What Happened in 1993 — Events, Births & Deaths

Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.

Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.

In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.

Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.

Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.

The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as president.

Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.

Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.

Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq.

Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz: In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.

Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.

Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.

An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people on board both aircraft.

Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.

World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.

Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83.

Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.

North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.

The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.

The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.

The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

Jiang Zemin is appointed President of China.

Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.

The Macao Basic Law is adopted by the Eighth National People's Congress of China to take effect December 20, 1999. Resumption by China of the Exercise of Sovereignty over Macao

NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki is killed in a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tennessee.

The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time.

The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56.

Four hundred fifty prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and would continue to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.

Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos.

The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, US, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire.

The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.

Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.

Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.

Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.

An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.

The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.

Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.

CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.

Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.

SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.

Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.

Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.

The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.

Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.

Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.

An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida.

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-57 to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite. It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the Spacehab module.

Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.

Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act.

A mob sets fire to the Hotel Madımak in Sivas, Turkey, where an Alevi cultural festival was taking place, killing 37 people.

The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.

Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.

China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people.

Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.

The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.

Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed.

The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.

The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.

Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The 7.8 Mw Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.

Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.

American International Airways Flight 808 crashes at Leeward Point Field at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, injuring the three crew members.

NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard.

NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.

Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.

The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina is transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.

A Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes during takeoff from Khorog Airport in Tajikistan, killing 82.

Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.

Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.

NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.

Russian president Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.

A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-134 is shot down by a missile in the Black Sea near Sokhumi, Georgia.

A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.

A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.

The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.

The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.

The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.

An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.

Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.

Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.

The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.

At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-58 to perform life sciences research.

The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.

Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people.

The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.

China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.

Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War.

A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.

United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.

In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.

In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.

In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.

A factory fire killed 87 and injured 51 in Shenzhen, China.

Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.

North Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs when Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Ohrid Airport, killing all 116 people on board.

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed by police in Medellín.

Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.

The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.

A block of the Highland Towers condominium complex collapses following a landslide caused by heavy rain and water flowing from a construction site at Ampang district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 48 of its residents die, including one who died in hospital after being rescued alive, leaving only two survivors.

The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

Kuban Airlines Flight 5719 crashes during a go-around at Gyumri Shirak International Airport, killing 35 of the 36 people on board.

Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.

Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player

Bryson Tiller, American singer and rapper

Phillip Dorsett, American football player

Franz Drameh, English actor

Stefan Rzadzinski, Canadian race car driver

Pat Connaughton, American basketball player

Jesús Manuel Corona, Mexican footballer

Jérôme Roussillon, French-Guadeloupean footballer

William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete

Marcus Peters, American football player

Tobias Rieder, German ice hockey player

Chris Boucher, Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player

Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player

Michael Keane, English footballer

Will Keane, Irish footballer

Jamel Artis, American basketball player

D.O., South Korean singer

Zayn Malik, English singer

Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer

Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast

Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer

David Nwaba, American basketball player

Kadeem Allen, American basketball player

Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer

Amandine Hesse, French tennis player

Sungjin, South Korean musician

Sean Keenan, Australian actor

Juan Fernando Quintero, Colombian footballer

Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer

João Mário, Portuguese footballer

Ricardo Centurión, Argentine footballer

Walter Benítez, Argentine footballer

Jack Schlossberg, American writer and political candidate

Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer

Cat Janice, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)

DeVante Parker, American football player

Ronald Blair, former professional American football player

Miguel Borja, Colombian footballer

Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer

Kevin Pangos, Canadian-Slovenian basketball player

Alice Powell, British racing driver

Florian Thauvin, French footballer

Will Poulter, English actor

Alan Williams, American basketball player

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer

Katy Marchant, English track cyclist

Kodai Senga, Japanese baseball player

Thitipoom Techaapaikhun, Thai actor

Qiu Bo, Chinese diver

Diego Mella, Italian footballer

Bobby De Cordova-Reid, English-Jamaican footballer

Ravel Morrison, English footballer

Adam Reach, English footballer

Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player

Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player

Teresa Scanlan, American beauty pageant titleholder, Miss America 2011

Javon Hargrave, American football player

Chris Mears, English diver

Wataru Endo, Japanese footballer

K. J. McDaniels, American basketball player

Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player

Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer

Yasser Ibrahim, Egyptian footballer

Max Kepler, German-American baseball player

Ben McLemore, American basketball player

Bud Dupree, American football player

Rafinha, Brazilian footballer

Jennifer Stone, American actress

Jadeveon Clowney, American football player

Alberto Rosende, American actor and singer

Ravi, South Korean rapper

Geoffrey Kondogbia, Central African footballer

Manuel Lanzini, Argentine footballer

Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, American basketball player

Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer

Victoria Justice, American actress and singer

Jurickson Profar, Curaçaoan baseball player

Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer

Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer

Erick Fedde, American baseball player

Lukáš Sedlák, Czech ice hockey player

Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player

Alphonse Areola, French footballer

Marquis Teague, American basketball player

Éder Álvarez Balanta, Colombian footballer

Juan Bernat, Spanish footballer

Michael Conforto, American baseball player

Josh McEachran, English footballer

Victor Rask, Swedish ice hockey player

Jordan Veretout, French footballer

Nicolás Brussino, Argentine-Italian basketball player

Adolis García, Cuban baseball player

Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player

Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker

Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer

Michael Thomas, American football player

Jenna Boyd, American actress

Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer and actress (died 2015)

Richard Peniket, English footballer

El Hadji Ba, French footballer

Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer

Fred, Brazilian footballer

Ahmed Hassan, Egyptian footballer

Harry Maguire, English footballer

Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player

Nicklas Jensen, Danish ice hockey player

Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer

Rui Machida, Japanese basketball player

George Baldock, Greek footballer (died 2024)

Miikka Salomäki, Finnish ice hockey player

Suga, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer

Jack Butland, English footballer

Aminata Namasia, Congolese politician

Jodie Comer, English actress

Anthony Davis, American basketball player

Shehu Abdullahi, Nigerian footballer

Amjad Attwan, Iraqi footballer

Tyrone Mings, English footballer

Anthony Bennett, Canadian basketball player

J. T. Miller, American ice hockey player

Alia Bhatt, British actress

Michael Fulmer, American baseball player

Taylor Heinicke, American football player

Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player

Paul Pogba, French footballer

Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player

George Ford, English rugby union player

Marine Lorphelin, French model and beauty queen, Miss France 2013

Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer

Rhys Hoskins, American baseball player

Yao Yuanjun, Chinese Border police officer (died 2011)

Solo Sikoa, American wrestler

Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan footballer

Fabian Fahl, German politician

JaKarr Sampson, American basketball player

Sloane Stephens, American tennis player

Sven Andrighetto, Swiss ice hockey player

Jake Bidwell, English footballer

Jesse Joronen, Finnish footballer

Frankie Montas, Dominican baseball player

Quinn Cook, American basketball player

Tomáš Hyka, Czech ice hockey player

Dmitrij Jaškin, Russian-Czech ice hockey player

Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer

Daniel Sazonov, Finnish politician

Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player

Sam Johnstone, English footballer

Brandon Nimmo, American baseball player

Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer

Anitta, Brazilian singer and entertainer

Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower

Bruno Zuculini, Argentine footballer

Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer

Daniela Bobadilla, Mexican-Canadian actress

Samir Carruthers, English footballer

David Soria, Spanish footballer

Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player

Andreas Bouchalakis, Greek footballer

Maya DiRado, American swimmer

Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer

Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player

Scottie Wilbekin, American-Turkish basketball player

Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler

Viktor Arvidsson, Swedish ice hockey player

TBJZL, English YouTuber

Alexandra Hunt, American politician

Florin Andone, Romanian footballer

Robin Anderson, American tennis player

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player

Melvin Gordon, American football player

Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player

Felipe Anderson, Brazilian footballer

Chance the Rapper, American rapper

Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater

Mika Zibanejad, Swedish ice hockey player

Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer

Alex Bowman, American race car driver

Daniel Norris, American baseball player

Raphaël Varane, French footballer

Matt Chapman, American baseball player

Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder

Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer

Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist

Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist

Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer

Huang Zitao, Chinese singer and rapper

Rickard Rakell, Swedish ice hockey player

Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer

Naomi Scott, English actress and singer

Will Ospreay, English wrestler

Ajla Tomljanovic, Australian tennis player

Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer

Jake Zyrus, Filipino singer

Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player

Miguel Sanó, Dominican baseball player

Timo Horn, German footballer

Abby Dahlkemper, American footballer

Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer

Debby Ryan, American actress and singer

Morgan Wallen, American singer-songwriter

Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer

Kyle Freeland, American baseball player

Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player

Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player

Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer

Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete

Karol Mets, Estonian footballer

IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress

Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player

Jessica Watson, Australian sailor

Ramy Rabia, Egyptian footballer

Caroline Zhang, American figure skater

Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete

Luke Garbutt, English footballer

Matías Kranevitter, Argentine footballer

Lynn Williams, American soccer player

James Porter, English cricketer

Norman Powell, American basketball player

Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer

Daniel Alvaro, Australian rugby league player

Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player

Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player

Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder

Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete

Adam Taggart, Australian footballer

Otto Porter Jr., American basketball player

Jonathan Huberdeau, Canadian ice hockey player

Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan footballer

Aaron Nola, American baseball player

Annika Taylor, British-American cross-country skier

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player

Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer

George Ezra, English singer-songwriter

Swae Lee, American rapper

George Jennings, Australian rugby league player

Cansin Köktürk, German politician

Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (died 2011)

Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (died 2018)

Gunna, American rapper

Cooper Kupp, American football player

Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer

Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor

Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer

Nikita Kucherov, Russian ice hockey player

Dennis Lloyd, Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

KSI, English YouTuber

Sead Kolašinac, Bosnian footballer

Hungrybox, Argentine-American esports player

Loris Karius, German footballer

Danny Ward, Welsh footballer

Tim Anderson, American baseball player

Marvin Grumann, German footballer

Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete

Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete

Bradley Beal, American basketball player

Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor

Oliver Tree, American singer-songwriter (died 2026)

Trea Turner, American baseball player

Vince Staples, American rapper and actor

Saweetie, American rapper

PartyNextDoor, Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer

Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer

Yaroslav Kosov, Russian ice hockey player

Jorge Polanco, Dominican baseball player

David Corenswet, American actor

Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer

DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer

Rebecca Bross, American gymnast

Heini Salonen, Finnish tennis player

Ryan Strome, Canadian ice hockey player

Vincent Trocheck, American ice hockey player

Jonas Brodin, Swedish ice hockey player

Dan Bentley, English footballer

Yebin, South Korean singer-songwriter and composer

Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer

Harrison Rhodes, American racing driver

Masataka Yoshida, Japanese baseball player

Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor

Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player

Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player

Nick Cousins, Canadian ice hockey player

Alycia Debnam-Carey, Australian actress

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist

Lili Simmons, American actress

Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player

Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress

Max Power, English footballer

Jordan Spieth, American golfer

Harry Kane, English footballer

Evan Rodrigues, Canadian ice hockey player

Cher Lloyd, English singer

Nicole Melichar, American tennis player

Ayoze Pérez, Spanish footballer

Dak Prescott, American football player

Jake Faria, American baseball player

André Gomes, Portuguese footballer

Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player

Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer

Linus Ullmark, Swedish professional hockey player

Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player

Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer

Saleh Gomaa, Egyptian footballer

Gael Bussa, Congolese politician

Joey Florez, American scholar and cultural critic

Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper

Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter

Emilie Mehl, Norwegian politician

Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor

Dipa Karmakar, Indian gymnast

Andre Drummond, American basketball player

Alyson Stoner, American actor, singer, and dancer

Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter

Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter

Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player (died 2024)

Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player

Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer

Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model

Kevin Byard, American football player

Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer

Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer

Xie Zhenye, Chinese athlete

Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter

Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer

Pio Seci, Fijian rugby league player

Tonisha Rock-Yaw, Barbadian netball player

Millie Bright, English footballer

Mike Evans, American football player

Laura Dahlmeier, German biathlete (died 2025)

Dillon Danis, American mixed martial artist

Taylor Decker, American football player

Tyler Glasnow, American baseball player

Iván López, Spanish professional footballer

Maryna Zanevska, Belgian tennis player

Keke Palmer, American actress and singer

Sarah Hecken, German figure skater

Olivier Le Gac, French cyclist

Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer

Lucas Cruikshank, American YouTuber and actor

Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction (died 2024)

Pablo Marí, Spanish football player

Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player

Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player

Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer

Tom Anderson, English footballer

Zaza Nadiradze, Georgian sprint canoeist

Robert Rooba, Estonian ice hockey player

Lee So-jung, South Korean singer

Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player

Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer

Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer

Mark Tuan, American rapper

Pablo Reyes, Dominican baseball player

T. J. Warren, American basketball player

Famous Dex, American rapper

Alex Poythress, American basketball player

Mattia Valoti, Italian footballer

Cameron Cullen, Australian rugby league player

Crazy Mary Dobson, American wrestler

Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer

Sam Kerr, Australian footballer

Kelsea Ballerini, American country pop singer

Niall Horan, Irish singer

Alice Merton, Irish-Canadian singer and songwriter

Brandon Brown, American race car driver

Josh Richardson, American basketball player

Dennis Schröder, German basketball player

Metro Boomin, American record producer and songwriter

Sam Byram, English footballer

Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer

Joji, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter

Sofiane Boufal, Moroccan footballer

Sophie Howard, Scottish footballer

Patrick Schwarzenegger, American-Austrian actor and model

Pi'erre Bourne, American record producer and rapper

Kyle Anderson, American-Chinese basketball player

Julian Draxler, German footballer

Kirsty Gilmour, Scottish badminton player

Kwon Mina, South Korean singer and actress

Ante Rebić, Croatian footballer

Petteri Lindbohm, Finnish ice hockey player

Cemre Gümeli, Turkish actress

Narelle Kheng, Singaporean singer, actress, and former national swimmer

Kateryna Derun, Ukrainian athlete

Liu Shiying, Chinese athlete

Jenna Blasman, Canadian snowboarder

Sonya Deville, American athlete

Ben Platt, American actor, singer, and songwriter

Brandin Cooks, American football player

Toby Greene, Australian footballer

Rosicleide Andrade, Brazilian Paralympic judoka

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player

Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer

Ryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player

Vinnie Sunseri, American football player

Jodie Williams, English sprinter

Enxhi Seli-Zacharias, German politician

Chris Green, South African-Australian cricketer

Lizaad Williams, South African cricketer

Lance McCullers Jr., American baseball player

Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer

Mitchell Swepson, Australian cricketer

Jewell Loyd, American basketball player

Wakamotoharu Minato, Japanese sumo wrestler

Adam Gemili, English sprinter

Jourdan Miller, American fashion model

Nail Yakupov, Russian ice hockey player

Nic Stauskas, Canadian basketball player

Angus T. Jones, American actor

Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player

Molly Quinn, American actress and producer

Bubba Wallace, American race car driver

Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player

Lauren Davis, American tennis player

Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player

George Kittle, American football player

Scotty McCreery, American singer and songwriter

Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster

Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player

Jayden Stockley, English footballer

Brandon Flynn, American actor

Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer

Ketel Marte, Dominican baseball player

Jake McCabe, American ice hockey player

Tiffany Trump, American socialite

Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer

Charlie Kirk, American media personality and political activist (died 2025)

Richaun Holmes, American basketball player

Roh Tae-hyun, South Korean singer and dancer

Jovit Baldivino, Filipino singer and actor (died 2022)

Caroline Garcia, French tennis player

Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer

Vincent Poirier, French basketball player

Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese footballer

Hunter King, American actress

Abby Sunderland, American sailor

Kane Brown, American singer and songwriter

Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer

Josh Ruffels, English footballer

R. J. Hunter, American basketball player

Isaiah Austin, American basketball player

Iván Garcia, Mexican diver

William Howard, French basketball player

Rachel Matthews, American actress

Zeno Robinson, American voice actor

Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player

Troy Gentile, American actor

Kiefer Ravena, Filipino basketball player

Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player

India Eisley, American actress

Marcus Mariota, American football player

Mercedes Arn-Horn, Canadian musician

Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer

Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress

Kenny Golladay, American football player

Lee Min-hyuk, South Korean singer and MC

Martina Trevisan, Italian tennis player

Ce'Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner

Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast

Taylor Tomlinson, American stand-up comedian

Dastonbek Otabolaev, Uzbekistani karateka

Josh Wakefield, English footballer

Przemek Karnowski, Polish basketball player

Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer

Pete Dunne, English wrestler

Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer

Tomáš Hertl, Czech ice hockey player

Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter

Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player

Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor

Samuel Umtiti, French footballer

Arik Armstead, American football player

Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer

Melitina Staniouta, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast

C. J. Beathard, American football player

Nélson Semedo, Portuguese footballer

Denzel Valentine, American basketball player

Taylor Gold, American snowboarder

Justin Anderson, American basketball player

Joey Gallo, American baseball player

Suso, Spanish footballer

Anna Prugova, Russian ice hockey player

Ivi Adamou, Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter

Joe Pigott, English footballer

Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer

Aubrey Peeples, American actress and singer

Bryshere Y. Gray, American actor and rapper

David Nofoaluma, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

Stefon Diggs, American football player

Beau Webster, Australian cricketer

Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress

Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer

Ross Barkley, English footballer

Luciano Vietto, Argentine footballer

Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer

Elián González, Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000

Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress

Alex Singleton, American football player

Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player

Cara Mund, American model, Miss America 2018

Jordan Obita, English footballer

AnnaSophia Robb, American actress

Cem Ince, German politician

Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder

Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist

Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress

Zeli Ismail, English footballer

Danielle Collins, American tennis player

Jamal Fogarty, Australian rugby league player

Antonio Giovinazzi, Italian race car driver

Daniel Ochefu, American basketball player

Jyoti Amge, Indian actress

Stephan James, Canadian actor

Kiersey Clemons, American actress

Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player

Byron Buxton, American baseball player

Thomas Lam, Finnish footballer

Young K, South Korean singer-songwriter

Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner

Andrea Belotti, Italian footballer

Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer

Sergi Darder, Spanish footballer

Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer

Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer

Emi Takei, Japanese actress, fashion model and singer

Olivia Cooke, English actress

Travis Head, Australian cricketer

Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast

Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1908)

Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (born 1908)

Joseph Christopher, American schizophrenic serial killer (born 1955)

Tony Harris, South African cricketer (born 1916)

J. Merrill Knapp, American musicologist (born 1914)

Martti Larni, Finnish writer (born 1909)

Eleanor Sanger, American television producer (born 1929)

Léo Ferré, Monacan singer-songwriter, pianist, and poet (born 1916)

Vanessa Duriès, French author (born 1972)