1906

January 1

• Birth of Frank Stack Canada, speed skater (Olympics-bronze-1932). [1]

January 3

• Birth of Roman Brandstaetter writer. [1]

January 5

• Birth of Kathleen Kenyon first person to place date on remains of Jericho. [1]

January 6

• Birth of Benedict Vilakazi South Africa, Zulu poet/novelist/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary). [1]
• Birth of Jaap Wagemaker [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor. [1]

January 8

• Birth of Jacob C van Marken Dutch peanut butter maker (Calvé-Delft). [1]
• Birth of Jan A H J S Bruins Slot Dutch founder illegal Trouw/Member of Parliament (ARP). [1]
• Birth of Serge Poliakoff Russian/French painter/guitarist. [1]

January 11

• Birth of Albert Hofmann in Switzerland; chemist (discovered LSD). [1] [35]
• Birth of Johannes Paul Thilman composer. [1]
• Birth of Robert Nesbitt impresario. [1]

January 12

• Birth of Henny Youngman England, comedian (Take my wife please...). [1]
• Birth of Tex Ritter Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, The Wayward Wind). [1]

January 13

• Birth of Maxime Jacob composer. [1]

January 14

• Birth of Walter Knape composer. [1]
• Birth of William Bendix New York City, New York; actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley). [1]

January 15

• Birth of Aristotle Onassis in Greece; rich shipping magnate (dies 1975). [1] [5]
• Birth of Rezso Kokai composer. [1]

January 16

• Birth of Clement Greenberg art critic. [1]
• Birth of Diana Winyard London, actress (Cavalcade). [1]

January 18

• Birth of Hans Aeschbacher in Zürich, Switzerland; stone sculptor. [1] [37]

January 19

• Birth of Ish Kabbible [Merwyn Bogue], Pennsylvania, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege). [1]
• Birth of Lanny Ross Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show). [1]

January 21

• Birth of Fred Fehl Austrian/US Broadway photographer. [1]
• Birth of John Putz journalist. [1]

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 Pendleton Oregon; actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep). [1]

January 24

• Birth of Norman Cook museum curator. [1]

January 27

• Birth of Radames Gnattali composer. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Allan Walker actor/writer (Red Buttons Show). [1]
• Birth of Harry van Kruiningen [Henri A Janssen], painter/graphic artist. [1]
• Birth of Henry Foley cricketer (batted in New Zealand's first Test 1930). [1]

January 29

• Birth of Franciscus Hin Holland, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1920). [1]
• Birth of Joe Primeau NHL center. [1]

January 30

• Birth of Greta Nissen actress (Ambassador Bill). [1]

January 31

• Birth of Benjamin Frankel composer. [1]
• Birth of R W Bonham founder (International Braille Chess Association). [1]

February 1

• Birth of Hildegarde Adell Wisconsin, 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 Los Angeles California; actor (Here's Lucy, Our Miss Brooks). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Ludvig Nielsen composer. [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 Greenwich Village New York; 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 9

• Birth of Gwen Catley British soprano. [1]

February 10

• Birth of Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe]; actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz). [1]
• Birth of Henry Phelps Brown historian/economist. [1]
• Birth of John "Cat" Thompson basketball hall of famer (elected 1962). [1]
• Birth of Lon Chaney Jr Oklahoma City Oklahoma; 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 Moscow, first official women's world chess champion (1927). [1]

February 17

• Birth of Galo Plaza Lasso President of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75). [1]
• Birth of Ramon Tapales composer. [1]

February 19

• Birth of Grace Mary Williams composer. [1]
• Birth of Hendrik W C Spruit Dutch conductor. [1]

February 22

• Birth of Edmund von Borck composer. [1]

February 24

• Birth of Alexis Curvers Belgian author (Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond). [1]

February 25

• Birth of Boris Papandopulo composer. [1]
• Birth of Domingo Ortega Spanish bullfighter. [1]
• Birth of Howard Zahniser Father of the Wilderness Act. [1]
• Birth of Warren Hymer New York City, New York; actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob). [1]

February 26

• Birth of Madeleine Carroll English actress (The 39 Steps, Secret Agent). [1]
• Birth of Nikos Ghika artist. [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 Bugsy Siegel; gangster, created casinos in Las Vegas. [1]

March 3

• Birth of Artur Lundkvist Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir). [1]
• Birth of Donald Novis Hastings England; actor (Monte Carlo). [1]
• Birth of Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar journalist/diplomat. [1]

March 6

• Birth of Lou Costello in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; comedian/actor (Abbott and Costello). [1] [5]

March 7

• Birth of Alejandro Garcia Caturla composer. [1]
• Birth of Hans Lachman composer. [1]

March 11

• Birth of Aasan Ferit Alnar composer. [1]

March 14

• Birth of Ulvi Cemal Erkin composer. [1]

March 16

• Birth of Francisco Ayala writer. [1]
• Birth of Henny Youngman London England, comedian (Take my wife please). [1]

March 17

• Birth of Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim] Berlin, actress (Gloria, Gold). [1]
• Birth of Michael O'Shea Hartford Connecticut; actor (Denny-It's a Great Life). [1]
• Birth of Tamara Geva dancer. [1]

March 18

• Birth of Roy L Johnson US Admiral (WWII-Pacific Ocean). [1]

March 19

• Birth of Adolf Eichmann Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer. [1]
• Birth of Normand Lockwood composer. [1]

March 20

• Birth of Abraham Beame (Mayor-Democrat-New York City), New York City's first Jewish mayor. [1]
• Birth of Ozzie Nelson Jersey City New Jersey; actor (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet). [1]
• Birth of Pavel P Parenago Russian astronomer. [1]

March 21

• Birth of John D Rockefeller III billionaire philanthropist (oil). [1]

March 23

• Birth of George Posford composer. [1]

March 24

• Birth of John Cameron Swayze news correspondant, Timex spokesman. [1]

March 25

• Birth of Alan J P Taylor British historian (English history 1914-1915). [1]
• Birth of Howard Pyle (Governor-Republican-Arizona, 1951-55). [1]
• Birth of Jean Sablon crooner. [1]

March 28

• Birth of Joseph Wright Canada, oarsman (Olympics-gold-1928). [1]
• Birth of Robert (Bob) Allen actor (Texas Rangers). [1]

March 29

• Birth of E Power Biggs Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS). [1]

March 31

• Birth of Lauri Saikkola composer. [1]

April 1

• Birth of Ned Glass Poland; actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie). [1]
• Birth of Sigve Lie Norway, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1948, 52). [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 New York City, New York, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction). [1]
• Birth of John Cameron Swayze Wichita Kansas, newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg). [1]

April 5

• Birth of Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock English agronomist. [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 Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29). [1]
• Birth of Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell Member of Parliament (Labour Party). [1]

April 10

• Birth of Fud Livingston composer. [1]
• Birth of Kathleen Major principal (Saint Hilda's College, England). [1]
• Birth of Lili Darvas 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 Saudi-Arabia (1964-75). [1]
• Birth of Hunter Johnson composer. [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 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis Dutch soccer star/writer. [1]
• Birth of Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar Dutch peace activist. [1]
• Birth of Marion Lloyd Vince Brooklyn New York, fencer (National champion 1928, 1931). [1]
• Birth of Pigmeat Markham Durham North Carolina, 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 21

• Birth of Tom Burns editor. [1]

April 22

• Birth of Eddie Albert [Heimberger] in Rock Island, Illinois; actor (Oliver - Green Acres). [5] (1908 [1])
• Birth of Eric William Fenby composer/president (Delius Society). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Marcel Hillaire Cologne Germany; actor (Adventures in Paradise). [1]
• Birth of Maria Arnoldo [Adrianus Broeders], photographer/writer. [1]

April 25

• Birth of Sally Salminen writer. [1]
• Birth of William J Brennan Jr Newark New Jersey, 92nd Supreme Court judge (1956-90). [1]
• Birth of Zoltan Gardonyi composer. [1]

April 26

• Birth of Gracie Allen Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show). [1]
• Birth of Leopold Spinner composer. [1]

April 27

• Birth of Mark Alexander Abrams market researcher. [1]

April 28

• Birth of Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way). [1]
• Birth of Kurt Gödel Austria, mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem). [1]
• Birth of Pierre [Louis] Boileau Paris France, novelist (Vertigo). [1]

May 2

• Birth of Aileen Riggin Newport Rhode Island, springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1920, 24). [1]
• Birth of Maurice Thiriet composer. [1]

May 3

• Birth of Mary Astor Quincy Illinois, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky, Across the Pacific). [1]

May 4

• Birth of Esmond Knight East Sheen England; actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder). [1]

May 5

• Birth of Ursula Jeans Simla India, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon). [1]

May 6

• Birth of André Weil [Bourbaki] French/US mathematician. [1]

May 8

• Birth of David Van Vactor Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne). [1]
• Birth of Roberto Rossellini Rome Italy, director (Open City). [1]

May 9

• Birth of Eleanor Estes author (Ginger Pye, Moffats). [1]

May 12

• Birth of William M Ewing US geologist/geophysicist. [1]

May 13

• Birth of Thomas Mitchell architect/engineer. [1]

May 14

• Birth of Hastings Kamuzu Banda President of Malawi (1964-94). [1]
• Birth of James Flavin Portland Maine; actor (Man With a Camera). [1]

May 16

• Birth of Arturo Uslar Pietri Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas). [1]
• Birth of Ernie McCormick cricketer (Australian quickie of late 1930s). [1]
• Birth of Nicholas Beriozoff ballet master. [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, 27-29, 31). [1]
• Birth of Keith Rigg cricketer (Australian Test batsman in the thirties). [1]

May 22

• Birth of Harry Ritz US comic (Ritz Brothers-Silent Movie). [1]

May 23

• Birth of Hellmuth Christian Wolff composer. [1]

May 24

• Birth of Edmund Sargant solicitor. [1]
• 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 Hans Joachim Schaeuble composer. [1]
• Birth of Terence Hanbury White 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 Germany; actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja). [1]

June 14

• Birth of Carl Esmond Wien (Vienna) Austria; actor (Smash-Up). [1]
• Birth of Gil Lamb Minneapolis; actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High). [1]

June 18

• Birth of Kay Kyser Rocky Mount North Carolina, orchestra leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege). [1]

June 20

• Birth of Bob Howard Newton Massachusetts, 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 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 Russia; actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950). [1]

July 7

• Birth of Satchel Paige baseball pitcher, never look back. [1]

July 11

• Birth of Harry Von Zell Indianapolis Indiana, USA; TV announcer (Burns and Allen). [1]

July 13

• Birth of Harry Sosnik Chicago, orchestra leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade). [1]

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; Senator-Republican-California, educator (Language in Action) (dies 1992). [1] [5]

July 19

• Birth of Klaus Egge Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer (Noregsonger). [1]

July 27

• Birth of Leo Durocher Massachusetts, baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants). [1]

August 5

• Birth of John Huston Nevada Missouri, director/writer (African Queen, Chinatown). [1]

August 6

• Birth of Ken Strong NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, 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 England; actor (Search for the Nile). [1]

August 19

• Birth of Philo T Farnsworth Beaver Utah, inventor (electronic TV). [1]

August 21

• Birth of Friz Freleng; animator (Bugs Bunny-Emmy 1982) (dies 1995). [1] [5]
• Birth of William "Count" Basie jazz pianist. [1]

August 25

• Birth of William J Brennan Newark New Jersey, US supreme court justice (1957-90). [1]

August 26

• Birth of Dr Albert B Sabin polio vaccine discoverer. [1]

August 28

• Birth of Sir John Betjeman poet laureate of England (Mt Zion). [1]

August 29

• Birth of Lurene Tuttle Pleasant Lake Indiana, USA; actress (Father of Bride, Julia). [1]

September 15

• Birth of Kathryn Murray Jersey City New Jersey, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party). [1]
• Birth of Penny Singleton Philadelphia Pennsylvania, voice (Jane Jetsons)/actress (Blondie). [1]

September 25

• Birth of Dimitri Shostakovich Saint Petersburg Russia, composer (9th-1945). [1]

October 6

• Birth of Janet Gaynor Philadelphia, 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], New York, composer (Creative Harmony). [1]

October 11

• Birth of Earl "Dutch" Clark Colorado, NFL hall of fame quarterback (Spartans, Detroit). [1]

October 12

• Birth of Joe Cronin baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Senators, Most Valuable Player 1930, American League Pres). [1]

October 14

• Birth of Benita Hume London England, actress (Vicky-The Halls of Ivy). [1]
• Birth of Hannah Arendt Germany, historian (Origins of Totalitarianism). [1]

October 16

• Birth of George Martin Lott Jr 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 Arcachon France, composer (Summer Sounds). [1]

November 2

• Birth of Luchino Visconti Milan Italy, director (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 Northbridge Massachusetts, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room). [1]
• Birth of Hermione Baddeley England, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life). [1]

November 14

• Birth of Louise Brooks silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box). [1]

November 22

• Birth of Lee Patrick New York City, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon). [1]

November 29

• Birth of Luis Van Rooten Mexico City Mexico; actor (One Man's Family). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Jean Cartan composer. [1]

December 2

• Birth of Eric Dalton cricketer (2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39). [1]
• Birth of Peter Carl Goldmark developed color TV and LP records. [1]

December 6

• Birth of Agnes Moorehead Clinton Massachusetts, actress (Endora-Bewitched). [1]
• Birth of Antoon Spinoy Belgian politician. [1]

December 7

• Birth of George Richard James saxophonist. [1]

December 8

• Birth of Richard Llewellyn Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley). [1]

December 9

• Birth of Freddy Martin Cleveland Ohio, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin). [1]
• Birth of Grace Murray Hopper computer innovator. [1]
• Birth of Greet Koeman Dutch singer. [1]

December 11

• Birth of Birago Diop Senegalees writer/ambassador (Leurres et Lueurs). [1]

December 12

• Birth of William C Pahlmann interior decorator (4 Season restaurant, New York City, New York). [1]

December 13

• Birth of Ingemar Liljefors composer. [1]
• Birth of Laurens jan van der Post soldier/explorer/conservationist. [1]

December 14

• Birth of Helmut Bornefeld composer. [1]

December 15

• Birth of Betty Smith novelist (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn). [1]

December 16

• Birth of John Morrison politician/landowner. [1]
• Birth of Lord Margadale English Conservative parliament leader/large landowner. [1]

December 17

• Birth of Fernando Lopez-Garcia composer. [1]

December 18

• Birth of Edwin H "Buddy" Morris music publisher. [1]
• Birth of Kam Tong actor (Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song). [1]

December 19

• Birth of H Allen Smith Illinois, humorist/author (Armchair Detective, Low Man on the Totem Pole, Rhubarb). [1]
• Birth of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev 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 Irving Krick meteorologist. [1]
• Birth of Lowell Gilmore Minnesota; actor (Living Christ Series). [1]

December 23

• Birth of Ross Lee Finney Wells Minnesota, composer (Landscapes Remembered). [1]

December 24

• Birth of Franz Waxman Königshütte, Germany, composer (Day at the Races). [1]
• Birth of John Walker museum director. [1]

December 25

• Birth of Clark M Clifford US Secretary of Defense (1968-69). [1]
• Birth of Herman J Scheltema [NEM Pareau] Dutch jurist/poet. [1]
• Birth of Lord Lew Grade British TV mogul (ATV)/movie producer (Boys from Brazil). [1]
• Birth of William McChesney Martin Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank (1951-70). [1]

December 26

• Birth of BVA Röling Dutch lawyer. [1]

December 27

• Birth of Ivan Brkanovic composer. [1]
• Birth of Ivan Mark Waller mountaineer. [1]
• Birth of Oscar Levant Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life). [1]

December 30

• Birth of Johan A earl von Kielmansegg German general/commandant NATO-Europe. [1]
• Birth of Sir Carol Reed motion picture director (3rd Man). [1]

December 31

• Birth of Erna Bogen Hungary, foils (Olympics-bronze-1932). [1]