1955
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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
Literature
Non-fiction
- Eros and Civilization by Herbert Marcuse
- Le moyen âge fantastique, a book on fantastic art in the Middle Ages, Jurgis Baltrušaitis
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
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
Music
- Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
- Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets
- Cry Me a River by Julie London
- Le marteau sans maître by Pierre Boulez
Births
- February 12 – Bill Laswell, American bass player and producer
- April 22 – Arthur Baker, American record producer and DJ
- April 16 – DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American DJ.
- Adam Curtis, English documentary film-maker.
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)
Births
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, English classicist
- 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, 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, UFO, Michael Schenker Group)
- January 13
- Ran Ito, Japanese actress
- 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, 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, British-born author
- January 28
- Vinod Khosla, Indian-born American venture capitalist
- Nicolas Sarkozy, 23rd President of France
- George Tokoro, Japanese TV personality and singer-songwriter
- January 29
- Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and head coach
- Femi Pedro, Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria
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
- February 9
- Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
- Jim J. Bullock, American actor and comedian
- February 10
- 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, American political analyst
- February 23
- 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
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
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, Japanese soccer player and manager
- 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
- 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
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)
- 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, 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, 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
- 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) (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 (The Misfits, Samhain, 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]] [[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, 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, U.S. Army soldier, U.S. Senator (R-Sc.) and unsuccessful 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, 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 WBA heavyweight champion.
- Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter
- August 6
- Gordon J. Brand, English golfer
- Ron Davis, American baseball player
- 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, 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, 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, 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)
- 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 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, 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
- 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, 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)
- 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
- November 14 – Koichi Nakano, Japanese bicycle racer
- November 17
- Yolanda King, African-American actress and activist (d. 2007)
- Peter Cox, English singer-songwriter (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
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, 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, 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, American baseball player
Date unknown
- Mark Marderosian, American cartoonist
- Alan Myers, American new wave rock drummer (Devo) (d. 2013)
Deaths
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|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>{{
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- 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 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, 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 – Sir William Glasgow, Australian army officer, politician and diplomat (b. 1876)
- July 9 – Adolfo de la Huerta, 38th President of Mexico (b. 1881)<ref>{{
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- 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, American actor (b. 1930)
August
[[File:William Hamilton (athlete) 1908.jpg|thumb|100px|William Hamilton]] [[File:Carmen Miranda 1941.JPG|100px|thumb|Carmen Miranda]] [[File:Thomas Mann 1937.jpg|100px|thumb|Thomas Mann]]
- August 1 – 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, American actress (b. 1907)
- August 12
- Thomas Mann, German novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
- James B. Sumner, American chemist, 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>{{
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- 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 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)
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, 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, 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)
Nobel Prizes
- Physics – Willis Eugene Lamb and Polykarp Kusch
- Chemistry – Vincent du Vigneaud
- Physiology or Medicine – Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell
- Literature – Halldór Kiljan Laxness
- Peace – not awarded
References
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