- January 10
- Birth of Polly Rowles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Aunt Laurie - Jamie, The Defenders TV show, The Nurses TV show, Somerset TV show, US Steel Hour TV show, Alcoa Hour TV show, Philco TV Playhouse TV show, Kraft TV Theatre TV show, Studio One TV show). [1] [457]
- January 14
- Birth of Harold Russell; actor (Best Years of Our Life). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Roger Aubert in Belgium; church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Arno Schmidt in Hamburg, Germany; novelist: Die Gelehrtenrepublik (1957), Nobodaddys Kinder (1963), and Abend mit Goldrand (1975). [1] [37]
- January 19
- Birth of Lester Flatt; country musician (Flatt and Scruggs - "Ballad of Jed Clampett", "Rocky Top"). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Wensley Pithey in Cape Town, South Africa; actor (Winston Churchill - Ike). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Kaye Webb; English writer/publisher (Puffin Club). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of David Wayne in Traverse City, Michigan, USA; actor (The Andromeda Strain, Adam's Rib, Batman TV show, Dallas, House Calls, St. Elsewhere, Ellery Queen, Matt Houston, Disneyland). [1] [457]
- Birth of John Ireland in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at the OK Corral). [1]
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- January 31
- Birth of Carey Lofton in Blountsville, Florida, USA; actor (Skinner - Troubleshooters). [1]
- Birth of Jersey Joe Walcott; heavyweight boxing champion (1951-52). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Alfred Andersch; German writer (Red Head). [1]
- Birth of Ida Lupino in London, England; actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Jennifer). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Alan Hodgkin; British physicist (Nobel Prize 1963). [1]
- Birth of William S Burroughs in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; novelist (Naked Lunch) (dies 1997). [1] [5]
- February 6
- Birth of Thurl Ravenscroft in Nebraska, USA; distinctive voice in movies, TV commercials, Disneyland attractions over decades, Johnny Mann Singers ("You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch"), Tony the Tiger ("they're grrrrreat!"), named Disney Legend 1995. [510.350]
- February 7
- Birth of David Ignatow; US poet (Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Jules van Ackere; Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music). [1]
- February 9
- Birth of Bill Justice in Ohio, USA; joined Disney studio 1937, animator, programmer, parade designer, Imagineer, designer of attractions at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland, retired 1979, author of Justice for Disney (1992), named a Disney Legend 1996. [510.230]
- Birth of Ernest Tubb in Texas, USA; guitarist/singer ("I'm Walking the Floor over You"). [1]
- Birth of Ralph Herman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; orchestra leader (Circus Time). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Larry Adler in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; harmonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Matt Dennis in Seattle, Washington, USA; singer/songwriter (Tommy Dorsey band - "Everything Happens to Me", "Let's Get Away from It All", "The Night We Called It a Day"), musical director for the Dick Haymes radio show. [1] [457]
- February 12
- Birth of Gordon Tex Beneke; saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orchestra). [1]
- Birth of Nello Celio; Swiss President. [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Earl Cadogan; British large landowner (Military Cross). [1]
- Birth of George Kleinsinger in San Bernardino, California, USA; composer (Tubby the Tuba). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Kevin McCarthy in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Howling). [1]
- Birth of R W Woods; bishop (Worcester). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Jimmy Wakely in Mineola, Arkansas, USA; country singer ("5 Star Jubilee"). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Arthur Kennedy in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place). [1]
- Birth of [Bert de] Wayne Morris in Los Angeles, California, USA; WWII-pilot/actor (Paths of Glory). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Pee Wee King in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; country singer ("Pee Wee King Song"). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of John Daly in South Africa; newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line?). [1]
- Birth of Marion Kettlewell; British director (WRNS). [1]
- Birth of Willem J H Baart; Dutch vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Arnold S Denker in New York, USA; US chess champion (1944-46). [1]
- Birth of Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder; Dutch journalist (Parool/VARA). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Margaret Farrer; CEO (Central Midwives Board). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Zachary Scott in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce). [1] [457]
- February 25
- Birth of John Arlott; cricket player (the doyen of cricket commentators and writers). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Robert Alda in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dan Lewis - Supertrain, By Popular Demand, What's Your Bid?, Love of Life, Days of Our Lives, MASH). [1] [457]
- February 28
- Birth of Jim Boles in Lubbock, Texas, USA; actor (Joe - One Man's Family). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of Archibald J Gumede in South Africa; African National Congress member/chairman (UDF). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of Martin Ritt; actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Joan Sterndale-Bennett in London, England; actress (Those Fantastic Flying Fools). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Kirill P Kondrashin in Moscow, Russia; conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981). [1]
- March 7
- Birth of Morton DaCosta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Island of Love, Music Man). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Jacob B Bakema; urban developer (Saint Louis, Missouri). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Fred Clark in Lincoln, California, USA; actor (Burns and Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Chandler Harper; golfer (1950 PGA champion). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Ralph Waldo Ellison; US writer (Invisible Man, Shadow and Act). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Fiorenzo Marini in Italy; épée (Olympics-gold-1960). [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Sammy Baugh in Temple, Texas, USA; NFL hall of famer quarterback (Washington Redskins). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of J Jay Berwanger; first Heisman Trophy winner (1935). [1]
- Birth of Patricia Morison; actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Sviatosiav Richter in Zhitomir, Ukraine; pianist (Stalin Prize-1945). [1]
- Birth of Wendell Corey in Dracut, Massachusetts, USA; actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl). [1]
- Birth of William Baddeley; rector (Saint James' Piccadilly). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Cec Burke; cricket player (New Zealand leg-spinner versus Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2-30). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Lilli Palmer in Posen, Germany; actress (The Boys From Brazil, Sebastian). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Norman E Borlaug; US agriculture scientist (Nobel Prize 1970). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of William Westmoreland in Saxon, South Carolina, USA; US army general (Vietnam era). [1]
- March 27
- Birth of Budd Schulberg in New York City, New York, USA; novelist (On the Waterfront). [1]
- Birth of Richard Denning in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA; actor (Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-O). [1]
- Birth of Snooky Lanson in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade, Five Star Jubilee). [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Edmund Sixtus Muskie; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Maine), US Secretary of State (1980). [1]
- March 29
- Birth of Phil Foster AKA Philip Feldman in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Ed Sullivan Show, Frank De Fazio - Laverne and Shirley). [1] [457]
- Birth of Chapman Pincher; British journalist/author (about secret service). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee]; blues musician (Down and Out Blues). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Octavio Paz in Mexico; writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Alec Guinness de Cuffe AKA Alex Guiness in London, England; actor (Colonel Nicholson - The Bridge on the River Kwai, Obi-Wan Kenobi - Star Wars, George Smiley - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). [1] [457]
- April 3
- Birth of Katherine Stammers in Menzies, England; doubles tennis player (Wimbeldon 1935). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Marguerite Duras in France; novelist/playwright (The Sea Wall). [1]
- Birth of Richard Coogan in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA; actor (Captain Video). [1]
- April 8
- Birth of John Cameron; cricket player (brother of Jimmy, West Indies vice-captain 1939 England tour). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Richard Young; CEO (Boosey and Hawkes). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of E A V "Foffie" Williams; cricket player (West Indies all-rounder 1939-48). [1]
- Birth of Jack Badcock; cricket player (Tasmania Australian batsman of 1930s). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of John Hodiak in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of C S Nayudu; cricket player (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie). [1]
- Birth of Henk Lankhorst; pacifist/Dutch Member of Parliament (PSP). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Charles Hubert Sisson; author/poet (Christopher Homm). [1]
- Birth of Jan de Hartog; Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Andrew Martin; Lord-Lieutenant (Lechestershire, England). [1]
- Birth of John Hubbard in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, USA; actor (Don't Call Me Charlie). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of Justin Wilson; cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips). [1]
- Birth of Ruth White in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; actress (Up the Down Staircase). [1]
- April 25
- Birth of Marcos Perez Jimenez; President/dictator of Venezuela. [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Bernard Malamud in Brooklyn, New York, USA; novelist (The Fixer, The Natural Pulitizer 1967). [1]
- Birth of Charlie Chester; British comedian (Never Say Die). [1]
- Birth of James William Rouse; US builder (shopping malls/Columbia Maryland). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Ewan Roberts in Edinburgh, Scotland; actress (Private Benjamin). [1]
- May 2
- Birth of Dennis Dyer; cricket player (opened batting for South Africa versus England 1947). [1]
- May 4
- Birth of Abdel Karim Kassem; general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63). [1]
- Birth of Emmanuel Roblès; Algerian-French journalist/playwright (Lesson Hauteurs). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Lord Murton of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Frank Chacksfield in East Sussex, England; arranger/orchestra leader ("Ebb Tide", "Limelight"). [1] [457]
- Birth of Hank Snow AKA Clarence Eugene Snow in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada; country and western singing star (Hank The Yodeling Ranger, Grand Ole Opry, "I Went to Your Wedding", "I'm Movin' On", over 85 singles on the Billboard best seller list, sold nearly 90 million records). [1] [457]
- Birth of Theodore Kheel; labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Charles McGraw in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Michael - Falcon, Smith Family). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Dan Daniel; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Virginia, 1969-). [1]
- Birth of Howard K Smith in Los Angeles, California, USA; TV newsman (ABC, moderated John Kennedy-Richard Nixon debate). [1]
- May 13
- Birth of Johnnie Wright; country singer (Johnnie and Jack). [457]
- Birth of Joe Louis; world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Boris Christoff; Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov). [1]
- Birth of Pierre A Balmain in France; fashion designer (1940s "New Look"). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Vance Packard in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania, USA; author (Hidden Persuaders). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Alec Dickson; founder (VSO). [1]
- Birth of Barbara Ward; economist/writer (Only One Earth). [1]
- Birth of Leo Lerman; actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Clifford Irving; Chairman (Isle of Man Government). [1]
- Birth of Lilli Palmer [Peiser] in Germany; actress (The Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar). [1]
- May 26
- Birth of Archie Duncan in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Sherlock Holmes). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Rose Stainton; CEO (British Airways). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Bobby Sherwood in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; orchestra leader, musical director, host (The Milton Berle Show (1952-53), The Red Buttons Show, Quick as a Flash, Stars on Parade, Masquerade Party, The Bert Parks Show). [1] [457]
- June 5
- Birth of Stan Jones in Douglas, Arizona, USA; actor (Sheriff of Cochise). [1]
- June 8
- Birth of Joseph de Pietro; US 56kg weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
- June 10
- Birth of Saul Bellow; author (Mr Sammler's Planet). [1]
- June 11
- Birth of Gerald Mohr in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Christopher - Foreign Intrigue). [1]
- Birth of Henry G Cisheros; American politician (Mayor-San Antonio, Texas). [1]
- June 12
- Birth of William Lundigan in Syracuse, New York, USA; announcer/host (Climax TV show, Shower of Stars), actor (Men into Space TV series). [1] [457]
- June 15
- Birth of Saul Steinberg in Romania; cartoonist, illustrator (The New Yorker). [1]
- June 17
- Birth of John Hersey; author (Hiroshima, A Bell for Adano). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Alan Cranston; American politician (Senator-Democrat-California) Presidential candidate. [1]
- Birth of Harry Lauter in White Plains, New York, USA; actor (Waterfront). [1]
- Birth of Lester Flatt; Earl Scrugg's partner ("Beverly Hillbillies theme"). [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Richard Maltby; orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show). [1]
- Birth of Wolfgang Windgassen in Annemasse, Germany; tenor (Stuttgart Opera). [1]
- June 27
- Birth of Giorgio Almirante in Italy; fascist (member of parliament (1948-87)). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Rafael Kubelik in Bychory, Czechoslovakia; conductor (Cornelia Farooli). [1]
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