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| footer            = From top to bottom, left to right: The [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] by the [[Empire of Japan]] brings the [[United States]] into [[World War II]]; [[Operation Barbarossa]] launches [[Nazi Germany]]’s massive invasion of the [[Soviet Union]]; the [[Babi Yar massacre]] sees over 33,000 Jews killed by Nazi [[Einsatzgruppen]] near [[Kyiv]]; [[the Siege of Leningrad]] begins, starting one of history’s deadliest sieges; the [[Invasion of Yugoslavia]] leads to rapid Axis occupation; [[Orson Welles]]’ film [[Citizen Kane]] premieres, revolutionizing cinema; the [[East African campaign (World War II)|East African campaign]] ends with Allied victory over Italian forces; the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]] secures British control in [[Iraq]]; and the [[German invasion of Greece]] results in swift Axis occupation.
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The [[Correlates of War]] project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the [[Uppsala Conflict Data Program]] estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deaths in conflicts by source |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-in-conflicts-by-source |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref>
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==Events==
Below, the events of [[World War II]] have the "WWII" prefix.

===January===
{{Main|January 1941}}
* [[January]]–[[August]] &ndash; 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with [[carbon monoxide]] in a [[gas chamber]], at [[Hadamar Euthanasia Centre]] in [[Germany]], in the first phase of mass killings under the [[Aktion T4]] program here.
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Thailand]]'s Prime Minister [[Plaek Phibunsongkhram]] decrees January 1 as the official start of the [[Thai solar calendar]] new year (thus the previous year that began [[April 1]] had only 9 months).
* [[January 3]] &ndash; A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in [[Germany]] by [[Martin Bormann]], on behalf of [[Adolf Hitler]], requires replacement of [[blackletter]] [[typeface]]s by [[Antiqua (typeface class)|Antiqua]].<ref>{{cite web|title="The Bormann Decree" banning the use of the Fraktur typeface|url=http://german.about.com/library/gallery/blfoto_fraktur06E.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=2013-10-23|archive-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221347/http://german.about.com/library/gallery/blfoto_fraktur06E.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 4]] &ndash; The short subject ''[[Elmer's Pet Rabbit]]'' is released, marking the second appearance of [[Bugs Bunny]], and also the first to have his name on a title card.
* [[January 5]] &ndash; WWII: [[Battle of Bardia]] in [[Libya]]: Australian and British troops defeat [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] forces, the first battle of the war in which an [[Australian Army]] formation takes part.
* [[January 6]]
** During his [[State of the Union]] address, [[President of the United States]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] presents his [[Four Freedoms]], as fundamental global [[human rights]].
** The keel of battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}} is laid at the [[New York Navy Yard]] in [[Brooklyn]].
* [[January 10]] &ndash; The [[Lend-Lease]] Act is introduced into the [[United States Congress]].
* [[January 11]] &ndash; WWII: The British [[Royal Navy]] light cruiser {{HMS|Southampton|83}} is bombed, catches fire and has to be sunk off [[Malta]], with the loss of 81 crew.
* [[January 13]] &ndash; All persons born in [[Puerto Rico]] since this day are declared U.S. citizens by birth, through U.S. federal law.<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|8|1402}}.</ref>
* [[January 14]] 
** WWII: [[Commerce raiding]] [[German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin|German auxiliary cruiser ''Pinguin'']] captures the Norwegian whaling fleet near [[Bouvet Island]], effectively ending [[Southern Ocean]] [[whaling]] for the duration of the war.<ref>{{cite book|last=Muggenthaler|first=August Karl|title=German Raiders of WWII|publisher=Prentice-Hall|year=1977|isbn=0-13-354027-8|pages=140–143}}.</ref>
** In a BBC radio broadcast from London, [[Victor de Laveleye]] asks all Belgians to use the letter "V" as a rallying sign, being the first letter of ''victoire'' (victory) in French and of ''vrijheid'' (freedom) in Dutch. This is the beginning of the "V campaign" which sees "V" graffities on the walls of Belgium and later all of Europe and introduces the use of the "[[V sign]]" for victory and freedom. [[Winston Churchill]] adopts the sign soon afterwards, though he sometimes gets it the wrong way around and uses the common insult gesture.<ref>{{cite book |last=Telfer |first=Kevin |title=The Summer of '45 |year=2015 |publisher=Aurum Press Ltd |location=Islington |isbn=978-1-78131-435-7 |page=5}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[John Vincent Atanasoff]] and [[Clifford Berry]] describe the workings of the [[Atanasoff–Berry computer]] in print.
* [[January 19]] &ndash; WWII: British troops attack Italian-held [[Eritrea]] in Africa.
* [[January 22]]
** WWII: [[Battle of Tobruk (1941)|Battle of Tobruk]]: Australian and British forces capture [[Tobruk]] from the Italians.
** In [[Sweden]], [[Victor Hasselblad]] registers the [[Hasselblad]] Camera Company.
* [[January 23]] &ndash; Aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] testifies before the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]], and recommends that the United States negotiate a [[Country neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]] pact with [[Adolf Hitler]].
* [[January 27]] &ndash; WWII: [[Joseph Grew]], the U.S. ambassador to Japan, reports to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception, concerning a planned surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], the chief of the separatist [[Indian National Army]], reaches Kabul, Afghanistan by successfully evading the British authorities in British India.
* [[January 30]] &ndash; WWII: Australians capture [[Derna, Libya]], from the Italians.

===February===
{{Main|February 1941}}
* [[February 3]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Nazis]] forcibly restore [[Pierre Laval]] to the office of Prime Minister in occupied [[Vichy France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89546003/Pittsburgh|title=Post-Gazette Feb. 3, 1941|publisher=}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash; WWII: The [[United Service Organization]] (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
* [[February 5]] &ndash; The [[Air Training Corps]] is formed in the United Kingdom.
* [[February 5]]–[[April 1]] &ndash; WWII: [[Battle of Keren]] &ndash; British and [[Free French Forces]] fight hard to capture the strategic town of [[Keren, Eritrea|Keren]] in [[Italian Eritrea]].
* [[February 6]] &ndash; WWII: [[Benghazi]] falls to the British [[Western Desert Force]]. Lieutenant-General [[Erwin Rommel]] is appointed commander of [[Afrika Korps]].
* [[February 8]] &ndash; WWII: The U.S. House of Representatives passes the [[Lend-Lease]] Act.<ref>260–165.</ref>
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Winston Churchill]], in a worldwide broadcast, tells the United States to show its support by sending arms to the British: "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."<ref>{{Cite web |title=America's National Churchill Museum {{!}} Give Us the Tools |url=https://www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org/give-us-the-tools.html |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org}}</ref>
* [[February 12]]
** WWII: [[Erwin Rommel]] arrives in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].
** Reserve Constable [[Albert Alexander (police officer)|Albert Alexander]], a patient at the [[Radcliffe Infirmary]] in [[Oxford]], England, becomes the first person treated with [[penicillin]] intravenously, by [[Howard Florey]]'s team. He reacts positively, but there is insufficient supply of the drug to reverse his terminal infection. A successful treatment is achieved during May.<ref>{{cite book|first=Patrick|last=Robertson|title=The Shell Book of Firsts|location=London|publisher=Ebury Press|year=1974|pages=124–5}}</ref>
* [[February 13]] &ndash; Aircraft from British carrier {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} attack [[Massawa]] in Eritrea.
* [[February 14]] &ndash; WWII: Admiral [[Kichisaburō Nomura]] begins his duties as Japanese Ambassador to the United States.
* [[February 19]]–[[February 22|22]] &ndash; WWII: [[Swansea Blitz|Three Nights' Blitz]] over [[Swansea]], South Wales: Over these 3 nights of intensive bombing, which lasts a total of 13 hours and 48 minutes, Swansea's town centre is almost completely obliterated by the 896 high explosive bombs employed by the [[Luftwaffe]]; 397 casualties and 230 deaths are reported.
* [[February 22]] &ndash; WWII: British cruiser {{HMS|Shropshire|73|6}} bombards [[Barawa]], on the coast between [[Kismayo]] and [[Mogadishu]].
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Glenn T. Seaborg]] and associates isolate and discover [[plutonium]], at the University of California, Berkeley.
* [[February 25]] &ndash; WWII:
** The occupied [[Netherlands in World War II|Netherlands]] starts the first popular uprising in Europe against the [[Axis powers]], the "[[February strike]]" against German [[deportation]] of Jews in [[Amsterdam]] and surroundings.
** British submarine {{HMS|Upright|N89|6}} attacks an Italian convoy, sinking the [[Italian cruiser Armando Diaz|cruiser ''Armando Diaz'']].
* [[February 27]] &ndash; WWII: The [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy|New Zealand Division]] cruiser [[HMNZS Leander|HMS ''Leander'']] (1931) sinks Italian armed merchant raider ''[[Ramb I]]'' off the [[Maldives]].

===March===
{{Main|March 1941}}
* [[March 1]]
** WWII: [[Bulgaria]] signs the [[Tripartite Pact]], thus joining the [[Axis powers]].
** [[Arthur L. Bristol]] becomes Rear Admiral for the United States Navy's Support Force, [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]].
* [[March 4]] &ndash; WWII: [[Operation Claymore]] &ndash; British Commandos carry out a successful raid on the [[Lofoten Islands]], off the north coast of Norway.
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], having been President of the United States for 8 years, 1 day, becomes the longest-serving president in American history.
* [[March 11]] &ndash; WWII: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], President of the United States, signs the Lend-Lease Act (passed by the Senate on March 8) into law, providing for the U.S. to provide [[Lend-Lease]] aid to the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roosevelt Signs the Lend-Lease Act {{!}} Research Starters {{!}} EBSCO Research |url=https://www.ebsco.com/ |access-date=2025-09-23 |website=EBSCO |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] &ndash; Berlin-based American journalist [[Richard C. Hottelet]] is arrested by the [[Gestapo]] on "suspicion of espionage", but eventually released in July as part of a [[prisoner exchange]] with the U.S.
* [[March 16]] &ndash; A group of U.S. warships arrive in [[Auckland]], New Zealand, on a goodwill visit. On March 20, they arrive in [[Sydney]], Australia.
* [[March 17]]
** In [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] is officially opened by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
** British [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour]] [[Ernest Bevin]] calls for women to fill vital jobs.
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state's [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate electricity.
* [[March 24]] &ndash; WWII: Rommel launches his first offensive in [[Cyrenaica]].
* [[March 25]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] joins the [[Axis powers]] in [[Vienna]].
* [[March 27]] &ndash; WWII:
** [[Battle of Cape Matapan]]: Off the [[Peloponnese]] coast in the Mediterranean, [[Royal Navy|British naval forces]] defeat those of Italy, sinking 5 warships (the battle ends on [[March 29]]).
** [[Yugoslav coup d'état]]: An anti-Axis coup d'état in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] led by General [[Dušan Simović]], Brigadier General [[Borivoje Mirković]], Colonels Dragutin Savić and Stjepan Burazović, Colonel General Miodrag Lazić, [[Milorad Petrović]] and many other general officers (with British support) forces [[Prince Paul of Yugoslavia|Prince Paul]] into exile; 17-year-old [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|King Peter II]] assumes power following the coup and Simović is elected new [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]].
** [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese spy [[Takeo Yoshikawa]] arrives in [[Honolulu]] to study the [[United States Pacific Fleet]] at [[Pearl Harbor]], in preparation for a future attack.
* [[March 30]] &ndash; WWII:
** All German, Italian and Danish ships anchored in United States waters are taken into "protective custody".
** A German [[Lorenz cipher]] machine operator sends a 4,000-character message twice, allowing British mathematician [[Bill Tutte]] to decipher the machine's coding mechanism.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8492762.stm BBC] (archived from [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8492762.stm the original])</ref>

===April===
{{Main|April 1941}}
* [[April]] &ndash; The [[Valley of Geysers]] is discovered on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] of Russia, by [[Tatyana Ustinova]].
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[1941 Iraqi coup d'état|A military coup d'état]], launched by [[Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani]], overthrows the pro-British regime in [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]].
* [[April 4]] &ndash; WWII: Axis forces capture [[Benghazi]].
* [[April 6]] &ndash; WWII: Germany, Italy and Hungary [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|invade Yugoslavia]] and the [[Battle of Greece]] begins.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=War in the Balkans, 1941-45 |url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/war-Balkans#:~:text=On%206%20April%201941%2C%20the,been%20launched%20in%20October%201940. |access-date=7 June 2025 |website=[[National Army Museum]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The Nazi Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece |url=https://adst.org/2015/04/the-nazi-invasion-of-yugoslavia-and-greece/ |access-date=7 June 2025 |work=[[Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training]]}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] &ndash; The U.S. acquires full military defense rights in [[Greenland]].
* [[April 10]] &ndash; WWII:
** U.S. destroyer {{USS|Niblack|DD-424|6}}, while picking up survivors from a sunken Dutch freighter, drops depth charges on a German [[U-boat]] (the first "shot in anger" fired by America against Germany).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=142|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921013513/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=142|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2012|title=A Brief History of U.S. Navy Destroyers. Part II - World War II (1941-1943)|work=America's Navy|publisher=US Navy|location=Washington, DC|access-date=2018-04-28}}</ref>
** The [[Independent State of Croatia]], a [[puppet state]] of the [[Axis powers]], is established with [[Ustashe]] leader [[Ante Pavelić]] as head (''[[Poglavnik]]'') of the government.
* [[April 12]] &ndash; WWII: German troops enter [[Belgrade]].
* [[April 13]] &ndash; The [[Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact]] is signed.<ref name="ref1">{{cite book|last=Quigley|first=Carroll|title=Tragedy And Hope|year=1966|publisher=Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=0-945001-10-X|page=738|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQZxAAAAIAAJ&q=tragedy+and+hope}}</ref> 
* [[April 15]] &ndash; WWII: Axis forces reach [[Halfaya Pass]], on the Libyan-Egyptian frontier.
* [[April 17]] – WWII: Yugoslavia [[Capitulation (surrender)|capitulates]] after the joint Axis invasion of the country results in the [[German bombing of Belgrade|bombing]] of Belgrade.<ref name=":0" />
* [[April 18]] &ndash; WWII: Greek Prime Minister [[Alexandros Koryzis]] commits suicide as German troops approach [[Athens]].
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s anti-war play ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]'' ({{langx|de|Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder}}) receives its first theatrical production, at the [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]].
* [[April 21]] &ndash; WWII: Greece capitulates to Germany. [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] troops and some elements of the [[Greek Army]] withdraw to [[Crete]].
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The [[America First Committee]] holds its first mass rally in New York City, with [[Charles Lindbergh]] as keynote speaker.
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], at his regular press conference, criticizes Charles Lindbergh by comparing him to the [[Copperhead (politics)|Copperheads]] of the Civil War period. In response, Lindbergh resigns his commission in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve on [[April 28]].
* [[April 27]] &ndash; WWII: German troops enter [[Athens]].
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[World War II persecution of Serbs]]: [[Gudovac massacre]] &ndash; Members of the [[Croatian nationalism|Croatian nationalist]] [[Ustashe]] movement kill around 190 [[Bjelovar]] [[Serbs]] in the village of [[Gudovac]], in the [[Independent State of Croatia]].

[[File:Ansel Adams - National Archives 79-AAB-01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ansel Adams]] photograph of the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1941.]]


=== May ===
{{Main|May 1941}}
* [[May 1]]
** The breakfast cereal ''[[Cheerios]]'' is introduced as ''[[CheeriOats]]'' by [[General Mills]] in the United States.
** [[Orson Welles]]' film ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' premieres in New York City.
** The first Defense Bonds and Defense Savings Stamps go on sale in the United States, to help fund the greatly increased production of military equipment.
* [[May 2]] &ndash; WWII: [[Anglo-Iraqi War]]: British combat operations against the rebel government of [[Rashid Ali al-Gaylani|Rashid Ali]] in the [[Kingdom of Iraq]] begin.<ref>{{cite book|first1=I. S. O.|last1=Playfair|first2=F. C.|last2=Flynn |first3=C. J. C.|last3=Molony|first4=S. E.|last4=Toomer|editor-last=Butler|editor-first=J. R. M. |series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series|title=The Mediterranean and Middle East |volume=II: The Germans come to the help of their Ally (1941)|publisher=Naval & Military Press|year=2004|orig-date=1956|isbn=1-84574-066-1 |pages=182–183}}</ref>
* [[May 5]] &ndash; WWII: Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] enters [[Addis Ababa]], which has been liberated from Italian forces; this date is subsequently commemorated as [[Liberation Day]] in [[Ethiopia]].
* [[May 6]] &ndash; At [[California]]'s [[March Air Reserve Base|March Field]], entertainer [[Bob Hope]] performs his first [[United Service Organizations|USO]] Show.
* [[May 8]] &ndash; WWII: The [[German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin|German auxiliary cruiser ''Pinguin'']] is sunk by British cruiser {{HMS|Cornwall|56}} in the Indian Ocean; 555 are killed.
* [[May 9]] &ndash; WWII: {{ship|German submarine|U-110|1940|6}} is captured by the British [[Royal Navy]]. On board is the latest [[Enigma cryptography machine]], which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
* [[May 10]]
** WWII: The [[British House of Commons]] is damaged by the ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' in an [[Airstrike|air raid]] on London.
** [[Rudolf Hess]] parachutes into Scotland, claiming to be on a peace mission.
* [[May 11]]/[[May 12]] &ndash; WWII: The Ustaše [[Glina massacres#First massacre|massacre]] 260–373 [[Serb]] men in a Catholic church in [[Glina, Croatia]], where the men have assembled to be received into the Catholic faith in exchange for their lives.
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Konrad Zuse]] presents the [[Z3 (computer)|Z3]], the world's first working programmable, fully automatic [[computer]], in Berlin.
* [[May 13]] &ndash; WWII: [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] General [[Draža Mihailović]] and a group of 80 soldiers and officers cross the [[Drina]] river in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], arrive at [[Ravna Gora (Suvobor)|Ravna Gora]], in western [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia|Nazi-occupied Serbia]] and start fighting with German occupation troops.
* [[May 15]]
** The first British jet aircraft, the [[Gloster E.28/39]], is flown.
** [[Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak]] begins, as the [[New York Yankees]]' [[center fielder]] goes 1 for 4 against [[Chicago White Sox]] [[pitcher]] [[Eddie Smith (pitcher)|Eddie Smith]] in baseball.
* [[May 19]] &ndash; The [[Viet Minh]] is formed at [[Pác Bó]] in [[Vietnam]], to overthrow [[French colonial empire|French rule]] of the nation, as an alliance between the Indochina Communist party, led by [[Ho Chi Minh]], and the Nationalist party. It will become the [[Viet Cong]] during the [[Vietnam War]].
* [[May 20]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Battle of Crete]] begins, as Germany launches an airborne invasion of [[Crete]], the first mainly airborne invasion in military history.
* [[May 21]] &ndash; {{ship|German submarine|U-69|1940|6}} sinks the U.S.-flagged {{SS|Robin Moor}} off the west African coast, having allowed the passengers and crew to disembark.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; WWII:
** In the North Atlantic, {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck}} sinks British [[battlecruiser]] {{HMS|Hood|51|6}}, killing all but 3 crewmen, from a total of 1,418 aboard the pride of the [[Royal Navy]].
** British submarine {{HMS|Upholder|P37|6}} torpedoes and sinks Italian ocean liner {{SS|Conte Rosso}}.
* [[May 26]] &ndash; WWII: In the North Atlantic, [[Fairey Swordfish]] aircraft from the carrier {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} cripple the steering of {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck}} in an [[aerial torpedo]] attack.
* [[May 27]]
** WWII: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], President of the United States, proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1941/410527a.html Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency], Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, May 27, 1941</ref>
** WWII: [[German battleship Bismarck|German battleship ''Bismarck'']] is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing 2,300. It is eventually found in [[1989]].
** The [[Swiss Socialist Federation]] is banned.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lang|first=Karl|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cMBEFai6EQkC&pg=PA268|title=Solidarité, débats, mouvement: cent ans de Parti socialiste suisse, 1888-1988|location=Lausanne|publisher=Editions d'en bas|year=1988|pages=270–2|isbn=9782829000973}}</ref>
* [[May 29]] &ndash; The [[Disney animators' strike]] begins, due to lack of recognition by [[Walt Disney]] of his animators' inequities of pay and privileges.
* [[May 30]] &ndash; WWII: [[Manolis Glezos]] and [[Apostolos Santas]] tear down the [[Nazi swastika]] on the [[Acropolis]] in [[Athens]] and replace it with the [[Greek flag]].
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Iraqi War]]: British troops complete the re-occupation of the [[Kingdom of Iraq]], returning Prince [['Abd al-Ilah]] to power as regent for [[Faisal II of Iraq|Faisal II]].

=== June ===
{{Main|June 1941}}
* [[June 1]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Battle of Crete]] ends, as Crete surrenders to invading German forces.
* [[June 4]] – [[Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia]] are issued by Nazi high-command through OKW. This order (a lesser known precursor to the Commisar Order) explicitly commands that Jews (in addition to Bolshevik partisans and Commisars) be killed. In a sense, this order – in combination with the [[Commissar Order]] about to be delivered, and Goring's instruction to Heydrich to look into logistics later in the month, that is mentioned at the beginning of the [[Wannsee Conference]] of the following year – inaugurates the [[The Holocaust|European Holocaust of the Jews]].
* [[June 5]]
** [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]: Four thousand [[Chongqing]] residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the [[Bombing of Chongqing]].
** [[Smederevo Fortress explosion]]: A Serbian ammunition depot explodes at [[Smederevo]] on the outskirts of [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], killing 2,500 and injuring over 4,500.
* [[June 6]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Commissar Order]] is issued by ''[[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]]'', requiring all Soviet [[political commissar]]s identified in [[Operation Barbarossa]] among captured forces to receive [[summary execution]].
* [[June 8]] &ndash; WWII: British and [[Free France|Free French]] forces invade [[Syria]].
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union|TASS]], the official Soviet news agency, denies reports of tension between Germany and the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[June 14]]
** [[June deportation]]: [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] officials deport about 65,000 people from [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]] to [[Siberia]].
** All German and Italian assets in the United States are frozen.
* [[June 16]]
** All German and Italian consulates in the United States are ordered closed, and their staffs to leave the country by July 10.
** WWII: British [[Fleet Air Arm]] aircraft sink the [[Vichy France|Vichy]] [[French destroyer Chevalier Paul (1932)|French destroyer ''Chevalier Paul'']] off Syria.
* [[June 18]] &ndash; The [[German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship]] is signed between [[Nazi Germany]] and [[Turkey]], in [[Ankara]].
* [[June 20]]
** The [[United States Army Air Corps]] [[1941 in aviation#June|becomes]] the [[United States Army Air Forces]], with the earlier name reserved solely for the new USAAF's logistics and training elements.
** Walt Disney's live-action/animated feature ''[[The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)|The Reluctant Dragon]]'' is released.
* [[June 22]]
** WWII: [[Operation Barbarossa]]: [[Nazi Germany]] (with allies) invades the [[Soviet Union]] and [[German declaration of war on the Soviet Union|declares war on it]]. [[Winston Churchill]] promises all possible British assistance to the Soviet Union in a worldwide broadcast: "Any man or state who fights against Nazidom will have our aid. Any man or state who marches with Hitler is our foe." Italy and [[Romania]] declare war on the Soviet Union.
** WWII: The [[First Sisak Partisan Brigade]], the first anti-fascist armed unit in occupied Europe, is founded by [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|Yugoslav partisans]] near [[Sisak]], [[Croatia]].
** [[June Uprising in Lithuania]]: A [[Provisional Government of Lithuania]] is established by the [[Lithuanian Activist Front]], in an attempt to liberate [[Lithuania]] from [[Occupation of the Baltic states|Soviet occupation]].
** Rapid escalation of [[the Holocaust in Lithuania]]: Between now and the end of the year, an estimated 190,000-195,000 out of 210,000 [[Lithuanian Jews]] will be massacred, killing an estimated 95% of the nation's [[Jewish]] population.<ref name=Oshry>{{cite book|last=Oshry|first=Ephraim|title=Annihilation of Lithuanian Jewry|isbn=1-880582-18-X|publisher=Judaica Press|location=New York|year=1995}}</ref>
** [[Rapid Vienna]] beats [[Schalke 04]], in the final of the German ''Fottballchampionship'', after 0:3 with 4:3.
* [[June 23]] &ndash; WWII: [[Hungary]] and [[Slovakia]] declare war on the Soviet Union.
* [[June 24]]
** [[Rainiai massacre]]: Approximately 80 political prisoners are killed by the [[NKVD]] in Lithuania.
** The [[Soviet Information Bureau]], predecessor of [[RIA Novosti]], is founded.
* [[June 25]] &ndash; WWII: Finland (as a [[Co-belligerence|co-belligerent]] with Germany) attacks the [[Soviet Union]], starting the [[Continuation War]].
* [[June 25]]–[[June 29|29]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Kaunas pogrom]] &ndash; Thousands of Jews are massacred in Lithuania by local partisans and invading German forces.<ref name=Oshry/>
* [[June 28]] &ndash; WWII: [[Albania]] declares war on the Soviet Union.
* [[June 28]]&ndash;[[June 30|30]] &ndash; The Holocaust: [[Iași pogrom]] &ndash; "At least 13,266" [[Romanian Jews]] are massacred by local governmental forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zionism-israel.com/dic/iasi_pogrom.htm|title=Iasi Pogrom|work=Zionism and Israel - Encyclopedic Dictionary|accessdate=2025-04-07}}</ref>
* [[June 29]] &ndash; WWII: [[Hitler]]'s second-in-command, [[Reichsmarshall]] [[Hermann Göring]], is appointed as Hitler's successor in a written decree. The decree will come into effect, should Hitler die in the middle of the war. (The decree becomes void in April 1945, after Göring tries to assume power while Hitler is still alive, leading to Göring's expulsion from the [[Nazi Party]].)

===July===
{{Main|July 1941}}
* [[July]] &ndash; The British Army's [[Special Air Service]] is formed.
* [[July 1]]
** Commercial television is authorized by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] in the United States.
*** [[NBC]] Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for [[Bulova]] watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] and [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. The 10-second spot displays a picture of a clock superimposed on a map of the United States, accompanied by the voice-over "America runs on Bulova time."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bulova.com/about/about.aspx|title=About Bulova|website=Bulova|access-date=December 28, 2012|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220122718/http://bulova.com/about/about.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jeff560.tripod.com/chronotv.html|title=A U. S. Television Chronology, 1875-1970|publisher=}}</ref> As a one-off special, the first quiz show called "Uncle Bee" is telecast on WNBT's inaugural broadcast day, followed later the same day by [[Ralph Edwards]] hosting the second game show broadcast on U.S. television, ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'', as simulcast on radio and TV and sponsored by [[Ivory (soap)|Ivory]] Soap. Weekly broadcasts of the show commence in [[1956 in television|1956]], with [[Bob Barker]].
*** [[CBS Television Network|CBS Television]] begins commercial operation on New York station WCBW (modern-day [[WCBS-TV]]), on Channel 2.
** WWII:
*** German forces capture [[Riga]].<ref name="evans and gibbons">{{cite book|last1=Evans|first1=A. A.|last2=Gibbons|first2=David|date=2012|title=The Illustrated Timeline of World War II|location= |publisher=Rosen Publishing|page=69|isbn=978-1-4488-4795-2}}</ref>
*** Germany and Italy recognize the Japanese-sponsored [[Reorganized National Government of China|Chinese reorganized national government]] under [[Wang Jingwei]] as the legitimate government of China.
* [[July 2]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Empire of Japan]] calls up 1&nbsp;million men for military service.
* [[July 3]] &ndash; WWII: [[Joseph Stalin]], in his first address since the German invasion, calls upon the Soviet people to carry out a "[[scorched earth]]" policy of resistance to the bitter end.
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Massacre of Lviv professors]]: Polish scientists and writers are murdered by [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] troops in the occupied Polish city of [[Lviv|Lwów]].
* [[July 5]] &ndash; WWII:
** [[Operation Barbarossa]]: German troops reach the [[Dnieper River]].
** British [[troopship]] {{SS|Anselm}} is torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|German submarine|U-96|1940|6}} in the Atlantic Ocean, with the loss of around 250 out of about 1,310 on board.
* [[July 5]]–[[July 31|31]]: [[Ecuadorian–Peruvian War]] is fought.
* [[July 7]]
** [[Uprising in Serbia (1941)|Uprising in Serbia]]: The [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia|Communist Party of Yugoslavia]] raises an uprising against the Nazi occupation, beginning when [[Žikica Jovanović Španac]] [[Bela Crkva incident|kills two gendarmes]] in the village of [[Bela Crkva (Krupanj)|Bela Crkva]],
** WWII: American forces take over the defense of [[Iceland]] from the British.
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Jedwabne pogrom]]: Local ethnic [[Polish people|Poles]] massacre at least 340 Jewish residents of [[Jedwabne]], in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–45)|occupied Poland]]. The Jewish residents are locked in a barn and the barn set on fire<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jedwabne Tragedy|url=http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/classroom/J/|year=2000|publisher=Polish Academic Information Center, University at Buffalo|access-date=2012-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716185512/http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/classroom/J/|archive-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] &ndash; The [[Northern Rhodesian Labour Party]] holds its first congress in [[Nkana]].<ref name="Wood1983">{{cite book|author=J. R. T. Wood|title=The Welensky Papers: A History of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lzhzAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Graham Publishing|isbn=978-0-620-06410-1|page=80}}</ref>
* [[July 13]]
** WWII: [[Uprising in Montenegro (1941)|An uprising in Montenegro]] against the Axis powers starts, the second popular uprising in Europe (the first being the "[[February strike]]" of February 25 ''(above)'' in the Netherlands).
** [[Clemens August Graf von Galen]], Catholic Bishop of Münster in Germany, preaches the first of 3 sermons against Nazi brutality.
* [[July 14]] &ndash; WWII: [[Vichy France]] signs armistice terms ending all fighting in [[Syria]] and [[Lebanon]].
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Joe DiMaggio]]'s 56-game [[hitting streak]] ends.
* [[July 19]]
** WWII: A [[BBC]] broadcast by "Colonel Britton" ([[Douglas Ritchie]]) calls on the people of occupied Europe to resist the Nazis, under the slogan "V for Victory".
** The [[Tom and Jerry]] cartoon short ''[[The Midnight Snack]]'' is released; it is the second appearance for the duo, and the first in which they are officially named.
* [[July 23]] &ndash; WWII: Italian aircraft damage the British destroyer {{HMS|Fearless|H67|6}} which has to be sunk.
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Postal codes in Germany]] are introduced.
* [[July 26]] &ndash; WWII:
** In response to the Japanese occupation of [[French Indochina]], U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
** General [[Douglas MacArthur]] is named commander of all U.S. forces in the [[Philippines]]; the Philippines Army is ordered nationalized by President Roosevelt.
* [[July 28]]–[[August 29]] &ndash; The Holocaust: [[Pripyat Marshes massacres]] &ndash; Nazi German troops kill more than 17,000 Soviet citizens, chiefly Jewish civilians.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pieper|first=Henning|year=2015|title=Fegelein's Horsemen and Genocidal Warfare: the SS Cavalry Brigade in the Soviet Union|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=Basingstoke|isbn=978-1-137-45631-1}}</ref>
* [[July 29]] &ndash; The [[Vichy Regime]] signs the Protocol Concerning Joint Defense and Joint Military Cooperation with the [[Empire of Japan]], giving the Japanese a total of 8 airfields, allowing them greater troop presence, and the use of the Indochinese financial system, in return for continued French autonomy.
* [[July 30]] &ndash; WWII: [[Glina massacres#July–August 1941|Glina massacre of July–August 1941]] &ndash; The [[Ustaše]] brutally kill 200 [[Serbs]] inside a Serbian Orthodox church in [[Glina, Croatia]], with a total of 700–1,200 being killed in the area of the next few days.
* [[July 31]] &ndash; WWII: [[The Holocaust]]: Under instructions from [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Nazism|Nazi]] official [[Hermann Göring]] orders [[Schutzstaffel|S.S.]] General [[Reinhard Heydrich]] to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired [[Final Solution]] of the Jewish question."<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies|editor1=Hayes, Peter|editor2=Roth, John K.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2010|isbn=9780199211869|page=122}}</ref>

===August===
{{Main|August 1941}}
* [[August]] &ndash; The [[Political Warfare Executive]] is formed in the United Kingdom to disseminate propaganda to Germany and its occupied countries.
* [[August 1]] &ndash; The [[Willys MB]] U.S. Army [[Jeep]] is first produced.
* [[August 5]] &ndash; The [[Provisional Government of Lithuania]] is dissolved.
* [[August 6]] &ndash; Six-year-old [[Elaine Esposito]] goes to have an [[Vermiform appendix|appendix operation]] in [[Florida]] and lapses into a [[coma]], dying 37 years later, still comatose. 
* [[August 7]] &ndash; WWII: British submarine {{HMS|Severn|N57|6}} sinks an Italian [[Marconi-class submarine]].
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]] meet on board ship at [[Naval Station Argentia]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]]. The [[Atlantic Charter]] (released [[August 14]]), setting goals for postwar international cooperation, is created as a result.
* [[August 16]]
** [[The Holocaust]]: Units of the ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' and the ''[[Einsatzgruppen]]'' (as part of [[Operation Barbarossa]]) start killing Jewish children, signalling the start of the Jewish Genocide.
** {{HMS|Mercury|shore establishment|6}} Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near [[Petersfield]], Hampshire, England.
* [[August 19]] &ndash; The [[Tiraspol Agreement]] is signed between [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].<ref name=":99">{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309415043|title=The beginning of war in the East and hastening the approaches against the Jewish population|first1=Adina|last1=Babeș|first2=Alexandru|last2=Florian|journal=Holocaust. Studii și cercetări|issue=7|year=2014|pages=30–44}}</ref>
* [[August 21]] &ndash; In revenge for the execution two days earlier of [[French Resistance]] member [[Samuel Tyszelman]], communist activist [[Pierre Georges]] (with others) shoots and kills a member of the German military in occupied Paris, initiating a cycle of assassinations and retribution that will claim hundreds of lives.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hansen|first=Randall|year=2014|title=Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance After Valkyrie|url=https://archive.org/details/disobeyinghitler0000hans|url-access=registration|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/disobeyinghitler0000hans/page/31 31]|isbn=978-0-19-992792-0}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran]] to secure the [[Persian Corridor]] and oilfields begins.
* [[August 27]] &ndash; WWII: [[Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre]], 23,600 Jews are shot dead by [[Einsatzgruppen]] troops and local collaborators in Ukraine.
* [[August 28]] &ndash; WWII: [[Soviet evacuation of Tallinn]] &ndash; German troops capture [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] from the Soviet Union, while attacks on the evacuating Soviet ships leave more than 12,000 dead in one of the bloodiest naval battles of the war. German forces will capture the entire Estonian territory by December 6.
* [[August 29]]
** WWII: The [[Government of National Salvation]], a [[Serbs|Serb]] [[puppet state]] of the [[Axis powers]], is established by General [[Milan Nedić]] in [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia|Nazi-occupied Serbia]] in [[Belgrade]], under military commander [[Heinrich Danckelmann]]; the regime includes 15 Ministers.
** [[Robert Menzies]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Australia]], after losing the support of his [[United Australia Party|party]]. He will not return to the Prime Ministership until [[1949 Australian federal election|1949]]. [[Arthur Fadden]], leader of the [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]], consequently becomes Prime Minister, while former Prime Minister [[Billy Hughes]] [[1941 United Australia Party leadership election|replaces]] Menzies as UAP leader.
* [[August 30]]
** German troopship ''Bahia Laura'' is sunk by British submarine {{HMS|Trident|N52}}; 450 are killed.
** [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] sign another treaty, the [[Tighina Agreement]].<ref name=":99" />
* [[August 31]]
** WWII ([[Uprising in Serbia (1941)|Uprising in Serbia]]): [[Battle of Loznica (1941)|Battle of Loznica]]: [[Chetniks]] capture the town of [[Loznica]] in [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia|Nazi-occupied Serbia]].
** ''[[The Great Gildersleeve]]'' debuts on [[NBC]] Radio in the United States.

===September===
{{Main|September 1941}}
* September
** The word "[[Teenager (word)|Teenager]]" is first recorded in print as a singular conjoined noun, in ''[[Popular Science]]'' magazine (U.S.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englishproject.org/april-teen-speak|title=Teen Speak|work=The English Project|date=April 2008|accessdate=2024-06-28}}</ref>
** WWII: The [[Royal Scots Greys]], stationed in the Middle East, receive their first tanks, being the last of the [[cavalry regiments of the British Army]] to have abandoned horses for combat operations.<ref>{{cite book|first=Charles|last=Grant|title=Royal Scots Greys|location=Reading|publisher=Osprey|year=1972|isbn=0850450594|page=34}}</ref>
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: ''[[SS]]-[[Hauptsturmführer]]'' [[Karl Fritzsch]] first uses the pesticide [[Zyklon B]] to execute [[Soviet]] [[prisoners of war]] ''en masse'' at [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]; eventually it will be used to kill about 1.2&nbsp;million people.
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: The requirement to wear a [[yellow badge]] with the [[Star of David]] and the word "Jew" (''Jude'') inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; WWII: [[Siege of Leningrad]] &ndash; German forces begin a siege against the [[Soviet Union]]'s second-largest city, [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]. Stalin orders the [[Volga German]]s deported to Siberia.
* [[September 11]]
** WWII: [[Charles Lindbergh]] delivers his [[Des Moines speech]] at an [[America First Committee]] rally in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], accusing "the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration" of leading the United States toward war. Widespread condemnation of Lindbergh follows.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dunn |first=Susan |title=1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |year=2013 |isbn=9780300205749 |pages=301–303}}</ref>
** The [[Medvedev Forest massacre]] of political prisoners takes place, at the [[Oryol Prison]] in the Soviet Union.
** Construction on [[the Pentagon]] begins in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* [[September 12]]
** WWII: The first snowfall is reported on the Russian front.
** Franklin Roosevelt gives one of his [[fireside chats]], on the [[USS Greer (DD-145)|USS ''Greer'']] incident.
* [[September 14]] &ndash; The State of [[Vermont]] "declares war" on Germany, by defining the United States to be in "armed conflict", in order to extend a wartime bonus to Vermonters in the service.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2011/09/14/this_day_in_history/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118101637/http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-14/lifestyle/30156127_1_actor-adam-lamberg-actor-walter-koenig-danielle-peck|archive-date=2013-01-18|title=Vermont declares war on Germany|newspaper=Boston.com |url-status=live|publisher=}}</ref>
* [[September 15]] &ndash; The [[Estonian Self-Administration]], headed by [[Hjalmar Mäe]], is appointed by the German military administration.
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Rezā Shāh]] of [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]] is forced to resign in favor of his son [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], under pressure from the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, concluding the [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran]].
* [[September 16]]–[[September 30|30]] &ndash; The [[Nikolaev massacre]] takes place in [[Mykolaiv]] (Soviet Union); 35,782 men, women and children, mostly Jews, are killed by ''[[Einsatzgruppe D]]'' and local collaborators.
* [[September 22]] &ndash; The town of [[Reshetylivka]] in the [[Soviet Union]] is occupied by German forces.
* [[September 23]] &ndash; The [[1941 Texas hurricane]] makes landfall near [[Bay City, Texas]], causing extensive damage and flooding in [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]] and [[Houston]].
* [[September 27]]
** WWII: The [[National Liberation Front (Greece)]] (the main [[Greek Resistance]] movement) is established, and [[Georgios Siantos]] is appointed its first acting leader.
** The first [[liberty ship]], the {{SS|Patrick Henry}}, is launched at [[Baltimore]].
* [[September 28]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Drama Uprising]] against the [[Bulgaria]]n [[Axis occupation of Greece|occupation]] in northern Greece begins.
* [[September 29]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Moscow Conference (1941)|Moscow Conference]] begins; U.S. representative [[Averell Harriman]] and British representative [[Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook|Lord Beaverbrook]] meet with Soviet foreign minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], to arrange urgent assistance for Russia.
* [[September 29]]–[[September 30|30]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Babi Yar massacre]] &ndash; German troops, assisted by Ukrainian police and local collaborators, kill 33,771 Jews in Kyiv.

===October===
{{Main|October 1941}}

* Mid-October &ndash; The first [[P-38E Lightning]] fighter is produced by [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]] in the United States.
* [[October 1]]
** [[The Holocaust]]: The [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[Majdanek concentration camp]] (''Konzentrationslager Lublin'') opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–45)|occupied Poland]], on the outskirts of the town of [[Lublin]]. Between October 1941 and July 1944, at least 200,000 people will be killed in the camp.
** The [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy]] becomes the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]].
* [[October 2]]
** WWII: [[Operation Typhoon]] begins, as Germany launches an all-out offensive against Moscow.
** [[Tudeh Party of Iran]] is founded.
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: In [[Berdychiv]], 20–30,000 Jews are shot dead.
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[John Curtin]] becomes the 14th [[Prime Minister of Australia]], following the defeat of [[Arthur Fadden]]'s [[National Party of Australia|Country]]/[[United Australia Party|UAP]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Fadden government|government]], on the floor of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].
* [[October 8]] &ndash; WWII: In their invasion of the [[Soviet Union]], Germany reaches the [[Sea of Azov]], with the capture of [[Mariupol]].
* [[October 11]] &ndash; WWII: Armed insurgents from the [[People's Liberation Army of Macedonia]] attack [[Axis powers|Axis]]-occupied zones in the city of [[Prilep]], beginning the [[World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia|National Liberation War of Macedonia]].
* [[October 11]]&ndash;[[October 12|12]] &ndash; Fire destroys a [[American Printing Company (Fall River Iron Works)|Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]] plant in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], consuming 15,850 tons of [[rubber]], and causing a setback to the United States military effort.<ref>{{cite news|title=No Sabotage Found in Firestone Blaze by FBI Men Making Probe|location=Fall River|newspaper=[[The Herald News]]|date=1941-10-14|page=1}}</ref>
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Heinrich Himmler]] instructs [[SS and Police Leader]] [[Odilo Globocnik]] to begin construction of [[Bełżec extermination camp|Bełżec]], the first of the [[Operation Reinhard]] [[extermination camp]]s.
* [[October 15]] &ndash; WWII: British submarine {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} bombards the port of [[Apollonia, Cyrenaica]] in [[Italian Libya]].
* [[October 16]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government moves to Kuibyshev (modern [[Samara, Russia|Samara]]), but [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] remains in Moscow.
* [[October 17]] &ndash; WWII: Destroyer {{USS|Kearny|DD-432|6}} is torpedoed and damaged near [[Iceland]], killing 11 sailors (the first American military casualties of the war, in which the US is at this time neutral).
* [[October 18]] &ndash; General [[Hideki Tōjō]] becomes the 40th [[Prime Minister of Japan]].
* [[October 18]] &ndash; Film ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' is released in the United States, starring [[Humphrey Bogart]] and directed by [[John Huston]].
* [[October 21]]
** WWII: [[Kragujevac massacre]] &ndash; German soldiers and local auxiliaries massacre more than 2,000 civilian men at [[Kragujevac]], in [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia|Nazi-occupied Serbia]].
** Comic book superheroine [[Wonder Woman]], created by [[William Moulton Marston]] and [[H. G. Peter]], makes her first appearance in ''[[All Star Comics]]'' #8, "[[Introducing Wonder Woman]]", in the US ([[cover date]] December 1941).
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Walt Disney]]'s fourth [[animated film]] ''[[Dumbo]]'' is released in the United States.
* [[October 25]] &ndash; WWII: German fighter pilot [[Franz von Werra]] disappears during a flight over the North Sea.
* [[October 29]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941]] &ndash; Over 9,200 [[Lithuanian Jews]] are shot dead.
* [[October 30]]
** WWII: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], President of the United States, approves US$1&nbsp;billion in [[Lend-Lease]] aid to the [[Soviet Union]].
** The [[Holocaust]]: 1,500 Jews from [[Pidhaitsi]] (in western Ukraine) are sent by the Nazis to the [[Bełżec extermination camp]].
* [[October 31]]
** WWII: Destroyer {{USS|Reuben James|DD-245|6}}, on convoy escort, is accidentally torpedoed by a German [[U-boat]] near [[Iceland]], killing more than 100 [[United States Navy]] sailors.
** The last day of carving on [[Mount Rushmore]] in [[South Dakota]].

===November===
{{Main|November 1941}}
* [[November 5]] &ndash; WWII: The United States holds peace talks with Japan.
* [[November 6]] &ndash; WWII: Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] addresses the [[Soviet Union]] for only the second time during his three-decade rule (the first time was earlier this year on [[July 2]]). He states that 350,000 Soviet troops have been killed in German attacks, but that the Germans have lost 4.5&nbsp;million soldiers (a gross exaggeration), and that Soviet victory is near.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memo from Joseph Stalin about Opening of Second Front during World War II, August 13, 1942 {{!}} State Historical Society of Iowa |url=https://history.iowa.gov/history/education/educator-resources/primary-source-sets/world-war-ii/memo-joseph-stalin-about |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=history.iowa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stalin |first=Joseph |date=November 6, 1941 |title=Speech at Celebration Meeting of the Moscow Soviet of Working People's Deputies and Moscow Party and Public Organization |url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1941/11/06.htm |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=Marxist.org}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] &ndash; WWII: The Soviet hospital ship ''[[Armenia (Soviet hospital ship)|Armenia]]'' is sunk by German aircraft while evacuating refugees, wounded military and the staff of several [[Crimea]]n hospitals. It is estimated that more than 5,000 die in the sinking.
* [[November 10]] &ndash; In a speech at the [[Mansion House, London]], [[Winston Churchill]] promises "should the United States become involved in war with Japan, the British declaration will follow within the hour".
* [[November 12]] &ndash; WWII: 
** As the [[Battle of Moscow]] begins, temperatures around Moscow drop to −12&nbsp;°C, and the [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Ski warfare|ski troops]] for the first time, against the freezing German forces near the city.
** Soviet cruiser [[Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina|''Chervona Ukraina'']] is hit three times in the Severnaya Bay by bombs from German [[Junkers Ju 87]] Stuka [[dive bomber]]s from [[Sturzkampfgeschwader 77|II./StG 77]] during the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42)|Siege of Sevastopol]].<ref>Robert Forczyk (2008). Sevastopol 1942, Von Manstein's triumph, p. 40. {{ISBN|978-1-84603-221-9}}</ref>
* [[November 14]]
** WWII: British [[aircraft carrier]] {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|6}} sinks under tow off [[Gibraltar]], after being torpedoed the previous day by {{ship|German submarine|U-81|1941|6}}.
** [[The Holocaust]]: In [[Slonim]] ([[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]]), German forces engaged in [[Operation Barbarossa]] murder 9,000 Jews.
* [[November 17]] &ndash; WWII: [[Joseph Grew]], the United States ambassador to Japan, cables to Washington, D.C. a warning, that Japan may strike suddenly and unexpectedly.
* [[November 18]] &ndash; WWII: [[Operation Crusader]], a [[British Eighth Army]] operation to relieve the [[Siege of Tobruk]] in North Africa, begins.
* [[November 19]] &ndash; WWII: [[Sinking of HMAS Sydney|Battle between HMAS ''Sydney'' and German auxiliary cruiser ''Kormoran'']] &ndash; Both [[commerce raiding]] [[German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran|German auxiliary cruiser ''Kormoran'']] and Australian cruiser {{HMAS|Sydney|1934|6}} sink following a battle off the coast of Western Australia. There are no survivors from the 645 Australian sailors aboard ''Sydney''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Muggenthaler|first=August Karl|title=German Raiders of WWII|publisher=Prentice-Hall|year=1977|isbn=0-13-354027-8|pages=186–191}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; The live [[blues]] radio program ''[[King Biscuit Time]]'' is broadcast for the first time on [[KFFA (AM)|KFFA]] in [[Helena, Arkansas]]; it will attain its 17,000th broadcast in 2014 making it the longest-running daily American radio broadcast.
* [[November 22]] &ndash; WWII: British heavy cruiser {{HMS|Devonshire|39|6}} sinks [[commerce raiding]] {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||6}}, ending the longest warship cruise of the war (622 days without in-port replenishment or repair).<ref>{{cite book|last=Muggenthaler|first=August Karl|title=German Raiders of WWII|publisher=Prentice-Hall|year=1977|isbn=0-13-354027-8|page=114}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] &ndash; WWII: 
** The [[Hull note]] (Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan), named for [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Cordell Hull]], is delivered to the [[Empire of Japan]] by the United States.
** A task force of 6 [[aircraft carrier]]s, commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral [[Chūichi Nagumo]], leaves [[Kasatka Bay|Hitokapu Bay]] for [[Pearl Harbor]], under strict [[radio silence]].
* [[November 27]]
** WWII: Germans reach their closest approach to Moscow. They are subsequently frozen by cold weather and stopped by attacks by the [[Soviets]].
** A group of young men stop traffic on U.S. Highway 99 south of [[Yreka, California]], handing out fliers proclaiming the establishment of the [[Jefferson (proposed Pacific state)|State of Jefferson]].
* [[November 30]] and [[December 8]] &ndash; [[Rumbula massacre]]: Nazi forces kill approximately 24,000 [[Latvian Jews]] and 1,000 [[German Jews]] outside of [[Riga]].

===December===
{{Main|December 1941}}
* [[December 1]] &ndash; WWII:
** [[Fiorello La Guardia]], Mayor of New York City and Director of the [[Office of Civilian Defense]], signs [[s:Administrative Order 9|Administrative Order 9]], creating the [[Civil Air Patrol]] under the authority of the [[United States Army Air Forces]].
** A state of emergency is declared in [[British Malaya]] and the [[Straits Settlements]].
* [[December 2]] &ndash; WWII: The code message "Climb Mount Niitaka" is transmitted to the Japanese task force, indicating that negotiations have broken down and that the attack on Pearl Harbor is to be carried out according to plan.
* [[December 4]] &ndash; The [[Jefferson (proposed Pacific state)|State of Jefferson]] is declared in [[Yreka, California]], with a judge, John Childs, as governor.
* [[December 5]] &ndash; WWII: The United Kingdom declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
* [[December 6]] &ndash; WWII:
** Soviet counterattacks begin against German troops encircling Moscow. The [[German Army|''Heer'']] is subsequently pushed back over {{convert|200|mi|km|abbr=on}}.
** British submarine {{HMS|Perseus|N36|6}} is [[Naval mine|mine]]d off [[Cephalonia]].
* [[December 7]] ([[December 8]] &ndash; 3:18&nbsp;a.m., [[Japan Standard Time]]) &ndash; WWII:
** [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]: Aircraft flying from [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[Aircraft carrier|carrier]]s launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at [[Pearl Harbor]] in [[Territory of Hawaii|Hawaii]], thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55&nbsp;a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26&nbsp;p.m. [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]] (19.26 [[GMT]]).
** The [[Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire]] is published in Japanese evening newspapers, but not formally delivered to the U.S. until the following day. Canada declares war on Japan.
** Adolf Hitler makes his ''[[Nacht und Nebel]]'' decree, declaring that all political prisoners and those involved in both [[German resistance to Nazism]] and resistance to Nazism throughout [[German-occupied Europe]] are to be apprehended by the [[Gestapo]], [[Sicherheitsdienst]] and other security forces under [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s control.
** [[Tobruk]]'s British and Commonwealth garrison is relieved after Axis forces under Rommel withdraw.
* [[December 8]] 
** WWII: The [[Battle of Hong Kong]] begins shortly after 8:00&nbsp;a.m. ([[Hong Kong Time|local time]]), less than 8 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when Japanese forces invade [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], which is defended by British, Canadian and local troops. The United Kingdom officially declares war on the [[Empire of Japan]].
** WWII: The Japanese invade the [[Shanghai International Settlement]], to occupy the British and the American sectors, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
** WWII: The Japanese invasion of the Philippines begins 10 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when Japanese forces invade [[Luzon]] and destroy U.S. aircraft on [[Clark Field]].<ref name=WWIIDD>{{cite book|first=Antony|last=Shaw|title=World War II Day by Day|location=Staplehurst|publisher=Spellmount|year=2005|isbn=1-86227-304-9}}</ref>
** WWII: President of the United States [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] delivers his "[[Infamy Speech]]" to a [[Joint session of the United States Congress]] at 12:30&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] (17.30 [[GMT]]). Transmitted live over all four major national networks, it attracts the largest audience ever for an American radio broadcast, over 81% of homes.<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert J.|last=Brown|title=Manipulating the Ether: the Power of Broadcast Radio in Thirties America|url=https://archive.org/details/manipulatingethe0000brow|url-access=registration|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manipulatingethe0000brow/page/117 117–120]|location=Jefferson, NC|publisher=McFarland & Co|year=1998|isbn=0-7864-2066-9}}</ref> Within an hour, Congress agrees to the President's request for a [[United States declaration of war upon Japan]], and he signs it at 4:10&nbsp;p.m.
** WWII: [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], The Netherlands, the Free French, Yugoslavia, [[Costa Rica]], [[Cuba]], [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]] and [[Honduras]] also officially declare war on Japan, and the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] declares war on the [[Axis powers]].<ref name=WWIIDD/>
** WWII: Japanese forces attack [[British Malaya]] and [[Thailand]].<ref name=WWIIDD/>
** WWII: The German advance on Moscow (Operation Typhoon) is suspended for the winter.<ref name=WWIIDD/>
** [[The Holocaust]]: The [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[Chełmno extermination camp]] opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–45)|occupied Poland]], near the village of [[Chełmno nad Nerem]] (Kulmhof) and the first mass gassing of Jews begins here when the SS use gas vans to murder people from the [[Łódź Ghetto]]. Between December 1941–April 1943 and June 1944–January 1945, at least 153,000 Jews will be killed in the camp.
* [[December 10]] &ndash; WWII: 
**British battleship {{HMS|Prince of Wales|53|6}} and battlecruiser [[HMS Repulse (1916)|HMS ''Repulse'']] are sunk by Japanese aircraft in the [[South China Sea]] north of [[Singapore]].
**The [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] officially declares war on Japan.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; WWII:
** [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] and [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Italy]] [[German declaration of war against the United States|declare war on the United States]]. The U.S. responds in kind.
** [[Mildred Gillars]] ("Axis Sally") delivers her first [[propaganda]] broadcast to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] troops.
* [[December 11]]&ndash;[[December 13|13]] &ndash; WWII: [[Battle of Jitra]]: Japanese compel British troops to withdraw from their positions in Malaya.
* [[December 12]] &ndash; WWII:
** [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] declare war on the United States.
** [[British India]] declares war on the [[Empire of Japan]].
** The United States seizes the French liner {{SS|Normandie}}.
** The Kimura Detachment of the Japanese Imperial forces occupies Legaspi, Albay, [[Philippines]].
* [[December 13]]
** WWII: The United Kingdom, New Zealand and South Africa declare war on Bulgaria; Hungary declares war on the United States; and Honduras declares war on Germany and Italy.
** WWII: The [[Battle of Cape Bon (1941)|Battle of Cape Bon]] is fought off [[Cape Bon]], [[Tunisia]]: Italian cruisers ''[[Italian cruiser Alberico da Barbiano|Alberico da Barbiano]]'' and ''[[Italian cruiser Alberto di Giussano|Alberto di Giussano]]'' are sunk without loss to the Allies.
** Sweden's low temperature record of −53&nbsp;°C is set in a village within the [[Vilhelmina Municipality]].
* [[December 14]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Independent State of Croatia]] declares war on the United States and the United Kingdom.
* [[December 15]] &ndash; WWII: At [[Drobytsky Yar]], 15,000 Jews are shot dead by German troops.
* [[December 19]] &ndash; WWII: 
** Hitler becomes Supreme [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|Nazi Army]].
** [[Raid on Alexandria (1941)|Raid on Alexandria]]: Italian [[Regia Marina]] divers on [[human torpedo]]es place [[limpet mine]]s on ships of the British [[Royal Navy]] [[Mediterranean Fleet]] in port at [[Alexandria]], Egypt, disabling battleships [[HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'']] and [[HMS Valiant (1914)|''Valiant'']].
** Twelve days after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]] graduates its "Class of 1942" a semester early, so as to induct the graduating students without delay into the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as officers, for immediate stationing in the war.<ref>[http://www.usna.com/page.aspx?pid=700 The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and the United States Naval Academy Foundation website], usna.com; accessed December 4, 2014.</ref> 
* [[December 21]]
** [[Thailand]] and Japan sign a military alliance.
** [[The Holocaust]]: The [[Stanisławów Ghetto]] is established.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Arcadia Conference]] opens in Washington, D.C., the first meeting on military strategy between the heads of government of the United Kingdom and the United States, following the latter's entry into the war.
* [[December 23]] &ndash; WWII: A second Japanese landing attempt on [[Wake Island]] is successful, and the American garrison surrenders, after a full night and morning of fighting.
* [[December 24]] &ndash; WWII:
** British forces capture [[Benghazi]].
** Dutch submarine [[HNLMS K XVI|HNLMS ''K XVI'']] is the first Allied ship to sink a Japanese warship, sinking the destroyer ''[[Sagiri]]'' near [[Sarawak]];  ''K XVI'' is herself torpedoed the following day by Japanese submarine [[Japanese submarine I-66|''I-66'']].
* [[December 25]] &ndash; WWII:
** The [[Battle of Hong Kong]] ends after 17 days, with the surrender of the British [[Crown colony]] to the Japanese.
** Admiral [[Émile Muselier]] seizes the archipelago of [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] off Newfoundland, the first part of France to be liberated by the [[Free French Forces]].
* [[December 26]] &ndash; WWII: [[Winston Churchill]] becomes the first British Prime Minister to address a [[joint session of the United States Congress]].
* [[December 27]] &ndash; WWII: [[British Commandos]] raid the Norwegian port of [[Måløy]] on [[Vågsøy (island)|Vågsøy island]], causing Hitler to reinforce the garrison and defenses, drawing vital troops away from other areas.

===Date unknown===
* The ''[[Classics Illustrated|Classic Comics]]'' series is launched in the United States, with a version of ''[[The Three Musketeers]]''.
* Chosun Tire and Rubber Manufacture, predecessor of [[South Korea]]n [[tire]] [[brand]] [[Hankook]], is founded in [[Seoul]] (at this time part of the Empire of Japan).{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
* Factory Canteen, predecessor of multinational [[foodservice]] company [[Compass Group]], is founded in England by Jack Bateman.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Long|first=Vicky|date=2014|title=Situating the factory canteen in discourses of health and industrial work in Britain (1914-1939)|journal=[[Le Mouvement Social]]|volume=2|issue=247|pages=65–83|doi=10.3917/lms.247.0065|issn=0027-2671|pmc=4113673|pmid=25082999}}</ref>

==Births==
{{BDToC|births}}

===January===
[[File:Abdiqasimsalad.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Abdiqasim Salad Hassan]]]]
[[File:HayaoMiyazakiCCJuly09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hayao Miyazaki]]]]
[[File:HSB 2005 - Joan Baez.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joan Baez]]]]
[[File:Faye Dunaway Cannes 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Faye Dunaway]]]]
[[File:Concierto de Plácido Domingo (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Plácido Domingo]]]]
[[File:Neil Diamond HWOF Aug 2012 other (levels adjusted and cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Neil Diamond]]]]
[[File:Aaron Neville.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Aaron Neville]]]]
[[File:46 Dick Cheney 3x4.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dick Cheney]]]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Asrani]], Indian actor and director
** [[Dardo Cabo]], Argentine journalist, activist (d. [[1977]])
** [[Martin Evans]], British biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] laureate
** [[Abdiqasim Salad Hassan]], Somali politician, 5th [[President of Somalia]]
* [[January 3]] – [[Shima Iwashita]], Japanese actress
* [[January 4]]
** [[Maureen Reagan]], American political activist (d. [[2001]])
** [[John Bennett Perry]], American actor, singer and former model
* [[January 5]]
** [[Harvey Hall (politician)|Harvey Hall]], American businessman, politician (d. [[2018]]) 
** [[Chuck McKinley]], American tennis player (d. [[1986]])
** [[Hayao Miyazaki]], Japanese film director, screenwriter
** [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]], Indian cricketer (d. [[2011]])
* [[January 7]]
** [[Iona Brown]], British violinist, conductor (d. [[2004]])
** [[Frederick D. Gregory]], African-American astronaut
** [[John E. Walker]], British chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[January 8]] 
** [[Graham Chapman]], British comedian (''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'') (d. [[1989]])
** [[Boris Vallejo]], Peruvian painter
* [[January 9]] 
** [[Joan Baez]], American singer, songwriter and activist
** [[Reza Sheikholeslami]], Professor of Persian Studies (d. [[2018]])
* [[January 10]] – [[José Greci]], Italian actress (d. [[2017]])
* [[January 11]]
** [[Dave Edwards (musician)|Dave Edwards]], American musician (d. [[2000]])
** [[Gérson]], Brazilian footballer
** [[Pak Seung-zin]], North Korean footballer (d. [[2011]])
** [[Jimmy Velvit]], American singer/songwriter
* [[January 12]] – [[Long John Baldry]], English singer (d. [[2005]])
* [[January 13]] – [[Pasqual Maragall]], Spanish politician
* [[January 14]]
** [[Faye Dunaway]], American actress
** [[Milan Kučan]], Slovenian politician, 1st [[President of Slovenia]]
* [[January 15]] – [[Captain Beefheart]], American singer (d. [[2010]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Mircea Snegur]], 1st [[President of Moldova]]
* [[January 18]] 
** [[Bobby Goldsboro]], American pop and country singer-songwriter
** [[David Ruffin]], African-American singer ([[the Temptations]]) (d. [[1991]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Pat Patterson (wrestler)|Pat Patterson]], Canadian professional wrestler (d. [[2020]])
* [[January 20]]
** [[Clift Tsuji]], American politician (d. [[2016]])
** [[Allan Young]], English footballer (d. [[2009]])
* [[January 21]] 
** [[Plácido Domingo]], Spanish opera singer, conductor and arts administrator
** [[Richie Havens]], African-American musician (d. [[2013]])
** [[Ivan Putski]], Polish-American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
* [[January 22]] – [[Rintaro]], Japanese anime director
* [[January 24]]
** [[Neil Diamond]], American singer, songwriter
** [[Aaron Neville]], African-American singer
** [[Dan Shechtman]], Israeli chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[January 27]] 
** [[Bobby Hutcherson]], African-American jazz musician (d. [[2016]])
** [[Beatrice Tinsley]], English astronomer (d. [[1981]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Fernando Serena]], Spanish footballer (d. [[2018]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Robin Morgan]], Poet, author, political theorist, activist, journalist, lecturer, and editor
* [[January 30]]
** [[Gregory Benford]], American author and astrophysicist
** [[Tineke Lagerberg]], Dutch swimmer
** [[Dick Cheney]], 46th [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. [[2025]])
* [[January 31]]
** [[Dick Gephardt]], American politician 
** [[Eugène Terre'Blanche]], South African farmer, pro-apartheid activist (d. [[2010]])
** [[Jessica Walter]], American actress (d. [[2021]])

===February===
[[File:Nick Nolte 2008 (2544500287).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nick Nolte]]]]
[[File:SergioMENDESFeb2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sérgio Mendes]]]]
[[File:Kim Jong-il on 24 August 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kim Jong-il]]]]
[[File:Paddy Ashdown (2005) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paddy Ashdown]]]]
* [[February 1]]
** [[Karl Dall]], German comedian, singer and television presenter (d. [[2020]])
** [[Jerry Spinelli]], American author
* [[February 3]]
** [[Dory Funk Jr.]], American professional wrestler
** [[Howard Phillips (activist)|Howard Phillips]], American politician (d. [[2013]])
* [[February 4]] 
** [[Laisenia Qarase]], Fijian politician (d. [[2020]])
** [[John Steel (drummer)|John Steel]], English drummer
* [[February 5]]
** [[Stephen J. Cannell]], American director, producer (d. [[2010]])
** [[Henson Cargill]], American country music singer (d. [[2007]])
** [[David Selby]], American actor
** [[Barrett Strong]], American Motown singer-songwriter (d. [[2023]])
** [[Kaspar Villiger]], Swiss politician
** [[Cory Wells]], American rock singer ([[Three Dog Night]]) (d. [[2015]])
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Stephen Albert]], American composer (d. [[1992]])
* [[February 8]]
** [[Nick Nolte]], American actor
** [[Jagjit Singh]], Indian singer, composer and musician (d. [[2011]])
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Kermit Gosnell]], American abortionist and serial killer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/04/15/the-gosnell-case-heres-what-you-need-to-know/|title=The Gosnell case: Here's what you need to know|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |publisher=}}</ref>
* [[February 10]] – [[Michael Apted]], British film director (d. [[2021]])
* [[February 11]] 
** [[Sergio Mendes]], Brazilian jazz musician (d. [[2024]])
** [[Sonny Landham]], American actor (d. [[2017]])
* [[February 12]] 
** [[Hubert Marcoux]], Canadian solo sailor and author (d. [[2009]])
** [[Naomi Uemura]], Japanese adventurer (d. [[1984]])
* [[February 13]]
** [[Sigmar Polke]], German painter (d. [[2010]])
** [[Bo Svenson]], Swedish-American actor
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Florinda Bolkan]], Brazilian actress and model
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Kim Jong Il]], [[Leader of North Korea|Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] (d. [[2011]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Irma Thomas]], African-American singer
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[David Gross]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], America singer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leo |first1=Geoff |last2=Woloshyn |first2=Roxanna |last3=Guerriero |first3=Guerriero |title=Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? |url=https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/buffy-sainte-marie |access-date=31 October 2023 |work=CBC News |date=October 27, 2023}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] 
** [[Hipólito Mejía]], [[President of the Dominican Republic]] (2000–2004)
** [[Yau Leung]], Hong Kong photographer (d. [[1997]])
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Paddy Ashdown]], British politician, diplomat (d. [[2018]])

===March===
[[File:Pawn Stars "Old Man".png|thumb|100px|[[Richard Benjamin Harrison]]]]
[[File:Mike Love Earth Day.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mike Love]]]]
[[File:Bernardo Bertolucci, film director.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bernardo Bertolucci]]]]
[[File:Bruno Ganz 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bruno Ganz]]]]
[[File:Dinner with Richard Dawkins and CFI... like a candle in the dark.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Dawkins]]]]
* [[March 4]] 
** [[Richard Benjamin Harrison]], American businessman, reality TV star (d. [[2018]])
** [[Adrian Lyne]], English film director
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Peter Brötzmann]], German jazz saxophonist (d. [[2023]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Andrei Mironov (actor)|Andrei Mironov]], Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor (d. [[1987]])
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Ernesto Miranda]], American criminal (d. [[1976]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[George P. Smith (chemist)|George P. Smith]], American biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[March 11]] – [[Shelly Zegart]], American quilt historian (d. [[2025]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shelly Zegart Obituary (2025) - Louisville, KY - Herman Meyer & Son, Inc. |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/shelly-zegart-obituary?id=58974436 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[Erkki Salmenhaara]], Finnish composer (d. [[2002]])
* [[March 13]] – [[Mahmoud Darwish]], Palestinian poet and author (d. [[2008]])
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Petersen]], German film director (d. [[2022]])
* [[March 15]] 
** [[Mike Love]], American musician (''[[Beach Boys]]'') 
** [[Song Zhenzhong]], Chinese child internee and revolutionary martyr (d. [[1949]])<ref>{{Cite news
 |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2021/09-07/9559693.shtml
  |script-title=zh:宋绮云、徐林侠：革命伴侣共谱赞歌
 |trans-title=The Short but Brilliant Eight-Year Life of "Little Radish Head" Song Zhenzhong
 |date=24 May 2019
|work=Beijing News
 |publisher=[[China News Service]]
 |last1=Zhang 
 |first1=Jingshu
 |author1-mask=Zhang Jingshu (张静姝)
 |language=Chinese
 |accessdate=15 October 2024
|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20241015145206/https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2021/09-07/9559693.shtml
 |archivedate=15 October 2024 }}</ref>
* [[March 16]]
** [[Bernardo Bertolucci]], Italian film director (d. [[2018]])
** [[Robert Guéï]], military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. [[2002]])
** [[Chuck Woolery]], American game show host (d. [[2024]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Paul Kantner]], American rock guitarist (''[[Jefferson Airplane]]'') (d. [[2016]])
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Wilson Pickett]], African-American singer (d. [[2006]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Kenji Kimihara]], Japanese long-distance runner
* [[March 21]] – [[Dirk Frimout]], Belgian cosmonaut and astrophysicist
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Bruno Ganz]], Swiss actor (d. [[2019]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Jim Trelease]], American educator, author (d. [[2022]])
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Richard Dawkins]], British scientist
* [[March 27]]
** [[Ivan Gašparovič]], 3rd [[President of Slovakia]]
** [[Bunny Sigler]], American singer, songwriter and record producer (d. [[2017]])
* [[March 28]]
** [[Alf Clausen]], American composer (d. [[2025]])
** [[Philip Fang]], Hong Kong [[simultaneous interpretation]] specialist, United Nations official (d. [[2013]])
** [[Jim Turner (placekicker)|Jim Turner]], American football player (d. [[2023]])
** [[Rolf Zacher]], German actor (d. [[2018]])
** [[Jaime Pardo Leal]], Colombian lawyer, union leader, and politician (d. [[1987]])
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.]], American astrophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[March 30]] 
** [[Graeme Edge]], British rock drummer, songwriter (''[[The Moody Blues]]'') (d. [[2021]])
** [[Wasim Sajjad]], [[President of Pakistan]]
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Rosario Green]], Mexican economist, diplomat and politician (d. [[2017]])

===April===
[[File:Eric Braeden - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eric Braeden]]]]
[[File:2022_Michael_D._Higgins_(51988246304)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael D. Higgins]]]]
[[File:Ryan Oneal - 1968.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ryan O'Neal]]]]
[[File:Ann Margret 1968.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ann-Margret]]]]
[[File:Barry Sharpless 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Karl Barry Sharpless]]]]
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Dr. Demento]] (Barret Eugene Hansen), American radio disc jockey, novelty music collector
* [[April 3]]
** [[Jan Berry]], American singer (''Jan & Dean'') (d. [[2004]])
** [[Eric Braeden]], German-born American actor
** [[Jorma Hynninen]], Finnish baritone
** [[Philippé Wynne]], American musician (d. [[1984]])
* [[April 5]]
** [[Michael Moriarty]], American-Canadian actor
** [[Dave Swarbrick]], English folk musician (d. [[2016]])
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Phil Austin]], American comedian (''[[The Firesign Theater]]'') (d. [[2015]])
* [[April 7]]
** [[Mussum]], Brazilian actor and musician (d. [[1994]])
** [[Cornelia Frances]], British-born Australian actress (d. [[2018]])
** [[Gorden Kaye]], British actor (''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'') (d. [[2017]])
** [[{{fakau'a}}Akilisi Pōhiva]], Tongan politician and activist, 15th [[Prime Minister of Tonga]] (d. [[2019]])
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Peggy Lennon]], American singer (''[[The Lennon Sisters]]'')
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Kay Adams (singer)|Kay Adams]], American country singer
* [[April 10]] 
** [[John Kurila]], Scottish footballer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Paul Theroux]], American travel writer and novelist
* [[April 11]] 
** [[Frederick Hauck]], American astronaut (d. [[2025]])
** [[Shirley Stelfox]], English actress (d. [[2015]])
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Bobby Moore]], English football player, World Cup winning captain (d. [[1993]])
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Michael Stuart Brown]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Pete Rose]], American baseball player (d. [[2024]])
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Michael D. Higgins]], 9th [[President of Ireland]]
* [[April 19]]
** [[Roberto Carlos (singer)|Roberto Carlos]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
** [[Jürgen Kocka]], German historian
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Ryan O'Neal]], American actor (''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'') (d. [[2023]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Guedes]], U.S., Portuguese film-maker (d. [[2000]])
* [[April 22]] – [[Amir Pnueli]], Israeli computer scientist (d. [[2009]])
* [[April 23]]
** [[Arie den Hartog]], Dutch road bicycle racer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Paavo Lipponen]], 59th [[Prime Minister of Finland]]
** [[Ed Stewart]], British disc jockey (d. [[2016]])
** [[Ray Tomlinson]], American computer programmer (d. [[2016]])
* [[April 24]]
** [[Richard Holbrooke]], American diplomat (d. [[2010]])
** [[John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams]], Australian guitarist
* [[April 25]] 
** [[Princess Muna al-Hussein]], Princess consort of Jordan
** [[Bertrand Tavernier]], French director, screenwriter, actor and producer (d. [[2021]])
** [[Dorothy Shea (librarian)|Dorothy Shea]], Australian librarian (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Death notice for SHEA, Dorothy Ailsa |url=https://www.themercury.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/shea-dorothy-ailsa/6162724/ |website=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Claudine Auger]], French actress (d. [[2019]])
* [[April 28]]
** [[Lucien Aimar]], French cyclist
** [[Ann-Margret]], Swedish-born American actress, singer and dancer
** [[Karl Barry Sharpless]], American chemist, double [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[Iryna Zhylenko]], Ukrainian poet (d. [[2013]])
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[Nana Caymmi]], Brazilian singer (d. [[2025]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/2021/04/29/nana-caymmi-chega-aos-80-anos-como-grande-cantora-de-voz-suor-e-aura-classica.ghtml|title=Nana Caymmi chega aos 80 anos como grande cantora de voz, suor e aura clássica|date=29 April 2021|accessdate=5 January 2021|website=g1}}</ref>

===May===
[[File:Eric Burdon, 1973.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eric Burdon]]]]
[[File:GohChokTong-WashingtonDC-20010614.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Goh Chok Tong]]]]
[[File:Bob Dylan - Azkena Rock Festival 2010 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bob Dylan]]]]
[[File:Владимир Воронин (12-06-2014).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vladimir Voronin]]]]
[[File:William Nordhaus EM1B6043 (46234132921).jpg|thumb|100px|[[William Nordhaus]]]]
* [[May 3]] 
** [[Paul Ferris (composer)|Paul Ferris]], English film composer, actor (d. [[1995]])
** [[Kornel Morawiecki]], Polish politician and theoretical physicist (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 5]] 
** [[Anatoly Levchenko]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1988]])
** [[Alexander Ragulin]], Russian hockey player (d. [[2004]])
* [[May 6]]
** [[Peter Corrigan]], Australian architect (d. [[2016]]) 
** [[Ivica Osim]], Bosnian football player, manager (zm. [[2022]])
* [[May 8]]
** [[James Mitchum]], American actor
** [[Yuri Voronov (archaeologist)|Yuri Voronov]], Abkhazian politician, academic (murdered) (d. [[1995]])
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Howard Komives]], American professional basketball player (d. [[2009]])
* [[May 10]]
**[[Taurean Blacque]], American television and stage actor (d. [[2022]])
**[[Chris Denning]], English radio presenter and convicted sex offender (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.praguepost.com/archivescontent/34384-denning-going-against-social-norms.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130910203650/http://www.praguepost.com/archivescontent/34384-denning-going-against-social-norms.html|title=Denning: Going against social norms - The Prague Post|date=September 10, 2013|archive-date=September 10, 2013|website=archive.is}}</ref>
**[[Aydın Güven Gürkan]], Turkish academic, politician (d. [[2006]])
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Eric Burdon]], British singer 
* [[May 13]]
** [[Senta Berger]], Austrian actress
** [[Ritchie Valens]], American singer (''[[La Bamba (song)|La Bamba]]'') (d. [[1959]])
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Jesús Gómez (equestrian)|Jesús Gómez]], Mexican equestrian (d. [[2017]])
* [[May 16]] 
** [[Aldrich Ames]], American CIA analyst and KGB agent
** [[Eric Berntson]], Canadian politician (d. [[2018]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Ben Nelson]], American politician, senator and governor from [[Nebraska]]
* [[May 18]] – [[Miriam Margolyes]], British-Australian actress
* [[May 19]]
** [[Peter C. Bjarkman]], American baseball historian, author (d. [[2018]])
** [[Bobby Burgess]], American dancer, singer
** [[Nora Ephron]], American film producer, director, and screenwriter (d. [[2012]])
** [[Jose Kaimlett]], Indian [[Catholic priest]], founder of the [[Heralds of Good News]] (d. [[2018]])
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Goh Chok Tong]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Singapore]]
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Bobby Cox]], American baseball manager
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Menzies Campbell]], British politician (d. [[2025]])
* [[May 23]]
** [[K. Raghavendra Rao]], Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and choreographer
** [[Rod Thorn]], American basketball player, coach, and executive
* [[May 24]]
** [[Andrés García]], Dominican-Mexican actor (d. [[2023]])
** [[Bob Dylan]], American poet, musician and recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Adler]], Czech filmmaker
** [[Vladimir Voronin]], 3rd [[President of Moldova]]
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[John Kaufman]], British sculptor
* [[May 27]] 
** [[Ira Berlin]], American historian (d. [[2018]])
** [[Teppo Hauta-aho]], Finnish double bassist, composer (d. [[2021]])
* [[May 29]] – [[Doug Scott]], English mountaineer (d. [[2020]])
* [[May 31]]
** [[Louis Ignarro]], American pharmacologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
** [[William Nordhaus]], American economist, recipient of the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]]

===June===
[[File:StacyKeachMay07.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stacy Keach]]]]
[[File:Charle-Watts-1965 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charlie Watts]]]]
[[File:Cardinal George Pell in 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Pell]]]]
[[File:Václav Klaus Praha 2015 (2) (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Václav Klaus]]]]
[[File:Liz Mohn 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Liz Mohn]]]]
[[File:Eduardo Suplicy 2013.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Eduardo Suplicy]]]]
[[File:Charles Whitman (1963).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charles Whitman]]]]
[[File:Otto Sander Berlinale 2008.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Otto Sander]]]]
* [[June 1]]
**[[Wayne Kemp]], American country music singer (d. [[2015]])
** [[Jigjidiin Mönkhbat]], Mongolian wrestler (d. [[2018]])
** [[Alexander V. Zakharov]], Soviet and Russian astronomer
* [[June 2]]
** [[Stacy Keach]], American actor
** [[Charlie Watts]], English musician (d. [[2021]])
* [[June 5]]
** [[Martha Argerich]], Argentine pianist
** [[Spalding Gray]], American actor, screenwriter (d. [[2004]])
** [[Robert Kraft]], American businessman
* [[June 6]] – [[Alexander Cockburn]], Irish-American political journalist and writer (d. [[2012]])
* [[June 7]] 
** [[Tony Ray-Jones]], British photographer (d. [[1972]])
** [[Jaime Laredo]], Bolivian-American violinist and conductor
* [[June 8]]
** [[Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)|Robert Bradford]], Northern Irish politician (murdered in [[1981]])
** [[Fuzzy Haskins]], American musician 
** [[George Pell]], Australian cardinal (d. [[2023]])
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Jon Lord]], English composer, pianist and organist (d. [[2012]])
* [[June 10]]
** [[Jürgen Prochnow]], German actor
**[[Aida Vedishcheva]], Soviet and Russian singer
* [[June 12]]
** [[Marv Albert]], American sports announcer
** [[Chick Corea]], American jazz pianist (d. [[2021]])
** [[Reg Presley]], English musician (d. [[2013]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Esther Ofarim]], Israeli singer
* [[June 14]]
** [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]], English guitarist
** [[John Edgar Wideman]], African-American novelist, author and professor
* [[June 15]]
** [[Neal Adams]], American comic book artist (d. [[2022]])
** [[Harry Nilsson]], American musician (d. [[1994]])
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Roberta Maxwell]], Canadian actress
* [[June 19]]
** [[Gilberto Benetton]], Italian billionaire businessman (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pianigiani |first=Gaia |date=26 October 2018 |title=Gilberto Benetton, 77, Dies; Expanded Family Clothing Company |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/obituaries/gilberto-benetton-dead.html |access-date=7 June 2025 |work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>
** [[Conchita Carpio-Morales]], Filipino [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] jurist
** [[Václav Klaus]], 2nd [[President of the Czech Republic]]
* [[June 20]] 
** [[Ulf Merbold]], German astronaut and physicist
** [[Albert Shesternyov]], Soviet footballer (d. [[1994]])
* [[June 21]]
** [[Eduardo Suplicy]], Brazilian left-wing politician, economist and professor
** [[Valeri Zolotukhin]], Soviet and Russian actor (d. [[2013]])
* [[June 22]]
** [[Ed Bradley]], African-American journalist (''[[60 Minutes]]'') (d. [[2006]])
** [[Michael Lerner (actor)|Michael Lerner]], American actor (d. [[2023]])
* [[June 23]]
** [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]], American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator and poet (d. [[2019]])
** [[Madampu Kunjukuttan]], Malayalam author (d. [[2021]])
** [[Tsai Hsun-hsiung]], Taiwanese politician<!-- "Tsai" is surname -->
* [[June 24]]
** [[Erkin Koray]], Turkish musician (d. [[2023]])
** [[Julia Kristeva]], Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, feminist and novelist
** [[Nelson López]], Argentine football defender (d. [[1980]])
** [[Graham McKenzie]], Australian cricketer
** [[Bill Reardon]], American politician, educator
** [[Charles Whitman]], American mass murderer (d. [[1966]])
* [[June 25]]
** [[Denys Arcand]], French-Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer
** [[Miles Feinstein]], American criminal law defense attorney, legal commentator
** [[Eddie Large]], British comedian (d. [[2020]])
** [[Kenneth Walker (Australian cricketer)|Kenneth Walker]], Australian cricketer
* [[June 26]] 
** [[Gil Garrido]], Panamanian baseball player 
** [[Nick Macarchuk]], American basketball head coach
** [[Tamara Moskvina]], Russian competitive skater and pair skating coach
** [[Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan]], Taiwanese prelate
* [[June 27]] 
** [[Jerry Allen]], American football running back
** [[Ian Black (swimmer)|Ian Black]], British competitive swimmer
** [[John Goold]], Australian rules footballer (d. [[2024]])
** [[James P. Hogan (writer)|James P. Hogan]], British author (d. [[2010]])
** [[Mike Honda]], American politician and educator
** [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]], Polish film director (d. [[1996]])
** [[Pavel Schenk]], Czech volleyball player
** [[John Smyth (barrister)|John Smyth]], British barrister (d. [[2018]])
* [[June 28]] 
** [[Ilana Adir]], Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
** [[César Bejarano]], Paraguayan fencer
** [[Len Boehmer]], American Major League Baseball player
** [[Ruby Ann Darling]], Bahamian politician
** [[Joseph Goguen]], American computer scientist (d. [[2006]])
** [[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]], 28th [[Governor General of Canada]]
** [[Barbara Stolz]], German gymnast
* [[June 29]]
** [[Chieko Baisho]], Japanese actress, singer
** [[John Boccabella]], American baseball player
** [[David A. Bramlett]], United States Army four-star general
** [[Stokely Carmichael]] (later Kwame Ture), Trinidadian-American civil rights activist (d. [[1998]])
** [[Margitta Gummel]], German Olympic gold medalist
** [[Larry Stahl]], American baseball player
* [[June 30]] 
** [[Cyril Atanassoff]], French-born Bulgarian ballet dancer
** [[Roberto Castrillo]], Cuban sports shooter
** [[Mike Leander]], English arranger, songwriter and record producer (d. [[1996]])
** [[Otto Sander]], German actor (d. [[2013]])
** [[Nigel Walley]], English golfer, tea-chest bass player

===July===
[[File:Epeli Nailatikau 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Epeli Nailatikau]]]]
[[File:Bill Oddie (383148953).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bill Oddie]]]]
[[File:Robert Forster 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Forster]]]]
[[File:LonnieMackRisingSun.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lonnie Mack]]]]
[[File:Neelie Kroes (2018).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Neelie Kroes]]]]
[[File:Freitas do Amaral, XV Cimeira Ibero-Americana - Salamanca, Espanha.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Diogo Freitas do Amaral]]]]
[[File:George Clinton in Centreville.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]]]
[[File:Sergio Mattarella Presidente della Repubblica Italiana.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sergio Mattarella]]]]
[[File:Darlene Love 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Darlene Love]]]]
[[File:Peter Cullen Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2020.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peter Cullen]]]]
[[File:Paul Anka 1995.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paul Anka]]]]
* [[July 1]]
** [[Alf Duval]], Australian rower
** [[Rod Gilbert]], Canadian professional ice hockey forward (d. [[2021]])
** [[Alfred G. Gilman]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2015]])
** [[Zimani Kadzamira]], Malawian academic, civil servant and diplomat
** [[Jaakko Kailajärvi]], Finnish weightlifter
** [[Ursula Koch]], Swiss politician
** [[Denis Michael Rohan]], Australian citizen who, on August 21, 1969, set fire to the pulpit of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem (d. [[1995]])
** [[Nicolae Saramandu]], Romanian linguist and philologist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://acad.ro/acad_membri/membri/SARAMANDU_Nicolae.html|title=Nicolae SARAMANDU - Filolog, Lingvist|publisher=[[Romanian Academy]]|accessdate=23 February 2023|language=ro}}</ref>
** [[Myron Scholes]], Canadian-American financial economist
** [[Twyla Tharp]], American dancer, choreographer and author
* [[July 2]]
** [[Mogens Frey]], Danish amateur cyclist
** [[Chris Noel]], American actress
** [[Stéphane Venne]], French-Canadian songwriter, composer (d. [[2025]])
* [[July 3]] 
** [[Gloria Allred]], American lawyer
** [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]], Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
** [[Hertha Haase]], German swimmer
** [[Liamine Zéroual]], 4th [[President of Algeria]]
* [[July 4]]
** [[Jay Carty]], American basketball player (d. [[2017]])
** [[Sergio Oliva]], Cuban bodybuilder (d. [[2012]])
** [[Digger Phelps]], American former college basketball coach
* [[July 5]] 
** [[Lynley Dodd]], New Zealand writer and illustrator 
** [[Antonio Escohotado]], Spanish philosopher and writer (d. [[2021]])
** [[Barbara Frischmuth]], Austrian writer and translator (d. [[2025]])
** [[Peggy Miley]], American actress, writer
** [[Epeli Nailatikau]], Fijian chief, 4th [[President of Fiji]]
* [[July 6]] 
** [[John DeCamp]], American politician (d. [[2017]])
** [[Randall Robinson]], African-American lawyer, author and activist (d. [[2023]])
** [[Harold Leighton Weller]], American conductor
* [[July 7]] 
** [[Vivian Barbot]], Canadian-Haitian teacher, activist and politician
** [[Marco Bollesan]], Italian former rugby union player, coach and manager
** [[Alan Durban]], Welsh international footballer, manager
** [[Louis Friedman]], American astronautics engineer, space spokesperson
** [[Michael Howard]], Welsh politician
** [[Bill Oddie]], English writer, composer, musician and comedian
** [[John Fru Ndi]], Cameroonian politician (d. [[2023]])
** [[Jim Rodford]], English musician (d. [[2018]])
* [[July 8]]
** [[Dario Gradi]], Italia amateur football player, coach and manager (d. [[2021]])
** [[Thunderbolt Patterson]], American professional wrestler
** [[Ken Sanders (baseball)|Ken Sanders]], American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
* [[July 9]]
** [[Cirilo Bautista]], Filipino poet, fictionist, critic and writer of nonfiction
** [[Tom Black (basketball)|Tom Black]], American professional basketball player
** [[Jan Lehane]], Australian female tennis player 
** [[Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall]], Swedish modern pentathlete
** [[Takehide Nakatani]] Japanese lightweight judoka
* [[July 10]] 
** [[Jackie Lane (actress)|Jackie Lane]], British actress
** [[Robert Pine]], American actor
* [[July 11]] 
** [[John Kaputin]], Papua New Guinean politician
** [[Clive Puzey]], Southern Rhodesian racing driver
** [[Jürgen Schmidt]], German speed skater
** [[Tommy Vance]], British disc jockey (d. [[2005]])
** [[Rosa Morena]], Spanish flamenco-pop singer and actress (d. [[2019]])
* [[July 12]]
** [[John Lahr]], American drama critic
** [[Juha Väätäinen]], Finnish athlete
** [[Wu Bangguo]], Chinese politician
** [[Dick Rusteck]], American left-handed pitcher
** [[Benny Parsons]], American race car driver (d. [[2007]])
* [[July 13]]
** [[Affonso Beato]], Brazilian cinematographer
** [[Robert Forster]], American actor (d. [[2019]])
** [[Zoila Martínez]], Dominican lawyer, prosecutor and diplomat
** [[Jacques Perrin]], French actor and filmmaker (d. [[2022]])
* [[July 14]]
** [[Danuta Chudzianka]], Polish stage actress
** [[Maulana Karenga]], African-American author, activist; founder of Kwanzaa
** [[Dennis Kassian]], Canadian professional ice hockey player
** [[Andreas Khol]], Austrian politician
* [[July 15]]
** [[Archie Clark (basketball)|Archie Clark]], American professional basketball player
** [[Vicente Guillot]], Spanish footballer
** [[Nikhil Kumar (governor)|Nikhil Kumar]], Indian politician
* [[July 16]]
** [[Valeri Butenko]], Soviet midfielder, football referee
** [[Desmond Dekker]], Jamaican singer and songwriter (d. [[2006]])
** [[Ken Herock]], American college, professional football player
** [[Seijirō Kōyama]], Japanese film director
** [[Kálmán Mészöly]], Hungarian football (soccer) player, coach
** [[Lloyd Sisco]], American football coach
** [[Hans Wiegel]], Dutch politician (d. [[2025]])
* [[July 17]]
** [[Namirembe Bitamazire]], Ugandan academic, politician
** [[Marina Oswald Porter]], Russian-born widow of JFK assassin [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]
** [[Morimichi Takagi]], Japanese baseball player (d. [[2020]])
** [[Rob van Empel]], Dutch breaststroke swimmer
* [[July 18]]
** [[Winston Choo]], Singaporean diplomat, civil servant and former general
** [[Frank Farian]], German record producer, songwriter (d. [[2024]])
** [[Marcia Jones-Smoke]], American sprint canoer
** [[Lonnie Mack]], American singer, guitarist (d. [[2016]]) 
** [[Martha Reeves]], African-American singer
** [[Duncan Worsley]], British cricketer
* [[July 19]]
** [[Carlos Alberto Álvarez]], Argentine cyclist
** [[Natalia Bessmertnova]], Russian ballerina (d. [[2008]])
** [[Vikki Carr]], American singer
** [[Neelie Kroes]], Dutch politician
** [[Vittorio Di Prima]], Italian actor and voice actor (d. [[2016]])
* [[July 20]]
** [[Vladimir Lyakhov]], Ukrainian-Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[2018]])
** [[Frank Natterer]], German mathematician
** [[Vladimir Veber]], Moldovan footballer 
* [[July 21]]
** [[Diogo Freitas do Amaral]], Portuguese politician, 110th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (d. [[2019]])
** [[Ron Corry]], Australian football (soccer) player, coach
** [[Gary Waslewski]], American baseball player
* [[July 22]] – [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], African-American musician
* [[July 23]]
** [[Pierre Agostini]], French physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[Sergio Mattarella]], Italian lawyer, judge and politician, 12th [[President of Italy]]
* [[July 25]]
** [[Margarita Isabel]], Mexican actress (d. [[2017]])
** [[Nate Thurmond]], African-American basketball player (d. [[2016]])
** [[Emmett Till]], African-American civil rights icon (d. [[1955]])
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Darlene Love]], African-American singer, actress
* [[July 28]] 
** [[Peter Cullen]], Canadian voice actor
** [[Riccardo Muti]], Italian conductor
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Paul Anka]], Canadian-American singer, songwriter

===August===
[[File:Martha Stewart (48926315347) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Martha Stewart]]]]
[[File:CrosbyDavid1983 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Crosby]]]]
[[File:Ibrahim Babangida (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ibrahim Babangida]]]]
[[File:Stevan Kragujevic, Slobodan Milosevic, portret.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Slobodan Milošević]]]]
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Ede Staal]], Dutch singer-songwriter (d. [[1986]])
* [[August 3]] 
** [[Martha Stewart]], American television personality, media entrepreneur
** [[Hage Geingob]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Namibia]], 3rd [[President of Namibia]] (d. [[2024]])
* [[August 4]]
** [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]], English actor and voice actor
** [[Ted Strickland]], American politician
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Gil Garcetti]], American politician
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Lyle Berman]], American poker player
* [[August 8]]
** [[Earl Boen]], American actor and voice actor (d. [[2023]])
** [[George Tiller]], American physician (d. [[2009]])
**[[Anri Jergenia]], 4th [[Prime Minister of Abkhazia]] (d. [[2020]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Shirlee Busbee]], American novelist
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Deborah Walley]], American actress (d. [[2001]])
* [[August 14]]
** [[Aïcha Chenna]], Moroccan women's rights activist (d. [[2022]])
** [[David Crosby]], American musician (''[[Crosby, Stills and Nash]]'') (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/david-crosby-dead-dies-byrds-crosby-stills-nash-1235495467/ | title=David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81 | date=January 19, 2023 }}</ref>
** [[Connie Smith]], American singer
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Nangolo Mbumba]], 4th [[President of Namibia]]
* [[August 16]]
** [[Théoneste Bagosora]], Rwandan army officer, alleged planner of the [[Rwandan genocide]] (d. [[2021]])
** [[David Dickinson]], British antiques expert, television presenter
** [[Mark Mulvoy]], American sports journalist and writer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/mark-mulvoy-to-receive-elmer-ferguson-memorial-award|title='Groundbreaking' Mulvoy set to accept Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award|last=Stubbs|first=Dave|date=November 5, 2023|website=[[National Hockey League]]|access-date=April 29, 2025}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] 
** [[Ibrahim Babangida]], [[President of Nigeria]]
** [[Lothar Bisky]], German politician (d. [[2013]])
** [[Fritz Wepper]], German actor (d. [[2024]])
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Slobodan Milošević]], 3rd [[President of Yugoslavia]] and 1st [[President of Serbia]] (d. [[2006]])
* [[August 21]]
** [[Howard Lew Lewis]], English comedian, actor (d. [[2018]])
** [[Jackie DeShannon]], American singer, songwriter ("[[What the World Needs Now Is Love|What the World Needs Now]]")
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Ayşe Kulin]], Turkish writer
* [[August 27]] 
** [[Cesária Évora]], Cape Verdean singer (d. [[2011]])
** [[Yury Malyshev (cosmonaut)|Yury Malyshev]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1999]])
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[A. I. Katsina-Alu]], Nigerian judge (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Robin Leach]], English television personality (d. [[2018]])

===September===
[[File:John Thompson (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Thompson (basketball)|John Thompson]]]]
[[File:Bernie Sanders in March 2020.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bernie Sanders]]]]
[[File:Otis Redding 1967.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Otis Redding]]]]
[[File:Ahmet Necdet Sezer.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]]]]
[[File:Linda McCartney 1976 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Linda McCartney]]]]
* [[September 2]]
** [[Graeme Langlands]], Australian rugby league player (d. [[2018]])
** [[Jyrki Otila]], Finnish quiz show judge, Member of the European Parliament (d. [[2003]])
** [[John Thompson (basketball)|John Thompson]], American basketball coach (d. [[2020]])
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Sergei Dovlatov]], Russian short-story writer, novelist (d. [[1990]])
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Sushilkumar Shinde]], Indian politician
* [[September 8]]
** [[Christopher Connelly]], American actor (d. [[1988]])
** [[Ito Giani]], Italian sprinter (d. [[2018]])
** [[Bernie Sanders]], American politician, [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Vermont|Vt.]]), and [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] presidential candidate
* [[September 9]]
** [[Otis Redding]], African-American singer, musician (''[[Dock of the Bay]]'') (d. [[1967]])
** [[Dennis Ritchie]], American computer scientist, creator of the [[C (programming language)|C programming language]] (d. [[2011]])
* [[September 10]]
** [[Christopher Hogwood]], English conductor, harpsichordist (d. [[2014]])
** [[Gunpei Yokoi]], Japanese computer game producer (d. [[1997]])
* [[September 13]]
** [[Tadao Ando]], Japanese architect
** [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]], 10th [[President of Turkey]]
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Alberto Naranjo]], Venezuelan musician (d. [[2020]])
* [[September 15]] 
** [[Signe Toly Anderson]], American singer (d. [[2016]])
** [[Etelka Barsi-Pataky]], Hungarian politician (d. [[2018]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Bob Matsui]], U.S. Congressman from California (d. [[2005]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Priscilla Mitchell]], American country music singer (d. [[2014]])
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Cass Elliot]], American singer (''[[The Mamas & the Papas]]'') (d. [[1974]])
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Dale Chihuly]], American glass sculptor
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[R. James Woolsey Jr.]], American lawyer and diplomat
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[George Jackson (activist)|George Jackson]], American author (d. [[1971]])
* [[September 24]]
** [[Jesús Mosterín]], Spanish philosopher (d. [[2017]])
** [[Guy Hovis]], American singer
** [[Linda McCartney]], American activist, musician and photographer (d. [[1998]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Martine Beswick]], British actress, model
* [[September 27]]
** [[Gay Kayler]], Australian country music singer
** [[Sam Zell]], American publisher, investor (d. 2023)
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Edmund Stoiber]], German politician 
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Fred West]], British serial killer (d. [[1995]])
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[Angela Pleasence]], British actress

===October===
[[File:WIKI CHUBBY CHECKER 1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chubby Checker]]]]
[[File:Duhalde23012007.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eduardo Duhalde]]]]
[[File:Jesse Jackson 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jesse Jackson]]]]
[[File:Paul Simon at the 9-30 Club (b).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paul Simon]]]]
[[File:Helen Reddy 1975.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Helen Reddy]]]]
* [[October 1]] – [[Vyacheslav Vedenin]], Soviet cross-country skier (d. [[2021]])
* [[October 3]]
** [[Chubby Checker]], American singer (''[[The Twist (song)|The Twist]]'')
** [[Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca]], Romanian historian and philologist (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rador.ro/2017/04/10/nicolae-serban-tanasoca-in-memoriam/|title=Nicolae-Șerban Tanașoca, In Memoriam|first=Adi|last=Mondiru|publisher=[[Agenția de presă RADOR]]|date=10 April 2017|language=ro}}</ref>
* [[October 4]]
** [[Mighty Shadow]], Trinidadian calypsonian (d. [[2018]])
** [[Roy Blount Jr.]], American writer, comedian
** [[Elizabeth Eckford]], African-American activist (''[[Little Rock Nine]]'')
** [[Anne Rice]], American writer (d. [[2021]])
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Duhalde]], 50th [[President of Argentina]]
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Jesse Jackson]], African-American clergyman, civil rights activist and presidential candidate
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Trent Lott]], American politician and author
* [[October 10]]
** [[Peter Coyote]], American actor
** [[Hanan Goldblatt]], Israeli actor
** [[Ken Saro-Wiwa]], Nigerian writer, television producer, and environmental activist (d. [[1995]])
* [[October 11]] &ndash; [[Valerii Postoyanov]], Soviet Olympic sport shooter (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Paul Simon]], American singer, composer (''[[Simon and Garfunkel]]'')
* [[October 15]] 
** [[Rosie Douglas]], 4th Prime Minister of Dominica (d. [[2000]])
** [[Joan Antoni Solans Huguet]], Spanish urban planner (d. [[2019]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Tim McCarver]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. [[2023]])
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Earl Thomas Conley]], American country music singer (d. [[2019]])
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Peter Thornley]], English professional wrestler best known for the ring character [[Kendo Nagasaki]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tYPCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT53|title=The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant|first1=Bertrand|last1=Hébert|first2=Pat|last2=Laprade|first3=Tony|last3=Stabile|date=April 28, 2020|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=9781773054766 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Anneke Wills]], British actress
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[Dickie Pride]], British [[rock and roll]] singer (d. [[1969]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Mel Winkler]], American actor (d. [[2020]])
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Frank Aendenboom]], Belgian actor (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 25]]
** [[Helen Reddy]], Australian singer, actress (''[[I Am Woman]]'') (d. [[2020]])
** [[Anne Tyler]], American novelist
* [[October 27]] 
** [[Gerd Brantenberg]], Norwegian feminist author, gay rights activist
** [[Dick Trickle]], American race car driver (d. [[2013]])
* [[October 28]]
** [[John Hallam]], Irish actor
** [[Hank Marvin]], British guitarist, singer and songwriter (''[[The Shadows]]'')
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Theodor W. Hänsch]], German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics recipient
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Sally Kirkland]], American actress (d. [[2025]])

===November===
[[File:ArtGarfunkelPall230717-17 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Art Garfunkel]]]]
[[File:Tom Conti Romantic Comedy Dec 2007.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tom Conti]]]]
[[File:Franco Nero, 36th Fajr International Film Festival (86250) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Franco Nero]]]]
[[File:Pete Best drumming.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pete Best]]]]
<!--[[File:Percy Sledge at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Concert.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Percy Sledge]]]]-->
* [[November 1]]
** [[Marina Baura]], Spanish actress
** [[Nigel Dempster]], British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (d. [[2007]])
** [[Robert Foxworth]], American actor
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Bruce Welch]], British guitarist and singer-songwriter 
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Arun Shourie]], Indian author and economist
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Art Garfunkel]], American singer  
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Guy Clark]], American folk singer-songwriter (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite news|last= Sweeting |first= Adam |title= Guy Clark obituary |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/19/guy-clark-obituary|access-date=October 25, 2016|newspaper =[[The Guardian]] |date=May 19, 2016}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Angelo Scola]], Italian cardinal
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Tom Fogerty]], American guitarist ([[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]) (d. [[1990]])
* [[November 13]] – [[Dack Rambo]], American actor (d. [[1994]])
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Tova Traesnaes]], Norwegian-American cosmetician and businesswoman; wife of actor [[Ernest Borgnine]]
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[David Hemmings]], English actor (d. [[2003]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Dan Haggerty]], American actor (''[[Grizzly Adams]]'') (d. [[2016]])
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Dr. John]], American singer and songwriter (d. [[2019]])
* [[November 21]] – [[İdil Biret]], Turkish pianist
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Tom Conti]], Scottish actor
* [[November 23]]
** [[Derek Mahon]], Irish poet (d. [[2020]])
** [[Franco Nero]], Italian actor
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Pete Best]], English drummer
* [[November 25]]
** [[Ralph Haben]], American politician, [[Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives]]
** [[Percy Sledge]], African-American singer (d. [[2015]])
** [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]], Pakistani Sufi author, poet 
* [[November 27]]
** [[Tom Morga]], American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor.
** [[Henry Carr]], American Olympic athlete (d. [[2015]])
** [[Aimé Jacquet]], French football player, manager 
** [[Eddie Rabbitt]], American country musician (d. [[1998]])
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[Laura Antonelli]], Italian actress (d. [[2015]])
* [[November 29]]
** [[Lothar Emmerich]], German footballer (d. [[2003]])
** [[Bill Freehan]], American baseball player (d. [[2021]])

===December===
[[File:Beau Bridges 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Beau Bridges]]]]
[[File:Kyu sakamoto.png|thumb|100px|[[Kyu Sakamoto]]]]
[[File:Lee Myung-bak presidential portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lee Myung-bak]]]]
[[File:Maurice White 1982.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maurice White]]]]
[[File:Alex Ferguson 02.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Alex Ferguson]]]]
* [[December 1]] 
** [[Nigel Rodley]], English international human rights lawyer (d. [[2017]])
** [[Sean S. Cunningham]], American filmmaker, director, producer, and writer
* [[December 4]] 
** [[David Johnston (newsreader)|David Johnston]], Australian newsreader
** [[Leila Säälik]], Estonian actress 
* [[December 6]]
** [[Richard Speck]], American mass murderer (d. [[1991]])
** [[Wende Wagner]], American actress (d. [[1997]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Geoff Hurst]], English footballer
* [[December 9]]
** [[Beau Bridges]], American actor
** [[Dan Hicks (singer)|Dan Hicks]], American singer, songwriter (d. [[2016]])
* [[December 10]] 
** [[Tommy Rettig]], American actor (d. [[1996]])
** [[Peter Sarstedt]], English singer, songwriter (d. [[2017]])
** [[Kyu Sakamoto]], Japanese singer, actor ("[[Sukiyaki (song)|Sukiyaki]]") (d. [[1985]])
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Max Baucus]], American politician and diplomat
* [[December 12]] – [[Vitaly Solomin]], Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter (d. [[2002]])
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[John Davidson (entertainer)|John Davidson]], American singer, actor
* [[December 16]] 
** [[Poldy Bird]], Argentine writer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Vittorio Mezzogiorno]], Italian actor (d. [[1994]])
* [[December 19]]
** [[Lee Myung-bak]], 17th [[President of South Korea|President of the Republic of Korea]]
** [[Maurice White]], African-American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer (d. [[2016]])
* [[December 21]]
** [[Lo Hoi-pang]], Hong Kong-born Chinese actor
** [[Jared Martin]], American actor (d. [[2017]])
* [[December 23]]
** [[Ron Bushy]], American rock musician (d. [[2021]])
** [[Tim Hardin]], American folk musician (d. [[1980]])
** [[Mamnoon Hussain]], 12th [[President of Pakistan]] (d. [[2021]])
* [[December 24]] 
** [[Hans Eichel]], German politician
** [[Lex Hixon]], American Sufi author, poet, and spiritual teacher (d. [[1995]])
* [[December 27]] 
** [[Miles Aiken]], American basketball player and coach
** [[Younoussi Touré]], 4th [[List of prime ministers of Mali|prime minister of Mali]] (d. [[2022]])
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Ray Thomas]], English flautist, singer and songwriter ([[The Moody Blues]]) (d. [[2018]])
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Mel Renfro]], American football player
* [[December 31]] &ndash; Sir [[Alex Ferguson]], Scottish football manager ([[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]])


==Deaths==

===January===
[[File:Robert Baden-Powell in South Africa, 1896 (2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell]]]]
[[File:Revolutionary Joyce Better Contrast.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Joyce]]]] 
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[József Konkolics]], Hungarian Slovene writer (b. [[1861]])
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Henri Bergson]], French philosopher, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1859]])
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Amy Johnson]], English aviator (aviation accident) (b. [[1903]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_EfAQAAIAAJ|title=Amy Johnson: Enigma in the Sky|last=Luff|first=David|date=2002|publisher=Airlife|location=Shrewsbury|isbn=9781840373196}}</ref>
* [[January 8]]
** [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell]], English soldier; [[Scouting|founder of the Scouts]] (b. [[1857]])
** [[Viktor Dankl von Krasnik]], Austro-Hungarian general (b. [[1854]])
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Paul Brandon Barringer]], American physician and the sixth president of [[Virginia Tech]] (b. [[1857]])
* [[January 10]]
** [[Frank Bridge]], English composer (b. [[1879]])
** Sir [[John Lavery]], Anglo-Irish artist (b. [[1856]])
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Emanuel Lasker]], German chess champion (b. [[1868]])
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[James Joyce]], Irish writer, poet (b. [[1882]])
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Virginio Arias]], Chilean sculptor and art teacher (b. [[1855]])
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Dennis E. Batt]], American political journalist and [[trade union]] activist (b. [[1886]])
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Rudolf von Brudermann]], Austro-Hungarian general (b. [[1851]])
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll]], British aristocrat (murder) (b. [[1901]])
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[Ioannis Metaxas]], Greek military officer, politician and [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1871]])

===February===
[[File:Fredrick banting.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Frederick Banting]]]]
[[File:Alfonso XIIIdeEspaña.jpg|thumb|100px|King [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]]]]
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Harris Laning]], American admiral (b. [[1873]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd]], British politician and diplomat (b. [[1879]])
* [[February 5]] 
** [[Banjo Paterson]], Australian poet and [[journalist]] (b. [[1864]])
** [[Otto Strandman]], 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. [[1875]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Tellera]], Italian general (died of wounds) (b. [[1882]])
* [[February 9]]  
** [[Aaron S. Watkins]], American temperance movement leader (b. [[1863]])
** [[Elizabeth von Arnim]], Australian born English writer (b. [[1866]])
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Hilferding]], German economist, Minister of Finance (b. [[1877]])
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Blind Boy Fuller]], African-American blues musician (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 15]]
** [[Pavel Blonsky]], Soviet Russian psychologist, philosopher and founder of Soviet [[paedology]] (b. [[1884]])
** [[Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi]], Italian nobleman, general and politician (b. [[1856]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=di Mauro |first=Passarin |title=PECORI GIRALDI, Guglielmo |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/guglielmo-pecori-giraldi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |access-date=7 June 2025 |website=[[Treccani]] |language=it}}</ref>
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Carlos Baca-Flor]], Peruvian painter (b. [[1869]])
* [[February 21]] 
** [[Frederick Banting|Sir Frederick Banting]], Canadian physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1891]])
** [[Walter T. Bailey]], American architect (b. [[1882]])
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Đuro Arnold]], Croatian writer and philosopher (b. [[1853]])
* [[February 23]] – [[Sister Blandina]], Italian-born American [[Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati|Sister of Charity of Cincinnati]] and missionary (b. [[1850]])
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière]], German submarine commander (b. [[1886]])
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[William D. Byron]], U.S. Congressman (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Alfonso XIII]], deposed King of Spain (b. [[1886]])

===March===
[[File:Gutzon Borglum 1919.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gutzon Borglum]]]]
[[File:George Charles Beresford - Virginia Woolf in 1902 - Restoration.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Virginia Woolf]]]]
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Bernard van Beek]], Dutch painter (b. [[1875]])
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Quidde]], German activist, politician and Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1858]])
* [[March 6]] 
** [[Gutzon Borglum]], American sculptor (''Mount Rushmore'') (b. [[1867]])
** [[Francis Aveling]], Canadian psychologist and Catholic priest (b. [[1875]])
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Sherwood Anderson]], American author (b. [[1876]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Allard]], British WWII flying ace (b. [[1912]])
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[C. R. M. F. Cruttwell]], English historian (b. [[1887]])<ref name= EllisODNB>{{cite ODNB|last= Ellis|first= Geoffrey|title= Cruttwell, Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser|url= http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32655|year= 2007|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/32655|access-date= 1 November 2010}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Alexej von Jawlensky]], Russian painter (b. [[1864]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Joachim Schepke]], German submarine commander (killed in action) (b. [[1912]])
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Alexander Pfänder]], German philosopher (b. [[1870]])
* [[March 28]]
** [[Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara]], Indian police commissioner (b. [[1877]])
** [[Virginia Woolf]], English novelist (suicide) (b. [[1882]])
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Vasil Kutinchev]], Bulgarian general (b. [[1859]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Lujo Bakotić]], Serbian writer, publicist, lawyer, lexicographer and diplomat (b. [[1867]])

===April===
* [[April 3]] &ndash; [[Pál Teleki]], 2-time Prime Minister of Hungary (b. [[1879]])
* [[April 5]] &ndash; Sir [[Nigel Gresley]], English steam locomotive engineer (''[[LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman|Flying Scotsman]]'' and ''[[LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard|Mallard]]'') (b. [[1876]])
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Annie Jump Cannon]], American astronomer (b. [[1863]])
* [[April 16]] 
** [[Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp]], British banker, civil servant, industrialist, economist and statistician (enemy action) (b. [[1880]])
** [[Émile Bernard]], French painter (b. [[1868]])
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Hans Driesch]], German biologist, philosopher (b. [[1867]])
* [[April 24]] 
** [[Karin Boye]], Swedish poet and novelist (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karin-Boye|title=Karin Boye {{!}} Swedish author|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-10-22|language=en|archive-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812155655/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karin-Boye|url-status=live}}</ref>
** King [[Sisowath Monivong]] of Cambodia (b. [[1875]])
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Edwin S. Porter]], American film director (b. [[1870]])

===May===
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison|Craigie Aitchison]], Scottish politician and judge (b. [[1882]])
* [[May 6]] 
** [[Shūzō Kuki]], Japanese philosopher (b. [[1888]])
** [[Ernest Simpson]], American-born British [[Freight transport|shipbroker]] (d. [[1948]])
* [[May 7]] &ndash; [[James George Frazer]], Scottish social anthropologist (b. [[1854]])
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Peggy Shannon]], American actress (b. [[1907]])
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Ruth Stonehouse]], American actress (b. [[1892]])
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Maurice Bavaud]], Swiss theology student who attempted to assassinate [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1938 (b. [[1916]])
* [[May 16]] 
** [[Minnie Vautrin]], American missionary, heroine of the Nanjing Massacre (b. [[1887]])
** [[Noel Agazarian]], British World War II [[fighter ace]] (b. [[1916]])
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin|Herbert Austin]], English [[automobile]] designer and builder who founded [[Austin Motor Company]] (b. [[1866]])
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Lancelot Holland]], British admiral (died in action) (b. [[1887]])
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[Günther Lütjens]], German admiral (killed in action) (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Charles Alderton]], American [[pharmacist]] and the inventor of [[Dr Pepper]] (b. [[1857]])
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Prajadhipok]], Rama VII, King of Siam (b. [[1893]])

===June===
[[File:HansBerger_Univ_Jena.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Hans Berger]]]]
[[File:Lou Gehrig as a new Yankee 11 Jun 1923.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lou Gehrig]]]]
[[File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]]]
[[File:Louis Chevrolet in 1914.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Louis Chevrolet]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[Hans Berger]], German neurologist (b. [[1873]])
** [[Jenny Dolly]], American singer (b. [[1892]])
** [[Hugh Walpole|Sir Hugh Walpole]], New Zealand-born British novelist (b. [[1884]])
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Lou Gehrig]], American baseball player ([[New York Yankees]]), [[MLB Hall of Fame]]r (b. [[1903]])
* [[June 4]] 
** [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]], last Emperor of Germany (b. [[1859]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilhelm_kaiser_ii.shtml |website=BBC History |access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>
** [[Morris Michael Edelstein]], Polish-American lawyer and politician (b. [[1888]])
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Louis Chevrolet]], Swiss-born automobile builder, race car driver (b. [[1878]])
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Daniel Carter Beard]], American scouting pioneer (b. [[1850]])
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Underhill]], English Christian mystic (b. [[1875]])
* [[June 18]] 
** [[Thomas H. Rynning]], American soldier and lawman (d. [[1866]])
** [[Ayyankali]], Indian politician, social reformer, educator, economist, lawmaker, and revolutionary leader. (b. [[1863]])
** [[Cecilio Báez]], former provisional President of Paraguay (b. [[1862]])
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Elliott Dexter]], American actor (b. [[1870]])
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Frederick Gottwald]], Austrian-American painter (b. [[1858]])
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Luigi Capello]], Italian general (b. [[1859]])
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Richard Carle]], American actor (b. [[1871]])
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]], Polish pianist, composer and third [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. [[1860]])

===July===

[[File:Rudolf Ramek Svenska Dagbladets %C3%A5rsbok 1924.png|thumb|100px|[[Rudolf Ramek]]]]
* [[July 1]] 
** [[Mikhail Kaganovich]], Soviet politician (b. [[1888]])
** [[Francis Birtles]], Australian adventurer, photographer, cyclist, and filmmaker (b. [[1881]])
* [[July 3]]  
** [[Friedrich Akel]], Estonian diplomat, politician (b. [[1871]])
** [[Mijo Babić]], deputy of [[Ante Pavelić]] and the first commander of all [[concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia]](b. [[1903]])
** [[Wilhelm Balthasar]], German [[Luftwaffe]] [[Military aviation|military aviator]] and [[Wing commander (rank)|wing commander]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Antoni Łomnicki]], Polish mathematician (b. [[1881]])
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Alexandru Bassarab]], Romanian painter, engraver, and fascist politician (b. [[1907]])
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Božidar Adžija]], Yugoslav politician and publicist (b. [[1890]])
* [[July 10]] 
** [[Jelly Roll Morton]], African-American jazz musician, composer (b. [[1890]])
** [[Anandyn Amar]], former Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. [[1886]])
** [[Andriy Bandera]], Ukrainian [[chaplain]] and politician (b. [[1882]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Arthur Evans]], English archaeologist (b. [[1851]])
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Walter Ruttmann]], German director (b. [[1887]])
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Lew Fields]], American vaudeville performer (b. [[1867]])
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Dmitry Pavlov (general)|Dmitry Pavlov]], Soviet general (executed) (b. [[1897]])
* [[July 23]] &ndash; [[José Quiñones Gonzales]], Peruvian aviator (b. [[1914]])
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Ramek]], 5th [[Chancellor of Austria]] (b. [[1881]])
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Allan Forrest]], American actor (b. [[1885]])
* [[July 26]] 
** [[Henri Lebesgue]], French mathematician (b. [[1875]])
** [[Kazimierz Bartel]], Polish mathematician, [[freemason]], scholar, diplomat, and former  Prime Minister of Poland (b. [[1882]])
* [[July 27]]
**[[Homer Galpin]], American politician and lawyer (b [[1871]])
**[[Vladimir Klimovskikh]], Soviet general (b. [[1885]])
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Akhlyustin]], Red Army major general (b. [[1896]])
* [[July 30]]
** [[Hugo Celmiņš]], Prime Minister of Latvia (b. [[1877]])
** [[Mickey Welch]], American baseball player, [[MLB Hall of Fame]]r (b. [[1859]])
** [[Ölziitiin Badrakh]], Mongolian politician (b.[[1895]])

===August===
[[File:স্ফুলিঙ্গ-রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর (page 2 crop).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rabindranath Tagore]]]]
[[File:Fr.Maximilian Kolbe 1939.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maximilian Kolbe]]]]
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[James Drake (politician)|James Drake]], Australian politician (b. [[1850]])
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Mihály Babits]], Hungarian poet, writer, essayist, and translator (b. [[1883]])
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Rabindranath Tagore]], Indian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1861]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Ullie Akerstrom]], American actress, dancer, playwright, and [[vaudeville]] performer (b. [[1858]])
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]], British politician and colonial administrator, 22nd [[Viceroy of India]], 13th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. [[1866]])
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[J. Stuart Blackton]], American film producer (b. [[1875]])
* [[August 14]]
** Saint [[Maximilian Kolbe]], German Roman Catholic priest (martyred in Auschwitz concentration camp) (b. [[1894]])
** [[Paul Sabatier (chemist)|Paul Sabatier]], French chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1854]])
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven]], British politician, 8th Governor-General of Australia (b. [[1874]])
* [[August 25]] &ndash; [[Robert Alexander (United States Army officer)|Robert Alexander]], United States Army officer (b. [[1863]])
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Peder Oluf Pedersen]], Danish engineer and physicist (b. [[1874]])
* [[August 31]]  
** [[Marina Tsvetaeva]], Soviet Russian poet (suicide) (b. [[1892]])
** [[Thomas Bavin]], Australian lawyer who served as [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. [[1874]])

===September===
[[File:Hans Spemann nobel.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hans Spemann]]]]
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Karl Parts]], Estonian military commander (b. [[1886]])
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Amisani]], Italian painter (b. [[1881]])
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Hans Spemann]], German embryologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1869]])
* [[September 11]] 
** [[Alipio Ponce]], Peruvian police officer, Civil Guard hero (b. [[1906]])
** [[Christian Rakovsky]], Bulgarian revolutionary, Russian Bolshevik and Soviet diplomat, journalist, physician and essayist (executed) (b. [[1873]])
** [[Maria Spiridonova]], Russian revolutionary, former leader of the [[Left Socialist Revolutionaries|Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries]] (executed) (b. [[1884]])
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Alicia Amherst]], English horticulturist, botanist, and author  (b. [[1865]])
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Italia Almirante Manzini]], Italian actress (b. [[1890]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Iosif Berman]], Romanian photographer and journalist (b. [[1892]])
* [[September 18]]  
** [[Fred Karno]], English music hall impresario (b. [[1866]])
** [[Walter Adolph]], [[Luftwaffe]] military aviator (b. [[1913]])
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Kirponos]], Soviet general (b. [[1892]])
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Felipe Agoncillo]], Filipino lawyer and politician (b. [[1859]])

===October===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Louis Brandeis]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. [[1856]])
* [[October 8]]
** [[Gus Kahn]], German songwriter (b. [[1886]])
** [[Valentine O'Hara]], Irish author (b. [[1875]])
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], American singer and actress (b. [[1900]])
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Eileen Andjelkovitch]], British violinist, music educator, and musical director (b. [[1896]])
* [[October 16]] 
** [[Sergei Efron]], Russian poet and secret police operative (executed) (b. [[1893]])
** [[Žanis Bahs]], Latvian military general (b.[[1885]])
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Manuel Teixeira Gomes]], 7th President of Portugal (b. [[1860]])
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Robert Delaunay]], French painter (b. [[1885]])
* [[October 26]]
** [[Arkady Gaidar]], Russian soldier and children's story writer (killed in action) (b. [[1904]])
** [[Victor Schertzinger]], American composer, director (b. [[1888]])
* [[October 28]]
** 20 Soviet military officers and politicians executed in Kuybyshev:
*** [[Pavel Rychagov]] (b. [[1911]])
*** [[Grigori Shtern]] (b. [[1900]])
*** [[Yakov Smushkevich]] (b. [[1902]])
*** [[Filipp Goloshchekin]] (b. [[1876]])
*** [[Mikhail Kedrov (politician)|Mikhail Kedrov]] (b. [[1878]])
*** [[Aleksandr Loktionov]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[October 29]]
** [[Károly Huszár]], 25th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. [[1882]])
** [[Alexander Afinogenov]], Russian and Soviet playwright (b. [[1904]])

===November===
[[File:ChrisWatsonSepia crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Watson]]]]
[[File:Pedro Aguirre Cerda.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pedro Aguirre Cerda]]]]
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Frank Pick]], British transport administrator and patron of industrial design (b. [[1878]])
*[[November 10]] – [[Carrie Derick]], Canadian botanist and geneticist (b. [[1862]])
* [[November 16]] 
** [[Miina Härma]], Estonian composer (b. [[1864]])
** [[Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson|Sir Henry Wilson]], British general (b. [[1859]])
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Ernst Udet]], German World War I fighter ace, Nazi ''Luftwaffe'' official (suicide) (b. [[1896]])
* [[November 18]]
** [[Émile Nelligan]], Canadian poet (b. [[1879]])
** [[Walther Nernst]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1864]])
** [[Chris Watson]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[November 22]] 
** [[Kurt Koffka]], German psychologist (b. [[1886]])
** [[Werner Mölders]], German fighter pilot (b. [[1913]])
* [[November 23]] 
** [[Henrietta Vinton Davis]], American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator and public speaker (b. [[1860]])
** [[Clarissa Allen]], American educator and author (b. [[1859]])
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Pedro Aguirre Cerda]], [[President of Chile]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Niels Hansen Jacobsen]], Danish sculptor, ceramist (b. [[1861]])
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[Charles James Briggs|Sir Charles Briggs]], British general (b. [[1865]])
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[John Manchester Allen]], New Zealand politician (b. [[1901]])

===December===
[[File:Drina Martyrs.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Blessed Martyrs of Drina]]]]
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Edward Rydz-Śmigły]], Polish marshal (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Christian Sinding]], Norwegian composer (b. [[1856]])
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Louis Bertrand (novelist)|Louis Bertrand]], French novelist, historian and essayist (b. [[1866]])
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Isaac C. Kidd]], American admiral (killed in action) (b. [[1884]])
* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[Izidor Kürschner]], Hungarian football player and coach (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtkbudapest.hu/en/hirek/multidezes/ezen-a-napon-szuletett-kurschner-izidor-a-kivalo-jatekos-es-vilagjaro-edzo-akinek-braziliaban-szobrot-allitottak|title=Ezen a napon született Kürschner Izidor, a kiváló játékos és világjáró edző, akinek Brazíliában szobrot állítottak|website=www.mtkbudapest.hu}}</ref>
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli]], Austrian general, German field marshal (b. [[1856]])
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Tom Phillips (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Tom Phillips]], British admiral (killed in action) (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2486034/PHILLIPS,%20Sir%20TOM%20SPENCER%20VAUGHAN|title=Phillips, Sir Tom Spencer Vaughan|website=CWGC|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Émile Picard]], French mathematician (b. [[1856]])
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Blessed Martyrs of Drina]], Croatian nuns
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Sir George Agnew, 2nd Baronet|Sir George Agnew]], British art dealer, publisher and politician (b. [[1852]])
* [[December 25]]  
** [[Richard S. Aldrich]], American politician (b. [[1884]])
** [[Blanche Bates]], American stage actress (b. [[1873]])
* [[December 28]]
** [[Marion Boyd Allen]], American painter (b. [[1862]])
** [[Marcel Baschet]], French painter (b. [[1862]])
* [[December 29]] 
** [[Tullio Levi-Civita]], Italian mathematician (b. [[1873]])
** [[Luigi Albertini]], newspaper editor, politician, and historian (b. [[1871]]) 
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[El Lissitzky]], Russian artist, architect (b. [[1890]])

==Nobel Prizes==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] &ndash; not awarded
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] &ndash; not awarded
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] &ndash; not awarded
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] &ndash; not awarded
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] &ndash; not awarded

==References==
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==Further reading==
* William K. Klingaman. ''1941: Our Lives in a World on the Edge'' (1988) world perspective based on primary sources by a scholar.
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