1897

January 1

• Birth of Al Martin screenwriter (Blondie Knows Best). [1]
• Birth of Walter Greaza Saint Paul Minnesota; actor (Martin Kane Private Eye, Edge of Night). [1]

January 3

• Birth of Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras], Brooklyn New York, actress (Operator 13). [1]
• Birth of Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary). [1]

January 5

• Birth of Jack Wagner Ohio; actor (Jive Junction). [1]
• Birth of Theo Mackeben German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami). [1]

January 6

• Birth of Billy Greene actor (Burton-One Man's Family). [1]
• Birth of Péter Veres literary/Hungarian minister of defense. [1]

January 9

• Birth of Luis Gianneo composer. [1]

January 10

• Birth of Albert Moeschinger composer. [1]

January 12

• Birth of Hendrik J Valk painter/cartoonist/graphic artist. [1]

January 14

• Birth of Hasso Freiherr von Manteuffel in Potsdam, Germany; tank commander in World War II; tried for war crimes and sentenced to 18 months in prison. [37]

January 17

• Birth of Nils Asther Malmö Sweden; actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster). [1]

January 19

• Birth of Natacha Rambova Salt Lake City Utah, costume designer. [1]
• Birth of René Victor Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad). [1]

January 20

• Birth of Mae Busch Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist). [1]

January 21

• Birth of J Carrol Naish New York City, New York; actor (Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan). [1]

January 22

• Birth of Josef Stanislav composer. [1]
• Birth of Rosa Ponselle opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino). [1]

January 23

• Birth of Amanda Berry Smith famous African. [1]
• Birth of Subhas Chandra Bose Indian politician. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Valentin Katayev Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled). [1]

February 1

• Birth of Denise Robins London, romantic novelist (first Long Kiss). [1]

February 4

• Birth of Ludwig Erhard chancellor of Germany (CDU). [1]

February 5

• Birth of Dirk U Stikker director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO. [1]

February 6

• Birth of Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby). [1]

February 7

• Birth of Quincy Porter New Haven Connecticut, composer. [1]

February 9

• Birth of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith pioneer Australian aviator. [1]

February 10

• Birth of John Franklin Enders Connecticut, micro-biologist (polio-Nobel Prize 1954). [1]

February 11

• Birth of Yves de La Casiniere composer. [1]

February 14

• Birth of Jorgen Bentzon composer. [1]

February 15

• Birth of Earl H Blaik Detroit Michigan, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965). [1]

February 17

• Birth of Johan[nes A] Kaart Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady). [1]

February 20

• Birth of Ivan Albright Illinois, painter (The Door, The Window). [1]

February 21

• Birth of Celia Lovsky Vienna Austria, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek). [1]

February 25

• Birth of Lili Körber writer. [1]

February 27

• Birth of Bernard F Lyot French astronomer (Lyot filter). [1]
• Birth of G Paul H Schuitema graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color). [1]

March 3

• Birth of Jose Moreno Gans composer. [1]

March 4

• Birth of Francis "Lefty" O'Doul baseball player/organized Japanese baseball. [1]

March 5

• Birth of Mei-ling Soong Madame Chiang Kai-shek. [1]

March 6

• Birth of Knudåge Riisager Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer (Quaarrtsiluni). [1]

March 11

• Birth of Henry Dixon Cowell Menlo Park California, composer (New Musical Resources). [1]

March 13

• Birth of Marcel Thiry Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue). [1]
• Birth of William Herald Australia, swimmer (Olympics-1920). [1]

March 18

• Birth of Betty Compson actress (Big City, Docks Of New York). [1]

March 19

• Birth of Betty Compson Beaver Utah, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth). [1]
• Birth of L O'Flaherty writer. [1]

March 24

• Birth of Charles Eyck Dutch painter/sculptor. [1]
• Birth of Wilhelm Reich Austrian-US psycho analysist (character analysis). [1]

March 25

• Birth of John Laurie Dumfries Scotland; actor (Jericho, Island of Desire). [1]

March 26

• Birth of Jean Epstein French director (Sa tête/Eau vive). [1]

March 27

• Birth of Carlo Mierendorff German politician/anti-fascist. [1]
• Birth of Douglas Rayner Hartree mathematician. [1]

April 1

• Birth of Willem H van de Pol Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma). [1]

April 4

• Birth of Pierre Fresnay Paris France; actor (Grand Illusion). [1]

April 7

• Birth of Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud composer. [1]
• Birth of Walter Winchell Harlem New York City, New York, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables). [1]

April 8

• Birth of Herbert Eimert German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel). [1]

April 11

• Birth of Caspar Neher German set designer/librettist. [1]

April 14

• Birth of Barbara Baroness Wootton of Abinger English Lower house leader. [1]

April 15

• Birth of Marian Jordan actress (Molly-Fibber McGee and Molly). [1]

April 16

• Birth of Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree composer. [1]
• Birth of Jaap Vranken Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater). [1]
• Birth of John B Glubb British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs). [1]

April 17

• Birth of Antonius F "Anton" Coolen Dutch author (Village by the River). [1]
• Birth of Harald Saeverud Bergen Norway, composer (Saline). [1]
• Birth of Thornton N Wilder US, novelist/playwright (Our Town). [1]

April 18

• Birth of Pedro Regas Sparta Greece; actor (Pat Paulsen's 1/2 Comedy Hour). [1]

April 19

• Birth of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney sculptor/art benefactor. [1]
• Birth of Vivienne Segal Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Broadway actress (Pal Joey). [1]

April 20

• Birth of Bernard Verhoeven poet/literature (About the Laugh). [1]
• Birth of Gregory Ratoff Petrograd Russia; actor/director (Corsican Brothers). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Harold French director (Encore)/actor. [1]
• Birth of John Wengraf Vienna Austria; actor (12 to Moon, Pride and Passion). [1]
• Birth of Lester Bowles Pearson (Liberal) 14th Canadian Prime Minister (1963-68) (Nobel Prize 1957). [1]
• Birth of Lucius D Clay US, General (WWII). [1]
• Birth of Lucius du Bignon Clay US, General (WWII)/Governor (West Germany). [1]

April 24

• Birth of Benjamin Lee Whorf linguist (or 1797). [1]
• Birth of Gyorgy Kosa composer. [1]

April 25

• Birth of Haro Levoni Step'anyan composer. [1]
• Birth of VAA Mary English princess. [1]

April 26

• Birth of Olga Chekova Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children). [1]

May 3

• Birth of V K Krishna Menon India, nationalist/statesman. [1]

May 6

• Birth of Paul Alverdes German writer (Pfeiferstube). [1]

May 7

• Birth of Kitty McKane England, tennis (Olympics-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24). [1]

May 10

• Birth of Dalton Parry Conyngham cricketer (one Test South Africa versus England 1923). [1]
• Birth of Ewart Levy. [1]

May 11

• Birth of Izak W van der Merwe [Boerneef], South African writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek). [1]

May 14

• Birth of Sidney Bechet US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader. [1]

May 15

• Birth of Casper Höweler Dutch music critic. [1]

May 16

• Birth of Walther Geiser composer. [1]

May 18

• Birth of Frank Capra Palermo Sicily Italy, movie director (It's a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace). [1]
• Birth of Jack Raine London England; actor (Quartet). [1]

May 22

• Birth of Robert Neumann Austrian/British author (Waters of Babylon). [1]

May 25

• Birth of Alan Kippax cricketer (22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat). [1]

May 27

• Birth of John Douglas Cockroft English physicist (Radar, Nobel Prize 1951). [1]

May 28

• Birth of Henry Kendall London; actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich and Strange). [1]

May 29

• Birth of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Brno Austria, movie composer (Violanta). [1]
• Birth of Ignace Lilien composer. [1]

May 31

• Birth of Margalo Gillmore London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society). [1]

June 7

• Birth of George Szell Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45). [1]

June 12

• Birth of Alexandre Tansman Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique). [1]
• Birth of Anthony Eden Earl of Avon (Conservative), British Prime Minister (1955-57). [1]

June 13

• Birth of Paavo Johannes Nurmi Finland, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1924). [1]

June 19

• Birth of Moe Howard comedian (The Three Stooges). [1]

July 5

• Birth of Paul Ben-Haim (Frankenburger) München Germany, Israeli composer. [1]

July 10

• Birth of Lloyd Goodrich American Arts Museum director. [1]

August 4

• Birth of Joseph Calleia Malta; actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil). [1]

August 9

• Birth of Ralph Wyckoff American pioneer in x-ray crystallography. [1]

August 11

• Birth of Louise Bogan Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury). [1]

August 16

• Birth of Robert Ringling circus master. [1]

August 29

• Birth of Charles Boyer Figeac France; actor (The Rogues). [1]

August 31

• Birth of Frederic March Wisconsin; actor (Dr Jeckyll-Acad Awards 1932/1946). [1]

September 5

• Birth of Luella Gear New York City, actress (Joe and Mabel). [1]
• Birth of Morris Carnovsky actor (Dead Reckoning). [1]

September 8

• Birth of Jimmie Rodgers Mendoza Mississippi, country singer/singing brakeman. [1]

September 25

• Birth of William Faulkner in Mississippi, USA; author (Sound and the Fury - Nobel Prize 1949) (dies 1962). [1] [5]

September 26

• Birth of Pope Paul VI 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78). [1]

October 6

• Birth of Jerome Cowan New York City; actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show). [1]

October 8

• Birth of Rouben Mamoulian movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause). [1]

October 11

• Birth of General Nathan F Twining US Air Force (Neither Liberty nor Safety). [1]
• Birth of George Preston Marshall NFL team owner (Washington Redskins). [1]

October 29

• Birth of Hope Emerson Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn). [1]
• Birth of Paul Joseph Goebbels Nazi propagandist. [1]

October 31

• Birth of Wilbur (Pete) Henry NFL tackle (Canton, New York Giants, Pottsville). [1]

November 8

• Birth of Dorothy Day author (Stump the Authors). [1]

November 15

• Birth of Sacheverell Sitwell English poet/writer (People's Palace). [1]

November 17

• Birth of Sara Haden Galveston Texas, actress (A Family Affair). [1]

November 18

• Birth of Jules Buffano Saint Louis Missouri, pianist (Jimmy Durante Show). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Manuel A Neat Curaçao author (Nobleza di Coerazon). [1]

December 2

• Birth of Rewi Alley New Zealand, writer (Americans in China). [1]

December 3

• Birth of Kate O'Brien Irish writer (Without My Cloak). [1]

December 4

• Birth of Mari Andriessen Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker). [1]

December 6

• Birth of John Axel Fernstrom composer. [1]
• Birth of O W Cisek writer. [1]

December 8

• Birth of Leslie Heward composer. [1]

December 9

• Birth of Hermione Gingold London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Karl H Waggerl Austria writer (Power of Love). [1]

December 13

• Birth of Drew Pearson Evanston Illinois, newscaster (Drew Pearson). [1]

December 14

• Birth of Margaret Chase Smith (Representative/Senator-Republican-Maine). [1]

December 16

• Birth of Jacobus Petrus Duminy cricketer (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29). [1]
• Birth of Paul Neuhuys Belgian playwright (Le Canari et le Cerise). [1]

December 18

• Birth of Fernand J Collin Belgian economist/banker. [1]

December 19

• Birth of Louis Darquier de Pellepoix France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator. [1]

December 23

• Birth of Julien Carette Paris France; actor (Sylvia and the Phantom). [1]

December 26

• Birth of Willie Corsari [Wilhelmina A Schmidt] Dutch writer. [1]

December 27

• Birth of Iwan S Konew Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw. [1]

December 29

• Birth of Hermann Heiss composer. [1]

December 31

• Birth of Rhys Williams Wales; actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart). [1]