- January 11
- Birth of Eva LeGallienne; actress/director (Resurrection). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Paul Hermann Müller in Olten, Switzerland; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the chemical DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), as an insecticide of significant power. [1] [37]
- January 14
- Birth of Fritz Bayerlein; German Lieutenant-General (WWI, Poland, Libya, Saint Louis). [1]
- January 15
- Birth of Goodman Aiskowitz AKA Goodman Ace in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; comedian, radio/television writer, magazine columnist (Easy Aces). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Al Capone in Italy; gangster (Chicago bootlegging). [1]
- Birth of Nevil Shute (Norway) in London, England; novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice). [1]
- Birth of Roel [Martinus F] Houwink; Dutch literary (One Man Without Character). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Kenjiro Takayanagi; Vice President (JVC). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Guido Kisch; Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Joseph Nathan Kane; historian (Famous Firsts). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Paul-Henri Charles Spaak in Schaerbeek, Belgium; Premier/Secretary-General of NATO (1957-61). [1] [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Wyllis Cooper in Pekin, Illinois, USA; TV narrator (Volume One). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Max Theiler; English/US microbiologist (Nobel Prize 1951). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Benny Rubin in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Doris Speed; actress (Annie - Coronation Street). [1]
- Birth of Forrest "Red" DeBernardi; basketball hall of famer (elected 1961). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Ramon Novarro [José RG Samaniegos] in Durango, Mexico; actor (Ben Hur). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Arvid Pelshe; Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member. [1]
- February 14
- Birth of John Randall in Michigan, USA; historian/philosopher (Western Man). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Gale Sondergard in Litchfield, Minnesota, USA; actress (Cat and Canary, Road to Rio). [1]
- Birth of Georges Auric in Lodève, France; composer (It Always Rains on Sunday). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Arthur Bryant; English historian (King Charles II). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Long Island, New York, USA; railroad tycoon. [1]
- Birth of Leon Woizikowski; Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Dwight Frye in Salina, Kansas, USA; actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Erich Kästner in Dresden; German author (Emil and the Detective). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Jacob Presser; Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Charles H Best in Maine, USA; physiologist, co-discoverer of diabetes treatment (insulin). [1]
- Birth of Ian Keith in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Rochefort - The Three Musketeers). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Alfred M Gruenther; US commanding general (NATO, 1953-56). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Eric Linklater in Scotland; novelist/poet/historical writer (Blue Swallows). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Frederick IX, king of Denmark (1947-72). [1]
- March 18
- Birth of Lavrenti Beria; chief of Soviet secret police under Josef Stalin. [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Bella Spewack in Hungary; playwright (Kiss Me Kate). [1]
- Birth of Jacques Audiberti; French poet (Race of Men). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of James B Connant; chemist/college president (Yale). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Gloria Swanson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Killer Bees, Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly) (dies 1983). [1] [5]
- March 28
- Birth of August Anheuser Busch Junior; brewing magnate and baseball executive (dies 1989). [5]
- March 30
- Birth of Irving Thalberg; US film producer (MGM). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Cees Lasseur; Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of William Brann; cricket player (South African batsman versus England 1922-23). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Robert Marcel Casadesus; French pianist/composer (Prix Diémer). [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Percy L Julian; chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Alfred Moser Butts; game inventor (Scrabble). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Randall Thompson in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Trip to Nahant). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Martyn Green in London, England; actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, The Iceman Cometh). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh in Christchurch, New Zealand; mystery writer (Black Beech and Honeydew). [1]
- Birth of Vladimir Nabokov in Saint Petersburg, Russia; novelist (Lolita, Ada). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Guinn "Big Boy" Williams in Decatur, Texas, USA; actor (Circus Boy, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Duke [Edward Kennedy] Ellington in Washington, D.C., USA; bandleader ("Take the A Train", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)") (dies 1974). [1] [5]
- Birth of Natalie Talmadge; actress (Our Hospitality). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal; author (regional novels). [1]
- Birth of Lucie Mannheim in Berlin, Germany; actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps). [1]
- May 3
- Birth of Aline MacMahon in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Backdoor to Heaven). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Freeman Gosden in Richmond, Virginia, USA; radio actor (Amos - Amos 'n' Andy). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Friedrich August von Hayek in Vienna, Austria; author (The Road to Serfdom), co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1974) (dies 1992). [1] [5]
- May 10
- Birth of Fred Astaire in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Ralf Harolde in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Estelle Taylor [Boylan] in Wilmington, Delaware, USA; actress (8 Commandments). [1]
- Birth of John M Harlan in Chicago, Illinois, USA; 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Ralph Sanford in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Suzanne Lenglen in France; Wimbledon tennis champion (six times). [1]
- June 1
- Birth of Werner Janssen in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/composer (New Years Eve in New York). [1]
- June 7
- Birth of Elizabeth Bowen in Dublin, Ireland; novelist (The Death of the Heart). [1]
- June 11
- Birth of Yasonari Kawabata in Japan; novelist (Thousand Cranes). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Carlos Chávez in Mexico City, Mexico; conductor/composer (Sinfonía India). [1]
- June 16
- Birth of Nelson Doubleday; US publisher (Doubleday). [1]
- June 20
- Birth of Jean Moulin; hero of the French Resistance during WW II. [1]
- July 1
- Birth of Charles Laughton in England; actor (Mutiny on the Bounty). [1]
- July 7
- Birth of George Cukor; producer/director (Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story). [1]
- July 11
- Birth of E.B. White; writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style). [1] [5]
- July 21
- Birth of Ernest Miller Hemmingway in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; American author (The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Death in the Afternoon, To Have and Have Not) and journalist (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1953, Nobel Prize in Literature 1954) (dies 1961). [1]
- Birth of Hart Crane; US poet (The Bridge). [1]
- July 25
- Birth of Ralph Dumke in Indiana, USA; actor (Movieland Quiz). [1]
- July 26
- Birth of Danton Walker in Mariette, Georgia, USA; columnist (Broadway Spotlight). [1]
- July 27
- Birth of Harl McDonald near Boulder, Colorado, USA; composer (Santa Fé Trail). [1]
- July 30
- Birth of Gerald Moore in England; pianist (Am I Too Loud). [1]
- August 1
- Birth of William Steinberg in Cologne, Germany; conductor (Boston Symphony - 1969-71). [1]
- August 5
- Birth of Conrad Aiken; US poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems). [1]
- August 10
- Birth of Jack Haley in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Ford Star Revue). [1]
- August 13
- Birth of Alfred Hitchcock in London, England; director (Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window) (dies 1980). [1] [5]
- August 16
- Birth of Glenn Strange in Weed, New Mexico, USA; actor (Sam the Bartender - Gunsmoke). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Jorge Luis Borges in Argentina; writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths). [1]
- August 27
- Birth of C.S. Forester in England; historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower. [1]
- August 29
- Birth of George Macready in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actor (Martin Peyton - Peyton Place). [1]
- Birth of Lyman L Lemnitzer; US Army General (WW II), Chief of Staff, US Army and NATO Commander. [1]
- September 6
- Birth of Billy Rose; theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show). [1]
- September 9
- Birth of Neil Hamilton in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Commissioner Gordon - Batman). [1]
- September 14
- Birth of Hal Wallis; movie producer (The Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park). [1]
- September 15
- Birth of Milton S Eisenhower; Dwight's brother, Pennsylvania State president. [1]
- September 16
- Birth of Hans Swarowsky in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50). [1]
- September 20
- Birth of Elliot Nugent; director (And so They were Married). [1]
- October 3
- Birth of Gertrude Berg in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA; actress (Molly Goldberg - The Goldbergs). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of Alan Washbond; US two-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
- October 19
- Birth of Miguel Asturias in Guatemala; poet/novelist/diplomat (Nobel Prize 1967). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Harold "Pie" Traynor; baseball Hall of Fame third baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates). [1]
- Birth of Pat O'Brien in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces). [1]
- November 16
- Birth of Mary Margaret McBride in Paris, Missouri, USA; radio personality (WOR-AM, New York City). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of Eugene Ormandy (Blau) in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra). [1]
- November 19
- Birth of Allen Tate; US poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems). [1]
- November 22
- Birth of Hoagy Carmichael in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; actor/songwriter (Stardust). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Robert Welch; founder of John Birch Society. [1]
- December 2
- Birth of John Barbirolli; English conductor (New York Philharmonic Orchestra). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Nikolai Batalov in Moscow, Russia; actor (Mother). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of John Qualen in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers). [1]
- Birth of Sarah Williamson; US missionary in Liberia. [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Howard Freeman in Helena, Montana, USA; actor (Double Dynamite). [1]
- Birth of Jean de Brunhoff in France; children's book author (Babar the Elephant). [1]
- Birth of Leonie Fuller Adams; US poet (Those not elected). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Harold Guinzburg; publisher (founder of Literary Guild). [1]
- December 15
- Birth of Frank Vosper in London, England; actor (The Man Who Knew Too Much). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Noel Coward; playwright (In Which We Serve - 1942 Academy Award). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Guy Wilkerson in Texas, USA; actor (Dead or Alive, West of Texas, Shootin' Iron). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Gustaf Gruendgens in Duesseldorf, Germany; actor/director (M). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Frank Fergusson; actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place). [1]
- Birth of Humphrey Bogart in New York, New York, USA; actor (Casablanca) (dies 1957). [1] [5]
- Birth of Raphael Soyer; artist (Arts and Letters 1945, Depression Scenes in New York City). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Paul Costello; US double skulls (Olympics-gold-1920, 1924, 1928). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Silvestre Revueltas Santiago in Papasquiaro, México; composer ("Sensemaya"). [1]
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