1981
- born on 1981
- January 1
- Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
- Mladen Petrić, Croatian football player
- January 2 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
- January 3 – Eli Manning, American football player
- January 4 – Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer
- January 5
- Deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman), Canadian DJ/producer
- Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
- January 6
- Mike Jones, American rapper
- Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
- Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
- January 7 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- January 8
- Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
- Genevieve Cortese, American actress
- January 9 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
- January 10
- Jared Kushner, American investor
- Tamta, Georgian-Greek singer
- January 11
- Jamelia, British singer
- Tom Meighan, British singer and songwriter
- January 15
- Howie Day, American singer and songwriter
- El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
- Pitbull, American hip-hop musician and record producer
- January 16 – Marta Roure, Andorran singer and actress
- January 17
- Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
- Ray J, American rapper and singer
- January 18 – Otgonbayar Ershuu, Mongolian visual artist
- January 19
- Lucho González, Argentine footballer
- Bitsie Tulloch, American actress
- Thaila Zucchi, English singer and actress
- January 20
- Brendan Fevola, Australian rules footballer
- Owen Hargreaves, Canadian-born English footballer
- Jason Richardson, American basketball player
- January 21
- Dany Heatley, German-born hockey player
- Izabella Miko, Polish actress and dancer
- Mohd Amri Yahyah, Malaysian footballer
- January 22
- Chantelle Anderson, American basketball player
- Willa Ford, American singer, television hostess, and actress
- Beverley Mitchell, American actress
- Ben Moody, American guitarist
- January 24 – Carrie Coon, American actress
- January 25
- Alicia Keys, American singer, pianist and actress
- Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (d. 2007)
- January 26 – Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan conductor
- January 27
- Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
- Greg Owens, Australian soccer player
- January 28
- Elijah Wood, American actor and music producer
- Gen Hoshino, Japanese actor and singer
- January 29
- Rachna Khatau, Indian-American actress and singer
- Darío Lopilato, Argentine actor
- January 30
- Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
- Chieko Higuchi, Japanese voice actress
- January 31 – Justin Timberlake, American actor and musician
- dead on 1981
- January 1
- Kazimierz Michałowski, Polish archaeologist (b. 1901)
- Mauri Rose, American race car champion (b. 1906)
- January 3
- Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria (b. 1883)
- Marvin Opler, American anthropologist (b. 1914)
- January 5
- Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
- Lanza del Vasto, Italian-born philosopher, poet and activist (b. 1901)
- January 6 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist (b. 1896)
- January 7 – John Pascal, American playwright, screenwriter, author and journalist (b. 1932)
- January 8 – Matthew Beard, American actor (b. 1925)
- January 10
- Katherine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
- Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
- Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover (b. 1947)
- January 11 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)
- January 12 – Sir John Nicoll, British colonial governor (b. 1899)
- January 13 – Robert Kellard, American actor (b. 1915)
- January 16 – Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
- January 19 – Francesca Woodman, American photographer (b. 1958)
- January 21 – Allyn Joslyn, American actor (b. 1901)
- January 23
- Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)
- Lobsang Rampa (Cyril Henry Hoskin), English author (b. 1910)
- January 25 – Adele Astaire, American actress (b. 1896)
- January 27 – Léo Collard, Belgian Socialist politician (b. 1902)
- January 29 – Lajos Korányi, Hungarian footballer (b. 1907)
- January 30 – John Gordon, Irish Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1912)
- January 31 – Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (b. 1909)
born on 1981
- February 2 – Emily Rose, American actress
- February 3 – Alisa Reyes, American actress
- February 4
- Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater (d. 2019)
- February 5
- Lee Eon, South Korean actor and model (d. 2008)
- Nora Zehetner, American actress
- Sara Foster, American actress
- February 8
- Ralf Little, English actor
- Jim Parrack, American actor
- February 9
- Tom Hiddleston, British actor
- The Rev, American drummer (Avenged Sevenfold) (d. 2009)
- February 10
- Uzo Aduba, American actress
- Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer
- Holly Willoughby, British television presenter
- Stephanie Beatriz, Argentine-born American Actress
- February 11
- Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress
- Edoardo Molinari, Italian golfer
- February 12
- Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
- Selena Li, Hong Kong actress
- February 13 – Durahim Jamaluddin, Malaysian footballer (d. 2018)
- February 15
- Jenna Morasca, American television personality
- Olivia, American singer
- February 17
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor and film director
- Paris Hilton, American model, heiress, and socialite
- February 18
- Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
- Ivan Sproule, British footballer
- February 20
- Adrian Lamo, American computer hacker (d. 2018)
- Majandra Delfino, American actress
- February 23
- Josh Gad, American actor
- Mai Nakahara, Japanese voice actress
- Paleo, American singer-songwriter
- Dylan Ryder, American former pornographic actress
- February 24 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
- February 25
- Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer
- Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor
- February 27
- Josh Groban, American singer
- Mat Yeung, Hong Kong actor
- dead on 1981
- February 1
- Wanda Hendrix, American actress (b. 1928)
- Ernst Pepping, German composer (b. 1901)
- Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908)
- February 2 – Hugh Joseph Addonizio, Italian-born American politician and Mayor of Newark (b. 1914)
- February 3 – Normand Poirier, French-born American newspaper editor, journalist and essayist (b. 1928)
- February 4 – Mario Camerini, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1895)
- February 6 – Frederica of Hanover, Queen Consort of the Hellenes and wife of King Paul of Greece (b. 1917)
- February 7 – Hermann Esser, German journalist and editor of the Nazi newspaper Völkischer Beobachter (b. 1900)
- February 9
- Bill Haley, American rock musician, member of Bill Haley & The Comets (b. 1925)
- Jack Z. Anderson, U.S. Representative from California (b. 1904)
- February 10 – Hubert Shirley-Smith, British civil engineer (b. 1901)
- February 12 – Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, British admiral (b. 1888)
- February 15 – Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
- February 17 – David Garnett, British writer (b. 1892)
- February 18
- John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (b. 1895)
- Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha, Egyptian politician, 28th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1896)
- February 20 – Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, French magazine editor and playboy (b. 1904)
- February 22
- Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (b. 1908)
- Curtis Bernhardt, German film director (b. 1899)
- Ilo Wallace, wife of Henry A. Wallace, Second Lady of the United States (b. 1888)
- February 25
- Leonard Howell, Founder of Rastafarianism (b. 1898)
- Gunichi Mikawa, Japanese admiral (b. 1888)
- February 26
- Howard Hanson, American composer (b. 1896)
- Roger Tonge, British actor (b. 1946)
- February 27 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (b. 1920)
- born on 1981
- March 1
- Ana Hickmann, Brazilian model
- Adam LaVorgna, American actor
- Will Power, Australian racing driver
- Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player
- Zach Cregger, American actor and comedian
- March 2
- Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
- Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
- March 3
- Julius Malema, South African politician
- Lil' Flip, American rapper
- Shada Hassoun, Iraqi singer
- László Nagy, Hungarian handball player
- Cristina Scarlat, Moldovan singer
- March 5 – Hanna Alström, Swedish actress
- March 6 – Ellen Muth, American actress
- March 8 – Adam Jones, Welsh rugby union player
- March 9 – Antonio Bryant, American football player
- March 10
- Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
- Kristen Maloney, American gymnast
- March 11
- David Anders, American actor
- Lee Evans, American football player
- LeToya Luckett, American singer
- March 12
- Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler
- Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player
- March 15 – Young Buck, American rapper
- March 16
- Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
- Johannes Aigner, Austrian footballer
- March 17 – Kyle Korver, American basketball player
- March 18
- Fabian Cancellara, Swiss road bicycle racer
- Vanessa Lee Evigan, American actress
- March 19
- Declan Bennett, English singer-songwriter
- Kolo Touré, Ivorian football player
- March 22
- Tiffany Dupont, American actress
- MIMS, American rapper
- March 24 – Philip Winchester, American actor
- March 27 – Lin Jun Jie, Singaporean singer
- March 28
- Lindsay Frimodt, American model
- Julia Stiles, American actress
- March 29
- Alain Moussi, Gabonese actor and stuntman
- Megan Hilty, American actress and singer
- PJ Morton, American musician, singer, and producer
- Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (d. 2018)
- March 31
- Ryōko Shintani, Japanese voice actress
- Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch Olympic swimmer
- dead on 1981
- March 1 – Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón, 14th President of Panama (b. 1903)
- March 4 – Torin Thatcher, American actor (b. 1905)
- March 5 – Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
- March 6 – George Geary, English cricketer (b. 1893)
- March 7
- Peter Birch, Irish Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1911)
- Bosley Crowther, American film critic (b. 1905)
- Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)
- Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, American tennis champion (b. 1908)
- March 8 – Joseph Henry Woodger, British theoretical biologist (b. 1894)
- March 9 – Max Delbrück, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1906)
- March 10 – Flavio Calzavara, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- March 14
- Paolo Grassi, Italian actor (b. 1919)
- Eleanor Perry, American screenwriter and author (b. 1914)
- March 15 – René Clair, French film director (b. 1898)
- March 20 – Gerry Bertier, American college football player (b. 1953)
- March 21 – Mark Donskoy, Russian Soviet film director (b. 1901)
- March 22
- John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (b. 1911)
- Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, Senator of the Philippines and Senate President (b. 1907)
- March 23
- Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (b. 1884)
- Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (b. 1940)
- Beatrice Tinsley, English astronomer (b. 1941)
- March 26 – Cyril Dean Darlington, English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, (b. 1903)
- March 29 – Eric Williams, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
- March 30
- Sherman Edwards, American songwriter (b. 1919)
- Douglas Lowe, British Olympic athlete (b. 1902)
- DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (b. 1889)
- March 31 – Frank Tieri, American gangster (b. 1904)
born on 1981
- April 1
- Aslı Bayram, Turkish German model and actress
- Aimee Chan, Chinese-Canadian actress
- Hannah Spearritt, British singer (S Club 7) and actress
- Nolan Yonkman, Canadian hockey player
- April 2
- Bethany Joy Lenz, American actress and singer
- Raghav, Canadian singer
- April 3 – Arfius Arf, British artist
- April 5 – Michael A. Monsoor, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006)
- April 6 – Eliza Coupe, American actress
- April 7
- Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
- Terrell Roberts, American football player (d. 2019)
- April 8
- Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer
- Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
- Ofer Shechter, Israeli actor
- April 9
- Milan Bartovič, Slovak hockey player
- Eric Harris, American mass murderer (d. 1999)
- Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
- April 10
- Gretchen Bleiler, American snowboarder
- Laura Bell Bundy, American actress and singer
- Liz McClarnon, British singer
- Michael Pitt, American actor
- Timmy Williams, American actor and comedian
- April 11 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
- April 12 – Paul Rust, American actor and comedian
- April 14 - Shinjiro Koizumi, Japanese politician
- April 17 – Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer
- April 18
- Jang Na-ra, Korean actress and singer
- Audrey Tang, Taiwanese software programmer
- April 19
- Saskia de Brauw, Dutch model and artist
- Hayden Christensen, Canadian-American actor
- Troy Polamalu, American football player
- Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
- April 21 – Stephanie Larimore, American model
- April 22 – Ken Dorsey, American football player
- April 23 – Michelle Knight, American author and kidnap survivor
- April 25
- Felipe Massa, Brazilian race car driver
- John McFall, British paralympic sprinter
- Anja Pärson, Swedish alpine skier
- Krzysztof Tuduj, Polish politician
- April 26
- Matthieu Delpierre, French football player
- Mariana Ximenes, Brazilian actress
- April 27 – Sandy Mölling, German pop singer
- April 28 – Jessica Alba, American actress and businesswoman
- April 29
- Alex Vincent, American actor
- Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor
- George McCartney, British footballer
- April 30 – Emma Pierson, American Television Actress
dead on 1981
- April 3 – Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur (b. 1899)
- April 4 – Brad Johnson, American actor (b. 1924)
- April 5
- Bob Hite, American musician (b. 1943)
- Lucile Godbold, American Olympic athlete (b. 1900)
- Maurice Zbriger, Canadian violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1896)
- April 6 – Alfredo Guarini, Italian director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1901)
- April 7 – Norman Taurog, American film director (b. 1899)
- April 8
- Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya, Indian entomologist (b. 1895)
- Omar N. Bradley, American army general (b. 1893)
- April 12
- Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914)
- Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch composer (b. 1892)
- April 13 – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
- April 15
- John Thach, American naval aviator and admiral (b. 1905)
- Lorenzo Guerrero, former President of Nicaragua (b. 1900)
- April 17 – Ludwik Sempoliński, Polish actor (b. 1899)
- April 18 – James H. Schmitz, German-born writer (b. 1911)
- April 22 – Marcia King, murder victim (b. 1959)
- April 23
- Nietta Zocchi, Italian actress (b. 1909)
- Josep Pla, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1897)
- April 26
- Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
- Madge Evans, American actress (b. 1909)
- April 27 – John Aspinwall Roosevelt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1916)
- April 28 – Cliff Battles, American football player (Boston Redskins) and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1910)
born on 1981
- May 1
- Alexander Hleb, Belarusian football player
- Wes Welker, American football player
- May 2
- Robert Buckley, American actor
- Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress
- May 3
- Farrah Franklin, American singer
- Natalie Tong, Hong Kong actress
- U;Nee, South Korean singer and actress (d. 2007)
- May 4
- Jason Kander, American politician and podcaster
- Jacques Rudolph, South African cricketer
- May 5
- Chris Duncan, American baseball player (d. 2019)
- Craig David, English singer
- Danielle Fishel, American actress
- Zach McGowan, American actor
- May 8
- Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
- Andrés Romero, Argentine golfer
- May 11
- Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
- Daisuke Matsui, Japanese football player
- Dusán Mukics, Slovene journalist and reporter in Hungary
- Terry Pheto, South African actress
- Austin O'Brien, American actor and photographer
- May 12
- Rami Malek, American actor
- Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
- Dennis Trillo, Filipino actor
- May 13
- Sunny Leone, Canadian pornstar and Bollywood actress
- Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
- Jimmy Wang Yang, Korean professional wrestler
- May 15
- Patrice Evra, Senegalese-born French footballer
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
- Zara Tindall, British elite equestrienne
- May 16 – Joseph Morgan, English actor
- May 17 – Shiri Maimon, Israeli pop/R&B singer, TV show host and actress
- May 18
- Hamish Macdonald, Australian broadcast journalist and news presenter
- Adam Green, American singer-songwriter
- May 19
- Sani Bečirovič, Slovenian basketball player
- Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
- Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
- Georges St-Pierre, Canadian mixed martial arts fighter
- May 20
- Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
- Rachel Platten, American singer-songwriter
- Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
- May 21
- Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
- Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
- May 22
- Daniel Bryan, American professional wrestler
- Melissa Gregory, American figure skater
- May 23
- Tim Robinson, American actor and comedian
- Charles Rogers, American football player (d. 2019)
- May 24 – Penny Taylor, Australian baseball player
- May 25 – Logan Tom, American volleyball player.
- May 26 – Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- May 27 – Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina
- May 28
- Laura Bailey, American voice actress
- Aaron Schock, American politician
- May 29
- Justin Chon, American actor
- Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player
- Brian Simnjanovski, American football player (d. 2009)
- Alton Ford, American basketball player (d. 2018)
- May 30 – Remy Ma, American rapper
- May 31 – Jake Peavy, American baseball player
- dead on 1981
- May 1 – Barry Jones, American actor (b. 1893)
- May 5 – Bobby Sands, Irish republican hunger striker (b. 1954)
- May 6 – Frank O'Grady, Australian public servant (b. 1900)
- May 7 – Hiromichi Yahara, Imperial Japanese Army officer (b. 1902)
- May 8
- Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1897)
- Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
- May 9
- Nelson Algren, American author (b. 1909)
- Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
- Margaret Lindsay, American actress (b. 1910)
- May 11
- Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- Bob Marley, Jamaican rock musician and guitarist (b. 1945)
- May 12 – Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean politician and professor, 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907)
- May 13 – Ben Andrews, American actor (b. 1942)
- May 17 – Hugo Friedhofer, German-American film composer (b. 1901)
- May 18
- Eleonore Baur, German Nazi and only woman to participate in Munich Beer Hall Putsch (b. 1885)
- Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
- William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908)
- May 20 – Dositej, Metropolitan of Skopje (b. 1906)
- May 21 – Yuki Shimoda, American actor (b. 1921)
- May 22 – Boris Sagal, Ukrainian-American television and film director (b. 1923)
- May 23
- George Jessel, American actor (b. 1898)
- Donald Macintyre, British naval officer and naval historian (b. 1904)
- May 24
- Jaime Roldós Aguilera, 33rd President of Ecuador (b. 1940)
- A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician (b. 1916)
- Jack Warner, British actor (b. 1895)
- May 25
- Armando de Armas Romero, Cuban painter (b. 1914)
- Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (b. 1897)
- Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian radio astronomer (b. 1912)
- May 28
- John Bryan Ward-Perkins, British archaeologist (b. 1912)
- Mary Lou Williams, American jazz pianist (b. 1910)
- Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop and Servant of God (b. 1901)
- May 29 – Soong Ching-ling, Acting head of State of the People's Republic of China (b. 1893)
- May 30
- Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
- Peter Lindgren, Swedish actor (b. 1915)
- Ziaur Rahman, 7th President of Bangladesh (b. 1936)
- May 31
- Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
- Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 31st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1902)
born 1981
- June 1
- Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
- Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter
- Amy Schumer, American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
- Johnny Pemberton, American actor and comedian
- June 3
- Rich Rundles, American baseball player (d. 2019)
- Mike Adam, Canadian curler
- June 4
- T.J. Miller, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
- Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player
- June 5 – Jade Goody, British reality show star (d. 2009)
- June 6 – Johnny Pacar, American actor
- June 7
- Enzo Fortuny, Mexican voice actor
- Larisa Oleynik, American actress
- Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player
- June 8
- Rachel Held Evans, American Christian columnist, blogger and author (d. 2019)
- Alex Band, American musician
- Sara Watkins, American violinist
- Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actress
- June 9
- Vic Chou, Taiwanese actor, singer, and model
- Celina Jaitly, Indian actress
- Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
- Anoushka Shankar, British musician and daughter of Ravi Shankar
- June 10
- Hoku Ho, Hawaiian singer and musician
- Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
- Arwind Santos, Filipino professional basketball player
- Jonathan Bennett, American actor and model
- June 12
- Adriana Lima, Brazilian model
- John Gourley, American musician and singer
- Jeremy Howard, American actor
- June 13 – Chris Evans, American actor
- June 14 – Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
- June 15
- Veljo Reinik, Estonian actor
- Haley Scarnato, American singer
- Maxey Whitehead, American voice actress
- June 16
- Ben Kweller, American musician
- Joe Saunders, American baseball player
- June 17 – Amrita Rao, Indian actress
- June 18
- June 20 – Alisan Porter, American singer and actress
- June 21
- Simon Delestre, French equestrian
- Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist
- İbrahim Öztürk, Turkish footballer
- June 22
- Mathias Abel, German footballer
- Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- Chris Urbanowicz, British guitarist
- Péter Bajzát, Hungarian footballer
- June 23
- Joe Taslim, Indonesian actor and martial artist
- Antony Costa, English singer
- Shi Xin Hui, Malaysian singer
- Björn Schlicke, German footballer
- June 24
- Júnior Assunção, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Tilky Jones, American singer and actor
- Cris Lankenau, American actor
- Vanessa Ray, American actress and singer
- June 25
- Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
- Carlo Prater, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Sheridan Smith, English actress
- June 27
- Sam Hoare, British actor and director
- Majida Issa, Colombian actress
- John Driscoll, American actor
- Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer (d. 2016)
- June 28
- Jon Watts, American film director, producer and screenwriter
- Mara Santangelo, Italian tennis player
- June 29
- Joe Johnson, American basketball player
- Maria Maya, Brazilian actress
- Marijo Šivolija, Croatian boxer
- June 30 – Tom Burke, English actor
dead on 1981
- June 1 – Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b. 1883)
- June 2 – Rino Gaetano, Italian musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
- June 5 – Miguel Contreras Torres, Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1899)
- June 9 – Allen Ludden, American television game show host (b. 1917)
- June 10
- Jenny Maxwell, American actress (b. 1941)
- Phelps Phelps, 38th Governor of American Samoa and United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (b. 1897)
- June 12 – Mahmoud Fawzi, Egyptian diplomat and political figure, 35th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1900)
- June 13 – George Walsh, American actor (b. 1889)
- June 14 – Sir Ronald Holmes, British government official in Hong Kong (b. 1913)
- June 16 – Sir Thomas Playford, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (b. 1891)
- June 17
- Sir Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889)
- Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (b. 1889)
- June 18 – Pamela Hansford Johnson, English poet, novelist, playwright, literary and social critic (b. 1912)
- June 19
- Billy Cook, American actor (b. 1928)
- Anya Phillips, American co-founder of New York City's Mudd Club (b. 1955)
- Lotte Reiniger, German-born silhouette animator (b. 1899)
- June 22
- Henri Bouillard, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1908)
- Lola Lane, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
- June 23 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1907)
- June 28
- Mohammad Beheshti, Chief Justice of Iran (b. 1928)
- Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
born 1981
- July 1 – Orlando Cruz, Puerto Rican boxer
- July 2
- Paul Anthony Finn, Irish singer and songwriter
- Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American activist
- July 3
- Evgeny Postny, Israeli chess grandmaster
- Tevita Leo-Latu, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- July 4 – Tahar Rahim, French actor
- July 5
- Gianne Albertoni, Brazilian model
- Ryan Hansen, American actor
- July 6 – Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
- July 7
- Brad James, American actor
- Lance Gross, American actor, model and photographer
- Omar Naber, Slovenian singer, songwriter and guitar player
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
- Synyster Gates, American guitarist
- July 8
- Oka Antara, Indonesian rapper and actor
- Lance Gross, American actor, model and photographer
- Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
- July 10 – Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
- July 11 – Andre Johnson, American football player
- July 12
- Bojana Novakovic, Serbian-Australian actress
- Rebecca Hunter, English singer and actress
- Maya Sar, Bosnian singer
- July 13
- Hassan Al Kontar, Syrian refugee
- Ágnes Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
- Fran Kranz, American actor
- July 14
- July 15
- Peter Odemwingie, Nigerian footballer
- Taylor Kinney, American actor and model
- Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Malaysian footballer
- OC Ukeje, Nigerian actor, model and musician
- July 17
- Mélanie Thierry, French actress
- Qin Lan, Chinese actress, model, and singer
- Jeremy Chan, Singaporean actor, singer and host
- July 18
- Joel Spira, Swedish actor
- Michiel Huisman, Dutch actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- July 19
- Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist
- Nikki Osborne, Australian actress
- Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
- July 20
- Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
- Dayang Nurfaizah, Malaysian singer
- July 21
- Paloma Faith, English singer, songwriter and actress
- Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
- Blake Lewis, American singer, songwriter and beatboxer
- Chrishell Stause, American actress
- Davide Perino, Italian actor and voice actor
- July 22
- Clive Standen, Northern Irish actor
- Josh Lawson, Australian actor
- July 23 – Jarkko Nieminen, Finnish tennis player
- July 24
- Summer Glau, American actress
- Doug Bollinger, Australian cricketer
- July 25
- Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player
- Finn Bálor (aka Fergal Devitt), Irish professional wrestler
- July 26 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
- July 27
- Dash Snow, American artist (d. 2009)
- Li Xiaopeng, Chinese gymnast
- Dan Jones, British historian
- July 29
- Dyana Liu, American actress
- Fernando Alonso, Spanish double Formula 1 world champion
- July 30
- Chandra Prakash Gharti, Nepalese politician
- Lisa Wilhoit, American actress
- Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (d. 2017)
- July 31
- M. Shadows, American singer (Avenged Sevenfold)
- Eric Lively, American actor
- Vernon Carey, American football player
- Ira Losco, Maltese singer
- dead on 1981
- July 1
- Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-born American architect (b. 1902)
- George Voskovec, Czech-American actor, writer, dramatist and director (b. 1905)
- July 3 – Ross Martin, American actor (b. 1920)
- July 7 – Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi, South Yemenite socialist leader, 1st President of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) (b. 1920)
- July 8
- Joe McDonnell, Irish republican hunger striker (b. 1951)
- Isaac Soyer, American painter (b. 1902)
- July 10
- Giorgio De Lullo, Italian actor and director (b. 1921)
- Ken Rex McElroy, American murder victim (b. 1934)
- July 16 – Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (b. 1942)
- July 22 – Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa, Mexican Roman Catholic religious professed and Blessed (b. 1904)
- July 27
- Adam Walsh, American murder victim, inspired Code Adam (b. 1974)
- William Wyler, American movie director (b. 1902)
- July 28 – Stanley Francis Rother, American priest, martyr, and Blessed (b. 1935)
- July 29 – Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
- July 31 – Omar Torrijos, Panamanian leader (b. 1929)
born on 1981
- August 1
- Jordan Wall, American actor
- August 3
- Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
- Travis Willingham, American film, television and voice actor
- August 4
- Abigail Spencer, American actress
- Marques Houston, American singer and actor (IMx)
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, British princess and American actress
- Florian Silbereisen, German singer and television presenter
- August 5
- Anna Rawson, Australian professional golfer
- Carl Crawford, American Major League Baseball outfielder
- Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)
- Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress
- Travie McCoy, American alternative hip-hop artist
- August 6
- Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian racing driver
- Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer
- August 8
- Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
- Meagan Good, American actress
- Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
- Harel Skaat, Israeli singer
- August 9 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
- August 10
- Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress
- Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player
- August 11 – Sandi Thom, Scottish singer & songwriter
- August 12
- Djibril Cissé, French footballer
- Steve Talley, American actor
- August 14
- Ray William Johnson, American actor, comedian, rapper and YouTuber
- Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian professional wrestler
- Paul Gallen, Australian Rugby League Player
- August 15
- Tosyn Bucknor, Nigerian media personality (d. 2018)
- Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
- Oh Jin-hyek, South Korean archer
- August 18 – Jan Frodeno, German triathlete
- August 20 – Ben Barnes, English actor (Prince Caspian)
- August 21
- Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer (d. 2018)
- Mai Aizawa, Japanese voice actress
- Ross Thomas, American actor
- Winklevoss twins, American internet entrepreneurs and rowers
- August 22 – Ross Marquand, American actor
- August 23 – Carmen Luvana, Puerto Rican adult actress
- August 24
- Jiro Wang, Taiwanese actor and singer (Fahrenheit)
- Chad Michael Murray, American actor
- August 25
- Rachel Bilson, American actress
- Shiva Keshavan, Indian luge pilot
- August 26 – Nico Muhly, American contemporary classical composer
- August 27 – Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor and director
- August 28
- Charlie Frye, American National Football League quarterback
- Jake Owen, American country music singer-songwriter
- August 29
- Jay Ryan, New Zealand actor
- Karim Darwish, Egyptian squash player
- dead on 1981
- August 1
- Paddy Chayefsky, American screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Álvaro de Laiglesia, Spanish writer (b. 1922)
- August 2
- Delfo Cabrera, Argentine athlete (b. 1919)
- Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
- August 4 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
- August 14 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (b. 1894)
- August 15
- Carol Ryrie Brink, American novelist (b. 1895)
- Carlo Buscaglia, Italian football player (b. 1909)
- Karl Gero, Duke of Urach, Lichtenstein noble (b. 1899)
- August 18 – Anita Loos, American screenwriter (b. 1888)
- August 19 – Jessie Matthews, English dancer, singer and actress (b. 1907)
- August 22 – Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker (b. 1939)
- August 27 – Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- August 28 – Béla Guttmann, Hungarian-born Association football coach (b. 1899)
- August 29 – Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcater (b. 1892)
- August 30
- Mohammad-Ali Rajai, 47th Prime Minister of Iran and 2nd President of Iran (assassinated) (b. 1933)
- Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Iranian theologian and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Iran (assassinated) (b. 1933)
- Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)
- August 1
- Paddy Chayefsky, American screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Álvaro de Laiglesia, Spanish writer (b. 1922)
- August 2
- Delfo Cabrera, Argentine athlete (b. 1919)
- Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
- August 4 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
- August 14 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (b. 1894)
- August 15
- Carol Ryrie Brink, American novelist (b. 1895)
- Carlo Buscaglia, Italian football player (b. 1909)
- Karl Gero, Duke of Urach, Lichtenstein noble (b. 1899)
- August 18 – Anita Loos, American screenwriter (b. 1888)
- August 19 – Jessie Matthews, English dancer, singer and actress (b. 1907)
- August 22 – Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker (b. 1939)
- August 27 – Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- August 28 – Béla Guttmann, Hungarian-born Association football coach (b. 1899)
- August 29 – Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcater (b. 1892)
- August 30
- Mohammad-Ali Rajai, 47th Prime Minister of Iran and 2nd President of Iran (assassinated) (b. 1933)
- Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Iranian theologian and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Iran (assassinated) (b. 1933)
- Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)
- September 1
- Park Hyo-shin, Korean singer
- Clinton Portis, American football player
- September 3 – Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
- September 4
- Jero, American-born Japanese enka singer
- Beyoncé, American actress and R&B singer (Destiny's Child)
- Lacey Mosley, American lead vocalist (Flyleaf)
- September 6 – Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer
- September 7 – Natalie McGarry, Scottish National Party politician and Member of Parliament convicted of embezzlement[10]
- September 8
- Dan Fredinburg, American Google executive
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
- September 9
- Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress and producer
- Nancy Wu, Hong Kong actress
- September 10 – Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
- September 11
- Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer (d. 1999)
- Charles Kelley, American country music singer-songwriter and founding member of Lady Antebellum
- September 12
- Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
- Hosea Chanchez, American actor of The Game
- September 13 – Angelina Love, Canadian professional wrestler
- September 14
- Ashley Roberts, American singer (The Pussycat Dolls)
- Miyavi, Japanese musician
- September 15 – Ben Schwartz, American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer
- September 16
- Alexis Bledel, American actress and model
- Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
- Nazril Irham, Indonesian singer
- September 18 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress
- September 21
- Nicole Richie, American actress, singer and socialite
- Phoenix Marie, American porn actress
- Sarah Whatmore, English singer-songwriter[11]
- September 22
- Ashley Eckstein, American actress, voice actress, and fashion designer
- Alexei Ramírez, Cuban baseball player
- September 23
- Misti Traya, American actress
- Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada)
- Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver
- September 25
- Lee Norris, American actor
- Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player
- Van Hansis, American actor
- Shane Tutmarc, American singer-songwriter (Dolour)
- September 26
- Christina Milian, American R&B singer and actress
- Serena Williams, American tennis player
- Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
- September 28 – Melissa Claire Egan, American actress
- September 29
- Shay Astar, American actress, singer, and songwriter
- Suzanne Shaw, British singer (Hear'Say) and actress
- September 30
- Cecelia Ahern, Irish author and daughter of Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach
- Dominique Moceanu, Romanian-American gymnast
- Ashleigh Aston Moore, American child actress (d. 2007)
- September 1
- Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1902)
- Albert Speer, German Nazi architect and war minister (b. 1905)
- September 2 – Enid Lyons, Australia politician (b. 1897)
- September 3 – Alec Waugh, British novelist (b. 1898)
- September 7
- Edwin Albert Link, American pioneer in aviation, underwater archaeology, and submersibles, and inventor of aeronautical, navigation, and oceanographic equipment (b. 1904)
- Christy Brown, Irish writer and painter (b. 1932)
- September 8
- Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
- September 9
- Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. 1901)
- Ricardo Balbín, Argentine politician, leader of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) (b. 1904)
- Sir Robert (Bob) Askin, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)
- September 11 – Frank McHugh, American actor (b. 1898)
- September 12 – Eugenio Montale, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
- September 14 – Charles L. Melson, American admiral (b. 1904)
- September 15
- Harold Bennett, British actor (b. 1899)
- Rafael Méndez, Mexican-born trumpet virtuoso (b. 1906)
- September 21 – Nigel Patrick, English actor (b. 1912)
- September 22 – Harry Warren, American songwriter (b. 1893)
- September 23 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor and writer, tribal chief of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (b. 1899)
- September 24 – Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
- September 27 – Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (b. 1904)
- September 28
- Rómulo Betancourt, 2-time President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
- Sir Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, British Conservative cabinet minister (b. 1923)
- September 29
- Javad Fakoori, Iranian military officer, former minister of Defence (b. 1913)
- Mousa Namjoo, Iranian military officer, minister of Defence (b. 1938)
- Bill Shankly, British football manager (b. 1913)
- born on 1981
- October 1
- Rupert Friend, English actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- Roxane Mesquida, French Actress
- October 3
- Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
- Seth Gabel, American actor
- October 4 – Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater (d. 2019)
- October 5 – Enrico Fabris, Italian speed skater
- October 7 – Austin Eubanks, American motivational speaker (d. 2019)
- October 8
- Ryuji Sainei, Japanese actor
- Ruby, Egyptian singer
- October 9
- Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor and producer
- Ryoichi Maeda, Japanese footballer
- October 10 – Una Healy, Irish singer (The Saturdays)
- October 11
- Beau Brady, Australian actor.
- October 12
- Engin Akyürek, Turkish actor
- Tom Guiry, American actor
- Brian J. Smith, American actor
- October 13 – Kele Okereke, English singer (Bloc Party)
- October 14 – Ruslan Alekhno, Russian-Belarusian singer
- October 15
- Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
- Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
- October 16
- Boyd Melson, American boxer
- Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress
- October 17 – Tsubasa Imai, Japanese actor, singer and dancer (Tackey & Tsubasa)
- October 19 – Christian Bautista, Filipino singer, actor, host, and model
- October 20
- Willis McGahee, American football player
- Stefan Nystrand, Swedish swimmer
- October 21 – Nemanja Vidić, Serbian football player
- October 22 – Michael Fishman, American actor
- October 23
- Olivier Occéan, Canadian footballer
- Huo Siyan, Chinese actress
- October 24
- Tila Tequila, Vietnamese-American model and singer
- Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress
- October 25
- Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
- Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle road racer
- October 26
- Guy Sebastian, original Australian Idol 2003 singer
- Sam Brown, American actor and comedian
- October 28
- Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
- Dwayne Cameron, New Zealand actor
- Noah Galloway, American former soldier and contestant from Dancing With The Stars
- October 29
- Jonathan Brown, Australian rules footballer
- Amanda Beard, American swimmer
- Angelika Dela Cruz, Filipina actress and singer
- October 30
- Chris Clemons, American football player
- Fiona Dourif, American actress, daughter of Brad Dourif
- Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
- Ivanka Trump, American model
- October 31
- Selina Ren, member of Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E
- Irina Denezhkina, Russian writer
- Frank Iero, American guitarist (My Chemical Romance)
- dead on 1981
- October 2
- Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
- Hazel Scott, American jazz singer and pianist (b. 1920)
- October 3 – Chrysostom Blashkevich, Soviet Benedict monk (b. 1915)
- October 4 – Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player (New York Giants) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1905)
- October 5 – Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
- October 6 – Anwar Sadat, 37th Prime Minister of Egypt and 3rd President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (assassinated) (b. 1918)
- October 13
- Antonio Berni, Argentine painter (b. 1905)
- Nils Asther, Danish-born actor (b. 1897)
- October 16
- Stanley Clements, American actor (b. 1926)
- Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (b. 1915)
- October 20 – Mary Coyle Chase, American playwright (b. 1906)
- October 22 – Michael Granger, American actor (b. 1923)
- October 23 – Reg Butler, English sculptor (b. 1913)
- October 24 – Edith Head, American costume designer (b. 1897)
- October 25 – Barbara Bedford, American actress (b. 1903)
- October 27 – John Warburton, British actor (b. 1899)
- October 29 – Georges Brassens, French singer and songwriter (b. 1921)
born 1981
- November 1
- Matt Jones, American actor and comedian
- LaTavia Roberson, American singer (Destiny's Child)
- November 2
- Tatiana Totmianina, Russian figure skater
- Katharine Isabelle, Candanian actress
- Esha Deol, Indian actress and model
- November 3
- Blair Chenoweth, American beauty queen
- Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler
- November 4
- Lakshmi Menon, Indian model
- Vince Wilfork, American football player
- Paul Tucker Canadian comic-book artist
- November 6 – Cassie Bernall, American murder victim (d. 1999)
- November 8
- Joe Cole, English footballer
- Azura Skye, American actress
- November 9 – Scottie Thompson, American film, television and stage actress
- November 10
- Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
- Jason Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
- Alison Waite, American model
- November 11
- Natalie Glebova, Canadian beauty queen
- Raphael Gualazzi, Italian singer and pianist, Eurovision Song Contest 2011 runner-up
- Susan Kelechi Watson, American actress
- The Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- November 13
- Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
- Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
- Kirsten Price, American porn actress
- November 14 – Russell Tovey, British actor
- November 15 – Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
- November 16 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
- November 17
- Sarah Harding, British singer (Girls Aloud)
- Doug Walker, American actor, comedian, film critic, internet personality, and filmmaker
- November 18
- Allison Tolman, American actress
- Christina Vidal, American actress
- Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress and comedian
- November 19 – Yfke Sturm, Dutch model
- November 20
- Scott Hutchison, Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist (d. 2018)
- Kimberley Walsh, British singer (Girls Aloud)
- Andrea Riseborough, English actress
- November 21
- Bryant McFadden, American football player
- Ainārs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower
- November 22
- Ben Adams, British singer (A1)
- Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
- Song Hye-kyo, South Korean actress
- November 24 – Lindsey Doe, American sexologist and video blogger
- November 25
- Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
- Barbara Pierce Bush, daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush
- Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush
- November 26
- Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
- Jon Ryan, Canadian National Football League football player from Regina, Saskatchewan
- Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress
- November 29
- Kimberly Cullum, American actress
- John Milhiser, American actor and comedian
- Bakhyt Sarsekbayev, Kazakh Olympic boxer
- dead on 1981
- November 2 – Wally Wood, American cartoonist (b. 1927)
- November 3 – Jean Eustache, French film director (b. 1938)
- November 7 – Will Durant, American philosopher and writer (b. 1885)
- November 10 – Abel Gance, French film director (b. 1889)
- November 12 – William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
- November 13 – Gerhard Marcks, German sculptor (b. 1889)
- November 15
- Walter Heitler, German physicist (b. 1904)
- Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
- November 22
- Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
- Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1900)
- November 25
- Jack Albertson, American actor and comedian (b. 1907)
- Morris Kirksey, American athlete (b. 1895)
- November 26 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess grandmaster (b. 1901)
- November 27 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
- November 29 – Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
born on 1981
- December 2 – Britney Spears, American singer and entertainer
- December 3
- Liza Lapira, American actress
- David Villa, Spanish footballer
- Brian Bonsall, American actor
- Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
- December 4
- Lila McCann, American singer
- December 6 – Lior Suchard, Israeli mentalist
- December 8 – Philip Rivers, NFL quarterback of the San Diego Chargers
- December 9 – Dia Mirza, Bollywood actress
- December 11
- Zacky Vengeance, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold)
- Javier Saviola, Argentine soccer player
- Kevin Phillips, American film actor
- Jeff McComsey, American artist
- Nikki Benz, Ukrainian-American porn actress
- Halina Perez, Filipina actress (d. 2004)
- December 12 – Spencer Johnson, NFL player
- December 13 – Amy Lee, American pianist/singer-songwriter (Evanescence)
- December 14 – Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress
- December 15
- Michelle Dockery, British actress
- Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
- Donal Coonan, UK presenter for Channel 4's webshow thisisaknife
- Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian soccer player
- December 16
- Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, author, and model
- Gaby Moreno, Guatemalan singer
- A. J. Allmendinger, American race car driver
- December 17
- Houari Manar, Algerian raï singer (d. 2019)
- Wacław Kiełtyka, Polish musician and composer
- December 21 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
- December 24 – Dima Bilan, Russian pop-singer
- December 26 – Nikolai Nikolaeff, Australian actor
- December 27
- Jay Ellis, American actor
- Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
- Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
- December 28
- Elizabeth Jordan Carr, first American test-tube baby
- Sienna Miller, American-born English actress
- Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
- December 29
- Charlotte Riley, English actress
- Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater
- December 30
- Kyle Eckel, American National Football League player
- Haley Paige, Mexican-American porn actress (d. 2007)
- December 31
- Ricky Whittle, English actor
- Matthew Pavlich, former professional Australian rules footballer
- dead on 1981
- December 2 – Wallace Harrison, American architect (b. 1895)
- December 3 – Walter Knott, American farmer and theme park creator (b. 1889)
- December 6 – Harry Harlow, American psychologist (b. 1905)
- December 7 – William Edmunds, Italian stage and screen character actor (b. 1886)
- December 8 – Ferruccio Parri, Italian partisan and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1905)
- December 10 – Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover (b. 1919)
- December 13 – Cornelius Cardew, English composer (b. 1936)
- December 15
- Catherine T. MacArthur, American philanthropist (b. 1909)
- Karl Struss, American cinematographer (b. 1886)
- December 17
- Franz Dahlem, German politician. (b. 1892)
- Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1913)
- December 18 – Enrique Hertzog, Bolivian politician, 49th President of Bolivia (b. 1896)
- December 23
- Luther H. Evans, American political scientist and librarian, 3rd Director General of the UNESCO (b. 1902)
- Reginald Miles Ansett, Australian businessman and aviator (b. 1909)
- December 26 – Suat Hayri Urguplu, Turkish politician, 11th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
- December 27 – Hoagy Carmichael, American jazz composer (b. 1899)
- December 28
- Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American film director (b. 1885)
- Bram van Velde, Dutch painter (b. 1895)
- December 30 – Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
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