- January 10
- Birth of Jan Boon [Tjalie Robinson]; Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong). [1]
- January 13
- Birth of Johannes Bjelke-Petersen; premier (Queensland, Australia). [1]
- January 15
- Birth of Cy Feuer in New York City, New York, USA; Broadway producer (Feuer and Martin - Chorus Line). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Eduardo Frei; President of Chile (Christian Democrat, 1964-70). [1]
- Birth of Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean; Hall of Fame baseball pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Hermann Pfrogner in Austria; musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus). [1]
- Birth of Luis W Alvarez; US physicist (sub atomic, Nobel Prize 1968). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Bruno Kreisky in Austria; bandleader/chancellor (1970-83). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore; US sci-fi author (Judgment Night). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Polykarp Kusch; US nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize 1955). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Benay Venuta in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister). [1]
- Birth of George Pope; cricket player (English pace bowler, 1-49 and 0-36 in his only Test). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Hugh Marlowe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Ellery Queen). [1]
- Birth of Roy Eldridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of A G Ogston; president (Trinity College-Oxford). [1]
- February 6
- Birth of A W "Dooley" Briscoe; cricket player (batted in two Tests for South Africa 1930s). [1]
- Birth of Ronald Reagan in Illinois, USA; actor (Bedtime for Bonzo), 40th US President (Republican, 1981-89). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Anne Aitken [nee Hopkins] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; co-founder (Diamond Sangha). [1]
- Birth of Elizabeth Bishop; US poet (North and South), Pulitzer Prize (1956). [1]
- Birth of Henri Knap; Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer. [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Alec Cairncross; chancellor (Glasgow University). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Charles Mathiesen in Norway; 1500 metre speed skater (Olympics-gold-1936). [1]
- Birth of Sylvstre A Guzman Fernandez; President (Dominican Republic). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Florence Rice in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actress (Double Wedding, Riding on Air). [1]
- Birth of Willem J Kolff; Dutch/US internist/inventor (artificial kidney). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Leonard Woodcock; labor leader (United Auto Workers). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Hal Porter in Australia; writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Arthur Hunnicutt in Gravelly, Arkansas, USA; actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Merle Oberon in Calcutta, India; actress (Assignment Foreign Legion) (dies 1979). [1] [5]
- February 20
- Birth of Robert Guyn McBride in Tucson, Arizona, USA; composer (Mexican Rhapsody). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of G Mennen Williams in Detroit, Michigan, USA; Supreme Court Justice, Governor (Democrat-Michigan, 1949-60). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Josef Smrkovsky; Czechoslovakia Member of Parliament chairman. [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Amir Hamzah; Indonesian poet (Njanji Sunji). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of William Hansen in Washington, DC, USA; actor (Homebodies). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Jean Harlow [Harlean Carpentier] in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; 1930s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Joseph Tomelty; actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Alan Hovhaness in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA; composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Warner Anderson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew - Peyton Place). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Alan Gifford in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope). [1]
- Birth of Fitzroy Maclean; British diplomat, soldier, politician, historian. [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Gustavo Diaz Ordaz; President of Mexico. [1]
- March 13
- Birth of LaFayette Ron Hubbard; sci-fi writer/Scientologist (Dianetics). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Pete Piute [Morris Kaufman] in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Village Barn). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Harper Goff in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; designed interior of Nautilus of film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, designed many Disneyland and EPCOT buildings and attractions, named a Disney Legend in 1993. [510.187]
- March 18
- Birth of Smiley Burnette in Summum, Illinois, USA; cowboy (Charlie - Petticoat Junction). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Mieke Verstraete; Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled). [1]
- March 21
- Birth of John Paxton; screenwriter (On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Charles Joseph A Russhon; US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel/liaison (James Bond films). [1]
- Birth of Richard Chapman; golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Enrique Jordá in San Sebastian, Spain; conductor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970). [1]
- Birth of Herman W "Fritz" Liebert; US OSSer/librarian (Yale curator). [1]
- Birth of Joseph Barbera; animator (Hanna-Barbera). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Willy Anthoons; Flemish sculptor (Mystic verheffing). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Tennessee Williams in Columbus, Mississippi, USA; dramatist (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) (dies 1983). [1] [5]
- March 29
- Birth of Philip Ahn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Master Kan - Kung Fu). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Ferdinand J Kranenburg; Dutch Secretary of Defense (Socialist Democrat). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Charles "Honi" Coles; tap dancer (Tap). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Gordon Jones in Alden, Iowa, USA; actor (Mike the Cop - Abbott and Costello). [1]
- April 8
- Birth of Melvin Calvin; US chemist (photosynthesis, Nobel Prize 1961). [1]
- Birth of Émile Michel in Cioran, Romania; writer (The Trouble With Being Born, Anathemas and Admirations). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Albert Remy in Sevres, France; actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Maurice Schumann; French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu). [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz in Poland; sprinter (Olympics-gold-1932, won 41 Amateur Athletic Union track titles). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Darrell A Amyx; US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics). [1]
- Birth of Geoff Chubb; cricket player (South Africa pace bowler versus England 1951-52 aged 40). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Jacob Fresco; Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Christine McIntyre; actress (Three Stooges movies). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Mikhail Botvinnik; USSR world chess champion (1948-63). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of George Huntington Hartford II in New York City, New York, USA; A&P heir. [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Leonard Warren in New York City, New York, USA; baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60), died on stage. [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Ronald Neame; director (First Monday in October, The Poseidon Adventure). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of Jack E Leonard in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian (Disorderly Orderly). [1]
- Birth of Karl O Schiller; German economist (Minister of Economics). [1]
- Birth of Robert Joseph Kane in Ithaca, New York, USA; President of US Olympic Committee (1976). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Marianne Hoppe in Rostock, Germany; actor (Bei Thea, Liebrauen). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Colin Gordon in Ceylon; actor (John - The Baron). [1]
- Birth of Georges Dargaud; French publisher (Asterix, Tintin). [1]
- Birth of Elizabeth Rudel Smith; US Treasurer. [620.60]
- April 28
- Birth of Frans Vroons; actor/tenor/director (Netherlands Opera). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Norman Oldfield; cricket player (England batsman one Test versus West Indies 1939, 80 and 19). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Robert Johnson; blues singer (King of the Delta Blues Singer). [1]
- Birth of Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman; Dutch lawyer/foreign minister. [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Harry Simeone in Newark, New Jersey, USA; choral director (Kate Smith Show). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Doodles Weaver in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian (Spike Jones and City Slickers, Doodles Weaver). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Maxine Sullivan [Marietta Williams]; US singer/actress (Going Places). [1]
- Birth of Robert Middleman in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Barney - The Monroes). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Leo Fuchs; Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy). [1]
- Birth of Max Frisch; Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Margaret Sullavan in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; actress (Back Street). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Knut Anders Haukfield; SOE Operative. [1]
- Birth of Maureen O'Sullivan in Boyle, Ireland; actress (Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Big Joe Turner in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; blues singer ("Corrine Corrina", "Shake Rattle and Roll"). [1]
- Birth of Sigrid Gurie in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Annie M G Schmidt; writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke). [1]
- Birth of Gardner F[rancis] Fox; US sci-fi author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of André Renard; Belgian worker's union leader (Syndical Unifié). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Anatol Rapoport; Russian/US mathematician/biologist (game theory). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Melvin M Payne; president (National Geographic Society). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Eric P. Newman; American coin collector and writer (The Early Paper Money of America, The Fantastic 1804 Dollar, Varieties of the Fugio Copper). [407.60] [413.28]
- May 26
- Birth of Ben Alexander in Goldfield, Nevada, USA; actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Hubert Humphrey; US Senator (Democrat-Minnesota), 38th Vice President (1965-69), 1969 Presidential candidate. [1]
- Birth of Torolf Elster; Norwegian journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati). [1]
- Birth of Vincent Price in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (House on Haunted Hill, The House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Scream and Scream Again, The Fly). [1] [5]
- May 28
- Birth of Bob Crisp; cricket player (South African pace bowler of 1930s). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Douglas Fowley in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Grandpa - Pistols 'n' Petticoats). [1]
- June 3
- Birth of Dr Mason Gross; TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money). [1]
- Birth of Olaf Okern in Norway; Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948). [1]
- Birth of Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy] in Switzerland; actress (The Great Dictator). [1]
- June 6
- Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified). [1]
- June 8
- Birth of Van Lingle in Mungo, South Carolina, USA; pitcher (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants). [1]
- June 10
- Birth of Terence Rattigan; playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version). [1]
- June 11
- Birth of Russ Hodges in Dayton, Tennessee, USA; sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Luis W Alvarez; physicist (Nobel Prize-1968). [1]
- June 20
- Birth of Gail Patrick in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy). [1]
- June 23
- Birth of David Ogilvy; advertising whiz (Ogilvy and Mathers). [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Edward Levi; professor (Intro to Legal Reasoning). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Prince Bernhard in Germany; Constort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands. [1]
- June 30
- Birth of Czeslaw Milosz; Polish/American writer (Nobel Prize 1980). [1]
- July 1
- Birth of Alvino Rey in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (King Family). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Mitch Miller in Rochester, New York, USA; sing along with Mitch (Yellow Rose of Texas). [1]
- July 7
- Birth of Eddie Mayehoff in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Hour Glass, Doc Corkle). [1]
- Birth of Gian Carlo in Menotti, Italy; composer (Amahl and Night Visitors). [1]
- July 14
- Birth of Terry-Thomas in England; actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World). [1]
- July 18
- Birth of Hume Cronyn in London, Ontario, Canada; actor (The World According to Garp, Cocoon). [1] [5]
- July 21
- Birth of Marshall McLuhan in Canada; writer (The Medium is the Message). [1]
- July 28
- Birth of Ann Doran in Amarillo, Texas, USA; actress (Longstreet, Shirley). [1]
- Birth of Gerhard Stoeck in Germany; javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]
- July 31
- Birth of George Liberace in Menasha, Wisconsin, USA; violinist (Liberace Show). [1]
- August 5
- Birth of Robert Taylor in Filley, Nebraska, USA; actor (Death Valley Days). [1]
- August 6
- Birth of Lucille Ball in Jamestown, New York, USA; comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame) (dies 1989). [1] [5]
- August 9
- Birth of Robert McCormick in Danville, Kentucky, USA; NBC newscaster (Current Opinion). [1]
- Birth of William A Fowler; US astrophysicist (Nobel Prize 1983). [1]
- August 11
- Birth of Henry Kulky in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA; actor (Otto - Life of Riley). [1]
- August 12
- Birth of Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) in Mexico; actor (Around the World in 80 Days). [1]
- August 22
- Birth of Edith Atwater in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Phyllis - Love on a Rooftop). [1]
- August 23
- Birth of Birger Ruudin Norway; 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1932, 1936). [1]
- Birth of Elizabeth Robinson; US 100m dash athlete (Olympic-gold-1928). [1]
- August 26
- Birth of Lester Lanin; orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits). [1]
- September 16
- Birth of Wilfred Burchett in Australia; communist/writer (Catapult to Freedom). [1]
- September 19
- Birth of William Golding in England; novelist (Lord of the Flies - Nobel Prize 1983). [1]
- September 20
- Birth of Frank Devol in Moundsville, West Virginia, USA; orchestra leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr; tennis player (US Open 1931,32), golf player. [1]
- October 1
- Birth of Edward P Boland; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Massachusetts). [1]
- Birth of Irwin Kostal in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show). [1]
- Birth of Richard Torriani; Switzerland, took 1948 Olympic oath. [1]
- October 3
- Birth of Michael Hordern in England; actor (Friar Domingo - Shogun). [1]
- October 7
- Birth of Vaughn Monroe in Akron, Ohio, USA; singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show). [1]
- October 13
- Birth of Ticker Freeman in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; pianist (Dinah Shore Show). [1]
- October 19
- Birth of George Cates in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show). [1]
- October 20
- Birth of Will Rogers Junior; actor (Down to Earth). [1]
- October 21
- Birth of Mary Robinson in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA; Disney artist (It's a Small World), worked on Disney animation and live films, and parks, named Disney Legend in 1991. [510.76]
- October 24
- Birth of Clarence M Kelley; FBI head. [1]
- October 26
- Birth of Mahalia Jackson in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; gospel singer ("Whole World in his Hands"). [1]
- Birth of Sid Gillman; NFL coach (Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers, San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers). [1]
- October 27
- Birth of Leif Erickson in California, USA; actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront). [1]
- November 2
- Birth of Odysseus Elytis in Greece; poet (Nobel Prize 1979). [1]
- November 3
- Birth of Vladimir Ussachevsky in Hailar, Manchuria; composer (Creation). [1]
- November 5
- Birth of Roy Rogers in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show). [1] [305.14]
- November 10
- Birth of Harry Andrews in Kent, England; actor (Equus, Man of La Mancha). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of King Hussein of Jordan. [1]
- Birth of Patric Knowles in England; actor (Big Steal, Chisum). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Jean Shiley; US high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
- November 24
- Birth of Kirby Grant in Butte, Montana, USA; actor (Sky King). [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Walter Alston; baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1]
- Birth of Wim van Nuland [Willem C Möhlmann]; Dutch priest/writer (Doorstep). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Dana Suesse; songwriter ("You Ought to be in Pictures"). [1]
- Birth of Nino Rota in Milan, Italy; composer (Torquemada). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Alfred Manessier; French painter (leaded windows). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Lee J Cobb in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of [William] Broderick Crawford in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol, Hunter, Liar's Moon). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Chet Huntley in Cardwell, Montana, USA; newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Nagib Machfus; Egyptian writer (Nobel Prize 1988). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Kenneth Patchen; US poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Ota Adler; Czechoslovakian/British fur trader/founder (Federal Trust). [1]
- Birth of Spike Jones in Long Beach, California, USA; composer (Cocktails for Two). [1] [5]
- December 17
- Birth of William Roerick; actor (Henry Chamberlain - Guiding Light). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Jules Dassin in Middletown, Connecticut, USA; director (Circle of Two, Never on Sunday). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Hortense Calisher in New York City, New York, USA; novelist (Arts and Letters 1967). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Josh Gibson; pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth" (hit 800+ homeruns). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Grote Reber; US astronomer (first parabolic radio telescope). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of James Gregory in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Sam Levenson in New York City, New York, USA; humorist (Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade Party). [1]
- December 30
- Birth of Jeanette Nolan in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian). [1]
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