1974

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century; 20th century ; 21st century;
Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
Years:	1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977;

1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s decade.

Clockwise from top-left: Turkey invades Cyprus; 1974 FIFA World Cup is held in West Germany; Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at the Ermenonville Forest leaving no survivors; Richard Nixon resign as President of United States; An famine takes place in Bangladesh; A collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone nickname Lucy are found in Afar Depression, Ethiopia; West German authorities discovered that Guillaume was spying for the East German government; A painted wall that depicts Carnation Revolution which where a military coup overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo.

Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire.

Events

January–February

January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (37th government, partner MSP).
February 1
- Fire breaks out in the Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries.[1]
- Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is declared a Federal Territory.
February 8 – After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.
February 17 – Zamalek disaster: a soccer stampede occurs in Cairo, killing 49.
February 28 – The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieves its biggest vote.[2]

March–April

March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981, travelling from Paris to London, crashes in the woods near Paris, killing all 346 aboard. This becomes the deadliest single aircraft accident with no survivors.
March 4
- Following a hung parliament in the United Kingdom general election, Conservative prime minister Edward Heath resigns and is succeeded by Labour's Harold Wilson, who previously led the country from 1964 to 1970.[3]
March 18–End of five-month oil embargo by most OPEC nations against the United States, Europe, and Japan which had caused the 1973 oil crisis.
March 26 – A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, use their bodies to surround trees to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement.
March 29
- The Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang is discovered at Xi'an, China.[4]
- Launch of the Volkswagen Golf in West Germany, a modern front-wheel drive hatchback which is expected to replace the iconic Volkswagen Beetle, holder of the world record for the car with the most units produced.
April 3–4 – An enormous tornado outbreak strikes the central parts of the United States, killing around 319 and injuring about 5,484.
April 6 – Swedish pop group ABBA's song Waterloo wins the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, UK.
April 11 – The Kiryat Shmona massacre takes place in Israel.
April 24 – Guillaume Affair: exposure of an East German spy Günter Guillaume within the West German government, leading to the resignation of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt.[5]
April 25 – Carnation Revolution: A left-wing military coup in Portugal restores democracy, ending 41 years of the Estado Novo dictatorship in the country. Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano flees to Brazil and is granted political asylum by Brazilian President Ernesto Geisel.

May–June

May 4
- An all-female Japanese team summits Manaslu in Nepal, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000 m (26,000 ft) peak.
- The Expo '74 world's fair opens in Spokane, Washington.
May 7 – Willy Brandt, West Germany's chancellor, resigns.
May 11: A violent 7.1 earthquake shakes the Chinese city of Zhaotong causing between 1,600 and 20,000 deaths.
May 16 – Helmut Schmidt becomes the new Chancellor of West Germany.
May 17 – The Troubles: The Dublin and Monaghan bombings are carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), when they explode four car bombs in counties Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The attacks kills 33 civilians and wounds almost 300, the highest number of casualties in any single event during the conflict.
May 18
- 1974 Australian federal election: Gough Whitlam's Labor government is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the Liberal/Country Coalition led by Billy Snedden. Whitlam consequently becomes the first Labor Prime Minister to be re-elected in his own right. The Democratic Labor Party meanwhile loses all five of their Senate seats, effectively wiping them out as a political force.
- Nuclear weapons testing: Under Project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, becoming the 6th nation to do so.
June 13 – The 1974 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament begins in West Germany.
June 17 – A bomb explodes in Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the British Houses of Parliament. The hall's annex, housing offices, and a canteen are destroyed by the bombing, attributed by police to the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.
June 29 – Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina, replacing her sick husband Juan Perón, who dies 2 days later.

July–August

July 7 – West Germany beats the Netherlands 2–1 to win the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The West German football team is awarded the new FIFA World Cup Trophy.
July 15 – The Greek military junta sponsors a coup d'état in Cyprus, replacing President Makarios III with Nikos Sampson.
July 19 – Railcar explosion in Decatur, Illinois. A tanker car collides with a Norfolk & Western boxcar. Seven people are killed, 349 are injured and $18 million in property damage.[6]
July 20 – The Turkish invasion of Cyprus occurs.
July 23 – The Greek military junta is replaced by a civilian government, the metapolitefsi.
August 4 – A bomb explodes in a train between Italy and West Germany, killing twelve and wounding 48. Italian neo-fascists take responsibility.
Watergate scandal:
- August 8 - U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation on August 8, effective at noon on August 9.
- August 9 - Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States upon Nixon's resignation.
August 14
- Turkey invades Cyprus for the second time, occupying 37% of the island's territory.
- Greece withdraws its forces from NATO's military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
August 30 – An express train bound for Germany from Belgrade derails in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), killing more than 150 passengers.

September–October

September 8 - TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea 18 minutes after takeoff from Athens, after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, and kills 88 people.
September 10 – The Portuguese military junta grants independence to Guinea-Bissau.
September 12 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed by the Derg, bringing an end to the Solomonic dynasty's rule since 1270. The Ethiopian Civil War begins.
September 12 – African Youth Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
September 13 – Japanese Red Army members seize the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.
September 20 – The Kootenai War is declared, and 10-cent tolls are charged on U.S. Highway 95.
October 11 – The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the second general election of the year, forming a three-seat majority. Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now won four of the five general elections he has contested.[7]
October 26 - Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN) sets off 5 bombs in Manhattan, with their largest bomb set off in the Financial District.[8]

November–December

November 1 – The World Tourism Organization (WTO) is established.
November 5 – The Democratic Party makes big gains nationwide in House, Senate, and Gubernatorial elections.
November 16 – Arecibo message: The radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory on Puerto Rico sends an interstellar radio message towards Messier 13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. The message will reach its destination around the year 27,000.
November 17 – The 1974 Greek legislative election, the first election since the fall of the Greek junta of 1967–1974, is held and the newly formed New Democracy party wins 220 of 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.[9]
November 18 – The International Energy Agency is founded.
November 20 – Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes in Nairobi, Kenya due to a mechanical failure, killing 59 of its 157 passengers.
November 21 – Birmingham pub bombings: In Birmingham, England, two pubs are bombed, killing 21 people in an attack widely believed at the time to be linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The Birmingham Six are later sentenced to life in prison for this, but their convictions are quashed after a lengthy campaign.[10]
November 22 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
November 24 – A skeleton from the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis is discovered and named Lucy.
November 26 – Anneline Kriel is crowned as Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant.
December 1 – A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Dulles International Airport during bad weather, killing all 92 people on board.
December 9 – The Paris summit, reuniting the European Communities' heads of state and government, commences.
December 13 – Malta becomes a republic.
December 17 – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
December 24–25 – Darwin, Australia is almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy.

Date unknown

Rubik's Cube puzzle is invented by Hungarian architecture professor Ernő Rubik.[11]

Births

Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

January 3
- Alessandro Petacchi, Italian road cyclist
- Katie Porter, American politician[12]
January 9 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, singer, producer, and television host[13]
January 10 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
January 12
- Melanie C, English pop singer (Spice Girls)
- Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier[14]
January 14 – Kevin Durand, Canadian-American actor and singer
January 16 – Kate Moss, English model
January 19 – Natassia Malthe, Norwegian actress and model
January 22 – Joseph Muscat, 13th Prime Minister of Malta[15]
January 23 – Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and stand-up comedian
January 25 – Emily Haines, American-Canadian singer
January 27 – Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian biathlete
January 28 – Kari Traa, Norwegian freestyle skier
January 29
- Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
- Kōji Wada, Japanese rock singer (d. 2016)
January 30
- Christian Bale, British actor
- Olivia Colman, English actress

February

February 1 - Roberto Heras, Spanish road cyclist[16]
February 3
- Ayanna Pressley, American politician[17]
- Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
February 4
- Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress[18]
- Shahab Hosseini, Iranian actor and film director
February 7
- J Dilla, American record producer and rapper (d. 2006)
- Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player[19]
- Nujabes, Japanese record producer and DJ (d. 2010)
February 8
- Seth Green, American actor and comedian
- Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician and record producer
- Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born American boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
February 10
- Elizabeth Banks, American actress and film director
- David Datuna, Georgian-American artist (d. 2022)[20]
- Ivri Lider, Israeli singer
February 11 – Alex Jones, American radio host, conspiracy theorist, author and filmmaker[21]
February 12 – Naseem Hamed, British boxer
February 13 – Robbie Williams, British singer
February 14
- Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
- Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer
February 15
- Mr Lordi, Finnish singer
- Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver
February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper
February 17
- Jerry O'Connell, American actor
- Nadine Labaki, Lebanese film director, actress and activist
February 22
- James Blunt, English singer
- David Pelletier, Canadian pair skater
February 25
- Divya Bharti, Indian film actress (d. 1993)
- Dominic Raab, British politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[22]
February 26 – Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
February 27 – Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japanese speed skater

March

March 4
- Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player
- Ariel Ortega, Argentine football player
March 5
- Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- Matt Lucas, British actor and comedian
- Eva Mendes, American actress and model
- Hiten Tejwani, Indian model and actor
March 6 – Anthony Carelli, Canadian professional wrestler
March 7
- Jenna Fischer, American actress
- Antonio de la Rúa, Argentine lawyer
March 9 – Nalbert Bitencourt, Brazilian volleyball player[23]
March 14 – Grace Park, Canadian actress[24]
March 13
- Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player[25]
- Vampeta, Brazilian football player and coach[26]
March 15 – Percy Montgomery, South African rugby union player
March 19 – Vida Guerra, Cuban born-American model and actress
March 20 – Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
March 22
- Marcus Camby, American basketball player
- Kidada Jones, American actress
- Bassem Youssef, Egyptian journalist and comedian
March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
March 26 – Laurel Lee, American politician and lawyer[27]
March 28 – Daisuke Kishio, Japanese voice actor
March 29 – Miguel Gómez, Colombian photographer
March 30 – Miho Komatsu, Japanese pop singer and songwriter
March 31
- Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter
- Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer

April

April 2 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
April 6 – Robert Kovač, Croatian football player and coach[28]
April 8 – Chris Kyle, American sniper (d. 2013)
April 9 – Jenna Jameson, American adult actress and model
April 11
- Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player[29]
- Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress and model
April 12
- Marley Shelton, American actress
- Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer[30]
April 13 – Marta Jandová, Czech musician and actress
April 15
- Danny Pino, Cuban American actor
- Tim Thomas, American Ice Hockey player[31]
April 16 – Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress and director
April 17
- Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish musician (Opeth)[32]
- Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer[33]
April 18
- Lorraine Pilkington, Irish actress
- Edgar Wright, English film director
April 21 – Oleksiy Zhuravko, Ukrainian politician (d. 2022)[34]
April 23 – Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress
April 24 – Stephen Wiltshire, British architectural artist and autistic savant[35]
April 25 - Grant Achatz, American chef and restaurateur[36]
April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and model
April 29 – Anggun, Indonesian-French singer-songwriter

May

May 1 – Lornah Kiplagat, Kenyan-Dutch runner
May 2 – Matt Berry, English actor and singer
May 3 – Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan
May 7
- Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter
- Breckin Meyer, American actor
May 8 – Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer
May 9 – Brian Deegan, American Motocross Racer
May 10
- Liu Fang, Chinese pipa player
- Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
May 11 – Simon Aspelin, Swedish tennis player[37]
May 14 – Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter
May 16 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer
May 17 – Andrea Corr, Irish singer
May 19
- Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian film actor
May 20 – Mikael Stanne, Swedish singer
May 21 – Fairuza Balk, American actress and musician
May 22
- Sean Gunn, American actor[38]
- Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian artistic gymnast
May 23 – Jewel, American singer
May 26 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
May 27
- Marjorie Taylor Greene, American politician[39]
- Gürkan Uygun, Turkish actor[40]
May 28
- Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer[41]
- Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
May 29 – Steve Cardenas, American martial artist and actor
May 30 – Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
May 31 – Kenan Doğulu, Turkish pop musician

June

June 1 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer
June 2 – Gata Kamsky, American chess player
June 3 – Martín Karpan, Argentinian actor
June 7
- Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
- Helen Vollam, Principal Trombone Player for the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
- Bear Grylls, British survivalist[42]
June 13
- Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter.
- Selma, Icelandic singer
- Steve-O, American actor
June 18 – Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Turkish actor and model[43]
June 21
- Natasha Beaumont, Malaysian actress and model
- Maggie Siff, American actress
- Hitoshi Uematsu, Japanese short track speed skater
June 22
- Devayani, Indian actress
- Donald Faison, American actor[44]
- B. V. S. Ravi, Indian writer
- Tu Tamarua, Cook Islands rugby union flanker
- Vijay, Indian actor
June 23
- Joel Edgerton, Australian actor and filmmaker
- Kim Young-chul, South Korean comedian and singer
- Andi Vasluianu, Romanian actor
June 24
- Andrea De Cruz, Singaporean actress
- Ruffa Gutierrez, Filipino model, beauty queen and actress
June 25
- Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- Tereza Pergnerová, Czech actress, singer and television presenter
June 26
- Derek Jeter, American baseball player[45]
- Ecija Ojdanić, Croatian actress
- Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer and actress
- Kristofer Steen, Swedish musician
- Matt Striker, American professional wrestler and commentator
June 27 – Christopher O'Neill, British-American businessman, Swedish royal
June 28 – Nelson Mariano II, Filipino chess Grandmaster
June 29 – Pua Khein-Seng, Malaysian businessman
June 30 – Hezekiél Sepeng, South African middle-distance athlete

July

July 1
- Timmy Hung, Hong Kong actor
- Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorean race walker
July 2 – Moon So-ri, South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter
July 3
- Taiga Ishikawa, Japanese politician and LGBT activist
- Marko Milošević, Serbian fugitive and refugee
July 4
- Kevin Hanchard, Canadian actor
- Karole Rocher, French actress
July 6 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer[46]
July 7 – Jennifer Jones, Canadian curler
July 8
- Jeanna Friske, Russian singer, actress, model and socialite (d. 2015)
- Dragoslav Jevrić, Montenegrin footballer
July 12
- Parvin Dabas, Indian actor, model and director
- Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer
July 14
- Martina Hill, German actress, comedian and impersonator
- David Mitchell, British comedian and actor[47]
July 20 – Doug Ithier, Australian footballer
July 22
- Franka Potente, German actress and singer
- Johnny Strong, American actor
July 23
- Maurice Greene, American athlete[48]
- Kathryn Hahn, American actress
- Stephanie March, American actress
- Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian road racing cyclist
July 24
- Eva Aridjis, Mexican-American director and screenwriter
July 25 – Lauren Faust, American animator
July 26 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
July 28
- Elizabeth Berkley, American actress[49]
- Alexis Tsipras, Greek politician
July 29 – Josh Radnor, American actor
July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
July 31 – Emilia Fox, English actress

August

August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress
August 6 – Ever Carradine, American actress
August 7 – Michael Shannon, American actor[50]
August 9 – Derek Fisher, American basketball player
August 13 – Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician
August 14 – Christopher Gorham, American actor
August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
August 16
- Didier Cuche, Swiss alpine skier
- Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
August 20
- Amy Adams, American actress
- Misha Collins, American actor
- Deborah Gravenstijn, Brazilian judoka[51]
- Maxim Vengerov, Russian-Israeli violinist
August 22
- Cory Gardner, American politician
- Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer
- Lee Sheppard, Australian cartoonist
August 23
- Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist
- Ovi, Romanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, producer and musician
- Shifty Shellshock, American singer
August 24 – Jennifer Lien, American actress
August 28 – Carsten Jancker, German footballer

September

September 3 – Jen Royle, American sports reporter and chef
September 4 – Carmit Bachar, American singer
September 6
- Tim Henman, English tennis player
- Nina Persson, Swedish singer
September 7 – Glenn Ljungström, Swedish guitarist
September 9 – Leah O'Brien, American softball player[52]
September 10
- Mirko Filipović, Croatian kickboxer; mixed martial arts fighter
- Ryan Phillippe, American actor
- Ben Wallace, American basketball player
September 14 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
September 15 – Wael Kfoury, Lebanese singer, musician, and songwriter
September 16 – Loona, Dutch singer
September 17
- Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
- Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist
September 18
- Sol Campbell, English footballer
- Xzibit, American rapper
September 19
- Jimmy Fallon, American actor, comedian, and television personality
- Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
September 20 – Jon Bernthal, American Actor
September 21 – Driulis González, Cuban judoka[53]
September 23 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
September 24 – Kati Wolf, Hungarian singer
September 26 – Joo Jin-mo, South Korean actor
September 30 – Yul Bürkle, Venezuelan actor and model

October

October 2 – Rachana Banerjee, Indian film actress
October 3 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
October 6 – Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese sports shooter
October 7
- Shannon MacMillan, American soccer player
- Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
October 8 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower[54]
October 10
- Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver
- Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach[55]
- Chris Pronger, Canadian hockey player
October 11 – Jason Arnott, Canadian hockey player
October 15 – Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, Spanish politician
October 16
- Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer
- Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player
October 17 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
October 18
- Susana Díaz, Spanish politician
- Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
October 21 – Lera Auerbach, Russian composer and pianist
October 23
- Aravind Adiga, Indian-Australian author
- Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer player
October 24 – Catherine Sutherland, Australian actress
October 28
- Nelly Ciobanu, Moldovan singer
- Joaquin Phoenix, American actor born in Puerto Rico
October 29
- Akashdeep Saigal, Indian television actor and model
- Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician

November

November 2 – Nelly, American rapper[56]
November 5
- Ryan Adams, American singer and songwriter
- Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
- Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
November 8
- Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
- Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author[57]
- Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor[58]
November 9 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian football player
November 10 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and actor
November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor, producer and environmentalist
November 13 – Kerim Seiler, Swiss artist and architect
November 15
- Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
- Ingrida Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania
November 16 – Paul Scholes, English football player
November 18
- Chloë Sevigny, American actress
- Petter Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
November 20
- Drew Ginn, Australian rower
- Kurt Krömer, German television presenter, comedian and actor
November 24 – Stephen Merchant, English actor and comedian
November 26 – Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete[59]
November 27
- Wendy Houvenaghel, British racing cyclist
- Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born chess player
November 29 – Ferenc Merkli, Hungarian Slovene priest, writer and translator
November 30 – Wallace Chung, Hong Kong actor and singer

December

December 1 – Costinha, Portuguese footballer
December 4 – Anke Huber, German tennis player[60]
December 5 – Kid Koala, Canadian DJ, turntablist, musician and graphic novelist
December 7 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer
December 10 – Meg White, American drummer
December 11
- Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
- Gete Wami, Ethiopian long-distance runner
December 12 – Michelle Saram, Singaporean singer and actress
December 17
- Sarah Paulson, American actress[61]
- Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
December 18
- Kari Byron, American artist and television personality
- Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan Army commander (d. 2011)[62]
- Viki Miljković, Serbian singer
- Nelly Karim, Egyptian actress[63]
December 19 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
December 20 – Paul Linger, English footballer
December 24
- Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- Ryan Seacrest, American television personality[64]
December 27 – Alena Vinnitskaya, Ukrainian singer
December 29 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor[65]
December 31 – Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver

Deaths

Tex Ritter

Glenn Morris

Satyendra Nath Bose

George Van Biesbroeck

Red Wing

Eduardo Santos Montejo

Mamerto Urriolagoitía

Sir James Chadwick

Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia

Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma

Venerable Julia Navarrete Guerrero

U Thant

Saint María de las Maravillas de Jesús

Sir Zachary Cope