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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1915 January 1 Birth of François Bondy writer. [1] Birth of Lewis Bingham Keeble town planner. [1] January 2 Birth of John Hope Franklin historian. [1] January 5 Birth of Mabel Leigh potter. [1] Birth of Uta Graf singer/teacher. [1] January 6 Birth of Alan Watts Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo). [1] Birth of Don Edwards (Representative-Democrat-California, 1963-). [1] January 7 Birth of Herman Musaph Dutch psychiatrist/sexologist/founder (NVSH). [1] January 9 Birth of Anita Louise New York City, New York, actress (My Friend Flicka). [1] Birth of Fernando Lamas Buenos Aires Argentina; actor ("You look marvelous"). [1] Birth of Les Paul guitarist/inventor (Les Paul Guitar). [1] January 10 Birth of Dean Dixon Zug Switzerland, conductor. [1] January 12 Birth of Ernest Armstrong miner/politician. [1] Birth of Frank Annunzio (Representative-Democrat-Illinois, 1965-). [1] Birth of Joseph Roy George Ralston pilot. [1] Birth of Martin Agronsky journalist (1952 Peabody, 1961 DuPont-Columbia). [1] January 13 Birth of Edward Frederick Weston Goodman property developer. [1] January 14 Birth of Andre Frossard Catholic columnist. [1] January 19 Birth of Alvy West Brooklyn New York, 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 New York City, New York; actor (Detective Brennan-My Favorite Martian). [1] January 22 Birth of Tom Burtt cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand). [1] January 23 Birth of Herma Bauma Austria, javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1948). [1] Birth of Potter Stewart Michigan, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81). [1] January 24 Birth of Ernest Borgnine Hamden Connecticut; actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty). [1] Birth of Robert B Motherwell US, painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic). [1] Birth of Vitezslava Kapralova composer. [1] January 25 Birth of Michael Duane educationalist. [1] January 26 Birth of William Hopper New York City, New York; actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason). [1] January 27 Birth of Jack Brymer clarinettist. [1] January 29 Birth of Frederic Ramsey Jr folklorist/author. [1] 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 John D Profumo England, politician (Conservative). [1] Birth of Pierre Wissmer Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno). [1] January 31 Birth of Bobby Hackett Providence Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orchestra leader (Air Time '57). [1] Birth of Garry Moore [Thomas Garrison Morfit], Baltimore Maryland, TV host (Garry Moore Show, I've Got a Secret). [1] Birth of John Profumo president (Toynbee Hall). [1] Birth of Thomas Merton France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist (7 Storey Mt). [1] Birth of William Crosbie artist. [1] February 1 Birth of Sir 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] Birth of Richard Bales composer. [1] February 4 Birth of William Talman Detroit Michigan; actor (Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason). [1] February 5 Birth of Robert Hofstadter US atomic physicist. [1] February 6 Birth of Derk Roemers Dutch politician (Social-Democrat). [1] February 8 "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles California. [1] Birth of Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou singer. [1] February 11 Birth of Haakon Stotijn Dutch oboist (VARA Orchestra, Orkestgebouw Orchestra). [1] Birth of Mervyn Levy artist/critic. [1] Birth of Patrick Leigh Fermor author. [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 Philadelphia Pennsylvania; actor (Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger). [1] February 14 Birth of A W H Stewart-Moore CEO (Gallaher). [1] Birth of Irving Gordon songwriter. [1] February 15 Birth of Paul Ferris British author. [1] February 17 Birth of Homer Keller composer. [1] February 18 Birth of David van de Woestijne Flemish pianist/composer (Les Aéronautes). [1] Birth of Marcel Landowsky composer. [1] February 19 Birth of John Freeman British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host. [1] February 20 Birth of Philip Friend Horsham England; actor (Vulture, Fur Collar). [1] February 21 Birth of Ann Sheridan Denton Texas, actress (Dodge City, Good Sam, Another World). [1] Birth of Godfrey Brown England, 4 X 400 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1936). [1] February 22 Birth of Dan Seymour Chicago Illinois; 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 24 Birth of Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin trade unionist. [1] February 26 Birth of Elisabeth Eybers South African/Dutch poetess (That Woman and Other Verses). [1] Birth of Pran Nath Chhuttani physician/teacher. [1] February 27 Birth of Arthur Gilson Belgian attorney/minister of Defense (1958-). [1] February 28 Birth of Sir Peter Medawar England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel Prize 1953). [1] Birth of Zero [Samuel Joel] Mostel Brooklyn New York; 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 Carlos Surinach Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo). [1] Birth of Eunice Catunda composer. [1] Birth of Petrus de Jong Dutch premier (KVP, 1967-71). [1] March 7 Birth of Jacques Chaban-Delmas French politician. [1] March 8 Birth of Vivien John artist. [1] March 9 Birth of Pete Gray one-armed outfielder (Saint Louis Browns). [1] March 11 Birth of Karl Krolow writer. [1] Birth of Vijay Hazare cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54). [1] March 12 Birth of Alberto Burri Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter. [1] March 14 Birth of Alexander Brott composer. [1] Birth of Carlos Surinach Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo). [1] Birth of Kenneth Rowntree painter. [1] March 15 Birth of David Schoenbrun CBS broadcast bureau head (Washington DC, Paris France). [1] Birth of Richard Ward Glenside Pennsylvania; actor (Beacon Hill). [1] March 17 Birth of Hans Namuth German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala). [1] Birth of William Roycroft Austria, equestrian three day (Olympics-bronze-1976). [1] March 18 Birth of Richard Thomas Condon author. [1] March 19 Birth of Norman Yardley England cricket captain (late 1940s). [1] March 20 Birth of Dr Rudolf Kirchschläger President of Austria (1974-86). [1] March 22 Birth of Forest Sagendorf cartoonist. [1] Birth of George Cresswell cricketer (3 Tests for New Zealand aged 35). [1] March 23 Birth of Francis Berry poet/Shakespearean scholar. [1] March 27 Birth of Richard Sharp civil servant. [1] March 28 Birth of Jay Livingston composer (Buttons and Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy). [1] Birth of Raymond Emery cricketer (New Zealand Test batsman vs West Indies 1952). [1] March 29 Birth of George Chisholm Scottish jazz trombonist. [1] March 31 Birth of Eliseo Morales Pajaro composer. [1] Birth of Henry Morgan New York City, New York, comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena). [1] Birth of Jack Perry businessman. [1] April 1 Birth of Art Lund Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show). [1] Birth of Willy Dixon blues artist (Mellow Down Easy). [1] April 2 Birth of Antony Dornhorst professor of medicine. [1] Birth of Arthur Ballard artist. [1] April 3 Birth of Paul Touvier war criminal. [1] April 4 Birth of Jan Drda Czechoslovakia, writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani). [1] Birth of Lars G Ahlin Swedish writer (Death of Me). [1] Birth of Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield]; guitarist ("Hoochie Coochie Man") (dies 1983). [1] [5] April 7 Birth of Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer (Ain't Nobody's Business). [1] 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 Detroit Michigan; actor (December Bride, MASH, Dragnet). [1] Birth of Leo Vroman Dutch/US poet/biologist. [1] April 11 Birth of [Hanlon] Pat Clarke cyclist. [1] April 12 Birth of Emil [Theodore] Petaja US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane). [1] April 13 Birth of Bert [Albert L F] Peleman [Dirk Dyckmans], Flemish writer. [1] Birth of R N Coote Bishop (Colchester). [1] Birth of Stephan Hermlin writer. [1] Birth of Stephen Roberts CEO (British Milk Marketing Board). [1] Birth of Tom Greenshields sculptor. [1] April 15 Birth of Ernest Borneman sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist. [1] April 16 Birth of Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman head of Dutch traffic and water. [1] Birth of Gerard McLarnon actor/writer. [1] April 19 Birth of Dorian Le Gallienne composer. [1] Birth of Harry Craft baseball manager. [1] April 21 Birth of Andor Kovach composer. [1] Birth of Anthony Quinn Chihuahua México; actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia). [1] Birth of Frick [W Groebli] Swiss clown (Frick and Frack). [1] April 22 Birth of Dick Dudley Tennessee, 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 25 Birth of A J A Quintus Bosz Indonesian/Suriname lawyer. [1] Birth of William Goyen writer. [1] April 29 Birth of Donald Mills singer (Mills Brothers). [1] April 30 Birth of Johnny Galecki actor (Danny-American Dreamer). [1] May 2 Birth of Jan Hanus composer. [1] Birth of Van Alexander New York City, New York, orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show). [1] May 3 Birth of Evencio Castellanos composer. [1] May 4 Birth of Curt Conway Boston Massachusetts; actor (Raw Deal). [1] Birth of Pedro Saenz composer. [1] May 5 Birth of Richard H Rovere Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper). [1] May 6 Birth of George Perle Bayonne New Jersey, composer (12 Tone Tonality). [1] Birth of John Arnold British high court judge. [1] Birth of May Henriquez-Alvarez Curaçao, sculptor. [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 Osceola Nebraska; actor (Destination: Moon). [1] May 9 Birth of Richard Janvrin British Vice Admiral. [1] May 10 Birth of Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor. [1] 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 Duke of Sutherland. [1] Birth of Monica Dickens author/founder (US Samaritians). [1] Birth of Salah Abou Seif director. [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, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal). [1] May 17 Birth of Joseph D Craggs electrical engineer. [1] May 18 Birth of Leon Shenandoah native American leader. [1] May 19 Birth of Pol Pot dictator/mass murderer. [1] May 20 Birth of Moshe Dayan; Israeli general/minister of Defense. [1] [5] Birth of Peter Copley actor (Victim, King and Country). [1] May 23 Birth of Clyde Wiegand physicist. [1] May 25 Birth of Daniel Wolf journalist. [1] May 27 Birth of Herman Wouk New York City, New York, novelist (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War). [1] Birth of Mario del Monaco Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini). [1] May 28 Birth of Scott McKay Pleasantville Iowa; actor (Stage Door). [1] Birth of Wolfgang Schneiderhan violinist. [1] May 29 Birth of David Jenklins librarian (National Library of Wales). [1] Birth of Igor Buketoff Hartford Connecticut, conductor (Iceland Symphony 1964-65). [1] Birth of Lord Huntingfield British agent to United Nations Secreteriat. [1] May 30 Birth of Jerome Bert Weisner military scientist/disarmer. [1] May 31 Birth of Conrad W Mönnich theologist (Branch of olive). [1] June 6 Birth of Vincent Persichetti Philadelphia Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl). [1] June 9 Birth of Les Paul Waukesha Wisconsin, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar). [1] June 10 Birth of Oscar Comras Bronx, 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 [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw). [1] June 24 Birth of Sir Fred Hoyle cosmologist, proposed steady-state universe theory. [1] June 25 Birth of Peter Lind Hayes San Francisco California, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show). [1] July 1 Birth of Willie Dixon Vicksburg Miss, bassist (Walkin' the Blues). [1] July 4 Birth of Timmie Rogers Detroit Michigan, singer (Sugar Hill Time). [1] July 6 Birth of Dorothy Kirsten Montclair New Jersey, soprano (A Time to Sing). [1] July 8 Birth of Charles Hard Townes Greenville South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers. [1] July 9 Birth of David Diamond Rochester New York, 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 Colin Purdie Kelly US, first US air hero during WW II. [1] Birth of Yul Brynner Sakhalin Island Japan; actor (King and I). [1] July 16 Birth of Barnard Hughes Bedford Hills New York, (Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends). [1] Birth of Laverne Andrews Minneapolis, Andrew Sister (or 0706). [1] July 17 Birth of Dorothy Poynton-Hill US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932). [1] August 4 Birth of Irving Fields New York City, pianist (Ilona Massey Show). [1] August 12 Birth of Alex Wojciechowicz NFL center (Lions, Eagles). [1] August 15 Birth of Signe Hasso actress (Double Life). [1] August 19 Birth of Ring Lardner Jr Chicago, screenwriter (Woman of the Year). [1] August 21 Birth of Jack Weston [Morris Weinstein], Cleveland; actor (4 Seasons, Rad). [1] August 25 Birth of Walter Trampler Munich Germany, violist (Beaux Arts Trio). [1] August 26 Birth of Jim Davis Edgerton Missouri; actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas). [1] August 27 Birth of Walter W Heller economist (Old Myths and New Realities). [1] August 29 Birth of Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower). [1] September 4 Birth of Dick Thomas Philadelphia Pennsylvania, TV host (Village Barn). [1] September 6 Birth of Franz Josef Strauss Germany, minister of defense (1956-62). [1] September 10 Birth of Edmond O'Brien New York City; actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight). [1] September 11 Birth of Jack Fascinato Bevier Missouri, pianist/orch leader (Kukla Fran and Ollie). [1] September 12 Birth of Billy Daniels Jacksonville Florida, singer (Billy Daniels Show). [1] September 15 Birth of John Conte Plamer Massachusetts; actor (Mantovani). [1] September 16 Birth of Cy Walter Minneapolis Minnesota, pianist (3's Company). [1] September 24 Birth of Larry Gates Saint Paul, Minnesota; actor (Guiding Light). [1] September 29 Birth of Brenda Marshall Phillipines, actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark). [1] September 30 Birth of Lester Garfield Maddox (Governor-Democrat-Georgia)/restaurant owner. [1] October 13 Birth of Cornel Wilde actor (High Sierra, 5th Musketeer). [1] October 17 Birth of Arthur Miller playwright (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible). [1] October 18 Birth of Victor Sen Yung San Francisco California; actor (Bonanza, Bachelor Family). [1] October 22 Birth of Harry Hickox Big Springs Texas, (Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies). [1] November 1 Birth of Michael Denison York England; actor (Importance of Being Earnest). [1] November 5 Birth of Moe Biller New York City, labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers). [1] November 9 Birth of Sargent Shriver Democratic Vice Presidential candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp. [1] November 11 Birth of William Proxmire (Senator-Democrat-WI) (Golden Fleece Awards). [1] November 12 Birth of Roland Barthes French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer). [1] November 13 Birth of Howard Cooke Jamaica, (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award). [1] November 20 Birth of Kon Ichikawa Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks). [1] November 23 Birth of Ellen Drew [Terry Ray], Kansas City Missouri, actress (Isle of Dead). [1] Birth of John Dehner Staten Island New York; actor (Big Hawaii, Bare Essence). [1] November 26 Birth of Earl Wild Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symphony 1942). [1] November 30 Birth of Angier Biddle Duke New York City, US Ambassador (Spain). [1] Birth of Henry Taube chemist (Nobel Prize 1983). [1] December 2 Birth of Adolph Green songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman). [1] Birth of Nico Richter composer. [1] Birth of Randolph Hearst newspaper publisher. [1] December 4 Birth of Allan Jackson Hot Springs Arkansas, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand). [1] Birth of Fred Freer cricketer (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946). [1] December 5 Birth of Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields drummer. [1] Birth of Margaret Hayes Baltimore Maryland, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents). [1] December 7 Birth of Brackett Hamilton Leigh [Douglass] US, sci-fi author (Ginger Star). [1] Birth of Eli Wallach in Brooklyn, New York; actor (Magnificent Seven, Misfits, People Next Door). [1] [5] December 8 Birth of Denis Harding soldier. [1] Birth of George Scheuer writer/journalist. [1] December 9 Birth of Colin McCool cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s). [1] Birth of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Jarotschin Germany, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier). [1] Birth of Herbert Huncke writer. [1] December 11 Birth of Anna van Beers [Graeve] actress (A Woman like Eve). [1] December 12 Birth of Frank Sinatra Hoboken New Jersey, singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board). [1] December 13 Birth of Balthazar Johannes Vorster Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77). [1] Birth of Mark Stevens Cleveland Ohio; actor (Big Town, Martin Kane). [1] Birth of Ross MacDonald detective novelist (Goodbye Look). [1] December 14 Birth of Clay Warnick Tacoma Washington, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show). [1] December 15 Birth of Jose Toribio Merino Castro admiral. [1] December 16 Birth of Georgy Vasilevich Svirdov composer. [1] December 18 Birth of Dario Mangiarotti Italy, fencing, gold, two silver (Olympics-1948, 1952). [1] December 19 Birth of Edith Piaf [E Giovanna Gassion] Paris France, chanteuse (Little Sparrow). [1] December 20 Birth of Aziz Nesin writer. [1] December 25 Birth of Noelle de Mosa Netherlands/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon). [1] Birth of Nora Dunfee actress (Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil). [1] Birth of Pete Rugolo bandleader/arranger (Fugitive). [1] December 26 Birth of Hans [Henri A] Gomperts Dutch literature (Duck on Attic). [1] Birth of Una Mae Carlisle US pianist/vocalist (Walkin' at the River). [1] December 27 Birth of Mary Kornman Idaho Falls Idaho, actress (Queen of the Jungle). [1] Birth of William Howell Masters sex author/physician. [1] December 28 Birth of Roebuck "Pops" Staples US gospel/singer (Staple Singers). [1] December 29 Birth of Charles L[eonard] Harness US, sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead). [1] Birth of John P W Meefout Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman). [1] Birth of Robert Ruark US writer (Something of Value). [1]