What Happened in 1996 — Events, Births & Deaths

An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.

First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.

Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.

The Czech Republic applies for membership in the European Union.

The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States.

In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.

Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.

An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.

The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.

Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757.

The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.

Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.

IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).

At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket carrying Intelsat 708 veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people.

Then-Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien applies a chokehold to protester Bill Clennett, an incident later named the Shawinigan Handshake.

A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.

In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.

NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.

The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured.

Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.

Faucett Perú Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.

The Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.

A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.

The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.

A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76.

Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.

The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.

A United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crashes near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing 35, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.

Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.

Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.

The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians who were taking shelter there and wounding over 100 more.

Four people are killed and 75 are injured in a train accident in Jokela, Finland.

In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.

Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.

Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.

The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.

A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.

After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.

Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.

Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77.

Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.

The ferry MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.

The seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine who were abducted on March 27 are killed under uncertain circumstances.

The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.

First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.

U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.

The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.

Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.

The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.

Garuda Indonesia flight 865 crashes during takeoff from Fukuoka Airport, killing three people and injuring 170.

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.

Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-78 to conduct life science and microgravity research aboard the Spacelab module.

The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.

American rapper Jay-Z releases his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.

British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.

Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during takeoff from Pensacola International Airport, killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.

A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.

Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.

Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1,200 soldiers.

In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.

In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.

The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.

NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

The killing of Tassos Isaac by Turkish nationalists of the Grey Wolves in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.

Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.

Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention.

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

Saddam Hussein's troops seize Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.

Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.

Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established.

Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N oil spill in Portland, Maine.

Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.

The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.

New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First.

Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.

Millon Air Flight 406 crashes after takeoff from Eloy Alfaro International Airport in Manta, Ecuador, killing 34 people.

TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.

Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the Susurluk car crash, leading to the resignation of Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party).

Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.

Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.

NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes into the Lagos Lagoon in Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 in the deadliest mid-air collision to date.

As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,

A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.

Space Shuttle program: Columbia is launched on STS-80, which would become the longest mission in the program at 17 days. On this mission, astronaut Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles.

A Beechcraft 1900 and a Beechcraft King Air collide at Quincy Regional Airport in Quincy, Illinois, killing 14.

A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.

Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

Journalists Fernando Balderas Sánchez and Yolanda Figueroa and their three children are murdered in a case that initially prompted speculation about links to organized crime, corruption, or their journalistic work.

Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada.

The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.

Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes in Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.

A Learjet 35 crashes into Smarts Mountain near Dorchester, New Hampshire, killing both pilots on board.

The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. Her murder remains unsolved.

Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.

Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.

Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer

Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer

Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer

Jonah Bolden, Australian-American basketball player

Léo Ortiz, Brazilian footballer

Florence Pugh, English actress

James Fisher-Harris, New Zealand rugby league player

Nicolás Tripichio, Argentine footballer

Tyler Ulis, American basketball player and coach

Courtney Eaton, Australian model and actress

Alex Nedeljkovic, American ice hockey player

Vítek Vaněček, Czech ice hockey player

Budda Baker, American football player

Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player

Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player

Ahmed Sayed, Egyptian footballer

Leroy Sané, German footballer

Ella Henderson, English singer and songwriter

Dove Cameron, American actress and singer

Deebo Samuel, American football player

Jennie, South Korean singer

Zhou Qi, Chinese basketball player

Allonzo Trier, American basketball player

Sarah Gilman, American actress

Jakub Jankto, Czech footballer

Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer

Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer

Dillon Brooks, Canadian basketball player

Sami Gayle, American actress

Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player

Kumi Sasaki, Japanese singer and model

Keita Bates-Diop, American basketball player

Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer

Mohamed Hany, Egyptian footballer

Seunghee, South Korean singer and television personality

Adama Traoré, Spanish footballer

Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer

Hwang Hee-chan, South Korean football player

Braeden Lemasters, American actor, musician, and singer

Dafne Navarro, Mexican trampoline gymnast

Joel Courtney, American actor

Nikita Dragun, American YouTuber

Ahmad Abughaush, Jordanian taekwondo athlete

Doyoung, South Korean singer

Azurá Stevens, American basketball player

Christian Dvorak, American ice hockey player

Paul Mescal, Irish actor

Harry Winks, English footballer

Mohamed Sherif, Egyptian footballer

Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer

Kevon Looney, American basketball player

Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player

Pierre Gasly, French racing driver

Kenedy, Brazilian footballer

Leighton Vander Esch, American football player

Jimmy Bennett, American actor

Kelli Berglund, American actress

Chung Ha, South Korean singer

Sebastián Driussi, Argentinian footballer

Alexandar Georgiev, Bulgarian-Russian ice hockey player

Emanuel Mammana, Argentine footballer

Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player

Jonathan Tah, German footballer

Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer

Nikolaj Ehlers, Danish ice hockey player

Poasa Faamausili, New Zealand rugby league player

Lucas Hernandez, French footballer

Sebastian Aho, Swedish ice hockey player

Sasha Pieterse, South African-American actress and singer-songwriter

Tyler Dorsey, American-Greek basketball player

Mabel, British-Swedish singer

D. J. Wilson, American basketball player

Clarke Schmidt, American baseball player

Noah Rubin, American tennis player

Sophie Turner, English actress

Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player

D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player

Nick Schmaltz, American ice hockey player

Royce Freeman, American football player

Chris Godwin, American football player

Ten, Thai singer and dancer

Jakub Vrána, Czech ice hockey player

Lucas Boyé, Argentinian footballer

Axel Werner, Argentinian footballer

Nelson Asofa-Solomona, New Zealand rugby league player

Norberto Briasco, Argentine-Armenian footballer

Reece Prescod, British sprinter

Claudia Williams, New Zealand tennis player

Jin Longguo, Chinese singer based in South Korea

Cameron Johnson, American basketball player

Andile Phehlukwayo, South African cricketer

Michael Gallup, American football player

Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer

Lukas Webb, Australian rules footballer

Taylor Hill, American model

Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese-American basketball player

Christian Coleman, American sprinter

Mohamed Magdy, Egyptian footballer

Timo Werner, German footballer

Liam Donnelly, Northern Irish footballer

Pablo López, Venezuelan baseball player

Kyle Allen, American football player

Conor Garland, American ice hockey player

Serhou Guirassy, French-Guinean footballer

Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer

Robert Murić, Croatian footballer

Cene Prevc, Slovenian ski jumper

Brayden Point, Canadian ice hockey player

Batuhan Altıntaş, Turkish footballer

Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler

Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter

Jinjin, South Korean singer and actor

Ajiona Alexus, American actress and singer

Ivan Toney, English footballer

Tim David, Singaporean-born Australian cricketer

Skal Labissière, Haitian basketball player

Yung Gravy, American rapper

Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player

Quenton Nelson, American football player

Aurora Mikalsen, Norwegian footballer

Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver

Joel Kiviranta, Finnish ice hockey player

Myles Turner, American basketball player

Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player

Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress

Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer

Max Strus, American basketball player

Wade Baldwin IV, American basketball player

Ryan Noda, American baseball player

Sophia Hutchins, American socialite

Zach Bryan, American singer-songwriter

André Onana, Cameroonian footballer

Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player

Austin Mahone, American singer-songwriter and actor

Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver

Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer

Al-Musrati, Libyan footballer

Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player

Anna Korakaki, Greek Olympic shooter

Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player

Giovani Lo Celso, Argentine footballer

Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer

Dele Alli, English international footballer

Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter

Jan Bednarek, Polish footballer

Matteo Berrettini, Italian tennis player

Marko Grujić, Serbian footballer

Abigail Breslin, American actress

Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress

Taylor Townsend, American tennis player

Lorna Fitzgerald, British actress

Caitlin Parker, Australian boxer

Helene Spilling, Norwegian dancer

Ski Mask the Slump God, American rapper

Arianne Hartono, Dutch tennis player

Carolina Alves, Brazilian tennis player

Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player

Mack Horton, Australian swimmer

Jordan Pefok, American footballer

Katherine Langford, Australian actress

Luke Friend, English singer

William Nylander, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

Cherprang Areekul, Thai singer

Julian Brandt, German footballer

Schuyler Bailar, American swimmer

Mary Cain, American runner

Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer

Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian-American basketball player

Noah Munck, American actor

Christopher Eubanks, American tennis player

Mayar Sherif, Egyptian tennis player

Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, South Korean League of Legends pro gamer

6ix9ine, American rapper

Noah Centineo, American actor

Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Canadian ice hockey player

Tyus Jones, American basketball player

Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player

Alex Tuch, American ice hockey player

Adin Hill, Canadian ice hockey player

Fabrice Olinga, Cameroonian footballer

Kostas Tsimikas, Greek footballer

Blake Brockington, American trans man and activist (died 2015)

Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ

Pokimane, Moroccan-Canadian internet personality

Birdy, English singer-songwriter

Louisa Chirico, American tennis player

Michael Carcone, Canadian ice hockey player

Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player

Josh Allen, American football player

Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player

Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player

Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper

Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer

Răzvan Marin, Romanian footballer

Çağlar Söyüncü, Turkish footballer

Shu Uchida, Japanese voice actress

David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player

Lara Goodall, South African cricketer

Kim Jae-hwan, South Korean singer

Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player

Aleksandr Golovin, Russian footballer

Normani Kordei Hamilton, American singer

Brandon Smith, New Zealand rugby league player

Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer

Tom Holland, English actor

Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter

Oli McBurnie, Scottish footballer

Jamayne Isaako, New Zealand rugby league player

Jack Hetherington, Australian rugby league player

Christian McCaffrey, American football player

Wen Junhui, Chinese singer and actor

Philip Billing, Danish footballer

Gustav Forsling, Swedish ice hockey player

Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer

Shonica Wharton, Barbadian netball player

Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter

Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete

Hoshi, South Korean singer and dancer

Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer

Niki Wories, Dutch figure skater

Sam Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player

Tyrone May, Australian rugby league player

Scottie Scheffler, American golfer

Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer

Rodri, Spanish footballer

Duki, Argentine rapper

Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver

Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player

Larissa Werbicki, Canadian rower

Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player

Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater

Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player

Cole Tucker, American baseball player

Alex Twal, Australian-Lebanese rugby league player

Aamir Jamal, Pakistani cricketer

Brianna Turner, American basketball player

Yoon Chae-kyung, South Korean singer and actress

Marlon Humphrey, American football player

Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter

Moussa Dembélé, French footballer

Jordan Romero, American mountaineer

Vivianne Miedema, Dutch football player

Kevin Abstract, American rapper and singer-songwriter

Luke Hemmings, Australian singer and musician

Cooper Koch, American actor

Wonwoo, South Korean rapper and singer

Grace Caroline Currey, American actress

Yung Lean, Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter

Smriti Mandhana, Indian cricketer

Shudufhadzo Musida, Miss South Africa 2020

Paul Momirovski, Australian rugby league player

Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player

Mikael Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian footballer

Kevin Fiala, Swiss ice hockey player

Skyler Gisondo, American actor

Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian

David Dobrik, Slovak YouTube personality

Kasperi Kapanen, Finnish ice hockey player

Danielle Bradbery, American singer

Joe Mixon, American football player

Jaafar Jackson, American actor and singer

Olivia Breen, British Paralympic athlete

Harriet Dart, British tennis player

Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player

Dylan Larkin, American hockey player

Ariel Atkins, American basketball player

Katie Boulter, British tennis player

Keston Hiura, American baseball player

Simone Manuel, American swimmer

Alec Bohm, American baseball player

Bokondji Imama, Canadian ice hockey player

Derwin James, American football player

Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler

Cho Seung-youn, South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper

Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer

A'ja Wilson, American basketball player

Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model

Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player

Choi Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress

Arthur Melo, Brazilian footballer

Samuel Moutoussamy, Congolese footballer

Antonia Lottner, German tennis player

Sophie Cunningham, American basketball player

Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer

Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player

Jung Ye-rin, South Korean singer and actress

Lachlan Lewis, Australian rugby league player

Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player

Karolína Muchová, Czech tennis player

Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer

Jeon So-min, South Korean singer-songwriter

Alejo Igoa, Argentine YouTuber

Kim Se-jeong, South Korean actress and singer

Daryll Neita, British sprinter

Mikal Bridges, American basketball player

Trevor Jackson, American actor and singer-songwriter

Jalen Brunson, American basketball player

Zendaya, American actress and singer

Austin Abrams, American actor

Joy, South Korean idol and actress

Abrahm DeVine, American swimmer

William Eskelinen, Swedish footballer

Nanda Kyaw, Burmese footballer

Florian Maitre, French cyclist

Callum Moore, Australian footballer

Neilson Powless, American cyclist

Yoane Wissa, French-Congolese footballer

Ashton Golding, English rugby league player

Jarren Duran, American baseball player

Sigrid, Norwegian singer

Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer

Andrés Tello, Colombian footballer

Lil Xan, American rapper

Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player

Tim Gajser, Slovenian motocross racer

Gabby Williams, American-French basketball player

Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player

Colin Ford, American actor

Adrian Kempe, Swedish ice hockey player

Lili Reinhart, American actress

Hugh Bernard, English cricketer

Myles Wright, English professional footballer

Duje Ćaleta-Car, Croatian footballer

Esteban Ocon, French Formula One racing driver

Slayyyter, American singer and songwriter

Choi Young-jae, South Korean singer and actor

Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player (died 2026)

Dejounte Murray, American basketball player

Chris Silva, Gabonese basketball player

Ioana Loredana Roșca, Romanian tennis player

Napheesa Collier, American basketball player

Aiden Moffat, British race car driver

Aaron Holiday, American basketball player

Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player

Ella Balinska, English actress

Kevin Diks, Indonesian footballer

Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter

Choi Jeong, South Korean Go player

Guglielmo Vicario, Italian footballer

Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player

Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper

Timo Meier, Swiss ice hockey player

Jacob Batalon, Filipino-American actor

Bella Hadid, American model

Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player

Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler

Arman Tsarukyan, Armenian professional mixed martial artist

James Graham, British singer

Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player

Joshua Wong, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer

Grace Van Dien, American actress

Zelo, South Korean rapper and dancer

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, Turkish motorcycle racer

Andrea Locatelli, Italian motorcycle racer

Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player

Terance Mann, American basketball player

Chance Perdomo, American-British actor (died 2024)

Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player

B.I, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian ski runner

Jaylen Brown, American basketball player

Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player

Océane Dodin, French tennis player

Garrison Mathews, American basketball player

Kyla Ross, American gymnast

PJ Dozier, American basketball player

Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast

Rasmus Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player

Kim Woo-seok, South Korean singer and actor

Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress

Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player

Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer

Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey player

Mikko Rantanen, Finnish ice hockey player

Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter

Devin Booker, American basketball player

Dennis Gilbert, American ice hockey player

Kennedy McMann, American actress

Kim Ji-sung, South Korean actress

GeorgeNotFound, English internet personality

Jeongyeon, South Korean singer

Chinanu Onuaku, American basketball player

Lil Peep, American rapper (died 2017)

Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer

Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater

John Olive, Australian rugby league player

Eric Paschall, American basketball player

Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter

Jens Stage, Danish footballer

Momo Hirai, Japanese dancer and singer

Kim Hye-yoon, South Korean actress

Drew Lock, American football player

Tye Sheridan, American actor and producer

Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player

Dawson Knox, American football player

Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballer

Ivan Baran, Croatian writer

Boulaye Dia, Senegalese footballer

Trinovi Khairani, Indonesian politician

Minkah Fitzpatrick, American football player

Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, Australian rugby league player

Roope Hintz, Finnish ice hockey player

Akram Afif, Qatari footballer

Christian Kirk, American football player

RiceGum, American YouTuber

FaZe Rug, American YouTuber

Fred Warner, American football player

Blaž Janc, Slovenian handballer

Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer

Hailey Bieber, American model

Mackenzie Lintz, American actress

JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player

Woozi, South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, member of boy band Seventeen

Alexis Ren, American social media personality, model, and actress

James Maddison, English footballer

Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer

Malik Beasley, American basketball player

Brandon Carlo, American ice hockey player

Louane, French singer and actress

Marc Roca, Spanish footballer

Mike Williams, Dutch DJ and record producer

Jake Doran, Australian cricketer

Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (died 2025)

Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer

Davide Calabria, Italian footballer

Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer

Scott McTominay, Scottish footballer

Mackenzie Blackwood, Canadian ice hockey player

Kyle Connor, American ice hockey player

MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast

AleXa, American singer based in South Korea

Joe Burrow, American football player

Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur

Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter

Lucas Hedges, American actor

Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player

Barbie Ferreira, American actress and model

Raphinha, Brazilian footballer

Li Zijun, Chinese figure skater

Jenifer Brening, German singer

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer

Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer

Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer

Henry Thornton, Australian cricketer

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater

Caileigh Filmer, Canadian rower

Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer

Jarrod Bowen, English football player

Ben Chilwell, English footballer

Kaitlyn Dever, American actress

Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer

Emiliano Buendía, Argentine footballer

Tanguy Ndombele, French footballer

Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer

Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer

J. J. Arcega-Whiteside, Spanish-American football player

Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (born 1940)

Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer and screenwriter (born 1926)

Wes Farrell, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939)

Ralph Rowe, American baseball player, coach and manager (born 1924)

Jack Churchill, British colonel (born 1906)

Ross Hunter, American film producer (born 1926)

Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (born 1925)

Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (born 1919)

Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (born 1927)

Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (born 1908)

George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (born 1903)

Edward Blishen, English author and educator (born 1920)