- January 19
- Birth of Alvy West in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of C W Ceram [Kurt W Marek]; German/US writer (March of Archaeology). [1]
- Birth of Joe Hitchcock; darts player (leader of Saint Dunstan's Four). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Alan Hewitt in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Detective Brennan - My Favorite Martian). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Tom Burtt; cricket player (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Herma Bauma in Austria; javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1948). [1]
- Birth of Potter Stewart in Michigan, USA; 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of Ernest Borgnine in Hamden, Connecticut, USA; actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale's Navy, Marty). [1]
- Birth of Robert B Motherwell; US painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of William Hopper in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Paul Drake - Perry Mason). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Halfdan Rasmussen; Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Dorothy Dell; actor (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel). [1]
- Birth of Pierre Wissmer; Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Bobby Hackett in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; trumpeteer/orchestra leader (Air Time '57). [1]
- Birth of Garry Moore AKA Thomas Garrison Morfit in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; TV host (The Garry Moore Show, I've Got a Secret). [1]
- Birth of John Profumo; president (Toynbee Hall). [1]
- Birth of Thomas Merton in France; Trappist monk/poet/essayist (Seven Storey Mountain). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Stanley Matthews; first British soccer player to be knighted. [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Evert Werkman; Dutch journalist (Het Parool). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Jann Willem Holsbergen; author (Zakenmensen Fair as Gold). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of William Talman in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Crashout, Hamilton - Perry Mason). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Haakon Stotijn; Dutch oboist (VARA Orchestra, Orkestgebouw Orchestra). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Andrew J Goodpaster; US General/Supreme Commander (NATO-Europe). [1]
- Birth of Lorne Greene in Ottawa, Canada; actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica). [1] [5]
- February 13
- Birth of Lyle Betther in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Harry - Grand Jury, Lone Ranger). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of A W H Stewart-Moore; CEO (Gallaher). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of David van de Woestijne; Flemish pianist/composer (Les Aéronautes). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of John Freeman; British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host. [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Philip Friend in Horsham, England; actor (Vulture, Fur Collar). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Ann Sheridan in Denton, Texas, USA; actress (Dodge City, Good Sam, Another World). [1]
- Birth of Godfrey Brown in England; 4 X 400 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1936). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Dan Seymour in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (We the People, Sing it Again). [1]
- Birth of Gus Lesnevich; light heavyweight boxing champion (1947 fight of year). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Heinrich Schirmbeck; German author (Das Spiegellabyrinth). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Elisabeth Eybers; South African/Dutch poetess (That Woman and Other Verses). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Arthur Gilson; Belgian attorney/minister of Defense (1958-). [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Sir Peter Medawar in England; zoologist, immunologist (Nobel Prize 1953). [1]
- Birth of Zero [Samuel Joel] Mostel in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Fiddler on the Roof). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Johannes J "Joop" Klant; Netherlands/South Africa economist (Madame Sans Gêne). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Lona Andre; actress (Case of Baby Sitter). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of George Brian Snape; businessman/rugby league entrepreneur. [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Petrus de Jong; Dutch premier (KVP, 1967-71). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Pete Gray; one-armed outfielder (Saint Louis Browns). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Vijay Hazare; cricket player (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Carlos Surinach in Barcelona, Spain; composer (Monte Carlo). [1]
- March 15
- Birth of David Schoenbrun; CBS broadcast bureau head (Washington DC, Paris France). [1]
- Birth of Richard Ward in Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Beacon Hill). [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Hans Namuth; German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala). [1]
- Birth of William Roycroft in Austria; equestrian three day (Olympics-bronze-1976). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Dr Rudolf Kirchschläger; President of Austria (1974-86). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of George Cresswell; cricket player (3 Tests for New Zealand aged 35). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Jay Livingston; composer (Buttons and Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy). [1]
- Birth of Raymond Emery; cricket player (New Zealand Test batsman versus West Indies 1952). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Henry Morgan in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Art Lund in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; singer (Ken Murray Show). [1]
- Birth of Willy Dixon; blues artist ("Mellow Down Easy"). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Jan Drda in Czechoslovakia; writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani). [1]
- Birth of Lars G Ahlin; Swedish writer (Death of Me). [1]
- Birth of McKinley Morganfield AKA Muddy Waters; guitarist ("Hoochie Coochie Man") (dies 1983). [1] [5]
- April 7
- Birth of Billie Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Ain't Nobody's Business"). [1]
- Birth of Henry Kuttner; US sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were, Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Harry Morgan in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (December Bride, Colonel Potter - MASH, Dragnet). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Emil [Theodore] Petaja; US sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of R N Coote; Bishop (Colchester). [1]
- Birth of Stephen Roberts; CEO (British Milk Marketing Board). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Anthony Quinn in Chihuahua, México; actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia). [1]
- Birth of W Groebli AKA Frick; Swiss clown (Frick and Frack). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Dick Dudley in Tennessee, USA; TV host (Village Barn). [1]
- Birth of Lord Airedale; British Lord (Socialist Democrat). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Arnold Hall; CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Donald Mills; singer (Mills Brothers). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Johnny Galecki; actor (Danny - American Dreamer). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Van Alexander in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show). [1]
- May 4
- Birth of Curt Conway in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Raw Deal). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Richard H Rovere in Jersey City, USA; journalist (Goldwater Caper). [1]
- May 6
- Birth of George Perle in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; composer (12 Tone Tonality). [1]
- Birth of Orson Welles in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds). [1] [5]
- Birth of Theodore H White; historian/writer (Making of the President). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of John Archer in Osceola, Nebraska, USA; actor (Destination: Moon). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Christian Beyers Naudé; South African anti-apartheid fighter. [1]
- Birth of Denis Thatcher; husband of British Prime Minister Margaret (1979-90). [1]
- Birth of Monica Dickens; author/founder (US Samaritians). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of John Habakkuk; principal (Jesus College in Oxford). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty; trombonist (Spike Jones and City Slickers). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Maurice B Latey; commentator (BBC World Service). [1]
- Birth of Paul A Samuelson; economist (1970 Nobel Prize, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal). [1]
- May 19
- Birth of Pol Pot; dictator/mass murderer. [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Moshe Dayan; Israeli general/minister of Defense (dies 1981). [1] [5]
- Birth of Peter Copley; actor (Victim, King and Country). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Virginia Ellen Simms AKA Ginny Simms AKA Virginia Eastvold in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Herman Wouk in New York City, New York, USA; novelist (The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War). [1]
- Birth of Mario del Monaco; Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Scott McKay in Pleasantville, Iowa, USA; actor (Stage Door). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of David Jenklins; librarian (National Library of Wales). [1]
- Birth of Igor Buketoff in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; conductor (Iceland Symphony 1964-65). [1]
- Birth of Lord Huntingfield; British agent to United Nations Secreteriat. [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Conrad W Mönnich; theologist (Branch of olive). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Vincent Persichetti in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Sibyl). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Lester William Polsfuss AKA Les Paul in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA; guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar). [1]
- June 10
- Birth of Oscar Comras in the Bronx, New York, USA; drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park). [1]
- June 12
- Birth of David Rockefeller; banker, international power broker. [1]
- June 13
- Birth of J Donald Budge; US tennis player (first to hold world's four major titles). [1]
- June 17
- Birth of David Akeman AKA Stringbean in Kentucky, USA; banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw). [1]
- June 24
- Birth of Sir Fred Hoyle; cosmologist, proposed steady-state universe theory. [1]
- June 25
- Birth of Peter Lind Hayes in San Francisco, California, USA; comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show). [1]
- July 1
- Birth of Willie Dixon in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA; bassist ("Walkin' the Blues"). [1] [5]
- July 4
- Birth of Timmie Rogers in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer ("Sugar Hill Time"). [1]
- July 6
- Birth of Dorothy Kirsten in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; soprano ("A Time to Sing"). [1]
- July 8
- Birth of Charles Hard Townes in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; physicist, developed lasers. [1]
- July 9
- Birth of David Diamond in Rochester, New York, USA; composer (Paderewski Prize-1943). [1]
- July 10
- Birth of Saul Bellow in Quebec, Canada; novelist (Nobel Prize 1976 - Mr Samler's Planet). [1] (June 10 [5])
- July 11
- Birth of Yul Brynner on Sakhalin Island, Japan; actor (The King and I). [1]
- July 16
- Birth of Barnard Hughes in Bedford Hills, New York, USA; American actor (Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends). [1]
- July 17
- Birth of Dorothy Poynton-Hill; US platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
- August 4
- Birth of Irving Fields in New York City, New York USA; pianist (Ilona Massey Show). [1]
- August 12
- Birth of Milton Greenwald AKA Michael Kidd; choreographer (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers). [1]
- Birth of Alex Wojciechowicz; NFL center (Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles). [1]
- August 15
- Birth of Signe Hasso; actress (Double Life). [1]
- August 19
- Birth of Ring Lardner in Chicago, Illinois, USA; screenwriter (Woman of the Year). [1]
- August 21
- Birth of Morris Weinstein AKA Jack Weston in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Four Seasons, Rad). [1]
- August 25
- Birth of Walter Trampler in Munich, Germany; violist (Beaux Arts Trio). [1]
- August 26
- Birth of Jim Davis in Edgerton, Missouri, USA; actor (Jack Ewing - Dallas). [1]
- August 27
- Birth of Walter W Heller; economist (Old Myths and New Realities). [1]
- August 29
- Birth of Ingrid Bergman in Sweden; actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower). [1]
- September 4
- Birth of Dick Thomas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; TV host (Village Barn). [1]
- September 6
- Birth of Franz Josef Strauss in Germany; minister of defense (1956-62). [1]
- September 10
- Birth of Edmond O'Brien in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight). [1]
- September 11
- Birth of Jack Fascinato in Bevier, Missouri, USA; pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla, Fran, and Ollie). [1]
- September 12
- Birth of Billy Daniels in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; singer (Billy Daniels Show). [1]
- September 15
- Birth of John Conte in Plamer, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Mantovani). [1]
- September 16
- Birth of Cy Walter in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; pianist (Three's Company). [1]
- September 18
- Birth of Ethel Greenglass in New York, USA; secretary for U.S. Army Signal Corps, executed for spying. [129]
- September 24
- Birth of Larry Gates in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actor (Guiding Light). [1]
- September 29
- Birth of Brenda Marshall in the Phillipines; actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark). [1]
- September 30
- Birth of Lester Garfield Maddox; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Georgia), restaurant owner. [1]
- October 17
- Birth of Arthur Asher Miller AKA Arthur Miller in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible) (dies 2005). [1] [5]
- October 18
- Birth of Victor Sen Yung in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Bonanza, Bachelor Family). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Harry Hickox in Big Springs, Texas, USA; American actor (Herb - Please Don't Eat the Daisies). [1]
- November 1
- Birth of Michael Denison in York, England; actor (The Importance of Being Earnest). [1]
- November 5
- Birth of Moe Biller in New York City, New York, USA; labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers). [1]
- November 9
- Birth of Robert Sargent Shriver AKA Sargent Shriver in Westminster, Maryland, USA; Democratic Vice Presidential candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp, US Ambassador to France (1968-1970). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Edward William Proxmire AKA William Proxmire in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Wisconsin 1957-1989) (created Golden Fleece Awards). [1]
- November 12
- Birth of Roland Barthes; French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer). [1]
- November 13
- Birth of Howard Cooke in Jamaica; (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Kon Ichikawa in Japan; director (Matatabi, Money Talks). [1]
- November 23
- Birth of Esther Loretta Ray AKA Ellen Drew in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Isle of the Dead, Christmas in July). [1]
- Birth of John Dehner in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Big Hawaii, Bare Essence). [1]
- November 26
- Birth of Earl Wild in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symphony 1942). [1]
- November 30
- Birth of Angier Biddle Duke in New York City, New York, USA; US Ambassador (Spain). [1]
- Birth of Henry Taube; chemist (Nobel Prize 1983). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Randolph Apperson Hearst in California, USA; newspaper publisher, chairman of the Hearst Corporation (1973-1996). [1]
- December 4
- Birth of Allan Jackson in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA; newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand). [1]
- Birth of Fred Freer; cricket player (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946). [1]
- December 5
- Birth of Margaret Hayes in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Robert Montgomery Presents). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Leigh Douglass Brackett AKA Leigh Brackett in Los Angeles, California, USA; sci-fi author (The Ginger Star, The Hounds of Skaith, The Reavers of Skaith), screenwriter (The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, The Long Goodbye, The Empire Strikes Back). [1]
- Birth of Eli Wallach in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Magnificent Seven, Misfits, People Next Door). [1] [5]
- December 9
- Birth of Colin McCool; cricket player (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s). [1]
- Birth of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in Jarotschin, Germany; soprano (Der Rosenkavalier). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Anna Graeve AKA Anna van Beers in Amsterdam, Netherlands; actress (A Woman like Eve). [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Francis Albert Sinatra AKA Frank Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board, actor (From Here to Eternity), singer ("Strangers in the Night", "My Way"). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Balthazar Johannes Vorster; Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77). [1]
- Birth of Mark Stevens in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Big Town, Martin Kane). [1]
- Birth of Kenneth Miller AKA Ross MacDonald in Los Gatos, California, USA; detective novelist (Goodbye Look). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Clay Warnick in Tacoma, Washington, USA; choral director (The Jimmie Rodgers Show). [1]
- December 15
- Birth of Jose Toribio Merino Castro AKA Jose Toribio Merino; admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy (1973-1990). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Dario Mangiarotti in Italy; fencing, gold, two silver (Olympics-1948, 1952). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of Édith Giovanna Gassion AKA Édith Piaf in Paris, France; singer ("Little Sparrow"), French cultural icon. [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Noelle de Mosa; Netherlands/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon). [1]
- Birth of Nora Dunfee in Belmont, Ohio, USA; actress (Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil). [1]
- Birth of Pete Rugolo in San Piero Patti, Sicily; bandleader/arranger (The Fugitive). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Albert Henry Gomperts AKA Hans Gomperts in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Dutch literary, essayist, and literary critic (The Duck in the Attic). [1]
- Birth of Una Mae Carlisle in Xenia, Ohio, USA; pianist/vocalist ("Walkin' at the River"). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Mary Kornman in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA; actress (Queen of the Jungle). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Roebuck Staples AKA Pops Staples in Winona, Mississippi, USA; gospel/singer (The Staple Singers - "This May Be the Last Time", "I'll Take You There"). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of Charles Leonard Harness in Colorado City, Texas, USA; American sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead). [1]
- Birth of Jan Meefout; Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman). [1]
- Birth of Robert Ruark; US writer (Something of Value). [1]
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