Year1916

Famous People Born in 1916

Jan 1 Earl Wrightson, American actor and singer (Pinafore, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1993)
Jan 1 Murray Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey centre and NCAA coach (Detroit Red Wings; coach University of Denver 1956-77, 5 NCAA C'ships), born in Manor, Saskatchewan (d. 2010)
Jan 3 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), born in Calabozo, Guárico, Venezuela (d. 1988)

Jan 3 Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist (Beaux Arts Trio), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2011)
Jan 3 Elizabeth "Betty" Furness, American actress, journalist and consumer activist (Dangerous Corner, Studio 1), born in New York City (d. 1994)
Jan 3 Fred Haas, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1953), born in Portland, Arkansas (d. 2004)
Jan 3 Maxene Andrews, American pop and sing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1995)
Jan 4 Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter, born in Terschelling, the Netherlands (d. 1995)
Jan 4 Lionel Newman, American film music composer (Peyton Place), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1989)
Jan 4 Robert Parrish, American film director (Casino Royale), born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1995)
Jan 6 David Bruce [Marden Andrew McBroom], American actor (The Mad Ghoul, Flying Tigers), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 1976)
Jan 6 Philip Bezanson, American composer, born in Athol, Massachusetts (d. 1975)
Jan 6 Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist, born in Armadale, Australia (d. 2007)
Jan 7 Bobo Jenkins [John Pickens Jenkins], American blues singer-songwriter (Democrat Blues), born in Forkland, Alabama (d. 1984)
Jan 7 Elena Ceausescu, Romanian wife of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, Deputy Prime Minister of Romania (1980-89), born in Petrești, Romania (d. 1989)
Jan 7 Gerrit Schulte, Dutch road and track cyclist (World Champion Track Pursuit 1948), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1992)

Jan 9 Alain Bernardin, French impresario (Crazy Horse Saloon), born in Dijon, France (d. 1994)
Jan 9 Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker, born in Streatham, London (d. 2004)
Jan 9 Vic Mizzy, American composer ("Green Acres" and "The Addams Family" themes), and bandleader, born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2009)
Jan 10 Bob Hamilton, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1944), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 1990)
Jan 10 Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1942, 45, 47, 48, 49 Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Wilcox, Canada (d. 2007)
Jan 10 Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2004)
Jan 11 Bernard Blier, French character actor (Les Miserables; Women & War), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1989)
Jan 11 Jimmy Quillen, American politician (Rep-R-TN, 1963-97), born in Scott County, Virginia (d. 2003)
Jan 12 House Peters Jr., American actor (King of the Rocket Man), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2008)
Jan 12 Jay McShann, American jazz pianist and bandleader, born in Muskogee, Oklahoma (d. 2006)

P. W. Botha(1916-2006)

Jan 12 South African politician (President of South Africa, 1984-89; Prime Minister, 1977-84), born in Paul Roux, Orange Free State Province, South Africa

Jan 12 William Pleeth, British cellist and teacher (of Jacqueline du Pré), born in London, England (d. 1999)
Jan 13 Bella Lewitsky, American modern dance choreographer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
Jan 13 Osa Massen [Aase Madsen Iversen], Dutch actress (Jack London, Rocketship X-M), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2006)
Jan 14 John Oliver Killens, American writer, born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1987)
Jan 15 Mikki Doyle, American journalist and editor, born in New York (d. 1995)
Jan 16 Frederick Stewart, Scottish geologist, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 2001)
Jan 17 Joel Herron, American orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
Jan 18 James Crow, American geneticist and educator (Genetic Theories and Influences: Comments on the Value of Diversity), born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
Jan 19 Roh Ogura, Japanese composer and writer, born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan (d. 1990)
Jan 20 Alex Nicol, American actor (The Screaming Skull, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet), born in Ossining, New York (d. 2001)
Jan 20 Johan Adolf Pengel, Surinamese politician (Prime Minister, 1963-69), born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 1970)
Jan 20 Walter Bartley, English biochemist, born in Brighton, London (d. 1994)
Jan 21 (James Woodie) J.W. Alexander, American gospel and soul music songwriter, singer, and producer (Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Solomon Burke), born in Hamilton, Mississippi (d. 1996)
Jan 22 Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati novelist, poet and astrologist, born in Mota Khijadiya, British India (d. 1994)
Jan 22 Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L'arbre des songes), born in Angers, France (d. 2013)
Jan 23 Airey Neave, British soldier and politician, born in Knightsbridge, London (d. 1979)
Jan 23 David Douglas Duncan, American photo-journalist best known for his war photography, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2018)
Jan 24 Jack Brickhouse, American sports broadcaster, born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1998)
Jan 24 John Corner, British mathematician, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
Jan 24 Marvin Creamer, American mariner, 1st recorded person to sail around the world without navigational instruments, born near Vineland, New Jersey (d. 2020)
Jan 24 Walter Haas Jr., American businessman and sports team owner (Levi Strauss & Co, Oakland A's), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1995)
Jan 26 Lothar Jensch, German medical doctor, and composer, born in Höchst, Germany (d. 2004)
Jan 28 Peter Crossley-Holland, British composer, ethno-musicologist, and educator (UCLA, 1969-83), born in London, England (d. 2001)
Jan 29 Barbara Skelton, English writer, memoirist, and socialite (mistress to King Farouk), born in Taplow, England (d. 1996)
Jan 29 Kyra Vayne [Knopmuss], English stage and opera soprano, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 2001)
Jan 31 Ciro Kroon, Curaçao politician (Premier of Dutch Antilles 1968-69), born in Curaçao (d. 2001)
Jan 31 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam winner), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1997)
Jan 31 Violet Cane, British pioneering female statistician, born in London (d. 2008)
Feb 1 Bruce Gordon, American actor (The Untouchables), born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (d. 2011)
Feb 1 Gordon Hobday, English scientist (developed penicillin with Alexander Fleming, worked on Ibuprofen), born in New Sawley, Derbyshire (d. 2015)
Feb 2 Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
Feb 4 Colin Morris, British playwright and documentary filmmaker, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1996)
Feb 4 David Vassall Cox, British composer ("Lillibullero"), born in Broadstairs, Isle of Thanet, England (d. 1997)
Feb 4 Gavin Ewart, English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh), born in London, England (d. 1995)
Feb 4 Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha, Iranian Sufi master and poet, master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi Order, born in Tehran, Iran (d. 1980)
Feb 6 John Crank, British mathematician, born in Hindley, United Kingdom (d. 2006)
Feb 8 Betty Field, American actress (Of Mice and Men, Kings Row, Bus Stop), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1973)
Feb 10 Edward R. Roybal, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1963-93), born in Pecos, New Mexico (d. 2005)
Feb 10 Oscar "TV Slim" Wills, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Flatfoot Sam"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1969)
Feb 11 Bernice Neugarten, American physiologist (work on psychology of aging), born in Norfolk, Nebraska (d. 2001)
Feb 12 Joseph L Alioto, American politician (Mayor-San Francisco), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1998)
Feb 12 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer (Vom Tode), born in Győr, Danube Monarchy (d. 1969)
Feb 13 James Griffith, American actor (Sheriff of Cochise), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
Feb 13 John Reed, British comic actor and singer (Gilbert & Sullivan; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1951-79), born in Close House, Durham, England (d. 2010)
Feb 14 Edward Platt, American actor (Get Smart - "The Chief"; North By Northwest), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 1974)
Feb 14 Marcel Bigeard, French general (WWII, First Indochina War, Algerian War), politician, and writer, born in Toul, France (d. 2010)
Feb 14 Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director and screenwriter (Joi-uchi), born in Otaru, Japan (d. 1996)
Feb 14 Wawrzyniec Żuławski, Polish composer, born in Zakopane, Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1957)
Feb 15 Ian Ballantine, American publisher (Ballantine Books), born in New York City (d. 1995)
Feb 15 Mary Jane Croft, American actress (Our Miss Brooks: The Lucy Show), born in Muncie, Indiana (d. 1999)
Feb 15 Ronnie Aldrich, British easy listening and jazz pianist, arranger, and composer, born in Erith, Kent, England (d. 1993)
Feb 16 Bill Doggett, American jazz and blues Hammond B-3 organist ("Honky Tonk"; "Funky Whistler"), pianist and arranger (The Inkspots; Ella Fitzgerald), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
Feb 16 Charlie Fowlkes, American baritone saxophonist (Count Basie Orchestra, 1953-80), born in New York City (d. 1980)
Feb 17 Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and English rugby union winger (4 caps; Leicester Tigers RUFC, Oxford Uni RFC), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1940)
Feb 17 Don Tallon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (21 Tests, 58 dismissals, 2 x 50s; Queensland CA), born in Bundaberg, Australia (d. 1984)
Feb 17 Raf Vallone, Italian actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon), born in Tropea, Italy (d. 2002)
Feb 17 Vivian McGrath, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1937), born in Merrendee, Australia (d. 1978)
Feb 18 Betty Gathergood, British curator (Dr. Johnson's House), born in the United States (d. 1996)[1]
Feb 18 Jean Drapeau, Canadian politician (Mayor of Montreal 1954-57, 1960-86), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1999)

Eddie Arcaro(1916-1997)

Feb 19 American Racing Hall of Famejockey (Triple Crown 1941 Whirlaway, 1948 Citation), born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Feb 20 Julius Juzeliūnas, Lithuanian composer and organist (The Game), born in Čepolė, Lithuania (d. 2001)
Feb 23 George Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1952), born in Melville, Saskatchewan (d. 1996)
Feb 23 Martindale Sidwell, English organist and conductor, born in Little Packington, England (d. 1998)
Feb 25 Ralph Baldwin, Canadian harness driver and trainer (11 major world records; Hambletonian Stakes 1963, 73), born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan (d. 1982)
Feb 25 Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (d. 1991)

Jackie Gleason(1916-1987)

Feb 26 Americancomedian (TheJackie Gleason Show;The Honeymooners),actor (Requiem For A Heavyweight; The Hustler), composer, and conductor (Music for Lovers Only), born in Brooklyn, New York City

Feb 26 Mordecai Seter, Israeli composer, born in Novorossiysk, Russia (d. 1994)
Feb 26 Ross Gregory, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 2 x 50; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1942)
Feb 28 Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking" (The Swe-Danes), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2017)
Mar 1 Bing Devine, American baseball executive (GM St. Louis Cardinals 1957-64 [World Series 1964], NY Mets), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2007)
Mar 2 Bernard George Stevens, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1983)
Mar 4 Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure), born in Bologna,Kingdom of Italy (d. 2000)
Mar 4 Hans Eysenck, German-born British psychologist (most frequently cited living psychologist), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1997)
Mar 5 Ian Parrott, British-Welsh composer (The Black Ram), born in Streatham, England (d. 2012)
Mar 6 George "Red" Callender, American jazz and session string bass and tuba player, born in Haynesville, Virginia (d. 1982)
Mar 6 Rochelle Hudson, American actress (Les Misérables, Imitation of Life, That's My Boy), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1972)
Mar 6 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, born in Harrisburg, Illinois (d. 1986)
Mar 8 John W. Seybold, American economist and computer typesetting pioneer, born in Newburgh, Indiana (d. 2004)
Mar 8 Robert Wolfgang Schnell, German writer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1986)
Mar 10 Manuel "Manny" Greenhill, American folk music record producer (Folklore Productions). promoter, and artist manager (Joan Baez; Rev. Gary Davis), born in New York City (d. 1996)
Mar 10 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), born in Rochford, England (d. 1996)
Mar 11 Ezra Jack Keats, American children's author known for "The Snowy Day" winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1983)

Harold Wilson(1916-1995)

Mar 11 British Prime Minister (Labour: 1964-70, 1974-76), born in Huddersfield, England

Mar 13 Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
Mar 13 Jacque Fresco, American industrial designer and founder of the Venus Project, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
Mar 13 Lindy Boggs (née Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne), American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1973-97), and diplomat, born in New Roads, Louisiana (d. 2013)
Mar 14 Horton Foote, American screenwriter (To Kill a Mockingbird; Tender Mercies), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (The Young Man from Atlanta), born in Wharton, Texas (d. 2009)
Mar 14 Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Mexican-American actor (The Brave One; Viva Valdez -"Luis"), born in Mexico City (d. 1983)
Mar 15 Fadil Hoxha, Yugoslavian politician and revolutionary, born in Gjakova, Montenegro (d. 2001)
Mar 15 Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), born in Schoten, Netherlands (d. 1984)
Mar 15 Harry James, American swing-era bandleader, trumpeter and husband to Betty Grable, born in Albany, Georgia (d. 1983)
Mar 16 Lloyd McBride, American labor leader (President of United Steelworkers), born in Farmington, Missouri (d. 1983)[1]
Mar 16 Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (All the King's Men, The Exorcist, Giant), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2004)
Mar 17 David Stafford-Clark, English psychiatrist, born in Bromley, Kent, England (d. 1999)
Mar 17 Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown], British drummer, bandleader, and singer (The Goon Show), born in Kensington, England (d. 1985)
Mar 18 Jody Gilbert, American actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1979)
Mar 18 Louis Toebosch, Dutch composer, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 2009)
Mar 19 Eric Christmas, British-Canadian character actor (Porky's film), born in London, England (d. 2000)
Mar 19 Irving Wallace, American author (People's Almanac, The Man), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
Mar 20 Pierre Messmer, French politician (Prime Minister of France 1972-74 under Georges Pompidou), born in Vincennes, France (d. 2007)
Mar 21 Bismillah Khan [Qamaruddin Khan], Hindustani classical musician and shehnai (a reeded woodwind instrument) virtuoso, born in Dumraon, British India (d. 2006)
Mar 22 George Wyle [Bernard Weissman], American composer (The Ballad of Gilligan's Island"; "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"), and orchestra leader (The Flip Wilson Show), born in New York City (d. 2003)
Mar 23 R. H. Harris, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), born in Trinity, Texas (d. 2000)
Mar 24 Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American novelist (d. 2006)
Mar 25 Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1995)
Mar 26 Bill Edrich, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 219no, 41 wickets; MCC, Middlesex CCC), born in Lingwood, England (d. 1986)
Mar 26 Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist (cell physiology, Nobel 1972), born in Monessen, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
Mar 26 Mort Abrahams, American producer (Dr Doolittle, Planet Of Apes), born in New York (d. 2009)
Mar 26 Sterling Hayden, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra), born in Upper Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1986)
Mar 26 Vic Schoen, American arranger, composer, and orchestra leader (The Andrews Sisters: Dinah Shore; Patti Page), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2000)
Mar 27 Johnny Drake, American football running back who was First-team All-Pro 1940; 3 × NFL All-Star, Cleveland Rams, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)

Eugene McCarthy(1916-2005)

Mar 29 American politician (Sen-D-Minn) and presidential candidate, born in Watkins, Minnesota

Mar 29 John Paul, British colonial administrator, Governor-General (Bahamas), born in Weymouth, Dorset (d. 2004)
Mar 31 John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (US Western District of Texas, 1970-79), born in Rockport, Texas (d. 1979)
Mar 31 Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), born in New York City (d. 2012)
Mar 31 Tommy Bolt, American golfer (US Open 1958), born in Haworth, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
Apr 3 Herb Caen, American columnist (SF Chronicle), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1997)
Apr 3 Ken Kersey, Canadian jazz pianist, and composer ("Boogie Woogie Cocktail"), born in Harrow, Ontario (d. 1983)
Apr 4 David White, American actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1990)
Apr 4 Mickey Owen, American baseball catcher (4 × MLB All-Star 1941–44 Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Nixa, Missouri (d. 2005)
Apr 4 Nikola Ljubičić, President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982-84) and Communist politician, born in Karan, Užice, Kingdom of Serbia (d. 2005)
Apr 5 Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn [Margaret Rosalind Delacourt-Smith], British Labour politician, born in Newport, Wales (d. 2010)
Apr 5 Bernard Baily, American comic artist (co-creator of DC Comics), born in New York (d. 1996)

Gregory Peck(1916-2003)

Apr 5 Americanactor (To Kill a Mockingbird; Spellbound; Gentleman's Agreement), born in San Diego, California

Apr 9 Julian Dash, American swing jazz tenor saxophonist, and composer ("Tuxedo Junction"), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1974)
Apr 10 Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker; Are You Being Served), born in London, England (d. 1987)
Apr 11 Alberto E Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1983)
Apr 11 Dan Fortmann, American College/Pro Football HOF guard (3 × NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 43 Chicago Bears; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl), born in Pearl River, New York (d. 1995)
Apr 11 Howard W. Koch, American producer and director (Frankenstein, Airplane II), born in New York City (d. 2001)
Apr 12 Benjamin Libet, American scientist (human consciousness), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
Apr 12 Beverly Cleary, American Newberry Medal winning writer of children's and young adult fiction (Ramona series, 1955-99), born in McMinnville, Oregon (d. 2021)
Apr 12 Brian Connell, British writer and broadcaster, born in Hertford (d. 1999)
Apr 13 Edna Lewis 'the Mother of Soul Food', American chef and author (elevated Southern cooking), born in Freetown, Virginia (d. 2006)[1]
Apr 13 Phyllis Fraser [Helen Brown Nichols], American actress, journalist, and co-founder of Beginner Books, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2006)
Apr 14 C. R. Rangachari, Indian cricketer (India 1947-48), born in Mammandur, British India (d. 1993)
Apr 14 Denis ApIvor, British composer, born in Collinstown, County Westmeath, Ireland (d. 2004)
Apr 14 Emerson Buckley, American conductor (Greater Miami Opera, 1950-86), born in New York City (d. 1989)
Apr 15 Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman and heir to the Bloomingdale's department store, born in New York City (d. 1982)
Apr 17 Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman (Daishowa Paper Manufacturing), born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (d. 1996)

Sirimavo Bandaranaike(1916-2000)

Apr 17 Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960-65, 1970-77 and 1994-2000) and 1st female head of state, born in Ratnapura, British Ceylon

Apr 21 Sidney Clute, American actor (Lou Grant; Cagney & Lacey), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)
Apr 22 Yehudi Menuhin, American-British violinist, (Béla Bartók's Sonata), conductor and teacher, born in New York City (d. 1999)
Apr 22 Yvette Lundy, French resistance fighter during WWII, born in Oger, France (d. 2019)
Apr 23 Bud Wilkinson, American college football coach (Oklahoma), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1994)

Lou Thesz(1916-2002)

Apr 24 Americanprofessional wrestler, born in Banat, Michigan

Apr 24 Stanley Kauffmann, American playwright (Red Handkerchief Man), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Apr 25 Jerry Barber, Americangolfer (PGA C'ship 1961), born in Woodson, Illinois (d. 1994)
Apr 25 Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Mexican pianist, conductor (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, 1954-72), and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 2014)
Apr 26 (Arnoldus) Arnold van Wyk, South African concert pianist and composer (Nagmusiek - Night Music), born in Calvinia, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (d. 1983)
Apr 26 Morris West, Australian novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman), born in St Kilda, Victoria (d. 1999)
Apr 26 Vic Perrin, American radio and television actor (Dragnet), and screenwriter (Gunsmoke), born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin (d. 1989)
Apr 26 Virgil Trucks, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1945 Detroit Tigers; MLB All Star 1949, 54), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2013)
Apr 26 Werner Bischof, Swiss photographer (Magnum), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1954)

Enos Slaughter(1916-2002)

Apr 27 American Baseball HOF right fielder (10 ×MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 46, 56, 58; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Roxboro, North Carolina

Apr 27 Jan Rychlik, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1964)

Ferruccio Lamborghini(1916-1993)

Apr 28 Italian auto-designer (Lamborghini), born in Cento, Ferrara, Kingdom of Italy

Claude Shannon(1916-2001)

Apr 30 Americanmathematician and information theorist (A Mathematical Theory of Communication), born in Petoskey, Michigan[1]

Apr 30 Robert Shaw, American chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale), born in Red Bluff, California (d. 1999)
May 1 Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway), born in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada (d. 2006)
May 3 Henry B. González, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1961-99), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2000)
May 3 Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor, born in Saint-Flavien, Quebec, Canada (d. 2006)
May 3 Pierre Emmanuel [Noël Mathieu], French poet (Sodome), born in Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (d. 1984)
May 4 Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian author and urbanologist (The Death and Life of Great American Cities), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
May 4 Maurice "Moe" Purtill, American jazz drummer, born in Huntington, New York (d. 1994)
May 5 Zail Singh, Indian politician (7th President of India 1982-87), born in Sandhwan, British India (d. 1994)
May 7 Huw Wheldon, Welsh broadcaster (BBC), born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire (d. 1986)
May 8 João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist and FIFA President 1974-98, born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 2016)
May 8 Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
May 9 Bernard Rose, British organist, soldier, composer, and academic, born in Sawbridgeworth, England (d. 1996)
May 9 Douglas Guest, British organist, choir master (Westminster Abbey, 1963-81), conductor, and composer (For the Fallen), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1996)[1]
May 10 Milton Babbitt, American mathematician, composer of serial and electronic music (Correspondences), and teacher (Princeton; Juilliard), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
May 11 Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer (Nobel Prize 1989), born in Padrón, La Coruña (d. 2002)
May 12 Ellis Kohs, American composer (Lohiau and Hiiaka), educator, and musicologist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)