Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1926

July 1
  • Birth of Hans Werner Henze in Güttersloh, Germany; composer (Das Floss Medusa). [1]
July 2
  • Birth of Lee Allen in Pittsburg, Kansas, USA; tenor sax ("Walkin' With Mr Lee"). [1]
July 4
  • Birth of Mary Stuart in Miami, Florida, USA; actress (Jo - Search for Tomorrow). [1]
July 10
  • Birth of Carleton Carpenter in Bennington, Vermont, USA; actor (Up Periscope, Summer Stock). [1]
  • Birth of Fred Gwynne in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Car 54 Where Are You?, The Munsters). [1] [5] [457]
July 13
  • Birth of Meyer Kupferman in New York City, New York, USA; composer (In Fimi Tres). [1]
July 14
  • Birth of Harry Dean Stanton; actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke, Big Love, Dead Man's Walk). [1] [457]
July 18
  • Birth of Jane Hylton in London, England; actress (Adventures of Sir Lancelot). [1]
July 19
  • Birth of Helen Gallagher in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet, All My Children). [1] [457]
July 21
  • Birth of Norman Jewison; director (Moonstruck, ...And Justice For All). [1]
July 24
  • Birth of Hans-Günther Winkler in Germany; equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1956). [1]
July 26
  • Birth of Don Carter; bowling great (first PBA president). [1]
  • Birth of James Best in Corydon, Indiana, USA; actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder, The Dukes of Hazzard). [1] [457]
July 29
  • Birth of Russel Firestone; polo great (Circle F-1959 champions). [1]
August 2
  • Birth of Betsy Bloomingdale; American department store mogul (Bloomingdale's). [1]
August 3
  • Birth of Tony Bennett in Queens, New York, USA; singer ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"). [1] [457]

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August 8
  • Birth of Richard Anderson in Long Beach, New Jersey, USA; actor (Oscar Goldman - The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Webb Pierce in West Monroe, Louisiana, USA; country singer (Ozark Jubilee). [1]
August 12
  • Birth of John Derek in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (10, Annapolis Story) (dies 1998). [1] [5]
August 14
  • Birth of Alice Ghostly in Montana, USA; actress (Bewitched, With Six You Get Egg Roll). [1]
  • Birth of Buddy Greco in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Away We Go", Broadway Open House). [1] [457]
August 15
  • Birth of Georgiann Johnson in Decorah, Iowa, USA; actress (Marge - Mr Peepers). [1]
August 17
  • Birth of Haakon Barfod in Norway; yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 1952). [1]
August 22
  • Birth of Honor Blackman in London, England; actress (Pussy Galore - Goldfinger). [1]
September 3
  • Birth of Bill Flemming in Chicago, Illinois, USA; sportscaster (60-year career, ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961-), covered more than 600 events, TV announcer for 11 Olympics). [457]
  • Birth of Anne Jackson in Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine, Everything's Relative). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Irene Papas; actress (Anne of Thousand Days, Guns of Navarone, Z). [1]
September 4
  • Birth of Robert J Lagomarsino; American politician (Representative-Republican-California). [1]
September 11
  • Birth of Alfred Slote; author (Love and Tennis, Omega Station). [1]
September 13
  • Birth of Emile Francis; NHL player/coach/general manager (New York Rangers, Saint Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers). [1]
September 16
  • Birth of Robert Schuller; televangelist (Glass Cathedral). [1]
September 19
  • Birth of Edwin "Duke" Snider; Brooklyn Dodgers' centerfielder (406 home runs). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Lurleen Wallace; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Alabama). [1]
September 23
  • Birth of John Coltrane; saxophonist ("Round Midnight"). [1]
September 25
  • Birth of Aldo Ray; actor (God's Little Acre, Naked and the Dead, Green Beret). [1]
  • Birth of John Ericson in Dusseldorf, Germany; actor (Sam Bolt - Honey West). [1]
  • Birth of Sergei Filatov in USSR; equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1960). [1]
September 26
  • Birth of Julie London in Santa Rosa, California, USA; actress (Nurse McCall - Emergency). [1]
September 28
  • Birth of Jerry Clower in Amite County, Mississippi, USA; country comedian (Nashville on Road). [1]
September 30
  • Birth of Robin Roberts; Philadelphia Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer (Won 28 in 1952). [1]
October 6
  • Birth of Alan Copeland in Los Angeles, California, USA; orchestra leader/singer (Your Hit Parade). [1]
October 7
  • Birth of Diana Lynn; actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go). [1]
October 10
  • Birth of Richard Jaeckel on Long Island, New York, USA; actor (Baywatch TV show, Spenser For Hire TV show, Banyon TV show, 3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima). [1] [457]
October 11
  • Birth of Earle Hyman; actor (The Cosby Show, All My Children). [457]
October 12
  • Birth of Hans Liebold in Germany; auto racer (Nardo, Italy). [1]
October 15
  • Birth of Evan Hunter [Ed McBain]; American writer (Blackboard Jungle). [1]
  • Birth of Jean Peters; actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters). [1]
October 17
  • Birth of Beverly Garland in Santa Cruz, California, USA; actress (My Three Sons). [1]
  • Birth of Julie Adams in Waterloo, Iowa, USA; actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red). [1]
  • Birth of Karl G Henize in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; astronaut (STS 51F). [1]
October 18
  • Birth of Chuck Berry in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; rocker ("Roll over Beethoven"). [1] [457]
  • Birth of George C Scott in Wise, Virginia, USA; actor (Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore). [1]
October 20
  • Birth of Ursula Happe in Germany; 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956). [1]
October 21
  • Birth of Leonard Rossiter in Liverpool, England; actor (Britannia Hospital). [1]
October 25
  • Birth of Biff McGuire in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; actor (Serpico, Heart is Lonely Hunter, All My Children, Search for Tomorrow). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Galina Vishnevskaya in Russia; soprano (Madam Butterfly). [1]
October 27
  • Birth of Harry R Haldeman; White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure. [1]
October 28
  • Birth of Bowie Kuhn; American baseball commissioner (1969-1984). [1]
October 31
  • Birth of Shirley Dinsdale in San Francisco, California, USA; ventriloquist (Judy Splinters). [1]
November 1
  • Birth of Betsy Palmer AKA Patricia Bromek in Chicago, Illinois, USA; panelist (I've Got a Secret, Masquerade Party), hostess (Today show, Girl Talk), actress (Knots Landing, Number 96, As the World Turns, Mr Roberts, Friday the 13th movie series). [1] [457]
November 7
  • Birth of Joan Sutherland in Sydney, Australia; operatic soprano (Met Opera). [1] [5]
November 14
  • Birth of Leonie Rysanek; dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54). [1]
November 18
  • Birth of Dorothy Collins in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; singer (Your Hit Parade). [1]
November 19
  • Birth of Jeane J Kirkpatrick; US ambassador to United Nations (Republican). [1]
November 20
  • Birth of Kaye Ballard in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actress/comedienne (Kaye - Mothers-in-Law). [1]
November 23
  • Birth of Don Gordon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Prentiss - Lucan). [1]
November 25
  • Birth of Murray Schisgal; playwright (Luv). [1]
November 29
  • Birth of Dagmar Huntington in West Virginia, USA; actress (Broadway's Open House). [1]
November 30
  • Birth of Richard Crenna in Los Angeles, California, USA; radio actor (Our Miss Brooks, A Date with Judy, The Great Gildersleeve), TV actor (Our Miss Brooks, Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles, The Real McCoys, Slattery's People, Judging Amy, The Rape of Richard Beck (Emmy award)). [5] [457]
December 1
  • Birth of Allyn Ann McLerie in Québec, Canada; actress (Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds). [1]
  • Birth of Keith Michell in Adelaide, Australia; actor (Six Wives of Henry VIII). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Symonds in Bristow, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Robert E Lee - Blue and Gray). [1]
December 5
  • Birth of George Savalas in Bronx, New York, USA; actor/brother of Telly Savalas (Kojak). [1]
December 6
  • Birth of Martti Katajisto in Parkano, Finland; actor (Mar Oksalla Ylimmaellae). [1]
December 7
  • Birth of Victor Kermit Kiam II; CEO (Remington shavers), NFL owner (New England Patriots). [1]
December 11
  • Birth of Willie Mae Thornton AKA Big Mama Thornton in Montgomery, Alabama, USA; blues singer ("Hound Dog" (1953), "Ball and Chain", "Stronger than Dirt"). [1] [457]
December 13
  • Birth of Carl Erskine; American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). [1]
December 14
  • Birth of Frank King; cricket player (West Indies fast bowler in 14 Tests in 1950s, 29 wickets). [1]
December 16
  • Birth of James McCracken in Gary, Indiana, USA; dramatic tenor (Rodolfo - La Bohéme). [1]
December 17
  • Birth of Patrice Wymore in Miltonville, Kansas, USA; actress (The Big Tree). [1]
December 18
  • Birth of Peggy Cummins in North Wales; actress (Curse of the Demon). [1]
December 19
  • Birth of Bobby Layne; NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions). [1]
  • Birth of Jeanne Kirkpatrick; US ambassador to United Nations. [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez in Aguilares, Texas, USA; actor (Rio Bravo). [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Peggy Castle in Appalachia, Virginia, USA; actress (Lily Merrill - Lawman). [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Robert Bly; American poet/editor/translator (Loving a Woman in two Worlds). [1]
December 24
  • Birth of Ronald Draper; cricket player (South African batsman versus Australia 1949-50). [1]
December 26
  • Birth of Edgar D Ngoyi; South African African National Congress leader (17 years in Robbeneiland Jail). [1]
December 27
  • Birth of Jerome Courtland in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Tonka, Tharus, Disneyland: Saga of Andy Barnett, Tales of the Vikings). [1] [457]
December 28
  • Birth of Donald Carr; cricket player (England player in 1950s, later MCC honcho). [1]

End of 1926. Next: 1927.

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.
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