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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1911 January 1 Birth of Endre Szervanszky composer. [1] Birth of Hammerin' Hank Greenberg Hall-of-Fame first baseman (Detroit Tiger). [1] January 3 Birth of John Sturges US, director (Old Man and Sea, Magnificent 7). [1] January 6 Birth of Eduardo Frei Montalva President of Chile (1964-70). [1] Birth of Joey Adams Brooklyn New York, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact). [1] Birth of Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov actor (Telegram, Town People). [1] Birth of Yannis Andreou Papaioannou composer. [1] January 7 Birth of Butterfly [Thelma] McQueen Tampa Florida, actress (Prissy-Gone With the Wind). [1] Birth of Merv Waite cricketer (South Australian all-rounder). [1] January 8 Birth of Andrej Ocenas composer. [1] January 9 Birth of Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling professor of occupational health. [1] Birth of Stafford William Somerfield British newspaper editor. [1] January 10 Birth of Jan Boon [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong). [1] January 13 Birth of Johannes Bjelke-Petersen premier (Queensland Australia). [1] January 14 Birth of George Amadee Tremblay composer. [1] Birth of Helmut Degen composer. [1] January 15 Birth of Cy Feuer New York City, New York, Broadway producer (Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line). [1] Birth of Wim Kan Dutch cabaretier. [1] January 16 Birth of Eduardo Frei (Christian Democrat), President of Chile (1964-70). [1] Birth of Gilbert Gadoffre French scholar. [1] Birth of Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean HOF baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals). [1] January 17 Birth of Hermann Pfrogner Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus). [1] Birth of Luis W Alvarez US, physicist (sub atomic, Nobel Prize 1968). [1] January 18 Birth of Gabor Darvas composer. [1] January 21 Birth of Stanley William Reed cineaste. [1] January 22 Birth of Bruno Kreisky Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83). [1] Birth of Roberto Garcia Morillo composer. [1] January 23 Birth of Dan Smith harmonica player/gospel singer. [1] January 24 Birth of C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore US, sci-fi author (Judgment Night). [1] January 25 Birth of Julia Frances Smith composer. [1] January 26 Birth of Norbert Schultze composer. [1] Birth of Polykarp Kusch US, nuclear physicist Nobel Prize 1955. [1] January 27 Birth of Benay Venuta San Francisco California, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister). [1] Birth of George Pope cricketer (English pace bowler, 1-49 and 0-36 in his only Test). [1] January 29 Birth of Bernard Herrmann New York City, New York, composes film music. [1] Birth of George Burns British Major-General. [1] January 30 Birth of Alexander George Ogston biochemist. [1] Birth of Hugh Marlowe Philadelphia Pennsylvania; actor (Ellery Queen). [1] Birth of Roy Eldridge Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw). [1] January 31 Birth of A G Ogston president (Trinity College-Oxford). [1] Birth of Christina Foyle book seller. [1] February 2 Birth of Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer. [1] Birth of Johan J "Jussi" Björling Swedish tenor. [1] February 3 Birth of Jehan [Ariste] Alain French organist/composer. [1] Birth of Jesse Thomas blues singer. [1] February 6 Birth of A W "Dooley" Briscoe cricketer (batted in two Tests for South Africa 1930s). [1] Birth of Ronald Reagan Illinois; actor (Bedtime for Bonzo)/40th President (Republican) (1981-89). [1] February 8 Birth of Anne Aitken [nee Hopkins], Chicago Illinois, co-founder-Diamond Sangha. [1] Birth of Elizabeth Bishop US poet (North and South)/Pulitzer Prize (1956). [1] Birth of Henri Knap Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer. [1] February 9 Birth of Eustace Wenworth Roskill law lord. [1] February 11 Birth of Alec Cairncross chancellor (Glasgow U). [1] February 12 Birth of Charles Mathiesen Norway, 1500 metre speed skater (Olympics-gold-1936). [1] Birth of Frank Hercules writer. [1] Birth of Sylvstre A Guzman Fernandez President (Dominican Republic). [1] February 13 Birth of Jean Muir Fullarton actress. [1] February 14 Birth of Florence Rice Cleveland Ohio, actress (Double Wedding, Riding on Air). [1] Birth of Willem J Kolff Dutch/US internist/inventor (Artificial Kidney). [1] February 15 Birth of Leonard Woodcock labor leader (United Auto Workers). [1] February 16 Birth of Hal Porter Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase). [1] February 17 Birth of Arthur Hunnicutt Gravelly Arkansas; actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising). [1] February 19 Birth of Merle Oberon Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion). [1] Birth of Nikola Hercigonja composer. [1] February 20 Birth of Margot Grahame. [1] Birth of Robert Guyn McBride Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody). [1] February 23 Birth of G Mennen Williams Detroit Michigan, Sup Court Justice/(Governor-Democrat-MI, 1949-60). [1] Birth of Walter Ernest Allen writer/critic. [1] February 24 Birth of Konrad Lechner composer. [1] February 26 Birth of Josef Smrkovsky Czechoslovakia Member of Parliament chairman. [1] February 28 Birth of Amir Hamzah Indonesian poet (Njanji Sunji). [1] March 1 Birth of Harry Golombek chess grandmaster. [1] March 2 Birth of William Hansen Washington DC; actor (Homebodies). [1] March 3 Birth of Francesco Siciliani opera composer. [1] Birth of Jean Harlow [Harlean Carpentier] Kansas City Missouri, 30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8). [1] March 5 Birth of Joseph Tomelty actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba). [1] March 6 Birth of Charles Frank physicist. [1] Birth of Roland Jacobi Leich composer. [1] March 7 Birth of Stefan Kisielewski composer. [1] March 8 Birth of Alan Hovhaness Somerville Massachusetts, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo). [1] Birth of Elsie Agnes Giorgi physician/humanitarian. [1] March 9 Birth of Ramon Campbell Batista composer. [1] March 10 Birth of Warner Anderson Brooklyn New York; actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place). [1] March 11 Birth of Alan Gifford Boston Massachusetts; actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope). [1] Birth of Fitzroy Maclean British diplomat soldier politician/historian. [1] March 12 Birth of Gustavo Diaz Ordaz President of Mexico. [1] March 13 Birth of Jose Ardevol composer. [1] Birth of L[aFayette] Ron Hubbard sci-fi writer/Scientologist (Dianetics). [1] March 14 Birth of Pete Piute [Morris Kaufman], New York City, New York, comedian (Village Barn). [1] March 17 Birth of Raffaele d' Alessandro composer. [1] March 18 Birth of Smiley Burnette Summum Illinois, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction). [1] March 19 Birth of Kenneth Robinson politician/businessman. [1] March 20 Birth of Mieke Verstraete Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled). [1] March 21 Birth of John Paxton screenwriter (On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely). [1] March 23 Birth of Augustus John "Gus" Risman rugby league player. [1] Birth of Charles Joseph A Russhon USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison (James Bond films). [1] Birth of Denis Wright diplomat. [1] Birth of Edward Warner diplomat. [1] Birth of Richard Chapman golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur). [1] March 24 Birth of Enrique Jordá San Sebastian Spain, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970). [1] Birth of Herman W "Fritz" Liebert US OSSer/librarian (Yale curator). [1] Birth of Jane Beverly Drew architect. [1] Birth of Joseph Barbera animator (Hanna-Barbera). [1] March 25 Birth of Willy Anthoons Flemish sculptor (Mystic verheffing). [1] March 26 Birth of Bernard Katz biophysicist. [1] Birth of Tennessee Williams Columbus Mississippi, dramatist (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). [1] March 28 Birth of Myfanwy Piper librettist. [1] March 29 Birth of Philip Ahn Los Angeles California; actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu). [1] March 30 Birth of Dennis Gomm musician. [1] April 1 Birth of Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys Dutch soccer star/writer. [1] Birth of Ferdinand J Kranenburg Dutch Secretary of Defense (Socialist Democrat). [1] Birth of Günther Rennert Essen Germany, opera director/producer. [1] April 2 Birth of Charles "Honi" Coles tap dancer (Tap). [1] April 3 Birth of Harold Watkins Shaw musicologist. [1] Birth of Michael Woodruff FRS, surgeon. [1] Birth of W R Lee language teacher. [1] April 5 Birth of Goddard Lieberson Hanley Staffordshire England, recording executive. [1] Birth of Gordon Jones Alden Iowa; actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello). [1] April 6 Birth of Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate composer. [1] April 8 Birth of Douglas Hyde socialist/Christian. [1] Birth of Melvin Calvin US chemist (photosynthesis, Nobel Prize 1961). [1] Birth of Émile Michel Cioran Romania, writer (The Trouble With Being Born, Anathemas and Admirations). [1] April 9 Birth of Albert Remy Sevres France; actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train). [1] Birth of Lord Deramore architect. [1] April 10 Birth of Maurice Schumann French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu). [1] April 11 Birth of Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz Poland, sprinter (Olympics-gold-32, won 41 AAU track titles). [1] April 12 Birth of Darrell A Amyx US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics). [1] Birth of Geoff Chubb cricketer (South Africa pace bowler vs England 1951-52 aged 40). [1] April 13 Birth of Nino Sanzogno composer. [1] April 15 Birth of Jacob Fresco Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument). [1] April 16 Birth of Christine McIntyre actress (3 Stooges movies). [1] Birth of William Stearn botanist. [1] April 17 Birth of Earl of Lauderdale. [1] Birth of Jean-Pierre Herve Bazin writer. [1] Birth of Mikhail Botvinnik of USSR, world chess champion (1948-63). [1] April 18 Birth of Francis Frederick Johnson architect. [1] Birth of George Huntington Hartford II New York City, New York, A&P heir. [1] April 19 Birth of Francesco Maria Saraceni composer. [1] April 20 Birth of Kukrit Pramoj politician. [1] April 21 Birth of Leonard Warren New York City, New York, baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60) died on stage. [1] April 23 Birth of Ronald Neame director (first Monday in October, Poseidon Adventure). [1] April 24 Birth of Jack E Leonard Chicago Illinois, comedian (Disorderly Orderly). [1] Birth of Karl O Schiller German economist (Minister of Economics). [1] Birth of Robert Joseph Kane Ithaca New York, President of US Olympic Committee (1976). [1] Birth of Sigursveinn David Kristinsson composer. [1] April 26 Birth of Marianne Hoppe Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen). [1] April 27 Birth of Colin Gordon Ceylon; actor (John-The Baron). [1] Birth of Georges Dargaud French publisher (Asterix, Tintin). [1] April 28 Birth of Frans Vroons actor/tenor/director (Netherlands Opera). [1] April 30 Birth of Hans Studer composer. [1] Birth of John-Baptist J Walgrave [Henricus/Humanus], Flemish, theologist. [1] Birth of Luise Rinser writer. [1] May 2 Birth of Lillian Rambach teacher violinist. [1] May 3 Birth of John Rhea "Yank" Lawson trumpeter. [1] May 5 Birth of Giles Grangier film director. [1] Birth of Norman Oldfield cricketer (England batsman one Test vs West Indies 1939, 80 and 19). [1] Birth of Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr specialist in tropical medicine. [1] May 8 Birth of Robert Johnson blues singer (King of the Delta Blues Singer). [1] Birth of Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman Dutch lawyer/foreign minister. [1] May 9 Birth of Harry Simeone Newark New Jersey, choral director (Kate Smith Show). [1] May 11 Birth of Doodles Weaver Los Angeles California, comedian (Spike Jones and City Slickers, Doodles Weaver). [1] Birth of Edgar Beck president (John Mowlem). [1] Birth of Roy James Alfred Kaulback soldier. [1] May 13 Birth of Maxine Sullivan [Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places). [1] Birth of Robert Middleman Cincinnati Ohio; actor (Barney-The Monroes). [1] May 14 Birth of Hans Vogt composer. [1] Birth of J Borremans Belgian politician (communist)/Member of Parliament. [1] May 15 Birth of Leo Fuchs Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy). [1] Birth of Max Frisch Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann). [1] May 16 Birth of Margaret Sullavan Norfolk Virginia, actress (Back Street). [1] Birth of Olaff J de Landell [JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude], writer. [1] May 17 Birth of Knut Anders Haukfield SOE Operative. [1] Birth of Maureen O'Sullivan Boyle Ireland, actress (Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice). [1] May 18 Birth of Big Joe Turner Kansas City Missouri, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll). [1] Birth of Lord Hartwell. [1] Birth of Sigrid Gurie Brooklyn New York; actor (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee). [1] May 20 Birth of Annie M G Schmidt writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke). [1] Birth of Gardner F[rancis] Fox US, sci-fi author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman). [1] May 21 Birth of André Renard Belgian worker's union leader (Syndical Unifié)[or 5/25]. [1] May 22 Birth of Anatol Rapoport Russian/US mathematician/biologist (game theory). [1] May 23 Birth of Boris Kremenliev composer. [1] Birth of Melvin M Payne president (National Geographic Society). [1] May 26 Birth of Ben Alexander Goldfield NV; actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off). [1] May 27 Birth of Hubert Humphrey (Senator-Democrat-Minnesota) 38th Vice President (1965-69), 1969 Presidential candidate. [1] Birth of Torolf Elster Norwegian journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati). [1] Birth of Vincent Price in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (House on Haunted Hill, The House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Scream and Scream Again, The Fly). [1] [5] May 28 Birth of Bob Crisp cricketer (South African pace bowler of 1930s). [1] Birth of Jean-Pierre Levy resistance leader. [1] May 29 Birth of James Marjoribanks British ambassador. [1] Birth of Louis Wain agricultural scientist. [1] May 30 Birth of Douglas Fowley New York City, New York; actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats). [1] May 31 Birth of Edward Adamson art therapist/collector. [1] June 3 Birth of Dr Mason Gross TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money). [1] Birth of Olaf Okern Norway, Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948). [1] Birth of Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy], Switz, actress (The Great Dictator). [1] June 8 Birth of Van Lingle Mungo South Carolina, pitcher (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants). [1] June 10 Birth of Ralph Kirkpatrick Leominster Massachusetts, harpsichordist. [1] Birth of Terence Rattigan playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version). [1] June 11 Birth of Russ Hodges Dayton Tennessee, sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights). [1] June 13 Birth of Albert Cleage famous African. [1] Birth of Luis W Alvarez physicist (Nobel Prize-1968). [1] June 20 Birth of Gail Patrick Birmingham Ala, actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy). [1] June 23 Birth of David Ogilvy advertising whiz (Ogilvy and Mathers). [1] June 26 Babe Didrikson Zaharias is born. [5] Birth of Edward Levi professor (Intro to Legal Reasoning). [1] June 29 Birth of Prince Bernhard Germany, (Constort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands). [1] June 30 Birth of Czeslaw Milosz Polish/American writer (Nobel Prize 1980). [1] July 1 Birth of Alvino Rey Cleveland Ohio, orchestra leader (King Family). [1] July 4 Birth of Mitch Miller Rochester New York, sing along with Mitch (Yellow Rose of Texas). [1] July 7 Birth of Eddie Mayehoff Baltimore Maryland; actor (Hour Glass, Doc Corkle). [1] Birth of Gian Carlo Menotti Italy, composer (Amahl and Night Visitors). [1] July 14 Birth of Terry-Thomas England; actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World). [1] July 16 Birth of Ginger Rogers [Virginia McMath], Independence Missouri, dancer/actress. [1] July 18 Birth of Hume Cronyn London Ontario; actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon). [1] July 21 Birth of Marshall McLuhan Canada, writer (The Medium is the Massage). [1] July 28 Birth of Ann Doran Amarillo Texas, actress (Longstreet, Shirley). [1] Birth of Gerhard Stoeck Germany, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1936). [1] July 31 Birth of George Liberace Menasha Wisconsin, violinist (Liberace Show). [1] August 5 Birth of Robert Taylor Filley Neb; actor (Death Valley Days). [1] August 6 Birth of Lucille Ball Jamestown New York, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame). [1] August 9 Birth of Robert McCormick Danville Ky, NBC newscaster (Current Opinion). [1] Birth of William A Fowler US, astrophysicist (Nobel Prize 1983). [1] August 11 Birth of Henry Kulky Hastings-on-Hudson New York; actor (Otto-Life of Riley). [1] August 12 Birth of Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) Mexico; actor (Around World in 80 Days). [1] August 22 Birth of Edith Atwater Chicago, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop). [1] August 23 Birth of Birger Ruud Norway, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1932, 36). [1] Birth of Elizabeth Robinson US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1928). [1] August 26 Birth of Lester Lanin orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits). [1] September 16 Birth of Wilfred Burchett Australia, communist/writer (Catapult to Freedom). [1] September 19 Birth of William Golding England, novelist (Lord of the Flies-Nobel Prize 1983). [1] September 20 Birth of Frank Devol Moundsville West Virginia, orchestra leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster). [1] September 28 Birth of Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr tennis (US Open 1931,32)/golf player. [1] October 1 Birth of Edward P Boland (Representative-Democrat-Mass). [1] Birth of Irwin Kostal Chicago Illinois, orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show). [1] Birth of Richard Torriani Switzerland, took 1948 Olympic oath. [1] October 3 Birth of Michael Hordern England; actor (Friar Domingo-Shogun). [1] October 7 Birth of Vaughn Monroe Akron Ohio, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show). [1] October 13 Birth of Ticker Freeman Paterson New Jersey, pianist (Dinah Shore Show). [1] October 19 Birth of George Cates New York City, orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show). [1] October 20 Birth of Will Rogers Jr actor (Down to Earth). [1] October 24 Birth of Clarence M Kelley FBI head. [1] October 26 Birth of Mahalia Jackson New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands). [1] Birth of Sid Gillman NFL coach (LA, San Diego, Houston). [1] October 27 Birth of Leif Erickson California; actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront). [1] November 2 Birth of Odysseus Elytis Greece, poet (Nobel Prize 1979). [1] November 3 Birth of Vladimir Ussachevsky Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation). [1] November 5 Birth of Roy Rogers Cincinnati Ohio, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show). [1] November 10 Birth of Harry Andrews Kent England; actor (Equus, Man of La Mancha). [1] November 11 Birth of King Hussein of Jordan.. [1] Birth of Patric Knowles England; actor (Big Steal, Chisum). [1] November 20 Birth of Jean Shiley US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932). [1] November 24 Birth of Kirby Grant Butte Montana; actor (Sky King). [1] December 1 Birth of Walter Alston baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1] Birth of Wim van Nuland [Willem C Möhlmann] Dutch priest/writer (Doorstep). [1] December 3 Birth of Dana Suesse songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures). [1] Birth of Nino Rota Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada). [1] December 5 Birth of Alfred Manessier French painter (leaded windows). [1] December 6 Birth of Alfred James Broomhall Methodist missionary. [1] December 8 Birth of Lee J Cobb New York City, New York; actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront). [1] December 9 Birth of [William] Broderick Crawford Philadelphia Pennsylvania; actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol, Hunter, Liar's Moon). [1] December 10 Birth of Chet Huntley Cardwell Montana, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report). [1] December 11 Birth of Nagib Machfus Egyptian writer (Nobel Prize 1988). [1] Birth of Vincent Henry Kemp poet. [1] December 12 Birth of Anna Russell composer. [1] December 13 Birth of Kenneth Patchen US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest). [1] December 14 Birth of Ota Adler Czechoslovakian/British fur trader/founder (Federal Trust). [1] Birth of Spike Jones in Long Beach, California; composer (Cocktails for Two). [1] [5] December 17 Birth of William Roerick actor (Henry Chamberlain-Guiding Light). [1] December 18 Birth of Helen Vlachos journalist. [1] Birth of Jules Dassin Middletown Connecticut, director (Circle of Two, Never on Sunday). [1] December 20 Birth of Hortense Calisher New York City, New York, novelist (Arts and Letters 1967). [1] December 21 Birth of Josh Gibson pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth" (hit 800+ homeruns). [1] Birth of Paul Burkhard composer. [1] December 22 Birth of Grote Reber US, astronomer (first parabolic radio telescope). [1] December 23 Birth of James Gregory Bronx New York; actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller). [1] Birth of Niels Jerne immunologist. [1] December 24 Birth of Eric Briault educationalist. [1] Birth of Malcolm MacEwen writer. [1] December 25 Birth of Burne Hogarth strip-cartoon artist. [1] December 27 Birth of Endre Szervanszky composer [or January 1]. [1] December 28 Birth of Phani Majumdar film maker. [1] Birth of Sam Levenson New York City, New York, humorist (Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party). [1] December 30 Birth of Jeanette Nolan Los Angeles California, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian). [1]