* Saltini A. Storia delle scienze agrarie, 4 vols, Bologna 1984 – 89, ISBN 978-88-206-2412-5, ISBN 978-88-206-2413-2, ISBN 978-88-206-2414-9, ISBN 978-88-206-2414-9

* 1984 – Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

* 1900 – Leo Robin, American songwriter and composer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Max Bemis, American singer, musician, and songwriter ( Say Anything, Two Tongues, and Max Bemis and the Painful Splits )

* 1984 – Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer

* 1984 – Michaël Ciani, French footballer

* 1984 – Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager

* 1984 – Lee Roache, English footballer

* 1896 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress ( d. 1984 )

* 1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer

* 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Sofia Essaïdi, French-Moroccan singer, dancer, and actress

* 1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer

* 1984 – Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer

* 1984 – L ' Aura, Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer

* 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer

* 1984 – Lidi Lisboa, Brazilian actress

* 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player

* 1984 – James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bodyline, a fictionalised television miniseries based on the " Bodyline " Ashes series of 1932 – 33, screened in Australia in 1984, to significant public interest and critical acclaim.

* 1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Marvin Gaye, American singer ( The Moonglows ) ( b. 1939 )

Writing in 1984 David Hartwell said:

* Szatmary, David P. Shay's Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection ( 1984 ), 1787 in Massachusetts

The iconic image of Big Brother ( played by David Graham ) played a key role in Apple's 1984 television commercial introducing the Macintosh.

* The Evidence for the Bermuda Triangle, ( 1984 ), David Group ( ISBN 0-85030-413-X )

In David Lynch's 1984 film, Baron Harkonnen was portrayed by Kenneth McMillan.

In David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of the first novel, De Vries was played by Brad Dourif.

* 1984 — Metaphor Computer Systems, founded by David Liddle and Don Massaro, releases Data Interpretation System ( DIS ).

In 1984, four Berkeley students — Douglas Terry, Mark Painter, David Riggle, and Songnian Zhou — wrote the first Unix implementation, called The Berkeley Internet Name Domain ( BIND ) Server.

* Freud ( mini-series ), a 1984 mini-series starring David Suchet

* 1984 – David Odonkor, German footballer

* 1984 – David Noel, American basketball player

Prince Henry of Wales ( Henry Charles Albert David, born 15 September 1984 ), commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, and fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

* 1958 – David Von Erich, American wrestler ( d. 1984 )

In 1984, it was David Rabe's Hurlyburly, where he rotated through each of the male parts ( he would later play Mickey in the film version ).

* De Materie ( 1984 – 88 ) ( texts from the Plakkaat van Verlatinge, Nicolaes Witsen, David Gorlaeus, Hadewijch, M. H. J.

* In Celebration revival ( David Storey, Manhattan Theatre Club, NY, 1984 )

* Hempton, David ( 1984 ) Methodism and Politics in British Society, 1750 – 1850, Stanford University Press, ISBN 0-8047-1269-7

In 1984, a TV mini-series was filmed, starring Adam Godley and David Daker.

* 1984 – David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player

Current league commissioner David Stern took office on April 1, 1984, and oversaw the expansion and growth of the NBA to a global commodity.

* David Lyons, Ethics & The Rule of Law ( Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984 ).

Semi-spoken music has long been especially popular in British entertainment, and such examples as David Croft's theme to the 1970s ' sitcom Are You Being Served ?, the 1979 song Mickey as performed by Toni Basil in 1982, and the 1984 title song, " One Night in Bangkok " for the musical Chess have elements indistinguishable from modern rap.

* David Sylvian: Brilliant Trees ( 1984, features Ryuichi Sakamoto on piano / synthesizers on 3 tracks )

* 1971 – David Vetter, American victim of severe combined immune deficiency syndrome ( d. 1984 )