Born 1976

Gavin Creel (1976–2024), award-winning Broadway headliner

Gavin Creel was an award-winning Broadway musical star known for his work in “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “The Book of Mormon,” “Hair,” and “Hello, Dolly!” 

Chris Gauthier (1976–2024), actor in Once Upon a Time, Smallville

Chris Gauthier was a Canadian actor who played Smee in “Once Upon a Time” and Winslow Schott/Toyman in “Smallville,” among many other roles.

Alexei Navalny (1976–2024), Russian opposition leader 

Alexei Navalny was an anticorruption activist and politician who led the Russian opposition to President Vladimir Putin. 

Karl Tremblay (1976–2023), Les Cowboys Fringants singer

Karl Tremblay was the lead singer and cofounder of the Quebec folk rock band Les Cowboys Fringants.

Aaron Spears (1976–2023), drummer for Ariana Grande, Usher

Aaron Spears was a Grammy Award-nominated drummer and producer who worked with such notable artists as Ariana Grande and Usher. 

Mark Sheehan (1976–2023), guitarist with the Script

Mark Sheehan was a guitarist who co-founded the Irish rock band the Script.

Pedro Feliciano (1976–2021), New York Mets pitcher

Pedro Feliciano was a pitcher for the New York Mets in the 2000s and 2010s.

Chadwick Boseman (1976–2020), star of Black Panther

Chadwick Boseman, the actor who starred as T'Challa in "Black Panther," Jackie Robinson in "42," and Thurgood Marshall in "Marshall," died at his home in Los Angeles, his family .

Joi “SJ” Harris, motorcycle racer and stuntwoman

Stunt performer died in an accident on the set of “Deadpool 2”…

Ueli Steck (1976–2017), famed Swiss mountaineer

Famous climber was known as the Swiss Machine.

Carlos "Shawty Lo" Walker (1976–2016), Dey Know rapper

Carlos “Shawty Lo” Walker, an Atlanta-based hip-hop artist known for hit singles such as “Laffy Taffy” and “Dey Know,” died in an automobile accident Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was 40.