- Jan 16 Cassey Ho, American social media fitness entrepreneur, born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 16 Jon Ossoff, American politician (US Senator from Georgia (D), 2021-pesent), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Feb 24 Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
- Mar 12 Chris Seitz, American footballer
- Mar 23 Kim Wall, Swedish journalist killed investigating Danish inventor Peter Madsen, born in Trelleborg, Sweden (d. 2017)
- Mar 31 Baby M [Melissa Elizabeth Stern], American infant born to a surrogate mother but later awarded to her dad William Stern
- Apr 9 Sarah of Brunei, wife of Crown Prince of Brunei, born in Bandar Seri Begawan, Sultanate of Brunei
- Apr 11 Michelle Phan, American Vietnamese make-up vlogger and entrepreneur, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Apr 13 Brandon Hardesty, American internet entertainer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Apr 23 Emily Fox, American cupstacking champion, born in Highlands Ranch, Colorado
- Apr 30 Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
- May 7 Chiara Ferragni, Italian fashion blogger (The Blonde Salad), born in Cremona, Italy
- May 7 Katie Danza, daughter of Tony & Tracy Danza
- May 17 Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norwegian cyclist (Norwegian National Road Race Champions 2012), born in Rudsbygd, Norway
- Jun 25 Sasha Velour [Alexander Steinberg], American drag artist (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Berkeley, California
- Jul 11 Matej Gaspar, Yugoslavia, 5,000,000,000th person (UN)
- Sep 5 Pierre Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Monaco, born in Princess Grace Hospital Centre, Monaco
- Sep 26 Kim Yo-jong, North Korean politician, younger sister of leader Kim Jong-un, born in Pyongyang, North Korea
- Nov 3 Elizabeth A. Smart, American abductee and activist
- Nov 11 Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS and Tegomass), born in Yokohama, Japan
- Nov 12 Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Edmonton, Canada
- Nov 15 Ian Hecox, Member of Smosh
- Dec 2 Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Cuban performance poet and activist, born in Havan, Cuba
- Dec 17 Chelsea [born Bradley] Manning, US soldier who released WikiLeaks, born in Crescent, Oklahoma
- Dec 19 Ronan Farrow, American journalist (The New Yorker), born in New York City
About 1987
How Old? 34 or 35 years old
Generation: Millennial