1974
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1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year that started on a Tuesday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 1974th year of the Common Era or of Anno Domini; the 974th year of the 2nd millennium and the 5th of the 1970s decade.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Births
January
February
- February 7 – Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
- February 7 – J Dilla, also known as Jay-Dee, African-American hip-hop producer (d. 2006)
- February 8 – Seth Green, American actor
- February 8 – Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician and record producer
- February 10 – Ivri Lider, Israeli singer
- February 13 – Robbie Williams, English rock singer
- February 14 – Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
- February 15 – Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish rock singer (Lordi)
- February 15 – Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver
- February 22 – James Blunt, English singer
- February 24 – Chad Hugo, American rock musician and producer (N*E*R*D)
- February 26 – Sebastien Loeb, French rally driver
- February 27 – Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japanese speed skater
March
- March 1 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
- March 4 – Karol Kučera, Slovakian tennis player
- March 4 – Ariel Ortega, Argentine football player
- March 5 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- March 5 – Matt Lucas, British comedian
- March 5 – Eva Mendes, American actress
- March 6 – Anthony Carelli, Canadian professional wrestler
- March 7 – Jenna Fischer, American actress
- March 15 – Percy Montgomery, South African rugby union player
- March 20 – Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
- March 22 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
- March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
April
May
June
July
- July 1 – Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorean race walker
- July 2 – Rocky Gray, American musician
- July 8 – Dragoslav Jevrić, Montenegrin footballer
- July 12 – Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler
- July 12 – Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer
- July 22 – Franka Potente, German actress
- July 23 – Maurice Greene, American athlete
- July 23 – Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian professional road racing cyclist
- July 26 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
- July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
- July 31 – Emilia Fox, English actress
August
- August 9 – Derek Fisher, American basketball player
- August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
- August 16 – Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer
- August 16 – Didier Cuche, Swiss alpine skier
- August 20 – Misha Collins, American actor
- August 20 – Amy Adams, American actress
- August 20 – Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist
- August 23 – Ray Park, Scottish actor, martial artist
- August 28 – Carsten Jancker, German soccer player
September
- September 4 – Carmit Bachar, American singer
- September 6 – Tim Henman, English tennis player
- September 6 – Nina Persson, Swedish singer
- September 10 – Ben Wallace, American basketball player
- September 10 – Mirko Filipović, Croatian kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter.
- September 14 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- September 17 – Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
- September 18 – Sol Campbell, English footballer
- September 18 – Xzibit, American rapper
- September 19 – Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- September 19 – Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
- September 23 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
- September 26 – Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer
October
- October 3 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
- October 8 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
- October 10 – Dale Earnhardt, Jr., American race car driver
- October 11 – Jason Arnott, Canadian hockey player
- October 16 – Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player
- October 21 – Lera Auerbach, Russian composer & pianist
- October 23 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer player
- October 28 – Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
- October 31 – Natasja Saad, Afro Danish rapper & reggae singer (d. 2007)
November
- November 2 – Nelly, American rapper
- November 4 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Mexican-American singer/lyricist
- November 5 – Ryan Adams, American singer and songwriter
- November 5 – Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
- November 8 – Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
- November 8 – Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
- November 8 – Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
- November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
- November 15 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
- November 16 – Paul Scholes, English football player
- November 18 – Petter Solberg, Norweigian rally driver
- 27 November – Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born chess player
December
- December 1 – Costinha, Portuguese footballer
- December 10 – Meg White, American rock drummer (The White Stripes)
- December 11 – Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
- December 11 – Gete Wami, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- December 13 – Nicholas McCarthy, English guitarist
- December 17 – Giovanni Ribisi, American Actor (Gone in 60 Seconds)
- December 18 – Kari Byron, American artist and television personality
- December 24 – Ryan Seacrest, American television personality
- December 24 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- December 27 – Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese seiyū and singer
Unknown
- Banksy, British graffiti artist (said to have been born in 1974 or 1975)
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
- July 1 – Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
- July 9 – Earl Warren, Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1891)
- July 11 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- July 13 – Patrick Blackett, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- July 24 – James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- July 29 – Cass Elliott, American vocalist (b. 1941)
- July 29 – Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
August
September
October
November
December
Awards
Nobel Prizes
Major religious holidays
References