- January 6
- Birth of Patrick Aherne in England; actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes). [1]
- January 8
- Birth of Edmond Vandercammen; French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable). [1]
- January 9
- Birth of Chic Young; cartoonist (Blondie). [1]
- January 10
- Birth of Pauline Starke in Joplin, Missouri, USA; actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Andries D Copier; Dutch glass manufacturer (Gildeglass). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Kurt Jooss in Wasseralfingen, Germany; musician and choreographer, ballet master at the Essen Opera House. [1] [37]
- January 14
- Birth of Bebe Daniels in Scotland; actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Fulgencio Batista; President/dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Hans-Erich Apostel; Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Art Rooney; NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers). [1]
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- Birth of Willy Fritsch; German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Allen B DuMont; inventor (perfected commercial practical cathode ray tube). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Clark Gable in Cadiz, Ohio, USA; actor (Gone With the Wind). [1] [5]
- February 2
- Birth of Connie Gilchrist in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to Three Wives). [1]
- Birth of Jascha Heifetz in Vilna, Lithuania; US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Ben Lyon in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Bob den Doolaard [Cornelis Spoelstra]; Dutch writer (Grape Pickers). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska in Poland; women's world champion archer. [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Brian Donlevy in Portadown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island, Dangerous Assignment). [1] [457]
- February 15
- Birth of André Parrot; French archaeologist/theologist (Assur). [1]
- Birth of Christmas Humphreys in England; lawyer/writer/Buddhist (Awakening of Zen). [1]
- Birth of Paul Haesaerts; Flemish architect/painter (Animisme). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Chester Morris in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Diagnosis: Unknown). [1]
- Birth of Wayne King in Savannah, Illinois, USA; saxophonist/bandleader (the Waltz King). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Reginald Sheffield in London, England; actor (Second Chance). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Cornelis RJ Kieboom; Dutch resistance fighter/chairman (Feyenoord). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Ali Muhammad Naguib in Khartoum; President of Egypt (1952-54). [1]
- Birth of Cecil H King; Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror). [1]
- Birth of Louis I Kahn in Estonia; architect (Bryn Mawr dormitory). [1]
- Birth of René Jules in Dubos, France; US microbiologist/environmentalist/author (Health and Disease). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Charles E Whittaker in Kansas, USA; US Supreme Court justice (1957-62). [1]
- Birth of Mildred Davis in Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Grandma's Boy). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Aartje W "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel; author (Mieke-serial). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Herbert Zeppo Marx in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Marx Brothers). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Linus Pauling; chemist/peace worker (Nobel Prize 1954, 1962). [1]
- Birth of Rudolf W Nilsen; Norwegian poet (Hverdagen). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Charles H Goren; bridge card game master (26 US titles). [1]
- Birth of Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo Madagaskisch; poet (Enfants d'Orphée). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Julian Przybos; Polish poet (Sruby). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Mark Donskoy in Odessa, Russia; director (Heart of a Mother). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Paul Fix in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA; actor (Rifleman). [1]
- March 15
- Birth of Colin McPhee in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; composer (H2O, Mechanical Principles). [1]
- Birth of J Pat O'Malley in Burnley, England; actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!). [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Eisaku Sato; premier of Japan (Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart; Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel Prize 1954). [1]
- Birth of Jo Mielziner in Paris, France; set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman). [1]
- March 21
- Birth of Carmelita Geraghty in Rushville, Indiana, USA; actress (My Best Girl, Texas Ranger). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Jan H de Groot; Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder (Free Netherlands). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Ubbe Iwwerks AKA Ub Uwerks in Missouri, USA; formed Iwerks-Disney commercial art business with Walt Disney, chief animator of Laugh-o-Gram Films (1922), Disney Brothers Cartoon Studios, worked on Alice Comedies, first to draw Mickey Mouse, pioneered Silly Symphonies, head of research and development in 1940s and special effects in movies, technocal expertise in Disneyland attractions, named a Disney legend in 1989. [510.222]
- March 25
- Birth of Ed Begley in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Charlie Chan on radio, Alan Young Show, Myrt and Marge, The Fat Man, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Justice, Kraft TV Theatre, Burke's Law, Gunsmoke, Mr Koppel - Leave it to Larry, Alcoa Hour, Sweet Bird of Youth (Oscar award)). [1] [457]
- March 27
- Birth of Erich Ollenhauer; German politician (SPD). [1]
- Birth of Sato Eisaku; (Liberal) Japanese Prime Minister (1964-72) (Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Carmel Myers in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Carmel Myers Show). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Chester Bowles in Massachusetts, USA; ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal). [1]
- Birth of Melvyn Douglas [Hesselberg] in Macon, Georgia, USA; actor (Hud, Ghost Story). [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Adriano Olivetti; Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter). [1]
- Birth of Glenway Wescott; American writer (Apartment in Athens). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of René-Jean Pleven; French premier (1950-52). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Alfred West; champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Joe Davis; English snooker/billiards-world champion (1927-46). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Karel Albert; Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen). [1]
- Birth of Leo Poos; Nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of László Németh; Hungarian physician/author (Gyász, Galilei). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Hirohito in Japan; Emperor (1926-89). [1] [5]
- May 2
- Birth of Lev N Lunts in Russia; writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth). [1]
- Birth of Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt; cricket player (England batsman 1927-37). [1]
- May 3
- Birth of Gino Cervi in Bologna, Italy; actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Gary Cooper in Helena, Montana, USA; actor (two Academy Awards - Sergeant York, High Noon). [1]
- Birth of L T Coggeshall; medical scientist, US Secretary of HEW (1956-58). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Fuzzy Knight in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA; actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowboy and the Lady). [1]
- Birth of George Duckworth; cricket wicket-keeper (England late 1920s early 1930s). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Werner Egk in Auchsesheim, Germany; composer (Die Zaubergeige). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Henri-Pierre Sauguet in Bordeaux, France; composer (La Chotte). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Max Euwe in Netherlands; world chess champion (1935-37). [1]
- Birth of Otto Waldis in Austria; actor (Port of Hell, Unknown World). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Horace Heidt in Alameda, California, USA; orchestra leader (Ship of Joy radio show, Answers by the Dancers radio show, Anniversary Night with Horace Heidt radio show, Pot of Gold radio show, Tums Treasure Chest radio show, Horace Heidt's Original Youth Opportunity Program radio and TV show, The Swift Show Wagon with Horace Heidt TV show, American Way TV show). [1] [457]
- Birth of Suzanne Lilar [Verbist]; France/Belgian writer (Le burlador). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Edmund Rubbra in Northampton, England; composer (Morning Watch). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Cornelia Otis Skinner in Chicago, Illinois, USA; writer (When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay). [1]
- June 1
- Birth of John W Van Duren; playwright (I Remember Mama). [1]
- June 2
- Birth of Michael Todd; producer (Around the World in 80 Days). [1]
- June 3
- Birth of Maurice Evans in Dorchester, England; actor (Maurice - Bewitched). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Sukarno in Java; Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945-67). [1]
- June 18
- Birth of Jeanette MacDonald; actress/singer (When I'm Calling You). [1]
- Birth of Jimmy Dale in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Sonny and Cher). [1]
- June 22
- Birth of Jack Whiting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/singer (Marge and Gower Champion Show). [1]
- June 24
- Birth of Harry Partch in Oakland, California, USA; composer (Oedipus). [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Stuart Symington; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Missouri). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Frieda Inescort in Edinburgh, Scotland; actress (Pride and Prejudice). [1]
- Birth of Nelson Eddy; actor/baritone (Great Duets with Jeanette MacDonald). [1]
- July 1
- Birth of Irna Phillips in Chicago, Illinois, USA; created six soap operas (Guiding Light). [1]
- July 9
- Birth of Barbara Cartland; romance author (Camfield #69). [1]
- Birth of Jester Hairston in North Carolina, USA; actor (Thats My Mama, Rolly - Amen). [1]
- July 13
- Birth of Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker; welterweight boxing champion (1922-26). [1]
- July 14
- Birth of George Tobias in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Abner Kravitz - Bewitched). [1]
- July 21
- Birth of Allyn Joslyn in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society). [1]
- July 22
- Birth of Charles Weidman in Nebraska, USA; modern dancer/choreographer (Candide). [1]
- July 28
- Birth of Rudy Vallee in Vermont, USA; singer ("Vagabond Dreams", "My Time Is Your Time"). [1]
- July 31
- Birth of Jean Dubuffet in France; painter (Landscape with two Personages). [1]
- August 3
- Birth of John Stennis; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Mississippi). [1]
- August 4
- Birth of Louis Armstrong in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; jazz musician and bandleader, "Hello Dolly" - oldest musician in Billboard history to have a Number One song. [1] [457]
- August 8
- Birth of Dr Ernest O Lawrence in Canton, South Carolina, USA; inventor (Cyclotron - Nobel Prize 1939). [1]
- August 9
- Birth of Charles Farrell in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Vern - My Little Margie). [1]
- August 15
- Birth of Arias Arnulfo; three-time president of Panama (1940-41, 1949-51, 1968). [1]
- August 17
- Birth of Henri Tomasi in Marseilles, France; composer (Don Juan de Mañara). [1]
- August 20
- Birth of Salvatore Quasimodo in Italy; poet/critic/translator (Nobel Prize 1959). [1]
- August 23
- Birth of John Sherman Cooper; American politician (Senator-Kentucky). [1]
- August 26
- Birth of General Maxwell D Taylor; US Army chief of staff. [1]
- August 28
- Birth of Paul Henry Lang in Budapest; critic/musicologist (New York Herald Tribune). [1]
- August 30
- Birth of John Gunther in Chicago, Illinois, USA; author/host (John Gunther's High Road). [1]
- Birth of Roy Wilkins; civil rights director (NAACP). [1]
- September 4
- Birth of Paul Osborn; playwright (Mornings at Seven). [1]
- September 5
- Birth of Florence Elridge; actress (Long Days Journey into the Night). [1]
- September 12
- Birth of Ben Blue in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show). [1]
- September 16
- Birth of Andrée Brunet-Joly AKA Andrée Joly AKA Andrée Brunet in Paris, France; figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 1932). [1]
- September 18
- Birth of Harold Clurman; producer/director (Deadline at Dawn). [1]
- September 19
- Birth of Joseph Pasternak; film producer (Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy). [1]
- September 22
- Birth of Allan "Rocky" Lane in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA; actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder). [1]
- September 26
- Birth of Donald Cook in Portland, Oregon, USA; actor (Too Young To Go Steady). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Ed Sullivan; TV variety show host/gossip columnist (The Ed Sullivan Show). [5]
- Birth of William S Paley; founder and chairman (CBS). [1]
- September 29
- Birth of Enrico Fermi in Italy; physicist (Nobel Prize-1938). [1]
- October 7
- Birth of Frank X Boucher in Ottawa, Canada; All-star NHL center (Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers). [1]
- October 19
- Birth of Arleigh A Burke; US admiral (WW II). [1]
- November 2
- Birth of James Dunn in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Uncle Earl - It's a Great Life). [1] [457]
- Birth of Paul Ford in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Colonel Hall - The Phil Silvers Show). [1] [457]
- November 3
- Birth of Andreé Malraux in France; novelist/art historian (L'Espoir). [1]
- November 6
- Birth of Juanita Hall in Keyport, New Jersey, USA; singer/actress (Bloody Mary - South Pacific Broadway show (Tony Award) and movies, Capt Billy's Mississippi Music Hall TV show (1948)). [1] [457]
- November 11
- Birth of Sam Spiegel; producer (On the Waterfront, Bridge on the River Kwai). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Morton Downey in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA; singer (Radio Singer of the Year 1932), TV host (Star of the Family). [1] [457]
- November 17
- Birth of Lee Strasberg; director/instructs actors (Somewhere in the Night). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of George Gallup in Jefferson, Iowa, USA; public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll). [1]
- November 22
- Birth of Joaquin Rodrigo Sagunto in Valencia, Spain; composer (Juglares). [1]
- November 25
- Birth of Tibor Serly in Losonc, Hungary; violinist/composer (American Elegy). [1]
- November 27
- Birth of Ted Husing in the Bronx, New York, USA; early radio sportscaster (boxing, horse racing, track and field, regattas, seven World Series, tennis, golf, four Olympic Games, Indianapolis 500 motor racing, college football). [1] [457]
- December 2
- Birth of Staf Gustaf Frans Nees; Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Grace Moore; US soprano ("One Night to Live"). [1]
- Birth of Walter Elias Disney in Chicago, Illinois, USA; animator (Mickey Mouse). [1]
- Birth of Werner Heisenberg; German physicist/discovered uncertainty (Nobel Prize 1932). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of A F [Tony] Pugsley; British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of F Fischer; German war criminal (Breda 4). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Henri Cochet; tennis champion (US Open-1928). [1]
- Birth of Paul I; King of Greece (1947-64). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Margaret Mead in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge in New York City, New York, USA; anthropologist/novelist (Laughing Boy). [1]
- Birth of Vitorino Nemésio; Portuguese author (Presença). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Robert Van de Graaff in Alabama, USA; physicist (Mobility of Gaseous Ions). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Robin Irvine in London, England; actor (Easy Virtue). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of André Kostelanetz in Saint Petersburg, Russia; conductor (Lincoln Portrait). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Gene Sarazen; golfer (PGA 1922, 1923, 1933). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Alice Christobel Montagu Douglas Scott in London, England; English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II (dies 2004). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Irene Handl in London, England; actress (Riding High, Morgan). [1]
- Birth of Marlene Dietrich in Berlin, Germany; singer/actress (Blue Angel). [1]
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