- January 5
- Birth of Yves Tanguy; French/US sailor/surrealistic painter. [1]
- January 6
- Birth of Pierre-Octave Ferroud; French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse). [1]
- January 8
- Birth of Queen Marie of Yugoslavia. [1]
- January 15
- Birth of César Domela; Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son). [1]
- Birth of William Heinesen in Färoës Island; writer (Noatun). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Mary Philips in Connecticut, USA; actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde). [1]
- Birth of Ralph Graves in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Mildred Dunnock in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story). [1]
- Birth of Theodosius Dobzhansky in Ukraine; geneticist/writer (Mankind Evolving). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Hyman G Rickover; US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke]; publisher (History of Ecuador). [1]
- Birth of Anni Holdmann in Germany; 100m runner (Olympics-1928). [1]
- Birth of Hermann Kesten; German writer (Allert de Lange). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Willem F K Hussem; Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Martita Hunt in Argentina; actress (Man in Grey, Becket). [1]
- Birth of Sandy Powell in Rotherham, England; costume designer (Rob Roy). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Stephen Potter; humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Asa Smith Bushnell Junior in Springfield, Ohio, USA; Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Mabel Mercer; English cabaret singer ("Fly Me to the Moon"). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Jacques Prévert in France; poet/screenwriter (Paroles). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Adlai E Stevenson; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Illinois), presidential candidate (Democrat, 1952, 1956). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Rudolf Värnlund; Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Thomas Hitchcock Junior; great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,1927,1930,1939). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Ferenc Körmendy; Hungarian/US author (Budapest Kaland). [1]
- Birth of Fred Emney in London, England; actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Graham Spry in Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada; Canadian radio pioneer. [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Madeleine Renaud; French actress/theater director (Plaisir). [1]
- Birth of Sydney Arnold; English comic/actor (Miss Jones and Son). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Giorgios Seferis in Greece; poet (Nobel Prize 1963). [1]
- Birth of Luis Bruñel in Calanda, Spain; director (Tristana, Phantom of Liberty). [1]
- Birth of Sean O'Faolain [John Whelan] in Ireland; writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Jed Harris; producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Jean Negulesco in Craiova, Romania; director (Johnny Belinda, Jessica). [1]
- February 29
- Birth of Yórgos Seféris [Seferi dis]; Greek diplomat/poet (Strofi). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Kurt J Weill in Dessau, Germany; composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Edna Best in Hove, England; actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Roberto Soundy in El Salvador; trap shooter (Olympics-1968). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Ludwig Donath; actor (Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of John Henry Pyle Pafford; librarian (University of London). [1]
- Birth of Ludwig Donath in Vienna, Austria; actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco). [1]
- Birth of Robert "Lefty" Grove; baseball pitcher (300 game winner). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of [Albert] Carel Willink; Dutch painter (magic realism). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Aimone; duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Sherman Billingsley in Enid, Oklahoma, USA; talk show host (Stork Club). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of David Croll; Queen's Council senator. [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Alfred Newman in New Hampshire, USA; composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Roy Roberts in Tampa, Florida, USA; actor (Petticoat Junction, The Lucy Show). [1]
- Birth of [Jean] Frédéric Joliot-Curie; French physicist (Nobel Prize 1935). [1]
- March 21
- Birth of Eugenie Leontovitch in Moscow, Russia; actor (Homicidal). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Erich Fromm in Frankfurt, Germany; psychologist (Sane Society). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Robert Harris; actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Henry; English duke of Gloucester, earl of Ulster. [1]
- Birth of Lörinc Szabó in Hungary; poet (Huszonhatodik év). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Camille Chamoun; President of Lebanon. [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Spencer Tracy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner). [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Leo Robin; US writer (Thanks For the Memory). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Tebbs Lloyd Johnson in England; 50km walker (Olympics-bronze-1952). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Allen Jenkins in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Jean Duvieusart; premier (Belgium 1950). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Salvatore Baccaloni in Rome; actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Polly Adler in Russia; bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Allen Jenkins in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Girl Habit, Fugitive from a Chain Gang). [1]
- Birth of Richard Arthur Warren Hughes; English writer (Fiction as Truth). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Wolfgang Ernst Pauli in Austria; physicist (Pauli inhibition/Nobel Prize 1945). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Charles Richter in Ohio, USA; earthquake seismologist (Richter scale). [1]
- Birth of Douglas Sirk; director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje). [1]
- Birth of James Sutherland; English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Walter Lantz in New Rochelle, New York, USA; animator, creator of Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, Buzz Buzzard, Wally Walrus, Woody Woodpecker, and many others. [1] [36.39]
- April 28
- Birth of Jan Hendrik Oort; Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud"). [1]
- Birth of Maurice Thorez; coal miner, Secretary-General of French Communist Party. [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Ignazio Silone in Italy; novelist/politician (Bread and Wine). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Helen Morgan; singer/actress (Applause, Frankie and Johnny). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Charles Jewtraw; US 500m speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924). [1]
- Birth of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt). [1]
- Birth of Mervyn A Ellison; British astronomer (spectrohelioscope). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Bauke Tuinstra; Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur). [1]
- Birth of Ralph Truman in London, England; actor (Web of Evidence). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Helene Weigel; Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage). [1]
- Birth of Wilhelm Steinitz in Prague; chess champion (1866-1894). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; Iran's spiritual leader (1979-89). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Sarah Miriam Peale; American portrait painter (General Lafayette-1825). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Owen Aisher; president (Marley). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Helma Wolf-Catz; Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef). [1]
- June 5
- Birth of Dennis Gabor; inventor (holography (3D laser photography)). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Fred Waring in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, USA; musician/conductor/inventor (Waring blender). [1]
- June 11
- Birth of Lawrence E Spivak in Brooklyn, New York, USA; news panelist (Meet the Press). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Ian Hunter in South Africa; actor (Sir Richard - Robin Hood). [1]
- June 15
- Birth of Otto Clarence Luening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; composer ("Sonority Canon"). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Laura Hobson in New York City, New York, USA; TV writer/panelist (I've Got a Secret). [1]
- June 27
- Birth of Otto E Passman; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1947-77). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Antoine Saint-Exupéry in France; aviator/writer (Wind, Sand and Stars). [1]
- July 3
- Birth of John Mason Brown in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; critic (Tonight on Broadway). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; jazz musician ("Hello Dolly"). [1]
- July 5
- Birth of Bernard Cardinal Alfrink; cardinal of Ultrecht, Netherlands. [1]
- July 8
- Birth of George Antheil in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; composer (Airplane Sonata). [1]
- July 29
- Birth of Don Redman in Piedmont, West Virginia, USA; orchestra leader ("Sugar Hill Times"). [1]
- Birth of Eyvind Johnson in Sweden; novelist (Return to Ithaca - Nobel Prize 1974). [1]
- July 31
- Birth of Elmo Roper; pollster (Roper Poll). [1]
- August 3
- Birth of Ernie Pyle; correspondant during WW II. [1]
- Birth of John T Scopes; Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution. [1]
- August 4
- Birth of Arturo Umberto Illia; president of Argentina (1963-66). [1]
- Birth of Elizabeth, Britain's Queen Mother. [1]
- August 8
- Birth of Victor Young in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old California). [1]
- August 10
- Birth of Arthur Porritt in New Zealand; 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1924). [1]
- Birth of Norma Shearer in Canada; actress (Divorcee, Idiot's Delight). [1]
- August 11
- Birth of Alexander Mosolov in Kiev, Russia; composer (Zavod). [1]
- Birth of Charles Paddock; sprinter (world's fastest human of 1920s). [1]
- August 12
- Birth of Wilhelm Steinitz in Prague; chess champion (1866-1894). [1]
- August 17
- Birth of Quincy Howe in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; newscaster (CBS Weekend News). [1]
- August 18
- Birth of Walter O'Keefe in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood). [1]
- August 22
- Birth of Elizabeth Bergner in Vienna, Austria; actress (Catherine the Great). [1]
- August 23
- Birth of Ernst Krenek in Vienna, Austria; composer (Johnny Spielt Auf). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Preston Foster in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger). [1]
- September 1
- Birth of Richard Arlen; actor (Alice in Wonderland). [1]
- September 7
- Birth of "Janet" Taylor in Caldwell, England; novelist (Melissa). [1]
- September 8
- Birth of Claude D Pepper; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida), old people's advocate. [1]
- September 9
- Birth of James Hilton; hotel magnate (Hilton Hotels). [1]
- September 23
- Birth of Louise Nevelson; American sculptor (Sky Cathedral). [1]
- October 3
- Birth of Jay Irving in New York City, New York, USA; cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh). [1]
- Birth of Thomas Wolfe; American novelist (Look Homeward Angel). [1]
- October 9
- Birth of Alastair Sims; actor (Christmas Carol, Stage Fright). [1]
- October 10
- Birth of Helen Hayes in Washington DC, USA; actress (Caesar and Cleopatra, Happy Birthday). [1]
- October 11
- Birth of Cal Hubbard; NFL tackle (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates). [1]
- October 15
- Birth of Fritz Feld; actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus). [1]
- Birth of Mervyn Le Roy; movie producer (Devil at Four O'Clock). [1]
- October 16
- Birth of Leon (Goose) Goslin; baseball hall of famer (American League bat champion 1928). [1]
- Birth of Lloyd Corrigan in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Papa Dodger - Willy, Prof McKillup - Hank). [1]
- October 18
- Birth of Paul Irving in Quitman, Arkansas, USA; American innovator in aviation during World War II. [158.72]
- October 20
- Birth of Wayne Morse; American politician (Senator-Republican/Democrat-Oregon). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Luigi Lucioni in Italy; landscape painter (opera stars). [1]
- November 6
- Birth of Heinrich Himmler; Nazi SS leader. [1]
- November 7
- Birth of Efrem Kurtz in Saint Petersburg, Russia; conductor (Houston Symphony 1948-54). [1]
- November 8
- Birth of Margaret Mitchell; writer (Gone With the Wind). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Helena Konopacka in Poland; discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1928). [1]
- Birth of Hugh Scott; American politician (Senator-Republican-Pennsylvania), minority whip. [1]
- Birth of John Longden in West Indies; actor (Man From Interpol). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Aaron Copland in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man). [1] [5]
- November 17
- Birth of Marcel Dalio in Paris, France; actor (Casablanca). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of Constantin Alajalov in Russia; artist (Ditters and Jitters). [1]
- Birth of Howard Thurman; theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Chester Gould; cartoonist (Dick Tracy). [1]
- November 27
- Birth of Leon Barzin in Brussels, Belgium; conductor (New York City Ballet 1948-58). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Lester Matthews in Nottingham, England; actor (Sir Dennis - Adventures of Fu Manchu). [1]
- Birth of Richard Kuhn in Austria; biochemist, worked with vitamins (Nobel Prize 1938). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Norman Foster in Richmond, Indiana, USA; actor (Skyscraper Souls). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Victor S Pritchett; literary critic/author (Myth Makers). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Gabby Harnett; American baseball player, National League Most Valuable Player 1935. [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Oda Schaefer; German author/poet (Die Windharfe, Ladies Only). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Marc Allégret; French director (Voyage ouch Congo). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Gladys Swarthout in Deepwater, Missouri, USA; mezzo-soprano ("La Gioconda"). [1]
- Birth of W L "Tich" Cornford; cricket player (Sussex keeper played for England 1930). [1]
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