- January 10
- Birth of Bernard Lee in London, England; actor (M in James Bond movies). [1]
- Birth of Paul Henreid in Trieste, Austria-Hungary; actor (Casablanca film, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse film, Goodbye Mr. Chips film), director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show, Schlitz Playhouse TV show, Big Valley TV show, The Iron Horse Tv show, Bracken's World TV show). [1] [457]
- January 11
- Birth of Lionel Stander in The Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Max - Hart to Hart TV show, Eddie Cantor Show radio show, Kraft Music Hall, The Fred Allen Show, Mayor of the Town, Stage Door Canteen, The Jack Paar Show, The Life of Riley (1941), Unfaithfully Yours). [457]
- January 12
- Birth of Ben Seijes; Dutch historian (WWII). [1]
- Birth of José Limón; Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus). [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Russ Columbo in Camden, New Jersey; singer (NBC Radio) (dies 1934). [457]
- Birth of Carl Esmond in Vienna, Austria; actor (Address Unknown, Hitler). [1]
- Birth of Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo; US singer/actor (Miracle of Women). [1]
- January 15
- Birth of Edward Teller in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire; his work contributed to the development of a hydrogen bomb, development of the American "Strategic Defense Initiative" (dies 2003). [5] [37] [400.76]
- January 16
- Birth of Ethel Merman; stage and screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam). [1]
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- January 18
- Birth of Albert P Morano; American politician (Representative-Republican-Connecticut, 1951-59). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Ian Peebles; cricket player (Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31). [1]
- Birth of Paula Wessely; Austrian actress/producer (Masquerade). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Bengt Strömgren in Göteborg, Sweden; astrophysicist (studied gas cloud). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Lord Iliffe; English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar). [1]
- Birth of W H V "Hopper" Levett; cricket keeper (England in one Test in Calcutta). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Stephane Grappelli in Paris, France; jazz violinist (Hot Club of France jazz quintet). [1] [457]
- January 27
- Birth of William Randolph Hearst Junior; newspaper publisher (Hearst Publishing). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer; Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Adam Clayton Powell; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New York, 1945-70). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of René Simone Mathieu in France; doubles tennis star (Wimbledon 1934). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Albie Booth; collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale). [1]
- Birth of George Pal; Hungarian/US film director (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Anita Garvin; actress (Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off). [1]
- Birth of Cal Tinney in Oklahoma, USA; comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Oddbjörn Hagen in Norway; cross country jumper (Olympics-gold-1936). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Gordon Fraser in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA; newscaster (All Star News). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Amintore Fanfani; premier of Italy. [1]
- Birth of General Edward Lansdale; model for "Quiet American" and "Ugly American". [1]
- Birth of Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson; US National Park Warden. [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Clarence Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe in Oakland, California, USA; swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury; missionary. [1]
- Birth of Myron McCormick in Albany, New York, USA; actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again). [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Jackie Fields; US featherweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1924). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs; geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey). [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Pauline Frederick; journalist/correspondent (UN, NBC TV). [1]
- Birth of Sulo Nurmela in Finland; 4 X 100Km relay skier (Olympics-gold-1936). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Ypk fan der Fear; Frisian writer (Reade Runen). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Staats Cotsworth in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actor (Peyton Place). [1]
- Birth of Walter L "Red" Barber in Mississippi, USA; sports announcer (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi; test pilot (BI-1). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of John Mills in England; actor (The Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace). [1]
- Birth of Rómulo Betancourt; President of Venezuela (1945-48, 1958-64). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of William McMahon; Prime Minister of Australia (Liberal, 1971-72). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Frank G Slaughter; author (Sangaree). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Tex Avery; cartoon director (What's up, Doc?) (dies 1980). [1] [5]
- February 28
- Birth of Billie Bird in Pocatello, Idaho, USA; actress (Mrs Cassidy - Benson, Dear John, Jury Duty). [1]
- February 29
- Birth of Alf Gover; cricket player (bowled in four Tests for England/famous coach). [1]
- Birth of Balthus; painter (Valerie). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Jan Brasser; Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko)/communist. [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Sophie Stewart in Scotland; actress (As You Like It, Under the Red Robe). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Anna Magnani in Rome, Italy; actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle). [1]
- Birth of Joop [Joseph] van Santen; Dutch first chamber member (CPN). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Carl Albert; US speaker of house (1971-77). [1]
- Birth of Kristian Palusalu in Finland; heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1936). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Inez Courtney in New York City, New York, USA; actress (13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Paul Stewart in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline). [1]
- Birth of Walter Annenberg in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; publisher (Triangle - TV Guide). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Robert Rossen; director/writer (Hustler All the King's Men, Mambo). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Frank Stanton in Muskegon, Michigan, USA; broadcasting executive (CBS). [1]
- Birth of Philip "Felix" Bekkers; actor (Czardasvorstin). [1]
- Birth of Michael Redgrave in Bristol, England; actor (Browning Version, The Lady Vanishes). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Louis D L'Amour in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA; author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett). [1]
- Birth of Maurice H Stans in Shakope, Minnesota, USA; US Secretary of Commerce (1969-72). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Joan Crawford [Lucille Fay LeSueur] in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actress (Mildred Pierce, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Bridget D'Oyly Carte; British theater and hotel director. [1]
- Birth of David Lean in Croydon, England; director (Dr Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, Lawrence of Arabia). [1] [5] [132.114]
- Birth of Helmut Käutner in Düsseldorf, Germany; director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Betty MacDonald [Anne E Campbell Bard]; US writer (Egg and I). [1]
- Birth of Hank Sylvern in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen). [1]
- Birth of Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling in Essen, Germany; tennis star (French 1935). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Jacques [Izaäk] den Haan; Dutch writer (Dangerous Book). [1]
- March 29
- Birth of Arthur O'Connell in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mr. Peepers TV show, Second Hundred Years). [1] [457]
- Birth of Dennis O'Keefe in Fort Madison, Iowa, USA; actor/director (The Dennis O'Keefe Show TV show (1959), Lux Video Theatre, Climax, Suspicion, Follow the Sun, T-Men, Fighting Seabees). [1] [457]
- March 30
- Birth of Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith; Chinese cricket bowler. [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Abraham H Maslow; US psychologist (humanistic psychology). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Buddy Ebsen AKA Christian Rudolph Ebsen in Belleville, Illinois, USA; dancer (with Shirley Temple, 1930s films), actor (Jed Clampett - Northwest Passage TV show, Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones). [1] [457]
- April 4
- Birth of Ernestine Gilbreth Carey; author (Cheaper by the Dozen). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Bette Davis in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel). [1]
- Birth of George Schick in Prague, Czechoslovakia; conductor (Chicago Symphony). [1]
- Birth of Grady Sutton in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; actor (Pruitts of South Hampton). [1]
- Birth of Herbert von Karajan in Salzberg, Austria; conductor, music director of the Berlin Philharmonic (1955-) (dies 1989). [1] [410.78]
- Birth of Mary Hemingway; writer (Ernest Hemmingway Biography). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Percy Faith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; orchestra conductor, arranger and composer ("Summer Place", "Theme From a Summer Place" 1960 Grammy award). [1] [457]
- April 8
- Birth of Neil Lawson; British high court judge. [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Victor Vasarely; Hungarian/French painter/author (Op Art). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Aidan Crawley; CEO (London Weekend TV). [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Karel Ancerl in Czechoslovakia; conductor (Prague/Toronto). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Carlos Lleras Restrepo; President of Colombia. [1]
- Birth of Virginia Cherrill; actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Edward Roberts; bishop (Ely). [1]
- Birth of Joseph Keilberth; German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele). [1]
- April 20
- Birth of Wilhelmus M Bekkers; bishop of Hertogenbosch. [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Louis Hostin in France; light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1932, 1936). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Edward R Murrow in Pole Creek, North Carolina, USA; newscaster (Person to Person). [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Arnoud Breeveld; Suriname bishop. [1]
- Birth of Jack Fingleton; cricket player (Australian opener of 1930s). [1]
- Birth of Michael T Fitzmaurice in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Jack [Stewart] Williamson; US sci-fi author (Firechild, Golden Blood, Cometeers). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Eve Arden AKA Eunice Quedens in Mill Valley, California, USA; actress (Connie - Our Miss Brooks radio and TV show (Emmy award)). [1] [457]
- May 1
- Birth of Giovanni Guareschi; Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of William Bakewell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Stage manager - Pinky Lee Show). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Jacques Massu; French general (Algeria). [1]
- Birth of Reginald Carey Harrison AKA Rex Harrison in Huyton, Lancashire, England; actor (My Fair Lady, Doctor Dolittle, Cleopatra, Ed Sullivan Show, The US Steel Hour, The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, Omnibus). [1] [457]
- May 7
- Birth of Ed MacDonald; actor (Mysteries of Chinatown). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Arturo De Cordova [Rodriguez] in Merida, México; actor (Medal for Benny). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Carl Albert; US speaker of the House (Democrat). [1]
- Birth of Henry Diamond; Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament. [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Michael Richardson; commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson in Akarp, Sweden; composer (Linden). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Mohammed Roem; Indonesian foreign minister (Linggadjati). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Zinka Milanov in Zagreb, Yugoslavia; soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of James Maitland AKA Jimmy Stewart in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life). [1] [5]
- May 23
- Birth of Christian GK Baëta; Togolese chairman (International Mission Council). [1]
- Birth of John Bardeen; US physicist (transistor, Nobel Prize 1956, 1972). [1]
- Birth of Max Abramovitz; US architect (Lincoln Center, United Nations Building). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of David Lean; British director (Lawrence of Arabia). [1]
- Birth of Theodore Roethke; US poet (Words for the Wind). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Malando [Arie Maasland]; composer/orchestra leader (Olé Guapa). [1]
- Birth of Robert Morley in Semley, Wiltshire, England; actor (High Road to China, African Queen). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Harold Rome; composer (Fanny, Pins and Needles). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Ian Lancaster Fleming in London, England; author (James Bond) (dies 1964). [1] [5]
- May 30
- Birth of Hannes OG Alfvén; Swedish physicist (Nobel Prize 1970). [1]
- Birth of Melvin Jerome Blanc AKA Mel Blanc in San Francisco, California, USA; voice actor (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig) (dies 1989). [1] [5]
- May 31
- Birth of Don Ameche in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Cocoon, Trading Places). [1]
- June 4
- Birth of Rosalind Russell; actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Robert Cummings in Joplin, Missouri, USA; actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder, Twelve Angry Men (1954, Emmy award), The Bob Cummings Show, My Hero, My Living Doll). [1] [457]
- June 14
- Birth of John Scott Trotter in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; orchestra leader, musical director (Kraft Music Hall radio show, George Gobel Show TV show, Charlie Brown cartoon specials). [1] [457]
- June 18
- Birth of Bud Collyer in New York City, New York, USA; TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Mildred Natwick in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon). [1]
- Birth of Quentin N Burdick; American politician (Senator-Democrat-North Carolina). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of John Hench, in Iowa, USA; joined Disney Studios in 1939 as artist and story editor, designed Disneyland projects, Walt Disney World plans, Tokyo Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, Animal Kingdom, named a Disney Legend in 1990. [510.205]
- July 1
- Birth of Estee Lauder; CEO (Estee Lauder's cosmetics). [1]
- July 2
- Birth of Thurgood Marshall in Maryland, USA; Supreme Court justice (1967-91). [1]
- July 5
- Birth of Don Dunphy in New York City, New York, USA; America's foremost announcer of boxing matches on radio and TV for over 50 years, calling more than 2,000 fights, the voice of Gillette's Friday Night Fights. [457]
- July 7
- Birth of Harriette Arnow in Wayne County, Kentucky, USA; novelist (The Dollmaker). [1]
- July 8
- Birth of Louis Jordan in Brinkley, Arkansas, USA; jazz alto saxophonist and singer (Tympany Five, "Caldonia", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"). [1] [457]
- Birth of Nelson A Rockefeller; American politician (Governor-Republican-New York), 41st Vice President (1974-77). [1]
- July 12
- Birth of Milton Berlinger AKA Milton Berle in Harlem, New York City, USA; American comedian/actor (Texaco Star Theater, "Uncle Miltie", "Mr Television"). [1] [484.10] [457]
- July 22
- Birth of Amy Vanderbilt; authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette). [1]
- July 23
- Birth of Karl Swenson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Lorenzo Jones radio show, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Dr. Kildare TV show, Gunsmoke, Maverick, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Lars - Little House on the Prairie). [1] [457]
- July 24
- Birth of Charles 'Cootie' Williams in Mobile, Alabama, USA; trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, Benny Goodman). [457]
- July 25
- Birth of Jack Gilford AKA Yankel Gellman in New York City, New York, USA; character actor (Cracker Jacks commercials (1960-1972), Soap TV show, The Duck Factory, Apple Pie, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, David Frost Revue, Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2). [1] [457]
- July 26
- Birth of Salvador Allende Gossens; Chile's president (1970-73). [1]
- August 5
- Birth of Harold Holt; Prime Minister of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam. [1]
- August 6
- Birth of Helen Jacobs; US tennis champion (1932-35). [1]
- August 8
- Birth of Arthur J Goldberg in Illinois, USA; United Nations ambassador, Supreme Court justice (1962-65). [1]
- Birth of Paul Dirae in Bristol; theoretical physicist, a founding father of quantum mechanics, predicted existence of anti-matyter, Nobel Prize for Physics 1933. [1429.10]
- August 13
- Birth of Gene Raymond in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater). [1]
- August 20
- Birth of Alfonso Lopez; baseball player (American League Manager of the year 1959). [1]
- August 23
- Birth of Arthur Adamov in Kislovodsk, Russia; dramatist (Paolo Paoli). [1]
- August 27
- Birth of Francis William Leahy AKA Frank Leahy in O'Neill, Nebraska, USA; football coach (Notre Dame). [1]
- Birth of Lyndon B. Johnson; 36th US President (Democrat, 1963-1969) (dies 1973). [1] [5]
- August 28
- Birth of Roger Tory Peterson in Jamestown, New York, USA; ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds). [1]
- August 30
- Birth of Willie Bryant in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; singer ("Sugar Hill Times"). [1]
- Birth of Fred MacMurray in Illinois, USA; actor (Steve Douglas - My Three Sons). [1] [457]
- August 31
- Birth of William Saroyan; US novelist/playwright (Time of Your Life). [1]
- September 4
- Birth of Richard Wright; American author (Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children) (dies 1960). [1] [5]
- September 6
- Birth of Paul Lavalle in Beacon, New York, USA; bandleader (Cities Service Band of America). [1]
- September 7
- Birth of Dr Michael E DeBakey; artificial heart pioneer. [1]
- Birth of Paul Brown in Norwalk, Ohio, USA; NFL hall of famer (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals). [1]
- September 9
- Birth of John Haeton; US bobsled (Olympic-silver-1928, 1948). [1]
- September 10
- Birth of Eva Adams; US Mint Director. [546.36]
- September 14
- Birth of Bernie Green in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show). [1]
- Birth of Clayton Moore in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (The Lone Ranger). [1]
- September 19
- Birth of Mika Waltari; novelist (Egyptian). [1]
- September 21
- Birth of Charles Hazlitt Upham in Christchurch, New Zealand; nominated for three Victoria Crosses (won one) for fighting in World War II. [118.19]
- September 29
- Birth of Greer Garson in North Ireland; actress (Pride and Prejudice). [1]
- September 30
- Birth of David Oistrakh in Odessa, Russia; violinist/professor (Moscow Conservatory). [1]
- October 5
- Birth of Joshua Logan; Broadway producer (South Pacific). [1]
- October 6
- Birth of Carole Lombard; actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only). [1]
- October 9
- Birth of Jacques Tati in Pecq, France; director (Traffic, Playtime, My Uncle). [1]
- Birth of James E Folsom; American politician (Alabama-Governor, 1947-51, 1955-59). [1]
- October 10
- Birth of John Green in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Body and Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger). [1]
- October 15
- Birth of John Kenneth Galbraith; writer (Affluent Society - 1958 Hillman Award). [1]
- October 16
- Birth of Enver Hoxha; post-war leader of Albania (1944-85). [1]
- October 20
- Birth of Arlene Francis Boston Massachusetts, radio/TV hostess (What's My Line?). [1]
- October 21
- Birth of Alexander Schneider in Vilna (Lithuania) Russia; violinist (Budapest String Quartet). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Roger Broggie in Massachusetts, USA; mechanical engineer at Walt Disney Company (Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad, Mark Twain Riverboat, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Monorail, more), named Disney Legend 1990. [510.84]
- November 3
- Birth of Bronko Nagurski; NFL fullback (Chicago Bears). [1]
- November 12
- Birth of Harry A Blackmun in Illinois, USA; Supreme Court justice (1970-). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Harrison E Salisbury; journalist/writer (50th Anniversary of Soviet Union). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of Imogene Coca in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Alistair Cooke in Manchester, England; actor (Masterpiece Theatre) (dies 2004). [1] [5]
- November 21
- Birth of Franz Pfnor in Germany; slalom (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]
- November 24
- Birth of Libertad Lamaraque in Agentina; actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada). [1]
- Birth of Ray Carter in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party). [1]
- November 28
- Birth of Claude Levi-Strauss in Belgium; social anthropologist (Structure Anthro). [1] [5]
- December 2
- Birth of Robert F Simon in Mansfield, Ohio, USA; actor (Custer, MASH, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance). [1]
- Birth of Rufe Davis in Oklahoma, USA; actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Halsey Stevens Scott in New York, USA; composer (Triskelion). [1]
- Birth of Nigel M Balchin [Mark Spade]; English author (Business for Pleasure). [1]
- December 4
- Birth of A D Hershey; US biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel Prize 1969). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of John H Doeg; tennis champion (US Open-1930). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of John Volpe; American politician (Governor-Massachusetts), US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Olivier Messiaen in Avignon, France; composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Elliott Cook Carter Junior in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Tom and Lily). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Laurence Naismith in Surrey, England; actor (Judge Fulton - Persuaders, Profiles in Courage, The Defenders). [1] [457]
- Birth of Morey Amsterdam in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/comedian (Buddy Sorrell - The Dick Van Dyke Show). [1] [457]
- December 17
- Birth of Willard Frank Libby; inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel Prize 1960)). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Celia Johnson in England; actress (Happy Breed, Brief Encounter). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Sylvester 'Pat' Weaver in Los Angeles, California, USA; President of NBC-TV, created Today and Tonight shows. [1] [457]
- December 22
- Birth of Giacomo Manzú in Italy; sculptor (Saint Peter, Laurenskerk, Lenin Prize). [1]
- Birth of Max Bill; Swiss painter/sculptor/politician (Ruban Sans Fin). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Yousuf Karsh; portrait photographer (Life Magazine). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Frank Ferguson in California, USA; actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal). [1]
- Birth of Helen [Marie Jurgens] Twelvetrees in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (State's Attorney, Painted Desert). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Ralph Hill; American 5000m runner (Olympics-1932). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Louis de Bourbon; Dutch writer/poet (Black Banners). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Lew Ayres in Minnesota, USA; actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dr Kildare). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of Claire Dodd in Arkansas, USA; actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy). [1]
- Birth of Gerben Sonderman; Dutch test pilot (Fokker). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Simon Wiesenthal; Polish/Austrian nazi hunter (Wiesenthal Center). [1] [5]
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