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1977: The Year in People

Generation X · Year of the Snake 🐍 · Born in 1977 turn 49 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.62

Median home

$31,800

Minimum wage

$2.30/hr

Movie ticket

$2.23

US population

4.22B

US president

Jimmy Carter

Top song

"Tonight's the Night" — Rod Stewart

Top film

Star Wars

Top TV show

Happy Days

Best Picture

Annie Hall

In the news: Star Wars premieres; Elvis dies

What happened in 1977

1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade.

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Born in 1977

585 people in our data · most viewed first

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy

1977–2009 · November 10

American actress and singer

Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar

b. 1977 · July 12

American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist

Dustin Diamond

Dustin Diamond

1977–2021 · January 7

American actor and comedian

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

b. 1977 · April 2

German-Irish actor

Chris Martin

Chris Martin

b. 1977 · March 2

English singer-songwriter

Ian Watkins

Ian Watkins

1977–2025 · July 30

Welsh musician and child sex offender

Bobby Moynihan

Bobby Moynihan

b. 1977 · January 31

American comedian and actor

Jaime Pressly

Jaime Pressly

b. 1977 · July 30

American actress and model

Edward Furlong

Edward Furlong

b. 1977 · August 2

American actor

Andy Beshear

Andy Beshear

b. 1977 · November 29

Governor of Kentucky since 2019

Clea DuVall

Clea DuVall

b. 1977 · September 25

American actress

Danielle Harris

Danielle Harris

b. 1977 · June 1

American actress

AJ Styles

AJ Styles

b. 1977 · June 2

American retired professional wrestler

Alberto Del Rio

Alberto Del Rio

b. 1977 · May 25

Mexican professional wrestler

Liza Weil

Liza Weil

b. 1977 · June 5

American actress

Daddy Yankee

Daddy Yankee

b. 1977 · February 3

Puerto Rican rapper and singer

Brian Tee

Brian Tee

b. 1977 · March 15

Japanese and American actor

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Andrew Ross Sorkin

b. 1977 · February 19

American journalist and author

Sarah Wayne Callies

Sarah Wayne Callies

b. 1977 · June 1

American actress

Amber Benson

Amber Benson

b. 1977 · January 8

American actress

Eric Church

Eric Church

b. 1977 · May 3

American singer-songwriter

André Villas-Boas

André Villas-Boas

b. 1977 · October 17

Portuguese football executive and manager

Andrew Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff

b. 1977 · December 6

English cricketer and TV personality

Bianca Kajlich

Bianca Kajlich

b. 1977 · March 26

American actress

Died in 1977

  • Charlie Chaplin1889–1977 · English comic actor and filmmaker
  • Bing Crosby1903–1977 · American singer and actor
  • Anthony Eden1897–1977 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957
  • Gustave Gilbert1911–1977 · American psychologist
  • Anaïs Nin1903–1977 · French-born American author
  • Adolph Rupp1901–1977 · American college basketball coach
  • Clementine Churchill1885–1977 · Wife of Winston Churchill and life peer
  • Gary Gilmore1940–1977 · American murderer
  • Alice Paul1885–1977 · American activist
  • Ali Shariati1933–1977 · Iranian sociologist and philosopher
  • A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada1896–1977 · Indian spiritual teacher
  • Andy Devine1905–1977 · American actor
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