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| *The [[Citroën DS]] (also known as [[Déesse]]) is introduced | *The [[Citroën DS]] (also known as [[Déesse]]) is introduced | ||
| *Kroger Babb buys the U.S. rights to Ingmar Bergman's ''[[Summer with Monika]]'' | *Kroger Babb buys the U.S. rights to Ingmar Bergman's ''[[Summer with Monika]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Jasper Johns]] - ''[[Flag (Jasper Johns painting)|Flag ]]'' | ||
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| ===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
| *''[[Summer with Monika]]'' is released in the United States | *''[[Summer with Monika]]'' is released in the United States | ||
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| *''[[Kiss Me Deadly]]'' by Robert Aldrich | *''[[Kiss Me Deadly]]'' by Robert Aldrich | ||
| ===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
| + | ====Singles==== | ||
| * [[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]] by Little Richard | * [[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]] by Little Richard | ||
| - | * [[Rock Around the Clock]] by Bill Haley & His Comets | ||
| * [[Cry Me a River]] by Julie London | * [[Cry Me a River]] by Julie London | ||
| - | * ''[[Le marteau sans maître]]'' by Pierre Boulez | + | *"[[Ain't That a Shame]]" – Fats Domino |
| + | * "[[Whatever Lola Wants]]" | ||
| + | =====Albums===== | ||
| + | * ''[[Le Marteau sans maître]]'' by Pierre Boulez | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | * [[January 4]] – [[Mark Hollis (musician)|Mark Hollis]], English musician (d. [[2019]]) | + | *[[January 4]] – [[Mark Hollis (musician)|Mark Hollis]], English musician (d. [[2019]]) |
| + | *[[January 18]] – [[Frankie Knuckles]], American DJ (d. 2014) | ||
| + | *[[January 21]] – [[Jeff Koons]], American artist | ||
| *[[February 12]] – [[Bill Laswell]], American bass player and producer | *[[February 12]] – [[Bill Laswell]], American bass player and producer | ||
| *[[April 16]] – [[DJ Kool Herc]], Jamaican American DJ. | *[[April 16]] – [[DJ Kool Herc]], Jamaican American DJ. | ||
| *[[April 22]] – [[Arthur Baker (musician) |Arthur Baker]], American record producer and DJ | *[[April 22]] – [[Arthur Baker (musician) |Arthur Baker]], American record producer and DJ | ||
| - | *[[May 26]] – British documentary filmmaker | + | * [[March 4]] – [[Dominique Pinon]], French actor |
| + | * [[March 9]] - [[Ornella Muti]], Italian actress | ||
| + | * [[March 19]] - [[Pino Daniele]], Italian music artist (d. [[2015]]) | ||
| + | *[[May 26]] – [[Adam Curtis]], British documentary filmmaker | ||
| + | * [[June 8]] - [[Tim Berners-Lee]], English computer scientist and world wide web inventor | ||
| + | * [[June 27]] - [[Isabelle Adjani]], French actress | ||
| + | * [[July 21]] - [[Béla Tarr]], Hungarian film director | ||
| + | * [[July 22]] - [[Willem Dafoe]], American actor | ||
| + | * [[August 6]] - [[Earl "Chinna" Smith|Earl Smith]], Jamaican Reggae guitarist | ||
| + | * [[October 5]] - [[Caroline Loeb]], French singer and actress | ||
| + | * [[November 13]] – [[Whoopi Goldberg]], African-American actress and comedian | ||
| + | * [[November 30]] - [[Billy Idol]], born William Broad, British rock musician | ||
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| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
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| * [[Fernand Léger]], French painter and sculptor (b. [[1881]]) | * [[Fernand Léger]], French painter and sculptor (b. [[1881]]) | ||
| * [[Theda Bara]], American film actress (b. [[1885]]) | * [[Theda Bara]], American film actress (b. [[1885]]) | ||
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| - | ==Births== | ||
| - | {{BD ToC|births|unknown=yes|sectionu=2}} | ||
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| - | ===January=== | ||
| - | [[File:Adriana_Ocampo_Uria.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Adriana Ocampo]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Rowan Atkinson, 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rowan Atkinson]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:JK Simmons 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[J. K. Simmons]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Kevin Costner 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Costner]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Rattle BPH-Rittershaus2- Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Simon Rattle]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Neil Bush.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Neil Bush]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Eddie Van Halen 2007-11-10.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eddie Van Halen]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:File-Official roberts CJ cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Roberts]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Summit October 2010 (105)-(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nicolas Sarkozy]]]] | ||
| - | * [[January 1]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mario Andreacchio]], Australian film director | ||
| - | ** [[Mary Beard (classicist)|Mary Beard]], English classicist | ||
| - | ** [[Precious (wrestling)|Precious]], Canadian professional wrestling valet | ||
| - | ** [[Al Tantay]], Filipino actor and director | ||
| - | ** [[Mulatu Teshome]], Ethiopian politician and 8th [[President of Ethiopia]] | ||
| - | * [[January 2]] – [[Vivien Savage]], French singer | ||
| - | * [[January 4]] – [[Mark Hollis (musician)|Mark Hollis]], English musician (d. [[2019]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 5]] | ||
| - | **[[Mamata Banerjee]], Indian politician, [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] | ||
| - | **[[Adriana Ocampo]], Colombian [[planetary geologist]] | ||
| - | * [[January 6]] – [[Rowan Atkinson]], English comedian and actor | ||
| - | * [[January 9]] – [[J. K. Simmons]], American actor | ||
| - | * [[January 10]] – [[Michael Schenker]], German guitarist ([[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[UFO (band)|UFO]], [[Michael Schenker Group]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 13]] | ||
| - | ** [[Ran Ito]], Japanese actress | ||
| - | ** [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]], Australian musician | ||
| - | ** [[Jay McInerney]], American writer | ||
| - | * [[January 14]] – [[Kim Renders]], Canadian writer, director, actor and designer (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[Andreas Gursky]], German photographer | ||
| - | ** [[Mayumi Tanaka]], Japanese voice actress | ||
| - | * [[January 17]] | ||
| - | ** [[Steve Earle]], American musician | ||
| - | ** [[Mami Koyama]], Japanese voice actress | ||
| - | * [[January 18]] | ||
| - | ** [[Kevin Costner]], American actor, producer and director | ||
| - | ** [[Frankie Knuckles]], American disk jockey and record producer (d. [[2014]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 19]] | ||
| - | ** Sir [[Simon Rattle]], English orchestral conductor | ||
| - | ** [[Paul Rodriguez (actor)|Paul Rodriguez]], Mexican-American comedian and actor | ||
| - | * [[January 20]] | ||
| - | ** [[Joe Doherty]], [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] member | ||
| - | ** [[Hiromi Ōta]], Japanese singer | ||
| - | * [[January 21]] – [[Jeff Koons]], American artist | ||
| - | * [[January 22]] | ||
| - | ** [[Neil Bush]], American businessman and investor | ||
| - | ** [[Keiko Takahashi]], Japanese actress | ||
| - | * [[January 23]] – [[Ruth Haring]], American chess player (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 25]] – [[Petra Gerster]], German television presenter and newscaster | ||
| - | * [[January 26]] | ||
| - | ** [[Björn Andrésen]], Swedish actor | ||
| - | ** [[Eddie Van Halen]], Dutch-born American rock musician (''[[Van Halen]]'') | ||
| - | * [[January 27]] | ||
| - | ** [[John Roberts]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]] | ||
| - | ** [[Alexander Stuart (writer)|Alexander Stuart]], British-born author | ||
| - | * [[January 28]] | ||
| - | ** [[Vinod Khosla]], Indian-born American [[venture capital]]ist | ||
| - | ** [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], 23rd [[President of France]] | ||
| - | ** [[George Tokoro]], Japanese TV personality and singer-songwriter | ||
| - | * [[January 29]] | ||
| - | ** [[Eddie Jordan (basketball)|Eddie Jordan]], American basketball player and head coach | ||
| - | ** [[Femi Pedro]], Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria | ||
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| - | ===February=== | ||
| - | [[File:Miguel Ferrer 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Miguel Ferrer]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Kelsey Grammer 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kelsey Grammer]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Steve Jobs Headshot 2010-CROP.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Steve Jobs]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Gilbert Gottfried 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gilbert Gottfried]]]] | ||
| - | * [[February 1]] – [[Hans Werner Olm]], German television and film comedian | ||
| - | * [[February 2]] – [[Leszek Engelking]], Polish poet, writer and translator | ||
| - | * [[February 3]] – [[Kirsty Wark]], Scottish television presenter | ||
| - | * [[February 6]] | ||
| - | ** [[Michael Pollan]], American journalist | ||
| - | ** [[Irinej Dobrijević]], American-born Serbian Bishop of Australia and New Zealand | ||
| - | * [[February 7]] – [[Miguel Ferrer]], American actor (d. [[2017]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 8]] | ||
| - | ** [[Jim Neidhart]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[John Grisham]], American novelist | ||
| - | ** [[Xu Bing]], Chinese artist <!-- "Xu" is surname --> | ||
| - | * [[February 9]] | ||
| - | ** [[Charles Shaughnessy]], English actor | ||
| - | ** [[Jim J. Bullock]], American actor and comedian | ||
| - | * [[February 10]] | ||
| - | ** [[Chris Adams (wrestler)|Chris Adams]], English wrestler and judoka (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Pablo Borges Delgado]], Cuban artist | ||
| - | ** [[Greg Norman]], Australian golfer | ||
| - | * [[February 12]] – [[Ai Satō]], Japanese voice actress | ||
| - | * [[February 13]] – [[Akiko Yano]], Japanese singer-songwriter | ||
| - | * [[February 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[Janice Dickinson]], American model, photographer, author and talent agent | ||
| - | ** [[Christopher McDonald]], American actor | ||
| - | * [[February 17]] – [[Mo Yan]], Chinese writer | ||
| - | * [[February 19]] – [[Jeff Daniels]], American actor | ||
| - | * [[February 21]] – [[Kelsey Grammer]], American actor and comedian | ||
| - | * [[February 22]] – [[David Axelrod (political consultant)|David Axelrod]], American political analyst | ||
| - | * [[February 23]] | ||
| - | ** [[Howard Jones (musician)|Howard Jones]], English pop keyboardist and singer-songwriter | ||
| - | ** [[Flip Saunders]], American basketball coach (d. [[2015]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 24]] | ||
| - | ** [[Steve Jobs]], American businessman and founder of [[Apple Inc.]] (d. [[2011]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Alain Prost]], French four-time [[Formula 1]] world champion | ||
| - | * [[February 28]] – [[Gilbert Gottfried]], American actor and comedian | ||
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| - | ===March=== | ||
| - | [[File:Penn Jillette by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Penn Jillette]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:NinaHagenPremiereDerSiebteZwerg2014-1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nina Hagen]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Gary Sinise 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gary Sinise]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Jair Bolsonaro em 24 de abril de 2019 (1) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jair Bolsonaro]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Bruce Willis by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bruce Willis]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Rajoy_anuncia_elecciones_en_Cataluña_03_(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mariano Rajoy]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Brendan Gleeson at the Moet BIFA 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brendan Gleeson]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:AngusYoung.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Angus Young]]]] | ||
| - | * [[March 1]] | ||
| - | ** Sir [[Timothy Laurence]], English vice admiral and second husband of [[Anne, Princess Royal]] | ||
| - | ** [[Denis Mukwege]], Congolese gynecologist, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate | ||
| - | * [[March 2]] | ||
| - | ** [[Shoko Asahara]], Japanese cult leader ([[Aum Shinrikyo]]) (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Jay Osmond]], American pop singer | ||
| - | * [[March 3]] – [[Kent Derricott]], Canadian TV personality in Japan | ||
| - | * [[March 4]] – [[Dominique Pinon]], French actor | ||
| - | * [[March 5]] | ||
| - | ** [[Julien Dray]], French politician | ||
| - | ** [[Penn Jillette]], American magician and comedian ([[Penn & Teller]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 6]] | ||
| - | ** [[Wendy Boglioli]], American Olympic gold medallist swimmer (1976) | ||
| - | ** [[Jay Ilagan]], Filipino actor (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Cyprien Ntaryamira]], Burundian politician, 5th [[President of Burundi]] (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Alberta Watson]], Canadian actress (d. [[2015]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 7]] | ||
| - | **[[Michael Jan Friedman]], American novelist and comic book writer | ||
| - | **[[Tommy Kramer]], American football player | ||
| - | * [[March 8]] – [[Don Ashby]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 9]] | ||
| - | ** [[Ornella Muti]], Italian actress | ||
| - | ** [[Franco Uncini]], Italian motorcycle racer | ||
| - | * [[March 10]] | ||
| - | ** [[Yousra]], Egyptian actress and singer | ||
| - | ** [[Marianne Rosenberg]], German singer | ||
| - | * [[March 11]] – [[Nina Hagen]], German pop singer | ||
| - | * [[March 13]] | ||
| - | ** [[Bruno Conti]], Italian football player | ||
| - | ** [[Glenne Headly]], American actress of film, stage and television (d. [[2017]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[Robert Kabbas]], Egyptian-born Australian Olympic silver medallist weightlifter (1984) | ||
| - | ** [[Dee Snider]], American rock singer ([[Twisted Sister]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 16]] | ||
| - | ** [[Bruno Barreto]], Brazilian film director | ||
| - | ** [[Jiro Watanabe]], Japanese former world super flyweight champion boxer | ||
| - | * [[March 17]] – [[Gary Sinise]], American actor, producer and director | ||
| - | * [[March 18]] | ||
| - | ** [[Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez]], Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Guillermo Dávila]], Venezuelan actor and singer | ||
| - | ** [[Dwayne Murphy]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * [[March 19]] | ||
| - | ** [[Pino Daniele]], Italian music artist (d. [[2015]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Bruce Willis]], American actor | ||
| - | ** [[Simon Yam]], Hong Kong actor | ||
| - | * [[March 20]] | ||
| - | ** [[Eric Schiller]], American chess player and author (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Mariya Takeuchi]], Japanese singer-songwriter | ||
| - | * [[March 21]] | ||
| - | ** [[Jair Bolsonaro]], Brazilian congressman and politician, 38th [[President of Brazil]] | ||
| - | ** [[Philippe Troussier]], French football coach | ||
| - | * [[March 22]] | ||
| - | ** [[Lena Olin]], Swedish actress | ||
| - | ** [[Pete Sessions]], American politician | ||
| - | ** [[Valdis Zatlers]], 7th [[President of Latvia]] | ||
| - | * [[March 23]] – [[Moses Malone]], American basketball player (d. [[2015]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 24]] | ||
| - | ** [[Celâl Şengör]], Turkish geologist | ||
| - | ** [[Kim Johnston Ulrich]], American actress | ||
| - | * [[March 26]] – [[Danny Arndt]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| - | * [[March 27]] – [[Mariano Rajoy]], [[Prime Minister of Spain]] | ||
| - | * [[March 28]] | ||
| - | ** [[John Alderdice]], Irish politician | ||
| - | ** [[Reba McEntire]], American country singer and actress | ||
| - | * [[March 29]] | ||
| - | ** [[Earl Campbell]], American football player | ||
| - | ** [[Brendan Gleeson]], Irish actor | ||
| - | ** [[Christopher Lawford]], American author, actor and activist (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Marina Sirtis]], English actress | ||
| - | * [[March 30]] | ||
| - | ** [[Marilou Diaz-Abaya]], Filipina film director (d. [[2012]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Randy VanWarmer]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 31]] – [[Angus Young]], lead guitarist of Australian rock group [[AC/DC]] | ||
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| - | ===April=== | ||
| - | [[File:Princess Sirindhorn 2009-12-7 Royal Thai Government House 2 (Cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|Princess [[Sirindhorn]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Akira_Toriyama.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Akira Toriyama]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Michael Rooker Makeup and Hairstyling Symposium - Feb 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Rooker]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Henri of Luxembourg (2009).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Judy Davis - Eye of The Storm.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Judy Davis]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Kate Mulgrew Shankbone Metropolitan Opera 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kate Mulgrew]]]] | ||
| - | * [[April 2]] – [[Sirindhorn]], Princess Royal of Thailand | ||
| - | * [[April 3]] | ||
| - | ** [[Michael Burleigh]], British historian | ||
| - | ** [[Mick Mars]], American rock guitarist ([[Mötley Crüe]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 5]] | ||
| - | ** [[Janice Long]], English radio disc jockey | ||
| - | ** [[Akira Toriyama]], Japanese manga artist | ||
| - | * [[April 6]] – [[Michael Rooker]], American actor | ||
| - | * [[April 7]] | ||
| - | ** [[Bruno Zaremba]], French footballer (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Grace Hightower]], American philanthropist, actress and singer | ||
| - | ** [[Gregg Jarrett]], American lawyer turned journalist | ||
| - | ** [[Akira Nishino (footballer)|Akira Nishino]], Japanese soccer player and manager | ||
| - | ** [[Werner Stocker (actor)|Werner Stocker]], German actor (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 8]] | ||
| - | ** [[Kane Hodder]], American actor | ||
| - | ** [[Barbara Kingsolver]], American fiction writer | ||
| - | * [[April 9]] – [[Kate Heyhoe]], American food writer | ||
| - | * [[April 11]] – [[Kevin Brady]], American politician | ||
| - | * [[April 13]] | ||
| - | ** [[Steve Camp]], American Christian musician | ||
| - | ** [[Hideki Saijo]], Japanese singer and actor (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 15]] – [[Dodi Fayed]], Egyptian businessman (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 16]] | ||
| - | ** [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] | ||
| - | ** [[DJ Kool Herc]], Jamaican American DJ | ||
| - | * [[April 17]] | ||
| - | ** [[Bolland & Bolland|Rob Bolland]], Dutch musician, songwriter and music producer ([[Bolland & Bolland]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Pete Shelley]], English singer-songwriter, musician ([[Buzzcocks]]) (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Dave VanDam]], American voice actor and impressionist (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 18]] – [[Bobby Castillo]], American baseball player (d. [[2014]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 20]] – [[Rotimi Fani-Kayode]], Nigerian-born British photographer (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 21]] | ||
| - | ** [[Ebiet G. Ade]], Indonesian singer and songwriter | ||
| - | ** [[Toninho Cerezo]], Brazilian footballer and coach | ||
| - | * [[April 23]] | ||
| - | ** [[Judy Davis]], Australian actress | ||
| - | ** [[Ludovikus Simanullang]], Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Fumi Hirano]], Japanese voice actress and essayist | ||
| - | ** [[Tony Miles]], English chess player (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 24]] | ||
| - | **[[Margaret Moran]], British politician and criminal | ||
| - | **[[John de Mol]], Dutch media tycoon | ||
| - | * [[April 25]] | ||
| - | ** [[John Nunn]], English chess player and mathematician | ||
| - | ** [[Parviz Parastui]], Iranian actor | ||
| - | * [[April 26]] – [[Chen Daoming]], Chinese actor | ||
| - | * [[April 27]] | ||
| - | ** [[James Risen]], American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author | ||
| - | ** [[Eric Schmidt]], American software engineer and businessman, CEO of [[Google]] (2001-2011) | ||
| - | ** [[Jing Yidan]], Chinese former television host | ||
| - | * [[April 28]] – [[Eddie Jobson]], English musician | ||
| - | * [[April 29]] | ||
| - | ** [[Richard Epcar]], American voice actor | ||
| - | ** [[Kate Mulgrew]], American actress | ||
| - | ** [[Yūko Tanaka]], Japanese actress | ||
| - | * [[April 30]] – [[Zlatko Topčić]], Bosnian writer and screenwriter | ||
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| - | ===May=== | ||
| - | [[File:TomBergeronApr09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tom Bergeron]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Rick Steves cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rick Steves]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Vader 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Big Van Vader]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Bill Paxton by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bill Paxton]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:James Gosling 2008.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Gosling]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Rosanne Cash, 2012 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rosanne Cash]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:John Hinckley, Jr. Mugshot.png|thumb|100px|[[John Hinckley Jr.]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Tommy Emmanuel soave.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Tommy Emmanuel]]]] | ||
| - | * [[May 1]] | ||
| - | ** [[Ray Buttigieg]], Maltese composer and poet | ||
| - | ** [[Nick Feldman]], English musician ([[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 2]] | ||
| - | ** [[Willie Miller]], Scottish footballer | ||
| - | ** [[Donatella Versace]], Italian designer | ||
| - | ** [[Dave Winer]], American software pioneer | ||
| - | * [[May 3]] – [[David Hookes]], Australian cricketer (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 4]] | ||
| - | ** [[Avram Grant]], Israeli football manager | ||
| - | ** [[Robert Ellis Orrall]], American singer | ||
| - | * [[May 6]] – [[Tom Bergeron]], American television host | ||
| - | * [[May 7]] – [[Mayra Alejandra]], Venezuelan actress (d. [[2014]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 8]] – [[Meles Zenawi]], 10th [[Prime Minister of Ethiopia]] and 3rd [[President of Ethiopia]] (d. [[2012]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 9]] | ||
| - | ** [[Kevin Peter Hall]], American actor (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Anne Sofie von Otter]], Swedish mezzo-soprano | ||
| - | * [[May 10]] | ||
| - | ** [[Chris Berman]], American sports broadcaster | ||
| - | ** [[Mark David Chapman]], American murderer of musician [[John Lennon]] | ||
| - | ** [[Rick Steves]], American author and television personality; host of [[Rick Steves' Europe]] | ||
| - | * [[May 14]] | ||
| - | ** [[Big Van Vader]], American professional wrestler and football player (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Dave Hoover]], American comic book artist and animator (d. [[2011]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Robert Tapert]], American television producer | ||
| - | * [[May 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mohamed Brahmi]], Tunisian politician (assassinated [[2013]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Lee Horsley]], American film, television and theater actor | ||
| - | ** [[Hege Skjeie]], Norwegian political scientist and feminist (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 16]] | ||
| - | ** [[Olga Korbut]], Soviet gymnast | ||
| - | ** [[Olli Kortekangas]], Finnish composer | ||
| - | ** [[Jack Morris]], American baseball player | ||
| - | ** [[Hazel O'Connor]], British rock musician | ||
| - | ** [[Richard Phillips (merchant mariner)|Richard Phillips]], American merchant mariner and captain of the ''MV Maersk Alabama'' | ||
| - | ** [[Debra Winger]], American actress | ||
| - | * [[May 17]] – [[Bill Paxton]], American actor (d. [[2017]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 18]] – [[Chow Yun-fat]], Hong Kong actor | ||
| - | * [[May 19]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mark Staff Brandl]], American and Swiss artist and art historian | ||
| - | ** [[James Gosling]], Canadian software engineer | ||
| - | ** [[Th. Emil Homerin]], American theologian | ||
| - | * [[May 20]] | ||
| - | ** [[Diego Abatantuono]], Italian actor | ||
| - | ** [[Steve George (keyboardist)|Steve George]], American keyboardist and singer | ||
| - | ** [[Zbigniew Preisner]], Polish film composer | ||
| - | * [[May 22]] | ||
| - | ** [[Chalmers "Spanky" Alford]], American jazz guitarist (d. [[2008]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Iva Davies]], Australian singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer; lead singer of [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]] | ||
| - | ** [[Dale Winton]], English radio DJ and television presenter (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 24]] | ||
| - | ** [[Rosanne Cash]], American entertainer | ||
| - | ** [[Rumiko Ukai]], Japanese voice actress | ||
| - | * [[May 25]] | ||
| - | ** [[Suguru Egawa]], Japanese baseball player | ||
| - | ** [[Connie Sellecca]], American actress | ||
| - | * [[May 26]] | ||
| - | ** [[Doris Dörrie]], German actress and screenplay writer | ||
| - | ** [[Masaharu Morimoto]], Japanese chef | ||
| - | * [[May 27]] – [[Richard Schiff]], American actor and comedian | ||
| - | * [[May 29]] | ||
| - | ** [[John Hinckley Jr.]], attempted assassin of [[Ronald Reagan]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mike Porcaro]], American bass guitarist ([[Toto (band)|Toto]]) (d. [[2015]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 30]] | ||
| - | **[[Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII]], Japanese Kabuki actor | ||
| - | **[[Paresh Rawal]], Indian actor | ||
| - | **[[Colm Tóibín]], Irish novelist | ||
| - | * [[May 31]] | ||
| - | ** [[Tommy Emmanuel]], Australian guitarist | ||
| - | ** [[Susie Essman]], American actress | ||
| - | ** [[Lynne Truss]], English writer | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===June=== | ||
| - | [[File:Dana Carvey at the Governor's Ball following the 41st Annual Emmy Awards cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dana Carvey]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Sam Simon.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sam Simon]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:TimRichmond.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tim Richmond]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Griffin Dunne by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Griffin Dunne]]]] | ||
| - | |||
| - | [[File:Lauriemetcalf.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Laurie Metcalf]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Michel Platini 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michel Platini]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Isabelle_Adjani_Cannes_2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Isabelle Adjani]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Sir Tim Berners-Lee (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tim Berners-Lee]]]] | ||
| - | * [[June 1]] – [[Chiyonofuji Mitsugu]], Japanese sumo wrestler (58th Yokozuna grand champion) (d. [[2016]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 2]] – [[Dana Carvey]], American actor and comedian | ||
| - | * [[June 5]] – [[Fernando Borrego Linares]], Cuban singer and songwriter (aka Polo Montañez) | ||
| - | * [[June 6]] | ||
| - | ** [[Sandra Bernhard]], American comedian, actress, author and singer | ||
| - | ** [[Chris Nyman]], American baseball player | ||
| - | ** [[Sam Simon]], American filmmaker (d. [[2015]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 7]] | ||
| - | ** [[Jo Gilbert]], English film producer and casting director (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Bob Beatty]], American football coach | ||
| - | ** [[Tim Richmond]], American race car driver (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 8]] | ||
| - | ** [[Tim Berners-Lee]], English computer scientist and world wide web inventor | ||
| - | ** [[Griffin Dunne]], American actor and director | ||
| - | * [[June 10]] | ||
| - | ** [[Floyd Bannister]], American baseball player | ||
| - | ** [[Andrew Stevens]], American actor, producer and director | ||
| - | * [[June 11]] – [[Yuriy Sedykh]], Ukrainian hammer thrower | ||
| - | * [[June 14]] | ||
| - | ** [[Kim Lankford]], American actress, businesswoman and horse wrangler | ||
| - | ** [[Paul O'Grady]] (also known as "Lily Savage"), English talk show host and comedian | ||
| - | * [[June 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[István Levente Garai]], Hungarian physician and politician (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Polly Draper]], American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director | ||
| - | ** [[David A. Kennedy]], son of [[Robert F. Kennedy]] (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 16]] – [[Laurie Metcalf]], American actress | ||
| - | * [[June 18]] – [[Sandy Allen]], American, world's tallest woman (d. [[2008]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 20]] – [[Tor Nørretranders]], Danish author | ||
| - | * [[June 21]] | ||
| - | ** [[Aloysius Amwano]], Nauruan politician | ||
| - | ** [[Tim Bray]], Canadian computer programmer | ||
| - | ** [[Jean-Pierre Mader]], French singer-songwriter | ||
| - | ** [[Leigh McCloskey]], American actor | ||
| - | ** [[Michel Platini]], French retired football player and President of [[UEFA]] | ||
| - | * [[June 22]] | ||
| - | ** [[David C. Turnley]], American photographer | ||
| - | ** [[Peter Turnley]], American photojournalist | ||
| - | ** [[Jaana Saarinen]], Finnish actress | ||
| - | ** [[Gregory Snegoff]], American voice actor, writer and director | ||
| - | ** [[Choi Kyoung-hwan]], South Korean politician; [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] | ||
| - | * [[June 23]] | ||
| - | ** [[Jean Tigana]], Malian-French international footballer | ||
| - | ** [[Glenn Danzig]], American rock singer ([[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]], [[Samhain]], [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Alan J. Gow]], Australian-born British motorsport executive | ||
| - | ** [[Maggie Philbin]], English radio and television presenter | ||
| - | * [[June 24]] | ||
| - | ** [[Gurumayi Chidvilasananda]], Indian head of [[Siddha Yoga]] | ||
| - | ** [[Sherry Miller]], Canadian actress | ||
| - | ** [[Betsy Randle]], American actress | ||
| - | ** [[Nobuhiro Kiyotaki]], Japanese economist and professor | ||
| - | * [[June 25]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mike McShane]], American actor, comedian and voice actor | ||
| - | ** [[Michael Sabatino]], American actor | ||
| - | ** [[Víctor Manuel Vucetich]], Mexican footballer and manager | ||
| - | * [[June 26]] | ||
| - | ** [[Gedde Watanabe]], American-Japanese actor and comedian | ||
| - | ** [[Yoko Gushiken]], Japanese former WBA light flyweight champion boxer | ||
| - | ** [[Mervyn Day]], English footballer | ||
| - | * [[June 27]] | ||
| - | ** [[Isabelle Adjani]], French actress | ||
| - | ** [[Brad Diller]], American cartoonist | ||
| - | ** [[Doug Ose]], American politician | ||
| - | * [[June 28]] – [[Shirley Cheriton]], British actress | ||
| - | * [[June 29]] | ||
| - | ** [[Tom Skladany]], American football player | ||
| - | ** [[Peter Fischer-Møller]], Danish prelate | ||
| - | ** [[Catherine T. Hunt]], American chemist | ||
| - | * [[June 30]] | ||
| - | ** [[Amelia Kyambadde]], Ugandan politician | ||
| - | ** [[Renate Vogel]], East German former world record holder and Olympic silver medallist swimmer (1972) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===July=== | ||
| - | [[File:Li Keqiang-19052015.png|thumb|100px|[[Li Keqiang]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:KeithWhitley.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Keith Whitley]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Lindsey Graham, Official Portrait 2006.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lindsey Graham]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Jimmy Smits by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jimmy Smits]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Adrienne KIng in 2009.png|thumb|100px|[[Adrienne King]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Dannel Malloy 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dannel Malloy]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Béla Tarr.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Béla Tarr]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Willem Dafoe Cannes 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Willem Dafoe]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Iman 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Iman (model)|Iman]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Asif Ali Zardari with Obamas (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Asif Ali Zardari]]]] | ||
| - | * [[July 1]] | ||
| - | ** [[Sanma Akashiya]], Japanese comedian and actor | ||
| - | ** [[Nikolai Demidenko]], Russian born British classical pianist | ||
| - | ** [[Christian Estrosi]], French sportsman and politician | ||
| - | ** [[Li Keqiang]], [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] | ||
| - | ** [[Lisa Scottoline]], American novelist | ||
| - | ** [[Keith Whitley]], American country music singer (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 2]] | ||
| - | ** [[Stephen Walt]], American political scientist | ||
| - | ** [[Sylvie Le Noach]], French swimmer | ||
| - | ** [[Randy Burchell]], Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender | ||
| - | ** [[Chau Giang]], Vietnamese-born American professional poker player | ||
| - | ** [[Proceso Alcala]], Filipino politician | ||
| - | * [[July 3]] | ||
| - | ** [[John Cramer (announcer)|John Cramer]], American game show announcer | ||
| - | ** [[Matt Keough]], American baseball player | ||
| - | ** [[Bruce Altman]], American actor | ||
| - | * [[July 4]] – [[Víctor Reymundo Nájera]], Mexican politician | ||
| - | * [[July 5]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mia Couto]], Mozambican writer | ||
| - | ** [[Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani]], Pakistani politician | ||
| - | ** [[Sebastian Barry]], Irish playwright, novelist and poet | ||
| - | ** [[Henry Lee Summer]], American singer | ||
| - | ** [[Shannon Bell]], Canadian performance philosopher | ||
| - | * [[July 7]] | ||
| - | ** [[Rolf Saxon]], American actor | ||
| - | ** [[Ludo Vika]], Dominican actress | ||
| - | ** [[Paul Bahoken]], Cameroonian footballer | ||
| - | * [[July 8]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mihaela Mitrache]], Romanian actress | ||
| - | ** [[Vladislava Milosavljević]], Serbian actress | ||
| - | * [[July 9]] | ||
| - | ** [[Lindsey Graham]], American politician, lawyer, [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] soldier, [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[South Carolina|Sc.]]) and unsuccessful [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] presidential candidate | ||
| - | ** [[Fred Norris]], American radio personality | ||
| - | ** [[Jimmy Smits]], American actor | ||
| - | * [[July 10]] | ||
| - | ** [[Dan Newhouse]], American politician | ||
| - | ** [[Andrea Bruce]], Jamaican athlete | ||
| - | ** [[Vinnie Curto]], American professional boxer | ||
| - | ** [[Ray Goff]], American football player and coach | ||
| - | * [[July 11]] | ||
| - | ** [[Balaji Sadasivan]], Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon | ||
| - | ** [[Søren Sætter-Lassen]], Danish actor | ||
| - | * [[July 12]] | ||
| - | ** [[Nina Gunke]], Swedish actress | ||
| - | ** [[Tadashi Miyazawa]], Japanese voice actor | ||
| - | * [[July 13]] – [[Yoshitaka Tamba]], Japanese actor | ||
| - | * [[July 14]] – [[Ramon Jimenez Jr.]], Filipino attorney | ||
| - | * [[July 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[Didier Etumba]], Congolese Army General | ||
| - | ** [[Željko Burić]], Croatian politician and doctor | ||
| - | ** [[Pooran Prakash]], Indian politician | ||
| - | * [[July 16]] | ||
| - | ** [[Saw Swee Leong]], Malaysian badminton player | ||
| - | ** [[Ritva Elomaa]], Finnish professional female bodybuilding champion, pop singer and politician | ||
| - | ** [[Patrick Bernasconi]], French business executive | ||
| - | ** [[Janet Huckabee]], American politician | ||
| - | ** [[Zohar Argov]], Israeli singer (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 17]] | ||
| - | ** [[Fei Yu-ching]], Taiwanese singer-songwriter | ||
| - | ** [[Sylvie Léonard]], French-Canadian actress | ||
| - | ** [[Alvin Slaughter]], American gospel singer-songwriter and worship leader | ||
| - | ** [[Janina Buzūnaitė-Žukaitienė]], Lithuanian painter, poet, creator of accessories and metal sculptures | ||
| - | * [[July 18]] | ||
| - | ** [[Bernd Fasching]], Austrian painter and sculptor | ||
| - | ** [[György Matolcsy]], Hungarian politician and economist | ||
| - | ** [[Sergey Zimov]], Russian geophysicist and creator of [[Pleistocene Park]] | ||
| - | * [[July 19]] – [[Karen Cheryl]], French singer, actress, radio and television presenter | ||
| - | * [[July 21]] | ||
| - | ** [[Adrienne King]], American actress | ||
| - | ** [[Dannel Malloy]], American politician | ||
| - | ** [[Howie Epstein]], American musician and producer (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Béla Tarr]], Hungarian film director | ||
| - | * [[July 22]] | ||
| - | ** [[Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa]], Nigerian politician | ||
| - | ** [[Willem Dafoe]], American actor | ||
| - | * [[July 25]] – [[Iman (model)|Iman]], Somalian model | ||
| - | * [[July 26]] | ||
| - | ** [[Michele Pillar]], American Christian musician | ||
| - | ** [[Asif Ali Zardari]], 11th President of Pakistan | ||
| - | * [[July 27]] – [[Allan Border]], Australian cricket captain | ||
| - | * [[July 31]] – [[Jakie Quartz]], French singer | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===August=== | ||
| - | [[File:BillyBobThorntonHWOFFeb2012crop.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Billy Bob Thornton]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Richard Hilton.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Hilton]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Apisai Ielemia cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Apisai Ielemia]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Mike Huckabee by Gage Skidmore 6.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mike Huckabee]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:SergeyKhlebnikovWKSprint1982Alkmaar 931-9596.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sergey Khlebnikov]]]] | ||
| - | * [[August 2]] | ||
| - | ** [[John Battaglia]], American convicted murderer (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Caleb Carr]], American writer | ||
| - | * [[August 3]] | ||
| - | ** [[Corey Burton]], American voice actor | ||
| - | ** [[Roger Gifford]], Lord Mayor of London 2013 | ||
| - | * [[August 4]] | ||
| - | ** [[Gerrie Coetzee]], South African boxer, 1983-1984 [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] heavyweight champion. | ||
| - | ** [[Billy Bob Thornton]], American actor, director and screenwriter | ||
| - | * [[August 6]] | ||
| - | ** [[Gordon J. Brand]], English golfer | ||
| - | ** [[Ron Davis (pitcher)|Ron Davis]], American baseball player | ||
| - | ** [[Earl "Chinna" Smith|Earl Smith]], Jamaican Reggae guitarist | ||
| - | * [[August 7]] | ||
| - | ** [[Wayne Knight]], American actor and comedian | ||
| - | ** [[Vladimir Sorokin]], Russian writer | ||
| - | * [[August 8]] – [[Diddú]] (Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir), Icelandic soprano and songwriter | ||
| - | * [[August 9]] – [[Doug Williams (quarterback)|Doug Williams]], American football quarterback | ||
| - | * [[August 10]] – [[Mel Tiangco]], Filipina television anchor, journalist and humanitarian | ||
| - | * [[August 12]] | ||
| - | ** [[Heintje Simons]], Dutch singer and actor | ||
| - | ** [[Gish Jen]], American fiction writer | ||
| - | * [[August 13]] – [[Daryl (magician)|Daryl]], American magician (d. [[2017]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 14]] – [[Gillian Taylforth]], English television actress | ||
| - | * [[August 17]] – [[Richard Hilton]], American businessman | ||
| - | * [[August 19]] | ||
| - | ** [[Peter Gallagher]], American actor | ||
| - | ** [[Terry Harper (baseball)|Terry Harper]], American baseball player | ||
| - | ** [[Apisai Ielemia]], 10th Prime Minister of Tuvalu | ||
| - | * [[August 20]] – [[Agnes Chan]], Hong Kong-born TV personality in Japan | ||
| - | * [[August 22]] | ||
| - | ** [[Chiranjeevi]], Indian actor | ||
| - | ** [[Gordon Liu]], Chinese actor | ||
| - | * [[August 23]] – [[David Learner]], British actor, Stephen M.Papuzek | ||
| - | * [[August 24]] – [[Mike Huckabee]], American politician, Governor and 2008 Presidential candidate | ||
| - | * [[August 25]] – [[John McGeoch]], Scottish musician (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 27]] | ||
| - | ** [[Laura Fygi]], Dutch singer | ||
| - | ** [[Diana Scarwid]], American actress | ||
| - | ** [[Sergey Khlebnikov]], Soviet speed skater (d. [[1999]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 30]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mayumi Muroyama]], Japanese manga artist | ||
| - | ** [[Andy Pask]], English bass player and composer ([[Landscape (band)|Landscape]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Helge Schneider]], comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director | ||
| - | * [[August 31]] – [[Edwin Moses]], American athlete | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===September=== | ||
| - | [[File:Billy Blanks by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Billy Blanks]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:JohnKricfalusi.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Kricfalusi]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Edward Hibbert by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edward Hibbert]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Charles Martinet Game World 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charles Martinet]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Zucchero 03.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Zucchero Fornaciari]]]] | ||
| - | * [[September 1]] | ||
| - | ** [[Billy Blanks]], American martial artist; inventor of the [[Tae Bo]] exercise program | ||
| - | ** [[Bruce Foxton]], English musician | ||
| - | * [[September 2]] | ||
| - | ** [[Robert C. Duncan (astrophysicist)|Robert Duncan]], American astrophysicist | ||
| - | ** [[Claus Kleber]], German television journalist | ||
| - | ** [[Natalya Petrusyova]], Soviet speed skater | ||
| - | ** [[Michelle Yim]], Hong Kong actress | ||
| - | * [[September 4]] | ||
| - | ** [[David Broza]], Israeli singer-songwriter and activist | ||
| - | ** [[Hiroshi Izawa]], Japanese actor | ||
| - | * [[September 6]] – [[Raymond Benson]], American author | ||
| - | * [[September 7]] – [[Efim Zelmanov]], Russian mathematician | ||
| - | * [[September 9]] | ||
| - | ** [[Edward Hibbert]], English-American actor and literary agent | ||
| - | ** [[John Kricfalusi]], Canadian cartoonist | ||
| - | ** [[Ivan Smirnov (guitar player)|Ivan Smirnov]], Russian composer and guitar player (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 12]] – [[Peter Scolari]], American actor and comedian | ||
| - | * [[September 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[Željka Antunović]], Croatian politician | ||
| - | ** [[Brendan O'Carroll]], Irish actor and comedian | ||
| - | ** [[Bruce Reitherman]], American filmmaker and voice actor | ||
| - | ** [[Renzo Rosso]], Italian clothing designer | ||
| - | * [[September 16]] | ||
| - | ** [[Janet Ellis]], British children's TV presenter | ||
| - | ** [[Robin Yount]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * [[September 17]] | ||
| - | ** [[Marina Lima]], Brazilian singer and songwriter | ||
| - | ** [[Charles Martinet]], American voice-actor | ||
| - | * [[September 18]] – [[Bob Papenbrook]], American voice actor (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 19]] – [[Richard Burmer]], American composer, sound designer and musician (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 21]] – [[Richard Hieb]], American astronaut | ||
| - | * [[September 24]] – [[Shinbo Nomura]], Japanese manga artist | ||
| - | * [[September 25]] | ||
| - | **[[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]], German football player | ||
| - | **[[Zucchero Fornaciari]], Italian singer-songwriter | ||
| - | * [[September 28]] – [[Stéphane Dion]], Canadian politician | ||
| - | * [[September 29]] – [[Joe Donnelly]], American politician | ||
| - | * [[September 30]] | ||
| - | ** [[Janet Arceo]], Mexican actress, TV presenter, announcer, director and businesswoman (Doña Eduviges in ''El Chavo del Ocho'') | ||
| - | ** [[Andy Bechtolsheim]], German electrical engineer and Co-founder of [[Sun Microsystems]]. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===October=== | ||
| - | [[File:Yo-Yo Ma 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yo-Yo Ma]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Bill Gates 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bill Gates]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:IndraNooyiDavos2010ver2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Indra Nooyi]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Kevin DuBrow.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin DuBrow]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Executive Minister Brother Eduardo Manalo (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eduardo V. Manalo]]]] | ||
| - | * [[October 1]] – [[P. B. Abdul Razak]], Indian politician (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 2]] – [[Philip Oakey]], English synth-pop singer-songwriter ([[The Human League]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 3]] – [[Tommy Wiseau]], American film director and actor, known for the 2003 "dark comedy" ''[[The Room (film)|The Room]]'' | ||
| - | * [[October 5]] | ||
| - | **[[Bart D. Ehrman]], American religious studies scholar and writer, specialist in [[textual criticism]] | ||
| - | ** [[Jean-Jacques Lafon]], French singer-songwriter | ||
| - | ** [[Caroline Loeb]], French singer and actress | ||
| - | * [[October 7]] | ||
| - | **[[Clinton Bennett]], British scholar of religions, specialist in the study of Islam | ||
| - | **[[Yo-Yo Ma]], French-born Chinese American cellist | ||
| - | * [[October 8]] | ||
| - | **[[Bill Elliott]], American racing driver | ||
| - | **[[Darrell Hammond]], Comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') | ||
| - | * [[October 12]] – [[Pat DiNizio]], American singer-songwriter ([[The Smithereens]]) (d. [[2017]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 13]] – [[Sergei Shepelev]], Russian ice hockey player | ||
| - | * [[October 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[James B. Aguayo-Martel]], Mexican-born physician, surgeon, scientist and inventor | ||
| - | ** [[Kulbir Bhaura]], Indian-born British field hockey player | ||
| - | ** [[Tanya Roberts]], American actress | ||
| - | ** [[Emily Yoffe]], American journalist and advice columnist | ||
| - | *[[October 17]] – [[Tyrone Mitchell]], American murderer (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 18]] | ||
| - | ** [[Hiromi Go]], Japanese singer | ||
| - | ** [[Timmy Mallett]], English television presenter | ||
| - | * [[October 19]] | ||
| - | ** [[Lonnie Shelton]], American basketball player (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[LaSalle Ishii]], Japanese television personality | ||
| - | * [[October 20]] | ||
| - | ** [[Tony Hanson]], American basketball player (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Thomas Newman]], American composer | ||
| - | * [[October 21]] | ||
| - | ** [[Yasukazu Hamada]], Japanese politician | ||
| - | ** [[Rich Mullins]], American Christian musician (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 24]] | ||
| - | ** [[Karen Austin]], American actress | ||
| - | ** [[Katherine Knight]], Australian [[mariticide]] | ||
| - | * [[October 25]] – [[Glynis Barber]], South African-born British actress | ||
| - | * [[October 28]] | ||
| - | ** [[Bill Gates]], American businessman and co-founder of [[Microsoft]] | ||
| - | ** [[Indra Nooyi]], Indian business executive | ||
| - | * [[October 29]] | ||
| - | ** [[Kevin DuBrow]], American rock singer (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Roger O'Donnell]], English rock keyboardist | ||
| - | ** [[Etsuko Shihomi]], Japanese actress | ||
| - | * [[October 30]] – [[Jeremy Black (historian)|Jeremy Black]], British historian | ||
| - | * [[October 31]] – [[Eduardo V. Manalo]], 3rd Executive Minister (''Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan'') of the ''[[Iglesia ni Cristo]]'' (Church of Christ) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===November=== | ||
| - | [[File:Kris Jenner shot by Jim Jordan at White Cross Studios.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kris Jenner]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Maria Shriver by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maria Shriver]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Roland Emmerich Deauville 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Roland Emmerich]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Whoopi Goldberg at a NYC No on Proposition 8 Rally.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Whoopi Goldberg]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Dianne de Leeuw 1974c.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dianne de Leeuw]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Kevin Conroy, at MCM London Comic Con, May 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Conroy]]]] | ||
| - | * [[November 1]] – [[Joe Arroyo]], Colombian salsa and tropical music singer (d. [[2011]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 2]] – [[Chris Burnett]], American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader | ||
| - | * [[November 3]] | ||
| - | ** [[Howard Michaels]], American businessman (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Teresa De Sio]], Italian singer-songwriter | ||
| - | ** [[Phil Simms]], American football player | ||
| - | ** [[Yukihiko Tsutsumi]], Japanese film director | ||
| - | * [[November 4]] | ||
| - | ** [[Rita Bhaduri]], Indian actress (d. [[2018]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah|Moulana Ghousavi Shah]], Sufi teacher and author, Secretary General of The Conference of World Religions | ||
| - | ** [[Matti Vanhanen]], [[Prime Minister of Finland]] | ||
| - | * [[November 5]] | ||
| - | ** [[Pedro Brieger]], Argentine journalist and sociologist. | ||
| - | ** [[Kris Jenner]], American television personality | ||
| - | ** [[Karan Thapar]], Indian journalist, political analyst and commentator | ||
| - | * [[November 6]] – [[Maria Shriver]], American television journalist, host; former First Lady of California | ||
| - | * [[November 7]] | ||
| - | ** [[Paul Romer]], American economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] laureate | ||
| - | ** [[Detlef Ultsch]], German judo athlete | ||
| - | * [[November 9]] – [[Karen Dotrice]], Guernsey-born child actress | ||
| - | * [[November 10]] – [[Roland Emmerich]], German film director | ||
| - | * [[November 11]] – [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], [[King of Bhutan]] | ||
| - | * [[November 13]] – [[Whoopi Goldberg]], African-American actress and comedian<!-- disputed; some sources cite 1949 --> | ||
| - | * [[November 14]] – [[Koichi Nakano]], Japanese bicycle racer | ||
| - | * [[November 17]] | ||
| - | ** [[Yolanda King]], African-American actress and activist (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Peter Cox (musician)|Peter Cox]], English singer-songwriter ([[Go West (band)|Go West]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Bill Macatee]], American Sports Broadcaster | ||
| - | * [[November 19]] – [[Dianne de Leeuw]], Dutch figure skater | ||
| - | * [[November 20]] – [[Ray Ozzie]], American computer programmer | ||
| - | * [[November 21]] | ||
| - | ** [[Kyle Gann]], American composer and music critic | ||
| - | ** [[Cedric Maxwell]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * [[November 22]] – [[George Alagiah]], Ceylonese-born British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter | ||
| - | * [[November 23]] | ||
| - | ** [[Steven Brust]], American author | ||
| - | ** [[Ludovico Einaudi]], Italian pianist and composer | ||
| - | ** [[Peter Douglas]], American television and film producer | ||
| - | ** [[Mary Landrieu]], American politician, U.S. Senator from Louisiana | ||
| - | * [[November 24]] | ||
| - | ** Sir [[Ian Botham]], English cricketer | ||
| - | ** [[Najib Mikati]], Lebanese politician, 2-Time [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] | ||
| - | * [[November 25]] – [[Bruno Tonioli]], film, music video and theater choreographer | ||
| - | * [[November 26]] – [[Tracy Hickman]], American author | ||
| - | * [[November 27]] – [[Bill Nye]], American science presenter and public television host | ||
| - | * [[November 28]] – [[Alessandro Altobelli]], Italian football player | ||
| - | * [[November 29]] – [[Howie Mandel]], Canadian actor and game show host | ||
| - | * [[November 30]] | ||
| - | ** [[Michael Beschloss]], American historian | ||
| - | ** [[Kevin Conroy]], American voice actor | ||
| - | ** [[Billy Idol]], born William Broad, British rock musician | ||
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| - | ===December=== | ||
| - | [[File:The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Manohar Parrikar]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Xander Berkeley 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Xander Berkeley]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Jane Kaczmarek September 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jane Kaczmarek]]]] | ||
| - | * [[December 3]] | ||
| - | ** [[Melody Anderson]], Canadian actress and social worker | ||
| - | ** [[Steven Culp]], American actor | ||
| - | ** [[Warren Jeffs]], American criminal | ||
| - | ** [[Andrea Romano (voice director)|Andrea Romano]], American retired casting director, voice director, and voice actress | ||
| - | * [[December 4]] – [[Maurizio Bianchi]], Italian musician | ||
| - | * [[December 7]] – [[Priscilla Barnes]], American actress | ||
| - | * [[December 8]] | ||
| - | ** [[Ian Greig]], South African-born English cricketer | ||
| - | ** [[Martin Semmelrogge]], German actor | ||
| - | * [[December 9]] – [[Asashio Tarō IV]], Japanese sumo wrestler | ||
| - | * [[December 12]] – [[Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki]], Greek politician and businesswoman | ||
| - | * [[December 13]] – [[Manohar Parrikar]], Indian politician (d. [[2019]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 14]] – [[Hervé Guibert]], French writer and photographer (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 16]] | ||
| - | ** [[Xander Berkeley]], American actor | ||
| - | ** [[Chiharu Matsuyama]], Japanese singer-songwriter | ||
| - | ** [[Rob Levin]], American founder of the [[freenode]] [[IRC]] network (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 17]] – [[Brad Davis (basketball)|Brad Davis]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * [[December 21]] – [[Jane Kaczmarek]], American actress | ||
| - | * [[December 23]] | ||
| - | ** [[Keith Comstock]], American baseball player | ||
| - | ** [[Carol Ann Duffy]], Scottish poet | ||
| - | ** [[Stefan Arngrim]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | * [[December 24]] | ||
| - | ** [[Mizuho Fukushima]], Japanese politician | ||
| - | ** [[Clarence Gilyard]], American actor and college professor | ||
| - | * [[December 27]] – [[Barbara Olson]], American television commentator (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 28]] – [[Liu Xiaobo]], Chinese literary critic and human rights activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate (d. [[2017]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 31]] – [[Jim Tracy (baseball)|Jim Tracy]], American baseball player | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===Date unknown=== | ||
| - | * [[Mark Marderosian]], American cartoonist | ||
| - | * [[Alan Myers (drummer)|Alan Myers]], American new wave rock drummer ([[Devo]]) (d. 2013) | ||
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| - | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | {{BD ToC|deaths|section=3}} | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===January=== | ||
| - | [[File:Estatua de José Antonio Remón Cantera - Sede de la Policía Nacional de Panamá (2012).jpg|thumb|100px|[[José Antonio Remón Cantera]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Hans hedtoft.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hans Hedtoft]]]] | ||
| - | * [[January 1]] – [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], Indian scientist (b. [[1894]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 2]] – [[José Antonio Remón Cantera]], 19th [[President of Panama]] (assassinated) (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 6]] – [[Yevgeny Tarle]], Soviet historian (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 11]] – [[Rodolfo Graziani]], Italian general (b. [[1882]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 15]] | ||
| - | ** [[Johannes Baader]], German artist (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 18]] – [[August Duesenberg]], German-born American automobile manufacturer (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 20]] – [[Robert P. T. Coffin]], American poet (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 21]] – [[Archie Hahn]], American athlete (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 24]] – [[Ira Hayes]], U.S. Marine flag raiser on Iwo Jima (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 29]] – [[Hans Hedtoft]], 14th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 31]] – [[John Mott]], American YMCA leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1865]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===February=== | ||
| - | [[File:Argeto.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Constantin Argetoianu]]]] | ||
| - | * [[February 6]] – [[Constantin Argetoianu]], 41st [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 11]] – [[Ona Munson]], American actress (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 12]] | ||
| - | ** [[Thomas J. Moore]], Irish-American film actor (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| - | ** [[S. Z. Sakall]], Hungarian actor (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 20]] – [[Oswald Avery]], American physician and medical researcher (b. [[1877]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 23]] – [[Paul Claudel]], French poet, dramatist, and diplomat (b. [[1868]]) | ||
| - | * [[February 27]] – [[Trixie Friganza]], American actress (b. [[1870]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===March=== | ||
| - | [[File:Matthew Henson 1910.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Matthew Henson]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alexander Fleming|Sir Alexander Fleming]]]] | ||
| - | * [[March 3]] – [[Katharine Drexel]], American [[Roman Catholic]] foundress and saint (b. [[1858]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 8]] – [[William C. deMille]], American screenwriter and director (b. [[1878]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 9]] – [[Matthew Henson]], American explorer (b. [[1866]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 11]] – Sir [[Alexander Fleming]], Scottish scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC - History - Alexander Fleming|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/fleming_alexander.shtml|website=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=January 3, 2017}}</ref> | ||
| - | * [[March 12]] – [[Charlie Parker]], American saxophonist (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 16]] – [[Nicolas de Staël]], Russian painter (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 19]] – [[Mihály Károlyi]], 1st [[President of Hungary]] and 20th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 22]] – [[Maurice Schutz]], French actor (b. [[1866]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 23]] – [[Arthur Bernardes]], 12th [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 24]] – [[John W. Davis]], American politician, diplomat, and lawyer (b. [[1873]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 30]] – [[Ylla]], Hungarian photographer (b. [[1911]]) (jeep accident) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===April=== | ||
| - | [[File:Einstein 1933.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Albert Einstein]]]] | ||
| - | * [[April 7]] – [[Theda Bara]], American film actress (b. [[1885]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 10]] – [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], French Jesuit priest, philosopher, paleontologist and geologist (b. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 11]] – [[Clifton Sprague]], American admiral (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 13]] – [[Peyton C. March]], United States Army General (b. [[1864]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 18]] – [[Albert Einstein]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 25]] – [[Constance Collier]], stage and screen actress; acting coach (b. [[1878]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===May=== | ||
| - | [[File:Georges_Enesco_1930.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Enescu]]]] | ||
| - | * [[May 2]] – [[Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie]], 10th [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. [[1872]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 4]] | ||
| - | **[[Louis Charles Breguet]], French aircraft designer and builder and early aviation pioneer (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| - | **[[George Enescu]], Romanian composer (b. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 10]] | ||
| - | ** [[Tommy Burns (boxer)|Tommy Burns]], American boxer (b. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | ** [[John Radecki]], Australian stained-glass artist (b. [[1865]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 11]] – [[Gilbert Jessop]], English cricketer (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 14]] | ||
| - | ** [[Charles Pelot Summerall]], American general (b. [[1867]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Anwar Wagdi]], Egyptian actor and filmmaker (b. [[1904]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 16]] – [[James Agee]], American writer (b. [[1909]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 17]] – [[Owen Roberts]], American Supreme Court Justice (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 18]] – [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], American educator (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 19]] – [[Concha Espina]], Spanish writer (b. [[1869]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 22]] – [[Richard "Skeets" Gallagher]], American actor (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 26]] – [[Alberto Ascari]], Italian race-car driver (accident) (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | * [[May 30]] – [[Bill Vukovich]], American race-car driver (accident) (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===June=== | ||
| - | [[File:PattilloHiggins.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pattillo Higgins]]]] | ||
| - | * [[June 5]] | ||
| - | ** [[Pattillo Higgins]], American oil pioneer and businessman (b. [[1863]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Herbert Stanley]], Governor of Northern Rhodesia, Ceylon and Southern Rhodesia (b. [[1872]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 11]] – [[Walter Hampden]], American actor (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 17]] – [[Carlyle Blackwell]], American actor (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 19]] – [[Adrienne Monnier]], French poet (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | * [[June 26]] – [[Engelbert Zaschka]], German helicopter pioneer (b. 1895) | ||
| - | * [[June 29]] – [[Max Pechstein]], German painter (b. 1881) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===July=== | ||
| - | [[File:Adolfo de la Huerta.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Adolfo de la Huerta]]]] | ||
| - | |||
| - | * [[July 3]] – [[Beatrice Chase]], English writer (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 4]] – [[William Glasgow (general)|Sir William Glasgow]], Australian army officer, politician and diplomat (b. [[1876]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 9]] – [[Adolfo de la Huerta]], 38th [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lifeder.com/adolfo-huerta-marcor/|title=Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor: Biografía y Gobierno|publisher=lifeder.com|language=Spanish |accessdate=May 29, 2019|trans-title=Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor: Biography and Government}}</ref> | ||
| - | * [[July 13]] | ||
| - | ** [[Ruth Ellis]], British-born murderer, last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom (b. [[1926]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Stanley Price]], American film and television actor (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 20]] – [[Calouste Gulbenkian]], Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. [[1869]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 23]] – [[Cordell Hull]], [[United States Secretary of State]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | * [[July 31]] – [[Robert Francis (actor)|Robert Francis]], American actor (b. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===August=== | ||
| - | [[File:William Hamilton (athlete) 1908.jpg|thumb|100px|[[William Hamilton (athlete)|William Hamilton]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Carmen Miranda 1941.JPG|100px|thumb|[[Carmen Miranda]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Thomas Mann 1937.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Thomas Mann]]]] | ||
| - | * [[August 1]] – [[William Hamilton (athlete)|William Hamilton]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 2]] | ||
| - | ** [[Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria]], Bavarian military leader and last Bavarian crown prince (b. [[1869]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Wallace Stevens]], American poet (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 5]] – [[Carmen Miranda]], Portuguese-born Brazilian singer and actress (b. [[1909]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 8]] – [[Grace Hartman (actress)|Grace Hartman]], American actress (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 12]] | ||
| - | ** [[Thomas Mann]], German novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | ** [[James B. Sumner]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 13]] – [[Florence Easton]], English-born operatic soprano (b. [[1882]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 17]] – [[Fernand Léger]], French painter and sculptor (b. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 27]] – [[Augusto Turati]], Italian fascist politician (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| - | * [[August 28]] – [[Emmett Till]], American murder victim (b. [[1941]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===September=== | ||
| - | [[File:James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Dean]]]] | ||
| - | * [[September 1]] – [[Philip Loeb]], American actor (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 20]] – [[Robert Riskin]], American screenwriter (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 23]] – [[Martha Norelius]], American Olympic swimmer (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 24]] – [[Ib Schønberg]], Danish actor (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 25]] – [[José Tamborini]], Argentine physician and politician (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| - | * [[September 30]] | ||
| - | ** [[Michael Chekhov]], Russian actor, theatre director, and writer (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| - | ** [[James Dean]], American actor (accident) (b. [[1931]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===October=== | ||
| - | [[File:JoseOrtegayGasset.jpg|thumb|100px|[[José Ortega y Gasset]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Sadako Sasaki2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sadako Sasaki]]]] | ||
| - | * [[October 1]] – [[Charles Christie]], American film studio owner (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 4]] – [[Alexander Papagos]], Greek Field Marshal (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 7]] – [[Rodolphe Seeldrayers]], German journalist and administrator, 4th [[President of FIFA]] (b. [[1876]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 8]] – [[Iry LeJeune]], Cajun musician (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 9]] | ||
| - | ** [[Theodor Innitzer]], Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Alice Joyce]], American actress (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 13]] | ||
| - | ** [[Manuel Ávila Camacho]], 45th [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/a/avila_camacho.htm|title=Manuel Ávila Camacho|publisher=Biografias y Vidas|language=Spanish|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref> | ||
| - | ** [[Alexandrina Maria da Costa]], Portuguese [[Roman Catholic]] mystic, victim soul and blessed (b. [[1904]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 17]] – [[Dimitrios Maximos]], Prime Minister of Greece (b. [[1873]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 18]] – [[José Ortega y Gasset]], Spanish philosopher (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 19]] – [[John Hodiak]], American actor (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 25]] – [[Sadako Sasaki]], Japanese [[leukemia|atomic bomb sickness]] victim (b. [[1943]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 27]] | ||
| - | **[[Juan de Dios Martínez]], 23rd President of Ecuador (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | **[[Clark Griffith]], Multi-time 20 game winning pitcher, member of the MLB hall of fame (b. [[1869]]) | ||
| - | * [[October 31]] – [[William Woodward, Jr.]], American banker and horse breeder, shot to death by his wife (b. [[1920]]) | ||
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| - | ===November=== | ||
| - | [[File:Cy Young by Conlon, 1911-crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Cy Young]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:Hajos.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alfréd Hajós]]]] | ||
| - | [[File:ShempUgly.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shemp Howard]]]] | ||
| - | * [[November 1]] – [[Dale Carnegie]], American writer and lecturer (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 4]] – [[Cy Young]], American baseball player ([[Cleveland Spiders]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1867]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 5]] – [[Maurice Utrillo]], French artist (b. [[1882]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 7]] – [[Tom Powers]], American actor (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 11]] – [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]], American lyricist and composer (b. [[1926]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 12]] – [[Alfréd Hajós]], Hungarian swimmer and architect (b. [[1878]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 13]] – [[Moshe Pessach]], chief rabbi of Volos (b. [[1869]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 14]] – [[Robert E. Sherwood]], American playwright (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 15]] – [[Lloyd Bacon]], American actor and director (b. [[1889]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 17]] – [[Helmuth Weidling]], German general (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 22]] – [[Shemp Howard]], American actor and comedian ([[The Three Stooges]]) (b. [[1895]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 27]] – [[Arthur Honegger]], French-born Swiss composer (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | * [[November 30]] – [[Alta Bates]], nurse anesthetist and founder of Alta Bates Hospital (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===December=== | ||
| - | [[File:Honus Wagner (crop).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Honus Wagner]]]] | ||
| - | * [[December 1]] – [[Chief Thundercloud]], American character actor (b. [[1899]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 5]] – [[Jirō Minami]], Japanese general and [[Governor-General of Korea]] (1936-1942) (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 6]] | ||
| - | ** [[George Platt Lynes]], American photographer (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Honus Wagner]], American baseball player ([[Pittsburgh Pirates]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 8]] – [[Hermann Weyl]], German mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher (b. [[1885]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 13]] – [[António Egas Moniz]], Portuguese neurologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 15]] – [[Otto Braun]], German politician, former Minister President of the [[Free State of Prussia]] (b. [[1872]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 21]] – [[Garegin Nzhdeh]], Armenian statesman (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 22]] – [[Otto Eppers]], American cartoonist (b. 1893) | ||
| - | * [[December 25]] | ||
| - | ** [[Elizabeth Harrison Walker|Elizabeth Harrison]], daughter of President [[Benjamin Harrison]] and [[Mary Dimmick Harrison]] (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | ** [[Thomas J. Preston, Jr.]], professor of [[Archeology]] at [[Princeton University]]; second husband of [[Frances Cleveland]], widow of President [[Grover Cleveland]] (b. [[1862]]) | ||
| - | * [[December 27]] – [[Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter]], English soldier (b. [[1881]]) | ||
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| - | ==Nobel Prizes== | ||
| - | [[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]] | ||
| - | * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Willis Eugene Lamb]] and [[Polykarp Kusch]] | ||
| - | * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Vincent du Vigneaud]] | ||
| - | * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell]] | ||
| - | * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Halldór Laxness|Halldór Kiljan Laxness]] | ||
| - | * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – not awarded | ||
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1955 (MCMLV) is the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.
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Art and culture
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Literature
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Non-fiction
- Eros and Civilization by Herbert Marcuse
- Le moyen âge fantastique, a book on fantastic art in the Middle Ages, Jurgis Baltrušaitis
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Visual culture
- Broadway and 103rd Street. New York by William Klein
- The Citroën DS (also known as Déesse) is introduced
- Kroger Babb buys the U.S. rights to Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika
- Jasper Johns - Flag
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Film
- Summer with Monika is released in the United States
- Night and Fog by Alain Resnais
- The Night of the Hunter by Charles Laughton
- Kiss Me Deadly by Robert Aldrich
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Music
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Singles
- Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
- Cry Me a River by Julie London
- "Ain't That a Shame" – Fats Domino
- "Whatever Lola Wants"
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Albums
- Le Marteau sans maître by Pierre Boulez
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Births
- January 4 – Mark Hollis, English musician (d. 2019)
- January 18 – Frankie Knuckles, American DJ (d. 2014)
- January 21 – Jeff Koons, American artist
- February 12 – Bill Laswell, American bass player and producer
- April 16 – DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American DJ.
- April 22 – Arthur Baker, American record producer and DJ
- March 4 – Dominique Pinon, French actor
- March 9 - Ornella Muti, Italian actress
- March 19 - Pino Daniele, Italian music artist (d. 2015)
- May 26 – Adam Curtis, British documentary filmmaker
- June 8 - Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist and world wide web inventor
- June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- July 21 - Béla Tarr, Hungarian film director
- July 22 - Willem Dafoe, American actor
- August 6 - Earl Smith, Jamaican Reggae guitarist
- October 5 - Caroline Loeb, French singer and actress
- November 13 – Whoopi Goldberg, African-American actress and comedian
- November 30 - Billy Idol, born William Broad, British rock musician
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Deaths
- José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (b. 1883)
- Robert Warshow (1917 - 1955)
- Charlie Parker, American saxophonist (b. 1920)
- Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
- Theda Bara, American film actress (b. 1885)
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