- January 14
- Birth of Guy Williams in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Zorro - Zorro, Lost in Space, Bonanza, Disneyland). [1] [457]
- January 16
- Birth of Katy Jurado in México; actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Jewel Plummer Cobb; educator/president (California State University at Fullerton). [1]
- January 19
- Birth of 7th Earl of Carnarvon; English large landowner. [1]
- Birth of Jean François Revel; French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni Jésus). [1]
- Birth of Nicholas Colasanto in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actor (Coach Ernie - Cheers). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Benny Hill in Southampton, England; comedian (Benny Hill Show). [1]
- Birth of Telly [Aristotle] Savalas in Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA; actor (Acapulco, Kojak). [1]
- Death of G.F.C. Smillie in Washington, D.C., USA; bank note engraver. [1048.1416]
- January 23
- Birth of Frank R Lautenberg; American politician (Senator-Democrat-New Jersey, 1983-). [1]
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- January 24
- Birth of 8th Earl Spencer in England; large landowner/father of Diane, Princess of Wales. [1]
- Birth of Marvin Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Top Cat, Henry - Alice). [1]
- Birth of Robert W Kastenmeier; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Wisconsin, 1959-). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Lou "The Toe" Groza; AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleveland Browns). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Kenneth Corfield; CEO (STC). [1]
- Birth of Rauf Denktasj; Turkish-Cypriot politician. [1]
- Birth of Sabu [Dastagir] in India; actor (Elephant Boy, Drum). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Frank R Lautenberg; American politician (Senator-Democrat-New Jersey). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Luigi Nono in Venice, Italy; composer (Canonic Variations). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Margaret Beda Nicholson; author (No Medals for the Major). [1]
- Birth of Shirley Chisholm; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New York). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Tine Balder [Clementine Alabama Cobbaut]; Flemish actress (Antigone). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Billy W William; Ambrose right soccer star. [1]
- Birth of Paolo Volponi; Italian communist/author (Road to Rome). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Cathy Long; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1985-86). [1]
- Birth of Dora Bryan [Broadhurst] in Southport, England; actress (Taste of Honey). [1]
- Birth of Hattie Jacques in Kent, England; actress (Carry on Doctor). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Randy Van Horne in El Paso, Texas, USA; singer (Nat King Cole Show). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Hans Berghuis; Dutch author/poet (Three Women, Adam). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Countess Mountbatten of Burma. [1]
- February 16
- Birth of James Swaffield; Director-General (Swaffield and Clerk to the GLC). [1]
- Birth of Peter Webster; British High Court Judge. [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Margaret Truman in Missouri, USA; president's daughter, writer (Murder at FBI), pianist. [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Günter Haese; German sculptor/graphic artist (Guggenheim prize 1967). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Bruce Norris; NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings). [1]
- Birth of Lee Marvin in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou) (dies 1987). [1] [5]
- February 21
- Birth of Robert G Mugabe; Premier/President of Zimbabwe. [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Lionel Dakers; director (Royal School of Church Music). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Mark Bucci in New York City, New York, USA; composer (1959 Arts and Letters Award). [1]
- Birth of Noboru Takeshita; Japanese Prime Minister (1987-89). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of M M Shearer; Lord Lieutenant of Shetland. [1]
- Birth of Norman Marshall; cricket player (brother of Roy, one Test for West Indies 1955). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Robert A Roe; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New Jersey, 1969-). [1]
- February 29
- Birth of David Beattie; British Governor-General of New Zealand. [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton in Sparta, Wisconsin, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 18). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Rénos Apostolidis; Greek author/poet (Katigoró). [1]
- March 4
- "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny. [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Sarah Caldwell in Maryville, Missouri, USA; conductor/opera director (Flagstaff). [1]
- Birth of William H Webster; American judge/head FBI/US Central Intelligence Agency. [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Eduardo Paolozzi; British sculptor (Hydra). [1]
- Birth of Kobo Abe in Tokyo, Japan; playwright (Woman, The Dunes). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Sean McClory in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Jack - Californians, My Chauffeur). [1]
- March 18
- Birth of Madhussudan Rege; cricket player (15 runs in only Test India versus West Indies 1948-49). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Al Neuharth; newspaper founder (today usa). [1]
- Birth of Bill Wendell in New York City, New York, USA; TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Lois Andrews; actress (Ganster, Rustlers, Desert Hawk). [1]
- Birth of Norman Fell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Mr Roper - Three's Company, The End, Graduate). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Julia A Perry in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; composer (Cask of Amontillado, Selfish Giant). [1]
- Birth of Machiko Kyo in Osaka, Japan; actor (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Harold Nicholas; American actor (Tap, Five Heartbeats, Stormy Weather). [1]
- Birth of Sarah L Vaughan in Newark, New Jersey, USA; jazz scat singer ("Broken Hearted Melody") (dies 1990). [1] [5]
- March 28
- Birth of Freddie Bartholomew in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Harry Cubitt; 4th Lord Ashcombe ("Mad Harry"), English landowner. [1]
- Birth of Leo Buscaglia in Los Angeles, California, USA; "Dr Hug", psychologist (Love). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Denis Rooke; CEO (British Gas). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Doris Day in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Pillow Talk). [1] [5]
- Birth of Marlon Brando in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actor (Superman, Godfather) (dies 2004). [1] [5]
- April 4
- Birth of Gil Hodges; baseball player/manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets). [1]
- Birth of Peter Vaughan; actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Harry Cordon; comic/host (Fred Haché Show). [1]
- Birth of Nick Perito in Denver, Colorado, USA; orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Johanna M van de Berg; actress (What See I?). [1]
- Birth of Lee Bergere in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Joseph - Dynasty). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Julius Moormann; student/resistance fighter (WWII). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Stanley Donen in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; film director/producer (Bedazzled, Damn Yankees). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Neville Marriner in Lincoln, England; conductor (Minnesota Orchestra 1978). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Geoffrey Johnson Smith; actor (Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games). [1]
- Birth of Henry Mancini in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; pianist, composer, orchestra leader (Glenn Miller-Tex Beneke orchestra, worked on over 100 films, "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", Peter Gunn TV show theme, The Pink Panther movie theme, over 90 albums, "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet" album (1969)). [1] [457]
- Birth of John Harvey-Jones; CEO (ICI). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Patrick Sergeant; founder (Euromoney Publications). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown in Vinton, Louisiana, USA; blues singer ("Mary is Fine"). [1]
- Birth of Henry J Hyde; American politician (Representative-Republican-Illinois). [1]
- Birth of Lord Mason of Barnsley; Member of Parliament (Labour), British defense secretary. [1]
- Birth of Raf de Linde [Raphaël van Hecke]; author (Vaarwel on Gertrude). [1]
- April 20
- Birth of Nina Foch in Leiden, Netherlands; actress (An American in Paris). [1]
- Birth of Paul M Van Buren; US theologist (Theological Explorations). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Daniel Melnick in New York City, New York, USA; producer (Get Smart). [1]
- Birth of Ira Louvin in Rainesville, Alabama; USA; gospel and bluegrass singer (The Louvin Brothers, "Satan Is Real", "Make Him a Soldier", "When I Stop Dreaming", "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby"). [1] [457]
- April 23
- Birth of Arthur Frackenpohl in Irving, New Jersey, USA; composer (Natural Superiority of Music). [1]
- Birth of Malcolm Anson; CEO (Wessex Water Authority, England). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of Marilyn Erskine in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Fran - Tom Ewell Show). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Russell Nype in Zion, Illinois, USA; singer/actor (Burton Farley - Dorothy). [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Kenneth David Kaunda; founder/President (Zambia, 1964-91). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Al Balding in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (Québec Open-1952). [1]
- Birth of Renée Jeanmaire in Paris, France; dancer (Hans Christian Anderson). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Sheldon Harnick in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Broadway lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof). [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Art Fleming in the Bronx, New York, USA; TV host (Jeopardy) (dies 1995). [1] [5] [457]
- May 2
- Birth of Theodore Bikel; Austrian/American folk singer/actor (The Russians Are Coming, Another Day, Dynasty, Falcon Crest). [1] [457]
- May 3
- Birth of Mary Carver in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Cecilia - Simon and Simon). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Leopoldo Torre Nilsson in Buenos Aires, Argentina; director (Monday's Child). [1]
- May 6
- Birth of Mimi Benzell in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA; operatic soprano (Gilda - Rigoletto). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Bulat S Okudzjava; Russian author (Student!). [1]
- Birth of Connie Russell in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Garroway at Large TV show (1949), variety TV shows of Morey Amsterdam, Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, Milton Berle, Eddie Cantor). [1] [457]
- Birth of Gerard Wernars; Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991). [1]
- Birth of Jean J A Girault; French director/screenwriter (l'Amour). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Jackie Milburn; English soccer star (Newcastle United). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Andrea Gyarmati in Hungary; water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60). [1]
- Birth of Don Kenyon; cricket player (England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55). [1]
- Birth of Ursula Thiess in Hamburg, Germany; actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Dawda Kairaba Jawara; President (Gambia, 1970-94). [1]
- Birth of Frank F Mankiewicz in New York City, New York, USA; columnist (Perfectly Clear). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Lord Tombs; CEO (Rolls Royce). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Jack Whitaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; sportscaster (ABC, CBS). [1]
- Birth of Priscilla Pointer in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Rebecca - Dallas, Call to Glory). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Peggy Cass in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress/TV panelist (Mame movie and play, Tonight Show TV show, To Tell the Truth TV show, The Hathaways TV show). [1] [457]
- Birth of Robert Parris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Book of Imaginary Beings). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Charles Aznavour [Chahnour Varinag Aznavourian] in Paris, France; French-Armenian singer ("Monsieur Carnavel", "Tin Drum"). [1]
- Birth of Helen Wedemeyer in Hilo, Hawaii; actress (Hawaii Five-O). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Desmond Carrington; British radio host (Jim - Calamity the Cow). [1]
- Birth of Michael McCrum; master (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England). [1]
- Birth of V N Swamy; cricket player (one Test India versus New Zealand 1955, DNB, 0-45). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Cooper Evans; American politician (Representative-Republican-Iowa, 1981-87). [1]
- Birth of Victor Herbert; Irish/US composer (Kiss in Dark). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Edward du Cann; CEO (Lonrho). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Norbert Schemansky; American middle heavyweight (Olympics-gold-1952). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Russell Endean; cricket player (28 Tests for South Africa, handled the ball 1956). [1]
- June 3
- Birth of Colleen Dewhurst in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actress (Between Two Women (Emmy Award 1986), Those She Left Behind (Emmy Award 1989), Murphy Brown (Emmy Award 1991), Maggie Geyser - The Blue and the Gray, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea), president of Actor's Equity (1985-1991). [457]
- June 4
- Birth of Dennis Weaver in Joplin, Missouri, USA; actor (Chester - Gunsmoke TV show, McCloud TV show, Emerald Point NAS TV show, Lonesome Dove: The Series TV show, Pearl, Centennial, Stone, Wildfire, Duel, Battered). [1] [457]
- June 7
- Birth of Dolores Gray in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet). [1]
- June 8
- Birth of George Kirby in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian (ABC Comedy Hour). [1]
- Birth of Sheldon Allman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Norm - Harris Against the World). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Christine Goitschel in France; slalom (Olympic-gold-1964). [1]
- Birth of Tony Britton in Birmingham, England; actor (Day of the Jackal, Girl in my Soup). [1]
- June 12
- Birth of George Herbert Walker Bush; (Republican) 43rd Vice President (1981-89) 41st President (1989-93). [1] [5]
- June 19
- Birth of Leo Nomellini; NFL defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers). [1]
- June 20
- Birth of Audie Murphy in Kingston, Texas, USA; most decorated American GI of WWII (27 US decorations plus 5 decorations from France and Belgium), actor (Whispering Smith TV show (1961), Destry, Joe Butterfly). [1] [5] [457]
- Birth of Chet Atkins in Luttrell, Tennessee, USA; guitarist, producer (Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings). [1] [5] [457]
- June 25
- Birth of Sidney Lumet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Ezra Laderman in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Jacob and the Indians). [1]
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