Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1920

July 3
  • Birth of Louise Allbritton in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (Celia - Stage Door, Got a Secret). [1]
July 4
  • Birth of Leona Helmsley; (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire. [1]
July 8
  • Birth of Dolph Sweet in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gimme a Break, Trials of O'Brien). [1]
July 10
  • Birth of David Brinkley in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA; TV journalist (NBC Nightly News 1956-70, This Week with David Brinkley). [1] [5] [457]
  • Birth of Owen Chamberlain; codiscovered antiproton (Nobel Prize 1959). [1]
July 11
  • Birth of Yul Brynner; actor (The King and I, The Ten Commandments) (dies 1985). [1] [5]
July 12
  • Birth of Pierre Berton in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada; journalist, editor, broadcaster, author (Front Page Challenge). [457]
  • Birth of Keith Andes in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats). [1]
July 17
  • Birth of Juan Antonio Samaranch in Barcelona, Spain; ambassador to the Soviet Union, International Olympic Committee president (1980-2001). [57]
  • Birth of Bill Monroe in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report). [1]
  • Birth of Rudolf Karpati in Hungary; sabres (Olympic-gold-1956, 1960). [1]
July 19
  • Birth of Robert Mann in Portland, Oregon, USA; violinist (String Quartet 1952). [1]
July 20
  • Birth of Elliot L Richardson; US Attorney General (1973), US Secretary of Defense (1973). [1]
  • Birth of Lev Aronin; USSR International Chess Master (1950). [1]
July 21
  • Birth of Isaac Stern in Kremenetz, Russia; violinist (debut San Francisco Symphony). [1]
July 24
  • Birth of Alexander H Cohen in New York City, New York, USA; Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe). [1]

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  • Birth of Bella Abzug; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New York). [1]
July 26
  • Birth of Bob Waterfield; NFL quarterback (Cleveland Rams). [1]
July 27
  • Birth of Henry D. (Homer) Haynes near Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; country comedy duo of Homer and Jethro ("The Battle of Kookamonga", "That Hound Dog in the Window"). [457]
  • Birth of Beatrice Pearson in Texas, USA; actress (Moving Finger). [1]
August 1
  • Birth of Sammy Lee; American platform diver (Olympic-gold-1948, 1952). [1]
August 3
  • Birth of Maria Karnilova in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Olga - Ivan the Terrible). [1]
  • Birth of P.D. James; mystery writer ("Cover Her Face"). [1]
August 4
  • Birth of Helen Thomas; UPI journalist (starts press conferences). [1]
August 5
  • Birth of Selma Diamond in London, Ontario, Canada; comedienne (Selma - Night Court). [1]
August 10
  • Birth of Red Holzman; NBA coach (New York Knickerbockers). [1]
August 11
  • Birth of William Masselos in Niagara Falls, New York, USA; pianist/professor (Juiliard 1976). [1]
August 13
  • Birth of George Shearing in London, England; blind pianist/composer ("Lullabye of Byrdland"). [1]
August 14
  • Birth of Nehemiah Persoff; actor (Al Capone, Yentl). [1]
August 15
  • Birth of Huntz Hall; actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game). [1]
August 17
  • Birth of Georgia Gibbs in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; singer ("Ballin the Jack", "Kiss of Fire"). [1]
August 20
  • Birth of István Szivós in Hungary; water polo player (Olympic-gold-1976). [1]
August 22
  • Birth of Dr Denton Cooley; heart surgeon (first artifical heart transplant). [1]
  • Birth of Ray Bradbury in Illinois, USA; sci-fi author (Fahrenheit 451, Illustrated Man). [1] [5]
September 4
  • Birth of Craig Claiborne; food columnist (New York Times Cookbook). [1]
September 9
  • Birth of Wally Boag in Portland, Oregon, USA; performer at Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue about 40,000 times from 1955 to 1982, actor in The Absent-Minded Professor, The Love Bug, voice of Jose parrot in Enchanted Tiki Room, named a Disney Legend in 1995. [510.80]
September 12
  • Birth of Irene Daily; actress (Liz - Another World, Grissom Gang). [1]
September 13
  • Birth of Carole Mathews in Montgomery, Illinois, USA; actress (Wilma - The Californians). [1]
September 14
  • Birth of Bud Palmer in Hollywood, California, USA; NBA player (New York Knicks)/sportscaster. [1]
September 16
  • Birth of Franco Pandolfini in Italy; water polo (Olympic-gold-1948). [1]
September 18
  • Birth of Jack Warden in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby). [1] [5]
September 22
  • Birth of Bob Lemon; pitcher (Cleveland Indians)/manager (New York Yankees). [1]
September 23
  • Birth of Mickey Rooney in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Bill, Andy Hardy, Sugar Babies, Black Stallion, One of the Boys). [1] [457]
September 25
  • Birth of Sergey Bondarchuk in Belozerka, Ukraine; director (War and Peace). [1]
September 27
  • Birth of Jayne Meadows Cotter in Wu-ch'ang, China; actress (Dark Delusion), panelist (I've Got a Secret TV show). [1] [457]
  • Birth of William Conrad in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Bullwinkle Show, Marshall Dillon - Gunsmoke radio show, Cannon TV show, Jake and the Fatman). [1] [457]
September 29
  • Birth of James Mitchell in California, USA; actor (Oklahoma, Devil's Doorway). [1]
October 1
  • Birth of Lonny Chapman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Investigator, For the People). [1]
  • Birth of Walter Matthau in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Odd Couple, The Bad News Bears). [1] [457]
October 8
  • Birth of Frank Herbert; sci-fi writer (Dune). [1]
  • Birth of Maxie Herber in Germany; figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936). [1]
  • Birth of Ron Randell in Sydney, Australia; actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera). [1]
October 13
  • Birth of Albert Hague in Berlin, Germany; actor (Mr Shorofsky - Fame). [1]
  • Birth of Nipsey Russell in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; comedian (Car 54, Barefoot in the Park). [1]
October 17
  • Birth of Montgomery Clift; actor (From Here to Eternity). [1]
October 19
  • Birth of LaWanda Page in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actress (Aunt Esther - Sanford and Son, Amen, Martin). [1] [457]
October 22
  • Birth of Mitzi Green in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Little Orphan Annie, So This is Hollywood). [1]
  • Birth of Timothy Leary; Harvard professor, LSD taker. [1]
October 27
  • Birth of Nanette Fabray in San Diego, California, USA; actress (One Day at a Time). [1]
October 31
  • Birth of Dick Francis in Wales; jockey/novelist (Whip Hand, High Stakes). [1]
November 1
  • Birth of James J Kilpatrick in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; newspaperman (Point-Counterpoint contributor on 60 Minutes TV show). [1] [457]
November 2
  • Birth of Ann Rutherford in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Return to Vienna, Leave it to the Girls). [1]
  • Birth of Lewis Charles in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Feather and Father Gang TV show, Adam 12 TV show, Richard Diamond TV show, The Rifleman TV show). [1] [457]
November 12
  • Birth of Richard Quine in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor/director (The Mickey Rooney Show, Clay Pigeon, Hec Ramsey, Project UFO, How to Murder Your Wife, Bell Book and Candle, Sex and the Single Girl). [1] [457]
November 14
  • Birth of Johnny Desmond in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (Breakfast Club radio and TV, Your Hit Parade TV show, Face the Music, Songs for Sale, Glenn Miller Time). [1] [457]
November 20
  • Birth of Douglas Dick in Charlestown, West Virginia, USA; actor (Carl - Waterfront). [1]
  • Birth of Gene Tierney in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost and Mrs Muir) (dies 1991). [1] [5]
November 21
  • Birth of Ralph Meeker in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Stan Musial; outfielder (Saint Louis Cardinal, seven times National League batting champion). [1] [5]
November 23
  • Birth of Paul Celan; Romanian poet (Collected Prose). [1]
November 25
  • Birth of Ricardo Montalban in Mexico City, Mexico; Mexican/American actor (Mr. Roarke - Fantasy Island, Khan Noonien Singh - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). [1] [105]
November 26
  • Birth of Daniel Petrie at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada; TV and stage director/actor (50 years, won 8 Emmy awards, Joe and Mabel TV show, The Hidden Room TV show, Stud's Place TV show, Eleanor & Franklin TV show, The Dollmaker TV show, Studio 1 TV show). [457]
November 28
  • Birth of Cecilia Colledge in England; figure skater, competed in Olympics at age 11 (1932). [1]
November 30
  • Birth of Virginia Mayo in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Out of the Blue, White Heat). [1]
December 4
  • Birth of Michael Bates in Jhansi, India; actor (A Clockwork Orange, Patton). [1]
December 6
  • Birth of Dave Brubeck in Concord, California, USA; jazz pianist/composer ("Gates of Justice"). [1] [457]
December 8
  • Birth of Emmanuel McDonald in Bailey, Trinidad; 100-metre runner (Olympics-bronze-1952). [1]
December 10
  • Birth of Ragnhild Hveger in Denmark; 200-metre swimmer (Olympics-silver-1936). [1]
December 11
  • Birth of Eddy Firestone in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Eddy - Mixed Doubles). [1]
December 13
  • Birth of Don Taylor in Freeport, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Father's Little Dividend). [1]
  • Birth of Frits Noske; Dutch musicologist (Signifier and the Signified). [1]
  • Birth of George P Schultz; US Secretary of State (1982-89). [1]
  • Birth of Kaysone Phomvihane; premier/President of Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92). [1]
December 16
  • Birth of George Schaefer in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA; director (almost 100 television productions). [457]
December 17
  • Birth of Armin Mueller-Stahl in Tilsit, East Prussia; actor (Kafka, Music Box). [1]
December 19
  • Birth of David Susskind in New York City, New York, USA; host (Open End TV show, The David Susskind Show, producer (The Ages of Man, Death of a Salesman, Eleanor and Franklin, Blind Ambition, Circle Theatre, Dupont Show of the Month, Alice). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Jimmy Dickens in Bolt, West Virginia, USA; country singer (Grand Ole Opry). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Ragnild Hveger in Denmark; 400 metre swimmer (Olympics-silver-1936). [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Alan North in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Captain Ed Hocken - The Naked Gun). [1]
December 24
  • Birth of Dave Bartholomew in Louisiana, USA; jazz artist/songwriter ("Blueberry Hill"). [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Artur Agostinho in Lisbon, Portugal; actor (Capas Negras, Leao da Estrela). [1]
December 28
  • Birth of Steve Van Buren; NFL halfback (Philadelphia Eagles). [1]
December 29
  • Birth of Viveca Lindfors in Uppsala, Sweden; actress (The Way We Were, Welcome to Los Angeles). [1]
December 31
  • Birth of Rex Allen on a ranch in Arizona, USA; singer, published over 300 songs, starred in 19 Republic western movies, narrated dozens of Disney films and TV shows. [457]

End of 1920. Next: 1921.

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.
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