* 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 – David Bentley, English footballer

* 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 )

* Scott W. Y. Wang and Jeff B. Lindberg " HP-UX: Implementation of UNIX on the HP 9000 Series 500 Computer Systems ", Hewlett-Packard Journal ( volume 35 number 3, March 1984 )

In 1984, Plant formed a short-lived all-star group with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck called The Honeydrippers, who had a No. 3 hit with a remake of the Phil Phillips ' tune, " Sea of Love " and a followup hit with a cover of Roy Brown's " Rockin ' at Midnight ".

* Jeff Drenth, Mid-American Conference cross-country running champion, three time member of United States world cross-country team, and competitor at the 1984 Summer Olympics Trials in the 10, 000 metres event.

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

In 1984 CRL Group PLC released Jeff Wayne's Video Game Version of The War of the Worlds for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer.

* Jeff Fenech in tears ..., 1984 / Bruce Howard

John Carpenter's Starman is a 1984 science-fiction fantasy film directed by John Carpenter that tells the story of an alien ( Jeff Bridges ) who has come to Earth in response to the invitation found on the gold phonograph record installed on the Voyager 2 space probe.

Other notable ( recording / touring ) project involvements are: ( 1979 ) Jeff Beck, ( 1979 ) Ron Wood's New Barbarians, ( 1981, 1983, 1990 ) Clarke / Duke Project with George Duke, ( 1984 ) with Miroslav Vitouš, ( 1989 ) Animal Logic with Stewart Copeland, ( 1993 – 94 ), A group with Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Najee & Deron Johnson, ( 1995 ) The Rite of Strings with Jean-Luc Ponty and Al Di Meola and ( 1999 ) Vertu ’ with Lenny White and Richie Kotzen.

* Covergirl ( 1984 film ), a 1984 film starring Jeff Conaway and Irena Ferris

Guitarist Jeff Hanneman used two of the four punk songs he had written in 1984 and 1985 as part of a side project called Pap Smear, while King and vocalist Tom Araya wrote an original song titled " Gemini ".

Guitarist Jeff Hanneman had written four unreleased songs in 1984 – 1985, while in the side project Pap Smear with Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo and Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Rocky George.

* Starman ( film ), a 1984 science fiction film starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen

Green River ( named after the then At Large serial killer of the same name ) was formed in early 1984 by vocalist / guitarist Mark Arm, guitarist Steve Turner, drummer Alex Vincent and bassist Jeff Ament.

* Todd Hallowell ... Jeff Williams ( occasional, 1984 – 1988 )

In 1984, she played Jess in the film-noir remake Against All Odds, with Jeff Bridges.

New members Jeff Steele ( bass ) and Rick Seratte ( keyboards, backing vocals ) came in for Poco's 1984 tour dates, but they departed, along with drummer Chapman, to be replaced in 1985 by Jack Sundrud ( vocals, bass, guitar ) and the returning Grantham.

In 1984 when film maker Dave Markey, along with Jeff and Steve McDonald from Redd Kross, put together the mocumentary Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, a comically punky version of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, it also spawned a real band.

Into 1984, his various talents were employed on recordings as diverse as James Young's ( Styx ) first solo album, City Slicker for which he co-wrote and produced ; John Abercrombie's Night ; Mick Jagger's first solo album, She's the Boss ; and Jeff Beck's Flash which included Hammer's song " Escape ", winner of the 1985 Grammy award for " Best Rock Instrumental Performance ".

" According to Orange County lawyer Jeff Walsworth, White had expressed remorse for the killings in February 1984.

**** " The Search for Spot " ( with Jeff Anderson, in # 398, 1984 )

On Christmas of 1984, Vallely's parents got him a Sims brand Jeff Phillips pro model skateboard.

* Sara Gallagher ( Lorrine Vozoff in 1984, Laurie Burton from 1984 – 1985 ) Wife of Eddie Gallagher, and mother of Jeff and Noel.