Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2012 May 4.


1918

July 4
  • Birth of Pauline Esther Friedman AKA Pauline Phillips; twin sister, advice columnist. [1]
  • Birth of Esther Pauline Friedman AKA Eppie Lederer AKA Ann Landers; twin sister, advice columnist (dies 2002). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Buster Davis in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA; choral director (Garry Moore Show). [1]
  • Birth of Taufa'ahau Tupou IV; king of Tonga (1965-). [1]
July 5
  • Birth of George Rochberg in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; composer (Concord Quartet). [1]
July 6
  • Birth of Eugene List in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; pianist/professor (Eastman School of Music). [1]
  • Birth of Sebastian Cabot in London, England; actor (Mr French - Family Affair). [1]


July 8
  • Birth of Craig Stevens in Liberty, Missouri, USA; actor (Craig - Dallas, Peter Gunn). [1]
July 14
  • Birth of Arthur Laurents in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy). [1]
  • Birth of Ernst Ingmar Bergman in Uppsala, Sweden; director (Cries and Whispers). [1] [7]
  • Birth of Jay Wright Forrester; invented random-access magnetic core memory. [1]
July 18
  • Birth of Jane Frazee in Duluth, Minnesota, USA; actress/singer (Alice - Beulah). [1]
  • Birth of Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa; political prisoner (African National Congress), South African President. [1] [5]
  • Birth of Pamela Brown in England; actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula). [1]
July 24
  • Birth of Ruggiero Ricci in San Francisco, California, USA; violinist (Paganini). [1]
July 27
  • Birth of Leonard Rose in Washington DC, USA; concert cellist (New York Philharmonic 1943-51). [1]


August 3
  • Birth of James MacGregor Burns; political writer (The Lion and the Fox). [1]
August 8
  • Birth of Rory Calhoun in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill - Texan). [1]
August 13
  • Birth of Frederick Sanger in England; chemist (Nobel Prize 1958, 1980). [1]
August 17
  • Birth of Mort Marshall in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Cully - Dumplings). [1]
August 25
  • Birth of Richard Greene in Plymouth, England; actor (Adventures of Robin Hood). [1]
August 30
  • Birth of Ted Williams; baseball's last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox, hit .406, .344 lifetime). [1]
August 31
  • Birth of Alan Jay Lerner; lyricist composer (Lerner and Leowe - My Fair Lady). [1]
September 2
  • Birth of Allen Drury; author (Advise and Consent - 1960 Pulitzer Prize). [1]
September 3
  • Birth of Helen Wagner in Lubbock, Texas, USA; actress (Nancy - As the World Turns). [1]
September 4
  • Birth of Gerald Wilson in Shelby, Mississippi, USA; orchestra leader (Redd Foxx). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Harvey in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; news commentator (The rest of the story) (dies 2009). [1] [5]
  • Birth of William Talbert; tennis doubles champion (US 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948). [1]
September 13
  • Birth of Ray Charles in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Perry Como). [1]
September 14
  • Birth of Jack Somack in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show). [1]
September 21
  • Birth of Rand Brooks in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Corporal Boone - Rin Tin Tin). [1]
September 22
  • Birth of Henryk Szeryng in Zelazowa Wola, Poland; violinist (Brahms Concerto). [1]
September 25
  • Birth of Phil Rizzuto in Brooklyn, New York, USA; sportscaster/shortstop (New York Yankees, Most Valuable Player 1950). [1]
September 27
  • Birth of Jame McCallion in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Mi Taylor - National Velvet). [1]
  • Birth of Martin Ryle in Britain; radio astronomer, astronomer royal 1972-82. [1]
October 9
  • Birth of E Howard Hunt in Hamburg, New York, USA; involved in Watergate break-in. [1]
October 10
  • Birth of Bobby Byrne in Columbus, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (Club Seven). [1]
  • Birth of Thelonious Monk; jazz pianist ("Monk's Dream"). [1]
October 11
  • Birth of Jerome Robbins; choreographer/composer (Tony - West Side Story). [1]
October 17
  • Birth of Rita Hayworth in New York, USA; actress (Gilda, Pal Joey) (dies 1987, Alzheimer victim). [1] [5]
October 18
  • Birth of Bobby Troup in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; pianist/actor (Emergency, Acapulco). [1]
October 20
  • Birth of Anton Diffring in Koblenz, Germany; actor (Assignment Vienna). [1]
October 23
  • Birth of James Daly in Wisconsin, USA; actor (Medical Center). [1]
October 27
  • Birth of Paul Dixon in Earling, Iowa, USA; Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show). [1]
  • Birth of Teresa Wright in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Pride of the Yankees). [1]
October 30
  • Birth of Ted Williams; Boston Red Sox hitter (American League Most Valuable Player 1946, 1949; Triple Crown 1942, 1947). [1]
November 3
  • Birth of Bob Feller; pitcher (Cleveland Indians, three no-hitters). [1]
  • Birth of Russell B Long; American politician (Democrat-Senator-Louisiana). [1]
November 4
  • Birth of Art Carney in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Ed Norton - The Honeymooners). [1]
  • Birth of Cameron Mitchell in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Buck - High Chaparral). [1]
November 7
  • Birth of Billy Graham in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; evangelist (Crusades). [1]
November 9
  • Birth of Florence Chadwick; swimmer (Swimming Hall of Fame). [1]
  • Birth of Howard Shanet in Brooklyn, New York, USA; conductor (Night of the Tropics). [1]
  • Birth of Spiro Theodore Agnew; American politician (Republican) 39th Vice President (1973-77). [1]
November 10
  • Birth of Jack McCoy in Akron, Ohio, USA; TV host (Live Like a Millionaire). [1]
November 11
  • Birth of Stubby Kaye in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Guys and Dolls, Lil' Abner, Cat Ballou). [1]
November 12
  • Birth of Jo Stafford in Coalinga, California, USA; singer ("I'll Never Smile Again"). [1]
November 20
  • Birth of Dora Ratjen in Germany; man posing as woman high jumper (Olympics-4th-1936). [1]
November 22
  • Birth of Claiborne Pell; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Rhode Island). [1]
November 24
  • Birth of Tom C Fouts AKA Captain Stubby in Carroll County, Indiana, USA; actor (Polka-go-round). [1]
November 29
  • Birth of Herb Shriner in Toledo, Ohio, USA; host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show). [1]
December 1
  • Birth of Kirby Laing; English contractor/multi-millionaire. [1]
December 2
  • Birth of Milton Delugg in Los Angeles, California, USA; orchestra leader (The Tonight Show). [1]
December 6
  • Birth of Harold Horace Hopkins; inventor (Endoscope). [1]
December 8
  • Birth of Gérard Souzay in Angers, France; baritone (Le Nozze di Figaro). [1]
  • Birth of Ian Johnson; cricket player (Australian Test captain between Hassett and Craig). [1]
December 9
  • Birth of Issur Danielovitch AKA Izzy Demsky AKA Kirk Douglas; actor (Gunfight at the OK Corral, Seven Days in May). [1]
December 10
  • Birth of Anne Gwynne in Waco, Texas, USA; actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein). [1]
  • Birth of Professor Longhair; king of New Orleans music. [1]
December 11
  • Birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Russia; writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel Prize 1970). [1] [5]
December 12
  • Birth of Joe Williams in Cordele, Georgia, USA; jazz singer ("Everyday I Have the Blues"). [1]
  • Birth of Nilda Maria Geerdink-Jesurun Pinto; Curaçao writer (Nanzi). [1]
December 15
  • Birth of Ira Grossel AKA Jeff Chandler in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Broken Arrow, Away All Boats). [1]
December 20
  • Birth of Audrey Totter in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Donald Regan; White House staffer/US Secretary of Treasury (1981-85). [1]
  • Birth of Kurt Waldheim; Nazi/4th United Nations Secretary-General (1972-81)/Austrian President (1986-92). [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Frankie Darro in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men). [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Helmut Schmidt; Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974-82). [1]
  • Birth of José Greco in Italy; flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers). [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat AKA Anwar el-Sadat; Egyptian President (1970-81, Nobel Prize 1978). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Eddie Safranski in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show). [1]
December 30
  • Birth of W Eugene Smith; American photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden). [1]

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