- Jan 1 Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist (One Piece - best selling Manga series and comic series ever), born in Kumamoto, Japan
- Jan 3 Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk - "Get Lucky"), born in Paris, France
- Jan 6 Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1), born in Tenbury Wells, United Kingdom
- Jan 9 Kimberley Ann Scott [Kim Mathers], Former wife of Eminem, born in Warren, Michigan
- Jan 11 Matteo Renzi, Italian politician and Prime Minister of Italy (2014-), born in Florence, Italy
- Jan 14 Ricardo López, Uruguayan-born stalker of Björk, born in Uruguay (d. 1996)
- Jan 15 Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter, born in Anstruther, United Kingdom
- Jan 16 Greg Strause, American visual effects creator, born in Waukegan, Illinois
- Jan 28 David Zingler, American writer
- Jan 31 Jackie O, Australian radio host, born in Tasmania, Australia
- Feb 6 Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist, born in Kjellerup, Denmark
- Feb 9 Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (d. 2008)
- Feb 10 Amber Frey, American witness in the Scott Peterson case
- Feb 24 Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler
- Feb 24 Maurizio Giuliano, writer and traveller
- Feb 27 Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist, born in Kingsville, Texas (d. 2006)
- Mar 10 Lyne Bessette, Quebec professional cyclist
- Mar 11 Eric the Midget [Eric S. Lynch], Rodeo, California, American radio personality
- Mar 12 Annabel Port, English radio presenter
- Mar 19 Matthew Richardson, Australian rules footballer
- Apr 3 Mickey Beyer Clausen, Danish entrepreneur and philanthropist (Trunk Archive), born in Copenhagen
- Apr 4 Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman (Louis Vuitton), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Apr 10 Floris, Prince of Netherlands, son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Apr 11 Walid Soliman, Tunisian author, born in Tunis, Tunisia
- Apr 27 Rabih Abdullah, American National Football League player, born in Martinsville, Virginia
- Apr 29 Béres Zoo, Hungarian radio shock jock DJ, born in Budapest, Hungary
- May 4 Laci Peterson, American murder victim, born in Modesto, California (d. 2002)
- May 12 Jared Polis, American businessman and politician, Governor of Colorado (2018-), born in Boulder, Colorado
- May 14 Nicki Sørensen, Danish road cyclist
- May 17 Cheick Kongo, French martial artist
- May 17 Jonti Picking, British cartoonist
- May 30 Marissa Mayer, American technology executive (CEO of Yahoo, designed Google home page), born in Wausau, Wisconsin
- Jun 1 Nikol Pashinyan, Armenian politician, Prime Minister of Armenia (2018-), born in Ijevan, Soviet Union
- Jun 13 Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austrian artist, writer, curator and director
- Jun 14 Chris Onstad, American cartoonist
- Jun 22 Andreas Klöden, German professional road cyclist
- Jun 26 KJ-52 [Jonah Kirsten Sorrentino], American hip hop artist, born in Tampa, Florida
- Jul 6 Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist (Annie Taylor Award), born in Tehran, Iran
- Jul 7 Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer, born in Traralgon, Australia
- Jul 17 Terence Tao, Australian-Chinese mathematician, born in Adelaide, Australia
- Jul 20 Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician
- Jul 30 Graham Nicholls, English artist, born in London, United Kingdom
- Jul 31 Simon Hirst, British radio DJ
- Aug 6 Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier
- Aug 8 Jeremy Scott, American fashion designer (Moschino), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Aug 19 Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator
- Aug 20 Marianne Garvey, American reporter
- Aug 20 Marcus Mastin, American author, born in Carthage, New York
- Aug 25 Jeremy Horn, American MMA Fighter
- Aug 27 Jonny Moseley, American skier
- Sep 10 Jonathan Hoenig, American investment advisor
- Sep 18 "Habacuc" Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican artist
- Sep 18 Youssef Chahed, Tunisian politician and Prime Minister of Tunisia (2016-present), born in Tunis, Tunisia
- Sep 23 Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
- Sep 24 Kyle Turley, American National Football League offensive lineman, born in Provo, Utah
- Sep 24 Nick Hague, American NASA astronaut (Soyuz MS-10 & 12), born in Belleville, Kansas
- Oct 25 Zadie Smith, British novelist (White Teeth, On Beauty, Swing Time), born in Brent, London, England
- Nov 4 Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
Marcus Luttrell
Nov 7 Marcus Luttrell, American former Navy SEAL ("Lone Survivor"), born in Houston, Texas
Marcus Luttrell
- Nov 15 Scott Henshall, British fashion designer
- Nov 21 Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
- Nov 24 Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
- Nov 28 Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer
- Dec 7 Nikola Wapzarow, Bulgarian poet and writer, born in Bansko, Bulgaria
- Dec 19 Jon Smith, British writer
- Dec 22 Chris Adler, American writer, born in Cheverly, Maryland
- Dec 24 Young Zee, American hip hop artist, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Dec 25 Rob Mariano, American reality show contestant, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Dec 25 Pardis Sabeti, Iranian-American biologist and geneticist, born in Tehran, Iran
About 1975
How Old? 45 or 46 years old
Generation: Generation X