1913

January 1

• Birth of Eliot Janeway financial writer (Economics of Chaos). [1]

January 2

• Birth of Ernest Sidey British air marshal. [1]
• Birth of Gardner Read Evanston, Illinois, composer. [1]
• Birth of Juanita E Jackson Mitchell US head (NAACP). [1]
• Birth of Léon P Teisserenc de Bort France, meteorologist. [1]

January 4

• Birth of Malietoa Tanumafili II King of West-Samoa (1962-). [1]

January 6

• Birth of Edward Gierek party leader (Polish CP). [1]
• Birth of Loretta Young Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger). [1]
• Birth of Tom Brown New York City, New York; actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lieutenant Rovacs-Mr Lucky). [1]

January 7

• Birth of Francis De Wolff England; actor (From Russia With Love). [1]
• Birth of Shirley Ross Omaha Nebraska, actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm). [1]

January 8

• Birth of Horace Smith cricketer (New Zealand, only Test wicket off his first ball (Paynter)). [1]

January 9

• Birth of Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst vocal/piano. [1]
• Birth of Peter John Norton naval diplomat/artist. [1]
• Birth of Richard Milhouse Nixon Yorba Linda California, (Republican) 37th President (1969-74). [1]

January 10

• Birth of Gustav Husak President of Czechoslovakia (1975-89). [1]
• Birth of Haywood Frank Henry sax player. [1]

January 13

• Birth of Jeff Morrow New York City, New York; actor (Bart-Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising). [1]
• Birth of Ralph Edwards Merino Colorado, TV host (This is Your Life). [1]

January 14

• Birth of Tillie Olsen American writer (Tell Me a Riddle). [1]

January 15

• Birth of Lloyd Bridges in San Leandro, California; actor (Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane). [1] [5]

January 17

• Birth of Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten founder (Oostpriesterhulp). [1]
• Birth of Yuvraj of Patiala cricketer (scored 24 and 60 in only Test India versus England). [1]

January 18

• Birth of Danny Kaye Brooklyn New York, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show). [1]

January 19

• Birth of Phyllis Flowerdew school Reading text author. [1]

January 22

• Birth of Verdina Shlonsky composer. [1]

January 24

• Birth of Mark Goodson TV game-show producer (Goodson-Toddman). [1]
• Birth of Norman Dello Joio [Dello Ioio], New York City, New York, composer. [1]

January 25

• Birth of Witold Lutoslawski Warsaw Poland, composer (Jeux Vénitiens). [1]

January 26

• Birth of Jimmy Van Heusen songwriter (Love and Marriage). [1]
• Birth of William Prince Nichols New York; actor (City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac). [1]

January 27

• Birth of Milton Adolphus composer. [1]
• Birth of Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Jan Masseus composer. [1]
• Birth of Oliver Chesterton chartered surveyor. [1]

January 29

• Birth of Victor Mature Louisville Kentucky; actor (One Million BC, The Robe, Samson and Delilah). [1]

January 30

• Birth of Dicky Fuller cricketer (one Test West Indies versus England 1935, 1, 0-12). [1]
• Birth of Percy Thrower English radio host. [1]

January 31

• Birth of Don Hutson NFL end (Green Bay Packers). [1]
• Birth of Hector Iglesias Villoud composer. [1]
• Birth of Wayne Millner NFL end (Boston/Washington Redskins). [1]

February 1

• Birth of Jeffrey Kindersley Quill Test pilot. [1]

February 4

• Birth of Rosa Lee Parks civil rights activist (bus protester). [1]
• Birth of Woody Hayes [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of year). [1]

February 5

• Birth of Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger. [1]

February 6

• Birth of John Lund Rochester New York; actor (Wackiest Ship in the Army). [1]
• Birth of Mary Nicol Leakey palaeontologist. [1]

February 8

• Birth of Betty Field Boston Massachusetts, actress (Kings Row, Bus Stop). [1]
• Birth of John Grandy British Royal Air Force-marshal. [1]

February 9

• Birth of Leo van der Kar masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds). [1]

February 10

• Birth of Philippa Bevans actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient). [1]
• Birth of Ragnhild Marie Hatton historian. [1]

February 11

• Birth of Lucio Diestro San Pedro composer. [1]

February 12

• Birth of Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Bragança grandson of emperor Pedro I. [1]

February 13

• Birth of Arthur Carleton Hetherington public servant. [1]
• Birth of Guiseppe Dossetti politician/priest. [1]

February 14

• Birth of Ab [Albert] Visser Dutch poet/writer (Man Without a Head). [1]
• Birth of James Pike Oklahoma City Oklahoma, bishop (Beyond Anxiety). [1]
• Birth of Jimmy Hoffa Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975. [1]
• Birth of Mel Allen Birmingham Alabama, sportscaster (voice of the New York Yankees). [1]

February 15

• Birth of Willy Vandersteen Belgian cartoonist (Suske and Wiske). [1]

February 17

• Birth of Joséphine F "Fietje" van Anrooy Dutch actress/director. [1]
• Birth of Oskar Danon composer. [1]
• Birth of Rene Leibowitz composer. [1]

February 18

• Birth of Artur Axmann Nazi youth leader. [1]
• Birth of Dane Clark Brooklyn New York; actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason). [1]

February 19

• Birth of Alvin Derold Etler composer. [1]

February 20

• Birth of Jozef Kresanek composer. [1]
• Birth of Mary Durack poet. [1]
• Birth of Nadine Conner US, opera singer (Carmen, La Bohéme). [1]
• Birth of Rex Tucker TV writer/director. [1]

February 21

• Birth of Glenn M Anderson (Representative-Democrat-California, 1969-). [1]

February 23

• Birth of Charles Leonard US, pentathlete (Olympics-1936). [1]
• Birth of Earl of Lincoln. [1]

February 24

• Birth of Richard Murphey Goodwin economist. [1]

February 25

• Birth of Gert Froebe Saxony Germany; actor (Goldfinger). [1]
• Birth of Jim Backus Cleveland Ohio; actor (Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III-Gilligan's Island). [1]

February 26

• Birth of George G Barker English poet (Calamiterror, Anno Domini). [1]
• Birth of Hermann Lenz writer. [1]
• Birth of Jon Hall Fresno California; actor (Ramor of the Jungle). [1]

February 27

• Birth of Frank Allaun British Member of Parliament (Liberal). [1]
• Birth of Irwin Shaw US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man). [1]

March 1

• Birth of Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim photographer/collector. [1]

March 2

• Birth of Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans Dutch humorist/writer (Pieter Bas). [1]
• Birth of Marjorie Weaver Crossville Tennessee, actress (Young Mr Lincoln). [1]
• Birth of Mort Cooper baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1942). [1]

March 3

• Birth of Margaret Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger. [1]
• Birth of Roger Caillois French writer (Les Jeux et les Hommes). [1]

March 5

• Birth of Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn composer. [1]

March 6

• Birth of David Bowman trade unionist. [1]
• Birth of Ella Logan Glasgow Scotland, actress (52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies). [1]
• Birth of Stewart Granger actor (Saraband for Dead Lovers). [1]

March 9

• Birth of Ger[ar]da Brautigam journalist/Dutch second Chamber (PvdA). [1]

March 11

• Birth of John Jacob Weinzweig Toronto Canada, composer (Enchanted Hill). [1]
• Birth of Thomas Gray professor/anaesthetist. [1]

March 12

• Birth of Harold Butler cricketer (England pace bowler late 1940s). [1]

March 13

• Birth of Tessie O'Shea Cardiff Wales, actress (Entertainers). [1]
• Birth of William J Casey headed US Central Intelligence Agency during Iran-contra scandal (1981-87). [1]

March 14

• Birth of Witold Rudzinski composer. [1]

March 15

• Birth of Lex Goudsmit Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof). [1]
• Birth of MacDonald Carey Sioux City Iowa; actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl). [1]

March 18

• Birth of Margaret Hesse princess of Hesse/Rhine. [1]
• Birth of Rene Clement Bordeaux France, director/writer (Is Paris Burning). [1]
• Birth of William Hutchinson Murray mountaineer/author. [1]

March 19

• Birth of William Chatterton cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892). [1]

March 20

• Birth of Judith Evelyn Seneca South Dakota, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window). [1]

March 21

• Birth of George Ghita Ionescu academic. [1]
• Birth of Max Youngstein New York City, New York, producer (United Artists). [1]

March 22

• Birth of James Westerfield Nashville Tennessee; actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny). [1]
• Birth of Karl Malden Chicago Illinois; actor (Mike-Streets of San Francisco, American Express). [1]
• Birth of Martha Mödl German singer/soprano (Wagner). [1]

March 26

• Birth of Paul Erdos mathematician. [1]

March 27

• Birth of Godfrey Turner composer. [1]

March 29

• Birth of Jack Jones British trade unionist (CH). [1]
• Birth of Niall MacGinnis Dublin Ireland; actor (Curse of the Demon). [1]
• Birth of Phil Foster Brooklyn New York, comedian (Frank De Fazio - Laverne and Shirley). [1]

March 30

• Birth of Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] Chicago Illinois, singer (Hey, Good Lookin', That's My Desire)/ actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide). [1]
• Birth of Gottfried Reinhardt theatre producer. [1]
• Birth of Richard Helms US Central Intelligence Agency head (1966-73). [1]

April 3

• Birth of F H Tate vice-CEO (Tate and Lyle). [1]
• Birth of George Barati composer. [1]

April 4

• Birth of Frances Langford Lakeland Florida, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time). [1]
• Birth of Jerome Weidman US writer (Tenderloin). [1]
• Birth of Rosemary Lane Indianola Iowa, actress (4 Mothers, Harvest Melody). [1]

April 5

• Birth of Alan Cheales dominican priest. [1]

April 8

• Birth of H Ernst bishop (Breda Netherlands). [1]

April 10

• Birth of Stefan Heym German/US author (Crusaders, Family Benda). [1]

April 11

• Birth of Oleg Cassini Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy). [1]

April 12

• Birth of Gabor Jodal composer. [1]

April 13

• Birth of Bernard Chacksfield Air Vice-Marshal. [1]
• Birth of David Donald Albritton Danville Alabama, high jumper (Olympics-silver-1936). [1]

April 14

• Birth of Everhard van Royen Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica). [1]
• Birth of Jean Fournet French conductor. [1]
• Birth of John Howard Cleveland Ohio; actor (Dave-My Three Sons). [1]

April 16

• Birth of Constance Shacklock opera singer. [1]
• Birth of Les Tremayne London; actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds). [1]
• Birth of Lord Aberconway CEO (John Brown and Company). [1]

April 17

• Birth of Paul Langton in Salt Lake City, Utah; actor (Leslie - Peyton Place). [1]
• Birth of Richard Travis Carlsbad New Mexico; actor (Missile to the Moon). [1]

April 18

• Birth of Al Hodge actor (Captain Video). [1]
• Birth of Kent Wheeler Kennan composer. [1]
• Birth of Milos Sokola composer. [1]
• Birth of Susan Bosence textile designer. [1]

April 19

• Birth of Cyril English British educator. [1]

April 20

• Birth of Dick Wessel Wisconsin; actor (Dick Tracy versus Cueball, Beware of Blondie). [1]

April 21

• Birth of Choh Hao Li biochemist professor (isolated growth hormones). [1]
• Birth of Kai-Uwe von Hassel German politician. [1]
• Birth of Norman Parkinson England, fashion photographer (Harper's Bazaar). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Jan Meyerowitz composer. [1]

April 25

• Birth of Earl Bostic Tulsa Oklahoma, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation). [1]
• Birth of Russ Conway Brandon Manitoba; actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye). [1]

April 29

• Birth of Jack Alexander Bently trombonist. [1]
• Birth of Thomas Chalmers broadcaster. [1]

April 30

• Birth of Bernard Charles Sendall deputy director general (ITA). [1]
• Birth of Edith Fowke folklorist. [1]

May 1

• Birth of Walter Susskind Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor. [1]

May 2

• Birth of Nigel Patrick London England; actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold). [1]

May 3

• Birth of Earl Blackwell Atlanta Georgia, author (Celebrity Register). [1]
• Birth of William M Inge US playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953). [1]

May 5

• Birth of Tyrone Power Cleveland Ohio; actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band). [1]

May 6

• Birth of Carmen Cavallaro New York City, New York; actor (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe). [1]
• Birth of Gyula David composer. [1]
• Birth of Jack [John T] Aitken British anatomist. [1]
• Birth of Kenneth Horne English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire. [1]
• Birth of Ronald Harris British first Church Estates Commissioner. [1]
• Birth of Stewart Granger [James Stewart], London; actor (Prisoner of Zenda). [1]

May 8

• Birth of Sidney James [Cohen] Johannesburg; actor (Carry On). [1]

May 9

• Birth of John Hayes Admiral. [1]
• Birth of Victor Smith Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff). [1]

May 11

• Birth of Clare Grundman composer. [1]
• Birth of Tutti Camarata Glen Ridge New Jersey, orchestra leader (Vic Damone Show). [1]

May 13

• Birth of Sanjiva Reddy President (India). [1]
• Birth of William R Tolbert President of Liberia (1971-80). [1]

May 16

• Birth of Woody Herman; jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds). [1] [5]

May 17

• Birth of Alec Ogilvie CEO (Powell Duffryn). [1]
• Birth of Lord Hirshfield chartered accountant. [1]

May 19

• Birth of Albert Hardy photographer. [1]
• Birth of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy President of India. [1]

May 20

• Birth of Henry Cadbury Brown architect. [1]
• Birth of Ion Dumitrescu composer. [1]
• Birth of William Hewlett cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Co. [1]

May 22

• Birth of Andrea C Bensddorp Dutch/South African actress (Commensaal). [1]
• Birth of Carlyle Blackwell Jr California; actor (Docks of New York). [1]

May 23

• Birth of Ian Graeme Major-General. [1]

May 24

• Birth of Audrey Brown England, 4 X 100 metre runner (Olympics-silver-1936). [1]
• Birth of Willi Daume Olympic organizer. [1]

May 25

• Birth of Joseph Peter Grace businessman. [1]

May 26

• Birth of Fred Bertrand Belgian politician. [1]
• Birth of Peter Cushing Kenley Surrey England; actor (Hound of the Baskervilles, Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who). [1]
• Birth of Robert Shaw town planner. [1]

May 27

• Birth of Arthur Mervyn Stockwood bishop (Southwark England). [1]
• Birth of Wolfgang Schulze [Wols] German cartoonist/painter. [1]

May 28

• Birth of Gordon Wolstenholme physician. [1]

May 29

• Birth of Douglas Black physician. [1]
• Birth of Iris Adrian Los Angeles California, actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard). [1]

May 30

• Birth of Cedric Thorpe Davie composer. [1]

May 31

• Birth of Peter Gibson British Rear-Admiral. [1]

June 2

• Birth of Barbara Pym romantic author (Very Private Eye). [1]
• Birth of Bert Farber Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone). [1]

June 3

• Birth of Ellen Corby Racine Wisconsin, actress (Grandma Walton-The Waltons). [1]

June 10

• Birth of Thor Johnson Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony 1958). [1]
• Birth of Wilbur J Cohen first employee of Social Security System. [1]

June 11

• Birth of Risë Stevens New York City, mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera). [1]
• Birth of Vince Lombardi NFL coach (Green Bay Packers). [1]

June 13

• Birth of Ralph Edwards Merino Colorado, TV host (This is Your Life). [1]

June 18

• Birth of Sammy Cahn lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain). [1]
• Birth of Sylvia Porter financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book). [1]

June 23

• Birth of William P Rogers US secretary of state (1969-73). [1]

June 26

• Birth of Maurice Wilkes inventor (stored program concept for computers). [1]

June 27

• Birth of Willie Mosconi; world champion pool player (1941-57) (dies 1993). [1] [5]

June 30

• Birth of Harry Wismer Port Huron Michigan, AFL owner (New York Titans). [1]

July 3

• Birth of Dorothy Kilgallen Chicago Illinois, columnist (What's My Line?). [1]

July 5

• Birth of Smiley Lewis Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin'). [1]

July 8

• Birth of Walter Kerr New York drama critic (Sad Clowns). [1]

July 10

• Birth of Ljuba Welitsch Borisovo, Bulgaria, soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci). [1]

July 13

• Birth of Carolina Gisolf Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928). [1]
• Birth of Dave Garroway Schnectady New York, TV host (Today Show). [1]

July 14

• Birth of Gerald R Ford [Leslie King], 41st Vice President (1973-74), 38th president (Republican-1974-77). [1]

July 15

• Birth of Murvyn Vye Quincy Massachusetts; actor (Bob Cummings Show). [1]

July 18

• Birth of Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton; comedian (Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader) (dies 1997). [1] [5]
• Birth of Marvin Miller Saint Louis Missouri; actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire). [1]

July 22

• Birth of Lucia Albanese soprano (New York Metropolitan Opera). [1]

July 23

• Birth of Coral Browne Melbourne Aust, actress (Margaret-Time Express). [1]

July 24

• Birth of Johnny McAfee Dallas Texas, singer (Sammy Kaye Show). [1]

July 26

• Birth of Lou Salica US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932). [1]

July 29

• Birth of Stephen McNally New York City; actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo). [1]

August 1

• Birth of Jerome Moross Brooklyn New York, composer (Frankie and Johnny). [1]

August 4

• Birth of Wesley Addy Omaha Neb; actor (Bostonian, Loving). [1]

August 8

• Birth of Axel Stordahl Staten Island New York, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show). [1]
• Birth of Robert Stafford (Senator-Republican-Vermont). [1]

August 9

• Birth of Harry Mills singer (Mills Brothers-Paper Doll). [1]
• Birth of Herman Talmadge (Senator-Democrat-Ga, Watergate Committee). [1]

August 10

• Birth of Noah Beery Jr New York City; actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot). [1]
• Birth of Steven Nagy bowler, first to bowl 300 on TV (1954). [1]

August 11

• Birth of Sir Angus Wilson England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955). [1]

August 12

• Birth of Kurt Kaszner Vienna Austria; actor (Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants). [1]

August 16

• Birth of Menachem Begin; Israeli Prime Minister (1977-83, Nobel Prize 1978). [1]

August 23

• Birth of Bob Crosby Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orchestra leader (Bob Crosby Show). [1]

August 25

• Birth of Walt Kelly cartoonist, creator of "Pogo". [1]

August 28

• Birth of Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker], Brooklyn New York; Tenor (New York Metropolitan Opera). [1]

August 31

• Sir Bernard Lovell is born. [5]

September 3

• Birth of Alan Ladd actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers, Boy on a Dolphin). [1]

September 7

• Birth of Anthony Quayle England; actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia). [1]

September 11

• Birth of Bear Bryant; keeps Crimson Tide winning (Alabama) (dies 1983). [1] [5]

September 12

• Birth of Jesse Owens; track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with four gold. [1] [5]

September 13

• Birth of Roy Engle Missouri; actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian). [1]

September 14

• Birth of Jacobo Arbenz president of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by US Central Intelligence Agency. [1]

September 15

• Birth of Henry Dreyfus Brant Montreal Canada, composer (Great American Goot). [1]
• Birth of John Mitchell Nixon's attorney general who went to jail. [1]

September 22

• Birth of Leroy Holmes Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (The Tonight Show, 1956-57). [1]

September 28

• Birth of Alice Marble tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40). [1]
• Birth of Vivian Fine Chicago Illinois, composer (Women in the Garden). [1]

September 29

• Birth of Stanley E Kramer producer/director (On the Beach). [1]

October 8

• Birth of Walter Schumann New York City, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish). [1]

October 10

• Birth of Johnny Downs Brooklyn New York; actor (Manhattan Showcase). [1]

October 16

• Birth of Alice Pearce New York City, comedienne/actress (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched). [1]

October 19

• Birth of Jean Urruty France, Jai-Alai champion. [1]

October 20

• Birth of Barney Phillips Saint Louis Missouri; actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad). [1]

November 2

• Birth of Burt Lancaster in New York City, USA; actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry). [1] [5]

November 4

• Birth of Gig Young Saint Cloud Minnesota; actor (They Shoot Horses Don't They). [1]

November 5

• Birth of John McGiver New York City; actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show). [1]
• Birth of Vivien Leigh (Gone With Wind) Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. [1]

November 7

• Birth of Albert Camus in Algeria; novelist/director (The Just - Nobel Prize 1957). [1] [5]

November 8

• Birth of Robert Strauss New York City; actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey). [1]

November 9

• Birth of Hedy Lamarr; actress (Ecstacy, Samson and Delilah). [1] [5]

November 22

• Birth of Benjamin Britten Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar's Opera). [1]

November 26

• Birth of Foy Draper US, relay runner (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]

November 30

• Birth of John K.M. McCaffery Moscow Idaho, TV host (One Minute Please). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Mary Martin Weatherford Texas, actress (Peter Pan) Larry Hagman's mom. [1]

December 3

• Birth of Omer Vanaudenhoven Flemish industrial/resistance fighter. [1]

December 6

• Birth of Eleanor Holm New York City, New York, 100 metre backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932). [1]

December 8

• Birth of Delmore Schwartz US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah). [1]
• Birth of Paul Félix Flemish architect (Sun Song). [1]

December 9

• Birth of Frances Reid Wichita Falls Texas, actress (Alice-Days of Our Lives). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Morton Gould Richmond Hill New York, unbelievably prolific composer (Verdun). [1]

December 11

• Birth of Carlo Ponti Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director (2 Women). [1]
• Birth of Jean Marais Cherbourgh France; actor (Eternal Return, Beauty and the Beast, The Storm Within, Donkey Skin, Orpheus, Stealing Beauty - 1996). [1]

December 12

• Birth of Eve Lister actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park). [1]
• Birth of Hal Dickinson singer (Modernaires). [1]
• Birth of Jesse Owens US, track star (4 golds 1936), spoiled Hitler's Olympics. [1]
• Birth of Stanley Bate composer. [1]

December 13

• Birth of Archie Moore light-heavyweight boxing champion (1952-60). [1]
• Birth of Jimmy Carroll New York City, New York, pianist (Most Important People). [1]
• Birth of John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy English art historian. [1]

December 15

• Birth of Muriel Rukeyser US, poet (1977 Shelley Memorial Award). [1]
• Birth of Rik Jacobs Flemish stage manager. [1]

December 18

• Birth of Alfred Bester US, science fiction author (Deceivers, Starlight). [1]
• Birth of Donald Phillips pianist/composer. [1]
• Birth of Lynn Bari Roanoke Virginia, actress (Connie-Detective Wife, Earthbound). [1]
• Birth of Saburo Takata composer. [1]
• Birth of Willy Brandt [Herbert Frahm] German chancellor (1969-74, Nobel Prize 1971). [1]

December 21

• Birth of Raich Carter soccer star. [1]

December 22

• Birth of Anthony Barber Doncaster bookseller. [1]
• Birth of Benjamin Britten Suffolk England, opera composer. [1]

December 23

• Birth of Hans Henkemans composer. [1]
• Birth of Leo A Ketelaars Dutch oratorio vocalist. [1]

December 24

• Birth of Karl Michael Komma composer. [1]

December 25

• Birth of Henri Nannen journalist. [1]

December 28

• Birth of Lou Jacobi Toronto Ontario, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Melba). [1]

December 29

• Birth of Laurence Gower academic. [1]

December 30

• Birth of Svend Simon Schultz composer. [1]