- January 11
- Birth of Jaroslav Vogel composer. [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Billy Gilbert Louisville Kentucky; actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio). [1]
- January 15
- Birth of Edmond Rubbens Belgian attorney/minister of colonization. [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Guy Chamberlin early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Saint Louis Cardinals). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff Dutch parapsychologist. [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Harold L Gray creator (Little Orphan Annie). [1]
- Birth of Walter Hamor Piston Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Charles Morgan England, writer (Fountain). [1]
- Birth of Matt McHugh Pennsylvania; actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Remy Angenot Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Fritz Pollard early black NFL star (1920-26). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Boris III tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43). [1]
- Birth of Marcel Canneel Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Percy Helton New York; actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Juan Negrín Prime Minister of the Spanish Republic (1936-39). [1]
- Birth of Norman Rockwell US, artist/illustrator (Saturday Evening Post covers). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Ludwig Marcuse German philosopher. [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Roy D'Arcy San Francisco California; actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies). [1]
- Birth of [Maurice] Harold MacMillan London, (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1957-63). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Alfonso Leng composer. [1]
- Birth of Isaac M Kolthoff chemist (Massenanalyse). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Hans Guido von Bülow German conductor. [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Illinois, "Oh! Rochester!". [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Oswaldo Aranha Brazil, lawyer/statesman (first President of United Nations). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Herb Pennock hall of fame pitcher (New York Yankees, 243 career win). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach composer. [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Ernst Friedrich Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!). [1]
- Birth of Howard Wendell Poland; actor (4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Robert-Lucien Siohan composer. [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Renaat Veremans Flemish composer/conductor. [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Henry Daniell London; actor (Camille, Philadelphia Story, Body Snatchers). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Wäinö V Aaltonen Finnish sculptor. [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Josef Schelb composer. [1]
- March 15
- Birth of Slava Vorlova composer. [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Paul Green US, novelist/playwright (In Abraham's Bosom). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Jackie "Moms" Mabley Brevard South Carolina, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer. [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Will Wright San Francisco California; actor (Living Christ Story). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Sergei Ilyushin Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Rudolph P Cleveringa Dutch anti-nazi lawyer. [1]
- Birth of Walter Mittelholzer Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Dooley Wilson Tyler Texas; actor (Bill-Beulah, Sam-Casablanca). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Gerald Brenan English writer. [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Ernest Kanitz composer. [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Ben Nicholson English painter/sculptor (Circle). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Francisco H Craveiro Lopes Portuguese General/President (1951-58). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Ludvig Irgens Jensen composer. [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith Empress of Blues (over 200 songs). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Nikita S Khrushchev first Secretary USSR (1953-64). [1]
- April 20
- Birth of Martinus Nijhoff poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Basil Sydney Saint Osyth Essex England; actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife). [1]
- Birth of George Renevant Paris France; actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Nicolas Slonimsky composer. [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Paul Hörbiger Budapest Hungary; actor (Liebelei). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Kit Guard Denmark; actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous). [1]
- May 6
- Birth of Filip Lazar composer. [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Dimitri Tiomkin Russia, composer (Academy Award 1954-High and Mighty). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Anton A Mussert Dutch Nazi leader (NSB). [1]
- Birth of Florimond Cornellie Belgium, yachting (Olympics-gold-1920). [1]
- Birth of Martha Graham Allegheny Pennsylvania, choreographer (Appalachian Spring). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Cleo Ridgely New York City, New York, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama, The Love Mask). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Alberto Francisco Pradeau; Mexican coinage expert and Pancho Villa's paymaster and currency printer. [408.32]
- Birth of Jean Renoir French director (La Béte Humane) [or Sept 15]. [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Adela Rogers Saint John journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Dirk Vansina Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Dashiell Hammett Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon). [1]
- Birth of Louis-Ferdinand Céline France, novelist (Journey to End of Night). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Sammy White Rhode Island; actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Beatrice Lillie Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days). [1]
- Birth of Josef von Sternberg Austrian director (Der blaue Engel). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Hubertus J van Mook Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Fred Allen Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show). [1]
- June 2
- Birth of Erich Römer Germany, ice hockey player (Olympic-bronze-1932). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Mark van Doren Illinois, author (The Happy Critic). [1]
- June 15
- Birth of Robert Russell Bennett Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!). [1]
- June 20
- Birth of George Delacorte New York City, philanthropist/publisher (Dell Books). [1]
- June 23
- Birth of Alfred Kinsey entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report). [1]
- Birth of Duke of Windsor [King Edward VIII of England] (briefly in 1936). [1]
- June 25
- Birth of Hermann Oberth Germany, founded modern astronautics. [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Bill Wirges Buffalo New York, orchestra leader (Growing Paynes). [1]
- June 28
- Birth of Lois Wilson Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family). [1]
- July 2
- Birth of Walter Brennan Swampscott Massachusetts; actor (Real McCoys). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Henry Carlson basketball coach (originated figure 8 play). [1]
- July 9
- Birth of Joe Fowler in Maine, USA; graduated US Naval Academy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designed World War II aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, retired 1948 as rear admiral, joined Disney team April 1954, oversaw construction of Disneyland, supervised operations, in charge of construction of Walt Disney World, retired 1978, named a Disney Legend 1990. [510.174]
- July 13
- Birth of Isaak Babel Russian short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary). [1]
- July 18
- Birth of Bernard Wagenaar Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for the Chinese). [1]
- July 23
- Birth of Arthur Treacher Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show). [1]
- July 25
- Birth of Walter Brennan Swampscott Massachusetts, actress (Real McCoys, At Gun Point). [1]
- July 26
- Birth of Aldous Huxley England, author (Brave New World). [1]
- July 31
- Birth of Roy Bargy Michigan, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show). [1]
- August 3
- Birth of Harry Heilmann San Francisco California, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit). [1]
- August 16
- Birth of George Meany New York City, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Jean Rhys West Indies, writer (Voyage in the Dark). [1]
- August 27
- Birth of Charles Meredith Knoxville Pennsylvania; actor (Court of Last Resort). [1]
- September 12
- Birth of Billy Gilbert in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday). [1]
- September 13
- Birth of J(ohn) B(oynton) Priestly author (Good Companions)/wed Jessica Hawkes. [1]
- September 15
- Birth of Jean Renoir cinéaste (Grand Illusion). [1]
- October 4
- Birth of Cliff Hall Brooklyn New York; actor (Crime Photographer). [1]
- October 12
- Birth of Dr Charles Hodge California, NYU professor (Answers for Americans). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of Heinrich Lübke in Enkhausen, Germany; President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969). [37]
- Birth of E.E. Cummings Cambridge Massachusetts, poet (Tulips and Chimneys). [1]
- October 26
- Birth of John S Knight West Virginia, publisher (Knight-Rider). [1]
- November 5
- Birth of Eugen Zador Bataszek, Hungary, Hungarian/American composer (Diana). [1]
- November 23
- Birth of Ture Persson Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912). [1]
- November 26
- Birth of Norbert Wiener US, mathematician/discovered cybernetics. [1]
- November 28
- Birth of Brooks Atkinson drama critic (Broadway theater namesake). [1]
- November 30
- Birth of Ture Rangstrom Stockholm Sweden, composer/critic (Kronbruden). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Warren William [Krech] Aitkin Minnesota; actor (Cæsar-Cleopatra, Morgan-Go West Young Man). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Stuart Davis US painter. [1]
- December 8
- Birth of James (Grover) Thurber Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women and Dogs). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Eddie Dowling Woonsocket Rhode Island; actor (Anywhere USA). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Earnest Haenchen German new testament expert. [1]
- Birth of Gertrud Kolmar writer. [1]
- Birth of Paul Dessau composer. [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Eddie Dowling Woonsocket Rhode Island, composer (Anywhere USA). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Joaquin Zamacois Soler composer. [1]
- December 17
- Birth of Arthur Fiedler Boston Massachusetts, conductor (Boston Pops). [1]
- Birth of Hans Henny Jahnn writer. [1]
- Birth of Hans [Henry] Kramers Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics). [1]
- Birth of Willem Schermerhorn Netherlands premier (1945-46). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of Ford C Frick baseball commissioner (1951-65). [1]
- Birth of Paul Dessau Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33). [1]
- Birth of Yoshida Isoya Tokyo Japan, architect (modern sukiya style). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Sir Robert Menzies Australian Prime Minister (1939-41, 1949-66). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Arthur Gilligan cricket player (England captain in 1920s). [1]
- December 24
- Birth of Georges Guynemer French WWI pilot. [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Antonio Molina composer. [1]
- December 28
- Birth of André de Meulemeester Belgian WWI pilot (Eagle of Flanders). [1]
- Birth of Ed Healey NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupiec]; Polish/US actress (Madame Dubarry). [1]
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