What Happened in 1988 — Events, Births & Deaths

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.

Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.

Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.

China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 crashes near Chongqing Baishiyi Airport, killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members.

Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 crashes in Bayfield, Colorado, killing nine.

An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people.

In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.

Doug Williams becomes the first African American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and leads the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.

Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.

Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.

A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.

Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.

South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.

Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.

Operation Flavius: Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar.

Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union.

The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.

In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.

Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.

The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA, are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.

A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.

Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.

Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.

The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.

Angolan and Cuban forces defeat South Africa in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.

The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.

Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.

The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.

In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.

Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.

The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.

All thirty-six passengers and crew are killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashes into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.

A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".

New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.

Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.

Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.

A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

Margaret Thatcher holds her controversial Sermon on the Mound before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.

Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then the second- and third-largest cities of Somalia.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.

Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.

The Ariane 4 rocket is launched on its maiden flight.

Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.

Haitian president Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant General Henri Namphy.

The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board.

The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.

Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants.

United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.

The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.

The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.

The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala in India killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.

General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.

Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.

A British soldier is killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.

The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.

The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).

Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.

A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda.

President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.

"Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park.

Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.

The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.

The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.

Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy are killed and 346 seriously injured.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.

CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at Kai Tak Airport and crashes into Kowloon Bay, killing seven people.

End of the last stage of the Anfal campaign of Ba'athist Iraq against its Kurdish population, which resulted in major destructions and major civilian losses.

Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.

Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.

Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.

Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).

The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.

General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.

The Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rectors of 388 institutions of higher learning, to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna.

Margaret Thatcher delivers the Bruges speech, in which she articulates her opposition to further European integration.

The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.

NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.

A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.

A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.

Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.

Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.

The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.

The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more.

Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.

Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.

U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.

In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.

The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.

The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.

In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.

Benazir Bhutto, is named as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader to lead a Muslim nation.

Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-27, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.

The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.

A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others.

A Soviet Air Force Il-76 aircraft crashes while participating in the Armenian earthquake relief, killing 78 people.

The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.

PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

War on drugs: The United Nations agrees upon and promulgates the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, one of three major drug control treaties currently in force.

A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur on British soil.

Germán Cano, Argentine footballer

Luke Harangody, American basketball player

Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player

Haley Bennett, American actress and singer

Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer

Adrián López, Spanish footballer

Michael Mancienne, English footballer

Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player

Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner

Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player

Kacey Barnfield, English actress

Hakeem Nicks, American football player

Jack P. Shepherd, English actor

Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer

Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer

FKA Twigs, English singer-songwriter and actress

Tyler Breeze, Canadian wrestler

JaVale McGee, American basketball player

Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer

Jan Muršak, Slovenian ice hockey player

Greg Oden, American basketball player

Marcel Schmelzer, German footballer

Selina Jörg, German snowboarder

DaJuan Summers, American basketball player

Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player

Ryota Ozawa, Japanese actor

Kerlon, Brazilian footballer

Paul Henry, English footballer

Alexandra Krosney, American actress

Sanada, Japanese wrestler

Ayobami Adebayo, Nigerian author

Jake Auchincloss, American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran

Hank Conger, American baseball player

Shay Logan, English footballer

Brett Pitman, English footballer

Taijo Teniste, Estonian footballer

Brett Anderson, American baseball player

Cho Kyu-hyun, South Korean singer

Charlie Barnett, American actor

Carly Patterson, American gymnast and singer

Bailey Hanks, American actress, singer, and dancer

Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer

DeMarco Murray, American football player

Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer

Josh Phegley, American baseball player

Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer

Ryan Goins, American baseball player

Dave Rudden, Irish author

Papu Gómez, Argentine footballer

Jarryd Hayne, Australian rugby league player

Tim Mannah, Australian-Lebanese rugby league player

Rui Patrício, Portuguese footballer

Diego Capel, Spanish footballer

Denílson, Brazilian footballer

Korbinian Holzer, German ice hockey player

Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player

Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer

Michael Frolík, Czech ice hockey player

Case Keenum, American football player

Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer

Roman Neustädter, German-Russian footballer

Sarah Sutherland, American actress

Shawn Matthias, Canadian ice hockey player

Seth Morrison, American guitarist

Ki Bo-bae, South Korean archer

Rihanna, Barbadian singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and actress

Donté Greene, American basketball player

Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter

Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine footballer

Rodrigue Beaubois, French basketball player

Alexander Koch, American actor

Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka

Maksym Radziwill, Polish-Canadian mathematician

Tom Marshall, English photo colouriser and artist

Gerald McCoy, American football player

Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player

Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer

Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player

Lena Gercke, German model and television host

Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer

Coco Khan, British writer

Brent Macaffer, Australian Rules footballer

Hannah Mills, Welsh sports sailor

Trevor Cahill, American baseball player

Jarvis Varnado, American basketball player

Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player

Michael Morrison, English footballer

Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer

Max Waller, English cricketer

Agnes, Swedish singer

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand tennis player

Leonys Martín, Cuban-American baseball player

Benny Blanco, American record producer

Tommy Pham, American baseball player

Clarissa dos Santos, Brazilian basketball player

Josh Hoffman, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player

Ego Nwodim, American actress

Quincy Pondexter, American basketball player and coach

Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player

Pedro Báez, Dominican baseball player

Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer

Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (died 2015)

Stephen Curry, American basketball player

Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player

Ben Uzoh, Nigerian-American basketball player

Chris Ivory, American football player

Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete

Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer

Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer

Kardo Ploomipuu, Estonian swimmer

Matt Todd, New Zealand rugby union player

Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter

Ryan Lewis, American music producer

Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper

Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player

Jessie J, English singer-songwriter

Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer

Brenda Song, American actress

Mauro Goicoechea, Uruguayan footballer

Holliday Grainger, English actress

Geno Atkins, American football player

Ryan Kalish, American baseball player

Will Matthews, Australian rugby league player

Thanasis Papazoglou, Greek footballer

Richard Sherman, American football player

Larisa Yurkiw, Canadian alpine skier

Brook Lopez, American basketball player

Robin Lopez, American basketball player

Ellen Adarna, Filipino actress, model and public figure

Renée Good, American writer, poet and shooting victim (died 2026)

Jesse Plemons, American actor

Kam Chancellor, American football player

Brandon Graham, American football player

Peter Hartley, English footballer

Tim Krul, Dutch footballer

Jucilei, Brazilian footballer

Leigh Adams, Australian footballer

Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer

Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer

Ed Speleers, English actor and producer

Jenni Asserholt, Swedish ice hockey player

Chris Heston, American baseball pitcher

Kareem Jackson, American football player

Haley Joel Osment, American actor

Jan-Phillip Tadsen, German politician

Milton Casco, Argentine footballer

Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player

Ricky Álvarez, Argentinian footballer

Stephen Brogan, English footballer

Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer

Allison Williams, American actress and singer

Anderson, Brazilian footballer

Eric Gryba, Canadian ice hockey player

Eliška Klučinová, Czech heptathlete

Brad Sinopoli, Canadian football player

Anthony Modeste, French footballer

Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player

Steven Defour, Belgian footballer

Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher

Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player

Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter

Vanessa Kirby, English actress

Brandon Belt, American baseball player

Ricky Berens, American swimmer

Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor

Christoph Sanders, American actor

Dee Strange-Gordon, American baseball player

Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer

Sandra Borch, Norwegian politician

Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete

Patrick Maroon, American ice hockey player

Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater

Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player

Jonathan Bailey, English actor

Sara Paxton, American actress

James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player

Lizzo, American singer and rapper

Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player

Jonathan Biabiany, French footballer

Juan Mata, Spanish footballer

Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer

Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete

Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player

Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer

Anushka Sharma, Indian actress and film producer

Neftalí Feliz, Dominican baseball player

Ben Revere, American baseball player

Paddy Holohan, Irish mixed martial artist

Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer

Adele, English singer-songwriter

Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer

Ryan Anderson, American basketball player

Dakota Kai, New Zealand professional wrestler

Trisha Paytas, American media personality

J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian racing driver

Adam Lallana, English footballer

Jeremy Maclin, American football player

Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player

Marcelo, Brazilian footballer

Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player

Scott Laird, English footballer

Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer

Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player

Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player

Nikki Reed, American actress, singer, and screenwriter

Taeyang, South Korean singer

Joel Moon, Australian rugby league player

Claire Cashmore, English Paralympic swimmer

Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress

Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player

Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant

Billy Gilman, American musician

Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent

Denis Petrić, Slovenian footballer

Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer

Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer

Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer

Juan Cuadrado, Colombian footballer

Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower

NaVorro Bowman, American football player

Percy Harvin, American football player

Craig Kimbrel, American baseball player

David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player

Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot (died 2015)

Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast

Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer

Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballer

Awkwafina, American actress, rapper, and comedian

Staniliya Stamenova, Bulgarian canoeist

Matt Bartkowski, American ice hockey defenseman

Kimberley Busteed, Australian model

Tjaronn Chery, Dutch-born Surinamese footballer

Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer

Anthony Pilkington, Irish footballer

Michael Cera, Canadian actor and musician

Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey player

Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer

Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek footballer

Mae Whitman, American actress

Jeff Teague, American basketball player

Jesús Fernández Collado, Spanish footballer

Claire Holt, Australian actress

Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress, voice actress, singer-songwriter, model, radio host

Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer

Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer

Adrián Aldrete, Mexican footballer

Kevin McHale, American actor, singer, dancer and radio personality

Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer

Jermaine Gresham, American football player

Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player

Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer

Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer

Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer

Josh Dun, American musician

Jacob deGrom, American baseball player

Allyssa DeHaan, American basketball and volleyball player

Alejandro Ramírez, American chess player

Paolo Tornaghi, Italian footballer

Omri Casspi, Israeli basketball player

Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter

Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast

Micah Richards, English footballer

Nichkhun, Thai-American singer and actor

Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player

Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer

Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier

Oliver Stang, German footballer

King Bach, Canadian-American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer and social media personality

Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast

Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer

Kate Ziegler, American swimmer

Éver Banega, Argentine footballer

Jacksfilms, American YouTuber

Joe Mazzulla, American basketball coach

Dedé, Brazilian footballer

Aleksander Lesun, Russian modern pentathlete

Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer

Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer

Vladislav Sesganov, Russian figure skater

James Troisi, Australian footballer

Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress

Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer

Ish Smith, American basketball player

Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer

Cody Fern, Australian actor

Kaci Brown, American singer-songwriter

Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player

Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (died 2012)

Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist

Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer

Antonio Brown, American football player

Heather Hemmens, American actress, director, and producer

Sarah Walker, New Zealand BMX rider

Étienne Capoue, French footballer

Natalie La Rose, Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer

Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, Brazilian-Italian footballer

Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer

DJ LeMahieu, American baseball player

Raúl Spank, German high jumper

Tulisa, English singer-songwriter and actress

Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist

Jérémy Stravius, French swimmer

Sergio Busquets, Spanish footballer

Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer

César Villaluz, Mexican footballer

Shane Dawson, American comedian and actor

Kevin Großkreutz, German footballer

Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player

Cherami Leigh, American actress

Trent Williams, American football player

Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer

Stephen Strasburg, American baseball player

Shahram Mahmoudi, Iranian volleyball player

Sami Whitcomb, American-Australian basketball player

Han Seung-yeon, South Korean singer and dancer

Nichkhun, Thai-American singer-songwriter and actor

Ricky Petterd, Australian footballer

Sarah Geronimo, Filipino singer and actress

John Goossens, Dutch footballer

Tom Hiariej, Dutch footballer

Stacey Kemp, English skater

Paulinho, Brazilian footballer

Yurie Omi, Japanese announcer and news anchor

Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer

Anthony Smith, American Mixed Martial Artist

Adam Biddle, Australian footballer

Yoervis Medina, Venezuelan baseball player

Ryan Tannehill, American football player

Gunnar Nelson, Icelandic professional fighter and mixed martial artist

Tarjei Bø, Norwegian biathlete

Wen Chean Lim, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast

Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player

A. J. Green, American football player

Charlie Carver, American actor and writer

Travis Boak, Australian footballer

Nemanja Matić, Serbian footballer

Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player

Golden Tate, American football player

Kelley O'Hara, American soccer player

Michael Jamieson, Scottish-English swimmer

Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer

Jonathan Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player

Mohamed Coulibaly, Senegalese footballer

Melody Oliveria, American blogger

Erik Pieters, Dutch footballer

Beanie Wells, American football player

Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player

Patty Mills, Australian basketball player

Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer

Tyson Fury, English boxer

Keith Benson, American basketball player

Jerry Hughes, American football player

Brandon Workman, American baseball player

Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer

Boban Marjanović, Serbian basketball player

Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer

Ryan Kerrigan, American football player

Rumer Willis, American actress

Brady Corbet, American actor and director

Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (died 2015)

Jack Hobbs, English footballer

Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer

Kirk Cousins, American football player

Veronica Roth, American author

Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer

Joanna Mitrosz, Polish rhythmic gymnast

Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player

Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player

Jeremy Lin, American basketball player

Kim Matula, American actress

Miles Mikolas, American baseball player

Rupert Grint, English actor

Brad Hunt, Canadian ice hockey player

Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player

Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer

Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer

Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer

Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player

Evan Ross, American actor

Danielle Savre, American actress

Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player

Lars Stindl, German footballer

Alexa PenaVega, American actress and singer

Rosie MacLennan, Canadian trampoline gymnast

Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player

Matt Adams, American baseball player

Trent Hodkinson, Australian rugby league player

David Ospina, Colombian footballer

Athena, American wrestler

Adam Duvall, American baseball player

JJ Hickson, American basketball player

Danilo D'Ambrosio, Italian footballer

Bobby Sharp, Canadian wrestler

Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

Jared Lee Loughner, American mass murderer

Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson, Icelandic politician

Luis Rentería, Panamanian footballer (died 2014)

Keith Treacy, Irish footballer

Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer

Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player

Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player

Coby Fleener, American football player

Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist

Ayano Ōmoto, Japanese singer and dancer

Ryan Simpkins, Australian rugby league player

Sana Saeed, Indian actress and model

Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player

Kairi Sane, Japanese wrestler

Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player

Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player

Steven Kampfer, American ice hockey player

Kyle Sullivan, American actor

Chris Archer, American baseball player

James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer

Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater

Buddy Matthews, Australian wrestler

Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter

Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player

Esmée Denters, Dutch singer-songwriter

Kevin Durant, American basketball player

Natalie Eggermont, Belgian politician

Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dustin Gazley, American ice hockey player

ASAP Rocky, American rapper and songwriter

Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress

Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer

Lonnie Chisenhall, American baseball player

Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer

Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater

Derrick Rose, American basketball player

Benny Howell, English cricketer

Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter

Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host

Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer

Starling Marte, Dominican baseball player

David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player

Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player

Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer

Rose McIver, New Zealand actress

Sam Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player

Calum Scott, British singer

Norris Cole, American basketball player

Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer

Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer

Max Thieriot, American actor

Dominique Jones, American basketball player

Mesut Özil, German footballer

Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer

Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player

Tessa Schram, Dutch director and actress

Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer (died 2026)

Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer

ASAP Ferg, American rapper

Rui Pinto, Portuguese activist and whistleblower

Candice Swanepoel, South African supermodel and philanthropist

Sarah Barrow, English diver

Parineeti Chopra, Indian actress

Corey Hawkins, American actor

Jordan Crawford, American basketball player

Aleksandr Salugin, Russian footballer

Nosliw Rodríguez, Venezuelan politician

Greg Zuerlein, American figure skater

Brady Ellison, American archer

Viktor Genev, Bulgarian footballer

Illimar Pärn, Estonian ski jumper

Evan Turner, American basketball player

Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (died 2012)

Devon Murray, Irish actor

Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer

Janoris Jenkins, American football player

Janel Parrish, American actress and singer

Cole Aldrich, American basketball player

Sébastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver

Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer

Lizzy Yarnold, British skeleton racer

Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player

Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player

Julia Görges, German tennis player

Diante Garrett, American basketball player

Jessie Loutit, Canadian rower

Dez Bryant, American football player

David Mead, Papua New Guinean rugby league player

Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player

Yannick Borel, French fencer

Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer

John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player

Erik Lund, Swedish footballer

James Paxton, Canadian baseball player

Emma Stone, American actress

Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer

Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player

Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player

Gani Lawal, Nigerian-American basketball player

Thomas Schneider, German sprinter

Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer

Yasmani Grandal, Cuban-American baseball player

Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer

Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete

Malcolm Thomas, American basketball player

Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer

Lio Tipton, American actor and model

David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer

Russell Westbrook, American basketball player

Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler

Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress

B.o.B, American rapper, songwriter, and producer

Quanitra Hollingsworth, American-Turkish basketball player

Morgan Parra, French rugby player

Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player

Justin Cooper, American actor

Jeffrey Jordan, American basketball player

Michael Roach, American soccer player

Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Ivorian sprinter

Jarrod Parker, American baseball player

Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (died 2010)

Jay Spearing, English footballer

Joe Cole, English actor

Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer-songwriter

Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player

Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder

Damon Harrison, American football player

Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer

Russell Wilson, American football player

Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (died 2014)

Vitaliy Polyanskyi, Ukrainian footballer

Rebecca Rittenhouse, American actress

Tomi Saarelma, Finnish footballer

Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer

Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model

Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player

Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist

Yeng Constantino, Filipina singer and songwriter

Ross Bagley, American actor

Tina Charles, American basketball player

Kyle Long, American football player

Adam Eaton, American baseball player

Ravindra Jadeja, Indian cricketer

Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist

Nils Petersen, German footballer

Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer

Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer

Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer

Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer

Isaac John, New Zealand rugby league player

Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Israeli Olympic marathon runner

Rickie Fowler, American golfer

Nicolas Batum, French basketball player

Nate Ebner, American football player

Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer

Hayato Sakamoto, Japanese baseball player

Erik Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Steven Nzonzi, French footballer

Mats Hummels, German footballer

Anna Popplewell, English actress

Alexey Shved, Russian basketball player

Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist

Grethe Grünberg, Estonian ice dancer

Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player

Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer

Peter Winn, English footballer

Danny Duffy, American baseball player

Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler

Scott Darling, American ice hockey player

Mohamed El Shenawy, Egyptian footballer

Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player

Mallory Hagan, American beauty queen, Miss America 2013

Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer

Emre Özkan, Turkish footballer

Simon Zenke, Nigerian footballer

Eric Gordon, American basketball player

Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player

Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer

Jorge Gutiérrez, Mexican basketball player

Michal Řepík, Czech ice hockey player

Andy Gibb, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1958)

Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (born 1914)

Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (born 1912)

Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)