Birthdays 1 - 200 of 519
- Jan 1 Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
Kim Philby (1912-1988)
Jan 1 British spy and Soviet mole who was a member of the "Cambridge Five", born in Ambala, Punjab, India
- Jan 1 Victor Reuther, American labor leader (United Automobile Workers union), born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 2004) [1]
- Jan 2 André Amellér, French double bassist (Paris Opéra, 1937-53), conductor, composer, and educator (École Nationale de Musique - Dijon, 1953-81), born in Arnaville, France (d. 1990)
- Jan 2 Barbara Pentland, Canadian concert pianist and composer, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2000)
- Jan 3 Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
- Jan 3 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), born in Brevard, North Carolina (d. 1986)
- Jan 3 Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
- Jan 3 Robert Flemyng, British actor (The Deadly Affair, Funny Face), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)
- Jan 5 Frank Pace Jr., US Secretary of Army (1950-53), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1988)
- Jan 6 Danny Thomas, American comedian (Danny Thomas Show), born in Deerfield, Michigan (d. 1991)
- Jan 6 Jacques Cesar Ellul, French philosopher & sociologist, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1994)
- Jan 7 Bob Zurke [Boguslaw Zukowski], American jazz pianist, arranger (Bob Crosby Orchestra), and composer (Old Tom - "Cat On The Keys"), born in Hamtramck, Michigan (d. 1944)
- Jan 7 Charles Addams, American artist and cartoonist (New Yorker, The Addams Family) known for darkly humorous and macabre characters, born in Westfield, New Jersey (d. 1988)
- Jan 7 Günter Wand, German conductor (Cologne Opera and Gürzenich Orchestra, 1948-74; NDR Symphony, 1982-90), and composer, born in Elberfeld, Germany (d. 2002)
José Ferrer (1912-1992)
Jan 8 Puerto Rican actor and director (Blood Tide, Dune), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Jan 8 Rudolf George Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1980)
- Jan 9 Ralph Tubbs, British architect, born in Hadley Wood, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
- Jan 10 Maria Mandel, Camp leader at Auschwitz, born in Münzkirchen, Austria (d. 1948)
- Jan 10 Nick Cravat [Nicholas Cuccia], American actor (Twilight Zone - "Gremlin" in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode), born in NYC (d. 1994)
- Jan 11 Donald "Red" Barry, American actor (Adventures of Red Ryder, Jesse James' Women), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1980)
- Jan 11 Lynwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1961)
- Jan 11 Roger Lewis, American businessman (CEO of Amtrak, Pan Am), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1987)
- Jan 12 Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist (Humanism et saintete), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1986)
- Jan 15 Michel Debré, French politician, born in Paris, France (d. 1996)
- Jan 16 Franz Tumler, Austrian writer (Cloak, Aufruf), born in Gries near Bozen, South Tyrol (d. 1998)
- Jan 17 Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, Russian Soviet composer (d. 1973)
- Jan 18 Wilhelm Herz, German motorcycle racer (first to 200mph), born in Lampertheim, Germany (d. 1998)
- Jan 18 William Sansom, English writer (Loving Eye), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1976)
- Jan 19 Leonid Kantorovich, Russian Soviet economist (Father of linear programming, Nobel Prize for Economics 1975), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1986)
- Jan 20 Christopher Casson, Irish-English actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita, The Riordans), born in Manchester, Lancashire, England (d. 1996)
- Jan 20 Walter Briggs Jr, American sports executive (owner Detroit Tigers 1952-56), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1970)
- Jan 21 Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist (1964 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for work on cholesterol), born in Neisse, Germany (d. 2000)
- Jan 22 Harry Parry, Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader (BBC's Radio Rhythm Club), born in Bangor, Wales (d. 1956)
- Jan 24 Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- Jan 25 Lucius E. Burch Jr., American attorney, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1996)
- Jan 26 Cora Baird, American puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), born in NYC, New York (d. 1967)
- Jan 27 Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2009)
- Jan 27 E. R. Braithwaite, diplomat and writer (To Sir with Love), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2016)
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Jan 28 American expressionist painter (Lavender Mist), born in Cody, Wyoming
- Jan 30 Barbara Tuchman, American historian & author (Pulitzer, Guns of August), born in New York (d. 1989)
- Jan 30 Francis Schaeffer, American Evangelical theologian and pastor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1984)
- Jan 30 Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz, Polish discus thrower (medals in 1932 and 1936 Olympics), born in Pabianice, Poland (d. 1990)
- Feb 2 Burton Lane, American film and stage composer and lyricist (Finian's Rainbow), born in New York City (d. 1997)
- Feb 2 Millvina Dean, British civil servant who was the last living survivor of the RMS Titanic and also the youngest aboard, born in Branscombe, Devon, England (d. 2009)
- Feb 2 Stefan Schnabel, German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1999)
- Feb 3 Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and Minister of Information (Free French forces), born in Montpellier, France (d. 1990)
Byron Nelson (1912-2006)
Feb 4 American golfer (winner 5 major titles; record 19 tournaments 1945), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Feb 4 Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-born American conductor, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1993)
- Feb 4 James Craig [Meador], American actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1985)
- Feb 4 Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, archbishop of Quebec (d. 2006)
- Feb 4 Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian politician (d. 1999)
- Feb 5 Willard Parker, American actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Feb 5 Zoltán Pongrácz, Hungarian avant-garde composer (Mariphonia), born in Diószeg (d. 2007)
- Feb 6 Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1945)
- Feb 7 Alfred Desenclos, French composer, mostly of liturgical works (Messe de Requiem), born in Pontel, France (d. 1971)
- Feb 7 Derek Farr, British actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large), born in London, England (d. 1986)
- Feb 7 Russell Drysdale, Australian artist (painted Australian outback), born in Bognor Regis, England (d. 1981}
- Feb 8 Simon Jurovsky, Slovak composer, born in Ulmanka (d. 1963)
- Feb 11 Roy Fuller, English poet and novelist (Lost Season), born in Failsworth, England (d. 1991)
- Feb 11 Rudolf Firkušný, Moravian-American concert pianist and educator (Julliard), born in Napajedla, Moravia (d. 1994)
- Feb 12 Ernest Clark, British actor (Ghandi, The Dam Busters, Doctor in the House), born in London, England (d. 1994)
- Feb 12 R. F. Delderfield, English author (d. 1972)
- Feb 13 Arthur "Schneeze" Rollini, American big band jazz tenor saxophonist, born in New York City (d. 1993)
- Feb 13 Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born American fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1969)
- Feb 13 Margaretta Scott, British actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast), born in Westminster, London (d. 2005)
- Feb 14 Edmund G. Love, American historian and author (A Small Bequest, Subways Are for Sleeping), born in Flushing, Michigan (d. 1990)
- Feb 14 Juan Pujol Garcia, Spanish double agent (spied for Britain, codename Garbo, pretended to spy for Nazi Germany codename Arabel), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1988)
- Feb 14 Ollie Harrington, American cartoonist (Bootsie), born in Valhalla, New York (d. 1995)
- Feb 14 Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (d. 1988)
- Feb 15 George Mikes, Hungarian-British writer and humorist (How to Be an Alien), born in Siklós, Hungary (d. 1987)
- Feb 16 Arthur Crook, British editor (Times Literary Supplement) (d. 2005)
- Feb 16 Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch author (d. 1987)
- Feb 16 Del Sharbutt, American radio and TV announcer (Your Hit Parade), born in Cleburne, Texas (d. 2002)
- Feb 16 Gwydion Brooke [Holbrooke], British bassoonist (Royal Philharmonic, 1946-1961), born in Kentford, Suffolk, England (d. 2005)
- Feb 17 Alice "Andre" Norton, American sci-fi author (The Time Traders, The Zero Stone), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2005)
- Feb 18 Dane Clark, American actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1998)
- Feb 19 Adolf Rudnicki [Aron Hirschhorn], Polish writer (Niekochana), born in Żabno, Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1990)
- Feb 19 Peter Francis du Sautoy, British publisher (Faber & Faber) (d. 1995)
- Feb 19 Saul Chaplin [Kaplan], American Oscar Award-winning stage, and screen composer, arranger, and orchestrator (An American in Paris; "The Anniversary Song"), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1997)
- Feb 20 Pierre Boulle, French author (d. 1994)
- Feb 21 Arline Judge, American actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1974)
- Feb 21 Nikita Magaloff, Georgian-Russian pianist (1st to record Chopin's complete works, Arkadia 598-Schubert), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992)
- Feb 22 Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Brody, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1994)
- Feb 24 Július Kowalski, Slovak composer, born in Ostrava, Austrian Silesia (now Czech Republic) (d. 2003)
- Feb 25 Richard Wattis, British actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl, The Man Who Knew Too Much), born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England (d. 1975)
- Feb 27 Hugues Panassié, French jazz critic, record producer, and impresario (Hot Club de France), born in Paris (d. 1974)
- Feb 27 Kusumagraj, Indian writer (d. 1999)
- Feb 27 Lawrence Durrell, Indian-British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, British India (d. 1990)
- Feb 28 Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1945)
- Feb 28 Helmut Coing, German legal historian (Max Planck institute), born in Celle, Germany (d. 2000)
- Mar 1 Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, archbishop of Toronto (d. 2003)
- Mar 2 (Theodore) "Red" Saunders, American jazz drummer and bandleader, based in Chicago, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1981)
- Mar 2 Arthur Langton, South African cricket medium pace bowler (15 Tests, 40 wickets), born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa (d. 1942)
- Mar 3 Joe Stydahar, American NFL player and coach (Chicago Bears), born in Kaylor, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
- Mar 4 Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (The Garden of Hope), born in Udine, Italy (d. 1976)
- Mar 4 Carl Marzani, Italian-born American leftwing political activist, publisher and documentarian, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1994)
- Mar 6 Madge Adam, English solar astronomer (1st solar physicist at Oxford university's observatory), born in London, England (d. 2001)
- Mar 8 Preston Smith, 40th Governor of Texas, born in Williamson County, Texas (d. 2003)
- Mar 9 (Joseph) "Arky" Vaughan, American Baseball HOF shortstop (9 × MLB All-Star; NL batting champion 1935; NL stolen base leader 1943; Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Clifty, Arkansas (d. 1952)
- Mar 11 Robert Clifford Latham, English Pepys scholar, born in Audley, England (d. 1995)
- Mar 11 Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer (El gato con botas), born in Girona, Spain (d. 2002)
- Mar 12 Irving Layton, Canadian poet (d. 2006)
- Mar 12 Kylie Tennant, Australian novelist (Battlers, Lost Haven), born in Manly, Australia (d. 1988)
- Mar 12 Paul Weston [Wetstein], American pianist and orchestra leader (Jim Nabors Hour, Crescent City Suite), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
- Mar 13 Ernst Hess, Swiss composer, born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland (d. 1968)
- Mar 13 Igor Youskevitch, Russian-Ukrainian ballet dancer, born in Pyriatyn, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine (d. 1994)
- Mar 13 James Friell, Scottish political cartoonist (Daily Worker), born in Glasgow (d. 1997)
- Mar 14 Les Brown, American big band bandleader (His Band of Renown - "Sentimental Journey"), born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
- Mar 15 Louis Paul Boon, Belgian writer (Kapellekensbaan), born in Aalst, Belgium (d. 1979)
Lightnin Hopkins (1912-1982)
Mar 15 American blues musician (Ball of Twine), born in Centerville, Texas
- Mar 16 (Thelma Catherine) "Pat" Nixon [née Ryan], American First Lady (1969-74), born in Ely, Nevada (d. 1993)
- Mar 19 Adolf Galland, German WWII flying ace and general (104 aerial victories, for the Luftwaffe), born in Westerholt, Germany (d. 1996)
- Mar 19 Lavere "Buster" Harding, Canadian-American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (Count Basie; Dizzy Gillespie; Billie Holiday), born in North Buxton, Ontario (d. 1965)
- Mar 19 Russ Case, American orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), born in Hamburg, Iowa (d. 1964)
- Mar 21 Peter Bull, British actor and author (The African Queen, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove), born in London, England (d. 1984)
- Mar 22 Agnes Martin, Canadian-American abstract painter, born in Macklin, Saskatchewan (d. 2004)
- Mar 22 Henri Rousselot, French admiral (submarine commander during WWII), born in Lorraine, France (d. 1994)
- Mar 22 Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich], American actor (Streets of San Francisco; A Streetcar Named Desire; American Express commercials), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009)
- Mar 22 Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (Hard Day's Night, Steptoe and Son), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1985)
- Mar 23 Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (Olympic gold individual, team, horse vault, 2 x bronze 1936; silver 1952), born in Fürth, Germany (d. 2000)
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)
Mar 23 German-American rocket scientist (Germany - V1 and V2, US -Saturn V, NASA), and Disney space consultant, born in Wirsitz, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wyrzysk, Poland)
Dorothy Height (1912-2010)
Mar 24 American civil rights and women's rights activist (National Council of Negro Women), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Mar 25 Jean Vilar, French stage and film actor and director (Théâtre National Populaire), born in Sète, France (d. 1971)
James Callaghan (1912-2005)
Mar 27 British Prime Minister (Labour: 1976-79), born in Portsmouth, England
- Mar 27 Reuel Lahmer, Canadian-American organist and composer ("It Is Good To Give Thanks"), born in Maple, Ontario
- Mar 27 Robert Watson Hughes, Scottish-Australian composer, born in Levan, Inverclyde, Scotland (d. 2007)
- Mar 28 A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), born in Aldershot, England (d. 1984)
- Mar 28 Marina Raskova, Russian navigator, born in Moscow (d. 1943)
- Mar 29 Hanna Reitsch, German aviator and test pilot, born in Hirschberg, Silesia (d. 1979)
- Mar 30 (Andrew) Rodger Waterson, Scottish zoologist, specializing in malacology (mollusks) and entomology (insects), born in Ollaberry, Shetland, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Mar 30 Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 45 wickets; Auckland CA) and umpire (3 Tests 1956–59), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1994)
- Apr 2 Herbert Mills, American singer, (The Mills Brothers), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1989)
- Apr 2 Ollie O'Toole, American comedian, impressionist, and actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
- Apr 3 Addeke H Boerma, Dutch economist and general manager (FAO) (d. 1992)
- Apr 3 Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher (Free Netherlands), born in Huizum, Netherlands (d. 1969)
- Apr 5 John Le Mesurier, British actor (The Italian Job, Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), born in Bedford, England (d. 1983)
- Apr 8 Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi, assistant to Adolf Eichmann (convicted in absentia for crimes against humanity), born in Nádkút, Austria-Hungary (d. c. 2010)
Sonja Henie (1912-1969)
Apr 8 Norwegian figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky Star), born in Oslo, Norway
- Apr 9 Lew Kopelew, Russian author, born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
- Apr 9 Wilson Charles Geoffrey Baldwin, hero, born in Tendring, Essex (d. 1994)
- Apr 10 Clarke Hinkle, American NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers), born in Toronto, Ohio (d. 1988)
- Apr 10 Roy Hofheinz, American judge and engineer (Houston Astrodome), born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 1982)
- Apr 11 John Larkin, American actor (Saints & Sinners, The Satan Bug, 12 O'Clock High), born in Oakland, California (d. 1965)
- Apr 12 Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn; 16 Fathoms Deep), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1968)
- Apr 12 Georges Franju, French film director (Judex; Les Yeux sans visage - Eyes Without A Face), born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1987)
- Apr 12 Harold Maguire, British air marshal, born in Kilkishen, Ireland (d. 2001)
- Apr 12 Walter "Walt" Gorney, American character actor (Friday the 13th; Trading Places), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2004)
- Apr 13 Roy Winsor, American producer (Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
- Apr 14 Belinda Quirey, British dance historian and teacher (d. 1996)
- Apr 14 Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra), born in Amsterdam (d. 1982)
- Apr 14 Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), born in Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, France (d. 1994)
Kim Il-sung (1912-1994)
Apr 15 Founder, dictator and Supreme Leader of North-Korea (1948-94), born in Mangyongdae, Japanese Korea
- Apr 16 Catherine Scorsese [Cappa], Italian-American actress (The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear), born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
- Apr 16 David Langton [Basil Muir Langton-Dodds], Scottish actor (The Avengers, Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship), born in Motherwell, Scotland (d. 1994)
- Apr 16 Garth Williams, American illustrator (Charlotte's Web), born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)
- Apr 16 John Halas, Hungarian-American cartoonist and animator (Animal Farm), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1995)
- Apr 17 Isador Caplan, British lawyer and Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, born in Blackpool, England (d. 1995)
- Apr 18 Wendy Barrie, British-American TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), born in Hong Kong (d. 1978)
- Apr 19 Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist (AEC, Plutonium, Nobel 1951), born in Ishpeming, Michigan (d. 1999)
- Apr 19 William Murray, British teacher and educationalist, born in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (d. 1995)
- Apr 20 David Townsend, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, HS 36; Durham CCC), born in Norton-on-Tees, England (d. 1997)
- Apr 20 Ed Jones, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee, born in Yorkville, Tennessee (d. 1999)
- Apr 20 Frederick Craig Riddle, British violist, born in Liverpool (d. 1995)
- Apr 20 Soewarsih Djojopoespito, Indonesian writer (Toe the Line), born in Bogor, Indonesia (d. 1977)
- Apr 21 Eve Arnold, photojournalist (Marilyn Monroe) (d. 2012), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Apr 21 Feike Asma, Dutch organist and conductor, born in Den Helder, Amsterdam (d. 1984)
- Apr 21 Marcel Camus, French film director (Orfeu Negro), born in Chappes, France (d. 1982)
- Apr 22 Kathleen Ferrier, English contralto singer (Orfeo Ed Evridice), born in Higher Walton, Lancashire (d. 1953)
- Apr 22 Miguel Querol Gavalda, Spanish musicologist and composer, born in Ulldecona, Spain (d. 2002)
- Apr 25 Gladys Presley, mother of Elvis, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1958)
- Apr 26 A. E. van Vogt, Canadian sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn), born in Gretna, Manitoba (d. 2000)
- Apr 27 Franz Weyergans, Belgian writer and translator (Les Gens Heureux), born in Seraing, Belgium (d. 1974)
- Apr 27 Frederick R. Weisman, philanthropist, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1994)
- Apr 27 Renato Rascel [Ranucci], Italian actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria), born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1991)
- Apr 28 Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WWII), born in Amiens, France (d. 1995)
- Apr 29 Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor, born in Milan (d. 1995)
- Apr 29 Richard Carlson, American actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi), born in Albert Lea, Minnesota (d. 1977)
- Apr 29 Terence de Vere White, Irish novelist (An Affair with the Moon), born in Dublin (d. 1994)
- Apr 30 Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81) and Minister of Defense (1977-79), born in Madrid (d. 1995)
- May 1 Anna Pollak, English mezzo-soprano, born in Manchester (d. 1996)
- May 1 Felipe Padilla de León, Filipino composer, born in General Tinio, Nueva Ecija, Philippine Islands (d. 1992)
- May 1 Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander, born in Heidau, Neisse, Province of Silesia, Prussia, German Empire (d. 1998)
- May 2 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), born in Altona, Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1985)
- May 2 Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer and cartoonist (Tom Puss), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005)
- May 2 Nigel Patrick, British actor and director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), born in London, England (d. 1981)
- May 3 Eleanore "May" Sarton, Belgian-American writer (Land of Silence), born in Wondelgem, Belgium (d. 1995)
- May 3 Virgil Fox, American organist, born in Princeton, Illinois (d. 1980)
- May 4 Lou Brown, American orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
- May 5 Fenton Morley, British parish priest who chaired the Church of England Morley Commission, born in Wales (d. 1995)
- May 6 B. Roest Crollius, Dutch painter and writer (Chronicle Sins of Youth), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2000)
- May 6 Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral, born in Penzance, Cornwall, England (d. 1998)
- May 6 William "Bill" Quinn, American actor (Star Trek, The Birds, Rifleman, All in the Family), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
- May 7 Paul Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer and folklorist, born in Venlo, Netherlands (d. 1996)
- May 8 George Woodcock, Canadian writer of political biography and history (Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1995)
- May 8 Gertrud Fussenegger, Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende), born in Pilsen, Austria-HUngary (d. 2009)
- May 9 Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (From Russia With Love, Fort Apache), born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (d. 1963)
- May 9 Per Imerslund, "The aryan idol" (d. 1943)
- May 10 Edward Gardner, British barrister and Conservative Party politician (British Nationality Act 1981), born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 2001)
- May 10 Erik Jorgensen, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2005)
About 1912
How Old? 110 or 111 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation