- January 12
- Birth of Ray Price; country singer ("For The Good Times"). [1]
- January 13
- Birth of Carolyn Heilbrun [Amanda Cross]; author (Lady Ottoline's Album). [1]
- Birth of Pamela M Cunnington; English architect/author (Change of Use). [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Frank Aletter in Long Island, New York, USA; actor (Mac - It's About Time, Tom - Nancy). [1]
- Birth of Harold Wolpe; sociologist lawyer/South African activist. [1]
- Birth of Thomas Tryon in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor/novelist (I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Cardinal, All That Glitters). [1]
- January 15
- Birth of Maria Schell in Vienna, Austria; actress (Space 1999). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Clyde Walcott; cricket player (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman). [1]
- Birth of Moira Shearer in Dunfermline, Scotland; ballerina (Red Shoes). [1]
- January 19
- Birth of Fritz Weaver in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Josef - Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin). [1]
- Birth of Libera Carlier; Flemish author (Action Station Go!). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Michael Higgins in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion). [1]
- Birth of Patricia Neal in Packard, Kentucky, USA; actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses). [1]
- Birth of Robert L Van Citters; cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean. [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Paul Burke in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Neal - Dynasty). [1]
- Birth of Steve Reeves in Glasgow, Montana, USA; actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained). [1] usbirth
- January 26
- Birth of Charles Tidbury; chairman (Whitbread and Company). [1]
- Birth of Ronnie Hilton; singer (Moonraker). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Bob Berry; cricket player (England slow lefty 1950). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Ruth Brown in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; actress (Leona - Hello Larry, Checking In). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Jean Simmons in London, England; actress (Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls). [1]
- Birth of Prunella Briance; founder (National Childbirth Trust). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Peter Crill; Bailiff of Jersey. [1]
- Birth of Stuart Whitman in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip, Revenge). [1]
- February 2
- Birth of Elaine Stritch in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (My Sister Eileen, Company). [1]
- Birth of Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo; first Central American cardinal (Nicaragua). [1]
- Birth of Nydia M E Ecury; Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera). [1]
- Birth of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; President of France (1974-81). [1]
- Birth of Wanda Lewis in Struther, Ohio, USA; actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Arthur Arfons; auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH). [1]
- Birth of Hans-Jochen Vogel; leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD). [1]
- Birth of J Roy Rowland; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Georgia, 1983-). [1]
- Birth of Shelley Berman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/comedian (Son of the Blob, Love American Style). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in New York City, New York, USA; publisher (New York Times). [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Konstantin Petrovich Feokistov in USSR; cosmonaut (Voskhod I). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Audrey Meadows in Wu Chang, China; actress (Alice - Honeymooners). [28] (1924 [1]) (1922 [5])
- February 9
- Birth of Garret FitzGerald; Prime Minister of Ireland. [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Alexander Gibson; British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera). [1]
- Birth of Paul Bocuse in France; great chef (Legion of Honor). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Joe Garagiola in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; sportscaster/host (Today Show). [1]
- Birth of Paul Hamlyn; English publisher/multi-millionaire (Octopus). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of John Clark; CEO (Plessey Company). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of John Schlesinger in London, England; film director (Midnight Cowboy, Darling). [1]
- Birth of Vera-Ellen [Westmeyr Rohe] in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress/dancer (Wonder Man). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Lee Hoiby in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; composer (1957 Arts and Letters). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Harry "Little" Caesar; blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer and Eddie). [1]
- Birth of Len Ford; NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Cameron Rusby; British Vice-Admiral. [1]
- Birth of Edgar Meuli; cricket player (opened New Zealand batting in Test versus South Africa 1953). [1]
- Birth of Kenneth H Olsen; American engineer/founder (Digital Equipment Corp). [1]
- Birth of Robert Eugene Richards in Champaign, Illinois, USA; pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-1948, 1952, 1956). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Hans Andreus [Johan W van der Zant]; Dutch poet (Animal Language). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of Bud Yorkin; producer (All in the Family, Emmy award 1959, 1960). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Regine Crespin; French vocalist ("Sheherazade", "Les Nuits D'ete"). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Harvey McGregor; Queen's Council/warden (New College-Oxford). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Cynthia Stone in Peoria, Illinois, USA; actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers). [1]
- Birth of Konstantin P Feoktistov in Voronezh, USSR; cosmonaut (Voskhod 1). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Sir Peter Emery; British Member of Parliament. [1]
- February 28
- Birth of Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin; author (My Life). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Cesare Danova in Rome, Italy; actor (Garrison's Gorillas). [1]
- Birth of Pete Rozelle; NFL commissioner (1960-89). [1]
- Birth of Robert Clary in Paris, France; actor (LeBeau - Hogan's Heroes). [1]
- March 2
- Birth of Murray Newton Rothbard; economist/Libertarian Party founder. [1]
- March 3
- Birth of James Ingram Merrill; US poet/author (Scripts for the Pageant). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Alan Greenspan; American economist / Presidential advisor / Federal Reserve Board chairman, governor (1992-). [1] [5] [234.31]
- Birth of Andrzej Wajda in Suwalki, Poland; director (Ashes and Diamonds, Lotna). [1]
- Birth of Ann Curtis; 400-metre/800-metre US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1948). [1]
- Birth of Elwood H [Bud] Hillis; American politician (Representative-Republican-Indiana, 1971-). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Gerrit A Kooy; Dutch sociologist (Apartheid and work in South Africa). [1]
- Birth of Irene Papas in Corinth, Greece; actress (Moses The Lawgiver). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Marques Haynes; NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Ralph Abernathy; US civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of David Oliver Williams; trade unionist (COHSE). [1]
- Birth of George R Ariyoshi; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Hawaii). [1]
- Birth of Gudrun Ure; British actress (The Crow Road, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer). [1]
- Birth of Hildy Park in Washington, DC, USA; actress (To Tell the Truth). [1]
- Birth of John C[lellon] Holmes; US writer (Horn). [1]
- Birth of Ronald Alley; art gallery manager (Tate Gallery). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Raúl Alfonsín; Argentine President (1983-89). [1]
- March 15
- Birth of Norm Van Brocklin; NFL quarterback/coach (Los Angeles Rams), hall of famer. [1]
- Birth of Tim Valentine; American politician (Representative-Democrat-North Carolina, 1983-). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Jerry Lewis [Joseph Levitch] in Newark, New Jersey, USA; entertainer/fund raiser (MDA). [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Siegfried Lenz; German writer (Ein Kriegsende). [1]
- March 18
- Birth of Peter Graves in Minneapolis, Minnesota; actor (James Phelps - Mission Impossible). [5] (1925 [1])
- March 21
- Birth of André Delvaux in Heveree, Belgium; director/writer (Benvenuta). [1]
- Birth of Virginia Weidler in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Babes on Broadway). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Lawrence Jackson; Provost Emeritus (Blackburn). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Martha Wright in Seattle, Washington, USA; singer ("Let's Dance", The Martha Wright Show). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Dario Fo in Leggiuno Sangiano, Italy; playwright (Nobel Prize-1997). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Hans Rausing; Swedish/British industrial/billionaire (Tetra Pak). [1]
- Birth of Laszlo Papp in Hungary; Olympics boxer (gold-1948, 1952, 1956). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Ann Curtis; American 400-metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1948). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Louis Blom-Cooper; Queen's Council press arbiter. [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Polly Umrigar; cricket player (Indian batsman and captain). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Ray McAnally in Buncrana County, Donegal, Ireland; actor (My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian). [1]
- Birth of Werner Torkanowsky in Berlin, Germany; conductor (New Orleans Symphony). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of John Fowles in England; novelist (Collector, French Leiutenent's Woman). [1]
- Birth of Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie Chaplin; actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Anne [Inez] McCaffrey; American sci-fi author (Crystal Singer, Dragonflight, Dragondrums). [1]
- Birth of Lyndon Brook; actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Elena Verdugo in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Consuelo - Marcus Welby M.D.). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Andrew Keir; actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics). [1]
- Birth of Virgil Grissom in Mitchell, Indiana, USA; Lieutenant Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Mercury 4, Gemini 3) (dies 1967). [1] [5]
- April 5
- Birth of Milton O Thompson; astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15). [1]
- Birth of Roger Corman in Detroit, Michigan, USA; producer/director (Little Shop of Horrors). [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Ian Paisley in North Ireland; clergyman/Member of Parliament. [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Johannes Rood; Dutch immunologist (Eurotransplant). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Graham Hills; principal (Strathclyde University, England). [1]
- Birth of Harris Wofford; American politician (Senator-Republican-Pennsylvania). [1]
- Birth of Hugh [Marston] Hefner in Chicago, Illinois, USA; magazine publisher (Playboy). [1] [5]
- Birth of Lord Fitt; Member of Parliament (Belfast, Ireland). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Johnnie Tillmon; civil rights activist (National Welfare Rights Association). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Don [James Yarmy] Adams in New York City, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Maxwell Smart - Get Smart, Check it Out). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Arthur Hockaday; director-General (Commonwealth War Graves Commission). [1]
- Birth of Michael Vernon; CEO (RNLI). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Doug Insole; cricket player (England batsman of the 1950s, nine Tests). [1]
- Birth of Gunter Meisner in Germany; actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum). [1]
- April 20
- Birth of Harriett Elizabeth Byrd; politician (Wyoming House of Representatives). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; Queen of England (1952-). [1] [129] [626.218]
- April 22
- Birth of Bob Flannigan in Greencastle, Indiana, USA; singer (Four Freshmen). [1]
- Birth of Charlotte Rae in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; actress (Edna - The Facts of Life). [1] [5]
- Birth of James Stirling; Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight. [1]
- April 23
- Birth of James P Donleavy in Brooklyn, New York, USA; novelist (The Ginger Man, Onion Eaters). [1]
- Birth of Richard Laws; Master (Saint Edmunds College, Cambridge, USA). [1]
- Birth of Virgil I [Gus] Grissom, astronaut (Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Anton PO Ekström; Swedish writer (Summer Dances). [1]
- Birth of Michael Joughin; CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric). [1]
- Birth of Preston "Bob" Tisch; NFL co-owner (New York Giants). [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Harper Lee; author (To Kill a Mockingbird). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Carie Meek; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Cloris Leachman in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; actress (Phyllis, Last Picture Show, High Anxiety). [1]
- Birth of Corinne Calvet in France; actress (Apache Uprising). [1]
- Birth of Edmund Cooper in United Kingdom; sci-fi author (Seed of Light, All Fool's Day). [1]
- May 4
- Birth of Milton "Milt" Thompson; US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Ann B Davis in Schenectady, New York, USA; actress (Bob Cummings Show, The Brady Bunch). [1]
- May 6
- Birth of John Hamilton-Jones; CEO (Richmond Enterprises), British Major-General. [1]
- Birth of Marguerite Piazza in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; operatic soprano (Young Broadway). [1]
- Birth of [Martin] Ross Hunter in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Ever Since Paris). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Val Bisoglio in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lieutenant Marsh - Police Woman, Danny - Quincy ME). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Don Rickles in Queens, New York, USA; comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey). [1] [5]
- Birth of Erico Menczer in Fiume, Italy; cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda). [1]
- Birth of Sir David [Frederick] Attenborough in London, England; environmentalist/zoologist/TV host (BBC). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Alistair MacFarlane; principal (Heriot-Watt University, England). [1]
- Birth of Joshua Hassan; chief minister (Gibralter). [1]
- Birth of Robin Cooke; president (New Zealand Court of Appeal). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Duncan Watson; president (World Blind Union). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Ernest Harrison; CEO (Racal Electronics). [1]
- Birth of Frank Thring in Melbourne, Australia; actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Earl Hutto in Panama City, Florida, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1979-). [1]
- Birth of Mervyn M Dymally; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1981-). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Beatrice Arthur [Frankel] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Maude, Dorothy - The Golden Girls). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Eric Morecambe in London, England; comedian (Morecambe and Wise, Picadilly Palace). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Anthony Shaffer; twin brother playwright (Sleuth). [1]
- Birth of Peter Shaffer; twin brother playwright (5 Finger Exercise, Equus). [1]
- May 17
- Birth of Cicely Berry; voice director (Royal Shakespeare Company). [1]
- Birth of David Young; Lieutenant-General/CEO (Cairn Tech). [1]
- Birth of Geoffrey Caston; vice chancellor (University of South Pacific). [1]
- Birth of Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Airilet. [1]
- Birth of Tenniel Evans; reverend/actor (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Vic Ames; rocker (Ames Brothers). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Rick Jason in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn). [1]
- Birth of Robert Creeley in Massachusetts, USA; poet/novelist (The Island). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Len Maddocks; cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-1950s). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Miles D. Davis in Alton, Illinois, USA; jazz trumpeter/pioneered cool jazz ("Porgy and Bess"). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Gordon Leggat; cricket player (open batsman for New Zealand in 9 Tests 1953-56). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Charles Denner in Tarnow, Poland; actor (And Now My Love). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Christine Jorgensen pioneer transsexual. [1]
- Birth of Edouard Van Remoortel in Brussels, Belgium; conductor (1958-62 Saint Louis Symphony). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Derek Birley; British Vice-Chancellor (Ulster University). [1]
- Birth of Probir Sen; cricket wicketkeeper (India in late 1940s/early 1950s). [1]
- June 1
- Birth of Andy Griffith in Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA; actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock). [1]
- Birth of Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker], actress (Some Like It Hot). [1]
- June 2
- Birth of Milo O'Shea; actor (Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet). [1]
- June 3
- Birth of Allen Ginsberg; beat poet (Howl) (dies 1997). [1] [5]
- Birth of Colleen Dewhurst in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actress (Maggie - Blue and Grey). [1]
- June 4
- Birth of Nan Leslie in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Kings Row, The Californians). [1]
- Birth of Robert Earl Hughes; heaviest known human (486kg). [1]
- June 5
- Birth of Bill Hayes in Illinois, USA; actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of Our Lives). [1]
- June 6
- Birth of Klaus Tennstedt in Merseburg, Germany; conductor (Fidelio). [1]
- June 7
- Birth of Dick Williams in Wall Lake, Iowa, USA; choral director (Andy Williams Show). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Mona Freeman in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress). [1]
- June 10
- Birth of June Haver; actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door). [1]
- June 11
- Birth of Carlisle Floyd in Latta, South Carolina, USA; composer (Slow Dusk). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Paul Lynde in Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA; comedian (Uncle Arthur - Bewitched) (dies 1982). [1] [5]
- June 18
- Birth of Tom Wicker; columnist (New York Times). [1]
- June 28
- Birth of Mel Brooks; comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs). [1]
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