What Happened in 1994 — Events, Births & Deaths

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.

Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.

U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

A British Aerospace Jetstream 41 operating as United Express Flight 6291 crashes in Gahanna, Ohio, killing five of the eight people on board.

Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.

The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.

The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.

The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.

Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle.

Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.

Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.

American-Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein commits a mass shooting at the Cave of the Patriarchs mausoleum, leaving 29 dead and over 100 injured before he is disarmed and beaten to death by survivors.

Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-62.

A collision at Indira Gandhi International Airport kills 9 people.

Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.

At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.

A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground alongside destroying a Starlifter by accident. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster.

Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75.

In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.

Three people are killed when KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and soldiers kill the civilian Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana.

Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.

Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-59.

In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people.

Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.

A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport. All 25 people on board survive.

China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.

South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.This marked the end of Apartheid.

Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.

Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.

Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.

The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.

Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.

Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.

The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.

A worldwide trade embargo against Haiti goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.

Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.

China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.

China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.

A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.

The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.

Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.

NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.

A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four.

Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.

An Airbus A330-300 crashes during a test flight at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, killing all seven people on board.

USAir Flight 1016 crashes near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, killing 37 of the 57 people on board.

Rwandan genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.

Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.

Kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il Sung.

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on an international science mission.

The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter.

Brazil win their fourth World Cup title, defeating Italy 3–2 on penalties.

The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.

Rwandan genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.

Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 is destroyed by a bomb after takeoff from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport in Colón, Panama, killing 21.

Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.

Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.

Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.

Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.

Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.

Argentina abolishes conscription after months of social backlash over the murder of a conscript.

USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.

Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64.

Frank Eugene Corder fatally crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West Wing. There were no other casualties.

The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.

The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.

A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24.

The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.

Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.

Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.

The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.

Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 746 crashes near Natanz, Iran, killing all 66 people on board.

Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.

The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.

Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.

North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.

In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.

Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.

Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.

Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill U.S. President Bill Clinton.

American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.

Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-66.

WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.

Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination.

The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.

In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high.

In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.

The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)

A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.

Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung.

Sony releases the PlayStation game console in Japan.

The Budapest Memorandum is signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary.

Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.

First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.

A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to land the plane safely.

Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 crashes in Morrisville, North Carolina, near Raleigh–Durham International Airport, killing 15.

Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.

Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.

Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.

Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.

This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.

The First Chechen War: The Russian Ground Forces begin a New Year's storming of Grozny.

Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player

LaMonte Wade Jr., American baseball player

Ronald Darby, American football player

Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist

Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player

Zemgus Girgensons, Latvian ice hockey player

Matt Grzelcyk, American ice hockey player

Tyrone Phillips, Australian rugby league player

Gustavo Scarpa, Brazilian footballer

Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian model, singer and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018

Denis Suárez, Spanish footballer

Jameis Winston, American football player

Jay B, South Korean singer

Jarnell Stokes, American basketball player

Lee Sun-bin, South Korean actress and singer

MacKenzie Weegar, Canadian ice hockey player

Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player

Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player

Emre Can, German footballer

Vasilije Micić, Serbian basketball player

Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer

Eric Dier, English footballer

Mikko Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player

Lucy Boynton, American-English actress

Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer

Max Fried, American baseball player

Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer

Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player

Matthias Ginter, German footballer

Alfie Mawson, English footballer

Marvelous Nakamba, Zimbabwean footballer

Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer

Hampus Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player

Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer

Amin Affane, Swedish footballer

Laura Robson, Australian-English tennis player

Booboo Stewart, American actor

Tyrone Taylor, American baseball player

Addison Russell, American baseball player

Montrezl Harrell, American basketball player

Desiree Becker, German politician

Jack Stephens, English footballer

Joel Bolomboy, Russian-American basketball player

Lin Zhu, Chinese tennis player

Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor

Amelia Dimoldenberg, English comedian, writer and presenter

Kenneth Zohore, Danish footballer

Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player

Julia Garner, American actress

Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter and actor

Caterina Bosetti, Italian volleyball player

Rougned Odor, Venezuelan baseball player

Riley Barber, American ice hockey player

Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player

Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer

Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter

Son Na-eun, South Korean singer and actress

Kang Seul-gi, South Korean singer

Makenzie Vega, American actress

Miguel Almirón, Paraguayan footballer

Dansby Swanson, American baseball player

Kemal Bilmez, Belgian politician

Arman Hall, American sprinter

Paxton Lynch, American football player

Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer

Sodapoppin, American Twitch streamer and internet personality

Annika Beck, German tennis player

Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer

Ava Max, American singer and songwriter

Mason Jobst, American ice hockey player

J-Hope, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer

Paul Zipser, German basketball player

Tiina Trutsi, Estonian footballer

Kateryna Baindl, Ukrainian tennis player

Luis Severino, Dominican baseball player

Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player

Hayley Orrantia, American actress and singer-songwriter

Wendy, South Korean singer

Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor

Elfrid Payton, American basketball player

Triptii Dimri, Indian actress

Neviana Vladinova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

Jessica Pegula, American tennis player

Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper

Fred VanVleet, American basketball player

Jacob Trouba, American ice hockey player

Mahra Al Maktoum, Emirati princess.

Mike Matheson, Canadian ice hockey player

Alex Caruso, American basketball player

Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer

Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter

Asanoyama Hiroki, Japanese sumo wrestler

Tyreek Hill, American football player

Maximilian Philipp, German footballer

Dilson Herrera, Colombian baseball player

Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress

Callum Harriott, English footballer

Luisito Pié, Dominican taekwondo athlete

AJ Tracey, British rapper and record producer

Daria Saville, Russian-Australian tennis player

MJ, South Korean singer and actor

Marcus Smart, American basketball player

Chase Kalisz, American swimmer

Jake Layman, American basketball player

Jordan Pickford, English footballer

Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer

Morgan Rielly, Canadian ice hockey player

Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and wrestler

Nikita Parris, English footballer

Andy Robertson, Scottish footballer

Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist

Jerami Grant, American basketball player

Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (died 2016)

Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor

Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish footballer

Mohammed Siraj, Indian cricketer

Ansel Elgort, American actor and DJ

Matt Gay, American football player

Scott Seiss, American comedian

Camilo, Colombian singer

Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player

Sierra McClain, American actress

DeForest Buckner, American football player

Terry Rozier, American basketball player

Ivan Provedel, Italian footballer

Marcel Sabitzer, Austrian footballer

Kris Dunn, American basketball player

Ronnie Stanley, American football player

Jasmin Savoy Brown, American actress

Dax, Canadian rapper and singer

Edwin Díaz, Puerto Rican baseball player

Taurean Prince, American basketball player

Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player

Ha Sung-woon, South Korean singer

Nick Powell, English footballer

Oskar Sundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player

Bridger Zadina, American actor

Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

Ryan Arcidiacono, American basketball player

Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player

Paige VanZant, American mixed martial artist and model

Jed Wallace, English footballer

Marcela Zacarías, Mexican tennis player

Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper

Jung Jae-won, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor

Matt Olson, American baseball player

Tom Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player

Alex Bregman, American baseball player

Jetro Willems, Dutch footballer

Pascal Siakam, Cameroonian basketball player

Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player

Dylann Roof, American mass murderer

Shunsuke Nishikawa, Japanese actor

Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer and actress

Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player

Edem Rjaïbi, Tunisian footballer

Richard Sánchez, Mexican footballer

Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor

Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater

Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player

Josh Hader, American baseball player

Josh Chudleigh, Australian rugby league player

Bladee, Swedish rapper and singer

Joey Pollari, American actor

Siobhan Hunter, Scottish footballer

Brandon Montour, Canadian ice hockey player

Eric Bailly, Ivorian professional footballer

Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress and singer

Guido Rodríguez, Argentine footballer

Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress

Sehun, South Korean musician

Kahraba, Egyptian footballer

Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter

Alanna Goldie, Canadian fencer

Yang Hongseok, South Korean singer and actor

Aminé, American singer-songwriter

Ludwig Augustinsson, Swedish footballer

Chandler Stephenson, Canadian ice hockey player

Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer

Song Kang, South Korean actor

Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor

Caspar Lee, British-South African YouTuber

Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler

Maggie Rogers, American musician

Sam Fender, English singer-songwriter and musician

Daniil Kvyat, Russian racing driver

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Greek international footballer

Corey Seager, American baseball player

Jakob Butturff, American bowler (died 2026)

Wonpil, South Korean musician

Christina Shakovets, German tennis player

Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress

Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player

Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler

Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player

Celeste, British singer

Laura Stacey, Canadian ice hockey player

Mateo Kovačić, Croatian international footballer

Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner

Nene Macdonald, Papua New Guinean rugby league player

Percy Tau, South African footballer

Marquinhos, Brazilian footballer

Pernille Blume, Danish swimmer

Bronte Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer

Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtenstein tennis player

Julie Anne San Jose, Filipina singer-songwriter

Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer

Tom Daley, English diver

Florian Luger, Austrian male model

Athena Manoukian, Greek-Armenian singer and songwriter

Esa Lindell, Finnish ice hockey player

Rodrigo De Paul, Argentine footballer

Jarell Martin, American basketball player

Emma McKeon, Australian swimmer

Emily Nicholl, Scottish netball player

Daiya Seto, Japanese swimmer

Emily Temple Wood, American 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award

Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

Aly Raisman, American gymnast

Gong Myung, South Korean actor

Maximilian Arnold, German footballer

João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer

Aymeric Laporte, French-Spanish footballer

Aleksandra Uznańska-Wiśniewska, Polish–Thai politician, political scientist, and humanitarian

Alec Benjamin, American singer and songwriter

John Stones, English footballer

Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player

Kagayaki Taishi, Japanese sumo wrestler

Harrison Bader, American baseball player

Yvon Mvogo, Swiss footballer

Liv Morgan, American professional wrestler

Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress

Don Toliver, American rapper and singer-songwriter

Deepika Kumari, Indian archer

Atsuhiro Inukai, Japanese actor

Moon Tae-il, South Korean singer

Iñaki Williams, Basque-Ghanaian footballer

Rezar, Albanian wrestler

Amari Cooper, American football player

Sean McMahon, Australian rugby player

Takeoff, American rapper (died 2022)

Lejla Njemčević, Bosnian cross-country and mountain bike cyclist

Leonard Williams, American football player

Başak Eraydın, Turkish tennis player

Sébastien Haller, French-Ivorian footballer

Marnus Labuschagne, South African-Australian cricketer

Carlos Vinícius Santos de Jesus, Brazilian footballer

Ben Dwarshuis, Australian cricketer

Roger Martínez, Colombian footballer

Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower

Leonard Carow, German actor

Anita Husarić, Bosnian tennis player

Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan

Camila Mendes, American actress and model

Leandro Paredes, Argentine footballer

Chloé Paquet, French tennis player

Henrik Kristoffersen, Norwegian skier

Derrick White, American basketball player

Chris Jones, American football player

Jeon Jong-seo, South Korean actress

Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player

Andrew Benintendi, American baseball player

Nigina Abduraimova, Uzbekistani tennis player

Timothy Cathcart, Northern Irish race car driver (died 2014)

Ashton Irwin, Australian musician

Chae Soo-bin, South Korean actress

Bartłomiej Kalinkowski, Polish footballer

Anthony Milford, Australian rugby league player

Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Lucas Ocampos, Argentine footballer

Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter

Lucas Giolito, American baseball player

Mason Dye, American actor

Shericka Jackson, Jamaican sprinter

Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter

Nilo Soares, East Timorese footballer

Christian Welch, Australian rugby league player

Maia Shibutani, American ice dancer

Phillip Lindsay, American football player

Natalija Stevanović, Serbian tennis player

Andrei Vasilevskiy, Russian ice hockey player

Mathew Dumba, Canadian ice hockey player

Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player

Winnie Harlow, Canadian model

Walker Buehler, American baseball player

Hyojung, South Korean singer

Liam O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player

Daniele Rugani, Italian footballer

Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress

Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player

Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer

Emil Krafth, Swedish footballer

Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player

Laremy Tunsil, American football player

MoistCr1tikal, American YouTuber and streamer

Kwon Alexander, American football player

Esther Earl, American author, vlogger, and online personality (died 2010)

Younghoe Koo, South Korean-born American football player

Bobby Shmurda, American rapper

Natalia García, Spanish rhythmic gymnast

Cameron Payne, American basketball player

Kelli Hubly, American soccer player

King Von, American rapper (died 2020)

Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer

Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player

Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist

Joseph Barbato, French footballer

Song I-han, South Korean singer

Ian Happ, American baseball player

Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player

Maya Jama, British TV presenter.

Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer

Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer

Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter

Jack Conklin, American football player

Taissa Farmiga, American actress

Madelaine Petsch, American actress and YouTuber

Morgan Sanson, French footballer

Seiya Suzuki, Japanese baseball player

Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian pentathlete and heptathlete

Fernando Gaviria, Colombian cyclist

Mitchell Trubisky, American football player

Alex Cooper, American podcaster

Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, British-Turkish reality television personality, actress and model

Israel Broussard, American actor

Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player

August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress (died 2017)

Jusuf Nurkić, Bosnian basketball player

Kelsey Plum, American basketball player

Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player

Caris LeVert, American basketball player

Alex Collins, American football player (died 2023)

Austin Gunn, American professional wrestler

Ellar Coltrane, American actor

Breanna Stewart, American basketball player

Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player

Ons Jabeur, Tunisian tennis player

Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgian tennis player

Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player

Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer

Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

Alex Harris, Scottish footballer

Can Aktav, Turkish football player

Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player

Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish racing driver

Ishika Taneja, Indian beautician.

Linda Dallmann, German professional footballer

Francis Molo, New Zealand rugby league player

Glen Rea, English-Irish footballer

Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer

Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player

Kings Elliot, Swiss-English singer

Sarah Carli, Australian track and field athlete

Bonnie Anderson, Australian singer, songwriter and actress

Dayton Wetherby, US-born Panamanian footballer

Nediam Vargas, Venezuelan sprinter

Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer

Maddie Phillips, Canadian actress

Emilly Micaela Marcondes, Brazilian professional futsal player

Elif Doğan, Turkish actress

Elinor Barker, Welsh track cyclist

Maren Lundby, Norwegian former ski jumper

Aya Jones, French model

Nerea Gantxegi, Spanish footballer

Claire Lejeune, French politician

Jenna McCormick, Australian soccer and Australian Rules Football player

Isel Suñiga, Guatemalan politician

Eva Buurman, Dutch professional racing cyclist

Irina Fetisova, Russian volleyball player

Herman Ese'ese, New Zealand rugby league player

Tom Opacic, Australian rugby league player

Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor

Ćamila Mičijević, Croatian-Bosnian handball player

Alayna Treene, American journalist

Azumi Waki, Japanese voice actress and singer

Paula Nicart, Spanish former footballer

Yuliana Korolkova, Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder

Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player

Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player

Nicky Case, Canadian game developer

Druski, American comedian and actor

RM, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer

Elina Svitolina, Ukrainian tennis player

Mohammed Asif, Indian sailor and researcher

Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player

Cameron Munster, Australian rugby league player

Sepp Kuss, American professional cyclist

Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer

Gary Harris, American basketball player

Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer

Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer

Anthony Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player

Aleksandar Mitrović, Serbian footballer

Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player

Na In-woo, South Korean actor

Denyse Tontz, Salvadoran-American actress and singer

Ryan Hartman, American ice hockey player

Devin Williams, American baseball player

Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

Jinyoung, South Korean singer, actor, songwriter

Haason Reddick, American football player

Alexander Wennberg, Swedish ice hockey player

Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainer

Bai Lu, Chinese Actress

Jack Conger, American swimmer

Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player

Sayak Chakraborty, Indian television actor

Halsey, American singer

Nicholas Galitzine, English actor

Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast

Trézéguet, Egyptian footballer

Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player

Seth Jones, American ice hockey player

Mike Williams, American football player

Jake Guentzel, American ice hockey player

Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter

Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress

Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model

Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player

Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player

Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer

Zior Park, South Korean rapper

T. J. Watt, American football player

Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player

Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer

Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player

Yuta Watanabe, Japanese basketball player

Joe Burgess, English rugby league player

Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player

Jared Goff, American football player

Lil' Kleine, Dutch rapper

Babar Azam, Pakistani cricket player

Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player

Halimah Nakaayi, Ugandan middle-distance runner

Enhō Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler

Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian race car driver

Cal Petersen, American ice hockey player

Anthony Santander, Venezuelan baseball player

Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater

Festus Talam, Kenyan long-distance runner

Corbin Burnes, American baseball player

Margaret Qualley, American actress

Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player

Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist

Jalen Ramsey, American football player

Richard Jouve, French cross-country skier

Jefferson Lerma, Colombian footballer

Matteo Lodo, Italian rower

Gor Minasyan, Armenian weightlifter

Ray Robson, American chess Grandmaster

Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player

Allie DeBerry, American model and actress

Rasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey player

Andrew Harrison, American basketball player

Danielle Hunter, American football player

Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player

Brent Rooker, American baseball player

James Ward-Prowse, English footballer

Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer

Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer

Astou Ndour-Fall, Senegalese-Spanish basketball player

Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player

Gervonta Davis, American boxer

Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress

Algee Smith, American actor and singer

Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter

Lyrica Okano, American actress

Lio Rush, American wrestler

Sanju Samson, Indian cricketer

Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer

Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer

Kseniya Alexandrova, Russian model (died 2025)

Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player

Emma Dumont, American actress and model

Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player

Alejandro Saab, American voice actor, YouTuber, and VTuber

Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese footballer

Raquel Castro, American actress and singer

Rose Ayling-Ellis, British actress

Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter

Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin tennis player

Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer

Ibrahima Mbaye, Senegalese footballer

Timothy Kitum, Kenyan middle-distance runner

Andreas Johnsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer

Wyatt Teller, American football player

Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player

Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor

Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer

Keiji Tanaka, Japanese figure skater

Wes Burns, Welsh footballer

Nabil Bentaleb, Algerian footballer

Nao Hibino, Japanese tennis player

Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player

Julius Randle, American basketball player

Sofia Araújo, Portuguese tennis player

Marko Daňo, Austrian-Slovak ice hockey player

Seedy Njie, English footballer

Zach Cunningham, American football player

Aaron Jones, American football player

Elias Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player

Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model

Tomokaze Yūta, Japanese sumo wrestler

Jake T. Austin, American actor

Lil Baby, American rapper

Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player

Bernarda Pera, American tennis player

Gabriel Lundberg, Danish basketball player

Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer

Semi Ojeleye, American basketball player

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player

Wakatakakage Atsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler

Shreyas Iyer, Indian cricketer

Pete Alonso, American baseball player

Geno Chiarelli, American politician

Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater

Hunter Henry, American football player

Cyriel Dessers, Belgian-Nigerian footballer

Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner

Raheem Sterling, English footballer

Ryan Lomberg, Canadian ice hockey player

Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player

Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer

Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (died 2017)

Kuldeep Yadav, Indian cricketer

Nigel Hayes, American basketball player

Nicola Murru, Italian footballer

José Rodríguez, Spanish footballer

Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player

Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor

Gerard Gumbau, Spanish footballer

Natália Kelly, American-Austrian singer

Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter

M'Baye Niang, French footballer

Calvin Ridley, American football player

Luke Brooks, Australian rugby league player

Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer

Reed Alexander, American actor

Han Seung-woo, South Korean singer

Colby Cave, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)

Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer

Isi Palazón, Spanish footballer

Adam Peaty, English swimmer

Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress

Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess

Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (born 1913)

Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (born 1960)

John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (born 1942)

Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (born 1928)

Mark McManus, Scottish actor (born 1935)

Barry Sullivan, American film actor (born 1912)