- January 9
- Birth of Alain Bernardin; impressario (Crazy Horse Saloon). [1]
- Birth of Victor Mizzy in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader, composer (The Don Rickles Show, Green Acres, The Addams Family). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Bernard Blier in Buenos Aires, Argentina; actor (Les Miserables). [1]
- Birth of James Henry Quillen AKA Jimmy Quillen in Scott County, Virginia, USA; American politician (Representative-Republican-Tennessee, 1963-1997). [1]
- January 12
- Birth of Pieter Willem Botha in Orange Free State; Prime Minister of South Africa (1978-1984), President of South Africa (1984-1989). [1]
- January 13
- Birth of Osa Massen in Copenhagen, Denmark; actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Joel Herron in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show). [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Alec Coxon; cricket player (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 and 1-82). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Johan Adolf Pengel AKA Jopie Pengel in Paramaribo, Suriname; premier of Suriname (1963-69). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of Vic Stollmeyer; cricket player (brother of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings). [1]
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- January 31
- Birth of Ciro D Crown; premier of Dutch Antilles (1968-69). [1]
- Birth of Franciszek Andrzej Pajkowski AKA Frank Andrew Parker AKA Frankie Parker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; tennis champion (US Open-1944). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Gordon Hobday; Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire). [1]
- February 4
- Birth of Gavin Buchanan Ewart; English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Edward Ross Roybal AKA Ed Roybal in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1963-1993). [1]
- February 12
- Birth of Joseph Lawrence Alioto in San Francisco, California, USA; American politician (Mayor of San Francisco 1968-1976). [1]
- Birth of Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske in Györ, Austria-Hungary; Austrian composer (Vom Tode). [1]
- February 13
- Birth of James Griffith in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Sheriff of Cochise). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Edward Platt in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Chief - Get Smart). [1]
- Birth of Masaki Kobayashi; Japanese director (Joi-uchi). [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Ian Keith Ballantine in New York City, New York, USA; publisher (Ballantine Books). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Bill Doggett; pianist and organist ("Honky Tonk" (1956)). [1] [457]
- February 17
- Birth of Don Tallon; cricket player (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper). [1]
- Birth of Raf Vallone in Tropea, Italy; actor (El Cid, Two Women, Greek Tycoon). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Jean Drapeau; mayor of Montréal, Quebec, Canada (1954-1957, 1960-1986). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Eddie Arcaro; jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, two triple crowns). [1]
- February 20
- Birth of Paul Tripp in New York City, New York, USA; TV host (Mr I Magination). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of George Abel in Canada; ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1972). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Ralph Baldwin; harness driver (set 11 major world records). [1]
- February 26
- Birth of Jackie Gleason in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (The Life of Riley (1949), Cavalcade of Stars (1950), Ralph Kramden - The Honeymooners). [1] [5] [457]
- Birth of Ross Gregory; cricket player (Australian batsman 1936-37, died in WWII). [1]
- February 29
- Birth of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, USA; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award). [457]
- March 4
- Birth of Giorgio Bassani; Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Rochelle Hudson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (That's My Boy). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of James Herriot in Scotland; writer (All Creatures Great and Small). [1]
- Birth of Manuel A. Greenhill AKA Manny Greenhill in New York, USA; record producer (Folklore Productions), concert promoter. [1]
- March 11
- Birth of James Harold Wilson AKA Harold Wilson in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England; British Prime Minister (1964-70, 1974-76). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs AKA Lindy Boggs in Brunswick Plantation, Louisiana, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1973-1991). [1]
- March 15
- Birth of Geert Lubberhuizen; publisher (Busy Bee). [1]
- Birth of Henry Haag James AKA Harry James in Albany Georgia, USA; bandleader, trumpeter ("You Made Me Love You"). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Lloyd McBride; union president (United Steelworkers). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Irving Wallace; author (People's Almanac, The Man). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Pierre Messmer; Prime Minister (France). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of George Wyle in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (The Jerry Lewis Show, The Flip Wilson Show). [1]
- Birth of Josephine van Gasteren; Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Bill Edrich; cricket player (Middlesex and England bat, Compton's mate). [1]
- Birth of Christian B Anfinsen; US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel Prize 1972). [1]
- Birth of Mort Abrahams; producer (Dr Doolittle, Planet Of Apes). [1]
- Birth of Sterling Hayden in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra). [1]
- Birth of Vic Schoen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show). [1]
- March 29
- Birth of Eugene Joseph McCarthy in Watkins, Minnesota, USA; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Minnesota, Presidential candidate 1968). [1]
- Birth of John Paul; Governor-General (Bahamas). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of John Vivyan in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Herb Caen in Sacramento, California, USA; columnist (San Francisco Chronicle). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of David White; actor (Larry Tate - Bewitched). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Eldred Gregory Peck to Gregory Peck and Bernice Ayers in La Jolla, California, USA; actor (Days of Glory film (1944), The Guns of Navarone film (1961), The Omen film (1976)), President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Founding Chairman of the American Film Institute, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969). [1493.20]
- April 9
- Birth of Julian Dash in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; composer/saxophonist ("Tuxedo Junction"). [457]
- April 11
- Birth of Alberto E Ginastera in Buenos Aires, Argentina; composer (Panambi). [1]
- Birth of Dan Fortmann; NFL guard (Chicago Bears). [1]
- Birth of Howard Koch; producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari; cricket player (India 1947-48). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Sirimavo Bandaranaike; Prime Minister (Sri Lanka, 1960-77). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Sidney Clute in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Yehudi Menuhin in New York City, New York, USA; violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Bud Wilkinson; college football coach (Oklahoma). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of Stanley Kauffmann in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (Red Handkerchief Man). [1]
- April 26
- Birth of Morris L West in Australia; novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Robert Shaw in Red Bluff, California, USA; chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale). [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Glenn Ford in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; actor (Cade's County, The Family Holvak, Big Heat, Midway). [1] [5] [457]
- Birth of Jack Paar in Canton, Ohio, USA; actor/comedian/TV host (The Breakfast Club radio show, Up to Paar TV show, Bank on the Stars TV show, Early Show, Tonight Show). [1] [5] [457]
- May 3
- Birth of Henry Barbosa Gonzalez in San Antonio, Texas; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Texas, 1961-). [1]
- Birth of Pierre Emmanuel; French poet (Sodome). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Milton Babbitt; US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Camilo José Manuel Juan Ramón Francisco de Jerónimo Cela y Trulock AKA Camilo José Cela in Padrón, Galicia, Spain; author (La Colmena - 1951, Nobel Prize in Literature 1989). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Bill Williams in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Adriana Caselotti; cartoon voice (Snow White - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). [1]
- Birth of Bernard Braden in Vancouver, BC, Canada; broadcaster/actor (An Evening At Home With Bernard Braden And Barbara Kelly, The Braden Beat TV show, Sweepstakes Game TV show, All Night Lone, Full Treatment). [1] [457]
- Birth of Ephraim Katzir; biophysicist/President (Israel). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Owen Chadwick; chancellor (University of East Anglia). [1]
- May 21
- Birth of Harold Robbins in New York City, New York, USA; author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Margaret Hayden Rector; playwright (living legacy award 1995). [1]
- May 24
- Birth of Roden Cutler; governor (New South Wales). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Norman Griggs; Vice President (Building Society Association). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Thora Hird; actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving). [1]
- Birth of Walker Percy in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; author (Adventures of a Bad Catholic). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Dr Joseph W Kennedy; scientist (one of four discoverers of plutonium). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Bert Haanstra in Holten, Netherlands; director (Fanfare). [1]
- Birth of John Vivyan; actor (Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life). [1]
- Birth of Judy Campbell; actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie). [1]
- June 8
- Birth of Francis Crick; codiscovered DNA's structure (Nobel Prize 1962). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of Robert Strange McNamara in San Francisco, California, USA; US Secretary of Defense (1961-68), head of World Bank. [1]
- June 12
- Birth of Irwin Allen; disaster-movie producer (Towering Inferno). [1]
- June 14
- Birth of Dorothy McGuire in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Rich Man, Poor Man, Old Yeller, Summer Magic, Little Women, The Young and The Restless, St. Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, The Love Boat). [457]
- June 23
- Birth of Irene Worth in Nebraska, USA; actress (Deathtrap, Nicolas and Alexandra). [1]
- June 24
- Birth of John Ciardi; poet/critic (translated Dante). [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Alex Dreier in Honolulu, Hawaii; newscaster (What's it all about World?). [1]
- June 29
- Birth of Ruth Warwick in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; actress (All My Children, Peyton Place). [1]
- June 30
- Birth of David Wayne; actor (Adam's Rib, The Andromeda Strain, Three Faces of Eve). [1]
- July 1
- Birth of Olivia de Havilland in Tokyo, Japan; actress (The Adventures of Robin Hood). [1] [5]
- July 2
- Birth of Barry Gray AKA Bernard Yaroslaw in Red Lion, New Jersey, USA; New York radio personality, father of the "Call-In" radio format. [1] [457]
- Birth of Ken Curtis in Las Animas, Colorado, USA; singer (Shep Fields Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, Roy Rogers, The Sons of the Pioneers), actor (Festus - Gunsmoke, Ripcord, The Yellow Rose). [1] [457]
- July 4
- Birth of Tokyo Rose AKA Iva Toguri D'Aquino in Los Angeles, California, USA; made WWII Japanese propaganda broadcasts from Radio Tokyo (never convicted of treason). [1] [457]
- July 9
- Birth of Edward Heath; (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1970-74). [1]
- July 11
- Birth of Edward Gough Whitlam AKA Gough Whitlam in Kew, Melbourne, Australia; Australian Prime Minister (1972-75). [1]
- July 17
- Birth of Eleanor Steber in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA; soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940). [1]
- July 18
- Birth of Harriet Hilliard Nelson; singer/actress (Ozzie and Harriet). [1]
- July 19
- Birth of Phillip Cavaretta; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1945). [1]
- July 23
- Birth of Ben Weber in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; composer (Thorne Music Award-1965). [1]
- July 24
- Birth of Bob Eberly in Mechanicsville, New York, USA; big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra, "Green Eyes", "Tangerine and Amapola", "The Breeze and I", "Besame Mucho"). [1] [457]
- Birth of John D MacDonald; novelist (Deep Blue Goodbye). [1]
- July 27
- Birth of Keenan (Francis Xavier Aloysius) Wynn in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dr Strangelove, The Absent Minded Professor, Dallas TV show, The Last Precinct TV show, Zero Hour TV show). [1] [457]
- July 28
- Birth of David Brown in New York City, New York, USA; director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes). [1]
- Birth of Laird Cregar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square). [1]
- July 31
- Birth of Bill Todman in New York City, New York, USA; game show producer (The Price is Right, To Tell the Truth, Beat the Clock, I've Got a Secret, What's My Line). [457]
- August 2
- Birth of Beatrice Straight in Old Westbury, New York, USA; actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story). [1]
- August 6
- Birth of Michael Burke; sports executive (New York Yankees, New York Knicks). [1]
- August 18
- Birth of Elsa Morante in Italy; writer (L'isola di Arturo). [1]
- Birth of Moura Lympany in Saltash, England; pianist (Order of the British Empire-1979). [1]
- August 19
- Birth of Marie Wilson in Anaheim, California, USA; actress (My Friend Irma). [1]
- August 25
- Birth of Van Johnson in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; actor (Brigadoon). [1]
- August 27
- Birth of Martha Raye AKA Margaret Reed in Butte, Montana, USA; actress, singer and comedienne (Martha Raye Show TV show). [1] [457]
- August 28
- Birth of Charles Wright Mills in Waco, Texas, USA; US sociologist, writer (The Power Elite). [1]
- August 29
- Birth of George Montgomery in Brady, Montana, USA; actor (Battle of the Bulge, Hallucination). [1]
- August 31
- Birth of Daniel Schorr; broadcast journalist (CBS). [1]
- September 2
- Birth of Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney; winner of more than 141 US tennis titles. [1]
- Birth of Penny Santon in Greenwich Village, New York, USA; actress (Roll Out, Matt Houston). [1]
- September 13
- Birth of Dick Haymes in Buenos Aires, Argentina; singer ("I'll Get By", "You'll Never Know", "Mamselle", "Little White Lies"). [457]
- September 14
- Birth of Eric Bentley in England; critic/writer (In Search of Theater). [1]
- September 15
- Birth of Margaret Lockwood; actress (The Lady Vanishes). [1]
- September 18
- Birth of John J Rhodes; American politician (Representative-Republican-Arizona). [1]
- Birth of Rossano Brazzi in Bologna, Italy; actor (Antaeus - Survivors). [1]
- September 28
- Birth of Peter Finch; actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe). [1]
- September 29
- Birth of Trevor Howard in England; actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Ryan's Daughter). [1]
- October 7
- Birth of Walt W Rostow; economist (Politics and Stages of Growth). [1]
- October 8
- Birth of Spark Matsunaga; American politician (Democrat-Hawaii-Senator). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of C Everett Koop; US surgeon general (1981-89). [1]
- October 19
- Birth of David Lewis in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Edward Quartermaine - General Hospital). [1] [457]
- Birth of Emil Gilels in Odessa, Russia; pianist (Brussels Competition-1938). [1]
- October 22
- Birth of Sid Miller in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Donald O'Connor Texaco Show). [1]
- October 26
- Birth of François Mitterand in Jarnac, France; President of France (1981-1995). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Walter Cronkite in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81). [1]
- November 6
- Birth of Ray Conniff in Massachusetts, USA; chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers - "Somewhere My Love", "S'wonderful"). [1] [457]
- November 7
- Birth of Joe Bushkin in New York City, New York, USA; jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes). [1]
- November 8
- Birth of June Havoc in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (Willy, Panic, General Electric Theater). [1]
- Birth of Peter Weiss in Germany; Swedish writer/dramatist/novelist (Marat/Sade). [1]
- November 10
- Birth of Billy May in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (The Milton Berle Show). [1]
- Birth of Guido Turchi in Rome, Italy; composer (Invettiva). [1]
- November 13
- Birth of Jack Elam in Miami, Arizona, USA; actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo). [1]
- November 14
- Birth of Sherwood Schwartz in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; TV writer/producer (Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch). [457]
- November 16
- Birth of Daws Butler in Toledo, Ohio, USA; cartoon voice (Elroy Jetson - The Jetsons). [1] [5]
- November 17
- Birth of Frank Maxwell in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Our Man Higgins TV show, Felony Squad TV show, Return to Peyton Place TV show, The Young Marrieds TV show, General Hospital TV show). [457]
- November 20
- Birth of Judy Canova in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; comedienne/actress (Cannonball). [1]
- Birth of Robert A Bruce in Maryland, USA; pioneer (exercise cardiology). [1]
- November 21
- Birth of Sid Luckman; NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears). [1]
- November 28
- Birth of Guy Lapebie in France; 100km cyclist (Olympic-silver-1936). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of John Bentley in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England; actor (The Chair, Hammer the Toff). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Wolfgang Hildesheimer; German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biography). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Perez Prado in Cuba; mambo singer ("Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (1955), "Patricia", "Mambo No. 5", "Mambo No. 8"). [457]
- December 15
- Birth of Maurice Wilkins in England; physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel Prize 1962). [1]
- December 17
- Birth of Antoine Gerard Theodore Hermans AKA Toon Hermans in Sittard, Netherlands; Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes). [1]
- December 18
- Birth of Betty Grable in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Gay Divorcee). [1] [5]
- December 19
- Birth of Adriaan van der Veen; Dutch writer (Sister at Sea). [1]
- Birth of Hal Hastings in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway). [1]
- Birth of Mervyn Wallace; cricket player (13 Tests for New Zealand, latterly as captain). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Noel Johnson; British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Suzy Delair in Paris, France; actress (Utopia, White Paws). [1]
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