Year1914

Famous People Born in 1914

Jan 1 Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and British Special Operations Executive agent in WWII posthumously awarded the George Cross, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1944)
Jan 4 Herman Franks, American baseball manager (SF Giants 1965–68, Chicago Cubs 1977–79) and coach (World Series 1954 NY Giants), born in Price, Utah (d. 2009)

George Reeves(1914-1959)

Jan 5 Americanactor (Adventures of Superman; Gone With The Wind), born in Woolstock, Iowa

Jan 5 Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1955)
Jan 7 Bobby McDermott, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard and coach (2 × NBL Coach of the Year 1944-45, Fort Wayne Pistons), born in New York City (d. 1963)
Jan 8 Charles Borromeo Mills, American composer, born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 1982)
Jan 9 Derek Allhusen, English equestrian rider (Olympic gold team, silver Individual eventing 1968), born in London, England (d. 2000)
Jan 9 Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (Epistrop), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1985)
Jan 10 Claude Gallimard, French publisher, head of Editions Gallimard (1976-88), born in Paris, France (d. 1991)[1]
Jan 10 Polly Rowles, American actress (Sweet Liberty, Jamie), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
Jan 10 Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan, born in Fenghua District, China (d. 2000)
Jan 11 Dorothy Jeakins, Americanfilm and theatre costume designer (Samson and Delilah), born in San Diego, California (d. 1995)
Jan 12 Edward Gurney, American attorney and politician (US Senator for Florida, 1969-74; US Representative for Florida, 1963-69), born in Portland, Maine (d. 1996)
Jan 14 Dudley Randall, African-American poet who founded the pioneering publishing house "Broadside Press", born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2000)
Jan 14 Gaetano Alibrandi, Italian Catholic priest and papal diplomat, born in Castiglione di Sicilia, Catania, Sicily (d. 2003)
Jan 14 Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 2002)

Thomas J. Watson Jr.(1914-1993)

Jan 14 Americanbusinessman (President of IBM, 1952-71), and US Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979-81), born in Dayton, Ohio

Jan 15 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (The Last Days of Hitler), born in Glanton, England (d. 2003)
Jan 16 Roger Aubert, Belgian church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX), born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 2009)
Jan 16 Roger Wagner, French-American choral director, and educator, born in Le Puy, France (d. 1992)
Jan 17 Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman (AntarChile), South America's richest man worth $6 billion, born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 2007)
Jan 18 Arno Schmidt, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1979)
Jan 20 Gerald Holtom, British artist and graphic designer (Nuclear Disarmament (ND) logo, which later became an international peace symbol), born in Twickenham, England (d. 1985)
Jan 20 Wensley Pithey, South-African actor (Oliver!, The Saint, Little Women), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1993)
Jan 22 Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer, born in Platanoussa, Greece (d. 2001)
Jan 23 Napoleon L. Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1997)
Jan 26 Dürrühsehvar Sultan, Ottoman princess as daughter of the last Caliph and consort of the prince of Berar, born in Çamlıca Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 2006)
Jan 26 Kaye Webb, English writer and publisher (Puffin Club), born in London, England (d. 1996)
Jan 27 Anna Larina, Russian revolutionary, wife of the Bolshevik leader Nikolai Bukharin (d. 1996)
Jan 28 Nelson Olmsted [or Olmstead], American voice actor (Sleep No More), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1992)
Jan 29 Menelaos Pallantios, Greek composer, born in Piraeus (d. 2012)
Jan 30 David Wayne, American stage and screen actor (Andromeda Strain, Adam's Rib), born in Traverse City, Michigan (d. 1995)
Jan 30 John Ireland, Canadian actor (All the King's Men, Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1992)
Jan 30 Louis Osman, British artist, goldsmith, architect, and craftsman, born in Exeter, Devon, England (d. 1996)
Jan 31 Carey Loftin, American actor (Duel, The French Connection), born in Blountstown, Florida (d. 1997)

Jersey Joe Walcott(1914-1994)

Jan 31 Americanboxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring heavyweight titles 1951-52), county sheriff, and state athletic commissioner, born in Merchantville, New Jersey

Jan 31 Sri Daya Mata [Rachel Faye Wright,], Hindu religious figure (Self-Realization Fellowship), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2010)[1]
Feb 1 A K Hangal, Indian freedom fighter and Bollywood character actor (Aaina, Sholay), born in Sialkot, Punjab, British India (d. 2012)
Feb 2 Eric Kierans, Canadian politician and economist (d. 2004)
Feb 3 Edward Sinclair, English actor (Dad's Army), born in Lancashire, England (d. 1977)
Feb 3 Felix Kelly, New Zealand-born British artist, born in Auckland (d. 1994)

George Nissen(1914-2010)

Feb 3 Americaninventor (created the trampoline), born in Blairstown, Iowa

Feb 3 Kees Andrea, Dutch painter, graphic artist and carpet designer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2006)
Feb 4 Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1980)
Feb 5 Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British biophysicist (Nobel 1963), born in Banbury (d. 1998)

William S. Burroughs(1914-1997)

Feb 5 Americanwriter (Naked Lunch, The Nova Trilogy) and visualartist, born in St. Louis, Missouri

Feb 6 Forrest Towns, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1936), born in Fitzgerald, Georgia (d. 1991)
Feb 6 Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (Tony the Tiger), and bass singer ("You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"), born in Norfolk, Nebraska (d. 2005)
Feb 7 David Ignatow, American poet (Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead), born in New York City (d. 1997)
Feb 7 Jacques Mornard [Ramon Mercader], Spanish communist (murdered Trotsky in Mexico with an ice axe), born in Argentona, Spain (d. 1978)
Feb 7 Ralph Whitlock, British farmer, conservationist, writer, and broadcaster, born in Pitton, Wiltshire,England (d. 1995)
Feb 8 Bert Haas, American baseball player, born in Naperville, Illinois (d. 1999)
Feb 8 Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music; Maurice Ravel), born in Heule, Netherlands (d. 2008)

Bill Veeck(1914-1986)

Feb 9 American Baseball HOF executive (owner Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians [World Series 1948], St. Louis Browns), born in Chicago, Illinois

Feb 9 Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), born in Crisp, Texas (d. 1984)
Feb 9 Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1994)
Feb 10 Larry Adler, American pop and classical harmonica player, and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2001)
Feb 11 French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer and priest, born in Sittard, Netherlands (d. 1981)
Feb 11 Josh White, American blues, folk and gospel musician, actor, and civil rights activist, born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 1969)
Feb 11 Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger ("Everything Happens To Me"; "Angel Eyes"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2002)
Feb 12 Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a "Father of the Law of the Sea Conference", born in Rome, Italy (d. 1999)
Feb 12 Gordon "Tex" Beneke, American saxophonist, vocalist, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra - "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"), born in Fort Worth, Texas; (d. 2000)
Feb 12 Nello Celio, Swiss politician, born in Quinto, Switzerland (d. 1995)
Feb 13 George Kleinsinger, American composer (Tubby the Tuba), born in San Bernardino, California (d. 1982)
Feb 14 Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer, coach, broadcaster (British Open 1948 3rd), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2007)
Feb 15 (Thomas) Hale Boggs, American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1947-73), born in Long Beach, Mississippi (d. 1972)
Feb 15 Kevin McCarthy, American actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Death of a Salesman), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2010)
Feb 16 Jimmy Wakely, American country music vocalist (5 Star Jubilee), born in Mineola, Arkansas (d. 1982)
Feb 17 Albert Westerlinck [Jose J M Aerts pseudoym], Flemish poet, writer and priest, born in Geel, Belgium (d. 1984)
Feb 17 Arthur Kennedy, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Death of a Salesman; Fantastic Voyage; Peyton Place; Some Came Running), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1990)
Feb 17 Per-Jakez Helias, French Breton writer and actor, born in Pouldreuzig, Brittany (d. 1995)
Feb 17 Wayne Morris, American actor and decorated WWII pilot (Paths of Glory, The Bushwackers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1959)
Feb 18 Pee Wee King [Julius Frank Kuczynski], American country singer, accordionist, and songwriter ("Tennesee Waltz"; "Slow Poke"), born in Abrams, Wisconsin (d. 2000)
Feb 19 Jacques Dufilho, French actor (Le Crabe-tambour), born in Bègles, France (d. 2005)
Feb 20 John Charles Daly, American, newscaster and TV game show host (What's My Line), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1991)
Feb 21 Arnold Denker, American chess champion (1944-46), born in New York City (d. 2005)
Feb 22 Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American virologist (1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for oncoviruses work), born in Catanzaro, Italy (d. 2012)
Feb 23 Margaret Farrer, English midwife (Central Midwives Board), born in Rhodesia (d. 1997)
Feb 23 Mike Tresh, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1945; Chicago White Sox), born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
Feb 24 David Langdon, English newspaper and magazine cartoonist (Sunday Mirror), born in London, England (d. 2011)[1]
Feb 24 Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall; Shopping, the first enclosed shopping mall - Luleå, Sweden), born in Mill Hill, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
Feb 24 Zachary Scott, American actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce), born in Austin, Texas (d. 1965)
Feb 25 John Arlott, British cricket commentator and writer (BBC), born in Basingstoke, England (d. 1991)
Feb 26 Robert Alda, American actor (Supertrain, By Popular Demand), born in New York City (d. 1986)
Feb 26 Witold Rowicki, Polish conductor and composer, born in Taganrog, Russia (d. 1989)
Feb 28 Jim Boles, American actor (The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, One Man's Family), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1977)
Mar 1 Archie Gumede, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (ANC), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (d. 1998)
Mar 1 Harry Caray, American Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster (Chicago Cubs), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1998)
Mar 1 Ralph Ellison, American writer (Invisible Man; Shadow and Cast: Juneteenth), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1994)
Mar 3 Martin Ritt, American actor and director (The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Slugger's Wife, End of the Game), born in New York City (d. 1990)
Mar 4 Gino Colaussi, Italian soccer striker (26 caps; Triestina, Juventus, Vicenza, Padova), born in Gradisca d'Isonzo, Italy (d. 1991)
Mar 4 Robert R. Wilson, American physicist (The Manhattan Project), sculptor and architect, born in Frontier, Wyoming (d. 2000)
Mar 4 Ward Kimball, American cartoonist (worked for Walt Disney), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2002)
Mar 5 Joan Sterndale-Bennett, British actress (Brighton Rock, Those Fantastic Flying Fools), born in London, England (d. 1996)
Mar 5 Philip Farkas, American classical horn player (Chicago Symphony) and educator (University of Indiana), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)
Mar 5 Ursula Reit [Reith], German actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), born in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (d. 1998)
Mar 6 Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (Bolshoi Theatre, 1943-56; Moscow Philharmonic, 1960-75; Concertgebouw, 1978-81), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1981)
Mar 7 Morton DaCosta, American film and theatre director (Island of Love; The Music Man), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1989)
Mar 8 Jacob B. Bakema, Dutch modernist architect (St Louis Missouri), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1981)
Mar 8 Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist, born in Minsk, Russian Empire (d. 1987)
Mar 9 Paul Winter, American classical and session violinist (NBC Orchestra, 1937-58), born in New York City (d. 1992)
Mar 10 Chandler Harper, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1950), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2004)
Mar 12 Jan Kapr, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1988)
Mar 13 Bob Haggart, American dixieland, swing jazz, and session double bass player, and composer ("What's New?"), born in New York City (d. 1998)
Mar 13 Carl-Olof Anderberg, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1972)
Mar 13 Edward O'Hare, American naval aviator of the U.S. Navy, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1943)
Mar 13 Tessie O'Shea, Welsh stage and screen entertainer, born in Cardiff (d. 1995)
Mar 13 W.O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (Who Has Seen the Wind?), born in Weyburn, Canada (d. 1998)
Mar 14 Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), born in Acton, Middlesex, England (d. 1999)
Mar 14 Henry Ralph Carr, English WWII soldier (A Sapper's War) (d. 1996)
Mar 14 Lee Hays, American folk singer (The Weavers), songwriter ("Wasn't That a Time?"; "If I Had a Hammer"; "Kisses Sweeter than Wine"), and civil rights activist, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1981)
Mar 15 Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster, underboss of the Gambino crime family, born in New York City (d. 1985)
Mar 15 Joe E. Ross, American actor and comedian (Car 54), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1982)

Sammy Baugh(1914-2008)

Mar 17 American College/Pro Football quarterback (TCU; NFL C'ship 1937, 42; 4 × First-team All-Pro; 6 × Pro Bowl; 4 × NFL passing yards leader; Washington Redskins), born in Temple, Texas

Mar 18 César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist and composer (Brasilia Symphony), born in Petrópolis, Brazil (d. 1993)
Mar 18 James Pack, British naval officer and museum curator (Portsmouth), born in Malta (d. 1995)
Mar 19 Fred Clark, American actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard), born in Lincoln, California (d. 1968)
Mar 19 James "Buster" Bennett, American blues saxophonist and blues shouter, born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1980)
Mar 19 Jay Berwanger, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (1st Heisman Trophy winner 1935, Chicago), born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 2002)

Jiang Qing(1914-1991)

Mar 19 Chinese communist and wife of Mao Zedong, born in Zhucheng, Shandong, China

Mar 19 Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
Mar 20 Wendell Corey, American actor (Rear Window, 11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), born in Dracut, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
Mar 20 William Baddeley, English church minister (restored St James's Piccadilly, Bishop of Brisbane), born in London, England (d. 1998)
Mar 21 Hernán Siles Zuazo, Bolivian politician (President of Bolivia 1956-60, 1982-85), born in La Paz, Bolivia (d. 1996)
Mar 21 Paul Tortelier, French concert cellist, composer, and teacher, born in Paris (d. 1990)
Mar 22 Lord Stokes [Donald Stokes], English industrialist (British Leyland), born in Plymouth, England (d. 2008)
Mar 22 Masao Maruyama, Japanese social scientist, born in Osaka, Japan (d. 1996)
Mar 23 Robert Arthur Gross, American violinist, composer (The Bald Soprano), and pedagogue, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1983)
Mar 25 Marthe Robert, French essayist and translator who influenced Sigmund Freud, born in Paris, France (d. 1996)
Mar 25 Norman Borlaug, American agronomist (Green Revolution - Nobel Peace Prize 1970), born in Cresco, Iowa (d. 2009)
Mar 26 Ian McGeoch, Scottish Vice-Admiral with Royal Navy (submarine HMS Splendid WWII), born in Helensburgh, Scotland (d. 2007)
Mar 26 Ray Robinson, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; NSW, South Australia, Otago), born in Stockton, Australia (d. 1965)
Mar 26 Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematics educator (Kumon Institute of Education,), born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan (d. 1995)

William Westmoreland(1914-2005)

Mar 26 Americangeneral and commander of American forces in the Vietnam War between 1964-68, born in Saxon, South Carolina

Mar 27 Budd Schulberg, American novelist and screenwriter (On the Waterfront), born in New York City (d. 2009)
Mar 27 Richard Denning [Louis Denninger Jr.], American actor (An Affair to Remember, The Black Scorpion), born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 1998)
Mar 27 Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade; 5 Star Jubilee), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1990)
Mar 28 Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (Closely Observed Trains), born in Brno, Austria-Hungary (d. 1997)
Mar 28 Dick Norris, Australian entomologist, born in Geraldton, Western Australia (d. 2003)
Mar 28 Edmund Muskie, American politician (Sen-D-Me) and US Secretary of State (1980-81), born in Rumford, Maine (d. 1996)
Mar 28 Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (Escape to Athena), born in New York (d. 2000)
Mar 29 Chapman Pincher, British journalist and author (about secret service), born in Ambala, Punjab, India (d. 2014)
Mar 30 Charlotte Henry, American actress (Alice in Wonderland; Babes In Toyland; Jungle Menace), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1980)
Mar 30 Sonny Boy Williamson I [John Lee], American blues musician ("Down & Out Blues"), born in Madison County, Tennessee (d. 1948)
Mar 31 Octavio Paz, Mexican poet (Salamandra; Topoemas), writer and diplomat who won the 1990 Nobel Prize laureate, born in Mexico City (d. 1998)
Apr 1 Carla van Neste, Belgian classical violinist (Trio Reine Elisabeth), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1992)
Apr 1 Lor Tok [Sawong Supsamruay], Thai comedian and actor (Ngern, Ngern, Ngern), born in Bangkok Yai, Thailand (d. 2002)

Alec Guinness(1914-2000)

Apr 2 Britishactor (The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai), born in London, England

Apr 3 George Sopkin, American cellist (Fine Arts Quartet, 1941-79), and teacher, born in Chicago, Ilinois (d. 2008)
Apr 3 Katherine Stammers Menzies, English doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935), born in St Albans, England (d. 2005)
Apr 4 Gustave Camus, Belgian painter, born in Châtelet, Belgium (d. 1984)
Apr 4 John Beith, British diplomat who served as the ambassador to Israel and Belgium, born in England (d. 2000)[1]
Apr 4 Marguerite Duras, French novelist and playwright (Sea Wall), born in Saigon, French IndoChina (d. 1996)
Apr 8 John Cameron, Jamaican cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2000)
Apr 8 María Félix, Mexican actress (Doña Bárbara), born in Álamos, Sonora, Mexico (d. 2002)
Apr 10 Foffie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; 9 wickets, 1 x 50; Barbados), born in Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados (d. 1997)
Apr 10 Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's), born in Exton, Tasmania (d. 1982)
Apr 11 Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian film animator and director, born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 1987)
Apr 12 Armen Alchian, American economist and professor (University of California), born in Fresno, California (d. 2013)
Apr 14 Jiri Reinberger, Czech organist and composer, born in Brno, Austria-Hungary (d. 1977)
Apr 15 John Gregory, British ballet dancer (Harlequin Ballet Company, 1959-69), and writer, born in Norwich, England (d. 1996)[1]
Apr 16 John Hodiak, American actor (Battleground, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1955)
Apr 17 George Davis, American art director (20th Century Fox), born in Kokomo, Indiana (d. 1984)
Apr 18 C. S. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), born in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (d. 2002)
Apr 19 Andrew Wilkinson, British pediatrician and the first Professor of Paediatric Surgery in the UK, born in Taunton, England (d. 1995)
Apr 20 Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (101 Dalmatians, Cinderella), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1999)
Apr 21 Lee Gaines, American jazz singer and lyricist (Delta Rhythm Boys), born in Buena Vista, Mississippi (d. 1987)
Apr 22 C. H. Sisson, British author (Christopher Homm), born in Bristol, England (d. 2003)
Apr 22 Hans Baumann, German nationalist writer, born in Amberg, Bavaria (d. 1988)
Apr 22 Jan de Hartog, Dutch-English writer (Holland's Glory), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2002)
Apr 22 Michael Wittman, German soldier and tank ace, born in Vogelthal, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (d. 1944)
Apr 23 Andrew Martin, British Army Officer (Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire from 1965 to 1989) (d. 1993)
Apr 23 John Hubbard, American actor (Don't Call Me Charlie, The Tall T, One Million B.C.), born in East Chicago, Indiana (d. 1988)
Apr 23 Mitsu Suzuki, Japanese-American Zen teacher (San Francisco Zen Center, wife of Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki) (d. 2016)
Apr 24 Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips) and humorist, born in Roseland, Louisiana (d. 2001)
Apr 24 Phil Watson, Canadian NHL right wing (Stanley Cup 1940 [NYR], 1944 [Montreal Canadiens]) and coach (NY Rangers), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1991)
Apr 24 Ruth White, American actress (To Kill a Mockingbird, Up the Down Staircase), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (d. 1969)
Apr 25 Claude Mauriac, French writer (Le Temps immobile), born in Paris (d. 1996)
Apr 25 Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1953-58), born in Michelena, Venezuela (d. 2001)
Apr 25 Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (Raintree County), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1948)
Apr 26 Bernard Malamud, American novelist (The Fixer, The Natural, Pulitzer 1967), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1986)
Apr 26 Charlie Chester, English comedian (Never Say Die), born in Eastbourne, Sussex (d. 1997)
Apr 26 H. L. Gold, American sci-fi writer and editor, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1996)
Apr 26 James Rouse, American builder (founder of The Rouse Company), born in Easton, Maryland (d. 1996)
Apr 26 Wilfrid Howard Mellers, English musicologist and composer (François Couperin and the French Classical Tradition), born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (d. 2008)
Apr 27 Albert Soboult, French historian, born in Ammi Moussa, French Algeria (d. 1982)
Apr 27 Lou Crosby, American actor, and radio and TV announcer (Lum and Abner; The Lawrence Welk Show), born in Lawton, Oklahoma (d. 1984)
Apr 29 Deryck Guyler, British actor (Please Sir!, Sykes), born in Wallasey, Cheshire (d. 1999)
Apr 29 Ewan Roberts, Scottish actor (The Day of the Triffids, Five to One), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1983)
Apr 30 Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer and songwriter, born in Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil (d. 2008)
Apr 30 Sid Weiss, American jazz bassist, born in Schenectady, New York (d. 1994)
May 1 John Henry Lewis, American boxer (World Light-Heavyweight champion 1935-38), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 1974)
May 2 Dennis Dyer, South African cricketer (opened batting for South Africa v England 1947), born in Durban, Natal (d. 1990)
May 4 Abd al-Karīm Qāsim, Prime Minister of Iraq (1958-63), born in Baghdad, Iraq (d. 1963)
May 4 Emmanuel Roblès, Algerian-French novelist and playwright (Lesson Hauteurs), born in Oran, Algeria (d. 1995)
May 5 Frank Carlson, American jazz and session drummer (Woody Herman, 1937-42 - "The Golden Wedding"), born in New York City (d. 1996)
May 5 Tyrone Power, American actor (The Mark of Zorro; Nightmare Alley), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1958)
May 7 Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (d. 1996)
May 8 Romain Gary [Roman Kacew], Lithuanian-French writer, also published as Émile Ajar (Les racines du ciel; La vie devant soi), diplomat, and screenwriter (The Longest Day), born in Vilnius, Russian Empire (d. 1980)
May 9 Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor, born in Barletta, Italy (d. 2005)