Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1917

January 3
  • Birth of Vernon Walters in New York City, New York, USA; American permanent representative to the United Nations. [1]
January 4
  • Birth of Jesse Marc Weidenfeld AKA Jesse White in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Maytag Repairman in commercials, Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid, Private Secretary, Make Room for Daddy). [1] [457]
January 5
  • Birth of Darah Jane Mayfield AKA Jane Wyman in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; first Mrs Ronald Reagan, singer/dancer/actress (Magnificent Obsession, Johnny Belinda (Best Actress Academy Award), Angela Channing - Falcon Crest) (dies 2007). [1]
January 6
  • Birth of Guillermo Rosario in the Dutch Antilles; writer (E rais ku no ke muri). [1]
January 8
  • Birth of Stanley Prager in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (College Bowl). [1]
January 9
  • Birth of Herbert Lom in Czechoslovakia; actor (The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray). [1] (September 11 [5])
January 10
  • Birth of Jerry Wexler; music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan). [1]
January 16
  • Birth of Buddy Lester in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Nick - The Phil Silvers Show). [1]
January 21
  • Birth of Billy Maxted in Racine, Wisconsin, USA; pianist, songwriter, arranger (Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller's Orchestra) (dies 2001). [457]
January 29
  • Birth of John Raitt in Santa Ana, California, USA; actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game). [1]
February 5
  • Birth of Sári Gábor AKA Zsa Zsa Gabor in Budapest, Hungary; actress (Queen of Outer Space). [1]
February 7
  • Birth of Dick Emery in London, England; actor/comedian (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love). [1]
February 11
  • Birth of Sidney Sheldon in Chicago, Illinois, USA; author/producer (Patty Duke Show TV show, I Dream of Jeannie, Hart to Hart, Master of the Game, If Tomorrow Comes, Bloodline, The Other Side of Midnight, Windmills of the Gods, 1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony Award). [1] [457]
February 12
  • Birth of Thomas K Scherman in New York City, New York, USA; conductor (Little Orchestra Society 1947-75). [1]
February 13
  • Birth of Polly Rose; actress (Myrtle - Love That Jill). [1]
February 14
  • Birth of Herbert A Hauptman in New York City, New York, USA; x-ray crystallographer (Nobel Prize 1985). [1]

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February 18
  • Birth of Phyllis Calvert in London, England; actress (Man in Grey). [1]
February 19
  • Birth of Carson McCullers; US novelist (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter). [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Frederick Page; CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group). [1]
February 21
  • Birth of Victor G M Marijnen; Dutch premier (1963-65). [1]
February 22
  • Birth of Harmen van Rossum; civil servant/resistance fighter (WWII). [1]
  • Birth of Jack Robertson; cricket player (superb England batsman only played 11 Tests). [1]
February 24
  • Birth of William Fairbank in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; physicist (superconductivity). [1]
February 25
  • Birth of Anthony Burgess; essayist/novelist (A Clockwork Orange). [1]
  • Birth of Asta E R Elstak; Suriname/Dutch social worker. [1]
February 26
  • Birth of Robert Taft; American politician (Senator-Republican-Ohio). [1]
February 27
  • Birth of John Bowden Connally in Floresville, Texas, USA; Texas state Governor/Senator/Representative-Democrat/Representative. [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Hans Deutgen in Sweden; world champion archer. [1]
March 1
  • Birth of Dinah Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, USA; singer ("See the USA in a Chevrolet"). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Robert Lowell; poet/pacifist ("Lord Weary's Castle", "Near the Ocean"). [1]
March 2
  • Birth of Desi Arnaz in Santiago, Cuba; singer/actor (Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy). [1]
  • Birth of Jim Konstanty; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1950). [1]
March 3
  • Birth of Bert van Aerschot; Flemish writer (Elevator, Women). [1]
March 5
  • Birth of Virginia Christine in Stanton, Iowa, USA; actress (Tales of Wells Fargo). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of J A Mommersteeg; Dutch Assistant Secretary of Defense (KVP). [1]
  • Birth of Roy Scott; cricket player (one Test New Zealand versus England 1947, 18, 1-74). [1]
March 7
  • Birth of Davis Roberts in Mobile, Alabama, USA; actor (Mr Johnson - Boone). [1]
March 8
  • Birth of Arend Theodoor Mooij AKA A. Marja; Dutch literary (Shreds on the River). [1]
March 9
  • Birth of Dante B Fascell; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1955-). [1]
March 11
  • Birth of GE Göran Schildt; Finnish art historian/writer (Solbåten). [1]
March 12
  • Birth of Googie Withers in Karachi, India; actress (One of Our Aircraft is Missing). [1]
  • Birth of Leonard Chess in Poland; founder of the Chess record label (John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed). [457]
March 13
  • Birth of Ina Ray Hutton in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show). [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Vera Lynn; singer ("Anniversary Waltz"). [1]
  • Birth of Dolf Verspoor; literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958). [1]
  • Birth of Kalervo H Hortamo; Finnish poet (Sydänmaa). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Caddy; founder (Findhorn Community). [1]
March 22
  • Birth of Paul Rogers in Plympton, Devon, England; actor (Looking Glass War, Billy Budd). [1]
  • Birth of Virginia Grey in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho). [1]
March 23
  • Birth of Johnny Guarnieri in New York City, New York, USA; jazz pianist, musical director (Morey Amsterdam Show TV show, Tonight! America After Dark TV show). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Kenneth Tobey; actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders, Chuck - Whirlybirds). [1]
  • Birth of Patricia Burke in Milan, Italy; actress (Forbidden). [1]
March 26
  • Birth of Jean Graham Hall; circuit court judge (England). [1]
  • Birth of Rufus Thomas in Cayce, Mississippi, USA; singer ("Walking the Dog"). [1]
March 27
  • Birth of Cyrus R Vance; US Secretary of State (1977-80). [1]
  • Birth of Harry West; Unionist party leader (Unionist). [1]
March 29
  • Birth of Arthur Knight; CEO (Courtaulds). [1]
  • Birth of Man O' War; racehorse (winner of 20 out of 21 races and US$249,465). [1]
March 30
  • Birth of Herbert Anderson; actor (Henry - Dennis the Menace). [1]
April 1
  • Birth of Johnny Andrews in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; singer/host (Songs at Twilight). [1]
  • Birth of Leon Janney in Ogden, Utah, USA; actor (Hawk). [1]
April 2
  • Birth of Dabbs Greer in Fairview, Missouri, USA; actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie). [1]
  • Birth of Lou Monte in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, USA; singer ("Peppino the Italian Mouse"). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Bill Finegan in Newark, New Jersey, USA; musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Saturday Night Revue). [1]
April 4
  • Birth of Joseph Ortiz; French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising). [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Richard Yardumian in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer ("Come Creator Spirit"). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Albert Bloch; US sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho). [1]
April 6
  • Birth of Julian Faber; CEO (Willis Faber). [1]
  • Birth of Walter Horton AKA "Shakey" in Mississippi, USA; harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'). [1]
April 7
  • Birth of R G Armstrong in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actor (T.H.E. Cat, Gunsmoke, Trapper John MD, Friday the 13th). [1] [457]
April 10
  • Birth of Robert Burns Woodward; organic chemist (Nobel Prize 1965). [1]
April 12
  • Birth of M Marie Widlow in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957). [1]
  • Birth of Vinoo Mankad; cricket player (India's greatest all-rounder to his time). [1]
April 14
  • Birth of Valerie Hobson in North Ireland; actress (Great Expectations). [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Hans Conried in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (The Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy). [1]
April 16
  • Birth of Robert Haakon Nielsen AKA Barry Nelson AKA Barry Nielsen in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (My Favorite Husband TV show, The Hunter TV show, Hudson's Bay TV show). [1] [457]
April 18
  • Birth of Louise Frederika; Queen of Greece. [1]
April 21
  • Birth of Emanuel Vardi in Jerusalem; violist (San Diego Symphony 1978-82). [1]
April 22
  • Birth of Yvette Chauviré in France; ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty). [1]
  • Birth of Sidney Nolan in Australia; painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly). [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Jacob Kistemaker; nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge). [1]
April 25
  • Birth of Ella Fitzgerald in Newport News, Virginia, USA; jazz singer (The First Lady of Song, Is it live or Memorex, "A-Tisket A-Tasket") (dies 1996). [5] (1918 [1])
April 26
  • Birth of Ieoh Ming Pei in Canton, China; architect (1961 Brunner Prize). [1]
  • Birth of Sal Maglie AKA "The Barber"; pitcher (New York Giants, 8th best won-lost percentage). [1]
April 28
  • Birth of Joop Waasdorp; Dutch writer (Naked Life). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Anderson in New York City, New York, USA; writer (Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Cornthwaite in Saint Helen, Oregon, USA; actor (The Thing, War of the Worlds). [1]
April 29
  • Birth of Celeste Holm; actress (Archie Bunker's Place, Falcon Crest, Touched By An Angel). [457]
April 30
  • Birth of Bea Wain; US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade). [1] [457]
May 1
  • Birth of Danielle Darrieux in France; actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling). [1]
  • Birth of John Beradino in Los Angeles, California, USA; major league baseball player, TV actor (I Led Three Lives, The New Breed, Steve Hardy - General Hospital). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Lodewijk Gerard van Hensbergen AKA Lo van Hensbergen; author, actor (Amsterdam Affair). [1]
May 5
  • Birth of Ron Saggers; cricket wicket-keeper (effective New South Wales and Aussie late 1940s). [1]
May 7
  • Birth of David Tomlinson in Scotland; actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter). [1]
May 9
  • Birth of John Arnatt; actor (Circumstantial Evidence). [1]
May 14
  • Birth of Lou Harrison in Portland, Oregon, USA; composer (Rapunzel). [1]
May 16
  • Birth of George Gaynes in Helsinki, Finland; actor (Henry - Punky Brewster). [1] [457]
May 18
  • Birth of James Donald in Aberdeen, Scotland; actor (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Vikings). [1]
May 21
  • Birth of Dennis Day in New York City, New York, USA; comic actor/singer ("Danny Boy", Jack Benny Show radio show, Dennis Day Show radio show, Benny Show TV show). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Jean-Louis Curtis; French writer (Just Causes). [1]
  • Birth of Raymond Burr in New Westminster, BC, Canada; actor (Fort Laramie radio show, Perry Mason TV show (1957-66, two Emmy awards), Ironside TV show (1967-75), Godzilla). [1] [457]
May 24
  • Birth of Derek Hodgson; British high court judge. [1]
  • Birth of Theodore Hesburgh in Syracuse, New York, USA; president (Notre Dame). [1]
May 25
  • Birth of Steve Cochran in Eureka, California, USA; actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas). [1]
May 28
  • Birth of Barry Commoner in Brooklyn, New York, USA; biologist (Science and Survival). [1]
  • Birth of Gerald Cash; Governor-General (Bahamas). [1]
  • Birth of Marshall Reed in Englewood, California, USA; actor (Fred Asher - Lineup). [1]
  • Birth of Papa John Creech; rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane). [1]
May 29
  • Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; US Senator (Democrat-Massachusetts), 35th US President (1961-1963). [1] [410.80]
June 2
  • Birth of Max Showalter in Caldwell, Kansas, USA; actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show). [1]
June 4
  • Birth of Charles Collingwood in Michigan, USA; news commentator (CBS, Chronicles, host of Eyewitness to History TV series). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Howard Metzenbaum; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Ohio). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Anderson; author (Tea and Sympathy). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Merrill in Brooklyn, New York, USA; baritone (New York Metropolitan Opera). [1]
June 6
  • Birth of Kerkor Kerkorian AKA Kirk Kerkorian in Fresno, California, USA; CEO (MGM, United Artists). [1] [386.299]
June 7
  • Birth of Dean Martin; singer/comedian (partner for Jerry Lewis). [1]
  • Birth of Gwendolyn Brooks; US poet (The Bean Eaters). [1]
June 8
  • Birth of Byron Raymond White AKA Whizzer in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; NFL player/Supreme Court Justice. [1]
June 12
  • Birth of Priscilla Lane; US actress (Arsenic and Old Lace). [1]
June 13
  • Birth of Si (Simon) Zentner in New York City, New York, USA; trombonist/bandleader ("Up a Lazy River" (1961)). [457]
June 14
  • Birth of Lash La Rue in Gretna, Louisiana, USA; cowboy actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp). [1]
June 15
  • Birth of Bill Martin in Iowa, USA; moviemaker at 20th Century Fox, Disney Studios, Imagineers, extensive work on Disneyland, vice president of design 1971-77, planned Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, named Disney Legend 1994. [510.270]
June 16
  • Birth of Katharine Graham; newspaper publisher (Washington Post). [1]
June 18
  • Birth of Richard Boone in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Paladin - Have Gun Will Travel). [1]
June 30
  • Birth of Buddy Rich in Brooklyn, New York, USA; drummer/orchestra leader (with Bunny Berrigan, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich Band - "Away We Go"). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Lena Horne in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("Stormy Weather"). [1]
July 6
  • Birth of Dorothy Kirsten in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; lyric soprano ("A Time to Sing", 30 years at Metropolitan Opera, co-star on Lucky Strike Hit Parade, guest on Ed Sullivan Show, Colgate Comedy Hour, Dinah Shore Chevy Show). [1] [457]
July 7
  • Birth of Elton Britt in Marshall, Arkansas, USA; country singer ("Saturday Night Jamboree"). [1]
  • Birth of Lawrence F O'Brien; American politician (Watergate conspirators broke into his office). [1]
July 8
  • Birth of Faye Emerson in Elizabeth, Louisiana, USA; hostess (Paris Cavalcade of Fashions (1948), The Faye Emerson Show (1950), Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951), Author Meets the Critics (1952), Faye and Skitch (1953)), panellist (I've Got a Secret, Masquerade Party), actress (The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse, Goodyear Television Playhouse). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Glenn Langan in Denver, Colorado, USA; actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie). [1]
July 9
  • Birth of Ted Steele in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; orchestra leader (Cavalcade of Stars). [1]
July 12
  • Birth of Andrew Wyeth; US painter (Christina's World). [1]
July 14
  • Birth of Douglas Edwards in Ada, Oklahoma, USA; broadcast newsman (CBS radio, CBS Evening News (1948-1962), FYI). [1] [457]
July 16
  • Birth of William Bishop in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actor (Steve - It's a Great Life). [1]
July 17
  • Birth of Lou Bourdeau; baseball player/manager (1948 Associated Press Athlete of Year). [1]
  • Birth of Phyllis Diller in Lima, Ohio, USA; comedien (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number). [1] [5] [457]
July 19
  • Birth of William W Scranton; American politician (Governor-Republican-Pennsylvania). [1]
July 23
  • Birth of Kurt Kreuger in Saint Moritz, Switzerland; actor (Fear, Unfaithfully Yours). [1]
July 24
  • Birth of Robert Farnon AKA Robert Farnum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; composer-arranger-conductor (Happy Gang, Vera Lynn, film score for The Road to Hong Kong movie, Order of Canada 1998). [457]
  • Birth of Simon Slattvik in Norway; cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1952). [1]
July 26
  • Birth of Bertil Nordahl in Sweden; soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
  • Birth of Richard Burnell in England; double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
August 6
  • Birth of Robert Mitchum in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA; actor (The Winds of War TV mini-series, War and Remembrance TV mini-series, North and South). [1] [457]
August 15
  • Birth of Chuck Boyajian in Ohio, USA; Disneyland worker 1955-81 as Manager of Custodial Operations. [510.80]
August 16
  • Birth of Roque Cordero in Panama; composer (Sonata Breve). [1]
August 18
  • Birth of Casper Weinberger; US Secretary of Defense (1981-87). [1]
August 22
  • Birth of John Lee Hooker in Mississippi, USA; blues musician (Canned Heat). [1]
August 24
  • Birth of Dennis James in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ). [1]
August 25
  • Birth of Don Defore in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; actor (George - Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet). [1]
  • Birth of Mel Ferrer in Elberon, New Jersey, USA; actor (The Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor). [1]
August 26
  • Birth of Jan Clayton in Tularosa, New Mexico, USA; actress (Ellen Miller - Lassie). [1]
  • Birth of William French Smith in Wilton, New Hampshire, USA; US Attorney General (1981-85). [1]
August 29
  • Birth of Isabel Sanford in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Louise - The Jeffersons, All in the Family). [1] [457]
August 30
  • Birth of Julie Bishop in Denver, Colorado, USA; actress (Northern Pursuit, Threat). [1]
September 2
  • Birth of Cleveland Amory in Nahant, Massachusetts, USA; conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide). [1]
September 3
  • Birth of Edward Raymond Stanky AKA Eddie Stanky AKA The Brat; second baseman (Brooklyn Dodgers), Phil Rizzuto's nemesis. [1]
September 4
  • Birth of Henry Ford II; automaker (Ford). [1]
September 5
  • Birth of Jack Buetel in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (The Outlaw, Half Breed). [1]
September 11
  • Birth of Ferdinand Marcos; Philippines President (1965-86). [1]
September 13
  • Birth of Robert Ward in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; composer (Pantaloon). [1]
September 17
  • Birth of Lawrence Jacob in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA; artist (Sanitarium). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Bennett in London, England; actor (Leonides - Adventures of Sir Lancelot). [1]
September 20
  • Birth of Arnold Jacob Auerbach AKA Red Auerbach; NBA coach, general manager (Boston Celtics). [1]
September 23
  • Birth of Imry Nemeth in Hungary; hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
September 24
  • Birth of William Putnam Bundy in London, England; editor (Lvaggerier and Vagaries). [1]
September 27
  • Birth of Louis Auchincloss in Lawrence, New York, USA; lawyer/novelist (Watchfires). [1]
September 28
  • Birth of Michael Somes in England; ballet dancer (Royal Ballet in London). [1]
September 30
  • Birth of Chung Hee Park; general/president of South Korea (1961-79), assassinated. [1]
  • Birth of Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov in USSR; director (Taganka). [1]
October 4
  • Birth of Jan Murray AKA Murray Janofsky in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/TV host (Dollar a Second, Treasure Hunt, Songs for Sale, Sing It Again, Go Lucky, Blind Date, Who Killed Teddy Bear). [457]
October 7
  • Birth of Helmut Dantine in Vienna, Austria; actor (Shadow of the Cloak). [1]
  • Birth of June Allyson in The Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas). [1]
October 8
  • Birth of Danny Murtaugh; baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates). [1]
October 9
  • Birth of Kusuo Kitamura in Japan; 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932). [1]
October 13
  • Birth of Burr Tillstrom in Chicago, Illinois, USA; puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie). [1]
  • Birth of Laraine Day in Roosevelt, Utah, USA; actress (Dr Kildare, I've Got a Secret). [1]
October 15
  • Birth of Jan Miner in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Madge - commercials for Palmolive Dishwashing Detergent). [457]
  • Birth of Arthur Schlesinger Junior; historian/author (1946 Pulitzer - Age of Jackson). [1]
  • Birth of Jan Miner in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Crime Photographer). [1]
October 17
  • Birth of Marsha Hunt in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Jennifer - Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw). [1]
October 20
  • Birth of Jean-Pierre Melville in Paris, France; director (Un Flic). [1]
October 21
  • Birth of Dizzy Gillespie in South Carolina, USA; jazz and bebop trumpeter. [1] [5] [457]
October 22
  • Birth of Joan Fontaine in Tokyo, Japan; actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca). [1]
October 23
  • Birth of Robert Bray in Kalispell, Montana, USA; actor (Corey - Lassie, Stagecoach West). [1] [457]
October 27
  • Birth of Oliver Tambo; leader of African National Congress. [1]
October 29
  • Birth of Henry Carlsson in Sweden; soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
October 30
  • Birth of Ruth Hussey in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actress (Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story). [1]
November 2
  • Birth of Ann Rutherford in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Blondie radio show, Andy Hardy movie series, Gone with the Wind movie, The Bob Newhart Show TV show), panelist (Leave it to the Girls). [457]
  • Birth of Durward Knowles in England; yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas). [1]
November 7
  • Birth of Helen Suzman in Germiston, Gauteng; South African Member of Parliament and anti-apartheid campaigner. [57]
November 12
  • Birth of Jo Stafford in Coalinga, California, USA; singer (The Stafford Sisters, The Pied Pipers, "Shrimp Boats Are A-Comin'", "Jambalaya", "Long Ago and Far Away", "You Belong to Me", "Make Love to Me"). [457]
November 13
  • Birth of Robert Sterling in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (George Kirby - Adventures of Topper). [1]
November 17
  • Birth of Jack Lescoulie in Sacramento, California, USA; announcer and TV host (Today Show TV show, Jackie Gleason Show TV show). [1] [457]
November 19
  • Birth of Indira Gandhi in Allahabad, India; Indian Prime Minister (1966-77, 1980-84). [1]
November 20
  • Birth of Robert Byrd; American politician (Democrat-Senator-West Virginia) majority leader. [1]
November 23
  • Birth of George O'Hanlon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Calvin - Life of Riley, George Jetson - The Jetsons). [1]
  • Birth of Michael Gough in Malaya; actor (Search for the Nile). [1]
November 24
  • Birth of Howard Duff in Bremerton, Washington, USA; actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing). [1]
November 27
  • Birth of Robert Emil Schmidt AKA Buffalo Bob Smith in Buffalo, New York, USA; TV host (Howdy Doody). [1] [5] [457]
December 1
  • Birth of Marty Marion; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1944). [1]
  • Birth of William Tracy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (To the Shores of Tripoli). [1]
December 2
  • Birth of Ezra Stone; US actor/producer (Henry Aldrich). [1]
December 7
  • Birth of Helen Gurley Brown; editor-in-chief (Cosmopolitan). [1]
December 8
  • Birth of Rufo I Wever; Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ). [1]
December 12
  • Birth of Heinrich Böll in Germany; writer (Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel Prize 1972). [1]
December 13
  • Birth of Dave Street in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/singer (Broadway Open House). [1]
December 14
  • Birth of Elyse Knox in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold). [1]
  • Birth of Wilf Ferguson; cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years). [1]
December 16
  • Birth of Arthur Charles Clarke; sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood's End). [1]
December 18
  • Birth of Ossie Davis in Cogdell, Georgia, USA; actor/playwright (Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Alicia Alonso in Havana, Cuba; ballerina (American Ballet Theatre). [1]
  • Birth of Andre Eglevsky; choreographer (Limelight). [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Andrew Fielding Huxley in London, England; physiologist (Nobel Prize 1963). [1]
  • Birth of Gene Rayburn in Christopher, Illinois, USA; TV game show host (Match Game). [1]
  • Birth of Piet De Somer; Belgian rector (University of Leuven). [1]
December 26
  • Birth of Rosemary Woods; US President Richard Nixon's secretary. [1]
December 27
  • Birth of Earl of Inchcape; English large landowner/industrialist (P&O). [1]
December 28
  • Birth of Ellis Clarke; President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-87). [1]
December 29
  • Birth of Tom Bradley; American politician (Mayor-Democrat-Los Angeles) (1973-93). [1]
December 30
  • Birth of Nancy Coleman in Everett, Washington, USA; actress (Edge of Darkness). [1]

End of 1917. Next: 1918.

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