- Jan 7 Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, American publicist & wife of John Kennedy Jr., born in White Plains, New York (d. 1999)
- Jan 10 Steve Kramer, American politician, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Jan 11 Kelley Law, Canadian curler
- Jan 13 Tabitha Stevens, fictional character (Bewitched)
- Jan 21 Katrine Michaelsen, Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark (1984)
- Jan 25 Chet Culver, American politician (Governor of Iowa), born in Washington, D.C.
- Feb 5 Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1993)
- Feb 12 Boty Goodwin, British artist (d. 1995)
- Feb 18 Guy Ferland, American television director, born in Beverly, Massachusetts
- Feb 20 Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
- Feb 22 Resha Riggins, Miss Alabama (1990), born in Trussville Alabama
- Feb 22 Brian Greig, Australian politician, born in Fremantle, Australia
- Feb 23 Didier Queloz, Swiss astronomer (discovered 1st exoplanet), 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics, born in Switzerland
- Feb 25 Samantha Phillips, Ft Meade MD, Penthouse Pet
- Mar 1 Paul Hollywood, English baker and TV judge (The Great British Bake Off), born in Wallasey, England
- Mar 4 Dav Pilkey, American author (Captain Underpants, Dogman), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Mar 5 Feng Congde, Chinese dissident (A Tiananmen Journal: Republic on the Square) and one of the student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, born in Sichuan province, China
- Mar 6 Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian militant (chief bombmaker for Hamas), born in Rafat, West Bank (d. 1996)
- Mar 9 Tony Lockett, Australian Rules full-forward (highest goalscorer in VFL/AFL history, 1,360 in 281 games; St. Kilda FC, Sydney FC), born in Ballarat, Victoria
- Mar 9 Michael Patrick MacDonald, Irish-American activist against crime and violence and author (All Souls: A Family Story From Southie), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Mar 11 Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russian cosmonaut
- Mar 11 Joe Hachem, Australian poker player (first Australian to win World Series of Poker, 2005 record $7.5m), born in Lebanon
- Mar 18 Daniel S. Nevins, American rabbi
- Mar 18 Peter Jones, British entrepreneur and businessman (Dragons' Den, American Inventor), born in Maidenhead, Berkshire
- Mar 22 Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician, born in Jūrmala, Lavtian SSR, USSR
- Mar 22 Martha McSally, American politician (Senator Arizona (R) 2019-20), first female American pilot to fly in combat, born in Warwick, Rhode Island
- Apr 1 Chris Evans, English disc jockey
- Apr 11 Steve Bullock, American politician (Governor of Montana 2013-), born in Missoula, Montana
- Apr 11 Tomas Leandersson, Swedish ten-pin bowler (FIQ World C'ships 1999; World Tenpin Team Cup 1994; World Games 1993), born in Degerfors, Sweden (d. 2021)
- Apr 14 André Boisclair, Quebec politician (Parti Québécois)
- Apr 15 Chai Ling, Chinese dissident (All Girls Allowed) and one of the student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, born in Rizhao, Shandong, China
- Apr 20 David Chalmers, Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist, born in Sydney, Australia
- Apr 23 Jim Stynes [James], Hall of Fame Australian rules footballer (only foreigner to win Brownlow medal), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2012)
- Apr 26 Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanese Manga artist who created YuYu Hakusho, born in Shinjō, Yamagata, Japan
- May 2 Belinda Stronach, Canadian businesswoman and politician, born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
- May 4 Jane McGrath, British-Australian co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer, born in Paignton, Devon (d. 2008)
- May 13 Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
- May 13 Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
- May 25 Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, wife of Prince Constantijn and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, born in Leiden, Netherlands
- Jun 4 Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
- Jun 13 Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician (Proof of the Poincaré conjecture), born in Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
- Jun 17 Tory Burch, American fashion designer (Tory Burch LLC), born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
- Jun 19 Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
- Jun 21 Mancow Muller, American radio personality, born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jun 22 Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
- Jun 25 Richard Matt, American murderer who escaped prison, born in Tonawanda, New York (d. 2015)
- Jun 27 Giambattista Valli, Italian fashion designer, born in Rome, Italy
- Jul 7 Neil Tobin, American magician, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 11 Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga author (Berserk), born in Chiba, Japan (d. 2021)
- Jul 14 Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator (The Invention of Hugo Cabret), born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey
- Jul 16 Mike Horn, South African explorer, 1st to reach North Pole without dog or motorized transport, born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jul 17 Sten Tolgfors, Swedish politician, born in Forshaga, Sweden
- Jul 17 Nemesio Cervantes [El Mencho], Mexican drug lord, most-wanted man in Mexico, responsible for 1/3 all drugs into US, born in Aguililla, Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto
Jul 20 Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico (2012-18), born in Atlacomulco, State of Mexico, Mexico
- Jul 25 Christine C. Quinn, American Democratic Party politician and Speaker of the New York City Council, born in Glen Cove, New York
- Jul 28 Liz Cheney, American politician (Rep-R-WY 2017-), daughter of Dick Cheney, born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Jul 29 Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voiceactor
- Jul 31 Marina V A Mowatt [Ogilvy], daughter of English princess Alexandra
- Aug 1 James St. James, American author and nightlife personality, born in Saginaw, Michigan
- Aug 7 Jimmy Wales, American internet entrepreneur and cofounder of Wikipedia, born in Huntsville, Alabama
- Aug 18 Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Aug 25 Michael Cohen, American lawyer to Donald Trump, born in Long Island, New York
- Aug 27 Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
- Aug 28 Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician, born in Mumbai, India
- Aug 31 Jan Einar Thorsen, Norwegian Alpine skier
- Sep 3 Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician, born in Rubtsovsk, Soviet Union
- Sep 11 Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family, born in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
- Sep 16 John Bel Edwards, American politician, Governor of Louisiana (2016-), born in Amite City, Louisiana
- Sep 19 Soledad O'Brien, American journalist (Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien), born in St. James, New York
- Sep 19 Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal (domestic terrorist convicted with series of bombings), born in Merritt Island, Florida
- Sep 21 Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX
- Sep 22 David Adjaye, Ghanaian British architect (Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture), born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Sep 27 Stephanie D Wilson, astronaut, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Sep 28 Erno Das, lighting tech/gaffer (Spiegels, Lovely Liza)
- Sep 30 Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
- Oct 9 Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher and entrepreneur, born in Uppsala, Sweden
David Cameron
Oct 9 David Cameron, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 2010-16), born in London, England
Doug McMillon
Oct 17 Doug McMillon, American CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (2014-), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Oct 20 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda leader (d. 2006)
- Oct 20 Stefan Raab, German entertainer (TV Total), born in Cologne, West Germany
- Oct 20 Patrick J. Volkerding, American founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution
- Oct 24 Roman Abramovich, Russian-Israeli oil magnate, born in Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Oct 27 Matt Drudge, American political commentator and blogger (Drudge Report), born in Takoma Park, Maryland
- Oct 28 Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
- Oct 31 Joseph Boyden, Canadian novelist (Three Day Road), born in Willowdale, North York, Ontario
- Nov 1 Jeremy Hunt, British politician and Foreign Secretary (2018-), born in London, England
- Nov 1 Willie D., American hip hop artist (Geto Boys), born in The 5th Ward, Houston, Texas
- Nov 4 H. John Heinz IV, American medieval armor craftsman; son of Teresa Heinz
- Nov 16 Tricia Cast, Medford NY, actress (Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young & Restless)
- Nov 16 Tahir Shah, British travel writer and explorer
- Nov 18 Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet
- Nov 19 Rocco DiSpirito, American chef, born in Queens, New York
- Nov 20 Jill Thompson, American comic book writer and artist (Scary Godmother)
- Nov 24 Paul Robinett, American internet personality
- Nov 27 Edward Hall, British theatre director of Hampstead Theatre (Rose Rage), born in England
- Nov 30 Wil Mara, American author
- Dec 4 Suzanne Malveaux, American television news journalist, born in Lansing, Michigan
- Dec 9 Kirsten Gillibrand, American attorney and politician (Senator (D) NY 2009-), born in Albany, New York
- Dec 12 Royce Gracie, Brazilian martial artist, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Dec 13 Ross Burden, New Zealand celebrity chef, born in Napier, New Zealand (d. 2014)
- Dec 13 Gavin Andresen, American computer programmer and cryptocurrency entrepreneur who founded the Bitcoin Foundation, born in the United States [1]
- Dec 17 Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician
- Dec 17 Christopher A. Wray, American lawyer, F.B.I. Director (2017-), born in NYC, New York
- Dec 20 Ed de Goey, Dutch soccer goalie (Feyenoord), born in Gouda, South Holland
- Dec 27 Fabian Núñez, American politician
- Dec 27 Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer
About 1966
How Old? 55 or 56 years old
Generation: Generation X