- January 7
- Birth of Arnold Ridley in Bath, England; actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train). [1]
- January 8
- Birth of Jaromir Weinberger in Prague, Czechoslovakia; composer (Bird's Opera). [1]
- Birth of Manuel Rojas in Sepulveda, Chile; writer (Men of the South). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Paddy Driscoll; NFL quarterback/coach (Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Bears). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Rex Ingram in Ireland; actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre). [1]
- January 14
- Birth of John dos Passos; novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Harry Reser in Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Hans H Holm; Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Elmer R Diktonius; Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik). [1]
- Birth of George Burns AKA Nathan Birnbaum, in New York City, New York; actor/comedian (Oh God). [1]
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- Birth of Rolfe Sedan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mailman - George Burns Show). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Charlotte; grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of John Moores; British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire. [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Teddy Hoad; cricket player (pioneering West Indian Test batsman). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza; General/President of Nicaragua (1937-56). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Harold Hoffman in South Amboy, New Jersey, USA; American politician (Governor-New Jersey). [1]
- Birth of Jacob Paludan; Danish pharmacist/writer (Jørgen Stein). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Orville Caldwell in California, USA; actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Olin Howlin in Denver, Colorado, USA; actor (Swifty - Circus Boy). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Arthur Shields in Dublin, Ireland; actor (River, Enchanted Island). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Alexander Brailowsky in Russia; pianist (Chopin). [1]
- Birth of Charles A L Panzéra; French baritone (L'horizon Chimérique). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of André Breton in France; surrealist poet/writer (founder of surréalism). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Sylvain Poons; Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Edvin Wide in Sweden; 10km runner (Olympics-silver-1924). [1]
- Birth of Enid Markey in Dillon, Colorado, USA; actress (Aunt Violet - Bringing Up Buddy). [1]
- Birth of Paul Van Ostaijen; Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of John J McClellan; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Arkansas). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Andrei A Zjdanov; Russian politician (against kosmopolitism). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Philip Showalter Hench in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; physician (cortisone - Nobel Prize). [1]
- February 29
- Birth of Ranchhodji Morarji Desai; premier of India (1977-79). [1]
- Birth of Stanley Swash; CEO (Woolworths). [1]
- Birth of William W Wellman in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; director (A Star is Born). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Harry Krimer; actor (Napoleon). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Conrad Nagel in Keokuk, Iowa, USA; actor (Celebrity Time). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Hal Walker in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA; director (I Married Joan). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Douwe Kalma; Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Robert Sherwood; dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight). [1]
- Birth of Tristan Tzara AKA Samuel Rosenfeld; French poet (Approximate Man). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Benny Leonard; lightweight boxing champion (1917-25). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of C Eugène Wegmann; Swiss geologist (Le Jura plissé). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Attila Hörbiger; Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika). [1]
- Birth of Henry M de Montherlant; French stage author (La Reine Morte). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Rogers Hornsby in Winters, Texas, USA; second baseman (Saint Louis Cardinals). [1]
- Birth of Wallace Hume Carothers; inventor (nylon). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Reverend Gary Davis in Laurens, South Carolina, USA; blues/folk guitarist ("A Little More Faith"). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Mari Sandoz in Nebraska, USA; author (Cheyenne Autumn). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Charles F Pahud de Mortanges; Dutch equestrian (Olympics-gold-1928, 1932). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Warren Giles; American baseball's National League president. [1]
- May 29
- Birth of George L Funke; botanist (Flower Physiology). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Howard Hawks in Goshen, Indiana, USA; director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Robert Sheriff; playwright (Journey's End). [1]
- June 7
- Birth of Robert Mulliken; US chemist/physicist (Nobel Prize 1966). [1]
- Birth of Vivien Kellems; TV hostess (The Power of Women). [1]
- June 18
- Birth of Blanche Sweet in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience). [1]
- Birth of Philip Barry; US dramatist (Philadelphia Story). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Bessie Wallis Warfield AKA Wallace Simpson to Teackle Warfield and Alice Montague in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, USA; married Edward, Duke of Windsor. [1] [1456.33]
- June 22
- Birth of Francis C Denebrink; US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea). [1]
- June 30
- Birth of Wilfred Pelletier in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; conductor (Voice of Firestone). [1]
- July 16
- Birth of Trygve Lie; first United Nations Secretary-General (1946-52). [1]
- July 19
- Birth of A.J. Cronin in England; author (Citadel, Shining Victory). [1]
- July 21
- Birth of Jean Rivier in Villemomble, France; composer (Vénitienne). [1]
- August 7
- Birth of Ernesto Lecuona in Havana, Cuba; composer (Malagueña). [1]
- August 8
- Birth of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in Washington DC, USA; writer (The Yearling). [1]
- August 9
- Birth of Jean Piaget in Switzerland; pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist. [1]
- Birth of Leonide Massine; choreographer (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20). [1]
- August 18
- Birth of Alan Mowbray in London, England; actor (Dante, Colonel Flack). [1]
- August 21
- Birth of Roark Bradford; writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Phil Baker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Who's Whose). [1]
- August 30
- Birth of Raymond Massey in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Dr Gillespie - Dr Kildare). [1] [457]
- September 13
- Birth of Morris Kirksey; US 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920). [1]
- September 24
- Birth of F Scott Fitzgerald in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; author (Great Gatsby). [1]
- September 27
- Birth of George Bender in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; American politician (Representative/Senator-Republican-Ohio). [1]
- Birth of Sam Ervin; American politician (Democrat-Senator-North Carolina), Watergate committee chairman. [1]
- October 11
- Birth of Roman Jakobson; linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language). [1]
- October 12
- Birth of Eugenio Montale in Italy; poet/translator (Xenia - Nobel Prize 1975). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of Lillian Gish; silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation). [1]
- October 15
- Birth of Melville Cooper in Birmingham, England; TV panelist (I Got a Secret). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Charles Glenn King; biochemist (discovered vitamin C). [1]
- October 28
- Birth of Howard Hanson in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA; composer/conductor (Nordic). [1]
- October 30
- Birth of Ruth Gordon in Massachusetts, USA; actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude). [1]
- October 31
- Birth of Ethel Waters in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Beulah), singer ("Stormy Weather"). [1]
- November 1
- Birth of Edmund Blunden; English poet/critic (Undertones of War). [1]
- November 6
- Birth of Jim Jordan; actor, comedian, created Fibber McGee and Molly radio show. [1] [457]
- November 7
- Birth of Herbert R O'Connor in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; (Senator-Maryland)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicated). [1]
- November 8
- Birth of Bucky Harris; baseball manager (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees). [1]
- November 16
- Birth of Lawrence Tibbett in Bakersfield, California, USA; baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50). [1]
- November 25
- Birth of Virgil Thomson in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; composer/music critic (Four Saints in Three Acts). [1]
- November 29
- Birth of Philip L Carret in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; CEO (Pioneer Fund). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of John Urzidil; Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen). [1]
- December 4
- Birth of Nikolai S Tichonov; Russian writer (against Pasternak). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Willem F M Lampe; Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles. [1]
- December 6
- Birth of George Trafton; NFL center (Chicago Bears). [1]
- Birth of Ira Gershwin; lyricist ("'S Wonderful", "I Got Rhythm"). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Georgi K Zjukov; Russian minister of Defense (WWII). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of James H Doolittle; US Army General (Raid on Tokyo 1942). [1]
- December 15
- Birth of George B Cressey; US geographer (Asia's Lands and Peoples). [1]
- Birth of Margaret Bannerman in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Elopement). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Carl Romme; Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister of Socialist Business. [1]
- Birth of Constantine Rokossovski; Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland. [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa; Sicilian writer (Der Leopard). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Arch Ward; sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game). [1]
- Birth of Ewan Calague; economist/statistician (Social Security Board). [1]
- Birth of Louis Bromfield in Mansfield, Ohio, USA; writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Roger Huntington Sessions in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Black Maskers). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of David Alfaro Siqueiros in México; painter/muralist (Liberation of Chile). [1]
- December 30
- Birth of Tom Keene in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Our Daily Bread). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Ronald Adam in Herefordshire, England; actor (Phantom Shot). [1]
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