- January 8
- Birth of Gene Roth [Eugene Stutenroth] in South Dakota, USA; actor (She Demons, Spider). [1]
- January 10
- Birth of Barbara Hepworth; English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover). [1]
- Birth of Jens A Schade; Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Højsang). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Alan Paton in South Africa; writer (Cry, the Beloved Country). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Igor V Kurtshatov; Russian nuclear physicist (first Russian nuclear bomb). [1]
- January 13
- Birth of Kay Francis [Katherine E Gibbs] in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (False Madonna). [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Veronica Turleigh in County Donegal, Ireland; actress (Promoter). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Warren Hull in Gasport, New York, USA; actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Berthold Goldschmidt in Hamburg, Germany; opera composer (Beatrice Cenci). [1] [37]
- January 20
- Birth of Leon Ames in Portland, Indiana, USA; actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride). [1]
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- January 24
- Birth of Robert Gwathmey; artist (Arts and Letters). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of G Evelyn Hutchinson; British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Gardner Cowles in Iowa, USA; publisher/founder (Look Magazine). [1]
- Birth of Tallulah Bankhead in Huntsville, Alabama, USA; actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Georg Rendl in Austria; miner/bee-keeper/writer (The Bees Novel). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Frank McGrath in Mound City, Missouri, USA; actor (Wagon Train). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink]; actor (Beatrice). [1]
- Birth of Edwin Denby in Tientsin, China; US dance critic/poet (Snoring in New York). [1]
- Birth of Frank Howley in Hampton, New York, USA; Brigadier General (Answers for Americans). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Joan Whitney Payson; owner of New York Mets and horse stables. [1]
- Birth of Nathaniel Owings in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; architect (Oak Ridge Tennessee; Sears). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of John Dunning; cricket player (New Zealand medium-fast bowler of 1930s). [1]
- Birth of Pieter G Buckinx; Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Abdulrahman; minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia. [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Rex Lease in West Virginia, USA; actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand). [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Georges Simenon in Belgium; mystery writer (Snow Was Black). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Edgar Bergen in Chicago, Illinois, USA; ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Nikolaj V Podgorny; President of USSR (1965-77). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Kay Boyle in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; novelist (Plagued by Nightingales). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Pierre Charles; Belgian heavyweight boxer. [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Anaïs Nin in Paris, France; novelist (Winter of Artifice, House of Incense). [1]
- Birth of Madeleine Renaud in Paris, France; actress (Helene, The Longest Day). [1]
- Birth of Raymond Queneau [M Presle]; French author (Un Enfant a Dit). [1]
- Birth of Thomas Yawkey; baseball owner (Boston Red Sox). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Morley Callaghan in Canada; author (Toronto Star, Native Argosy). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Grigori V Aleksandrov; Russian director (Veselye Rebjata). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of William Reginald Gardiner AKA Reginald Gardiner in Wimbledon, England; actor (The Great Dictator, The Pruitts of Southampton). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Rabbe Arnfinn Enckell in Finland; author/poet (Lutad about Brunnen). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Lowell Peters in Cleveland, Tennessee, USA; vocalist (Southernaires). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Elizabeth Pinkston Becker; US platform diver (Olympics-gold-1928). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke AKA Bix Beiderbecke in Davenport, Iowa, USA; jazz cornetist ("In a Mist"). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Lawrence Welk in Strasburg, North Dakota, USA; orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show TV show, "Calcutta" (1961)) (dies 1992). [1] [5] [457]
- Birth of Dorothy Schiff; publisher (New York Post). [1]
- Birth of George Dickinson; cricket player (bowled for New Zealand in their first three Tests). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Molla Mustafa Barzani in Iran; Kurd leader (KDP). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Mike Mansfield; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Montana) majority whip. [1]
- Birth of Morgan Conway; actor (Dick Tracy). [1]
- Birth of Nicolai Lopatnikoff in Revel, Estonia; composer (Variaioni Concertanto). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Benjamin M Telders; President of Dutch Liberal States Party. [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Vincent Richards; hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of James S Russell; US pilot/Admiral (WWII Pacific Ocean). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Adolph F J Butenandt; German bio-chemist (Nobel Prize 1939). [1]
- Birth of John Patrick Sutton Ludlow; actor (Agatha). [1]
- Birth of Malcolm Muggeridge; English writer (Observer of Life). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Frankie Carle in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; bandleader/pianist ("Golden Touch", "Sunrise Serenade", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be"). [1] [457]
- March 27
- Birth of Walt Kiesling; NFL guard/coach (Hall of Fame). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Rudolf Serkin in Eger, Bohemia; pianist (Marlboro School of Music). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Countee Cullen; US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl). [1]
- Birth of Sol C Siegel; US producer (High Society, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Arthur Godfrey in New York City, New York, USA; TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts). [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Mickey Cochrane; baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 average). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Willi Forst; Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rössl). [1]
- April 8
- Birth of Ilka Chase in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Ward Bond in Benkelman, Nebraska, USA; actor (Quiet Man, Fort Apache, Seth - Wagon Train TV show). [1] [457]
- April 10
- Birth of Clare Boothe Luce; US ambassador to Vatican. [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Jan Tinbergen; Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel Prize 1969). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Rex Evans; actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of John Williams in England; actor (Niles - Family Affair, Dial M for Murder). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Nicolas Nabokov near Lubcha, Minsk, Russia; composer (The Holy Devil). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Leonid Kinskey in Saint Petersburg, Russia; actor (Casablanca). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Eliot Ness; Prohibition Agent for Department of Treasury-Chicago, Untouchables. [1]
- April 20
- Birth of Dagmar Edqvist; Swedish author (Kamrathustru - Wife and Comrade). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Hans Hedtoft; premier Denmark (1947-55). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of José A Primo de Rivera y Saénz de Heredia; founder (Spanish Falange). [1]
- Birth of Mike Michalske; NFL guard (New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers). [1]
- Birth of Siegfried F Nadel; Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Camilla Horn; actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Geoffrey Worthington; Air vice-marshall. [1]
- Birth of Niven Busch; US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Frank Belknap Long; American writer (Rim of the Unknown). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Frank Parker in New York City, New York, USA; singer (The Jack Benny Radio Show, Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party). [1] [457]
- April 30
- Birth of Günther Raphael; German composer (Symphony Breve). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Benjamin Spock in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; pediatrician/author (Common Sense Book of Baby Care) (dies 1998). [1] [5]
- May 3
- Birth of Bing Crosby AKA Harry Lillis Crosby in Tacoma, Washington, USA; singer (The Bing Crosby Show, Hollywood Palace). [1] [457]
- May 4
- Birth of Luther Adler in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dr Bernard Altman - The Psychiatrist, 77 Sunset Strip TV show, Hawaii Five-0 TV show). [1] [457]
- May 5
- Birth of James Beard; US culinary expert/author (Delights and Prejudices). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Fernandel AKA Fernand Joseph Desire Contandin; French actor (Paris Holiday). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Charlie Gehringer; Detroit Tigers' second baseman (1924-42). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Lennox R F Berkeley; British composer (Castaway). [1]
- Birth of Wilfrid Hyde-White in England; actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Paul Page in Birmingham, Alabama,USA; actor (Girl From Havana, Moth). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Bertha Bohny AKA Lillian Bohny AKA Billie Dove in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride) (dies 1997). [1] [104]
- May 15
- Birth of Anny Ondra in Czechoslovakia; actress (Blackmail, Manxman). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Douglas Packard; British Lieutenant General. [1]
- May 18
- Birth of George E Stone in Lodz, Poland; actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Ali Sastroamidjojo; Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953-57). [1]
- Birth of Manly Wade in Wellman, Angola; sci-fi author (After Dark, Devil's Planet). [1]
- Birth of Pedro Aramburu; President of Argentina. [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Walter Reisch; US screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Aram Katchaturian; Armenian composer (Earth). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Estes Kefauver; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Tennessee). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Gaston Duribreux; Flemish writer (Golden Sail). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Leslie Townes AKA Bob Hope in Kent, England; entertainer/comedian (dies 2003). [1] [5]
- May 30
- Birth of Countee Cullen in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; poet (Black Christ and Other Poems). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Aram Khachaturian in Tiflis, Georgia, Russia; musician/composer (Gayane). [1]
- June 8
- Birth of Marguerite Yourcenard; author (Memoirs of Hadrien). [1]
- June 11
- Birth of Ernie Nevers; NFL fullback (Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Harold "Red" Grange; "Galloping Ghost" of football (Illinois Bears). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Henry Louis Gehrig AKA Lou Gehrig AKA Iron Horse; first baseman (New York Yankees) (dies 1941). [1] [5]
- June 20
- Birth of Glenna Collett in Vare, Rhode Island, USA; National American Golf champion (1922, 1925, 1928-30, 1935). [1]
- June 21
- Birth of Al Hirschfeld; cartoonist (1975 Tony Award). [1]
- Birth of Dorothy Stickney; actress (And So They Were Married). [1]
- June 22
- Birth of Carl Hubbell; pitcher (New York Giants)-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA. [1]
- Birth of John Dillinger; one of America's Most Wanted. [1]
- June 24
- Birth of Phil Harris; singer/actor ("Anything Goes"). [1]
- June 25
- Birth of Arthur Tracy; street singer (Vincent Lopez Show). [1]
- Birth of Eric Blair AKA George Orwell in England; satirist/author (Animal Farm, 1984) (dies 1950). [1] [5]
- June 26
- Birth of Floyd "Babe" Herman; Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger (.324 lifetime average). [1]
- June 28
- Birth of Alan Bunce in Westfield, New Jersey, USA; actor (Albert - Ethel and Albert). [1]
- July 2
- Birth of Lord Alex Douglas-Home; British Prime Minister (Conservative, 1963-64). [1]
- Birth of Olav V in England; King of Norway (1957). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Flor Peeters in Antwerp, Belgium; organist (Lied Symphony). [1]
- July 6
- Birth of Axel Theorell in Sweden; biochemist, studied enzymes (Nobel Prize 1955). [1]
- July 14
- Birth of Irving Stone; US author (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life). [1]
- Birth of Ken Murray in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show). [1]
- July 16
- Birth of Carmen Lombardo in London, Ontario, Canada; younger brother of bandleader Guy Lombardo, singer/saxophonist (The Royal Canadians), songwriter ("Coquette", "Boo Hoo", "Seems Like Old Times", "Sweethearts on Parade", and "Get Out Those Old Records"). [457]
- July 18
- Birth of Chill Wills in Seagoville, Texas, USA; actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders). [1]
- July 26
- Birth of Donald Voorhees in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader, musical director (Bell Telephone Hour on radio and TV). [1] [457]
- August 7
- Birth of Louis Leakey; anthropologist (1964 Richard Hooper Medal) (dies 1972). [1] [5]
- August 19
- Birth of Claude Dauphin in Corbell, France; actor (April in Paris, Deported). [1]
- Birth of James Gould Cozzens; US novelist (1949 Pulitzer - Guard of Honor). [1]
- August 22
- Birth of René Wellek in Vienna, Austria; writer (Concepts of Criticism). [1]
- August 23
- Birth of William Primrose in Glasgow, Scotland; violist (Method for Violin and Viola). [1]
- August 28
- Birth of Bruno Bettelheim; US writer (Uses of Enchantment). [1]
- August 31
- Birth of Arthur Godfrey; radio, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout). [1]
- Birth of Bernard Lovell in England; radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank. [1]
- September 15
- Birth of Roy Acuff in Maynardville, Tennessee, USA; country musician (Hee Haw). [1]
- September 25
- Birth of Mark Rothko; US painter (Green on Blue). [1]
- September 29
- Birth of Ted Decorsia in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Police Chief Hegedorn - Steve Canyon). [1]
- October 1
- Birth of "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom in New York City, New York, USA; light-heavyweight boxing champion (1932-34). [1]
- October 8
- Birth of Lina Radke in Germany; 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928). [1]
- October 9
- Birth of Walter O'Malley; team owner (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1]
- October 17
- Birth of Irene Ryan in El Paso, Texas, USA; actress (Granny - The Beverly Hillbillies). [1]
- Birth of Jerry Colonna in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; comedian (Jerry Colonna Show). [1]
- Birth of Nathanael West; American novelist (Day of the Locusts). [1]
- October 28
- Birth of Evelyn Waugh in London, England; author (Brideshead Revisited). [1]
- November 3
- Birth of Walker Evans; US photographer (Fortune Magazine). [1]
- November 7
- Birth of Dean Jagger in Lima, Ohio, USA; actor (Twelve O'Clock High (Oscar award), Elmer Gantry, Albert Vane - Mr. Novak, Hunter, The Waltons, St. Elsewhere). [1] [457]
- Birth of Konrad Lorenz; zoologist/ethologist/writer (Nobel Prize 1973). [1]
- November 9
- Birth of Gregory Pincus; inventor (birth control pill). [1]
- November 12
- Birth of Lewis Delaney Offield AKA Jack Oakie in Sedalia, Missouri, USA; actor (Benzino Napaloni - The Great Dictator, The Real McCoys, Bonanza, 1974 Photoplay Award) (dies 1978). [1]
- November 23
- Birth of Victor Jory; actor (Gone With the Wind, Papillon, Dodge City). [1]
- November 27
- Birth of Johnny Blood AKA John McNally; early NFL halfback (Green Bay Packers). [1]
- Birth of Mona Washbourne; actress (Stevie, Billie Liar, Driver's Seat). [1]
- December 4
- Birth of Cornell Woolrich; US writer (El Angel Negro). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Cecil Frank Powell in England; physicist, discovered pion (Nobel Prize 1950). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Adele Simpson in New York City, New York, USA; fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of George J Lewis in Guadalajara, México; actor (Don - Zorro). [1]
- Birth of Una Merkel in Covington, Kentucky, USA; actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln). [1]
- Birth of William Plomer in Transvaal; author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Carlos Montoya in Madrid, Spain; guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966). [1]
- Birth of John Piper; British writer (US Churches in WWI), official war painter. [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Hardie Albright in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter). [1]
- Birth of Rafael Alberti; Spanish poet (El hombre deshabitado). [1]
- December 17
- Birth of Erskine P Caldwell; author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of Cyril Dean in Darlington, England; biologist (hereditary mechanisms). [1]
- Birth of George Davis Snell in Bradford, Massachusetts, USA; geneticist (H-2 gene). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Barbara Moore; walked across US in 86 days in 1960. [1]
- Birth of H Keffer Hartline; US biophysicist (Nobel Prize 1967). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Fredericka Carolyn Washington AKA Fredi Washington in Savannah, Georgia, USA; actress (Black and Tan) (dies 1994). [1]
- Birth of Michael Kalatozov; Russian producer (When the Cranes Fly). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Corry Lievens [Isabella MJ Adriaens]; Flemish actress (Blue Bird). [1]
- Birth of J Edward in Bromberg, Hungary; actor (Mark of Zorro, Under two Flags). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of John Von Neumann; mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of Clyde McCoy in Ashland, Kentucky, USA; trumpeter/bandleader ("Sugar Blues"). [1] [457]
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