1910

January 1

• Birth of Russ Bender actor/writer (Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster). [1]

January 2

• Birth of Ulrich Becher writer. [1]

January 3

• Birth of Thomas Stuart Willan historian. [1]

January 5

• Birth of Erica Morini Vienna Austria, concert violinist. [1]

January 6

• Birth of Wright Morris US writer. [1]

January 7

• Birth of Alain de Rothschild France, banker/baron. [1]
• Birth of Jack Lovelock New Zealand/US surgeon/runner (Olympics-gold-1936). [1]

January 8

• Birth of Richard Cromwell [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], Los Angeles California; actor (Jezebel). [1]

January 9

• Birth of Dick Henry Jurgen bandleader. [1]

January 10

• Birth of Dorothy Stroud garden historian. [1]
• Birth of Galina Ulanova Saint Petersburg Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi). [1]
• Birth of Jean Martinon Lyons France, conductor/composer. [1]

January 11

• Birth of Izler Solomon Saint Paul Minnesota, conductor. [1]
• Birth of Trygve Martin Bratteli Norwegian Prime Minister (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76). [1]

January 12

• Birth of Charles Martin cartoonist. [1]
• Birth of Luise Rainer Austria, actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City, Hostages). [1]
• Birth of Patsy Kelly Brooklyn New York, actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars). [1]

January 14

• Birth of Renier van der Velden composer. [1]

January 16

• Birth of David McCampbell US pilot/captain (WWII-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes). [1]

January 17

• Birth of Edith S Green (Representative-Democrat-Oregon). [1]
• Birth of Michael Economides restaurateur. [1]

January 18

• Birth of Arthur John Howard actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage). [1]

January 19

• Birth of Willi Schmidt Germany, director. [1]

January 20

• Birth of Abram Hill director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater). [1]
• Birth of Ennio Porrino composer. [1]
• Birth of Joy Adamson naturalist/author (Born Free). [1]
• Birth of Lauritz Lauritzen German politician. [1]
• Birth of Nina Verchinina dancer choreographer/teacher. [1]

January 21

• Birth of Lord Cayzer British financier/Schweppes magnate/multi-millionaire. [1]
• Birth of Patsy Kelly Brooklyn New York, actress (Cowboy and the Lady). [1]

January 23

• Birth of Django Reinhardt Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist. [1]

January 25

• Birth of Harold Watkinson politician/businessman. [1]
• Birth of Hendrik Willem Hans Osieck composer. [1]

January 26

• Birth of Elmar Klos Czechoslovakian director (Adrift). [1]
• Birth of Marijan Lipovsek composer. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Arnold Moss Brooklyn New York; actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Québec, Viva Zapata). [1]
• Birth of John Banner Vienna Austria; actor (Sergeant Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes). [1]

January 29

• Birth of Henri Queffélec French writer (Au bout du monde). [1]
• Birth of Paul Hodder-Williams publisher. [1]

January 30

• Birth of Frans Dohmen union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union). [1]

January 31

• Birth of Herbert Ashworth CEO (Nationwide Building Society). [1]

February 1

• Birth of H Stanley Cayzer. [1]
• Birth of Jahangir Khan cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36). [1]
• Birth of Michael Kanin Rochester New York, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year). [1]

February 2

• Birth of Charlotte Auerbach computer Pioneer/Mathematician. [1]
• Birth of Hendrik H K Beernink Dutch politician (CHU). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Blas Galindo Dimas San Gabriel México, composer (A la Patria). [1]
• Birth of Nelson Case Long Beach California, TV host (Trash or Treasure). [1]

February 4

• Birth of Alfred Mendelsohn composer. [1]
• Birth of Uys Krige South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert). [1]

February 5

• Birth of Martha van Och-Scholl German/Dutch resistance fighter (WWII). [1]

February 6

• Birth of George H Poyser English soccer player/manager (Brentford). [1]
• Birth of Irmgard Keun West German writer (Das kunstseidene Mädchen). [1]

February 9

• Birth of Jacques Monod French biochemist. [1]

February 10

• Birth of Dominique Pire Belgium, educator, aided WWII refugees (Nobel Prize 1958). [1]
• Birth of Douglas Spencer actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return). [1]
• Birth of Joyce Grenfell actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily). [1]
• Birth of Paul Whitelaw cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman versus England 1933). [1]

February 12

• Birth of Forsyth Hardy documentary film pioneer. [1]
• Birth of Lee Byung Chull Korean industrialist/founder (Samsung Business). [1]

February 13

• Birth of William B Shockley London, US physicist (Nobel Prize 1956 - for research on semiconductors and discovery of the transistor effect along with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain). [1]

February 15

• Birth of 9th Earl of Jersey English large landowner/art collector. [1]

February 16

• Birth of Michael Milne-Watson CEO (BUPA). [1]
• Birth of Miguel Bernal Jiminez composer. [1]

February 17

• Birth of Ai Qing poet. [1]
• Birth of Marc Lawrence New York City, New York; actor (Man With Golden Gun). [1]

February 20

• Birth of Julian Trevelyan English Surrealist painter/collage maker. [1]

February 21

• Birth of Douglas R S Bader British pilot (WWII). [1]

February 22

• Birth of Al Sears jazz performer. [1]
• Birth of Muriel Monkhouse Red Cross worker. [1]
• Birth of Nicholas Monsarrat Liverpool England, novelist. [1]

February 24

• Birth of Lord Hazlerigg. [1]

February 25

• Birth of Millicent Fenwick New York City, New York, (Representative-Republican-New Jersey 1975-82) (Doonesbury). [1]

February 27

• Birth of Joan Bennett Palisades New Jersey, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows, Little Women, Disraeli). [1]
• Birth of Peter De Vries Chicago Illinois, author (Reuben Reuben, The Prick of Noon). [1]

February 28

• Birth of Roman Maciejewski composer. [1]
• Birth of Vincente Minnelli Chicago Illinois, movie director (American in Paris, Gigi). [1]

March 2

• Birth of Hope Clara Chenhalls food inspector. [1]

March 4

• Birth of Tancredo Neves president of Civil rights activist. [1]

March 9

• Birth of Ed[uard] Hoornik Dutch writer/poet (Survivor). [1]
• Birth of Samuel Barber West Chester Pennsylvania, composer (School for Scandal). [1]

March 11

• Birth of Robert H G Havemann German chemist. [1]

March 12

• Birth of Roger L Stevens producer (Giant). [1]
• Birth of Tony "Two-Ton" Galento Orange New Jersey, boxer/actor (On the Waterfront). [1]
• Birth of Wilhelmus L Reijers sculptor. [1]

March 13

• Birth of Sammy Kaye Lakewood Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show). [1]

March 15

• Birth of An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau children book writer (Skating Race). [1]

March 16

• Birth of Aladar Gerevich Hungary, sabres (Olympics-gold-1948). [1]
• Birth of Andrew Miller-Jones British TV pioneer. [1]
• Birth of Iftikhar Ali Khan cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, England and India). [1]
• Birth of Martijn Lijnema boer/resistance fighter (WWII). [1]
• Birth of Norman Wooland Düsseldorf Germany; actor (Hamlet). [1]

March 17

• Birth of Bayard Rustin civil rights leader. [1]

March 18

• Birth of Chiang Ching-huo son of Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek. [1]

March 19

• Birth of Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin cosmonaut. [1]

March 21

• Birth of Nick Castle Brooklyn New York, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland). [1]

March 22

• Birth of Nicholas Monsarret England, writer (Cruel Sea). [1]

March 23

• Birth of Akira Kurosawa Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living). [1]
• Birth of Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson Bremerhaven Germany, singer/actress (Der Pott). [1]

March 24

• Birth of Jacques Chailley composer. [1]
• Birth of Richard Conte Jersey City New Jersey; actor (Four Just Men, 13 Rue Madeleine, Hotel, Jean Arthur Show). [1]

March 25

• Birth of Mario Peragallo Italian composer. [1]

March 27

• Birth of Rudi Ball Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympics-bronze-1932). [1]

March 28

• Birth of Ingrid Queen Mother of Denmark. [1]

April 2

• Birth of Arnie Herber NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers, New York Giants). [1]
• Birth of Joeri German Russian writer. [1]

April 4

• Birth of Agnes Patrick campaigner. [1]
• Birth of [Marcelle] Georgette Hagedoorn actress/chansonnière. [1]

April 6

• Birth of Desmond Dreyer British Admiral. [1]

April 8

• Birth of George Musso NFL guard (Chicago Bears). [1]
• Birth of Wendell Bill cricketer (New South Wales bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930). [1]

April 9

• Birth of Abraham A Ribicoff (Senator-Democrat-Connecticut). [1]
• Birth of Sharon Lynn Weatherford Texas, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast). [1]

April 10

• Birth of Abu-Bakr Khairat composer. [1]
• Birth of David Gilroy Bevan politician. [1]
• Birth of Eddy Duchin Cambridge Massachusetts, society pianist/bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra). [1]

April 11

• Birth of Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spínola General/President of Portugal. [1]
• Birth of Henry William Collins artist. [1]

April 12

• Birth of Jürgen Rausch German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys). [1]

April 14

• Birth of Werner Wolf Glaser composer. [1]

April 15

• Birth of Lord Grey of Naunton chancellor (Ulster University). [1]

April 18

• Birth of Jamie L Whitten (Representative-Democrat-Mississippi, 1941-). [1]
• Birth of Sylvia Fisher soprano (Albert Herring Opera). [1]

April 19

• Birth of Andrew Gilchrist historian/diplomat. [1]

April 22

• Birth of Eric Scowen physician. [1]
• Birth of R J Ritchie tennis player. [1]

April 23

• Birth of Simone Simon France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love). [1]

April 26

• Birth of Erland von Koch composer. [1]
• Birth of Ernst Tittel composer. [1]
• Birth of Johan Doorn Dutch journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper). [1]
• Birth of Tomoyuki Tanaka director (Godzilla). [1]

April 29

• Birth of John Beavan newspaper editor. [1]

April 30

• Birth of Al Lewis actor (Leo-Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters). [1]

May 1

• Birth of Cliff Battles Akron Ohio, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Washington Redskins). [1]

May 2

• Birth of Laurie Nash cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, two Tests for Australia). [1]

May 3

• Birth of Alceo Galliera composer. [1]

May 4

• Birth of Mady Alfredo [Maria M the Brieder] actress (Alicia). [1]

May 5

• Birth of William I Martin US pilot/Vice-Admiral (WWII). [1]

May 6

• Birth of Antoon Breyne Belgian journalist. [1]

May 8

• Birth of Mary Lou Williams US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite). [1]
• Birth of Ronald Russell actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit). [1]

May 9

• Birth of Barbara Woodhouse dog training expert. [1]
• Birth of P E Palia cricketer (appeared in India's first Test-Lord's 1932). [1]

May 10

• Birth of Jimmy Demaret winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open. [1]
• Birth of Margot Turner matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service). [1]

May 11

• Birth of Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos composer. [1]

May 12

• Birth of Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel Prize 1964). [1]
• Birth of Gordon Jenkins Webster Grove Missouri, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour). [1]

May 15

• Birth of Constance [Halverstadt] Cummings Seattle Washington, actress (John and Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour). [1]
• Birth of Robert F Wagner (Mayor-Democrat-New York City, 1949-65). [1]

May 18

• Birth of Arthur van Schendel Dutch art historian. [1]

May 19

• Birth of Alan Melville cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49). [1]

May 22

• Birth of Johnny Olson TV announcer (Price is Right). [1]

May 23

• Birth of Artie Shaw [Arthur Jacob Arshawsky] New York City, New York, bandleader (Come'on my House). [1]
• Birth of Franz Jozef Kline US expressionist painter. [1]
• Birth of Hugh Casson architect. [1]
• Birth of Scatman Crothers [Benjamin] in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA; actor/singer (Zapped, Shining) (dies 1986). [1] [5]

May 24

• Birth of Margers Zarins composer. [1]
• Birth of Nils-Eric Fougstedt composer. [1]

May 25

• Birth of Ernest Anderson publicist. [1]

May 26

• Birth of Adolfo Lopez Mateos President of México. [1]
• Birth of Laurence S Rockefeller New York City, New York, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank). [1]

May 27

• Birth of Daniel Greenway CEO (Daniel Greenway and Sons). [1]

May 28

• Birth of Rachel Kempson actress (Captive Heart). [1]
• Birth of Stuart Piggott archaeologist. [1]
• Birth of T-Bone Walker Linden Texas, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done). [1]

May 29

• Birth of Agnes Beatrice Read medical social worker. [1]

May 31

• Birth of Elizabeth Blackwell Hastings, first woman doctor of medicine. [1]
• Birth of Francis Avery Jones British gastro-enterologist. [1]

June 10

• Birth of Chester Burnette hamonica player (Howlin Wolf). [1]
• Birth of Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett]; rocker (Evil, Big City Blues). [1] [5]

June 11

• Birth of Jacques-Yves Cousteau France, oceanic explorer aboard Calypso. [1]

June 14

• Birth of Rudolf Kempe Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orchestra 1965-72). [1]

June 15

• Birth of David Rose London England, orchestra leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper). [1]

June 16

• Birth of E.G. Marshall Owatonna Minnesota; actor (Lawrence-Defenders). [1]
• Birth of Ilona Massey Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show). [1]

June 17

• Birth of Red Foley Blue Lick Kentucky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington). [1]

June 18

• Birth of Avon Long Baltimore Maryland; actor (Roots: Next Generation). [1]
• Birth of Dick Foran Flemington New Jersey; actor (OK Crackerby). [1]
• Birth of E.G. Marshall actor (Defenders, Nixon, Absolute Power). [1]
• Birth of Ray McKinley Fort Worth Texas, orchestra leader (Glenn Miller Time). [1]

June 22

• Birth of Jennie Tourel Montreal Canada, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47). [1]
• Birth of Katherine Dunham US, dancer/choreographer/anthropologist. [1]
• Birth of Sir Peter Pears Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice). [1]

June 23

• Birth of Jean Anouilh France, dramatist (Thieves' Carnival). [1]

July 11

• Birth of Irene Hervey Los Angeles California, actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West). [1]

July 14

• Birth of William Hanna animator (Hanna-Barbera). [1]

July 28

• Birth of Bill Goodwin San Francisco California, announcer (Burns and Allen, Boing Boing Show). [1]

August 2

• Birth of Lou Zara New York City, writer (Stump the Authors). [1]

August 4

• Birth of William Howard Schuman New York City, composer (American Festival Overture). [1]

August 6

• Birth of Charles Crichton director (Battle of Sexes). [1]

August 8

• Birth of Francisco Brochado Da Rocha Prime Minister of Brazil (1962). [1]
• Birth of Sylvia Sidney Bronx New York, actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon). [1]

August 10

• Birth of Angus Campbell US, psychologist (Elections and Political Order). [1]

August 16

• Birth of Mae Clarke Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl). [1]

August 25

• Birth of Pierre Musy Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]

August 27

• Birth of Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu] in Yugoslavia; Nobel Prize 1979. [1] (August 26 [5])

September 1

• Birth of Jack Hawkins London England; actor (Ben-Four Just Men). [1]

September 3

• Birth of Dorothy Maynor Norfolk Virginia, soprano (founded Harlem School of Arts). [1]

September 7

• Birth of John Shea US, 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]

September 8

• Birth of Jean-Louis Barrault France; actor (Les Enfants du Paradis). [1]

September 14

• Birth of Lehman Engel Jackson Mississippi, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire). [1]
• Birth of Rolf Liebermann Zürich Switzerland, composer (Leonore). [1]

September 19

• Birth of Margaret Lindsay Dubuque Iowa, actress (Take a Guess). [1]

September 20

• Birth of Jacques-Baptise LeBrun France, finn yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]

September 23

• Birth of Elliot Roosevelt son of Franklin Roosevelt. [1]
• Birth of Soulima Stravinsky Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son). [1]

September 28

• Birth of Fran Lee New York City, actress (Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway). [1]

September 29

• Birth of Virginia Bruce actress (Action in Arabia). [1]

October 9

• Birth of Phil Hanna River Forest Illinois, singer (Once Upon a Tune). [1]

October 10

• Birth of Price Daniel (Governor/Senator-Democrat-Texas). [1]

October 11

• Birth of Joseph Alsop political newspaper columnist (Men Around the President). [1]

October 14

• Birth of John Wooden basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships). [1]

October 19

• Birth of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar India, physicist (Nobel Prize 1983). [1]

October 23

• Birth of Hayden Rorke Brooklyn New York; actor (Dr Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie). [1]

October 26

• Birth of John Cardinal Krol former archbishop of Philadelphia. [1]

October 27

• Birth of Fred de Cordova film/TV producer (The Tonight Show). [1]
• Birth of Jack Carson Manitoba Canada; actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce). [1]

October 28

• Birth of Marie Dollinger Germany, dropped baton in 1936 Olympic sprint. [1]

October 29

• Birth of Alfred J Ayer England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician. [1]

November 11

• Birth of Franz Kemser Germany, four man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1952). [1]

November 14

• Birth of Rosemary DeCamp Prescott Arizona, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl). [1]

November 20

• Birth of Pauli Murray famous African. [1]

November 22

• Birth of Mary Jackson Milford Michigan, actress (Emily-Waltons). [1]

November 26

• Birth of Cyril Cusack South Africa, actress (Day of the Jackal). [1]

November 30

• Birth of Paul Cerutti Monaco, trap shooter, disqualified for drugs in 1976 Olympics. [1]

December 1

• Birth of Dame Markova [Alicia Lilian Alice Marks] London, ballerina. [1]
• Birth of Joel Fluellen Louisiana; actor (Burning Cross, Learning Tree). [1]

December 2

• Birth of Robert Paige Indianapolis Indiana; actor (Colgate Comedy Hour). [1]

December 3

• Birth of Robert Arthur Hughes missionary/surgeon. [1]

December 4

• Birth of Alex North Chester Pennsylvania, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf). [1]
• Birth of Amar Singh cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties). [1]
• Birth of Ramaswamy Venkataraman President of India (1987-92). [1]

December 5

• Birth of Abraham L Polonsky US writer/director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here). [1]

December 6

• Birth of Alan McGilvray cricket commentator. [1]

December 7

• Birth of Edmundo Ros English orchestra leader. [1]
• Louis Prima is born (dies 1978). [5]
• Birth of Richard Franko Goldman composer. [1]
• Birth of Rod Cameron Calgary Alberta; actor (City Detective, State Trooper). [1]

December 9

• Birth of Dick Elffers Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival). [1]
• Birth of Stephen Jurika Jr US pilot/captain (WWII, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Dennis Morgan Prentice Wisconsin; actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street). [1]
• Birth of Jill Summers actress (Agatha Coronation Street). [1]
• Birth of John Hammond Sr New York City, New York, rock/jazz producer (I Can Tell, So Many Roads). [1]

December 11

• Birth of Robert Grieve civil servant. [1]

December 13

• Birth of Lillian Roth [Rutstein] singer/actress (Animal Crackers). [1]
• Birth of Van Heflin Walters Oklahoma; actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary). [1]

December 16

• Birth of Freddie Brown Peru, cricketer. [1]
• Birth of Robert Noehren composer. [1]
• Birth of Stanojlo Rajicic composer. [1]

December 17

• Birth of Keki Khursedji Tarapore cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India). [1]

December 18

• Birth of Abe Burrows Brooklyn New York, Broadway composer (Guys and Dolls 1951 TONew York). [1]
• Birth of Eric Tindall cricketer (All Black Representative who kept wicket in five Tests). [1]

December 19

• Birth of Jean Genet Paris France, novelist/dramatist (The Blacks). [1]
• Birth of Jose Lezama Lima Havana Cuba, poet/novelist. [1]

December 22

• Birth of Richard Ainley Middlesex England; actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion). [1]

December 24

• Birth of Betty Ann Davies London England, actress (Tough Guy). [1]
• Birth of Fritz [Reuter] Leiber Jr US, sci-fi author (Bazaar of the Bizarre). [1]
• Birth of Mitchell Ayres Milwaukee Wisconsin, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace). [1]

December 25

• Birth of David Lichine [Lichtenstein] Russian/US dancer (Make Mine Music). [1]

December 26

• Birth of Lucy Faithfull children's campaigner. [1]

December 27

• Birth of Jack Massey groundsman. [1]
• Birth of Neville Crump racehorse trainer. [1]

December 28

• Birth of John Kerr New Zealand, cricketer (opening batsman in 1930s). [1]

December 30

• Birth of Dennis Morgan actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront). [1]
• Birth of Herman van der Horst Dutch cinematographer (Faja Lobbi). [1]
• Birth of Paul Frederic Bowles US composer/writer (Shelting Sky). [1]

December 31

• Birth of Dick Kollmar Rigewood New Jersey; actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What). [1]
• Birth of Roy Rowland film director. [1]