1937

January 2

• Birth of Marianne McDonald classicist/philanthropist. [1]

January 4

• Birth of Dyan Cannon in Tacoma, Washington, USA; Mrs Cary Grant, actress (Heaven Can Wait). [1] [5]
• Birth of Grace Bumbry Saint Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser). [1]
• Birth of R Surendranath cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s). [1]

January 6

• Birth of Doris Troy [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss). [1]
• Birth of Lou Holtz US, football coach (New Jersey Jets). [1]

January 8

• Birth of Bob Eubanks Flint Michigan, TV host (Newlywed Game). [1]
• Birth of Robert Moran composer. [1]
• Birth of Shirley Bassey Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker). [1]

January 9

• Birth of K Schlesinger writer. [1]

January 12

• Birth of Liliana Cavani Bologna Italy, director (Berlin Affair). [1]
• Birth of Marie Dubois Paris France, actress (Wise Guys, Jules and Jim). [1]

January 13

• Birth of Hajé J Schartman Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA). [1]

January 14

• Birth of Billie Jo Spears country singer. [1]
• Birth of Ken Higgs cricketer (effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68). [1]

January 15

• Birth of Margaret O'Brien San Diego California, actress (Jane Eyre, Meet Me in Saint Louis). [1]

January 16

• Birth of Bob Bogle Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme). [1]
• Birth of Conny Vandenbos Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose). [1]

January 20

• Birth of Dorothy Provine Deadwood South Dakota, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat). [1]

January 22

• Birth of Eden Pastora Gomez Nicaraguan contra leader. [1]
• Birth of Joseph Wambaugh East Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, police writer (Onion Fields). [1]

January 25

• Birth of Don Maynard NFL receiver (New York Jets), #13. [1]
• Birth of Kathleen Tynan Halton writer. [1]

January 26

• Birth of Gerrit Gerritse Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA). [1]
• Birth of Joseph Saidu Momoh General/President (Sierra Leone). [1]
• Birth of S J B Langdale Headmaster (Shrewsbury School). [1]

January 27

• Birth of John Ogdon Manchester England, pianist/composer. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Ken Hill playwright/director. [1]

January 29

• Birth of Bobby Scott jazz singer. [1]

January 30

• Birth of Boris Spassky USSR, world chess champion (1969-72). [1]
• Birth of Vanessa Redgrave London, actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express). [1]

January 31

• Birth of Philip Glass Baltimore Maryland, composer (Einstein on the Beach). [1]
• Birth of Steve Karmen Bronx New York, jingle writer (I Love New York, This Bud's for You). [1]
• Birth of Suzanne Pleshette New York City, New York, actress (The Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show). [1]

February 1

• Birth of Don Everly Brownie Kentucky, singer (Everly Brothers-Wake Up Little Susie). [1]
• Birth of Garrett Morris in New Orleans, Louisiana; actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Martin, Carwash). [1] [5]
• Birth of Ray Sawyer [Dr Hook] Alabama, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love). [1]

February 2

• Birth of Martina Arroyo New York City, New York, operatic soprano (New York Met). [1]
• Birth of Tom Smothers New York City, New York, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial). [1]

February 4

• Birth of Collin Wilcox Highlands North Carolina; actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird). [1]
• Birth of John Devitt Australia, 100 metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1960). [1]
• Birth of Magnar Solberg Norway, 20K biathalete (Olympics-gold-1968, 72). [1]

February 5

• Birth of Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides). [1]
• Birth of Gaston Roelants Belgium, world cross-country champion. [1]
• Birth of Stuart Damon Brooklyn New York; actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital). [1]

February 6

• Birth of Baldev Singh Chahal campaigner. [1]

February 8

• Birth of Joe Raposa composer/songwriter (Sesame Street). [1]
• Birth of Manfred Krug Duisburg Germany; actor (Boxer). [1]

February 9

• Birth of Brian Wenham media consultant/journalist. [1]
• Birth of Johnny Sayles US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle). [1]

February 10

• Birth of Don Wilson rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme). [1]
• Birth of Lord Justice Rose. [1]
• Birth of Yuriy Poyarkov USSR, volleyball player (Olympics-2 gold/1 silver-1964-1972). [1]

February 11

• Birth of Bill Lawry cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit). [1]
• Birth of Lodewijk Boer Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family). [1]
• Birth of Marilyn Butler Rector (Exeter College-Oxford). [1]
• Birth of Peter Lashley cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66). [1]

February 12

• Birth of Charles Everett Dumas Tulsa Oklahoma, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1956). [1]

February 13

• Birth of Sigmund Jähn German Democratic Republic, cosmonaut (Soyuz 31/29). [1]
• Birth of Susan Oliver New York City, New York, actress (Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage). [1]

February 14

• Birth of John MacGregor British Member of Parliament. [1]
• Birth of Magic Sam rocker (Chicago Bluesman). [1]

February 15

• Birth of Nicholas Bayne diplomat. [1]
• Birth of P J Squire British headmaster (Bedford Modern School). [1]
• Birth of Terry Everett (Representative-Republican-Alabama). [1]
• Birth of Zoltan Pesko composer. [1]

February 16

• Birth of Paul Bailey novelist. [1]
• Birth of Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko cosmonaut. [1]

February 17

• Birth of Mickey McGill US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue). [1]

February 18

• Birth of Jeff Farrell US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960). [1]

February 19

• Birth of Norman O'Neill cricketer (great Aussie bat of 1960s Brilliant field). [1]

February 20

• Birth of David Ackles Illinois, singer/songwriter (American Gothic). [1]
• Birth of Nancy Wilson Chillicothe Ohio, jazz singer (Feel Like Making Love). [1]
• Birth of Robert Huber München, Germany, biochemist (Nobel Prize 1988). [1]
• Birth of Roger Penske auto racer. [1]

February 21

• Birth of Gary Lockwood Van Nuys California; actor (2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant). [1]
• Birth of Ron Clarke Australia, runner (held 19 world records). [1]

February 22

• Birth of Dubravko Detoni composer. [1]
• Birth of Joanna Russ US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Female Man, Alyx). [1]
• Birth of Noel Murphy British rugby player. [1]
• Birth of Samuel Whitbread English brewer/multi-millionaire. [1]
• Birth of Tommy Aaron Gainesville Georgia, PGA golfer (1973 Masters, 1969 Canadian Open). [1]

February 23

• Birth of David Ward president (Law Society). [1]
• Birth of Lord Tugendhat. [1]
• Birth of Tom Osborne college football coach. [1]

February 24

• Birth of Jerry Wiggin British Member of Parliament. [1]

February 25

• Birth of Basia Johnson maid (inherited Johnson and Johnson fortune). [1]
• Birth of Bob Schieffer Austin Texas, newscaster (CBS Weekend News). [1]
• Birth of Tom Courtenay England; actor (Dresser, Dr Zhivago, To Catch a Spy). [1]

February 27

• Birth of Barbara Babcock Pasadena California, actress (Dr Quinn, Dallas, Hill Street Blues). [1]
• Birth of Donald MacKay CEO (Scottish Enterprise). [1]
• Birth of L Jay Silvester US, discus thrower (Olympics-silver-1972). [1]
• Birth of Viscount Head. [1]

March 1

• Birth of Jed Allan Bronx New York; actor (Days of Our Lives, C C-Santa Barbara). [1]

March 4

• Birth of Graeme Dowling cricketer (New Zealand, 239 versus India 1968). [1]
• Birth of Ron Carter jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach). [1]
• Birth of Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich Russian cosmonaut. [1]
• Birth of [Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen musician. [1]

March 5

• Birth of Stephen Fitz-Simon entrepreneur. [1]

March 6

• Birth of Doug Dillard actor (Clem-Popeye). [1]
• Birth of Ivan Boesky in Detroit, Michigan, USA; stockbroker, inside trading. [1] [5]
• Birth of Merle Haggard country singer. [1]
• Birth of Paul Mefano composer. [1]
• Birth of Valentina V Tereshkova-Nikolayev first woman in space (Vostok 6). [1]

March 7

• Birth of Anne Kristen actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song). [1]
• Birth of Don Bonker (Representative-Democrat-Washington, 1975-). [1]

March 8

• Birth of Juvenal Hayarimana president of Rwanda (1973-94). [1]
• Birth of Pamela McEvoy-Johnston psychotherapist-board member (WIC). [1]
• Birth of Raynoma Gordy [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices). [1]

March 9

• Birth of Grahame Chevalier cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 and 0, 5-100). [1]

March 10

• Birth of Oscar Abrams community organizer. [1]
• Birth of Tamara Press USSR, shot putter (Olympics-gold-1960, 64). [1]

March 11

• Birth of John Ward New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests 1964-68). [1]

March 12

• Birth of Elizabeth Vaughan opera soprano (Victor-Victoria). [1]

March 13

• Birth of Fofo I F Sunia (Representative-Democrat-American Samoa, 1981-). [1]

March 14

• Birth of Peter van der Merwe cricketer (South African captain of mid-1960s). [1]

March 16

• Birth of Constanca Capdeville composer. [1]
• Birth of David Del Tredici Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer). [1]

March 17

• Birth of Galina Samsova ballerina. [1]

March 18

• Birth of Mark Donohue auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500). [1]
• Birth of Robin Wright race horse trainer. [1]

March 19

• Birth of Clarence "Frogman" Henry musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love). [1]

March 20

• Birth of Elizabeth Gille writer translator/editor. [1]
• Birth of Helmut Recknagel Germany, 90 metre ski jump (Olympics-gold-1960). [1]
• Birth of Jerry Reed Atlanta Georgia, singer/actor ('Gator, Bat 21, Smokey and the Bandit). [1]
• Birth of Joe Rivers rocker (Johnnie and Joe). [1]
• Birth of Mark Saville Queen's Council, British high court judge. [1]

March 21

• Birth of Tom Flores Fresno California, NFL quarterback/coach (Oakland Raiders). [1]

March 22

• Birth of Jon Hassell composer. [1]

March 23

• Birth of Craig Breedlove Los Angeles California, auto-racing champion (600 MPH-Spirit of America). [1]
• Birth of Heinz Martin Lonquich composer. [1]

March 24

• Birth of Benjamin Luxon Redruth England, baritone (Owen Wingrave). [1]
• Birth of Bill Tillman baseball player. [1]
• Birth of Billy Stewart US R&B singer (I Do Love You). [1]
• Birth of Erskine Sandiford premier (Barbados, 1987-94). [1]

March 26

• Birth of Barbara Pearl Jones Chicago Illinois, 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1952, 60). [1]
• Birth of Lord Chetwode. [1]
• Birth of Wayne Embry holder of 7 basketball records (Miami of Ohio). [1]

March 27

• Birth of Johnny "Clyde" Copeland US blues guitarist/singer (Lion's Den). [1]

March 29

• Birth of Anne Stoddart diplomat. [1]
• Birth of Billy Carter Plains Georgia, brother of President Carter. [1]

March 30

• Birth of J S Jennings CEO (Shell Transport and Trading Co). [1]
• Birth of Jay W Macintosh Gainesville Georgia, actress (Sons and Daughters). [1]
• Birth of Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth. [1]
• Birth of Warren Beatty Richmond Virginia; actor (Bonnie and Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy). [1]

March 31

• Birth of Willem Duyn [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth and MacNeal). [1]

April 2

• Birth of Paul E Kanjorski (Representative-Democrat-Pennsylvania, 1985-). [1]

April 3

• Birth of Sandra Spuzich LPGA golfer. [1]
• Birth of Simon Brown British high court judge. [1]
• Birth of William Gaunt Leeds England; actor (The Champions). [1]

April 4

• Birth of Ian Saint James novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones). [1]
• Birth of J Hans van den Doel economist/Dutch Member of Parliament (PvdA). [1]

April 5

• Birth of Colin Powell Bronx New York, General/advisor to President George Bush (Nat Security Affairs)/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93)/Secretary of State (2001-). [1]
• Birth of Stuart May senior partner (Theodore Goddard). [1]

April 6

• Birth of Billy Dee Williams Harlem New York City, New York; actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back, Double Dare). [1]
• Birth of Merle Haggard Bakersfield California, country singer (Death Valley Days). [1]
• Birth of Tom Veivers cricketer (Australian off-spinner in the 1960s). [1]

April 7

• Birth of [Big] Charlie Thomas New York City, New York, jazz/rock singer (Drifters). [1]

April 8

• Birth of Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg property trader. [1]
• Birth of Seymour Hersh award winning investigative reporter (New York Times). [1]

April 9

• Birth of Barrington J[ohn] Bayley United Kingdom, sci-fi author (Collision Course). [1]
• Birth of Valerie Singleton British broadcaster. [1]

April 10

• Birth of Stan Mellor British racehorse trainer/jockey. [1]

April 12

• Birth of Igor Petrovich Volk Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12). [1]
• Birth of Raymond Ceulemans Belgian world champion billiards player. [1]

April 13

• Birth of Edward Fox London England; actor (M-Never Say Never Again). [1]
• Birth of Lanford Wilson US playwright (Hot L Baltimore). [1]
• Birth of Peter M Harris Official Solicitor (Supreme Court). [1]

April 15

• Birth of Earl Russell historian. [1]

April 17

• Birth of Brian Sedgemore British Member of Parliament. [1]
• Birth of Daffy Duck animated character. [1]
• Birth of Eduard N Stepanov Russian cosmonaut. [1]
• Birth of Galina Samsova ballerina. [1]
• Birth of Terry Dicks British Member of Parliament. [1]

April 18

• Birth of Robert Hooks Washington DC; actor (Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela). [1]
• Birth of Tatyana Shchelkanova USSR, long jumper (Olympics-bronze-1964). [1]

April 19

• Birth of Elinor Donahue Tacoma Washington, actress (Betty Anderson-Father Knows Best, Gladys Peterson-Get a Life). [1]

April 21

• Birth of Charles Lee Herron Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive (January 1 1986). [1]

April 22

• Birth of Bobbi Fiedler (Representative-Republican-California, 1981-). [1]
• Birth of David Summerscale head master (Westminster School England). [1]
• Birth of Jack Nicholson in Neptune, New Jersey; actor (As Good As It Gets, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining). [1] [5]
• Birth of Jack Nitzsche composer/songwriter (An Officer and a Gentleman). [1]
• Birth of Ken[neth] Palmer cricketer (1-190 in only Test for England, now Test umpire). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Barry Shepherd cricketer (Australian lefty bat early 1960s). [1]
• Birth of Don Massengale Jackson Texas, PGA golfer (1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity). [1]
• Birth of Victoria Glendinning author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions). [1]

April 25

• Birth of Bo Brundin Stockholm Sweden, actress (Rhinemann Exchange). [1]
• Birth of Thomas Faber publisher. [1]

April 26

• Birth of Robert Boozer Omaha Nebraska, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1960). [1]

April 27

• Birth of Phil Jones newsman (CBS). [1]
• Birth of Sandy Dennis Hastings Nebraska, actress (Honey-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). [1]

April 28

• Birth of Saddam Hussein [At-Takriti] President of Iraq (1979-). [1]

May 1

• Birth of Bo Nilsson Swedish composer (Doppelspiel). [1]

May 2

• Birth of Gisela Elsner writer. [1]
• Birth of Lorenzo Music Brooklyn New York, writer/actor/voice (Carlton the doorman-Rhoda, Garfield). [1]

May 3

• Birth of Frankie Valli [Castelluccio] Newark New Jersey, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry). [1]

May 4

• Birth of Hans Ulrich Lehmann composer. [1]

May 5

• Birth of Robert O "Rob" van Gennep Dutch publisher (Guevara, Gorz, Mandèl). [1]

May 8

• Birth of Daniël Robberechts Belgian writer (Labia Majora). [1]
• Birth of Dennis DeConcini (Senator-Democrat-Arizona, 1977-). [1]
• Birth of Michael Simmons Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense). [1]
• Birth of Thomas Pynchon novelist (V). [1]

May 9

• Birth of Dave Prater Ocilla Georgia, rock vocalist (Sam and Dave). [1]
• Birth of Sonny Curtis Meadow Texas, guitarist (Crickets). [1]

May 10

• Birth of Arthur Kopit US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis). [1]
• Birth of Jim Hickman baseball player (New York Mets, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs). [1]
• Birth of Tamara Press USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Olympics-gold-60). [1]

May 11

• Birth of David Allan cricketer (West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66). [1]

May 12

• Birth of Beryl Burton United Kingdom, won record (7) women's cycling titles. [1]
• Birth of George Carlin in Bronx, New York, USA; comedian (Seven words you can't say on television, AM and FM, Carwash). [1]
• Birth of Gerry E Studds (Representative-Democrat-Massachusetts, 1973-). [1]

May 13

• Birth of John Cope Member of Parliament/Paymaster General. [1]
• Birth of Judith Somogi New York City, New York, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982). [1]
• Birth of Roger [Joseph] Zelazny sci-fi author (6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber). [1]
• Birth of Zohra Lampert New York City, New York, actress (Doctor's Hospital). [1]

May 14

• Birth of Dick Howser shortstop (Kansas City Athletics), manager (Kansas City Royals). [1]
• Birth of Eric Herfst Dutch cabaret performer/actor (Floris). [1]
• Birth of Peter Frederic Williams composer. [1]

May 15

• Birth of Trini Lopez Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer). [1]

May 16

• Birth of James Hunt Jr (Governor-North Carolina). [1]
• Birth of Yvonne Craig Taylorville Illinois, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin). [1]

May 18

• Birth of Brooks Robinson Baltimore Orioles' third baseman (1955-77). [1]
• Birth of Ildikó Sagi-Retjö Hung, foils (Olympics-2 gold/3 silver/2 bronze-1960-1976). [1]
• Birth of Jacques Santer President (European Commission). [1]

May 19

• Birth of Sanne Sannes Dutch photographer. [1]

May 20

• Birth of Dave Hill Jackson Michigan, PGA golfer (1967 Memphis). [1]
• Birth of Lord "Benjie" Earl of Iveagh British brewer (Guinness)/large landowner. [1]
• Birth of Teddy Randazzo song writer (I'm on the Outside Looking In). [1]

May 23

• Birth of John Mazza horse trainer. [1]

May 26

• Birth of Yehuda Yannay composer. [1]

May 29

• Birth of Alwin Schockemohle horse show jumper. [1]
• Birth of Irmin Schmidt rocker (Can). [1]
• Birth of Peter Kolman composer. [1]

May 30

• Birth of Arthur C Jacobs poet. [1]

May 31

• Birth of Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev Russia, cosmonaut. [1]

June 1

• Birth of Morgan Freeman actor (Driving Mrs Daisy). [1]

June 4

• Birth of Freddie Fender Mexico, country singer (Feelings). [1]

June 5

• Birth of Waylon Jennings Littlefield Texas, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard). [1]

June 7

• Birth of Neeme Järvi Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971). [1]

June 8

• Birth of Bruce McCandless II Boston, Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 41B, STS-31). [1]

June 10

• Birth of Richard Foreman New York City, theatrical director (Daily Life). [1]

June 11

• Birth of Johnny Brown Saint Petersburg Florida, comedian (Good Times, Leslie Uggams). [1]

June 15

• Birth of Waylon Jennings singer of innumerable country songs (Ramblin' Man). [1]

June 16

• Birth of August Busch III CEO (Anheuser-Busch). [1]
• Birth of Erich Segal author (Love Story, Oliver's Story). [1]

June 18

• Birth of Gail Godwin US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman). [1]
• Birth of John D (Jay) Rockefeller IV (Senator-III). [1]
• Birth of Vitali M Zholobov cosmonaut (Soyuz 21). [1]

June 27

• Birth of Joseph P Allen IV Crawfordsville Indiana, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A). [1]