What Happened in 1995 — Events, Births & Deaths

The World Trade Organization comes into being.

The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.

Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.

A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.

51 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja, Colombia.

An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died.

The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of 7, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.

After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid suicide bombing: In central Israel, near Netanya, two Gazans blow themselves up at a military transit point, killing 19 Israeli soldiers.

The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.

Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.

Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.

The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.

Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.

Space Shuttle Endeavour launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-67, carrying the ASTRO-2 spacelab observatory.

Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.

Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.

The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 14 and wounding over 6,200 people.

Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.

WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

Selena is murdered by her fan club president Yolanda Saldívar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas.

TAROM Flight 371, an Airbus A310-300, crashes near Balotesti, Romania, killing all 60 people on board.

First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.

During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.

Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to ascend Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.

Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage.

The first version of the Java programming language is released.

While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Dunkeswick, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.

The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shakes the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.

The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.

Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four.

The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is launched.

Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.

The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937.

Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.

In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.

The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.

Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest.

The NIOSH air filtration ratings update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the Federal Register. The new regulation includes rules governing the new N95 respirator standard.

Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins, lasting until 22 July.

Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite.

On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.

Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.

Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.

A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence begins.

Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is taken by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.

The Chilean government declares state of emergency in the southern half of the country in response to an event of intense, cold, wind, rain and snowfall known as the White Earthquake.

Aviateca Flight 901 crashes into the San Vicente volcano in El Salvador, killing all 65 people on board.

Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.

The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills three and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.

In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).

Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.

The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.

Microsoft releases Windows 95 to the public in North America.

Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

The 1995 Okinawa rape occurs when 3 US servicemen abduct and rape a schoolchild. This would cause widespread protest against the US military presence on the prefecture.

Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.

The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at Tawau Airport in Malaysia, killing 34.

The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto.

MIAT Flight 557 crashes near Mörön, Mongolia, killing 41 people.

An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.

The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.

Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.

An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.

The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend.

The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.

Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-73.

Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena.

A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.

Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.

An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.

The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.

Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.

André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.

In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.

Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence is reached.

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-74 to deliver the Mir Docking Module to the Russian space station Mir.

Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.

Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.

A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.

The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men".

Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56 crashes near Nakhchivan International Airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, killing 52 people.

The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.

The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.

An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.

The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.

Banat Air Flight 166 crashes in Sommacampagna near Verona Villafranca Airport in Verona, Italy, killing 49.

Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the same day, NATO began ground peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Jamba, Cuando, Angola, killing 141 people.

The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.

The final comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published.

Sardar Azmoun, Iranian footballer

Poppy, American singer and YouTube personality

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, American-Jordanian basketball player

Jisoo, South Korean singer and actress

Paddy Pimblett, English mixed martial artist

Kim Seol-hyun, South Korean singer and actress

Tonny Vilhena, Dutch footballer

Toafofoa Sipley, New Zealand rugby league player

Jordan Bell, American basketball player

Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstani tennis player

Ryan Destiny, American actress and singer

Braden Hamlin-Uele, New Zealand rugby league player

Dominik Livaković, Croatian football goalkeeper

Nicola Peltz, American actress

Nick Solak, American baseball player

Allisha Gray, American basketball player

Mike McGlinchey, American football player

Natalia Dyer, American actress

Maxim Mamin, Russian ice hockey player

Eros Vlahos, English actor and comedian

Jonathan Allen, American football player

Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer

Tre'Davious White, American football player

Indya Moore, American actor and model

Bryce Alford, American basketball player

Leonard Fournette, American football player

Samu Castillejo, Spanish footballer

Joey Badass, American rapper and actor

Calum Chambers, English footballer

José María Giménez, Uruguayan footballer

Sergi Samper, Spanish footballer

Kim So-hee, South Korean singer

Jake Elliott, American football player

Marine Johannès, French basketball player

Alanna Kennedy, Australian soccer player

Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer

Yuliya Stupak, Russian cross-country skier

Jean-Charles Castelletto, Cameroonian footballer

Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player

Harrison Reed, English footballer

Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast

Danielle Campbell, American actress

Jack Laugher, English diver

Marcos Llorente, Spanish footballer

Paul Digby, English footballer

Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer

Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (died 2012)

Curtis Lazar, Canadian ice hockey player

Remilia, American professional gamer (died 2019)

Tao Tsuchiya, Japanese actress

Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer

Nyck de Vries, Dutch racing driver

Leon Goretzka, German footballer

Sam McQueen, English footballer

Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician

Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player

Gabriel Deck, Argentine basketball player

Joshua Kimmich, German footballer

André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player

Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer

Sheraldo Becker, Surinamese footballer

Sterling Brown, American basketball player

Bobby Portis, American basketball player

Carolane Soucisse, Canadian ice dancer

Lexi Thompson, American golfer

Naby Keïta, Guinean footballer

Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer

Rick Karsdorp, Dutch footballer

Kendall Fuller, American football player

Georges-Kévin Nkoudou, French-Cameroonian footballer

Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper

Denzel Curry, American rapper

Katy Dunne, English tennis player

Carina Witthöft, German tennis player

Madison Keys, American tennis player

Nathan Aké, Dutch footballer

Nikola Jokić, Serbian basketball player

Elle Purrier St. Pierre, American track and field athlete

Devonte' Graham, American basketball player

Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player

Tyler Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player

Mario Hezonja, Croatian basketball player

Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgarian tennis player

Laura Gulbe, Latvian tennis player

Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer

Tomáš Souček, Czech footballer

Randy Arozarena, Cuban-Mexican baseball player

Miguel Andújar, Dominican baseball player

Max Domi, Canadian ice hockey player

Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer

Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer

Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress

Chlöe Howl, English singer-songwriter

Bill Milner, English actor

Valeri Nichushkin, Russian ice hockey player

Josh Hart, American basketball player

Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer

Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer

Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer

Haley Lu Richardson, American actress

Marko Gudurić, Serbian basketball player

Isaiah Whitehead, American basketball player

Cierra Ramirez, American actress and singer

Zach LaVine, American basketball player

Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer

Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier

Jang Su-jeong, South Korean tennis player

Brandon Aubrey, American multi-sport athlete

Nick Eh 30, Canadian live streamer and professional gamer

Jabari Parker, American basketball player

Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater

Claressa Shields, American boxer and mixed martial artist

Irina Bara, Romanian tennis player

Julia Goldani Telles, American actress and dancer

Héctor Bellerín, Spanish footballer

Julia Montes, Filipino actress

Lindsay Allen, American basketball player

Kei, South Korean singer

Nick Paul, Canadian ice hockey player

Samantha Weinstein, Canadian actress (died 2023)

RJ Cyler, American actor

Nick Mullens, American football player

Mirco Müller, Swiss ice hockey player

Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer

Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist

Victoria Pedretti, American actress

Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer

Enzo Zidane, French-Spanish footballer

Ibai Llanos, Spanish internet personality

Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer

Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player

Will Smith, American baseball player

Zay Jones, American football player

Simone Ashley, English actress

Jofra Archer, Barbadian-English cricketer

Logan Paul, American YouTuber, actor and wrestler

Zack Steffen, American soccer player

Daniel Caesar, Canadian singer-songwriter

Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player

Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer

Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer

Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer

Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player

Forrest Frank, American singer-songwriter

Cedi Osman, Turkish professional basketball player

Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player

Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer

Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian

Pedro Cachin, Argentine tennis player

Baker Mayfield, American football player

Georgie Friedrichs, Australian rugby sevens player

Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer

Jung Wheein, South Korean singer

Divock Origi, Belgian footballer

Ana Grozdanović, Serbian politician

Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality

Jamie Hayter, English professional wrestler

Kehlani, American singer-songwriter

Lewis Baker, English footballer

Packy Hanrahan, American bowler

Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player

Connor Clifton, American ice hockey player

Mara Sattei, Italian singer-songwriter

Melanie Martinez, American singer

Lucy Dacus, American singer-songwriter

Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (died 2016)

Anwar El Ghazi, Dutch footballer

Austin Meadows, American baseball player

Shameik Moore, American actor and musician

James Conner, American football player

Seko Fofana, Ivorian international footballer

Tommy Edman, American baseball player

Beth Mead, English footballer

Shaboozey, American rapper and singer-songwriter

Andrew Anderson, American bowler

Missy Franklin, American swimmer

Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer

Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer

Sachia Vickery, American tennis player

Shira Haas, Israeli actress

Rose Lavelle, American soccer player

Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer

Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player

Diego Loyzaga, Filipino actor

Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer

Yoán Moncada, Cuban baseball player

Lukas Gage, American actor

Konosuke Takeshita, Japanese professional wrestler

Shane Bieber, American baseball player

Matthew Lodge, Australian rugby league player

Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber

Ross Wilson, English table tennis player

Julian Green, American soccer player

Jean Butez, French footballer

Ferland Mendy, French footballer

Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player

Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player

Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player

Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player

Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer

Ki Hui-hyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

Clément Lenglet, French footballer

Aoi Morikawa, Japanese actress and model

Michel-Friedrich Schiefler, German politician

Maxim Kovtun, Russian figure skater

Caroline Weir, Scottish footballer

Carol Zhao, Canadian tennis player

Monté Morris, American basketball player

bbno$, Canadian singer-songwriter

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer

Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017

Taeyong, South Korea rapper

Ryan Murphy, American swimmer

Post Malone, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

Danton Heinen, Canadian ice hockey player

Ludwig Ahgren, American YouTuber and live streamer

Joey Bosa, American football player

Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer

Evania Pelite, Australian rugby union player

Luke Shaw, English footballer

Moses Simon, Nigerian footballer

Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast

Cody Bellinger, American baseball player

Dante Exum, Australian basketball player

Harrison Butker, American football player

Kim In-hyeok, South Korean volleyball player (died 2022)

Romee Strijd, Dutch model

Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player

Ezekiel Elliott, American football player

Armaan Malik, Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter

Jonathan Owens, American football player

Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player

Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player

Meisei Chikara, Japanese sumo wrestler

Alvin Kamara, American football player

Maria Sakkari, Greek tennis player

Mercedes Russell, American basketball player

Drew Rasmussen, American baseball player

Neal Pionk, American ice hockey player

Hirving Lozano, Mexican footballer

Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist

Madison Cawthorn, American politician

Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player

Vikkstar123, English internet personality

Zac Gallen, American baseball player

Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player

Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer

Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player

S.Coups, South Korean rapper and singer

Eli Apple, American football player

Justice Smith, American actor

Hwang Min-hyun, South Korean singer and actor

Dalvin Cook, American football player

Brad Binder, South African motorcycle racer

Léolia Jeanjean, French tennis player

Chief Keef, American rapper

Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player

Gracie Gold, American figure skater

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player

Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater

Parker McKenna Posey, American actress

Liana Liberato, American actress

Dominik Kubalík, Czech ice hockey player

Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter

Gabriela Lee, Romanian tennis player

Cameron Norrie, British tennis player

Noah Vonleh, American basketball player

Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family

Ong Seong-wu, South Korean singer and actor

Dowoon, South Korean musician

Anthony Duclair, Canadian ice hockey player

Ranger Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player

Jessie Mei Li, English actress

Sergey Sirotkin, Russian race car driver

Brittany Mahomes, American soccer player

Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player

Willy Adames, Dominican baseball player

Aleksander Barkov, Russian-Finnish ice hockey player

Deimantas Petravičius, Lithuanian footballer

Myles Jack, American football player

Niklas Süle, German footballer

Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player

Lucas Wallmark, Swedish ice hockey player

Mark Andrews, American football player

Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer

Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast

Kimberley Woods, British slalom canoeist

Celya AB, French stand-up comedian, writer and actress based in England

Maya Kingma, Dutch triathlete

Jack Grealish, English footballer

Matt Rife, American comedian and actor

Steven Gardiner, Bahamian sprinter

Joca, Portuguese footballer

Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player

Jevon Carter, American basketball player

Deshaun Watson, American football player

Rafael Santos Borré, Colombian footballer

Terry McLaurin, American football player

Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player

David Raya, Spanish footballer

Aaron Gordon, American basketball player

Michael Bunting, Canadian ice hockey player

Patrick Mahomes, American football player

Yoo Si-ah, South Korean singer

Max Meyer, German footballer

Matt Targett, English footballer

Brent Faiyaz, American singer

Rachel Sennott, American actress

Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor

Sammi Hanratty, American actress

Rob Holding, English footballer

Bruno Caboclo, Brazilian basketball player

Nayeon, South Korean singer

Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver

Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer

Kwon Eun-bi, South Korean singer and musical actress

Christian Wood, American basketball player

Juancho Hernangómez, Spanish basketball player

Caleb Martin, American basketball player

Cody Martin, American basketball player

Jason Williams, English footballer

Julien Baker, American singer-songwriter

Abhijeet Dipke, Indian satirical politician

Sasha Lane, American actress

Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player

Ayo Edebiri, American actress

Mike Gesicki, American football player

Artem Zub, Russian ice hockey player

Jeonghan, South Korean singer

Kenny Clark, American football player

Mikolas Josef, Czech singer and songwriter

Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional footballer

Mathias Dyngeland, Norwegian footballer

Bram van Vlerken, Dutch footballer

Grayson Allen, American basketball player

G Herbo, American rapper

Brenko Lee, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Courtland Sutton, American football player

Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player

Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast

Jimin, South Korean singer

Jack Flaherty, American baseball player

Jakob Pöltl, Austrian basketball player

Jamal Adams, American football player

Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player

Sammis Reyes, Chilean-American football and basketball player

Humberto Carrillo, Mexican wrestler

Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer

Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter

Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer

Ireland Baldwin, American model

Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player

Ashton Sanders, American actor

Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress

Jock Landale, Australian basketball player

Patrick McCaw, American basketball player

Yuta, Japanese singer

Leon Draisaitl, German ice hockey player

Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer

Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player

An Ye-seul, South Korean singer

Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player

Joe Chealey, American basketball player

Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast

Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete

Matt Bushman, American football player

Trey Lyles, Canadian basketball player

Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player

Cody Ware, American racer car driver

Finn Cole, English actor

Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster (died 2025)

Ralfs Grīnbergs, Latvian ice hockey player

Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league player

Yuriko Miyazaki, British tennis player

Shin Seung-ho, South Korean actor and model

Thomas Lemar, French footballer

xQc, Canadian online streamer

Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model

Lucy Fallon, English actress

Blake Pieroni, American swimmer

Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Cameroonian footballer

Elise Mertens, Belgian tennis player

Panashe Muzambe, Scottish rugby union player

Vanessa Axente, Hungarian model

Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenyan athlete

Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungarian short track speed skater

Kyle Snyder, American wrestler

Chris Chiozza, American basketball player

Vladislav Gavrikov, Russian ice hockey player

Katherine McNamara, American actress

Kelly Rosen, Estonian footballer

Marcus Bontempelli, Australian footballer

James Guy, English swimmer

Suliasi Vunivalu, Fijian rugby league player

Chase Elliott, American race car driver

Laura Marano, American actress and singer

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer

Lancey Foux, British rapper and singer

Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player

Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer

James Wilson, English footballer

Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampolinist

Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer

Julius Honka, Finnish ice hockey player

Angèle, Belgian singer

Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player

Anthony Martial, French footballer

Kaetlyn Osmond, Canadian figure skater

Levy Rozman, American chess International Master, streamer and YouTuber

Alexander Sørloth, Norwegian footballer

A Boogie wit da Hoodie, American rapper and singer-songwriter

Thatcher Demko, American ice hockey player

Simone Fontecchio, Italian basketball player

McKayla Maroney, American gymnast

Kelly Oubre Jr., American basketball player

Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player

Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer

Emma Corrin, English actor

Ivan Barbashev, Russian ice hockey player

Calvyn Justus, South African swimmer

Álvaro Odriozola, Spanish footballer

Jahlil Okafor, American basketball player

Guerschon Yabusele, French basketball player

Barbora Krejčíková, Czech tennis player

Lim Na-young, South Korean singer and actress

Mads Pedersen, Danish road cyclist

Anžejs Pasečņiks, Latvian basketball player

Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player

Timothée Chalamet, French-American actor

Nick Chubb, American football player

Ghislain Konan, Ivorian footballer

Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player

Dylan Cease, American baseball player

Mauricio Lemos, Uruguayan footballer

Nahitan Nández, Uruguayan footballer

Myles Garrett, American football player

Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)

Ross Lynch, American singer and actor

Igor Shesterkin, Russian hockey goaltender

Joshua, American singer

Ollie Watkins, English footballer

V, South Korean singer

Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

Edmond Sumner, American basketball player

César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1920)

Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946)

Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (born 1908)

Jane Kenyon, American poet and author (born 1947)

Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk and educator (born 1918)

Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (born 1911)

Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (born 1931)

Al Hansen, American sculptor and author (born 1927)

Ann Nolan Clark, American author and educator (born 1896)