- January 6
- Birth of Billy Greene; actor (Burton - One Man's Family). [1]
- Birth of Péter Veres; literary/Hungarian minister of defense. [1]
- January 14
- Birth of Hasso Freiherr von Manteuffel in Potsdam, Germany; tank commander in World War II; tried for war crimes and sentenced to 18 months in prison. [37]
- January 17
- Birth of Nils Asther in Malmö, Sweden; actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster). [1]
- January 19
- Birth of René Victor; Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Mae Busch; Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of J Carrol Naish in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Charlie Chan - Adventures of Charlie Chan). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Rosa Ponselle; opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino). [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Valentin Katayev in Odessa, Ukraine; novelist/playwright (Embezzled). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Denise Robins in London, England; romantic novelist (First Long Kiss). [1]
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- February 4
- Birth of Ludwig Erhard; chancellor of Germany (CDU). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Dirk U Stikker; director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO. [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti in Brazil; director (Nicholas Nickleby). [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith; pioneer Australian aviator. [1]
- February 10
- Birth of John Franklin in Enders, Connecticut, USA; micro-biologist (polio-Nobel Prize 1954). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Earl H Blaik in Detroit, Michigan, USA; college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Johan[nes A] Kaart; Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Ivan Albright in Illinois, USA; painter (The Door, The Window). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Celia Lovsky in Vienna, Austria; actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau - Star Trek). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Bernard F Lyot; French astronomer (Lyot filter). [1]
- Birth of G Paul H Schuitema; graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Francis "Lefty" O'Doul; baseball player/organized Japanese baseball. [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Knudåge Riisager in Port Kunda, Estonia; Danish composer (Quaarrtsiluni). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Henry Dixon Cowell in Menlo Park, California, USA; composer (New Musical Resources). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Marcel Thiry; Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue). [1]
- Birth of William Herald in Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1920). [1]
- March 18
- Birth of Betty Compson; actress (Big City, Docks Of New York). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Betty Compson in Beaver, Utah, USA; actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Wilhelm Reich; Austrian-US psycho analysist (character analysis). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of John Laurie in Dumfries, Scotland; actor (Jericho, Island of Desire). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Jean Epstein; French director (Sa tête/Eau vive). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Willem H van de Pol; Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Pierre Fresnay in Paris, France; actor (Grand Illusion). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Walter Winchell in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; gossip columnist/broadcaster (Jergens Journal radio show), narrator (The Untouchables TV show). [1] [457]
- April 8
- Birth of Herbert Eimert; German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Barbara Baroness Wootton of Abinger; English Lower house leader. [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Marian Jordan; actress (Molly - Fibber McGee and Molly). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Jaap Vranken; Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater). [1]
- Birth of John B Glubb; British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Antonius F "Anton" Coolen; Dutch author (Village by the River). [1]
- Birth of Harald Saeverud in Bergen, Norway; composer (Saline). [1]
- Birth of Thornton N Wilder; US novelist/playwright (Our Town). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Pedro Regas in Sparta, Greece; actor (Pat Paulsen's 1/2 Comedy Hour). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Vivienne Segal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Broadway actress (Pal Joey). [1]
- April 20
- Birth of Bernard Verhoeven; poet/literature (About the Laugh). [1]
- Birth of Gregory Ratoff in Petrograd, Russia; actor/director (Corsican Brothers). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Harold French; director (Encore), actor. [1]
- Birth of John Wengraf in Vienna, Austria; actor (12 to Moon, Pride and Passion). [1]
- Birth of Lester Bowles Pearson in Newtonbrook, Ontario, Canada; ambassador to Washington, assistant undersecretary, undersecretary, secretary of state fof external affairs, president of General Assembly, Nobel Peace Prize 1957 for diplomacy during Suez Crisis, opposition leader 1958-63, 14th Prime Minister 1963-68 (dies 1972). [1] [835.8]
- Birth of Lucius du Bignon Clay; US General (WWII)/Governor (Federal Republic of Germany). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of VAA Mary; English princess. [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Olga Chekova in Russia; actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children). [1]
- May 6
- Birth of Paul Alverdes; German writer (Pfeiferstube). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Kitty McKane in England; tennis (Olympics-gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 1924). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Dalton Parry Conyngham; cricket player (one Test South Africa versus England 1923). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Izak W van der Merwe [Boerneef]; South African writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Frank Capra in Palermo, Sicily, Italy; movie director (It's a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace). [1]
- Birth of Jack Raine in London, England; actor (Quartet). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Robert Neumann; Austrian/British author (Waters of Babylon). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Alan Kippax; cricket player (22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of John Douglas Cockroft; English physicist (Radar, Nobel Prize 1951). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Henry Kendall in London, England; actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich and Strange). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Erich Wolfgang Korngold in Brno, Austria; movie composer (Violanta). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Margalo Gillmore in London, England; actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society). [1]
- June 7
- Birth of George Szell in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45). [1]
- June 12
- Birth of Alexandre Tansman in Lodz, Poland; composer (Dyptique). [1]
- Birth of Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon; (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1955-57). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Paavo Johannes Nurmi in Finland; 5000m runner (Olympic-gold-1924). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Moe Howard; comedian (The Three Stooges). [1]
- July 7
- Birth of Arlene Harris in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; comedienne/actress (The Chatterbox - NBC's Al Pearce Gang radio show, Fannie Brice - Baby Snooks radio shows, Dick Van Dyke Show TV show (1964). [457]
- July 10
- Birth of Lloyd Goodrich; American Arts Museum director. [1]
- August 4
- Birth of Joseph Calleia in Malta; actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil). [1]
- August 9
- Birth of Ralph Wyckoff; American pioneer in x-ray crystallography. [1]
- August 11
- Birth of Louise Bogan in Maine, USA; writer (Sleeping Fury). [1]
- August 31
- Birth of Frederic March in Wisconsin, USA; actor (Dr Jeckyll - Academy Awards 1932/1946). [1]
- September 5
- Birth of Luella Gear in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Joe and Mabel). [1]
- Birth of Morris Carnovsky; actor (Dead Reckoning). [1]
- September 8
- Birth of Jimmie Rodgers in Mendoza, Mississippi, USA; country singer/singing brakeman. [1]
- September 25
- Birth of William Faulkner in Mississippi, USA; author (Sound and the Fury - Nobel Prize 1949) (dies 1962). [1] [5]
- September 26
- Birth of Pope Paul VI; 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78). [1]
- October 6
- Birth of Jerome Cowan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mr Dithers - Blondie, The Tab Hunter Show, The Tycoon, Valiant Lady, Not for Publication). [1] [457]
- October 8
- Birth of Rouben Mamoulian; movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause). [1]
- October 11
- Birth of General Nathan F Twining; US Air Force (Neither Liberty nor Safety). [1]
- Birth of George Preston Marshall; NFL team owner (Washington Redskins). [1]
- October 29
- Birth of Hope Emerson in Hawarden, Iowa, USA; actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn). [1]
- Birth of Paul Joseph Goebbels; Nazi propagandist. [1]
- October 31
- Birth of Wilbur (Pete) Henry; NFL tackle (New York Giants, Pottsville Maroons). [1]
- November 8
- Birth of Dorothy Day; author (Stump the Authors). [1]
- November 15
- Birth of Sacheverell Sitwell; English poet/writer (People's Palace). [1]
- November 17
- Birth of Sara Haden in Galveston, Texas, USA; actress (A Family Affair). [1]
- November 18
- Birth of Jules Buffano in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; pianist (Jimmy Durante Show). [1]
- November 24
- Birth of Salvatore Lucania AKA Charlie Luciano AKA Lucky Luciano in Sicily, Italy; New York City Mafia gangster. [1]
- December 1
- Birth of Manuel A Neat; Curaçao author (Nobleza di Coerazon). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Rewi Alley in New Zealand; writer (Americans in China). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Kate O'Brien; Irish writer (Without My Cloak). [1]
- December 4
- Birth of Mari Andriessen; Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Hermione Gingold in London, England; actress (Gigi, Music Man). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Karl H Waggerl; Austria writer (Power of Love). [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Drew Pearson in Evanston, Illinois, USA; newscaster (Drew Pearson). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of Margaret Chase Smith; American politician (Representative/Senator-Republican-Maine). [1]
- December 16
- Birth of Jacobus Petrus Duminy; cricket player (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29). [1]
- Birth of Paul Neuhuys; Belgian playwright (Le Canari et le Cerise). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Julien Carette in Paris, France; actor (Sylvia and the Phantom). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Iwan S Konew; Russian marshal/supreme commander, pact of Warsaw. [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Rhys Williams in Wales; actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart). [1]
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