1980

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.

 Events 
 January 20 – The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams to win their 4th Super Bowl championship. They hold the record for most wins by one team until 1995.
 April 12 – Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope in Canada.
 April 30 – Beatrix of the Netherlands crowned
 May 18 – Mount St. Helens erupts.
 August 1 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes the 4th President of Iceland. She is the first female ever elected as a head of state in a democratic election.
 August – Rising Solidarity a Polish trade union which make for fallen communism in East Europe
 September 1 – Terry Fox ends his Marathon of Hope, after his cancer resurfaces.
 September 22 – War begins between Iran and Iraq.
 November 4 – Ronald Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter during the presidential elections.
 December 8 – John Lennon of The Beatles is shot and killed outside of his apartment in New York City by Mark David Chapman.
 Pictures taken by the Voyager 1 probe lead to the discovery of Saturn's moon, Atlas.

Births
January

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 January 1
 Richie Faulkner, British rock guitarist
 Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player
 Mark Nichols, Canadian curler
 Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
 January 4 – Greg Cipes, American actor
 January 7 – Hele Kõrve, Estonian actress and singer
 January 8
 Adam Goodes, Australian rules footballer
 Rachel Nichols, American actress
 January 9 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer
 January 10 – Sarah Shahi, American actress
 January 11 – Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
 January 12 – Ameriie, American singer
 January 13 – LaKisha Jones, American singer
 January 14
 Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Costa Rican politician, 48th President of Costa Rica
 Ossama Haidar, Lebanese footballer
 Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor, model and singer
 Cory Gibbs, American footballer
 Monika Kuszyńska, Polish singer and songwriter
 Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
 Yūko Kaida, Japanese voice actress
 January 16
 Albert Pujols, Dominican Major League Baseball player
 Michelle Wild, Hungarian actress
 Lin-Manuel Miranda, Puerto Rican-American actor, composer, and writer
 January 17
 Zooey Deschanel, American actress, singer and musician
 Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dance champion, choreographer and instructor
 January 18
 Estelle, British singer and actress
 Julius Peppers, American football player
 Jason Segel, American actor and comedian
 January 19
 Jenson Button, British racecar driver
 Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
 January 20
 Philippe Cousteau Jr., American-French oceanographer
 Philippe Gagnon, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
 Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
 Brigitte Olivier, Belgian martial artist
 Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player
 Matthew Tuck, Welsh singer and guitarist
 January 21
 Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
 Kevin McKenna, Canadian footballer
 January 22
 Jake Grove, American football player
 Christopher Masterson, American actor
 January 24
 Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Dutch actress
 Suzy, Portuguese singer
 January 25
 Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete
 Xavi, Spanish footballer
 Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler
 January 26 – Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
 January 27 – Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
 January 28 – Nick Carter, American pop singer (Backstreet Boys)
 January 29
 Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli actress and model
 Jason James Richter, American actor
 January 30
 Josh Kelley, American singer-songwriter
 Wilmer Valderrama, American actor

February

 February 2
 Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress
 Nina Zilli, Italian singer-songwriter
 February 5
 Jo Swinson, British MP
 Robin Vik, Czech tennis player
 Paul DelVecchio, American reality show personality
 February 6
 Kim Poirier, Canadian actress
 Luke Ravenstahl, American mayor of Pittsburgh
 Mamiko Noto, Japanese voice actress
 February 8 – Yang Wei, Chinese gymnast
 February 9 – Manu Raju, American journalist
 February 10
 César Izturis, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
 Steve Tully, English footballer
 February 11 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor
 February 12
 Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
 Christina Ricci, American actress
 Gucci Mane, American rapper
 February 14 – Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress
 February 15
 Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter
 Petr Elfimov, Belarusian singer
 February 16 – Ashley Lelie, American football player
 February 17
 Jason Ritter, American actor
 Vahe Tilbian, Ethiopian singer of Armenian descent
 February 18
 Cezar, Romanian opera singer and pianist
 Regina Spektor, Russian-American singer-songwriter
 February 19
 Mike Miller, American basketball player
 Ma Lin, Chinese table-tennis player
 February 20
 Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player
 Artur Boruc, Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
 Yuichi Nakamura, Japanese voice actor
 February 21
 Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
 Justin Roiland, American actor
 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
 February 22 – Jeanette Biedermann, German singer and actress
 February 24
 Emma Johnson, Australian swimmer
 Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler
 February 25 – Chris and Christy Knowings, American actors
 February 26 – Júlio César da Silva e Souza, Brazilian footballer
 February 27
 Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
 Don Diablo, Dutch DJ and producer
 February 28
 Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
 Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
 February 29
 Simon Gagné, Canadian hockey player
 Peter Scanavino, American actor

March

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 March 1 – Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
 March 2
 Chris Barker, English footballer
 Julia Chantrey, Canadian actress
 Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
 March 4
 Jung Da-bin, Korean actress (d. 2007)
 Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
 Jack Hannahan, American baseball infielder
 March 5 – Jessica Boehrs, German singer and actress
 March 7
 Murat Boz, Turkish singer and actor
 Laura Prepon, American actress
 Mart Toome, Estonian actor
 March 9
 Chingy, American rapper, singer and actor
 Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor and director
 March 11 – Gabriela Pichler, Swedish film director and screenwriter
 March 13 
Caron Butler, American basketball player
Nick Barua, British Corporate executive
March 14 
Aaron Brown, English footballer
Hiro Matsushita, Formar Japanese Race car Driver and Businessman
 March 16 – Todd Heap, American football player
 March 17 – Katie Morgan, American porn actress and radio host
 March 18 – Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
 March 19
 Agnes Pihlava, Finnish pop singer
 Johan Olsson, Swedish cross country skier
 March 20
 Hamada Helal, Egyptian singer
 Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
 Mikey Day, American actor, comedian and writer
 March 21
 Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier
 Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
 Deryck Whibley, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Sum 41)
 March 23 – Russell Howard, English comedian
 March 26 – Rosendo Rodriguez, American convicted serial killer (d. 2018)
 March 27 – Greg Puciato, American heavy metal musician
 March 29 – Andy Scott-Lee, British singer
 March 30 – Yalın, Turkish pop singer and songwriter
 March 31
 Kate Micucci, American actress and voice artist
 Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese Major League Baseball player

April

 April 1
 Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
 Bijou Phillips, American actress
 Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
 April 4 – Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
 April 7 – Michael Bellisario, American actor
 April 8
 Ben Freeman, British actor
 Carrie Savage, American actress and voice actress
 April 9
 Rachel Specter, American actress
 Arlen Escarpeta, Belizean actor
 April 10
 Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
 Kasey Kahne, American race car driver
 Charlie Hunnam, English actor
 April 11 – Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
 April 12 – Brian McFadden, Irish rock singer
 April 13 – Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
 April 14
 Ayumi Ito, Japanese actress
 Tom Franco, American actor
 April 15 – Natalie Casey, English actress
 April 16
 Reeyot Alemu, Ethiopian journalist
 Samir Javadzadeh, Azerbaijani singer
 Paul London, American professional wrestler
 April 17
 Brenda Villa, American water polo player
 Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player
 Alaina Huffman, Canadian film and television actress
 April 18 – Justin Amash, American politician
 April 20
 Jasmin Wagner, German singer
 Waylon, Dutch singer
 April 21
 Tony Romo, American football player
 Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player
 April 22 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
 April 24
 Austin Nichols, American actor
 Karen Asrian, Armenian chess Grandmaster (d. 2008)
 Reagan Gomez-Preston, American actress and voice actress
 April 25
 Lee Spick, English snooker player (d. 2015)
 Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor
 Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese baseball player
 April 26
 Jordana Brewster, American actress
 Marlon King, Jamaican footballer
 Channing Tatum, American actor and model
 April 27 – Zayed Khan, Indian actor
 April 28 – Josh Howard, American basketball player
 April 29
 Kian Egan, Irish singer
 Emmad Irfani, Pakistani model and TV actor
 April 30 – Luis Scola, Argentine basketball player

May

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 May 1 – Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
 May 2
 Tim Borowski, German footballer
 Ellie Kemper, American actress and comedian
 Zat Knight, English footballer
 May 3 – Marcel Vigneron, American chef
 May 5
 Maia Hirasawa, Swedish pop singer
 Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
 Hank Green, American entrepreneur, musician, educator, producer and vlogger
 May 6
 Kelly van der Veer, Dutch reality TV star
 Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek basketball player
 May 7 – Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
 May 8 – Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
 May 9
 Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
 Carolin Kebekus, German comedian and actress
 Norihiro Nishi, Japanese footballer
 May 10 – Pete Gray, Australian environmental activist (d. 2011)
 May 15 – Josh Beckett, American baseball player
 May 17 – Alistair Overeem, Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer
 May 18 – Ali Zafar, Pakistani music composer, singer-songwriter, painter and actor
 May 19
 Drew Fuller, American actor and model
 Dean Heffernan, Australian footballer
 May 21 – Gotye, Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
 May 22
 Lucy Gordon, British actress (d. 2009)
 Evelin Võigemast, Estonian actress and singer
 May 24 – Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress
 May 28
 Mark Feehily, Irish singer
 Jørgen Strickert, Norwegian comedian
 May 29 – Michael Stasko, Canadian actor
 May 30 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
 May 31 – Andy Hurley, American drummer

June


 June 1
 Oliver James, British actor
 Damien Fahey, American MTV VJ, television host and drummer
 June 2 – Lindsey Yamasaki, Japanese-American basketball player
 June 3 – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
 June 5 – Mike Fisher, Canadian hockey player
 June 6 – Mmusi Maimane, South African politician
 June 7 – Henkka Seppälä, Finnish bassist
 June 8 – David Holoubek, Czech football manager
 June 10
 Jessica DiCicco, American actress
 Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
 Wang Yuegu, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
 June 13
 Sarah Connor, German singer
 Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
 June 16
 Brad Gushue, Canadian curler
 Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
 June 17
 Kimeru, Japanese singer
 Venus Williams, American tennis player
 Jeph Jacques, American webcomic writer
 June 19 – Jason White, American football player
 June 22 – Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player
 June 23
 Erick Elías, Mexican actor
 Mark Greaney, Irish singer and guitarist
 Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indian cricketer
 Manus Boonjumnong, Thai boxer
 Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
 Jessica Taylor, English singer
 Melissa Rauch, American actress
 June 24
 Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
 Minka Kelly, American actress
 June 25
 Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
 Philippe Lacheau, French actor, director and writer
 June 26
 Michael Vick, American football player
 Michael Jackson, English footballer
 Rafiz Abu Bakar, Malaysian footballer
 June 27 – Kevin Pietersen, South African-English former cricketer
 June 29
 James Courtney, Australian race car driver
 Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
 Martin Truex Jr., American race car driver
 June 30
 Adil Annani, Moroccan long-distance runner
 Ryan ten Doeschate, Dutch cricketer
 Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Iranian footballer
 Nelbert Omolon, Filipino professional basketball player
 Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
 Sayuti, Indonesian footballer

July

 July 1
 Mizz Nina, Malaysian fashion designer, a host, humanitarian
 Nelson Cruz, Dominican baseball player
 Shon Seung-mo, South Korean badminton player
 July 2 – Brian Drolet, American actor, producer and writer
 July 3
 Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer
 Olivia Munn, American actress and model
 Harbhajan Singh, Indian international cricketer
 July 5
 Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio, American reality TV star
 Eva Green, French actress and model
 Zayed Khan, Indian actor and producer
 Fabián Ríos, Colombian actor and model
 Jason Wade, American singer and guitarist
 July 6 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
 July 7
 Marika Domińczyk, Polish American actress
 Jim McMahon, British politician
 Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
 Dr Malinga, South African record producer and musician
 July 8
 Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
 Chetan Anand, Indian badminton player
 Yang Tae-Young, South Korean gymnast
 July 10
 Thomas Ian Nicholas, American film actor, singer, musician, producer, director and writer
 Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
 Jessica Simpson, American singer
 Jeremy Ray Valdez, American actor
 James Rolfe, American director, actor and writer
 Cláudia Leitte, Brazilian singer
 July 11
 Mathias Boe, Danish badminton player
 Alvent Yulianto, Indonesian badminton player
 July 12
 Kristen Connolly, American actress
 Eny Widiowati, Indonesian badminton player
 July 13 – Pejman Nouri, Iranian football player
 July 15
 Reggie Abercrombie, American baseball player
 BxB Hulk, Japanese professional wrestler
 JW-Jones, Canadian blues musician
 Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and film producer
 Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (d. 2017)
 July 16
 Svetlana Feofanova, Russian pole-vaulter
 Adam Scott, Australian golfer
 July 17
 Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan-Bahraini athlete
 Masato Yoshino, Japanese professional wrestler
 Ryan Miller, American ice hockey goaltender
 July 18 – Kristen Bell, American actress
 July 19
 Yeoh Kay Bin, Malaysian badminton player
 Michelle Heaton, English singer (Liberty X)
 Mark Webber, American actor
 July 20
 Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian supermodel
 Jin Goo, South Korean actor
 July 21 – CC Sabathia, American baseball player
 July 22
 Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper, songwriter, record producer, and author
 Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
 Kate Ryan, Belgian singer
 July 25 – Rebeka Dremelj, Slovenian singer
 July 26 – Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
 July 27 – Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
 July 29
 Rachel Miner, American actress
 Fernando González, Chilean tennis player

August

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 August 2 – Dingdong Dantes, Filipino actor
 August 3
 Nadia Ali, Pakistani-American singer-songwriter
 Hannah Simone, British-Canadian actress
 Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
 August 5 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
 August 6 – Will Pan, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
 August 8 – Craig Breslow, American baseball pitcher
 August 9
 Charlie David, Canadian actor
 Dominic Tabuna, Nauruan politician
 August 10 – Pua Magasiva, Samoan actor
 August 11 – Monika Pyrek, Polish pole vaulter
 August 12 – Maggie Lawson, American actress
 August 14 – Roy Williams, American football player
 August 16
 Julien Absalon, French mountain biker
 Vanessa Carlton, American singer
 August 17
 David Legwand, American ice hockey player
 Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer and musician
 August 18 – Damion Stewart, Jamaican footballer
 August 19
 Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter
 Adrian Lulgjuraj, Albanian singer
 August 21
 Jon Lajoie, Canadian comedian
 Paul Menard, American race car driver
 August 23
 Rex Grossman, American football player
 Joanne Froggatt, British voice artist
 August 24 – Rachael Carpani, Australian actress
 August 26
 Macaulay Culkin, American actor
 Chris Pine, American actor
 August 27 – Derrick Strait, American football player
 August 28 – Debra Lafave, American teacher
 August 29
 William Levy, Cuban-American actor
 David West, American basketball player

September

 September 2 – Dany Sabourin, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
 September 3
 Jennie Finch, American softball player
 Polina Smolova, Belarusian singer
 September 4 – Max Greenfield, American actor
 September 5 – Kevin Simm, English singer (Liberty X)
 September 6
 Kerry Katona, English TV presenter and former pop star (Atomic Kitten)
 Samuel Peter, Nigerian boxer and heavyweight champion
 Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
 September 7
 Nigar Jamal, Azerbaijani singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2011 winner
 Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
 Mark Prior, American baseball player
 September 8
 Eric Hutchinson, American singer-songwriter
 Neferteri Shepherd, African-American model and actress
 September 9
 Denise Quiñones, Puerto Rican actress, Miss Universe 2001
 Michelle Williams, American actress
 September 10 – Mikey Way, British musician (My Chemical Romance)
 September 11 – Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
 September 12
 Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
 Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
 Hiroyuki Sawano, Japanese composer
 September 13
 Ben Savage, American actor
 Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
 September 15
 Ben Wolff, American actor (d. 2015)
 Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese singer
 Faiz Khaleed, Malaysian astronaut
 September 21
 Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
 Autumn Reeser, American actress
 September 24 – Victoria Pendleton, English cyclist
 September 25 – T.I., African-American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author
 September 26 – Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey players
 September 29
 Patrick Agyemang, Ghanaian footballer
 Dallas Green, musician
 Zachary Levi, American actor and singer
 September 30
 Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
 Emily Kokal, vocalist, guitarist
 Arisa Ogasawara, Japanese voice actress
 Guillermo Rigondeaux, Cuban boxer

October

 October 1 – Sarah Drew, American actress
 October 3 – Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor and voice actor
 October 4
 Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete
 Joe Kennedy III, American lawyer
 Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
 Ben Whishaw, English actor
 October 5
 James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
 Ti West, American film director
 October 8
 Michael Mizanin, American professional wrestler
 Nick Cannon, African-American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer and broadcast personality
 October 10
 Sherine, Egyptian singer
 Lynn Hung, Hong Kong actress
 October 11
 Tomokazu Sugita, Japanese voice actor
 October 12
 Ledley King, English footballer
 Nadzeya Ostapchuk, Belarusian athlete
 October 13
 Ashanti, African-American singer
 Scott Parker, English footballer
 October 14
 Terrence McGee, American football player
 Ben Whishaw, English actor
 October 15 – Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
 October 16
 Sue Bird, Israeli-American basketball player
 Timana Tahu, Australian Rugby League player
 October 17
 Angel Parker, American actress
 Justin Shenkarow, American actor
 Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
 October 18
 Erin Dean, American actress
 Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Indian cricket player
 October 19 – José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
 October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American socialite and television personality
 October 23 – Robert Belushi, American actor
 October 24
 Monica, African-American singer
 Casey Wilson, American actress and comedian
 October 28
 Alan Smith, English footballer
 Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler
 October 29 – Ben Foster, American actor
 October 31 – Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor and comedian

 November 

 November 4 – Sabrina Colie, Jamaican actress
 November 5
 Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
 Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
 Essaï Altounian, French-Armenian actor, singer-songwriter, keyboardist and music producer
 November 6 – Anri Jokhadze, Georgian pop singer
 November 7 – Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast
 November 10 – Calvin Chen, Taiwanese pop singer
 November 11 – Willie Parker, American football player
 November 12 – Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor and musician
 November 13 – Monique Coleman, American actress
 November 15 – Kevin Staut, French equestrian
 November 16 – Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
 November 17 – Isaac Hanson, American musician
 November 18
 Denny Hamlin, American race car driver
 Dustin Kensrue, Canadian singer
 François Duval, Belgian rally driver
 Junichi Okada, Japanese singer
 Luke Chadwick, English footballer
 Mathew Baynton, English actor and writer
 Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
 November 19 – Adele Silva, English actress and model
 November 21
 Hank Blalock, American baseball player
 Hiroyuki Tomita, Japanese gymnast
 Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress
 November 22 – David Artell, English footballer
 November 23 – Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
 November 24 – Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
 November 25
 Rowly Dennis, English actor
 John-Michael Liles, American hockey player
 Nick Swisher, American baseball player
 November 26 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer
 November 28 – Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
 November 29
 Jason Griffith, American actor and voice actor
 Janina Gavankar, American actress and musician
 Ilias Kasidiaris, Greek politician

 December 

 December 1
 Angelique Bates, American actress, comedian, and rapper
 Joel A. Sutherland, Canadian author
 December 3
 Anna Chlumsky, American actress
 Jenna Dewan, American actress
 Jim Sorgi, American football player
 December 5 – Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-born French trumpeter
 Shizuka Itō, Japanese voice actress
 December 6
 Steve Lovell, English footballer
 Kei Yasuda, Japanese singer
 December 7 – John Terry, English footballer
 December 9
 Simon Helberg, American actor and comedian
 Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian professional cyclist
 December 10 – Sarah Chang, American violinist
 December 13
 Satoshi Tsumabuki, Japanese actor
 Bosco Wong, Hong Kong actor
 December 15
 Neil McDermott, English actor
 Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist and songwriter
 December 16 – Axle Whitehead, Australian actor and singer-songwriter
 December 18
 Baron Vaughn, American actor and comedian
 Christina Aguilera, American singer
 December 19
 Marla Sokoloff, American actress
 Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
 December 20
 Ashley Cole, English footballer
 Chris Edwards, English musician
 Fitz Hall, English footballer
 December 22
 Chris Carmack, American actor
 Matt Parker, Australian author
 December 23 – Cody Ross, American baseball player
 December 25 – Laura Sadler, English actress (d. 2003)
 December 27
 Bernard Berrian, American football player
 Cesaro, Swiss professional wrestler
 December 30 – Eliza Dushku, American actress
 December 31 – Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player

Deaths
January
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 January 1
 Adolph Deutsch, American composer (b. 1897)
 Frank Wykoff, American Olympic athlete (b. 1909)
 January 2 – Alessandro Bruschetti, Italian artist (b. 1910)
 January 3 – Joy Adamson, Austrian-born conservationist and author (b. 1910)
 January 7 – Simonne Mathieu, French tennis champion (b. 1908)
 January 8 – John Mauchly, American physicist and inventor (b. 1907)
 January 10
 Bo Rein, American football coach (b. 1945)
 George Meany, American labor leader (b. 1894)
 January 11 – Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
 January 13 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor and arranger (b. 1901)
 January 17 – Barbara Britton, American actress (b. 1919)
 January 18 – Sir Cecil Beaton, English photographer (b. 1904)
 January 19 – William O. Douglas, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1898)
 January 21 – Georges Painvin, French cryptographer (b. 1886)
 January 22
 Walter Pym, Australian actor (b. 1905)
 Teresa Noce, Italian labor leader, activist, and journalist (b. 1900)
 January 23 – Leonard Strong, American actor (b. 1908)
 January 24 – Lil Dagover, German actress (b. 1887)
 January 25 – David Newell, American actor (b. 1905)
 January 27
 Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor (b. 1906)
 Peppino De Filippo, Italian actor (b. 1903)
 Eric Wyndham White, British administrator and economist, first Director-General of the GATT (b. 1913)
 January 28 – Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (b. 1926)
 January 29 – Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer and comedian (b. 1893)
 January 30
 Maria Bolognesi, Italian Roman Catholic laywoman, mystic and blessed (b. 1924)
 Professor Longhair, American musician (b. 1918)
 January 31 – Eduardo Cáceres, Guatemalan politician (b. 1906)

February
 February 1 – Jack Bailey, American actor (b. 1907)
 February 2
 Hanna Rovina, Russian-born Israeli actress (b. 1889)
 William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
 February 6 – Albert Kotin, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1907)
 February 7 – Richard Williams, Royal Australian Air Force officer (b. 1890)
 February 8
 Isadora Bennett, American publicity agent (b. 1900)
 Nikos Xilouris, Greek pop singer (b. 1936)
 Francesco Zucchetti, French Olympic cyclist (b. 1902)
 February 9 – Tom Macdonald, British journalist and novelist (b. 1900)
 February 10 – Wels Eicke, Australian rules football player (b. 1893)
 February 11 – R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian (b. 1884)
 February 12 – Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
 February 13 – David Janssen, American actor (b. 1931)
 February 14 – Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor (b. 1926)
 February 17
 Jerry Fielding, American conductor and music director (b. 1922)
 Graham Sutherland, English artist (b. 1903)
 February 18 – Gale Robbins, American singer and actress (b. 1921)
 February 19
 Robert Morrison, British Olympic rower (b. 1902)
 Bon Scott, Scottish-born Australian rock singer (b. 1946)
 February 20
 Joseph Banks Rhine, American parapsychologist (b. 1895)
 Alice Longworth, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter, wife of Nicholas Longworth (b. 1884)
 February 21 – Aldo Andreotti, Italian mathematician (b. 1924)
 February 22 – Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet (b. 1886)
 February 23
 Enrico Celio, Swiss politician, 49th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1889)
 Robert Hayden, American poet (b. 1913)
 February 24
 Michael Browne, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1895)
 Clement Martyn Doke, South African linguist (b. 1893)
 February 26 – Mario Mattoli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
 February 27
 George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
 Shin'ichi Hisamatsu, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
 February 28 – James Goff, American football and basketball head coach (b. 1912)
 February 29
 Gil Elvgren, American pin-up artist (b. 1914)
 Yigal Allon, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1918)

March
 March 1
 Dixie Dean, English football player (b. 1907)
 Daniil Khrabrovitsky, Soviet film director (b. 1923)
 Wilhelmina, Dutch-born American high-fashion model and owner of model agency (b. 1940)
 March 3 – Roger Davis, American actor (b. 1884)
 March 5 – Jay Silverheels, American actor (b. 1912)
 March 6 – Barbara Brukalska, Polish architect (b. 1899)
 March 9 – Nikolay Bogolybov, Russian actor (b. 1899)
 March 10 – Herman Tarnower, American medical doctor and diet guru (b. 1910)
 March 11 – Maud Hart Lovelace, American author (b. 1892)
 March 13 – Roland Symonette, 1st Premier of the Bahamas (b. 1898)
 March 14
 Anna Jantar, Polish singer (b. 1950)
 Mohammad Hatta, Indonesia's first vice president (b. 1902)
 Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish naturalist and television presenter (b. 1928)
 March 17 – Boun Oum, 4th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1911)
 March 18
 Jessica Dragonette, American singer (b. 1900)
 Elsa Goveia, Guyanese-born Jamaican scholar (b. 1925)
 Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
 Louise Lovely, Australian actress (b. 1895)
 Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898)
 March 21 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (b. 1888)
 March 24
 John Barrie, Welsh actor (b. 1917)
 Pierre Etchebaster, French real tennis player (b. 1893)
 Óscar Romero, Salvadorian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1917)
 March 25
 Roland Barthes, French literary critic and writer (b. 1915)
 Erminio Macario, Italian actor (b. 1902)
 Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
 James Wright, American poet (b. 1927)
 Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b.1901)
 March 28
 Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová, Czechoslovak illustrator (b. 1894)
 James Hayes, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic, Jesuit archbishop, missionary and servant of God (b. 1889)
 Dick Haymes, Argentine actor and singer (b. 1918)
 March 29 – Mantovani, Italian-born conductor and arranger (b. 1905)
 March 30
 David Sharpe, American actor (b. 1910)
 Tôn Đức Thắng, 2nd President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) (b. 1888)
 March 31
 Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (b. 1905)
 Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete (b. 1913)

April
110px|thumb|Jean-Paul Sartre
110px|thumb|Mario Bava
110px|thumb|Alfred Hitchcock
 April 2 – Stanley Forman Reed, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1884)
 April 4 – Red Sovine, American country and folk singer-songwriter (b. 1917)
 April 6
 John Collier, English writer (b. 1901)
 Nils Ericson, Swedish actor (b. 1906)
 April 8 – Bill Eastman, British army officer (b. 1911)
 April 10 – Kay Medford, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
 April 11 – Ümit Kaftancıoğlu, Turkish writer (b. 1935)
 April 12
 Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker and billiards player (b. 1895)
 William R. Tolbert Jr., 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
 April 13 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor (b. 1913)
 April 15
 Raymond Bailey, American actor (b. 1904)
 Marshall Reed, American film and television actor (b. 1917)
 Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
 April 18 – Antonio Caponigro, American gangster (b. 1912)
 April 19
 Charles Seel, American actor (b. 1897)
 Tony Beckley, English character actor (b. 1927)
 April 20
 Katherine Kennicott Davis, American composer (b. 1892)
 Helmut Käutner, German director (b. 1908)
 April 21 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (b. 1928)
 April 22
 Jane Froman, American singer and actress (b. 1907)
 Fritz Strassmann, German chemist (b. 1902)
 April 24 – Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (b. 1904)
 April 26 – Cicely Courtneidge, British actress (b. 1893)
 April 27
 Mario Bava, Italian director (b. 1914)
 John Culshaw, British recording producer and musicologist (b. 1924)
 April 28 – Thomas G. W. Settle, American record-setting balloonist and admiral (b. 1895)
 April 29 – Alfred Hitchcock, British suspense film director (b. 1899)
 April 30 – Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician (b. 1898)

May
 May 1 – Henry Levin, American film director and actor (b. 1909)
 May 2
 George Pal, Hungarian-born animator and producer (b. 1904)
 Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-born cricketer (b. 1891)
 May 4
 Kay Hammond, English actress (b. 1909)
 Josip Broz Tito,  Croatian-born Yugoslav communist military and political leader, 19th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
 May 5 – Isabel Briggs Myers, American psychological theorist and co-creator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (b. 1897)
 May 7
 Isla Cameron, British actress (b. 1930)
 Margaret Cole, British politician (b. 1893)
 May 8 – Geoffrey Baker, English field marshal (b. 1912)
 May 9
 Prince Himalaya of Nepal (b. 1921)
 Kate Molale, South African anti-apartheid activist (b. 1928)
 May 12 – Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
 May 14
 Carl Ebert, German theatre and opera director (b. 1887)
 Fatmawati, First Lady of Indonesia (b. 1923)
 Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
 May 16
 José Calvo, Spanish actor (b. 1916)
 Marin Preda, Romanian writer (b. 1922)
 May 18
 David A. Johnston, American volcanologist (b. 1949) (killed by eruption of Mount St. Helens)
 Ian Curtis, English musician and singer (b. 1956)
 Reid Blackburn, photojournalist for National Geographic (b. 1952; also killed by eruption of Mount St. Helens)
 Harry R. Truman, Owner/Operator of Mt. St. Helens Lodge (b. 1896; killed by eruption of Mount St. Helens)
 May 20 – Jack Walsh, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
 May 21 – Ida Kamińska, Polish-born Jewish actress, playwright and translator (b. 1899)
 May 25 – George West, British Anglican missionary (b. 1893)
 May 28 – Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
 May 30 – Carl Radle, American bassist (b. 1942)

June
 June 1 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player (New York Giants) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1886)
 June 7
 Richard Bonelli, American opera baritone (b. 1889)
 Henry Miller, American writer (b. 1891)
 Elizabeth Craig, British chef and writer (b. 1883)
 Salvator Gotta, Italian writer (b. 1887)
 Philip Guston, American painter (b. 1912)
 Marian Spychalski, Polish architect and politician, former head of State (b. 1908)
 June 8
 Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)
 Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian football player (b. 1904)
 June 9 – Shyam Kumari Khan, Indian lawyer (b. 1904)
 June 12
 Billy Butlin, South African-born Canadian founder of Butlins Holiday Camps (b. 1899)
 Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1910)
 Milburn Stone, American actor (b. 1904)
 June 13 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (b. 1942)
 June 14 – Sante Spessotto, Italian Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1923)
 June 18 – Terence Fisher, British director (b. 1904)
 June 20 – Amy Key Clarke, English mystical poet (b. 1892)
 June 21 – Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader and songwriter (b. 1923)
 June 23
 Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
 John Laurie, Scottish actor (b. 1897)
 V. V. Giri, Indian politician and 4th President of India (b. 1894)
 June 24 – Boris Kaufman, Russian cinematographer (b. 1897)
 June 26 – Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Jacob III (b. 1912)
 June 27 – Carey McWilliams, American author, editor and lawyer (b. 1905)
 June 28 – José Iturbi, Spanish conductor and musician (b. 1895)

July
110px|thumb|Peter Sellers
110px|thumb|Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
 July – Robert Brackman, American painter (b. 1898)
 July 1 – C. P. Snow, British physicist and novelist (b. 1905)
 July 3
 Deng Hua, Chinese general (b. 1910)
 Abdelhamid Sharaf, 51st Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1939)
 July 4 – Gregory Bateson, British anthropologist, anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, semiotician and cyberneticist (b. 1904)
 July 6 – Gail Patrick, American actress (b. 1911)
 July 7
 Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1901)
 Reginald Gardiner, English actor (b. 1903)
 Dore Schary, American film writer, director and producer (b. 1905)
 Dan White, American actor (b. 1908)
 July 8 – Rudolf Creutz, Austrian criminal (b. 1896)
 July 9 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian writer, poet and diplomat (b. 1913)
 July 13 – Seretse Khama, 1st President of Botswana (b. 1921)
 July 15 – Ben Selvin, American orchestra leader and recording artist (b. 1898)
 July 17
 Red Barry, American actor (b. 1912)
 Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician (b. 1890)
 July 19 – Nihat Erim, Turkish politician and jurist, 30th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1912)
 July 20 – Lado Gudiashvili, Soviet painter (b. 1896)
 July 21 – Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Syrian politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1912)
 July 22 – Hans-Georg Bürger, German racing driver (b. 1952)
 July 23 – Keith Godchaux, American musician (b. 1948)
 July 24 – Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor (b. 1925)
 July 25
 Tony Catalano, American football player (b. 1895)
 Vladimir Vysotsky, Soviet singer-songwriter, poet and actor (b. 1938)
 July 26
 Allen Hoskins, American actor (b. 1920)
 Kenneth Tynan, English theatre critic (b. 1927)
 July 27 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
 July 28 – Maria Luisa Monteiro da Cunha, Brazilian librarian (b. 1908)
 July 30 – Lucien Dalsace, French actor (b. 1893)
 July 31
 Pascual Jordan, German physicist (b. 1902)
 Bobby Van, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1928)

August
 August 1
 Patrick Depailler, French racing driver (b. 1944)
 Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
 August 2 – Donald Ogden Stewart, American writer (b. 1894)
 August 9
 Harry Bell, Australian footballer (b. 1897)
 Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
 Elliott Nugent, American actor (b. 1896)
 August 10
 Gareth Evans, British philosopher (b. 1946)
 Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and statesman, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
 August 14 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress and model (murdered) (b. 1960)
 August 15 – William Hood Simpson, American general (b. 1888)
 August 18 – Arman, Iranian-born Soviet actor (b.  1921)
 August 19 – Otto Frank, German father of Jewish diarist Anne Frank (b. 1889)
 August 20 – Joe Dassin, American-born French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
 August 22 – Norman Shelley, British actor (b. 1903)
 August 24 – Yootha Joyce, British actress (b. 1927)
 August 25 – Gower Champion, American theatre director, choreographer and dancer (b. 1919)
 August 26 – Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)

September
110px|thumb|Jean Piaget
110px|thumb|John Bonham
 September 3
 Barbara O'Neil, American actress (b. 1909)
 Dirch Passer, Danish actor (b. 1926)
 Duncan Renaldo, American actor (b. 1904)
 September 4
 Pepe Abad, Spanish-born Chilean television presenter and radio host (b. 1932)
 George Murray Burnett, British mathematician and chemist (b. 1921)
 September 8 – Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
 September 9 – Manzoor Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
 September 12 – Lillian Randolph, American actress (b. 1898)
 September 14 – Domingo Acedo, Spanish football player (b. 1898)
 September 15 – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (b. 1929)
 September 16
 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
 Julio Franco Arango, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1914)
 September 17 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicataguan politician, President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
 September 18 – Katherine Anne Porter, American author (b. 1890)
 September 19 – Sol Lesser, American film producer (b. 1890)
 September 23 – Jacobus Johannes Fouché, 5th President of South Africa (b. 1898)
 September 25
 John Bonham, British rock drummer (Led Zeppelin) (b. 1948)
 Lewis Milestone, American film director (b. 1895)
 Marie Under, Estonian poet (b. 1883)
 September 30
 John McGuire, American actor (b. 1929)
 Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1922)

October

 October 2 – John Kotelawala, Sri Lanka soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon (b. 1895)
 October 6 – Hattie Jacques, British actress (b. 1922)
 October 7 – Sydney Gordon Russell, English designer and craftsman (b. 1892)
 October 10 – Billie Thomas, American actor (b. 1931)
 October 12 – Alberto Demicheli, Uruguayan political figure, President of Uruguay ("de facto") (b. 1896)
 October 15 – Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (b. 1908)
 October 18 – Hans Ehard, German lawyer and politician (b. 1887)
 October 21
 Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician after whom Asperger syndrome was named (b. 1906)
 Valko Chervenkov, Bulgarian politician, 34th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1900)
 Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Argentine general, 28th President of Argentina (d. 1887)
 October 23 – Mariano Suárez, Ecuadorian politician, 27th President of Ecuador (b. 1897)
 October 25
 Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912)
 Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (race car accident) (b. 1948)
 Sahir Ludhianvi, Urdu/Hindustani poet and Hindi film lyricist (b. 1921)
 October 26 – Marcelo Caetano, Portuguese politician and scholar, 101st Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1906)
 October 27
 Steve Peregrin Took, British rock musician (b. 1949)
 John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
 October 29 – Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese politician and statesman, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
 October 31 – Elizebeth Smith Friedman, American cryptographer (b. 1892)

November
110px|thumb|Steve McQueen
110px|thumb|John McEwen
110px|thumb|Sara García
110px|thumb|Mae West
 November 4
 Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. 1904)
 Johnny Owen, Welsh professional boxer (b. 1956)
 November 7 – Steve McQueen, American actor (b. 1930)
 November 9
 Gloria Guinness, Mexican-born American fashion icon (b. 1912)
 Carmel Myers, American actress (b. 1899)
 Victor Sen Yung, American actor (b. 1915)
 November 16
 Boris Aronson, Russian set designer (b. 1898)
 Imogen Hassall, English actress (b. 1942)
 November 18 – Conn Smythe, Canadian NHL coach (b. 1895)
 November 19 – E. J. Bowen, English chemist (b. 1898)
 November 20
 Avtandil Gogoberidze, Soviet football player (b. 1922)
 John McEwen, Australian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
 November 21 – Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
 November 22
 Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)
 Mae West, American actress (b. 1893)
 November 24 – George Raft, American actor (b. 1901)
 November 26 – Rachel Roberts, British actress (b. 1927)
 November 27 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882)
 November 29
 Dorothy Day, American journalist, activist, Roman Catholic convert and Servant of God (b. 1897)
 Babe London, American actress and comedian (b. 1901)

December
 December 2
 Jean Donovan, American Roman Catholic missionary (b. 1953)
 Murder of the Three American Roman Catholic fellow missionaries by Salvadorian military:
 Maura Clarke (b. 1931)
 Ita Ford (b. 1940)
 Dorothy Kazel (b. 1939)
 Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born writer (b. 1914)
 December 3 – Sir Oswald Mosley, British fascist leader (b. 1896)
 December 4
 Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer, 109th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
 Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-born runner (b. 1911)
 December 7 – Darby Crash, American rock songwriter, singer  (b. 1958)
 December 8 – John Lennon, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
 December 9 – Patriarch Benedict I of Jerusalem (b. 1892)
 December 11 – Dorothy West, American actress (b. 1891)
 December 12
 Bruno Bartolozzi, Italian composer (b. 1911)
 Erich Jantsch, Austrian astrophysicist (b. 1929)
 Severino Montano, Filipino actor, director and playwright (b. 1915)
 December 14 – Elston Howard, American baseball player (b. 1929)
 December 16
 Colonel Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
 Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
 Peter Collinson, British film director (b. 1936)
 December 17 – Chiang Kuei, Chinese novelist (b.  1908)
 December 18
 Frances Fuller, American actress (b. 1907)
 Alexei Kosygin, Soviet politician, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
 Sir Albert Margai, 2nd Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (b. 1910)
 December 19 – Héctor José Cámpora, Argentine Peronist politician, 38th President of Argentina (b. 1909)
 December 21 – Marc Connelly, American playwright (b. 1890)
 December 23 – Frank Norman, English novelist, playwright and autobiographer (b. 1930)
 December 24
 Karl Dönitz, German admiral and 4th President of Germany (b. 1891)
 Heikki Liimatainen, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1894)
 Siggie Nordstrom, American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer (b. 1893)
 December 25 – Victoria Drummond, first woman marine engineer in Britain (b. 1894)
 December 28
 Alfredo Barrera Vásquez, Mexican anthropologist (b. 1900)
 Sam Levene, American actor (b. 1905)
 December 29 – Tim Hardin, American musician (b. 1941)
 December 30 – Giuseppe Carraro, Italian Roman Catholic bishop and venerable (b. 1899)
 December 31
 Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and professor (b. 1911)
 Raoul Walsh, American film director (b. 1887)

Date Unknown
 Nureddine Rifai, 25th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1899)

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 Hit Songs 
 "A Forest" – The Cure
 "All Out of Love" – Air Supply
 "Any Way You Want It" – Journey
 "Another One Bites The Dust"-Queen
 "Ashes To Ashes" – David Bowie
 "Babe" – Styx
 "Back Together Again" – Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
 "Borrowed Time" – Styx
 "Breaking the Law" – Judas Priest
 "Cheap Wine" – Cold Chisel
 "Fool in the Rain" – Led Zeppelin
 "Freewill" – Rush
 "Good Morning Girl" – Journey
 "Hungry Heart" – Bruce Springsteen
 "I Can't Tell You Why" – The Eagles
 "I Hope I Never – Split Enz
 "Living After Midnight" – Judas Priest
 "London Calling" – The Clash
 "Love The World Away" – Kenny Rogers
 "Metal Gods" – Judas Priest
 "On And On And On" – ABBA
 "People – Mi-Sex
 "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" – Aerosmith
 "Sexy Eyes" – Dr. Hook
 "Stay Awhile" – Journey
 "Suddenly" – Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard
 "Super Trouper" – ABBA
 "The Winner Takes It All" – ABBA
 "Too Late" – Journey
 "Train in Vain" – The Clash
 "Tulsa Time" – Eric Clapton
 "Turn It On Again" – Genesis
 "Why Me" – Styx
 "You May Be Right" – Billy Joel
 (Just Like) Starting Over – John Lennon
 Another Brick In The Wall, Part II – Pink Floyd
 Another One Bites The Dust- Queen
 Call Me – Blondie
 Coming Up – Paul McCartney & Wings
 Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
 It's Still Rock And Roll To Me – Billy Joel
 Lady – Kenny Rogers
 Magic -Olivia Newton-John
 Rock With You – Michael Jackson
 Upside Down – Diana Ross
 Woman In Love'' – Barbra Streisand