football player
 Robinho, Brazilian footballer
 Kaiji Tang, American voice actor
 January 26
 Ryan Hoffman, Australian rugby league player
 Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
 January 27 – Davetta Sherwood, American actress and musician
 January 28 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
 January 29
 Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
 Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
 Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer
 January 31 – Michael Aloni, Israeli actor

February

 February 1
 Darren Fletcher, Scottish football player
 Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer and actress
 Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013) 
 February 2
 David Pakman, American political pundit
 February 3
 Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster who founded Theranos
 Kim Joon, South Korean rapper, actor, and model
 Matthew Moy, American actor
 February 4 – Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
 February 5
 Nate Salley, American football player
 Carlos Tevez,in 1949, is set in this year.
 The video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories takes place in 1984.
 The Transformers franchise starts in 1984 with the Transformers toy line.
 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain takes place in this year.
 The Terminator takes place in May of this year.
 The Saturday school detention of The Breakfast Club takes place on March 24, 1984.
 Season 2 of the Netflix original television series Stranger Things takes place in 1984.
 Interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch takes place in 1984.
 Wonder Woman 1984 takes place in 1984.
One of the storylines in season 1 of Why Women Kill is set in 1984.
American Horror Story: 1984 takes place in 1984.

References

 
Category:Leap years in the Gregorian calendar