≡ died before my birthday

• 17. Kevin Wilkinson ♂ English drummer
• 16. John F. Kennedy, Jr. ♂ son of JFK
• 16. Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy ♀ wife of JFK Jr
• 16. Hiromi Yanagihara ♀ Japanese J-Pop singer
• 14. Gene Hart ♂ American sportscaster
• 12. Zita Szeleczky ♀ Hungarian actress
• 12. Bill Owen ♂ British actor and songwriter
• 12. Bill Flett ♂ Canadian hockey player
• 11. Helen Forrest ♀ American Singer
• 09. Robert de Cotret ♂ Canadian politician
• 08. Pete Conrad ♂ American astronaut
• 07. Captain Vikram Batra ♂ Indian Army officer
• 06. Joaquín Rodrigo ♂ Spanish composer
• 06. Gary M. Heidnik ♂ American murderer
• 06. Carl Gunter Jr. ♂ American politician
• 06. Barry Winchell ♂ American soldier
• 04. Leo Garel ♂ American artist and cartoonist
• 03. Mark Sandman ♂ American musician
• 02. Mario Puzo ♂ American novelist
• 01. Sylvia Sidney ♀ American film actress
• 01. Forrest Mars Sr. ♂ Amerian candy maker
• 01. Guy Mitchell ♂ American pop singer
• 01. Edward Dmytryk ♂ American film director

≡ died 9 months before my birthday

• 02. S. Zorig ♂ Mongolian politician
• 02. Gene Autry ♂ American actor and singer
• 02. Olivier Gendebien ♂ Belgian car racer
• 03. Roddy McDowall ♂ British actor
• 06. Mark Belanger ♂ American baseball player
• 08. Zhang Chongren ♂ Chinese artist
• 09. Ian Johnson ♂ Australian cricketer
• 10. Tommy Quaid ♂ Irish hurler
• 10. Marvin Gay Sr. ♂ Murderer of Marvin Gaye
• 10. Konstantin Petrzhak ♂ Soviet physicist
• 11. Richard Denning ♂ American actor
• 12. Matthew Shepard ♂ American murder victim
• 13. Jeremy V. Sagastegui ♂ American criminal
• 13. General G. Thériault ♂ Canadian politician
• 14. Frankie Yankovic ♂ American musician
• 16. Jon Postel ♂ American Internet pioneer
• 17. Joan Hickson ♀ British actress
• 17. Hakim Mohammed Said ♂ Pakistani scholar
• 22. Eric Ambler ♂ British writer
• 28. Ghulam Ahmed ♂ Indian cricket captain
• 28. James Goldman ♂ American writer
• 28. Ted Hughes ♂ English poet
• 30. Bulldog Turner ♂ American football player