- July 8
- Birth of Craig Stevens AKA Gail Shikles Junior in Liberty, Missouri, USA; actor (Peter Gunn, Craig - Dallas (1978), Man of the World (1962)). [1] [457]
- July 14
- Birth of Arthur Laurents in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy). [1]
- Birth of Ernst Ingmar Bergman in Uppsala, Sweden; director (Cries and Whispers). [1] [7]
- Birth of Jay Wright Forrester; invented random-access magnetic core memory. [1]
- July 18
- Birth of Jane Frazee in Duluth, Minnesota, USA; actress/singer (Alice - Beulah). [1]
- Birth of Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa; political prisoner (African National Congress), South African President. [1] [5]
- Birth of Pamela Brown in England; actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula). [1]
- July 24
- Birth of Ruggiero Ricci in San Francisco, California, USA; violinist (Paganini). [1]
- July 26
- Birth of Marjorie Lord; actress (Make Room for Daddy). [457]
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- July 27
- Birth of Leonard Rose in Washington DC, USA; concert cellist (New York Philharmonic 1943-51). [1]
- August 3
- Birth of James MacGregor Burns; political writer (The Lion and the Fox). [1]
- August 8
- Birth of Rory Calhoun in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill - Texan). [1]
- August 13
- Birth of Frederick Sanger in England; chemist (Nobel Prize 1958, 1980). [1]
- August 17
- Birth of Mort Marshall in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Cully - Dumplings). [1]
- August 25
- Birth of Richard Greene in Plymouth, England; actor (Adventures of Robin Hood). [1]
- August 30
- Birth of Ted Williams; baseball's last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox, hit .406, .344 lifetime). [1]
- August 31
- Birth of Alan Jay Lerner; lyricist composer (Lerner and Leowe - My Fair Lady). [1]
- September 2
- Birth of Allen Drury; author (Advise and Consent - 1960 Pulitzer Prize). [1]
- September 3
- Birth of Helen Wagner in Lubbock, Texas, USA; actress (Nancy - As the World Turns). [1] [457]
- September 4
- Birth of Gerald Wilson in Shelby, Mississippi, USA; orchestra leader (Redd Foxx). [1]
- Birth of Paul Harvey in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; news commentator (The rest of the story) (dies 2009). [1] [5]
- Birth of William Talbert; tennis doubles champion (US 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948). [1]
- September 13
- Birth of Ray Charles in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Perry Como). [1]
- September 14
- Birth of Jack Somack in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show). [1]
- September 21
- Birth of Rand Brooks in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Corporal Boone - Rin Tin Tin). [1]
- September 22
- Birth of Henryk Szeryng in Zelazowa Wola, Poland; violinist (Brahms Concerto). [1]
- September 25
- Birth of Phil Rizzuto in Brooklyn, New York, USA; sportscaster/shortstop (New York Yankees, Most Valuable Player 1950). [1]
- September 27
- Birth of Jame McCallion in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Mi Taylor - National Velvet). [1]
- Birth of Martin Ryle in Britain; radio astronomer, astronomer royal 1972-82. [1]
- October 9
- Birth of E Howard Hunt in Hamburg, New York, USA; involved in Watergate break-in. [1]
- October 10
- Birth of Bobby Byrne in Columbus, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (Club Seven). [1]
- Birth of Thelonious Monk; jazz pianist ("Monk's Dream"). [1]
- October 11
- Birth of Jerome Robbins; choreographer/composer (Tony - West Side Story). [1]
- October 17
- Birth of Rita Hayworth in New York, USA; actress (Gilda, Pal Joey) (dies 1987, Alzheimer victim). [1] [5]
- October 18
- Birth of Bobby Troup in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; pianist/actor (Emergency TV show, Acapulco). [1] [457]
- October 19
- Birth of Bob Sweeney in California, USA; comic actor (Our Miss Brooks, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Brothers), director (The Andy Griffith Show, Doris Day Show, The Love Boat). [457]
- October 20
- Birth of Anton Diffring in Koblenz, Germany; actor (Assignment Vienna). [1]
- October 23
- Birth of James Daly in Wisconsin, USA; actor (Foreign Intrigue TV show, Medical Center TV show). [1] [457]
- October 25
- Birth of Bobby Gimby in Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada; trumpeter-songwriter (The Happy Gang radio show, "CA-NA-DA" 1967 song, Kitsilano Boys Band, Mart Kenney's Western Gentlemen, Juliette show). [457]
- October 27
- Birth of Paul Dixon in Earling, Iowa, USA; Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon Show). [1]
- Birth of Teresa Wright in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Pride of the Yankees). [1]
- October 30
- Birth of Ted Williams; Boston Red Sox hitter (American League Most Valuable Player 1946, 1949; Triple Crown 1942, 1947). [1]
- November 2
- Birth of Janette Davis in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; singer (Arthur Godfrey Time radio and TV show), producer (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts). [457]
- November 3
- Birth of Bob Feller; pitcher (Cleveland Indians, three no-hitters). [1]
- Birth of Russell B Long; American politician (Democrat-Senator-Louisiana). [1]
- November 4
- Birth of Art Carney in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Ed Norton - The Honeymooners). [1] [457]
- Birth of Cameron Mitchell in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Buck Cannon - High Chaparral, Black Beauty, Dream West, How the West Was Won). [1] [457]
- November 7
- Birth of Billy Graham in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; evangelist (Crusades). [1]
- November 9
- Birth of Florence Chadwick; swimmer (Swimming Hall of Fame). [1]
- Birth of Howard Shanet in Brooklyn, New York, USA; conductor (Night of the Tropics). [1]
- Birth of Spiro Theodore Agnew; American politician (Republican) 39th Vice President (1973-77). [1]
- November 10
- Birth of Jack McCoy in Akron, Ohio, USA; TV host (Live Like a Millionaire). [1]
- November 11
- Birth of Stubby Kaye in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Guys and Dolls, Lil' Abner, Cat Ballou). [1]
- November 12
- Birth of Jo Stafford in Coalinga, California, USA; singer ("I'll Never Smile Again"). [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Dora Ratjen in Germany; man posing as woman high jumper (Olympics-4th-1936). [1]
- November 22
- Birth of Claiborne Pell; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Rhode Island). [1]
- November 24
- Birth of Tom C Fouts AKA Captain Stubby in Carroll County, Indiana, USA; actor (Polka-go-round). [1]
- November 27
- Birth of Stephen Elliott in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Chicago Hope, Trial and Error, Saint Elsewhere, Falcon Crest, Executive Suite, Beacon Hill, A World Apart, As The World Turns). [457]
- November 29
- Birth of Herb Shriner in Toledo, Ohio, USA; host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show). [1]
- November 30
- Birth of Efrem Zimbalist Junior in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The FBI, 77 Sunset Strip, Scruples, voice of Alfred - Batman-the Animated Series). [5] [457]
- December 2
- Birth of Milton Delugg in Los Angeles, California, USA; orchestra leader (The Tonight Show). [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Harold Horace Hopkins; inventor (Endoscope). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of Gérard Souzay in Angers, France; baritone (Le Nozze di Figaro). [1]
- Birth of Ian Johnson; cricket player (Australian Test captain between Hassett and Craig). [1]
- December 9
- Birth of Issur Danielovitch AKA Izzy Demsky AKA Kirk Douglas; actor (Gunfight at the OK Corral, Seven Days in May). [1]
- December 10
- Birth of Anne Gwynne in Waco, Texas, USA; actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein). [1]
- Birth of Professor Longhair; king of New Orleans music. [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Russia; writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel Prize 1970). [1] [5]
- December 12
- Birth of Joe Williams in Cordele, Georgia, USA; jazz singer ("Everyday I Have the Blues"). [1]
- Birth of Nilda Maria Geerdink-Jesurun Pinto; Curaçao writer (Nanzi). [1]
- December 14
- Birth of James T. Aubrey Junior in Illinois, USA; movie/TV executive (president of CBS, president of MGM). [457]
- December 15
- Birth of Ira Grossel AKA Jeff Chandler in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Broken Arrow, Away All Boats). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Audrey Totter in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up). [1]
- December 21
- Birth of Donald Regan; White House staffer/US Secretary of Treasury (1981-85). [1]
- Birth of Kurt Waldheim; Nazi/4th United Nations Secretary-General (1972-81)/Austrian President (1986-92). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Frankie Darro in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Helmut Schmidt; Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974-82). [1]
- Birth of José Greco in Italy; flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers). [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat AKA Anwar el-Sadat; Egyptian President (1970-81, Nobel Prize 1978). [1] [5]
- Birth of Eddie Safranski in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show). [1]
- December 30
- Birth of W Eugene Smith; American photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden). [1]
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