* 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 )

* 1984 – Marco Paoloni, Italian footballer

* Marco Foyot, Alain Dupuy, Louis Dalmas, Pétanque – Technique, Tactique, Entrainement, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1984.

The German company StarDivision in Lüneburg ( founded by 16-year-old Marco Börries in 1984 ) wrote the original components of StarOffice.

In 1984, Marco went to the Italian army.

Marco returned from military service on 21 August 1984 and August 22, 1984, the death of his mother Anna Maria would become the most dramatic event of his life.

Marco left to serve in the army ( military aircraft in Florence ), and one day after his return on August 22, 1984, his mother died, to the profound sadness of Marco, who always regretted the fact that he could not be close to her in her last moments.

* The Journeyer ( 1984 ): An account of the travels of Marco Polo to the Far East.

* Secretary: Mario Pannunzio ( 1956 – 1959 ), Leopoldo Piccardi ( 1959 – 1962 ), Bruno Villabruna ( 1962 – 1963 ), Marco Pannella ( 1963 – 1967 ), Gianfranco Spadaccia ( 1967 – 1968 ), Mauro Mellini ( 1968 – 1969 ), Angiolo Bandinelli ( 1969 – 1970 ), Roberto Cicciomessere ( 1970 – 1971 ), Angiolo Bandinelli ( 1971 – 1973 ), Giulio Ercolessi ( 1973 – 1974 ), Gianfranco Spadaccia ( 1974 – 1976 ), Adelaide Aglietta ( 1976 – 1978 ), Jean Fabre ( 1978 – 1979 ), Giuseppe Rippa ( 1979 – 1980 ), Francesco Rutelli ( 1980 – 1981 ), Marco Pannella ( 1981 – 1983 ), Roberto Cicciomessere ( 1983 – 1984 ), Giovanni Negri ( 1984 – 1988 ), Sergio Stanzani ( 1988 – 1989 )

* Party Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Marco Pannella ( 1976 – 1978 ), Emma Bonino ( 1978 ), Marco Mellini ( 1979 ), Marco Pannella ( 1979 ), Adelaide Aglietta ( 1979 – 1982 ), Emma Bonino ( 1982 – 1983 ), Marco Pannella ( 1983 – 1984 ), Roberto Cicciomessere ( 1984 ), Francesco Rutelli ( 1984 – 1988 ), Giuseppe Calderisi ( 1988 – 1992 ), Marco Pannella ( 1992 – 1994 )

* 1984 – Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist

* 1984 – Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater

* 1984 – Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Raffaele Palladino, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player

* 1984 – Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker

Baresi was also a member of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Hellas Verona have won one Italian Championship, in 1984 – 85.

The 1984 Lateran Treaty revision abolished the Roman Catholic Church as the official state religion, while recognizing the role it plays in Italian society.

* 1984 – Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Diego Balbinot, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer

* 1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer

* 1984 – Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer

* Kaos ( film ), a 1984 Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

In 1984, Italian comic artist Vittorio Giardino started producing a number of few-page stories under the title Little Ego, a parodic adaptation of Little Nemo, in the shape of erotic comics.