What Happened in 1991 — Events, Births & Deaths

Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.

Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War.

Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu.

Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.

Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others.

The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.

Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.

Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.

Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.

Crown Prince Harald of Norway becomes King Harald V, following the death of his father, King Olav V.

Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.

Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.

Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.

Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region, killing at least 848 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan and present-day Tajikistan.

Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.

The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union.

Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.

The Visegrád Group, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.

Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.

Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crashes during takeoff from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants.

The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.

In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.

In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.

Disbandment of the Warsaw Pact at a meeting of its members in Budapest.

Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".

Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the deaths of more than 25,000 people, mostly civilians.

Establishment of Kuwait Democratic Forum, center-left political organization in Kuwait.

Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.

An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs killing everyone on board.

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109 crashes in Venezuela, killing 45.

1991 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.

Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated.

Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War.

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.

Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.

Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.

The Warsaw Pact formally disbands.

Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.

Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.

Forty-one people are taken hostage inside a Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. Three of the hostage takers and three hostages are killed.

An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard, including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-37 to deploy the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.

Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.

Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.

A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.

The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Fifty-five tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado.

Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.

A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.

The 7.0 Mw Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.

Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.

A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.

A fire and explosion occurs at a fireworks factory at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, killing 26.

Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.

Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland.

Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.

Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.

Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.

Aeroflot Flight 8556 crashes at Pulkovo Airport, killing 13.

Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.

Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in the Suphan Buri province of Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.

The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.

Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II peacekeeping mission.

Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.

Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.

Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.

In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia.

Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa.

In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.

Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.

The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.

Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise.

The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.

Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.

Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.

The Finnish operator Radiolinja is launched as the world's first GSM network.

Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.

Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.

A Beechcraft Model 99 crashes near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of the 15 people on board.

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.

The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.

Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.

Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest construction ever built, collapses.

The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.

Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.

Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.

Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots and kills seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.

Crown Heights riot in New York City begins.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.

Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.

Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.

Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.

Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.

The World Wide Web is opened to the public.

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.

The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).

Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.

The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Moldova declares independence from the USSR.

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.

Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.

The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1.

Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.

NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.

Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.

Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.

A Haitian coup d'état occurs.

Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.

Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.

An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.

Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of the Banski Dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.

Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.

Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland.

George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.

Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.

The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.

A massive firestorm breaks out in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.

Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.

The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.

President of the Chechen Republic Dzhokhar Dudayev declares sovereignty of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria from the Russian Federation.

Tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people.

Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.

Santa Cruz massacre: The Indonesian Army open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.

The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.

American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.

Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years in exile.

Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.

After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, which would in 1993 become a republic, was established in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.

Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He dies the following day.

Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-44.

National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities with Azeri names.

South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.

Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.

Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.

Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.

Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.

Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.

Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.

The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence.

Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan.

The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan.

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The leaders of 11 now effectively autonomous Soviet republics sign the Alma-Ata Protocol establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in place of the collapsing Soviet Union.

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.

The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 crashes in Gottröra in the Norrtälje Municipality in Sweden, injuring 92.

All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date, five days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.

Ben Hardy, English actor

Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer

Duarte Alves, Portuguese politician

Will Barton, American basketball player

Kevin Gausman, American baseball player

Tucker Barnhart, American baseball player

Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer

Caster Semenya, South African sprinter

Michael Walters, Australian footballer

Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer

Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer

Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer

Greg Smith, American basketball player

Ruby Soho, American wrestler

Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer-songwriter

Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player

Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer

Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Raquel Rodriguez, American wrestler

Matt Srama, Australian rugby league player

Alex Wood, American baseball player

Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer

Kyle Clifford, Canadian ice hockey player

Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer

Matt Duffy, American baseball player

Mitch Garver, American baseball player

Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer

Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper

James Mitchell, Australian basketball player

Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player

Trevor Bauer, American baseball player

Willa Fitzgerald, American actress

Esapekka Lappi, Finnish rally driver

Alise Post, American BMX rider

Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player

Erin Sanders, American actress

Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer

Ciara Hanna, American actress and model

Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player

Jumpol Adulkittiporn, Thai actor

Stefan Kolb, German footballer

Steve Birnbaum, American soccer player

Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler

Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter

Zack Kassian, Canadian ice hockey player

Ariana DeBose, American actress, singer, and dancer

Ahmed Hegazi, Egyptian footballer

Esteban Andrada, Argentine footballer

Nicolò Melli, Italian-American basketball player

Alex Sandro, Brazilian footballer

Christian Bickel, German footballer

Julio Teherán, Colombian baseball player

Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player

Calum Worthy, Canadian actor

Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player

Jason Gastrow, American YouTuber

Blake Austin, Australian rugby league player

Kyle Palmieri, American ice hockey player

Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer

Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (died 2015)

Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor

Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer

Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer

Tobias Eisenbauer, Austrian ice dancer

Aleksandar Katai, Serbian footballer

Ida Njåtun, Norwegian speed skater

Eva Wacanno, Dutch tennis player

Fei Yu, Chinese footballer

Gabbie Hanna, American Internet personality and singer-songwriter

Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player

Richard Pánik, Slovak ice hockey player

Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer

Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (died 2017)

Logan Ryan, American football player

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian football player and medical doctor

Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player

Patrick Herrmann, German footballer

Kane Richardson, Australian cricketer

Eliaquim Mangala, French footballer

Vianney, French singer

Luke Voit, American baseball player

Karol G, Colombian singer and songwriter

Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer

Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer

Rich Swann, American wrestler

Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer

Phil Pressey, American basketball player and coach

Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Jeremy Allen White, American actor

Bonnie Wright, English actress, filmmaker, and activist

Sebastian Neumann, German footballer

Trevor Bayne, American race car driver

Christoph Kramer, German footballer

Adreian Payne, American basketball player (died 2022)

Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter

Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player

Sally Rooney, Irish novelist

Joe Alwyn, English actor

Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer

Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer

Solar, South Korean singer, songwriter and actress

Devon Travis, American baseball player

Khalil Mack, American football player

Tim Erixon, American-Swedish ice hockey player

Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer

O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper

Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer

Christian Kabasele, Congolese-born Belgian footballer

Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer

Kevin Plawecki, American baseball player

Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer

Ronalds Ķēniņš, Latvian ice hockey player

Joe Mantiply, American baseball player

Nick Franklin, American baseball player

Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress

Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine footballer

Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer

John Jenkins, American basketball player

Tyler, the Creator, American rapper

Ian Clark, American basketball player

Yoon Ji-sung, South Korean singer and actor

Jooyoung, South Korean singer-songwriter

Kenshi Yonezu, Japanese singer-songwriter and illustrator

Daniel Greig, Australian speed skater

Tristan Thompson, American basketball player

Emir Bekrić, Serbian hurdler

Xavier Henry, American basketball player

Trayce Thompson, American baseball player

Chris Boswell, American football player

Reggie Bullock, American basketball player

Admir Mehmedi, Swiss footballer

Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist

Sergey Kalinin, Russian ice hockey player

Cordarrelle Patterson, American football player

Thomas Robinson, American-Lebanese basketball player

Travis Frederick, American football player

Leury García, Dominican baseball player

Solomon Hill, American basketball player

Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

J. T. Realmuto, American baseball player

Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer

Mattia Destro, Italian footballer

Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer

Nick Leddy, American ice hockey player

Luke Chapman, English footballer

Antoine Griezmann, French footballer

Facundo Campazzo, Argentine basketball player

Erik Haula, Finnish ice hockey player

Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer

Nick Browne, English cricketer

Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player

Scott Malone, English footballer

Matt Davidson, American baseball player

Ramy Youssef, American actor and comedian

London on da Track, American record producer

Derek Carr, American football player

Jordan McRae, American basketball player

Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player

Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player

Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player

Christian Walker, American baseball player

Hoya, South Korean singer and dancer

Irene, South Korean idol, actress and television host

N'Golo Kanté, French footballer

NF, American rapper

Duván Zapata, Colombian footballer

Quavo, American rapper

Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer

Yui Koike, Japanese singer and actress

Asia Muhammad, American tennis player

Justin O'Neill, Australian rugby league player

Martín Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player

Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer

Marlon Stöckinger, Filipino race car driver

Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer

Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter

Gai Assulin, Israeli footballer

Ryan Kelly, American basketball player

Mary Killman, American synchronized swimmer

Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer

Cédric Bakambu, Congolese footballer

Brennan Poole, American racing driver

Lionel Carole, French professional footballer

Oliver Norwood, English-born Northern Irish international footballer

Magnus Pääjärvi, Swedish ice hockey player

Jazz Richards, Welsh international footballer

Josh Gordon, American football player

Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor

Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater

Nolan Arenado, American baseball player

Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer

Kelly Olynyk, Canadian basketball player

Luke Kuechly, American football player

Frank Dillane, British actor

Danni Wyatt, English cricketer

Britt Baker, American professional wrestler

Nathan Baker, English footballer

Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter

Kyle Juszczyk, American football player

Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player

Sigrid Agren, French-Swedish model

Morgan Ciprès, French figure skater

Batuhan Karadeniz, Turkish footballer

Jordan Poyer, American football player

Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer

Peter Handscomb, Australian cricketer

Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player

Lara Gut, Swiss skier

Adam Smith, English footballer

Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress

Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player

Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player

Travis Scott, American rapper and producer

Marcus Stroman, American baseball player

Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer

Jonathan Villar, Dominican baseball player

Samuel Seo, South Korean musician

Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player

Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer

Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka

Jen Beattie, Scottish footballer

Francis Coquelin, French footballer

Junior Messias, Brazilian footballer

Alan Patrick, Brazilian footballer

Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player

Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity

Ashley Wagner, American figure skater

Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player

Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and music producer

Abigail Raye, Canadian field hockey player

Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter

Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer

Emre Çolak, Turkish footballer

Guilherme, Brazilian footballer

Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer

Suho, South Korean singer and actor

Aaron Donald, American football player

Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter

Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower

Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player

Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress

Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer

Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player

Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player

Mário Rui, Portuguese footballer

Armando Sadiku, Albanian footballer

Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer

Danielle Lao, American tennis player

Yaime Perez, Cuban discus thrower

Tan Zhongyi, Women's World Chess Champion, 2017–2018

Jonathan Fox, English swimmer

Azealia Banks, American singer-songwriter and rapper

Zazie Beetz, German-American actress

Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player

Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (died 2017)

Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer

Matt McIlwrick, New Zealand rugby league player

Ben Stokes, New Zealand-English cricketer

Rajiv van La Parra, Dutch footballer

Sören Bertram, German footballer[citation needed]

Ninja, American professional gamer

Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen, Danish politician

Emily Ratajkowski, American model and actress

Fetty Wap, American rapper, singer, and songwriter

Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist

Alexa Scimeca Knierim, American figure skater

Daniel Howell, English Youtuber

Kyle Troup, American bowler

Avisaíl García, Venezuelan baseball player

Will Claye, American jumper

Ryan Mason, English footballer

Kang Si-ra, South Korean singer

Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer

Jesy Nelson, English singer

Jessie Ennis, American actress, director, and writer

Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter

Siya Kolisi, South African rugby player

Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player

Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Kalidou Koulibaly, Senegalese footballer

Rick ten Voorde, Dutch footballer

Gaël Kakuta, French footballer

Lee Min-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and entertainer

Hugo Mallo, Spanish footballer

Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Yasmin Paige, English actress

Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player

Houssem Chemali, French footballer

Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer

Dustin Martin, Australian rules footballer

Oliver Stark, British actor

Seohyun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian footballer

Kang Min-hyuk, South Korean singer, drummer, and actor

Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer

Tajja Isen, Canadian actress and writer

Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player

Addison Timlin, American actress

Jaimin Rajani, Indian singer-songwriter

Lucas Vázquez, Spanish footballer

Michael Wacha, American baseball player

Alison Howie, Scottish field hockey player

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player

Jason Dolley, American actor, musician and Twitch streamer

Alesso, Swedish DJ, record producer and musician

Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer

Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer

Daishōmaru Shōgo, Japanese sumo wrestler

Pablo Carreño Busta, Spanish tennis player

Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer

James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer

Erik Per Sullivan, American actor

Tyler Skaggs, American baseball player (died 2019)

Danilo, Brazilian footballer

Derrick Favors, American basketball player

Evgeny Tishchenko, Russian boxer

Nuria Párrizas Díaz, Spanish tennis player

Dylan Grimes, Australian Rules footballer

Nate Schmidt, American ice hockey player

Alexandra Shipp, American actress and singer

Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Mandy Rose, American wrestler and television personality

Eugenio Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player

Eray İşcan, Turkish footballer

Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler

Ryan James, Australian rugby league player

Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015

Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner

Tawan Vihokratana, Thai actor, host, and model

Andrew Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player

Alec Burks, American basketball player

Dwight Powell, Canadian basketball player

Sara Sampaio, Portuguese model

Taylor Lewan, American football player

Matty James, English footballer

Tomi Juric, Australian footballer

Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast

Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer

Dmitry Orlov, Russian ice hockey player

Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress

Elliot Rodger, English-American mass murderer (died 2014)

Trevor van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player

Toni Duggan, English footballer

Hasan Piker, American Twitch streamer

Tyson Barrie, Canadian ice hockey player

Chinami Yoshida, Japanese curler

Wandy Peralta, Dominican baseball player

Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player

Irakli Logua, Russian footballer

Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter

Réka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player

Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer

Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer

Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player

Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver

Wi Ha-joon, South Korean actor

Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player

Daniëlle van de Donk, Dutch footballer

Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer

Wilmer Flores, Venezuelan baseball player

Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer

Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2016)

Mike Trout, American baseball player

Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer

Yandy Díaz, Cuban baseball player

Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer

Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player

Joël Matip, Cameroonian footballer

Alice Barlow, English actress

Alexa Bliss, American bodybuilder and wrestler

Hansika Motwani, Indian actress

Dagný Brynjarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer

Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player

Nikos Korovesis, Greek footballer

Chris Tremain, Australian cricketer

Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer

Jesinta Campbell, Australian model

Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player

Khris Middleton, American basketball player

LaKeith Stanfield, American actor and musician

Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Lesley Doig, Scottish lawn bowler

Richard Freitag, German ski jumper

Giovanny Gallegos, Mexican baseball player

Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder

José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer

Evanna Lynch, Irish actress

Young Thug, American rapper, singer and songwriter

Austin Butler, American actor

Liz Cambage, Australian basketball player

Richard Harmon, Canadian actor

Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian footballer

Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player

Cory Joseph, Canadian basketball player

Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer

Jesse Rutherford, American singer and songwriter

Federico Macheda, Italian footballer

Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player

Enrique Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player

Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker

Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier

Dylan O'Brien, American actor

Lee Sung-yeol, South Korean actor and singer

Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer

Andreja Pejić, Bosnian model

Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer

Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player

Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer (died 2014)

Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player

Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer

António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver

Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer

Rhys Bennett, English footballer

Christian Bethancourt, Panamanian baseball player

Mareks Mejeris, Latvian basketball player

Gyasi Zardes, American footballer

Adrien Bart, French sprint canoeist

Anders Zachariassen, Danish handball player

Skandar Keynes, English actor and political adviser

Brian Dumoulin, American ice hockey player

Joe Harris, American basketball player

Dale Finucane, Australian rugby league player

Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (died 2010)

Lee Jung-hwan, South Korean professional golfe

Kelsey Asbille, American actress

Lauren Daigle, American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter

Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Oscar, Brazilian footballer

Danilo Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer

Sam Morsy, Egyptian footballer

Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer

Kygo, Norwegian DJ

Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (died 2016)

Scott Wootton, English footballer

Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast

Dee Milliner, American football player

Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model

Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member

Lee Jung-shin, South Korean musician and actor

Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer

Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater (died 2023)

Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer

Mena Massoud, Egyptian-Canadian actor

Egor Yakovlev, Russian ice hockey player

CJ McCollum, American basketball player

Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer

Anastassia Kovalenko, Estonian motorcycle racer

Carlos Martínez, Dominican baseball player

Kenny Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player

Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer

Key, South Korean singer and entertainer

Melanie Oudin, American tennis player

Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer

Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player

Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer

Dan Preston, English footballer

Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer

Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player

Thomas Mann, American actor

Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer

Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress

Eddie Rosario, Puerto Rican baseball player

Elvyonn Bailey, American sprinter

Souleymane Doukara, French footballer

David Bakhtiari, American football player

Joffrey Lauvergne, French basketball player

Thomas Röhler, German javelin thrower

Robbie Ray, American baseball player

Jennifer Dodds, Scottish curler

Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer

Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter

Aki Takajo, Japanese singer

Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer and songwriter

Pär Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player

Tornike Shengelia, Georgian basketball player

Oscar Fantenberg, Swedish ice hockey player

Mike Foltynewicz, American baseball player

Nicole Jung, American singer

Lay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor

Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player

Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player

Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer

Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist

Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer

Joel Bitonio, American football player

Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer

Gio Urshela, Colombian baseball player

Kika van Es, Dutch footballer

Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer

Brock Nelson, American ice hockey player

Jonathan Schoop, Curaçaoan baseball player

Shardul Thakur, Indian cricketer

Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress

Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer

Tyler Posey, American actor and musician

Toby Regbo, English actor

Zohran Mamdani, American politician, mayor of New York City

Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Phupoom Pongpanupak, Thai actor

Alexander Burmistrov, Russian ice hockey player

Tom Eastman, English footballer

Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer

Rob Keogh, English cricketer

Vadaine Oliver, English footballer

Harry Pell, English footballer

Emil Forsberg, Swedish footballer

Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the Japanese Imperial Family

Jorge Taufua, Australian rugby league player

Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer

Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player

Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress

Shohei Takahashi, Japanese footballer

Lucy Bronze, English footballer

Parris Goebel, New Zealand dancer and choreographer

Nikita Zaitsev, Russian ice hockey player

Jarell Eddie, American basketball player

Artemi Panarin, Russian ice hockey player

Tomáš Satoranský, Czech basketball player

Reece Brown, English footballer

Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer

Jiang Yuyuan, Chinese gymnast

Jimmy Garoppolo, American football player

Damisha Croney, Barbadian netball player

Alon Day, Israeli race car driver

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player

Flume, Australian DJ and producer

Jon Gray, American baseball player

Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler

Doron Lamb, American basketball player

Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish race car driver

Aaron Fotheringham, American wheelchair athlete

Jack Littlejohn, Australian rugby league player

Riker Lynch, American actor and singer

DanTDM, English YouTube personality and pro gamer

Christa B. Allen, American actress

Kaho Onodera, Japanese curler

Cairo Santos, Brazilian gridiron football player

Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist

Matt Bennett, American actor

Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist

Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player

Graham Patrick Martin, American actor

Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese activist

Maxime Colin, French footballer

Shailene Woodley, American actress

Nemanja Gudelj, Serbian footballer

Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer

Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player

Jameson Taillon, Canadian-American baseball player

Fabien Antunes, French footballer

Marina Marković, Serbian basketball player

Irene Esser, Venezuelan actress and model

Grant Hanley, Scottish footballer

Almaz Ayana, Ethiopian sprinter

Lewis Dunk, English footballer

Peni Terepo, New Zealand rugby league player

Tarik Black, American basketball player

Gab Pangilinan, Filipino actress and singer

Christian Cueva, Peruvian footballer

Willian José, Brazilian footballer

Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistani cricketer

Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey player

Manolo Gabbiadini, Italian footballer

Corey Knebel, American baseball player

Becky James, Welsh cyclist

Agnatius Paasi, Tongan rugby league player

Rakeem Christmas, American basketball player

Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player

Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer

Chloé Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

Brandon Knight, American basketball player

Charlie Puth, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player

Duje Dukan, Croatian basketball player

André Roberson, American basketball player

Max Holloway, American mixed martial artist

Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage

Cam Fowler, Canadian-American ice hockey player

Christian Yelich, American baseball player

Rachel Jarry, Australian basketball player

Milica Mandić, Serbian taekwondo athlete

Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player

Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver

Chris Wood, New Zealand footballer

Philip Holm, Swedish ice hockey player

Langston Galloway, American basketball player

Choi Min-ho, South Korean singer and actor

KiKi Layne, American actress

Eric Reid, American football player

Dion Waiters, American basketball player

Shohjahon Ergashev, Uzbek professional boxer

Joseph Leilua, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

Dave Leduc, Canadian martial artist

Vladimir Tarasenko, Russian ice hockey player

Ben Henry, New Zealand rugby league player

Offset, American rapper

Conor Daly, American race car driver

Yanni Gourde, Canadian ice hockey player

Alana Haim, American musician and actress

Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer

David Johnson, American football player

Jordan Rankin, Australian rugby league player

Atsedu Tsegay, Ethiopian runner

Marcus Butler, English model and YouTuber

Steven Berghuis, Dutch footballer

Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter

Josh Huestis, American basketball player

Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer

Sumire Uesaka, Japanese voice actress and singer

Rachael Boyle, Scottish footballer

Jorginho, Brazilian footballer

Jillian Rose Reed, American actress

Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer

Nic Maddinson, Australian cricketer

Otis, American wrestler

Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer

DaBaby, American rapper

Kyren Wilson, English snooker player

Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress

Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player

Eric Moreland, American basketball player

Louis Tomlinson, English singer

Taylor Zakhar Perez, American actor

Avu-chan, Japanese musician, songwriter, actor, model and producer

Brandon Scherff, American football player

Eden Sher, American actress

Trevor Siemian, American football player

Chloe Bridges, American actress

Michael Morgan, Australian rugby league player

Beth Potter, Scottish triathlete and long-distance runner

Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer

Steven Caulker, English footballer

Patrick Feeney, American sprinter

Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player

Dennis Everberg, Swedish ice hockey player

Djené, Togolese footballer

ND Stevenson, American cartoonist

Brandon Tanev, Canadian ice hockey player

Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (born 1909)

Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (born 1909)

Ulyana Barkova, Russian farm worker (born 1906)

Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (born 1927)

Constance Stokes, Australian painter (born 1906)