Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1921

January 1
  • Birth of Alain Mimoun O'Kacha; Algerian/French world cross-country champion (Olympics-gold-1956). [1]
January 3
  • Birth of John (William Lawrence) Russell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo, TV series Lawman, recurring roles in It Takes a Thief, Alias Smith & Jones, and Jason of Star Command). [1] [457]
January 5
  • Birth of Friedrich Dürrenmatt in Konolfinger, Switzerland; playwright/novelist: Romulus der Große (1949), Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi (1952), Der Besuch der alten Dame (1956) and Die Physiker (1952). [1] [37]
  • Birth of Jean d'Aviano; grand duke of Luxembourg (1964-). [1]
January 6
  • Birth of Cary Middlecoff; golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award). [1]
  • Birth of Lou Harris; pollster (Lou Harris Poll). [1]
January 12
  • Birth of John Henry Davis Junior in Smithtown, New York, USA; light-super-heavyweight (Olympics-gold-1948, 1952). [1]
January 14
  • Birth of Mark Lawrence in Washington DC, USA; pianist (Alice Pearce). [1]
January 17
  • Birth of Dehl Berti in Pueblo, Colorado, USA; actor (John Taylor - Guns of Paradise). [1]
January 19
  • Birth of Patricia Highsmith [Plangman]; US/Swiss writer (Strangers on a Train, L'amateur d'escargot). [1]
January 21
  • Birth of Barney Clark; first to receive a permanent artificial heart. [1]
  • Birth of John Doucette in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Lock Up, Big Town). [1]
January 22
  • Birth of Andy Ganteaume; cricket player (West Indies batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948). [1]
January 24
  • Birth of Bernard J Dwyer; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New Jersey, 1981-). [1]
January 26
  • Birth of Akio Morita in Kasugaya, Japan; CEO (Sony). [1]
January 27
  • Birth of Donna Reed in Denison, Iowa, USA; actress (From Here to Eternity, It's a Wonderful Life). [1]

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January 28
  • Birth of Alfred Marks; actor/comedian (Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again). [1]
January 30
  • Birth of Bernie Leighton in West Haven, Connecticut, USA; orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime). [1]
January 31
  • Birth of Carol Channing in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Toast of the Town, Where's Waldo?). [1] [457]
  • Birth of John Agar in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima). [1]
  • Birth of Mario Lanza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans), singer ("Be My Love", "The Loveliest Night of the Year", "Because You're Mine"). [1] [457]
February 1
  • Birth of Peter Sallis; actor (Taste the Blood of Dracula). [1]
February 4
  • Birth of Betty Friedan in Peoria, Illinois, USA; feminist writer (Feminine Mystique). [1]
February 7
  • Birth of Athol Rowan; cricket player (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner). [1]
February 8
  • Birth of Lana Turner in Wallace, Idaho, USA; actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest). [5] (1920 [1])
February 9
  • Birth of B M Ducat-Amos; Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service). [1]
February 11
  • Birth of Lloyd Bentsen; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Texas) (1988 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee). [1]
February 14
  • Birth of Albert Sloman; Vice-Chancellor (Essex University). [1]
  • Birth of Hugh Downs in Akron, Ohio, USA; TV journalist (20/20, Concentration, Today Show). [1] [457]
February 19
  • Birth of Andries Treurnicht [Dr No]; founder (South Africa Conservative Party). [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Joseph Albert Walker in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA; X-15 test pilot. [1]
February 24
  • Birth of Abe Vigoda in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Barney Miller, Fish). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Douglass Watson in Jackson, Georgia, USA; actor (Satan Murders, Another World). [1]
February 26
  • Birth of Betty Hutton in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA; actress (The Greatest Show on Earth). [1]
February 27
  • Birth of Michael Fox; American actor (Saul - The Bold and the Beautiful, Young Frankenstein). [1]
February 28
  • Birth of John Bouber [Blom]; actor/author (Fool of Heideloo). [1]
March 1
  • Birth of Jack Clayton in Brighton, East Sussex, England; film director (The Great Gatsby, Something Wicked This Way Comes). [1]
  • Birth of Richard Wilbur; second US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep). [1]
  • Birth of Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke New York City, New York. [1]
March 3
  • Birth of Allen Ginsberg; beat generation poet (1969 Arts and Letters Award). [1]
  • Birth of Diana Barrymore in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife). [1]
  • Birth of Junior Parker in Arkansas, USA; blues vocalist/songwriter ("Mystery Train"). [1]
March 4
  • Birth of Joan Greenwood in London, England; actress/director (Amorous Mr Prawn). [1]
March 5
  • Birth of Berkley Bedell; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Iowa, 1975-). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Julius Rudel in Vienna, Austria; conductor (New York City Opera 1957). [1]
  • Birth of Oliver Wright; British ambassador to US. [1]
  • Birth of Ross Hunter in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk). [1]
March 8
  • Birth of Alan Hale MacKahan Junior AKA Alan Hale in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby - Gilligan's Island TV show). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Cyd Charisse [Tula Ellice Finklea] in Amarillo, Texas, USA; dancer/actress (East Side West Side, Brigadoon). [1]
  • Birth of Sahir Ludhianvi; Urdu/Hindustani poet and Hindi film lyricist (dies 1980). [120]
March 10
  • Birth of Cec Linder in Galica, Poland; actor (Goldfinger). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Coates in New York City, New York, USA; columnist (Tonight! America After Dark). [1]
March 11
  • Birth of Astor Piazzolla; Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo). [1]
  • Birth of F[rancis] M[arion] Busby Junior; American sci-fi author (Star Rebel). [1]
March 12
  • Birth of Giovanni Agnelli; CEO (Fiat Automakers). [1]
  • Birth of Gordon MacRae in East Orange, New Jersey, USA; singer/actor (Railroad Hour radio show, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Desert Song), host (Colgate Comedy Hour TV show). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Ralph Shapey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Fantasy, Rituals). [1]
March 13
  • Birth of Allan Jaffee; comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine). [1]
  • Birth of Cyril Poole; cricket player (England batsman against India 1951-52). [1]
March 14
  • Birth of Lis Hartel in Denmark; equestrian dressage (Olympics-silver-1952, 1956). [1]
March 17
  • Birth of Mick Harvey; cricket player (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire). [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow in Senegal; director general of UNESCO. [1]
March 21
  • Birth of Logan Ramsey in Long Beach, California, USA; actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes). [1]
March 22
  • Birth of Wilhelm Klaus Norbert Schmelzer in the Netherlands; foreign minister (KVP). [1]
March 23
  • Birth of Donald Malcom Campbell in Surrey, United Kingdom; boat racer (1955 speed records). [1]
  • Birth of Ian Todd; President (Royal College of Surgeons). [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Nancy Kelly in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James). [1]
  • Birth of Simone Signoret in Wiesbaden, Germany; actress (Casque d'Or, Room at the Top). [1]
March 26
  • Birth of George Jefferson; CEO (British Telecom). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Horsley; CEO (Osprey Aviation). [1]
March 27
  • Birth of Tom Bevill; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Alabama, 1967-). [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Dirk Bogarde in Hampstead, London, England; actor (Death in Venice, The Servant). [1]
March 29
  • Birth of Hugh Neill; Lord-Lieutenant (South Yorkshire). [1]
  • Birth of Sam Loxton; cricket player (flamboyant Australian batsman of late 1940s). [1]
March 30
  • Birth of Countess of Sutherland; English great land owner/multi-millionaire. [1]
April 1
  • Birth of William L Bergsma in Oakland, California, USA; composer (Fortunate Island). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Harry Landers in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ted Hoffman - Ben Casey). [1]
  • Birth of Marilyn Maxwell in Clarinda, Iowa, USA; actress (Grace - Bus Stop). [1]
April 4
  • Birth of Willem J "Wim" the Villiers; South Africa minister of Administration. [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Lady Fisher; founder (British Women Caring Trust). [1]
  • Birth of Les Jackson; cricket bowler (England twice, 1949 and 1961). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Q Lewis in New York City, New York, USA; TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show). [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Alfie Bass in London, England; actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served). [1]
April 9
  • Birth of Frankie Thomas in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet). [1]
April 10
  • Birth of Chuck Connors in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Rifleman TV show, Arrest and Trial TV show), host (Thrill Seekers TV show, Branded, Cowboy in Africa). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Sheb Wooley near Erick, Oklahoma, USA; singer/songwriter (Hee-Haw TV show theme song, "The Purple People Eater", CMA Comic of the Year), actor (Rawhide TV show). [1] [457]
April 11
  • Birth of Jeff Stollmeyer; cricket player (West Indies batsman pre/post-war). [1]
  • Birth of Virginia O'Brien in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Francis in the Navy, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies, Thousands Cheer). [1]
April 13
  • Birth of Maxwell Henley Harris; Australian poet/publisher (Gift of Blood). [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi in Ukraine; cosmonaut (Soyuz 3). [1]
April 16
  • Birth of Peter Ustinov in London, England; actor (Death on the Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd). [1]
April 17
  • Birth of Donald Barron; CEO (Midland Bank). [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Glyn England; CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd). [1]
April 21
  • Birth of Jack Fletcher in Forrest Hills, New York, USA; actor (Grady, Bob Crane Show). [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Janet Blair in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family). [1]
  • Birth of Warren Spahn; left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves). [1]
April 25
  • Birth of Karel Appel; painter (Vragende Children). [1]
April 26
  • Birth of Harry Knutton; Major-General/Director-General (London City and Guilds Institute). [1]
April 28
  • Birth of Rowland Evans in White Marsh, Pennsylvania, USA; news reporter (CNN - Evans and Novak). [1]
April 29
  • Birth of Cornelis de Jager; Dutch astronomer (Sun). [1]
May 1
  • Birth of 12th Lord Middleton; English large landowner/multi-millionaire. [1]
  • Birth of Paul Daels; president of Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee. [1]
May 2
  • Birth of Satyajit Ray in Calcutta, India; director (Goddess, Adversary). [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves; Portuguese leftist colonel. [1]
May 4
  • Birth of John van Kesteren; Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West Berlin). [1]
  • Birth of Patsy Garrett in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Nanny and the Professor). [1] [457]
May 5
  • Birth of Sonja Oosterman; Dutch singer (Marketensters). [1]
May 6
  • Birth of Robert Fell; CEO (British Stock Exchange). [1]
May 8
  • Birth of Graham Leonard; bishop of London. [1]
May 10
  • Birth of Nancy Walker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Rhoda, McMillan and Wife). [1]
May 11
  • Birth of Ian Percival; Queen's Council/Member of Parliament. [1]
May 12
  • Birth of Giovanni Benelli; archbishop (Florence)/Papal candidate. [1]
  • Birth of Henry Mackie; designer of the Belfast Calorimeter. [1]
May 13
  • Birth of Syd[ney G] Vincent; British mine workers' leader. [1]
May 15
  • Birth of Erroll Garner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; jazz pianist ("Misty"). [1]
May 16
  • Birth of Harry Carey Junior in Saugus, California, USA; actor (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Adventures of Spin and Marty, Have Gun Will Travel). [1] [457]
May 17
  • Birth of Dennis Brain in London, England; french-hornist ("Serenade"). [1]
May 19
  • Birth of Charles van de Reve; slavic (Belief of Kameraden). [1]
  • Birth of Daniel Gelin in Angers, France; actor (Obsession). [1]
  • Birth of Karel van het Reve; Dutch Slavist (Comrade's Religion). [1]
May 20
  • Birth of John Harrison; British Vice Admiral/surgeon. [1]
  • Birth of John Marchi; American politician (Representative-Republican-New York). [1]
May 21
  • Birth of Andrei Sakharov in Moscow, Russia; physicist, human rights worker (Nobel Prize 1975) (dies 1989). [1] [5]
May 23
  • Birth of Humphrey Lyttelton; jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young). [1]
  • Birth of James [Benjamin] Blish; US/United Kingdom sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader). [1]
  • Birth of Loren Tindall in Oklahoma, USA; actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost). [1]
May 25
  • Birth of Hal David; lyricist ("Promises Promises" - Grammy Award 1969). [1]
May 26
  • Birth of Frank Mooney; cricket player (dependable wicket-keeper for New Zealand in 13 Tests). [1]
May 27
  • Birth of Caryl Chessman; kidnapper who got the death penalty (1960). [1]
  • Birth of Redd Stewart in Ashland City, Tennessee, USA; guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show). [1]
May 29
  • Birth of Clifton James in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Buster and Billie, David and Lisa). [1]
  • Birth of George Terry; chief constable (Sussex England). [1]
  • Birth of James Clifton in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (Live and Let Die). [1]
May 31
  • Birth of Alida Valli in Pola, Italy; actress (Miracle of the Bells, The Third Man). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Arthur Ley in the United Kingdom; sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X). [1]
June 1
  • Birth of Nelson Riddle in Oradell, New Jersey, USA; musician, arranger/composer (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Nat Cole, Batman). [457]
June 8
  • Birth of Alexis Smith in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; actress (Jessica - Dallas, Follies). [1]
June 9
  • Birth of Agnes Keleti in Hungary; gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 1956). [1]
June 10
  • Birth of Prince Philip Mountbatten in Greece; Duke of Edinburgh, married to Queen Elizabeth II. [1]
June 12
  • Birth of James Houston in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak). [1]
June 14
  • Birth of Gene Barry in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law). [1]
June 19
  • Birth of Howell Heflin; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Alabama). [1]
June 21
  • Birth of Frank Scott in Fargo, North Dakota, USA; pianist (Lawrence Welk Show). [1]
  • Birth of Jane Russell in Bemidji, Minnesota, USA; actress (The Outlaw, The Yellow Rose). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Jean Kent in London, England; actress (Adventures of Sir Francis Drake). [1]
  • Birth of Judy Holliday AKA Judith Tuvim in New York City, New York, USA; actress ("dumb" blonde in many movies, Ed Sullivan Show Goodyear Playhouse, Ford Theatre Hour, The Arthur Murray Party, The Perry Como Show, Person to Person, The Name's the Same, The Steve Allen Show, What's My Line). [457]
June 22
  • Birth of Gower Champion; choreographer (42nd Street). [1]
  • Birth of Joseph Papp in Brooklyn, New York, USA; stage producer/director (Pirates of Penzance). [1]

End of 1921 January-June. Next: 1921 July.

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