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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1912 January 1 Birth of Kim Philby British spy/Soviet mole. [1] Birth of Victor Reuther Wheeling West Virginia, labor leader. [1] January 2 Birth of Andre Ameller composer. [1] Birth of Anna Lee Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital). [1] Birth of Barbara Pentland Winnipeg Canada, composer. [1] Birth of Renato Guttuso Italian painter (The Flight from Etna, Crucifixion). [1] January 3 Birth of Robert Flemyng Liverpool England; actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston). [1] January 5 Birth of Frank Pace Jr US Secretary of Army (1950-53). [1] January 6 Birth of Jacques Cesar Ellul writer. [1] January 7 Birth of Charles Addams cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family). [1] January 8 Birth of José Ferrer Santurce PR; actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac, Blood Tide, Dune, Big Bus). [1] Birth of Rudolf G Escher Dutch composer (True Face of Peace). [1] January 9 Birth of Ralph Tubbs architect. [1] January 11 Birth of Donald Barry Houston Texas; actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak). [1] Birth of Roger Lewis aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am). [1] Birth of Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe Waco Texas, pitcher (Detroit Tigers). [1] January 12 Birth of Peter Pooley broadcaster. [1] January 14 Birth of Rudolf Hagelstange German author/poet (Spielball der Götter). [1] January 15 Birth of Michel J-P Debré premier of France (1959-62). [1] January 16 Birth of Franz Tumler Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf). [1] January 17 Birth of Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer. [1] January 18 Birth of Charles Moeller Belgian theologist (Humanisme et sainteté). [1] Birth of René Gabriëls Belgian billiard pro (7 World/9 European championships). [1] Birth of William Sansom English writer (The Loving Eye). [1] January 19 Birth of Francis David Charteris Earl of Wemyss and March/Scottish landowner. [1] Birth of Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans Dutch socialist democratic chairman (1965-69). [1] Birth of Leonid V Kantorovich Saint Petersburg Russia, economist (Nobel). [1] January 20 Birth of Christopher Casson Irish actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita). [1] January 21 Birth of Konrad Bloch Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel Prize 1964). [1] January 23 Birth of Ank van der Moer actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy). [1] January 24 Birth of Ken Weekes cricketer (West Indies batsman vs England 1939, 137 at The Oval). [1] January 25 Birth of Lucius E Burch Jr US lawyer/civil rights leader. [1] January 26 Birth of Cora Baird New York City, New York, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie). [1] January 27 Birth of Lawrence Durrell Indian/British writer (Private Country). [1] January 28 Birth of Jackson Pollock Cody Wyoming, abstract artist (Lavender Mist). [1] Birth of William "Bill" Henson English diplomat (Prague 1939). [1] January 29 Birth of Jacob "Jaap" Balk journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon). [1] Birth of Professor Irwin Corey Brooklyn New York, comedian (Car Wash, Doc). [1] January 30 Birth of Barbara Tuchman US, historian/author (Pulitzer, Guns of August). [1] Birth of Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1932). [1] February 2 Birth of Burton Lane Broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow). [1] Birth of Stefan Schnabel German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox). [1] February 3 Birth of Jacques Soustelle French minister of information. [1] February 4 Birth of Byron Nelson Fort Worth Texas, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945). [1] Birth of Erich Leinsdorf Vienna Austria, available conductor and banana eater. [1] Birth of James Craig Nashville Tennessee; actor (Devil and Daniel Webster, Cyclops). [1] February 5 Birth of Willard Parker New York City, New York; actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman). [1] Birth of Zoltan Pongracz composer. [1] February 6 Birth of Eva Braun mistress of Adolf Hitler. [1] February 7 Birth of Derek Farr London; actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large). [1] Birth of Jane Ross Spokane Washington, actress (Audrey-Phyllis, Coed Fever). [1] February 8 Birth of Simon Jurovsky composer. [1] February 9 Birth of Hubert William Dean air armaments specialist. [1] February 10 Birth of Lord Orr-Ewing. [1] February 11 Birth of Roy Fuller England, poet/novelist (Lost Season). [1] Birth of Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard). [1] February 12 Birth of Eddie J Bush golf professional. [1] Birth of Ernest Clark London England; actor (Doctor in the House). [1] February 13 Birth of French J Van den Brande Flemish actor. [1] Birth of Jose de Capriles US, fencer (Olympics-1936, 1948, 1952). [1] Birth of Margaretta Scott actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast). [1] February 14 Birth of Edmund George Love US, teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest). [1] Birth of Juan Pujol Garcia [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent. [1] Birth of Oliver Wendell Harrington cartoonist. [1] February 15 Birth of George Mikes Hungary, British writer (How to Be an Alien). [1] February 16 Birth of Arthur Crook British editor (Times Literary Supplement). [1] Birth of Bob Tadema Sporry Dutch (female) author. [1] Birth of Del Sharbutt Cleburne Texas, TV announcer (Your Hit Parade). [1] Birth of Machito "Frank Grillo" Florida, bandleader (created salsa music). [1] Birth of Maitland Mackie Lord Lieutenant (Aberdeenshire). [1] February 17 Birth of Andre [Alice Mary] Norton Cleveland Ohio, science fiction writer (Beast Master, Stand and Deliver). [1] February 18 Birth of Heinz Kühn German premier (North-Rhine Westphalia). [1] February 19 Birth of Adolf Rudnicki Polish writer (Niekochana). [1] Birth of Peter Francis de Sautoy publisher. [1] Birth of Stan Kenton [Newcomb], Wichita Kansas, jazz musician/orchestra leader (Music 55). [1] February 21 Birth of Arline Judge actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent). [1] Birth of Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert). [1] Birth of Patrick Murphy English multi-millionaire. [1] February 24 Birth of Julius Kowalski composer. [1] February 25 Birth of Richard Wattis England; actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince and Showgirl). [1] February 27 Birth of Hugues Panassié French jazz saxophonist/author (Hot Club of France). [1] Birth of Lawrence Durrell Darjeeling India, writer (Alexandria Quartet). [1] February 28 Birth of Helmut Coing German lawyer/director (Max-Planck-institute). [1] March 2 Birth of Arthur Beaumont C Langton cricketer (South African pace bowler of 1930s). [1] March 3 Birth of Joe Stydahar NFL tackle (Chicago Bears). [1] March 4 Birth of Afro [Basaldella] Italian painter. [1] Birth of John Garfield New York City, New York; actor (Air Force, Destination Tokyo, Juarez). [1] March 6 Birth of Madge Adam astronomer. [1] March 9 Birth of Alan David Melville polymath. [1] March 11 Birth of Robert Clifford Latham Pepys Scholar. [1] Birth of Xavier Montsalvatge Spanish composer (El gato con botas). [1] March 12 Birth of James McKay lord provost of Edinburgh. [1] Birth of Kylie Tennant novelist (Battlers, Lost Haven). [1] Birth of Paul Weston Springfield Massachusetts, orchestra leader (Jim Nabors Hour). [1] March 13 Birth of Ernst Hess composer. [1] Birth of Igor Youskevitch dancer. [1] Birth of James Friell political cartoonist. [1] March 14 Birth of Les Brown Reinerton Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (and his band of renown). [1] March 15 Birth of Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald fighter pilot. [1] Birth of Louis Paul Boon Flemish writer (Kapellekensbaan). [1] Birth of Sam [Lightnin'] Hopkins Centerville Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine). [1] March 16 Birth of Patricia Nixon [Thelma Catherine] Ely Nevada, first lady (1969-74). [1] March 19 Birth of Adolf Galland fighter Pilot. [1] Birth of Russ Case Hamburg Iowa, orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show). [1] March 21 Birth of Peter Bull actor/author (Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove). [1] March 22 Birth of Henri Rousselot Admiral. [1] Birth of Lord Alport. [1] Birth of Wilfrid Brambell Dublin Ireland; actor (Hard Day's Night). [1] March 23 Birth of Alfred Schwarzmann Germany, gymnast (Olympics-2 golds-1936). [1] Birth of John Payne Roanoke Virginia; actor (Dodsworth, Razor's Edge). [1] Birth of Werner von Braun Wirsitz Germany, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars). [1] March 27 Birth of James Callaghan (Liberal) British Prime Minister (1976-79). [1] Birth of Reuel Lahmer composer. [1] Birth of Robert Watson Hughes composer. [1] March 28 Birth of A[rthur] Bertram Chandler United Kingdom, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space). [1] March 30 Birth of Andrew Rodger Waterson scholar/naturalist. [1] Birth of Jack Cowie cricketer (successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII). [1] March 31 Birth of Wilhelmus Berkelmans civil servant/resistance fighter. [1] April 3 Birth of Addeke H Boerma Dutch Director-General (FAO). [1] Birth of Bert Bakker Dutch publisher (Free Netherlands). [1] April 5 Birth of John Le Mesurier Bedford England; actor (Jabberwocky, Dad's Army). [1] April 6 Birth of Endre Szekely composer. [1] Birth of Wilhelmus H L "Willem" Tollenaar actor/director (Don Carlos). [1] April 7 Birth of John Adrian Hope politician/businessman. [1] Birth of Valère Depauw Flemish writer. [1] April 8 Birth of Josef Gabcík Czechoslovakia, resistance fighter (attacked Heydrich). [1] Birth of Sonja Henie Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympics-gold-1928,32,36). [1] April 10 Birth of Clarke Hinkle NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers). [1] Birth of Martin Denny rocker/actor (Forbidden Island). [1] Birth of Roy Hofheinz engineer (Houston Astrodome). [1] April 11 Birth of John Larkin Oakland California; actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High). [1] April 12 Birth of Eric Feldary Budapest Hungary; actor (16 Fathoms Deep). [1] Birth of Georges Franju France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage). [1] Birth of Harold Maguire British air marshal. [1] Birth of Herbert Mills singer, (Mills Brothers). [1] April 13 Birth of Roy Winsor Chicago Illinois, producer (Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life). [1] April 14 Birth of Belinda Quirey dance historian/teacher. [1] Birth of Piet van Egmond Dutch organist/conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra). [1] Birth of Robert Doisneau photographer. [1] April 15 Birth of Kim II Sung President of North Korea (1945-94). [1] Birth of Peter Menzies CEO (British Electricity Council). [1] April 16 Birth of David Langton Scotland; actor (Quintet, Saint Joan, Abandon Ship). [1] Birth of John Halas animator. [1] April 17 Birth of Isador Caplan lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer. [1] April 18 Birth of John Lapworth Holt boat Designer. [1] Birth of Wendy Barrie Hong Kong, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show). [1] April 19 Birth of Glenn T Seaborg head of Atomic Energy Commission/chemist/discovered Plutonium/Nobel Prize 1951. [1] Birth of William Murray teacher/educationalist. [1] April 20 Birth of David Townsend cricketer (3 Tests England vs West Indies 1935). [1] Birth of Ed Jones (Representative-Democrat-TN, 1969-). [1] Birth of Frederick Craig Riddle violist. [1] Birth of Soewarsil Djojopoespito Indonesia, writer (Toe the Line). [1] April 21 Birth of Feike P Asma Dutch organist. [1] Birth of Marcel Camus French director, Orfeu negro). [1] Birth of Nell [Petronella GS] Koppen actress, Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen). [1] April 22 Birth of Gavalda Miguel Querol composer. [1] Birth of Kathleen Mary Ferrier England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice). [1] April 25 Birth of Gladys L Presley mother of Elvis. [1] April 26 Birth of A[lfred] E[lton] Van Vogt Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, science fiction writer (Cosmic Encounter). [1] April 27 Birth of Franz Weyergans Belgian literary (Les Gens Heureux). [1] Birth of Frederick Rand Weissman philanthropist. [1] Birth of Renato Rascel actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria). [1] April 28 Birth of Odette Hallowes British classified agent in France (WWII). [1] April 29 Birth of Italo Valenti Italian sculptor. [1] Birth of Richard Carlson Albert Lea Minnesota; actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi). [1] Birth of Terence de Vere White novelist/critic. [1] April 30 Birth of Eve Arden Mill Valley California, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks). [1] Birth of Manuel Gutierrez Mellado soldier/politician. [1] May 1 Birth of Anna Pollak mezzo-soprano. [1] Birth of Felipe Padilla de Leon composer. [1] May 2 Birth of Axel Springer German newspaper magnate. [1] Birth of Marten Toonder writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel). [1] May 4 Birth of Lou Brown Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show). [1] May 5 Birth of Alice Faye [Ann Jeanne Leppert] New York City, New York, actress (Barricade, State Fair). [1] Birth of W Fenton Morley preacher. [1] May 6 Birth of Barend Roest Crollius painter/writer (Chronicle Sins of Youth). [1] Birth of Bill Quinn New York City, New York; actor (Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family). [1] Birth of Hugh Martell British Vice Admiral. [1] May 7 Birth of Paul H F Brenneker Netherlands/Antillian photographer/folklorist. [1] May 8 Birth of George Woodcock author. [1] Birth of Gertrud Fussenegger [Dorn] Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende). [1] May 9 Birth of Pedro Armendariz México; actor (From Russia With Love). [1] May 10 Birth of Edward Gardner Queen's Court/Member of Parliament. [1] Birth of Erik Jorgensen composer. [1] Birth of Harold Myers film journalist. [1] May 11 Birth of Foster Brooks Louisville Kentucky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork and Mindy). [1] Birth of Phil Silvers Brooklyn New York, comedian (Sergeant Bilko-Phil Silvers Show). [1] May 12 Birth of Marshall Royal jazz sax/clarinet. [1] May 13 Birth of Helen Craig San Antonio Texas, actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night). [1] May 14 Birth of Marguerite Fawdry museum curator. [1] May 15 Birth of Alexis Kagame Rwanda, priest/writer. [1] Birth of Alexis Nihon Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968). [1] Birth of Arthur Victor Berger New York City, New York, composer (Ideas of Order). [1] May 16 Birth of Studs Terkel New York City, New York, author/host (Stud's Place, Working). [1] May 17 Birth of Archibald Cox first Watergate special prosecutor. [1] Birth of Clarence "Ace" Parker NFL quarterback (Brooklyn, Boston Yankees). [1] Birth of Sandor Vegh violinist teacher conductor. [1] May 18 Birth of Georg von Opel German auto manufacturer. [1] Birth of Perry [Pierino] Como Canonsburg Pennsylvania, singer/TV host (Perry Como Show). [1] Birth of Richard Brooks Philadelphia Pennsylvania, director (Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood). [1] May 20 Birth of Joseph Proce third victim of New York City's Zodiac killer (survives). [1] May 22 Birth of Hendrik Koekoek Dutch Member of Parliament (Farmers Party). [1] May 23 Birth of David Barran CEO (Midland Bank, England). [1] Birth of Jean Françaix Le Mans France, composer (Le Rui Nu). [1] Birth of John Payne Roanoke Virginia; actor (Restless Gun). [1] Birth of Marius Goring Isle of Wight; actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust). [1] Birth of Samuel Curran vice chancellor (Strathclyde University). [1] May 24 Birth of Joan Hammond British operatic soprano. [1] Birth of Joseph Anthony [Deuster] US director/actor (Matchmaker, Tomorrow). [1] May 25 Birth of Eddie Maxwell singer (Yes We Have No Bananas). [1] May 26 Birth of János Kádár premier Hungary (1956-58). [1] May 27 Birth of John Cheever writer (Wapshot Chronicle). [1] Birth of Sam Snead Hot Springs Virginia, PGA golfer (Masters 1949, 52, 54/PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73). [1] May 28 Birth of Leslie Monson diplomat. [1] Birth of Patrick White Australia, novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel Prize 1973). [1] May 29 Birth of John Hanlo Dutch poet (Go to the Mosque). [1] May 30 Birth of Alexander Langsdorf physicist. [1] Birth of Hugh Griffith Anglesey Wales; actor (Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!). [1] Birth of Joseph Stein dramatist/playwright (Fiddler on the Roof). [1] Birth of Julian Gustave Symons writer. [1] May 31 Birth of Barbara Pepper New York City, New York, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern). [1] Birth of Dave O'Brien Big Springs Texas; actor (Kiss Me Kate, first Aid). [1] Birth of Henry M "Scoop" Jackson (Senator-Democrat-Washington). [1] Birth of Martin Schwarzschild US astronomer (evolution). [1] June 5 Birth of Josef Neckermann German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968). [1] June 9 Birth of Ingolf Dahl Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante and Arioso). [1] June 12 Birth of Russell "Lucky" Hayden Chico California; actor (Judge Roy Bean). [1] June 13 Birth of Mary Wickes Saint Louis Missouri, actress (Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc). [1] June 16 Birth of Enoch Powell England, (Conservative), racist. [1] June 17 Birth of Don Gillis Cameron Missouri, composer (Symphony #5 1/2). [1] June 18 Birth of Henry Brandon Berlin Germany; actor (Drums of Fu Manchu). [1] June 19 Birth of Jerry Jerome Brooklyn, New York, saxophonist (Words and Music). [1] Birth of Martin Gabel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; TV host (With this Ring). [1] June 21 Birth of Mary McCarthy US, novelist (Group). [1] June 23 Birth of Alan Turing mathematician pioneer in computer theory (Turing Machine). [1] June 24 Birth of Norman Cousins editor (Saturday Review). [1] June 27 Birth of Audrey Christie Chicago Illinois, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange). [1] June 29 Birth of José Pablo Moncayo Garcia Guadalajara México, composer (Huapango). [1] June 30 Birth of Dan Reeves NFL team owner (Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams). [1]