January •
January 1 –
Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (d.
2005) •
January 4 –
Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (d.
2003) •
January 6 –
John DeLorean, American car maker (d.
2005) •
January 7 •
Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zookeeper, author and television presenter (d.
1995) •
Harry Stradling Jr., American cinematographer (d.
2017) •
January 8 –
Bernardo Ruiz, Spanish road cycling racer (d.
2025) •
January 9 –
Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d.
1989) •
January 10 –
Peter Colotka, Slovak academic, lawyer and politician, Prime Minister 1969–1988 (d.
2019) •
January 12 –
Katherine MacGregor, American actress (d.
2018) •
January 13 •
Rosemary Murphy, American actress (d.
2014) •
Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d.
2000) •
January 14 –
Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d.
1970) •
January 15 •
August Englas, Estonian wrestler (d.
2017) •
Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist (d.
2026) •
Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor (d.
2023) •
January 16 –
Shafik Wazzan, 27th
Prime Minister of Lebanon (d.
1999) •
January 17 •
Robert Cormier, American
young adult author (d.
2000) •
Duane Hanson, American sculptor (d.
1996) •
January 20 –
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet and politician (d.
2020) •
January 24 –
Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (d.
2013) •
January 25 –
Barbara Carroll, American jazz pianist (d.
2017) •
January 26 •
Joan Leslie, American actress (d.
2015) •
Paul Newman, American actor, film director, entrepreneur and philanthropist (d.
2008) •
January 27 –
Sufi Abu Taleb, President of Egypt (d.
2008) •
January 29 –
Robert W. McCollum, American epidemiologist (d.
2010) •
January 30 –
Douglas Engelbart, American inventor (d.
2013) •
January 31 •
Bernardino Rivera Álvarez, Bolivian bishop (d.
2010) •
Micheline Lannoy, Belgian figure skater (d.
2023)
February •
February 2 –
Elaine Stritch, American actress (d.
2014) •
February 3 •
Shelley Berman, American comedian and actor (d.
2017) •
John Fiedler, American actor (d.
2005) •
Leon Schlumpf, Swiss Federal Councillor (d.
2012) •
February 4 •
Arne Åhman, Swedish athlete (d.
2022) •
Jutta Hipp, German born American jazz pianist and composer (d.
2003) •
February 8 –
Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (d.
2001) •
February 10 •
Dhalia, Indonesian actress (d.
1991) •
Pierre Mondy, French film and theatre actor and director (d.
2012) •
Daisy Myers, African-American educator (d.
2011) •
February 11 •
Virginia E. Johnson, American sexologist (d.
2013) •
Amparo Rivelles, Spanish actress (d.
2013) •
Kim Stanley, American actress (d.
2001) •
February 16 –
Romolo Bizzotto, Italian professional football player and coach (d.
2017) •
February 17 •
Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d.
2003) •
Hal Holbrook, American actor (d.
2021) •
February 18 •
Abdelsalam al-Majali, 60th and 63rd
Prime Minister of Jordan (d.
2023) •
Ghafar Baba, Malaysian politician (d.
2006) •
George Kennedy, American actor (d.
2016) •
Krishna Sobti, Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist (d.
2019) •
February 20 –
Robert Altman, American film director (d.
2006) •
February 21 •
Sam Peckinpah, American film director (d.
1984) •
Štefan Vrablec, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate (d.
2017) •
February 22 –
Edward Gorey, American writer, illustrator and playwright (d.
2000) •
February 23 –
Eric Prabhakar, Indian sprinter (d.
2011) •
Maddy English, American female baseball player (d.
2004) •
February 25 •
Lisa Kirk, American actress and singer (d.
1990) •
Eduardo Risso, Uruguayan rower (d.
1986) •
Shehu Shagari, President of Nigeria (1979–83) (d.
2018) •
February 26 –
Everton Weekes, West Indian cricketer (d.
2020) •
February 28 •
Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-American mathematician (d.
2020) •
Harry H. Corbett, English actor (d.
1982)
March •
March 1 •
Keith Harvey Miller, American politician (d.
2019) •
Alexandre do Nascimento, Angolan prelate (d.
2024) •
March 4 •
Inezita Barroso, Brazilian singer, guitarist, actress, TV presenter (d.
2015) •
Alan R. Battersby, English organic chemist (d.
2018) •
Paul Mauriat, French musician ("
L'amour est bleu") (d.
2006) •
Christa Meves, German psychotherapist and writer •
March 7 –
Josef Ertl, German politician (d.
2000) •
March 8 •
John Harland Bryant, American physician (d.
2017) •
Dennis Lotis, South African-English singer and actor (d.
2023) •
March 11 –
Duncan Ndegwa, Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet in Kenya •
March 12 •
Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics laureate •
G. William Whitehurst, American journalist and politician •
March 13 •
Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer (d.
2024) •
John Tate, American mathematician (d.
2019) •
March 14 –
Francis A. Marzen, Roman Catholic priest (d.
2004) •
March 15 –
Art Murakowski, American football player (d.
1985) •
March 16 •
Mary Hinkson, African-American dancer and choreographer (d.
2014) •
Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (d.
2004) •
March 17 –
Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (d.
2015) •
March 18 –
Alessandro Alessandroni, Italian musician and composer (d.
2017) •
March 19 –
Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat (d.
2020) •
March 21 –
Peter Brook, English theatre director (d.
2022) •
March 22 –
Gerard Hoffnung, German-born English humorist (d.
1959) •
March 23 •
Robie Lester, American Grammy-nominated voice artist and singer (d.
2005) •
David Watkin, British cinematographer (d.
2008) •
March 25 •
Flannery O'Connor, American writer (d.
1964) •
Kishori Sinha, Indian politician (d.
2016) •
March 26 –
Pierre Boulez, French composer (d.
2016) •
March 27 –
Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, English farmer and politician (d.
2022) •
March 28 –
Raja Perempuan Budriah, Malaysian royal consort (d.
2008) •
March 29 –
David Tsimakuridze, Georgian freestyle wrestler (d.
2006)
April •
April 1 –
Piero Livi, Italian director and screenwriter (d.
2015) •
April 2 –
Roger Milner, British actor (d.
2014) •
April 3 –
Tony Benn, British politician (d.
2014) •
April 4 –
Serge Dassault, French businessman and politician (d.
2018) •
April 7 –
Chaturanan Mishra, Indian politician (d.
2011) •
April 13 –
Michael Halliday, English-Australian linguist (d.
2018) •
April 14 •
Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d.
1974) •
Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician (d.
2010) •
Rod Steiger, American actor (d.
2002) •
April 15 •
Milton J. Rosenberg, American psychology professor (d.
2018) •
Zdeněk Růžička, Czech Olympic gymnast (d.
2021) •
April 17 –
René Moawad, 13th president of Lebanon (d.
1989) •
April 18 –
Bob Hastings, American actor (d.
2014) •
April 19 •
Hugh O'Brian, American soldier and actor (d.
2016) •
John Kraaijkamp Sr., Dutch actor and comedian (d.
2011) •
April 20 •
Elena Verdugo, American actress (d.
2017) •
Bob Will, American rower (d.
2019) •
April 21 •
Anthony Mason, Australian judge (d.
2026) •
Solomon Perel, Israeli motivational speaker (d.
2023) •
April 22 –
George Cole, English actor (d.
2015) •
April 24 –
Eugen Weber, Romanian-born historian (d.
2007) •
April 25 •
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, English businessman •
Louis O'Neill, Canadian politician (d.
2018) •
April 26 •
Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author (d.
2019) •
Michele Ferrero, Italian businessman (d.
2015) •
Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician (d.
2015) •
April 27 –
Brigitte Auber, French actress •
April 29 •
John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st prime minister of Saint Lucia (d.
2007) •
Iwao Takamoto, Japanese-American animator (d.
2007)
May •
May 1 •
Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (d.
2013) •
Anna May Hutchison, American professional baseball player (d.
1998) •
May 2 •
Maria Barroso, Portuguese politician and actress (d.
2015) •
Inga Gill, Swedish actress (d.
2000) •
John Neville, English actor (d.
2011) •
May 3 –
Ngiratkel Etpison, 5th president of Palau (d.
1997) •
May 4 •
Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin, Malaysian politician (d.
2008) •
Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer (d.
2015) •
Maurice R. Greenberg, American business executive •
May 8 –
Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 2nd
President of Tanzania (d.
2024) •
May 9 –
Vladimir Tadej, Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director (d.
2017) •
May 10 –
Ilie Verdeț, 51st prime minister of Romania (d.
2001) •
May 12 –
Yogi Berra, American baseball player (d.
2015) •
May 14 –
Oona O'Neill, American actress (d.
1991) •
May 15 –
Andrei Eshpai, Soviet and Russian composer (d.
2015) •
May 16 •
Nancy Roman, American astronomer (d.
2018) •
Ola Vincent, Nigerian economist and banker (d.
2012) •
May 18 –
Gérard Corboud, Swiss entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist (d.
2017) •
May 19 •
Malcolm X, African-American civil rights activist (d.
1965) •
Pol Pot, Cambodian Stalinist dictator and leader of the
Khmer Rouge (d.
1998) •
May 20 –
Gregory Yong, Archbishop of Singapore (d.
2008) •
May 22 •
Julio Garrett Ayllón, 33rd
Vice President of Bolivia (d.
2018) •
James King, American tenor (d.
2005) •
Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d.
1991) •
May 23 –
Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
2008) •
May 24 –
Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and film director (d.
1994) •
May 25 •
Jeanne Crain, American actress (d.
2003) •
José María Gatica, Argentine boxer (d.
1963) •
Rudolf Scheurer, Swiss football referee (d.
2015) •
May 26 •
Alec McCowen, English actor (d.
2017) •
Carmen Montejo, Cuban-born Mexican actress (d.
2013) •
May 28 •
Bülent Ecevit, 3-time prime minister of Turkey (d.
2006) •
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and conductor (d.
2012) •
Lucien Nedzi, American politician and member of the
US House of Representatives from 1961 to 1981 (d.
2025) •
Pavel Štěpán, Czech pianist (d.
1998) •
May 30 –
John Marks, English doctor and author (d.
2022) •
May 31 •
Julian Beck, American actor, director, poet and painter (d.
1985) •
Frei Otto, German architect (d.
2015) •
Donn A. Starry, American army officer (d.
2011)
June •
June 2 •
Julius Blank, semiconductor pioneer (d.
2011) •
Buddy Elias, Swiss actor and president of the Anne Frank Fonds (d.
2015) •
June 3 –
Tony Curtis, American actor (d.
2010) •
June 4 –
Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (d.
2013) •
June 5 •
Bill Hayes, American actor (d.
2024) •
Maharani Wisma Susana Siregar, Indonesian-Dutch freedom fighter and wife of President
Sukarno •
June 6 –
Hideji Ōtaki, Japanese actor (d.
2012) •
June 7 –
Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Argentine publisher and executive (d.
2017) •
June 8 –
Barbara Bush,
First Lady of the United States (d.
2018) •
June 10 •
Fortunato Abat, Filipino army general and politician (d.
2018) •
Nat Hentoff, American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic and syndicated columnist (d.
2017) •
June 11 –
William Styron, American writer (d.
2006) •
June 12 –
Raphaël Géminiani, French road cycling racer (d.
2024) •
June 13 –
Dušan Trbojević, Serbian pianist, composer, musical writer and university professor (d.
2011) •
June 14 •
Hideyuki Fujisawa, Japanese professional Go player (d.
2009) •
Pierre Salinger, White House Press Secretary (d.
2004) •
June 15 •
Richard Baker, English broadcast journalist and author (d.
2018) •
Vasily Golubev, Soviet, Russian painter (d.
1985) •
Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer (d.
2005) •
June 16 –
Jean d'Ormesson, French novelist (d.
2017) •
June 17 –
Mervyn Finlay, Australian member of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Queen's Counsel (d.
2014) •
June 20 •
András Kovács, Hungarian filmmaker (d.
2017) •
Audie Murphy, American World War II hero and actor (d.
1971) •
June 21 •
Larisa Avdeyeva, Russian mezzo-soprano (d.
2013) •
Giovanni Spadolini, Prime Minister of Italy (d.
1994) •
Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d.
2006) •
June 23 –
Oliver Smithies, British-American geneticist (d.
2017) •
June 25 •
June Lockhart, American actress (d.
2025) •
Robert Venturi, American architect (d.
2018) •
P. Viswambharan, Indian politician, socialist, trade unionist and journalist (d.
2016) •
June 26 –
Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman (d.
2021) •
June 29 •
Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th
President of Italy (d.
2023) •
Cara Williams, American actress (d.
2021) •
June 30 •
Ebrahim Amini, Iranian politician (d.
2020) •
Philippe Jaccottet, Swiss poet and translator (d.
2021) •
Ros Mey, Cambodian-born American Buddhist monk and survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime (d.
2010) •
Fred Schaus, American basketball player, head coach and athletic director (d.
2010)
July •
July 1 •
Farley Granger, American actor (d.
2011) •
Art McNally, American football referee (d.
2023) •
July 2 •
Marvin Rainwater, American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter (d.
2013) •
Medgar Evers, African-American civil rights activist (d.
1963) •
Patrice Lumumba, Congolese independence leader (d.
1961) •
July 3 –
Roger Chesneau, French steeplechaser (d.
2012) •
July 4 –
Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player (d.
2015) •
July 5 •
Jean Raspail, French author, traveler and explorer (d.
2020) •
Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher (d.
2017) •
Unto Wiitala, Finnish ice hockey player (d.
2019) •
July 6 •
Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress and author (d.
2002) •
Merv Griffin, American game show host and producer, talk show host, singer (d.
2007) •
Bill Haley, American musician (d.
1981) •
Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish scientist and neurosurgeon (d.
2025) •
July 8 –
Nicholas Brathwaite, Prime Minister of Grenada (d.
2016) •
July 9 •
Mary de Rachewiltz, Italian-American poet and translator •
Borislav Stanković, Serbian basketball player and coach (d.
2020) •
July 10 –
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian politician; Former prime minister of Malaysia •
July 11 •
Mattiwilda Dobbs, African-American coloratura soprano (d.
2015) •
Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (d.
2017) •
David Graham, British actor and voice artist (d.
2024) •
Fernando Matthei, Chilean Air Force General (d.
2017) •
July 12 –
Don Campbell, Canadian ice hockey (d.
2012) •
July 13 –
Suzanne Zimmerman, American competition swimmer and Olympic medallist (d.
2021) •
July 14 •
Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Roman Catholic prelate (d.
2022) •
Elmo Bovio, Argentine professional football player (d.
2017) •
Carlos Velázquez, Argentine modern pentathlete •
July 15 •
D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (d.
2019) •
Badal Sarkar, Indian dramatist and theatre director (d.
2011) •
July 16 –
Rosita Quintana, Argentine actress (d.
2021) •
July 17 •
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, German cellist and Holocaust survivor •
Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Afghan politician •
Ted Vogel, American marathon runner (d.
2019) •
July 18 •
Allan Elsom, New Zealand rugby union player (d.
2010) •
Raymond Jones, Australian architect (d.
2022) •
Shirley Strickland, Australian Olympic athlete (d.
2004) •
Friedrich Zimmermann, German politician (d.
2012) •
July 19 •
Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador (d.
1984) •
Henri Beaujean, French politician (d.
2021) •
John Dossetor, Canadian physician and bioethicist (d.
2020) •
Jack Petchey, English businessman and philanthropist (d.
2024) •
Michael Pfeiffer, German footballer (d.
2018) •
Sue Thompson, American singer (d.
2021) •
July 20 •
Jacques Delors, French politician (d.
2023) •
Frantz Fanon, French-Algerian psychiatrist and philosopher (d.
1961) •
Eric Watson, New Zealand cricketer (d.
2017) •
July 21 •
Hans Meyer, South African actor (d.
2020) •
Johnny Peirson, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
2021) •
July 22 –
Joseph Sargent, American film director (d.
2014) •
July 23 •
Tajuddin Ahmad, 1st prime minister of Bangladesh (d.
1975) •
G. Holmes Braddock, American politician (d.
2025) •
Gloria DeHaven, American actress (d.
2016) •
Quett Masire, 2nd
President of Botswana (d.
2017) •
July 24 •
Stephen Porter, American stage director (d.
2013) •
Miiko Taka, American actress (d.
2023) •
July 25 •
Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician •
Ana González de Recabarren, Chilean human rights activist (d.
2018) •
July 26 •
Robert Hirsch, French actor (d.
2017) •
Ana María Matute, Spanish writer (d.
2014) •
July 28 •
Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
2011) •
Ali Bozer, Turkish politician (d.
2020) •
July 29 •
S. D. Phadnis, Indian cartoonist •
Carmen Stănescu, Romanian actress (d.
2018) •
Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer (d.
2021) •
July 31 –
Carmel Quinn, Irish-American singer (d.
2021)
August •
August 2 •
Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Princess of Luxembourg (d.
2023) •
Jorge Rafael Videla, 42nd president of Argentina (d.
2013) •
August 3 •
Marv Levy, American football coach and executive •
Dom Um Romão, Brazilian jazz drummer (d.
2005) •
August 6 •
Eddie Baily, England international footballer (d.
2010) •
Barbara Bates, American actress and singer (d.
1969) •
Lilyan Chauvin, French-American actress (d.
2008) •
August 7 –
M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist (d.
2023) •
August 8 •
Alija Izetbegović, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (d.
2003) •
Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (d.
2014) •
Ginny Tyler, American voice actress (d.
2012) •
August 9 •
David A. Huffman, American computer scientist (d.
1999) •
Valentín Pimstein, Chilean-Mexican producer of telenovelas (d.
2017) •
Olavi Rokka, Finnish modern pentathlete (d.
2011) •
August 10 –
Stanislav Brebera, Czech chemist (d.
2012) •
August 11 –
Arlene Dahl, American actress (d.
2021) •
August 12 •
Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (d.
1986) •
Leopold Barschandt, Austrian footballer (d.
2000) •
George Wetherill, geophysicist (d.
2006) •
Dale Bumpers, American politician (d.
2016) •
August 13 •
José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker (d.
2013) •
Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect based in Christchurch (d.
2012) •
August 15 •
Mike Connors, American actor (d.
2017) •
Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist (d.
2007) •
Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-born French pianist (d.
2015) •
August 16 –
Kirke Mechem, American composer •
August 18 –
Pegeen Vail Guggenheim, Swiss-American painter (d.
1967) •
August 19 –
Madhav Dalvi, Indian cricketer (d.
2012) •
August 20 •
Stan Hovdebo, New Democratic Party member of the Canadian House of Commons (d.
2018) •
Henning Larsen, Danish architect (d.
2013) •
August 21 –
Toma Caragiu, Romanian theatre, television and film actor (d.
1977) •
August 22 –
Honor Blackman, English actress (d.
2020) •
August 26 –
Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician (d.
2018) •
August 27 •
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and Vatican diplomat (d.
2017) •
Nat Lofthouse, English footballer (d.
2011) •
Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian academic and poet (d.
2015) •
August 28 •
Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer and dancer (d.
2003) •
José Parra Martínez, Spanish footballer (d.
2016) •
August 29 –
Demetrio B. Lakas,
President of Panama (d.
1999) •
August 31 •
Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (d.
2004) •
Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d.
2003)
September •
September 1 •
Michael J. Cleary, Irish
Roman Catholic bishop (d.
2020) •
Art Pepper, American musician (d.
1982) •
Ihor Yukhnovskyi, Ukrainian physicist and politician (d.
2024) •
September 3 –
Shoista Mullojonova,
Tajik-born
Shashmakom singer (d.
2010) •
September 6 –
Andrea Camilleri, Italian writer and director (d.
2019) •
September 7 –
Laura Ashley, Welsh designer (d.
1985) •
September 8 •
Jacqueline Ceballos, American feminist •
Peter Sellers, English comedian and actor (d.
1980) •
September 10 –
Boris Tchaikovsky, Soviet and Russian composer (d.
1996) •
September 11 –
Armando Monteiro Filho, Brazilian businessman, engineer and politician (d.
2018) •
September 13 –
Mel Tormé, American musician (d.
1999) •
September 14 –
Winston Cenac, 3rd prime minister of Saint Lucia (d.
2004) •
September 15 –
Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d.
2009) •
September 16 •
Eugene Garfield, American linguist and businessman (d.
2017) •
Charles Haughey, sixth
Taoiseach (head of government of the
Republic of Ireland) (d.
2006) •
B. B. King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d.
2015) •
Morgan Woodward, American actor (d.
2019) •
Martha Firestone Ford, American Businesswoman and former principal owner of the
Detroit Lions •
September 19 –
Pete Murray, British Radio and television presenter •
September 20 –
Ananda Mahidol, King Rama VIII of Siam (d.
1946) •
September 23 –
Angelo Acerbi, Italian Catholic archbishop and cardinal •
September 24 –
Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d.
2004) •
September 25 •
Paul B. MacCready Jr., American aeronautical engineer (d.
2007) •
Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (d.
2016) •
Hasan Tiro, Indonesian politician (d.
2010) •
September 26 •
Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and racing driver (d.
1982) •
Bobby Shantz, American Baseball Player •
September 27 –
Robert G. Edwards, British Nobel Prize-winning physiologist (d.
2013) •
September 28 –
Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d.
1991) •
September 30 •
Joseph Hitti, Lebanese Catholic bishop (d.
2022) •
Arkady Ostashev, Russian scientist and rocket engineer (d.
1998)
October •
October 1 –
Yang Hyong-sop, North Korean politician (d.
2022) •
October 2 –
José A. Martínez Suárez, Argentine film director and screenwriter (d.
2019) •
October 3 •
Simone Segouin (also known as Nicole Minet), French Resistance fighter and partisan (d.
2023) •
Gore Vidal, American author (d.
2012) •
October 4 –
Fyodor Terentyev, Soviet Olympic cross-country skier (d.
1963) •
October 5 •
Gail Davis, American actress (d.
1997) •
Antoine Gizenga, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d.
2019) •
Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter (d.
2020) •
Murray Riley, Australian rower (d.
2020) •
October 7 –
Mildred Earp, American female professional baseball player (d.
2017) •
October 8 –
Álvaro Magaña, 38th president of El Salvador (d.
2001) •
October 9 –
Isyaku Rabiu, Nigerian businessman (d.
2018) •
October 11 –
Elmore Leonard, American novelist (d.
2013) •
October 13 •
Lenny Bruce, American comic (d.
1966) •
Carlos Robles Piquer, Spanish diplomat and politician (d.
2018) •
Margaret Thatcher,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 (d.
2013) •
October 14 –
Phillip V. Tobias, South African palaeoanthropologist (d.
2012) •
October 15 –
Bob Rowland Smith, Australian politician (d.
2012) •
October 16 •
Daniel J. Evans, American politician (d.
2024) • Dame
Angela Lansbury, Irish-British-born American actress (d.
2022) •
October 18 –
Ramiz Alia, 13th president of Albania (d.
2011) •
October 19 •
Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentine Naval military officer (d.
2010) •
Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (d.
2010) •
October 20 •
Art Buchwald, American humorist and columnist (d.
2007) •
Hiromu Nonaka, Japanese politician (d.
2018) •
October 21 •
Surjit Singh Barnala, Indian politician (d.
2017) •
Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (d.
2003) •
Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano (d.
2023) •
October 22 •
Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author and hula expert (d.
2014) •
Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and graphic artist (d.
2008) •
October 23 •
Johnny Carson, American comedian and television host (d.
2005) •
José Freire Falcão, Brazilian cardinal (d.
2021) •
Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d.
1994) •
October 24 •
Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d.
2003) •
Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician (d.
2013) •
October 25 •
Aliya Moldagulova, Soviet soldier and sniper (d.
1944) •
October 27 •
Warren Christopher, American diplomat (d.
2011) •
Paul Fox, English television executive (d.
2024) •
Jiro Ono, Japanese chef •
October 29 •
Robert Hardy, English actor (d.
2017) •
Klaus Roth, German-born British mathematician (d.
2015) •
October 31 •
Ngaire Lane, New Zealand swimmer (d.
2021) •
John Pople, English chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2004)
November •
November 2 –
Leif Hermansen, Danish rower (d.
2005) •
November 4 •
Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer (d.
2018) •
Doris Roberts, American actress (d.
2016) •
November 6 –
Michel Bouquet, French actor (d.
2022) •
November 8 –
Asunción Balaguer, Spanish actress (d.
2019) •
November 9 –
Giovanni Coppa, Italian cardinal (d.
2016) •
November 10 –
Richard Burton, Welsh actor, better known for his role in
Cleopatra (d.
1984) •
November 11 • Dame
June Whitfield, English actress (d.
2018) •
Jonathan Winters, American actor and comedian (d.
2013) •
November 12 –
Heinz Schubert, German actor (d.
1999) •
November 17 –
Rock Hudson, American actor (d.
1985) •
November 19 –
Zygmunt Bauman, Polish military officer, sociologist and philosopher (d.
2017) •
November 20 •
Robert F. Kennedy, American politician,
Attorney General of the United States and a leading
1968 Democratic presidential candidate (d.
1968) •
Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina (d.
2015) •
November 22 •
Miki Muster, Slovenian artist (d.
2018) •
Gunther Schuller, American musician (d.
2015) •
November 23 •
José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran politician, 39th
President of El Salvador (d.
1990) •
Johnny Mandel, American composer and conductor (d.
2020) •
William Tebeau, African-American engineer (d.
2013) •
November 24 •
William F. Buckley Jr., American journalist, author and commentator (d.
2008) •
Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2011) •
November 26 •
Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Uruguayan general and dictator (d.
2016) •
Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d.
2003) •
November 27 •
Claude Lanzmann, French filmmaker (d.
2018) •
Ernie Wise, English comedian (d.
1999) •
November 30 •
Lise Bourdin, French actress (d.
2025) •
Maryon Pittman Allen, American politician and journalist (d.
2018) •
Hayashiya Sanpei I, Japanese comedian (d.
1980)
December •
December 1 –
Martin Rodbell, American scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1998) •
December 2 –
Julie Harris, American actress (d.
2013) •
December 3 –
Erik Mørk, Danish actor (d.
1993) •
December 4 •
Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (d.
2009) •
Sauro Tomà, Italian footballer (d.
2018) •
December 5 •
Henri Oreiller, French Olympic alpine skier (d.
1962) •
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (d.
1980) •
December 6 –
Shigeko Higashikuni, Japanese princess (d.
1961) •
December 7 –
Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian racing driver •
December 8 •
Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, musician and actor (d.
1990) •
Arnaldo Forlani, 43rd prime minister of Italy (d.
2023) •
December 11 –
Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
2019) •
December 12 •
Anne V. Coates, British film editor (d.
2018) •
Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer (d.
2017) •
December 13 –
Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer and dancer •
December 15 •
Trần Thiện Khiêm, Vietnamese politician (d.
2021) •
Hiroshi Motoyama, Japanese scientist (d.
2015) •
December 19 •
Rabah Bitat, Algerian politician, interim
President of Algeria (d.
2000) •
Tankred Dorst, German playwright (d.
2017) •
Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter (d.
2012) •
December 20 –
Béla Goldoványi, Hungarian athlete (d.
1972) •
December 22 –
Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, military doctor and war heroine (d.
2019) •
December 23 –
Pierre Bérégovoy, French politician, 111th
Prime Minister of France (d.
1993) •
December 24 –
Prosper Grech, Maltese cardinal (d.
2019) •
December 27 •
Moshe Arens, Israeli diplomat and politician (d.
2019) •
Michel Piccoli, French actor, singer, director and producer (d.
2020) •
December 28 •
Willy Kemp, Luxembourgish road cycling racer (d.
2021) •
Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer and writer (d.
2002) •
Milton Obote,
President of Uganda (d.
2005) •
December 29 •
Keshav Dutt, Indian field hockey player (d.
2021) •
Luis Alberto Monge, 39th
President of Costa Rica (d.
2016) ==Deaths==