1975: The Year in People

Generation X · Year of the Rabbit 🐇 · Born in 1975 turn 51 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.57

Median home

$27,600

Minimum wage

$2.10/hr

Movie ticket

$2.05

US population

4.07B

US president

Gerald Ford

Top song

"Love Will Keep Us Together" — Captain & Tennille

Top film

Jaws

Top TV show

All in the Family

Best Picture

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

In the news: Fall of Saigon ends the Vietnam War

What happened in 1975

1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade.

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Born in 1975

541 people in our data · most viewed first

Pedro Pascal

b. 1975 · April 2

Chilean and American actor

Angelina Jolie

b. 1975 · June 4

American actress

Bradley Cooper

b. 1975 · January 5

American actor and filmmaker

Drew Barrymore

b. 1975 · February 22

American actress

Asia Argento

b. 1975 · September 20

Italian actress and filmmaker

David Beckham

b. 1975 · May 2

English footballer

Antony Starr

b. 1975 · October 25

New Zealand actor

Alanna Ubach

b. 1975 · October 3

American actress

50 Cent

b. 1975 · July 6

American rapper and actor

Dax Shepard

b. 1975 · January 2

American actor, comedian and filmmaker

Allen Iverson

b. 1975 · June 7

American former basketball player

Christina Hendricks

b. 1975 · May 3

American actress

Alex Rodriguez

b. 1975 · July 27

American baseball player

Brandon Sanderson

b. 1975 · December 19

American fiction writer

Chelsea Handler

b. 1975 · February 25

American comedian, actress, writer, and producer

Danica McKellar

b. 1975 · January 3

American actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate

Alicia Witt

b. 1975 · August 21

American actress

André 3000

b. 1975 · May 27

American rapper

David Ortiz

b. 1975 · November 18

Dominican-American baseball player

Kimora Lee Simmons

b. 1975 · May 4

American model and fashion designer

Joe Wilkinson

b. 1975 · May 2

English comedian

Brian Littrell

b. 1975 · February 20

American singer, member of the Backstreet Boys

Anderson Silva

b. 1975 · April 14

Brazilian mixed martial artist

Aron Ralston

b. 1975 · October 27

American mountaineer

Died in 1975

Aristotle Onassis1906–1975 · Greek and Argentine business magnate
Chiang Kai-shek1887–1975 · Leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975
Francisco Franco1892–1975 · Leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975
Josephine Baker1906–1975 · American and French entertainer
Bernard Herrmann1911–1975 · American composer
Anna Roosevelt Halsted1906–1975 · American writer and socialite
Ernst Hanfstaengl1887–1975 · German American businessman
Casey Stengel1890–1975 · American baseball player and manager
Arnold J. Toynbee1889–1975 · British historian
Barbara Hepworth1903–1975 · English artist and sculptor
Avery Brundage1887–1975 · President of the IOC from 1952 to 1972
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer1892–1975 · British peer and grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales