January •
January 1 •
Wahiduddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic (d.
2018) •
Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (d.
2019) •
Vulo Radev, Bulgarian film director (d.
2001) •
Roméo Sabourin, Canadian World War II spy (d.
1944) •
January 2 •
Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy, 38th Prime Minister of Egypt (d.
2014) •
Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author (d.
2020) •
January 3 •
Renato Guatelli, Italian partisan (d.
1944) •
Hank Stram, American football coach, broadcaster (d.
2005) •
January 4 •
Ricardo C. Puno, Filipino lawyer and politician (d.
2018) •
Mohan Lall Shrimal, Indian chief justice •
Wilfred Waters, English Olympic cyclist (d.
2006) •
January 5 •
Virginia Halas McCaskey, American football team owner (d.
2025) •
Nat Neujean, Belgian sculptor (d.
2018) •
Sam Phillips, American record producer (d.
2003) •
January 6 •
Leah Chase, African-American chef, author and television personality (d.
2019) •
Robert A. Chase, American surgeon and educator (d.
2024) •
Norman Kirk, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d.
1974) •
January 7 •
Gertrude Ehrlich, Austrian-born American mathematician (d.
2025) •
Joseph A. Hardy III, American businessman (d.
2023) •
Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d.
2003) •
Jean Lucienbonnet, French racing driver (d.
1962) •
Johnny Macknowski, Russian-born American basketball player (d.
2024) •
Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez, Mexican chemical bacteriologist and politician (d.
2023) •
January 8 •
Larry Storch, American actor (d.
2022) •
Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d.
1985) •
January 11 •
Wright King, American actor (d.
2018) •
Paavo Lonkila, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (d.
2017) •
Ernst Nolte, German historian (d.
2016) •
January 12 •
Ira Hayes, U.S. Marine flag raiser on Iwo Jima (d.
1955) •
Sune Wehlin, Swedish pentathlete (d.
2020) •
January 15 –
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, 4th
President of the Republic of China (d.
2020) •
January 16 •
Max Fink, American neurologist and psychiatrist (d.
2025) •
Anthony Hecht, American poet (d.
2004) •
Antonio Riboldi, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (d.
2017) •
Walther Wever, German fighter ace (d.
1945) •
January 17 –
Francesc Badia Batalla, Spanish-born Andorran Bishop, Episcopal Véguier (d.
2020) •
January 18 –
Jan Ruff O'Herne, Dutch-Australian human rights activist (d.
2019) •
January 19 –
Jean Stapleton, American actress (
All in the Family) (d.
2013) •
January 20 •
Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (d.
2015) •
Slim Whitman, American country & western musician (d.
2013) •
January 21 –
Prince Andrew Romanov, Russian-American artist and author (d.
2021) •
January 22 –
Diana Douglas, British-born American actress, mother of actor/producer
Michael Douglas (d.
2015) •
January 23 •
Horace Ashenfelter, American athlete (d.
2018) •
Silvano Campeggi, Italian film poster designer (d.
2018) •
Cot Deal, American major league baseball player, coach (d.
2013) •
January 24 –
Geneviève Asse, French painter (d.
2021) •
January 25 •
Arvid Carlsson, Swedish scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
2018) •
Rusty Draper, American singer (d.
2003) •
Jacob Korevaar, Dutch mathematician (d.
2025) •
Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten, Dutch economist (d.
2018) •
January 26 –
Anne Jeffreys, American actress, singer (d.
2017) •
January 27 –
Enrico Braggiotti, Monegasque banker (d.
2019) •
January 28 •
Erling Lorentzen, Norwegian shipowner and industrialist (d.
2021) •
Sante Spessotto, Italian
Roman Catholic priest and saint (d.
1980) •
January 29 •
Jack Burke Jr., American golfer (d.
2024) •
Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (d.
1981) •
Khir Johari, Malaysian politician (d.
2006) •
January 31 –
Norman Mailer, American novelist, journalist and dramatist (d.
2007)
February •
February 1 •
Stig Mårtensson, Swedish racing cyclist (d.
2010) •
Gena Turgel, Polish author, Holocaust survivor and educator (d.
2018) •
February 2 •
James Dickey, American poet, author (
Deliverance) (d.
1997) •
Red Schoendienst, American baseball player (d.
2018) •
Liz Smith, American gossip columnist (d.
2017) •
Clem Windsor, Australian rugby union player, surgeon (d.
2007) •
February 3 –
Edith Barney, American female professional baseball player (d.
2010) •
February 4 •
Bonar Bain, Canadian actor (d.
2005) •
Belisario Betancur, Colombian politician, 26th
President of Colombia (d.
2018) •
February 5 •
Dora Bryan, English actress (d.
2014) •
Fatmawati, 1st First Lady of Indonesia (d.
1980) •
Claude King, American country music singer and songwriter (d.
2013) •
February 6 •
Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (d.
1981) •
Georges Pouliot, Canadian fencer (d.
2019) •
Vija Vētra, Latvian dancer and choreographer (d.
2026) •
February 7 •
Egil Abrahamsen, Norwegian ships engineer (d.
2023) •
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, first grandchild of King George V (d.
2011) •
William F. Stanton, American politician (d.
2024) •
February 8 –
Urpo Korhonen, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (d.
2009) •
February 9 –
Brendan Behan, Irish author (d.
1964) •
February 10 •
Allie Sherman, American professional football coach (d.
2015) •
Cesare Siepi, Italian opera singer (d.
2010) •
February 11 •
Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (d.
2010) •
Rosita Fornés, Cuban-American actress (d.
2020) •
Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples, English politician (d.
2022) •
February 12 •
Knox Martin, American artist (d.
2022) •
Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film, opera director (d.
2019) •
February 13 •
Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (d.
2003) •
Chuck Yeager, American test pilot,
NASA official (d.
2020) •
February 15 •
Marcel Denis, Belgian comics artist (d.
2002) •
Ken Hofmann, American businessman (d.
2018) •
February 16 –
Samuel Willenberg, Polish-born Israeli sculptor, painter and last surviving member of the
Treblinka extermination camp revolt (d.
2016) •
February 17 –
Jun Fukuda, Japanese film director (d.
2000) •
February 18 –
Allan Melvin, American actor (d.
2008) •
February 20 •
Victor Atiyeh, American politician (d.
2014) •
Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Guyana and 2nd
President of Guyana (d.
1985) •
Robert Lucy, Swiss gymnast (d.
2009) •
February 21 •
Wilbur R. Ingalls Jr., American architect (d.
1997) •
William Winter, American politician (d.
2020) •
February 22 –
Norman Smith, English singer, record producer (d.
2008) •
February 23 •
Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge, politician and 176th
Prime Minister of Greece (d.
2016) •
rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan politician and
Interim President (d.
2014) •
John van Hengel, American "Father of Food Banking" (d.
2005) •
February 24 –
David Soyer, American cellist (d.
2010) •
February 27 •
Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophone player, actor (d.
1990) •
James Ross MacDonald, American physicist (d.
2024) •
February 28 •
Jean Carson, American actress (d.
2005) •
Charles Durning, American actor (d.
2012)
March •
March 2 •
Orrin Keepnews, American record producer (d.
2015) •
Robert H. Michel, American Republican Party politician (d.
2017) •
March 3 •
Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director (d.
2009) •
Doc Watson, American folk guitarist, songwriter (d.
2012) •
March 4 •
Russell Freeburg, American journalist and author •
Piero D'Inzeo, Italian Olympic show jumping rider (d.
2014) • Sir
Patrick Moore, British astronomer, broadcaster (d.
2012) •
March 6 •
Ed McMahon, American television personality (d.
2009) •
Wes Montgomery, African-American jazz musician (d.
1968) •
March 7 •
Mahlon Clark, American musician (d.
2007) •
Thomas Keating, American monk (d.
2018) •
March 8 –
Louk Hulsman, Dutch criminologist (d.
2009) •
March 9 •
James L. Buckley, American politician,
United States Senator (1971–77) (d.
2023) •
Walter Kohn, Austrian-born physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d.
2016) •
William Lyon, American major general (d.
2020) •
March 10 –
Val Logsdon Fitch, American nuclear physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2015) •
March 11 •
Agatha Barbara, Maltese politician (d.
2002) •
Paul Muller, Swiss actor (d.
2016) •
March 12 •
Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed-skater (d.
2013) •
Wally Schirra, American astronaut (d.
2007) •
Mae Young, American wrestler (d.
2014) •
March 14 •
Diane Arbus, American photographer (d.
1971) •
Joe M. Jackson, American
Medal of Honour recipient (d.
2019) •
Celeste Rodrigues, Portuguese singer (d.
2018) •
March 15 •
Lou Richards, Australian footballer (d.
2017) •
Willy Semmelrogge, German actor (d.
1984) •
March 19 –
Oskar Fischer, East German politician (d.
2020) •
March 21 •
Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Canadian geographer, author and academic (d.
2020) •
Merle Keagle, American female professional baseball player (d.
1960) •
Olive Nicol, Baroness Nicol, British politician, life peer (d.
2018) •
Rezső Nyers, Hungarian politician (d.
2018) •
Nirmala Srivastava, Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga (d.
2011) •
March 22 –
Marcel Marceau, world-renowned French
mime (d.
2007) •
March 24 –
Murray Hamilton, American actor (d.
1986) •
March 25 •
Lewis Elton, German-English physicist and researcher (d.
2018) •
Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d.
2003) •
March 26 •
Romolo Catasta, Italian Olympic rower (d.
1985) •
Baba Hari Dass, Indian yoga master, silent monk, and commentator (d.
2018) •
Bob Elliott, American comedian (d.
2016) •
March 27 •
Ulla Sallert, Swedish actress, singer (d.
2018) •
Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born poet (d.
2012) •
March 28 •
Thad Jones, American jazz musician (d.
1986) •
Ine Schäffer, Austrian athlete (d.
2009) •
March 29 –
Geoff Duke, British motorcycle racer (d.
2015) •
March 31 •
Don Barksdale, American basketball player (d.
1993) •
Shoshana Damari, Yemenite-Israeli singer (d.
2006)
April •
April 2 •
Alice Haylett, American professional baseball player (d.
2004) •
Gloria Henry, American actress (d.
2021) •
Johnny Paton, Scottish football player, coach and manager (d.
2015) •
G. Spencer-Brown, British mathematician (d.
2016) •
April 4 •
Maximiano Tuazon Cruz, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate (d.
2013) •
Gene Reynolds, American actor (d.
2020) •
Peter Vaughan, English actor (d.
2016) •
April 5 –
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (d.
2001) •
April 8 •
George Fisher, American political cartoonist (d.
2003) •
Edward Mulhare, Irish-born American actor (d.
1997) •
April 10 –
John Watkins, South African cricketer (d.
2021) •
April 12 –
Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (d.
2004) •
April 13 –
Don Adams, American actor, comedian (
Get Smart) (d.
2005) •
April 14 •
Lydia Clarke, American actress, photographer (d.
2018) •
Roberto De Vicenzo, Argentine professional golfer, winner of the
1967 Open Championship (d.
2017) •
April 15 –
Douglas Wass, British civil servant (d.
2017) •
April 17 –
Étienne Bally, French sprinter (d.
2018) •
April 19 –
Sen Sōshitsu XV, Japanese hereditary master (d.
2025) •
April 20 •
Mother Angelica, American nun, founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) (d.
2016) •
Irene Lieblich, Polish-born painter (d.
2008) •
April 22 •
Paula Fox, American writer (d.
2017) •
Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith, English/Canadian
geologist and
glaciologist (d.
2012) •
Bettie Page, American model (d.
2008) •
Aaron Spelling, American television producer, writer (d.
2006) •
April 23 –
Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas (d.
2010) •
April 24 •
Sir John Conant, 2nd Baronet, English aristocrat (d.
2024) •
Bülent Ulusu, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (d.
2015) •
April 25 •
Francis Graham-Smith, English astronomer, academic (d.
2025) •
Albert King, American musician (d.
1992) •
Grant Munro, Canadian animator, filmmaker and actor (d.
2017) •
April 27 –
Lloyd F. Wheat, American lawyer and politician (d.
2004) •
April 29 –
Walter Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (d.
2024) •
April 30 •
Al Lewis, American actor (
The Munsters) (d.
2006) •
Francis Tucker, South African rally driver (d.
2008)
May •
May 1 •
Frank Brian, American basketball player (d.
2017) •
Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese football forward, manager (d.
2014) •
Joseph Heller, American novelist (
Catch-22) (d.
1999) •
Billy Steel, Scottish footballer (d.
1982) •
May 2 •
Patrick Hillery,
President of Ireland (d.
2008) •
Paul Shooner, Canadian politician (d.
2025) •
May 3 •
Francis Bellotti, American lawyer and politician (d.
2024) •
Francesco Paolo Bonifacio, Italian politician and jurist (d.
1989) •
Alexander Harvey II, American judge (d.
2017) •
May 4 •
Gillis William Long, American politician (d.
1985) •
Assi Rahbani,
Lebanese composer, musician, conductor, poet and author (d.
1986) •
Eric Sykes, English actor (d.
2012) •
May 5 •
Sergey Akhromeyev, Soviet marshal, former Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces (d.
1991) •
Ezekiel Guti, Zimbabwean pastor and archbishop (d.
2023) •
Edit Perényi-Weckinger, Hungarian gymnast (d.
2019) •
Konrad Repgen, German historian (d.
2017) •
Richard Wollheim, English philosopher (d.
2003) •
May 6 •
Josep Seguer, Spanish football defender, manager (d.
2014) •
Archduchess Yolande of Austria (d.
2023) •
May 7 •
Anne Baxter, American actress (d.
1985) •
Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter (d.
2016) •
J. Mack Robinson, American businessman (d.
2014) •
May 8 •
Louise Meriwether, American novelist, journalist and activist (d.
2023) •
Yusof Rawa, Malaysian politician (d.
2000) •
May 10 –
Heydar Aliyev, 3rd
President of Azerbaijan (1993–2003) (d.
2003) •
May 11 •
Louise Arnold, American baseball player (d.
2010) •
Eugenio Calabi, Italian-born American mathematician (d.
2023) •
Fred McLafferty, American chemist (d.
2021) •
May 12 –
Mila del Sol, Filipino actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist (d.
2020) •
May 13 •
Ruth Adler Schnee, German-American textile, interior designer (d.
2023) •
John Pearce, Australian tennis player (d.
1992) •
Betty Webb, code breaker at
Bletchley Park during World War Two (d.
2025) •
May 14 •
Willis Blair, Canadian politician (d.
2014) •
Josette Molland, WWII French Resistance member and artist (d. 2024) •
Alberto Ortiz, Uruguayan pentathlete (d.
1990) •
Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi Foreign Minister (d.
2019) •
Alfredo Pieroni, Italian journalist (d.
2011) •
Mrinal Sen, Indian filmmaker (d.
2018) •
May 15 •
Doris Dowling, American actress (d.
2004) •
John Lanchbery, English composer (d.
2003) •
Gholamreza Pahlavi, Persian prince (d.
2017) •
May 16 •
Merton Miller, American economist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2000) •
Lingam Suryanarayana, Indian surgeon •
May 17 •
Anthony Eyton, English painter and educator •
Peter Mennin, American composer, teacher and administrator (d.
1983) •
David Wasawo, Kenyan zoologist, conservationist, and university administrator (d.
2014) •
May 18 –
Hugh Shearer,
Prime Minister of Jamaica (d.
2004) •
May 19 –
Peter Lo Sui Yin, Malaysian politician (d.
2020) •
May 20 –
Israel Gutman, Israeli historian (d.
2013) •
May 21 •
Vernon Biever, American photographer (d.
2010) •
Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d.
2003) •
Désiré Carré, French footballer (d.
2014) •
Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (d.
2002) •
Ara Parseghian, American football coach (d.
2017) •
Evelyn Ward, American actress (d.
2012) •
May 23 •
Ranajit Guha, Indian historian (d.
2023) •
Kalidas Shrestha, Nepalese artist (d.
2016) •
May 24 –
Seijun Suzuki, Japanese filmmaker, actor and screenwriter (d.
2017) •
May 25 –
Bernard Koura, French painter (d.
2018) •
May 26 •
James Arness, American actor (
Gunsmoke) (d.
2011) •
Roy Dotrice, English actor (d.
2017) •
Horst Tappert, German television actor (d.
2008) •
May 27 •
Henry Kissinger, German-born
United States Secretary of State, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d.
2023) •
Sumner Redstone, American businessman (d.
2020) •
Alfonso Wong, Hong Kong cartoonist (d.
2017) •
May 28 •
György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d.
2006) •
N. T. Rama Rao, Indian (Telugu) film actor, politician (d.
1996) •
T. M. Thiagarajan, Carnatic musicologist from Tamil Nadu in Southern India (d.
2007) •
May 29 •
Edward H. Sims, American author (d.
2014) •
Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist (d.
2020) •
May 30 •
Zdeněk Košta, Czech cyclist (d.
2022) •
Jimmy Lydon, American actor, producer (d.
2022) •
Dennis V. Razis, Greek oncologist (d.
2017) •
May 31 •
Robert O. Becker, American orthopedic surgeon (d.
2008) •
Ellsworth Kelly, American artist (d.
2015) •
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d.
2005)
June •
June 2 •
Ted Leehane, Australian rules footballer (d.
2014) •
Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2016) •
June 3 •
Phil Nimmons, American jazz musician and composer (d.
2024) •
Peter Thorne, British Royal Air Force pilot (d.
2014) •
June 4 •
Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (d.
2007) •
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (d.
2024) •
June 5 –
Peggy Stewart, American actress (d.
2019) •
June 6 •
V. C. Andrews, American novelist (d.
1996) •
Jeff Dwire, American small businessman (d.
1974) •
June 7 •
Jean Baratte, French international footballer, striker and manager (d.
1986) •
Giorgio Belladonna, Italian bridge player, one of the greatest of all time (d.
1995) •
Harold Garde, American artist (d.
2022) •
June 8 •
Alice Coleman, English geographer (d.
2023) •
Tang Hsiang Chien, Hong Kong industrialist (d.
2018) •
June 9 •
Stanley Michael Gartler, American molecular biologist and geneticist •
Gerald Götting, German politician (d.
2015) •
René Henry Gracida, American bishop (d.
2026) •
I. H. Latif, Indian military officer (d.
2018) •
June 10 •
Madeleine Lebeau, French actress (d.
2016) •
Robert Maxwell, Slovak-born media entrepreneur (d.
1991) •
Françoise Sullivan, Canadian painter, sculptor, dancer and choreographer •
June 11 •
Roland L. Bragg, American army paratrooper (d.
1999) •
Bernard F. Grabowski, American politician (d.
2019) •
June 12 •
Juan Arza, Spanish football forward, manager (d.
2011) •
Herta Elviste, Estonian actress (d.
2015) •
June 13 –
Lloyd Conover, American scientist (d.
2017) •
June 14 •
Jack Hayward, English businessman (d.
2014) •
Silvia Infantas, Chilean singer and actress (d.
2024) •
Judith Kerr, English writer and illustrator (d.
2019) •
Kari Polanyi Levitt, Canadian economist •
Donald Smith, English cricketer (d.
2021) •
June 15 •
Herbert Chitepo, Zimbabwe African National Union leader (d.
1975) •
Johnny Most, American basketball radio announcer (d.
1993) •
Ninian Stephen, 20th Governor-General of Australia (d.
2017) •
June 16 –
Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the
Warsaw Uprising (d.
2023) •
June 17 •
William G. Adams, 9th mayor of St. John's, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (d.
2005) •
Enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop (d.
1976) •
Anthony Bevilacqua, American Roman Catholic cardinal (d.
2012) •
Sukh Dev, Indian organic chemist, academic and researcher (d.
2024) •
W. M. Gorman, Irish economist, academic (d.
2003) •
Arnold S. Relman, American internist (d.
2014) •
Jan Veselý, Czech cyclist (d.
2003) •
June 18 •
Clinton Ballou, American biochemist and professor (d.
2021) •
Szymon Szurmiej, Polish-Jewish actor, director, and general manager (d.
2014) •
Elizabeth Weber, South African literary writer •
June 19 •
Geri M. Joseph, American journalist and academic (d.
2023) •
Andrés Rodríguez, 47th
President of Paraguay (d.
1997) •
June 20 •
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Danish actor (d.
1998) •
Franklin B. Zimmerman, American musicologist and conductor •
June 21 –
Johann Eyfells, Icelandic artist (d.
2019) •
June 22 •
John Oldham, American college player, athletic director and basketball coach (d.
2020) •
Felo Ramírez, Cuban-American Spanish-language radio voice of the Miami Marlins (d.
2017) •
June 23 •
André Antunes, Portuguese sports shooter (d.
2002) •
Makhmut Gareev, Russian general (d.
2019) •
Doris Johnson, American politician (d.
2021) •
Mario Milita, Italian actor and voice actor (d.
2017) •
Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lanka statesman, 3rd
President of Sri Lanka (d.
1993) •
Jerry Rullo, American professional basketball player (d.
2016) •
Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian Resistance fighter (d.
1945) •
June 24 •
Yves Bonnefoy, French poet, art historian (d.
2016) •
Cesare Romiti, Italian economist (d.
2020) •
T-Model Ford, African-American blues musician (d.
2013) •
Benjamin de Vries, Dutch-born Israeli economic historian •
June 25 •
Jamshid Amouzegar, 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (d.
2016) •
Stan Clements, English footballer (d.
2018) •
Doug Everingham, Australian politician, minister (d.
2017) •
Sam Francis, American painter (d.
1994) •
Vatroslav Mimica, Croatian film director, screenwriter (d.
2020) •
June 26 •
Ed Bearss, American military historian and author (d.
2020) •
Barbara Graham, American criminal (d.
1955) •
Jonah Kinigstein, American artist (d.
2025) •
Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi prince (d.
2013) •
June 27 •
Beth Chatto, British plantswoman, garden designer and author (d.
2018) •
Mitchell Flint, American lawyer, veteran aviator (d.
2017) •
Gus Zernial, American baseball player, sports commentator (d.
2011) •
June 28 •
Daniil Khrabrovitsky, Soviet film director (d.
1980) •
Giff Roux, American basketball player (d.
2011) •
Gaye Stewart, Canadian ice hockey forward (d.
2010) •
June 29 •
Sérgio Britto, Brazilian actor (d.
2011) •
Renyldo Ferreira, Brazilian equestrian (d.
2023) •
Alfred Goodwin, senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (d.
2022) •
Olav Thon, Norwegian real estate magnate (d.
2024) •
Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer, educator (d.
2019) •
June 30 •
Gad Beck, Israeli-German educator, author, activist and Holocaust survivor (d.
2012) •
Ivo Orlandi, Venezuelan sports shooter (d.
2000)
July •
July 1 •
Scotty Bowers, American marine, author (d.
2019) •
Herman Chernoff, American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist •
July 2 •
Constantin Dăscălescu, 52nd Prime Minister of Romania (d.
2003) •
Wisława Szymborska, Polish writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2012) •
July 3 •
Hugo Machado, Uruguayan cyclist (d.
2015) •
Felipe Zetter, Mexican football defender (d.
2013) •
July 4 •
Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor (d.
2013) •
George Mostow, American mathematician, renowned for his contributions to Lie theory (d.
2017) •
July 5 –
Hermann Gummel, German semiconductor industry pioneer (d.
2022) •
July 6 •
Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici, Romanian neurologist (d.
2023) •
Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish Communist politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Poland and
President of Poland (d.
2014) •
Kallu Dhani Ram, Fijian farmers activist •
July 7 •
Leonardo Ferrel, Bolivian football player (d.
2013) •
Whitney North Seymour Jr., American administrator (d.
2019) •
Kitty White, American jazz singer (d.
2009) •
July 8 •
Val Bettin, American actor (d.
2021) •
Harrison Dillard, African-American track and field athlete (d.
2019) •
Ivor Germain, Barbadian professional light/welterweight boxer (d.
1982) •
Eric Hill, English cricketer (d.
2010) •
July 9 –
Jill Knight, British politician (d.
2022) •
July 10 •
Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (d.
2001) •
John Bradley, U.S. Navy flag raiser on Iwo Jima (d.
1994) •
Stanton Forbes, American writer (d.
2013) •
Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet and Russian classical pianist (d.
2013) •
Mátyás Tímár, Hungarian politician and economist (d.
2020) •
July 11 •
Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian football player (d.
2010) •
Gilbert Morand, French non-commissioned officer, skier (d.
2008) •
Roy Neighbors, American politician (d.
2017) •
Richard Pipes, Polish-American academic who specialized in Russian history (d.
2018) •
Bernard Punsly, American actor (d.
2004) •
July 12 •
Francisco Castro, Puerto Rican long jumper, triple jumper (d.
2008) •
Freddie Fields, American theatrical agent, film producer (d.
2007) •
James E. Gunn, American science fiction writer, editor, scholar, and anthologist (d.
2020) •
July 13 •
Alexandre Astruc, French film critic, director (d.
2016) •
Ashley Bryan, American writer and illustrator (d.
2022) •
James H. Harvey, American Air Force officer •
Shmuel Laviv-Lubin, Israeli sports shooter (d.
2012) •
Erich Lessing, Austrian photographer (d.
2018) •
Norma Zimmer, American singer (d.
2011) •
July 14 •
María Martín, Spanish actress (d.
2014) •
Dale Robertson, American actor (d.
2013) •
July 16 •
Chris Argyris, American business theorist (d.
2013) •
Mari Evans, African-American poet (d.
2017) •
Giuseppe Madini, Italian professional football player (d.
1998) •
Len Okrie, American catcher (d.
2018) •
July 18 •
Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (d.
1997) •
Michael Medwin, English actor (d.
2020) •
Odvar Omland, Norwegian politician (d.
2025) •
July 19 •
Alex Hannum, American basketball player (d.
2002) •
Soini Nikkinen, Finnish javelin thrower (d.
2012) •
July 20 •
Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist, journalist (d.
2005) •
Elisabeth Becker, German Nazi war criminal (d.
1946) •
James Bree, British actor (d.
2008) •
July 21 •
Walter Brenner, American professor (d.
2017) •
Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
William Wise, American children's writer •
July 22 •
Bob Dole, American Republican politician, presidential candidate (d.
2021) •
Anthony Enahoro, Nigerian politician (d.
2010) •
Mukesh, Indian singer (d.
1976) •
The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler (d.
2007) •
July 23 •
Witto Aloma, Cuban
Major League Baseball player (d.
1997) •
Morris Halle, Latvian-American linguist (d.
2018) •
July 24 –
Albert Vanhoye, French cardinal (d.
2021) •
July 25 •
Estelle Getty, American actress (d.
2008) •
Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (d.
2020) •
July 28 •
Robert P. Madison, American architect •
Ian McDonald, Australian cricketer (d.
2019) •
July 29 •
Edgar Cortright, American scientist, engineer (d.
2014) •
Jim Marshall, British founder of
Marshall Amplification (d.
2012) •
July 31 •
Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist noted for inventing Kevlar (d.
2014) •
Jean-Jacques Moreau, French mathematician, mechanician (d.
2014) •
William Joseph Nealon Jr., American judge (d.
2018) •
Kent Rogers, American actor (d.
1944)
August •
August 2 •
Shimon Peres, 8th
Prime Minister of Israel, 9th
President of Israel, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d.
2016) •
Charlie Wells, American crime novelist (d.
2004) •
Ike Williams, American boxer (d.
1994) •
August 3 •
Jean Hagen, American actress (d.
1977) •
Anne Klein, American fashion designer (d.
1974) •
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (d.
2012) •
August 4 •
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy, American judge (d.
2014) •
Santiago Omar Riveros, Argentine general (d.
2024) •
Franz Karl Stanzel, Austrian literary theorist (d.
2023) •
August 5 • Sir
Michael Kerry,
QC, British civil servant,
Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor (d.
2012) •
Devan Nair, third
President of Singapore (d.
2005) •
August 6 •
John Dunmore, New Zealand academic, historian and author (d.
2023) •
Paul Hellyer, Canadian engineer, politician (d.
2021) •
Moira Lister, Anglo-South African film, stage and television actress (d.
2007) •
Jack Parnell, English producer, bandleader and musician (d.
2010) •
August 7 –
Ramesh Mehta, Indian playwright, director and actor (d.
2012) •
August 8 •
Eve Miller, American actress (d.
1973) •
Latifa al-Zayyat, Egyptian activist, writer (d.
1996) •
August 9 –
John Stephenson, American actor and voice actor (d.
2015) •
August 10 •
Iosif Fabian, Romanian football striker, coach (d.
2008) •
Rhonda Fleming, American actress (d.
2020) •
Fred Ridgway, English cricketer (d.
2015) •
David H. Rodgers, American politician (d.
2017) •
August 11 •
Jeanne Bisgood, English golfer (d.
2024) •
Roy Roper, New Zealand rugby player (d.
2023) •
August 12 •
Ruth Stiles Gannett, American children's writer (d.
2024) •
Carlo Smuraglia, Italian politician and partisan (d.
2022) •
August 14 •
Kuldip Nayar, Indian journalist, human rights activist and politician (d.
2018) •
Ivan Uzlov, Soviet-born Ukrainian scientist and metallurgist (d.
2022) •
August 15 •
Enver Mamedov, Soviet diplomat and media manager (d.
2023) •
Rose Marie, American actress, comedian, and singer (d.
2017) •
August 16 •
Francisco de Andrade, Portuguese competitive sailor, Olympic medalist (d.
2021) •
Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian cartoonist, playwright (d.
2012) •
August 17 –
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (d.
2019) •
August 19 –
Esmeralda Agoglia, Argentinian ballerina (d.
2014) •
August 20 •
Jim Reeves, American country singer (d.
1964) •
Arthur Upton, South African cricketer (d.
2015) •
August 21 –
Larry Grayson, English comedian, game show host (d.
1995) •
August 22 •
Guenter Lewy, German-born American author and political scientist •
Aldo Scavarda, Italian cinematographer (d. unknown) •
Carolina Slim, American
Piedmont blues singer, guitarist (d.
1953) •
August 23 •
Siti Hartinah, 2nd
First Lady of Indonesia, wife of
Suharto (d.
1996) •
Artturi Niemelä, Finnish homesteader and politician (d.
2021) •
Henry F. Warner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d.
1944) •
Balram Jakhar, Indian politician (d.
2016) •
August 24 •
Eddie Deerfield, American government official (d.
2022) •
Arthur Jensen, American educational psychologist (d.
2012) •
August 25 –
Luis Abanto Morales, Peruvian singer, composer (d.
2017) •
August 26 •
N. A. Ramaiah, Indian physical chemist •
Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor, pianist (d.
2013) •
August 27 •
Inge Egger, Austrian actress (d.
1976) •
Hun Neang, father of Cambodian Prime Minister
Hun Sen (d.
2013) •
August 28 •
Arthur Payne, Australian speedway rider (d.
2025) •
Andrea Veggio, Italian
Roman Catholic bishop (d.
2020) •
August 29 • Sir
Richard Attenborough, English actor, film director (d.
2014) •
Maurizio Bucci, Italian diplomat •
Ashi Tashi Dorji, Bhutanese royal •
Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley, chairman of the BBC (d.
2006) •
August 30 •
Joseph Lawson Howze, American
Roman Catholic bishop (d.
2019) •
Giacomo Rondinella, Italian singer, actor (d.
2015) •
Vic Seixas, American tennis player (d.
2024) •
August 31 –
Emilinha Borba, popular Brazilian singer (d.
2005)
September •
September 1 •
Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d.
1969) •
Tunku Ampuan Najihah, Queen consort of Malaysia (d.
2023) •
Kenneth Thomson, Canadian businessman, art collector (d.
2006) •
September 3 •
Glen Bell, American entrepreneur, founder of
Taco Bell (d.
2010) •
Mort Walker, American cartoonist, creator of
Beetle Bailey (d.
2018) •
September 4 •
Mirko Ellis, Swiss-Italian actor (d.
2014) •
Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian politician (d.
2003) •
Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani banker, writer and humorist (d.
2018) •
September 5 –
Aileen Adams, English consultant anaesthetist •
September 6 •
Eloy Tato Losada, Spanish
Roman Catholic bishop (d.
2022) • King
Peter II of Yugoslavia (d.
1970) •
September 7 •
Madeleine Dring, British composer, actress (d.
1977) •
Peter Lawford, English actor (d.
1984) •
Bill Nankivell, Australian politician (d.
2024) •
September 8 •
Joy Laville, English-Mexican sculptor, potter and painter (d.
2018) •
Eleanor Vadala, American chemist, materials engineer and balloonist (d.
2023) •
September 9 •
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American virologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
2008) •
Cliff Robertson, American actor (d.
2011) •
Charles Grier Sellers, American historian (d.
2021) •
Marcel Zanini, Turkish-born French jazz musician (d.
2023) •
September 10 •
Uri Avnery, Israeli writer (d.
2018) •
Joe Wallach, American businessman •
September 11 •
Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (d.
1984) •
Harry D. Schultz, American investment adviser and author (d.
2023) •
September 12 –
Joe Shulman, American jazz bassist (d.
1957), •
Mary E Reed, Member of Mt Rainier Methodist Church (d.
2015) •
September 13 •
Natália Correia, Portuguese writer, poet and social activist (d.
1993) •
U. L. Gooch, American politician (d.
2021) •
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Soviet partisan (d.
1941) •
September 14 –
Carl-Erik Asplund, Swedish speed skater (d.
2024) •
September 15 –
Audrey Stuckes, English material scientist (d.
2006) •
September 16 –
Lee Kuan Yew,
Prime Minister of Singapore (d.
2015) •
September 17 •
David Oreck, American entrepreneur (d.
2023) •
Hank Williams, American country musician (d.
1953) •
September 18 •
Queen Anne of Romania, born Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma, French-born queen consort (d.
2016) •
Al Quie, American politician (d.
2023) •
September 20 –
Geraldine Clinton Little, Northern Ireland-born poet (d.
1997) •
September 21 •
Carol Berman, American politician (d.
2023) •
Linwood Holton, American politician (d.
2021) •
Luba Skořepová, Czech actress (d.
2016) •
September 22 •
Dannie Abse, Welsh poet (d.
2014) •
Agha Ibrahim Akram, Pakistani general (d.
1989) •
September 23 •
Anita Cornwell, American lesbian feminist author (d.
2023) •
Basil Feldman, Baron Feldman, English politician (d.
2019) •
Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Swiss auctioneer and art collector (d.
2023) •
Maybell Lebron, Argentine-born Paraguayan writer •
Socorro Ramos, Filipino entrepreneur •
Shubert Spero, American rabbi •
Jimmy Weldon, American voice actor and ventriloquist (d.
2023) •
Samuel V. Wilson, American army general (d.
2017) •
September 24 •
Mervyn Brown, British diplomat and historian (d.
2023) •
Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d.
1950) •
Li Yuan-tsu, Taiwanese politician (d.
2017) •
September 26 •
Aleksandr Alov, Soviet film director, screenwriter (d.
1983) •
Dev Anand, Indian actor, film producer, writer and director (d.
2011) •
James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat (d.
2024) •
September 27 •
James Condon, Australian actor (d.
2014) •
George Dickson, American football player (d.
2020) •
September 28 •
Giuseppe Casale, Italian
Roman Catholic bishop (d.
2023) •
Roedad Khan, Pakistani politician and civil servant (d.
2024) •
September 29 –
Nicholas Amer, English actor (d.
2019) •
September 30 •
Norman C. Gaddis, American Air Force officer and fighter pilot (d.
2024) •
Thérèse Gouin Décarie, Canadian developmental psychologist and educator (d.
2024) •
Donald Swann, Welsh musician and composer (d.
1994)
October •
October 1 •
Babe McCarthy, American professional and collegiate basketball coach (d.
1975) •
Mary Morello, American anti-censorship activist •
Kim Yaroshevskaya, Russian-born Canadian actress (d.
2025) •
October 2 •
Abdullah CD, Malaysian politician (d.
2024) •
Shih Chun-jen, Taiwanese neurosurgeon (d.
2017) •
Absalón Castellanos Domínguez, Mexican politician (d.
2017) •
Judith Hemmendinger, German-born Israeli researcher and author (d.
2024) •
Eugenio Cruz Vargas, Chilean poet, painter (d.
2014) •
Hershel W. Williams, American
Medal of Honour recipient (d.
2022) •
October 3 •
Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d.
2004) •
Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Polish-born orchestral conductor (d.
2017) •
October 4 –
Charlton Heston, American actor (
The Ten Commandments) (d.
2008) •
October 5 •
Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic football player, politician (d.
1994) •
Glynis Johns, South African-born Welsh actress (d.
2024) •
Ricardo Lavié, Argentine actor (d.
2010) •
Stig Dagerman, Swedish writer (d. 1954) •
October 6 •
Yasar Kemal, Turkish writer (d.
2015) •
Robert Kuok, Malaysian-Chinese business magnate, investor •
Yakov Neishtadt, Russian-born Israeli chess player (d.
2023) •
Emmett Hulcy Tidd, American military officer (d.
2018) •
October 7 –
Irma Grese, German Nazi concentration camp guard, war criminal (executed
1945) •
October 9 •
Helen Corey, American cookbook author and educator (d.
2024) •
Haim Gouri, Israeli poet (d.
2018) •
Keshub Mahindra, Indian businessman (d.
2023) •
V. P. Appukutta Poduval, Indian independence activist •
October 10 •
James "Jabby" Jabara, American aviator, first American jet fighter ace (d.
1966) •
Asri Muda, Malaysian politician (d.
1992) •
Nicholas Parsons, English television and radio presenter (d.
2020) •
Murray Walker, British motor racing commentator (d.
2021) •
October 13 •
Harry Pregerson, American federal judge (d.
2017) •
Faas Wilkes, Dutch football (soccer) player (d.
2006) •
October 15 •
Italo Calvino, Italian writer (d.
1985) •
Bettina Moissi, German actress (d.
2023) •
October 16 –
Linda Darnell, American actress (d.
1965) •
October 17 •
Henryk Gulbinowicz, Polish cardinal (d.
2020) •
Charles McClendon, American Hall of Fame college football coach (d.
2001) •
October 18 –
Eileen Sheridan, English cyclist (d.
2023) •
October 19 –
Beatrix Hamburg, American psychiatrist (d.
2018) •
October 20 •
V. S. Achuthanandan, Indian politician (d.
2025) •
Marc Clark, English-born Australian sculptor (d.
2021) •
Otfried Preußler, German children's books author (d.
2013) •
October 23 •
John Meisel, Canadian political scientist, professor and scholar (d.
2025) •
Ned Rorem, American composer and author (d.
2022) •
Frank Sutton, American actor (d.
1974) •
Julia Wipplinger, South African tennis player •
October 24 • Sir
Robin Day, British political broadcaster (d.
2000) •
Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d.
1997) •
October 25 •
J. Esmonde Barry, Canadian healthcare activist, political commentator (d.
2007) •
Achille Silvestrini, Italian cardinal (d.
2019) •
October 27 •
Dorothy Kloss, American dancer •
Roy Lichtenstein, American pop artist (d.
1997) •
October 29 •
Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe, Ghanaian judge (d.
2018) •
Carl Djerassi, American chemist (d.
2015) •
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch athlete (d.
2015)
November •
November 1 •
Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan soprano (d.
2005) •
Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d.
2001) •
James Ramsden, English politician (d.
2020) •
Imre Varga, Hungarian sculptor (d.
2019) •
November 2 •
Henry Moore, English bishop (d.
2025) •
Cesare Rubini, Italian basketball player, coach (d.
2011) •
Ida Vitale, Uruguayan translator, author and literary critic •
November 3 •
Garnett Thomas Eisele, American district court judge (d.
2017) •
Violetta Elvin, née Prokhorova, Russian-born ballerina (d.
2021) •
Charles Nolte, American actor, director, playwright and educator (d.
2010) •
Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (d.
1990) •
Giovanni Battista Urbani, Italian politician (d.
2018) •
November 4 •
John Herbers, American journalist, author, editor, World War II veteran and Pulitzer Prize finalist (d.
2017) •
Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d.
2020) •
Guillermo Rodríguez, 31st
President of Ecuador •
November 5 •
Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, founder and part-owner of magazine (d.
2002) •
Kay Lionikas, Greek-American female baseball player (d.
1978) •
Aiko Satō, Japanese novelist •
November 6 –
Nizoramo Zaripova, Soviet politician and women's rights activist (d.
2024) •
November 8 •
Yisrael Friedman, Romanian-born Israeli rabbi (d.
2017) •
Józef Hen, Polish writer •
Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics (d.
2005) •
Jaroslav Šír, Czechoslovak soldier and skier •
November 9 –
Elizabeth Hawley, American journalist (d.
2018) •
November 11 •
Victor Brombert, American scholar (d.
2024) •
P. K. van der Byl, Rhodesian politician (d.
1999) •
William P. Murphy Jr., American medical doctor and inventor (d.
2023) •
Isaac Trachtenberg, Soviet-born Ukrainian hygienist (d.
2023) •
November 12 –
Loriot, German actor (d.
2011) •
November 13 –
Linda Christian, Mexican film actress (d.
2011) •
November 14 •
Misael Pastrana Borrero, 23rd President of Colombia (d.
1997) •
Cleyde Yáconis, Brazilian actress (d.
2013) •
November 15 •
Michael Lapage, English rower (d.
2018) •
Fred Richmond, American politician (d.
2019) •
November 17 •
Louis Danziger, American graphic designer and educator •
Ruth W. Greenfield, American concert pianist and teacher (d.
2023) •
Aristides Pereira,
President of Cape Verde (d.
2011) •
Mike Garcia, American professional baseball player (d.
1986) •
November 18 •
Howard R. Lamar, American historian (d.
2023) •
Edith Graef McGeer, American-born Canadian neuroscientist (d.
2023) •
Cornelis Ruhtenberg, American painter (d.
2008) •
Alan Shepard, first American astronaut, fifth person to walk on the Moon (d.
1998) •
Ted Stevens, American politician (d.
2010) •
November 19 –
Robert Harlow, Canadian writer and academic •
November 20 –
Nadine Gordimer, South African fiction writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2014) •
November 22 •
Tu An, Chinese poet, translator (d.
2017) •
Martin Forde, American labor union activist (d.
2022) •
Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director (d.
2016) •
November 23 •
Betty Brewer, American actress (d.
2006) •
Billy Haughton, American harness driver, trainer (d.
1986) •
Eric Heath, New Zealand artist and illustrator (d.
2025) •
Keiju Kobayashi, Japanese actor (d.
2010) •
Julien J. LeBourgeois, American vice admiral (d.
2012) •
Gloria Whelan, American poet, short story writer and novelist •
November 24 –
Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, Acting President of Venezuela (d.
2017) •
November 25 –
Mauno Koivisto, 2-Time
Prime Minister of Finland and 9th
President of Finland (d.
2017) •
November 26 •
Luigi Bettazzi, Italian Catholic bishop (d.
2023) •
Tom Hughes, Australian politician and barrister (d.
2024) •
Pat Phoenix, English actress (d.
1986) •
November 28 •
Gloria Grahame, American actress (d.
1981) •
James Karen, American actor (d.
2018) •
November 29 –
Augusto Lauro, Italian prelate (d.
2023)
December •
December 1 •
Maurice De Bevere, better known as Morris, Belgian cartoonist, comics artist and illustrator (d.
2001) •
William F. House, American otologist, inventor of the
Cochlear implant (d.
2012) •
Dick Shawn, American actor (d.
1987) •
Stansfield Turner, American admiral, Director of Central Intelligence (d.
2018) •
December 2 –
Maria Callas, Greek soprano (d.
1977) •
December 3 •
Dede Allen, American film editor (
Bonnie and Clyde) (d.
2010) •
Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav football player (d.
2010) •
Moyra Fraser, British actress (d.
2009) •
Abe Pollin, American sports owner (d.
2009) •
December 4 •
Vincent Ball, Australian actor •
Simon Bland, English soldier and courtier (d.
2022) •
December 5 •
Khosiat Boboeva, Tajikistani historian •
Eleanor Dapkus, American female professional baseball player (d.
2011) •
Johnny Pate, American jazz musician •
Philip Slier, Dutch Jewish typesetter (d.
1943) •
December 6 •
Emile Hemmen, Luxembourg poet and writer (d.
2021) •
Maury Laws, American composer (d.
2019) •
Bryan Thwaites, English mathematician, educationalist and administrator •
December 7 •
Robert Geddes, American architect (d.
2023) •
Ted Knight, American actor (d.
1986) •
December 8 •
Dewey Martin, American actor (d.
2018) •
Rudolph Pariser, American physicist and polymer chemist (d.
2021) •
December 9 •
Jack M. Guttentag, American academic (d.
2024) •
Elliot Valenstein, American psychologist and neuroscientist (d.
2023) •
December 10 •
Harold Gould, American character actor (d.
2010) •
Abelardo Quinteros, Chilean composer •
Meg Woolf, English artist (d.
2023) •
December 11 •
Betsy Blair, American film actress (d.
2009) •
Denis Brian, Welsh journalist and author (d.
2017) •
Farhang Mehr, Iranian-born American Zoroastrian scholar, writer (d.
2018) •
December 12 •
Bob Barker, American game show host (
The Price Is Right) (d.
2023) •
Bob Dorough, American pianist and composer (d.
2018) •
Jacqueline Fleury, French resistance fighter •
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ethiopian nun (d.
2023) •
Ken Kavanagh, Australian motorcycle racer (d.
2019) •
December 13 •
Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2020) •
Larry Doby, African-American baseball player (d.
2003) •
Doireann MacDermott, Irish translator, writer and academic (d.
2024) •
Alfonso Osorio, Spanish politician (d.
2018) •
Antoni Tàpies, Catalan painter (d.
2012) •
Herb Wilkinson, American basketball player •
December 14 •
Sully Boyar, American actor (d.
2001) •
Chris Ogunbanjo, Nigerian lawyer and philanthropist (d.
2023) •
Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (d.
2006) •
December 15 •
Freeman Dyson, English-born physicist (d.
2020) •
Aishah Ghani, Malaysian politician (d.
2013) •
Viktor Shuvalov, Soviet ice hockey player (d.
2021) •
December 16 •
Jo-Carroll Dennison, American actress,
Miss America (d.
2021) •
Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (d.
2023) •
December 17 •
Robert William Bradford, Canadian artist (d.
2023) •
Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (d.
2006) •
December 18 •
Edwin Bramall, senior
British Army officer (d.
2019) •
Émile Knecht, Swiss Olympic rower (d.
2019) •
December 19 –
Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (d.
1990) •
December 20 –
Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Sri Lankan novelist (d.
2018) •
December 21 –
Wat Misaka, American baseball player (d.
2019) •
December 22 –
Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist, writer and broadcaster (d.
2020) •
December 23 •
Dave Bolen, American athlete and ambassador (d.
2022) •
José Serra Gil, Spanish racing cyclist (d.
2002) •
Enrique Lucca, Venezuelan sports shooter (d.
2021) •
TL Osborn, American televangelist, singer and author (d.
2013) •
James Stockdale, U.S. Navy admiral, vice presidential candidate (d.
2005) •
Earl P. Yates, American admiral (d.
2021) •
December 24 •
George Patton IV, American general (d.
2004) •
Simon Perchik, American poet (d.
2022) •
December 25 •
Luis Álamos, Chilean football manager (d.
1983) •
René Girard, French-American historian (d.
2015) •
Sonya Olschanezky, World War II heroine (d.
1944) •
Satyananda Saraswati, Indian founder of Satyananda Yoga and Bihar Yoga (d.
2009) •
Billy Watson, American child actor (d.
2022) •
Jack Zunz, South African-English engineer (d.
2018) •
December 26 •
Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator and sculptor (d.
2013) •
Dick Teague, American industrial designer (d.
1991) •
December 27 –
Lucas Mangope, President of Bophuthatswana Bantustan (d.
2018) •
December 28 •
Louis Lansana Beavogui, Guinean politician (d.
1984) •
Georg Hille, Norwegian clergyman (d.
2023) •
Mira Sulpizi, Italian composer •
December 29 •
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist (d.
2025) •
Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician (d.
1986) •
Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born English Holocaust survivor (d.
2024) •
David Teacher, British RAF veteran (d.
2024) •
Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite and philanthropist (d.
2017) •
Mike Nussbaum, American actor and director (d.
2023) •
December 30 –
Carl-Göran Ekerwald, Swedish novelist, literary critic and teacher (d.
2025) •
December 31 –
Balbir Singh Sr., Indian hockey player (d.
2020) ==Deaths==