- January 15
- Birth of Aristotle Onassis in Greece; rich shipping magnate (dies 1975). [1] [5]
- January 16
- Birth of Diana Winyard in London, England; actress (Cavalcade). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Hans Aeschbacher in Zürich, Switzerland; stone sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours). [1] [37]
- January 19
- Birth of Ish Kabbible [Merwyn Bogue] in Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege). [1]
- Birth of Lanny Ross in Seattle, Washington, USA; radio singer ("Troubadour on the Moon" (1928), "Moonlight and Roses", Maxwell House Show Boat radio show, Packard Car Mardi Gras, Camel Caravan, Your Hit Parade, The Swift Show). [1] [457]
- January 22
- Birth of Robert E[rvin] Howard; US sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror). [1]
- Birth of Willa B Brown (Coffey); US black air pioneer (NAAA). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Bob Steele in Pendleton, Oregon, USA; actor (Duffy - F Troop, The Big Sleep). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Allan Walker; actor/writer (Red Buttons Show). [1]
- Birth of Henry Foley; cricket player (batted in New Zealand's first Test 1930). [1]
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- January 29
- Birth of Franciscus Hin in Holland; yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1920). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Greta Nissen; actress (Ambassador Bill). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of R W Bonham; founder (International Braille Chess Association). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Hildegarde Adell in Wisconsin, USA; night club singer ("I'll Be Seeing You"). [1]
- Birth of Pierre Cardevielle; French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Gale Gordon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Here's Lucy, Our Miss Brooks). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Clyde William Tombaugh; US astronomer (discovered Pluto). [1]
- Birth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer; German theologist (Confessing Church). [1]
- Birth of Primo Carnera; Italian boxer (champion-1933). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of John Carradine in Greenwich Village, New York, USA; actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Henry P'u-i; last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo. [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Artur Balsam; Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein). [1]
- Birth of Chester F Carlson; inventor (xerography). [1]
- Birth of Henry Roth; Austria-Hungary/US writer (Call it Sleep). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe]; actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz). [1]
- Birth of John "Cat" Thompson; basketball hall of famer (elected 1962). [1]
- Birth of Lon Chaney in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Dracula vs. Frankenstein, The Phantom, Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats). [1]
- Birth of Walraven (Wally) van Hall; Dutch banker/resisted Nazis. [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Denis Barnett; British air chief marshal. [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Stephen Brown; CEO (Stone-Platt Industries). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Jeffrey Lynn; actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front). [1]
- Birth of Vera Menchik in Moscow, Russia; first official women's world chess champion (1927). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Galo Plaza Lasso; President of Ecuador (1948-52), head of Organization of American States (1968-75). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Alexis Curvers; Belgian author (Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Warren Hymer in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Madeleine Carroll; English actress (The 39 Steps, Secret Agent). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Alexander Matheson; New Zealand cricket pace bowler (two Tests 1930-31). [1]
- Birth of H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold; English diplomat (South Africa/Tibet). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel in Brooklyn, New York, USA; gangster, created casinos in Las Vegas. [1] [386.10]
- March 3
- Birth of Artur Lundkvist; Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir). [1]
- Birth of Donald Novis in Hastings, England; actor (Monte Carlo). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Lou Costello in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; comedian/actor (Abbott and Costello). [1] [5]
- March 17
- Birth of Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim] in Berlin, Germany; actress (Gloria, Gold). [1]
- Birth of Michael O'Shea in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Denny - It's a Great Life TV show). [1] [457]
- March 18
- Birth of Roy L Johnson; US Admiral (WWII-Pacific Ocean). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Adolf Eichmann in Ruhr, Germany; Nazi Gestapo officer. [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Abraham Beame; American politician (Mayor-Democrat-New York City). [1]
- Birth of Ozzie Nelson in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet). [1]
- March 21
- Birth of John D Rockefeller III; billionaire philanthropist (oil). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Alan J P Taylor; British historian (English history 1914-1915). [1]
- Birth of Howard Pyle; American politician (Governor-Republican-Arizona, 1951-55). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Joseph Wright in Canada; oarsman (Olympics-gold-1928). [1]
- Birth of Robert (Bob) Allen; actor (Texas Rangers). [1]
- March 29
- Birth of E Power Biggs in Westcliff-on-Sea, England; organist/composer (CBS). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Ned Glass in Poland; actor (Sol - Julia, Uncle Moe - Bridget Loves Bernie). [1]
- Birth of Sigve Lie in Norway; yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1948, 1952). [1]
- Birth of Sjoerd van der Schaaf in Gorredijk, Netherlands; Frisian journalist /writer (Abbingawâld). [44]
- April 3
- Birth of Kathleen Tillotson; Emeritus Professor of English (Bedford College). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Bea Benaderet in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Kate - Petticoat Junction). [1]
- Birth of John Cameron Swayze in Wichita, Kansas, USA; newscaster (Timex spokesman, Hindenberg disaster). [1]
- April 6
- Birth of John Betjeman; English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion). [1]
- April 8
- Birth of Charles J B Jonckheere; Flemish poet/writer (Mirror of the Sea). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Antal Dorati in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29). [1]
- Birth of Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell; UK Member of Parliament (Labour Party). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Kathleen Major; principal (Saint Hilda's College, England). [1]
- Birth of Lili Darvas in Budapest, Hungary; actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Budd [Lawrence] Freeman; US jazz saxophonist ("Eel"). [1]
- Birth of Samuel Beckett; Irish playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel Prize 1969). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz; King of Saudi Arabia (1964-75). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of A J "Sandy" Bell; South Africa cricket fast bowler (16 Tests 1929-35). [1]
- Birth of Susan Walker; vice CEO (WRVS). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Marion Lloyd Vince in Brooklyn, New York, USA; fencer (National champion 1928, 1931). [1]
- Birth of Pigmeat Markham in Durham, North Carolina, USA; comedian (Here Comes da Judge - Laugh In). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of M Rooi; editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Clara Eggink [Ebbele]; Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem). [1]
- Birth of Edgar Unsworth; Justice of Appeals (Gibralter). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Edward Albert Heimberger AKA Eddie Albert in Rock Island, Illinois, USA; actor (Roman Holiday, The Heartbreak Kid, Oliver - Green Acres) (dies 2005). [1] [5]
- Birth of Eric William Fenby; composer/president (Delius Society). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Marcel Hillaire in Cologne, Germany; actor (Adventures in Paradise). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of William Joseph Brennan in Newark, New Jersey, USA; 92nd Supreme Court judge (1956-90) (dies 1997). [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok; Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way). [1]
- Birth of Kurt Gödel in Austria; mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem). [1]
- Birth of Pierre [Louis] Boileau in Paris, France; novelist (Vertigo). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Aileen Riggin in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1920, 1924). [1]
- May 3
- Birth of Mary Astor in Quincy, Illinois, USA; actress (The Maltese Falcon, Dinky, Across the Pacific). [1]
- May 4
- Birth of Esmond Knight in East Sheen, England; actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Ursula Jeans in Simla, India; actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of David Van Vactor in Plymouth, Indiana, USA; composer (Chaconne). [1]
- Birth of Roberto Rossellini in Rome, Italy; director (Open City). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Eleanor Estes; author (Ginger Pye, Moffats). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Hastings Kamuzu Banda; President of Malawi (1964-94). [1]
- Birth of James Flavin in Portland, Maine, USA; actor (Man With a Camera). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Arturo Uslar Pietri in Venezuela; writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas). [1]
- Birth of Ernie McCormick; cricket player (Australian quickie of late 1930s). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Eric Mensforth; president (Westland Aircraft). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Helen Willis Moody Roark; tennis player (US Open 1923-25, 1927-29, 1931). [1]
- Birth of Keith Rigg; cricket player (Australian Test batsman in the thirties). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Harry Ritz; US comic (Ritz Brothers - Silent Movie). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of John Mayo; director-general (Help the Aged). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Robert Shone; director-general (NEDC). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Mary Ralton; director (British WRAC). [1]
- Birth of Phil Regan; singer ("My Wild Irish Rose"). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Terence Hanbury White in Bombay, India; novelist (England Have My Bones). [1]
- June 3
- Birth of Josephine Baker; dancer/singer/Parisian night club owner. [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Tonio Selwart in Germany; actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja). [1]
- June 14
- Birth of Carl Esmond in Wien, Austria; actor (Smash-Up). [1]
- Birth of Gil Lamb in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High). [1]
- June 18
- Birth of Kay Kyser in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA; orchestra leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege). [1]
- June 20
- Birth of Bob Howard in Newton, Massachusetts, USA; singer/pianist ("Sing it Again"). [1]
- June 22
- Birth of Billy Wilder; movie director (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17). [1] [5]
- Birth of Richard Fanshawe in England; equestion three-day event (Olympic-bronze-1936). [1]
- June 25
- Birth of Roger Livesey; actor (Drums, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp). [1]
- June 28
- Birth of Maria Goeppert Mayer; US atomic physicist (Nobel Prize 1963). [1]
- July 2
- Birth of Hans Bethe; physicist (Nobel Prize 1967), peace worker. [1]
- July 3
- Birth of Francis Steegmuller; US biographer (Cocteau). [1]
- Birth of George Sanders in Russia; actor (All About Eve - Academy Award 1950). [1]
- July 11
- Birth of Harry Von Zell in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; TV announcer (Burns and Allen). [1]
- July 13
- Birth of Harry Sosnik in Chicago, Illinois, USA; bandleader (Your Hit Parade on radio and TV, Jack Carter Show), musical director (The Ernie Kovacs Show, Producer's Showcase, By Popular Demand). [1] [457]
- July 14
- Birth of Tom Carvel; ice cream mogul (Carvels). [1]
- July 18
- Birth of Clifford Odets; US dramatist (1961 Award of Merit - Golden Boy). [1]
- Birth of S.I. Hayakawa; American politician (Senator-Republican-California), educator (Language in Action) (dies 1992). [1] [5]
- July 19
- Birth of Klaus Egge Gransherad in Telemark, Norway; composer (Noregsonger). [1]
- July 27
- Birth of Leo Durocher in Massachusetts, USA; baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants). [1]
- August 5
- Birth of John Huston in Nevada, Missouri, USA; director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown). [1]
- August 6
- Birth of Ken Strong; NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island Stapletons, New York Yankees, New York Giants). [1]
- August 16
- Birth of Franz Josef II; prince of Liechtenstein (1938-). [1]
- August 18
- Birth of Andre Van Gyseghem in England; actor (Search for the Nile). [1]
- August 19
- Birth of Philo T Farnsworth in Beaver, Utah, USA; inventor (electronic TV). [1]
- August 21
- Birth of Friz Freleng; animator (Bugs Bunny-Emmy 1982) (dies 1995). [1] [5]
- August 26
- Birth of Albert B Sabin; polio vaccine discoverer. [1]
- August 28
- Birth of John Betjeman; poet laureate of England (Mount Zion). [1]
- August 29
- Birth of Lurene Tuttle in Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA; actress (Father of Bride, Julia). [1]
- September 2
- Birth of Barbara Jo Allen in New York City, New York, USA; writer/comedienne (radio character Vera Vague, regular spots on Bob Hope's Pepsodent radio programs, appeared in some 60 films, hosted TV show Follow the Leader). [457]
- September 15
- Birth of Kathryn Murray in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party). [1]
- Birth of Penny Singleton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; voice (Jane - The Jetsons), actress (Blondie). [1]
- September 25
- Birth of Dimitri Shostakovich in Saint Petersburg, Russia; composer (9th-1945). [1]
- October 6
- Birth of Janet Gaynor in Philadelphia, USA; actress (Sunrise, A Star is Born). [1]
- October 7
- Birth of James E Webb; head of NASA (1961-68). [1]
- October 9
- Birth of Léopold Senghor; poet/president of Senegal (1960-80). [1]
- October 10
- Birth of Paul Creston [Giuseppe Guttoveggio] in New York, USA; composer (Creative Harmony). [1]
- October 11
- Birth of Earl "Dutch" Clark in Colorado, USA; NFL hall of fame quarterback (Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit Detroit). [1]
- October 12
- Birth of Joe Cronin; American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Most Valuable Player 1930, American League President). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of Benita Hume in London, England; actress (The Halls of Ivy radio and TV show (1955)). [1] [457]
- Birth of Hannah Arendt in Germany; historian (Origins of Totalitarianism). [1]
- Birth of Russell Thorson in Wisconsin, USA; actor (One Man's Family radio show, I Love A Mystery radio show, guest spots in series TV from 1949-78). [457]
- October 16
- Birth of George Martin Lott Junior; tennis champion (1931 US Open runner-up). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Sidney Kingsley; author (Darkness at Noon). [1]
- October 23
- Birth of Gertrude Ederle; US swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924). [1]
- October 29
- Birth of Fredric Brown; American writer (US Army in Transition). [1]
- October 31
- Birth of Louise Talma in Arcachon, France; composer (Summer Sounds). [1]
- November 2
- Birth of Luchino Visconti in Milan, Italy; director (The Damned, Death in Venice). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Bob Considine; sports columnist (Bob Feller Story). [1]
- November 6
- Birth of Francis Lederer; actor (Diary of a Chambermaid). [1]
- November 13
- Birth of Conrad Thibault in Northbridge, Massachusetts, USA; singer (Jacques Fray Music Room). [1]
- Birth of Hermione Baddeley in England; actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Louise Brooks; silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box). [1]
- November 19
- Birth of Bill Cottrell in South Bend, Indiana, USA; cameraman at Walt Disney Company on animation films, first recognized for 50 years service, helped plan and build Disneyland, named a Disney Legend in 1994. [510.115]
- November 22
- Birth of Lee Patrick in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Henrietta - Topper, The Maltese Falcon). [1]
- November 29
- Birth of Luis Van Rooten in Mexico City, Mexico; actor (One Man's Family). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Eric Dalton; cricket player (two centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39). [1]
- Birth of Peter Carl Goldmark; developed color TV and LP records. [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Richard Llewellyn in Wales; novelist (How Green Was My Valley). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Freddy Martin in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin). [1]
- Birth of Grace Murray Hopper; computer innovator. [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Birago Diop; Senegalees writer/ambassador (Leurres et Lueurs). [1]
- December 12
- Birth of William C Pahlmann; interior decorator (Four Seasons restaurant, New York City, New York). [1]
- December 15
- Birth of Betty Smith; novelist (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Lord Margadale; English Conservative parliament leader/large landowner. [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Kam Tong; actor (Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of H Allen Smith in Illinois, USA; humorist/author (Armchair Detective, Low Man on the Totem Pole, Rhubarb). [1]
- Birth of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev in Ukraine; first Secretary of the Community Party/President of the USSR (1964-82). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Dick White; head of British secret service (MI-5/MI-6). [1]
- Birth of Lowell Gilmore in Minnesota, USA; actor (Living Christ Series). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Ross Lee Finney in Wells, Minnesota, USA; composer (Landscapes Remembered). [1]
- December 24
- Birth of Franz Waxman in Königshütte, Germany; composer (A Day at the Races). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Clark M Clifford; US Secretary of Defense (1968-69). [1]
- Birth of Lord Lew Grade; British TV mogul (ATV)/movie producer (The Boys from Brazil). [1]
- Birth of William McChesney Martin; Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank (1951-70). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Oscar Levant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (An American in Paris, Dance of Life). [1]
- December 30
- Birth of Johan A earl von Kielmansegg; German general/commandant NATO-Europe. [1]
- Birth of Carol Reed; motion picture director (Third Man). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Erna Bogen in Hungary; foils (Olympics-bronze-1932). [1]
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