- January 12
- Birth of Luise Rainer in Austria; actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City, Hostages). [1]
- Birth of Patsy Kelly in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of David McCampbell; US pilot/captain (WWII-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Edith S Green; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Oregon). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Arthur John Howard; actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Abram Hill; director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater). [1]
- Birth of Joy Adamson; naturalist/author (Born Free). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Lord Cayzer; British financier/Schweppes magnate/multi-millionaire. [1]
- Birth of Patsy Kelly in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Cowboy and the Lady). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Elmar Klos; Czechoslovakian director (Adrift). [1]
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- January 28
- Birth of Arnold Moss in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Québec, Viva Zapata). [1]
- Birth of John Banner in Vienna, Austria; actor (Sergeant Hans Schultz - Hogan's Heroes). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Henri Queffélec; French writer (Au bout du monde). [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 Jahangir Khan; cricket player (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36). [1]
- Birth of Michael Kanin in Rochester, New York, USA; director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Hendrik H K Beernink; Dutch politician (CHU). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Blas Galindo Dimas in San Gabriel, México; composer (A la Patria). [1]
- Birth of Nelson Case in Long Beach, California, USA; TV host (Trash or Treasure). [1]
- Birth of Russell Arms; singer (Your Hit Parade). [457]
- February 4
- 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 10
- Birth of Dominique Pire in Belgium; educator, aided WWII refugees (Nobel Prize 1958). [1]
- Birth of Douglas Spencer; actor (The Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return). [1]
- Birth of Joyce Grenfell; actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily). [1]
- Birth of Paul Whitelaw; cricket player (New Zealand opening batsman versus England 1933). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Lee Byung Chull; Korean industrialist/founder (Samsung Business). [1]
- February 13
- Birth of William B Shockley in London, Englnd; 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]
- February 17
- Birth of Marc Lawrence in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Man With the Golden Gun). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Millicent Vernon Hammond AKA Millicent Hammond Fenwick in New York City, New York, USA; American politician (Representative-Republican-New Jersey 1975-83). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Joan Bennett in Palisades, New Jersey, USA; actress (Elizabeth - Dark Shadows, Little Women, Disraeli). [1]
- Birth of Peter De Vries in Chicago, Illinois, USA; author (Reuben Reuben, The Prick of Noon). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Vincente Minnelli in Chicago, Illinois, USA; movie director (American in Paris, Gigi). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Ed[uard] Hoornik; Dutch writer/poet (Survivor). [1]
- Birth of Samuel Barber in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (School for Scandal). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Roger L Stevens; producer (Giant). [1]
- Birth of Tony "Two-Ton" Galento in Orange, New Jersey, USA; boxer/actor (On the Waterfront). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Sammy Kaye in Lakewood, Ohio, USA; 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 in Hungary; sabres (Olympics-gold-1948). [1]
- Birth of Andrew Miller-Jones; British TV pioneer. [1]
- Birth of Iftikhar Ali Khan; cricket player (Nawab of Pataudi, England and India). [1]
- Birth of Martijn Lijnema; boer/resistance fighter (WWII). [1]
- Birth of Norman Wooland in Düsseldorf, Germany; actor (Hamlet). [1]
- March 21
- Birth of Nick Castle in Brooklyn, New York, USA; choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Nicholas Monsarret in England; writer (Cruel Sea). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Akira Kurosawa in Tokyo, Japan; director (Seven Samurai, Living). [1]
- Birth of Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson in Bremerhaven, Germany; singer/actress (Der Pott). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Richard Conte in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Four Just Men, 13 Rue Madeleine, Hotel, Jean Arthur Show). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Rudi Ball in 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]
- April 5
- Birth of Richard Irvine in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; art director for films, some Disney, headed Imagineering (WED) for creation of every Disneyland attraction, Walt Disney World, retired 1973, named Disney Legend 1990. [510.219]
- April 8
- Birth of George Musso; NFL guard (Chicago Bears). [1]
- Birth of Wendell Bill; cricket player (New South Wales bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Abraham A Ribicoff; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Connecticut). [1]
- Birth of Sharon Lynn in Weatherford, Texas, USA; actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Eddy Duchin in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; society pianist/bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra). [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spínola; General/President of Portugal. [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Jürgen Rausch; German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Lord Grey of Naunton; chancellor (Ulster University). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Jamie L Whitten; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Mississippi, 1941-). [1]
- Birth of Sylvia Fisher; soprano (Albert Herring Opera). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Simone Simon in France; actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Johan Doorn; Dutch journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper). [1]
- Birth of Tomoyuki Tanaka; director (Godzilla). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Al Lewis in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Grampa - The Munsters TV show, Leo Schnauser - Car 54 Where are You?). [1] [457]
- May 1
- Birth of Cliff Battles in Akron, Ohio, USA; NFL hall of famer (Atlanta Braves, Washington Redskins). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Laurie Nash; cricket player (Tasmanian fast-bowler, two Tests for Australia). [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 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 P E Palia; cricket player (appeared in India's first Test-Lord's 1932). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Jimmy Demaret; winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the US Open. [1]
- Birth of Margot Turner; matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin; British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel Prize 1964). [1]
- Birth of Gordon Jenkins in Webster Grove, Missouri, USA; orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Constance [Halverstadt] Cummings in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (John and Julie, Seven Sinners, Glamour). [1]
- Birth of Robert F Wagner; American politician (Mayor-Democrat-New York City, 1949-65). [1]
- May 19
- Birth of Alan Melville; cricket player (graceful South African batsman 1938-49). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Johnny Olson; TV announcer (The Price is Right). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Artie Shaw [Arthur Jacob Arshawsky] in New York City, New York, USA; bandleader (Come'on my House). [1]
- Birth of Scatman Crothers [Benjamin] in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA; actor/singer (Zapped, Shining) (dies 1986). [1] [5]
- May 26
- Birth of Adolfo Lopez Mateos; President of México. [1]
- Birth of Laurence S Rockefeller in New York City, New York, USA; 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 Aaron Thibeaux Walker in Linden, Texas, USA; blues guitarman ("Call It Stormy Monday" (1943), "Funky Town", "Well Done"). [1] [457]
- June 10
- Birth of Morgan "Bill" Evans in Santa Monica, California, USA; gardener and landscaper of Disneyland, supervised and trained landscape architects for all other Disney parks, named a Disney Legend in 1992. [510.157]
- Birth of Chester Arthur Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf in West Point, Mississippi, USA; rocker, harmonica player ("Evil", "Big City Blues"). [1] [5] [457]
- June 11
- Birth of Jacques-Yves Cousteau in France; oceanic explorer aboard Calypso. [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Mary Wickenhauser AKA Mary Wickes in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Miss Cathcart - Dennis the Menace TV series). [457]
- June 14
- Birth of Rudolf Kempe in Niederpoyritz, Germany; conductor (Tonhalle Orchestra 1965-72). [1]
- June 15
- Birth of David Rose in London, England; orchestra leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper). [1]
- June 16
- Birth of Ilona Massey in Budapest, Hungary; actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show). [1]
- June 17
- Birth of Red Foley AKA Clyde Julian Foley in Blue Lick, Kentucky, USA; country singer/songwriter ("Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy", "Old Shep", "Sugarfoot Rag", "Tennessee Saturday Night", "Peace in the Valley"), TV host (Ozark Jubilee), actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. [1] [457]
- June 18
- Birth of Avon Long in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Roots: The Next Generation). [1]
- Birth of Dick Foran in Flemington, New Jersey, USA; actor (OK Crackerby). [1]
- Birth of E.G. Marshall in Owatonna, Minnesota, USA; actor (Lawrence - The Defenders, Nixon, Absolute Power). [1]
- Birth of Ray McKinley in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; orchestra leader (Glenn Miller Time). [1]
- June 22
- Birth of Jennie Tourel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera 1943-47). [1]
- Birth of Peter Pears in Farnham, England; tenor (Death in Venice). [1]
- June 23
- Birth of Edward P. Morgan in Walla Walla, Washington, USA; journalist (1955-67), radio commentator ("Edward P. Morgan and the News" on ABC, George Foster Peabody Award 1956), TV news anchor (ABC Evening News). [457]
- Birth of Jean Anouilh in France; dramatist (Thieves' Carnival). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Gloria Stuart; actress (General Hospital, Touched by an Angel, Murder She Wrote). [457]
- July 11
- Birth of Irene Hervey in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Aunt Meg - Honey West). [1]
- July 14
- Birth of William Hanna in Melrose, New Mexico, USA; cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera, The Flintstones TV show, Quick Draw McGraw TV show, Huckleberry Hound TV show, The Jetsons TV show, Magilla Gorilla TV show, Jonny Quest TV show, Scooby Doo: Where are You TV show). [1] [457]
- July 28
- Birth of Bill Goodwin in San Francisco, California, USA; announcer (The Burns and Allen Show radio show, The Bob Hope Radio Show, Boing Boing Show), spokesman (Swan Soap, Maxwell House Coffee, Carnation Evaporated Milk). [457]
- August 2
- Birth of Lou Zara in New York City, New York, USA; writer (Stump the Authors). [1]
- August 4
- Birth of William Howard Schuman in New York City, New York, USA; composer (American Festival Overture). [1]
- August 6
- Birth of Charles Crichton; director (Battle of the Sexes). [1]
- August 8
- Birth of Francisco Brochado Da Rocha; Prime Minister of Brazil (1962). [1]
- Birth of Sylvia Sidney in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (46 years of TV guest appearances, WKRP, Thirtysomething, Fantasy Island, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon). [1] [457]
- August 10
- Birth of Angus Campbell; US psychologist (Elections and Political Order). [1]
- August 16
- Birth of Mae Clarke in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl). [1]
- August 25
- Birth of Pierre Musy in Switzerland; 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]
- August 26
- Birth of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu AKA Mother Theresa in Skopje, Albania; founded Missionaries of Charity in India, Nobel Peace Prize 1979, Bharat Ratna 1980 (dies 1997). [5] [432.60] [603.50]
- September 1
- Birth of Jack Hawkins in London, England; actor (Ben - Four Just Men). [1]
- September 3
- Birth of Kitty Carlisle AKA Kitty Carlisle Hartin New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress (Animal Crackers), singer, panelist (To Tell the Truth TV show). [1] [457]
- Birth of Yale Gracey in Shanghai, China; began at Disney Studios in 1939 as art director and layout artist on over 60 Disney films, added special effects to Disneyland attractions, retired 1975, named Disney Legend 1989. [510.192]
- Birth of Dorothy Maynor in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; 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 in France; actor (Les Enfants du Paradis). [1]
- September 14
- Birth of Lehman Engel in Jackson, Mississippi, USA; conductor/composer (A Streetcar Named Desire). [1]
- Birth of Rolf Liebermann in Zürich, Switzerland; composer (Leonore). [1]
- September 19
- Birth of Margaret Lindsay in Dubuque, Iowa, USA; actress (Take a Guess). [1]
- September 20
- Birth of Jacques-Baptise LeBrun in France; finn yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
- September 23
- Birth of Soulima Stravinsky in Lausanne, Switzerland; Russian pianist (Igor Stravinsky's son). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Fran Lee in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ms Wong - Major Dell Conway). [1]
- September 29
- Birth of Virginia Bruce; actress (Action in Arabia). [1]
- October 9
- Birth of Phil Hanna in River Forest, Illinois, USA; singer ("Once Upon a Tune"). [1]
- October 10
- Birth of Price Daniel; American politician (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 in India; physicist (Nobel Prize 1983). [1]
- October 23
- Birth of Hayden Rorke in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dr. Bellows - I Dream of Jeannie TV show, Dr. Kildare, Mr. Adams and Eve). [1] [457]
- October 26
- Birth of John Cardinal Krol; archbishop of Philadelphia. [1]
- October 27
- Birth of Fred de Cordova; film/TV producer (The Tonight Show). [1]
- Birth of Jack Carson in Manitoba, Canada; actor (A Star is Born, Mildred Pierce). [1]
- October 28
- Birth of Marie Dollinger in Germany; dropped baton in 1936 Olympic sprint. [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Franz Kemser in Germany; four-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1952). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Rosemary DeCamp in Prescott, Arizona, USA; actress (The Life of Riley, Petticoat Junction, Partridge Family, Days of Our Lives, Bob Cummings Show, Love That Bob, That Girl). [1] [457]
- November 22
- Birth of Mary Jackson in Milford, Michigan, USA; actress (Emily - The Waltons). [1]
- November 26
- Birth of Cyril Cusack in South Africa; actress (Day of the Jackal). [1]
- November 30
- Birth of Paul Cerutti in Monaco; trap shooter, disqualified for drugs in 1976 Olympics. [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Joel Fluellen in Louisiana, USA; actor (Burning Cross, Learning Tree). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Robert Paige in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; actor (Colgate Comedy Hour). [1]
- December 4
- Birth of Alex North in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf). [1]
- Birth of Amar Singh; cricket player (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 7
- Birth of Rod Cameron in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; actor (City Detective, State Trooper). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Dick Elffers; Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival). [1]
- Birth of Stephen Jurika Junior; US pilot/captain (WWII, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Dennis Morgan in Prentice, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Dennis - 21 Beacon Street). [1]
- Birth of Jill Summers; actress (Agatha - Coronation Street). [1]
- Birth of John Hammond in New York City, New York, USA; rock/jazz producer ("I Can Tell", "So Many Roads"). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Lillian Roth [Rutstein]; singer/actress (Animal Crackers). [1]
- Birth of Van Heflin in Walters, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary). [1]
- December 17
- Birth of Sy Oliver in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA; trumpet player/arranger/bandleader (Tommy Dorsey - "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Opus One"). [457]
- Birth of Keki Khursedji Tarapore; cricket player (0-72 in his only Test for India). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Abe Burrows in Brooklyn, New York, USA; Broadway composer (Guys and Dolls, 1951 Tony Award). [1]
- Birth of Eric Tindall; cricket player (All Black Representative who kept wicket in five Tests). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of Jean Genet in Paris, France; novelist/dramatist (The Blacks). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Marvin Davis in New Mexico, USA; architect, art director at 20th Century Fox, worked at Disney 1955-95, helped plan Disneyland layout, designs for many buildings, worked on films and TV shows, Emmy award 1962, planning and designing Walt Disney World, named a Disney Legend 1994. [510.126]
- December 22
- Birth of Richard Ainley in Middlesex, England; actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion). [1]
- December 24
- Birth of Betty Ann Davies in London, England; actress (Tough Guy). [1]
- Birth of Fritz [Reuter] Leiber Junior; US sci-fi author (Bazaar of the Bizarre). [1]
- Birth of Mitchell Ayres in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; musical director for Columbia records, orchestra director for Perry Como's TV career, and on The Hollywood Palace. [1] [457]
- December 25
- Birth of David Lichine [Lichtenstein]; Russian/US dancer (Make Mine Music). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of John Kerr in New Zealand; cricket player (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 in Rigewood, New Jersey, USA; actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What). [1]
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