Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1940

July 2
  • Birth of Georgi Ivan Ivanov; first Bulgarian space traveler (Soyuz 33). [1]
July 3
  • Birth of Fontella Bass in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; vocalist ("Rescue Me"). [1]
  • Birth of Lance Larson; American 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960). [1]
July 6
  • Birth of Viktor Kuzkin in USSR; ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 1968, 1972). [1]
July 7
  • Birth of Richard Starky AKA Ringo Starr; drummer (The Beatles), actor (Magic Christian). [1] [457]
July 8
  • Birth of Marcia Rodd; actress (Little Murders, T.R. Baskins). [1]
July 10
  • Birth of Mills Watson in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Harper Valley PTA, B.J. and Bear, Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo). [1] [457]
July 13
  • Birth of Patrick Stewart; actor (Captain Picard - Star Trek: The Next Generation). [1] [5] [457]
July 17
  • Birth of Phyllis Davis in Port Arthur, Texas, USA; actress (Love American Style, Vega$). [1]
July 18
  • Birth of James Brolin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Dr Kiley - Marcus Welby, Peter - Hotel). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Joseph Torre; outfield/manager (Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, 1971 National League Most Valuable Player). [1]
July 19
  • Birth of Dennis Cole in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Felony Squad, Brackens's World, Bearcats). [1] [457]
July 20
  • Birth of Tony Oliva; baseball player, batting champion (American League Rookie of Year 1964). [1]
July 22
  • Birth of Alex Trebek in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Stan Ross in New York City, New York, USA; actor (New Bill Cosby Show). [1]
  • Birth of Yuriy Klimov in USSR; team handball (Olympic-gold-1976). [1]

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July 23
  • Birth of Don Imus; US radio personality (IMUS in the Morning). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Gary Stites; singer ("Lonely For You"). [1]
July 24
  • Birth of Dan Hedaya; actor (Cheers, The Tortellis). [457]
July 25
  • Birth of John Pennel; pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963). [1]
July 28
  • Birth of Phil Proctor; comedian (Firesign Theater). [1]
July 30
  • Birth of Patricia Schroeder; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Colorado). [1]
  • Birth of Reva Rose in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Temperature's Rising). [1]
July 31
  • Birth of Stanley Jaffe; film producer (Fatal Attraction). [1]
August 2
  • Birth of Doris Kenner in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; singer (Shirelles - "Soldier Boy"). [1]
August 3
  • Birth of John W Carlin; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Kansas). [1]
  • Birth of Lance Alworth in Houston, Texas, USA; NFL hall of famer (San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys). [1]
  • Birth of Martin Sheen; actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall Street, The West Wing). [1] [5] [457]
August 4
  • Birth of Timi Yuro; singer ("Hurt"). [457]
August 5
  • Birth of Rick Huxley; guitarist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"). [1] [457]
August 6
  • Birth of Louise Sorel in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion). [1]
August 7
  • Birth of Marlyn Mason in San Fernando, California, USA; actress (Making It, Peyton Place). [1]
August 9
  • Birth of Beverlee McKinsey in Oklahoma, USA; actress (Another World, Guiding Light). [1]
August 10
  • Birth of Bobby Hatfield in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA; singer (The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1964), "Unchained Melody"). [1] [457]
August 11
  • Birth of Kip King in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Charlie and Company). [1]
August 14
  • Birth of Dash Crofts in Cisco, Texas, USA; singer (Seals and Crofts - "Summer Breeze"). [1] [457]
August 17
  • Birth of Thomas Williams; American ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960). [1]
August 19
  • Birth of Jill Saint John [Oppenheim] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Diamonds are Forever). [1]
  • Birth of Johnny Nash in Houston, Texas, USA; rocker ("I Can See Clearly Now"). [1]
August 20
  • Birth of Sam Melville in Utah, USA; actor (Mike Danko - Rookies, Roughnecks). [1]
August 22
  • Birth of George Reinholt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Another World, One Life to Live). [1]
  • Birth of Valerie Harper in Sufferin, New York, USA; actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie). [1] [5]
August 23
  • Birth of Richard Sanders in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Les - WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Tony Bill in San Diego, California, USA; actor (Sam - "What Really Happened to the Class of '65"). [1]
August 25
  • Birth of José Van Dam in Brussels, Belgium; bass-baritone (François d'Assisif). [1]
August 28
  • Birth of William Cohen; American politician (Senator-Republican-Maine). [1]
  • Birth of Ken Jenkins; actor (Scrubs). [457]
August 29
  • Birth of Wilhelm Ruska in Holland; judo champion (Olympic-gold-1972). [1]
August 31
  • Birth of Alain Calmat in France; figure skater (Olympic-silver-1964). [1]
September 2
  • Birth of Beverly Sanders in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey). [1]
  • Birth of Jimmy Clanton in Baton Rogue, Louisiana, USA; rock vocalist ("Just a Dream"). [1] [457]
September 3
  • Birth of Pauline Collins in London, England; actress (Shirley Valentine, Upstairs Downstairs, Bleak House). [1] [457]
September 5
  • Birth of Raquel Welch in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles). [1] [5]
September 8
  • Birth of Willie Tyler in Red Level, Alabama, USA; ventriloquist (Lester). [1]
September 10
  • Birth of Roy Ayers in Louisiana, USA; disco jazz artist ("Fever", "You Send Me"). [1]
September 11
  • Birth of Brian DePalma; film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill). [1] [5]
September 12
  • Birth of Linda Gray in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Sue Ellen Ewing - Dallas). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Mickey Lolich; Detroit Tigers' pitcher (won 25 in 1971). [1]
  • Birth of Stephen J Solarz; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New York). [1]
  • Birth of Susan Sennett in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Big Bad Mama). [1]
September 15
  • Birth of Merlin Olsen in Utah, USA; NFL tackle (Los Angeles Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy). [1]
September 18
  • Birth of Frankie Avalon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Beach movies), singer ("Venus"). [1]
September 19
  • Birth of Bill Medley in Santa Ana, California, USA; rocker (Righteous Bros - "Up Where We Belong"). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Williams; singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes). [1]
September 21
  • Birth of Bill Kurtis in Pensacola, Florida, USA; newscaster (The American Parade). [1]
September 22
  • Birth of Anna Karina; actress (Alphaville). [1]
September 28
  • Birth of Alexander S Ivanchenkov; cosmonaut (Soyuz 29, T-6). [1]
October 3
  • Birth of Jean Ratelle; NHL center (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins). [1]
October 6
  • Birth of Ellen Travolta in Englewood, New Jersey, USA; actress (Louise - Joanie Loves Chachi, Charles in Charge, General Hospital). [1] [457]
October 8
  • Birth of Fred Cash; rhythm-and-blues singer (The Impressions). [457]
October 9
  • Birth of Gordon Humphrey; American politician (Senator-Republican-New Hampshire). [1]
  • Birth of Joe Pepitone; baseball player (New York Yankees first baseman). [1]
  • Birth of John Lennon; rocker (The Beatles, "Imagine") (dies 1980). [1] [5]
October 14
  • Birth of Cliff Richards AKA Harry Webb in England; rocker ("Suddenly"). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Christopher Timothy; English actor (All Creatures Great and Small). [457]
  • Birth of Pat Finley in Asheville, North Carolina, USA; actress (Ellen Hartley - Bob Newhart Show, The Rockford Files). [1] [457]
October 16
  • Birth of Dave DeBusschere in Detroit, Michigan, USA; NBA forward (New York Knicks)/last ABA commissioner. [1]
October 19
  • Birth of Michael Gambon; actor (Maigret, Angels in America). [457]
  • Birth of Jerzy Kulej in Poland; light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 1968). [1]
October 21
  • Birth of Frances FitzGerald in New York City, New York, USA; journalist/author (Fire in the Lake). [1]
  • Birth of Manfred Mann; rocker ("The Mighty Quinn"). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Osamu Watanabe in Japan; featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964). [1]
October 23
  • Birth of Edison "Pelé" Pel in Brazil; soccer player extraordinaire (New York Cosmos). [1] [5]
  • Birth of Jordan Christopher in Youngston, Ohio, USA; actor (Return of the Seven). [1]
  • Birth of Ellie Greenwich; songwriter ("Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love", "Da Do Ron Ron"). [457]
October 25
  • Birth of Bob Knight; college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984). [1]
October 27
  • Birth of Lee Greenwood; country singer ("God Bless the USA"). [1]
October 28
  • Birth of Susan Harris; TV writer/producer (Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Benson, Soap). [457]
  • Birth of Gennadi M Strekalov; cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11). [1]
October 30
  • Birth of Ed Lauter in Long Beach, New York, USA; actor (Sheriff Cain - BJ and the Bear). [1]
November 1
  • Birth of Barry Sadler; songwriter/singer ("The Ballad of the Green Berets"). [457]
November 14
  • Birth of Freddie Garrity; rocker (Freddie and the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now"). [1]
November 15
  • Birth of Sam Waterston in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Law and Order, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate). [1] [457]
November 20
  • Birth of Bob Einstein in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne). [1]
November 21
  • Birth of Natalia Maskarova in Leningrad, USSR; ballerina (Kirov) defected 1970. [1]
November 22
  • Birth of Terry Gilliam in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; comedy writer-animator (Monty Python's Flying Circus). [1]
November 23
  • Birth of Gosta Pettersson in Sweden; cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968). [1]
November 25
  • Birth of Richard Furrer in Worgl, Germany; American astronaut (STS 22). [1]
November 27
  • Birth of Bruce Lee in San Francisco, California, USA; karate star/actor (Green Hornet). [1] [5]
November 29
  • Birth of Chuck Mangione; jazz composer/horn blower ("Chasing the Clouds Away"). [1]
December 1
  • Birth of Matthias Habich; actor (Straight to the Heart, A Corps Perdu). [1]
  • Birth of Mike Denness; cricket player (England batsman and captain mid-70s). [1]
  • Birth of Richard Pryor in Illinois, USA; comedian/actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy). [1]
  • Birth of Ron Finn in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; NHL linesman. [1]
December 2
  • Birth of Gerry Cheevers; NHL goalie (Boston Bruins, longest undefeated streak-32 games). [1]
  • Birth of Willie Brown; NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders). [1]
December 4
  • Birth of Freddy Cannon [Picariello] in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (Palisades Park). [1]
  • Birth of John Cale in Wales; rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground). [1]
December 6
  • Birth of Steve Alaimo in Rochester, New York, USA; rocker (Mashed Potatoes). [1]
December 7
  • Birth of Kumar Shahani; writer/director (Kasbam Tarang, Maya Darpan). [1]
  • Birth of Mike Minor in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Steve - Petticoat Junction, All My Children). [1]
December 8
  • Birth of Jenny Linden; English actress (Hedda, Dr Who and the Daleks). [1]
December 9
  • Birth of Sammy Strain; American singer (Imperials - "Hurt So Bad"). [1]
December 10
  • Birth of William Fred Dempster in Berkeley, California, USA; crew member (Biosphere 2). [1]
December 11
  • Birth of David Gates in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; musician (Bread - "If", "Everything I Own"). [1] [457]
  • Birth of Patrick Tovatt in Garrett Ridge, Colorado, USA; actor (Cal - As the World Turns). [1]
December 12
  • Birth of Dionne Warwick in East Orange, New Jersey, USA; singer (Solid Gold, "Way to San Jose"). [1]
December 13
  • Birth of Edith Clever in Wuppertal, Germany; actress (Parsifal, L'Adolescente). [1]
  • Birth of Steve Harmon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Ens Pulver - Mr Roberts). [1]
December 15
  • Birth of Nick Buoniconti; NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)/sportscaster (NBC). [1]
December 18
  • Birth of Arnold Long; cricket player (prolific wicketkeeper for Surrey and Sussex). [1]
December 19
  • Birth of Phil Ochs in El Paso, Texas, USA; anti-war folk singer ("Joe Hill", "War is Over"). [1] [457]
December 20
  • Birth of Larry Willis; rock keyboardist (Blood, Sweat and Tears). [1]
December 21
  • Birth of Frank Zappa in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; rock singer and composer ("Memories of El Monte", Mothers of Invention band, 50 albums, "Jazz From Hell" album (Grammy Award 1988)). [1] [5] [457]
  • Birth of Paul [Ray Hildebrand] in Texas, USA; singer ("Hey Paula"). [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Eugene Record; American singer (Chi Lites - "Give it Away"). [1]
December 24
  • Birth of Jorma Kaukonen in Washington DC, USA; rock guitarist/vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna). [1]
  • Birth of Paul Tagliabue; NFL commissioner (1989-). [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Frans Moor; Dutch Member of Parliament (PvdA). [1]
December 27
  • Birth of Jerry Lambert; jockey (rode Native Diver). [1]
December 28
  • Birth of Lonnie Liston Smith; American jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady). [1]
December 29
  • Birth of Ed Buce in Keiser, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Texas). [1]
  • Birth of Peter Koelewijn; Dutch writer/vocalist ("Come off that Roof"). [1]
December 30
  • Birth of James Burrows; TV producer/director (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers). [1]
December 31
  • Birth of Tim Considine; actor (My Three Sons, Disneyland). [457]

End of 1940. Next: 1941.

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