- January 10
- Birth of Sergei M Eisenstein; Russian director (Alexandr Nevski). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Hans Rudolf Krik; Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven). [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Helen Flint in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Colin Clive [Greig] in Saint Malo, France; actor (Bride of Frankenstein). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of John George in Syria; actor (Kolb - Adventures of Fu Manchu). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Ben van Eysselsteijn; Dutch writer (Arid Earth). [1]
- Birth of Hans van Werveke; Flemish historian (Diocese Terwaan). [1]
- Birth of Ross R Barnett; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Mississippi), lawyer. [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Randolph Scott; actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union) (dies 1987). [1] [5]
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- Birth of Sergei Eisenstein in Russia; film maker (Battleship Potemkin). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Joachim Wach; German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Fernand Quinet; Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre). [1]
- Birth of Karl Bjarnhof; Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Alfred Schläppi in Switzerland; four-man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1924). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar; Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Alvar Aalto in Finland; architect (Finlandia House). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Bertolt Brecht in Germany; playwright (Mother Courage), composer. [1]
- Birth of Judith Anderson in Adelaide, Australia; actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon). [1]
- Birth of Joseph Kessel; French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows). [1]
- Birth of Robert Keith in Fowler, Indiana, USA; actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Leo Szilard in Hungary; physicist/atomic bomb worker/peace activist. [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Wallace Ford AKA Samuel Jones Grundy in Batton, England; actor (The Deputy). [1]
- Birth of Leroy Harris AKA Roy Harris in Oklahoma, USA; composer ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home"). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Fritz Zwicky; Swiss astronomer (super nova). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Ibuse Masuji; Japanese writer (Yôhai Taichô, Kuroi Ame). [1]
- Birth of Toto (Antonio de Curtis) in Naples, Italy; actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Katharine Cornell; actress (Barretts of Wimpole Street). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Tom Lowry; cricket player (New Zealand batsman in seven Tests and their first Test captain). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Enzo Ferrari in Modena, Italy; racing car manufacturer (Ferrari). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Vassily Vainonen; Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Anton de Kom; Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter. [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Kurt Tank; German WWII aircraft designer. [1]
- February 25
- Birth of William Thomas Astbury; English physicist/chemist (textiles). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Allison Danzig; sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Molly Picon; Yiddish actress (Milk and Honey). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Hal Hooker; cricket player (New South Wales pace bowler of 1920s and 1930s). [1]
- Birth of Jay C Flippen in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; actor (Ensign O'Toole, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay). [1]
- Birth of Jimmy Conzelman; NFL quarterback/coach/team owner (Chicago Bears). [1]
- Birth of Johanne M Bos-Vincent; Dutch soprano (Matthäus Passion). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Jan Bata; Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer. [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Theophilus E Dönges; South African minister of Internal Affairs. [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Cy Kendall in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Mysteries of Chinatown). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Dorothy Gish in Massillon, Ohio, USA; stage and silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Junior; Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Josie Sedgwick in Texas, USA; actress (Son of Oklahoma). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Georgios Grivas; Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus. [1]
- Birth of Hazel Dawn [LaTout] in Ogden, Utah, USA; actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Dorothy Stratton; organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Joyce Carey in London, England; actress (Black Windmill). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Blood and Sand). [1]
- Birth of Pola Gojawiczynska; Polish writer (Stolica). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of George Jessel; toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) (dies 1981). [1] [5]
- Birth of Henry Robinson Luce in Penglai, Shantung, China; co-founder of Time magazine, founder of Fortune magazine, founder of Sports Illustrated, 1965 Fisher Award. [796.24]
- April 6
- Birth of Bobby Gilbert in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Rebel Set, Marcus Welby M.D.). [1]
- April 8
- Birth of Achiel H Acker; Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58). [1]
- Birth of Cecil [Maurice] Bowra; British classics expert (Greek experience). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Earl (Curly) Lambeau; NFL coach (Green Bay Packers). [1]
- Birth of Paul Robeson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Old Man River"), actor, football player. [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Hans Ehrke; German writer/poet (Narrenspiegel, Füer). [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Lou Holtz; comedian/actor (Follow the Leader). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Grantley H Adams; President of Barbados. [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Lee Tracy in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (Martin Kane - Martin Kane Private Eye). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Nini de Boël; Flemish operette singer (White Horse). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Marian Jordan in Peoria, Illinois, USA; radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Lord Leatherland; British journalist/Labour peer. [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Constance Talmadge in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedienne/actress (Intolerance). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Steve Owen; NFL tackle, coach (New York Giants). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Edwin E Dwinger; German writer (General Vlassov). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Edward PF Eagan in Denver, Colorado, USA; boxer (Olympics-gold-1920), bobsledder (Olympics-gold-1932). [1]
- Birth of Vicente Aleixandre in Spain; poet (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel Prize 1977). [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Eugene R Black; President of the World Bank (1953-62). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Jef [Josephus C F] Last; Dutch poet/politician (The Spark). [1]
- May 3
- Birth of Golda Mabovitch AKA Golda Meir AKA Golda Meyerson in Kiev, Ukraine; signer of Israel's declaration of independence, Israeli ambassador to Russia, member of Knesset, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (1969-1974). [1] [1113.52]
- May 6
- Birth of Daniel Gerber in Freemont, Michigan, USA; baby food maker. [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Ariel Durant; writer (Story of Civilization). [1]
- Birth of Herbert Elwell in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; composer (Happy Hypocrite). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Arlette-Leonie Arletty [Bathiat] in Courbevoie, France; actress (Maxime). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of August de Schrijver; Belgian politician/founder (CVP). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Juan J Domenchina; Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Armand Hammer in New York City, New York, USA; millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of René de Vos; Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Frank McHugh; actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Kathleen Hale; British children's book writer/illustrator (Orlando). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Bennett Cerf; publisher (Random House), panelist (What's My Line?). [1]
- Birth of Gene Tunney; world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Norman Vincent in Peale, Ohio, USA; clergyman (Power of Positive Thinking). [1]
- June 1
- Birth of Curtis Stevens; American two man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
- Birth of Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild in New York City, New York, USA; bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show). [1]
- Birth of Molly Picon; actress (Milk and Honey, Fiddler on the Roof). [1]
- June 5
- Birth of Federico García Lorca in Spain; poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Walter Abel in Saint Paul, Minnesota; actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl). [1]
- June 22
- Birth of Erich Maria Remarque; novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front). [1]
- June 30
- Birth of George Chandler in Waukegan, Illinois, USA; actor (Lassie). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Johnny Lee in Missouri, USA; actor (Algonguin J. Calhoun (Amos 'n' Andy radio and TV series). [1] [457]
- July 8
- Birth of Alec Waugh in London, England; novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn. [1]
- Birth of Melville Ruick in Boise, Idaho, USA; actor (Barton - City Hospital). [1]
- July 17
- Birth of Berenice Abbott in Springfield, Ohio, USA; photographer (World of Atget). [1]
- July 19
- Birth of Herbert Marcuse in Berlin, USA; communist philosopher (One-Dimensional Man). [1]
- July 22
- Birth of Alexander Calder; sculptor (mobiles, stabiles). [1]
- Birth of Stephen Vincent Benét; US writer (The Devil and Daniel Webster). [1]
- July 23
- Birth of Mervyn "Red" Dutton in Manitoba, Canada; second NHL president (1943-46). [1]
- July 29
- Birth of Isidor Isaac Rabi in Poland; physicist (explored atom, Nobel Prize-1944). [1]
- July 30
- Birth of Henry Moore in England; sculptor (Vertebrae). [1]
- August 1
- Birth of Morris Stoloff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey). [1]
- August 13
- Birth of Jean Borota in France; tennis champion (35 Wimbledon titles between 1922 and 1964). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Albert Claude in Belgium; physician (Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
- Birth of Malcolm Cowley in Belsano, Pennsylvania, USA; author (Flowering of New England). [1]
- September 8
- Birth of Queenie Smith in New York City, New York, USA; actress/dancer (Funny Side). [1]
- September 9
- Birth of Frank (Fordham Flash) Frisch in New York City, New York, USA; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1931). [1]
- September 12
- Birth of Ben Shahn; painter (1964 Arts and Letters). [1]
- September 19
- Birth of Giuseppe Saragat; president of Italy (1964-71). [1]
- September 24
- Birth of Baron Florey in Australia; pathologist; purified penicillin (Nobel Prize 1945). [1]
- September 26
- Birth of George Gershwin [Jacob Gershvin] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Rhapsody in Blue). [1] [5]
- October 7
- Birth of Alfred Wallenstein in Chicago, Illinois, USA; conductor (Chicago Symphony 1922-29). [1]
- October 16
- Birth of Arthur H Dean; lawyer/advisor to Franklin Roosevelt. [1]
- Birth of William O Douglas in Maine, USA; US supreme court justice (1939-75). [1]
- October 18
- Birth of Lotte Lenya in Vienna, Austria; actor/singer (Appointment, Semi-Tough). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Damaso Alonso; Spanish poet (Hijos de la ira). [1]
- November 9
- Birth of Paul Robeson; actor/singer/football star (King Solomon's Mines). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Rene Clair; director (I Married a Witch). [1]
- November 13
- Birth of Earl Sande; jockey (Hall of Famer). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of Joris Ivens in Nijmegen, Netherlands; director (Rain). [1]
- November 21
- Birth of René Magritte; painter (This is Not a Pipe). [1]
- November 22
- Birth of Wiley Post in Grand Plain, Texas, USA; aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska). [1]
- November 29
- Birth of CS Lewis; English writer/scholar (Le Roman de la Rosa). [1]
- November 30
- Birth of Roy (Link) Lyman; NFL tackle (Chicago Bears). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Cyril Ritchard in Sydney, Australia; actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Gunnar Myrdal in Sweden; sociologist/economist (Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
- Birth of Herman Shumlin; actor (Watch on the Rhine). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Emmett Kelly in Sedan, Kansas, USA; circus clown (Weary Willie). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Yuri N Libedinski; Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Nils J E Ferlin; Swedish poet (Barfotabarn). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Irene [Marie] Dunne Louisville Kentucky, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama, My Favorite Wife). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Eugène Dabit; French writer/painter (Hôtel du Nord). [1]
- Birth of Ira S Bowen; US physicist/astronomer (Mount Wilson/Palomar). [1]
- December 30
- Birth of Vincent Lopez in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard). [1]
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