What Happened in 1989 — Events, Births & Deaths

The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.

Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.

Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.

Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City in one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history.

Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.

Patrick Purdy opens fire at an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing five and wounding 31 others.

Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.

The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.

Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.

After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.

A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.

The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.

Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, killing all 144 passengers on board.

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

Soviet–Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.

Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.

United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.

Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.

Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.

Air Ontario Flight 1363, a Fokker F-28 Fellowship, crashes at Dryden Regional Airport in Dryden, Ontario, Canada, killing 24.

Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.

Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-29 carrying the TDRS-4 satellite.

The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979.

Transbrasil Flight 801 crashes into a slum near São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, killing 25 people.

In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.

Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.

The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.

Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway, killing 42 sailors.

Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.

Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.

A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.

The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.

People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.

The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

The Monkseaton shootings occur in Tyne and Wear, England. One is killed and 16 are injured.

Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.

Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-30 to deploy the Venus-bound Magellan space probe.

The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people.

Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.

The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States that allows for the manufacture of F-16 Falcon parts in Egypt.

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.

The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

In the 1989 Iranian supreme leader election, Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after the death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini.

The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).

Solidarity's victory in the 1989 Polish legislative election occurs, the first election since the Communist Polish United Workers' Party abandoned its monopoly of power. It sparks off the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe.

Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.

Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.

Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.

Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.

A coup d'état in Sudan deposes the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani.

Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.

The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.

United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111.

Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.

A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.

Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.

A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.

U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.

The National Cold Fusion Institute opened in Salt Lake City.

Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, killing 34 of the 40 people on board.

A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.

Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.

Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.

Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.

Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.

Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.

Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.

Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.

Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after takeoff from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.

Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150.

Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.

In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.

Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.

Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.

Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.

The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.

An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.

A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.

USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people.

Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.

A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.

Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.

The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.

The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-34 to deploy the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe.

A Ilyushin Il-76 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Caspian Sea near Sumgait, killing 57.

The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.

In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.

The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic.

Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine, the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.

An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, kills 23 and injures 314.

The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.

China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after takeoff from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.

Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.

Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.

David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.

East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.

Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.

Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.

Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.

El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.

Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).

Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia, swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.

Aeroflot Flight 37577 crashes on approach to Sovetsky Airport, killing 32.

NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.

After a week of mass protests against the Communist regime known as the Velvet Revolution, Miloš Jakeš and the entire Politburo of the Czechoslovak Communist Party resign from office. This brings an effective end to Communist rule in Czechoslovakia.

Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.

Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.

Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.

The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.

In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end.

The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.

The Troubles: Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded.

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.

Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.

Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.

Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.

The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.

Romanian Revolution: Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife Elena flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.

German reunification: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.

Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.

United Express Flight 2415 crashes on approach to the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, Washington, killing all six people on board.

The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.

Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player

Michael Beasley, American basketball player

Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress

Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete

Samardo Samuels, Jamaican-American basketball player

Ali Gabr, Egyptian footballer

Demario Davis, American football player

Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer

Axel Witsel, Belgian footballer

Morgan Burnett, American football player

Heath Hembree, American baseball player

Doug Martin, American football player (died 2025)

Beau Mirchoff, Canadian-American actor

Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer

Emma Greenwell, American-English actress

Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (died 2008)

Nicole Ross, American Olympic foil fencer

Martin Dúbravka, Slovak footballer

Taylor Jordan, American baseball player

Kelly Marie Tran, American actress

Nick Foles, American football player

Alex Grant, Canadian ice hockey player

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, New Zealand rugby league player

Oscar Möller, Swedish ice hockey player

Theo Robinson, English footballer

Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter

Whit Merrifield, American baseball player

José Quintana, Colombian baseball player

Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer

Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer

Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer

Mohamed Abou Gabal, Egyptian footballer

Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player

Tommy La Stella, American baseball player

Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer

Harrison Smith, American football player

Southside, American record producer

Jia, Chinese singer and actress

Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer

Lavoy Allen, American basketball player

Jeremy Sumpter, American actor

Craig Cathcart, Northern Irish footballer

Jonny Flynn, American basketball player

Zac Guildford, New Zealand rugby player

JaJuan Johnson, American basketball player

Julio Jones, American football player

Brendan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

Courtney Vandersloot, American-Hungarian basketball player

Josh Harrellson, American basketball player

Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian footballer

Néstor Calderón, Mexican footballer

Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer

Emma Miskew, Canadian curler

Byron Mullens, American basketball player

Derek Norris, American baseball player

Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player

Mark Canha, American baseball player

Elizabeth Olsen, American actress

Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer

Jake Marketo, Australian rugby league player

Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer

Sonja Vasić, Serbian basketball player

Sone Aluko, English-Nigerian footballer

Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

Ian Cole, American ice hockey player

Federico Fernández, Argentine footballer

Jake Muzzin, Canadian ice hockey player

Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer

Evan Bates, American ice dancer

Jérémy Pied, French footballer

Wilin Rosario, Dominican baseball player

Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Daniel Kaluuya, English actor

Kosta Koufos, Greek-American basketball player

Jimmer Fredette, American basketball player

Kana Hanazawa, Japanese voice actress and singer

E'Twaun Moore, American basketball player

Gabriel Obertan, French footballer

David Button, English footballer

Lloyd Rigby, English footballer

Carlos Dunlap, American football player

Charles Jenkins, American basketball player

Tenille Dashwood, Australian professional wrestler

Daniella Monet, American actress

Emeraude Toubia, Canadian-American actress

Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer

Toby Alderweireld, Belgian footballer

Alemão, Brazilian footballer

Nathalie Emmanuel, English actress

Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer

Sterling Knight, American actor, singer, and dancer

Jake Lloyd, American actor

Dwight Buycks, American basketball player

Ray Chen, Taiwanese-Australian violinist

Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player

Robbie Hummel, American basketball player and sportscaster

Taeyeon, South Korean singer

Simon Moser, Swiss ice hockey player

Dayán Viciedo, Cuban baseball player

Malcolm Delaney, American basketball player

Orlando Johnson, American basketball player

Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)

Holger Badstuber, German footballer

Peaches Geldof, English columnist, television personality, and model (died 2014)

Sandy León, Venezuelan baseball player

Marwin González, Venezuelan baseball player

Kevin Lacroix, Canadian race car driver

Patrick Patterson, American basketball player

Sam Baldock, English footballer

Gil Roberts, American sprinter

Blake Griffin, American basketball player

Jung So-min, South Korean actress

Mikael Backlund, Swedish ice hockey player

Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer

Juan Lagares, Dominican baseball player

Harry Melling, English actor

Robert Bortuzzo, Canadian ice hockey player

Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer

Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director

Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer

Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer

J. J. Watt, American football player

Zyzz, Russian-Australian bodybuilder and internet personality (died 2011)

Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Scott Sinclair, English footballer

Matt Harvey, American baseball player

Camilla Lees, New Zealand netball player

Logan Couture, Canadian ice hockey player

Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer

Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater

James Tomkins, English footballer

Chris Sale, American baseball player

João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player

Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater

David Ngog, French footballer

Christian Vietoris, German racing driver

Romain Alessandrini, French footballer

Israel Folau, Australian rugby player and footballer

Joel Romelo, Australian rugby league player

Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer

Vurnon Anita, Dutch footballer

Steven Finn, English cricketer

Chris Herd, Australian footballer

Jens Toornstra, Dutch footballer

Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer

Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player

Teddy Riner, French judoka

Matty Healy, English singer-songwriter and producer

Bianca Belair, American wrestler

Charlie Culberson, American baseball player

Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (died 2014)

Bethan Dainton, Welsh rugby union player

Ádám Hanga, Hungarian basketball player

Miguel Ángel Ponce, American-Mexican footballer

Valentin Stocker, Swiss footballer

Kaitlyn Weaver, Canadian-American ice dancer

Josh Reynolds, Australian rugby league player

Joe Haden, American football player

Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player

Paraskevi Papachristou, Greek triple jumper

Avi Kaplan, singer and songwriter

Alia Shawkat, American actress

Simu Liu, Canadian actor

Vannesa Rosales, Venezuelan activist and teacher

Nikki Cross, Scottish wrestler

Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player

Elīna Babkina, Latvian basketball player

David Boudia, American diver

Taja Mohorčič, Slovenian tennis player

Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier

Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama

Melvin Ingram, American football player

Kang Daesung, South Korean singer

Lars Bender, German footballer

Sven Bender, German footballer

Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer

Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer

Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist

Domagoj Vida, Croatian footballer

Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer and actor

Victoria Monét, American singer-songwriter

Jesse Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player

Katinka Hosszú, Hungarian swimmer

Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer

James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player

Agnes Knochenhauer, Swedish curler

Dominika Cibulková, Slovak tennis player

Cameron Heyward, American football player

Earl Thomas, American football player

Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player

Ellen White, English footballer

Daniel Rosenfeld, German musician

Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer

Cam Newton, American football player

Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress

Rob Gronkowski, American football player

Susan Soonkyu Lee, Korean-American singer and entertainer

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer

Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model

Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player

Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player

Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer

Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Emily Robins, New Zealand actress and singer

Hal Robson-Kanu, Welsh footballer

Corey Dickerson, American baseball player

G-Eazy, American rapper

Andrew Jordan, English race car driver

Kalin Lucas, American basketball player

Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete

Park Ye-eun, South Korean singer

Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player

Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer (died 2015)

Riley Keough, American model and actress

Ailee, Korean-American singer and songwriter

Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player

Marco Reus, German footballer

Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player

Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner

Steve Smith, Australian cricketer

Katie Hoff, American swimmer

Imogen Poots, English actress and model

Paweł Fajdek, Polish hammer thrower

Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player

Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress and singer[citation needed]

Jeanna Giese, American rabies survivor

Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player

Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer

Logan Browning, American actress

David Miller, South African cricketer

Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer

Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model

Maya Moore, American basketball player

Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player

Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner

Ben Barba, Australian rugby league player

James Calado, English racing driver

Ryan McDonagh, American ice hockey player

Daniel Mortimer, Australian rugby league player

Andreas Samaris, Greek footballer

Tommy Searle, English motocross racer

Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter

Brad Takairangi, Australian-Cook Islands rugby league player

Bayley, American wrestler

Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)

Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (died 2016)

Lewis Hancox, English graphic novelist, social media personality and filmmaker

Odion Ighalo, Nigerian footballer

Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer

Simone Battle, American singer and actress (died 2014)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer

Chris Harris Jr., American football player

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor

Javier Pastore, Argentinian footballer

Terrelle Pryor, American football player

Abubaker Kaki, Sudanese runner

Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer

Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor

Lisa Carrington, New Zealand flatwater canoeist

Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player

Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner

Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player

Sabino Brunello, Italian chess grandmaster

Matthew Lewis, English actor

Jason Clark, Australian rugby league player

Andrew Fifita, Australian rugby league player

David Fifita, Australian rugby league player

Julia Zlobina, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater

Markiplier, American internet personality

Nicole Rottmann, Austrian tennis player

Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner

Steffen Liebig, German rugby player

David Myers, Australian footballer

Kent Bazemore, American basketball player

Hannah Murray, English actress

Daniel Ricciardo, Australian race car driver

Nadezhda Grishaeva, Russian basketball player

Alex Morgan, American soccer player

Danilo Cavalcante, Brazilian convicted murderer

Mitchell Dodds, Australian rugby league player

Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and actress

Benjamin Büchel, Liechtensteiner footballer

Adam Cole, American wrestler

Georgios Efrem, Cypriot footballer

Landon Cassill, American race car driver

Miina Kallas, Estonian footballer

Karl-August Tiirmaa, Estonian skier

Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion

Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (died 2012)

Tobias Sana, Swedish footballer

Travis Waddell, Australian rugby league player

Shimanoumi Koyo, Japanese sumo wrestler

Leon Bridges, American soul singer, songwriter and record producer

Charis Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player

Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player

Anthony Randolph, American basketball player

Tristan Wilds, American actor and singer-songwriter

Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer

Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player

Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer

Yohan Mollo, French footballer

Patrick Corbin, American baseball player

Sam McKendry, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player

James Austin Johnson, American actor and comedian

Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer

Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer

Daniel Radcliffe, English actor

Donald Young, American tennis player

Harris English, American professional golfer

Maurkice Pouncey, American football player

Natalia Vieru, Russian basketball player

Jeon Yeo-been, South Korean actress

Maya Ali, Pakistani actress

Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete

Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer

Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer

Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player

Alexis Knapp, American actress

Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player

Tiffany Young, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress

Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer

Jules Bianchi, French racing driver (died 2015)

Tyrod Taylor, American football player

Nick Viergever, Dutch footballer

Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

Wang Hao, Chinese chess grandmaster

Ryan Bertrand, English footballer

Mathieu Manset, French footballer

DeMar DeRozan, American basketball player

Ken Baumann, American actor and author

Anthony Rizzo, American baseball player

Hannah Miley, English-Scottish swimmer

Prajakta Mali, Indian actress

Jason Heyward, American baseball player

Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer

Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player

Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer

Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (died 2013)

Sebastian Huke, German footballer

Tom Cleverley, English footballer

Hong Jeong-ho, South Korean footballer

Sunye, South Korean singer

Greg Draper, New Zealand footballer

Justin Greene, American basketball player

Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer

Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer

Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player

Joe Jonas, American singer, songwriter, and actor

Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer

Carlos PenaVega, American actor and singer

Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player

Cedric Alexander, American wrestler

Wang Hao, Chinese race walker

Moussa Sissoko, French footballer

Lil B, American rapper

Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer

Anna Akana, American actress, comedian, musician, and YouTuber

Yu Mengyu, Singaporean table tennis player

Romeo Miller, American basketball player, rapper, actor

Kirko Bangz, American rapper and producer

Silas Kiplagat, Kenyan runner

Slavcho Shokolarov, Bulgarian footballer

Judd Trump, English snooker player

Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer

James Davey, English rugby league player

Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer

Hayden Panettiere, American actress (died 2026)

Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer

Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer

Aleksandra Gajewska, Polish politician and businessperson

Lianne La Havas, British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

Trixie Mattel, American drag queen, actor, and country singer

Heiko Schwarz, German footballer

TeddyLoid, Japanese musician

Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer

Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer

Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer

Jaakko Ohtonen, Finnish actor

Romain Amalfitano, French footballer

Juliana Cannarozzo, American figure skater and actress

César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer

Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver

Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer

Charlotte Ritchie, English actress

Simone Guerra, Italian footballer

Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer

Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter

Dezmon Briscoe, American football player

Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player

Bill Kaulitz, German singer and songwriter

Andrelton Simmons, Curaçaoan baseball player

Alfonzo Dennard, American football player

Casey Hayward, American football player

Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer

Matt Ritchie, English footballer

Freddie Freeman, American-Canadian baseball player

Andrew Luck, American football player

Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian footballer

Kenny Edwards, New Zealand rugby league player

Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (died 2013)

Thomas Müller, German footballer

William Owusu, Ghanaian footballer

Jimmy Butler, American basketball player

Tony Finau, American golfer

Jesse James, American actor

Robbie Grossman, American baseball player

Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player

Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer

Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player

George Springer, American baseball player

Jason Derulo, American singer-songwriter

Sandor Earl, Australian rugby league player

Jon Bass, American actor

Kim Hyo-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player

Brandon Jennings, American basketball player

Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player

Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015

Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor

Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer

Aldon Smith, American football player

Jonny Bairstow, English cricketer

Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer

Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkish tennis player

Darius Johnson-Odom, American basketball player

Mark Randall, English footballer

Shyima Hall, Egyptian human rights activist

Jasmine Thomas, American basketball player

Brie Larson, American actress

Frederik Andersen, Danish ice hockey player

Josh Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player

Aaron Hicks, American baseball player

George Nash, English rower

Nate Montana, American football player

Alex Trimble, Irish singer

Dakota Johnson, American actress

Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player

Marcel Baude, German footballer

Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player

Travis Kelce, American football player

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (died 2014)

Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player

Pizzi, Portuguese footballer

Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player

Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player

Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter

Anna Ohmiya, Japanese curler

Brace Belden, American communist and trade union activist, volunteer in the People's Protection Units

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician

Clive Rose, Australian cricketer

Arca, Venezuelan musician

Blaine Gabbert, American football player

Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer

Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player

Débora García, Spanish footballer

Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer

Sophie Luck, Australian actress

Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist

David Timor, Spanish footballer

Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist

Joy Lauren, American actress, director, and producer

Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress

James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player

Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Lithuanian basketball player

Miroslav Stoch, Slovak footballer

Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor

Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host

Jamie Collins, American football player

Jess Glynne, English singer-songwriter

Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer

Festus Ezeli, Nigerian-American basketball player

Luke Murphy, English footballer

Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer

JPEGMafia, American rapper and singer

Muhammad Wilkerson, American football player

Viktor Agardius, Swedish footballer

Alain Baroja, Venezuelan footballer

Zach Brown, American football player

Jonita Gandhi, Indo-Canadian singer

Anisya Kirdyapkina, Russian race walker

Andriy Yarmolenko, Ukrainian footballer

Dre Kirkpatrick, American football player

Emil Sayfutdinov, Russian motorcycle racer

Mark Barron, American football player

Devin Ebanks, American basketball player

Camille Muffat, French swimmer (died 2015)

Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile

Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist

Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer

Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress

Vanessa White, English singer, former member of The Saturdays

Scott McGough, American baseball player

Tibor Pleiß, German basketball player

Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player

Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player

Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress

Andrade El Idolo, Mexican wrestler

Joyce Jonathan, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

D. J. Kennedy, American basketball player

Jozy Altidore, American soccer player

Aaron Hernandez, American football player (died 2017)

Sonny Gray, American baseball player

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and political activist

Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer

Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player

SZA, American singer-songwriter

Baptiste Giabiconi, French model and singer

Nick Blackman, English-Israeli footballer

Joe Ragland, American basketball player

Adam Rippon, American figure skater

Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer

Lewis Williamson, Scottish race car driver

Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer

T. Y. Hilton, American football player

Jake Livermore, English footballer

Stella Maeve, American actress

Jona Viray, Filipino singer

Iamsu!, American rapper and producer

Ryan Griffin, American football player

Seth Lugo, American baseball player

Roman Zozulya, Ukrainian footballer

Marc Albrighton, English footballer

Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player

Kenneth Faried, American basketball player

John McCarthy, Australian footballer (died 2012)

Roman Sergeevich Trofimov, Russian ski jumper

Tyga, American rapper

Babita Kumari, Indian wrestler

Cody Linley, American actor and singer

Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer

Eduardo Vargas, Chilean footballer

Will Buckley, English footballer

Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer

Fabian Delph, English footballer

José Pirela, Venezuelan baseball player

Chris Singleton, American basketball player

Justin Tucker, American football player

Alden Ehrenreich, American actor

Candice Glover, American singer

Chris Smalling, English footballer

Angeline Quinto, Filipina singer and actress

Junior Stanislas, English footballer

Michael Floyd, American football player

Freddie Sears, English footballer

Laura Alleway, Australian footballer

Jamie Buhrer, Australian rugby league player

Jesús Montero, Venezuelan baseball player (died 2025)

Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer

Adelaide Clemens, Australian actress

Vladimír Weiss, Slovak footballer

Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer

Etta Bond, English singer-songwriter

Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer

Alex McCarthy, English footballer

Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist

Jurrell Casey, American football player

Kwon Yu-ri, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

Felix Schiller, German footballer

Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player

Philip Larsen, Danish ice hockey player

Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer

Eric Bledsoe, American basketball player

Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician

Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player

Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer

Hellen Obiri, Kenyan runner

Katherine Schwarzenegger, American author

Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter

Pedro Botelho, Brazilian footballer

Sam Burgess, English rugby league player

Onew, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

André Ayew, Ghanaian footballer

Taylor York, American musician

Yong Jun-hyung, South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and producer

Michał Masłowski, Polish footballer

Kousei Miura, Japanese jockey

Hamza Riazuddin, English cricketer

Mark Ingram II, American football player

Tamannaah, Indian actress

Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress

Jacob Stallings, American baseball player

David Szymanski, American video game developer

Matt Calvert, Canadian ice hockey player

Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter

Sofiane Feghouli, Algerian footballer

Tomáš Kundrátek, Czech ice hockey player

Ingrid Várgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player

Austin Barnes, American baseball player

Mackenzie Rosman, American actress

Tyler Anderson, American baseball player

Ryan Sheckler, American skateboarder and entrepreneur

Kateřina Vaňková, Czech tennis player

Ryo Aitaka, Japanese kickboxer and professional wrestler

Kelvin Herrera, Dominican baseball player

Dominik Tatarka, Slovak writer (born 1913)