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==Events==

===January===
[[File:Mount Lamington 1951 eruption column.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[January 21]]: The [[1951 eruption of Mount Lamington|eruption of Mount Lamington]]]]
* [[January 4]] – [[Korean War]]: [[Third Battle of Seoul]] – Chinese and [[North Korea]]n forces capture [[Seoul]] for the second time (having lost the [[Second Battle of Seoul]] in September 1950).
* [[January 9]] – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the [[Tanganyika groundnut scheme]] for the cultivation of [[peanut]]s in the [[Tanganyika Territory]], with the writing off of £36.5M debt.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=January 10, 1951 |page=6 |issue=51895 |title=Groundnuts Plan Modified}}</ref>
* [[January 11]] – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not be declassified until 1978.<ref>{{cite news |title=Security Report to Truman Urged Global Offensive |first=Norman |last=Kempster |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 6, 1978 |page=I-1}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – In a criminal court in West Germany, [[Ilse Koch]], The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the [[commandant]] of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]], is sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ilse Koch is given life term |work=[[Gettysburg Times]] |date=15 January 1951 |page=2 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0IElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3fQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4254%2C5369899 |access-date=16 December 2012}}</ref>
* [[January 20]] – [[Winter of Terror]]: [[Avalanche]]s in the [[Alps]] kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
* [[January 21]] – [[Mount Lamington]] in Papua New Guinea [[1951 eruption of Mount Lamington|erupts catastrophically]], killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province.<ref name="NGDC">{{cite web |title=Significant Volcanic Eruption |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/volcano/event-more-info/2188 |website=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] – Dutch author [[Anne de Vries]] releases the first volume of his children's novel ''[[Journey Through the Night]]'' (''Reis door de nacht''), set during World War II.

===February===
* [[February]] – The [[Convention People's Party]] wins [[1951 Gold Coast general election|national elections]] in [[Gold Coast (British colony)]].
* [[February 1]]–[[February 2|2]] – The [[1951 Nepalese revolution]] leads to agreement for a democratic constitution.
* [[February 1]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] declares that China is an aggressor in the Korean War, in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498.
* [[February 6]] – [[Woodbridge train wreck]]: A [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] passenger train derails near [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey]], killing 85 people and injuring over 500, in one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
* [[February 12]] 
** The seven-nation Commonwealth Consultative Committee meets to discuss the [[Colombo Plan]] for south and south-east Asia.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/pss/3024398 |title=The Colombo Plan |last=Blackton |first=Charles S. |date=February 7, 1951 |journal=Far Eastern Survey |volume=20 |number=3 |pages=27–31 |publisher=Institute of Pacific Relations|doi=10.2307/3024398 |jstor=3024398 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
** [[Muhammad Reza Shah]] marries [[Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari]].
* [[February 19]] – [[Jean_Lee_(murderer)|Jean Lee]] becomes the last woman hanged in Australia, when she and her two [[pimp]]s are hanged for the murder and torture of a 73-year-old bookmaker.
* [[February 25]] – The first [[Pan American Games]] open in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Argentine leader opens Pan-Am Games - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1951/02/25/Argentine-leader-opens-Games/8531582493563/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] – The [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution]], limiting [[President of the United States|Presidents]] to two terms, is ratified.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 22 – “Term Limits for the Presidency” {{!}} Ronald Reagan |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/constitutional-amendments-amendment-22-term-limits-presidency |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=www.reaganlibrary.gov |language=en}}</ref>

===March===
[[File:Julius and Ethel Rosenberg NYWTS.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[March 29]]: The [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg|Rosenbergs sentenced to death]].]]
[[File:UNIVAC 1 demo.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[March 31]]: Remington Rand delivers the first [[UNIVAC I]] computer.]]
* [[March 6]] – The trial of [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]] for conspiracy to commit espionage begins in the United States.
* [[March 14]]
** [[Korean War]]: [[Operation Ripper]] – For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.
** West Germany joins [[UNESCO]].
* [[March 29]]
** [[Second Red Scare]]: In the United States, [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]] are convicted of [[Conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy]] to commit [[espionage]]. On [[April 5]] they are sentenced to death.
** [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[The King and I]]'' opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], and runs for three years. It is the first of their musicals specifically written for an actress ([[Gertrude Lawrence]]). Lawrence is stricken with [[cancer]] during the run of the show, and dies halfway through its run a year later. The show makes a star of [[Yul Brynner]].
** The [[23rd Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held; ''[[All About Eve]]'' wins the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] award and five others.
* [[March 31]] – [[Remington Rand]] delivers the first [[UNIVAC I]] computer to the [[United States Census Bureau]].
* March – The Israeli government organizes [[Operation Ezra and Nehemiah]], a mass airlift of Jews out of [[Iraq]].<ref>*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZU2QAgAAQBAJ|title=Zionism in an Arab Country: Jews in Iraq in the 1940s|first=Esther|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=978-1-135-76862-1|author-link=Esther Meir-Glitzenstein|last=Meir-Glitzenstein|page=203}}</ref>

===April===
* [[April 11]]
** U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] relieves General [[Douglas MacArthur]] of his Far Eastern commands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Firing of MacArthur {{!}} Harry S. Truman |url=https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/firing-macarthur |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=www.trumanlibrary.gov}}</ref>
** After its clandestine removal from [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[Christmas|Christmas Day]], [[1950]], the [[Stone of Scone]] resurfaces at [[Arbroath Abbey]] in Scotland.
* [[April 18]] – The [[Treaty of Paris (1951)]] is adopted, establishing the [[European Coal and Steel Community]].
* [[April 21]] – The [[National Olympic Committee]] of the [[Soviet Union]] is formed. The USSR will first participate in the Olympic Games at [[Helsinki]], Finland, in 1952.
* [[April 24]] – [[Sakuragichō train fire]]: in [[Yokohama]], Japan, a fire on a [[train]] kills more than 100.
* [[April 28]] – [[1951 Australian federal election]]: [[Robert Menzies]]' [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Menzies government (1949–1966)|Government]] is re-elected with a decreased majority, defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]], led by former [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Ben Chifley]]. Chifley dies a little over a month after the election; he will be [[1951 Australian Labor Party leadership election|replaced]] by his deputy [[H. V. Evatt]].

===May===
* [[May 1]] – The [[Grand Théâtre de Genève|opera house of Geneva]], Switzerland is almost destroyed in a fire.
* [[May 3]]
** King [[George VI]] opens the [[Festival of Britain]] in London, including the [[Royal Festival Hall]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/3/newsid_2481000/2481099.stm |title=King George opens Festival of Britain |work=BBC News |access-date=2008-02-03 |date=3 May 1951 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307120423/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/3/newsid_2481000/2481099.stm |archive-date=7 March 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services]] and [[U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry S Truman.
* [[May 8]] – [[Operation Greenhouse]]: The first [[thermonuclear weapon]] is tested in the "George" test on [[Enewetok]] Atoll in the [[Marshall Islands]] by the United States.
* [[May 15]] – A [[military coup]] occurs in [[Bolivia]].
* [[May 23]] – The [[Tibet (1912–51)|Tibetan government]] signs the [[Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet]] with the People's Republic of China.
* [[May 24]] – Operation Greenhouse: The first atomic bomb "boosted" by the inclusion of [[tritium]] is tested in the "Item" test on Enewetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands by the United States.
* [[May 25]]–[[May 26|26]] – British spies [[Guy Burgess]] and [[Donald Maclean (spy)|Donald Maclean]] leave the United Kingdom to defect to the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite book |authorlink=Christopher Andrew (historian) |first=Christopher |last=Andrew |title=[[The Defence of the Realm]] |location=London |publisher=Penguin Books|orig-year=2009 |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-141-02330-4 |pages=425–426}}</ref>

===June===
* [[June 7]] – Nazi war criminal [[Otto Ohlendorf]] is hanged at [[Landsberg Prison]], [[Bavaria]].
* [[June 14]] – [[UNIVAC I]] is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/06/14/computing.anniversary/ |work=CNN |title=50th anniversary of the UNIVAC I |access-date=April 20, 2010 |date=June 14, 2001}}</ref>
* [[June 15]]–[[July 1]] – In [[New Mexico]], [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[British Columbia]], thousands of acres of forests are destroyed in fires.

===July===
* [[July 4]] –  [[William Shockley]] of Bell Labs in the United States announces the invention jointly with [[John Bardeen]] and [[Walter Brattain]] of the [[grown-junction transistor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1951-First.html|title=1951 – First Grown-Junction Transistors Fabricated|publisher=[[Computer History Museum]]|year=2007|access-date=2025-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929202940/http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1951-First.html|archive-date=2012-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref> Also this year, General Electric and RCA develop the [[alloy-junction transistor]].
* [[July 10]]
** Korean War: [[Armistice]] negotiations begin at [[Kaesong]].
** A formal peace agreement between [[Canada]] and [[Germany]] is signed.
* [[July 13]] – [[Vuoristorata]], one of the oldest still-operating wooden roller coasters in Europe, is opened at the [[Linnanmäki|Linnanmäki amusement park]] in [[Helsinki|Helsinki, Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/jarrumiehiksi_kelpasivat_vain_ilmavoimien_lentajat__linnanmaen_vuoristorata_avattiin_65_vuotta_sitten/9021525 |title=Jarrumiehiksi kelpasivat vain ilmavoimien lentäjät – Linnanmäen vuoristorata avattiin 65 vuotta sitten |last=Rita |first=Mikko |date=2016-07-13 |work=[[Yle]] |language=fi |access-date=2023-07-13}}</ref><ref>''Tieteen kuvalehti'': Historia 11/2014, p. 74. (in Finnish)</ref>
* [[July 16]] – King [[Leopold III of Belgium]] abdicates in favour of his son [[Baudouin of Belgium|Baudouin]], who on July 17 takes the oath as king of Belgium.
* [[July 20]] – King [[Abdullah I of Jordan]] is assassinated by a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] while attending Friday prayers in [[Jerusalem]]. He is succeeded by his son, King [[Talal of Jordan|Talal]].
* [[July 22]] – [[Soviet space dogs]] [[Dezik and Tsygan]] become the first to enter space, in a 15-minute [[sub-orbital spaceflight]] in an [[R-1 (missile)|R-1 rocket]], being safely parachuted back to earth.<ref>{{cite book|last=Siddiqi|first=Asif|title=Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945–1974|year=2000|publisher=NASA|page=95|url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/SP-4408pt1.pdf}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – Marshal [[Philippe Pétain]], former Prime Minister and Head of State of France, Chief of State of [[Vichy France]] during [[World War II]], hero commander of [[World War I]] who led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long [[Battle of Verdun]], for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun", dies while serving a sentence of life-imprisonment on the island of [[Île-d'Yeu]] at 95 years old.
* [[July 26]] – The first [[birch bark manuscript]] is discovered in [[Novgorod]].
* [[July 28]] – [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees]], a [[multilateral treaty]] of the [[United Nations]], is signed at a special conference in [[Geneva]], defining the status of [[refugee]]s and setting out the basis for granting [[right of asylum]], coming into force on 22 April 1954.

===August===
* [[August 11]] – [[René Pleven]] becomes Prime Minister of France.
* [[August 31]] – The first [[Volkswagen Beetle|Volkswagen Type 1]] rolls off the production line in [[Uitenhage]], South Africa.

===September===
* [[September 1]] – The United States, Australia and New Zealand all sign a mutual defense pact, the [[ANZUS Treaty]].
* [[September 2]] – The [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] is founded by [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]].
* [[September 8]]
** [[Treaty of San Francisco]]: In [[San Francisco]], 48 representatives out of 51 attending sign a [[peace treaty]] with Japan, formally ending the [[Pacific War]]; the delegations of the [[Soviet Union]], [[Poland]] and [[Czechoslovakia]] do not sign the treaty, instead favoring separate treaties.
** The [[Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan|U.S.-Japan Security Treaty]], which allows [[United States Forces Japan|United States Armed Forces]] to be stationed in Japan even after the end of the [[occupation of Japan]], is signed by Japan and the United States.
* [[September 9]] – Chinese Communist forces move into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
* [[September 10]] – The United Kingdom begins an economic boycott of [[Iran]].
* [[September 20]] – [[NATO]] accepts Greece and Turkey as members.
* [[September 26]]–[[September 28|28]] – A blue sun is seen over Europe: the effect is due to ash coming from the Canadian forest fires 4 months previously.
* [[September 30]] – [[Charlotte Whitton]] becomes mayor of [[Ottawa]] and Canada's first woman mayor of a major city.

===October===
* [[October 2]] – [[Television in the Netherlands]] commences with the first broadcast from [[NPO 1|NTS]]; also [[television in Denmark]] from [[DR1]].
* [[October 3]]–[[October 8|8]] – [[Korean War]]: [[First Battle of Maryang-san]] – United Nations (primarily Australian) forces drive back the Chinese.
* [[October 6]] – [[Malayan Emergency]]: [[Communist]] insurgents kill British commander Sir [[Henry Gurney]].
* [[October 14]] – The [[Organization of Central American States]] (''Organización de Estados Centroamericanos'', ODECA) is formed.
* [[October 15]]
** [[Norethisterone]], the [[progestin]] used in the [[combined oral contraceptive pill]], is synthesized by [[Luis E. Miramontes]] in Mexico.
** On television, the situation comedy ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' airs its first episode on [[CBS]] in the U.S.
* [[October 16]]
** [[Judy Garland]] begins a series of concerts in New York's [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]].
** Prime Minister [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] of Pakistan is assassinated.
** [[East China Normal University]] is founded in Shanghai, China.
* [[October 19]] – The state of war between the United States and [[Germany]] is officially ended.
* [[October 21]] – A storm in southern Italy kills over 100.
* [[October 24]] – U.S. President Harry Truman declares an official end to war with Germany.
* [[October 26]] – [[Winston Churchill]] is re-elected [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (a month before his 77th birthday) in a [[1951 United Kingdom general election|general election]] which sees the defeat of [[Clement Attlee]]'s [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government, after 6 years in power.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/26/newsid_3687000/3687425.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=1951: Churchill wins general election |date=1951-10-26 |access-date=2010-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029105110/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/26/newsid_3687000/3687425.stm |archive-date=2010-10-29 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] – [[Farouk of Egypt]] declares himself king of [[Sudan]], with no support.

===November===
* [[November 1]] – [[Desert Rock exercises]], the first military exercises for [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]], with infantry troops included, are held in the [[Nevada]] desert.
* [[November 2]] – 6,000 British troops are flown into Egypt to quell unrest in the [[Suez Canal]] zone.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/2/newsid_3167000/3167115.stm |title=On This Day 1951: 6,000 British troops flown into Egypt |website=BBC News|date=November 2, 1951 }}</ref>
* [[November 10]] – [[Direct distance dialing|Direct dial]] coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
* [[November 11]] – [[Juan Perón]] is re-elected president of [[Argentina]].
* [[November 12]] – The [[National Ballet of Canada]] performs for the first time in [[Eaton Auditorium]], Toronto.
* [[November 20]] – The [[Po (river)|Po River]] floods in northern Italy.
* [[November 29]] – [[LEO (computer)|LEO]] runs the world's first commercial computer program, bakery valuations, for [[J. Lyons and Co.]]'s tea shops in the U.K.

===December===
* c. December – The [[Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies|Institute of War and Peace Studies]] is established by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] at [[Columbia University]] in New York (of which he is [[List of Presidents of Columbia University|President]]) with [[William T. R. Fox]] as first director.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/12/10/96225851.pdf |title=Columbia Founds War-Peace Study|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 10, 1951}}</ref>
* [[December 3]] – [[Lebanese University]] is founded in [[Lebanon]].
* [[December 6]] – A [[state of emergency]] is declared in [[Egypt]], due to increasing riots.
* [[December 13]] – A water storage tank collapses in [[Tucumcari, New Mexico]], United States, resulting in 4 deaths and 200 buildings destroyed.
* [[December 17]] – ''[[We Charge Genocide]]'', a petition describing [[genocide]] against [[African American]]s, is delivered to the United Nations.
* [[December 20]]
** [[Experimental Breeder Reactor I]] (EBR-1), the world's first (experimental) [[nuclear power plant]], opens in [[Idaho]], United States.
** A chartered [[Curtiss C-46 Commando]] crash-lands in [[Cobourg]], [[Ontario]] Canada; all on board survive.
** The [[World Meteorological Organization]] becomes a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]].
* [[December 22]] – The [[Selangor Labour Party]] is founded in [[Selangor]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]].
* [[December 24]]
** [[Libya]] becomes independent from Italy; [[Idris of Libya|Idris I]] is proclaimed King.
** [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]'s 45-minute opera, ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'', premieres live on [[NBC]] in the United States, becoming the first opera written especially for television.
* [[December 31]] – The [[Marshall Plan]] expires, after distributing more than $13.3&nbsp;billion US in [[foreign aid]] to rebuild Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/mars.html |title=Key Dates for the Marshall Plan |work=For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan |publisher=The Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |date=2005-07-11 |access-date=2009-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013025310/http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/mars.html |archive-date=October 13, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Unknown dates===
* [[IBM]] (United Kingdom) is formed.<ref name="ReferenceA">"Year by Year 1951". [[History Channel International]].</ref>
* An 18-year-old sailor is fined for kissing in public in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. The law court calls his actions "obnoxious behavior repulsive to the public morals".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* The continental United States becomes [[malaria]]-free.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/25/health/scientists-eliminate-malaria/index.html?hpt=hp_c5 |title=Scientists race to eliminate malaria as 'wonder drug' loses its powers |authorlink=Ed Yong |first=Ed |last=Yong |date=March 25, 2014 |work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livescience.com/13694-devastating-infectious-diseases-smallpox-plague.html |title=7 Devastating Infectious Diseases |work=LiveScience.com |date=February 10, 2020}}</ref>

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

===January===
[[File:Phil Collins 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Phil Collins]]]]
[[File:Dave Benton.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dave Benton]]]]
* [[January 1]] 
** [[Ashfaq Hussain]], Urdu poet
** [[Nana Patekar]], Indian actor, screenwriter, philanthropist and filmmaker<ref>{{cite news |title=Riveting persona |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/after-successful-directorial-debut-nana-patekar-looks-to-broaden-his-cinematic-repertoire/1/306084.html |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021052116/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/after-successful-directorial-debut-nana-patekar-looks-to-broaden-his-cinematic-repertoire/1/306084.html |archive-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] – [[Jan Fischer (politician)|Jan Fischer]], 8th [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]]
* [[January 3]] – [[Charles W. Mills]], British-born American philosopher (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/charles-w-mills-dead.html |title=Charles W. Mills, Philosopher of Race and Liberalism, Dies at 70 |first=Clay |last=Risen |work=The New York Times |date=September 27, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Bakunde Ilo Pablo]], Congolese musician
* [[January 8]]
** [[Kenny Anthony]], Lucian politician, two-time [[Prime Minister of Saint Lucia]]
** [[John McTiernan]], American film-maker
* [[January 9]] – [[Crystal Gayle]], American country music singer
* [[January 12]]
** [[Rush Limbaugh]], American conservative radio personality (d. [[2021]])
** [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]], American musician (d. [[1978]])
* [[January 18]] – [[Elijah Cummings]], African-American politician (d. [[2019]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Rouslan Saghabalyan]], Russian writer, journalist and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sagabalyan.ru/ |title=Руслан Сагабалян |date=2012 |website=sagabalyan.ru |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523083630/http://sagabalyan.ru/ |archive-date=2013-05-23}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – [[Sully Sullenberger]], American diplomat and pilot
* [[January 25]] – [[Steve Prefontaine]], American runner (d. [[1975]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Phil Collins]], English rock musician and producer
* [[January 31]]
** [[Harry Wayne Casey]] (KC), American musician, songwriter and producer
** [[Phil Manzanera]], British rock musician<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |date=1992 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-939-0 |pages=1611–1162}}</ref>

===February===
[[File:Blaise Compaoré 2014 White House.png|thumb|100px|[[Blaise Compaoré]]]]
[[File:Gordon Brown Davos 2008 low-key background.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gordon Brown]]]]
[[File:Edward Albert 1977.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Edward Albert]]]]
* [[February 3]]
** [[Blaise Compaoré]], 3rd [[President of Burkina Faso]] (1987-[[2014 Burkinabe uprising|2014]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://presidence.bf/page.php?sid=8 |title=Biographie du président |date=2006 |website=Présidence du Burkina Faso |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813150939/http://presidence.bf/page.php?sid=8 |archive-date=2013-08-13}}</ref>
** [[Eugenijus Riabovas]], Lithuanian football manager
* [[February 10]] – [[Bob Iger]], American CEO of [[The Walt Disney Company]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&q=bob+iger+born+%22new+York%22&pg=PA1168 |title=Encyclopedia of Television |year= 2004 |editor-first=Horace |editor-last=Newcomb |publisher=[[Routledge]] |edition=2nd |isbn= 978-1579583941 |page=1168}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] – [[Rossana Ordóñez]], Venezuelan journalist (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maritza Jiménez |title=Rosana Ordóñez: "Si me voy, quiero que llenen esta página de poemas y flores" |url=https://www.eluniversal.com/entretenimiento/103222/rosana-ordonez-si-me-voy-quiero-que-llenen-esta-pagina-de-poemas-y-flores |website=El Universal |date=January 8, 2021 }}</ref>
*[[February 14]] – [[Kevin Keegan]], English footballer and manager
* [[February 15]]
** [[Melissa Manchester]], American pop singer
** [[Jane Seymour (British actress)|Jane Seymour]], English actress
* [[February 16]] – [[William Katt]], American film, television actor 
* [[February 19]] – [[Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri]], Pakistani Islamic Sufi scholar, leader
*[[February 20]]
**[[Gordon Brown]], Scottish-born [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gordon Brown - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gordon-Brown |website=Britannica.com |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Edward Albert]], American film and television actor (d. [[2006]])
*[[February 22]] – [[Ellen Greene]], American actress
*[[February 23]] – [[Patricia Richardson]], American actress
*[[February 24]] – [[Debra Jo Rupp]], American actress 
*[[February 25]] – [[Don Quarrie]], Jamaican sprinter<ref>{{cite book |title=The Sony Tape Guide to Who's who in the 1984 Olympics |publisher=Pelham Books |year=1984 |isbn=9780720715194 |page=42}}</ref>
*[[February 27]] – [[Steve Harley]], British glam rock singer-songwriter (d. [[2024]])<ref>{{cite book |first=Martin C. |last=Strong |year=2000 |title=The Great Rock Discography |edition=5th |publisher=Mojo Books |location=Edinburgh |pages=424–425 |isbn=1-84195-017-3}}</ref>

===March===
[[File:Chris Rea 01 AB.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Rea]]]]
[[File:Kurt Russell by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kurt Russell]]]]
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* [[March 1]] – [[Deb Fischer]], US Senator
* [[March 3]] – [[Heizō Takenaka]], Japanese economist
* [[March 4]]
** [[Edelgard Bulmahn]], German politician
** [[Kenny Dalglish]], Scottish footballer and manager
** [[Linda Yamamoto]], Japanese pop star
* [[March 6]] – [[Gerrie Knetemann]], Dutch cyclist (d. [[2004]])
* [[March 8]] – [[Karen Kain]], Canadian ballerina
* [[March 9]] – [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussian]], Indian tabla virtuoso, composer, percussionist, music producer and actor
* [[March 10]] – [[Gloria Diaz]], Filipino actress of film and television, model and beauty queen
* [[March 13]] – [[Charo]], Spanish-American singer, entertainer
* [[March 14]] – [[Jerry Greenfield]], American co-founder of ''[[Ben & Jerry's]]'' ice cream
* [[March 17]] – [[Kurt Russell]], American actor 
* [[March 18]] – [[Ben Cohen (businessman)|Ben Cohen]], American co-founder of ''[[Ben & Jerry's]]'' ice cream
* [[March 20]] – [[Jimmie Vaughan]], American blues rock guitarist and singer 
* [[March 24]] – [[Tommy Hilfiger]], American fashion designer<ref>{{cite journal |journal=New York |volume=34 |title=Tommy Hilfiger |publisher=New York Magazine Company |year=2001 |page=27}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – [[Jumbo Tsuruta]], Japanese professional wrestler (d. [[2000]])
* [[March 26]]
** [[Aleksey Buldakov]], Russian actor (d. [[2019]])
** [[Carl Wieman]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite book |last=Leroy |first=Francis |title=A century of Nobel Prizes recipients : chemistry, physics, and medicine |publisher=Marcel Dekker |location=New York |year=2003 |isbn=9780824708764 |page=226}}</ref>
* [[March 30]] – [[Wolfgang Niedecken]], German singer

===April===
[[File:Peabo Bryson.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peabo Bryson]]]]
[[File:Beatrix Schuba 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Beatrix Schuba]]]]
[[File:Olivia Hussey ca. 1974.png|thumb|100px|[[Olivia Hussey]]]]
[[File:Tony Danza.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tony Danza]]]]
[[File:Vladimir Spidla, 2007 crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vladimír Špidla]]]]
[[File:Kiss - Ace Frehley (1977).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ace Frehley]]]]
[[File:DaleEarnhardtSunglassesDriversSuit.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dale Earnhardt]]]]
* [[April 4]]
** [[Louis Hendrik Potgieter]], South-African lead singer of [[Dschinghis Khan]] in [[Munich]] [[Germany]] (d. [[1994]])
* [[April 5]]
** [[Dean Kamen]], American inventor, entrepreneur
** [[Fr. Sylvester Wijayakulasuriya]], Parish Priest
** [[Guy Vanderhaeghe]], Canadian author
* [[April 6]] – [[Rita Raave]], Estonian actress
* [[April 7]] – [[Janis Ian]], American singer-songwriter 
* [[April 8]]
** [[Geir Haarde]], [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (2006–2009)
** [[Joan Sebastian]], Mexican singer, songwriter (d. [[2015]])
* [[April 12]] – [[Tom Noonan]], American actor{{cn |date=October 2023}}
* [[April 13]]
** [[Peabo Bryson]], African-American singer<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |editor=Colin Larkin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |date=1997 |edition=Concise |isbn=1-85227-745-9 |page=196}}</ref>
** [[Peter Davison]], British actor
** [[Max Weinberg]], American drummer
* [[April 14]]
** [[Julian Lloyd Webber]], English cellist
** [[Greg Winter]], English biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[April 15]] – [[Beatrix Schuba]], Austrian figure skater
* [[April 16]]
** [[Björgvin Halldórsson]], Icelandic singer
** [[Pierre Toutain-Dorbec]], French photographer
* [[April 17]]
** [[Horst Hrubesch]], German footballer
** [[Olivia Hussey]], Argentine-born actress (''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'') (d. [[2024]])
** [[Milagros Mata Gil]], Venezuelan novelist and essayist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carrillo |first=Josue |date=2023-07-07 |title=Murió la escritora, Milagros Mata Gil |url=https://noticialdia.com/cultura/murio-la-escritora-milagros-mata-gil/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=Noticia al Dia |language=es}}</ref>
* [[April 19]] – [[Jóannes Eidesgaard]], [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]]
* [[April 20]]
** [[Louise Jameson]], British actress
** [[Luther Vandross]], African-American R&B, soul singer, songwriter (d. [[2005]])
* [[April 21]]
** [[Tony Danza]], American actor and comedian 
** [[Vladimír Špidla]], 4th [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]]
* [[April 22]] – [[Paul Carrack]], English singer 
* [[April 24]] – [[Enda Kenny]], 13th [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland
* [[April 27]]
** [[Jim Justice]], American politician 
** [[Ace Frehley]], American rock guitarist ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]) (d. [[2025]])
** [[Freundel Stuart]], 7th Prime Minister of Barbados
* [[April 29]]
** [[Kwesi Amissah-Arthur]], Ghanaian economist, academic and politician (d. [[2018]])
** [[Dale Earnhardt]], American race car driver ([[Death of Dale Earnhardt|d. 2001]])

===May===
[[File:Christopher_Cross_(52289899209).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christopher Cross]]]]
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[[File:Anatoly Karpov 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anatoly Karpov]]]]
[[File:Antonis Samaras October 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Antonis Samaras]]]]
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* [[May 3]] – [[Christopher Cross]], American singer-songwriter 
* [[May 6]]
** [[Antonio Saldías]], Chilean historian
** [[Samuel Doe]], [[President of Liberia]] (d. [[1990]])
* [[May 9]]
** [[Christopher Dewdney]], Canadian poet
** [[Joy Harjo]], Native American poet
* [[May 13]] – [[James Whale (presenter)]], British radio personality, television host, podcast host and author
* [[May 15]]
** [[Yoshifumi Hibako]], Japanese general
** [[Jonathan Richman]], American musician
** [[Frank Wilczek]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite book |title=The Time Almanac |publisher=Information Please LLC |year=2011 |page=75}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – [[Unshō Ishizuka]], Japanese voice actor (d. [[2018]])
** [[Jonathan Richman]], American musician
* [[May 18]] – [[Ben Feringa]], Dutch organic chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[May 19]]
** [[Joey Ramone]], American rock musician ([[Ramones]]) (d. [[2001]])
** [[Dick Slater]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2018]])
* [[May 20]]
** [[Christie Blatchford]], Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/rip-christie-blatchford |title=Dead at 68: Christie Blatchford was a tenacious voice for victims, a thorn to the smug |newspaper=National Post |date=February 12, 2020 |last1=Humphreys |first1=Adrian}}</ref>
** [[Mike Crapo]], US Senator- R-Idaho 
* [[May 22]] – [[Kenneth Bianchi]], American serial killer and rapist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/kenneth-bianchi |title=Kenneth Bianchi - Hillside Strangler, Childhood & Crimes |date=October 3, 2023 |website=Biography.com }}</ref>
* [[May 23]]
** [[Jill E. Barad]], American businessperson
** [[Anatoly Karpov]], Russian chess player
** [[Antonis Samaras]], Greek economist, politician and 185th [[Prime Minister of Greece]]
* [[May 25]] – [[Jamaluddin Jarjis]], Malaysian politician (d. [[2015]])
* [[May 26]]
** [[Ramón Calderón]], Spanish lawyer and businessman
** [[Lou van den Dries]], Dutch mathematician
** [[Sally Ride]], American astronaut (d. [[2012]])
** [[Madeleine Taylor-Quinn]], Irish politician
* [[May 30]]
** [[Stephen Tobolowsky]], American actor
** [[Fernando Lugo]], [[President of Paraguay]]
* [[May 31]] – [[Jimmy Nalls]], American guitarist ([[Sea Level (band)|Sea Level]]) (d. [[2017]])

===June===
[[File:Jill Biden portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jill Biden]]]]
[[File:5.3.10SuzeOrmanByDavidShankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Suze Orman]]]]
[[File:Bonnie Tyler ESC - United Kingdom 01 crop.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Bonnie Tyler]]]]
[[File:Stellan Skarsgård at the 2017 Berlinale.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stellan Skarsgård]]]]
[[File:Álvaro Colom Caballeros - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Álvaro Colom]]]]
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[[File:McAleese.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mary McAleese]]]]
* [[June 2]] 
**[[Jeanine Pirro]], Lebanese-American attorney, politician and conservative political commentator
**[[Larry Robinson]], Canadian hockey player
* [[June 3]] – [[Jill Biden]], [[First Lady of the United States]]
* [[June 8]] – [[Bonnie Tyler]], Welsh pop singer
* [[June 9]] – [[James Newton Howard]], American musician, composer
* [[June 12]]
** [[Brad Delp]], American rock vocalist (d. [[2007]])
** [[Andranik Margaryan]], 14th [[Prime Minister of Armenia]] (d. [[2007]])
* [[June 13]]
** [[Stellan Skarsgård]], Swedish actor
** [[Richard Thomas (actor)|Richard Thomas]], American actor
* [[June 14]] – [[Paul Boateng]], British politician
* [[June 15]] – [[Álvaro Colom]], 35th President of Guatemala (d. [[2023]])
* [[June 16]] – [[Roberto Durán]], Panamanian boxer
* [[June 17]] – [[Shahidan Kassim]], Malaysian politician
* [[June 18]]
** [[Gyula Sax]], Hungarian chess grandmaster (d. [[2014]])
** [[Steve Miner]], American film, television director, film producer
* [[June 20]]
** [[Tress MacNeille]], American voice actress
** [[Paul Muldoon]], Irish-born poet
* [[June 21]] – [[Nils Lofgren]], American musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nilslofgren.com/History07.html |title=Nils Lofgren, Singer, songwriter |last=Lofgren |first=Nils |year=2007 |work=Nils Lofgren's official website |access-date=March 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220030641/http://www.nilslofgren.com/History07.html |archive-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] – [[Michèle Mouton]], French rally driver
* [[June 25]] – [[Elvy Sukaesih]], Indonesian dangdut singer
* [[June 27]]
** [[Ulf Andersson]], Swedish chess player
** [[Madan Bhandari]], Nepalese politician (d. [[1993]])
** [[Mary McAleese]], 8th [[President of Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://president.ie/ga/an-tuachtaran/mary-mcaleese |language=Irish |website=President.ie |title=Máire Mhic Ghiolla Íosa |access-date=11 June 2021 |archive-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611071834/https://president.ie/ga/an-tuachtaran/mary-mcaleese |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 28]]
** [[Mick Cronin (rugby league)|Mick Cronin]], Australian rugby league player
** [[Daniel Ruiz]], Spanish footballer
* [[June 29]] – [[Zvi Eliezer Alonie]], Israeli rabbi
* [[June 30]] – [[Stanley Clarke]], American bassist

===July===
[[File:Yayi Boni.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Thomas Boni Yayi]]]]
[[File:Geoffrey Rush Berlinale 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Geoffrey Rush]]]]
[[File:Anjelica Huston March 21, 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anjelica Huston]]]]
[[File:Chris Cooper at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Cooper]]]]
[[File:Elio Di Rupo 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Elio Di Rupo]]]]
[[File:Lynda_Carter2_(cropped2).jpg|alt=|thumb|100x100px|[[Lynda Carter]]]]
[[File:Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba 2012b (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba]]]]
* [[July 1]]
** [[Sabah Abdul-Jalil]], Iraqi footballer and coach (d. 2021)
** [[Abdul Karim Jassim]], Iraqi footballer and coach
** [[Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed]], Djiboutian politician
** [[Thomas Boni Yayi]], 7th [[President of Benin]]
* [[July 2]]
** [[Elisabeth Brooks]], Canadian actress (d. [[1997]])
** [[Wiesław Gawlikowski]], Polish sport shooter
* [[July 3]]
** [[Richard Hadlee]], New Zealand cricketer
** [[Lodewijk Jacobs]], Dutch sprint canoer
* [[July 4]]
** [[Beverly Boys]], Canadian diver
** [[S. S. Ahluwalia]], Indian politician
* [[July 5]]
** [[Goose Gossage]], American baseball player
** [[Yehoshua Gal]], Israeli footballer
** [[Gilbert Van Binst]], Belgian footballer
* [[July 6]] – [[Geoffrey Rush]], Australian actor
* [[July 7]] – [[Menachem Ben-Sasson]], Israeli politician
* [[July 8]] – [[Anjelica Huston]], American actress
* [[July 9]]
** [[Jeje Odongo]], Ugandan military officer and politician
** [[Chris Cooper]], American actor
* [[July 12]] – [[Cheryl Ladd]], American actress and singer
* [[July 14]] – [[Erich Hallhuber]], German actor (d. [[2003]])
* [[July 15]]
** [[Folorunso Alakija]], Nigerian businesswoman
** [[Rick Kehoe]], Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach
* [[July 16]] – [[Franco Serantini]], Italian anarchist (d. [[1972]])
* [[July 18]]
** [[Eva Wittke]], German swimmer
** [[Elio Di Rupo]], Belgian politician
* [[July 21]] – [[Robin Williams]], American actor and comedian (d. [[2014]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/12/robin-williams |title=Robin Williams obituary |date=August 12, 2014 |author=Ryan Gilbey |website=The Guardian |access-date=November 6, 2021}}</ref>
* [[July 24]]
** [[Lynda Carter]], American actress and singer
** [[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|Chris Smith]], British politician
* [[July 25]] – [[Yury Kovalchuk]], [[Russian oligarch]]
* [[July 26]] – [[Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger]], German politician
* [[July 28]]
** [[Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba]], Spanish politician (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/obituaries/alfredo-perez-rubalcaba-dies.html |title=Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, 67, Dies; Helped End Basque Terrorism |date=May 12, 2019 |website=New York Times |first=Raphael |last=Minder |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref>
** [[Santiago Calatrava]], Spanish architect and engineer
* [[July 31]]
** [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]], Australian tennis player
** [[Vjekoslav Šutej]], Croatian orchestral conductor (d. [[2009]])

===August===
[[File:Mohamed Morsi-05-2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mohamed Morsi]]]]
[[File:Juan Manuel Santos in 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Juan Manuel Santos]]]]
[[File:Bass player queen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Deacon]]]]
[[File:Ierse zangeres Dana arriveert op Schiphol voor Eurovisie Song Festival . Dana, Bestanddeelnr 923-3512.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]]]]
* [[August 2]] – [[Andrew Gold]], American singer-songwriter and musician ([[10cc]], [[Wax (pop band)|Wax]]) (d. [[2011]])
* [[August 3]] – [[Marcel Dionne]], Canadian hockey player
* [[August 6]] – [[Catherine Hicks]], American actress
* [[August 8]]
** [[Louis van Gaal]], Dutch footballer and manager
** [[Mohamed Morsi]], Egyptian politician, 5th [[President of Egypt]] (d. [[2019]])
** [[Mamoru Oshii]], Japanese film director
** [[Randy Shilts]], American journalist and author (d. [[1994]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Juan Manuel Santos]], [[President of Colombia]] and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
* [[August 11]] – [[Katsumi Chō]], Japanese voice actor
* [[August 13]] – [[Dan Fogelberg]], American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (d. [[2007]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Carl Lumbly]], American actor
* [[August 15]] – [[Jim Allen (cricketer)|Jim Allen]], West Indian cricketer
* [[August 16]] – [[Umaru Musa Yar'Adua]], 13th [[President of Nigeria]] (d. [[2010]])
* [[August 19]] – [[John Deacon]], English rock bassist
* [[August 20]] – [[Greg Bear]], American author (d. [[2022]])
* [[August 21]]
** [[Eric Goles]], Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
** [[Chesley V. Morton]], American politician and securities arbitrator
* [[August 22]] – [[Chandra Prakash Mainali]], Nepalese politician
* [[August 23]]
** [[Jimi Jamison]], American musician ([[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]) (d. [[2014]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/03/jimi-jamison |title=Jimi Jamison obituary |first=Joel |last=McIver |work=The Guardian |date=September 3, 2014}}</ref>
** [[Akhmad Kadyrov]], President of Chechnya (d. [[2004]])
** [[Queen Noor of Jordan]], born Lisa Najeeb Halaby, American-born queen consort
* [[August 24]] – [[Orson Scott Card]], American writer<ref>{{cite book |last=Reid |first=Suzanne |title=Presenting young adult science fiction |publisher=Twayne Publishers Prentice Hall International |location=New York London England |year=1998 |isbn=9780805716535 |page=36}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] – [[Rob Halford]], English rock singer
* [[August 26]] – [[Edward Witten]], American mathematician, Fields medalist
* [[August 28]] – [[Wayne Osmond]], American pop singer (d. [[2025]])
* [[August 30]]
** [[Behgjet Pacolli]], 3rd [[President of Kosovo]].
** [[Dana Rosemary Scallon]], Irish singer, [[Eurovision Song Contest 1970]] winner and [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP)

===September===
[[File:Michael Keaton (NYCC 2014).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Michael Keaton]]]]
[[File:Mammootty, 2022.jpg|thumb|133x133px|[[Mammootty]] ]]
[[File:Alexander Downer (1).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alexander Downer]]]]
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[[File:Mark Hamill by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mark Hamill]]]]
[[File:Portrait Michelle Bachelet.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michelle Bachelet]]]]
* [[September 2]]
** [[Jim DeMint]], American politician, [[United States Senator]] (R-SC)
** [[Mark Harmon]], American actor
* [[September 3]] – [[D. Rolland Jennings]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Jennings |title=D. Rolland Jennings |website=West Virginia Legislature |access-date=2024-07-08}}</ref>
* [[September 4]] – [[Judith Ivey]], American actress<ref>{{cite book |title=Texas biographical dictionary |publisher=Somerset |location=St. Clair Shores, Michigan |year=2001 |isbn=9780403099924 |page=291}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] – [[Michael Keaton]], American actor
* [[September 7]] – [[Chrissie Hynde]], American rock singer
* [[September 7]] - [[Mammootty]], Indian actor 
* [[September 9]] – [[Alexander Downer]], Australian politician, diplomat
* [[September 12]]
** [[Bertie Ahern]], [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland
** [[Joe Pantoliano]], American actor
* [[September 13]]
** [[Jean Smart]], American actress 
** [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]], 1st President of South Sudan<ref>{{cite book |last=Ibbotson |first=Sophie |title=South Sudan |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |location=Chalfont St. Peter |year=2013 |isbn=9781841624662 |page=12}}</ref>
* [[September 14]]
** [[Duncan Haldane]], English-born condensed-matter physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who |title=Haldane, Prof. (Frederick) Duncan (Michael) |id=U18585 |volume=1997 |edition=online [[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford}}</ref>
** [[Volodymyr Melnykov]], [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[poet]], [[writer]], [[songwriter]] and [[composer]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-66387 |title=Melnikov, Vladimir Nikolaevich |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine |date=2018 |last=Gadenko |first=M. I. |publisher=Institute of Encyclopedic Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |language=uk |volume=20 |pages=135–136}}</ref> 
* [[September 15]]
** [[Pete Carroll]], American football coach
** [[Fred Seibert]], American producer and [[Frederator Studios]] founder
* [[September 17]] – [[Cassandra Peterson]], American actress, known for her role in ''[[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]]''
* [[September 18]] – [[Dee Dee Ramone]], American bassist (d. [[2002]])
* [[September 20]] 
** [[Guy Lafleur]], Canadian hockey player (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fischler |first1=Stan |last2=Fischler |first2=Shirley |name-list-style=amp |title=Who's Who in Hockey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpbLnSHBNHgC&pg=PT243 |year=2003 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |isbn=978-0-7407-1904-2 |page=243}}</ref>
** [[Javier Marías]], Spanish novelist<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Clifford |title=World authors 1990-1995 |publisher=H.W. Wilson |location=New York |year=1999 |isbn=9780824209568 |page=507}}</ref> (d. [[2022]])
* [[September 21]] – [[Aslan Maskhadov]], President of Chechnya (d. [[2005]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Orttung |first=Robert |title=The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation : A guide to politics, policies, and leaders |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |location=Armonk, N.Y |year=2000 |isbn=9780765605597 |page=70}}</ref>
* [[September 22]]
** [[David Coverdale]], English singer and musician
** [[Wolfgang Petry]], German singer
* [[September 24]] – [[Alfonso Portillo]], [[President of Guatemala]]
* [[September 25]]
** [[Mark Hamill]], American actor, known for his role in ''[[Star Wars]]''
** [[Bob McAdoo]], American basketball player and coach
* [[September 26]] – [[Stuart Tosh]], Scottish musician
* [[September 28]] – [[Jim Diamond (singer)|Jim Diamond]], Scottish singer-songwriter (d. [[2015]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Diamond |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13840353.jim-diamond/ |access-date=2021-02-14 |website=Herald Scotland |date=October 12, 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 29]]
** [[Michelle Bachelet]], [[President of Chile]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelle Bachelet |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/michelle-bachelet |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
** [[Andrés Caicedo]], Colombian writer (d. [[1977]])
** [[Maureen Caird]], Australian hurdler
* [[September 30]] – [[Barry Marshall]], Australian physician and recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]

===October===
[[File:Sting in April 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sting (musician)|Sting]]]]
[[File:BobGeldof2014 1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bob Geldof]]]]
[[File:Karenallen17 cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Karen Allen]]]]
[[File:Prabowo Subianto 2024 official portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prabowo Subianto]]]]
[[File:Pam Dawber 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pam Dawber]]]]
* [[October 2]] – [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], British singer, rock musician, philanthropist
* [[October 3]]
** [[Keb' Mo']], American musician
** [[Kathryn D. Sullivan]], American astronaut
** [[Dave Winfield]], American baseball player
* [[October 4]] – [[Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov]], [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] poet
* [[October 5]] – [[Bob Geldof]], Irish musician ([[The Boomtown Rats]])
* [[October 6]] – [[Manfred Winkelhock]], German racing driver (d. [[1985]])
* [[October 7]]
** [[Jakaya Kikwete]], 4th President of Tanzania
** [[John Mellencamp]], American musician and songwriter
* [[October 10]] – [[Epeli Ganilau]], Fijian soldier and statesman (d. [[2023]])
* [[October 11]]
** [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]], French singer and songwriter
** [[Jon Miller]], American sports announcer
* [[October 15]]
** [[Hani Al-Mulki]], Prime Minister of Jordan
** [[Rafael Vaganian]], Armenian chess grandmaster
* [[October 17]]
** [[Prabowo Subianto]], Indonesian politician, businessman, retired honorary [[army general]], 8th [[President of Indonesia]].
* [[October 18]]
** [[Pam Dawber]], American actress
** [[Mike Antonovich (ice hockey)|Mike Antonovich]], American ice hockey player and executive
** [[Terry McMillan]], American author
* [[October 19]] – [[Annie Golden]], Americana actress
* [[October 20]] – [[Claudio Ranieri]], Italian football manager and player
* [[October 22]] – [[William David Sanders]], American victim of the [[Columbine High School massacre]] (d. [[1999]])
* [[October 23]] – [[Charly García]], Argentine musician and songwriter
* [[October 26]]
** [[Willie P. Bennett]], Canadian songwriter and singer (d. [[2008]])
** [[Bootsy Collins]], American musician, singer-songwriter
* [[October 27]] – [[Éric Morena]], French singer (d. [[2019]])
* [[October 30]] – [[Harry Hamlin]], American actor

===November===
[[File:EPP Summit; Meise, Dec. 2013 (11449226465) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Traian Băsescu]]]]
[[File:Zeenat Aman at the Society Achievers Awards 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zeenat Aman]]]]
[[File:Kathryn Bigelow by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kathryn Bigelow]]]]
* [[November 2]] – [[Thomas Mallon]], American author and critic
* [[November 3]] – [[Ed Murawinski]], American cartoonist (''New York Daily News'')
* [[November 4]]
** [[Traian Băsescu]], [[President of Romania]]
** [[Hal Malchow]], political consultant (d. [[2024]])
* [[November 5]] 
**[[Prince B.B Apugo]], Nigerian politician
**[[Tony Evers]], American politician, 46th Governor of Wisconsin <ref> https://books.google.com/books?id=Ya9yYfO5CsAC&q=tony+evers+november+5+1951&dq=tony+evers+november+5+1951&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzhsaguciQAxU8kWoFHYfCPTQQ6AF6BAgPEAM#tony%20evers%20november%205%201951</ref>
* [[November 7]] – [[Dennis Allen (criminal)|Dennis Allen]], Australian criminal and drug dealer, eldest son of [[Kath Pettingill]] (d. [[1987]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Alfredo Astiz]], Argentine commander
* [[November 9]]
** [[Martin Khor]], Malaysian journalist and economist (d. [[2020]])
** [[Lou Ferrigno]], American actor and bodybuilder
* [[November 10]] – [[Danilo Medina]], Dominican politician 53rd [[President of the Dominican Republic]]
* [[November 12]] – [[Marcelo Rezende]], Brazilian journalist and television presenter (d. [[2017]])
* [[November 15]]
** [[Alamgir Hashmi]], English poet
** [[Beverly D'Angelo]], American actress and singer
* [[November 16]]
** [[Miguel Sandoval]], American actor
** [[Paula Vogel]], American playwright
* [[November 17]] – [[Stephen Root]], American actor 
* [[November 18]] – [[Justin Raimondo]], American political activist (d. [[2019]])
* [[November 19]] – [[Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton]], British politician
* [[November 20]] – [[Rodger Bumpass]], American voice actor known for his role as Squidward Tentacles on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
* [[November 21]] – [[Thomas Roth (journalist)|Thomas Roth]], German television news anchor and presenter
* [[November 24]] – [[Chet Edwards]], American politician
* [[November 26]] – [[Ilona Staller|Cicciolina]], Hungarian-Italian actress and politician
* [[November 27]] – [[Teri DeSario]], American singer-songwriter
* [[November 29]]
** [[Kathryn Bigelow]], American film director
** [[Roger Troutman]], American funk musician (d. [[1999]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Christian Bernard]], French-born mystic

===December===
[[File:Jaco pastorius 87.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jaco Pastorius]]]]
[[File:Carlos Menem recibe a Ernesto Zedillo 06.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ernesto Zedillo]]]]
* [[December 1]]
** [[Obba Babatundé]], American actor
** [[Jaco Pastorius]], American bassist (d. [[1987]])
** [[Treat Williams]], American actor, writer and aviator (d. [[2023]]) 
* [[December 2]] – [[Adrian Devine]], American baseball pitcher (d. [[2020]])
* [[December 3]]
** [[Natalis Chan]], Hong Kong actor and producer
** [[Riki Choshu]], Korean-Japanese professional wrestler
* [[December 4]]
** [[Chang Fei]], Taiwanese television personality
** [[Patricia Wettig]], American actress
* [[December 7]] – [[Richard Darbois]], French-Canadian voice actor 
* [[December 8]]
** [[Bill Bryson]], American-born British non-fiction author
** [[Jan Eggum]], Norwegian singer and songwriter
* [[December 11]] – [[Peter T. Daniels]], American writing systems scholar
* [[December 12]] – [[Wau Holland]], German hacker (d. [[2001]])
* [[December 14]]
** [[Mike Krüger]], German comedian and singer
** [[Jan Timman]], Dutch chess player
* [[December 17]] – [[Ken Hitchcock]], Canadian hockey coach
* [[December 27]] – [[Levy Fidelix]], Brazilian politician, businessman, and journalist (d. [[2021]])
** [[Ernesto Zedillo]], 54th [[President of Mexico]] (1994–2000)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/2894/Ernesto%20Zedillo |title=Ernesto Zedillo |website=Busca Biografias |language=es |access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>

===Full date unknown===
*[[Peter Hargitay]], public relations executive and a partner of the European Consultancy Network<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/football/meet-ffas-man-of-mystery/2009/10/17/1255624771126.html |first=Matthew |last=Hall |title=Meet FFA's man of mystery|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=18 October 2009}}</ref>
*[[Martani Huseini]], Indoneian academic and bureaucrat<ref>{{Cite news |last=Damarjati |first=Danu |date=14 May 2019 |title=Beranikah Jokowi Bentuk Kabinet Profesional Berisi Anak-anak Muda? |trans-title=Does Jokowi Dare to Form a Professional Cabinet Filled with Young People? |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-4548938/beranikah-jokowi-bentuk-kabinet-profesional-berisi-anak-anak-muda |access-date=3 July 2025 |work=detikNews |language=id}}</ref>

==Deaths==

===January===
[[File:FranziskusHennemann.jpg|thumb|110px|Reverend [[Franziskus Hennemann]]]]
[[File:Amy Carmichael with children2.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Amy Carmichael]]]]
[[File:Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.png|thumb|110px|[[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]]]]
* [[January 3]] – [[Georgios Drossinis]], Greek author, poet, scholar and editor (b. [[1859]])
* [[January 5]] 
** [[Yasunosuke Gonda]], Japanese sociologist and theorist (b. [[1887]])
** [[Andrei Platonov]], Russian-born Soviet writer (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 6]]
** [[Ken Le Breton]], Australian speedway rider (b. [[1924]])
** [[Maila Talvio]], Finnish writer, nominated for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1871]])
* [[January 7]]
** [[René Guénon]], French metaphysician (b. [[1886]])
** [[Lucien Cuénot]], French biologist (b. [[1866]])
* [[January 10]] – [[Sinclair Lewis]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1885]])
* [[January 12]]
** [[Jacques de Baroncelli]], French director and screenwriter (b. [[1881]])
** [[Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1870–1951)|Prince Maximilian of Saxony]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[January 13]]
** [[Dorothea Bate]], British palaeontologist, a pioneer of archaeozoology (b. [[1878]])
** [[Florence Kahn (actress)|Florence Kahn]], American actress (b. [[1878]])
** [[Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal and eminence (b. [[1871]])
* [[January 15]] – [[Ernest Swinton|Sir Ernest Swinton]], British Army general (b. [[1868]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/swinton.htm |title=Who's Who - Sir Ernest Swinton |website=First World War.com}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Tsunejirō Ishii]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1887]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Franziskus Hennemann]], South African [[Titular bishop]] and reverend (b. [[1882]])
* [[January 18]]
** [[Amy Carmichael]], Irish missionary to India (b. [[1867]])
** [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]], American actor (b. [[1888]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Yuriko Miyamoto]], Japanese novelist (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 22]] – [[Harald Bohr]], Danish mathematician and footballer (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W5kyppVPyesC&dq=Harald+Bohr+22+april+1887&pg=PA182 |last1=Mehra |first1=Jagdish |author-link1=Jagdish Mehra |last2=Rechenberg |first2=Helmut |author-link2=Helmut Rechenberg |name-list-style=amp |date=2000 |title=The Historical Development of Quantum Theory, Volume 1, part 1 |page=182 |location=New York City |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-38795-174-4}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – [[Robert J. Blackham]], British general and author (b. [[1868]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]], Finnish military leader and statesman, 6th [[President of Finland]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[January 28]]
** [[Dominic Salvatore Gentile]], American pilot (b. [[1920]])
** [[Petar Dujam Munzani]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop and reverend (b. [[1890]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Frank Tarrant]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1880]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Ferdinand Porsche]], German auto engineer (b. [[1875]])

===February===
[[File:2ndPrinceChun1.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Zaifeng, Prince Chun]]]]
[[File:Gide 1893.jpg|thumb|110px|[[André Gide]]]]
* [[February 1]] – [[Blas Taracena Aguirre]], Spanish archaeologist (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 3]]
**[[Choudhry Rahmat Ali]], one of the founding fathers of Pakistan (b. [[1895]])
** [[Zaifeng, Prince Chun]], Qing Dynasty prince (b. [[1883]])
* [[February 8]]
** [[Fritz Thyssen]], German businessman and industrialist (b. [[1873]])
** [[Zygmunt Szendzielarz]], Polish commander (b. [[1910]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Eddy Duchin]], American pianist and bandleader (b. [[1909]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Lloyd C. Douglas]], American author (b. [[1877]])
* [[February 14]] – [[Andrés Barbero]], Paraguayan scientist and botanist (b. [[1877]])
* [[February 18]]
** [[Lyman Gilmore]], American aviation pioneer (b. [[1874]])
** [[Miloš Slovák]], Czech painter (b. [[1885]])
* [[February 19]] – [[André Gide]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1869]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.andregide.org/remembrance/nytgide.html |title=New York Times obituary |website=AndreGide.org |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806050538/http://www.andregide.org/remembrance/nytgide.html |archive-date=6 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] – [[Alfred Lindley]], American Olympic rower - Men's eights (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 28]]
** [[Henry W. Armstrong]], American boxer and songwriter (b. [[1879]])
** [[Giannina Russ]], Italian soprano (b. [[1873]])

===March===
[[File:Meszlenyi3.jpg|100px|thumbnail|Blessed [[Zoltán Meszlényi]]]]
[[File:Shidehara Kijuro.jpg|100px|thumbnail|[[Kijuro Shidehara]]]]
[[File:Janusz J%C4%99drzejewicz.PNG|100px|thumbnail|[[Janusz Jędrzejewicz]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Maria Dickin]], British social reformer (b. [[1870]])
* [[March 2]]
** [[Cassiano Conzatti]], Italian botanist, explorer and pteridologist (b. [[1862]])
** [[Al Taylor (actor)|Al Taylor]], American actor (b. [[1887]])
* [[March 4]]
** [[Anna Berentine Anthoni]], Norwegian trade unionist and politician (b. [[1884]])
** [[Zoltán Meszlényi]], Hungarian [[Roman Catholic]] priest, bishop, martyr and blessed (b. [[1892]])
* [[March 6]]
** [[Ivor Novello]], British actor, musician and composer (b. [[1893]])
** [[Volodymyr Vynnychenko]], Ukrainian statesman, political activist, writer, playwright and artist, 1st [[Prime Minister of Ukraine]] (b. [[1880]])
* [[March 7]] – Prince [[Rangsit Prayurasakdi]] (b. [[1885]])
* [[March 8]] – [[Charles Coleman (actor)|Charles Coleman]], American actor (b. [[1885]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Kijūrō Shidehara]], Japanese diplomat, 31st [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1872]])
* [[March 12]] – [[Alfred Hugenberg]], German businessman and politician (b. [[1865]])
* [[March 13]] – [[Ants Kaljurand|Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand]], Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and [[forest brother]] (b. [[1917]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Mandel |first=Mati |date=2010 |title=Kogu tõde Hirmus Antsust? |language=et |location=[[Tallinn]] |publisher=Eesti Ajaloomuuseum |pages=159–163 |isbn=978-9-98598-894-7}}</ref>
* [[March 14]] – [[Val Lewton]], American producer and screenwriter (b. [[1904]])
* [[March 16]] – [[Janusz Jędrzejewicz]], Polish politician and educator, 24th [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. [[1885]])
* [[March 17]] – [[Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 19]] 
** [[Dmytro Doroshenko]], Soviet political figure (b. [[1882]])
** [[Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger]], Dutch biologist and politician (b. [[1867]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources-huygens-knaw-nl.translate.goog/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn5/koningsberger?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp |last=Doel |first=H.W. van den |title=Koningsberger, Jacob Christiaan (1867-1951) |language=nl |website=[[Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands]] |date=November 12, 2013 |access-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720101450/https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn5/koningsberger |archive-date=20 July 2019 |ref={{SfnRef|Doel, Koningsberger}} }}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – [[Alfredo Baquerizo]], 19th President of Ecuador (b. [[1859]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Willem Mengelberg]], Dutch conductor (b. [[1871]])
* [[March 24]] – [[José Enrique Varela]], Spanish military officer (b. [[1871]])
* [[March 25]]
** [[Eddie Collins]], American baseball player ([[Chicago White Sox]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1887]])
** [[Oscar Micheaux]], American filmmaker (b. [[1884]])
* [[March 31]] – [[Ralph Forbes]], American actor (b. [[1896]])

===April===
[[File:Carmona.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Oscar Carmona]]]]
[[File:Ivanoe Bonomi portrait.png|thumb|100px|[[Ivanoe Bonomi]]]]
[[File:Chas G Dawes-H&E.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charles G. Dawes]]]]
* [[April 2]] – [[Mikhail Vladimirsky]], Soviet politician (b. [[1874]])
* [[April 4]] – [[George Albert Smith]], 8th President of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Cường Để]], Vietnamese revolutionary leader (b. [[1882]])
* [[April 6]] – [[Robert Broom]], British paleontologist (b. [[1866]])
* [[April 9]] – [[Vilhelm Bjerknes]], Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. [[1862]]) 
* [[April 11]]
** [[Peter Enzenauer]], Canadian politician (b. [[1878]])
** [[Joe King (actor)|Joe King]], American actor (b. [[1883]])
* [[April 14]] 
** [[Ernest Bevin]], British labour leader, politician and statesman (b. [[1881]])
** [[Al Christie]], Canadian film director and producer (b. [[1881]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Adolph Bolm]], Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. [[1881]])
* [[April 18]] – [[Óscar Carmona]], 96th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] and 11th [[President of Portugal]] (b. [[1869]])
* [[April 19]] – [[Frank Hopkins]], American professional horseman, soldier (b. [[1865]])
* [[April 20]] – [[Ivanoe Bonomi]], Italian politician and statesman, 25th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. [[1873]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus]], Dutch lepidopterist (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 22]] – [[Horace Donisthorpe]], British myrmecologist (b. [[1870]])
* [[April 23]] – [[Charles G. Dawes]], [[List of Vice Presidents of the United States|30th]] [[Vice President of the United States]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1865]])
* [[April 25]] – [[Shyam (actor)|Shyam]], Hindi actor (b. [[1920]])
* [[April 26]] – [[Arnold Sommerfeld]], German physicist (b. [[1868]])
* [[April 29]] – [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], Austrian philosopher (b. [[1889]])

===May===
[[File:HomeroManzi.jpg|100px|thumbnail|[[Homero Manzi]]]]
[[File:Henri Carton de Wiart.jpg|100px|thumbnail|[[Henri Carton de Wiart]]]]
[[File:Mary Emelia Moore.jpg|100px|thumbnail|[[Mary Emelia Moore]]]]
[[File:Empress Teimei official portrait 4 1949.jpg|100px|thumbnail|[[Empress Teimei]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Klymentiy Sheptytsky]], Soviet [[Orthodox priest]], martyr and blessed (b. [[1869]])
* [[May 2]]
** [[Alphonse de Châteaubriant]], French writer (b. [[1877]])
** [[Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], Saudi politician (b. [[1921]])
* [[May 3]] – [[Homero Manzi]], Argentine Tango lyricist and author (b. [[1907]])
* [[May 5]]
** [[Eddie Dunn (actor)|Eddie Dunn]], American actor (b. [[1896]])
** [[John Flynn (minister)|John Flynn]], Australian medical services pioneer (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/about-the-rfds/history/john-flynn-bio/ |title=John Flynn biography |website=Royal Flying Doctor Service}}</ref>
** [[Andronicus Rudenko]], Greek [[Orthodox priest]] and blessed (b. [[1874]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Henri Carton de Wiart]], 23rd [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. [[1869]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Warner Baxter]], American actor (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 8]] – [[Pat Hartigan (actor)|Pat Hartigan]], American actor and director (b. [[1881]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Nikola Mushanov]], 23rd [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] (b. [[1872]])
* [[May 16]] – [[François Hussenot]], French engineer (b. [[1912]])
* [[May 17]]
** [[William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood]], British field marshal (b. [[1865]])
** [[Mary Emelia Moore]], New Zealand Presbyterian missionary in [[China]] (b. [[1869]])
** [[Empress Teimei]] of Japan, Empress consort of [[Emperor Taishō]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[May 18]] – [[Gaspar Agüero Barreras]], Cuban composer, pianist and composer (b. [[1873]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Marguerite Merington]], English-American author (b. [[1857]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Antonio Gandusio]], Italian actor (b. [[1875]])
* [[May 25]]
** [[Franz Klebusch]], German actor (b. [[1887]])
** [[Paula von Preradović]], Austrian poet and writer (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schoolfield |first=G. C. |date=July 1954 |title=Paula von Preradović - An Introduction |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0483.1954.tb00671.x |journal=German Life and Letters |language=en |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=285–292 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-0483.1954.tb00671.x|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[May 27]] – Sir [[Thomas Blamey]], Australian field marshal (b. [[1884]])
* [[May 29]]
** [[Fanny Brice]], American entertainer (b. [[1891]])
** [[Antonio Mosca]], Italian painter (b. [[1870]])
* [[May 30]]
** [[Hermann Broch]], Austrian author (b. [[1886]])
** [[Reginald Tyrwhitt|Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt]], British admiral (b. [[1870]])

===June===
[[File:Serge Koussevitzky.jpg|100px|thumbnail|[[Serge Koussevitzky]]]]
[[File:Benchifley.jpg|100px|thumbnail|[[Ben Chifley]]]]
[[File:San Fior - Monumento alla beata Mastena.jpg|100px|thumbnail|Blessed [[Maria Pia Mastena]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[José Alejandrino]], Filipino general (b. [[1870]])
** [[Rafael Altamira y Crevea]], Spanish historian and jurist (b. [[1866]])
** [[Ludvig Oskar]], Estonian painter (b. [[1874]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Serge Koussevitzky]], Russian-born conductor (b. [[1874]])
* [[June 7]]
** [[Paul Blobel]], German SS officer (executed) (b. [[1894]])
** [[Werner Braune]], German SS officer (executed) (b. [[1909]])
** [[Erich Naumann]], German SS officer (executed) (b. [[1905]])
** [[Otto Ohlendorf]], German SS officer (executed) (b. [[1907]])
** [[Oswald Pohl]], German SS officer (executed) (b. [[1892]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Mayo Methot]], American actress (b. [[1904]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Ben Chifley]], Australian politician, 16th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1885]])
* [[June 16]] 
** [[Pyotr Pavlenko]], Soviet writer and screenwriter (b. [[1899]])
** [[Thomas Alan Goldsborough]], American politician, member of the [[US House of Representatives]] from 1921 to 1939 and a United States district judge from 1939 to 1951 (b. [[1877]])
* [[June 21]]
** [[Charles Dillon Perrine]], American astronomer, discovered two moons of [[Jupiter]] ([[Himalia (moon)|Himalia]] and [[Elara (moon)|Elara]]) (b. [[1867]])
** [[Ville Kiviniemi]], Finnish politician (b. [[1877]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Ville Kiviniemi |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910748.aspx |website=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315165100/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910748.aspx |archive-date=15 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
* [[June 25]] – [[Ferdinand Budicki]], Croatian pioneer (b. [[1871]])
* [[June 27]] – [[David Warfield]], American stage actor (b. [[1866]])
* [[June 28]] – [[Maria Pia Mastena]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] religious sister and blessed (b. [[1881]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Juan Rivero Torres]], Bolivian engineer and statesman (b. [[1897]])

===July===
[[File:Philippe Pétain (en civil, autour de 1930).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Philippe Pétain]]]]
* [[July 2]] – [[Ferdinand Sauerbruch]], German surgeon (b. [[1875]])
* [[July 3]] – [[Tadeusz Borowski]], Polish writer and journalist (b. [[1922]])
* [[July 9]] 
** [[Harry Heilmann]], American baseball player ([[Detroit Tigers]]) and a member of the [[MLB Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1894]])
** [[Egbert Van Alstyne]], American songwriter and pianist (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ragpiano.com/comps/vanalsty.shtml |title=Egbert Van Alstyne |website=RagPiano.com}}</ref>
* [[July 13]] – [[Arnold Schoenberg]], Austrian composer (b. [[1874]])
* [[July 15]] – [[Florentino Collantes]], Filipino poet (b. [[1896]])
* [[July 17]]
** [[Charles Desplanques]], French anarchist and journalist (b. [[1877]])
** [[Riad Al Solh]], 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. [[1894]])
* [[July 18]]
** [[Ludovico di Caporiacco]], Italian arachnologist (b. [[1901]])
** [[Antti Juutilainen]], Finnish farmer and politician (b. [[1882]])
* [[July 20]]
** King [[Abdullah I of Jordan]] (assassinated) (b. [[1882]])
** [[Elías Ahúja y Andría]], Spanish philanthropist, politician, businessman and academic (b. [[1863]])
** [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince|Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[July 23]]
** [[Robert J. Flaherty]], American filmmaker (b. [[1884]])
** [[Philippe Pétain]], French World War I marshal, leader of Vichy France, 78th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1856]])
* [[July 25]] – [[Henrik Ramsay]], Finnish politician and economist (b. [[1886]])
* [[July 26]] – [[Juozas Gabrys]], Lithuanian politician and diplomat (b. [[1880]])
* [[July 30]] – [[Max Horton|Sir Max Horton]], British admiral (b. [[1883]])
* [[July 31]] – [[Cho Ki-chon]], Korean poet (b. [[1913]])

===August===
[[File:Press photo of Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (front).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)|Robert Walker]]]]
* [[August 14]] – [[William Randolph Hearst]], American newspaper publisher (b. [[1863]])
* [[August 15]] – [[Artur Schnabel]], Austrian-born Jewish classical pianist (b. [[1882]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Louis Jouvet]], French actor and director (b. [[1887]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Władysław Wróblewski]], Polish politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer, provisional [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. [[1875]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Constant Lambert]], British composer (b. [[1905]])
* [[August 24]]
** [[Henri Rivière (painter)|Henri Rivière]], French painter (b. [[1864]])
** [[Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven]], Cuban lawyer (b. [[1865]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Bill Barilko]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1927]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)|Robert Walker]], American actor (b. [[1918]])

===September===
[[File:Ernestina Lecuona.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Ernestina Lecuona y Casado]]]]
[[File:Maria-montez.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Maria Montez]]]]
[[File:AugustodeVasconcelos.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Augusto de Vasconcelos]]]]
* [[September 1]]
** [[Louis Lavelle]], French philosopher (b. [[1883]])
** [[Wols]], German painter and photographer (b. [[1913]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Antoine Bibesco]], Romanian aristocrat, lawyer, diplomat and writer (b. [[1878]])
* [[September 3]]
** [[Ernestina Lecuona y Casado]], Cuban pianist, musician, educator and composer (b. [[1882]])
** [[Enrico Valtorta]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] bishop of [[Hong Kong]] and reverend (b. [[1883]])
** [[Serge Voronoff]], Russian-born French surgeon (b. [[1866]])
* [[September 5]] – [[Mário Eloy]], Portuguese painter (b. [[1900]])
* [[September 7]]
** [[Maria Montez]], Dominican actress (b. [[1912]])
** [[John French Sloan]], American artist (b. [[1871]])
* [[September 9]]
** [[Anton Golopenția]], Romanian sociologist (b. [[1909]])
** [[Gibson Gowland]], British actor (b. [[1877]])
* [[September 10]] – [[Giuseppe Mulè]], Italian composer and conductor (b. [[1885]])
* [[September 15]] – [[Jacinto Guerrero]], Spanish composer (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 17]]
** [[František Nušl]], Czechoslovak astronomer and mathematician (b. [[1867]])
** [[Jimmy Yancey]], American pianist and composer (b. [[1898]])
* [[September 18]]
** [[Márton Rátkai]], Hungarian actor (b. [[1881]])
** [[Tomonaga Sanjūrō]], Japanese philosopher (b. [[1871]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Ioan Dimăncescu]], Romania army officer (b. [[1898]])
* [[September 27]] – [[Augusto de Vasconcelos]], Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat, 57th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[September 29]] – [[Thomas Cahill (soccer)|Thomas Cahill]], American soccer coach (b. [[1864]])

===October===
[[File:Liaquat Ali Khan.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Liaquat Ali Khan]]]]
* [[October 4]] – [[Henrietta Lacks]], American originator of the [[HeLa]] [[cell (biology)|cell]] line (b. [[1920]])
* [[October 6]] 
** [[Will Keith Kellogg]], American industrialist, founder of the [[Kellogg Company]] (b. [[1860]])
** [[Otto Fritz Meyerhof]], German-born physician and biochemist (b. [[1884]])
* [[October 12]] – [[Leon Errol]], Australian-born actor and comedian (b. [[1881]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Herman Charles Bosman]], South African writer and journalist (b. 1905)
* [[October 16]]
** [[Liaquat Ali Khan]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (assassinated) (b. [[1895]])
** [[Saad Akbar Babrak]], Afghan assassin (b. [[1921]] or [[1922]])
* [[October 17]] – [[József Farkas (politician)|József Farkas]], Hungarian nobleman, jurist and politician (b. [[1857]])
* [[October 23]] – [[Fernando Poe Sr.]], Filipino actor (b. [[1916]])
* [[October 24]]
** [[Al Baker (magician)|Al Baker]], American magician (b. [[1874]])
** [[Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland]] (b. [[1861]])
** [[Clarence Stewart Williams]], American admiral (b. [[1863]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Amélie of Orléans]], [[Queen consort of Portugal]] (b. [[1865]])
* [[October 26]]
** [[William S. Finucane]], American businessman and politician (b. [[1888]])
** [[Óscar Pérez Solís]], Spanish artillery officer, engineer, jurist and politician (b. [[1882]])
* [[October 28]] – [[Mady Christians]], Austrian actress (b. [[1892]])
* [[October 29]] – [[Nam Cao]], Vietnamese short story write and novelist (b. [[1915]])
* [[October 30]] – [[Gustav Smedal]], Norwegian jurist (b. [[1888]])

===November===
* [[November 3]]
** [[Aleksei Badayev]], Soviet functionary (b. [[1883]])
** [[Richard Wallace (director)|Richard Wallace]], American film director (b. [[1894]])
* [[November 4]] – [[Khelifa Belkacem]], Algerian chaabi singer (b. [[1907]])
* [[November 5]]
** [[Agrippina Vaganova]], Soviet ballerina (b. [[1879]])
** [[Reggie Walker (sprinter)|Reggie Walker]], South African Olympic athlete (b. [[1889]])
* [[November 9]]
** [[Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] layman and blessed (b. [[1880]])
** [[Sigmund Romberg]], Hungarian-born American composer (b. [[1887]])
* [[November 13]] – [[Nikolai Medtner]], Soviet pianist and composer (b. [[1880]])
* [[November 14]] – [[Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere]], Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta (b. [[1866]])
* [[November 15]] – [[Robert Elliott (actor, born 1879)|Robert Elliott]], American actor (b. [[1879]])
* [[November 20]]
** [[Thomas Quinlan (impresario)|Thomas Quinlan]], British opera singer (b. [[1881]])
** [[Lou Skuce]], Canadian cartoonist (b. [[1886]])
* [[November 21]]
** [[Jean Trescases]], a French [[Chief warrant officer]], during the [[First Indochina War]] (b. [[1916]])
* [[November 23]] – [[Enrichetta Alfieri]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] religious professed and blessed (b. [[1891]])
**[[Ju Zheng]], Chinese politician (b. [[1876]])
* [[November 25]]
** [[István Friedrich]], 24th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. [[1883]])
** [[Harry B. Liversedge]], American general (b. [[1894]])
* [[November 27]] – [[Timrava]], Slovak novelist (b. [[1867]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Pramathesh Barua]], Indian actor, director and screenwriter (b. [[1903]])

===December===
[[File:Shoeless Joe Jackson by Conlon, 1913.jpeg|100px|thumbnail|[[Shoeless Joe Jackson]]]]
[[File:Vescovo Anton Durcovici.jpg|100px|thumbnail|Blessed [[Anton Durcovici]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Felix Petyrek]], Austrian composer (b. [[1892]])
* [[December 4]] – [[Pedro Salinas]], Spanish poet (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 5]] – [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]], American baseball player ([[Chicago White Sox]]) (b. [[1887]])
* [[December 6]]
** [[J. Edward Bromberg]], Hungarian-born American character actor (b. [[1903]])
** [[André Gobert]], French tennis player (b. [[1890]])
** [[Harold Ross]], American editor (b.[[1892]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Algernon Blackwood]], British writer (b. [[1869]])
* [[December 11]]
** [[Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison]], British politician and physician (b. [[1869]])
** [[Selim Palmgren]], Finnish composer, pianist and conductor (b. [[1878]])
* [[December 12]] 
** [[Mildred Bailey]], American singer (b. [[1907]])<ref>{{cite book|author=American Council of Learned Societies|title=American National Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tnYRAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-520635-7|page=894|access-date=May 11, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207122255/https://books.google.com/books?id=tnYRAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Bill Patton (actor)|Bill Patton]], American actor (b. [[1894]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth]], British diplomat, 1st Secretary-General of the [[League of Nations]] (b. [[1876]])
* [[December 19]] 
** [[Barton Yarborough]], American actor (b. [[1900]])
** [[Umberto Cassuto]], Italian rabbi and biblical scholar (b. [[1883]])
* [[December 20]] – [[Anton Durcovici]], Austro-Hungarian born Romanian [[Roman Catholic]] bishop and blessed (b. [[1888]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Enrique Santos Discépolo]], Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer (b. [[1901]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Raffaele Rossetti]], Italian engineer and military naval officer (b. [[1881]])
* [[December 31]] – [[Maxim Litvinov]], Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat (b. [[1876]])

===Date unknown===
* [[Ștefan Burileanu]], Romanian general, engineer, inventor, and academic (b. [[1874]])

==Nobel Prizes==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|100px]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[John Cockcroft]] and [[Ernest Walton]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Edwin McMillan]] and [[Glenn T. Seaborg]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Max Theiler]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Pär Lagerkvist]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Léon Jouhaux]]

==References==
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