1974 In The United States

Events from the year 1974 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

* President:
::Richard Nixon ( R-California) (until August 9)
::Gerald Ford ( R-Michigan) (starting August 9)
* Vice President:
::Gerald Ford ( R-Michigan) (until August 9)
::''vacant'' (August 9 – December 19)
::Nelson Rockefeller ( R-New York) (starting December 19)
* Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Virginia)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Carl Albert ( D-Oklahoma)
* Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield ( D-Montana)
* Congress: 93rd

Events

January

* January 4
**Citing executive privilege, President Richard Nixon refuses to surrender 500 tapes and documents which have been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
**Joni Lenz is attacked in her bedroom by serial killer Ted Bundy in Washington; she survives.
* January 6 – In response to the energy crisis, Daylight Saving Time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
* January 13 – The Miami Dolphins repeat as National Football League champions, routing the Minnesota Vikings 24–7 in Super Bowl VIII.
* January 15 – ''Happy Days'', a sitcom about life in the 1950s, debuts on ABC.
* January 19 – In college (men's) basketball, Notre Dame defeats UCLA 71–70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak.
* January 30 – In his State of the Union Address, President Nixon declares, "One year of Watergate is enough."

February

* February 4 – Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
* February 8 – After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of ''Skylab 4'' returns to Earth.
* February 12 – U.S. District Court Judge Geoerge Boldt rules that Native American tribes in Washington state are entitled to half of the legal salmon and steelhead catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the U.S. government.
* February 22 – Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an airplane with the intent to crash it into the White House and assassinate President Nixon. He commits suicide when police storm the plane.
* February 28 – Egypt and the United States re-establish normal diplomatic relations.

March

* March 1 – Watergate scandal: Seven former White House officials are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
* March 4 – ''People'' magazine's first issue is published in the U.S., with Mia Farrow on the cover.
* March 18
** Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a 5-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
** After 23 consecutive years on television, Lucille Ball appears in the finale of ''Here's Lucy''.
* March 19 – First recorded crime, a ransacking in Visalia, California, definitely attributable to Joseph James DeAngelo, at this time a police officer, who will commit at least 13 murders, 51 rapes and 120 burglaries up to 1986; he will not be arrested until 2018.
* March 29 – ''Mariner 10'' approaches Mercury.
* March 30 – North Carolina State defeats UCLA in the semifinals of the 1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, ending the Bruins' record run of seven consecutive national championships.

April

* April 2 – The 46th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston and David Niven, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. George Roy Hill's ''The Sting'' wins seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Hill. The film is tied with William Friedkin's ''The Exorcist'' in receiving ten nominations.
* April 3 – The 1974 Super Outbreak, at the time the largest series of tornadoes in history, occurs in 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province, leaving over 300 people dead, over 5,000 people injured, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
* April 4 – Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record with his 714th at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
* April 6 – California Jam is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, attracting 250,000 fans.
* April 8 – Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth's home run record, by hitting his 715th career home run off of a pitch by Los Angeles Dodgers' Al Downing at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium.
* April 15 – In San Francisco, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army rob a branch of the Hibernia Bank, joined by Patricia Hearst.
* April 20 – Voters in Louisiana approve a new state constitution, replacing a 225,000-word document which had first been adopted in 1921.
* April 22 – Hi-Fi Murders: Five people are brutally tortured by a group of men during a robbery at a home audio store in Ogden, Utah, resulting in three deaths.

May

* May 4 – The Expo '74 World's Fair opens in Spokane, Washington.
* May 9 – The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal hearings in the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
* May 12 – The Boston Celtics win their 12th National Basketball Association championship, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks 102–87 in the decisive game of the World Championship Series.
* May 17 – Los Angeles police raid Symbionese Liberation Army headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall and SLA leader Donald DeFreeze.
* May 18 – Heaven's Gate, an American millenarian New Age religious group, is founded by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles.
* May 19 – The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Boston Bruins, thereby becoming the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.
* May 30
** Johnny Rutherford wins the first of three Indianapolis 500 automobile races.
** NASA's ATS-6 satellite is launched.
* May – Bavarian Autosport is founded in Stratham, New Hampshire.

June

* June 4 – The Cleveland Indians stage an ill-advised Ten Cent Beer Night for a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
* June 26 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
* June 29 – America Sings attraction opens to the public for the first time at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
* June 30 – Alberta Williams King, mother of the late Martin Luther King Jr., is killed during a church service in Atlanta, Georgia.

July

* July 1 – Six Flags Great Adventure opens for the first time.
* July 8 – Two weeks after the attraction's opening, an 18-year-old employee is crushed to her death while working on America Sings at Disneyland. This is the first employee fatality at a Disney Park.
* July 11–17 – Baltimore police strike.
* July 14 – In Issaquah, Washington, serial killer Ted Bundy abducts Janice Ott and Denise Naslund in broad daylight at Lake Sammamish State Park.
* July 15 – Christine Chubbuck, television presenter for WXLT-TV Sarasota, Florida, draws a revolver and shoots herself in the head during a live broadcast. She dies in a hospital 14 hours later, the first person to commit suicide on live television.
* July 16 – Elmer Wayne Henley is sentenced to life imprisonment for assisting Dean Corll in murdering 28 Texas boys from 1970 to 1973.
* July 24 – Watergate scandal – ''United States v. Nixon'': The Supreme Court rules 8–0 with one abstention that President Richard Nixon cannot withhold subpoenaed White House tapes, and orders him to surrender them to the Watergate special prosecutor.
* July 27–30 – Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment, charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee.

August

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* August 5 – Watergate scandal: The "smoking gun" tape of June 23, 1972, is revealed, in which President Richard Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman discuss using the Central Intelligence Agency to block a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into Watergate. Nixon's support in Congress collapses.
* August 7
**Three Republican congressional leaders (Barry Goldwater, Hugh Scott and John Rhodes) visit President Nixon in the White House. They inform him that he lacks the votes to escape impeachment in the House of Representatives and conviction in the Senate. Goldwater urges Nixon to resign.
**French acrobat Philippe Petit walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
* August 8 – Watergate scandal: President Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9).
* August 9 – Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment and conviction in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. Vice President Gerald R. Ford becomes the 38th president upon Nixon's resignation, taking the oath of office in the East Room of the White House.
* August 30 – Public Law 93-400 is enacted, establishing the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (see Federal Acquisition Regulation).

September

* September 1 – Daredevil Bob Gill (daredevil), Bob Gill fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in West Virginia.
* September 8
**Watergate scandal: President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
**Stuntman Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to rocket across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho.
* September 16 – In Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender "Courageous (yacht), Courageous", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross".

October

* October 2 – U.S. release of film ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'', directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw (British actor), Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Jerry Stiller.
* October 8 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement (the largest bank failure at that time in the history of the United States).
* October 15 – President Gerald Ford signs a federal campaign reform bill, which sets new regulations in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
* October 17
**President Gerald Ford voluntarily appears before Congress to give sworn testimony—the only time a sitting president has done so—about the Gerald Ford#Pardon of Nixon, pardon of Richard Nixon.
**The Oakland Athletics win their third consecutive Major League Baseball championship, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games in the 1974 World Series, World Series.
* October 30 – "The Rumble in the Jungle" takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire, where Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in 8 rounds to regain the Heavyweight title, which had been stripped from him 7 years earlier.

November

* November 5 – Democratic Party (United States), Democrats make significant gains in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, as the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party suffers losses over the Watergate scandal.
* November 8 – In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy. She goes on to testify against him at his trial.
* November 13 – Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders his family in Amityville, New York.
* November 20 – The United States Department of Justice files its final antitrust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and the Bell System.

December

* December 4 – The ''Pioneer 11'' probe passes Jupiter and captures famous images of the Great Red Spot.

* December 10 – United States Senate confirms Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President.
* December 19 – United States House of Representatives confirms Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States. He is sworn that evening.
* December 21 – ''The New York Times'' reveals illegal domestic spying by the CIA.
* December 23 – Former British government minister John Stonehouse, who faked his drowning in Florida, is arrested in Melbourne, Australia.
* December 31 – Restrictions on holding private gold within the United States, implemented by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, are removed.

Undated

* ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy tabletop role-playing game, designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, is first released, in the United States.
* The 1960s Milgram experiment is extensively described by Harvard University psychologist Stanley Milgram in his book ''Obedience to Authority; An Experimental View.''
* Volkswagen's VW Golf, Golf automobile (known in the US as the Rabbit) first enters production, as the replacement for well-loved but antiquated Volkswagen Beetle, Beetle. VW goes on to sell more than 22 million Golfs, and the model, now in its 5th generation, is still in full-scale production .
*''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' is first broadcast in the United States on the PBS member station KERA-TV.
* PepsiCo becomes the first American company to sell products in the Soviet Union.
* Women's Center of Rhode Island is founded.Women's Center of Rhode Island 2009 Annual Report

Ongoing

* Cold War (1947–1991)
* Space Race (1957–1975)
* Détente (c. 1969–1979)
* Watergate scandal (1972–1974)
* Capital punishment in the United States, Capital punishment suspended by ''Furman v. Georgia'' (1972–1976)
* 1973 oil crisis (1973–1974)
* 1970s energy crisis (1973–1980)
* DOCUMERICA photography project (1972–1977)

:1974 births, Births

January

* January 1
** Kevin Beirne, baseball player
** Derek Kilmer, politician
** Jonah Peretti, entrepreneur and publisher
* January 3 – Katie Porter, politician
* January 5 – Ryan Minor, baseball player (d. 2023)
* January 6
** Marlon Anderson, baseball player
** Paul Grant (basketball), Paul Grant, basketball player and coach
* January 7
** Valeyta Althouse, Olympic shot putter
** Vance McAllister, politician
** John Rich, country singer/songwriter, one half of Big & Rich, and bassist for Lonestar (1992–1998)
* January 8 – Jorge Pallo, actor
* January 9 – Tom Bissell, journalist, critic, and writer
* January 10 – Mariusz Adamski, Polish-born photographer
* January 11 – Max von Essen, actor and vocalist
* January 12 – Jeremy Bates (boxer), Jeremy Bates, boxer
* January 13
** Ravinder Bhalla, politician, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
** Kaili Vernoff, actress
* January 14
** Rick Baird, bobsledder
** Kevin Durand, Canadian-born actor and singer
* January 15 – Ray King (baseball), Ray King, baseball player
* January 16 – Paul Buentello, mixed martial artist
* January 17
** Heather Bagnall, politician
** Derrick Mason, football player
** Keith Robinson (actor), Keith Robinson, actor and R&B singer
* January 18
** Mike Blabac (sledge hockey), Mike Blabac, Paralympic sledge hockey player
** John Brannen (basketball), John Brannen, basketball player and coach
** Shane Burton, football player
** Darren Bush, baseball player and coach
** Maulik Pancholy, actor
* January 19
** Gentry Bradley, sprinter
** Marquita Bradshaw, environmentalist, activist, and political candidate
** Kareem Burke, entrepreneur, record executive, and producer
** Frank Caliendo, actor, comedian, and impressionist
* January 20
** Thomas Beatie, public speaker, author, and advocate of transgender and sexuality issues
** Rae Carruth, football player
* January 21
** Maxwell Atoms, animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor
** Remy Auberjonois, actor
* January 23
** Jackie Billet, soccer player
** Chris Bowers, blogger
** Tiffani Thiessen, actress
* January 24
** Tim Biakabutuka, football player
** Ed Helms, actor and comedian
* January 28
** Benjamin Anderson (musician), Benjamin Anderson, musician and songwriter
** Zack Bronson, football player and coach
* January 29
** Alonzo Baldonado, politician
** Dorian Boose, football player (d. 2016)
* January 30
** Scott Anderson (athlete), Scott Anderson, Olympic runner
** Jim Arellanes, football player
** Carl Broemel, guitarist for My Morning Jacket
* January 31
** Afu-Ra, rapper
** Bob Ballinger, politician
** Mike Waltz, politician

February

* February 1 – Kurt Ballou, guitarist for Converge (band), Converge
* February 2
** Derick Brownell, soccer player
** Oz Perkins, actor, screenwriter, and director
* February 3
** Kenny Bailey, football player
** Pauly Burke, cyclist
** Casey Elliott, stock car racing driver (d. 1996)
** Ayanna Pressley, politician
* February 4 – Scott Burnett, darts player
* February 5 – Omarosa Manigault Newman, Omarosa, reality TV star and White House aide
* February 6 – Luz Rivas, politician
* February 7
** Adrian Brown (baseball), Adrian Brown, baseball player
** J Dilla, record producer and rapper (d. 2006)
* February 8
** Maggie Bandur, writer and producer
** Seth Green, actor, comedian, voice actor, television producer, and screenwriter
** Susan May Pratt, actress
** Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
* February 9
** Orlando Bobo, football player (d. 2007)
** Amber Valletta actress and model
* February 10
** Elizabeth Banks, actress and director
** R. J. Bowers, football player
** David Datuna, Georgian-born artist (d. 2022)
** Tanoai Reed, actor and stuntman
* February 11
** Trey Beamon, baseball player
** Alex Jones, radio show host and conspiracy theorist
* February 12
** Jerry Bohlander, mixed martial artist
** Justin T. Bowler, actor, writer, and producer
** Lisa Brenner, actress
** Ari Shaffir, comedian and actor
* February 13
** Fonzworth Bentley, rapper, actor, television presenter, and author
** Sabina Matos, politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
* February 14 – Lara Bazelon, journalist, academic, and law professor
* February 15
** Miranda July, author, director, actor, musician, and spoken-word artist
** Gina Lynn, porn actress
* February 16 – Mahershala Ali, actor and rapper
* February 17
** Tavian Banks, football player
** Jerry O'Connell, actor
** Bryan White, singer/songwriter and guitarist
* February 18
** Carrie Ann Baade, painter and academic
** Jamey Carroll, baseball player
** Jillian Michaels, personal trainer, businesswoman, author and TV personality
* February 19 – Lezley Zen, pornographic actress
* February 20 – Steven Reed (mayor), Steven Reed, politician, mayor of Montgomery, Alabama (2019–present)
* February 22 – Ana (American singer), Ana, Cuban-born singer
* February 23 – Kimberly Yee, politician
* February 24
** Noah Bernardo, Wuv Bernardo, drummer for P.O.D.
** Chad Hugo, keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
** Mike Lowell, baseball player and sportscaster
** Bonnie Somerville, actress
* February 26 – Jenna Wolfe, Jamaican-born journalist and personal trainer
* February 27
** Ronnie Anderson, football player
** Carte Goodwin, politician
* February 28 – Kevin Abrams (cornerback), Kevin Abrams, football player

March

* March 1
** Brandi Alexander, wrestler
** Stephen Davis (American football), Stephen Davis, football player and coach
** Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor
* March 3
** David Faustino, actor
** Jared Rushton, actor
** George T. Whitesides, politician
* March 4
** April Berg, politician
** Jeff Bhasker, record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
* March 5
** Kevin Connolly (actor), Kevin Connolly, actor and director
** Eva Mendes, actress and model
** Jill Ritchie, actress
* March 6 – Beanie Sigel, rapper and actor
* March 7
** Larry Bagby, actor and musician
** Andreas Borgeas, politician
** Jenna Fischer, actress
* March 8 – Danny Corkill, child actor
* March 10 – Biz Stone, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter and Jelly (app), Jelly
* March 11 – Chris Blackshear, politician
* March 12 – Jama Williamson, actress
* March 13
** Dan Ackerman, video game journalist
** Shane Taylor (actor), Shane Taylor, actor
* March 14
** Della Au Belatti, politician
** Grace Park (actress), Grace Park, American-born Canadian actress
* March 15
** Imad Baba, soccer player
** SuAnne Big Crow, basketball player (d. 1992)
* March 16
** Contessa Brewer, journalist
** Lamont Burns, football player
* March 18 – Evan and Jaron, Evan and Jaron Lowenstein, music duo and identical twins
* March 20 – Paula Garcés, Colombian-born actress
* March 21
** Laura Allen, actress
** Bryan Berg, cardstacker
** Sean McDermott, football coach
* March 22
** Rob Bredow, visual effects artist
** Marcus Camby, basketball player
** Kidada Jones, actress
* March 23 – Randall Park, actor, comedian and writer
* March 24
** Jamie Arnold (baseball), Jamie Arnold, baseball player
** Alyson Hannigan, actress
* March 25
** Mike Adams (wide receiver), Mike Adams, football player
** Laz Alonso, actor
** Nick Buda, drummer and record producer
** Lark Voorhies, actress and singer
* March 27
** Luis Alejo, politician
** Quincy Tyler Bernstine, actress and narrator
* March 28
** Hamisi Amani-Dove, soccer player
** Eric Beverly, football player
** Kai Kahele, politician
* March 29
** Kara Brock, actress
** Kristoffer Cusick, actor
** Sharif Street, politician and attorney
* March 30 – Ronnie Kerr, actor
* March 31 – James Burgess (gridiron football), James Burgess, football player

April

* April 2 – Cary Brothers, singer/songwriter
* April 3 – Marcus Brown, basketball player
* April 4
** Scott H. Biram, musician
** Dave Mirra, BMX cyclist and television host (d. 2016)
* April 6 – Marlin Barnes, football player (d. 1996)
* April 7
** Nathan Baesel, actor
** Cimarron Bell, serial killer
** Antonia Bennett, singer
** Andrea Berloff, screenwriter, actress, director, and producer
* April 8
** Matthew Arnold (director), Matthew Arnold, writer, director, and producer
** Antoine Brockington, basketball player
** Chris Kyle, Navy SEAL and author (d. 2013)
* April 9
** Katrina Berger, cyclist
** Mike Bobo, football player and coach
** Ben Bordelon, football player
** Andrew C. Brock, politician
** Jenna Jameson, pornographic actress
* April 10
** Scott Bentley, football player
** Jake Brennan, podcast host, author, and musician
** Eric Greitens, politician, Navy SEAL, and 56th Governor of Missouri
* April 11
** David Banner, rapper and actor
** Robert Barnes (attorney), Robert Barnes, attorney
** Tricia Helfer, Canadian-born actress
* April 12
** Mikey Burnett, mixed martial artist
** Marley Shelton, actress
* April 13 – Mick Betancourt, screenwriter, producer, comedian, actor, and director
* April 14
** Da Brat, rapper
** Terrance Hunter, Creator of The PREP System LLC, Dream Hunters Inc, and Contract Advisor
* April 15
** Danny Pino, Cuban-born actor
** Douglas Spain, actor, director, and producer
** Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974), Tim Thomas, ice hockey player
* April 16 – Valarie Rae Miller, actress
* April 18
** Josh Byrnes (politician), Josh Byrnes, politician
** Mark Tremonti, singer/songwriter, guitarist for Creed (band), Creed and Alter Bridge, and frontman for Tremonti (band), Tremonti
* April 19 – Hlynur Atlason, Icelandic-born industrial designer
* April 20
** Paul Bradford (American football), Paul Bradford, football player
** Randy Fine, politician
* April 21 – Cliff Brumbaugh, baseball player
* April 22
** Modupe Akinola, organizational scholar and social psychologist
** Eric Axley, golfer
** Aaron Buerge, banker, businessman, and television personality
* April 23 – Barry Watson (actor), Barry Watson, actor
* April 25
** Grant Achatz, chef and restaurateur
** Jeff Austin (musician), Jeff Austin, mandolinist and singer (d. 2019)
* April 26 – Tim Brauch, skateboarder (d. 1999)
* April 28 – DeAuntae Brown, football player
* April 29 – Alana Blahoski, Olympic ice hockey player
* April 30
** Aimee Belgard, politician
** Deanna Brooks, model and actress

May

* May 3 – Joseph Kosinski, film director
* May 4 – Josh Bonner, politician
* May 7
** Ben Bostrom, motorcycle racer
** Lawrence Johnson (pole vaulter), Lawrence Johnson, Olympic pole vaulter
** Breckin Meyer, actor, drummer, producer, and writer
* May 8
** Agallah, rapper and producer
** Keisha Anderson, basketball player
** Calvin Branch, football player
** Korey Stringer, football player (d. 2001 in the United States, 2001)
* May 9
** Brian Deegan (motorcyclist), Brian Deegan, Motocross racer
** Dylan Lauren, businesswoman, founder of Dylan's Candy Bar
* May 10 – Trent Staggs, politician, mayor of Riverton, Utah (2018–present)
* May 11
** Adam Kaufman (actor), Adam Kaufman, actor
** Billy Kidman, wrestler
* May 13 – Louisa Bojesen, Danish-born financial journalist
* May 14
** Kevin Barnett, volleyball player
** Mary Biddinger, poet, editor, and academic
** Carla Jimenez, actress
* May 15 – Ahmet Zappa, actor and musician
* May 16
** Adam Richman, actor and television personality
** Sonny Sandoval, singer and frontman for P.O.D.
* May 17 – Sendhil Ramamurthy, actor
* May 20 – Allison Amend, novelist
* May 21
** Fairuza Balk, actress and musician
** Havoc (musician), Havoc, born Kejuan Muchita, rapper
* May 22
** John Bale (baseball), John Bale, baseball player
** Jason Brown (baseball), Jason Brown, baseball coach
** Sean Gunn, actor
** A. J. Langer, actress
* May 23
** 4th Disciple, record producer and audio engineer
** Jewel (singer), Jewel, singer
* May 25 – Kevin Hartman, soccer player
* May 27
** LaShonda Katrice Barnett, author, playwright, and radio host
** Vanessa Blue, pornographic actress
** Bubba Copeland, politician, mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama (d. 2023)
** Marjorie Taylor Greene, politician
* May 28 – Robert Ballecer, Catholic Jesuit priest and podcaster
* May 29
** Kenny Bynum, football player
** Steve Cardenas, martial artist and actor
**Aaron McGruder, cartoonist and writer
* May 30
** Nicholas Anthony Ascioti, composer
** David L. Bahnsen, portfolio manager, author, and television commentator
** Big L, rapper (d. 1999)

June

* June 1 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-born singer
* June 2 – Gata Kamsky, chess player
* June 5
** Chad Allen (actor), Chad Allen, actor and psychologist
** Russ Ortiz, baseball player
** Tate Reeves, politician, 65th Governor of Mississippi
* June 6
** 2 Tuff Tony, wrestler
** Uncle Kracker, singer/songwriter and guitarist
* June 7 – Sunshine Anderson, singer/songwriter
* June 8 – Joshua Bloom, astrophysicist and professor
* June 10
** Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist
** Bo Butner, drag racer
* June 11
** Curtis Alexander (gridiron football), Curtis Alexander, football player
** Lenny Jacobson, actor
* June 12
** Joseph Blair, basketball player and coach
** Ronald Brisé, politician
** Darren Bush, screenwriter, producer, and director
** Jason Mewes, actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster
** Brandon Webb (author), Brandon Webb, author and Navy SEAL
* June 13
** Valeri Bure, Russian-born Olympic ice hockey player
** Steve-O, actor, stunt performer, and television personality
* June 14
** Rodney Artmore, football player
** Mike Burke (strongman), Mike Burke, strongman competitor
** Raja Gemini, drag performer and make-up artist
* June 15
** Anthony Atamanuik, writer, actor, and comedian
** Scott Bomar, musician
* June 17
** François Audouy, French-born movie production designer
** Andre Dickens, politician, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (2022–present)
* June 18 – Les Adams (politician), Les Adams, politician
* June 19 – Bumper Robinson, actor and voice actor
* June 21
** Michael Brick, journalist and songwriter
** Pat Downey (American football), Pat Downey, football player
** Maggie Siff, actress
* June 22
** Boom Bip, record producer and musician
** Donald Faison, actor
** Amber O'Neal, wrestler
* June 24 – Vinnie Fiorello, drummer for Less than Jake
* June 25 – Jeff Cohen (actor), Jeff Cohen, attorney and actor
* June 26
** Anybody Killa, rapper
** Bisila Bokoko, Spanish-born businesswoman, entrepreneur, speaker and philanthropist
** Chris Butterfield, football player
** Jason Craig, artist
** Derek Jeter, baseball player
** Matt Striker, wrestler and commentator
* June 27
** Juran Bolden, football player
** Christopher O'Neill, British-born businessman and Swedish royal
* June 28
** Mika Arisaka, Japanese-born singer
** Rob Dyrdek, skateboarder
* June 30 – Tony Rock, actor

July

* July 1 – Jonathan Roumie, actor
* July 2
** Kevin Bankston, attorney and Privacy Policy Director for Facebook
** Rocky Gray, musician
* July 3
** Alli Abrew, football player
** Chris Brown (American football coach), Chris Brown, football player and coach
** Corey Reynolds, actor
* July 4
** Steve Bush, football player
** Mick Wingert, voice actor and voice-over coach
* July 6
** Clarence Adams (boxer), Clarence Adams, boxer
** Grant Bond, comic book artist and writer
* July 7
** Juan Manuel Benítez, Spanish-born journalist
** Dialleo Burks, football player and coach
* July 8 – Danny Ardoin, baseball player
* July 10
** Jim Annunziato, recording engineer
** Brian Thompson (businessman), Brian Thompson, businessman (d. 2024)
* July 11
** Neal Acree, composer
** Blueprint (rapper), Blueprint, rapper
** Lil' Kim, rapper and television personality
* July 12
** Keith Allen (American football), Keith Allen, football player
** Sam Garnes, football player, coach, and radio personality
** Gregory Helms, wrestler
** Ryan Lizza, journalist
* July 13 – Shaun Baker (actor), Shaun Baker, actor and martial artist
* July 14 – Mark Butterfield, football player
* July 15 – Mitty Arnold, tennis player
* July 16
** Jeremy Enigk, singer/songwriter
** Ryan McCombs, singer-songwriter and guitarist, frontman for Drowning Pool
** Chris Pontius, actor, stunt performer, and television personality
* July 18
** Allan Amato, photographer and filmmaker
** Michael Dante DiMartino, animator
* July 19
** Jeremy Borash, wrestling commentator, announcer, interviewer, and producer
** Dorian Brew, football player
* July 20 – Simon Rex, actor, comedian, and rapper
* July 21 – Steve Byrne, comedian and actor
* July 22
** Nathaniel Moran, judge and politician
** Johnny Strong, actor
* July 23
** Larry Barnes (baseball), Larry Barnes, baseball player
** Maurice Greene (sprinter), Maurice Greene, Olympic sprinter
** Kathryn Hahn, actress
** Stephanie March, actress
* July 24
** Eva Aridjis, Dutch-born Mexican-American director and screenwriter
** Boogie2988, YouTuber
* July 25 – Lauren Faust, animator
* July 26
** Christophe Brown, American-born Swiss ice hockey player
** Gary Owen (comedian), Gary Owen, actor and comedian
* July 27
** Benjamin P. Ablao Jr., actor and filmmaker
** Myron Butler, gospel singer/songwriter
* July 28
** Afroman, rapper, singer/songwriter, comedian, musician, and political candidate
** Derek Anderson (basketball), Derek Anderson, basketball player
** Elizabeth Berkley, actress
** Irene Ng, Malaysian-born actress and teacher
* July 29
** Aisha N. Braveboy, politician
** Josh Radnor, actor
* July 30 – Hilary Swank, actress
* July 31 – Adam Putnam, politician

August

* August 1
** BlackOwned C-Bone, rapper and member of Dungeon Family
** Justin Baughman, baseball player
** Matt Braunger, actor, writer, and comedian
* August 2
** Angel Boris, model and actress
** Zach Brock, jazz violinist and composer
* August 3
** Brad Baker (racing driver), Brad Baker, stock car racing driver
** Jenny Beck, actress
** Aimee Bruder, Paralympic swimmer
** Derek Grimm, professional basketball player
** Mollie Hemingway, author, columnist, and political commentator
* August 4 – Mike Bajakian, football coach
* August 6
** Ever Carradine, actress
** Max Kellerman, sports television personality, host, and boxing commentator
* August 7
** Chico Benymon, actor
** Jeff Buckey, football player
** Michael Shannon, actor
* August 8
** Jeff Belanger, author
** Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-born mathematician
** Mike Budnik, mixed martial artist and in-line skater
* August 9
** Seth Appert, ice hockey player and coach
** Dan Cox, politician
** Derek Fisher, basketball player
* August 10
** Bonzai Kid, wrestler
** Mario J. Bruno, Spanish-born business executive and chief executive officer for the American Red Cross
* August 11
** London Breed, politician, mayor of San Francisco, California (2018–present)
** Chris Messina, actor and film director
* August 12
** Arj Barker, comedian and actor
** Andrea Brady, poet and lecturer
* August 13 – Orlando Anderson, gangster and suspected murderer (d. 1998)
* August 14
** Chucky Atkins, basketball player
** Christopher Gorham, actor
* August 16
** Edwin E. Aguilar, Salvadoran-born animator and storyboard artist (d. 2021)
** Charli Baltimore, rapper, actress, and television personality
* August 17 – Dmitry Alimov, Russian-born entrepreneur and investor
* August 19 – David Patten, footballer (died 2021 in the United States, 2021)
* August 20
** Amy Adams, actress
** Big Moe, rapper (d. 2007)
** Crunchy Black, rapper for Three 6 Mafia
** Misha Collins, actor
* August 21
** Kay Cannon, screenwriter, producer, director, and actress
** Umar Johnson, psychologist
* August 22
** Cory Gardner, politician
** Jenna Leigh Green, actress and singer
** Bo Koster, keyboardist for My Morning Jacket
** Iris Kyle, bodybuilder
* August 23
** Derek Almstead, musician and engineer
** Mark Bellhorn, baseball player
** Christian Beranek, writer, actress, musician, and producer
** Shifty Shellshock, singer and frontman for Crazy Town (d. 2024)
* August 24
** Archie Amerson, American-born Canadian football player
** Jennifer Lien, actress
* August 25 – Darren Benson, football player
* August 26
** Kiran Chetry, news anchor and journalist
** Meredith Eaton, actress
* August 27
** James Arciero, politician
** George Blades (boxer), George Blades, boxer
* August 28
** Duncan Arsenault, drummer
** Jen Kirkman, comedian, screenwriter, podcaster, and actress
* August 29
** Claude Coleman Jr., drummer for Ween
** Mario Winans, R&B singer/songwriter and record producer
* August 30
** Anjali Bhimani, actress
** Rich Cronin, singer and member of LFO (American band), LFO (d. 2010)
* August 31 – William Consovoy, conservative advocate (d. 2023)

September

* September 1
** Rich Burlew, author, game designer, and graphic designer
** Burn Gorman, American-born British actor and musician
** Jhonen Vasquez, comic book writer and cartoonist
* September 3
** Vaughn Bean, boxer
** Julie Berry, author
** Jen Royle, sports reporter and chef
* September 4
** Carmit Bachar, singer, dancer, and member of Pussycat Dolls
** Deidre Henderson, politician, 9th Lieutenant Governor of Utah
** Taya Kyle, author, political commentator, and widow of Chris Kyle
* September 5 – Andy Barkett, baseball player
* September 9
** John Allred (American football), John Allred, football player
** Jon Bokenkamp, writer and producer
** John R. Bradford III, politician
* September 10
** Roosevelt Blackmon, football player
** Kerry Harvick, singer
** Ryan Phillippe, actor
** Ben Wallace (basketball), Ben Wallace, basketball player
* September 11
** Ben Best, actor, writer, musician, and producer (d. 2021)
** Dremiel Byers, wrestler
* September 12 – Jennifer Nettles, musician
* September 13 – Randall Bailey, boxer
* September 14
** Chad Bradford, baseball player
** Carl DeMaio, politician
* September 16
** Joaquin Castro, politician
** Julian Castro, politician, mayor of San Antonio, Texas (2009–2014), and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014–2017)
* September 17
** Austin St. John, actor and martial artist
** DJ Babu, DJ, producer, and member of Dilated Peoples
** Rasheed Wallace, basketball player
* September 18
** Fred Beasley, football player
** Travis Schuldt, actor
** Xzibit, rapper
* September 19
** Jimmy Fallon, comedian, actor, television host, singer, writer, and producer
** Dimitrious Stanley, football player (d. 2023)
* September 20
** Omar Amr, Olympic water polo player
** Regina Romero, politician, mayor of Tucson, Arizona (2019–present)
* September 21
** Crystal Aikin, gospel singer/songwriter
** Derek Brown (mixologist), Derek Brown, entrepreneur, writer, and mixologist
** Stanley Huang, singer and actor
* September 22
** Jerome Adams, Surgeon General
** S. Bear Bergman, American-born Canadian author, poet, playwright, and theater artist
** Jenn Colella, actress and singer
** Wayne Grayson, voice actor and director
* September 23 – Matt Hardy, wrestler
* September 24
** Danya Abrams, basketball player
** Karyn Bosnak, author
* September 25 – Daniel Kessler (guitarist), Daniel Kessler, guitarist for Interpol (band), Interpol
* September 26
** Josh Arieh, poker player
** Gary Hall Jr., Olympic swimmer
** Larry Izzo, football player and coach
* September 27
** Carrie Brownstein, musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian
** Brandy Burre, actress
* September 28 – Reggie Brown (linebacker), Reggie Brown, football player
* September 29
** Brian Ash, producer and screenwriter
** Alexander Brandon, video game musician
** Doug Brown (gridiron football), Doug Brown, Canadian-born football player
* September 30
** Melanie Bromley, British-born journalist and broadcaster
** Jeremy Giambi, baseball player (d. 2022 in the United States, 2022)
** Daniel Wu, actor, director, and producer

October

* October 1 – Corey Brown (politician), Corey Brown, politician
* October 2
** Ricky Bell (cornerback), Ricky Bell, football player (d. 2011)
** Courtney Hansen, television personality, model, and host
* October 4 – Tom Askey, ice hockey player
* October 5
** Jon Brunt, curler
** Rich Franklin, mixed martial artist and actor
** Colin Meloy, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for The Decemberists
* October 6
** Evan R. Bernstein, Jewish community activist
** Jim Bundren, football player
** Jeremy Sisto, actor
* October 7
** Shannon MacMillan, soccer player and coach
** Allison Munn, actress
** Alexander Polinsky, actor, voice actor, and singer
* October 8
** Kevyn Adams, ice hockey player
** Shelly Blake-Plock, entrepreneur and musician
* October 9
** Keith Booth, basketball player and coach
** Tom Perriello, politician
* October 10
** Cara Butler, stepdancer and choreographer
** Dale Earnhardt Jr., race car driver
* October 11
** Kimberly Clarice Aiken, Miss America 1994
** Baba Ali, Iranian-born comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor
** Greg Poehler, actor
* October 12
** Nur Ali, Pakistani-born race car driver
** Shane McAnally, country singer/songwriter and record producer
* October 13 – Terron Brooks, singer/songwriter and actor
* October 14
** Sheila Bleck, bodybuilder
** Stacy Boyle, rugby player
** Jessica Drake, porn actress
** Dana Glover, singer and songwriter
** Natalie Maines, country singer and vocalist for The Chicks
** Shaggy 2 Dope, rapper, record producer, DJ, podcast host, wrestler, and member of Insane Clown Posse
* October 16
** Katherine Jane Bryant, costume designer
** André Carson, politician
* October 18 – Jeremy Scahill, journalist
* October 20
** Tyrone Bell, football player
** Lauren McLean, politician, mayor of Boise, Idaho (2019–present)
** Bashar Rahal, actor
* October 21 – Nakia Burrise, actress
* October 24 – Will Brice, football player
* October 25 – Shonn Bell, football player
* October 27 – Pooja Batra, Indian-born actress and model
* October 28
** Matthew Bell (Indiana politician), Matthew Bell, politician
** Michael Dougherty, director, screenwriter, producer, and animator
** Joaquin Phoenix, actor
* October 29 – Eric Gales, blues rock guitarist
* October 30
** MC Paul Barman, rapper
** Dylan Berry, musician, record producer, radio host, and composer
* October 31 – Ruben Fleischer, director and producer

November

* November 2
** Nelly, rapper
** Prodigy (rapper), Prodigy, born Albert Johnson, rapper (d. 2017 in the United States, 2017)
* November 4 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer and frontman for The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In
* November 5
** Ryan Adams, singer/songwriter
** Wesley Bell , politician
** Ricardo Lara, politician
** Jerry Stackhouse, basketball player
** Chris Sununu, politician, 82nd Governor of New Hampshire
* November 7
** Amanda Adkins (politician), Amanda Adkins, politician
** Kris Benson, baseball player
** Carl Steven, child actor (d. 2011 in the United States, 2011)
* November 8
** Ada Brown (judge), Ada Brown, judge
** Gregory W. Brown, composer
* November 9
** Richard H. Bernstein, judge
** Joe C., rapper (d. 2000)
* November 10
** Julie H. Becker, judge
** Micah Bowie, baseball player
* November 11
** Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
** Jon B., singer/songwriter
** Monica De La Cruz, politician
* November 12
** Lourdes Benedicto, actress
** Aaron Brink, mixed martial artist and pornographic actor
* November 14
** Chip Gaines, television personality, host, and carpenter
** David Moscow, actor and producer
** Joe Principe, bassist for Rise Against
** Adam Walsh (murder victim), Adam Walsh, murder victim and son of John Walsh (television host), John Walsh (d. 1981 in the United States, 1981)
* November 15 – Fred Brock, football player
* November 16 – Isaac Byrd, football player
* November 17
** Leslie Bibb, actress and model
** Mike Johnston (Colorado politician), Mike Johnston, politician, mayor of Denver, Colorado (2023–present)
* November 18
** Rob Balachandran, rugby player
** Tricia Byrnes, Olympic snowboarder
** Chloë Sevigny, actress, director, model, and fashion designer
* November 19
** Aimee Brooks, actress
** Buckshot (rapper), Buckshot, rapper
** Brad Stewart, bassist
* November 24 – Dave Aizer, television host, writer, and producer
* November 25
** Thad Busby, football player
** Jimmy Gomez, politician
* November 26 – Michael Blair, football player
* November 28
** apl.de.ap, Philippine-born rapper
** Pascal Bedrossian, French-born soccer player
** James C. Mathis III, actor
** Styles P, rapper
* November 29
** Big Pokey, rapper (d. 2023)
** Chris Brymer, football player
* November 30
** Luther Broughton, football player
** Naomi Pomeroy (d. 2024 in the United States, 2024)

December

* December 2 – Brian Alfred, artist
* December 3 – Trina Braxton, singer and television personality
* December 4
** Elliot Bendoly, University professor
** Dan Bongino, political commentator, radio show host, police officer, secret service agent, author, and political candidate
* December 5
** Charlie Batch, football player and sportscaster
** Brian Lewis (athlete), Brian Lewis, Olympic sprinter
** Ben McAdams, politician
** Lisa Sheridan, actress (d. 2019 in the United States, 2019)
* December 7
** Mike Bell (third baseman), Mike Bell, baseball player and coach (d. 2021)
** Daniel Boman, politician
* December 8 – Nick Zinner, photographer and guitarist for Yeah Yeah Yeahs
* December 9
** David Akers, football player
** Julie Buck, filmmaker
* December 10 – Meg White, drummer for The White Stripes
* December 11
** Joshua Becker, author, writer, and philanthropist
** Rey Mysterio, wrestler and luchador
** Lisa Ortiz, voice actress
* December 12 – Tawny Banh, Vietnamese-born table tennis player
* December 13
** Ben Hoffman, comedian, actor, writer, and musician
** Debbie Matenopoulos, Television host
* December 14 – Amplitude Problem, Swedish-born musician and producer
* December 15
** Cory Branan, singer/songwriter
** P. J. Byrne, actor
* December 17
** Paul Briggs (animator), Paul Briggs, animator and voice actor
** Sarah Paulson, actress
** Giovanni Ribisi, actor
* December 18
** Peter Boulware, football player
** Kari Byron, artist and television personality
* December 20
** Gran Akuma, wrestler
** Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann, Samantha Buck, filmmaker
* December 21 – Ray Austin (American football), Ray Austin, football player
* December 24 – Ryan Seacrest, television personality
* December 25
** Kerlin Blaise, football player
** Patrick Brennan (actor), Patrick Brennan, actor
* December 26
** Teron Beal, singer/songwriter
** Zach Blair, guitarist for Rise Against
** Tony Brackens, football player
** Tiffany Brissette, actress
** Derrick Bryant, basketball player
* December 27 – Nate Bland, baseball player
* December 28
** Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician), Jared Anderson, bassist for Morbid Angel (2001–2002) and Hate Eternal (1998–2003) (d. 2006)
** Jocelyn Enriquez, singer
* December 29
** Asheru, rapper and educator
** Graciela Beltrán, singer
** Emil Brown, baseball player
** Mekhi Phifer, actor
* December 30 – Chris Bordano, football player

Full date unknown

* Joe Abraham, comic book illustrator and actor
* Nancy Abudu, judge
* Craig Ackerman, NBA announcer
* Rana X. Adhikari, experimental physicist
* Gaelle Adisson, singer/songwriter and producer
* Waris Ahluwalia, Indian-born actor and designer
* Jaafar Aksikas, Moroccan-born academic, activist, media personality, and cultural critic
* Suzanne Alaywan, poet and painter
* Daniel P. Aldrich, academic and professor
* Anida Yoeu Ali, Cambodian-born artist
* Tremayne Allen, football player
* Marla Alupoaicei, Christian author and speaker
* Afruz Amighi, Iranian-born sculptor and installation artist
* David Amodio, scientist
* Eric C. Anderson, entrepreneur and aerospace engineer
* John D. Arnold, philanthropist
* Tre Arrow, eco-terrorist
* James Arthur (poet), James Arthur, American-born Canadian poet
* Sigal Avin, American-born Israeli writer and director
* Mya Baker, filmmaker, poet, writer, director, and researcher
* Sarah Baker (actress), Sarah Baker, actress
* Liz Bangerter, politician
* Boaz Barak, Israeli-born computer science professor
* Erek Barron, politician
* Sophie Barthes, French-born director and screenwriter
* Gina Beavers, Greek-born artist
* Aaron Becker, writer and illustrator
* Christopher Bell (scholar), Christopher Bell, disability studies scholar (d. 2009)
* Jennifer Bendery, journalist
* Jenica Bergere, actress
* LaKiesha Berri, R&B singer
* Sharif Bey, artist
* Michael Biber, technologist and industrialist
* Cass Bird, artist, photographer, and director
* Constantin Bisanz, Austrian-born entrepreneur, investor, and extreme sports enthusiast
* Janel Bishop, beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 1991
* Scott Blader, politician
* Macon Blair, actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer
* Chris Blattman, Canadian-born political scientist
* Yaba Blay, Ghanaian-born professor, scholar-activist, public speaker, cultural worker, and consultant
* BluRum13, rapper, emcee, actor, and producer
* Deborah Boardman, judge
* Boom Bam, rapper and member of Compton's Most Wanted and Niggaz on tha Run, N.O.T.R.
* Cornelius Boots, composer and multi-instrumentalist
* Daniel Borzutzky, poet and translator
* David Boulware, professor and physician
* Jason Boyarski, entertainment attorney
* Adam Bradley (literary critic), Adam Bradley, literary critic, professor, and writer
* Paige Bradley, sculptor
* M.C. Brains, rapper
* Bridget Breiner, American-born German ballerina
* Bridget M. Brennan, judge
* Judson A. Brewer, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author
* Melissa Brown (artist), Melissa Brown, artist
* Tracy Brown, author (d. 2023)
* Ashley Buchanan, business executive for The Michaels Companies
* Julie Buffalohead, artist

Deaths

* January 1 – Jimmy Smith (baseball, born 1895), Jimmy Smith, Major League Baseball player (b. 1895 in the United States, 1895)
* January 2 – Tex Ritter, actor and country musician (b. 1905 in the United States, 1905)
* January 3 – Red Snapp, baseball player
* January 4 – Charles Johnes Moore, a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy (b. 1889 in the United States, 1889)
* January 6 – Dewey Mayhew, American football coach (b. 1898 in the United States, 1898)
* January 10 – Charles G. Bond, U.S. House of Representatives from New York (b. 1877 in the United States, 1877)
* January 12 – Jack Jacobs, American-born National Football League and Canadian Football League player (b. 1919 in the United States, 1919)
* January 15 – Harold D. Cooley, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (b. 1897 in the United States, 1897)
* January 17 – Clara Edwards (composer), Clara Edwards, singer, pianist and composer (b. 1880 in the United States, 1880)
* January 18 – Bill Finger, comic strip and book writer (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914)
* January 20 – Leonard Freeman, television writer and producer (b. 1920 in the United States, 1920)
* January 31 – Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer (b. 1882 in Russia, 1882)
* February 4 – Stuart Buchanan, actor, casting director, producer and educator (b. 1894 in the United States, 1894)
* February 8 – Fern Andra, actress (b. 1893 in the United States, 1893)
* February 15 – George W. Snedecor, mathematician and statistician (b. 1881 in the United States, 1881)
* February 22 – Samuel Byck, attempted to hijack an airplane to assassinate President Richard Nixon (b. 1930 in the United States, 1930)
* February 23 – Harry Ruby, musician, composer and writer (b. 1885 in the United States, 1886)
* February 27 – Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia, elder daughter of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863–1919), Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Princess Maria Georgievna of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia who spent her life in exile (b. 1901 in Russia, 1901)
* March 5 – Billy De Wolfe, actor (b. 1905 in the United States, 1905)
* March 19
** Anne Klein (fashion designer), Anne Klein, fashion designer (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
** Edward Platt, actor (b. 1916 in the United States, 1916)
* March 20 – Chet Huntley, newscaster (b. 1911 in the United States, 1911)
* March 28 – Dorothy Fields, librettist (b. 1904 in the United States, 1904)
* April 7
** Bobby Buntrock, actor (b. 1952 in the United States, 1952)
** Pete Wendling, composer, pianist and piano roll recording artist (b. 1888 in the United States, 1888)
* April 9 – Marvin L. Kline, politician (b. 1903 in the United States, 1903)
* April 14
** Howard Pease, adventure novelist (b. 1894 in the United States, 1894)
** Michael Whalen (actor), Michael Whalen, actor (b. 1902 in the United States, 1902)
* April 17 – Frank McGee (journalist), Frank McGee, TV journalist (b. 1921 in the United States, 1921)
* April 19 – Vincent Taylor (musician), Vincent Taylor, guitarist (b. 1948 in the United States, 1948)
* April 18 – Betty Compson, actress (b. 1897 in the United States, 1897)
* April 23 – Cy Williams, baseball player (b. 1887 in the United States, 1887)
* April 24 – Bud Abbott, comedian (b. 1895 in the United States, 1895)
* April 28 – Paul Page (actor), Paul Page, actor (b. 1903 in the United States, 1903)
* April 30 – Agnes Moorehead, actress (b. 1900 in the United States, 1900)
* May 24 – Duke Ellington, jazz pianist and bandleader (b. 1899 in the United States, 1899)
* June 10 – Lewis R. Foster, film director and screenwriter b. 1898 in the United States, 1898)
* June 17 – Pamela Britton, actress and singer (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
* June 20 – Charles Wisner Barrell, writer (b. 1885 in the United States, 1885)
* June 26 – Ernest Gruening, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1959 to 1969 (b. 1887 in the United States, 1887)
* June 28
** Vannevar Bush, engineer, inventor and science administrator (b. 1890 in the United States, 1890)
** Frank Sutton, actor (b. 1923 in the United States, 1923)
* June 30 – Alberta Williams King, civil rights organizer (b. 1904 in the United States, 1904)
* July 9 – Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1891 in the United States, 1891)
* July 15 – Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter (b. 1944 in the United States, 1944)
* July 17 – Dizzy Dean, baseball player (b. 1910 in the United States, 1910)
* July 19 – Joe Flynn (American actor), Joe Flynn, actor (b. 1924 in the United States, 1924)
* July 27 – Lightnin' Slim, blues musician (b. 1913 in the United States, 1913)
* July 28 – Truman Bradley (actor), Truman Bradley, radio actor (b. 1905 in the United States, 1905)
* July 29 – Cass Elliot, vocalist (b. 1941 in the United States, 1941)
* August 21 – Buford Pusser, sheriff (b. 1937 in the United States, 1937)
* August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, aviator (b. 1902 in the United States, 1902)
* September 3 – Harry Partch, composer (b. 1901 in the United States, 1901)
* September 4 – Creighton Abrams, general (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914)
* September 6 – Otto Kruger, actor (b. 1885 in the United States, 1885)
* September 11 – Lois Lenski, author and illustrator (b. 1893 in the United States, 1893)
* September 14 – Warren Hull, actor (born 1903 in the United States, 1903)
* September 16 – Phog Allen, basketball and baseball player (b. 1885 in the United States, 1885)
* September 21
** Walter Brennan, film actor; 3-time Best Supporting Academy Award-winning actor (1936, 1938, and 1940) (b. 1894 in the United States, 1894)
** Jacqueline Susann, novelist and actress (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
* September 22 – George Spahn, ranch owner (b. 1889 in the United States, 1889)
* September 23 – Cliff Arquette, actor and comedian (b. 1905 in the United States, 1905)
* September 26 – Jean Gale, vaudeville performer (b. 1912 in the United States, 1912)
* October 1
** Stephen Latchford, diplomat and aviation expert (b. 1883 in the United States, 1883)
** Frederick Moosbrugger, admiral (b. 1900 in the United States, 1900)
* October 3 – Bessie Louise Pierce, historian (b. 1888 in the United States, 1888)
* October 4
** Robert Lee Moore, mathematician (b. 1882 in the United States, 1882)
** Anne Sexton, poet and writer (b. 1928 in the United States, 1928)
* October 5 – Virgil Miller, cinematographer (b. 1886 in the United States, 1886)
* October 7 – Henry J. Cadbury, biblical scholar and Quaker (b. 1883 in the United States, 1883)
* October 8 – Harry Carney, jazz musician (b. 1910 in the United States, 1910)
* October 9 – Theodore Foley, Roman Catholic priest and servant of God (b. 1913 in the United States, 1913)
* October 13
** Frank Hastings Griffin, engineer (b. 1886 in the United States, 1886)
** Ed Sullivan, entertainment writer and television host (b. 1901 in the United States, 1901)
* October 26 – William C. Seitz, art curator and museum director (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914}.
* October 31 – Chubby Johnson, actor (b. 1903 in the United States, 1903)
* November 1 – Ralf Harolde, actor (b. 1899 in the United States, 1899)
* November 5 – Stafford Repp, actor (b. 1918 in the United States, 1918)
* November 8 – Ivory Joe Hunter, rhythm & blues singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914)
* November 13 – Karen Silkwood, labor union activist and chemical technician (b. 1946 in the United States, 1946)
* November 14 – Johnny Mack Brown, football star and actor (b. 1904 in the United States, 1904)
* November 21 – John B. Gambling, radio talk-show host (b. 1897 in the United States, 1897)
* November 29 – James J. Braddock, boxer (b. 1905 in the United States, 1905)
* December 18 – Harry Hooper, baseball player (Boston Red Sox) (b. 1887 in the United States, 1887)
* December 21 – Richard Long (actor), Richard Long, television actor (b. 1927 in the United States, 1927)
* December 26
** Jack Benny, comic performer (b. 1894 in the United States, 1894)
** Frank Hussey, Olympic sprinter (b. 1905 in the United States, 1905)
* December 27 – Bob Custer, film actor (b. 1898 in the United States, 1898)
* December 29 – Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892), Robert Ellis, film actor (b. 1892 in the United States, 1892)
* December 30 – Jack Benny, entertainer (b. 1894 in the United States, 1894)

See also

* List of American films of 1974
* Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)
* 1974 in Michigan

References

External links

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1974 in the United States,
1970s in the United States
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