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{{pp-pc|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Events by month|1964}} {{About year|1964}} {{Year nav|1964}} {{C20 year in topic}} {{Year article header|1964}} {{TOC limit|2}} ==Events== ===January=== {{main|January 1964}} * [[January 1]] – The [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] is dissolved.<ref>{{cite book|author=Malawi. Department of Civil Aviation|title=Civil Aviation and Air Transport: Development Background, Policies and Plans, 1965–1969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufwfAQAAIAAJ|year=1965|page=5}}</ref> * [[January 5]] – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, [[Pope Paul VI]] and [[Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople]] meet in Jerusalem. * [[January 6]] – A British firm, the [[Leyland Motors|Leyland Motor Corp.]], announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|title=Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2lHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA546|year=1964|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=546}}</ref> [[File:Lbj2.jpg|thumb|115px|right| [[January 8]]: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s [[War on Poverty]]]] * [[January 9]] – ''[[Martyrs' Day (Panama)|Martyrs' Day]]'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the [[Panama Canal Zone]] precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * [[January 11]] – [[United States Surgeon General]] [[Luther Terry]] reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/first-surgeon-general-report-on-smokings-health-effects-marks-50-year-anniversary#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Surgeon%20General's%20first,lung%20cancer%20and%20heart%20disease|title=Read the Surgeon General's 1964 report on smoking and health|date=January 12, 2014|author=Kayla Ruble|website=PBS|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[January 22]] – [[Kenneth Kaunda]] is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of [[Northern Rhodesia]].<ref>"Kaunda Named First Premier of N. Rhodesia", ''Chicago Tribune'', January 23, 1964, p1</ref> * [[January 28]] – A U.S. Air Force jet training aircraft that strays into [[East Germany]] is shot down by Soviet fighters near [[Erfurt]]; all three crewmen are killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.western-allies-berlin.com/units/military-liaison-mission/usmlm/detail/t-39-crash |title=T-39 Aircraft Incident |publisher=Western-allies-berlin.com |date=28 January 1964 |access-date=13 April 2010}}</ref> * [[January 29]] – [[February 9]] – The [[1964 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]]. * [[January 29]] ** The [[Soviet Union]] launches two scientific [[satellite]]s, [[Elektron (satellite program)|Elektron]] I and II, from a single rocket. ** [[Ranger 6]] is launched by the US space agency [[NASA]], on a mission to carry television cameras and crash-land on the Moon. * [[January 30]] – General [[Nguyễn Khánh]] leads a bloodless military coup d'état, replacing [[Dương Văn Minh]] as Prime Minister of South Vietnam. ===February=== {{main|February 1964}} * [[February 4]] – The [[Federal government of the United States|Government of the United States]] authorizes the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], outlawing the [[Poll tax (United States)|poll tax]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States|title=The Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation, Centennial Edition, Analysis of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 28, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAAohNvVik8C&pg=PA41|year=2013|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-091735-6|pages=41}}</ref> * [[February 5]] – India backs out of its promise to hold a [[plebiscite]] in the disputed territory of Kashmir. In 1948, India had taken the issue of Kashmir [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 47|to the United Nations Security Council]] and offered to hold a plebiscite in the held Kashmir under UN supervision. * [[February 9]] – [[The Beatles]] [[The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show|perform for the first time]] for an American audience on [[The Ed Sullivan Show]] to a record television audience of 73 million people, launching [[Beatlemania]] in the United States, as part of [[The British Invasion]]. * [[February 10]] – [[Melbourne–Voyager collision|''Melbourne''–''Voyager'' collision]]: 82 Australian sailors die when a [[Royal Australian Navy]] aircraft carrier and a destroyer collide off New South Wales, Australia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ferry|first=D S|title=HMAS Melbournen/Voyager Collision: Cause Theories and Inquiries (with aspects of the HMAS Melbourne/USS Frank E Evans collision)|url=https://navalinstitute.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/headmark-151.pdf|journal=Headmark|volume=March, 2014 Issue 151|pages= 2–17}}</ref> * [[February 11]] ** Greeks and Turks begin fighting in [[Limassol]], [[Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Central Intelligence Agency|title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0htC6y1ILz4C&pg=RA6-PA27|year=1964|pages=6–7}}</ref> ** The [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] severs diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China. * [[February 17]] – Gabonese president [[Léon M'ba]] is toppled by [[1964 Gabon coup d'état|a military coup]] and his arch-rival, [[Jean-Hilaire Aubame]], is installed in his place. However, French intervention restores M'ba's government the next day.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong|author2=Henry Louis Gates|title=Dictionary of African Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA290|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|pages=290}}</ref> * [[February 25]] – [[Cassius Clay]] (later [[Muhammad Ali]]) beats [[Sonny Liston]] in [[Miami Beach, Florida]], and is [[Ali versus Liston|crowned the heavyweight champion of the world]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bruce Madej|author2=Rob Toonkel|author3=Mike Pearson|author4=Greg Kinney|title=Michigan: Champions of the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fd87BHQ4VrkC&pg=PA138|year=1997|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-57167-115-8|pages=138}}</ref> * [[February 27]] – The Italian government asks for help to keep the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]] from toppling over.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdQTAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Arsa Raya Perdana|page=8}}</ref> ===March=== {{main|March 1964}} * [[March 6]] ** [[Constantine II of Greece|Constantine II]] becomes King of Greece, upon the death of his father King [[Paul of Greece|Paul]]. ** American boxer [[Cassius Clay]] announces the change of his name to Muhammad Ali.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://slate.com/culture/2016/06/muhammad-ali-changed-his-name-in-1964-newspapers-called-him-cassius-clay-for-six-more-years.html|title=Muhammad Ali Changed His Name in 1964|first=Laura|last=Wagner|date=June 10, 2016|journal=Slate}}</ref> * [[March 18]] – [[1964 Moscow protest]]: Approximately 50 Moroccan students break into the embassy of Morocco in the Soviet Union and stage an all-day [[sit-in]] protesting against sentencing of eleven people to death for the alleged assassination attempt of King [[Hassan II of Morocco]]. * [[March 20]]–[[June 6]] – The first [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]] takes place. * [[March 20]] – The precursor of the [[European Space Agency]], [[ESRO]] (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962. * [[March 21]] – ''Non ho l'età'' (music by [[Nicola Salerno]], text by [[Mario Panzeri]]), sung by [[Gigliola Cinquetti]], wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1964]] (staged in Copenhagen) for Italy. * [[March 27]] ([[Good Friday]]) – The [[1964 Alaska earthquake|Great Alaskan earthquake]], the second-most powerful known (and the most powerful earthquake recorded in [[North America]]n history) at a [[moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] of 9.2, strikes [[Southcentral Alaska]], killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=M9.2 – The Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of March 27, 1964|author=USGS|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964/|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=August 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194746/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964/|archive-date=January 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 28]] – King [[Saud of Saudi Arabia]] abdicates.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Central Intelligence Agency|title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IaHM5co7s6QC&pg=RA8-PA26|year=1964|pages=8}}</ref> His brother, [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Prince Faisal]], does not officially assume the throne until November. * [[March 31]] – The military overthrows [[President of Brazil|Brazilian President]] [[João Goulart]] in a [[Brazilian military coup of 1964|coup]], starting 21 years of [[Brazilian military dictatorship|dictatorship]] in Brazil, lasting until [[1985]]. ===April=== {{main|April 1964}} [[File:Gemini 1.jpg|thumb|110px|right|April 8: Gemini 1 launched]] * [[April 8]] – The U.S. [[Gemini 1]] is launched, the first unmanned test of the 2-man spacecraft. * [[April 9]] – The [[United Nations Security Council]] adopts by a 9–0 vote a resolution deploring a British air attack on a fort in [[Yemen]] 12 days earlier, in which 25 persons were reported killed. * [[April 11]] – The Brazilian Congress elects Field Marshal [[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco]] as President of [[Brazil]]. * [[April 13]] – At the [[36th Academy Awards]] ceremony, [[Sidney Poitier]] becomes the first African-American to win an [[Academy Award]] in the category [[Best Actor in a Leading Role]] in ''[[Lilies of the Field (1963 film)|Lilies of the Field]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Bergman|title=Sidney Poitier|publisher=Melrose Square Publishing Company|year=1990|page=124}}</ref> * [[April 16]] – In the Assize Court at Buckingham, England, sentences totalling 307 years are passed on twelve men who stole £2,600,000 in used bank notes, after holding up the night train from [[Glasgow]] to [[London]] in August 1963 – a heist that becomes known as the [[Great Train Robbery (1963)|Great Train Robbery]].<ref name="Goldman2013">{{cite book|author=Lawrence Goldman|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005–2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbGcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA367|date=7 March 2013|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-967154-0|pages=367–}}</ref> * [[April 17]] – [[Jerrie Mock]] completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the ''[[Spirit of Columbus]]'', which took 29 1/2 days, took off and landed at the [[Port Columbus International Airport]] in Ohio. * [[April 19]] – In [[Laos]], the coalition government of Prince [[Souvanna Phouma]] is deposed by a right-wing military group, led by Brig. Gen. [[Kouprasith Abhay]]. Not supported by the United States, the coup is ultimately unsuccessful, and Souvanna Phouma is reinstated, remaining as Prime Minister until [[1975]]. * [[April 20]] ** U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in New York, and Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] in Moscow, simultaneously announce plans to cut back production of materials for making [[nuclear weapon]]s. ** [[Nelson Mandela]] makes his "I Am Prepared to Die" speech at the opening of the [[Rivonia Trial]], a key event for the [[Internal resistance to South African apartheid|anti-apartheid]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/23/nelsonmandela|title=An ideal for which I am prepared to die|website=The Guardian|date=April 23, 2007|access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref> ** In the UK, [[BBC Two]] television starts broadcasting for the first time.<ref>{{cite book|author=Asa Briggs|title=The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume V: Competition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pRGjVGtUvwC&pg=PA412|date=23 March 1995|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-215964-9|pages=412}}</ref> ** British businessman [[Greville Wynne]], imprisoned in [[Moscow]] since 1963 for [[spying]], is exchanged for Soviet spy [[Gordon Lonsdale]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Wise|author2=Thomas B. Ross|title=The Espionage Establishment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HpbeAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Cape|isbn=978-0-224-61398-9|page=112}}</ref> * [[April 25]] – Thieves steal the head of the ''[[The Little Mermaid (statue)|Little Mermaid]]'' statue in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark. Although the attack is attributed to [[Jørgen Nash]], the Danish media blame painter Henrik Bruun, who never confesses to the crime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alt.obituaries.narkive.com/2uceRUrl/joergen-nash-artist-who-beheaded-little-mermaid-statue|title=Joergen Nash; artist who beheaded Little Mermaid statue|website=alt.obituaries.narkive.com}}</ref> * [[April 26]] – [[Tanganyika (1961–1964)|Tanganyika]] and [[Zanzibar]] merge to form [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Central Intelligence Agency|title=The World Factbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YXdYvDAPRjkC&pg=PA616|year=2009|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|isbn=978-0-16-084587-1|pages=616}}</ref> ===May=== {{main|May 1964}} * [[May 1]] – At 4:00 a.m., [[John George Kemeny]] and [[Thomas Eugene Kurtz]] run the first computer program written in [[BASIC programming language|BASIC]] (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), an easy to learn high level [[programming language]] which they have created.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brigham Narins|title=Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACQvAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-1754-7|page=1205}}</ref> BASIC is eventually included on many [[computer]]s and even some games consoles. * [[May 2]] ** [[Vietnam War]]: [[Attack on USNS Card|Attack on USNS ''Card'']] – An explosion caused by [[Viet Cong]] commandos causes carrier [[USS Card|USNS ''Card'']] to sink in the port of [[Saigon]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Sealift|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iolZDM3vGWUC&pg=RA21-PA21|year=1963|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=21}}</ref> ** Some 400–1,000 students march through [[Times Square]], New York, and another 700 in [[San Francisco]], in the first major student demonstration against the Vietnam War. Smaller marches also occur in Boston, Seattle, and Madison, WI. ** [[Henry Hezekiah Dee]] and [[Charles Eddie Moore]], hitchhiking in [[Meadville, Mississippi]], are kidnapped, beaten and murdered by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. Their badly [[Decomposition|decomposed]] bodies are found by chance in July during the search for [[Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner|missing activists Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner]]. * [[May 7]] ** [[Pacific Air Lines Flight 773]] crashes near [[San Ramon, California]], killing all 44 aboard; the [[FBI]] later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger. ** At a [[Rocket mail|mail rockets]] demonstration by [[Gerhard Zucker]] on Hasselkopf Mountain near [[Braunlage]] (Lower Saxonia, Germany), three people are killed by a rocket explosion. * [[May 9]] – South Korean President [[Park Chung Hee]] reshuffles his Cabinet, after a series of student demonstrations against his efforts to restore diplomatic and trade relations with [[Japan]]. * [[May 12]] – Twelve young men in New York City publicly [[Draft-card burning|burn their draft cards]] to protest against the Vietnam War, the first such act of war resistance.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Flynn|first1=George Q.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArLuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Draft, 1940–1973|series=Modern War Studies|location=Lawrence|publisher=[[University Press of Kansas]]|year=1993|page=175|isbn=978-0700605866|access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref> * [[May 23]] – Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse {{convert|27|mi|km}} from Paris.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Deacon|title=The French Secret Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJVIAAAAYAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Grafton|isbn=978-0-586-20673-7|page=203}}</ref> * [[May 24]]–[[May 25|25]] – The crowd at a [[soccer|football]] match in [[Lima]], [[Peru]], [[1964 Lima football riot|riots]] over a referee's decision in the Peru-[[Argentina]] game; 319 are killed, 500 injured. * [[May 27]] – The ongoing [[Colombian conflict]] starts, with an assault by 1,000 Colombian soldiers, backed by fighter planes and helicopters, against about 50 guerrillas in the community of Marquetalia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/the-farc-1964-2002-from-ragged-rebellion-to-military-machine|title=The FARC 1964-2002: From Ragged Rebellion to Military Machine|date=May 26, 2014|author=James Bargent|website=InSight Crime|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927220044/http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/the-farc-1964-2002-from-ragged-rebellion-to-military-machine |access-date=September 13, 2024|archive-date=September 27, 2016 }}</ref> * [[May 28]] – The Charter of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO) is released by the [[Arab League]]. * [[May 29]] – Having [[January 1964 South Vietnamese coup|deposed them in a January coup]], South Vietnamese leader [[Nguyen Khanh]] has rival Generals [[Tran Van Don]] and [[Le Van Kim]] convicted of "lax morality".<ref name="nyttrial">{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]] |date= 1964-05-31|page=2 |title=Khanh Releases 4 Rival Generals; Key Men in Diem's Ouster Are Freed in Vietnam}}</ref> ===June=== {{main|June 1964}} * [[June 3]] – South Korean President [[Park Chung Hee]] declares [[martial law]] in [[Seoul]], after 10,000 student demonstrators overpower police. * [[June 11]] ** Greece rejects direct talks with [[Turkey]] over [[Cyprus]]. ** [[Cologne school massacre]]: In [[Cologne]], West Germany, [[Cologne school massacre#Perpetrator|Walter Seifert]] attacks students and teachers in an elementary school with a [[flamethrower]], killing 10 and injuring 21. * [[June 12]] – [[Nelson Mandela]] and 7 others are sentenced to [[life imprisonment in South Africa]], and sent to the [[Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island|Robben Island prison]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Irwin Abrams|title=Peace 1991–1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oz1lOfTnqywC&pg=PA65|year=1999|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-02-2723-4|pages=65}}</ref> * [[June 14]] – [[Freedom Summer]], a volunteer Civil Rights project in the [[United States]] intended to promote [[voter registration]] for as many [[African American]]s as possible in [[Mississippi]], begins with orientation sessions for the 300 volunteers at [[Western College for Women]], [[Oxford, Ohio]].<ref>Later part of Miami University. {{cite book|first=Bruce|last=Watson|title=Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZ4bX0aNX9YC|year=2020|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-143-11943-2|pages=16}}</ref> * [[June 20]] – The [[Ford GT40]] makes its first appearance at the [[1964 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]. Its first victory will come 2 years later in [[1966 24 Hours of Le Mans|1966]]. * [[June 21]] – [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] beats the [[USSR national football team|Soviet Union]] 2–1 to win the [[1964 UEFA European Football Championship|1964 European Nations Cup]]. * [[June 26]] – [[Moise Tshombe]] returns to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] from exile in Spain. ===July=== {{main|July 1964}} * [[July 2]] – The United States [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] is enacted. * [[July 6]] – [[Malawi]] receives its independence from the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|title=Department of State News Letter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQmEPFsz7BgC&pg=RA7-PA27|year=1964|publisher=Bureau of Administration|pages=7}}</ref> * [[July 18]] ** Six days of [[race riot]]s begin in [[Harlem]], New York, United States, apparently prompted by the shooting of a teenager.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward C. Banfield|title=The Unheavenly City Revisited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xoFCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA219|year=1974|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-08013-2|pages=219}}</ref> ** [[Judith Graham Pool]] publishes her discovery of [[cryoprecipitate]], a frozen blood clotting product made from plasma primarily to treat [[hemophilia]]cs around the world.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2=Joy Dorothy Harvey|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1040|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-92040-7|pages=1040}}</ref> * [[July 19]] – [[Vietnam War]]: At a rally in [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]], [[South Vietnam]]ese Prime Minister and military leader [[Nguyễn Khánh]] calls for expanding the war into [[North Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,871317,00.html|title=South Viet Nam: Toward the Showdown?|date=August 7, 1964|magazine=Time|access-date=February 11, 2021}}</ref> * [[July 20]] ** Vietnam War: [[Viet Cong]] forces attack a provincial capital, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children). ** The [[National Movement of the Revolution]] is established in the [[Republic of the Congo]], becoming the country's sole legal [[political party]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Yearbook on Human Rights for ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSzCbZRAhZ0C|year=1964|publisher=United Nations|page=77}}</ref> * [[July 21]] – [[1964 race riots in Singapore|Race riots]] begin in [[Singapore]] between ethnic Chinese and Malays.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cheng|first=Adeline Low Hwee|date=2001|title=The past in the present: Memories of the 1964 'racial riots' in Singapore|journal=Asian Journal of Social Science|volume=29 |issue=3|pages=431–455|doi=10.1163/156853101X00181}}</ref> * [[July 22]] – The second meeting of the [[Organisation of African Unity]] is held. * [[July 24]] – A minor [[criticality accident]] takes place at a United Nuclear Corporation Fuels recovery plant in [[Wood River Junction, Rhode Island]], United States, causing the death of one worker. * [[July 27]] – [[Vietnam War]]: The U.S. sends 5,000 more military advisers to South Vietnam, bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000. * [[July 31]] – [[Ranger program]]: [[Ranger 7]] sends back the first close-up photographs of the Moon (images are 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from Earth-bound [[telescope]]s). ===August=== {{main|August 1964}} * [[August 2]] – [[Vietnam War]]: United States destroyer [[USS Maddox (DD-731)|''Maddox'']] is attacked in the [[Gulf of Tonkin]]. Air support from the carrier [[USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)|USS ''Ticonderoga'']] sinks one gunboat, while the other two leave the battle. * [[August 5]] ** Vietnam War: [[Operation Pierce Arrow]] – Aircraft from carriers [[USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)|USS ''Ticonderoga'']] and [[USS Constellation (CV-64)|USS ''Constellation'']] bomb [[North Vietnam]] in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the [[Gulf of Tonkin]]. ** The Simba rebel army in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] captures [[Kisangani|Stanleyville]], and takes 1,000 Western hostages. * [[August 7]] – Vietnam War: The United States Congress passes the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]], giving U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.<ref>{{cite book|author=Russell D. Buhite|title=Major Crises in Contemporary American Foreign Policy: A Documentary History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEgaAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-29468-6|page=xxvi}}</ref> * [[August 8]] – A [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] gig in [[Scheveningen]] gets out of control. Riot police end the gig after about fifteen minutes, upon which spectators start to fight the riot police.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Paytress|title=Rolling Stones: Off The Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3blvuxKlxMC&pg=PT94|date=15 December 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-113-4|pages=94}}</ref> * [[August 13]] – The last judicial hanging in the United Kingdom takes place when murderers [[Gwynne Owen Evans]] and [[Peter Anthony Allen]] are executed at [[HM Prison Liverpool|Walton Prison in Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Hitchens|title=A Brief History of Crime: The Decline of Order, Justice and Liberty in England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3c0uAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Atlantic|isbn=978-1-84354-148-6|page=167}}</ref> * [[August 16]] – Vietnam War: In a [[coup]], General [[Nguyễn Khánh]] replaces [[Dương Văn Minh]] as South Vietnam's chief of state and establishes a new [[constitution]], drafted partly by the U.S. Embassy.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ngọc Huy Nguyễn|author2=Stephen B. Young|title=Understanding Vietnam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEpwAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=DPC Information Service|page=116}}</ref> * [[August 18]] – The International Olympic Committee bans South Africa from the [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]] on the grounds that its teams are racially segregated.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lincoln Allison|author2=Alan Tomlinson|title=Understanding International Sport Organisations: Principles, power and possibilities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90|date=27 March 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-59043-9|pages=90}}</ref> * [[August 20]] – The International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium ([[Intelsat]]) began to work. * [[August 22]] – Goalkeeper Derek Foster of Sunderland becomes the youngest-ever player to play in the English [[Football League]], aged 15 years and 185 days. * [[August 24]]–[[August 27|27]] – The [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Atlantic City]] nominates incumbent President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] for a full term, and U.S. Senator [[Hubert Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]] as his running mate. * [[August 27]] – [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' has its world premiere in Los Angeles. It will go on to become Disney's biggest moneymaker, and winner of 5 Academy Awards, including a [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for [[Julie Andrews]]. It is the first Disney film to be nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. * [[August 28]]–[[August 30|30]] – [[Philadelphia 1964 race riot]]: Tensions between [[African American]] residents and police lead to 341 injuries and 774 arrests.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dennis B. Downey|author2=Francis J. Bremer|title=A Guide to the History of Pennsylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEUWAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-25085-9|page=227}}</ref> ===September=== {{main|September 1964}} * [[September 2]] – Indian [[Hungry generation]] poets, including [[Malay Roy Choudhury]], are arrested on charges of conspiracy against the state and obscenity in literature.<ref>{{cite book|author=Pradip Choudhuri|title=The Black Hole: Selected Poems 1964–1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hI4hAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Inkblot|isbn=978-0-934301-27-5|page=1}}</ref> * [[September 4]] – The [[Forth Road Bridge]] opens over the [[Firth of Forth]] in Scotland.<ref>{{cite book|title=Passenger Transport|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1sldAAAAIAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Ian Allan, Modern Transport Publishing Company|page=148}}</ref> * [[September 10]] – The [[African Development Bank]] (AfDB) is founded.<ref>{{cite book|author=M.A. van Meerhaeghe|title=International Economic Institutions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4DsCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|date=29 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-017-1930-8|pages=17}}</ref> * [[September 11]] – In [[Jacksonville, Florida]], during a tour of the United States, [[John Lennon]] announces that the [[Beatles]] will not play to a segregated audience.<ref>{{cite book|author=Laurence Cole|title=Dusty Springfield: In the Middle of Nowhere|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NsHAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Middlesex University Press|isbn=978-1-904750-41-3|page=122}}</ref> * [[September 14]] ** The third period of the [[Second Vatican Council]] opens.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/speeches/1964.index.5.html|title=Pope Paul VI - Speeches 1964|website=Vatican|access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref> ** The London ''[[Daily Herald (UK newspaper)|Daily Herald]]'' ceases publication, replaced by ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''. * [[September 18]] – In [[Athens]], King [[Constantine II of Greece]] marries [[Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark]], who becomes Europe's youngest Queen at age 18 years, 19 days. * [[September 21]] – The island of [[Malta]] obtains independence from the United Kingdom. * [[September 24]] – The [[Warren Commission]], the first official investigation of the assassination of United States President [[John F. Kennedy]], submits its written report.<ref>{{cite book|title=Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l4uTqTCEizwC&pg=RA1-PA384|year=1992|publisher=National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|pages=1}}</ref> * [[September 25]] – The [[Mozambican War of Independence]] is launched by [[FRELIMO]].<ref>{{cite book|title=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ....|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wylbq5aIt4C&pg=PA10|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=10}}</ref> ===October=== {{main|October 1964}} [[File:Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics logo.svg|140px|thumbnail|right|October 10–24: The 1964 Summer Olympics begins]] * October – [[Robert Moog]] demonstrates the prototype [[Moog synthesizer]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moog|first=R. A.|year=1965|title=Voltage-Controlled Electronic Music Modules|journal=Journal of the Audio Engineering Society|volume=13|issue=3|pages=200–206}}</ref> * [[October 1]] ** Three thousand student activists at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], surround and block a police car from taking a [[Congress of Racial Equality|CORE]] volunteer arrested for not showing his ID, when he violated a ban on outdoor activist card tables. This protest eventually explodes into the [[Berkeley Free Speech Movement]]. ** The ''[[Shinkansen]]'' [[high-speed rail]] system, the world's first such system, is inaugurated in Japan, for the first sector between Tokyo and [[Osaka]]. * [[October 5]] ** Twenty-three men and thirty-one women escape to [[West Berlin]] through a narrow tunnel under the [[Berlin Wall]]. ** [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] begin an 8-day visit to Canada. * [[October 10]]–[[October 24|24]] – The [[1964 Summer Olympics]] are held in Tokyo, Japan, the first in an Asian country. * [[October 12]] – The Soviet Union launches ''[[Voskhod 1]]'' into Earth [[orbit]] as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without [[space suit]]s. The flight is cut short and lands again on [[October 13]] after 16 orbits. * [[October 14]] – American civil rights movement leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] becomes the youngest recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]], which is awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end [[racism|racial prejudice]] in the United States. * [[October 14]]–[[October 15|15]] – [[Nikita Khrushchev]] is deposed as leader of the Soviet Union; [[Leonid Brezhnev]] and [[Alexei Kosygin]] assume power. * [[October 15]] – [[1964 United Kingdom general election]]: The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] wins a narrow victory over Sir [[Alec Douglas-Home]]'s [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], which has been in power for 13 years. The new prime minister is [[Harold Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/basics/4393293.stm|title=1964: Labour scrapes through|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=2005-04-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213202904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/basics/4393293.stm|archive-date=2016-02-13|access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref> * [[October 17]] – [[596 (nuclear test)]]: The People's Republic of China explodes an [[atomic bomb]] in [[Xinjiang|Sinkiang]]. * [[October 22]] ** Canada: A Federal Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects a design to become the new official [[Flag of Canada]]. ** A 5.3 [[kiloton]] nuclear device is detonated at the Tatum Salt Dome, {{convert|21|mi|km}} from [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]], as part of the [[Vela Uniform]] program. This test is the Salmon phase of the Atomic Energy Commission's Project Dribble. * [[October 24]] – Northern [[Rhodesia]], a former British protectorate, becomes the independent Republic of [[Zambia]], ending 73 years of British rule. * [[October 26]] – [[Eric Edgar Cooke]] becomes the last man executed in Western Australia, for murdering 8 citizens in [[Perth]] between [[1959]] and [[1963]]. * [[October 27]] – In the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], rebel leader Christopher Gbenye takes 60 Americans and 800 Belgians [[hostage]]. * [[October 29]] – A collection of irreplaceable [[gemstone]]s, including the {{convert|565|carat|g|adj=on}} [[Star of India (gem)|Star of India]], is stolen from the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in New York City. ===November=== {{main|November 1964}} * [[November 1]] – Mortar fire from North Vietnamese forces rains on the [[Bien Hoa Air Base]], killing four U.S. servicemen, wounding 72, and destroying five [[B-57 Canberra|B-57]] jet bombers and other planes. * [[November 3]] ** [[1964 United States presidential election]]: Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] challenger [[Barry Goldwater]] with over 60 percent of the [[Direct election|popular vote]]. ** The [[Bolivia]]n government of President [[Víctor Paz Estenssoro]] is overthrown by a military rebellion led by General [[Alfredo Ovando Candía]], commander-in-chief of the armed forces. * [[November 5]] – [[Mariner program]]: ''[[Mariner 3]]'' spacecraft is launched from [[Cape Kennedy]] but fails.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-20 |title=Mariner 3 - NASA Science |url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-3/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[November 10]] – Australia partially reintroduces [[compulsory military service]] due to the [[Indonesian Confrontation]]. * [[November 19]] – The [[United States Department of Defense]] announces the closing of 95 military bases and facilities, including [[Fort Jay]], the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] and the Brooklyn Army Terminal. * [[November 21]] ** [[Second Vatican Council]]: The third period of the [[Catholic Church]]'s [[ecumenical council]] closes. ''[[Lumen gentium]]'', the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, is promulgated.<ref>{{cite book|author=Austin Flannery|title=Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQJzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1440|date=28 August 2014|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-4929-9|pages=1440}}</ref> ** The [[Verrazano-Narrows Bridge]] across [[New York Bay]] opens to traffic (the world's longest [[suspension bridge]] at this time).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael N. Danielson|author2=Jameson W. Doig|title=New York: The Politics of Urban Regional Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sawwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|date=3 October 1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04551-4|pages=203}}</ref> * [[November 24]] – Belgian paratroopers and mercenaries capture [[Kisangani|Stanleyville]], but a number of [[hostage]]s die in the fighting, among them American [[Evangelical Covenant Church]] missionary [[Paul Carlson]]. * [[November 28]] ** [[Mariner program]]: NASA launches the [[Mariner 4]] space probe from Cape Kennedy toward Mars to take television pictures of that [[planet]] in July [[1965]]. ** Vietnam War: [[United States National Security Council]] members, including [[Robert McNamara]], [[Dean Rusk]], and [[Maxwell Taylor]], agree to recommend a plan for a 2-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. ** France performs an underground nuclear test at [[In Ekker series, French nuclear tests|In Ecker]], Algeria. ===December=== {{main|December 1964}} * [[December 1]] – [[Gustavo Díaz Ordaz]] takes office as [[President of Mexico]]. * [[December 3]] ** [[Berkeley Free Speech Movement]]: Police arrest about 800 students at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], following their takeover of and massive sit-in at the Sproul Hall administration building. The sit-in most directly protested the U.C. Regents' decision to punish student activists for what many thought had been justified civil disobedience earlier in the conflict.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gene Sharp|title=The Politics of Nonviolent Action: The methods of nonviolent action|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2NojAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA373|year=1973|publisher=P. Sargent Publisher|isbn=978-0-87558-071-5|pages=373}}</ref> ** The Danish football club [[Brøndby IF]] is founded as a merger between the two local clubs Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening and Brøndbyvester Idrætsforening. The club wins the national championship [[Danish Superliga]] 10 times, and the [[Danish Cup]]s six times, after joining the Danish top-flight football league in 1981. * [[December 5]] – [[Australian Senate election, 1964]]: The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Menzies Government (1949-66)|Government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Robert Menzies]] hold their status quo, while the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Arthur Calwell]] lose one seat to the [[Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)|Democratic Labor Party]], who hold the balance of power in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] alongside independent [[Reg Turnbull]]. * [[December 10]] – Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] is awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in [[Oslo]], Norway.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alice Mulcahey Fleming|title=Martin Luther King, Jr: A Dream of Hope|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YamfeoGeHpsC&pg=PP6|year=2008|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4027-5803-4|pages=6}}</ref> * [[December 11]] – [[Che Guevara]] addresses the [[United Nations General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Guevara|first1=Ernesto Che|author-link=Che Guevara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ierlWAqZ_8cC|title=Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara|chapter=Chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ierlWAqZ_8cC&pg=PA6|location=[[North Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia |publisher=Ocean Press|year=2009|page=6|isbn=978-1920888930|access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref> A [[bazooka]] attack is launched at the [[Headquarters of the United Nations]] in New York City. * [[December 12]] – [[Jamhuri Day]]: [[Kenya]] becomes a republic, with [[Jomo Kenyatta]] as its first [[President of Kenya|President]]. * [[December 14]] – ''[[Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States]]'' (379 US 241 1964): The U.S. Supreme Court rules that, in accordance with the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], establishments providing public accommodation must refrain from racial discrimination. * [[December 18]] – The [[Christmas flood of 1964]] begins in the United States, affecting the Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California. It will continue until January 7, resulting in 19 deaths, serious damage to buildings, roads and bridges, and the loss of 4,000 head of livestock.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/docs/wrdb/2000/lowercolumbia.pdf |title=Lower Columbia River Basin |publisher=United States Army Corps of Engineers |access-date=December 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616105833/http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/docs/wrdb/2000/lowercolumbia.pdf |archive-date=June 16, 2011}}</ref> * [[December 21]] – The [[General Dynamics F-111]] Aardvark supersonic attack aircraft, developed for the U.S. Air Force, makes its first flight, at [[Carswell Air Force Base]], Texas.<ref>{{citation |editor-last=Eden |editor-first=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft |chapter=General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark/EF-111 Raven |location= London |publisher=Amber Books |date=2004 |isbn=1-904687-84-9|page=197}}</ref> * [[December 22]] ** A cyclone in the [[Palk Strait]] destroys the Indian town of [[Dhanushkodi]], killing 1800 people.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Naval Oceanographic Office|title=Sailing Directions for the Bay of Bengal: Point Calimere to Laem Pak Phra and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qNlHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA56|year=1966|pages=56}}</ref> ** The [[Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird]] makes its first flight at [[Palmdale, California]]. * [[December 24]] – [[1964 Brinks Hotel bombing|The Brinks Hotel]] in Saigon, Vietnam, is bombed by the [[Viet Cong]], resulting in the deaths of two US soldiers and injuries to a further 60 people, including civilians.<ref>{{cite book|title=Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965|first=Mark|last=Moyar|author-link=Mark Moyar |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2006 |isbn=0-521-86911-0 |location=New York|page=347}}</ref> * [[December 30]] – The [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]] (UNCTAD) is established as a permanent organ of the [[UN General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States Department of State|title=The Department of State Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4R13dJvs0yIC&pg=PA458|year=1965|publisher=Office of Media Services, Bureau of Public Affairs|pages=458}}</ref> ===Date unknown=== * Spring – First recognition of [[cosmic microwave background radiation]] as a detectable phenomenon.<ref>In a brief paper by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] astrophysicists [[A. G. Doroshkevich]] and [[Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov|Igor Novikov]]. {{cite journal|last=Penzias|first=A. A.|year=2006|title=The origin of elements|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1978/penzias-lecture.pdf|journal=Nobel Lecture|volume=205|issue=4406|pages=549–54|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|doi=10.1126/science.205.4406.549|pmid=17729659|access-date=2006-10-04}}</ref> * [[Jerome Horwitz]] synthesizes [[zidovudine]] (AZT), an [[antiviral drug]] which will later be used in treating [[HIV]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Hospital Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXtQAQAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=HP Publishing Company|page=19}}</ref> * [[Farrington Daniels]] becomes an early advocate of [[solar energy]] in his book ''Direct Use of the Sun's Energy'', published by [[Yale University Press]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author1=United States Congress. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries|title=Committee Prints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25IKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA5-PA605|year=1971|pages=5–}}</ref> * [[Rudi Gernreich]] designs the original [[monokini]] topless swimsuit in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gernreich.steirischerbst.at/pages/bio1.htm|title=Biografie Rudi Gernreich|language=de|publisher=Steirischer Herbst Festival GmbH|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213205151/http://gernreich.steirischerbst.at/pages/bio1.htm|archive-date=February 13, 2016|access-date=2016-02-13}}</ref> * The [[Vishva Hindu Pariṣad]] is founded in India.<ref>{{cite book|author=Klaus K. Klostermaier|title=A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DB29DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11|date=1 October 2014|publisher=Oneworld Publications|isbn=978-1-78074-672-2|pages=11}}</ref> ==Births== {{BDToC|births}} ===January=== [[File:Anthony Scaramucci at SALT Conference 2016 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anthony Scaramucci]]]] [[File:Nicholas Cage(1).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nicolas Cage]]]] [[File:Mark Addy.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Mark Addy]]]] [[File:Penelope Ann Miller.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Penelope Ann Miller]]]] [[File:Michelle Obama 2013 official portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michelle Obama]]]] [[File:Mariska Hargitay filming SVU July 2011 cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mariska Hargitay]]]] [[File:Bridget Fonda.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bridget Fonda]]]] * [[January 1]] – [[Moussa Dadis Camara]], Guinean general and 3rd [[President of Guinea]] * [[January 2]] – [[Pernell Whitaker]], American boxer (died [[2019]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/pernell-whitaker|title=Pernell Whitaker|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> * [[January 3]] – [[Farid Alakbarli]], Azerbaijani scholar, PhD and professor (d. [[2021]]) * [[January 4]] ** [[Alexandre Fadeev]], Soviet figure skater ** [[Dot-Marie Jones]], American actress and retired athlete (competed as Dot Jones) * [[January 5]] – [[Miguel Ángel Jiménez]], Spanish golfer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miguelangeljimenezgolf.com/About-Miguel-Angel|title=About|website=Miguel Ángel Jiménez|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> * [[January 6]] ** [[Henry Maske]], German boxer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/henry-maske|title=Henry Maske|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> ** [[Anthony Scaramucci]], American financier, entrepreneur, and political figure<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-07-24/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-anthony-scaramucci|title=10 Things About Anthony Scaramucci|first=Katelyn|last=Newman|date=July 24, 2017| access-date=January 13, 2019|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190112153805/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-07-24/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-anthony-scaramucci|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[January 7]] – [[Nicolas Cage]], American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=James Cameron-Wilson|title=Young Hollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYQjAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-7266-0|page=31}}</ref> * [[January 12]] – [[Jeff Bezos]], American Internet entrepreneur<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=82}}</ref> * [[January 13]] – [[Penelope Ann Miller]], American actress * [[January 17]] – [[Michelle Obama]], American attorney and author, former [[First Lady of the United States]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Robin S. Doak|title=Michelle Obama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX4MBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6|date=12 March 2015|publisher=Raintree|isbn=978-1-4062-7399-1|pages=6}}</ref> * [[January 18]] ** [[Brady Anderson]], American baseball player ** [[Carmen Aristegui]], Mexican journalist and news anchor * [[January 19]] – [[Ricardo Arjona]], Guatemalan singer and songwriter * [[January 20]] ** [[Koko Pimentel]], Filipino politician, 28th [[President of the Senate of the Philippines]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Aquilino Martin "Koko" dela Llana Pimentel III |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926200949/http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/pimentel_koko_resume18th.asp |archive-date=September 26, 2020|url=http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/pimentel_koko_resume18th.asp|website=[[Senate of the Philippines]] |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> * [[January 23]] – [[Mariska Hargitay]], American actress * [[January 27]] – [[Bridget Fonda]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA95|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94859-3|pages=95}}</ref> * [[January 31]] – [[Jeff Hanneman]], American rock guitarist ([[Slayer]]) (died [[2013]])<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Graham |last1=Hartmann|date=January 31, 2014|title=Slayer Commemorate 50th Birthday of the Late Jeff Hanneman|url=https://loudwire.com/slayer-commemorate-50th-birthday-late-guitarist-jeff-hanneman/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Loudwire|language=en}}</ref> ===February=== [[File:Laura Linney Berlinale 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Laura Linney]]]] [[File:Matt Dillon 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Matt Dillon]]]] [[File:Bebeto brazil (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bebeto]]]] * [[February 1]] – [[Eli Ohana]], Israeli football player and club chairman<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=%22Eli+Ohana%22+1964+february&pg=PA32|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History|first=Bob|last=Wechsler|date=August 18, 2008|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.|isbn=9780881259698 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * [[February 5]] ** [[Laura Linney]], American actress ** [[Duff McKagan]], American rock musician and songwriter<ref>{{cite book|author=Duff McKagan|title=It's So Easy: And Other Lies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8I4fw88skq0C&pg=PA21|date=20 March 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4516-0664-5|pages=21}}</ref> * [[February 10]] ** [[Francesca Neri]], Italian actress ** [[Glenn Beck]], American political commentator * [[February 11]] – [[Ken Shamrock]], American [[mixed martial arts]] fighter * [[February 15]] − [[Chris Farley]], American actor and comedian (died [[1997]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Donnelley|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmYcAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7984-0|page=202}}</ref> * [[February 16]] ** [[Bebeto]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{NFT player|id=13642}}</ref> ** [[Christopher Eccleston]], British actor<ref>{{cite book|author1=Chase's Calendar of Events|author2=McGraw-Hill|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-j7ZyqfsS6MC|date=September 2006|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-146818-3|page=134}}</ref> ** [[Valentina Yegorova]], Russian distance runner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/valentina-yegorova|title=Valentina Yegorova|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> * [[February 18]] − [[Matt Dillon]], American actor and film director * [[February 19]] ** [[Doug Aldrich]], American guitarist ** [[Jennifer Doudna]], American biochemist<ref>{{cite book|author=H. W. Wilson|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6csV7c-tcxMC|year=2006|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-1056-4|page=130}}</ref> * [[February 20]] − [[Rudi Garcia]], French football manager<ref>{{cite web |title=R. Garcia |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/coaches/rudi-garcia/110849/ |website=soccerway.com |publisher=Soccer way}}</ref> * [[February 22]] ** [[Gigi Fernández]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gigi Fernandez |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/60014/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref> ** [[Ben Aaronovitch]], English author and screenwriter * [[February 24]] – [[Yudas Sabaggalet]], Indonesian politician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kurnia |first1=Reski |title=Lebih Dekat Dengan Bupati Mentawai Dua Periode Yudas Sabaggalet |url=https://www.nawacitapost.com/tokoh/amp/2751283/lebih-dekat-dengan-bupati-mentawai-dua-periode-yudas-sabaggalet |website=nawacitapost.com |publisher=Nawacita Post |access-date=30 March 2024}}</ref> * [[February 27]] – [[Todd Bodine]], American racing driver ===March=== [[File:Wanda Sykes 2010 GLAAD Media Awards.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wanda Sykes]]]] [[File:Juliette Binoche Cannes 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Juliette Binoche]]]] [[File:Prince Edward February 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]]]][[File:Rob Lowe 2012 Shankbone 2.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Rob Lowe]]]] [[File:Ian Ziering July 14, 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ian Ziering]]]] * [[March 7]] ** [[Bret Easton Ellis]], American author<ref>{{cite book|author1=Clifford Thompson|author2=H. W. Wilson|title=World Authors 1990–1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cWoYAAAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-0956-8|page=215}}</ref> ** [[Vladimir Smirnov (skier)|Vladimir Smirnov]], Kazakh cross-country skier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/vladimir-smirnov|title=Vladimir Smirnov|website=IOC|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> ** [[Wanda Sykes]], African-American comedian and actress * [[March 8]] – [[Bob Bergen]], American voice actor * [[March 9]] – [[Juliette Binoche]], French actress * [[March 10]] ** [[Edith Lucie Bongo]], First Lady of Gabon (died [[2009]]) ** [[Neneh Cherry]], Swedish-born singer-songwriter ** [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]], British prince and third son (youngest child) of [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] * [[March 11]] – [[Peter Berg]], American director, producer, writer, and actor * [[March 16]] ** [[Pascal Richard]], Swiss road bicycle racer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/pascal-richard|title=Pascal Richard|website=IOC|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> ** [[Gore Verbinski]], American film director * [[March 17]] – [[Rob Lowe]], American actor<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite book|author=Rodale, Inc.|title=Best Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6cYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78|date=August 2008|publisher=Rodale, Inc.|pages=78}}</ref> * [[March 18]] – [[Bonnie Blair]], American speed skater<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/bonnie-blair|title=Bonnie Blair|website=IOC|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> * [[March 20]] – [[Natacha Atlas]], Egyptian-Belgian singer * [[March 24]] – [[Liz McColgan]], British long-distance runner athlete<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/elizabeth-mccolgan-lynch|title=Elizabeth McColgan-Lynch|website=IOC|access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> * [[March 30]] ** [[Vera Zimmermann]], Brazilian actress ** [[Tracy Chapman]], African-American singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Jessie Carney Smith|title=Notable Black American Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA89|year=1992|publisher=VNR AG|isbn=978-0-8103-9177-2|pages=89}}</ref> ===April=== [[File:David Cross (32840211217) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Cross]]]] [[File:David Woodard in 2020.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Woodard]]]] [[File:Russell Crowe (33994020424).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Russell Crowe]]]] [[File:Jeff andretti at indy500 in 2012.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Jeff Andretti]]]] [[File:Andy Serkis by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andy Serkis]]]] [[File:Cedric the Entertainer by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Cedric the Entertainer]]]] [[File:Djimon Hounsou by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Djimon Hounsou]]]] [[File:Hankazaria05.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hank Azaria]]]] * [[April 1]] – [[Erik Breukink]], Dutch cyclist and manager * [[April 3]] ** [[Nigel Farage]], British politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Nigel Farage |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nigel-Farage |website=britannica.com |date=September 24, 2023 |publisher=Britannica}}</ref> ** [[Bjarne Riis]], Danish cyclist<ref>{{cite book|author=Giles Belbin|title=Tour de France Champions: An A-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gl_WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT200|date=3 July 2020|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0-7509-9538-2|pages=200}}</ref> ** [[Yelena Ruzina]], Russian Olympic athlete<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/yelena-ruzina|title=Yelena Ruzina|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> * [[April 4]] – [[David Cross]], American actor and comedian<ref name="biography.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/david-cross-11026476|title=David Cross Biography: Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian (1964–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421061231/http://www.biography.com/people/david-cross-11026476|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[April 5]] – [[Steve Beaton]], English darts player * [[April 6]] – [[David Woodard]], American conductor * [[April 7]] – [[Russell Crowe]], New Zealand-born actor<ref name="autogenerated1" /> * [[April 10]] – [[Hiroshi Tsuburaya]], Japanese actor (died [[2001]]) * [[April 11]] – [[Steve Azar]], American singer and philanthropist * [[April 14]] – [[Jim Grabb]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_j1DwAAQBAJ&q=jim+grabb+1964&pg=PA227|title=Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|first=Joseph|last=Siegman|date=2020|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=9781496201881|via=Google Books}}</ref> * [[April 16]] – [[Esbjörn Svensson]] Swedish jazz pianist (d. [[2008]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/17/jazz.obituaries|title=Esbjörn Svensson|date=17 June 2008|author=John Fordham|website=The Guardian|access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> * [[April 17]] ** [[Maynard James Keenan]], American rock musician ([[Tool (band)|Tool]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://madison.com/birthday-maynard-james-keenan/image_cdd7c234-2127-11e7-acfe-834d7bdb4153.html | title=Birthday: Maynard James Keenan | date=April 14, 2017 }}</ref> ** [[Rachel Notley]], Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta 2015–2019<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sydney Sharpe|author2=Don Braid|title=Notley Nation: How Alberta's Political Upheaval Swept the Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=409kCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84|date=5 November 2016|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-4597-3604-7|pages=84}}</ref> ** [[Tahmasib Ajdarov]], Azerbaijani-Ukrainian scientist * [[April 19]] – [[Giovanni Alberto Agnelli]], Italian businessman and of the [[Agnelli family]] (d. [[1997]]) * [[April 20]] ** [[John Carney (American football)|John Carney]], American football player<ref>{{Cite pro-football-reference|name=John Carney|id=C/carnejoh01 |accessdate=November 13, 2022}}</ref> ** [[Crispin Glover]], American actor ** [[Andy Serkis]], English actor * [[April 21]] ** [[Ludmila Engquist]], Russian-born Swedish hurdler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/ludmila-engquist|title=Ludmila Engquist|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> ** [[Ahmed Radhi]], Iraqi footballer (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{NFT player|id=17330}}</ref> * [[April 22]] – [[Estelle Asmodelle]], Australian model, actress, and transgender activist * [[April 24]] ** [[Cedric the Entertainer]], American actor and comedian ** [[Djimon Hounsou]], Beninese actor and model<ref>{{cite web|title=Djimon Hounsou: Biography|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/djimon-hounsou/147508|work=TV Guide|access-date=November 22, 2012|archive-date=June 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611054750/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/djimon-hounsou/147508|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[April 25]] – [[Hank Azaria]], American actor, voice artist and comedian * [[April 28]] – [[L'Wren Scott]], American fashion designer (d. [[2014]]) * [[April 30]] ** [[Abhishek Chatterjee]], Indian actor ** [[Tony Fernandes]], Malaysian entrepreneur and businessman ===May=== [[File:Melissa Gilbert after Drug Free America shoot - cropped (5242325680).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Melissa Gilbert]]]] [[File:Stephen Colbert December 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stephen Colbert]]]] [[File:Charles Spencer 20171207 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer]]]] [[File:Ray Stevenson March 18, 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ray Stevenson]]]] [[File:Lenny Kravitz by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lenny Kravitz]]]] * [[May 1]] – [[Yvonne van Gennip]], Dutch speed-skater<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/yvonne-van-gennip|title=Yvonne van Gennip|website=IOC|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> * [[May 5]] ** [[Heike Henkel]], German Olympic athlete<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/heike-henkel|title=Heike Henkel|website=IOC|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> ** [[Minami Takayama]], Japanese voice actress and singer ([[Two-Mix]] and [[DoCo (pop group)|DoCo]]) * [[May 8]] – [[Melissa Gilbert]], American actress and president of the Screen Actors Guild<ref>{{cite book|author=Patti Davis|title=The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKR4RaO-7AC&pg=PA20|date=May 2010|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|isbn=978-1-4587-7222-0|pages=20}}</ref> * [[May 10]] – [[Emmanuelle Devos]], French actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allocine.fr//personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=2376.html?nopub=1#|title=Emmanuelle Devos|website=AlloCiné}}</ref> * [[May 12]] – [[Julius Maada Bio|Julius Maada]] Bio, 5th president of Sierra Leone * [[May 13]] – [[Stephen Colbert]], American comedian, political commentator, and television personality; host of ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' * [[May 17]] – [[Nancy Benoit]], American professional wrestling manager and model (d. [[2007]]) * [[May 19]] ** [[Gitanas Nausėda]], president of Lithuania<ref>[https://www.concordia.net/community/h-e-gitanas-nauseda/ H.E. GITANAS NAUSĖDA]</ref> ** [[Samuel Okwaraji]], Nigerian footballer (died [[1989]]) ** [[Michael Blake (musician)|Michael Blake]], Canadian-American saxophonist, composer and arranger * [[May 20]] – [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer]], British aristocrat, author, print journalist and broadcaster. Younger brother of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXaIAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-27-8|page=63}}</ref> * [[May 21]] – [[Rui Maria de Araújo]], East Timorese politician * [[May 23]] – [[Ruth Metzler-Arnold]], member of the Swiss Federal Council * [[May 24]] ** [[Adrian Moorhouse]], British swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Adrian Moorhouse|url=https://www.olympic.org/adrian-moorhouse|website=IOC|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> ** [[David I. Adelman]], American businessman, lawyer and diplomat * [[May 25]] – [[Ray Stevenson]], Northern Irish-born actor (d. [[2023]]) * [[May 26]] – [[Lenny Kravitz]], American singer, songwriter, and actor<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dL3UwZjGbC0C|date=16 October 2009|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-170191-4|page=293}}</ref> * [[May 28]] ** [[Jeff Fenech]], Australian boxer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/jeffrey-fenech|title=Jeffrey Fenech|website=IOC|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> ** [[David Baddiel]], English comedian and writer * [[May 29]] – [[Arumugam Thondaman]], Sri Lankan politician (died [[2020]]) * [[May 30]] – [[Tom Morello]], American musician and political activist ([[Rage Against the Machine]], [[Audioslave]], [[Prophets of Rage]]) ===June=== [[File:CourteneyCoxFeb09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Courteney Cox]]]] [[File:Boris Johnson official portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Boris Johnson]]]] [[File:Doug Savant 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Doug Savant]]]] * [[June 3]] – [[James Purefoy]], British actor * [[June 7]] – [[Gia Carides]], Greek-Australian actress * [[June 9]] – [[Gloria Reuben]], Canadian-American actress<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9|page=319}}</ref> * [[June 10]] ** [[Ben Daniels]], English actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/may/17/furthereducation.uk2|title=College Days|website=The Guardian|date=May 17, 2005|access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref> ** [[Vincent Perez]], Swiss actor, director and photographer * [[June 11]] – [[Jean Alesi]], French former racing driver who competed in [[Formula One]] * [[June 13]] ** [[Kathy Burke]], English actress and comedian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/Player/Player_Page/0,,43029,00.html|title=Kathy Burke|website=The Guardian|access-date=August 25, 2021}}</ref> ** [[Šarūnas Marčiulionis]], Lithuanian basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/-arunas-marciulionis|title=[S]arunas Marciulionis|website=IOC|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> * [[June 15]] ** [[Courteney Cox]], American actress ** [[Michael Laudrup]], Danish footballer and manager * [[June 17]] – [[Michael Gross (swimmer)|Michael Gross]], German swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Gross – Olympic Swimming |url=https://www.olympic.org/michael-gross |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124214334/https://www.olympic.org/michael-gross |archive-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> * [[June 18]] – [[Uday Hussein]], Iraqi Army commander (d. [[2003]]) * [[June 19]] – [[Boris Johnson]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] 2019–2022 * [[June 20]] – [[Ethella Chupryk]], Ukrainian pianist (d. [[2019]]) * [[June 21]] ** [[Dean Saunders]], Welsh football manager and former professional footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/saunders/|title=Liverpool FC profile|website=Liverpool FC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525114154/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/saunders/|access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-date=May 25, 2007}}</ref> ** [[Kiyoshi Okuma]], Japanese football player and manager * [[June 22]] ** [[Dan Brown]], American author ** [[Miroslav Kadlec]], Czech football defender ** [[Nico Jalink]], Dutch footballer and football manager ** [[Hiroshi Abe (actor)|Hiroshi Abe]], Japanese model and actor * [[June 23]] ** [[Astrid Carolina Herrera]], Venezuelan actress ** [[Joss Whedon]], American screenwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/joss-whedon-17181746|title=Joss Whedon Biography: Screenwriter (1964–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date=March 30, 2017|archive-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150509110239/http://www.biography.com/people/joss-whedon-17181746|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[June 24]] – [[Günther Mader]], Austrian alpine ski racer * [[June 25]] – [[Johnny Herbert]], English racing driver * [[June 26]] – [[Tommi Mäkinen]], Finnish rally driver * [[June 28]] – [[Husna Ahmad]], Pakistan-born British humanitarian and writer * [[June 30]] – [[Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg]], Danish aristocrat ===July=== [[File:Yeardley Smith by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yeardley Smith]]]] [[File:Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama signs the guest book, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. (February 5, 2020 - cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edi Rama]]]] [[File:Life Ball 2014 Courtney Love Crop.png|thumb|100px|[[Courtney Love]]]] [[File:Chris Cornell.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Cornell]]]] [[File:Pedro Passos Coelho 1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pedro Passos Coelho]]]] [[File:Sandra Bullock (9192365016) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sandra Bullock]]]] [[File:Lori Loughlin 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lori Loughlin]]]] [[File:10.5.17VivicaAFoxByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vivica A. Fox]]]] * [[July 1]] ** [[Yu Long]], Chinese conductor ** [[Bernard Laporte]], French rugby player and coach ** [[Loli Sánchez]], Spanish basketball player ** [[Chie Satō]], Japanese voice actress ** [[Dan Bishop]], American politician and attorney * [[July 2]] – [[Jose Canseco|Jose]] and [[Ozzie Canseco]], Cuban-born American baseball players; twin brothers * [[July 3]] ** [[Joanne Harris]], English novelist ** [[Aleksei Serebryakov (actor)|Aleksei Serebryakov]], Russian-Canadian actor ** [[Yeardley Smith]], American actress, voice actress, comedian, writer and artist * [[July 4]] – [[Edi Rama]], 33rd [[Prime Minister of Albania]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Heath-Brown|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDkUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA91|date=7 February 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-57823-8|pages=91}}</ref> * [[July 5]] – [[Stephen H. Scott]], Canadian neuroscientist and engineer * [[July 6]] – [[Kim Jee-woon]], South Korean film director and screenwriter * [[July 9]] – [[Courtney Love]], American musician/actress * [[July 11]] – [[Goran Radaković]], Serbian actor * [[July 13]] – [[Pascal Hervé]], French road racing cyclist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/herve-pascal| title=Hervé Pascal|website=IOC|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> * [[July 15]] ** [[Tetsuji Hashiratani]], Japanese football player and manager ** [[Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji]], Malaysian politician * [[July 16]] – [[Miguel Indurain]], Spanish cyclist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/miguel-indurain|title=Miguel Indurain|website=IOC|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> * [[July 18]] – [[Wendy Williams]], African-American talk show host<ref name="Wendy Williams.Biography">{{cite web |title=Wendy Williams: Talk Show Host, Radio Talk Show Host (1964–)| url= http://www.biography.com/people/wendy-williams-524056|access-date=May 14, 2013| publisher=[[Biography.com]]|archive-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180322223610/https://www.biography.com/people/wendy-williams-524056|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[July 19]] ** [[Teresa Edwards]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite book |title=Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary |editor=David L. Porter |publisher=Greenwood Press |date=2005 |isbn=978-0-313-30952-6|pages=129–130}}</ref> ** [[Miyeegombyn Enkhbold]], Mongolian politician * [[July 20]] ** [[Chris Cornell]], American singer ([[Soundgarden]], [[Audioslave]], [[Temple of the Dog]]) (died [[2017]]) ** [[Deon Lotz]], South African actor * [[July 24]] ** [[Barry Bonds]], African-American baseball player<ref>{{cite book|author=John Bloom|title=Barry Bonds: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFQ7T_ijPKQC&pg=PA4|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32955-5|pages=4}}</ref> ** [[Pedro Passos Coelho]], 118th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] <!-- "Coelho" is surname --><ref>{{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2014: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5PlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1009|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-59643-0|pages=1009}}</ref> * [[July 25]] – [[Anne Applebaum]], American journalist and historian * [[July 26]] ** [[Sandra Bullock]], American actress and film producer<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA384|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=384}}</ref> ** [[Ancelma Perlacios]], Bolivian politician and trade unionist ** [[Anne Provoost]], Belgian author * [[July 28]] – [[Lori Loughlin]], American actress<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lori-loughlin-162712/bio/ |title=Lori Loughlin |magazine= [[TV Guide]]|access-date= March 2, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150302171908/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lori-loughlin-162712/bio/ |archive-date= March 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[July 30]] ** [[Vivica A. Fox]], American actress ** [[Jürgen Klinsmann]], German football player and manager<ref>{{cite book|author=Keir Radnedge|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9tcZAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Universe Pub.|isbn=978-0-7893-0670-8|page=212}}</ref> * [[July 31]] – [[C.C. Catch]], Dutch-born German singer ===August=== [[File:Mary-Louise Parker by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mary-Louise Parker]]]] [[File:Abhisit royal.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Abhisit Vejjajiva]]]] [[File:Giuseppe Conte Official.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Giuseppe Conte]]]] [[File:Melinda Gates - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Melinda Gates]]]] [[File:Blair Underwood 3rd Annual ICON MANN POWER 50 event - Feb 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Blair Underwood]]]] * [[August 1]] – [[Natalya Shikolenko]], Belarusian javelin thrower<ref>{{cite web |title=Natalya SHIKOLENKO |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/belarus/natalya-shikolenko-14269624 |website=World Athletics }}</ref> * [[August 2]] – [[Mary-Louise Parker]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA396|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=396}}</ref> * [[August 3]] ** [[Lucky Dube]], South African reggae musician (died [[2007]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Guy Henderson|title=Crazy world: a tribute to Lucky Dube|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjVEAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Shuter & Shooter|page=3|isbn=9780796035172}}</ref> ** [[Abhisit Vejjajiva]], 27th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]<ref>{{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2012: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZLlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1210|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-59051-3|pages=1210}}</ref> * [[August 7]] – [[John Birmingham]], British-born Australian author * [[August 8]] – [[Giuseppe Conte]], Italian Prime Minister * [[August 15]] – [[Melinda Gates]], American philanthropist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Paul |date=November 25, 2006 |title=A woman of substance |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/26/theobserver |access-date=February 10, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> * [[August 17]] ** [[Deen Castronovo]], American drummer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/columns/drummer-deen-castronovo-on-revolution-saints-lp-and-a-journey-flip-side |title=Drummer Deen Castronovo on Revolution Saints LP and a Journey flip side |work=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine magazine]] |last=Kurtz |first=Warren |date=May 22, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2023 |quote=I got a call from Neal on my birthday, August 17, 2021.}}</ref> ** [[Jorginho (footballer, born 1964)|Jorginho]], Brazilian professional football manager and player * [[August 22]] – [[Mats Wilander]], Swedish tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/W023/overview|title=Mats Wilander|website=ATP|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> * [[August 24]] – [[Salizhan Sharipov]], Russian cosmonaut and astronaut<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Eneide_-_Vittori_mission/ISS_Expedition_Ten_biographies |title=ISS Expedition Ten biographies |work=European Space Agency |access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> * [[August 25]] ** [[Maxim Kontsevich]], Russian mathematician<ref>{{cite book|author=Daniel Iagolnitzer|title=Fields Medallists' Lectures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qUVpDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA713|year=2003|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9812382593|pages=713}}</ref> ** [[Azmin Ali]], Malaysian politician * [[August 26]] – [[Torsten Schmitz]], German boxer * [[August 27]] – [[Paul Bernardo]], Canadian serial rapist and serial killer * [[August 28]] – [[Robert Abbott (director)|Robert Abbott]], American film director and TV producer ===September=== [[File:Keanu Reeves (crop and levels) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Keanu Reeves]]]] [[File:Rosie Perez 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rosie Perez]]]] [[File:Eazy-E.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eazy-E]]]] [[File:Enabling eCommerce- Small Enterprises, Global Players (39008130265) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jack Ma]]]] [[File:Fico Juncker (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Fico]]]] [[File:Maggie Cheung cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maggie Cheung]]]] [[File:Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 002.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos Ruiz Zafón]]]] [[File:Monica Bellucci Prix Lumières 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Monica Bellucci]]]] * [[September 2]] – [[Keanu Reeves]], Canadian actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian J. Robb|title=Keanu Reeves: An Excellent Adventure|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WBZAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Plexus|isbn=978-0-85965-245-2|page=15}}</ref> * [[September 6]] – [[Rosie Perez]], American actress and comedian * [[September 7]] ** [[Eazy-E]], American rapper and record producer (d. [[1995]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/eric_l_wright_born_1964_9042083|title=Eric L Wright, Born 09/07/1964 in California|publisher=[[California Birth Index]]|access-date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> ** [[Andy Hug]], Swiss Seidokaikan [[karateka]] and kickboxer (died [[2000]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Active Interest Media, Inc.|title=Black Belt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h88DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP16|date=December 2000|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|pages=16}}</ref> * [[September 10]] ** [[Raymond Cruz]], American actor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/09/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-september-10-2024-includes-celebrities-ryan-phillippe-chris-columbus.html?outputType=amp | title=Famous birthdays list for today, September 10, 2024 includes celebrities Ryan Phillippe, Chris Columbus | date=September 10, 2024 }}</ref> ** [[Jack Ma]], Chinese business magnate and billionaire internet entrepreneur ** [[Yegor Letov]], Russian singer (d. [[2008]])<ref>{{cite web|year=2008|title=Yegor Letov: 'Father of Russian punk'|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/yegor-letov-father-of-russian-punk-787304.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626131432/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/yegor-letov-father-of-russian-punk-787304.html|archive-date=26 June 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref> * [[September 13]] – [[Simegnew Bekele]], Ethiopian engineer and public administrator (died [[2018]]) * [[September 15]] – [[Robert Fico]], [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]] * [[September 16]] – [[Molly Shannon]], American actress * [[September 19]] ** [[Yvonne Vera]], Zimbabwean actress (died [[2005]]) ** [[Trisha Yearwood]], American country singer<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/trisha-yearwood-9542124 | title = Trisha Yearwood Biography | publisher= [[The Biography Channel]] / [[A+E Networks]] | access-date= December 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105052442/https://www.biography.com/people/trisha-yearwood-9542124|archive-date=January 5, 2014}}</ref> * [[September 20]] – [[Maggie Cheung]], Hong Kong actress * [[September 21]] – [[Jorge Drexler]], Uruguayan musician * [[September 23]] ** [[Josefa Idem]], German-born Italian kayaker ** [[Koshi Inaba]], Japanese singer ([[B'z]]) * [[September 24]] – [[Abul Kalam Azad (photographer)|Abul Kalam Azad]], Indian photographer * [[September 25]] ** [[Marc Benioff]], American Internet entrepreneur and philanthropist<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLOBDwAAQBAJ&dq=Marc+Benioff+1964&pg=PA40|title=IT Laws in the Era of Cloud-Computing: A Comparative Analysis between EU and US Law on the Case Study of Data Protection and Privacy|first=Xenofon|last=Kontargyris|date=December 10, 2018|publisher=Nomos Verlag|isbn=9783845295626 |via=Google Books}}</ref> ** [[Kikuko Inoue]], Japanese singer and voice actress ** [[Carlos Ruiz Zafón]], Spanish novelist (died [[2020]]) * [[September 27]] – [[Stephan Jenkins]], American singer and rock musician ([[Third Eye Blind]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Nlu-mYCxXgC&dq=stephan+jenkins+1964&pg=PA180|title=Your Birthday, Your Card|first=Robert Lee|last=Camp|date=February 9, 2008|publisher=Sourcebooks, Inc.|isbn=9781402212925 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * [[September 28]] ** [[Gregoria Díaz]], Venezuelan journalist (died [[2023]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://efectococuyo.com/la-humanidad/gregoria-diaz-se-fue-sin-pedir-permiso/|title=Gregoria Díaz se fue sin pedir permiso|access-date=2023-09-27|last=Rodríguez Rosas|first=Ronny|date=2023-08-27|website=[[Efecto Cocuyo]]}}</ref> ** [[Janeane Garofalo]], American actress and comedian ** [[Candice Bergen (politician)|Candice Bergen]], Canadian politician * [[September 30]] ** [[Monica Bellucci]], Italian actress and model ** [[Trey Anastasio]], American musician ===October=== [[File:Clive Owen (Berlin Film Festival 2009).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Clive Owen]]]] [[File:Guillermo del Toro in 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Guillermo del Toro]]]] [[File:Lipofsky-JDražen Petrović.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dražen Petrović]]]] [[File:Kevin Michael Richardson (25875895270) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]]]] * [[October 2]] – [[Makharbek Khadartsev]], Russian free-style wrestler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/makharbek-khadartsev|title=Makharbek Khadartsev|website=IOC|access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> * [[October 3]] – [[Clive Owen]], English actor<ref>{{cite book|title=Film Review: Special|publisher=Visual Imagination Limited|year=2005|page=34}}</ref> * [[October 4]] – [[Yvonne Murray]], Scottish athlete<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/yvonne-murray| title=Yvonne Murray|website=IOC|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> * [[October 6]] – [[Tom Jager]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/thomas-jager|title=Thomas Jager|website=IOC|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> * [[October 9]] ** [[Guillermo del Toro]], Mexican film director<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gaceta.udg.mx/Hemeroteca/paginas/475/475_O2-5.pdf|title=El laberinto del Toro|last=Betancourt|first=José Díaz|work=La gaceta|publisher=[[University of Guadalajara]]|date=19 March 2007|access-date=27 February 2018|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125135318/http://www.gaceta.udg.mx/Hemeroteca/paginas/475/475_O2-5.pdf|archive-date=25 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** [[Martín Jaite]], Argentine tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/martin-jaite/j004/overview|title=Martin Jaite | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref> * [[October 10]] – [[Maxi Gnauck]], German gymnast<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/maxi-gnauck| title=Maxi Gnauck|website=IOC|access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> * [[October 20]] – [[Kamala Harris]], politician and attorney, 49th vice president of the United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/04/where-was-kamala-harris-born/75058806007/|title=Where was Kamala Harris born? A brief look at her background.|date=September 4, 2024|author=Victor Hagan|website=USA Today|access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref> * [[October 22]] ** [[Dražen Petrović]], Croatian basketball player (died [[1993]]) ** [[Paul McStay]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=299|title=Paul McStay|website=Scottish FA|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> * [[October 24]] – [[Rosana Arbelo]], Spanish singer and composer * [[October 25]] ** [[Nicole Seibert]], German singer, [[Eurovision Song Contest]] 1982 winner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nicole-4-u.de/biografie/|title=Biography|website=Nicole official website|access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> ** [[Andreas Münzer]], Austrian bodybuilder (died [[1996]]) * [[October 26]] – [[Elisabeta Lipă]], Romanian rower<ref>{{cite web |title=Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39517 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> * [[October 27]] – [[Mary T. Meagher]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary T. Meagher |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51118 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> * [[October 31]] – [[Marco van Basten]], Dutch footballer and manager ===November=== [[File:Magnus Scheving 2 cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Magnús Scheving]]]] [[File:Calista Flockhart at the 2009 Deauville American Film Festival-01.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Calista Flockhart]]]] [[File:Vbruni2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Valeria Bruni Tedeschi]]]] [[File:Conleth Hill by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Conleth Hill]]]] [[File:Don Cheadle at his Brooklyn's Finest Interview.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Don Cheadle]]]] * [[November 1]] – [[Nita Ambani]], Indian businesswoman and philanthropist * [[November 3]] – [[Paprika Steen]], Danish actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnfnavn&p_parmlist=navneid=5131|title=Paprika Steen|website=Danish Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506215406/http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnfnavn&p_parmlist=navneid=5131|language=da|access-date=19 January 2021|archive-date=May 6, 2008}}</ref> * [[November 11]] – [[Calista Flockhart]], American actress * [[November 12]] ** [[David Ellefson]], American rock bassist ([[Megadeth]]) ** [[Michael Kremer]], American development economist, recipient of the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2019/kremer/facts/|title=Michael Kremer Facts|website=Novel Prize|access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> * [[November 16]] ** [[Diana Krall]], Canadian jazz pianist and singer<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA558|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=558}}</ref> ** [[Valeria Bruni Tedeschi]], Italian-French actress * [[November 19]] – [[Phil Hughes (footballer born 1964)|Phil Hughes]], Irish footballer and coach * [[November 20]] – [[Doug Ford]], 26th [[Premier of Ontario]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Rob Ford|author2=Doug Ford|title=Ford Nation: Two Brothers, One Vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8x8GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|date=22 November 2016|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-1-4434-5177-2|pages=12}}</ref> * [[November 21]] – [[Mahindananda Aluthgamage]], Sri Lankan politician * [[November 22]] – [[Apetor]], Norwegian YouTuber (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tor Eckhoff |website=vareminnesider.no |url=https://boebegravelse.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/print_funeral_info.php?order_id=3952528&sign=d99499ac49a77985945a04f0ccb4db5a}}</ref> * [[November 23]] ** [[Erika Buenfil]], Mexican actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|website=Alpha Life.me|url=https://www.alphalife.me/erika-buenfil-net-worth-biography|title=Erika Buenfil Net Worth & Biography|access-date=August 24, 2019|archive-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104000527/https://www.alphalife.me/erika-buenfil-net-worth-biography|url-status=usurped}}</ref> ** [[Steve Alford]], American basketball coach and player * [[November 24]] – [[Conleth Hill]], Irish actor * [[November 26]] – [[Vreni Schneider]], Swiss alpine skier<ref>{{cite book | last = Mallon | first = Bill | title = Historical dictionary of the Olympic movement | publisher = Scarecrow Press | location = Lanham, Md | year = 2006 | isbn = 9780810865242 | page=264}}</ref> * [[November 27]] – [[Ronit Elkabetz]], Israeli actress, writer and filmmaker (died [[2016]]) * [[November 28]] ** [[Giorgi Bagaturov]], Georgian-Armenian chess grandmaster ** [[Oscar Muñoz (wrestler)|Oscar Muñoz]], Colombian wrestler ** [[Michael Bennet]], American attorney, businessman, and politician * [[November 29]] – [[Don Cheadle]], African-American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA576|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=576}}</ref> ===December=== [[File:Edith González (2017).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edith González]]]] [[File:Marisa Tomei at Berlinale 2023.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Marisa Tomei]]]] [[File:Stone Cold Steve Austin (4840047167) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]]] * [[December 1]] – [[Salvatore Schillaci]], Italian footballer (d. [[2024]])<ref>{{NFT player | 14956| Salvatore Schillaci }}</ref> * [[December 4]] ** [[Sertab Erener]], Turkish singer-songwriter, [[Eurovision Song Contest]] 2003 winner ** [[Marisa Tomei]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA585|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=585}}</ref> * [[December 8]] ** [[Teri Hatcher]], American actress, writer, presenter and singer ** [[James Blundell (singer)|James Blundell]], Australian singer * [[December 9]] – [[Paul Landers]], German rock musician ([[Rammstein]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-05|title=Zeitsprung: Am 9.12.1964 kommt Paul Landers von Rammstein zur Welt.|url=https://www.udiscover-music.de/popkultur/paul-landers-rammstein-geburtstag|access-date=2020-12-14|website=udiscover-music.de|language=de|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121193646/https://www.udiscover-music.de/popkultur/paul-landers-rammstein-geburtstag|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[December 10]] – [[Edith González]], Mexican actress (died [[2019]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/06/13/telenovela-star-edith-gonzalez-dies-54-ovarian-cancer/1451679001/|title=Telenovela star Edith González dies at 54 of ovarian cancer|date=June 13, 2019|author=Berenice Bautista|website=USA Today|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[December 13]] – [[Hide (musician)|Hide]], Japanese musician (died [[1998]])<ref>{{cite book|author=James F Hopgood|title=The Making of Saints: Contesting Sacred Ground|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGZCRFOdZP4C&pg=PA144|date=24 April 2005|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-5179-3|pages=144}}</ref> * [[December 16]] – [[Heike Drechsler]], German track-and-field athlete<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/heike-drechsler |title=Heike Drechsler|website=IOC|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref> * [[December 18]] ** [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], American professional wrestler and actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Scott Edelman|title=Texas Rattlesnake: The Unfiltered, Completely Unauthorized Story of Steve Austin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9Bek4KHqKIC|year=2000|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-345-44146-1|page=24}}</ref> ** [[Pierre Nkurunziza]], 8th [[President of Burundi]] (died [[2020]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/12/pierre-nkurunziza-obituary|title=Pierre Nkurunziza obituary|date=June 12, 2020|author=Vava Tampa|website=The Guardian|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> * [[December 19]] – [[Arvydas Sabonis]], Lithuanian basketball player<ref>{{basketball stats|nba=717}}</ref> * [[December 23]] – [[Eddie Vedder]], American rock singer ([[Pearl Jam]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-329-3|pages=73}}</ref> * [[December 29]] – [[Josh Harris (businessman)|Josh Harris]], American investor and sports team owner<ref>{{cite web |title=Commanders notch first playoff berth under Harris |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/12/30/washington-commanders |website=[[Sports Business Journal]] |access-date=December 30, 2024 |date=December 30, 2024}}</ref> === Date Unknown === * [[Abdul Wahid Omar]], Malaysian banker and investor * [[Leila Aboulela]], Sudanese-Scottish writer * [[Jo Boaler]], British mathematician ==Deaths== {{BD ToC|deaths}} ===January=== [[File:Julius-Raab-1961.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Julius Raab]]]] [[File:Bechara elkhoury.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bechara El Khoury]]]] [[File:Alan Ladd 1950s.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Alan Ladd]]]] * [[January 4]] – [[Andreas Hermes]], German agricultural scientist and politician (born [[1878]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/andreas-hermes/?no_cache=1|title=German Resistance Memorial Center - Biographie|website=www.gdw-berlin.de}}</ref> * [[January 8]] – [[Julius Raab]], Austrian politician, 14th [[Chancellor of Austria]] (born [[1891]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Austrian Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6C4iAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA7-PT1|year=1992|publisher=Information Department of the Austrian Consulate General|pages=7}}</ref> * [[January 9]] – [[Halide Edib Adıvar]], Turkish novelist (born [[1884]]) * [[January 11]] – [[Bechara El Khoury]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] and 6th [[President of Lebanon]] (born [[1890]]) * [[January 15]] ** [[Tawfiq Canaan]], Palestinian doctor (born [[1882]]) ** [[Jack Teagarden]], American jazz trombonist (born [[1905]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/16/archives/jack-teagarden-is-dead-at-58-jazz-trombonist-and-vocalist-some.html|title=Jack Teagarden Is Dead at 58; Jazz Trombonist and Vocalist; Some Critics Considered Him a Genius — His Technique Was Largely Self-Taught|date=January 16, 1964|access-date=August 2, 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * [[January 21]] ** [[Joseph Baumgartner]], German politician (born [[1904]]) ** [[Joseph Schildkraut]], Austrian actor (born [[1896]]) * [[January 22]] – [[Marc Blitzstein]], American composer (born [[1905]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Eric A. Gordon|title=Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpBcYuVVJawC&pg=PT523|year=2000|isbn=978-0-595-09248-2|pages=523|publisher=iUniverse }}</ref> * [[January 23]] ** [[Benedetta Bianchi Porro]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] laywoman and venerable (born [[1936]]) ** [[Lucila Gamero de Medina]], Honduranian novelist (born [[1873]]) * [[January 29]] ** [[Adolfo Diaz|Adolfo Diaz Recinos]], 2-time [[President of Nicaragua]] (born [[1875]]) ** [[Alan Ladd]], American actor (born [[1913]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Movie Star Alan Ladd, 50, Found Dead in His Home: Alan Ladd, 50 Movie Actor, Dies in Home Star Won Fame as Film Gunman|work=Chicago Tribune|date=January 30, 1964|page=1}}</ref> * [[January 31]] – [[Kanysh Satbayev]], Kazakh academician and geologist (born [[1899]]) ===February=== [[File:Emilio Aguinaldo ca. 1919 (Restored).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Emilio Aguinaldo]]]] [[File:Sophoklis Venizelos, 1921.png|thumb|100px|[[Sofoklis Venizelos]]]] * [[February 3]] ** [[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria]] (born [[1901]]) ** [[Giuseppe Amato]], Italian film producer, director and screenwriter (born [[1899]]) * [[February 5]] – [[Matilde Moisant]], American pilot (born [[1878]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Lebow|first=Eileen F.|title=Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QS9-MKMSurQC&pg=PA166|year=2002|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|location=Washington, D. C.|isbn=978-1-57488-482-1|page=164}}</ref> * [[February 6]] – [[Emilio Aguinaldo]], Filipino general and 1st [[President of the Philippines]] (born [[1869]]) * [[February 7]] – [[Sofoklis Venizelos]], Greek politician, three-time [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (born [[1894]]) * [[February 8]] – [[Ernst Kretschmer]], German psychiatrist (born [[1888]])<ref>{{Citation |last=Rhodes |first=Nancy |title=Kretschmer, Ernst. |date=2000 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of psychology, Vol. 4. |pages=461 |url=https://doi.org/10.1037/10519-197 |access-date=2024-06-06 |place=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1037/10519-197 |isbn=1-55798-653-3|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * [[February 10]] – [[Eugen Sänger]], Austrian aerospace engineer (born [[1905]]) * [[February 12]] – [[Gerald Gardner]], English polymath, founder of Wiccan religion (born [[1884]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewica.co.uk/Gardners%20death.htm |title=Britain's chief witch dies at sea |work=[[News of the World]] |date=23 February 1964 |access-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908042334/http://www.thewica.co.uk/Gardners%20death.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[February 13]] – [[Paulino Alcántara]], Filipino-Spanish footballer (born [[1896]]) * [[February 15]] – [[Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange]], French theologian (born [[1877]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Catholic School Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGhLAAAAYAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Bruce Publishing Company|page=19}}</ref> * [[February 18]] – [[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]], Canadian inventor of the [[snowmobile]] and founder of [[Bombardier Inc.]] (born [[1907]]) * [[February 25]] ** [[Alexander Archipenko]], Ukrainian-American sculptor (born [[1887]]) ** [[Mariano Jesús Cuenco]], Filipino politician and writer (born [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/960576/did-you-know-130th-birth-anniversary-sen-mariano-jesus-l-cuenco|title=Did you know: 130th birth anniversary Sen. Mariano Jesus L. Cuenco|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=January 16, 2018|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref> ** [[Grace Metalious]], American writer (born [[1924]])<ref>{{cite book|author=George C. Kohn|title=The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzdWTBytwAIC&pg=PA314|year=2001|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-3022-4|pages=314}}</ref> * [[February 26]] – [[F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas]], English World War II hero (born [[1902]])<ref>[https://vcgca.org/our-people/profile/166/Forest-Frederick-Edward--YEO-THOMAS FOREST FREDERICK EDWARD YEO-THOMAS GC MC*]</ref> * [[February 27]] – [[Orry-Kelly]], Australian-born costume designer (born [[1897]]) ===March=== [[File:Brendan Behan w.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Brendan Behan]]]] * [[Muhammad Umar (born 1898)|Muhammad Umar]], Afghan minister of defense (born [[1898]]) * [[March 6]] – King [[Paul of Greece]] (born [[1901]]) * [[March 9]] – [[Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck]], German general (born [[1870]]) * [[March 12]] – [[Abbās al-Aqqād]], Egyptian journalist (born [[1889]]) * [[March 18]] ** [[Sigfrid Edström]], Swedish industrialist, 4th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (born [[1870]]) ** [[Norbert Wiener]], American mathematician (born [[1894]])<ref>{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1063/1.2216967|title = Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics, Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman, Basic Books, New York, 2005. $27.50 (423 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0368-8|year = 2006|last1 = Brown|first1 = Alexander F.|journal = Physics Today|volume = 59|issue = 5|pages = 59–60|doi-access = free}}</ref> * [[March 19]] – [[Leo Maximilian Baginski]], German entrepreneur (born [[1891]]) * [[March 20]] – [[Brendan Behan]], Irish poet and writer (born [[1923]])<ref>{{cite book|author=E.H. Mikhail|title=Brendan Behan: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfGxCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|date=18 June 1980|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-05115-1|pages=38}}</ref> * [[March 23]] – [[Peter Lorre]], Hungarian-born actor (born [[1904]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-peter-lorre-19640324-story.html|title=From the Archives: Movie Villain Peter Lorre Found Dead in His Hollywood Apartment|date=24 March 1964|newspaper=LA Times}}</ref> * [[March 25]] – [[Alfredo Bigatti]], Argentine sculptor (born [[1898]]) * [[March 30]] ** [[Birinchi Kumar Barua]], Indian folklorist (born [[1908]]) ** [[Nella Larsen]], American novelist (born [[1891]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/larsen-nella-1891-1963/|title=Nella Larsen (1891–1963) •|first=Doris Richardson|last=Johnson|date=January 19, 2007}}</ref> ===April=== [[File:MacArthur Manila.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Douglas MacArthur]]]] * [[April 1]] – [[Božidar Kunc]], Yugoslav composer (born [[1903]]) * [[April 3]] – [[Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden]] (born [[1891]]) * [[April 5]] – [[Douglas MacArthur]], U.S. Army general, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan after World War II (born [[1880]]) * [[April 6]] – [[Jigme Palden Dorji]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Bhutan]] (born [[1919]]; assassinated)<ref>{{cite book|author=American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division|title=U.S. Army Area Handbook for Liberia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABJuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR7|year=1964|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=7}}</ref> * [[April 13]] – [[Veit Harlan]], German film director (born [[1899]]) * [[April 14]] ** [[Tatyana Afanasyeva]], Soviet mathematician and physicist (born [[1876]]) ** [[Rachel Carson]], American biologist and environmental writer (born [[1907]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Carson, Rachel|year=2010|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|edition=2010}}</ref> * [[April 18]] ** [[Fumio Asakura]], Japanese sculptor (born [[1883]]) ** [[Ben Hecht]], American screenwriter (born [[1894]]) * [[April 20]] ** [[Dimitar Ganev]], Bulgarian communist politician, head of the State (born [[1898]]) ** [[August Sander]], German photographer (born [[1876]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Sander | first = August | title = August Sander : "In photography there are no unexplained shadows!": an exhibition organised by the August Sander Archive, Kulturstiftung Stadtsparkasse, Cologne, and shown at the National Portrait Gallery, London | publisher = National Portrait Gallery | location = London | year = 1996 | isbn = 9781855142152 | page=255}}</ref> * [[April 21]] – [[Bharathidasan]], Indian Tamil poet and rationalist (born [[1891]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Pāppaṇṇā Paramēsvaran̲|title=Bharathidasan: Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOwxAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Anu Pathippagam|page=9}}</ref> * [[April 24]] – [[Gerhard Domagk]], German [[bacteriologist]], recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (declined) (born [[1895]]) * [[April 29]] – [[Wenceslao Fernández Flórez]], Spanish journalist and novelist (born [[1885]]) ===May=== [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]]] * [[May 2]] – [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor]], American-born British politician (born [[1879]]) * [[May 6]] – [[José Maza Fernández]], Chilean politician, lawyer and diplomat (born [[1889]]) * [[May 8]] – [[Kichisaburō Nomura]], Japanese admiral and diplomat (born [[1877]]) * [[May 10]] – [[Carol Haney]], American dancer and actress (born [[1924]]) * [[May 13]] – [[Diana Wynyard]], English actress (born [[1906]]) * [[May 21]] – [[James Franck]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born [[1882]]) * [[May 26]] – [[Ruben Oskar Auervaara]], Finnish fraudster (born [[1906]])<ref name="soukola">Soukola, Timo: "Auervaara, Ruben Oskar (1906–1964)", [[Suomen kansallisbiografia]], volume 1, pp 443–444. Helsinki: [[Finnish Literature Society]], 2003. {{ISBN|9789517464413}}. [https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8354/ Online version].</ref> * [[May 27]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], Indian politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of India]] (born [[1889]]) * [[May 30]] – [[Leó Szilárd]], Hungarian-born American physicist (born [[1898]]) ===June=== [[File:Carlos Quintanilla. Unknown author. c. 1939–1940. Cekota Studio, La Paz.png|thumb|134x134px|[[Carlos Quintanilla]]]] [[File:Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Plaek Phibunsongkhram]]]] * [[June 3]] ** [[Raoul Magrin-Vernerey]], French army officer (born [[1892]]) ** [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]], Finnish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born [[1888]]) * [[June 6]] – [[Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1886–1964)|Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] (born [[1886]]) * [[June 7]] ** [[Violet Attlee, Countess Attlee]], wife of former British PM Clement Attlee (born [[1895]]) ** [[Charlie Llewellyn]], first non-white South African Test cricketer (born [[1876]]) * [[June 8]] – [[Carlos Quintanilla]], 37th [[President of Bolivia]] (born [[1888]]) * [[June 9]] – [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook]], Canadian-born British newspaper publisher and politician (born [[1879]]) * [[June 11]] ** [[Catharine Carter Critcher]], American painter (born [[1868]]) ** [[John Eke]], Swedish Olympic athlete (born [[1886]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/john-eke| title=John Eke|website=IOC|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> ** [[Plaek Phibunsongkhram]], Thai field marshal and 3rd [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (born [[1897]]) * [[June 18]] – [[Giorgio Morandi]], Italian painter (born [[1890]]) * [[June 24]] – [[Stuart Davis (painter)|Stuart Davis]], American painter (born [[1892]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lane |first=Grayson Harris |title=The Eye of Duncan Phillips : a collection in the making |date=1999 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=0-300-08090-5 |editor-last=Passantino |editor-first=Erika D. |location=New Haven [u.a.] |page=441}}</ref> * [[June 25]] – [[Gerrit Rietveld]], Dutch architect (born [[1888]]) * [[June 27]] – [[Salvatore Aldisio]], Italian politician (born [[1890]]) * [[June 29]] – [[Eric Dolphy]], American saxophonist (born [[1928]]) ===July=== [[File:Princeaxel.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prince Axel of Denmark]]]] * [[July 1]] – [[Pierre Monteux]], French conductor (born [[1875]]) * [[July 2]] – [[Fireball Roberts]], American race car driver and a member of the [[NASCAR Hall of Fame]] (born [[1929]]) * [[July 6]] – [[Zeng Junchen]], Sichuan's 'King of Opium' (born [[1888]]) * [[July 7]] – [[Lillian Copeland]], American athlete (born [[1904]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/08/lillian-copeland-59-dies.html|title=Lillian Copeland, 59, Dies|date=July 8, 1964|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> * [[July 11]] – [[Maurice Thorez]], leader of the [[French Communist Party]] (born [[1900]]) * [[July 14]] – [[Prince Axel of Denmark]] (born [[1888]]) * [[July 15]] – [[Luis Batlle Berres]], Uruguayan political figure, 30th [[President of Uruguay]] (born [[1897]]) * [[July 16]] – [[Alfred Junge]], German-born art director (born [[1886]]) * [[July 21]] – [[Jean Fautrier]], French painter and sculptor (born [[1898]]) * [[July 22]] ** [[Leonid Baratov]], Soviet director (born [[1895]]) ** [[Gildo Bocci]], Italian actor (born [[1886]]) * [[July 23]] – [[Thakin Kodaw Hmaing]], Burmese poet and politician (born [[1876]]) * [[July 25]] – [[John Latham (judge)|Sir John Latham]], Australian judge and politician (born [[1877]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/latham-sir-john-greig-7104|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=Stuart|last=Macintyre|chapter=Latham, Sir John Greig (1877–1964) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|via=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}</ref> * [[July 31]] – [[Jim Reeves]], American country singer (born [[1923]]) ===August=== [[File:Aleksander Zawadzki 01.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Aleksander Zawadzki]]]] [[File:Gracie Allen CBS.JPG|100px|thumb|[[Gracie Allen]]]] * [[August 3]] – [[Flannery O'Connor]], American writer (born [[1925]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last = Gordon |first = Sarah |title = Flannery O'Connor |date = December 8, 2015 |orig-year = Originally published July 10, 2002 |encyclopedia = [[New Georgia Encyclopedia]] |publisher = Georgia Humanities Council |url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/flannery-oconnor-1925-1964 |access-date = May 13, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314114535/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/flannery-oconnor-1925-1964 |archive-date = March 14, 2016 |url-status = live }}</ref> * [[August 6]] – Sir [[Cedric Hardwicke]], English actor (born [[1893]]) * [[August 7]] ** [[Salima Machamba]], [[List of sultans on the Comoros|Sultan of Mohéli]] (born [[1874]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academie-sabl-dijon.org/celebration/deces-dursule-salima-machamba-derniere-reine-de-moheli-devenue-bourguignonne/|title=Décès d'Ursule Salima Machamba, dernière reine de Mohéli devenue bourguignonne – Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-lettres de Dijon|website=www.academie-sabl-dijon.org}}</ref> ** [[Aleksander Zawadzki]], Polish politician, 12th [[President of Poland]] (born [[1899]]) * [[August 9]] – [[Fontaine Fox]], American cartoonist (born [[1884]]) * [[August 11]] – [[André Aymard]], French historian (born [[1900]]) * [[August 12]] ** [[Isidro Fabela]], Mexican judge and politician (born [[1882]]) ** [[Ian Fleming]], British writer (born [[1908]])<ref>{{cite book|title=20th Century Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UdQ5AAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-0-912289-19-9|page=220}}</ref> ** [[Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov]], Soviet astronomer and inventor (born [[1896]]) * [[August 13]] – [[Mushtaq Hussain Khan]], Indian musician (born [[1878]]) * [[August 14]] – [[Johnny Burnette]], American singer (born [[1934]]) * [[August 18]] – [[Mohammad Gul Khan Momand]], Afghani politician (born [[1885]]) * [[August 20]] – [[Anthony de Francisci]], Italian-born American sculptor (born [[1887]]) * [[August 21]] – [[Palmiro Togliatti]], leader of the [[Italian Communist Party]] (born [[1893]]) * [[August 22]] – [[Symeon Lukach]], Soviet [[Eastern Catholic]] bishop, martyr and blessed (born [[1893]]) * [[August 23]] – [[Estella Canziani]], British painter (born [[1887]]) * [[August 27]] – [[Gracie Allen]], American actress and comedian, known as part of the comedy duo ''[[Burns and Allen]]'' (born [[1895]]) * [[August 28]] – [[Lumsden Hare]], Irish-born actor, theatre director, and theatre producer * [[August 30]] – [[Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin]], Soviet commander (born [[1893]]) ===September=== [[File:Otto Grotewohl Anefo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Otto Grotewohl]]]] [[File:Harpo Marx 1948.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Harpo Marx]]]] * [[September 2]] ** [[Glenn Albert Black]], American archaeologist (born [[1900]])<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/2694742 Glenn A. Black, 1900-1964]</ref> ** [[Francisco Craveiro Lopes]], Portuguese military officer and politician, 12th [[President of Portugal]] (born [[1894]]) ** [[Alvin York]], American hero of [[World War I]] (born [[1887]]) * [[September 17]] – [[Clive Bell]], English art critic (born [[1881]]) * [[September 18]] ** [[J. Frank Dobie]], American folklorist and journalist (born [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/dobie-james-frank|title=Dobie, James Frank|first=Texas State Historical|last=Association|website=Texas State Historical Association}}</ref> ** [[Seán O'Casey]], Irish writer (born [[1880]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Sean O'Casey – Irish dramatist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sean-OCasey|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=7 July 2017|language=en}}</ref> * [[September 21]] – [[Otto Grotewohl]], East German Communist politician, 1st [[Leadership of East Germany|Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic]] (born [[1894]]) * [[September 28]] – [[Harpo Marx]], American comedian, actor, mime artist, and musician (born [[1888]]) * [[September 29]] – [[Fred Tootell]], American Olympic athlete (born [[1902]]) ===October=== [[File:President Hoover portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Herbert Hoover]]]] [[File:Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Khawaja Nazimuddin]]]] * [[October 1]] – [[Ernst Toch]], Austrian composer (born [[1887]]) * [[October 10]] – [[Eddie Cantor]], American actor, comedian and dancer (born [[1892]]) * [[October 15]] – [[Cole Porter]], American composer and lyricist (born [[1891]]) * [[October 20]] – [[Herbert Hoover]], American politician, 31st [[President of the United States]] (born [[1874]]) * [[October 22]] – [[Khawaja Nazimuddin]], Pakistani political figure, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (born [[1894]]) * [[October 25]] – [[Joe Henderson (gospel singer)|Joe Henderson]], American [[rhythm and blues]] and [[gospel music]] singer (born [[1937]]) * [[October 27]] ** [[Pierre Cartier (jeweler)|Pierre C. Cartier]], French jeweller (born [[1878]]) ** [[Rudolph Maté]], Polish cinematographer (born [[1898]]) * [[October 29]] ** [[Claudio Ermelli]], Italian actor (born [[1892]]) ** [[Henry Larsen (explorer)|Henry Larsen]], Canadian explorer (born [[1899]]) ===November=== [[File:Franciszek Barda (-1934).jpg|thumb|100px|Servant of God [[Franciszek Barda]]]] [[File:Rickard Sandler - Sveriges styresmän.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rickard Sandler]]]] * [[November 2]] ** [[Charles Walter Allfrey|Sir Charles Allfrey]], British general (b. [[1895]])<ref>[https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18803 MEMORIAL C W Allfrey]</ref> ** [[José Ramón Guizado]], Panamanian politician, 17th [[President of Panama]] (born [[1899]]) * [[November 5]] ** [[Mabel Lucie Attwell]], British illustrator (born [[1879]]) ** [[John S. Robertson]], Canadian film director (born [[1878]]) * [[November 6]] – [[Hans von Euler-Chelpin]], German-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born [[1873]]) * [[November 10]] – [[Jimmie Dodd]], American actor, singer and songwriter (b. [[1910]]) * [[November 11]] ** [[Franciszek Barda]], Polish [[Roman Catholic]] clergyman and servant of God (born [[1880]]) ** [[Juan de Dios Filiberto]], Argentine violinist (born [[1885]]) ** [[Eduard Steuermann]], Austrian-American pianist and composer (born [[1892]]) * [[November 12]] – [[Rickard Sandler]], Swedish politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] (born [[1884]]) * [[November 13]] – [[Oskar Becker]], German philosopher (born [[1889]]) * [[November 14]] – [[Heinrich von Brentano]], German politician (born [[1904]]) * [[November 18]] – [[Tommaso Besozzi]], Italian journalist (born [[1903]]) * [[November 25]] – [[Clarence Kolb]], American actor (born [[1874]]) * [[November 29]] – [[Anne de Vries]], Dutch writer (born [[1904]]) ===December=== [[File:Pina Pellicer smiling in One-Eyed Jacks (1961) (cropped2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pina Pellicer]]]] [[File:Sam Cooke billboard.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sam Cooke]]]] [[File:Olafur Thors.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ólafur Thors]]]] * [[December 1]] ** [[Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta]], Congolese [[Roman Catholic]] religious sister (born [[1939]]) ** [[J. B. S. Haldane]], British geneticist (born [[1892]]) * [[December 4]] – [[Pina Pellicer]], Mexican actress (born [[1934]]) * [[December 5]] – [[V. Veerasingam]], Ceylon Tamil teacher and politician (born [[1892]]) * [[December 6]] – [[Consuelo Vanderbilt]], Duchess of Marlborough (born [[1877]]) * [[December 9]] – Dame [[Edith Sitwell]], British poet (born [[1887]]) * [[December 10]] – [[Mariano Rossell y Arellano]], Guatemalan clergyman (born [[1894]]) * [[December 11]] ** [[Sam Cooke]], American singer and songwriter (born [[1931]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Ebony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88|date=December 1988|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|pages=88}}</ref> ** [[Alma Mahler]], wife of [[Gustav Mahler]] (born [[1879]]) * [[December 13]] – [[Ernesto Almirante]], Italian actor (born [[1877]]) * [[December 14]] – [[William Bendix]], American actor (born [[1906]]) * [[December 15]] – [[C. J. Hambro]], Norwegian politician and journalist (born [[1885]]) * [[December 17]] – [[Victor Francis Hess]], Austrian-born American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born [[1883]]) * [[December 21]] – [[Carl Van Vechten]], American writer and photographer (born [[1880]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Carl Van Vechten|title=Keep A-inchin' Along: Selected Writings of Carl Van Vechten about Black Art and Letters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNMYAAAAYAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-21091-4|page=287}}</ref> * [[December 22]] – [[Rosa Borja de Ycaza]], Ecuadorian writer (born [[1889]]) * [[December 24]] – [[Kuksha of Odessa]], Eastern Orthodox priest (born [[1875]]) * [[December 29]] – [[Vladimir Favorsky]], Russian artist and engraver (born [[1886]]) * [[December 30]] – [[Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt]], German neuropathologist (born [[1885]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kiel.de/grosse-forscher/index.php?nid=creutzfeldt&lang=e|title=Kiel University | Famous Scholars from Kiel|website=www.uni-kiel.de}}</ref> * [[December 31]] ** [[Ronald Fairbairn]], Scottish psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (born [[1889]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-and-theorists/ronald-fairbairn|title=Ronald Fairbairn | Institute of Psychoanalysis|website=psychoanalysis.org.uk}}</ref> ** [[Ólafur Thors]], Icelandic politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (born [[1892]]) ** [[Henry Maitland Wilson]], British field marshal (born [[1881]]) ==Nobel Prizes== [[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Charles Hard Townes]], [[Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov]], [[Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov|Aleksandr Prokhorov]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Konrad Bloch]], [[Feodor Lynen]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Wikiquote-inline}} {{Commons category-inline}} {{Events by month links}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:1964]] [[Category:Leap years in the Gregorian calendar]]
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