- January 6
- Birth of Johannes H Moesman; Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor). [1]
- January 8
- Birth of Bruce Mitchell; cricket player (South African bat, their top run-scorer (3471)). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Marguerite Kelsey; English model/painter (Haunting). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Mauritz Hugo in Sweden; actor (Atomic Blonde, Road Agent). [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Joseph Walton in Losey, Wisconsin, USA; film director (Damned, Accident). [1]
- January 15
- Birth of Elie Siegmeister in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Plough and the Stars). [1]
- Birth of Gene Krupa; Benny Goodman's drummer (Sing Sing Sing) (dies 1973). [1] [5]
- January 22
- Birth of Ann Sothern [Harriette Lake] in North Dakota, USA; actress (Lady in a Cage, My Mother the Car). [1]
- Birth of Lev D Landau; Russian physicist (Nobel Prize 1962). [1]
- Birth of [Sithu] U Thant in Burma; third United Nations Secretary-General (1962-72). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of Ann Todd in Hartford, England; actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb; British diver (WWII-George Medal). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Alan Marshal in Sydney, Australia; actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Richard Hearne in Norwich, England; actor (Captain Horatio Hornblower). [1]
- Birth of Saul David Alinsky in Chicago, Illinois, USA; radical writer (John L Lewis). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Foley Newns; British colonial administrator. [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Douglas Hall; Governor (Somaliland Protectorate). [1]
- Birth of Helen Chandler in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Franc Albertson in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA; actor (Psycho, Alice Adams). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of M Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans]; poet (Phoenix). [1]
- Birth of Simone Weil in Paris, France; mystic/social philosopher/Resistance fighter (WWII). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Kenneth W Howell; English Anglican bishop (Chile/Bolivia/Peru). [1]
- Birth of Robert Coote in London, England; actor (Timmy - Rogues, Theodore - Nero Wolfe). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Joseph "Poeske" Scherens; Flemish cyclist (champion sprinter 1932-37). [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Carmen Miranda [Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha] Marco de Canavezes in Portugal; vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy). [1]
- Birth of Dean Rusk; US Secretary of State (1961-69). [1]
- Birth of Heather Angel in Oxford, England; actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Joseph L Mankiewicz in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA; film writer/director (Sleuth). [1]
- Birth of Max Baer [The Livermore Larruper] in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35), actor (The Prizefighter and the Lady). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Barry Wood in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of A Moses Klein in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; poet ("Hath Not a Jew..."). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Hugh Beaumont in Lawrence, Kansas, USA; actor (Ward Cleaver - Leave it to Beaver). [1]
- Birth of Jeffrey Lynn in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA; actor (My Son Jeep, The Roaring Twenties). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Joseph "Poeske" Scherens; Belgian cyclist (champion sprinter 1932-37). [1]
- Birth of Marjorie Lawrence in Australia; soprano (Venus - Tannhäuser). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Matti Jarvinen in Finland; javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1932). [1]
- Birth of Wallace Stegner; novelist/critic (Angle of Repose Pulitzer-1971). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Charlie Walker; South Australia cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Helen O Dickens [Henderson]; US physician/gynaecologist. [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Frank Ward; cricket player (Australian leggie late 30s). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of August William Derleth in Sauk City, Wisconsin, USA; writer (Judge Peck Mysteries). [1]
- Birth of Max Black; Dutch/British/US philosopher (analytical philosophy). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Edgar Pangborn; US sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Elisabeth Welch; singer ("Song of Freedom", "Over the Moon"). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Olan Soule in La Harpe, Illinois, USA; actor (My Three Sons, Arnie). [1]
- Birth of Stephen Harold in Spender, England; poet/critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of David Niven in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland; actor (Casino Royale, Eye of the Devil). [1]
- Birth of Terrence De Marney in London, England; actor (Case Thomas - Johnny Ringo). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Mel Ott; first National League player to hit 500 homeruns, hall of famer (New York Giants). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Harry B Helmsley in New York City, New York, USA; billionaire builder (Empire State Building). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Sutan Sjahrir; premier of Indonesia (1945-47). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Obafemi Awolowo in Nigeria; President of Nigeria (1979-83). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Claire Trevor [Wemlinger] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Murder My Sweet, Marjorie Morningstar). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Gilbert Inglefield; Mayor of London (1967-68). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of André Pieyre de Mandiargues; French writer (Margin). [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Ken Anderson in Seattle, Washington, USA; worked on Disney animated films, Disneyland attractions, named a Disney Legend in 1991. [510.50]
- March 19
- Birth of Louis Hayward in Johannesburg, South Africa; actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Gabrielle Roy; French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Clyde Barrow; bank robber (of Bonnie and Clyde fame). [1]
- Birth of Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder; English radio comic/actor (Phoenix). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Dutch (Emil) Leonard; baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914). [1]
- Birth of Jay Blackton in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/arranger (Guys and Dolls). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Chips Rafferty in Broken Hill, Australia; actor (Desert Rats). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Golo Mann [Gottfried]; German/US historian (Antisemitism). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Nelson Algren; US novelist (Man with the Golden Arm). [1]
- March 29
- Birth of Moon Mullican; hillbilly pianist (Seven Nights of Rock). [1]
- Birth of Yvonne Waegemans; Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Ernst Gombrich; OM/FBA/director (Warburg Institute). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Pieter Jongeling; Dutch Member of Parliament (GVP)/editor (Netherlands Daily). [1]
- Birth of Robert Brasillach; French author/Nazi collaborator. [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Abner Biberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; director/actor (Imhook - Kodiak). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli in New York City, New York, USA; film producer (James Bond movies). [1]
- Birth of Gerald Bond; cricket player (one Test South Africa versus England 1938, 0 and 0-16). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Robert Murray Helpmann in Mount Gambier, Australia; dancer, actor (Second Time Lucky). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Eudora Welty in Jackson, Mississippi, USA; novelist (Optimist's Daughter - Pulitzer 1973). [1]
- Birth of Jan Veldkamp; Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI). [1]
- April 20
- Birth of Lionel Hampton; orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Rollo May; US psychologist (Love and Will). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Ralph Byrd in Dayton, Ohio, USA; actor (Dick Tracy TV Show). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of Bernhard Grzimek; zoologist (West Germany). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Richard Howorth; cricket player (English all-rounder, three county doubles). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Muriel C Bradbrook; English writer (That Infidel Place). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Daniel Raphael Mayer; journalist/resistance leader. [1]
- Birth of Tom Ewell [S Yewell Tompkins] in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA; actor (Tom Ewell Show, Seven Year Itch, Adam's Rib). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Juliana; Queen of Netherlands (1948-80). [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Ethel Jane Cain; original United Kingdom Speaking Clock voice. [1]
- May 4
- Birth of Howard Da Silva [Silverblatt] in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Ben Franklin - 1776). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Edwin H Land; inventor (instant photography (Polaroid)). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Lord Harold Francis Collison; British union leader (agriculture workers). [1]
- Birth of Maybelle Carter in Nickelsville, Virginia, USA; country singer (Johnny Cash Show). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Vladimir Alatortsev; USSR International Chess Master (1950). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of James Mason in England; actor (Lolita, Bloodline, The Boys From Brazil) (dies in 1984). [1] [5]
- May 16
- Birth of Charles Wislon; principal (Glasgow University). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Magda Schneider; actress (Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Fred Perry in Stockport, England; tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon 1934-36). [1]
- May 19
- Birth of Bruce Bennett in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actor (Before I Hang, Sahara). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of John Arkell; director of administration (BBC). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Guy de Rothschild; French banker. [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Guillermo Diaz-Plaja; Spanish literary/poet (Lorca). [1]
- Birth of Wilbur Mills; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Arkansas), involved with Fanne Foxe. [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Matt Busby; Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United). [1]
- Birth of Richard Maibaum in New York City, New York, USA; screenwriter (Goldfinger). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of John Schepens [Jean Baudoux]; Flemish journalist/writer (Polyfoto). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Neil Ronald Jones; US sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Benny Goodman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing) (dies 1986). [1] [5]
- Birth of George Headley; cricket player (in Panamá All-time great West Indies batsman). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Jan Lewando; British director (Marks and Spencer). [1]
- Birth of Thor Thorvaldsen in Norway; yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1948, 1952). [1]
- June 4
- Birth of Paul Nordoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Frog Prince). [1]
- June 7
- Birth of Jessica Tandy in London, England; actress (The Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included). [1]
- Birth of Peter Rodino; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New Jersey) chaired Watergate congressional council. [1]
- June 12
- Birth of Archie Bleyer in Corona, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey). [1]
- June 14
- Birth of Burl Ives in Hunt, Illinois, USA; folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Osamu Dazai in Japan; novelist (Tsugaru, No Longer Human). [1]
- June 20
- Birth of Errol Flynn; actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Against All Flags) (dies 1959). [1] [5]
- June 24
- Birth of Milton Katims in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/violist (WOR-New York City). [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Tom Parker; Elvis Presley's manager. [1] [5]
- June 28
- Birth of Eric Ambler; suspense author (Epitaph for a Spy). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Leroy Anderson; US composer (Syncopated Clock). [1]
- June 30
- Birth of Juan Bosch; poet/president of the Dominican Republic (1962-63). [1]
- July 1
- Birth of Madge Evans in New York City, New York, USA; TV panelist (Masquerade Party). [1]
- July 3
- Birth of Earl L Butz; US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76). [1]
- Birth of Stavros Spyros Niarchos in Athens, Greece; shipping tycoon, founder of Niarchos Ltd, first oil supertankers (dies 1996). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Alec Templeton in Cardiff, Wales; pianist/composer (Concertino Lirico). [1]
- July 9
- Birth of Jester Hairston; actor (Riley - Amen). [1]
- July 12
- Birth of Joey Faye in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Joey Faye's Follies). [1]
- July 14
- Birth of Annabella [Suzanne G Charpentier] in Paris, France; actress (Dinner at the Ritz). [1]
- July 17
- Birth of Hardy Amies in London, England; royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II). [1]
- July 18
- Birth of Andrei Gromyko; USSR diplomat/USSR President (1985-89). [1]
- Birth of Harriet Nelson in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; actress (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet). [1]
- July 28
- Birth of Malcolm Lowry; novelist (Under the Volcano). [1]
- July 30
- Birth of Cyril Northcote in Parkinson, England; historian (Pursuit of Progress). [1]
- August 4
- Birth of Glenn Cunningham; US middle distance runner in the 1930s. [1]
- August 9
- Birth of John Baur; museum director/author (American Paintings in 19th Century). [1]
- August 10
- Birth of Mohammed V; King of Morocco (1953, 1955-61). [1]
- August 13
- Birth of John Beal; actor (Amityville 3D). [1]
- August 21
- Birth of C Dillon Douglas in Geneva, Switzerland; US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65). [1]
- August 22
- Birth of Mel Hein; NFL center (New York Giants). [1]
- August 25
- Birth of Michael Rennie; actor (The Robe, Klatuu - Day the Earth Stood Still). [1]
- Birth of Ruby Keeler in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; dancer (Dames). [1]
- August 26
- Birth of Frank Gasparro in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; US Mint Chief Engraver (1965-81). [1] [493.34]
- August 30
- Birth of Joan Blondell in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides). [1]
- September 7
- Birth of Elia Kazan in Constantinople, Turkey; director (A Streetcar Named Desire). [1]
- September 10
- Birth of Raymond Scott in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Your Hit Parade). [1]
- September 11
- Birth of Anne Seymour in England; actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show). [1]
- Birth of William Natcher; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Kentucky). [1]
- September 12
- Birth of Spud Chandler; baseball player (American League Most Valuable Player 1943). [1]
- September 21
- Birth of Kwame Nkrumah; President of Ghana (1958-66). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Al Capp in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; cartoonist (Li'l Abner). [1]
- October 1
- Birth of Sam Yorty; American politician (Mayor-Los Angeles). [1]
- October 8
- Birth of Bill Hewitt; NFL end (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles). [1]
- October 15
- Birth of Robert Trout in Wake County, North Carolina, USA; newscaster (ABC). [1]
- October 19
- Birth of Robert Beatty; actor (Amorous Mr Pawn). [1]
- October 25
- Birth of Philleo Nash; US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67). [1]
- Birth of Whit Bissel in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Time Machine, General Kirk - Time Tunnel). [1]
- November 3
- Birth of James Reston; columnist (New York Times). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Ciro Alegria in Peru; novelist (Golden Serpent). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Robert Ryan in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Day). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Joseph R McCarthy; American politician (Senator-Republican-Wisconsin), anti-communist crusader. [1]
- November 15
- Birth of Don Large in Canada; choral director (Wayne King). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of Johnny Mercer in Savannah, Georgia, USA; lyricist ("Moon River", "That Old Black Magic"). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Alan Bible; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Nevada, 1954-74). [1]
- November 27
- Birth of James Agee; American writer (The African Queen). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Alan McGilvray; cricket player (20 games for New South Wales mid 1930s)/commentator (ABC). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Douglas Fairbanks Junior in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ghost Story). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Edward L Tatum; US molecular geneticist (Nobel Prize 1958). [1]
- Birth of Phia [Sophia R] Berghout; harpist/founder Eduard of Beinumstichting. [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Lall Singh; cricket player (scored 15 and 29 in India's first Test match). [1]
- December 17
- Birth of Ferdinand H Aus der Fünten; German war criminal (Breda 4). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Mona Barrie [Smith] in London, England; actress (Dawn on the Great Divide). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of George Ball in Iowa, USA; lawyer/UnderSecretary of state. [1]
- Birth of Seichô Matsumoto; Dutch Japanese detective/playwright (Ten to Sen). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Alan Carney [David Boughal] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Zombies on Broadway). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Barney Ross in New York City, New York, USA; welterweight boxing champion (1934). [1]
- Birth of Don Cleverley; cricket player (two Tests for New Zealand 1932 and 1946, took 0-130). [1]
- Birth of Maurice Denham in Beckenham, England; actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant). [1]
- December 24
- Birth of Adam Rapacki; Polish minister of Foreign Affairs (1956-68). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Marguerite Churchill in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Dracula's Daughter, Big Trail). [1]
- Birth of Mike Mazurki in Tarnopal, Austria; actor/wrestler (Centerfold Girls). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Johan[nes B] Schmitz; Dutch actor/reciter (Lucifer, MacBeth). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Billy Williams in Waco, Texas, USA; singer (Your Show of Shows). [1]
- Birth of Nikola J Vaptsarov; Bulgaria poet (Subrani Sutsjinenija). [1]
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