Chronology of Notable Births

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References are numbered in [brackets], which are listed here. A number after the dot gives the page in the source.

Last updated: 2009 October 30.


1926

July 1
  • Birth of Hans Werner Henze Güttersloh Germany, composer (Das Floss Medusa). [1]
July 2
  • Birth of Lee Allen Pittsburg, Kansas, tenor sax (Walkin' With Mr Lee). [1]
July 4
  • Birth of Mary Stuart Miami Florida, actress (Jo-Search for Tomorrow). [1]
July 10
  • Birth of Carleton Carpenter Bennington Vt; actor (Up Periscope, Summer Stock). [1]
  • Birth of Fred Gwynne in New York City; actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters). [1] [5]
July 13
  • Birth of Meyer Kupferman New York City, composer (In Fimi Tres). [1]
July 14
  • Birth of Harry Dean Stanton actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke, Alien). [1]
July 18
  • Birth of Jane Hylton London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot). [1]
July 19
  • Birth of Helen Gallagher Brooklyn, actress (Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet). [1]
July 21
  • Birth of Norman Jewison director (Moonstruck, ...And Justice For All). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Burke New Orleans; actor (Thomas Crown Affair). [1]
July 24
  • Birth of Hans-Günther Winkler Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1956). [1]
July 26
  • Birth of Don Carter bowling great (first PBA president). [1]
  • Birth of James Best Corydon Indiana, USA; actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder). [1]
July 29
  • Birth of Russel Firestone polo great (Circle F-1959 champions). [1]
August 2
  • Birth of Betsy Bloomingdale department store mogul. [1]
August 3
  • Birth of Tony Bennett Queens New York, singer (Left a body part in SF). [1]
August 7
  • Birth of Stan Freberg in Los Angeles, California, USA; satirist/ad executive. [1] [5]
August 8
  • Birth of Richard Anderson Long Beach New Jersey; actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man). [1]
  • Birth of Webb Pierce West Monroe Louisiana, country singer (Ozark Jubilee). [1]
August 11
  • Birth of Claus Von Bulow accused of murdering his wife. [1]
August 12
  • Birth of John Derek in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (10, Annapolis Story) (dies 1998). [1] [5]
August 14
  • Birth of Alice Ghostly Montana, actress (Bewitched, With 6 You Get Egg Roll). [1]
  • Birth of Buddy Greco Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House). [1]
August 15
  • Birth of Georgiann Johnson Decorah Iowa, actress (Marge-Mr Peepers). [1]
August 17
  • Birth of Haakon Barfod Norway, yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 52). [1]

August 22
  • Birth of Honor Blackman London, actress (Pussy Galore-Goldfinger). [1]
September 3
  • Birth of Anne Jackson Pennsylvania, actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine). [1]
  • Birth of Irene Papas actress (Anne of Thousand Days, Guns of Navarone, Z). [1]
September 4
  • Birth of Robert J Lagomarsino (Representative-Republican-California). [1]
September 11
  • Birth of Alfred Slote author (Love and Tennis, Omega Station). [1]
September 13
  • Birth of Emile Francis NHL player/coach/general manager (New York Rangers, Blues, Whalers). [1]
September 16
  • Birth of Robert Schuller televangelist (Glass Cathedral). [1]
September 19
  • Birth of Edwin "Duke" Snider; Brooklyn Dodger centerfielder (406 home runs). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Lurleen Wallace (Governor-Democrat-Ala). [1]
September 23
  • Birth of John Coltrane saxophonist (Round Midnight). [1]
September 25
  • Birth of Aldo Ray actor (God's Little Acre, Naked and the Dead, Green Beret). [1]
  • Birth of John Ericson Dusseldorf Germany; actor (Sam Bolt-Honey West). [1]
  • Birth of Sergei Filatov USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1960). [1]
September 26
  • Birth of Julie London Santa Rosa California, actress (Nurse McCall-Emergency). [1]
September 27
  • Birth of Jayne Meadows Wu Chang China, Mrs Steve Allen, actress (Dark Delusion). [1]
September 28
  • Birth of Jerry Clower Amite County Mississippi, country comedian (Nashville on Road). [1]
September 30
  • Birth of Robin Roberts Philadelphia Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer (Won 28 in 1952). [1]
October 6
  • Birth of Alan Copeland Los Angeles California, orchestra leader/singer (Your Hit Parade). [1]
October 7
  • Birth of Diana Lynn actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go). [1]
October 10
  • Birth of Richard Jaeckel New York; actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima). [1]
October 12
  • Birth of Hans Liebold Germany, auto racer (Nardo, Italy). [1]
October 15
  • Birth of Evan Hunter [Ed McBain], American writer (Blackboard Jungle). [1]
  • Birth of Jean Peters actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters). [1]
October 17
  • Birth of Beverly Garland Santa Cruz California, actress (My Three Sons). [1]
  • Birth of Julie Adams Waterloo Iowa, actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red). [1]
  • Birth of Karl G Henize Cincinnati Ohio, astronaut (STS 51F). [1]
October 18
  • Birth of Chuck Berry Saint Louis, rocker (Roll over Beethoven). [1]
  • Birth of George C Scott Wise Va; actor (Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore). [1]
October 20
  • Birth of Ursula Happe Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956). [1]
October 21
  • Birth of Leonard Rossiter Liverpool England; actor (Britannia Hospital). [1]
October 24
  • Birth of YA Tittle AAFC, NFL quarterback (Baltimore, San Francisco, New York Giants, Most Valuable Player 1963). [1]
October 25
  • Birth of Biff McGuire New Haven Connecticut; actor (Serpico, Heart is Lonely Hunter). [1]
  • Birth of Galina Vishnevskaya Russia, soprano (Madama Butterfly). [1]
October 27
  • Birth of HR Haldeman former White House Chief of Staff-Watergate figure. [1]
October 28
  • Birth of Bowie Kuhn baseball commissioner (1969-1984). [1]
October 29
  • Birth of Jon(athan Stewart) Vickers Prince Albert, Canada, tenor. [1]
October 31
  • Birth of Shirley Dinsdale San Francisco California, ventriloquist (Judy Splinters). [1]
November 7
  • Birth of Joan Sutherland in Sydney, Australia; operatic soprano (Met Opera). [1] [5]
November 14
  • Birth of Leonie Rysanek dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54). [1]
November 18
  • Birth of Dorothy Collins Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade). [1]
November 19
  • Birth of Jeane J Kirkpatrick US ambassador to United Nations (Republican). [1]
November 20
  • Birth of Kaye Ballard Cleveland Ohio, actress/comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law). [1]
November 23
  • Birth of Don Gordon Los Angeles California; actor (Prentiss-Lucan). [1]
November 25
  • Birth of Murray Schisgal playwright (Luv). [1]
November 29
  • Birth of Dagmar Huntington West Virginia, actress (Broadway's Open House). [1]
November 30
  • Birth of Richard Crenna in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles). [1] [5]
December 1
  • Birth of Allyn Ann McLerie Québec, actress (Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds). [1]
  • Birth of Keith Michell Adelaide Australia; actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Symonds Bristow Oklahoma; actor (Robert E Lee-Blue and Gray). [1]
December 3
  • Birth of Hans Gunther Franz Otte composer. [1]
  • Birth of Hans Otte German composer/pianist. [1]
December 4
  • Birth of Lee Doraey rocker. [1]
December 5
  • Birth of George Savalas Bronx New York; actor/brother of Telly (Kojak). [1]
December 6
  • Birth of Martti Katajisto Parkano Finland; actor (Mar Oksalla Ylimmaellae). [1]
December 7
  • Birth of Victor Kermit Kiam II CEO (Remington shavers)/NFL owner (Patriots). [1]
  • Birth of Wolfgang Ludewig composer. [1]
December 9
  • Birth of Luis Miguel Dominguín Spain, matador. [1]
December 10
  • Birth of Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe composer. [1]
  • Birth of Eddie Jones "Guitar Slim" rocker. [1]
December 11
  • Birth of Big Mama Thornton blues singer (Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt). [1]
December 13
  • Birth of Carl Erskine baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1]
December 14
  • Birth of Frank King cricketer (West Indies fast bowler in 14 Tests in 1950s, 29 wickets). [1]
December 16
  • Birth of Alfred Koerppen composer. [1]
  • Birth of James McCracken Gary Indiana, dramatic tenor (Rodolfo-La Bohéme). [1]
December 17
  • Birth of Jeremy Brooks writer. [1]
  • Birth of Patrice Wymore Miltonville Kansas, actress (The Big Tree). [1]
December 18
  • Birth of Peggy Cummins North Wales, actress (Curse of the Demon). [1]
December 19
  • Birth of Bobby Layne NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions). [1]
  • Birth of Jeanne Kirkpatrick US ambassador to United Nations. [1]
December 20
  • Birth of David Levine US painter. [1]
December 21
  • Birth of John Herbert McDowell composer. [1]
  • Birth of Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez Aguilares Texas; actor (Rio Bravo). [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Peggy Castle Appalachia Virginia, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman). [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Dusan Kostic composer. [1]
  • Birth of James Dewar journalist/documentary film-maker. [1]
  • Birth of Robert Bly US, poet/editor/translator (Loving a Woman in two Worlds). [1]

December 24
  • Birth of Ronald Draper cricketer (South African batsman versus Australia 1949-50). [1]
December 26
  • Birth of Earle Brown composer. [1]
  • Birth of Edgar D Ngoyi South African African National Congress leader (17 years in Robbeneiland Jail). [1]
  • Birth of Zlatko Pibernik composer. [1]
December 27
  • Birth of Jerome Courtland Knoxville Tennessee; actor (Tonka, Tharus). [1]
December 28
  • Birth of Donald Carr cricketer (England player in 1950s, later MCC honcho). [1]
December 30
  • Birth of Stanley Tracey composer. [1]

End of 1926. Next: 1927.
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