- Jan 4 Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese artist, sculptor
- Jan 7 Tina Anderson, American comic book writer
- Jan 8 Jason Giambi, infielder (Oakland A's), born in West Covina, California
- Jan 9 Daniel Dumile, American hip hop artist
- Jan 9 Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author
- Jan 9 Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director
- Jan 14 Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
- Jan 18 Seamus O'Regan, Canadian broadcast journalist
- Jan 18 Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan author and journalist, born in Nakuru, Rift Valley
- Jan 21 Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
- Feb 3 Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
- Feb 20 Shalanda Burt, US murderess
- Feb 20 Shawn McKenzie, American programmer
- Feb 25 Dave Harris, American disc jockey
- Feb 27 Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
- Feb 28 Tristan Louis, American writer
- Mar 3 Tyler Florence, chef, Food Network personality, & cookbook author
- Mar 5 Amy Peistrup-Matthews, WPVA (Old Orchard-17-1995), born in Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Mar 7 Matthew Vaughn, British producer and director
- Mar 13 Robert Lanham, American author and satirist (The Hipster Handbook), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Mar 19 Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor
- Mar 20 Touré, American writer
- Mar 20 Chad Michaels, American drag queen and Cher impersonator (RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars winner), born in San Diego, California
- Mar 26 Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
- Mar 29 Lennart van Reen, son of author Ton v R/publisher Corrie Zelen
- Apr 2 ZEEBRA [Hideyuki Yokoi], Japanese hip hop artist, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Apr 14 Peter Gibson, American writer
- Apr 16 Frederik Nilsson, IHL forward (Team Sweden, KC (IHL)), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Apr 21 Alexander Kravchenko, Russian professional poker player
- Apr 21 Hasan Akbar, American convicted murderer
- Apr 22 Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist
- Apr 30 John Boyne, Irish novelist
- Apr 30 Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
- May 3 Damon Dash, American label executive
- May 7 Thomas Piketty, French economist and author ("Capital in the Twenty-First Century"), born in Clichy
- May 14 Sofia Coppola, American director (Lost in Translation), born in New York City
- May 17 Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, Queen of the Netherlands (2013-present), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- May 18 Desiree Horton, American helicopter pilot/television reporter
- May 25 Marco Cappato, Italian politician
- May 27 Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
- May 27 Kaur Kender, Estonian author
- May 27 Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
- May 28 Marco Rubio, American politician (Senate-R-Florida, 2011-), born in Miami, Florida
- Jun 2 Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician
- Jun 4 Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician
- Jun 7 Alex X. Mooney, American politician
- Jun 10 Bobby Jindal, American politician; Louisiana Congressman, Governor
- Jun 13 Broderick nonuplets, Sydney Australia
- Jun 16 Daliah Wachs "Dr. Daliah", Los Angeles Ca., radio host
- Jun 17 Mildred Fox, Irish politician
- Jun 21 Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince/son of King of Nepal
- Jun 25 Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect
Elon Musk
Jun 28 Elon Musk, American entrepreneur and inventor (SpaceX, Tesla, Paypal), born in Pretoria, South Africa
Elon Musk
- Jul 2 Evelyn Lau, Canadian author
Julian Assange
Jul 3 Julian Assange, Australian founder of Wikileaks, born in Townsville, Queensland
Julian Assange
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Jul 28 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), born in Samarra, Iraq
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- Jul 30 Sagi Kalev, Bodybuilder
- Aug 9 James Kim, technology reporter (d. 2006)
- Aug 10 Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist
- Aug 17 Shaun Rehn, Australian Rules footballer
- Aug 21 Robert Harvey, Australian Rules Footballer (St Kilda Football Club), born in Seaford, Australia
- Aug 25 Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host
- Aug 28 Shane Andrews, infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Dallas, Texas
- Sep 2 Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
- Sep 3 Chabeli Iglesias, daughter of Julio Iglesias, born in Madrid, Spain
- Sep 11 Markos Moulitsas, American blogger and author
- Sep 22 Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- Sep 23 Sean Spicer, American political strategist, White House Press Secretary (2017), born in Barrington, Rhode Island
- Oct 9 Simon Atlee, British photographer (d. 2004)
- Oct 21 Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick & Bianca Jagger, born in Paris, France
- Oct 27 Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer
- Oct 29 Daniel J. Bernstein, American professor
- Oct 29 Ma Huateng [Pony Ma], Chinese entrepreneur (Tencent), born in Chaoyang District, Shantou
- Oct 31 Toby Anstis, British radio presenter
- Nov 1 Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier
- Nov 7 Jamie Drummond, Scottish Canadian Sommelier
- Nov 16 Donald Wolf, computer game creator
- Nov 16 Koshi Rikdo, Japanese mangaka
- Nov 27 Eric Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
- Nov 29 Gregory Byrne, American college administrator
- Dec 1 Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter
- Dec 1 John Schlimm, American author
- Dec 3 Vernon White, American mixed martial artist
- Dec 6 Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese seiyuu
- Dec 7 Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess player
- Dec 10 Brian Nichols, American spree killer
- Dec 13 Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi
- Dec 18 Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist
- Dec 19 Liz Cho, American television reporter
- Dec 21 Fenton Keogh, Australian celebrity chef
- Dec 23 Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite, born in Hampshire (d. 2017)
Justin Trudeau
Dec 25 Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, born in Ottawa, Ontario
Justin Trudeau
- Dec 28 Frank Sepe, US bodybuilder, born in Rosedale, New York