1967
Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.
Events of 1967
January
- January - Publication of the influential science fiction anthology Dangerous Visions.
- January 1 - Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, featuring the Expo 67 World's fair.
- January 5 - Charlie Chaplin opens his last film, A Countess From Hong Kong, in England.
- January 6 - Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
- January 8 - Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts.
- January 10 - Segregationist Lester Maddox is sworn in as Governor of Georgia.
- January 12 - Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with the intent of future resuscitation.
- January 13 - A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Etienne Eyadema.
- January 14 - The New York Times reports that the U.S. Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments.
- January 14 - Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; event sets the stage for the Summer of Love
- January 15 - Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species Kenyapitchecus africanus.
- January 15 - The United Kingdom enters the first round of negotiations for European Economic Community membership in Rome.
- January 15 - Super Bowl I played in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
- January 18 - Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and sentenced to life in prison.
- January 18 - Jeremy Thorpe becomes leader of the UK's Liberal Party.
- January 23 - In Munich, the trial begins of Wilhelm Harster, accused of the murder of 82,856 Jews (including Anne Frank) when he led German security police during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison.
- January 23 - The new town of Milton Keynes (England) is founded by Order in Council.
- January 26 - The Parliament of the United Kingdom decides to nationalize 90% of the British steel industry.
- January 27 - Apollo 1: U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward Higgins White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when fire breaks out in their Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test.
- January 27 - The United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty.
- January 27 - The Doors' self-titled debut album is released.
- January 31 - West Germany and Romania establish diplomatic relations.
February
March
- March 1 - Founding of the city of Hatogaya, Saitama, Japan.
- March 1 - Brazilian police arrest Franc Paul Stangli, ex-commander of Treblinka and Sobibór concentration camps.
- March 1 - The Red Guards return to schools in China.
- March 1 - The Queen Elizabeth Hall is opened in London.
- March 4 - The first North Sea gas is pumped ashore at Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire.
- March 4 - Queens Park Rangers become the first 3rd Division side to win the League Cup at Wembley Stadium defeating West Bromwich Albion 3-2.
- March 7 - Jimmy Hoffa begins his 8-year sentence for attempting to bribe a jury.
- March 9 - Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to the USA via the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
- March 12 - The Indonesian State Assembly takes all presidential powers from Sukarno and names Suharto as acting president.
- March 13 - Moise Tshombe, ex-prime minister of Congo, is sentenced to death in absentia.
- March 14 - The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
- March 14 - Nine executives of the German pharmaceutical company Grunenthal are charged for breaking German drug laws because of thalidomide.
- March 16 - In the Aspida case in Greece, 15 officers are sentenced to 2-18 years in prison, accused of treason and intentions of staging a coup.
- March 18 - The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground in between Land's End and the Scilly Isles.
- March 19 - A referendum in French Somaliland favors the connection to France.
- March 21 - A military coup takes place in Sierra Leone.
- March 26 - 10,000 gather for the Central Park Be-In
- March 28 - Pope Paul VI issues the encyclical Populorum Progressio.
- March 29 - A 13-day TV strike begins in the U.S.
- March 29 - The first French nuclear submarine, Le Redoutable, is launched.
- March 29 - The SEACOM cable system is inaugurated.
- March 29 - Royal Air Force planes bomb the Torrey Canyon and sink her.
- March 31 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signs the Consular Treaty.
April
May
- May 1 - Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas.
- May 1 - GO Transit, Canada's first interregional public transit system, is established.
- May 2 - The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
- May 2 - Harold Wilson announces that the United Kingdom has decided to apply for EEC membership.
- May 4 - Lunar Orbiter 4 is launched.
- May 6 - Dr. Zakir Hussain is the first Muslim to become president of India.
- May 6 - Four hundred students seize the administration building at Cheyney State College, Pennsylvania.
- May 6 - Hong Kong 1967 riots: Clashes between striking workers and police kill 51 and injure 800.
- May 8 - The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
- May 10 - The Greek military government accuses Andreas Papandreou of treason.
- May 11 - The United Kingdom and Ireland apply officially for European Economic Community membership.
- May 17 - Syria mobilizes against Israel.
- May 17 - President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt demands withdrawal of the peacekeeping UN Emergency Force in Sinai. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant complies (May 18).
- May 18 - Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals the "Monkey Law" (see the Scopes Trial).
- May 18 - In Mexico, schoolteacher Lucio Cabañas begins a guerrilla campaign in Atoyac de Alvarez, west of Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero.
- May 18 - NASA announces crew members for the Apollo 7 space mission (first manned Apollo flight): Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham.
- May 19 - The Soviet Union ratifies a treaty with the United States and the United Kingdom, banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
- May 19 - Yuri Andropov becomes KGB chief.
- May 22 - The Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels (Belgium) burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
- May 23 - Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, blockading Israel's southern port of Eilat.
- May 25 - Celtic F.C. becomes the first Scottish team to reach a European Cup final and also the first to win it, beating Inter Milan 2-1.
- May 25 - 25th Amendment added to the Constitution
- May 27 - Naxalite Guerrilla War: Beginning with a peasant uprising in the town of Naxalbari, this Marxist/Maoist rebellion sputters on in the Indian countryside. The guerrillas operate among the impoverished peasants, fighting both the government security forces and private paramilitary groups funded by wealthy landowners. Most fighting takes place in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
- May 27 - The Australian referendum, 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90% support, removing, from the Australian Constitution, two discriminatory sentences referring to Indigenous Australians. It signified Australia's first step in recognising Indigenous rights.
- May 28 - The Folk-Rock band Fairport Convention plays their first gig in London.
- May 30 - Biafra, in eastern Nigeria, announces its independence.
June
- Moshe Dayan becomes Israel's Secretary of Defense.
- June 1 - The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, nicknamed "The Soundtrack of the Summer of Love"; it would be number one on the albums charts throughout the summer of 1967.
- June 2 - Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into fights, during which young Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
- June 2 - Luis Monge executed in Colorado's Gas Chamber. Last pre-Furman execution in USA.
- June 4 - Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
- June 5 - Murderer Richard Speck is sentenced to death in the electric chair for killing the Chicago nurses.
- June 5 - Start of Six-Day War, Israel occupies the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai peninsula and Golan Heights after defeating its Arab neighbours.
- June 7 - Two Moby Grape members are arrested for contributing to the delinquency of minors.
- June 8 - Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident - Israeli fighter jets and Israeli warships fire at USS Liberty off Gaza, killing 34 and wounding 171.
- June 10 - Israel and Syria agree to a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
- June 10 - The Soviet Union severs diplomatic relations with Israel.
- June 10 - Margrethe, heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, marries French count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat.
- June 11 - A race riot occurs in Tampa, Florida.
- June 12 - Loving v. Virginia: The United States Supreme Court declares all U.S. state laws prohibiting interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/loving.html
- June 12 - Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).
- June 13 - Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall is nominated as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court. http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_timeline/images_associates/082.html
- June 14 - Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.
- June 14 - The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/china/nuke.htm
- June 14-June 15 - Glenn Gould records Prokofiev's Seventh Piano Sonata, Op. 83, in New York City, his only recording of a Prokofiev composition.
- June 16 - The Monterey Pop Festival begins and goes for 3 days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival
- June 17 - The People's Republic of China announces a successful hydrogen bomb test.
- June 23 - Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey, for the 3-day Glassboro Summit Conference. Johnson travels to Los Angeles for a dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel where earlier in the day thousands of war protesters clashed with L.A. police. http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/diary/1967/670623.asp
- June 25 - 400 million viewers watch Our World, the first live, international, satellite television production. It features the live debut of The Beatles' song "All You Need is Love."
- June 26 - Pope Paul VI ordains 276 new cardinals (one of them Karol Wojty?a).
- June 27 - The first automatic cash machine (voucher-based) is installed, in the office of the Barclays Bank in Enfield, England.
- June 27 - A race riot in Buffalo, New York leads to 200 arrests.
- June 28 - Israel declares the annexation of East Jerusalem.
- June 30 - Moise Tshombe, former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is kidnapped to Algeria.
July
- July 1 - Canada celebrates its first one hundred years of Confederation.
- July 1 - The first UK colour television broadcasts begin on BBC2. The first one is from the tennis championchip at Wimbledon. A full colour service begins on BBC2 on December 2.
- July 1 - American Samoa's first constitution becomes effective.
- July 3 - A military rebellion led by Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme begins in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- July 4 - the British Parliament decriminalizes homosexuality.
- July 5 - Troops of Belgian mercenary commander Jean Schramme revolt against Mobutu Sese Seko, and try to take control of Stanleyville, Congo.
- July 6 - Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, following the latter's secession May 30.
- July 6 - A level crossing collision between a train loaded with children and a tanker-truck near Magdeburg, East Germany kills 94 people, mostly children.
- July 10 - Heavy massive rain and landslide occurred mainly Kobe and Kure, Japan, at least 371 reported killed.
- July 12 - The Greek military regime strips 480 Greeks of their citizenship.
- July 13 - The Newark, New Jersey race riots occur.
- July 15 - The Detroit race riots occur.
- July 16 - A prison riot in Jay, Florida leaves 37 dead.
- July 18 - The United Kingdom announces the closing of its military bases in Malaysia and Singapore. Australia and the U.S. does not approve.
- July 20 - Chilean poet Pablo Neruda receives the first Viareggio-Versile prize.
- July 21 - The town of Winneconne, Wisconsin, announces secession from the United States because it is not included in the official maps and declares war. Secession is repealed the next day.
- July 23 - 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned).
- July 24 - During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delights many Quebecers but angers the Canadian government and many English Canadians.
- July 29 - An explosion and fire aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin leaves 134 dead.
- July 29 - Georges Bidault moves to Belgium where he receives political asylum.
- July 29 - An earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela leaves 240 dead.
August
September
- September 1 - Ilse Koch, also known as the "Witch of Buchenwald", commits suicide in the Bavarian prison of Aichach.
- September 2 - Paddy Roy Bates occupies Roughs Tower and establishes the Principality of Sealand.
- September 3 - Nguyen Van Thieu is elected President of South Vietnam.
- September 3 - H-Day in Sweden: At 5:00 a.m. local time, all traffic in the country switches from left-hand traffic pattern to right-hand traffic.
- September 4 - Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins - The United States Marines launch a search and destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces. The ensuing 4-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.
- September 9 - Fashion Island, one of California's first outdoor shopping malls, opens in Newport Beach.
- September 10 - In Gibraltar, only 44 out of 12,182 voters support union with Spain.
- September 17 - A riot occurs during a football match in Kaysei, Turkey (44 dead, about 600 injured).
- September 17 - Jim Morrison and The Doors defy CBS censors on The Ed Sullivan Show, when Morrison sings the word "higher" from their #1 hit Light My Fire, despite having been asked not to.
- September 18 - Love Is a Many Splendored Thing debuts on U.S. daytime television and is the first soap opera to deal with an interracial relationship. CBS censors find it too controversial and ask for it to be stopped, causing show creator Irna Phillips to quit.
- September 27 - arrives in Southampton, at the end of her last transatlantic voyage.
- September 30 - BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 are all launched.
October
- October 2 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- October 3 - An X-15 research aircraft with test pilot William J. Knight establishes an unofficial world fixed-wing speed record of Mach 6.7.
- October 4 - Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei, abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
- October 8 - Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
- October 9 - Che Guevara executed.
- October 12 - Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile, because of North Vietnam's opposition.
- October 14 - Quebec Nationalism: Rene Lévesque leaves the Liberal Party
- October 16 - Thirty-nine people, including singer-activist Joan Baez, are arrested in Oakland, California, for blocking the entrance of that city's military induction center.
- October 17 - The musical Hair opens off-Broadway. It will move to Broadway the following April.
- October 18 - Walt Disney's 19th full-length animated feature The Jungle Book, the last animated film personally supervised by Disney, is released and becomes an enormous box-office and critical success. On a double bill with the film is the (now) much less well-known true-life adventure, Charlie the Lonesome Cougar.
- October 19 - The Mariner 5 probe flies by Venus.
- October 21 - Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters march in Washington, D.C.. Allen Ginsberg symbolically chants to 'levitate' The Pentagon.
- October 21 - An Egyptian surface-to-surface missile sinks the Israeli destroyer Eilat, killing 47 Israeli sailors. Israel retaliates by shelling Egyptian refineries along the Suez Canal.
- October 25 - An abortion bill passes in the British Parliament.
- October 26 - Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran is officially crowned.
- October 26 - John McCain shot down over North Vietnam and made a POW.
- October 27 - Charles De Gaulle vetoes British entry into the European Economic Community again.
- October 27 - London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall.
- October 29 - Mobutu's troops launch an offensive against mercenaries in Bukavu, Congo.
- October 29 - Montreal, Quebec Expo 67 closes, having received over 50 million attendees.
- October 30 - British troops and Chinese demonstrators clash on the border of China and Hong Kong during the Hong Kong 1967 riots.
November
December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January-February
- January 1 - Sunny Chan, Hong Kong TVB actor
- January 2 - Tia Carrere, American actress
- January 4 - Marina Orsini, Canadian actress
- January 5 - Joe Flanigan, American actor
- January 7 - Mark Lamarr, British comedian/TV and radio presenter
- January 8 - R. Kelly, American R&B singer/songwriter/producer
- January 9 - Dave Matthews, South African-born musician
- January 9 - Dale Gordon, English footballer
- January 11 - Derek Riddell, Scottish actor
- January 12 - Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel
- January 14 - Sharon Beshenivsky, West Yorkshire police constable (d. 2005)
- January 15 - Lisa Lisa, American singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)
- January 17 - Song Kang-ho, Korean actor
- January 18 - Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
- January 19 - Diane Garnick, American investment manager
- January 23 - Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgarian-born weightlifter
- January 31 - Michael Burkett, a.k.a. Fat Mike, American singer and musician
- January 31 - Chad Channing, Former drummer of Nirvana
- February 1 - Meg Cabot, American teen author
- February 5 - Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian
- February 6 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
- February 7 - Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
- February 9 - Todd Pratt, American baseball player
- February 9 - Dan Shulman, American sports announcer
- February 10 - Laura Dern, American actress
- February 10 - Armand Serrano, Filipino Animator
- February 12 - Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
- February 15 - Trond Egil Soltvedt, Norwegian footballer
- February 17 - Chanté Moore, American singer
- February 18 - Roberto Baggio, Italian football player
- February 18 - John Valentin, baseball player
- February 19 - Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
- February 19 - Sven Erik Kristiansen ("Maniac"), Norwegian Black metal and hardcore punk singer
- February 20 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
- February 20 - Andrew Shue, American actor
- February 20 - Lili Taylor, American actress
- February 23 - Tamsin Greig, English actress
- February 26 - Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
March-April
- March 1 - George Eads, American actor
- March 4 - Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer
- March 11 - John Barrowman, Scottish-born actor (Torchwood star)
- March 16 - Lauren Graham, American actress
- March 17 - Billy Corgan, American musician and songwriter
- March 18 - Miki Berenyi, British lead singer of Lush
- March 18 - Andre Rison, American pro football player
- March 21 - Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
- March 21 - Adrian Chiles, British television and radio presenter
- March 22 - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
- March 25 - Debi Thomas, American figure skater
- March 27 - Talisa Soto, American actress
- March 29 - Brian Jordan, baseball player
- March 30 - Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (d. 2008)
- April 6 - Jonathan Firth, British actor
- April 6 - Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish ten-pin bowler
- April 9 - Alex Kahn, American artist
- April 14 - Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
- April 14 - Jeff Jarrett, American professional wrestler
- April 15 - Alt, Brazilian comic creator
- April 15 - Frankie Poullain, British bassist (The Darkness)
- April 15 - Dara Torres, American swimmer
- April 17 - Marquis Grissom, baseball player
- April 17 - Liz Phair, American singer and songwriter
- April 18 - Maria Bello, American actress
- April 20 - Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
- April 20 - Mike Portnoy, American drummer (Dream Theater)
- April 22 - Sheryl Lee, American actress
- April 22 - Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and TV show host
- April 23 - Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
- April 26 - Glen Jacobs (Kane), American professional wrestler
- April 26 - Marianne Jean-Baptiste, American actress
- April 27 - Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
- April 28 - Kari Wührer, American actress and singer
- April 29 - Curtis Joseph, Canadian hockey player
- April 29 - Rachel Williams, American model, actress, and TV presenter
May-June
- May 1 - Tim McGraw, American singer
- May 5 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
- May 10 - Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
- May 13 - Chuck Schuldiner, American singer and guitarist (d. 2001)
- May 13 - Melanie Thornton, American singer (d. 2001)
- May 14 - Tony Siragusa, American football player
- May 15 - John Smoltz, baseball player
- May 19 - Geraldine Somerville, Irish actress
- May 19 - Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
- May 21 - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d.2007)
- May 22 - MC Eiht, American rapper
- May 22 - Brooke Smith, American actress
- May 24 - Eric Close, American actor
- May 25 - Poppy Z. Brite, American author
- May 27 - Lou Gish, British actress (d. 2006)
- May 29 - Noel Gallagher, British musician (Oasis)
- May 31 - Phil Keoghan, New Zealand-born television host
- May 31 - Kenny Lofton, American baseball player
- June 3 - Anderson Cooper, American television journalist
- June 5 - Joe DeLoach, American athlete
- June 5 - Ron Livingston, American actor
- June 6 - Paul Giamatti, American actor
- June 7 - Dave Navarro, American guitarist
- June 8 - Efan Ekoku, Nigerian footballer
- June 8 - Jasmin Tabatabai, German/Iranian actress and musician
- June 10 - Darren "Buffy, the Human Beatbox" Robinson, American rapper (The Fat Boys) (d. 1995)
- June 15 - Y?ji Ueda, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
- June 19 - Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
- June 19 - Mia Sara, American actress
- June 20 - Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress
- June 23 - Yoko Minamino, Japanese idol star and actress
- June 24 - Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 24 - Richard Z. Kruspe, German musician (Rammstein)
- June 24 - Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director
- June 29 - Murray Foster, Canadian Bassist (Moxy Fruvous)
- June 29 - Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
July-August
- July 1 - Pamela Anderson, Canadian actress and model
- July 4 - Vinny Castilla, Mexican Major League Baseball player
- July 4 - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
- July 5 - Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
- July 7 - Jackie Neal, American blues singer (d. 2005)
- July 11 - John Henson, American TV show host
- July 12 - John Petrucci, American virtuoso guitarist
- July 12 - Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
- July 13 - Akira Hokuto, Japanese women's professional wrestler
- July 14 - Robin Ventura, American baseball player
- July 15 - Adam Savage, American TV show host (MythBusters)
- July 16 - Will Ferrell, American comedian and actor
- July 18 - Vin Diesel, American actor
- July 19 - Rageh Omaar, broadcaster
- July 23 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
- July 25 - Matt LeBlanc, American actor
- July 27 - Juliana Hatfield, American guitarist and songwriter
- July 27 - Sasha Mitchell, American actor
- July 27 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
- July 28 - Taka Hirose, Japanese musician (Feeder)
- July 30 - A. W. Yrjänä, Finnish rock musician and poet
- July 31 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005)
- July 31 - Elizabeth Wurtzel, author and feminist
- August 4 - Mike Marsh, American athlete
- August 7 - Charlotte Lewis, English actress
- August 8 - Rena Mero, wrestler, model and actress
- August 9 - Deion Sanders, American pro football and baseball player
- August 10 - Riddick Bowe, American boxer
- August 11 - Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer and songwriter
- August 11 - Joe Rogan, American comedian and television host
- August 12 - Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
- August 13 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
- August 16 - Pamela Smart, American murderer
- August 16 - Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish-born television personality
- August 21 - Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
- August 21 - Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born singer (System of a Down)
- August 22 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor and model
- August 22 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (d. 1986)
- August 22 - Layne Staley, American singer (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
- August 25 - Jeff Tweedy, American singer (Wilco)
- August 29 - Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
- August 30 - Frederique van der Wal, Dutch supermodel
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