Birthdays 1 - 200 of 705
- Jan 1 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
- Jan 1 Raymond Pellegrin, French actor
- Jan 1 Valentina Cortesa, Italian actress (Day for Night, Kidnap Syndicate), born in Milan, Italy
- Jan 2 Andrzej Nikodemovich, Ukrainian-Polish organist, pianist, composer, and teacher, born in Lviv, Ukraine (d. 2017)
- Jan 2 Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008)
- Jan 2 William J Crowe Jr, Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff
- Jan 4 Johnny Lujack, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1947; National C'ship 1943, 46-47; Notre Dame; Pro Bowl 1950-51; Chicago Bears), born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania
- Jan 4 Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross country skier (Olympic gold 1952, 56, 60), born in Kurkijoki, Finland (d. 2003)
- Jan 5 Wolf Morris, English actor (Decoy), born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
- Jan 6 John Z. DeLorean, American automaker (DeLorean), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2005)
- Jan 7 Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zoologist and writer (My Family and other Animals), born in Jamshedpur, British India (d. 1995)
- Jan 8 Helmuth Hubener, German activist, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1942)
- Jan 8 James Saunders, English playwright (Ark), born in Islington, London (d. 2004)
- Jan 9 Abdelhamid ben Hadouga, Algerian writer, born in Mansoura, Algeria (d. 1996)
- Jan 9 Lee Van Cleef, American actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from NY), born in Somerville, New Jersey (d. 1989)
- Jan 9 Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Armenian folk singer, born in Yerevan, Armenia SSR (d. 2016)
- Jan 12 Bill Burrud, American television host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1990)
- Jan 12 Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, American actress (Little House On The Prairie - "Harriet Oleson"), born in Glendale, California (d. 2018)
- Jan 12 Laurentiu Profeta, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2006)
- Jan 12 Ralph Legall, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 2003)
- Jan 13 Gwyneth “Gwen” Verdon, American actress, singer and dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity), born in Culver City, California (d. 2000)
- Jan 13 Rosemary Murphy, American actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner), born in Munich, Germany (d. 2014)
- Jan 14 Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-born French businessman, entrepreneur and soft-drink manufacturer (Orangina), born in Boufarik, French Algeria (d. 2013)
- Jan 14 Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000)
- Jan 14 Yukio Mishima, Japanese novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1970)
- Jan 15 Keith Bentley, English international racing cyclist, born in Leicester, England (d. 1997)
- Jan 15 Ruth Slenczynska, American concert pianist, and educator (Southern Illinois University, 1964-87), born in Sacramento, California
- Jan 17 A H Kardar, cricketer (Pak 1st Test capt, prev played for India)
- Jan 17 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias) (d. 2009)
- Jan 17 Duane Hanson, US sculptor
- Jan 17 Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher, K.K.K. member and murderer, born in Philadelphia, Mississippi (d. 2018)
- Jan 17 Robert Cormier, American author (d. 2000)
- Jan 18 Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, British TV producer, born in Cheshire, England
- Jan 18 Christian Kellens, Belgian jazz trombonist, born in Andenne, Belgium (d. 2019)
- Jan 18 Edouard Dermithe, Italian actor (Orpheus; Thomas the Impostor), born in Gallignana, Istria, Italian Empire (d. 1995)
- Jan 18 Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (Difference and Repetition), born in Paris, France (d. 1995)
- Jan 18 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympic bronze, 1948/silver 1952), born in Heemstede, Netherlands (d. 1992)
- Jan 19 Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author (Afternoon of a Good Woman), (d. 2012)
- Jan 20 Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan Catholic priest, politician, poet, and writer, born in Granada, Nicaragua (d. 2020)
- Jan 20 Eugen Gomringer, Bolivian-born German poet, born in Cachuela Esperanza, Bolivia
- Jan 21 George Conner, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle / linebacker (Pro Bowl 1950–53; First-team All-Pro 1950–53, 55; Chicago Bears), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
- Jan 21 Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock, railway writer
- Jan 22 Leslie Silver, English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire
- Jan 23 Marty Paich, American jazz pianist, conductor, producer and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson), born in Oakland, California (d. 1995)
Maria Tallchief (1925-2013)
Jan 24 American prima ballerina (The Nutcracker), born in Fairfax, Oklahoma
- Jan 24 William Hudson, American actor (I Led 3 Lives), born in Gilroy, California (d. 1974)
- Jan 25 Eric Dempster, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, TS 47, 2 wickets; Wellington CA), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2011)
- Jan 25 Giorgos Zampetas, Greek musician & songwriter, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1992)
- Jan 26 Claude Ryan, Quebec newspaper editor (d. 2004)
- Jan 26 David Jenkins, Bishop (Durham)
- Jan 26 Desmond Cassidi, British admiral
- Jan 26 Joan Leslie, American actress (High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
Paul Newman (1925-2008)
Jan 26 American actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler), auto racer and team owner (Newman/Haas Racing) and charity food company founder (Newman's Own), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Jan 27 Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant
- Jan 27 John Bury, British stage designer who worked with Peter Hall (d. 2000)
- Jan 28 Henry Harris, British professor of medicine
- Jan 29 Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), Dutch radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting) (d. 1995)
- Jan 30 Chalmers "Bump" Elliott, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback and coach (U of Michigan) and college athletics administrator (Iowa), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
- Jan 30 Dorothy Malone, American actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2018)
Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013)
Jan 30 American computer scientist (computer mouse, Engelbart's Law), born in Portland, Oregon
- Jan 31 Benjamin Hooks, American lawyer, Baptist minister, and civil rights leader (NAACP executive director, 1977-92), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2010)
- Jan 31 Charles Aidman, American TV narrator (New Twilight Zone), born in Frankfort, Indiana
- Jan 31 Fred Catherwood, British politician, Vice President of the European Parliament 1989-1992, born in Castledawson, County Londonderry (d. 2014)
- Jan 31 Micheline Lannoy, Belgian figure skating pairs (Olympic gold 1948), born in Brussels, Belgium
- Feb 2 Elaine Stritch, American actress (30 Rock; Two's Company), singer and member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014)
- Feb 2 Michel Philippot, French composer and musicologist, born in Verzy, France (d. 1996)
- Feb 3 John Fiedler, American actor (Mr Peterson-Newhart), born in Platteville, Wisconsin
- Feb 3 Joop Swart, Dutch publisher (founder of World Press Photo)
- Feb 3 Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- Feb 4 Jutta Hipp, German-American jazz pianist and composer, born in Leipzig, German Weimar Republic (d. 2003)
- Feb 4 Russell Hoban, American author (Riddley Walker, Pilgermann), born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
- Feb 6 Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa), born in Blora Regency, Indonesia (d. 2006)
- Feb 7 Arthur Berry, English artist and playwright, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent (d. 1994)
- Feb 7 Herbert Eisenreich, Austrian writer, born in Linz (d. 1986)
- Feb 7 Marius Constant, Romanian-born French composer and conductor (founded Ars Nova), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2004)
- Feb 7 Romolo Valli, Italian actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia), born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (d. 1980)
- Feb 8 Alvin Brehm, American musician and composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)
Feb 8 American actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Feb 8 Raimondo d'Inzeo, Italian equestrian, 1st athlete to compete in 8 Olympic games (Olympic gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76), born in Poggio Mirteto, Italy (d. 2013)
- Feb 9 Billy Williamson, American steel guitar player (Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; Bill Haley & His Comets), born in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
- Feb 9 Bobby Lewis, American rock and roll singer (Tossin' and Turnin'), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2020)
- Feb 9 Burkhard Heim, German physicist (Heim theory), born in Potsdam, Germany (d. 2001)
- Feb 9 Salah El Mahdi, Tunisian composer, conductor, musicologist, and artistic director, born in Tunis (d. 2014)
- Feb 9 Vic Wertz, American MLB player, born in York, Pennsylvania (d. 1983)
- Feb 11 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], American actress (Séance on a Wet Afternoon, The Chase, Right Stuff), born in Tularosa, New Mexico (d. 2001)
- Feb 11 Virginia E. Johnson, American doctor and sexologist (Masters & Johnson), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2013)
- Feb 12 Anthony Berry, British politician (killed in the Brighton hotel bombing by the IRA) (d. 1984)
- Feb 12 Joan Mitchell, American painter and printmaker, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Feb 13 Gene Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1997)
- Feb 13 Jan Arends, Dutch poet and author
- Feb 14 Elliot Lawrence [Broza], American jazz pianist, film score composer (Network), arranger, and orchestra leader (Tony and Emmy Award broadcasts; As The World Turns, 1981-93), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
- Feb 14 Gwendolyn Faison, American politician (Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, 2000-10), born in Clinton, North Carolina (d. 2021)
- Feb 16 Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitar master, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 2004)
- Feb 16 David Emms, British educator (London Goodenough Trust for Overseas Graduates) (d. 2015)
- Feb 16 Paul Crawford, American Dixieland jazz musician, arranger, (Olympic Brass Band), and music historian (Tulane University), born in Atmore, Alabama (d. 1996)
- Feb 17 Fritz Behrendt, German Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan)
- Feb 17 Hal Holbrook, American stage and screen Tony and Emmy award-winning actor (All the President's Men; “Mark Twain Tonight!”), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2021) [1]
- Feb 17 Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor, Plymouth, Devon, England (d. 2003)
- Feb 18 George Kennedy, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)
- Feb 18 Marcel Barbeau, Canadian abstract artist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
- Feb 19 Jindřich Feld, Czech composer (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra), born in Prague (d. 2007)
- Feb 19 Leslie Laing, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold men's 4x400m relay 1952 WR 3:03.9), born in Linstead, Saint Catherine, Jamaica (d. 2021)
- Feb 20 Alex La Guma, South African novelist (A Walk in the Night), and anti-apartheid activist (1956 Treason Trial), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1985)
- Feb 20 Frank Isola, American jazz drummer (Stan Getz; Gerry Mulligan; Mose Allison), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2004)
- Feb 20 Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader (ÖTV (Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr - Public service, transport and traffic) president, 1964-82), born in Wuppertal, Germany (d. 2005)
Robert Altman (1925-2006)
Feb 20 American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player; M*A*S*H; Nashville), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Feb 21 Al Fann, American actor (Alvin-He's the Mayor), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Feb 21 Jack Ramsay, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Portland Trail Blazers, 1977 NBA Champions), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
- Feb 21 Sam Peckinpah, American film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs), born in Fresno, California (d. 1984)
- Feb 22 Edward Gorey, American author & artist (Curious Sofa), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
- Feb 22 Gerald Stern, American poet, (The One Thing in Life), essayist (Some Secrets), and educator, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) [1]
- Feb 22 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect (d. 1995)
- Feb 22 Willie Cunningham, Scottish soccer right back (8 caps; Airdrieonians FC, Preston North End 437 games), born in Hill of Beath, Fife, Scotland (d. 2000)
- Feb 23 Ian Smith, South African cricket leg-spinner (1947-58) who averaged 64.08, born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2015)
- Feb 23 Louis Stokes, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1969-99), born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2015)
- Feb 25 Bert Remsen, American actor (Mario-It's a Living), born in Glen Cove, New York
- Feb 25 Shehu Shagari, Nigerian politician, President of Nigeria (1979-83), born in Sokoto, Nigeria (d. 2018)
- Feb 26 Dave Pell, American big band jazz saxophonist (Les Brown), bandleader (Dave Pell Octet), and record producer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
Everton Weekes (1925-2020)
Feb 26 West Indian cricket batsman (48 Tests; 4,455 runs @ 58.61, 15 x 100s), born in Saint Michael, Barbados
- Feb 27 Hugh Leggatt, British art dealer (d. 2014)
- Feb 27 Michael Kaye, British arts director (LSO, South Bank), born in London, England (d. 2008)
- Feb 27 Richard Auwerda, Dutch journalist and writer
- Feb 27 Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
- Feb 28 C. Herbert Oliver, American clergyman and civil rights activist (Inter-Citizens Committee), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2021)
- Feb 28 Harry H. Corbett, English actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1982)
- Mar 2 Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis [Charles Thompson], American blues musician (Cold Hands), born in Tippo, Mississippi (d. 1995)
- Mar 4 Paul Mauriat, French easy listening orchestra leader, composer, and arranger ("Love Is Blue"), born in Marseille, France (d. 2006)
- Mar 7 Rene Gagnon, US Marine shown in photograph of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1979)
- Mar 7 Richard Vernon, British character actor (A Hard Days Night; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Gandhi), born in Reading, Berkshire, England (d. 1997)
- Mar 8 Darwin Vargas [-Wallis], Chilean composer and choral conductor, born in Talagante, Chile (d. 1988)
- Mar 8 Francisco Rabal, Aguilas Spain, actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra)
- Mar 8 Petrus Steenkamp, Dutch politician (KVP/CDA)
- Mar 10 Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1900)
- Mar 10 Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
- Mar 10 Sef Imkamp, Dutch politician (D66)
- Mar 11 James Miskin, QC/recorder of London
- Mar 12 G. William Whitehurst, American politician (Rep-R-VA 1969-87), born in Norfolk, Virginia
- Mar 12 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon; A Little Romance), born in Roubaix (d. 1992)
- Mar 12 Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy), (d. 2012)
- Mar 12 Leo Esaki [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973)
- Mar 12 Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), born in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, France (d. 1983)
- Mar 13 Bertha Tickey, American softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973), born in Dinuba, California (d. 2014)
- Mar 13 Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer (Charlie Parker; Stan Getz; Thelonious Monk; Eric Dolphy; Chick Corea), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Mar 14 (George) "Sonny" Cohn, American jazz trumpeter (Red Saunders, 1945-60; Duke Ellington, 1960-84), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
- Mar 14 Francis A. Marzen, American Catholic prelate (d. 2004)
- Mar 14 John Barrington Wain, English novelist/poet (Hurry on Down)
- Mar 15 Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist
- Mar 16 Cornell Borchers, German actress (The Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul), born in Šilutė, Lithuania (d. 2014)
- Mar 16 Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (d. 2004)
- Mar 17 Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian film and stage actor
- Mar 18 Don Paul, American football player (LA Rams), (d. 2015)
- Mar 18 James Pickles, English judge and columnist, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire (d. 2010)
- Mar 19 Brent Scowcroft, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council, born in Ogden, Utah
- Mar 20 David Warren, Australian scientist and inventor (Flight Data Recorder; Cockpit Voice Recorder - "the black box"), born in Groote Eylandt, Australia (d. 2010)
- Mar 20 John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate)
- Mar 21 Harold Ashby American jazz tenor saxophonist (Willie Dixon; Duke Ellington, 1968-75), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2003)
- Mar 21 Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964)
- Mar 21 John E. Grotberg, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86), born in Winnebago, Minnesota (d. 1986)
- Mar 21 Peter Brook, English theater and film director (Marat/Sade), born in London
- Mar 22 Colin Spedding, British biologist and animal welfare advocate (d. 2012)
- Mar 22 Gerard Hoffnung, German-British artist, humorist and tuba player (Hoffnung Music Festival), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1959)
- Mar 23 Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player
- Mar 23 David McNee, Scottish law enforcement officer (City of Glasgow/Strathclyde Police Chief Constable, 1971-77; Metropolitan Police Commissioner, 1977-82), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2019)
- Mar 23 David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
- Mar 24 Duncan Wood, TV director and producer
- Mar 24 Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (d. 1994)
- Mar 25 Flannery O'Connor, American Southern novelist (A Good Man is Hard to Find), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1964)
- Mar 26 Baron Hooson [Hugh Emlyn], British politician and peer (MP for Montgomeryshire 1962-79), (d. 2012)
- Mar 26 Ben Mondor, Canadian baseball executive (International League Executive of the Year 1978, 99), born in St-Ignace-du-Lac, Maskinongé, Quebec (d. 2010)
- Mar 26 Claudio Spies, Chilean American composer, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2020)
- Mar 26 James Moody, American Grammy Award-winning bebop jazz saxophonist, flutist, and orchestra leader, born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2010)
- Mar 26 Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56), born in Amritsar, British India (d. 1999)
- Mar 26 Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor (Visage Nuptial), born in Montbrison, France (d. 2016)
- Mar 26 Ted Graham, Lord Graham of Edmonton, English politician, House of Lords (chief opposition whip), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 2020)
- Mar 27 Charles Henry Plumb, 15th President of the European Parliament, born in Warwickshire
- Mar 27 John Bayley, English academic and writer (Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch), born in Lahore, British India (d. 2015)
- Mar 27 Robert Cohan, American dancer and artistic director (Contemporary Dance Trust), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 28 Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian baritone (1951-88), opera director State Opera, 1975-88), and parliamentarian, born in Mămăești, Romania (d. 2016)
- Mar 28 Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Soviet actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye), born in Tat'yanovka, Russia (d. 1994)
- Mar 29 Emlen Tunnell, American Pro Football HOF safety (NFL C'ship 1956 NY Giants, 1961 GB Packers; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 9 × Pro Bowl), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
- Mar 29 Roy Beldam, British Lord Justice of Appeal (1989-2000)
- Mar 30 Ivo Malec, Croat-French composer (Miniatures pour Lewis Carroll; Lumina), born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) (d. 2019)
- Mar 31 Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. 1999)
- Apr 1 Kathy Stobart, British jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and teacher, born in South Shields, England (d. 2014)
- Apr 1 Sala Burton, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-87), born in Białystok, Poland (d. 1987)
- Apr 2 George MacDonald Fraser, British poet and author (Flashman at the Charge), born in Carlisle, England (d. 2008)
- Apr 2 Hard Boiled Haggerty [Don Stansauk], American pro wrestler (AWA, NWA, WWA World Tag Team C'ship; IWA World Heavyweight C'ship) and actor (The Incredible Hulk), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
- Apr 3 Tony Benn, British politcian, Minister of Technology and President of the Stop the War Coalition, born in Marylebone, London (d. 2014)
- Apr 4 (Huberdina) "Erna" Spoorenberg, Dutch soprano (Vienna State Opera, De Nederlandse Opera), and voice teacher, born in Yogyakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) (d. 2004)
- Apr 4 Claude Wagner, French Canadian politician and judge, born in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada (d. 1979)
- Apr 4 Elizabeth Wilson, American screen and stage actress (Doc, East Side/West Side), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2015)
- Apr 4 Emmett Williams, American poet, born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 2007)
- Apr 4 Mother Divine [Edna Rose Ritchings], cult leader of the International Peace Mission Movement, born in Vancouver (d. 2017)
- Apr 5 Oldřich Flosman, Czechoslovakian composer (Visions of Michelangelo; Butterflies Don't Live Here Any Longer), born in Pilseň, Czech Republic (d. 1998)
- Apr 6 Arthur D Larsen, tennis champ (US Open-1950)
- Apr 6 John Knox, British supreme court justice
- Apr 6 Marcus Worsley, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, (d. 2012)
- Apr 8 Shecky Greene [Fred Greenfield], American comedian and actor (Love Machine; Combat), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Apr 9 Art Kane [Kanofsky], American art director (Seventeen Magazine), and portrait photographer (A Great Day In Harlem), born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Apr 9 Michael Richardson, British investment banker and advisor to Margaret Thatcher known as "Mr Privatisation", born in London (d. 2003)
About 1925
How Old? 97 or 98 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation