- January 10
- Birth of Jerry Wexler; music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Buddy Lester in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Nick - The Phil Silvers Show). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of John Raitt in Santa Ana, California, USA; actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Sári Gábor AKA Zsa Zsa Gabor in Budapest, Hungary; actress (Queen of Outer Space). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Dick Emery in London, England; actor/comedian (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Sidney Sheldon; novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Thomas K Scherman in New York City, New York, USA; conductor (Little Orchestra Society 1947-75). [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Polly Rose; actress (Myrtle - Love That Jill). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Herbert A Hauptman in New York City, New York, USA; x-ray crystallographer (Nobel Prize 1985). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Phyllis Calvert in London, England; actress (Man in Grey). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Carson McCullers; US novelist (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Frederick Page; CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Victor G M Marijnen; Dutch premier (1963-65). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Harmen van Rossum; civil servant/resistance fighter (WWII). [1]
- Birth of Jack Robertson; cricket player (superb England batsman only played 11 Tests). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of William Fairbank in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; physicist (superconductivity). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Anthony Burgess; essayist/novelist (A Clockwork Orange). [1]
- Birth of Asta E R Elstak; Suriname/Dutch social worker. [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Robert Taft; American politician (Senator-Republican-Ohio). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of John Bowden Connally in Floresville, Texas, USA; Texas state Governor/Senator/Representative-Democrat/Representative. [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Hans Deutgen in Sweden; world champion archer. [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Dinah Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, USA; singer ("See the USA in a Chevrolet"). [1] [5]
- Birth of Robert Lowell; poet/pacifist ("Lord Weary's Castle", "Near the Ocean"). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Desi Arnaz in Santiago, Cuba; singer/actor (Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy). [1]
- Birth of Jim Konstanty; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1950). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Bert van Aerschot; Flemish writer (Elevator, Women). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Virginia Christine in Stanton, Iowa, USA; actress (Tales of Wells Fargo). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of J A Mommersteeg; Dutch Assistant Secretary of Defense (KVP). [1]
- Birth of Roy Scott; cricket player (one Test New Zealand versus England 1947, 18, 1-74). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Davis Roberts in Mobile, Alabama, USA; actor (Mr Johnson - Boone). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Arend Theodoor Mooij AKA A. Marja; Dutch literary (Shreds on the River). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Dante B Fascell; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1955-). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of GE Göran Schildt; Finnish art historian/writer (Solbåten). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Googie Withers in Karachi, India; actress (One of Our Aircraft is Missing). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Ina Ray Hutton in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Vera Lynn; singer ("Anniversary Waltz"). [1]
- Birth of Dolf Verspoor; literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958). [1]
- Birth of Kalervo H Hortamo; Finnish poet (Sydänmaa). [1]
- Birth of Peter Caddy; founder (Findhorn Community). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Paul Rogers in Plympton, Devon, England; actor (Looking Glass War, Billy Budd). [1]
- Birth of Virginia Grey in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Johnny Guarnieri in New York City, New York, USA; jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show). [1]
- Birth of Kenneth Tobey; actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders, Chuck - Whirlybirds). [1]
- Birth of Patricia Burke in Milan, Italy; actress (Forbidden). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Jean Graham Hall; circuit court judge (England). [1]
- Birth of Rufus Thomas in Cayce, Mississippi, USA; singer ("Walking the Dog"). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Cyrus R Vance; US Secretary of State (1977-80). [1]
- Birth of Harry West; Unionist party leader (Unionist). [1]
- March 29
- Birth of Arthur Knight; CEO (Courtaulds). [1]
- Birth of Man O' War; racehorse (winner of 20 out of 21 races and US$249,465). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Herbert Anderson; actor (Henry - Dennis the Menace). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Johnny Andrews in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; singer/host (Songs at Twilight). [1]
- Birth of Leon Janney in Ogden, Utah, USA; actor (Hawk). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Dabbs Greer in Fairview, Missouri, USA; actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie). [1]
- Birth of Lou Monte in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, USA; singer ("Peppino the Italian Mouse"). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Bill Finegan in Newark, New Jersey, USA; musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Saturday Night Revue). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Joseph Ortiz; French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Richard Yardumian in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer ("Come Creator Spirit"). [1]
- Birth of Robert Albert Bloch; US sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho). [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Julian Faber; CEO (Willis Faber). [1]
- Birth of Walter Horton AKA "Shakey" in Mississippi, USA; harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of R G Armstrong in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actor (T.H.E. Cat). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Robert Burns Woodward; organic chemist (Nobel Prize 1965). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of M Marie Widlow in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957). [1]
- Birth of Vinoo Mankad; cricket player (India's greatest all-rounder to his time). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Valerie Hobson in North Ireland; actress (Great Expectations). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Hans Conried in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (The Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Louise Frederika; Queen of Greece. [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Emanuel Vardi in Jerusalem; violist (San Diego Symphony 1978-82). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Yvette Chauviré in France; ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty). [1]
- Birth of Sidney Nolan in Australia; painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Jacob Kistemaker; nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Ella Fitzgerald in Newport News, Virginia, USA; jazz singer (The First Lady of Song, Is it live or Memorex, "A-Tisket A-Tasket") (dies 1996). [5] (1918 [1])
- April 26
- Birth of Ieoh Ming Pei in Canton, China; architect (1961 Brunner Prize). [1]
- Birth of Sal Maglie AKA "The Barber"; pitcher (New York Giants, 8th best won-lost percentage). [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Joop Waasdorp; Dutch writer (Naked Life). [1]
- Birth of Robert Anderson in New York City, New York, USA; writer (Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father). [1]
- Birth of Robert Cornthwaite in Saint Helen, Oregon, USA; actor (The Thing, War of the Worlds). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Bea Wain; US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade). [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Danielle Darrieux in France; actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling). [1]
- Birth of John Beradino in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Steve Hardy - General Hospital). [1]
- Birth of Lodewijk Gerard van Hensbergen AKA Lo van Hensbergen; author, actor (Amsterdam Affair). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Ron Saggers; cricket wicket-keeper (effective New South Wales and Aussie late 1940s). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of David Tomlinson in Scotland; actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of John Arnatt; actor (Circumstantial Evidence). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Lou Harrison in Portland, Oregon, USA; composer (Rapunzel). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of George Gaynes in Helsinki, Finland; actor (Henry - Punky Brewster). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of James Donald in Aberdeen, Scotland; actor (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Vikings). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Dennis Day in New York City, New York, USA; Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, "Danny Boy"). [1]
- Birth of Jean-Louis Curtis; French writer (Just Causes). [1]
- Birth of Raymond Burr in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Perry Mason, Ironside, Godzilla). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Derek Hodgson; British high court judge. [1]
- Birth of Theodore Hesburgh in Syracuse, New York, USA; president (Notre Dame). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Steve Cochran in Eureka, California, USA; actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Barry Commoner in Brooklyn, New York, USA; biologist (Science and Survival). [1]
- Birth of Gerald Cash; Governor-General (Bahamas). [1]
- Birth of Marshall Reed in Englewood, California, USA; actor (Fred Asher - Lineup). [1]
- Birth of Papa John Creech; rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; US Senator (Democrat-Massachusetts), 35th US President (1961-1963). [1] [410.80]
- June 2
- Birth of Max Showalter in Caldwell, Kansas, USA; actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show). [1]
- June 4
- Birth of Charles Collingwood in Michigan, USA; news commentator (CBS, Chronicles). [1]
- Birth of Howard Metzenbaum; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Ohio). [1]
- Birth of Robert Anderson; author (Tea and Sympathy). [1]
- Birth of Robert Merrill in Brooklyn, New York, USA; baritone (New York Metropolitan Opera). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Kerkor Kerkorian AKA Kirk Kerkorian in Fresno, California, USA; CEO (MGM, United Artists). [1] [386.299]
- June 7
- Birth of Dean Martin; singer/comedian (partner for Jerry Lewis). [1]
- Birth of Gwendolyn Brooks; US poet (The Bean Eaters). [1]
- June 8
- Birth of Byron Raymond White AKA Whizzer in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; NFL player/Supreme Court Justice. [1]
- June 12
- Birth of Priscilla Lane; US actress (Arsenic and Old Lace). [1]
- June 14
- Birth of Lash La Rue in Gretna, Louisiana, USA; cowboy actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp). [1]
- June 15
- Birth of Bill Martin in Iowa, USA; moviemaker at 20th Century Fox, Disney Studios, Imagineers, extensive work on Disneyland, vice president of design 1971-77, planned Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, named Disney Legend 1994. [510.270]
- June 16
- Birth of Katharine Graham; newspaper publisher (Washington Post). [1]
- June 18
- Birth of Richard Boone in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Paladin - Have Gun Will Travel). [1]
- June 30
- Birth of Buddy Rich in Brooklyn, New York, USA; drummer/orchestra leader (Buddy Rich Band - "Away We Go"). [1]
- Birth of Lena Horne in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("Stormy Weather"). [1]
- July 6
- Birth of Dorothy Kirsten in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; opera singer (The Chevy Show). [1]
- July 7
- Birth of Elton Britt in Marshall, Arkansas, USA; country singer ("Saturday Night Jamboree"). [1]
- Birth of Lawrence F O'Brien; American politician (Watergate conspirators broke into his office). [1]
- July 8
- Birth of Faye Emerson in Elizabeth, Louisiana, USA; actress (I've Got a Secret). [1]
- Birth of Glenn Langan in Denver, Colorado, USA; actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie). [1]
- July 9
- Birth of Ted Steele in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; orchestra leader (Cavalcade of Stars). [1]
- July 10
- Birth of Don Herbert in Waconia, Minnesota, USA; Mr Wizard. [1]
- July 12
- Birth of Andrew Wyeth; US painter (Christina's World). [1]
- July 14
- Birth of Douglas Edwards in Ada, Oklahoma, USA; newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI). [1]
- July 16
- Birth of William Bishop in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actor (Steve - It's a Great Life). [1]
- July 17
- Birth of Lou Bourdeau; baseball player/manager (1948 Associated Press Athlete of Year). [1]
- Birth of Phyllis Diller in Lima, Ohio, USA; comedien (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number). [1] [5]
- July 19
- Birth of William W Scranton; American politician (Governor-Republican-Pennsylvania). [1]
- July 23
- Birth of Kurt Kreuger in Saint Moritz, Switzerland; actor (Fear, Unfaithfully Yours). [1]
- July 24
- Birth of Simon Slattvik in Norway; cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1952). [1]
- July 26
- Birth of Bertil Nordahl in Sweden; soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
- Birth of Richard Burnell in England; double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
- August 6
- Birth of Robert Mitchum in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA; actor (The Winds of War, North and South). [1]
- August 15
- Birth of Chuck Boyajian in Ohio, USA; Disneyland worker 1955-81 as Manager of Custodial Operations. [510.80]
- August 16
- Birth of Roque Cordero in Panama; composer (Sonata Breve). [1]
- August 18
- Birth of Casper Weinberger; US Secretary of Defense (1981-87). [1]
- August 22
- Birth of John Lee Hooker in Mississippi, USA; blues musician (Canned Heat). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Dennis James in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ). [1]
- August 25
- Birth of Don Defore in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; actor (George - Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet). [1]
- Birth of Mel Ferrer in Elberon, New Jersey, USA; actor (The Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor). [1]
- August 26
- Birth of Jan Clayton in Tularosa, New Mexico, USA; actress (Ellen Miller - Lassie). [1]
- Birth of William French Smith in Wilton, New Hampshire, USA; US Attorney General (1981-85). [1]
- August 29
- Birth of Isabel Sanford in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Louise - The Jeffersons, All in the Family). [1]
- August 30
- Birth of Julie Bishop in Denver, Colorado, USA; actress (Northern Pursuit, Threat). [1]
- September 2
- Birth of Cleveland Amory in Nahant, Massachusetts, USA; conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide). [1]
- September 3
- Birth of Edward Raymond Stanky AKA Eddie Stanky AKA The Brat; second baseman (Brooklyn Dodgers), Phil Rizzuto's nemesis. [1]
- September 4
- Birth of Henry Ford II; automaker (Ford). [1]
- September 5
- Birth of Jack Buetel in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (The Outlaw, Half Breed). [1]
- September 11
- Birth of Ferdinand Marcos; Philippines President (1965-86). [1]
- September 13
- Birth of Robert Ward in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; composer (Pantaloon). [1]
- September 17
- Birth of Lawrence Jacob in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA; artist (Sanitarium). [1]
- Birth of Peter Bennett in London, England; actor (Leonides - Adventures of Sir Lancelot). [1]
- September 20
- Birth of Arnold Jacob Auerbach AKA Red Auerbach; NBA coach, general manager (Boston Celtics). [1]
- September 23
- Birth of Imry Nemeth in Hungary; hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
- September 24
- Birth of William Putnam Bundy in London, England; editor (Lvaggerier and Vagaries). [1]
- September 27
- Birth of Louis Auchincloss in Lawrence, New York, USA; lawyer/novelist (Watchfires). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Michael Somes in England; ballet dancer (Royal Ballet in London). [1]
- September 30
- Birth of Chung Hee Park; general/president of South Korea (1961-79), assassinated. [1]
- Birth of Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov in USSR; director (Taganka). [1]
- October 4
- Birth of Jan Murray in The Bronx, New York, USA; comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear). [1]
- October 7
- Birth of Helmut Dantine in Vienna, Austria; actor (Shadow of the Cloak). [1]
- Birth of June Allyson in The Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas). [1]
- October 8
- Birth of Danny Murtaugh; baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates). [1]
- October 9
- Birth of Kusuo Kitamura in Japan; 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
- October 13
- Birth of Burr Tillstrom in Chicago, Illinois, USA; puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie). [1]
- Birth of Laraine Day in Roosevelt, Utah, USA; actress (Dr Kildare, I've Got a Secret). [1]
- October 15
- Birth of Arthur Schlesinger Jr; historian/author (1946 Pulitzer - Age of Jackson). [1]
- Birth of Jan Miner in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Crime Photographer). [1]
- October 17
- Birth of Marsha Hunt in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Jennifer - Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw). [1]
- October 20
- Birth of Jean-Pierre Melville in Paris, France; director (Un Flic). [1]
- October 21
- Birth of Dizzy Gillespie; trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz (dies 1993). [1] [5]
- October 22
- Birth of Joan Fontaine in Tokyo, Japan; actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca). [1]
- October 23
- Birth of Robert Bray in Kalispell, Montana, USA; actor (Corey - Lassie, Stagecoach West). [1]
- October 27
- Birth of Oliver Tambo; leader of African National Congress. [1]
- October 29
- Birth of Henry Carlsson in Sweden; soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
- October 30
- Birth of Ruth Hussey in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actress (Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story). [1]
- November 2
- Birth of Durward Knowles in England; yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas). [1]
- November 7
- Birth of Helen Suzman in Germiston, Gauteng; South African Member of Parliament and anti-apartheid campaigner. [57]
- November 13
- Birth of Robert Sterling in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (George Kirby - Adventures of Topper). [1]
- November 17
- Birth of Jack Lescoulie in Sacramento, California, USA; TV host (Jackie Gleason Show). [1]
- November 19
- Birth of Indira Gandhi in Allahabad, India; Indian Prime Minister (1966-77, 1980-84). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Robert Byrd; American politician (Democrat-Senator-West Virginia) majority leader. [1]
- November 23
- Birth of George O'Hanlon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Calvin - Life of Riley, George Jetson - The Jetsons). [1]
- Birth of Michael Gough in Malaya; actor (Search for the Nile). [1]
- November 24
- Birth of Howard Duff in Bremerton, Washington, USA; actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing). [1]
- November 27
- Birth of Robert Emil Schmidt AKA Buffalo Bob Smith in Buffalo, New York, USA; TV host (Howdy Doody). [1] [5]
- December 1
- Birth of Marty Marion; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1944). [1]
- Birth of William Tracy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (To the Shores of Tripoli). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Ezra Stone; US actor/producer (Henry Aldrich). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Helen Gurley Brown; editor-in-chief (Cosmopolitan). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Rufo I Wever; Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ). [1]
- December 12
- Birth of Heinrich Böll in Germany; writer (Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel Prize 1972). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Dave Street in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/singer (Broadway Open House). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Elyse Knox in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold). [1]
- Birth of Wilf Ferguson; cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Arthur Charles Clarke; sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood's End). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Ossie Davis in Cogdell, Georgia, USA; actor/playwright (Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Alicia Alonso in Havana, Cuba; ballerina (American Ballet Theatre). [1]
- Birth of Andre Eglevsky; choreographer (Limelight). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Andrew Fielding Huxley in London, England; physiologist (Nobel Prize 1963). [1]
- Birth of Gene Rayburn in Christopher, Illinois, USA; TV game show host (Match Game). [1]
- Birth of Piet De Somer; Belgian rector (University of Leuven). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Rosemary Woods; US President Richard Nixon's secretary. [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Earl of Inchcape; English large landowner/industrialist (P&O). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Ellis Clarke; President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-87). [1]
- December 29
- Birth of Tom Bradley; American politician (Mayor-Democrat-Los Angeles) (1973-93). [1]
- December 30
- Birth of Nancy Coleman in Everett, Washington, USA; actress (Edge of Darkness). [1]
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