1914

January 3

• Birth of Jean Louvel Flemish pianist/conductor/composer. [1]

January 4

• Birth of Jane Wyman Saint Joseph Missouri, first Mrs Ron Reagan, (Magnificent Obsession). [1]
• Birth of Mohammed Sahir shah (Afghanistan). [1]

January 5

• Birth of George Reeves [George Lescher Bessolo]; actor (Superman). [1]

January 6

• Birth of Arnold Richardson composer. [1]
• Birth of Danny Thomas Deerfield Michigan, comedian (Danny Thomas Show). [1]
• Birth of David Bruce Kankakee Illinois; actor (Harry-Beulah). [1]

January 8

• Birth of Charles Borromeo Mills composer. [1]

January 9

• Birth of Derek Allhusen England, equestrian (Olympics-gold-1968). [1]
• Birth of Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Hovick], Seattle, burlesque actress (Gypsy). [1]
• Birth of Kenny (Klook) Clarke Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop). [1]

January 10

• Birth of Claude Gallimard France, publisher. [1]
• Birth of Polly Rowles Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie). [1]

January 11

• Birth of Dorothy Jeakins costume designer. [1]

January 12

• Birth of Edqard John Gurney politician. [1]

January 14

• Birth of Harold Russell actor (Best Years of Our Life). [1]

January 15

• Birth of Lord Dacre of Glanton British historian. [1]

January 16

• Birth of Roger Aubert Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX). [1]

January 18

• Birth of Arno Schmidt in Hamburg, Germany; novelist: Die Gelehrtenrepublik (1957), Nobodaddys Kinder (1963), and Abend mit Goldrand (1975). [1] [37]

January 19

• Birth of Lester Flatt country musician (Flatt and Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top). [1]

January 20

• Birth of Wensley Pithey Cape Town South Africa; actor (Winston Churchill-Ike). [1]

January 22

• Birth of Dimitri Dragatakis composer. [1]
• Birth of Suzanne Danco Belgian singer. [1]

January 23

• Birth of Napoleon L Bonaparte French pretender to the throne. [1]

January 26

• Birth of Kaye Webb English writer/publisher (Puffin Club). [1]

January 27

• Birth of Anna Larina revolutionary. [1]

January 30

• Birth of David Wayne Traverse City Michigan; actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib). [1]
• Birth of John Ireland Vancouver British Columbia, Canada; actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral). [1]
• Birth of Louis Osman artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman. [1]

January 31

• Birth of Carey Lofton Blountsville Florida; actor (Skinner-Troubleshooters). [1]
• Birth of Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight boxing champion (1951-52). [1]
• Birth of Louis Osman architect/artist/goldsmith. [1]

February 1

• Birth of Hans Zülig Swiss dancer. [1]

February 3

• Birth of Cornelis "Kees" Andréa Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer. [1]
• Birth of Felix Kelly artist. [1]

February 4

• Birth of Alfred Andersch German writer (Red Head). [1]
• Birth of Ida Lupino London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Jennifer). [1]

February 5

• Birth of Alan Hodgkin British physicist (Nobel Prize 1963). [1]
• Birth of William S Burroughs in Saint Louis; novelist (Naked Lunch) (dies 1997). [1] [5]

February 7

• Birth of David Ignatow US poet (Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead). [1]
• Birth of Jacques Mornard [Ramón Mercader], murderer (Trotsky). [1]
• Birth of Ralph Whitlock writer. [1]

February 8

• Birth of Bert Haas baseball player. [1]
• Birth of Jules van Ackere Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music). [1]

February 9

• Birth of Bill (Rhymes with Wreck) Veeck baseball club owner. [1]
• Birth of Ernest Tubb Texas, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You). [1]
• Birth of Max Manus resistance fighter. [1]
• Birth of Ralph Herman Milwaukee Wisconsin, orchestra leader (Circus Time). [1]

February 10

• Birth of Larry Adler Baltimore Maryland, harmonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer). [1]

February 11

• Birth of French Duynstee Dutch constitutional lawyer. [1]
• Birth of Matt Dennis Seattle Washington, singer (Matt Dennis Show). [1]
• Birth of Menelaos Pallantios composer. [1]
• Birth of Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder court judge of Amsterdam. [1]

February 12

• Birth of Gordon Tex Beneke saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orchestra). [1]
• Birth of Nello Celio Swiss President. [1]

February 13

• Birth of Earl Cadogan British large landowner (Military Cross). [1]
• Birth of George Kleinsinger San Bernardino California, composer (Tubby the Tuba). [1]

February 15

• Birth of Arthur Sydney Martin spy catcher. [1]
• Birth of Kevin McCarthy Seattle Washington; actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling). [1]
• Birth of R W Woods bishop (Worcester). [1]

February 16

• Birth of J Tobin British anaesthetist. [1]
• Birth of Jimmy Wakely Mineola Arkansas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee). [1]

February 17

• Birth of Albert Westerlinck [José J M Aerts], Flemish literary. [1]
• Birth of Arthur Kennedy Worcester Massachusetts; actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place). [1]
• Birth of Per-Jakez Helias writer/teacher. [1]
• Birth of [Bert de] Wayne Morris Los Angeles California, WWII-pilot/actor (Paths of Glory). [1]

February 18

• Birth of Edward George Edwards chemist. [1]
• Birth of Pee Wee King Milwaukee Wisconsin, country singer (Pee Wee King Song). [1]

February 20

• Birth of John Daly South Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line?). [1]
• Birth of Marion Kettlewell British director (WRNS). [1]
• Birth of Willem J H Baart Dutch vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi). [1]

February 21

• Birth of Arnold S Denker New York, US chess champion (1944-46). [1]
• Birth of Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder Dutch journalist (Parool/VARA). [1]

February 23

• Birth of Margaret Farrer CEO (Central Midwives Board). [1]

February 24

• Birth of David Langdon cartoonist/illustrator. [1]
• Birth of Zachary Scott Austin Texas; actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce). [1]

February 25

• Birth of John Arlott cricketer (the doyen of cricket commentators and writers). [1]

February 26

• Birth of Robert Alda New York City, New York; actor (Dan Lewis- Supertrain, By Popular Demand). [1]
• Birth of Witold Rowicki composer. [1]

February 28

• Birth of Jim Boles Lubbock Texas; actor (Joe-One Man's Family). [1]

March 1

• Birth of Archibald J Gumede South African African National Congress member/chairman (UDF). [1]
• Birth of Ralph Waldo Ellison US writer (Invisible Man, Shadow and Cast). [1]

March 3

• Birth of Martin Ritt actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game). [1]

March 5

• Birth of Joan Sterndale-Bennett London England, actress (Those Fantastic Flying Fools). [1]

March 6

• Birth of Kirill P Kondrashin Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981). [1]

March 7

• Birth of Morton DaCosta Philadelphia Pennsylvania, director (Island of Love, Music Man). [1]

March 8

• Birth of Jacob B Bakema urban developer (Saint Louis Missouri). [1]

March 9

• Birth of Fred Clark Lincoln California; actor (Burns and Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard). [1]

March 10

• Birth of Chandler Harper golfer (1950 PGA champion). [1]

March 11

• Birth of Ralph Ellison writer (Invisible Man, Shadow and Act). [1]

March 12

• Birth of Jan Kapr composer. [1]

March 13

• Birth of Carl-Olof Anderberg composer. [1]

March 14

• Lee Petty is born; racecar driver (dies 2000). [5]
• Birth of Fiorenzo Marini Italy, épée (Olympics-gold-1960). [1]
• Birth of Henry Ralph Carr soldier. [1]
• Birth of Jiri Reinberger composer. [1]

March 17

• Birth of Sammy Baugh Temple Texas, NFL hall of famer quarterback (Washington Redskins). [1]

March 18

• Birth of Cesar Guerra Peixe composer. [1]
• Birth of James Pack naval officer museum curator. [1]

March 19

• Birth of J Jay Berwanger first Heisman Trophy winner (1935). [1]
• Birth of Patricia Morison actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill). [1]

March 20

• Birth of Sviatosiav Richter Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945). [1]
• Birth of Wendell Corey Dracut Massachusetts; actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl). [1]
• Birth of William Baddeley rector (Saint James' Piccadilly). [1]

March 21

• Birth of Herman Siles Zuazo politician. [1]
• Birth of Paul Tortelier composer. [1]

March 22

• Birth of Cec Burke cricketer (New Zealand leg-spinner versus Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2-30). [1]
• Birth of Lord Stokes. [1]
• Birth of Masao Maruyama social scientist. [1]

March 23

• Birth of Robert Gross composer. [1]

March 24

• Birth of Lilli Palmer Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian). [1]

March 25

• Birth of Marthe Robert essayist/translator. [1]
• Birth of Norman E Borlaug US agriculture scientist (Nobel Prize 1970). [1]

March 26

• Birth of Ian McGeoch Vice-Admiral. [1]
• Birth of William Westmoreland Saxon South Carolina, army general (Vietnam era). [1]

March 27

• Birth of Budd Schulberg New York City, New York, novelist (On the Waterfront). [1]
• Birth of Richard Denning Poughkeepsie New York; actor (Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-O). [1]
• Birth of Snooky Lanson Memphis Tennessee, singer (Your Hit Parade, Five Star Jubilee). [1]

March 28

• Birth of Bohumil Hrabal writer. [1]
• Birth of Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Senator-Democrat-Maine), US Secretary of State (1980). [1]
• Birth of Frank Lovejoy Bronx New York; actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw). [1]

March 29

• Birth of Chapman Pincher British journalist/author (about secret service). [1]

March 30

• Birth of Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee] blues musician (Down and Out Blues). [1]

March 31

• Birth of Octavio Paz Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas). [1]

April 1

• Birth of Carla van Neste Belgian violinist. [1]

April 2

• Birth of Sir Alec Guinness [de Cuffe] London England, thespian (Colonel Nicholson-Bridge on River Kwai, Obi-Wan Kenobi-Star Wars, George Smiley-Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). [1]

April 3

• Birth of Katherine Stammers Menzies England, doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935). [1]

April 4

• Birth of Gustave Camus Belgian painter. [1]
• Birth of John Beith British diplomat. [1]
• Birth of Marguerite Duras France, novelist/playwright (The Sea Wall). [1]
• Birth of Richard Coogan Short Hills New Jersey; actor (Captain Video). [1]
• Birth of Sir John Beith British diplomat. [1]

April 5

• Birth of Frederick Angus Armstrong journalist. [1]

April 6

• Birth of George Reeves Ashland Kentucky; actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind). [1]

April 7

• Birth of Sydney Thompson rock climber. [1]

April 8

• Birth of John Cameron cricketer (brother of Jimmy, West Indies vice-captain 1939 England tour). [1]

April 9

• Birth of Richard Young CEO (Boosey and Hawkes). [1]

April 10

• Birth of E A V "Foffie" Williams cricketer (West Indies all-rounder 1939-48). [1]
• Birth of Jack Badcock cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 1930s). [1]

April 15

• Birth of John Gregory dancer. [1]

April 16

• Birth of John Hodiak Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat). [1]

April 18

• Birth of C S Nayudu cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie). [1]
• Birth of Henk Lankhorst pacifist/Dutch Member of Parliament (PSP). [1]

April 19

• Birth of Andrew Wilkinson pediatrician. [1]

April 22

• Birth of Charles Hubert Sisson author/poet (Christopher Homm). [1]
• Birth of Hans Baumann writer. [1]
• Birth of Jan de Hartog Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Andrew Martin Lord-Lieutenant (Lechestershire England). [1]
• Birth of John Hubbard Indiana Harbor Indiana; actor (Don't Call Me Charlie). [1]
• Birth of Mitsu Suzuki teacher of tea ceremony at San Francisco Zen Center. [1]

April 24

• Birth of Bernard Caulfield judge. [1]
• Birth of Justin Wilson cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips). [1]
• Birth of Ruth White Perth Amboy New Jersey, actress (Up the Down Staircase). [1]

April 25

• Birth of Claude Mauriac writer. [1]
• Birth of Marcos Perez Jimenez President/dictator Venezuela. [1]

April 26

• Birth of Bernard Malamud Brooklyn New York, novelist (Fixer, The Natural Pulitizer 1967). [1]
• Birth of Charlie Chester British comedian (Never Say Die). [1]
• Birth of Horace Leonard Gold Sci-Fi writer/editor. [1]
• Birth of James William Rouse US builder (shopping malls/Columbia Maryland). [1]
• Birth of Wilfred Howard Mellers composer. [1]

April 27

• Birth of Albert Soboult French historian. [1]

April 28

• Birth of Skuli Halldorsson composer. [1]

April 29

• Birth of Ewan Roberts Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Private Benjamin). [1]

April 30

• Birth of Sid Weiss bassist. [1]

May 2

• Birth of Dennis Dyer cricketer (opened batting for South Africa versus England 1947). [1]

May 4

• Birth of Abdel Karim Kassem general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63). [1]
• Birth of Emmanuel Roblès Algerian-Fren journalist/playwright (Lesson Hauteurs). [1]

May 8

• Birth of Lord Murton of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords). [1]

May 9

• Birth of Carlo Maria Giulini conductor. [1]
• Birth of Frank Chacksfield arranger/orchestra leader. [1]
• Birth of Hank Snow Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding). [1]
• Birth of Josef Muller-Brockmann graphic designer/writer. [1]
• Birth of Theodore Kheel labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices). [1]

May 10

• Birth of Charles McGraw New York City, New York; actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family). [1]
• Birth of Lord Smith British surgeon. [1]

May 12

• Birth of Bertus Aafjes Dutch poet/writer. [1]
• Birth of Dan Daniel (Representative-Democrat-Virginia, 1969-). [1]
• Birth of Howard K Smith Los Angeles California, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate). [1]

May 13

• Birth of Joe Louis world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49). [1]

May 15

• Birth of Jack Pepys immunologist. [1]
• Birth of Pierre Froidebise composer. [1]

May 17

• Birth of Guido Masanetz composer. [1]

May 18

• Birth of Anthony Fell British Member of Parliament. [1]
• Birth of Boris Christoff Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov). [1]
• Birth of Pierre A Balmain France, fashion designer (1940s "New Look"). [1]

May 22

• Birth of Vance Packard Granville Summit Pennsylvania, author (Hidden Persuaders). [1]

May 23

• Birth of Alec Dickson founder (VSO). [1]
• Birth of Barbara Ward economist/writer (Only One Earth). [1]
• Birth of Leo Lerman actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine). [1]
• Birth of Travis Kemp dancer/teacher. [1]

May 24

• Birth of Clifford Irving Chairman (Isle of Man Government). [1]
• Birth of George Tabori writer. [1]
• Birth of Lilli Palmer [Peiser] Germany, actress (The Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar). [1]

May 26

• Birth of Archie Duncan Glasgow Scotland; actor (Sherlock Holmes). [1]

May 27

• Birth of Hugh Le Caine composer. [1]
• Birth of Lord Erroll of Hale British minister. [1]
• Birth of Rose Stainton CEO (British Airways). [1]

May 28

• Birth of W G G Duncan-Smith fighter pilot. [1]

May 30

• Birth of Bobby Sherwood Indianapolis Indiana, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show). [1]

May 31

• Birth of Akira Ifukube composer. [1]

June 5

• Birth of Stan Jones Douglas Arizona; actor (Sheriff of Cochise). [1]

June 8

• Birth of Joseph de Pietro US, 56kg weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]

June 10

• Birth of Saul Bellow author (Mr Sammler's Planet). [1]

June 11

• Birth of Gerald Mohr New York City; actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue). [1]
• Birth of Henry G Cisheros (Mayor-San Antonio). [1]

June 12

• Birth of William Lundigan Syracuse New York; actor (Climax). [1]

June 15

• Birth of Saul Steinberg Romania, cartoonist, illustrator (New Yorker). [1]

June 17

• Birth of John Hersey author (Hiroshima, A Bell for Adano). [1]

June 19

• Birth of Alan Cranston (Senator-Democrat-California) Presidential candidate. [1]
• Birth of Harry Lauter White Plains New York; actor (Waterfront). [1]
• Birth of Lester Flatt Earl Scrugg's partner (Beverly Hillbillies theme). [1]

June 26

• Birth of Richard Maltby orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show). [1]
• Birth of Wolfgang Windgassen Annemasse Germany, tenor (Stuttgart Opera). [1]

June 27

• Birth of Giorgio Almirante Italy, fascist (member of parliament (1948-87)). [1]

June 29

• Birth of Rafael Kubelik Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli). [1]

July 1

• Birth of Cristyl Cranz Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]

July 2

• Birth of Frederick Fennell Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time and the Winds). [1]

July 7

• Birth of Eddie Mayehoff Baltimore; actor (Luv, How to Murder Your Wife). [1]

July 8

• Birth of Billy Eckstine jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love). [1]

July 17

• Birth of Lucille Benson Scottsboro Alabama, USA; actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies). [1]

July 18

• Birth of Mack Robinson US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932). [1]

July 24

• Birth of Frank Silvera Kingston Jamaica; actor (High Chaparral). [1]
• Birth of Kenneth B Clark Canal Zone, civil rights activist (Dark Ghetto). [1]

July 29

• Birth of "Professor" Irwin Corey; comedian (Car Wash). [1]

August 2

• Birth of Gary Merrill Hartford Conn; actor (Young Dr Kildare, All About Eve). [1]

August 5

• Birth of Anita Colby Washington DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse). [1]
• Birth of David Brian New York City; actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco). [1]

August 10

• Birth of Jeff Corey New York City; actor (Getting Straight, Superman and Mole Men). [1]

August 16

• Birth of Tullio Pandolfini Italy water polo (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]

August 17

• Birth of Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; American politician (Democrat for New York in House of Representatives, 1949-55). [1] [5]

August 25

• Birth of Alexei Haieff Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda). [1]

August 26

• Birth of Julio Cortázar Argentina, writer (We Love Glenda So Much). [1]

August 28

• Birth of Glenn Osser Munising Michigan, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue). [1]

August 31

• Birth of Richard Basehart Zanesville Ohio; actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea). [1]

September 3

• Birth of Kitty Carlisle Hart New Orleans Louisiana, actress (Animal Crackers). [1]

September 5

• Birth of Gail Kubik South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, USA; composer (Gerald McBoing Boing). [1]

September 7

• Birth of James Van Allen discovered Van Allen radiation belts. [1]

September 8

• Birth of Hillary Brooke Abbott and Costello's neighbor (Hillary). [1]

September 10

• Birth of Robert Wise movie director (Day the Earth Stood Still). [1]

September 14

• Birth of Kay Medford New York City, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love). [1]

September 15

• Birth of Creighton Abrams US, army general (Vietnam War). [1]

September 16

• Birth of Allen Funt Brooklyn, New York, TV host and creator (Candid Camera). [1]

September 19

• Birth of Rogers Morton Louisville Kentucky, US Secretary of Interior (1968-75). [1]

September 21

• Birth of John Kluge Chemnitz Germany, media CEO (Metromedia)/billionaire. [1]

September 22

• Birth of Martha Scott Jamesport Missouri, actress (Dallas, Bionic Woman, Our Town). [1]

September 24

• Birth of Andrzej Panufnik Warsaw Poland, composer (Tragic Overture). [1]
• Birth of Herb Jeffries Detroit Michigan; actor (Where's Huddles). [1]

September 26

• Birth of Jack LaLanne exercise mogul. [1]

September 28

• Birth of Harold Taylor Canada, educator (Art and the Future). [1]

October 1

• Birth of Daniel Boorstin author (1974 Pulitzer Prize). [1]

October 2

• Birth of Charles Drake Bayside New York City; actor (Air Force, Glenn Miller Story). [1]

October 6

• Birth of Thor Heyerdahl Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku). [1]

October 7

• Birth of Alfred Drake singer/actor (Kiss Me Kate). [1]
• Birth of Sarah Churchill actress (All Over Town, Royal Wedding). [1]

October 9

• Birth of Edward Andrews Griffin Georgia; actor (Broadside, Harry-Supertrain). [1]

October 11

• Birth of Edward J Day US Postmaster General (1961). [1]

October 21

• Birth of Martin Gardner Scientific American math and puzzles columnist. [1]

October 23

• Birth of Frank (Bruiser) Kinard NFL, AAFC tackle (Brooklyn, New York Yankees). [1]

October 25

• Birth of John Berryman American poet (Friends and Associates). [1]
• Birth of John Reed King Atlantic City New Jersey, TV host (Why?, Let's See). [1]

October 26

• Birth of Jackie Coogan Los Angeles California; actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family). [1]

October 27

• Birth of Dylan Thomas Swansea, Wales, poet (Child's Christmas in Wales). [1]

October 28

• Birth of Dr Jonas Salk New York City, medical researcher, made polio a fear of the past. [1]

October 30

• Birth of Marion Ladewig Michigan, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63). [1]

November 2

• Birth of Ray Walston New Orleans Louisiana; actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees). [1]

November 8

• Birth of Norman Lloyd Jersey City New Jersey; actor (Auschlander-St Elsewhere). [1]

November 11

• Birth of Howard Fast screenwriter (Rachel and the Stranger, Spartacus). [1]
• Birth of Perry Bass. [1]

November 12

• Birth of Roberto Cavanagh Argentina, polo (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]
• Birth of Sylvi Saimo Finland, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1952). [1]

November 14

• Birth of Ken Carson Coalgate Oklahoma, singer (Garry Moore Show). [1]

November 15

• Birth of Jorge Bolet Havana Cuba, pianist (C'eurties Instituka). [1]

November 17

• Birth of Archie Campbell Bullsgap Tennessee, comedian (Hee Haw). [1]

November 20

• Birth of Emilio Pucci Naples, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954). [1]

November 25

• Birth of Joe DiMaggio Yankee Clipper (56 game hitting streak). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Dame Alicia Markova ballerina (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32). [1]
• Birth of Johnny Johnston Saint Louis Missouri, singer (Make that Spare). [1]

December 2

• Birth of Bill Erwin Honey Grove Texas; actor (Glenn-Struck by Lightning). [1]
• Birth of Eddie Sauter Brooklyn New York, musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Saturday Night Revue). [1]
• Birth of Ray Walston Laurel Mississippi; actor (South Pacific, My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees). [1]

December 3

• Birth of Irving Fine Boston Massachusetts, composer (Toccata). [1]

December 6

• Birth of Cyril Washbrook cricketer (stalwart Lancs and England opener). [1]

December 7

• Birth of Winston Place cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Dorothy Lamour [Mary Kaumeyer] New Orleans Louisiana, actress (Road to Bali, Greatest Show on Earth). [1]

December 12

• Birth of Denis Begbie cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50). [1]

December 13

• Birth of Alan L Bullock British historian. [1]
• Birth of George "Tiger" Haynes guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor). [1]
• Birth of Samuel "Larry" K Parks Olathe Kansas; actor (Jolson-Jolson Story). [1]

December 14

• Birth of Dan Dailey New York City, New York, dancer/actor (Governor Drinkwater-Governor and JJ). [1]
• Birth of Karl Carstens German (CDU)/President - Germany (1979-84). [1]
• Birth of Rosalyn Tureck Chicago Illinois, pianist (Bach and Rock). [1]

December 15

• Birth of Ernie Toshack cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII). [1]

December 17

• Birth of Mushtaq Ali cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 1930s and 1940s). [1]

December 18

• Birth of Jerry Zipkin socialite. [1]

December 23

• Birth of Dezider Kardos composer. [1]

December 24

• Birth of Dorothy Hyson actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go). [1]
• Birth of Guus Verstraete Sr [August de Graef] Dutch actor/director (Black Magic). [1]

December 25

• Birth of Tony Martin [Alvin Morris] San Francisco California, singer (It's a Blue World, To Each). [1]

December 26

• Birth of Richard Widmark in Sunrise, Minnesota, USA; actor (Madigan, Judgement at Nüremberg). [1] [5]

December 27

• Birth of Giuseppe Berto Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red). [1]
• Birth of Ivan Sutton British concert promoter. [1]

December 28

• Birth of Bernard Youens British actor (Coronation Street). [1]
• Birth of Lee Bowman Cincinnati Ohio; actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover). [1]

December 30

• Birth of Bert Parks [Jacobson] Atlanta Georgia, TV host (Miss America). [1]

December 31

• Birth of Pat Brady Toledo Ohio; actor (Roy Rogers Show). [1]