What Happened in 1986 — Events, Births & Deaths

The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.

Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist.

A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.

An Aerovías Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes on approach to Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores, Petén, Guatemala, killing all 94 people on board.

In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.

Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya.

Conservative protestors attack a mock shanty town that had been erected on the Green at Dartmouth College as part of anti-apartheid protests.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.

The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.

The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.

Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.

Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.

Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, making it one of the worst rail accidents in Canada.

Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.

The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.

China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.

Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.

The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.

People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first female president.

Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.

Aeroflot Flight F-77 crashes near Bugulma Airport, killing all 38 people aboard.

The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.

The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.

Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.

Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.

Debi Thomas becomes the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships.

The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.

A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.

Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 crashes into the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range near the Mexican town of Maravatío, killing 167.

Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.

Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.

FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida, between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan are killed, while five other agents are wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed.

The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.

The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.

An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly is declared over.

The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster.

High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.

A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.

The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.

An assembly of Sikhs, known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially declare independence for a state of Khalistan.

Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.

Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.

Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.

The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

The Hands Across America event takes place.

The European Community adopts the European flag.

The Ariane 2 rocket is launched on its maiden flight, carrying Intelsat VA F-14, but the mission ends in failure.

Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.

The Mindbender derails, killing three riders and severely injuring one at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta.

The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.

The Argentina national football team wins the FIFA World Cup held in Mexico after defeating the West Germany national football team by a score of 3–2 in the final at the Estadio Azteca.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.

Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in the Quemados case.

Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present-day Komi Republic, Russia, killing 54 people.

The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.

A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A Sudan Airways Fokker F27 Friendship is shot down near Malakal in present day South Sudan, killing 60.

In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill shoots and kills 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.

Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range.

Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.

The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.

Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.

In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.

Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.

Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet survives an assassination attempt by the FPMR; five of Pinochet's bodyguards are killed.

Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Kalamata, Greece with a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing at least 20 and causing heavy damage in the city.

Aeroflot Flight 36075 is hijacked at Ufa International Airport.

The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.

TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.

An explosion occurs at the Cipel-Marco fur factory in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, killing 14 and injuring 10.

The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the fourth US television network.

A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.

The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.

Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people.

In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).

Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.

The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.

Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.

Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.

The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.

USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.

Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

The flight crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 are involved in a UFO sighting incident while flying over Alaska.

National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.

Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.

Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.

The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.

The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.

The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).

Qasba Aligarh massacre: Over 400 Muhajirs killed in revenge killings in Qasba colony after a raid on Pashtun heroin processing and distribution center in Sohrab Goth by the security forces.

The Jeltoqsan riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR.

Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.

Iraqi Airways Flight 163, a Boeing 737-270C, is hijacked and crashes in Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 63 people.

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in American history.

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player

Marcus Freeman, American football coach

Johannes Rahn, German footballer

Mark Trumbo, American baseball player

Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer

Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer

Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer

Gelete Burka, Ethiopian runner

Marc Laird, Scottish footballer

José Enrique, Spanish footballer

Steven Taylor, English footballer

Sandro Viletta, Swiss skier

Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Mischa Barton, English-American actress

Tyler Flowers, American baseball player

Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer

Sean McVay, American football coach

Chris O'Grady, English footballer

Johan Petro, French basketball player

Chris Bourque, American ice hockey player

Thomas Greiss, German ice hockey player

Jair Jurrjens, Curaçaoan baseball player

Walter Dix, American sprinter

Megan Ellison, American film producer, founded Annapurna Pictures

George Elokobi, Cameroonian footballer

Yves Ma-Kalambay, Belgian footballer

Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater

Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress

Maximilian Götz, German racing driver

Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer

Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian footballer

Kevin Gates, American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur

Tony Johnson, American mixed martial artist

Yunho, South Korean singer and actor

Anderson .Paak, American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer

Todd Frazier, American baseball player

Luke Moore, English footballer

Aqib Talib, American football player

Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer

Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player

Amber Riley, American actress and singer

Laura Sallés, Andorran judoka

Brett Kern, American football player

Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player

Linus Klasen, Swedish ice hockey player

Marta, Brazilian footballer

Julio Borbón, American baseball player

Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

Rajon Rondo, American basketball player

Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer

Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter

Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor

Jerod Mayo, American football player and coach

Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter

Mārtiņš Karsums, Latvian ice hockey player

Hannah Kearney, American skier

Yovani Gallardo, Mexican baseball player

Daniel Gibson, American basketball player and coach

Ryan Ciminelli, American bowler

Chad Gable, American wrestler

Thomas Morstead, American football player

Bryan Bickell, Canadian ice hockey player

Damien Brunner, Swiss ice hockey player

Colin Greening, Canadian ice hockey player

Brittany Snow, American actress and producer

Dario Cologna, Swiss skier

Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player

Ahmad Bradshaw, American football player

Dexter Fowler, American baseball player

Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player

Megan Gibson, American softball player

Kyle Lowry, American basketball player

Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer

Lucas Elliot Eberl, American actor and director

Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer

Nikolaos Kourtidis, Greek weightlifter

Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter

Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer

Brooke Brodack, American comedian

Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist

Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer

Olivia Borlée, Belgian sprinter

Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer and manager

Corey Kluber, American baseball pitcher

Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer and manager

Tore Reginiussen, Norwegian footballer

Lorenzo Cain, American baseball player

Matt Derbyshire, English footballer

Tom Heaton, English footballer

Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer

Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer

Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player

Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast

Romain Grosjean, French race car driver

Tina Bru, Norwegian politician

Candace Parker, American basketball player

Amber Heard, American actress

Marshawn Lynch, American football player

Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player

Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete

Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer

Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner

Jenna Coleman, English actress

Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player

Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (died 2013)

Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician

Yasir Shah, Pakistani cricketer

Homer Bailey, American baseball player

Pom Klementieff, French actress

Devan Dubnyk, Canadian ice hockey player

George Hill, American basketball player

Matt Helders, English drummer

Galen Rupp, American runner

Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress

Clay Matthews III, American football player

Thomas Brown, American football player

Megan Fox, American actress

Andy Keogh, Irish footballer

Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect

Marius Činikas, Lithuanian footballer

Timo Simonlatser, Estonian skier

Jodie Taylor, English footballer

Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player

Mario Chalmers, American basketball player

Dexter Blackstock, English footballer

Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer

Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter

Julian Edelman, American football player

Matt Jarvis, English footballer

Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater

Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor

Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer

Yoan Gouffran, French footballer

Takahiro Hōjō, Japanese actor and musician

Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist

Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper

Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player

Bryant Dunston, American-Armenian basketball player

Michael Oher, American football player

Seth Rollins, American wrestler

Ingmar Vos, Dutch decathlete

Nikolay Bodurov, Bulgarian international footballer

Will Peltz, American actor

Waka Flocka Flame, American rapper

Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist

Moses Ndiema Masai, Kenyan runner

Chinedu Obasi, Nigerian footballer

Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player

Todd Carney, Australian rugby league player

Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner

Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player

Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater

Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player

Gin Wigmore, New Zealand singer and songwriter

Keith Gill, American financial analyst and investor

Doug Legursky, American football player

Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (died 2013)

Ashley Postell, American gymnast

Al Alburquerque, Dominican baseball player

Marco Andreolli, Italian footballer

Sebastian Bayer, German long jumper

Shia LaBeouf, American actor

Salim Mehajer, Australian politician

Rhe-Ann Niles-Mapp, Barbadian netball player

Matt Read, Canadian ice hockey player

James Maloney, Australian rugby league player

Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player

Apoula Edel, Armenian footballer

Helen Glover, English rower

Edgars Eriņš, Latvian decathlete

Richard Gasquet, French tennis player

Aoiyama Kōsuke, Bulgarian sumo wrestler

Lázaro Borges, Cuban pole vaulter

Marvin Williams, American basketball player

Jakub Štěpánek, Czech ice hockey player

Christy Altomare, American actress and singer-songwriter

Stuart Broad, English cricketer

Phil Hughes, American baseball player

Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress

Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress

Sam Claflin, British actor

Kellie Pickler, American singer-songwriter

José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer

Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter and producer

Alicia Fox, American wrestler, model, and actress

Fredy Guarín, Colombian footballer

Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer

Allegra Versace, Italian-American businesswoman

Charlie Blackmon, American baseball player

Brett Cecil, American baseball player

Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer

Marco Antônio de Mattos Filho, Brazilian footballer

Kisenosato Yutaka, Japanese sumo wrestler

Ömer Aşık, Turkish basketball player

Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer

Rafael Arévalo, Salvadoran tennis player

Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer

Terrance Knighton, American football player

Marte Elden, Norwegian skier

David Karp, American businessman, founder of Tumblr

Ana Kasparian, American journalist and producer

Udo Schwarz, German rugby player

Sevyn Streeter, American singer-songwriter

Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer

Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer

Simon Dumont, American skier

Kiely Williams, American singer-songwriter and dancer

Dan Smith, British singer, songwriter and record producer

Misako Uno, Japanese actress, singer, and fashion designer

DeAngelo Smith, American football player

Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer

Leandro Greco, Italian footballer

Jinder Mahal, Canadian wrestler

Aya Uchida, Japanese voice actress and singer

Nelson Philippe, French race car driver

Yelena Sokolova, Russian long jumper

Natalie Tran, Australian actress and online producer

Monica Raymund, American actress

Leonardo Ulloa, Argentinian footballer

John White, English footballer

DeMarre Carroll, American basketball player

Ryan Flaherty, American baseball player

Ryan Griffen, Australian footballer

Alexandra Chando, American actress

Lauri Korpikoski, Finnish ice hockey player

Essence Carson, American basketball player

Nolan Gerard Funk, Canadian actor

Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer

William Zillman, Australian rugby league player

Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player

Brian Orakpo, American football player

Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto

Darya Domracheva, Belarusian biathlete

Nick Augusto, American drummer

Leon Camier, English motorcycle racer

Cicinho, Brazilian footballer

Iosia Soliola, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

David Williams, Australian rugby league player

Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player

Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer

Hélène Defrance, French sailor

Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player

Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer

Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player

Martín Maldonado, Puerto Rican baseball player

Shawn Pyfrom, American actor

Kany Diabaté Ahn, French dancer and choreographer

Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer

Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player

Christina Perri, American singer and songwriter

Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer

Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler

Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer

Arian Foster, American football player, rapper, and actor

Rodney Ferguson, American footballer

Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer

Jeff Green, American basketball player

Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (died 2015)

Simon Mannering, New Zealand rugby league player

Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator

Lea Michele, American actress and singer

Theo Hutchcraft, English singer-songwriter

Lelia Masaga, New Zealand rugby player

Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Zafer Yelen, Turkish footballer

Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer

Xavier Woods, American wrestler

Angel McCoughtry, American basketball player

Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter

Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player

LaToya Sanders, American basketball player

Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player

Alfie Allen, English actor

Joanne Jackson, English swimmer

Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer

Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter

Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress

Jenna Marbles, American YouTuber and comedian

Heidi Montag, American reality television personality and singer

Leon Best, English footballer

Sally Pearson, Australian athlete and hurdler

Martin Cranie, English footballer

Chris Volstad, American baseball player

Max Lercher, Austrian politician

Eloise Mumford, American actress

Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player

Jamie O'Hara, English footballer

Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress

Sean Doolittle, American baseball player

Inika McPherson, American track and field athlete

Jarron Gilbert, American footballer

Olivier Giroud, French footballer

Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer

Ben Lovett, Welsh musician and songwriter

Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer

Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (died 2021)

Jurnee Smollett, American actress

Camilla Belle, American actress

Lewis Brown, New Zealand rugby league player

Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer

Lee Nguyen, American soccer player

Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer

Camilla Herrem, Norwegian handball player

Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player

Ioannis Maniatis, Greek footballer

Sergio Peter, German footballer

Cristhian Stuani, Uruguayan footballer

Tyler Blackburn, American actor

Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer

Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer

Tom Craddock, English footballer

Wesley Matthews, American basketball player

Skyler Shaye, American actress

Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter

Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer

Franco Armani, Argentine footballer

Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer

Inna, Romanian singer

Wilma Elles, German actress and fashion designer

Chancellor, South Korean-American musician

Kyle Gallner, American actor

Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player

Ibor Bakar, French footballer

Jakub Rzeźniczak, Polish footballer

Marco Ruben, Argentinian footballer

Schoolboy Q, German-American rapper

May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress

Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete

Italia Ricci, Canadian actress

Desmond Jennings, American baseball player

Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper

Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver

Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer

Andy Rautins, American-Canadian basketball player

BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer and actress

Ian Mahinmi, American basketball player

Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer

Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer

Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor

Wade Miley, American baseball player

Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler

Winston Duke, Tobagonian-American actor

Omar Mateen, Islamic terrorist, perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting (died 2016)

Asim Chaudhry, British comedian and actor

Jimmy Graham, American football player

Pedro León, Spanish footballer

Katie Cassidy, American actress

Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer

Steven Silva, American-Filipino footballer

Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer

Oritsé Williams, English singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer

Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer

Taurean Green, American-Georgian basketball player

Asa Hall, English footballer

Jordan Farmar, American basketball player

Evgenia Linetskaya, Israeli tennis player

James Laurinaitis, American football player

Kaija Udras, Estonian skier

Martell Webster, American basketball player

Roy Hibbert, American basketball player

Daddy Birori, Rwandan footballer

Përparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer

Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper

Kirsikka Lansmann, German politician

T. J. Ward, American football player

Kim Junsu, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

Keylor Navas, Costa Rican footballer

Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model

Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player

Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.

Chay Genoway, Canadian ice hockey player

Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (died 2013)

Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player

Balázs Dzsudzsák, Hungarian footballer

T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player

Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player

Joe Alexander, American-Israeli basketball player

Kit Harington, English actor

Hugo Lloris, French footballer

Selen Soyder, Turkish actress and beauty queen

Tom Huddlestone, English footballer

Domenico Criscito, Italian footballer

Ellie Goulding, English singer-songwriter and producer

Caity Lotz, American actress

Jeff Ward, American actor

Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch footballer

Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1907)

Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer (born 1893)

Heather Angel, British-American actress (born 1909)

Ella Baker, American activist (born 1903)

Smita Patil, Indian actress and journalist (born 1955)