* 1977 – Gabriela Cano, Mexican actress

* 1977 – Ville Nieminen, Finnish hockey player

* 1977 – Andy Phillips, American baseball player

* 1977 – Teddy Sears, American actor

* 1902 – Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 1977 )

* 1977 – Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer

* 1977 – Sarah Jane Morris, American actress

* 1977 – Jason Price, Welsh footballer

* 1977 – Glenn Rogers, Scottish cricketer

* 1977 – Jordana Spiro, American actor

* 1977 – Jeannie Haddaway, American politician

* 1977 – Pell James, American actress

* 1977 – Deco, Portuguese footballer

* 1889 – George Kenney, American general ( d. 1977 )

* 1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer

* 1977 – Jennifer Lyons, American actress

* 1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer

* 1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer

* 1977 – Csaba Csordás, Hungarian footballer

* 1977 – Jason Frasor, American baseball player

* 1977 – Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player

* 1977 – Adewale Ogunleye, American football player

* 1977 – Mikaël Silvestre, French footballer

* 1977 – Ime Udoka, Nigerian-American basketball player

* 1977 – Members of the British National Front ( NF ) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.

Storylines throughout the decade included: a warehouse fire in 1975, the birth of Tracy Langton in 1977, the murder of Ernest Bishop in 1978, a lorry crashing into the Rovers Return in 1979, and the marriage of Brian Tilsley and Gail Potter ( also in 1979 ).

He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the minimalist album Low ( 1977 )— the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno over the next two years.

* 1945 – Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver ( d. 1977 )

* 1977 – Brian Boucher, American professional ice hockey player

* Brian Eno sampled Schwitters ' recording of Ursonate for the " Kurt's Rejoinder " track on his 1977 album, Before and after Science.

* 1977 – Brian Cardinal, American basketball player

* 1977 – Brian Roberts, American baseball player

* 1977 – Brian Tallet, American baseball player

It was with their second album, 1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food that the band began its long-term collaboration with producer Brian Eno, who had previously worked with Roxy Music, David Bowie, John Cale and Robert Fripp ; the title of Eno's 1977 song " King's Lead Hat " is an anagram of the band's name.

In 1977, Workshop co-founder Desmond Briscoe retired from organisational duties with Brian Hodgson, returning after a five-year gap away from the Workshop, taking over.

* Brian Hodgson ( 1962 – 1972 ), Organiser ( 1977 – 1995 )

David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy, comprising the albums Low ( 1977 ), Heroes ( 1977 ), and Lodger ( 1979 ), all featuring Brian Eno, would also be highly influential.

Gene Palmer, Randle Walker ; 1971, Mike Buchanan, Lindsey Roberts ; 1972, Rueben Bussey, Bobby Price, Avery Downing ; 1973, Maurice Jones ; 1974, Coach Ben Pannel, Roy Green, Bobby Hunt, Stanley Lawrence ; 1975, James Brack, Bobby Mowrey, Jerry Malone ; 1976, Pres Young, Rex Scroggins, Dick Ford ; 1977, Robert Knight ; 1979, Jackie Walker, Gregg McNeal ; 1980, Windy Haggard, Syd Keasler, Zell Roberts, Wilber Ingram ; 1981, Kenny Rowe, Martin Luther King Jr, Danny Malone ; 1982, Jimmy Killion, Gene Grammer ; 1983, David Powell, Jerry Bunt ; 1984, Doug Floyd, Ken Jones ; 1985, Mike Trice, Scooter Taylor ; 1986, Brian Koechel, Bryon Lawrence ; 1987, Donald Taylor ; 1988, Jimmie Tallant ; 1989, Tommy Roberts ; 1990, Chris Shafer, Larry Gideon ; 1991, Randy Clark, Clifford Shaw ; 1992, Jimmy Lynn Grimes, Ricky Lawrence ; 1993, Linty Ingram ; 1995, Jeff Brownlee, Ron Gideon ; 1996, John Martin ; 1997, Rob Floyd ; 1998, Steve Green, Patrick Gill ; 1999, J. B. Rodgers ; 2000, Les Langley ; 2001, Rodney Flake ; 2002, Donnie Muckleroy

L to R: Brian Robertson, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham performing during the Bad Reputation Tour, 24 November 1977

On Brian Eno's 1977 Before and After Science album, guest musician Robert Wyatt is credited for his percussion contributions under the pseudonym Shirley Williams.

* Charlie M, a 1977 spy thriller novel by Brian Freemantle

* Brian Curtin Patterson, ( born 1977 ) entrepreneur and host of Pro Hoop Talk, lives at Fieldston Plaza

" We Will Rock You " is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World.

In his professional wrestling debut, Eddie Graham booked him against Brian Blair in Fort Myers, Florida on August 10, 1977 in Championship Wrestling from Florida.

He has also had a variety of high profile acting roles such as Little Enos Burdette in the highly successful 1977 action-comedy Smokey and the Bandit, and as the villainous Swan in Brian DePalma's Phantom of the Paradise ( which Williams also co-scored, receiving an Oscar nomination in the process ), as well as television, theater, and voiceover work for animation.

Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot ( 6 July 1918 – 22 August 1977 ) was an English film and television actor, best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, Giles French, opposite Brian Keith's character, in the sitcom Family Affair ( 1966 – 1971 ).

Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC ( 18 February 1921 – 3 March 1977 ) was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972.

Brian Joseph Burton ( born July 29, 1977 ), better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is an American musician, songwriter and producer.