- January 6
- Birth of Pierre-Octave Ferroud; French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse). [1]
- January 8
- Birth of Queen Marie of Yugoslavia. [1]
- January 15
- Birth of César Domela; Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son). [1]
- Birth of William Heinesen in Färoës Island; writer (Noatun). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Mary Philips in Connecticut, USA; actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde). [1]
- Birth of Ralph Graves in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Mildred Dunnock in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story). [1]
- Birth of Theodosius Dobzhansky in Ukraine; geneticist/writer (Mankind Evolving). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Hyman G Rickover; US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke]; publisher (History of Ecuador). [1]
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- Birth of Anni Holdmann in Germany; 100m runner (Olympics-1928). [1]
- Birth of Hermann Kesten; German writer (Allert de Lange). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Willem F K Hussem; Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Martita Hunt in Argentina; actress (Man in Grey, Becket). [1]
- Birth of Sandy Powell in Rotherham, England; costume designer (Rob Roy). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Stephen Potter; humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Asa Smith Bushnell Junior in Springfield, Ohio, USA; Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Mabel Mercer; English cabaret singer ("Fly Me to the Moon"). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Jacques Prévert in France; poet/screenwriter (Paroles). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Adlai E Stevenson; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Illinois), presidential candidate (Democrat, 1952, 1956). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Rudolf Värnlund; Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Thomas Hitchcock Junior; great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,1927,1930,1939). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Ferenc Körmendy; Hungarian/US author (Budapest Kaland). [1]
- Birth of Fred Emney in London, England; actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Graham Spry in Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada; Canadian radio pioneer. [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Madeleine Renaud; French actress/theater director (Plaisir). [1]
- Birth of Sydney Arnold; English comic/actor (Miss Jones and Son). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Giorgios Seferis in Greece; poet (Nobel Prize 1963). [1]
- Birth of Luis Bruñel in Calanda, Spain; director (Tristana, Phantom of Liberty). [1]
- Birth of Sean O'Faolain [John Whelan] in Ireland; writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Jed Harris; producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Jean Negulesco in Craiova, Romania; director (Johnny Belinda, Jessica). [1]
- February 29
- Birth of Yórgos Seféris [Seferi dis]; Greek diplomat/poet (Strofi). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Kurt J Weill in Dessau, Germany; composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Edna Best in Hove, England; actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Roberto Soundy in El Salvador; trap shooter (Olympics-1968). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Ludwig Donath; actor (Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of John Henry Pyle Pafford; librarian (University of London). [1]
- Birth of Ludwig Donath in Vienna, Austria; actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco). [1]
- Birth of Robert "Lefty" Grove; baseball pitcher (300 game winner). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of [Albert] Carel Willink; Dutch painter (magic realism). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Aimone; duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Sherman Billingsley in Enid, Oklahoma, USA; talk show host (Stork Club). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of David Croll; Queen's Council senator. [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Alfred Newman in New Hampshire, USA; composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Roy Roberts in Tampa, Florida, USA; actor (Petticoat Junction, The Lucy Show). [1]
- Birth of [Jean] Frédéric Joliot-Curie; French physicist (Nobel Prize 1935). [1]
- March 21
- Birth of Eugenie Leontovitch in Moscow, Russia; actor (Homicidal). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Erich Fromm in Frankfurt, Germany; psychologist (Sane Society). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Robert Harris; actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Henry; English duke of Gloucester, earl of Ulster. [1]
- Birth of Lörinc Szabó in Hungary; poet (Huszonhatodik év). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Camille Chamoun; President of Lebanon. [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Spencer Tracy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner). [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Leo Robin; US writer (Thanks For the Memory). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Tebbs Lloyd Johnson in England; 50km walker (Olympics-bronze-1952). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Allen Jenkins in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Jean Duvieusart; premier (Belgium 1950). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Salvatore Baccaloni in Rome; actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Polly Adler in Russia; bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Allen Jenkins in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Girl Habit, Fugitive from a Chain Gang). [1]
- Birth of Richard Arthur Warren Hughes; English writer (Fiction as Truth). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Wolfgang Ernst Pauli in Austria; physicist (Pauli inhibition/Nobel Prize 1945). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Charles Richter in Ohio, USA; earthquake seismologist (Richter scale). [1]
- Birth of Douglas Sirk; director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje). [1]
- Birth of James Sutherland; English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Walter Lantz in New Rochelle, New York, USA; animator, creator of Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, Buzz Buzzard, Wally Walrus, Woody Woodpecker, and many others. [1] [36.39] [457]
- April 28
- Birth of Jan Hendrik Oort; Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud"). [1]
- Birth of Maurice Thorez; coal miner, Secretary-General of French Communist Party. [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Ignazio Silone in Italy; novelist/politician (Bread and Wine). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Helen Morgan; singer/actress (Applause, Frankie and Johnny). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Charles Jewtraw; US 500m speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924). [1]
- Birth of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt). [1]
- Birth of Mervyn A Ellison; British astronomer (spectrohelioscope). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Bauke Tuinstra; Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur). [1]
- Birth of Ralph Truman in London, England; actor (Web of Evidence). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Helene Weigel; Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage). [1]
- Birth of Wilhelm Steinitz in Prague; chess champion (1866-1894). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; Iran's spiritual leader (1979-89). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Sarah Miriam Peale; American portrait painter (General Lafayette-1825). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Owen Aisher; president (Marley). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Helma Wolf-Catz; Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef). [1]
- June 3
- Birth of Gordon Sinclair in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; journalist (Toronto Star, "Let's Be Personal" on CFRB), panelist (Front Page Challenge). [457]
- June 5
- Birth of Dennis Gabor; inventor (holography (3D laser photography)). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Fred Waring in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, USA; choirmaster/bandleader (The Pennsylvanians), inventor (Waring blender). [1] [457]
- June 11
- Birth of Lawrence E Spivak in Brooklyn, New York, USA; news panelist (Meet the Press). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Ian Hunter in South Africa; actor (Sir Richard - Robin Hood). [1]
- June 15
- Birth of Otto Clarence Luening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; composer ("Sonority Canon"). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Laura Hobson in New York City, New York, USA; TV writer/panelist (I've Got a Secret). [1]
- June 20
- Birth of Frank Gallop in New York City, New York, USA; announcer (Amanda of Honeymoon Hill TV show, Hilltop House TV show, When A Girl Marries TV show, Stella Dallas TV show, Gangbusters TV show, The Perry Como Show, The Ballad of Irving record). [457]
- June 21
- Birth of Ted Rogers; pioneer Canadian broadcaster, invented world's first Alternating Current radio, Canada's First Rogers Batteryless (CFRB) began broadcasting as the world's first all electric radio station, started Canada's first FM station. [457]
- June 27
- Birth of Otto E Passman; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1947-77). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Antoine Saint-Exupéry in France; aviator/writer (Wind, Sand and Stars). [1]
- July 3
- Birth of John Mason Brown in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; critic (Tonight on Broadway). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; jazz musician ("Hello Dolly"). [1] [457]
- July 5
- Birth of Bernard Cardinal Alfrink; cardinal of Ultrecht, Netherlands. [1]
- July 8
- Birth of George Antheil in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; composer (Airplane Sonata). [1]
- July 29
- Birth of Don Redman in Piedmont, West Virginia, USA; orchestra leader ("Sugar Hill Times"). [1]
- Birth of Eyvind Johnson in Sweden; novelist (Return to Ithaca - Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
- July 31
- Birth of Elmo Roper; pollster (Roper Poll). [1]
- August 3
- Birth of Ernie Pyle; correspondant during WW II. [1]
- Birth of John T Scopes; Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution. [1]
- August 4
- Birth of Arturo Umberto Illia; president of Argentina (1963-66). [1]
- Birth of Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon; Britain's Queen Mother. [1] [961.12]
- August 8
- Birth of Victor Young in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old California). [1]
- August 10
- Birth of Arthur Porritt in New Zealand; 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1924). [1]
- Birth of Norma Shearer in Canada; actress (Divorcee, Idiot's Delight). [1]
- August 11
- Birth of Alexander Mosolov in Kiev, Russia; composer (Zavod). [1]
- Birth of Charles Paddock; sprinter (world's fastest human of 1920s). [1]
- August 12
- Birth of Wilhelm Steinitz in Prague; chess champion (1866-1894). [1]
- August 17
- Birth of Quincy Howe in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; newscaster (CBS Weekend News). [1]
- August 18
- Birth of Walter O'Keefe in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood). [1]
- August 22
- Birth of Elizabeth Bergner in Vienna, Austria; actress (Catherine the Great). [1]
- August 23
- Birth of Ernst Krenek in Vienna, Austria; composer (Johnny Spielt Auf). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Preston Foster in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger). [1]
- September 1
- Birth of Richard Arlen; actor (Alice in Wonderland). [1]
- September 7
- Birth of "Janet" Taylor in Caldwell, England; novelist (Melissa). [1]
- September 8
- Birth of Claude D Pepper; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida), old people's advocate. [1]
- September 9
- Birth of James Hilton; hotel magnate (Hilton Hotels). [1]
- September 23
- Birth of Louise Nevelson; American sculptor (Sky Cathedral). [1]
- October 3
- Birth of Jay Irving in New York City, New York, USA; cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh). [1]
- Birth of Thomas Wolfe; American novelist (Look Homeward Angel). [1]
- October 9
- Birth of Alastair Sims; actor (Christmas Carol, Stage Fright). [1]
- October 10
- Birth of Helen Hayes AKA Helen Brown in Washington DC, USA; actress actor (The Sin of Madelon Claudet film (1931, Best Actress Oscar award), Airport film (1970, Best Supporting Actress Oscar award), Happy Birthday show (1947, Leading Actress Tony award)), writer (A Gift of Joy book, On Reflection book). [457] [1493.12]
- October 11
- Birth of Cal Hubbard; NFL tackle (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates). [1]
- October 12
- Birth of Jane Ace in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; actress (Easy Aces radio show). [457]
- October 15
- Birth of Fritz Feld; actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus). [1]
- Birth of Mervyn Le Roy; movie producer (Devil at Four O'Clock). [1]
- October 16
- Birth of Leon (Goose) Goslin; baseball hall of famer (American League bat champion 1928). [1]
- Birth of Lloyd Corrigan in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Papa Dodger - Willy, Prof McKillup - Hank). [1]
- October 18
- Birth of Paul Irving in Quitman, Arkansas, USA; American innovator in aviation during World War II. [158.72]
- October 20
- Birth of Wayne Morse; American politician (Senator-Republican/Democrat-Oregon). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Luigi Lucioni in Italy; landscape painter (opera stars). [1]
- November 6
- Birth of Heinrich Himmler; Nazi SS leader. [1]
- November 7
- Birth of Efrem Kurtz in Saint Petersburg, Russia; conductor (Houston Symphony 1948-54). [1]
- November 8
- Birth of Margaret Mitchell; writer (Gone With the Wind). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Helena Konopacka in Poland; discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1928). [1]
- Birth of Hugh Scott; American politician (Senator-Republican-Pennsylvania), minority whip. [1]
- Birth of John Longden in West Indies; actor (Man From Interpol). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Aaron Copland in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man). [1] [5]
- November 17
- Birth of Marcel Dalio in Paris, France; actor (Casablanca). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of Constantin Alajalov in Russia; artist (Ditters and Jitters). [1]
- Birth of Howard Thurman; theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Chester Gould; cartoonist (Dick Tracy). [1]
- November 27
- Birth of Leon Barzin in Brussels, Belgium; conductor (New York City Ballet 1948-58). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Lester Matthews in Nottingham, England; actor (Sir Dennis - Adventures of Fu Manchu). [1]
- Birth of Richard Kuhn in Austria; biochemist, worked with vitamins (Nobel Prize 1938). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Agnes Moorehead in Clinton, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Mercury Players radio show, Suspense, The Mayor of the Town, Endora - Bewitched, The Wild Wild West (Emmy award)). [1] [457]
- December 13
- Birth of Norman Foster in Richmond, Indiana, USA; actor (Skyscraper Souls). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Victor S Pritchett; literary critic/author (Myth Makers). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Gabby Harnett; American baseball player, National League Most Valuable Player 1935. [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Oda Schaefer; German author/poet (Die Windharfe, Ladies Only). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Marc Allégret; French director (Voyage ouch Congo). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Gladys Swarthout in Deepwater, Missouri, USA; mezzo-soprano ("La Gioconda"). [1]
- Birth of W L "Tich" Cornford; cricket player (Sussex keeper played for England 1930). [1]
- Birth of Barton Maclane in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; actor (Outlaws, Perry Mason, Laramie, Disneyland). [457]
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