* 1975 – Zach Braff, American actor

* 1975 – Hal Gill, American hockey player

* 1975 – Damon Pampolina, American musician and actor ( The Party )

* 1975 – Joel West, American actor and model

* 1912 – Hound Dog Taylor, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1975 )

* 1975 – Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon.

* 1975 – Elliott Sadler, American race car driver

* 1975 – Tomi Joutsen, Finnish metal vocalist ( Amorphis )

* 1975 – Michael Chaturantabut, Thai-American actor

* 1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor

* 1975 – The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.

* 1975 – Blake Adams, American golfer

* 1975 – Björn Gelotte, Swedish guitarist and songwriter ( In Flames and All Ends )

* 1975 – Jonny Moseley, American skier

* 1975 – Mark Rudan, Australian footballer

* 1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian skier

* 1975 – Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player

* 1975 – Mahesh Babu, Indian Telugu Actor

* 1975 – Mike Lamb, American baseball player

* 1975 – Robbie Middleby, Australian footballer

* 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor ( d. 1975 )

* 1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player ( d. 1975 )

* 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer

* 1975 – James Carpinello, American actor

* 1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player

Voight was Steven Spielberg's first choice for the role of Matt Hooper in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws, but he turned down the role, which was ultimately played by Richard Dreyfuss.

His 20-year run playing Dr. Frasier Crane ties a length set by James Arness in playing Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975 and Richard Belzer in playing Det.

* 1975 – Matt Geyer, Australian rugby player

From 1955 to 1975 Gunsmoke ran on CBS, about Matt Dillon, a U. S. Marshal for Dodge City, Kansas.

Some mention of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is made in the 1975 blockbuster film Jaws as having been the center of research for the fictional character Matt Hooper.

* Matt Sing ( born 1975 ), Australian rugby player

* Matt Wise ( born 1975 ), baseball player

In 1975, Roscoe Orman became the third actor to play Gordon, succeeding Hal Miller, who had briefly replaced Matt Robinson.

When appraised in the 1970s, the field was assessed to have of original oil in place, with about recoverable ( 1975 Aramco estimate quoted by Matt Simmons ).

It was while delivering flowers that he heard he had landed his biggest break — the role of Chester Goode, the limping, loyal assistant of Marshal Matt Dillon ( James Arness ) on the new television series Gunsmoke — which would go on to become the highest-rated and longest-running series in US television history ( 1955 to 1975 ).

from 1975 – 1976, but after appearing in Matt Houston, she virtually disappeared from the screen.

John Wayne had seen this movie and, impressed with his performance, coupled with his familiarity with Arness as part of his Batjac Productions company of players, recommended Arness for the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, a role that lasted from 1955 to 1975.

* Matt Helm ( 1975 ) ( TV series )-Buckman

* Matt Helm ( 1975 – 1976 )

McRaney holds the distinction of being the last guest star to meet Marshal Matt Dillon in a gunfight on Gunsmoke, in the episode " Hard Labor ," which was first broadcast on February 24, 1975.

In the 1975 movie Jaws, the character Matt Hooper, played by Richard Dreyfuss, claims that he has " crewed two Transpacs " as a means of establishing his seamanship credentials with Quint.

The other five are Dee Brown, who is most famous for winning the 1991 slam dunk contest with a no-look dunk while playing for the Boston Celtics ( he also played for the Toronto Raptors and the Magic before retiring ); Matt Bullard, who won an NBA championship with the Houston Rockets in 1994 ; Darryl Dawkins, who, in 1975, became the first high school player ever to be drafted directly into the league ; J. R. Reid, who averaged double figures in scoring during his first three years in the NBA ; and Gerald Wilkins, one of the most popular New York Knicks ever.

Matt Jordan ( born October 13, 1975 in Aurora, Colorado ) is a former soccer goalkeeper.

Matt Reis (; born March 28, 1975 in Atlanta ) is an American soccer player who currently plays for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.

Matt is 37 years old ( was born in 1975 ), and is married to Nicole Reis ( née Odom ), who was an All American Softball player at UCLA.

Matt and his father, the late Matt Guokas, Sr., were the first father-son duo to both win NBA championships as players ; this feat has since been repeated by Rick Barry ( with the 1975 NBA champion Golden State Warriors ) and Brent Barry ( with the 2005 and 2007 NBA champions San Antonio Spurs ) and by Bill Walton ( with the 1977 NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers and 1986 NBA champion Boston Celtics ) and Luke Walton ( with the 2009 NBA champion and 2010 NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers ).

In the television version ( which ran from 1955 until 1975 ), and subsequent TV-movies ( 1987 to 1994 ), Matt was portrayed by James Arness.

Matt Casamassina ( born December 22, 1975 in California ) is a video game journalist who worked for IGN until April 23, 2010.