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1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.

Events

January

• January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
• January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• January 4 – 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, killing 16.
• January 5 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery, causing speculation about his physical fitness to continue in office.
• January 8 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes for the first time above 2,000, gaining 8.30 to close at 2,002.25.
• January 13 – New York mafiosi Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.
• January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, is forced into retirement by political conservatives.
• January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release.
• January 20 – Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of CanterburyinLebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut (released November 1991).
• January 22 – Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself with a revolver during a televised press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and racketeering.
• January 28 - The U.S. State Department invalidates US passports for travel to or through Lebanon due to security concerns. The ban was lifted in 1997. ^[1]
• January 29 – William J. Casey ends his term as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• January 31 – The last Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation.

February

• February 11
  • British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
  • The new Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect. This new constitution adds Spanish and Arabic as optional languages of the Philippines.
• February 20 – A second Unabomber bomb explodes at a Salt Lake City computer store, injuring the owner.
• February 23 – SN 1987A, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604, is observed.
• February 25 – Beginning of the Phosphorite War protest movement in Soviet-occupied Estonia.
• February 26 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security Council staff.

March

• March 2 – American Motors is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation.
• March 3 – Eazy-E's first song, Boyz-n-the-Hood, was released.
• March 4 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran–Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.

• March 6 – Zeebrugge disaster: Roll-on/roll-off cross-channel ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge harbor in Belgium; 193 people die.
• March 7 – 1987 Lieyu massacre: Republic of China Army execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, Lieyu, Kinmen off Mainland China.
• March 9 – U2's album The Joshua Tree was released.
• March 18 – Woodstock of physics: The marathon session of the American Physical Society's meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors.
• March 20 – AZT is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
• March 24 – Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and French Prime Minister and future President of France, Jacques Chirac, sign the agreement to construct the 4,800 acres (19 km²) Euro Disney Resort (now called Disneyland Paris) and to develop the Val d'Europe area of the new town Marne-la-Vallée in Paris, France.
• March 29
  • The World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) produces WrestleMania III from the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The event is particularly notable for the record attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America until February 14, 2010, when the 2010 NBA All-Star Game has an attendance of 108,713 at AT&T Stadium.
  • Ahybrid solar eclipse was the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on 1986 October 3. It was annular visible in southern Argentina, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan (part of the path of annularity crossed today's South Sudan), Ethiopia, Djibouti and northern Somalia and total visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds.
• March 30 – The 59th Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles, with Platoon winning Best Picture.
• March 31 – Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, conducts a 45-minute interview on Soviet television.

April

• April 3 – Showboat Casino Hotel first opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• April 13 – The governments of the Portuguese Republic and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau will be returned to China in 1999.
• April 18 – The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3 to 2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series. Pat LaFontaine scored the winning goal at 8:47 of the 4th overtime in a game known as the Easter Epic.
• April 19 – The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shortsonThe Tracey Ullman Show.
• April 21 – In Colombo, Sri Lanka, The Central Bus Station Bombing kills 113 civilians.
• April 25 – Wicked City was released in theaters by Japan Home Video in Japan.
• April 27 – The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien".
• April 30 – Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution.

May

• May 8 – Loughgall ambush: A 24-man unit of the British Army Special Air Service (SAS) ambushed eight members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) as they mounted an attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) barracks. All IRA members were killed as well as one civilian.
• May 9 – A Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines, crashes into a forest just outside Warsaw, killing all 183 people on board.
• May 11 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• May 14 – Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji.
• May 17 – USS Stark is hit by two Iraqi-owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 47 sailors.
• May 22
  • The Hashimpura massacre occurs in Meerut, India.
  • The first ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing ItalyatEden Park, Auckland.
• May 24 – At age 47 and just 5 days before his 48th birthday, Al Unser Sr. became the oldest winner of the Indianapolis 500 and only the second driver to win the event four times.
• May 27 – In one of the densest concentrations of humanity in history, a crowd of 800,000+ packed shoulder-to-shoulder onto the Golden Gate Bridge and its approaches for its 50th Anniversary celebration.
• May 28 – Eighteen-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet air defenses and lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained (released on August 3, 1988).
• May 31 – The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Philadelphia Flyers four games to three to win the Stanley Cup. Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall would win the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs despite the team's loss in the finals.

June

• June 3 – The Vanuatu Labour Party is founded.
• June 8 – The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, the first of its kind in the world.
• June 11 – The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.
• June 12 – During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachevtotear down the Berlin Wall.
• June 17 – With the death of the last individual, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
• June 19
  • Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands.
  • Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional.
  • Hipercor bombing: the Basque terrorist group ETA perpetrate a car-bomb attack at an Hipercor market in Barcelona, killing 21 and hurting 45.
• June 27 – A commercial HS 748 (Philippine Airlines Flight 206) crashes near Baguio City, Philippines, killing 50.
• June 28
  • Iraqi warplanes drop mustard-gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in two separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas. This is the first time a civilian town was targeted by chemical weapons.
  • An accidental explosion at the Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troops.
• June 29 – South Korean president Roh Tae-woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of the June Democracy Movement.
• June 30 – Canada introduces a one-dollar coin, nicknamed the "Loonie".

July

• July 1
  • The Single European Act is passed by the European Community.
  • U.S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The nomination is later rejected by the Senate.
• July 3
  • Greater Manchester Police recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor, after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.
• July 4 – A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbietolife imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
• July 11
  • 1987 Australian federal election: Bob Hawke's Labor Government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the Liberal Party led by John Howard and the National Party led by Ian Sinclair.
  • World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.^[2]
• July 12 – Konami releases the video game Metal Gear in Japan for the MSX2.^{[importance?]}
• July 15 – Martial law in Taiwan ends after 38 years.
• July 17 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
• July 22 – Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28.
• July 25
  • The East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway in the North West of England, is opened between Bury and Ramsbottom.
  • United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, Jr. dies in a rodeo accident at a California ranch.
• July 27 – Rick Astley releases hit single, Never Gonna Give You Up.
• July 31
  • Four hundred pilgrims are killed in clashes between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.
  • Docklands Light Railway in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Elizabeth II.
  • E! Launches as Movie Time.
  • AnF4-rated tornado devastates eastern Edmonton, Alberta; hardest hit are an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured, with hundreds more left homeless and jobless.

August

• August 4
  • The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, Our Common Future.
  • The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to present alternative views on controversial issues.
• August 7
  • The Colombian frigate Caldas enters Venezuelan waters near the Los Monjes Archipelago, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.
  • American Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim the Bering Strait, crossing from Little Diomede IslandtoBig Diomede in 2 hours and 5 minutes.
• August 9 – Hoddle Street massacre in Australia: Julian Knight, 19, goes on a shooting rampage in the Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill, Victoria, killing 7 people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police.
• August 14 – All the children held at Kai Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
• August 16
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (aMcDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan AirportinRomulus, Michigan just west of Detroit killing all but one (4-year old Cecelia Cichan) of the 156 people on board.
  • The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it was observed around the world.
• August 17 – Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. Hess, 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex, which is soon demolished.
• August 19
  • Hungerford massacre: Sixteen people die in the first British mass shooting carried out by Michael Ryan.
  • ABC News' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity.
  • The Order of the Garter is opened to women.
• August 23 – The Hirvepark meeting is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in Soviet-occupied Estonia, in commemoration of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

September

• September 2 – In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
• September 3 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
• September 7–21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.
• September 13 – Goiânia accident: Metal scrappers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area.
• September 15 – Pope John Paul II arrives in Los Angeles for a two-day papal visit, his first one ever to the city, where he makes an arrival day speech to local leaders of the U.S. entertainment industry.
• September 17 – At a small rally in New York City's Harlem district, televangelist Pat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.

October

• October 3 – The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to NAFTA.
• October 7 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India.
• October 11 – The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
• October 14–16 – The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child named Jessica McClure falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.
• October 15 – In Burkina Faso, a military coup was orchestrated by Blaise Compaoré against incumbent President Thomas Sankara.

• October 15–16 – Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit much of southern England, killing 23 people.
• October 19
  • Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
  • US warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
  • Two commuter trains collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; 102 are killed.
• October 22 – The pilot of a British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes into the Irish Sea.^[3]
• October 23
  • Champion English jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion.
  • On a vote of 58–42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
• October 25 – The Minnesota Twins won 4 games to 3 during the 1987 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
• October 26 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes down 156.83 points.

November

• November 1 – InterCity 125 breaks world diesel powered train speed record reaching 238 km/h (147.88 mph).
• November 7
  • Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia.
  • Lynne Cox swims between the Diomede Islands from the American Little Diomede Island to the Soviet Big Diomede Island.
• November 8 – Enniskillen bombing: Twelve people are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen.
• November 12 – The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Mainland China opens in Beijing, near Tiananmen Square.
• November 15 – In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae Ceaușescu.
• November 16 – The Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization is signed.
• November 17 – A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska.
• November 18
  • The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100.
  • Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
• November 22 – Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds, and displays a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.
• November 25 – Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 265 kilometres per hour (165 mph) winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
• November 28 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish.
• November 29 – Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea, killing 115 crew and passengers. North Korean agents are responsible for the bombing.

December

• December – Fluoxetine, marketed as Prozac, is approved for use as an antidepressant in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration.
• December 1
  • NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
  • Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Mike Ahern, the only premier never to contest an election as premier.
• December 2 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwellisargued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
• December 7 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots.
• December 8
  • Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
  • Queen Street massacre: In Melbourne, Australia, 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 and injures another 5 in a Post Office building before committing suicide by jumping from the eleventh floor.
  • The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It later expires in 2019.
  • Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43.
• December 9
  • General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army, along with the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship.
  • Microsoft releases Windows 2.0. ^{[importance?]}
• December 15 – Production I.G is founded by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto.
• December 17
  • Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
  • Mega Man is released in Japan.^{[importance?]}
• December 18
  • Square Co., Ltd. releases Final Fantasy in Japan for the Famicom.^{[importance?]}
  • The Perl programming language is created by Larry Wall.
• December 20 – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry MVDoña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
• December 21 – Turgut ÖzalofANAP forms the new government of Turkey (46th government).
• December 22 – In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
• December 29 – Kylie Minogue rises to global fame with her single "I Should Be So Lucky".
• December 30 – Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis (On Social Concern).

Date unknown

• Birth rates begin to fall as the Soviet Union collapses.^[4]
• Barry Minkow's "ZZZZ Best" Ponzi scheme in the United States unravels.
• The first Starbucks Coffee stores outside Seattle are opened in Vancouver and Chicago.
• BiCE Ristorante opens in New York, New York.^[5]
• Tinker Hatfield designs the Nike Air Max.
• Thomas Knoll and John Knoll develop the first version of Photoshop.
• Maglite introduces the 2AAA Mini Maglite flashlight, targeted for medical and industrial applications.^{[importance?]}
• Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite of honeybees, is found in the United States.

Births

January

• January 1 – Meryl Davis, American figure skater
• January 2
  • Shelley Hennig, American actress
  • Lauren Storm, American actress
  • Loïc Rémy, French footballer
• January 5
  • Jason Mitchell, American actor
  • Kristin Cavallari, American reality television star
  • Fabiola Guajardo, Mexican actress and model
• January 6
  • Ndamukong Suh, American football player
  • Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
• January 7
  • Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018)
  • Lambda García, Mexican actor
  • Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
  • Sirusho, Armenian singer
• January 8 – Freddie Stroma, English actor
• January 9
  • Nicola Coughlan, Irish Actress
  • Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player
  • Paolo Nutini, British singer
  • Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
• January 10
  • César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
  • Vicente Guaita, Spanish footballer
• January 11
  • Jamie Vardy, English footballer
  • Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer
• January 12
  • Naya Rivera, American actress
  • Andrei Buivolov, Russian football player
  • Will Rothhaar, American actor
• January 13 – Jack Johnson, American hockey player
• January 15
  • Jesus Luz, Brazilian model and DJ
  • Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian long-distance runner
  • Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler
  • Michael Seater, Canadian actor
• January 16 – Jake Epstein, Canadian actor and singer
• January 18
  • Zane Holtz, Canadian actor
  • Stefan Filipović, Montenegrin pop singer
• January 19
  • İlhan Parlak, Turkish footballer
  • Arkadiy Vasilyev, Russian decathlete
• January 20
  • Evan Peters, American actor
  • Pete Ploszek, American actor
  • Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle road racer (d. 2011)
• January 21 – Pablo Caballero González, Uruguayan footballer
• January 22 – Shane Long, Irish footballer
• January 23 – The Avener, French deep house producer
• January 24
  • Ruth Bradley, Irish television and film actress
  • Wayne Hennessey, Welsh football player
  • Luis Suárez, Uruguayan football player
• January 25 – Jake Roper, American YouTuber and educator who is the third member of Vsauce
• January 26
  • Andrew J. Ferchland, American actor
  • Sebastian Giovinco, Italian football player
  • Gojko Kačar, Serbian footballer
• January 27
  • Lily Donaldson, British model
  • Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter
  • Kylie Sparks, American actress
  • Hannah Teter, American snowboarder
• January 28
  • Katie Nolan, American sport personality and TV host
  • Misha Crosby, British actor
• January 29
  • Ksenia Kahnovich, Russian model
  • Alex Murrel, American singer and actress
• January 30
  • Becky Lynch, Irish professional wrestler
  • Lance Franklin, Australian rules footballer
  • Phil Lester, British YouTuber and former Radio 1 DJ
  • Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
• January 31
  • Oksana Shachko, Ukrainian artist and human rights activist (d. 2018)
  • Marcus Mumford, English-American singer, songwriter and musician (Mumford & Sons)

February

• February 1
  • Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
  • Costel Pantilimon, Romanian footballer
  • Giuseppe Rossi, Italian-American football player
  • Ronda Rousey, American martial arts expert and actress
• February 2
  • Gerard Piqué, Barcelona and Spanish footballer
  • Victoria Song, Chinese pop singer (f(x)) and model
  • Martin Spanjers, American actor
  • Athena Imperial, Miss Philippines Earth 2011 winner
• February 3 – Johan Dahlberg, Swedish architect
• February 4 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
• February 5
  • Darren Criss, American singer and actor
  • Richard Rawson, English rapper and songwriter
  • Donald Sanford, American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
• February 7
  • Kerli Kõiv, Estonian singer
  • Monika Brodka, Polish singer
• February 8
  • Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
  • Jessica Jerome, American ski jumper
• February 9
  • Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
  • Michael B. Jordan, American actor
  • Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
• February 10
  • Choi Siwon, South Korean recording artist
  • Poli Genova, Bulgarian singer
• February 11 – Ellen van Dijk, Dutch road and track cycling world champion
• February 13
  • Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer
  • Rau'shee Warren, American boxer
• February 14
  • Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
  • José Miguel Cubero, Costa Rican footballer
• February 15 – Alex Rodman, English footballer
• February 16
  • Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. 2008)
  • Mauricio Henao, Colombian actor
  • Ryan Follesé, American singer; lead singer of pop-rock band Hot Chelle Rae
• February 17 – Raffi Ahmad, Indonesian actor and comedian
• February 18 – Carla Hernández, Mexican actress
• February 20
  • Miles Teller, American actor
  • Daniella Pineda, American actress
• February 21
  • Ashley Greene, American actress
  • Tuppence Middleton, English actress
  • Ellen Page, Canadian actress
• February 22
  • Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress
  • Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer
• February 24
  • Tina Desai, Indian actress and model
  • Ulysses Cuadra, American actor and voice actor
• February 25
  • Natalie Dreyfuss, American actress
  • Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater
  • Eva Avila, Canadian singer-songwriter
• February 26 – Johan Sjöstrand, Swedish handball player
• February 27
  • Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler
  • Scott Davies, English footballer
• February 28 – Michelle Horn, American actress

March

• March 1
  • Kesha, American singer
  • Navarone Garibaldi, American singer
• March 3
  • Siddharth Bhardwaj, Indian VJ, model and actor
  • Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress and singer
  • Elnur Hüseynov, Azerbaijani singer
• March 4
  • Tamzin Merchant, English actress
  • Theódór Elmar Bjarnason, Icelandic footballer
• March 5 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian professional tennis player
• March 6
  • Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
  • Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
• March 7 – Hatem Ben Arfa, Tunisian-French footballer
• March 8
  • Devon Graye, American actor
  • Milana Vayntrub, American actress
• March 9 – Bow Wow, African-American rapper
• March 10
  • Martellus Bennett, American football player
  • Liu Shishi, Chinese actress
  • Emeli Sandé, Scottish recording artist and songwriter
• March 11
  • Estefanía Villarreal, Mexican actress
  • Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
• March 12
  • Jessica Hardy, American swimmer
  • Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
  • Chris Stark, English radio DJ
• March 13 – Marco Andretti, American IRL driver
• March 14
  • Robert Clark, American-Canadian actor
  • Aravane Rezaï, Iranian-French tennis player
• March 16
  • David Turley, League of Legends commentator
  • Alexandr Smyshlyaev, Russian freestyle skier
• March 17
  • Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer
  • Rob Kardashian, American television personality, model, and talent manager
• March 18
  • Aislinn Derbez, Mexican actress and model
  • Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
  • Gabriel Mercado, Argentine footballer
• March 19
  • AJ Lee, American professional wrestler
  • Josie Loren, American actress
• March 20 – João Alves de Assis Silva (Jô), Brazilian soccer player
• March 21 – Yuri Ryazanov, Russian artistic gymnast (d. 2009)
• March 22
  • Ike Davis, American baseball player
  • Alexander Shatilov, Israeli artistic gymnast
• March 23
  • Alan Toovey, Australian Rules Football Premiership player
  • Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress and director
• March 24
  • Josh Zeid, American baseball player
  • Juan Diego Covarrubias, Mexican actor
  • Shakib Al Hasan Bangladeshi international cricketer
• March 25 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
• March 26 – YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter
• March 27
  • Buster Posey, American baseball player
  • Polina Gagarina, Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model
• March 28
  • Kagney Linn Karter, American pornographic actress
  • Mary Kate Wiles, American actress
• March 29 – Dénes Varga, Hungarian water polo player
• March 31
  • Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster
  • Jeff Montalvo, Electronic music producer

April

• April 1
  • Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress
  • Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
• April 2
  • Marc Pugh, English footballer
  • Molly Smitten-Downes, British singer-songwriter
• April 3
  • Benjamin Stone, British actor
  • Park Jung-min, South Korean singer (SS501)
  • Rachel Bloom, American actress
• April 4
  • Océane Zhu, Chinese actress
  • Sami Khedira, German footballer
  • Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
• April 6 – Hilary Rhoda, American model
• April 7 – Jack Johnson, American actor
• April 8 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
• April 9
  • Jesse McCartney, American singer and actor
  • Jazmine Sullivan, American recording artist
  • Pengiran Anak Sarah, wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah
• April 10
  • Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
  • Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
  • Jamie Renée Smith, American actress
• April 11
  • Joss Stone, English musician
  • Lights Poxleitner, Canadian musician
  • Michelle Phan, American make-up demonstrator
• April 12
  • Brendon Urie, American musician
  • Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress
  • Mike Manning, American actor
  • Ilana Glazer, American comedian, writer and actress
• April 15
  • Iyaz, British Virgin Islands singer
  • Samira Wiley, American actress and model
• April 16 – Aaron Lennon, English footballer
• April 17 – Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Canadian actress
• April 18 − Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English supermodel
• April 19
  • Courtland Mead, American actor
  • Joe Hart, English footballer
  • Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
  • Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
• April 20
  • John Patrick Amedori, American actor and musician
  • Anna Rossinelli, Swiss singer-songwriter
• April 21
  • Sophie Rundle, English television and film actress
  • Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter
  • Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer
• April 22
  • David Luiz, Brazilian footballer
  • John Obi Mikel, Nigerian footballer
• April 23 – Jaryd Lazar, American streamer who goes by the alias Summit1g
• April 24 – Varun Dhawan, Indian actor
• April 26 – Jessica Lee Rose, American actress
• April 27
  • William Moseley, English actor
  • Anne Suzuki, Japanese actress
  • Alexandra Carter, Canadian voice actress
  • Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress
• April 28
  • Bradley Johnson, English footballer
  • Samantha Akkineni, Indian film actress and model
• April 29
  • Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
  • Alicia Morton, American actress and singer

May

• May 1
  • Matt Di Angelo, English actor
  • Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
• May 2
  • Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
  • Pat McAfee, American football player
• May 4
  • Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
  • Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish football player
  • Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish triple MotoGP world champion
  • Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player
• May 5
  • Jessie Cave, English actress
  • Ian Michael Smith, American actor
• May 6 – Moon Geun-young, Korean actress
• May 7
  • Aidy Bryant, American actress and comedian
  • Asami Konno, Japanese singer
  • Maya Erskine, American actress
• May 10
  • Allie Haze, American pornographic actress
  • Eileen April Boylan, American actress
• May 11
  • Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo Albanian politician
  • Enikő Mihalik, Hungarian model
• May 12
  • Felipe Roque, Brazilian actor and model
  • David Foley, English footballer
• May 13
  • Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
  • Candice King, American actress and singer
  • Misha Gabriel, American dancer
• May 15
  • Michael Brantley, American baseball player
  • Brian Dozier, American baseball player
  • Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
• May 16 – Can Bonomo, Turkish-Jewish singer
• May 17 – Ott Lepland, Estonian singer
• May 18 – Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and singer
• May 20 – Fra Fee, Northern Irish actor and singer
• May 22
  • Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
  • Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
• May 23 – Bray Wyatt, American professional wrestler
• May 24
  • Jimena Barón, Argentine actress and singer
  • Déborah François, Belgian actress
• May 25 – Nico Hillenbrand, German footballer
• May 26
  • Tooji, Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host
  • Brandi Cyrus, American actress, singer and DJ
  • Bangs Garcia, Filipina actress
• May 27
  • Bella Heathcote, Australian actress
  • José Cañas, Spanish footballer
• May 29
  • Alessandra Torresani, American actress
  • Ak'Sent, American female rapper
  • Noah Reid, Canadian actor and musician
• May 31
  • Curtis Williams, American actor
  • Shaun Fleming, American actor and musician
  • Meredith Hagner, American actress