Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1939

July 2
  • Birth of John Sununu; US Secretary of State (1989-91). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Williams in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; singer (The Temptations - "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "My Girl", "Just My Imagination"). [457]
July 3
  • Birth of Jay Tarses in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory). [1]
July 4
  • Birth of Ed Bernard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Joe - Police Woman, Jim - White Shadow). [1]
July 6
  • Birth of Helena Dupont; American equestrian 3-day event (Olympic-33rd place-1964). [1]
  • Birth of Mary Peters in England; pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972). [1]
July 9
  • Birth of James Hampton in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Bugler Dobbs - F Troop). [1]
  • Birth of Richard Roundtree in New Rochelle, New York, USA; actor (Shaft, Roots). [1]
July 10
  • Birth of Lawrence Pressman in Kentucky, USA; actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle, Doogie Howser, Judging Amy). [1] [457]
July 15
  • Birth of Patrick Wayne in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Rounder, Shirley, Beyond Atlantis). [1]
July 16
  • Birth of Corin Redgrave in London, England; actor (Excalibur, Man For All Seasons. [1]
July 17
  • Birth of Spencer Davis in Wales; guitarist/vocalist (The Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin"). [1] [457]
July 18
  • Birth of Brian Auger in London, England; fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis). [1]
  • Birth of Dion DiMucci in the Bronx, New York, USA; rocker (Dion and the Belmonts - "Teenager in Love"). [1]
  • Birth of Hunter S Thompson; writer (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). [1]
July 20
  • Birth of Judy Chicago [Cohen] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; artist (The Dinner Party). [1]

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July 22
  • Birth of Terence Stamp in England; actor (The Collector, Alien Nations, Smallville). [1] [457]
July 24
  • Birth of Bob Lilly; NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys). [1]
  • Birth of Claire Lawrence in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada; rock musician (Classics, Collectors, Chilliwack, Hometown Band), record producer (Valdy, Susan Jacks). [457]
July 27
  • Birth of Irv Cross; NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV). [1]
  • Birth of James Victor in Puerto Rico; actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA). [1]
July 30
  • Birth of Eleanor Smeal; heads National Organization for Women. [1]
  • Birth of Peter Bogdanovich; director/producer (The Last Picture Show). [1]
July 31
  • Birth of France Nuyen in Marselles, France; actress (St. Elsewhere, Diamond Head). [1]
August 2
  • Birth of John W. Snow; US Treasury Secretary. [421.68]
  • Birth of Edward Pattern in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; singer (Gladys Knight and the Pips). [1]
August 4
  • Birth of Frankie Ford in Gretna, Louisiana, USA; rock vocalist ("Sea Cruise"). [1] [457]
August 7
  • Birth of Verna Bloom; actress (Animal House). [457]
August 8
  • Birth of Phil Balsley in Virginia, USA; country singer (The Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall"). [1] [457]
August 9
  • Birth of Claude Osteen; baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds). [1]
August 10
  • Birth of Kate O'Mara in Leicaster, England; actress (Caress Morell - Dynasty). [1]
August 12
  • Birth of George Hamilton in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Love at first Bite, Where the Boys Are, Dynasty TV show). [1] [5] [457]
August 13
  • Birth of Saul Steinberg; artist (The Art of Living). [1]
August 16
  • Birth of Carol Shelly in London, England; actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon - The Odd Couple, One Life to Live, Another World). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Valeri V Ryumin; cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32). [1]
August 17
  • Birth of Luther Allison in Arkansas, USA; guitarist ("Bad News is Coming"). [1]
August 19
  • Birth of Ginger [Peter] Baker in England; drummer (Cream - "White Room"). [1]
August 21
  • Birth of Harold Reid; singer (Statler Brothers). [457]
  • Birth of Clarence Williams III in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain). [1] [457]
  • Birth of James Burton; guitarist (with Elvis Presley). [457]
August 22
  • Birth of Carl Yastrzemski in New York, USA; Boston Red Sox great (1967 American League Most Valuable Player, Hall of Fame). [1] [5]
August 28
  • Birth of Cassie Mackin; newswoman (NBC TV). [1]
August 29
  • Birth of William Friedkin; American film director (Exorcist, Cruising, The French Connection). [1]
August 30
  • Birth of Elizabeth Ashley in Ocala, Florida, USA; actress (Coma, Evening Shade). [1] [457]
September 1
  • Birth of Heinrich Messner in Austria; downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972). [1]
  • Birth of Lily Tomlin in Detroit, Michigan, USA; comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me). [1]
September 2
  • Birth of Sam Gooden; singer (The Impressions). [457]
September 5
  • Birth of John Stewart in San Diego, California, USA; rocker (Kingston Trio - "Fire in the Wind"). [1]
September 6
  • Birth of David Allan Coe; country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy). [1]
September 7
  • Birth of S David Griggs in Portland, Oregon, USA; astronaut (STS 51D, STS 33). [1]
September 10
  • Birth of Greg Mullavey in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Tom - Mary Hartman, Rituals). [1]
September 11
  • Birth of Lola Falana in Camden, New Jersey, USA; singer ("Liberation of LB Jones"). [1]
September 13
  • Birth of Larry Speakes; US presidential press secretary. [1]
  • Birth of Richard Kiel in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (James Bond adversary, Barbary Coast, Wild Wild West). [1] [457]
September 17
  • Birth of David Souter in Weir, New Hampshire, USA; Supreme Court Justice (1990-). [1]
September 18
  • Birth of Fred Willard in Ohio, USA; comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People). [1] [5]
September 22
  • Birth of Junko Tabei in Japan; climbed Mount Everest. [1]
  • Birth of Mike Sullivan; American politician (Governor-Wyoming). [1]
September 24
  • Birth of Manfred Wörner; Secretary General of NATO. [1]
September 27
  • Birth of Kathy Whitworth; golfer (AP Woman Athlete of the Year-1966). [1]
September 29
  • Birth of Larry Linville in Ojai, California, USA; actor (Frank Burns - M*A*S*H, Blue Movie). [1]
  • Birth of Mylene Demongeot in Nice, France; actress (Just Another Pretty Face). [1]
September 30
  • Birth of Len Cariou; actor (Four Seasons). [1]
October 2
  • Birth of Yuri N Glazkov; cosmonaut (Soyuz 24). [1]
October 3
  • Birth of James Darren in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/singer (Gidget, Diamond Head). [1]
October 8
  • Birth of Paul Hogan in Australia; actor (Crocodile Dundee). [1]
October 13
  • Birth of Melinda Dillon in Hope, Arkansas, USA; actress (Close Encounters, Slap Shot). [1]
October 14
  • Birth of Ralph Lauren; fashion designer (Chaps). [1]
October 15
  • Birth of Carmelo Bossi in Italy; light middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1960). [1]
October 18
  • Birth of Lee Harvey Oswald; assassin suspect (US President John Kennedy). [1]
  • Birth of Mike Ditka; coach/tight-end (Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961). [1]
October 19
  • Birth of Tommy Ambrose in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; singer/composer, host (While We're Young (1960-61), Tommy Ambrose Show (1961-63), Celebration gospel music show (1975-76), prolific writer of advertising jingles). [457]
  • Birth of Benita Valente in Delano, California, USA; soprano (Pamina - Die Zauberflöte). [1]
October 22
  • Birth of Tony Roberts in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show). [1]
October 24
  • Birth of F. Murray Abraham; actor (Dead Man's Walk, Marco Polo, How to Survive a Marriage, Amadeus, Mad Man). [1] [457]
October 26
  • Birth of John Arden in England; novelist/playwright (Left Handed Liberty). [1]
October 27
  • Birth of John Cleese; comedian/actor (Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers). [1]
October 28
  • Birth of Jane Alexander in Massachusetts, USA; actress (The Betsy, Kramer versus Kramer, Tell Me You Love Me, Eleanor and Franklin). [1] [457]
October 30
  • Birth of Grace Slick in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"). [1] [5]
November 1
  • Birth of Barbara Bosson in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Fay - Hill Street Blues, Hooperman, Murder One). [1] [457]
November 3
  • Birth of Terrence McNally in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA; playwright (Bad Habits). [1]
November 11
  • Birth of Claudia Boyarskikh in USSR; 5km/10km cross country (Olympic-gold-1964). [1]
November 12
  • Birth of Ruby Nash Curtis; rhythm-and-blues singer (Ruby and the Romantics). [457]
  • Birth of Lucia Popp in Uhorská Ves, Czechoslovakia; soprano (Die Zauberflute). [1]
November 14
  • Birth of Wendy (Walter) Carlos in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA; composer (Switched on Bach). [1]
November 15
  • Birth of Erik Hansen in Denmark; 1000m kayak (Olympic-gold-1960). [1]
  • Birth of Thalmus Rasulala [Jack Crowder] in Miami, Florida, USA; actor (Blacula, Roots). [1]
November 18
  • Birth of Brenda Vaccaro in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls). [1]
November 19
  • Birth of Garrick Utley in Chicago, Illinois, USA; newscaster (first Tuesday, NBC Weekend). [1]
November 20
  • Birth of Dick Smothers in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Smother Brothers' Show). [1] [5]
November 21
  • Birth of Richard Lenz in Springfield, Illinois, USA; actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John, Green Acres, Dynasty). [1] [457]
November 22
  • Birth of Allen Garfield in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Candidate, Beverly Hills Cop II). [1]
November 23
  • Birth of Susan Anspach in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Grace - Yellow Rose, Blume in Love). [1]
November 24
  • Birth of Yoshinobu Miyake in Japan; featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 1968). [1]
November 25
  • Birth of Martin Feldstein; economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal). [1]
November 28
  • Birth of Gary Troxel in Mount Vernon, Washington, USA; singer (The Fleetwoods). [457]
November 29
  • Birth of Gennadiy Volnov in USSR; basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972). [1]
November 30
  • Birth of Walter Weller in Vienna, Austria; conductor (Vienna Tonkusteler Orchestra). [1]
December 1
  • Birth of Dianne Lennon in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (Lennon Sisters). [1]
  • Birth of Lee [Buck] Trevino in Dallas, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (US Open 1968, 1971). [1]
December 6
  • Birth of Tomás Svoboda in Paris, France; Czechoslovakian composer (Etude). [1]
December 8
  • Birth of James Galway in Belfast, Ireland; flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Philharmonic). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Jerry Butler in Sunflower, Mississippi, USA; rock vocalist ("Never Give You Up"). [1] [457]
December 11
  • Birth of Thomas McGuane; American writer (Cold Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks). [1]
  • Birth of Tom Hayden; 1960s US activist/Mr Jane Fonda/politician (Representative-Democrat-California). [1]
December 14
  • Birth of Marilyn Cooper in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Broadway Bound, Survivors). [1]
December 15
  • Birth of Cindy Birdsong in Camden, New Jersey, USA; rock vocalist (Labelle - "Rainbow", Supremes). [1]
December 16
  • Birth of Liv Ullman in Tokyo, Japan; actress (Cries and Whispers, 40 Carats). [1]
December 17
  • Birth of Eddie Kendricks in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; singer (The Temptations - "My Girl", "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (1964), solo - "Keep on Truckin'", "Boogie Down"). [1] [457]
  • Birth of James Booker in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; rhythm and blues musician (Gonzo). [1]
  • Birth of Novella Nelson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Nellie Cole - Chiefs). [1]
December 18
  • Birth of Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe; South Africa Minister of Education. [1]
  • Birth of Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer; Dutch dancer/actress/playwright. [1]
  • Birth of Michael J Moorcock in England; sci-fi author (Alien Heat, Bull and Spear). [1]
  • Birth of Sandro Lopopolia in Italy; lightweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1960). [1]
December 20
  • Birth of Agatha N "Kim" Weston; American gospel/singer ("It Takes Two"). [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Johnny Kidd [Frederick Heath] in London, England; rocker (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates). [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Christopher Wates; English real estate developer/multi-millionaire. [1]
December 26
  • Birth of Lynn Martin; US Secretary of Labor (1991-93). [1]
  • Birth of [Harvey] Phil Spector; record producer (Wall of Sound). [1] [457]
December 27
  • Birth of John Amos in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Good Times, Coming to America). [1]
December 29
  • Birth of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom; President of Maldives (1978-). [1]
December 30
  • Birth of Del Shannon [Charles Westover] in Coopersville, Michigan, USA; rocker ("Runaway"). [1]
  • Birth of Doeke Eisma; sociologist/Dutch Member of Parliament (D66). [1]
December 31
  • Birth of Afaq Hussain; cricket player (Pakistani off-spinner in two Tests 1961-64). [1]
  • Birth of Willye White; American long jumper (Olympics-silver-1956, appeared in five Olympics). [1]

End of 1939. Next: 1940.

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