- January 9
- Birth of Ahmed Sékou Touré; President of Guinea (1957-84). [1]
- Birth of Har G Khorana; India/Canada bio-chemist (Nobel Prize 1968). [1]
- January 11
- Birth of Kathleen Byron in London, England; actress (Abdication, Profile, Four Days). [1]
- Birth of Neville Duke; English test pilot. [1]
- Birth of Tony Charmoli in Minnesota, USA; choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrews). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Betty White in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls, Boston Legal). [1] [457]
- Birth of Luis Echeverría Alvarez; President of Mexico. [1]
- January 18
- Birth of Constance Moore in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actress (Window on Main Street). [1]
- January 19
- Birth of Arthur Morris; cricket player (great Australian lefty opening batsman). [1]
- Birth of Guy Madison AKA Robert Ozell Moseley in Bakersfield, California, USA; actor (Wild Bill Hickok on radio and TV). [1] [457]
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- Birth of Ken Hughes in Liverpool, England; director (Casino Royale). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Lord James Hanson; English industrialist/House of Lords (Conservative). [1]
- Birth of Ray Anthony in Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme). [1]
- January 21
- Birth of Paul Scofield in Hurst, England; actor (Man for All Seasons, Train). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Howard Moss; poet/editor (New Yorker). [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Raymond Baxter; British TV host/author (Fast Lady). [1]
- January 26
- Birth of Michael Bentine in England; author/comedian (Reluctant Jester). [1]
- January 27
- Birth of Wilfrid Bourne; Queen's Council/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. [1]
- January 28
- Birth of Robert W Holley; American biochemist, worked with RNA (Nobel Prize 1968). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Dick Martin in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Joanne Dru in Logan, West Virginia, USA; actress (Playhouse 90 TV show, Lux Video Theatre, Ford Television Theatre, Guestward Ho! TV show (1960)). [457]
- Birth of William Sylvester in Oakland, California, USA; actor (2001, Gorgo, Gemini Man). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski; professor of Cushtic languages. [1]
- Birth of Clifford McWatt; cricket player (West Indies wicket-keeper in six Tests 1954-55). [1]
- Birth of Renata Tebaldi; opera singer (La Bohéme). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Bill Chappell Junior; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1969-). [1]
- Birth of Jean-Pierre Rampal; flutist (Italian Flute Concertos). [1]
- February 5
- Birth of Bernard Kalb; US State Department spokesman, CBS/NBC/CNN newsman, actor (Dave). [1] [457]
- February 6
- Birth of Patrick MacNee in London, England; actor (Jonathan Steed - The Avengers). [1]
- February 8
- Birth of Joeri Averbach; Russian chess grandmaster. [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Harold Hughes; American politician (Governor-Democrat-New Jersey). [1]
- Birth of Neva Patterson in Nevada, Iowa, USA; actress (Governor and JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols). [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Lord Pym of Sandy; British minister of foreign affairs. [1]
- February 15
- Birth of Herman Kahn in New Jersey, USA; writer (Thinking About the Unthinkable). [1]
- February 16
- Birth of Geraint Evans; British opera vocalist (Knaben Wunderhorn). [1]
- Birth of Paul van't Veer; Dutch journalist/writer (Het Vrije Volk). [1]
- February 17
- Birth of Tommy Edwards; rock vocalist ("It's All in the Game"). [1]
- February 18
- Birth of Allan Melvin in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (Phil Silvers Show, Barney - All in the Family). [1]
- Birth of Eric Gairy; premier (Grenada). [1]
- Birth of Helen Gurley Brown in Portland, Maine, USA; author/publisher (Cosmopolitan). [1]
- February 21
- Birth of Murray "the K" Kaufman in New York City; DJ (5th Beatle). [1]
- February 24
- Birth of Kanwar Rai Singh; cricket player (batted at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Test for India 1948). [1]
- Birth of Steven Hill in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor (Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law and Order). [1] [457]
- February 26
- Birth of Bill Johnston; cricket pace bowler (mighty Australian lefty post-war). [1]
- Birth of Margaret Leighton in Birmingham, England; actress (Astonished Heart). [1]
- February 27
- Birth of Mervyn Jones; author (Nobody's Fault, Five Hungarian Writers). [1]
- March 1
- Birth of William M Gaines; publisher (MAD Magazine). [1]
- Birth of Yitzak Rabin; premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel Prize 1994). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Ebrahim Maka; Indian cricket wicketkeeper (two Tests 1952). [1]
- Birth of James Noble in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (Governor Gatling - Benson). [1]
- Birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini in Bologna, Italy; director (Teorema, Pigsty). [1]
- March 6
- Birth of Frankie Howerd in York, England; actor/comedian (Mr Mustard - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, That Was The Week That Was, Runaway Bus). [1]
- March 8
- Birth of Carl Furillo; Brooklyn Dodgers player (National League Batting Champion 1953). [1]
- Birth of Ralph Baer; father of the TV video game (Magnavox Odyssey 100). [830.56]
- March 9
- Birth of Herbert P Douglas Junior in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; long jumper (Olympics-bronze-1948). [1]
- March 10
- Birth of Adam Kennedy in Lafayette, Indiana, USA; actor (Dion - Californian). [1]
- Birth of Pamela Mason in London, England; actress (Navy versus Night Monsters). [1]
- March 11
- Birth of Abdul Razak bin Hussain; premier of Malaysia (1970-77). [1]
- Birth of Thom Kelling; Dutch singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha). [1]
- Birth of Vinnette Carroll in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice's Restaurant, The Reivers). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Helen Parrish in Columbus, Georgia, USA; actress (Hour Glass, Show Business). [1]
- Birth of Jack Kerouac; Beat writer (Dharma Bums, On the Road, Mexico Blues) (dies 1969). [1] [5]
- Birth of Lane Kirkland; union president (AFL-CIO). [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Brun Smith; cricket player (New Zealand right-handed batsman of late 1940s). [1]
- March 14
- Birth of Colin Fletcher; author (Walking Through Time). [1]
- Birth of Les Baxter in Mexia, Texas, USA; orchestra leader/composer (Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young"), produce ("Ruby", "Unchained Melody", "The Poor People Of Paris"), musical director (The Halls Of Ivy, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello). writer ("Whistle" theme - Lassie TV show). [1] [457]
- March 16
- Birth of Harding Lemay in North Bangor, New York, USA; headwriter (Another World). [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Megan Bull; British head mistress (Holloway Jail). [1]
- March 20
- Birth of Carl Reiner in the Bronx, New York, USA; comedian/actor (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show). [1] [5]
- Birth of Doug Barnard Junior; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Georgia, 1977-). [1]
- Birth of Jack Kruschen in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; actor (Papa - Webster, Busting Loose). [1]
- Birth of Larry Elgart in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orchestra). [1]
- Birth of Ray Goulding in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; comedian (Bob and Ray). [1]
- Birth of Arnold Burgen; college president (Academia Europaea). [1]
- March 22
- Birth of Mujib ur-Rahman in Pakistan; sheik/premier. [1]
- Birth of Stewart Stern; screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Marty Allen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Allen and Rossi, "Hello Dere"). [1] [457]
- Birth of Ugo Tognazzi in Cremona, Italy; actor/director (La Cage Aux Folles). [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Dave Appell; singer/musician/songwriter ("In the Midnight Hour"). [1]
- Birth of Dorothy Irene Height; president (national council of negro women). [1]
- March 25
- Birth of Bruno VeSota in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers). [1]
- Birth of Eileen Ford; modeling agency head (Ford Modeling Agency). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of William Milliken; actor (Drive-in). [1]
- March 31
- Birth of Patrick J G McGee in North Ireland; actor (A Clockwork Orange). [1]
- Birth of Richard Kiley in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of William Manchester in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA; historian (Death of a President). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Nikolaj G Bassov in Russia; atomic physicist (laser, Nobel Prize 1964). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Elmer Bernstein in New York City, New York, USA; movie music composer (Robot Monster). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Christopher Hewett Worthing in Sussex, England; actor (Mr Belvedere, The Producers). [1]
- Birth of Gale Storm in Bloomington, Texas, USA; actress (My Little Margie, The Gale Storm Show). [1]
- April 6
- Birth of Barry Levinson in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; director (Homicide: Life on the Street, Avalon, Rain Man, Diner). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Gerald Moverley; Roman Catholic bishop (Hallam). [1]
- Birth of Michael Palliser; head of British diplomatic service. [1]
- April 13
- Birth of John Braine; English novelist (Life at the Top). [1]
- Birth of John George Vanderbile Henry Spencer-Churchill [11th Duke of Marlborough]; English large landowner. [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Harold Washington; mayor of Chicago (Democrat, 1983-87). [1]
- Birth of Michael Ansara in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Cochise - Broken Arrow, Centennial). [1]
- April 16
- Birth of Christopher Samuel Youd in the United Kingdom; sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy). [1]
- Birth of Kingsley Amis in London, England; novelist (Lucky Jim, The James Bond Dossier). [1]
- Birth of Leo Tindermans; British statesman. [1]
- April 18
- Birth of Barbara Hale in Dekalb, Illinois, USA; actress (Della Street - Perry Mason). [1] [457]
- Birth of Avril Angers; actress (Brass Monkey). [1]
- April 19
- Birth of Erich Hartmann; German WWII pilot (downed 352 Russian aircraft). [1]
- Birth of Luigi Barbbarito; reverend (Apostolic ProNuncio). [1]
- April 21
- Birth of Allan Watkins; cricket player, England batsman late 40s early 50s). [1]
- April 22
- Birth of Charles Mingus in Arizona, USA; jazz musician ("Pithecanthropus Erectus") (dies 1979). [1] [5]
- Birth of Lou Stein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; pianist (Tonight! America After Dark). [1]
- Birth of Richard C Diebenkorn Junior; American painter (Ocean Park Paintings). [1]
- April 24
- Birth of J D Cannon in Salmon, Idaho, USA; actor (Chief Clifford - McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory, Alias Smith and Jones, Law and Order). [1] [457]
- April 26
- Birth of Jeanne Sauvé; Governor-General of Canada (1984-90). [1]
- Birth of Margaret Scott; founder (Australian Ballet School). [1]
- Birth of Mike Kellin in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz and Bones). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Daphne Anderson in London, England; actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice). [1]
- Birth of Jack Klugman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Oscar - The Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus). [1] [457]
- April 28
- Birth of Guillaume Jorissen; Flemish politician (Volksunie). [1]
- Birth of Iser J Koepermann; Russian/US world checkers champion (1958-68, 1975-76). [1]
- Birth of William S Broomfield; American politician (Representative-Republican-Michigan, 1956-). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of George Allen; football coach (Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins). [1]
- Birth of Parren J Mitchell; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Maryland, 1971-). [1]
- Birth of Tommy Noonan in Bellingham, Washington, USA; actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises). [1]
- April 30
- Birth of Anton Murray; cricket player (South African batsman in ten Tests 1951-55). [1]
- May 1
- Birth of Louis Nye in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; comic actor (Steve Allen, Men on the Street, Happy Days, Curb Your Enthusiasm). [1] [457]
- May 2
- Birth of Abraham Rosenthal; editor (New York Times). [1]
- May 3
- Birth of Marina Svetlova; ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo). [1]
- May 4
- Birth of John Paul Hammerschmidt; American politician (Representative-Republican-Arkansas, 1967-). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Phil Gordon in Meridian, Mississippi, USA; actor/singer (Jasper - The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres). [1] [457]
- May 6
- Birth of Alan Ross; editor (London Magazine). [1]
- Birth of Carlos J Moorhead; American politician (Representative-Republican-California, 1973-). [1]
- Birth of Pat Harder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; NFL fullback (Saint Louis Cardinals, Detroit Lions). [1]
- May 7
- Birth of Darren McGavin in San Joaquin, California, USA; actor (Mike Hammer TV show, Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV show, Riverboat TV show, Crime Photographer TV show, Murphy Brown TV show (Emmy award), Tribes, Turk 182). [1] [457]
- Birth of Gale Robbins in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress/singer (Hollywood House, Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex). [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Brian Kellett; CEO (Port of London Authority). [1]
- May 9
- Birth of Sheila Burrell; actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of David Orr; deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever). [1]
- May 14
- Birth of Richard Deacon; actor (Mel Cooley - Dick Van Dyke Show). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Enrico Berlinguer; Italian communist/secretary-general (CPI). [1]
- May 16
- Birth of Russell Wood; treasurer (Queen Elizabeth II). [1]
- May 18
- Birth of Bill Macy in Revere, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Walter - Maude, Oh! Calcutta). [1]
- Birth of GMcC Kitson; British principal (Central School of Speech/Drama). [1]
- May 19
- Birth of David McLean in Akron, Ohio, USA; actor (Tate - Tate). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of Clifford Butler; vice chancellor (Loughborough University of Technology). [1]
- May 22
- Birth of Judith Crist in New York City, New York, USA; movie critic (TV Guide). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Christopher Lee in London, England; actor (Hound of the Baskervilles). [1] [5]
- Birth of Sidney Keyes; English poet (Iron Laurel). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of John Alderson; chief constable (Devon and Cornwall, United Kingdom). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Harry Clement Stubbs; American sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Denholm Elliott in London, England; actor (Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat). [1]
- Birth of Elisabeth, arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein. [1]
- June 1
- Birth of Abdul Rashid in Pakistan; field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960). [1]
- Birth of Joan Caulfield in East Orange, New Jersey, USA; actress (Liz Cooper - My Favorite Husband). [1] [457]
- June 3
- Birth of Alain Resnais in France; director (Providence, Hiroshima, Mon Amour). [1]
- June 4
- Birth of Irwin Bazelon in Evanston, Illinois, USA; composer (Duo for Viola). [1]
- June 7
- Birth of Rocky Graziano; boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Martha Raye Show). [1]
- June 8
- Birth of Myron Healy in Petalumus, California, USA; actor (Wyatt Earp). [1]
- June 9
- Birth of George Axelrod; playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany's). [1]
- June 10
- Birth of Judy Garland AKA Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; actress/singer (The Wizard of Oz (1939, Academy Award)). [1] [5] [457]
- Birth of Rose Moffard; American politician (Arizona acting Governor). [1]
- June 11
- Birth of John Bromfield in South Bend, Indiana, USA; actor (Easy to Love). [1]
- June 15
- Birth of Morris K Udall; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Arizona). [1]
- June 17
- Birth of Jerry Fielding in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (Lively Ones). [1]
- June 19
- Birth of Aage Neals Bohr in Denmark; physicist/study atomic nucleus (Nobel Prize 1975). [1] [5]
- June 21
- Birth of Judy Holliday in New York City, New York, USA; comedienne/actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib). [1]
- June 22
- Birth of Bill Blass in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; fashion designer (Nancy Reagan). [1] [5]
- June 23
- Birth of Francis Thorne in Bay Shore, New York, USA; composer (Burlesque Overture). [1]
- June 24
- Birth of Roy Elihu Travis in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Passion of Oedipus). [1]
- Birth of Sibohan McKenna in Ireland; stage actress (Saint Joan). [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Eleanor Parker in Ohio, USA; actress (Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker). [1]
- Birth of Frances Rafferty in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actress (December Bride, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood). [1]
- June 27
- Birth of George Walker in Washington DC, USA; composer (In Praise of Lillies). [1]
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