Ronald Reagan6th February, American
40th U.S. President
Lucille Ball6th August, American
Comedienne, Actress
Josef Mengele16th March, German
War Criminal
Jack Ruby25th March, American
Nightclub Operator
Robert Johnson8th May, American
Singer
Jean Harlow3rd March, American
Hollywood Sex Symbol of the 1930s
Vincent Price27th May, American
Actor
Hubert Humphrey27th May, American
38th Vice President of the U.S
Ginger Rogers16th July, American
American actress
Tennessee Williams26th March, American
American playwright
Randolph Churchill28th May, British
Journalist, Politician
Ellen Corby3rd June, American
Actress
Danny Kaye18th January, American
Actor
Roy Rogers5th November, American
King of the Cowboys
Konstantin Chernenko24th September, Ukrainian, Russian
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the
Merle Oberon19th February, Indian, American
Actress
Mahalia Jackson26th October, American
Singer, Television Personality
Hume Cronyn18th July, Canadian
Actor
Prince Aly Khan13th June, Italian, Pakistani, British
Father of Aga Khan IV
Marshall McLuhan21st July, Canadian
Philosopher
Samuel Reshevsky26th November, American
Chess Player
Bill Bowerman19th February, American
Co-founder of Nike, Inc.
Jeanette Nolan30th December, American
Actress
Klaus Fuchs29th December, German
Theoretical Physicist and Atomic Spy
Broderick Crawford9th December, American
Actor
Josh Gibson21st December, American
Baseball Player
Cantinflas12th August, Mexican
Comic Film Actor
William Golding19th September, British
Novelist
Võ Nguyên Giáp25th August, Vietnamese
Officer
Thora Hird28th May, British
Actress
Emil Cioran8th April, Romanian
Philosopher
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John Archibald Wheeler9th July, American
Physicist
Bill Monroe13th September, American
Georges Pompidou5th July, French
Former Prime Minister & President of France
Wilhelm Mohnke15th March, German
Military Leader
Babe Didrikson Zaharias26th June, American
American athlete
Naguib Mahfouz11th December, Egyptian
Novelist
Elizabeth Bishop8th February, American
Poet
Louise Bourgeois25th December, French, American
Artist
Ne Win14th May, Burmese
Burmese Politician
Czesław Miłosz30th June, Polish
Poet
Euell Gibbons8th September, American
Outdoorsman
Luis Walter Alvarez13th June, American
Physicist
Jules Dassin18th December, American
Film Director, Producer
Romare Bearden2nd September, American
Artist
Gian Carlo Menotti7th July, French, Italian, American
Composer and librettist
Konstantin Kuzakov30th November, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Son
Fe del Mundo27th November, Filipino
Pediatrician
Yang Jiang17th July, Chinese
Playwright
Roberto Matta11th November, Chilean
Surrealist Painter
Alan Hovhaness8th March, American
Composer
Melvin Calvin8th April, American
Biochemist
William Alfred Fowler9th August, American
Nuclear Physicist and Astrophysicist
Charles Walters17th November, American
Film Director, Choreographer
Maurice Allais31st May, French
Economist
George Seaton17th April, American
Screenwriter, Film Director
Renato Guttuso26th December, Italian
Painter
Alfonso García Robles20th March, Mexican
Diplomat
Polykarp Kusch26th January, German, American
Physicist
L Ron Hubbard13th March, American
Founder of Church of Scientology
David Ogilvy23rd June, French, British
Businessman
Trygve Haavelmo13th December, Norwegian
Economist
Son Sann5th October, French, Cambodian
Politician
William Howard Stein25th June, American
Biochemist
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen6th April, German
Biochemist
George Joseph Stigler17th January, American
Economist
Sir Bernard Katz26th March, British
Biophysicist
Joseph Joe Barbera24th March, American
Director
L. Ron Hubbard13th March, American
Officer, Novelist, Musician, Writer, Screenwriter,
Ashok Kumar13th October, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actor
Maureen O'Sullivan17th May, Irish, American
Actress
Lee J. Cobb8th December, American
Actor
Gypsy Rose Lee8th January, American
Entertainer
Władysław Szpilman5th December, Polish
Pianist, Composer, Musician, Writer, Songwriter
Philip Green19th July, British
Film composer
Joseph Barbera24th March, American
Animator
Juan Manuel Fangio24th June, Argentinian
Entrepreneur, Formula One driver, Racecar driver
Terry-Thomas14th July, British
Actor
Amelia Boynton Robinson18th August, American
Activist
Phil Silvers11th May, American
Actor, Stage actor, Television actor
Pasupuleti Kannamba5th October, Indian
Actress
Bernard Herrmann29th June, American
Composer, Conductor, Film score composer
Guy Burgess16th April, British
Spy, Journalist
Nicholas Ray7th August, American
Director
Lina Heydrich14th June, German
Writer
Spike Jones30th November, American
Musician
Nino Rota3rd December, Italian
Composer, Conductor, Teacher, Pianist, Actor,
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld29th June, Dutch
Prince consort
Jorge Negrete30th November, Mexican
Actor, Singer, Film actor
Hank Greenberg1st January, American
Famous Baseball Players
Michael Hordern3rd October, British
Actor
Qian Xuesen11th December
Astronautical engineer
Joh Bjelke-Petersen13th January, Australian
Politician
Terence Rattigan10th June, British
Playwright