Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1929

January 3
  • Birth of Marilyn Lloyd; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Tennessee, 1975-). [1]
  • Birth of Sergio Leone; Italian director (Fist Full of Dollars). [1]
January 4
  • Birth of Amitai W Etzioni; American sociologist (Active Society). [1]
January 5
  • Birth of Wilbert Harrison in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; singer ("Kansas City" (1959)). [1] [457]
January 6
  • Birth of Wilbert Harrison; rhythm and blues singer (Kansas City). [1]
  • Birth of Vic Tayback in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mel Sharples - Alice TV show). [457]
January 7
  • Birth of Douglas Kiker; NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award). [1]
  • Birth of Kenneth Henry; American 500m speed skater (Olympics-gold-1952). [1]
  • Birth of Terry Moore AKA Helen Luella Koford in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Little Sheba, Batman, Burke's Law, Empire). [1] [457]
January 13
  • Birth of Wim Bary; Dutch actor/theater director (Nice Boys). [1]
January 14
  • Birth of Billy Walker in Ralls, Texas; country singer ("Charlie's Shoes" (1966), "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Cross the Brazos at Waco" (1964)) (dies 2006). [1] [457]
January 15
  • Birth of Reverand Dr Martin Luther King Junior in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; civil rights leader (Nobel Prize 1964). [1] [5]
January 16
  • Birth of Allard Lowenstein; radical (Students for Democratic Action). [1]
  • Birth of Francesco Scavullo in Staten Island, New York, USA; celebrity photographer. [1]
January 17
  • Birth of Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante in Québec, Canada; NHL goaltender (number 1). [1]
January 19
  • Birth of Ulu Grosbard in Belgium; actor (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love). [1]

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January 20
  • Birth of Arte Johnson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie). [1]
January 23
  • Birth of Ian Thomson; cricket player (England seam bowler versus South Africa 1964-65). [1]
  • Birth of John Polanyi in Berlin, Germany; Canadian chemist (Nobel Prize 1986). [1]
January 26
  • Birth of Jules Feiffer in New York City, New York, USA; cartoonist (Passionella) author (Little Murders). [1]
January 27
  • Birth of Ingrid Thulin in Solleftea, Sweden; actress (Cries and Whispers, Damned). [1]
  • Birth of Richard Du Cann; lawyer, Queen's Council. [1]
January 28
  • Birth of Acker Bilk; clarinetist ("Stranger on the Shore"). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Claes Oldenburg in Stockholm, Sweden; US pop artist (Happenings, Alphabet/Good Humor). [1]
January 29
  • Birth of Elio Petri in Italy; director (Property is no theft). [1]
  • Birth of William McMillan; American rapid pistol (Olympics-gold-1960). [1]
January 30
  • Birth of Hugh Tayfield; cricket player (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60). [1]
January 31
  • Birth of Rudolf Mossbauer in Germany; physicist (Nobel Prize 1961). [1]
February 3
  • Birth of Russell Arms in Berkeley, California, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade). [1]
February 5
  • Birth of Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Neufeld an der Leitha; chancellor of Austria (1983-86). [1]
February 6
  • Birth of Keith Waterhouse; English writer (Billy Liar, Say Who Are You?). [1]
  • Birth of Sixten Jernberg in Sweden; skier (Olympics-gold-1956, 1960, 1964). [1]
February 9
  • Birth of Bill Barrett; American politician (Representative-Republican-Nebraska). [1]
  • Birth of Lennox Butler; cricket player (one Test West Indies versus Australia 1955, 16 and 2-151). [1]
  • Birth of Willem Kersters; Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song). [1]
February 10
  • Birth of Hallgeir Brenden in Norway; 15km/18km cross country (Olympics-gold-1952, 1956). [1]
  • Birth of Henk Heidweiler; Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands). [1]
  • Birth of Jerry Goldsmith; pianist/composer (Twilight Zone). [1]
  • Birth of Jim Whittacker; mountain climber (first American to climb Mount Everest). [1]
February 13
  • Birth of Omar Torrijos Herrera; President of Panamá. [1]
February 14
  • Birth of Matthew G Martinez; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1982-). [1]
  • Birth of Vic Morrow in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie). [1]
February 15
  • Birth of Gerald Harper; broadcaster/actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day). [1]
  • Birth of Graham Hill in London, England; auto racer (1962, 1968 international racing champion). [1]
  • Birth of James Schlesinger; US Secretary of Defense (1973-75). [1]
February 16
  • Birth of Peter Porter; Australian/British author/poet (Chair of Babel). [1]
February 17
  • Birth of Chaim Potok in New York City, New York, USA; novelist (The Promise). [1]
  • Birth of Yasser Arafat; Palestinian Liberation Organization-leader (Achille Lauro, Nobel Prize 1994). [1]
February 18
  • Birth of Leonard Cyril Deighton; English author (Ipcress File, Fighter). [1]
February 20
  • Birth of Amanda Blake [Beverly Louise Neill] in Buffalo, New York, USA; actress (Kitty Russell - Gunsmoke). [1]
  • Birth of Toshiro Mayuzumi in Yokohama, Japan; composer (Sphenogramme). [1]
February 22
  • Birth of Marni Nixon; singer (for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Deborah Kerr). [1]
  • Birth of Ryne Duren; New York Yankees' near-sighted pitcher. [1]
February 23
  • Birth of Eduard W "Ed" Bauer [Eddy Evers]; Dutch actor (Bluejackets). [1]
  • Birth of Elston Howard; New York Yankees catcher (first black New York Yankees player/1963 American League Most Valuable Player). [1]
February 24
  • Birth of David Houston; Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland. [1]
  • Birth of Richard B Shull in Evanston, Illinois, USA; actor (Diana, Holmes and Yo-Yo). [1]
February 25
  • Birth of Christopher George in Royal Oak, Minnesota, USA; actor (Rat Patrol, Immortal). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Bingham in Hinchcliff, England; British church historian (One Sided Reciprocity). [1]
  • Birth of Tommy Newsom in Virginia, USA; musician/bandleader/saxophonist (The Tonight Show). [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Frank O Gehry; architect (Galleria - Oklahoma City). [1]
March 1
  • Birth of Sonny James; singer ("Young Love", "Running Bear"). [1]
March 2
  • Birth of Donald Gosling; English parkeerplaatsenmagnaat/multi-millionaire. [1]
March 4
  • Birth of Bernard Haitink in Amsterdam, Netherlands; conductor (London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969-78). [1]
March 5
  • Birth of Joan Shawlee in Forest Hills, New York, USA; actress (Prehistoric Women). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of David Sheppard; bishop (Liverpool, England)/cricket player (England batsman). [1]
  • Birth of Günter Kunert; German poet/writer (Kaiser von Hondu). [1]
  • Birth of Ho Dam; North Korean Secretary of State (1970-83). [1]
  • Birth of Thomas S Foley; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Washington, 1965-94)/majority whip/Speaker of House. [1]
March 9
  • Birth of Hugh Desmond Hoyte; president (Guyana, 1985-92). [1]
March 11
  • Birth of Jackie McGlew; cricket player (dour South African opening bat of the 50 feet). [1]
March 12
  • Birth of Bernard Costello; American double sculls (Olympics-silver-1956). [1]
  • Birth of Lupe Anguiano; Mexican-American civil rights activist. [1]
March 13
  • Birth of Peter Breck in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji). [1]
March 18
  • Birth of Christa Wolf; German novelist (Divided Heaven). [1]
March 19
  • Birth of Michael Ryan; actor (John Randolph - Another World). [1]
March 21
  • Birth of James Coco in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death). [1]
  • Birth of Jules Bergman, space and science reporter (ABC-TV). [1]
March 23
  • Birth of James Ackley Maxwell; actor/director (Traitors, Pyt Potter, Otley). [1]
  • Birth of Roger Bannister in England; first to run a 4-minute mile (May 6, 1954). [1]
March 24
  • Birth of Cuan McCarthy; cricket player (36 Test wickets for South Africa, one career no-ball). [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Harris W Fawell; American politician (Representative-Republican-Illinois, 1985-). [1]
  • Birth of Kenneth Haigh in Yorkshire, England; actor (Search for the Nile). [1]
March 26
  • Birth of Amédée Turner; Queen's Council/MEP. [1]
March 30
  • Birth of Richard Dysart in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Leland MacKenzie - L.A. Law). [1]
  • Birth of Shirley Stoler in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Frankenhooker, Seven Beauties). [1]
March 31
  • Birth of Lee Patterson in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Dave - Surfside Six, Another World). [1]
  • Birth of Liz Claiborne in Brussels, Belgium; fashion designer. [1]
April 1
  • Birth of Milan Kundera in Czechoslovakia; poet/writer (Unbearable Lightness of Being, L'art du Roman, Joke). [1]
April 2
  • Birth of Catherine Gaskin; romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife). [1]
  • Birth of Frans HJJ Andriessen; Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP/CDA). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Dennis Farr; director (Courtauld Institute Galleries). [1]
  • Birth of Miyoshi Umeki Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan; actress (Best Supporting Actress Oscar-1957 - Sayonara, Mrs Livingston - Courtship of Eddie's Father). [1]
April 4
  • Birth of William F Clinger Junior; American politician (Representative-Republican-Pennsylvania, 1979-). [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Hugo Claus; Flemish writer/director (Cool Lover, Sugar). [1]
  • Birth of Nigel Hawthorne; actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II). [1]
April 6
  • Birth of André Previn in Berlin, Germany; conductor (London Symphony), composer, pianist. [1] [457]
  • Birth of Arthur S Taylor Junior; American drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers). [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Jacques Brel in Brussels, Belgium; songwriter/singer/actor (Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Pain in the Ass). [1]
April 9
  • Birth of Harvey Lichtenstein; president (Brooklyn Academy of Music). [1]
April 10
  • Birth of Liz Sheridan; actress (Seinfeld TV show, Alf TV show). [457]
  • Birth of Max [Carl Adolf] Von Sydow in Lund, Sweden; actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape). [1]
April 11
  • Birth of Lawrence Coughlin; American politician (Representative-Republican-Pennsylvania, 1969-). [1]
April 12
  • Birth of Elspet Gray (Lady Rix); actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Solo, Tenko). [1]
April 13
  • Birth of Marilynn Smith in Topeka, Kansas, USA; LPGA golfer (1972 Pabst Open). [1]
April 14
  • Birth of William Edgar Thornton in Faison, North Carolina, USA; MD/astronaut (STS-8, 51-B, sk:49). [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Adrian Cadbury; candy manufacturer (Cadbury, Schweppes). [1]
  • Birth of Jocelyn Barrow; deputy chair person (British Broadcast Standards). [1]
April 16
  • Birth of Roy Hamilton in Leesburg, Georgia, USA; singer ("You'll Never Walk Alone", "If I Loved You", "Ebb Tide", "Unchained Melody", "Don't Let Go", "You Can Have Her"). [1] [457]
April 17
  • Birth of Eileen Stamers-Smith; headmistress (Malvern Girls' College). [1]
  • Birth of Lady (James) Mellon; CEO (Volunteer Development Scotland). [1]
April 18
  • Birth of Peter Hordern; British CEO (Fina). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Jeffrey; actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity). [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Edward Crook in Detroit, Michigan, USA; middleweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1960). [1]
April 20
  • Birth of Bob Braun in Ludlow, Kentucky, USA; singer (Dotty Mack Show). [1]
April 22
  • Birth of Geoffrey Marshall; Provost (Queen's College, Oxford). [1]
  • Birth of Michael Atiyah; educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Wade-Gery; diplomat/executive director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd). [1]
  • Birth of Victoria Opoku-Ware; Ghanaian queen. [1]
April 25
  • Birth of José Angel Valente; Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza). [1]
  • Birth of Yvette Williams in New Zealand; long jumper (Olympics-gold-1952). [1]
April 27
  • Birth of Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova in USSR; discus thrower (Olympics-gold-1952, 1960). [1]
April 28
  • Birth of Carolyn Jones in Amarillo, Texas, USA; actress (Morticia - Addams Family). [1]
April 29
  • Birth of Walter Kempowski; German writer (Tadellöser and Wolff). [1]
  • Birth of [John] Jeremy Thorpe; British Member of Parliament (Liberal). [1]
April 30
  • Birth of Peter Carsten in Weissenberg, Bavaria, Germany; actor (Mr Super Invisible). [1]
May 1
  • Birth of Sonny James AKA James Loden in Hackelburg, Alabama, USA; rocker (Young Love). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Sonny Ramadhin; cricket spin bowler (great West Indies spin bowler). [1]
May 2
  • Birth of Sydney Gedye; cricket player (opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964). [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Jaharna Imam; Bangladeshi writer/political activist. [1]
May 4
  • Birth of Audrey Hepburn [Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston] in Brussels, Belgium; actress (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady). [1]
May 5
  • Birth of John S Ragin in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dr Astin - Quincy ME). [1]
May 6
  • Birth of John Polk Allen in Carnegie, Oklahoma, USA; CEO (Biosphere 2). [1]
  • Birth of John Taylor; bishop (Saint Albans)/Lord High Almoner to Queen. [1]
  • Birth of Rosemary Camp; president (Council for British Archaeology). [1]
May 7
  • Birth of Dick Williams; baseball player, manager (including Seattle Mariners 1986-87). [1]
  • Birth of Sally L Smith; educator/founder (Lab School of Washington). [1]
May 8
  • Birth of V N M Korte-van Hemel; Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA). [1]
May 10
  • Birth of Brian Corby; CEO (Prudential). [1]
  • Birth of Fats Domino; rocker ("Blueberry Hill"). [1]
May 12
  • Birth of Burt Bacharach in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; composer ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again"). [1]
May 14
  • Birth of Vladimir Antoshin in USSR; International Chess Grandmaster (1964). [1]
May 15
  • Birth of Jack Flavell; cricket player (England pace bowler in four Tests 1961-64). [1]
  • Birth of Peggy Pope in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; actress (Billy, Mrs David - Soap). [1]
May 16
  • Birth of Adrienne Cecile Rich in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; feminist writer (Diamond Cutters). [1]
  • Birth of John Conyers Junior; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Michigan, 1965-). [1]
May 18
  • Birth of Johan N Block; aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland). [1]
May 19
  • Birth of Harvey Cox; US theologist (Secular City). [1]
May 21
  • Birth of Charles Wadsworth in Barnesville, Georgia, USA; pianist (Lincoln Center). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Winslow; cricket player (big-hitter for South Africa, 108 versus England 1955). [1]
  • Birth of Robert Welch; designer/silversmith (Robert Welch flatware). [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Joe Modise; South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1965-). [1]
  • Birth of Ulla Jacobson; Swedish actress (One Summer of Happiness). [1]
May 25
  • Birth of David S Ruder; 23rd chairman of US Securities and Exchange Commission. [1]
May 26
  • Birth of Hugo Raes; Flemish writer (Horses Jump and Fresh Sea). [1]
May 28
  • Birth of Leslie Wight; cricket player (one Test West Indies versus India 1953, scored 21). [1]
May 29
  • Birth of Kenneth Couzens; CEO (Coal Products). [1]
May 30
  • Birth of Michael Mellinger in Bavaria, Germany; actor (Goldfinger). [1]
May 31
  • Birth of first reindeer born in the US. [1]
  • Birth of Elaine Stewart in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; actress (Take the High Ground). [1]
  • Birth of Neil Shaw; British CEO (Tate and Lyle). [1]
June 3
  • Birth of Chuck Barris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; TV game show producer/host (The Gong Show). [1] [5] [457]
June 7
  • Birth of John Turner in Richmond, England; (Liberal) 17th Canadian Prime Minister (1984). [1]
June 8
  • Birth of Jerry Stiller in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Stiller and Meara, Hairspray). [1]
June 10
  • Birth of James McDivitt in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Brigadier General US Air Force/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9). [1]
June 12
  • Birth of Anne Frank in Germany; diarist/Nazi victim (dies 1945). [1] [5] [129]
June 14
  • Birth of Cy Coleman [Seymour Kaufman]; songwriter ("Witchcraft", "Sweet Charity"). [1]
June 17
  • Birth of Tigran Petrosyan in USSR; world chess champion (1963-69). [1]
June 18
  • Birth of Eva Bartok in Budapest, Hungary; actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate). [1]
June 22
  • Birth of Ralph Waite; actor (Last Summer, Cool Hand Luke, Five Easy Pieces). [1]
June 23
  • Birth of Dave King in Twickenham, England; comedian (Kraft Music Hall). [1]
  • Birth of Henri Pousseur in Malmédy, Belgium; composer (Homo Habitis). [1]
  • Birth of June Carter in Scott County, Virginia, USA; singer (Johnny Cash Show), songwriter ("Ring of Fire"), actress and comedian (Carter Family), second wife of singer Johnny Cash. [1] [457]
June 29
  • Birth of Johnny Ace in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; ballad singer ("My Song"). [1]
  • Birth of Peter George; American light middleweight (Olympic-gold-1952). [1]

End of 1929 January-June. Next: 1929 July.

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