- January 14
- Birth of Mark Goodson in Sacramento, California, USA; game show tycoon (Goodson-Todman productions, Beat the Clock, Family Feud, Match Game, Password, The Price is Right, To Tell the Truth, I've Got A Secret, What's My Line?) (dies 1992). [457] (January 24, 1913 [1] [457])
- January 19
- Birth of Alvy West in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of C W Ceram [Kurt W Marek]; German/US writer (March of Archaeology). [1]
- Birth of Joe Hitchcock; darts player (leader of Saint Dunstan's Four). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Alan Hewitt in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Detective Brennan - My Favorite Martian). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Tom Burtt; cricket player (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Herma Bauma in Austria; javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1948). [1]
- Birth of Potter Stewart in Michigan, USA; 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of Ernest Borgnine in Hamden, Connecticut, USA; actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale's Navy, Marty). [1]
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- Birth of Robert B Motherwell; US painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of William Hopper in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Paul Drake - Perry Mason). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Halfdan Rasmussen; Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Dorothy Dell; actor (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel). [1]
- Birth of Pierre Wissmer; Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Bobby Hackett in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; trumpeteer/orchestra leader (Air Time '57). [1]
- Birth of Garry Moore AKA Thomas Garrison Morfit in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; host (I've Got A Secret, To Tell the Truth, Club Matinee radio show). [1] [457]
- Birth of John Profumo; president (Toynbee Hall). [1]
- Birth of Thomas Merton in France; Trappist monk/poet/essayist (Seven Storey Mountain). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Stanley Matthews; first British soccer player to be knighted. [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Evert Werkman; Dutch journalist (Het Parool). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Jann Willem Holsbergen; author (Zakenmensen Fair as Gold). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of William Talman in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Crashout, Hamilton - Perry Mason). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Josh White in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; blues singer ("The Singing Christian"). [457]
- Birth of Haakon Stotijn; Dutch oboist (VARA Orchestra, Orkestgebouw Orchestra). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Andrew J Goodpaster; US General/Supreme Commander (NATO-Europe). [1]
- Birth of Lorne Greene in Ottawa, Canada; actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica). [1] [5]
- February 13
- Birth of Lyle Betther in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Harry - Grand Jury, Lone Ranger). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of A W H Stewart-Moore; CEO (Gallaher). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of David van de Woestijne; Flemish pianist/composer (Les Aéronautes). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of John Freeman; British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host. [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Philip Friend in Horsham, England; actor (Vulture, Fur Collar). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Ann Sheridan in Denton, Texas, USA; actress (Dodge City, Good Sam, Pistols n' Petticoats TV show, Another World TV show). [1] [457]
- Birth of Godfrey Brown in England; 4 X 400 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1936). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Dan Seymour in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (We the People, Sing it Again). [1]
- Birth of Gus Lesnevich; light heavyweight boxing champion (1947 fight of year). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Heinrich Schirmbeck; German author (Das Spiegellabyrinth). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Elisabeth Eybers; South African/Dutch poetess (That Woman and Other Verses). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Arthur Gilson; Belgian attorney/minister of Defense (1958-). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Peter Medawar in England; zoologist, immunologist (Nobel Prize 1953). [1]
- Birth of Zero [Samuel Joel] Mostel in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Fiddler on the Roof). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Johannes J "Joop" Klant; Netherlands/South Africa economist (Madame Sans Gêne). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Lona Andre; actress (Case of Baby Sitter). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of George Brian Snape; businessman/rugby league entrepreneur. [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Petrus de Jong; Dutch premier (KVP, 1967-71). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Pete Gray; one-armed outfielder (Saint Louis Browns). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Vijay Hazare; cricket player (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Carlos Surinach in Barcelona, Spain; composer (Monte Carlo). [1]
- March 15
- Birth of David Schoenbrun; CBS broadcast bureau head (Washington DC, Paris France). [1]
- Birth of Richard Ward in Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Beacon Hill). [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Hans Namuth; German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala). [1]
- Birth of William Roycroft in Austria; equestrian three day (Olympics-bronze-1976). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Dr Rudolf Kirchschläger; President of Austria (1974-86). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of George Cresswell; cricket player (3 Tests for New Zealand aged 35). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Jay Livingston in McDonald, Pennsylvania, USA; songwriter ("Mona Lisa", "Que Sera, Sera", "Buttons and Bows", "Silver Bells", "Bonanza" TV show theme, "Mr. Ed" TV show theme). [1] [457]
- Birth of Raymond Emery; cricket player (New Zealand Test batsman versus West Indies 1952). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Henry Morgan in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Art Lund in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; singer (Ken Murray Show). [1]
- Birth of Willy Dixon; blues artist ("Mellow Down Easy"). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Jan Drda in Czechoslovakia; writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani). [1]
- Birth of Lars G Ahlin; Swedish writer (Death of Me). [1]
- Birth of McKinley Morganfield AKA Muddy Waters; guitarist ("Hoochie Coochie Man") (dies 1983). [1] [5]
- April 7
- Birth of Billie Holliday AKA Ellinore Harris in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; jazz singer ("Strange Fruit", "God Bless the Child", "Yesterdays", "Ain't Nobody's Business"). [1] [457]
- Birth of Henry Kuttner; US sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were, Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Harry Morgan in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (December Bride, Colonel Potter - MASH, Dragnet). [1] [457]
- April 12
- Birth of Emil [Theodore] Petaja; US sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of R N Coote; Bishop (Colchester). [1]
- Birth of Stephen Roberts; CEO (British Milk Marketing Board). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Anthony Quinn in Chihuahua, México; actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia). [1]
- Birth of W Groebli AKA Frick; Swiss clown (Frick and Frack). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Dick Dudley in Tennessee, USA; TV host (Village Barn). [1]
- Birth of Lord Airedale; British Lord (Socialist Democrat). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Arnold Hall; CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Donald Mills in Piqua, Illinois, USA; singer (The Mills Brothers, 2,000 recordings, 50 million copies). [1] [457]
- April 30
- Birth of Johnny Galecki; actor (Danny - American Dreamer). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Van Alexander in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show). [1]
- May 4
- Birth of Curt Conway in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Raw Deal). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Alice Faye AKA Alice Jeanne Leppert in New York City, New York, USA; actress/singer (NBC Radio's Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, The Dean Martin Show TV show, Hollywood Palace TV show). [457]
- Birth of Richard H Rovere in Jersey City, USA; journalist (Goldwater Caper). [1]
- May 6
- Birth of George Perle in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; composer (12 Tone Tonality). [1]
- Birth of Orson Welles in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds). [1] [5]
- Birth of Theodore H White; historian/writer (Making of the President). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of John Archer in Osceola, Nebraska, USA; actor (Destination: Moon). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Christian Beyers Naudé; South African anti-apartheid fighter. [1]
- Birth of Denis Thatcher; husband of British Prime Minister Margaret (1979-90). [1]
- Birth of Monica Dickens; author/founder (US Samaritians). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of John Habakkuk; principal (Jesus College in Oxford). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty; trombonist (Spike Jones and City Slickers). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Maurice B Latey; commentator (BBC World Service). [1]
- Birth of Paul A Samuelson; economist (1970 Nobel Prize, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal). [1]
- May 19
- Birth of Pol Pot; dictator/mass murderer. [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Moshe Dayan; Israeli general/minister of Defense (dies 1981). [1] [5]
- Birth of Peter Copley; actor (Victim, King and Country). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Virginia Ellen Simms AKA Ginny Simms AKA Virginia Eastvold in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Herman Wouk in New York City, New York, USA; novelist (The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War). [1]
- Birth of Mario del Monaco; Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Scott McKay in Pleasantville, Iowa, USA; actor (Stage Door). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of David Jenklins; librarian (National Library of Wales). [1]
- Birth of Igor Buketoff in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; conductor (Iceland Symphony 1964-65). [1]
- Birth of Lord Huntingfield; British agent to United Nations Secreteriat. [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Conrad W Mönnich; theologist (Branch of olive). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Vincent Persichetti in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Sibyl). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Lester William Polsfuss AKA Les Paul in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA; guitarist ("Mockin' Bird Hill", "How High the Moon", "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise"). guitar designer (marketed by the Gibson company), built the first eight-track tape recorder, invented "sound-on-sound" recording or overdubbing. [1] [457]
- June 10
- Birth of Oscar Comras in the Bronx, New York, USA; drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park). [1]
- June 12
- Birth of David Rockefeller; banker, international power broker. [1]
- June 13
- Birth of J Donald Budge; US tennis player (first to hold world's four major titles). [1]
- June 17
- Birth of Stringbean AKA David Akeman in Jackson County, Kentucky, USA; country comedian/banjo player (Grand Ole Opry radio show, Ozark Jubilee TV show, Hee Haw TV show). [1] [457]
- June 24
- Birth of Fred Hoyle; cosmologist, proposed steady-state universe theory. [1]
- June 25
- Birth of Peter Lind Hayes in San Francisco, California, USA; comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Ruth Warrick in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; singer, actress (Citizen Kane, The Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Peyton Place, Phoebe Tyler - All My Children). [457]
- July 1
- Birth of Willie Dixon in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA; bassist ("Walkin' the Blues"). [1] [5]
- July 4
- Birth of Timmie Rogers in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer ("Sugar Hill Time"). [1]
- July 8
- Birth of Charles Hard Townes in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; physicist, developed lasers. [1]
- July 9
- Birth of David Diamond in Rochester, New York, USA; composer (Paderewski Prize-1943). [1]
- July 10
- Birth of Saul Bellow in Quebec, Canada; novelist (Nobel Prize 1976 - Mr Samler's Planet). [1] (June 10 [5])
- July 11
- Birth of Yul Brynner on Sakhalin Island, Japan; actor (The King and I). [1]
- July 16
- Birth of Barnard Hughes in Bedford Hills, New York, USA; actor (Guiding Light, As the World Turns, The Cavanaughs, Mr. Merlin, Doc, Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends, Grandpa Buzz - Blossom). [1] [457]
- July 17
- Birth of Dorothy Poynton-Hill; US platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
- August 4
- Birth of Irving Fields in New York City, New York USA; pianist (Ilona Massey Show). [1]
- August 12
- Birth of Milton Greenwald AKA Michael Kidd; choreographer (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers). [1]
- Birth of Alex Wojciechowicz; NFL center (Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles). [1]
- August 15
- Birth of Signe Hasso; actress (Double Life). [1]
- August 16
- Birth of Al Hibbler in Tyro, Mississippi, USA; singer (Duke Ellington Orchestra, solo - "Unchained Melody", "He", "After the Lights go Down Low"). [457]
- August 19
- Birth of Ring Lardner in Chicago, Illinois, USA; screenwriter (Woman of the Year). [1]
- August 21
- Birth of Morris Weinstein AKA Jack Weston in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Four Seasons, Rad). [1]
- August 25
- Birth of Walter Trampler in Munich, Germany; violist (Beaux Arts Trio). [1]
- August 26
- Birth of Jim Davis in Edgerton, Missouri, USA; actor (Jack Ewing - Dallas). [1]
- August 27
- Birth of Walter W Heller; economist (Old Myths and New Realities). [1]
- August 28
- Birth of Simon Oakland in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show, Kolchak the Night Stalker TV show, Toma TV show, David Cassidy - Man Undercover TV show). [457]
- August 29
- Birth of Ingrid Bergman in Sweden; actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower). [1]
- September 2
- Birth of Meinhardt Raabe; actor (Munchkin coroner in The Wizard of Oz). [457]
- September 4
- Birth of Dick Thomas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; TV host (Village Barn). [1]
- September 6
- Birth of Franz Josef Strauss in Germany; minister of defense (1956-62). [1]
- September 10
- Birth of Edmond O'Brien in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight). [1]
- September 11
- Birth of Jack Fascinato in Bevier, Missouri, USA; pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla, Fran, and Ollie). [1]
- September 12
- Birth of Billy Daniels in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; singer (Billy Daniels Show). [1]
- September 15
- Birth of John Conte in Plamer, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Mantovani). [1]
- September 16
- Birth of Cy Walter in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; pianist (Three's Company). [1]
- September 18
- Birth of Ethel Greenglass in New York, USA; secretary for U.S. Army Signal Corps, executed for spying. [129]
- September 24
- Birth of Larry Gates in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actor (Guiding Light). [1]
- September 29
- Birth of Brenda Marshall in the Phillipines; actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark). [1]
- September 30
- Birth of Lester Garfield Maddox; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Georgia), restaurant owner. [1]
- October 17
- Birth of Arthur Asher Miller AKA Arthur Miller in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible) (dies 2005). [1] [5]
- October 18
- Birth of Victor Sen Yung in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Bonanza, Bachelor Family). [1]
- October 21
- Birth of Owen Bradley; influential Nashville-sound record producer (Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Buddy Holly, Conway Twitty). [457]
- October 22
- Birth of Harry Hickox in Big Springs, Texas, USA; American actor (Herb - Please Don't Eat the Daisies). [1]
- November 1
- Birth of Michael Denison in York, England; actor (The Importance of Being Earnest). [1]
- November 5
- Birth of Moe Biller in New York City, New York, USA; labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers). [1]
- November 9
- Birth of Robert Sargent Shriver AKA Sargent Shriver in Westminster, Maryland, USA; Democratic Vice Presidential candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp, US Ambassador to France (1968-1970). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Edward William Proxmire AKA William Proxmire in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Wisconsin 1957-1989) (created Golden Fleece Awards). [1]
- November 12
- Birth of Roland Barthes; French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer). [1]
- November 13
- Birth of Howard Cooke in Jamaica; (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Martha Tilton in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; singer (Benny Goodman's Orchestra, "I'll Walk Alone", "I Should Care", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra"). [457]
- November 20
- Birth of Kon Ichikawa in Japan; director (Matatabi, Money Talks). [1]
- November 23
- Birth of Esther Loretta Ray AKA Ellen Drew in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Isle of the Dead, Christmas in July). [1]
- Birth of John Dehner in Staten Island, New York, USA; Disney animator, radio deejay, actor (Gunsmoke, Palladin in CBS Radio's Have Gun Will Travel, Young Maverick, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence, How the West was Won, Temperatures Rising, Doris Day Show, Don Knotts Show. [1] [457]
- November 26
- Birth of Earl Wild in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symphony 1942). [1]
- November 30
- Birth of Angier Biddle Duke in New York City, New York, USA; US Ambassador (Spain). [1]
- Birth of Henry Taube; chemist (Nobel Prize 1983). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Randolph Apperson Hearst in California, USA; newspaper publisher, chairman of the Hearst Corporation (1973-1996). [1]
- December 4
- Birth of Alan Jackson in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA; newscaster (head anchor at CBS Radio News for over 25 years). [1] [457]
- Birth of Fred Freer; cricket player (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946). [1]
- Birth of Eddie Heywood Junior in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; pianist and composer ("Canadian Sunset"). [457]
- December 5
- Birth of Margaret Hayes in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Robert Montgomery Presents). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Leigh Douglass Brackett AKA Leigh Brackett in Los Angeles, California, USA; sci-fi author (The Ginger Star, The Hounds of Skaith, The Reavers of Skaith), screenwriter (The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, The Long Goodbye, The Empire Strikes Back). [1]
- Birth of Eli Wallach in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Magnificent Seven, Misfits, People Next Door). [1] [5]
- December 9
- Birth of Colin McCool; cricket player (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s). [1]
- Birth of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in Jarotschin, Germany; soprano (Der Rosenkavalier). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Anna Graeve AKA Anna van Beers in Amsterdam, Netherlands; actress (A Woman like Eve). [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Francis Albert Sinatra AKA Frank Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board, actor (From Here to Eternity), singer ("Strangers in the Night", "My Way"). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Balthazar Johannes Vorster; Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77). [1]
- Birth of Mark Stevens in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Big Town, Martin Kane). [1]
- Birth of Kenneth Miller AKA Ross MacDonald in Los Gatos, California, USA; detective novelist (Goodbye Look). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Clay Warnick in Tacoma, Washington, USA; choral director (The Jimmie Rodgers Show). [1]
- December 15
- Birth of Jose Toribio Merino Castro AKA Jose Toribio Merino; admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy (1973-1990). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Dario Mangiarotti in Italy; fencing, gold, two silver (Olympics-1948, 1952). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of Édith Giovanna Gassion AKA Édith Piaf in Paris, France; singer ("Little Sparrow"), French cultural icon. [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Noelle de Mosa; Netherlands/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon). [1]
- Birth of Nora Dunfee in Belmont, Ohio, USA; actress (Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil). [1]
- Birth of Pete Rugolo in San Piero Patti, Sicily; bandleader/arranger (The Fugitive). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Albert Henry Gomperts AKA Hans Gomperts in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Dutch literary, essayist, and literary critic (The Duck in the Attic). [1]
- Birth of Una Mae Carlisle in Xenia, Ohio, USA; pianist/vocalist ("Walkin' at the River"). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Mary Kornman in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA; actress (Queen of the Jungle). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Roebuck Staples AKA Pops Staples in Winona, Mississippi, USA; gospel/singer (The Staple Singers - "This May Be the Last Time", "I'll Take You There"). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of Charles Leonard Harness in Colorado City, Texas, USA; American sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead). [1]
- Birth of Jan Meefout; Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman). [1]
- Birth of Robert Ruark; US writer (Something of Value). [1]
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