- Jan 1 Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist
- Jan 3 Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
- Jan 5 Ray Morgan, announcer (I'd Like to See)
- Jan 6 Yukana, Japanese seiyū
- Jan 6 Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1)
- Jan 9 Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers, former wife of Eminem
- 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
- Jan 16 Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
- Jan 23 Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter
- Jan 28 David Zingler, American writer
- Jan 31 Jackie O, Australian radio host
- Feb 6 Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist
- Feb 9 Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (d. 2008)
- Feb 10 Amber Frey, American witness in the Scott Peterson case
- Feb 14 Yul Kwon, American Survivor contestant
- Feb 24 Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler
- Feb 24 Maurizio Giuliano, writer and traveller
- Feb 27 Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist (d. 2006)
- 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 4 Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier, born in Dals Rostock, Sweden
- 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 14 Anderson [da] Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist (longest UFC title streak at 2,547 days), born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Apr 27 Rabih Abdullah, American National Football League player, born in Martinsville, Virginia
- Apr 29 Béres Zoo, Hungarian radio DJ
- May 4 Laci Peterson, American murder victim, born in Modesto, California (d. 2002)
- May 7 Zee, American hip hop artist
- May 17 Cheick Kongo, French martial artist
- May 17 Jonti Picking, British cartoonist
- May 18 Peter Iwers, Swedish bass player (In Flames)
- May 30 Marissa Mayer, American technology executive (CEO of Yahoo, designed Google home page), born in Wausau, Wisconsin
- Jun 13 Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austrian artist, writer, curator and director
- Jun 14 Chris Onstad, American cartoonist
- Jun 26 KJ-52 [Jonah Kirsten Sorrentino], American hip hop artist, born in Tampa, Florida
- Jul 4 Tania Davis, Australian violist
- Jul 6 Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist (Annie Taylor Award), born in Tehran, Iran
- Jul 7 Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer
- Jul 17 Gino D'Acampo, Italian celebrity chef
- Jul 17 Terence Tao, Australian-Chinese mathematician
- Jul 20 Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician
- Jul 30 Graham Nicholls, English artist
- Jul 31 Simon Hirst, British radio DJ
- Aug 6 Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier
- Aug 19 Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator
- Aug 20 Marianne Garvey, American reporter
- Aug 20 Marcus Mastin, American author
- Aug 25 Jeremy Horn, American MMA Fighter
- Aug 27 Jonny Moseley, American skier
- Sep 7 Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
- 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, former National Football League offensive lineman
- Oct 9 Sean Ono Lennon, Son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's, born in NYC, New York
- Oct 23 Jessicka, American artist
- Oct 25 Zadie Smith, British novelist (White Teeth, On Beauty, Swing Time), born in Brent, London, England
- Nov 4 Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
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Nov 7 Marcus Luttrell, American former Navy SEAL ("Lone Survivor"), born in Houston, Texas
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- 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, writer
- Dec 19 Jon Smith, British writer
- Dec 22 Sergei Aschwanden, born in Bern
- Dec 25 Rob Mariano, American reality show contestant
- Dec 25 Pardis Sabeti, Iranian-American biologist and geneticist, born in Tehran, Iran