Horta, Portuguese footballer
 * Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
 * November 9
 * Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, Vietnamese swimmer
 * Momo Hirai, Japanese singer and dancer
 * November 11
 * Adam Ounas, French-born Algerian footballer
 * Tye Sheridan, American actor
 * November 14 – Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
 * November 15 – Malik Jefferson, American football player
 * November 16 – Brendan Murray, Irish singer
 * November 17 – Ruth Jebet, Bahraini long-distance runner
 * November 18
 * Akram Afif, Qatari footballer
 * Noah Ringer, American actor
 * Sorn, South Korean based singer
 * November 19 – Liliána Szilágyi, Hungarian swimmer
 * November 20 – Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer
 * November 22
 * Hailey Baldwin, American model and socialite
 * Madison Davenport, American actress and singer
 * November 23
 * James Maddison, English footballer
 * Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
 * November 26 – Louane Emera, French singer and actress
 * November 27 – Andy Truong, Australian fashion designer
 * November 29 – Gonçalo Guedes, Portuguese footballer

December

 * December 4
 * Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer
 * Daria Svatkovskaya, Russian artistic gymnast
 * December 6 – Stefanie Scott, American actress
 * December 8 – Scott McTominay, Scottish footballer
 * December 9 – ViVi, Hong Kong singer
 * December 10
 * Jérémy Gabriel, French Canadian singer
 * Kang Daniel, South Korean singer
 * December 11
 * Jack Griffo, American actor
 * Eliza McCartney, New Zealand track and field athlete
 * Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, model and singer
 * December 12 – Lucas Hedges, American actor
 * December 14 – Li Zijun, Chinese figure skater
 * December 15 – Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
 * December 16
 * Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer
 * Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer
 * December 17 – Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
 * December 19 – Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer
 * December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
 * December 28 – Alfred Kipketer, Kenyan middle-distance runner
 * December 29
 * Dylan Minnette, American actor, singer and musician
 * Sana, Japanese singer

January



 * January 1
 * Arleigh Burke, American naval officer (b. 1901)
 * Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (b. 1906)
 * January 5
 * Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian shaheed (b. 1966)
 * Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and impresario (b. 1907)
 * January 7
 * Károly Grósz, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1930)
 * Tarō Okamoto, Japanese artist (b. 1911)
 * January 8 – François Mitterrand, French politician, 21st President of France (b. 1916)
 * January 15
 * Les Baxter, American musician and composer (b. 1922)
 * Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho (b. 1938)
 * January 17 – Barbara Jordan, American lawyer, educator, politician and civil rights activist (b. 1936)
 * January 18
 * Leonor Fini, Argentine artist (b. 1908)
 * Endel Puusepp, Estonian pilot (b. 1909)
 * N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, producer, director, editor and politician (b. 1923)
 * January 19 – Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
 * January 20 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927)
 * January 25 – Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (b. 1960)
 * January 26 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921)
 * January 28
 * Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born American Nobel poet (b. 1940)
 * Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914)

February



 * February 2 – Gene Kelly, American actor and dancer (b. 1912)
 * February 3 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (b. 1922)
 * February 4 – Alfredo Nobre da Costa, 106th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1923)
 * February 6 – Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922)
 * February 7 – Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1925)
 * February 9 – Adolf Galland, German general (b. 1912)
 * February 11 – Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
 * February 12
 * Bob Shaw, Irish science fiction writer (b. 1931)
 * Ryōtarō Shiba, Japanese novelist (b. 1923)
 * February 13 – Martin Balsam, American actor (b. 1919)
 * February 14
 * Eva Hart, British Titanic survivor (b. 1905)
 * Bob Paisley, English football manager (b. 1919)
 * February 15
 * Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
 * McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1927)
 * February 16
 * Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932)
 * Pat Brown, American politician (b. 1905)
 * February 20
 * Audrey Munson, American model and actress (b. 1891)
 * Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930)
 * February 21 – Morton Gould, American musician and composer (b. 1913)
 * February 23
 * William Bonin, American serial killer (b. 1947)
 * Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (b. 1915)
 * February 25 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian activist and actor (b. 1940)
 * February 26 – Mieczysław Weinberg, Polish composer (b. 1919)
 * February 27 – Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player (b. 1912)

March



 * March 2 – Lyle Talbot, American actor (b. 1902)
 * March 3 – Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914)
 * March 4 – Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912)
 * March 5
 * Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, 5th President of Bangladesh (b. 1918)
 * Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
 * March 6 – Simon Cadell, English actor (b. 1950)
 * March 9 – George Burns, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
 * March 10 – Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1926)
 * March 11 – Vince Edwards, American actor (b. 1928)
 * March 12 – Gyula Kállai, 48th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1910)
 * March 13 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (b. 1941)
 * March 17 – René Clément, French film director (b. 1913)
 * March 18 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer (b. 1911)
 * March 19
 * Virginia Henderson, American nurse and theorist (b. 1897)
 * Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician (b. 1933)
 * March 25 – Lola Beltrán, Mexican singer, actress, and television presenter (b. 1932)
 * March 26
 * Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
 * David Packard, American engineer (b. 1912)
 * March 31 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American musician (b. 1958)

April



 * April 3 – Ron Brown, American politician (b. 1941)
 * April 4 – Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
 * April 6
 * John D. Bulkeley, American naval officer (b. 1911)
 * Greer Garson, British-American actress (b. 1904)
 * April 8 – Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1918)
 * April 13 – James Burke, Irish-American gangster (b. 1931)
 * April 16 – Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (b. 1917)
 * April 18 – Bernard Edwards, American bass player (b. 1952)
 * April 20 – Christopher Robin Milne, English author and bookseller (b. 1920)
 * April 21 – Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen politician and President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)
 * April 22 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer (b. 1927)
 * April 23 – P. L. Travers, British actress, journalist, novelist and writer (b. 1899)
 * April 25 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer (b. 1920)
 * April 26 – Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
 * April 28 – Siti Hartinah, 2nd First Lady of Indonesia, wife of Suharto (b. 1923)

May

 * May 1 – David M. Kennedy, American politician, businessman (b. 1905)
 * May 2 – Emile Habibi, Palestinian Israeli writer (b. 1922)
 * May 3 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
 * May 6 – Leo Joseph Suenens, Belgian cardinal (b. 1904)
 * May 11
 * Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
 * Scott Fischer, American mountaineer (b. 1955)
 * Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (b. 1961)
 * Ademir de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
 * May 17 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American singer, songwriter and musician (b. 1935)
 * May 19 – John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
 * May 20 – Jon Pertwee, British actor (b. 1919)
 * May 23 – Sim Iness, American Olympic athlete (b. 1930)
 * May 24
 * John Abbott, English actor (b. 1905)
 * Jacob Druckman, American composer (b. 1928)
 * Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
 * Joseph Mitchell, American writer (b. 1908)
 * May 25 – Bradley Nowell, American musician (b. 1968)
 * May 29 – Tamara Toumanova, Russian-American dancer and actress (b. 1919)
 * May 31 – Timothy Leary, American writer and social activist (b. 1920)

June

 * June 1 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
 * June 2
 * John Alton, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
 * Leon Garfield, English author (b. 1921)
 * Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (b. 1928)
 * June 3 – Peter Glenville, English film director (b. 1913)
 * June 6
 * Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese Olympic swimmer (b. 1917)
 * George Davis Snell, American Nobel geneticist (b. 1903)
 * June 10 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914)
 * June 11 – Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
 * June 15 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917)
 * June 19
 * Hillevi Rombin, Swedish actress and beauty queen (b. 1933)
 * Edvin Wide, Swedish middle- and long-distance runner (b. 1896)
 * June 23
 * Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer (b. 1921)
 * Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
 * June 26 – Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
 * June 27 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
 * June 28 – Kwan Tak-hing, Hong Kong actor (b. 1905)

July

 * July 1 – Margaux Hemingway, American fashion model and actress (b. 1954)
 * July 3 – Raaj Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1926)
 * July 9
 * Eno Raud, Estonian writer (b. 1928)
 * Sergey Kuryokhin, Russian pianist, composer, improvisor, performance artist and actor (b. 1954)
 * July 13 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (b. 1905)
 * July 15 – Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964)
 * July 17
 * Paul Touvier, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1915)
 * Victims of TWA Flight 800
 * Michel Breistroff, NHL ice hockey player (b. 1971)
 * Marcel Dadi, French guitarist (b. 1951)
 * David Hogan, American composer (b. 1949)
 * Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (b. 1948)
 * July 20 – František Plánička, Czech footballer (b. 1904)
 * July 21
 * Luana Anders, American actress (b. 1938)
 * Herb Edelman, American actor (b. 1933)
 * July 22 – Jessica Mitford, British-American author, journalist and political campaigner (b. 1917)
 * July 23 – Jean Muir, American actress (b. 1911)
 * July 27 – Jane Drew, English architect (b. 1911)
 * July 28 – Roger Tory Peterson, American naturalist and artist (b. 1908)
 * July 30 – Claudette Colbert, French-born American Academy Award-winning actress (b. 1903)

August

 * August 1
 * Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somali military commander and politician (b. 1934)
 * Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940)
 * Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss Nobel chemist (b. 1897)
 * August 2
 * Michel Debré, 99th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
 * Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917)
 * August 6 – Hernán Siles Zuazo, Bolivian politician (b. 1914)
 * August 8 – Nevill Francis Mott, English Nobel physicist (b. 1905)
 * August 11
 * Rafael Kubelík, Czech-born Swiss conductor (b. 1914)
 * Baba Vanga, Bulgarian mystic, clairvoyant and herbalist (b. 1911)
 * August 12 – Viktor Hambardzumyan, Armenian scientist (b. 1908)
 * August 13
 * António de Spínola, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1910)
 * David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
 * August 14 – Camilla Horn, German actress (b. 1903)
 * August 20 – Rio Reiser, German musician and singer (b. 1950)
 * August 26 – Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, 37th President of Argentina (b. 1918)
 * August 27 – Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)
 * August 30 – Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (b. 1953)

September

 * September 1
 * Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer (b. 1909)
 * Karl Kehrle, Benedictine monk and beekeeper (b. 1898)
 * September 7 – Bibi Besch, American actress (b. 1940)
 * September 9
 * Ruggero Mastroianni, Italian film editor (b. 1929)
 * Bill Monroe, American musician (b. 1911)
 * September 10 – Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1922)
 * September 12
 * Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general, 29th President of Brazil (b. 1907)
 * Ricardo López, Uruguayan-American pest control worker (b. 1975)
 * September 13 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper (b. 1971)
 * September 14 – Juliet Prowse, American dancer and actress (b. 1936)
 * September 16
 * McGeorge Bundy, American academic (b. 1919)
 * Gene Nelson, American dancer and actor (b. 1920)
 * September 17 – Spiro Agnew, American politician (b. 1918)
 * September 18 – Annabella, French actress (b. 1907)
 * September 20
 * Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1954)
 * Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1913)
 * Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter (b. 1914)
 * Paul Weston, American pianist and composer (b. 1912)
 * September 21 – Henri Nouwen, Dutch priest and author (b. 1932)
 * September 22
 * Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, 1st Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1927)
 * Dorothy Lamour, American actress (b. 1914)
 * September 23 – Fujiko Fujio, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1933)
 * September 24
 * Mark Frankel, British actor (b. 1962)
 * Zeki Müren, Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet (b. 1931)
 * September 26
 * Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
 * Pavel Sudoplatov, Soviet spy (b. 1907)
 * Geoffrey Wilkinson, English Nobel chemist (b. 1921)
 * September 27 – Mohammad Najibullah, President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
 * September 29 – Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (b. 1923)
 * September 30 – Moneta Sleet Jr., American press photogrpaher (b. 1926)

October

 * October 4 – Silvio Piola, Italian footballer (b. 1913)
 * October 5 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (b. 1925)
 * October 11
 * Renato Russo, Brazilian singer (b. 1960)
 * William Vickrey, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
 * October 12
 * René Lacoste, French tennis player (b. 1904)
 * Roger Lapébie, French racing cyclist (b. 1911)
 * October 13 – Beryl Reid, British actress (b. 1919)
 * October 14 – Laura La Plante, American actress (b. 1904)
 * October 15 – Robert F. Williams, American civil rights leader, author (b. 1925)
 * October 16 – Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
 * October 24 – Artur Axmann, German Nazi leader (b. 1913)
 * October 28 – Morey Amsterdam, American comedian (b. 1908)
 * October 31 – Marcel Carné, French film director (b. 1909)

November

 * November 1 – J. R. Jayewardene, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1906)
 * November 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (b. 1963)
 * November 3
 * Jean-Bédel Bokassa/Bokassa I, 2nd President of the Central African Republic and Emperor of Central Africa (b. 1921)
 * Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish nationalist (b. 1956)
 * November 5 – Eddie Harris, American jazz musician (b. 1934)
 * November 6 – Tommy Lawton, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
 * November 14
 * Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (b. 1928)
 * Virginia Cherrill, American actress (b. 1908)
 * November 15 – Alger Hiss, American diplomat (b. 1904)
 * November 18 – Zinovy Gerdt, Russian actor (b. 1916)
 * November 21 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani Nobel physicist (b. 1926)
 * November 22
 * María Casares, French-Spanish actress (b. 1922)
 * Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
 * November 26 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914)
 * November 27 – Gertrude Blanch, American mathematician (b. 1897)
 * November 28 – Don McNeill, American tennis player (b. 1918)
 * November 30 – Tiny Tim, American musician (b. 1932)

December

 * December 3 – Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan (b. 1929)
 * December 6 – Pete Rozelle, American football official (b. 1926)
 * December 7 – José Donoso, Chilean writer (b. 1924)
 * December 8 – Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
 * December 9 – Mary Leakey, British archaeologist (b. 1913)
 * December 10 – Faron Young, American singer (b. 1932)
 * December 11 – Willie Rushton, English comedian, actor and cartoonist (b. 1937)
 * December 13 – Cao Yu, Chinese playwright (b. 1910)
 * December 16
 * Quentin Bell, English biographer and art historian (b. 1910)
 * Laurens van der Post, South African author (b. 1906)
 * December 17 – Stanko Todorov, Bulgarian communist politician (b. 1920)
 * December 18 – Irving Caesar, American lyricist (b. 1895)
 * December 19 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (b. 1924)
 * December 20
 * Amata Kabua, 1st President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1928)
 * Carl Sagan, American astronomer (b. 1934)
 * December 21 – Margret Rey, American author and illustrator (b. 1906)
 * December 30
 * Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
 * Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)

Nobel Prizes

 * Physics – David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert C. Richardson
 * Chemistry – Robert Curl, Sir Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley
 * Medicine – Peter C. Doherty, Rolf M. Zinkernagel
 * Literature – Wisława Szymborska
 * Peace – Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta
 * Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – James Mirrlees, William Vickrey

Right Livelihood Award

 * Herman Daly, The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad and George Vithoulkas

January

 * January 1
 * The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
 * Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union.
 * January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record.
 * January 16 – An avalanche hits the village Súðavík in Iceland, killing 14 people.
 * January 17 – The 6.9 Great Hanshin earthquake strikes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
 * January 25 – Norwegian rocket incident: A rocket launched from the space exploration centre at Andøya, Norway is briefly interpreted by the Russians as an incoming attack.
 * January 31 – Mexican peso crisis: U.S. President Bill Clinton invokes emergency powers, to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.

February

 * February 13 – 21 Bosnian Serb commanders are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a tribunal on human rights violations during the Wars in the Balkans.
 * February 21
 * Serkadji prison mutiny in Algeria: 4 guards and 96 prisoners are killed in a day and a half.
 * Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
 * February 25 – The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) (Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica [OTCA]) is formed.
 * February 26 – The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank, collapses after securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

March

 * March 1
 * Julio María Sanguinetti is sworn in as President of Uruguay for his second term.
 * Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from Parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.
 * March 2 – Nick Leeson is arrested in Singapore for his role in the collapse of Barings Bank.
 * March 3 – United Nations Operation in Somalia II, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Somalia, ends.
 * March 14 – Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a Russian launch vehicle (the Soyuz TM-21), lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
 * March 20 – Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway: members of the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult release sarin gas on 5 subway trains in Tokyo, killing 13 and injuring 5,510. 11 of the principal activists are hanged in 2018.
 * March 22 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in outer space.
 * March 26 – The Schengen Agreement, easing cross-border travel, goes into effect in several European countries.
 * March 31 – TAROM Flight 371 from Bucharest to Brussels crashes shortly after takeoff killing all 60 people on board.

April

 * April 7 – First Chechen War – Samashki massacre: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of at least 250 civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
 * April 19 – Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and 680 wounded by a bomb set off by Timothy McVeigh and one of his accomplices, Terry Nichols.
 * April 28 – In Daegu, South Korea, a gas explosion at a subway construction site kills 101 people, mostly teenage schoolboys.
 * April 30 – The United States government stops funding the NSFNET, making the Internet a wholly privatised system.

May

 * May 7 – Jacques Chirac is elected president of France.
 * May 10 – At Vaal Reefs gold mine in Orkney, a runaway locomotive falls into a lift shaft onto an ascending cage and causes it to plunge 1500 ft to the bottom of the 6900 ft deep shaft, killing 104.
 * May 11 – More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
 * May 13 – The 6.6 Western Macedonia earthquake strikes northwestern Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), injuring 25 and causing $450 million in damage.
 * May 14 – The Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th reincarnation of the Panchen Lama.
 * May 16 – Japanese police besiege the headquarters of Aum Shinrikyo near Mount Fuji and arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara.
 * May 24 – AFC Ajax wins the UEFA Champions League at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna by defeating A.C. Milan 1–0.
 * May 28 – The 7.0 Neftegorsk earthquake strikes northern Sakhalin Island in Russia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 1,967 people dead and 750 injured.

June

 * June 2
 * Mrkonjić Grad incident: A United States Air Force F-16 piloted by Captain Scott O'Grady is shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone. O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.
 * Waffen-SS Hauptsturmführer Erich Priebke is extradited from Argentina to Italy.
 * June 6
 * U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard breaks NASA's space endurance record of 14 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes, aboard the Russian space station Mir.
 * The Constitutional Court of South Africa abolishes capital punishment in South Africa in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another.
 * June 13 – French President Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
 * June 16 – The IOC selects Salt Lake City to host the 2002 Winter Olympics.
 * June 22 – Japanese police rescue 365 hostages from a hijacked All Nippon Airways Flight 857 (Boeing 747-200) at Hakodate airport. The hijacker was armed with a knife and demanded the release of Shoko Asahara.
 * June 24 – South Africa wins the Rugby World Cup.
 * June 29
 * Lisa Clayton completes her 10-month solo circumnavigation from the Northern Hemisphere.
 * STS-71: Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir space station for the first time.
 * The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937.
 * Iraq disarmament crisis: According to UNSCOM, the unity of the U.N. Security Council begins to fray, as a few countries, particularly France and Russia, become more interested in making financial deals with Iraq than in disarming the country.

July

 * July – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq threatens to end all cooperation with UNSCOM and IAEA, if sanctions against the country are not lifted by August 31. Following the defection of his son-in-law, Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Saddam Hussein makes new revelations about the full extent of Iraq's biological and nuclear weapons programs. Iraq also withdraws its last U.N. declaration of prohibited biological weapons and turns over a large amount of new documents on its WMD programs.
 * July 1 – Iraq disarmament crisis: In response to UNSCOM's evidence, Iraq admits for first time the existence of an offensive biological weapons program, but denies weaponization.
 * July 4 – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom John Major is re-elected as leader of the Conservative Party.
 * July 9 – Sri Lankan Civil War: 125 civilians are killed in Navaly as result of bombing by the Sri Lanka Air Force.
 * July 10 – Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi is freed from house arrest.
 * July 11
 * Srebrenica massacre: Units of the Army of Republika Srpska, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, enter Srebrenica with little resistance from Dutch peacekeepers of the United Nations Protection Force, going on to kill thousands of Bosniak men and boys and rape many women.
 * President Clinton announces the restoration of United States–Vietnam relations twenty years after the Vietnam War.
 * A Cubana de Aviación Antonov An-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44 people.
 * July 21–26 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The Chinese People's Liberation Army fires missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.

August

 * August – The International Rugby Football Board declares that rugby union players may be professional.
 * August 4 – Croatian forces, with the cooperation of the ARBiH, launch Operation Storm against rebel forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, which subsequently ceases to exist as a political entity.
 * August 16 – Bermudans reject independence in a referendum.
 * August 24 – Microsoft releases Windows 95.
 * August 29 – Eduard Shevardnadze, the Georgian head of state, survives an assassination attempt in Tbilisi.
 * August 30 – The NATO bombing campaign against Bosnian Serb artillery positions begins in Bosnia and Herzegovina, continuing into September. At the same time, ARBiH forces begin an offensive against the Bosnian Serb Army around Sarajevo, central Bosnia and Bosnian Krajina.

September

 * September – The European Parliament elects the first European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, who takes up office in September 1995.
 * September 4–15 The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
 * September 6 – NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb forces continue, after repeated attempts at a solution to the Bosnian War fail.
 * September 9 – Sony enters the video game market with the release of the PlayStation.
 * September 19 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
 * September 26 – The trial against former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, who is accused of Mafia connections, begins.
 * September 27–28 – Bob Denard's mercenaries capture President Said Mohammed Djohor of the Comoros; the local army does not resist.

October

 * October 3 – O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of double murder for the deaths of former wife Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
 * October 5 – Tansu Çiller of DYP forms the new government of Turkey (51st government, a minority government which failed to receive the vote of confidence).
 * October 6 – Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announce the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, the first confirmed extrasolar planet orbiting an ordinary main-sequence star.
 * October 16 – The Million Man March is held in Washington, D.C. The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
 * October 17 – French woman Jeanne Calment reaches the confirmed age of 120 years and 238 days, making her the oldest person ever recorded.
 * October 24 – A total solar eclipse is visible from Iran, India, Thailand, and Southeast Asia.
 * October 28 – A fire in Baku Metro, Azerbaijan, kills 289 passengers (the world's worst subway disaster).
 * October 30
 * Quebec independentists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada.
 * Tansu Çiller of DYP forms the new government of Turkey.

November

 * November – The Indian government officially renames the city of Bombay, restoring the name Mumbai.
 * November 1
 * The last signal is received from NASA's Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
 * Participants in the Yugoslav Wars begin negotiations at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
 * November 2 – The Supreme Court of Argentina orders the extradition of Erich Priebke, ex-S.S. captain.
 * November 4 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
 * November 7 – Typhoon Angela leaves the Philippines and Vietnam devastated, with 882 deaths and US$315 million in damage. The typhoon was the strongest ever to strike the Philippines in 25 years, with wind speeds of 130 mi/h and gusts of 180 mi/h.
 * November 12 – The Millbrook Commonwealth Action Programme, a programme to implement the Harare Declaration, is announced by the Commonwealth Heads of Government.
 * November 16 – A United Nations tribunal charges Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić with genocide during the Bosnian War.
 * November 21 – The Dayton Agreement to end the Bosnian War is reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio (signed December 14).
 * November 22
 * The 7.3 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.
 * The first-ever full-length computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, is released by Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures.
 * November 28 – 27 nations sign the Barcelona Treaty, creating the Union for the Mediterranean.
 * November 30 – Operation Desert Storm officially ends.

December

 * December 3 – Strikes paralyze France's public sector.
 * December 6 – The United States Food and Drug Administration approved Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fell from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.
 * December 7 – NASA's Galileo Probe enters Jupiter's atmosphere.
 * December 8 – 5-year-old Gyaincain Norbu is enthroned as the 11th reincarnation of the Panchen Lama at Tashilhunpo Monastery.
 * December 14 – The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris, officially ending the Bosnian War.
 * December 16 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi scuba divers, under the direction of the United Nations Special Commission, dredge the Tigris near Baghdad. The divers find over 200 prohibited Russian-made missile instruments and components.
 * December 20
 * American Airlines Flight 965 (Boeing 757) crashes into a mountain near Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, killing 160 of the 164 on board.
 * NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
 * December 30 – The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2 °C is recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equals the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire in 1895 and 1982.

Date unknown

 * Sudden oak death, the tree disease caused by the plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, is first observed, in California.

January

 * January 1
 * Sardar Azmoun, Iranian footballer
 * Poppy, musician and model
 * January 3 – Jisoo, South Korean singer, actress, and model
 * January 4
 * Maddie Hasson, American actress
 * María Isabel, Spanish singer
 * January 9 – Nicola Peltz, American actress
 * January 12 – Alessio Romagnoli, Italian footballer
 * January 13 – Natalia Dyer, American actress
 * January 16 – Takumi Minamino, Japanese footballer
 * January 18 – Leonard Fournette, American football player
 * January 20
 * Joey Badass, American rapper
 * Calum Chambers, English footballer
 * José Giménez, Uruguayan footballer
 * January 24
 * Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
 * Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor
 * January 30
 * Danielle Campbell, American actress
 * Viktoria Komova, Russian artistic gymnast
 * January 31 – Nina Sublatti, Georgian singer and model

February

 * February 3 – Kim Domingo, Filipina actress
 * February 4 – Pione Sisto, South Sudanese-Danish footballer
 * February 5
 * Rouguy Diallo, French triple jumper
 * Adnan Januzaj, Belgian footballer
 * February 6
 * Leon Goretzka, German footballer
 * Nyck de Vries, Dutch kart racer
 * February 8 – Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
 * February 9 – Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer
 * February 10 – Naby Keïta, Guinean footballer
 * February 11 – Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer
 * February 13
 * Marsel Efroimski, Israeli chess player
 * Ayame Koike, Japanese actress
 * February 14 – Diego Fagúndez, Uruguayan footballer
 * February 16
 * Denzel Curry, American rapper
 * Vladimir Fedoseev, Russian chess grandmaster
 * February 17 – Madison Keys, American tennis player
 * February 18 – Mikhail Kolyada, Russian figure skater
 * February 21 – Lee Tae-hwan, South Korean actor and model
 * February 23 – Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
 * February 27 – Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer

March

 * March 2 – Mats Møller Dæhli, Norwegian footballer
 * March 3 – Zahra Lari, Emirati figure skater
 * March 7 – Fajar Alfian, Indonesian badminton player
 * March 8
 * Keita Baldé, Senegalese footballer
 * Luca Brecel, Belgian snooker player
 * March 10 – Zach LaVine, American basketball player
 * March 12 – Kanon Fukuda, Japanese pop singer and voice actress
 * March 13 – Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier
 * March 15 – Jabari Parker, American basketball player
 * March 19
 * Héctor Bellerín, Spanish footballer
 * Julia Montes, Filipina actress
 * March 22 – Nick Robinson, American actor
 * March 23 – Ester Ledecká, Czech winter athlete

April

 * April 1 – Logan Paul, American actor and YouTube personality
 * April 3 – Adrien Rabiot, French footballer
 * April 14 – Yukiko Fujisawa, Japanese figure skater
 * April 15 – Cody Christian, American actor
 * April 17 – Wheein, South Korean singer and songwriter
 * April 18 – Divock Origi, Belgian footballer
 * April 23 – Gigi Hadid, American model
 * April 24
 * Axel Chapelle, French pole vaulter
 * Kehlani, American singer
 * April 26
 * Lorenzo Fragola, Italian singer
 * Daniel Padilla, Filipino actor
 * April 28 – Melanie Martinez, American singer

May

 * May 1 – Radhika Madan, Indian actress and dancer
 * May 2 – Yook Sung-jae, South Korean singer and actor
 * May 3 – Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2013)
 * May 4
 * Alex Lawther, English actor
 * Chris Ikonomidis, Australian footballer
 * Shameik Moore, American actor, singer, dancer, and rapper
 * May 6 – Marko Pjaca, Croatian footballer
 * May 10
 * Missy Franklin, American swimmer
 * Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer
 * May 11 – Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
 * May 12
 * Luke Benward, American actor and singer
 * Kenton Duty, American actor, singer, and dancer
 * May 14 – Kelly Gale, Swedish model
 * May 15 – Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian singer
 * May 23 – Jillian Janson, American pornographic actress
 * May 25 – José Luis Gayà, Spanish footballer
 * May 29 – Nicolas Pépé, Ivorian footballer

June

 * June 2 – Sterling Beaumon, American actor
 * June 4 – Willie Rioli, Australian football player
 * June 5 – Troye Sivan, South African-born Australian singer
 * June 9 – Jimmy Duquennoy, Belgian cyclist (d. 2018)
 * June 13 – Petra Vlhová, Slovak alpine skier
 * June 16 – Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer
 * June 17 – Clément Lenglet, French footballer
 * June 20 – Serayah, American actress, model and singer
 * June 21
 * Jessica Ahlquist, American activist and public speaker
 * Darko Velkovski, Macedonian footballer
 * Jesper Karlström, Swedish footballer
 * June 22
 * Aleksandr Maltsev, Russian artistic (synchronized) swimmer
 * Ádám Borbély, Hungarian handball player
 * June 23
 * Eva Lazzaro, Australian actress
 * Jorge Mateo, Dominican baseball shortstop
 * Danna Paola, Mexican singer and actress
 * Freddie Woodward, British diver
 * June 24 – Abdel Fadel Suanon, Beninese footballer
 * June 25
 * Wilhem Belocian, French sprinter
 * Laura Jung, German rhythmic gymnast
 * Juan Córdova, Chilean footballer
 * Kamil Dragun, Polish chess grandmaster
 * Andriy Markovych, Canadian rhythmic gymnast
 * June 26 – Natsuhiko Watanabe, Japanese footballer
 * June 27 – Eirik Gjen, Norwegian artist
 * June 28
 * Syafiq Ahmad, Malaysian footballer
 * Kåre Hedebrant, Swedish actor
 * Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, South African model and beauty pageant titleholder
 * Adama Traoré, Malian footballer
 * June 29 – João Paulo Silva Martins, Brazilian footballer
 * June 30
 * Marina Ruy Barbosa, Brazilian actress
 * Kristoffer Olsson, Swedish footballer

July

 * July 1
 * Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Congolese-Belgian footballer
 * Hoài Lâm, Vietnamese male pop singer and actor
 * Krzysztof Piątek, Polish footballer
 * July 2
 * Ito Ohno, Japanese fashion model and actress
 * Shirley Setia, Indian singer
 * Ryan Murphy, American competitive swimmer
 * July 4
 * Ruth B, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * Álex Berenguer, Spanish footballer
 * Post Malone, American rapper
 * July 5
 * Daniel and Miguel Falcon Græsdal, Norwegian accordionists
 * Hyuk, South Korean singer and actor
 * Phataimas Muenwong, Thai badminton player
 * July 6
 * Robert Obst, Polish footballer
 * Mario López Quintana, Paraguayan footballer
 * July 9
 * Georgie Henley, English actress
 * Sandro Ramírez, Spanish footballer
 * July 10
 * Trayvon Bromell, American sprinter
 * Ada Hegerberg, Norwegian footballer
 * Edymar Martínez, Venezuelan model
 * Lu Shanglei, Chinese chess grandmaster
 * July 11
 * Joey Bosa, American football player
 * Vitali Lystsov, Russian footballer
 * Nikita Khaykin, Israeli footballer
 * July 12
 * Yohio, Swedish singer and songwriter
 * Luke Shaw, English footballer
 * July 13 – Dante Exum, Australian basketball player
 * July 14 – Serge Gnabry, German footballer
 * July 15 – Elyar Fox, British singer
 * July 16 – Torstein Træen, Norwegian racing cyclist
 * July 18 – Sovijja Pou, Cambodian swimmer
 * July 19
 * Manuel Akanji, Swiss footballer
 * María José Alvarado, Honduran model (d. 2014)
 * Matt Miazga, American soccer player
 * Maria Paseka, Russian artistic gymnast
 * July 20
 * Shaquem Griffin, American football player
 * Shaquill Griffin, American football player
 * July 22
 * Ezekiel Elliott, American football player
 * Armaan Malik, Indian Bollywood playback singer
 * July 23 – Hwasa, South Korean singer, songwriter, and rapper
 * July 24 – Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player
 * July 25 – Alvin Kamara, American football player
 * July 26 – Holly Bodimeade, British actress
 * July 30 – Hirving Lozano, Mexican footballer

August

 * August 1 – Derrick Monasterio, Filipino actor, dancer and singer
 * August 2
 * Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Indonesian badminton player
 * Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
 * August 4
 * Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
 * Jessica Sanchez, American singer
 * August 5
 * Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
 * Aisha Toussaint, Seychelloise-Scottish actress and TV presenter
 * August 9
 * Eli Apple, American football player
 * Hwang Min-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
 * August 10 – Dalvin Cook, American football player
 * August 13 – Presnel Kimpembe, French footballer
 * August 15 – Chief Keef, American rapper
 * August 17 – Gracie Gold, American figure skater
 * August 22
 * Huang Wenpan, Chinese swimmer (d. 2018)
 * Dua Lipa, English singer
 * Jonnu Smith, American football player
 * August 24 – Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
 * August 23 – Tommy Batchelor, American dancer
 * August 26 – Solomon Thomas, American football player
 * August 27 – Sergey Sirotkin, Russian racing driver
 * August 28 – Andreas Wellinger, German ski jumper
 * August 29 – Gud, Swedish DJ and producer

September

 * September 1
 * Munir El Haddadi, Spanish footballer
 * Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian hockey player
 * September 3
 * Myles Jack, American football player
 * Niklas Süle, German footballer
 * September 5 – Caroline Sunshine, American actress, dancer, singer and political operative
 * September 6 – Bertrand Traoré, Burkinabé footballer
 * September 8 – Julian Weigl, German footballer
 * September 12 – Ryan Potter, American actor
 * September 13 – Robbie Kay, English actor
 * September 14 – Deshaun Watson, American football player
 * September 15 – Awer Mabil, Australian association footballer
 * September 16 – Aaron Gordon, American basketball player
 * September 17 – Patrick Mahomes, American football player
 * September 18 – Megan Lee, Korean-American singer-songwriter and actress
 * September 20 – Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor
 * September 22 – Nayeon, South Korean singer
 * September 23 – Eli Dershwitz, American fencer

October

 * October 4
 * Mikolas Josef, Czech singer and music producer
 * Jabrill Peppers, American football player
 * October 8 – G Herbo, American rapper
 * October 9 – Kenny Tete, Dutch footballer
 * October 13 – Jimin, South Korean singer
 * October 15 – Billy Unger, American actor and martial artist
 * October 17 – Jamal Adams, American football player
 * October 21 – Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
 * October 23 – Ireland Baldwin, American actress and fashion model
 * October 25 – Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress

November



 * November 1
 * Nick D'Aloisio, British computer programmer
 * Nour El Sherbini, Egyptian squash player
 * November 2 – Rafael Vitti, Brazilian actor, musician and poet
 * November 3
 * Kelly Catlin, American racing cyclist (d. 2019)
 * Kendall Jenner, American model and television personality
 * Brandon Soo Hoo, American actor
 * November 6 – André Silva, Portuguese footballer
 * November 7 – Sophia Taylor Ali, Pakistani-American actress
 * November 13 – Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model
 * November 15 – Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
 * November 18 – Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, Indonesian badminton player
 * November 19
 * Vanessa Axente, Hungarian fashion model
 * Abella Danger, American pornographic actress
 * Asuka Teramoto, Japanese artistic gymnast
 * November 22 – Katherine McNamara, American actress
 * November 28
 * Emily Benham, British athlete
 * Thomas Didillon, French footballer
 * Chase Elliott, American race car driver
 * Tin Jedvaj, Croatian footballer
 * Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player
 * November 29 – Laura Marano, American actress and singer

December

 * December 4 – Dina Asher-Smith, British sprinter
 * December 5
 * Anthony Martial, French footballer
 * Kaetlyn Osmond, Canadian figure skater
 * December 6 – Joy Gruttmann, German singer
 * December 7 – Santi Mina, Spanish footballer
 * December 8 – Jordon Ibe, English footballer
 * December 9
 * McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
 * Kelly Oubre Jr., American basketball player
 * December 14 – Yulia Belokobylskaya, Russian gymnast
 * December 15 – Yoshihide Kiryū, Japanese sprinter
 * December 18 – Lim Na-young, South Korean singer
 * December 27 – Timothée Chalamet, French-American actor
 * December 29
 * Myles Garrett, American football player
 * Ross Lynch, American actor
 * December 30
 * V, South Korean singer
 * Sakura Fujiwara, Japanese actress
 * December 31 – Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

Date unknown

 * Chanira Bajracharya, former Kumari or Living Goddess of Patan in Nepal

January



 * January 1
 * Fred West, English serial killer (b. 1941)
 * Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist (b. 1902)
 * January 2
 * Siad Barre, Somalian military leader and statesman, 3rd President of Somalia (b. 1919)
 * Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
 * January 6 – Joe Slovo, ANC activist and South African minister of Housing (b. 1926)
 * January 7 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
 * January 8
 * Loulou Gasté, French composer (b. 1908)
 * Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer (b. 1942)
 * January 9
 * Peter Cook, English comedian and writer (b. 1937)
 * Souphanouvong, Laotian royal prince and Communist leader, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909)
 * January 11
 * Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
 * George McNeil, American painter (b. 1908)
 * January 17 – Miguel Torga, Portuguese writer (b. 1907)
 * January 18 – Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1903)
 * January 20 – Mehdi Bazargan, 46th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1907)
 * January 22 – Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist (b. 1890)
 * January 25
 * John Smith, American actor (b. 1931)
 * William Sylvester, American actor (b. 1922)
 * January 26 – Bernardo Leighton, Chilean Christian Democratic politician (b. 1909)
 * January 28 – James P. Grant, American administrator, Executive Director of UNICEF (b. 1922)
 * January 30 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, author, and television presenter (b. 1925)
 * January 31
 * George Abbott, American writer, director, and producer (b. 1887)
 * George Stibitz, American computational engineer (b. 1904)

February



 * February 2
 * Tikvah Alper, South African scientist (b. 1909)
 * Fred Perry, English tennis champion (b. 1909)
 * Donald Pleasence, English actor (b. 1919)
 * February 4 – Patricia Highsmith, American author (b. 1921)
 * February 5 – Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
 * February 6
 * James Merrill, American poet (b. 1926)
 * Art Taylor, American jazz drummer (b. 1929)
 * February 9
 * J. William Fulbright, American senator and congressman (b. 1905)
 * David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
 * February 12 – Robert Bolt, English writer (b. 1924)
 * February 13 – Alberto Burri, Italian artist (b. 1915)
 * February 14 – U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1907)
 * February 19 – John Howard, American actor (b. 1913)
 * February 22 – Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)
 * February 23
 * Melvin Franklin, American singer (b. 1942)
 * James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)
 * February 24 – Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (b. 1914)
 * February 26 – Jack Clayton, British film director (b. 1921)

March



 * March 1
 * Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist (b. 1946)
 * Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
 * March 3 – Howard W. Hunter, American President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1907)
 * March 5 – Vivian Stanshall, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (b. 1943)
 * March 8 – Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (b. 1965)
 * March 9
 * Edward Bernays, Austrian-born American propagandist (b. 1891)
 * Yisrael Galil, Israeli firearm designer (b. 1923)
 * March 10
 * Agepê, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1942)
 * Ovidi Montllor, Spanish singer and actor (b. 1942)
 * March 11 – Wilfred Jacobs, first Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (b. 1919)
 * March 12 – Juanin Clay, American actress (b. 1949)
 * March 13 – Odette Hallowes, French intelligence officer (b. 1912)
 * March 14 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist (b. 1911)
 * March 16 – Albert Hackett, American dramatist and screenwriter (b. 1900)
 * March 17
 * Rick Aviles, American actor (b. 1952)
 * Ronald Kray, British organised crime leader (b. 1933)
 * March 19 – Nike Ardilla, Indonesian singer, actress, and model (b. 1975)
 * March 20
 * Sidney Kingsley, American dramatist (b. 1906)
 * John William Minton, American professional wrestler (b. 1948)
 * March 23 – Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
 * March 24 – Joseph Needham, British biochemist, historian, and sinologist (b. 1900)
 * March 25 – James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist (b. 1926)
 * March 26 – Eazy-E, American rapper and record producer (b. 1964)
 * March 27 – Maurizio Gucci, Italian businessman (b. 1948)
 * March 31 – Selena, Mexican-born American singer (b. 1971)

April



 * April 1 – Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer (b. 1918)
 * April 2 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish chemist (b.1908)
 * April 4
 * Kenny Everett, British comedian (b. 1944)
 * Priscilla Lane, American actress (b. 1915)
 * April 6 – V. J. Sukselainen, Finnish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1906)
 * April 10 – Morarji Desai, 4th Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)
 * April 14 – Burl Ives, American singer and actor (b. 1909)
 * April 16
 * Cy Endfield, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
 * Arthur English, British actor and comedian (b. 1919)
 * April 18 – Arturo Frondizi, Argentine lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (b. 1908)
 * April 20 – Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav politician and philosopher (b. 1911)
 * April 23 – Howard Cosell, American sportscaster (b. 1918)
 * April 25
 * Andrea Fortunato, Italian football player (b. 1971)
 * Alexander Knox, Canadian actor and novelist (b. 1907)
 * Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
 * April 30 – Maung Maung Kha, 5th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)

May

 * May 2 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
 * May 4 – Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1903)
 * May 5 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (b. 1911)
 * May 6 – Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Portuguese writer and journalist (b. 1907)
 * May 12
 * Arthur Lubin, American film director (b. 1898)
 * Adolfo Pedernera, Argentinian footballer (b. 1918)
 * May 14 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist (b. 1916)
 * May 15 – Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)
 * May 16 – Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer and actress (b. 1923)
 * May 18
 * Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
 * Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
 * Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
 * May 21 – Les Aspin, U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1938)
 * May 24 – Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
 * May 25
 * Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian professional basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
 * Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
 * May 26 – Friz Freleng, American animator (b. 1906)
 * May 29 – Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (b. 1897)
 * May 30 – Ted Drake, English footballer (b. 1912)

June



 * June 3 – J. Presper Eckert, American engineer (b. 1919)
 * June 7 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese Buddhist (b. 1918)
 * June 8 – Juan Carlos Onganía, 35th President of Argentina (b. 1914)
 * June 10 – Lindsey Nelson, American sportscaster (b.1919)
 * June 12 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920)
 * June 14 – Rory Gallagher, Irish blues and rock guitarist (b. 1948)
 * June 15 – Charles Bennett, English screenwriter (b. 1899)
 * June 20 – Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (b. 1911)
 * June 22 – Yves Congar, French cardinal (b. 1904)
 * June 23
 * Jonas Salk, American medical researcher (b. 1914)
 * Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
 * June 25
 * Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1907)
 * Ernest Walton, Irish physicist (b. 1903)
 * June 29 – Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
 * June 30
 * Georgi Beregovoi, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1921)
 * Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
 * Phyllis Hyman, American singer and actress (b. 1949)

July



 * July 1 – Wolfman Jack, American disc jockey (b. 1938)
 * July 3 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis champion (b. 1928)
 * July 4
 * Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress, businesswoman, and socialite (b. 1919)
 * Bob Ross, American television painter (b. 1942)
 * July 5 – Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 46th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1905)
 * July 6 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish writer (b. 1915)
 * July 16
 * Patsy Ruth Miller, American actress (b. 1904)
 * Stephen Spender, English poet and writer (b. 1909)
 * July 17
 * Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (b. 1911)
 * Harry Guardino, American actor (b. 1925)
 * July 18 – Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
 * July 20 – Genevieve Tobin, American actress (b. 1899)
 * July 22 – Otakar Borůvka, Czech mathematician (b. 1899)
 * July 24
 * Marjorie Cameron, American artist, actress, and occultist (b. 1922)
 * George Rodger, British photojournalist (b. 1908)
 * July 25 – Charlie Rich, American singer (b. 1932)
 * July 27 – Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian composer (b. 1907)

August

 * August 3 – Ida Lupino, British-born American actress and film director (b. 1918)
 * August 9 – Jerry Garcia, American guitarist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1942)
 * August 11 – Phil Harris, American comedian and actor (b. 1904)
 * August 13 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
 * August 17 – Howard Koch, American screenwriter (b. 1901)
 * August 19 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
 * August 20 – Hugo Pratt, Italian comics creator (b. 1927)
 * August 21 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian astrophysicist (b. 1910)
 * August 22 – Johnny Carey, Irish football player and manager (b. 1919)
 * August 24
 * Gary Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1933)
 * Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer (b. 1898)
 * August 29
 * Michael Ende, German author (b. 1929)
 * Frank Perry, American stage director and filmmaker (b. 1930)
 * August 30
 * Fischer Black, American economist (b. 1938)
 * Lev Polugaevsky, Belarusian chess Grandmaster (b. 1934)

September

 * September 4 – William Kunstler, American radical lawyer and civil rights activist (b. 1919)
 * September 5 – Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor, comedian and singer (b. 1939)
 * September 12 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)
 * September 15
 * Dietrich Hrabak, German fighter pilot (b. 1914)
 * Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer (b. 1921)
 * September 19
 * Sir Rudolf Peierls, German-born British physicist (b. 1907)
 * Orville Redenbacher, American entrepreneur and businessman (b. 1907)
 * September 20 – Eileen Chang, Chinese writer (b. 1920)
 * September 25 – Kei Tomiyama, Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator (b. 1938)
 * September 29
 * Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist (b. 1919)
 * Pedro Nolasco, Dominican boxer (b. 1963)

October



 * October 5 – Mom Luang Pin Malakul, Thai educator and writer (b. 1903)
 * October 9
 * Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
 * M.R. Kukrit Pramoj, Thai politician and 13th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
 * October 19 – Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1936)
 * October 21 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
 * October 22
 * Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922)
 * Mary Wickes, American actress (b. 1910)
 * October 25
 * Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (b. 1920)
 * Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
 * October 26 – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (b. 1909)
 * October 29 – Terry Southern, American screenwriter (b. 1924)
 * October 31
 * Alan Bush, British composer, pianist, and conductor (b. 1900)
 * Rosalind Cash, American actress (b. 1938)
 * Bill Rowling, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1927)

November

 * November 1 – W. E. D. Ross, Canadian writer (b. 1912)
 * November 4
 * Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (b. 1925)
 * Paul Eddington, English actor (b. 1927)
 * Yitzhak Rabin, 5th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1922)
 * November 6 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933)
 * November 7 – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist (b. 1942)
 * November 12 – Robert Stephens, English actor (b. 1931)
 * November 20
 * Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)
 * Robie Macauley, American writer and literary critic (b. 1919)
 * November 23 – Louis Malle, French film director (b. 1932)
 * November 24 – Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (b. 1909)

December

 * December 2
 * Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929)
 * Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist (b. 1913)
 * December 7 – Kathleen Harrison, British actress (b. 1892)
 * December 9 – Vivian Blaine, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
 * December 11 – Abolhassan Sadighi, Iranian sculptors and painters (b. 1894)
 * December 12 – Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Danish princess (b. 1912)
 * December 16 – Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907)
 * December 18
 * Nathan Rosen, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)
 * Konrad Zuse, German engineer (b. 1910)
 * December 20 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (b. 1938)
 * December 22
 * Butterfly McQueen, American actress (b. 1911)
 * James Meade, English economist (b. 1907)
 * December 23 – Patric Knowles, English actor (b. 1911)
 * December 25
 * Dean Martin, American actor, singer, comedian, and entertainer (b. 1917)
 * Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-American musicologist (b. 1894)
 * December 30 – Heiner Müller, German poet and playwright (b. 1929)

Date unknown

 * Richey Edwards, Welsh musician (b. 1967)

Nobel Prizes

 * Physics – Martin L. Perl, Frederick Reines
 * Chemistry – Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland
 * Medicine – Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Eric F. Wieschaus
 * Literature – Seamus Heaney
 * Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Lucas, Jr.
 * Peace – Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs