- Aug 28 Ruurd Faber, Dutch politcian and Mayor of Aalten (1971-75), born in Veenhuizen, Netherlands (d. 1992)
- Aug 29 Emil Schumacher, German painter (Tangible Objects), born in Hagen, Germany (d. 1999)
- Aug 30 Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1952 for nuclear magnetic resonance), born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 1997)
- Aug 30 Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent (Special Operations Executive), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2011)
- Sep 2 Johan Daisne [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism)
- Sep 4 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American magazine editor, painter and photographer (639), born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1999)
- Sep 7 David Packard, American electronic engineer and businessman, born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 1996)
- Sep 8 Alexander Mackendrick, American-born Scottish director (Man in the White Suit, Mandy), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1993)
- Sep 8 Leo Cherne, American economist and commentator (All Star News), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
- Sep 10 William Oliver Everson, American poet, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1994)
- Sep 16 Jerry Wald, American producer (Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda), born in NYC, New York (d. 1962)
- Sep 18 Kurt Lotz, German business executive and second postwar CEO of Volkswagen, born in Frielendorf, Hesse, Germany (d. 2005)
- Sep 23 Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (d. 2005)
- Sep 23 Tony Smith, American sculptor (d. 1980)
- Sep 24 Ian Serraillier, English children's books author (The Silver Sword), born in London (d. 1994)
- Sep 27 Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter and communist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
- Sep 27 Mary Grierson, Welsh botanical artist, born in Bangor, Wales (d. 2012)
- Sep 29 Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director (Blowup, Red Desert), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 2007)
- Sep 30 Oliver Anderson, English novelist (Rotten Borough), born in Snitterby, England (d. 1996)
- Oct 2 Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, English British Army officer (awarded Victoria Cross), born in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England (d. 2008)
- Oct 4 John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer (Baantjer, Pril Geluk)
- Oct 5 Fritz Fischer, German physician and Nazi war criminal, born in Berlin (d. 2003)
- Oct 6 Joop Zwart, Dutch political activist and resistance fighter, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1991)
- Oct 7 Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
- Oct 10 Charles Henry Madge, English poet and founder of Mass-Observation, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1996)
- Oct 13 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolor painter, stained glass, tile, and monument artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1992)
- Oct 14 Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (Sociology of Sex), born in Chemnitz, Saxony (d. 1984)
- Oct 17 John Paul I [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978), born in Canale d'Agordo, Belluno, Veneto, Italy (d. 1978)
- Oct 25 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley], American country comedienne (Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw), born in Centerville, Tennessee (d. 1996)
- Oct 28 Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems), born in Hampton, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
Alfredo Stroessner (1912-2006)
Nov 3 Paraguayan army officer, Dictator and 42nd President of Paraguay (1954-89), born in Encarnación, Paraguay
- Nov 8 Joseph Fattorini, English businessman, born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England (d. 1995)
- Nov 11 Cissie Charlton, English football matriarch (mother of Bobby Charlton), born in Ashington, England (d. 1996)
- Nov 11 Thomas C. Mann, American diplomat (U.S. Ambassador to Mexico), born in Laredo, Texas (d. 1999)
- Nov 14 Barbara Hutton 'poor little rich girl', American heiress (Woolworth fortune), born in New York City (d. 1979)
- Nov 16 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch author (Gekke Witte), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1992)
- Nov 18 Jaap Meijer, Dutch historian and rabbi in Paramaribo, born in Winschoten, Netherlands (d. 1993)
- Nov 19 George E. Palade, Romanian-American cell biologist (ribosomen, Nobel 1974), born in Iași, Romania (d. 2008)
- Nov 20 Otto von Habsburg, last crown prince of Austria-Hungary and MEP (1979-1999), born in Wartholz Castle, Reichenau an der Rax, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary (d. 2011)
- Nov 21 Anne Bolt, photo-journalist and trade unionist, born in London (d. 1996)
- Nov 22 Doris Duke, American heiress (American Tobacco Company), philanthropist (Independent Aid; Doris Duke Foundation), and socialite, born in New York City (d. 1993)
- Nov 24 Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (Johnson murderer!), born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
- Nov 28 Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany), born in Marienburg, West Prussia, Germany (d. 1992)
- Nov 28 Morris Louis, American painter (post painterly abstraction), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1962)
- Dec 1 Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (World Trade Center, NYC), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1986)
- Dec 4 Ian Wallace [John Wallace Pritchard], American sci-fi author (Megalomania), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
Pappy Boyington (1912-1988)
Dec 4 American combat pilot and US Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II, born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
- Dec 5 Maisie Fitter, editor and conservationist (d. 1996)
- Dec 8 Jura Soyfer, Austrian political journalist and cabaret writer, born in Kharkov, Russian Empire (d. 1939)
- Dec 9 Tip O'Neill, American politician and 47th speaker of the house (D-Ma: 1977-86), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
- Dec 10 Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician (U.S. Senator from Michigan), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)
- Dec 18 Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American Air Force General during WWII, born in Washington D.C. (d. 2002)
- Dec 22 Claudia A. "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, American first lady (1963-1969), born in Karnack, Texas (d. 2007)
- Dec 25 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist (d. 1982)
- Dec 25 Willian Noel Moffet, Irish architect, born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1994)
- Dec 31 John Frost, British airborne officer, born in Pune, India (d. 1993)