Hedy Lamarr9th November, Austrian, American
Actress, Co-inventor of technology for spread
Alec Guinness2nd April, British
Actor
Joe DiMaggio25th November, American
American Baseball Star
William S. Burroughs5th February, American
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Yuri Andropov15th June, Russian
Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of
George Reeves5th January, American
Actor
Joe Louis13th May, American
Former Heavyweight Champion
Dylan Thomas27th October, Welsh
Poet & Writer
Jonas Salk28th October, American
Medical researcher
Paul Vario9th July, American
Gangster
Norman Borlaug25th March, American
Father of the Green Revolution
Tenzing Norgay29th May, Nepalese
Mountaineer
Norman Lloyd8th November, American
Actor
Sam Manekshaw3rd April, Indian
Desmond Llewelyn12th September, Welsh
Actor
Ray Walston2nd November, American
Actor & Comedian
Jack LaLanne26th September, American
Fitness & Nutrition Expert
Thor Heyerdahl6th October, Norwegian
Adventurer
Jonathan Harris6th November, American
Actor
Harry Caray1st March, American
Aniello Dellacroce15th March, American
Gangster
Lída Baarová7th September, Austrian, Czech
Actress
Tove Jansson9th August, Finnish
Novelist
Bill Finger8th February, American
Screenwriter
Romain Gary21st May, French
Diplomat
Alan Cranston19th June, American
Former United States Senator
Michael Wittmann22nd April, German
Military Officer
Robert Wise10th September, American
Film Director
Paul Rand15th August, American
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Mohammed Zahir Shah15th October, Afghan
Former King of Afghanistan
Viola Desmond6th July, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
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E. G. Marshall18th June, American
Actor
John Hersey17th June, American
American writer
Baba Amte26th December, Indian
Octavio Paz31st March, Mexican
Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate
Creighton Abrams15th September, American
General
Jack Dunphy22nd August, American
Novelist
Begum Akhtar7th October, Indian
Singer
Pierre Balmain18th May, French
Fashion Designer
Bernard Malamud26th April, American
American novelist
Allen Funt16th September, American
Television Host
Martin Ritt2nd March, American
Film Director
Jack Cardiff18th September, British
Cinematographer, Film Director
William Vickrey21st June, American
Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
Max Perutz19th May, British
Molecular Biologist
Renato Dulbecco22nd February, Italian, American
Virologist
Frank Fenner21st December, Australian
Played a vital role in eradication of smallpox
Julio Cortazar26th August, Argentinian
Novelist
Marjorie Lee Browne9th September, American
Mathematics Educator
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin5th February, British
Biophysicist & Physiologist
Richard Laurence Millington Synge28th October, British
Biochemist
Ralph Waldo Ellison1st March, American
Novelist
Raymond Fernandez17th December, American
Serial Killer
Sarah Churchill7th October, British
Actress
Edmund S. Muskie28th March, American
Former United States Secretary of State
William Childs Westmoreland26th March, American
Military Leader
Fernando Alonso17th December, Cuban
Actor
Jackie Coogan30th November, American
Film Actor, Television Actor
Noor Inayat Khan1st January, British
poet, writer, children's writer
Tyrone Power5th May, American
Actor
Richard Widmark26th December, American
film actor, stage actor, television actor
George Dantzig8th November, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Statistician
Vincent J. McMahon6th July, American
Entrepreneur
Jiang Qing5th March, Chinese
Politician
Sun Ra22nd May, American
American composer
Woody Strode25th July, American
American athlete
Richard Basehart31st August, American
Actor
Louis de Funès31st July, French
Actor, Film actor, Film director, Film producer,
Kenneth More20th September, British
Actor
Clayton Moore14th September, American
American actor
Teji Bachchan12th August, Indian
Human rights activist
Dorothy Lamour10th December, American
Actress
María Félix8th April, Mexican
Actress
Marguerite Duras4th April, French, Vietnamese
Writer, Film director, Screenwriter, Publisher,
Edmund Muskie28th March, American
Politician
Jyoti Basu8th July, Indian
Indian politician
Henry Wade11th November, American
Lawyer
Robert Alda23rd February, American
Actor
Jerry Siegel17th October, American
Comics artist, Writer
Lilli Palmer24th May, German
Actress
Parley Baer5th August, American
Actor
Patrick O'Brian12th December, British
Novelist
Santo Trafficante Jr.15th November, American
Organized Crime
Billy Tipton29th December, American
Musician
Unity Mitford8th August, British
Socialite
Abram Games29th July, British
Graphic Designer
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr1st July, Iraqi
Politician, Military personnel
Thurl Ravenscroft6th February, American
Singer, Dub actor, Opera singer, Actor
Aribert Heim28th June, Austrian, German
Military physician, Ice hockey player, Torturer,
William Castle24th April, American
Film Director
Joe Shuster10th July, American
Comics artist, Designer, Screenwriter
Arthur Kennedy17th February, American
Actor
Ernest Tubb30th November
Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, Disc Jockey
Hank Snow9th May, Canadian, American
Musician