Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2009 October 30.


1925

January 1
  • Birth of George Conner NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears). [1]
  • Birth of Valentina Cortesa Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate). [1]
January 2
  • Birth of Andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich composer. [1]
  • Birth of William J Crowe Jr Kentucky, chairman joint chiefs of staff. [1]
January 4
  • Birth of Veikko Hakulinen Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1956). [1]
January 5
  • Birth of Wolf Morris actor (Decoy). [1]
January 6
  • Birth of John Z DeLorean, automaker (DeLorean). [1]
January 7
  • Birth of Gerald Malcolm Durrell Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird). [1]
January 8
  • Birth of James Saunders English chemist/playwright (Ark). [1]
January 9
  • Birth of Abdelhamid Benhadugah novelist. [1]
  • Birth of Lee Van Cleef New Jersey; actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York). [1]
January 10
  • Birth of Maxwell Roach composer. [1]
January 12
  • Birth of Bill Burrud Hollywood California, host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World). [1]
  • Birth of Laurentiu Profeta composer. [1]
  • Birth of Ralph Legall cricket wicket-keeper (West Indies versus India 1954). [1]
January 13
  • Birth of Gwen Verdon Louisiana, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity). [1]
  • Birth of Rosemary Murphy Munich Germany, actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner). [1]
January 14
  • Birth of Yukio Mishima Japan, novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion). [1]
January 15
  • Birth of Keith Bentley international racing cyclist. [1]
  • Birth of Ruth Slenczynska Sacramento California, pianist. [1]
January 17
  • Birth of A H Kardar cricketer (Pakistana first Test captain, previously played for India). [1]
  • Birth of Annie Delorie Dutch opera singer (Scenes and Arias). [1]
  • Birth of Duane Hanson US sculptor. [1]
  • Birth of Rock Hudson Winnetka Illinois; actor (McMillian and Wife). [1]
January 18
  • Birth of Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere TV producer. [1]
  • Birth of Gilles Deleuze philosopher. [1]
  • Birth of Roepie Kruize Dutch field hockey player (Olympics-Bronze-48/Silver-52). [1]

January 19
  • Birth of Nina [Mary] Bawden English author (Afternoon of a Good Woman). [1]
January 20
  • Birth of E Cardenal writer. [1]
  • Birth of Edwin Gordon New York City, New York, VOA correspondent. [1]
  • Birth of Eugen Gomringer writer. [1]
  • Birth of George Connol NFL Hall-of-Famer. [1]
January 21
  • Birth of Lola Flores Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona). [1]
  • Birth of Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock railway writer. [1]
January 22
  • Birth of Leslie Silver English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire. [1]
January 23
  • Birth of Marty Paich Oakland California, orchestra leader (Sonny and Cher, Glenn Campbell). [1]
January 24
  • Birth of Maria Tallchief Fairfax Oklahoma, ballerina. [1]
  • Birth of William Hudson California; actor (I Led 3 Lives). [1]
January 25
  • Birth of Eric Dempster cricketer (New Zealand slow bowl of mid-1950s, bowling average 109.5). [1]
January 26
  • Birth of David Jenkins Bishop (Durham). [1]
  • Birth of Desmond Cassidi British admiral. [1]
  • Birth of Joan Leslie Detroit Michigan, actress (Sergeant York, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Newman Cleveland Ohio, racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler). [1]
January 27
  • Birth of Geoffrey Tucker British political consultant. [1]
  • Birth of John Bury designer. [1]
January 28
  • Birth of Henry Harris British professor of medicine. [1]
January 29
  • Birth of Anthony George Endicott New York; actor (Untouchables, Checkmate). [1]
  • Birth of Lane of Horsell Lord. [1]
  • Birth of Pier Tania (Meinte Piet) radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting). [1]
January 30
  • Birth of Dorothy Malone Chicago Illinois, actress (At Gunpoint, Night and Day, Peyton Place). [1]
January 31
  • Birth of Benjamin Hooks civil rights leader. [1]
  • Birth of Charles Aidman Frankfort Indiana, narrator (New Twilight Zone). [1]
  • Birth of Fred Catherwood Member of Parliament. [1]
February 2
  • Birth of David Abell Wood priest. [1]
  • Birth of Michel Paul Philippot composer. [1]
February 3
  • Birth of John Fiedler Platville Wisconsin; actor (Mr Peterson-Newhart). [1]
  • Birth of Joop C Swart Dutch publisher/founder (World Press Photo). [1]
February 4
  • Birth of Russell Hoban US children's book author (Riddley Walker/Pilgermann). [1]
February 7
  • Birth of Arthur Berry artist. [1]
  • Birth of H Eisenreich writer. [1]
  • Birth of Marius Constant Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost). [1]
  • Birth of Romolo Valli actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia). [1]
February 8
  • Birth of Alvin Brehm composer. [1]
  • Birth of Jack Lemmon in Boston, Massachusetts; actor (Days of Wine and Roses, Missing). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Raimondo d'Inzeo It, equestrian (Olympics-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76). [1]
February 9
  • Birth of Vic Wertz baseball player. [1]
February 11
  • Birth of Dr Virginia E Johnson sexologist (Masters and Johnson). [1]
  • Birth of Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], Tularosa New Mexico, actress (Right Stuff). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Berger British Vice-Admiral. [1]
  • Birth of Virginia E Johnson doctor/sexologist (Masters and Johnson). [1]
February 13
  • Birth of Gene Ames singer. [1]
  • Birth of Jan Arends Dutch poet/author. [1]
February 14
  • Birth of Elliot Lawrence Philadelphia Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell). [1]
  • Birth of Peg Murray Denver Colorado, actress (Me and Mrs C). [1]
February 16
  • Birth of David Emms director (London Goodenough Trust for Overseas Graduates). [1]
  • Birth of Per Bailey director (Gatwick and Stansted Airports). [1]
February 17
  • Birth of Fritz Behrendt German/Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan). [1]
  • Birth of Hal Holbrook Cleveland Ohio; actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain). [1]
February 18
  • Birth of George Kennedy New York City, New York; actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight). [1]
February 19
  • Birth of Jindrich Feld composer. [1]
  • Birth of Leslie Laing Linstead Jamaica, 4X400 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1952). [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Alex La Guma Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night). [1]
  • Birth of Pramudya Ananta Tur Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Altman Kansas City Missouri, director (Nashville, MASH). [1]
February 21
  • Birth of Al Fann Cleveland Ohio; actor (Alvin-He's the Mayor). [1]
  • Birth of Jack Ramsay NBA coach. [1]
  • Birth of Sam Peckinpah Fresno California, film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs). [1]
February 22
  • Birth of Edward Gorey Chicago Illinois, author/artist (The Curious Sofa). [1]
  • Birth of Gerard Hoffnung Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician. [1]
  • Birth of Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernick], Detroit Michigan; actor/singer (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle). [1]
  • Birth of Raymond Joseph Cecil British architect. [1]
February 23
  • Birth of Ian Smith cricket leg-spinner (South Africa 1947-58 average 64.08). [1]
  • Birth of Louis Stokes (Representative-Democrat-Ohio, 1969-). [1]
February 25
  • Birth of Bert Remsen Glen Cove New York; actor (Mario-It's a Living). [1]
February 26
  • Birth of Frank Henry Copplestone TV executive. [1]
  • Birth of James Moody US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader. [1]
February 27
  • Birth of Hugh Leggatt art dealer. [1]
  • Birth of Michael Kaye director (City of London Festival). [1]
  • Birth of Richard AFM Auwerda Dutch journalist/writer. [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Harry H Corbett Rangoon Burma; actor (Steptoe and Son, Jabberwacky). [1]
March 1
  • Birth of Al Rosen Spartanburg South Carolina, third baseman (American League Most Valuable Player 1953)/New York Yankees president. [1]

March 3
  • Birth of Enzo Stuarti Italy, singer (Yesterday). [1]
  • Birth of Richard Vernon Reading Berkshire England; actor (Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night). [1]
March 8
  • Birth of Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis composer. [1]
  • Birth of Francisco Rabal Aguilas Spain; actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra). [1]
  • Birth of Petrus Steenkamp Dutch politician (KVP/CDA). [1]
March 10
  • Birth of Ed van der Elsken movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis). [1]
  • Birth of M J J A [Sef] Imkamp Dutch politician (D66). [1]
March 11
  • Birth of James Miskin Queen's Council/recorder of London. [1]
March 12
  • Birth of Georges Delerue composer. [1]
  • Birth of Harry [Maxwell] Harrison United Kingdom, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy). [1]
  • Birth of Leo Esaki [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel Prize 1973). [1]
  • Birth of Louison Bobet French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55). [1]
  • Birth of William G Whitehurst (Representative-Republican-Virginia). [1]
March 13
  • Birth of Anthony Milner composer. [1]
  • Birth of Bertha Tickey Dinuba California, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973). [1]
  • Birth of Roy Haynes US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea). [1]
March 14
  • Birth of John Barrington Wain England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down). [1]
  • Birth of John Wain England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down). [1]
March 16
  • Birth of Cornell Borchers [Cornelia Bruch] Heydekrug Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul). [1]
March 17
  • Birth of G M Hughes British zoologist. [1]
  • Birth of Jerome Lejeune physiologist. [1]
March 19
  • Birth of Brent Scowcroft Ogden Utah, Lieutenant General (US Air Force)/National Security Council. [1]
March 20
  • Birth of James Pickles judge. [1]
  • Birth of John D Erlichman Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate conspirator). [1]
March 21
  • Birth of John E Grotberg (Representative-Republican-Illinois, 1985-86). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Brook London, director (1776)/TV writer. [1]
March 22
  • Birth of Colin Spedding CEO (Council of Science and Technology Institutes). [1]
  • Birth of Wolfgang Bächler writer. [1]
March 23
  • Birth of Cees de Ruyter European champion billiards player. [1]
  • Birth of David McNee commissioner (Metropolitan Police). [1]
March 24
  • Birth of Duncan Wood TV director/producer. [1]
  • Birth of Mai Zetterling Vaeras Sweden, actress (Hidden Agenda, Ringer). [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Flannery O'Connor Georgia, novelist (A Good Man Is Hard to Find). [1]
March 26
  • Birth of Claudio Spies composer. [1]
  • Birth of Lord Graham of Edmonton House of Lords (chief opposition whip). [1]
  • Birth of Lord Hooson Queen's Council crown court recorder. [1]
  • Birth of Maqsood Ahmed cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56). [1]
  • Birth of Pierre Boulez Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial). [1]
March 27
  • Birth of Lord Plumb MEP. [1]
  • Birth of Robert P Cohan artistic director/choreographer (Contemporary Dance Trust). [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Innokenti Smoktunovsky actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye). [1]
March 29
  • Birth of Emlen Tunnell NFL safety (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers). [1]
  • Birth of Lord Justice Beldam. [1]
March 30
  • Birth of Ivo Malek composer. [1]
  • Birth of John Wells Member of Parliament. [1]
April 1
  • Birth of Sala Burton (Representative-Democrat-California, 1983-). [1]
April 2
  • Birth of George MacDonald Fraser poet/author (Flashman at the Charge). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Tony Benn British minister of technology (1968). [1]
April 4
  • Birth of Elizabeth Wilson Grand Rapids Michigan; actor (Doc, East Side/West Side). [1]
  • Birth of Erna Spoorenberg Dutch singer. [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Oldrich Flosman composer. [1]
April 6
  • Birth of Arthur D Larsen tennis champion (US Open-1950). [1]
  • Birth of John Knox British supreme court justice. [1]
  • Birth of Marcus Worsley Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire. [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Shecky Greene in Chicago, Illinois; comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat). [1] (1926 [5])
April 9
  • Birth of Michael Richardson vice CEO (N M Rotschild). [1]
  • Birth of Tom Jackson British union leader (Post Office). [1]
April 11
  • Birth of Johan van Zonderen painter. [1]
  • Birth of Oscar De Ville CEO (Meyer International). [1]
  • Birth of Rik Kuijpers Belgian director (Sea gulls die in the harbor). [1]
April 12
  • Birth of Johnny Jordan England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice). [1]
April 13
  • Birth of Frank Chamberlain CEO (Test and County Cricket Board). [1]
  • Birth of Frank Neville Hosband Robinson physicist. [1]
  • Birth of Hilda Dianda composer. [1]
April 14
  • Birth of Abel Muzorewa bishop/premier (Rhodesia). [1]
  • Birth of Bill Harris US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin'). [1]
  • Birth of H G Kischenchand cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52). [1]
  • Birth of Rod Steiger in West Hampton, New York; actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker, Chosen). [1] [5]
April 17
  • Birth of Anne Harris CEO (National Federation of Women's Institutes). [1]
  • Birth of John Yates bishop (Lambeth England). [1]
  • Birth of Joyce Buck actress/interior designer. [1]
April 18
  • Birth of Bob Hastings Brooklyn New York; actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family). [1]
  • Birth of Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor musician. [1]
  • Birth of Robert Caldwell Crawford composer. [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Hugh O'Brian [Krampke] Rochester New York; actor (Wyatt Earp, Search). [1]

April 20
  • Birth of Ernie Stautner NFL defensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)/WLAF head coach (Frankfurt Galaxy). [1]
  • Birth of Richard Hoffmann composer. [1]
April 22
  • Birth of Christopher Ball Oxford, warden (Keble College). [1]
  • Birth of George Cole London England; actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers). [1]
April 25
  • Birth of Anthony Christopher British trade unionist. [1]
  • Birth of Flannery O'Connor short story writer (or 03/25). [1]
April 28
  • Birth of Richard C Sarafian New York City, New York, director/actor (Foley Square). [1]
April 29
  • Birth of Ab Abspoel Dutch actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator). [1]
  • Birth of Danny Davis rocker (Nashville Brass. [1]
April 30
  • Birth of Corinne Calvet Paris France, actress (Phantom of Hollywood). [1]
May 1
  • Birth of Chuck Bednarik Pennsylvania, NFL hall of fame center/linebacker (Philadelphia). [1]
  • Birth of Malcolm Scott Carpenter Boulder Colorado, astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7). [1]
May 2
  • Birth of David Ironside cricketer (South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests versus New Zealand 1953-54). [1]
  • Birth of John Neville actor (Adventures of Baron Münchausen). [1]
  • Birth of Roscoe Lee Browne Woodbury New Jersey; actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap). [1]
  • Birth of Svatopluk Havelka composer. [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Nina Bara Buenos Aires Argentina, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol). [1]
May 4
  • Birth of Peter Blum German/South African/English poet (Capricorn). [1]
May 5
  • Birth of Monica Lewis actress (Box Office). [1]
May 6
  • Birth of Patrick Meany CEO (Rank Organization). [1]
May 8
  • Birth of Ali Hassan Mwinyi President of Tanzania (1985-). [1]
  • Birth of Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle lord of appeal in ordinary. [1]
May 9
  • Birth of Peter Leng Master General of the Ordnance. [1]
May 10
  • Birth of Edward Fursdon British Major-General (defense council). [1]
May 11
  • Birth of Rhodes Boyson Member of Parliament. [1]
May 12
  • Birth of John Simon theater critic (New York Times). [1]
  • Birth of Lawrence "Yogi" Berra New York Yankees catcher/coach/manager, New York Mets, Houston Astros. [1]
  • Birth of Tony Hancock Birmingham England; actor (Rebel, Wrong Box). [1]
May 14
  • Birth of Patrice Munsel Spokane Washington, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show). [1]
  • Birth of Tristram Ogilvie Cary composer. [1]
May 15
  • Birth of Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay composer. [1]
  • Birth of Emmanuel Ghent composer. [1]
  • Birth of Jos Jacobs Flemish director (Madonna of Nedermunster). [1]
May 19
  • Birth of Malcolm X [Little] Omaha Nebraska, assassinated leader of black Muslims. [1]
May 20
  • Birth of D French Slaughter Jr (Representative-Republican-Virginia, 1985-). [1]
May 22
  • Birth of Jean Tinguely Swiss sculptor artist (movement objects). [1]
May 24
  • Birth of François J [Frank] le Roux chief whip (South African Conservative Party). [1]
  • Birth of Mai Zetterling Sweden, actress (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm). [1]
May 25
  • Birth of Aldo Clementi composer. [1]
  • Birth of Jeanne Crain Barstow California, actress (Man Without a Star). [1]
May 26
  • Birth of Alec McCowen Turnbridge Wells Kent England; actor (Never Say Never Again, Frenzy, Hanover Street, Stevie). [1]
May 27
  • Birth of John Moberly diplomat. [1]
  • Birth of Mai Zetterling Sweden, actress (Only two Can Play, Quartet). [1]
May 28
  • Birth of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust). [1]
  • Birth of Martha Vickers Ann Arbor Michigan, actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless). [1]
May 29
  • Birth of Kenneth Couzens CEO (Coal Products). [1]
May 30
  • Birth of Claude Prey composer. [1]
  • Birth of Eddy Bruma Suriname politician. [1]
  • Birth of Gerard John Toorenaar political commissar in Amsterdam (1975-79). [1]
June 1
  • Birth of Richard Erdman Enid Oklahoma; actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes). [1]
June 3
  • Birth of Tony Curtis [Bernard Schwartz]; actor (Some Like It Hot, Trapeze). [1] [5]
June 5
  • Birth of Bill Hayes Harvey Illinois; actor/singer (Your Show of Shows). [1]
  • Birth of Dorothy Claire LaPorte Indiana, USA; singer (Winchell and Mahoney). [1]
June 8
  • Birth of Barbara Pierce Bush Rye New York, first lady (1989-). [1]
  • Birth of Eddie Gaedel 3'7" Saint Louis Browns pinch-hitter (he walked). [1]
June 10
  • Birth of Nat Hentoff columnist/novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society). [1]
June 11
  • Birth of William Styron Virginia, novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice). [1]
June 14
  • Birth of Pierre Salinger newsman (ABC)/press secretary (John Kennedy). [1]
June 16
  • Birth of Faith Domergue New Orleans, actress (House of 7 Corpses). [1]
June 17
  • Birth of Keith Larsen Salt Lake City Utah; actor (The Hunter, Brave Eagle). [1]
June 18
  • Birth of Robert Arthur Aberdeen Washington; actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You). [1]
June 21
  • Birth of Maureen Stapleton Troy New York, actress (Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite). [1]
June 25
  • Birth of Clifton Chenier blues singer (Bayou Blues, Bon Ton Roulet). [1]
  • Birth of June Lockhart New York City, actress (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Venturi US, architect (Levittown New York, Las Vegas). [1]
  • Birth of Ziggy Talent Manchester New Hampshire, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show). [1]
June 26
  • Birth of Pavel Belyayev USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod 2). [1]
June 29
  • Birth of Cara Williams Brooklyn, New York, actress (Pete and Gladys, Cara Williams Show). [1]
June 30
  • Birth of Micheline Lannoy Belgium, figure skating pairs (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]

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