- January 11
- Birth of Bernard Blier in Buenos Aires, Argentina; actor (Les Miserables). [1]
- Birth of James Henry Quillen AKA Jimmy Quillen in Scott County, Virginia, USA; American politician (Representative-Republican-Tennessee, 1963-1997). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Pieter Willem Botha AKA P. W. Botha in Orange Free State; Prime Minister of South Africa (1978-1984), President of South Africa (1984-1989). [1]
- January 13
- Birth of Osa Massen in Copenhagen, Denmark; actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Joel Herron in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Alec Coxon; cricket player (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 and 1-82). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Johan Adolf Pengel AKA Jopie Pengel in Paramaribo, Suriname; premier of Suriname (1963-69). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of Vic Stollmeyer; cricket player (brother of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Ciro D Crown; premier of Dutch Antilles (1968-69). [1]
- Birth of Franciszek Andrzej Pajkowski AKA Frank Andrew Parker AKA Frankie Parker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; tennis champion (US Open-1944). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Gordon Hobday; Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Gavin Buchanan Ewart; English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Edward Ross Roybal AKA Ed Roybal in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1963-1993). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Joseph Lawrence Alioto in San Francisco, California, USA; American politician (Mayor of San Francisco 1968-1976). [1]
- Birth of Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske in Györ, Austria-Hungary; Austrian composer (Vom Tode). [1]
- February 13
- Birth of James Griffith in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Sheriff of Cochise). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Edward Platt in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Chief - Get Smart). [1]
- Birth of Masaki Kobayashi; Japanese director (Joi-uchi). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Ian Keith Ballantine in New York City, New York, USA; publisher (Ballantine Books). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Don Tallon; cricket player (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper). [1]
- Birth of Raf Vallone in Tropea, Italy; actor (El Cid, Two Women, Greek Tycoon). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Jean Drapeau; mayor of Montréal, Quebec, Canada (1954-1957, 1960-1986). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Eddie Arcaro; jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, two triple crowns). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Paul Tripp in New York City, New York, USA; TV host (Mr I Magination). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of George Abel in Canada; ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1972). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Ralph Baldwin; harness driver (set 11 major world records). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Jackie Gleason in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian (Ralph Kramden - The Honeymooners). [1] [5]
- Birth of Ross Gregory; cricket player (Australian batsman 1936-37, died in WWII). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Giorgio Bassani; Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Rochelle Hudson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (That's My Boy). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of James Herriot in Scotland; writer (All Creatures Great and Small). [1]
- Birth of Manuel A. Greenhill AKA Manny Greenhill in New York, USA; record producer (Folklore Productions), concert promoter. [1]
- March 11
- Birth of James Harold Wilson AKA Harold Wilson in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England; British Prime Minister (1964-70, 1974-76). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs AKA Lindy Boggs in Brunswick Plantation, Louisiana, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1973-1991). [1]
- March 15
- Birth of Geert Lubberhuizen; publisher (Busy Bee). [1]
- Birth of Henry Haag James AKA Harry James in Albany Georgia, USA; bandleader, trumpeter ("You Made Me Love You"). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Lloyd McBride; union president (United Steelworkers). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Irving Wallace; author (People's Almanac, The Man). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Pierre Messmer; Prime Minister (France). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of George Wyle in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (The Jerry Lewis Show, The Flip Wilson Show). [1]
- Birth of Josephine van Gasteren; Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Bill Edrich; cricket player (Middlesex and England bat, Compton's mate). [1]
- Birth of Christian B Anfinsen; US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel Prize 1972). [1]
- Birth of Mort Abrahams; producer (Dr Doolittle, Planet Of Apes). [1]
- Birth of Sterling Hayden in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra). [1]
- Birth of Vic Schoen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show). [1]
- March 29
- Birth of Eugene Joseph McCarthy in Watkins, Minnesota, USA; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Minnesota, Presidential candidate 1968). [1]
- Birth of John Paul; Governor-General (Bahamas). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of John Vivyan in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Herb Caen in Sacramento, California, USA; columnist (San Francisco Chronicle). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of David White; actor (Larry Tate - Bewitched). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Gregory Peck in La Jolla, California, USA; actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur). [1]
- April 11
- Birth of Alberto E Ginastera in Buenos Aires, Argentina; composer (Panambi). [1]
- Birth of Dan Fortmann; NFL guard (Chicago Bears). [1]
- Birth of Howard Koch; producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari; cricket player (India 1947-48). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Sirimavo Bandaranaike; Prime Minister (Sri Lanka, 1960-77). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Sidney Clute in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Yehudi Menuhin in New York City, New York, USA; violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Bud Wilkinson; college football coach (Oklahoma). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of Stanley Kauffmann in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (Red Handkerchief Man). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Morris L West in Australia; novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Robert Shaw in Red Bluff, California, USA; chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale). [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Glenn Ford in Québec, Canada; actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway). [1] [5]
- Birth of Jack Parr in Canton, Ohio, USA; TV host (The Jack Paar Show). [1]
- May 3
- Birth of Henry Barbosa Gonzalez in San Antonio, Texas; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Texas, 1961-). [1]
- Birth of Pierre Emmanuel; French poet (Sodome). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Cyril Bowles; bishop of Derby. [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Milton Babbitt; US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Camilo José Manuel Juan Ramón Francisco de Jerónimo Cela y Trulock AKA Camilo José Cela in Padrón, Galicia, Spain; author (La Colmena - 1951, Nobel Prize in Literature 1989). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Bill Williams in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Adriana Caselotti; cartoon voice (Snow White - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). [1]
- Birth of Bernard Braden; broadcaster/actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment). [1]
- Birth of Ephraim Katzir; biophysicist/President (Israel). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Owen Chadwick; chancellor (University of East Anglia). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Harold Robbins in New York City, New York, USA; author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Margaret Hayden Rector; playwright (living legacy award 1995). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Roden Cutler; governor (New South Wales). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Norman Griggs; Vice President (Building Society Association). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Thora Hird; actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving). [1]
- Birth of Walker Percy in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; author (Adventures of a Bad Catholic). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Dr Joseph W Kennedy; scientist (one of four discoverers of plutonium). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Bert Haanstra in Holten, Netherlands; director (Fanfare). [1]
- Birth of John Vivyan; actor (Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life). [1]
- Birth of Judy Campbell; actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie). [1]
- June 8
- Birth of Francis Crick; codiscovered DNA's structure (Nobel Prize 1962). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Robert Strange McNamara in San Francisco, California, USA; US Secretary of Defense (1961-68), head of World Bank. [1]
- June 12
- Birth of Irwin Allen; disaster-movie producer (Towering Inferno). [1]
- June 23
- Birth of Irene Worth in Nebraska, USA; actress (Deathtrap, Nicolas and Alexandra). [1]
- June 24
- Birth of John Ciardi; poet/critic (translated Dante). [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Alex Dreier in Honolulu, Hawaii; newscaster (What's it all about World?). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Ruth Warwick in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; actress (All My Children, Peyton Place). [1]
- June 30
- Birth of David Wayne; actor (Adam's Rib, The Andromeda Strain, Three Faces of Eve). [1]
- July 1
- Birth of Olivia de Havilland in Tokyo, Japan; actress (The Adventures of Robin Hood). [1] [5]
- July 2
- Birth of Barry Gray; radio personality (started call-in radio). [1]
- Birth of Ken Curtis in Lamar, Colorado, USA; actor (Ripcord, Festus - Gunsmoke). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Tokyo Rose; WW II propagandist. [1]
- July 9
- Birth of Edward Heath; (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1970-74). [1]
- July 11
- Birth of Edward Gough Whitlam AKA Gough Whitlam in Kew, Melbourne, Australia; Australian Prime Minister (1972-75). [1]
- July 17
- Birth of Eleanor Steber in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA; soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940). [1]
- July 18
- Birth of Harriet Hilliard Nelson; singer/actress (Ozzie and Harriet). [1]
- July 19
- Birth of Phillip Cavaretta; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1945). [1]
- July 23
- Birth of Ben Weber in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; composer (Thorne Music Award-1965). [1]
- July 24
- Birth of Bob Eberly in Mechanicsville, New York, USA; singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band). [1]
- Birth of John D MacDonald; novelist (Deep Blue Goodbye). [1]
- July 27
- Birth of Kennan Wynn in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dr Strangelove, The Absent Minded Professor). [1]
- July 28
- Birth of David Brown in New York City, New York, USA; director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes). [1]
- Birth of Laird Cregar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square). [1]
- August 2
- Birth of Beatrice Straight in Old Westbury, New York, USA; actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story). [1]
- August 6
- Birth of Michael Burke; sports executive (New York Yankees, New York Knicks). [1]
- August 18
- Birth of Elsa Morante in Italy; writer (L'isola di Arturo). [1]
- Birth of Moura Lympany in Saltash, England; pianist (Order of the British Empire-1979). [1]
- August 19
- Birth of Marie Wilson in Anaheim, California, USA; actress (My Friend Irma). [1]
- August 25
- Birth of Van Johnson in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; actor (Brigadoon). [1]
- August 28
- Birth of Charles Wright Mills in Waco, Texas, USA; US sociologist, writer (The Power Elite). [1]
- August 29
- Birth of George Montgomery in Brady, Montana, USA; actor (Battle of the Bulge, Hallucination). [1]
- August 31
- Birth of Daniel Schorr; broadcast journalist (CBS). [1]
- September 2
- Birth of Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney; winner of more than 141 US tennis titles. [1]
- Birth of Penny Santon in Greenwich Village, New York, USA; actress (Roll Out, Matt Houston). [1]
- September 14
- Birth of Eric Bentley in England; critic/writer (In Search of Theater). [1]
- September 15
- Birth of Margaret Lockwood; actress (The Lady Vanishes). [1]
- September 18
- Birth of John J Rhodes; American politician (Representative-Republican-Arizona). [1]
- Birth of Rossano Brazzi in Bologna, Italy; actor (Antaeus - Survivors). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Peter Finch; actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe). [1]
- September 29
- Birth of Trevor Howard in England; actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Ryan's Daughter). [1]
- October 7
- Birth of Walt W Rostow; economist (Politics and Stages of Growth). [1]
- October 8
- Birth of Spark Matsunaga; American politician (Democrat-Hawaii-Senator). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of C Everett Koop; US surgeon general (1981-89). [1]
- October 19
- Birth of David Lewis in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Edward Quartermaine - General Hospital). [1]
- Birth of Emil Gilels in Odessa, Russia; pianist (Brussels Competition-1938). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Sid Miller in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Donald O'Connor Texaco Show). [1]
- October 26
- Birth of François Mitterand in Jarnac, France; President of France (1981-1995). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Walter Cronkite in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81). [1]
- November 6
- Birth of Ray Conniff in Massachusetts, USA; chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers). [1]
- November 7
- Birth of Joe Bushkin in New York City, New York, USA; jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes). [1]
- November 8
- Birth of June Havoc in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (Willy, Panic, General Electric Theater). [1]
- Birth of Peter Weiss in Germany; Swedish writer/dramatist/novelist (Marat/Sade). [1]
- November 10
- Birth of Billy May in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (The Milton Berle Show). [1]
- Birth of Guido Turchi in Rome, Italy; composer (Invettiva). [1]
- November 13
- Birth of Jack Elam in Miami, Arizona, USA; actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo). [1]
- November 16
- Birth of Daws Butler in Toledo, Ohio, USA; cartoon voice (Elroy Jetson - The Jetsons). [1] [5]
- November 20
- Birth of Judy Canova in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; comedienne/actress (Cannonball). [1]
- Birth of Robert A Bruce in Maryland, USA; pioneer (exercise cardiology). [1]
- November 21
- Birth of Sid Luckman; NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears). [1]
- November 28
- Birth of Guy Lapebie in France; 100km cyclist (Olympic-silver-1936). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of John Bentley in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England; actor (The Chair, Hammer the Toff). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Dorothy Mae Ballard; labor union representative. [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Wolfgang Hildesheimer; German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biography). [1]
- December 15
- Birth of Maurice Wilkins in England; physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel Prize 1962). [1]
- December 17
- Birth of Antoine Gerard Theodore Hermans AKA Toon Hermans in Sittard, Netherlands; Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Betty Grable in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Gay Divorcee). [1] [5]
- December 19
- Birth of Adriaan van der Veen; Dutch writer (Sister at Sea). [1]
- Birth of Hal Hastings in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway). [1]
- Birth of Mervyn Wallace; cricket player (13 Tests for New Zealand, latterly as captain). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Noel Johnson; British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Suzy Delair in Paris, France; actress (Utopia, White Paws). [1]
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