| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter Abrahams |
Novelist |
3-Mar-1919 |
|
Mine Boy |
| Mason Adams |
Actor |
26-Feb-1919 |
26-Apr-2005 |
Charlie Hume on Lou Grant |
| Phil Alvarado |
Boxing |
18-Jan-1919 |
25-Dec-2003 |
Greatest amateur boxer ever |
| Giulio Andreotti |
Head of State |
14-Jan-1919 |
|
Six-time Prime Minister of Italy |
| Tim Babcock |
Politician |
27-Oct-1919 |
|
Governor of Montana, 1962-69 |
| Ross Bagdasarian |
Musician |
27-Jan-1919 |
16-Jun-1972 |
Progenitor of Alvin and the Chipmunks |
| Lex Barker |
Actor |
8-May-1919 |
11-May-1973 |
The tenth to play Tarzan |
| Gene Barry |
Actor |
14-Jun-1919 |
|
The War of the Worlds |
| Dewey F. Bartlett |
Politician |
28-Mar-1919 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| David Beaty |
Novelist |
28-Mar-1919 |
4-Dec-1999 |
Cone of Silence |
| Daniel Bell |
Sociologist |
10-May-1919 |
|
The End of Ideology |
| Matthew A. Berdon |
Business |
c. 1919 |
|
Senior Partner, F. B. & Co. |
| Art Blakey |
Drummer |
11-Oct-1919 |
16-Oct-1990 |
Principal bebop instigator and drummer |
| Albert H. Bowker |
Educator |
8-Sep-1919 |
20-Jan-2008 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1971-80 |
| Kingman Brewster, Jr. |
Educator |
17-Jun-1919 |
8-Nov-1988 |
President of Yale, 1963-77 |
| Barbara Britton |
Actor |
26-Sep-1919 |
17-Jan-1980 |
Mr. and Mrs. North |
| Steve Brodie |
Actor |
21-Nov-1919 |
9-Jan-1992 |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp |
| Edward Brooke |
Politician |
26-Oct-1919 |
|
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79 |
| Randy Brooks |
Musician |
15-Mar-1919 |
21-Mar-1967 |
Big band leader/trumpet player, Tenderly |
| Carol Bruce |
Singer |
15-Nov-1919 |
9-Oct-2007 |
Singer with seven decade career |
| James M. Buchanan |
Economist |
2-Oct-1919 |
|
Public Choice Theory |
| Mac Bundy |
Government |
30-Mar-1919 |
16-Sep-1996 |
National Security Advisor, 1961-66 |
| E. Margaret Burbidge |
Astronomer |
12-Aug-1919 |
|
Synthesis of the elements in stars |
| Red Buttons |
Actor |
5-Feb-1919 |
13-Jul-2006 |
They Shoot Horses Don't They? |
| Tommy Byrne |
Baseball |
31-Dec-1919 |
20-Dec-2007 |
MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest |
| Tom Cahill |
Football |
c. 1919 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Army Head Coach, 1966-73 |
| Frank Campanella |
Actor |
12-Mar-1919 |
30-Dec-2006 |
Character actor |
| Tony Canadeo |
Football |
5-May-1919 |
29-Nov-2003 |
The Gray Ghost of Gonzaga |
| Hugh L. Carey |
Politician |
11-Apr-1919 |
|
Governor of New York, 1975-83 |
| Peter Carington |
Government |
6-Jun-1919 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1979-82 |
| R. V. Cassill |
Novelist |
17-May-1919 |
25-Mar-2002 |
Dr. Cobb's Game |
| Anne Cox Chambers |
Business |
1-Dec-1919 |
|
Billionaire, former US Ambassador to Belgium |
| John F. Collins |
Politician |
1919 |
23-Nov-1995 |
Mayor of Boston, 1960-68 |
| Harry Coover |
Chemist |
6-Mar-1919 |
|
Invented Super Glue |
| Don Cornell |
Singer |
21-Apr-1919 |
23-Feb-2004 |
Big band singer, It Isn't Fair |
| Alan Cottrell |
Scientist |
17-Jul-1919 |
|
Metallurgist at Cambridge |
| George A. Cowan |
Physicist |
c. 1919 |
|
Founder, Santa Fe Institute |
| Donald J. Cram |
Chemist |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Jun-2001 |
Synthesis of molecules |
| John H. Crimmins |
Diplomat |
26-Nov-1919 |
12-Dec-2007 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1973-78 |
| Dino De Laurentiis |
Film/TV Producer |
8-Aug-1919 |
|
Prodigious film producer |
| Joop den Uyl |
Head of State |
9-Aug-1919 |
24-Dec-1987 |
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77 |
| Joel Dorius |
Educator |
4-Jan-1919 |
14-Feb-2006 |
Professor fired for gay porn arrest |
| Ervin Drake |
Songwriter |
3-Apr-1919 |
|
Wrote It was a Very Good Year |
| Robert Duncan |
Poet |
7-Jan-1919 |
3-Feb-1988 |
Bending the Bow |
| Norman A. Erbe |
Politician |
25-Oct-1919 |
8-Jun-2000 |
Governor of Iowa, 1961-63 |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
Poet |
24-Mar-1919 |
|
A Coney Island of the Mind |
| Myron Floren |
Musician |
5-Nov-1919 |
23-Jul-2005 |
Accordionist for Lawrence Welk |
| Margot Fonteyn |
Dancer |
18-May-1919 |
21-Feb-1991 |
Exceptional British ballerina |
| Malcolm Forbes |
Business |
19-Aug-1919 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Forbes publisher, Faberge collector |
| Tennessee Ernie Ford |
Country Musician |
13-Feb-1919 |
17-Oct-1991 |
Sixteen Tons |
| Milton Frank |
Diplomat |
18-Nov-1919 |
13-Jan-1993 |
US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89 |
| Kathleen Freeman |
Actor |
17-Feb-1919 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Gen. Burkhalter's sister |
| Eva Gabor |
Actor |
11-Feb-1919 |
4-Jul-1995 |
The youngest Gabor |
| Betty Garrett |
Actor |
23-May-1919 |
|
Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family |
| Robert Giaimo |
Politician |
15-Oct-1919 |
24-May-2006 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-81 |
| Frances Gifford |
Actor |
7-Dec-1919 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Jungle Girl |
| George Gobel |
Comic |
20-May-1919 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Hollywood Square |
| Sam Goddard |
Politician |
8-Aug-1919 |
1-Feb-2006 |
Governor of Arizona, 1965-67 |
| Robert F. Goheen |
Educator |
15-Aug-1919 |
31-Mar-2008 |
President of Princeton University, 1957-72 |
| Curt Gowdy |
Radio Personality |
31-Jul-1919 |
20-Feb-2006 |
Voice of the Red Sox |
| Ella T. Grasso |
Politician |
10-May-1919 |
5-Feb-1981 |
First woman elected governor of Connecticut |
| Wilson Greatbatch |
Inventor |
6-Sep-1919 |
|
Implantable pacemaker |
| John Gregson |
Actor |
15-Mar-1919 |
8-Jan-1975 |
Genevieve |
| Inder Kumar Gujral |
Head of State |
4-Dec-1919 |
|
Prime Minister of India, 1997-98 |
| Ed Guthman |
Journalist |
1919 |
|
Nixon enemy, Pulitzer Prize winner |
| William L. Guy |
Politician |
30-Sep-1919 |
|
Governor of North Dakota, 1961-73 |
| Uta Hagen |
Actor |
12-Jun-1919 |
14-Jan-2004 |
Renowned thespian and acting teacher |
| H. Tracy Hall |
Chemist |
1919 |
|
Synthetic diamonds |
| Huntz Hall |
Actor |
15-Aug-1919 |
30-Jan-1999 |
Dead End Kids |
| R. M. Hare |
Philosopher |
21-Mar-1919 |
29-Jan-2002 |
Moral Thinking |
| Buck Harless |
Business |
14-Oct-1919 |
|
Coal baron, philanthropist |
| Sidney Harman |
Business |
c. 1919 |
|
Founder of Harman International |
| Tom Harmon |
Football |
28-Sep-1919 |
15-Mar-1990 |
Winner, 1940 Heisman Trophy |
| Eileen Heckart |
Actor |
29-Mar-1919 |
31-Dec-2001 |
Butterflies Are Free |
| Robert Heilbroner |
Economist |
24-Mar-1919 |
4-Jan-2005 |
The Worldly Philosophers |
| Christian Herter, Jr. |
Government |
29-Jan-1919 |
16-Sep-2007 |
First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition |
| Walter J. Hickel |
Politician |
18-Aug-1919 |
|
Twice Governor of Alaska |
| Betty Hill |
Hoaxer |
28-Jun-1919 |
17-Oct-2004 |
Self-proclaimed UFO abductee |
| James Hill |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1919 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Born Free |
| Edmund Hillary |
Explorer |
20-Jul-1919 |
11-Jan-2008 |
First to summit Mt. Everest |
| Celeste Holm |
Actor |
29-Apr-1919 |
|
Gentleman's Agreement |
| Mike Holovak |
Football |
19-Sep-1919 |
27-Jan-2008 |
NFL Head Coach, General Manager |
| Frank J. Horton |
Politician |
12-Dec-1919 |
30-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from New York, 1963-93 |
| Ralph Houk |
Baseball |
9-Aug-1919 |
|
Former NY Yankees Manager |
| Godfrey N. Hounsfield |
Engineer |
28-Aug-1919 |
12-Aug-2004 |
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
| Rex Humbard |
Religion |
13-Aug-1919 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Television evangelist |
| Monte Irvin |
Baseball |
25-Feb-1919 |
|
Negro League player, MLB Hall of Famer |
| Caldwell Johnson |
Engineer |
1919 |
|
Designer, early NASA space program |
| Jennifer Jones |
Actor |
2-Mar-1919 |
|
The Song of Bernadette |
| Louis Jourdan |
Actor |
19-Jun-1919 |
|
Kamal in Octopussy |
| Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov |
Military |
10-Nov-1919 |
|
Inventor of Russia's semiautomatic rifle |
| Howard Keel |
Actor |
13-Apr-1919 |
07-Nov-2004 |
Clayton Farlow on Dallas |
| Dick Kelty |
Inventor |
13-Sep-1919 |
12-Jan-2004 |
Invented the modern backpack |
| Frank Kermode |
Critic |
29-Nov-1919 |
|
The Sense of an Ending |
| Andrea King |
Actor |
1-Feb-1919 |
22-Apr-2003 |
Hotel Berlin |
| Thomas S. Kleppe |
Politician |
1-Jul-1919 |
2-Mar-2007 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1975-77 |
| David Kossoff |
Actor |
24-Nov-1919 |
23-Mar-2005 |
The Mouse That Roared |
| Ernie Kovacs |
Comic |
23-Jan-1919 |
13-Jan-1962 |
Nairobi Trio |
| William Kunstler |
Attorney |
7-Jul-1919 |
4-Sep-1995 |
Civil rights attorney |
| Lawrence Lader |
Activist |
6-Aug-1919 |
7-May-2006 |
Father of abortion rights activism |
| Carole Landis |
Actor |
1-Jan-1919 |
5-Jul-1948 |
A Scandal in Paris |
| Laurence W. Lane, Jr. |
Publisher |
1919 |
|
US Ambassador to Australia, 1986-89 |
| Robert B. Leighton |
Astronomer |
10-Sep-1919 |
9-Mar-1997 |
Leighton dishes |
| Doris Lessing |
Novelist |
22-Oct-1919 |
|
Children of Violence series |
| Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
| Liberace |
Pianist |
16-May-1919 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Rhinestoned pianist |
| William Lipscomb |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1919 |
|
Investigated boron compounds |
| James Lovelock |
Scientist |
26-Jul-1919 |
|
The Gaia Theory |
| Jock Mahoney |
Actor |
7-Feb-1919 |
14-Dec-1989 |
Yancy Derringer |
| René Marqués |
Playwright |
4-Oct-1919 |
22-Mar-1979 |
La Carreta |
| Strother Martin |
Actor |
26-Mar-1919 |
1-Aug-1980 |
Cool Hand Luke |
| William Meredith |
Poet |
9-Jan-1919 |
30-May-2007 |
Partial Accounts |
| Mary Midgley |
Philosopher |
13-Sep-1919 |
|
Beast and Man |
| Eddie Miller |
Country Musician |
10-Dec-1919 |
11-Apr-1977 |
Release Me |
| Kiichi Miyazawa |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1919 |
28-Jun-2007 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1991-93 |
| Al Molinaro |
Actor |
24-Jun-1919 |
|
Alfred on Happy Days |
| Howard Morris |
Actor |
4-Sep-1919 |
21-May-2005 |
Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show |
| Iris Murdoch |
Novelist |
15-Jul-1919 |
8-Feb-1999 |
The Sea, the Sea |
| Joseph E. Murray |
Doctor |
1-Apr-1919 |
|
Kidney transplants |
| Edwin Newman |
Journalist |
25-Jan-1919 |
|
Journalist and commentator for NBC News |
| Anita O'Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Feminine master of scat |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
| Dan O'Herlihy |
Actor |
1-May-1919 |
17-Feb-2005 |
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
| Jack Palance |
Actor |
18-Feb-1919 |
10-Nov-2006 |
Performed one-handed push-ups |
| Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| Andreas Papandreou |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1919 |
23-Jun-1996 |
Twice Prime Minister of Greece |
| Charles H. Percy |
Politician |
27-Sep-1919 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 1967-85 |
| François Périer |
Actor |
10-Nov-1919 |
29-Jun-2002 |
Nights of Cabiria |
| Evita Peron |
First Lady |
7-May-1919 |
26-Jul-1952 |
Don't cry for her |
| Nehemiah Persoff |
Actor |
2-Aug-1919 |
|
The Harder They Fall |
| Jon Pertwee |
Actor |
07-Jul-1919 |
20-May-1996 |
The Third Doctor Who |
| Laurence J. Peter |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1919 |
12-Jan-1990 |
The Peter Principle |
| Slim Pickens |
Actor |
29-Jun-1919 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Tough cowboy actor |
| Donald Pleasence |
Actor |
5-Oct-1919 |
2-Feb-1995 |
The Great Escape |
| Frederik Pohl |
Author |
26-Nov-1919 |
|
Futurian science fiction writer |
| Charles O. Porter |
Politician |
4-Apr-1919 |
1-Jan-2006 |
Congressman from Oregon, 1957-61 |
| William F. Quinn |
Politician |
13-Jul-1919 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Governor of Hawaii, 1957-62 |
| Jane Randolph |
Actor |
30-Oct-1919 |
|
Cat People |
| Lynne Roberts |
Actor |
22-Nov-1919 |
1-Apr-1978 |
American character actress |
| Charles W. Robinson |
Business |
c. 1919 |
|
Deputy Secretary of State, 1976-77 |
| Eddie Robinson |
Football |
13-Feb-1919 |
3-Apr-2007 |
Grambling Head Coach, 1941-97 |
| Jackie Robinson |
Baseball |
31-Jan-1919 |
24-Oct-1972 |
First negro in the major leagues |
| Andy Rooney |
Journalist |
14-Jan-1919 |
|
60 Minutes' resident crank |
| J. D. Salinger |
Novelist |
1-Jan-1919 |
|
Catcher in the Rye |
| Robert A. Scalapino |
Scholar |
1919 |
|
Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley |
| Richard Scarry |
Author |
5-Jun-1919 |
30-Apr-1994 |
Delightful children's book author and artist |
| Walter Scheel |
Politician |
8-Jul-1919 |
|
President of Germany, 1974-79 |
| Pete Seeger |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-May-1919 |
|
We Shall Overcome |
| Francis J. Sehn |
Business |
c. 1919 |
|
The Fran Sehn Company |
| Shah of Iran |
Royalty |
26-Oct-1919 |
27-Jul-1980 |
Last Shah of Iran |
| Joseph J. Sisco |
Diplomat |
31-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2004 |
Kissinger's Mideast Deputy |
| Ian Smith |
Head of State |
8-Apr-1919 |
20-Nov-2007 |
Rhodesian Prime Minister 1965-79 |
| Robert Stack |
Actor |
13-Jan-1919 |
14-May-2003 |
The Untouchables |
| Warren Stevens |
Actor |
2-Nov-1919 |
|
Forbidden Planet |
| May Swenson |
Poet |
28-May-1919 |
4-Dec-1989 |
Another Animal |
| Lawrence Tierney |
Actor |
15-Mar-1919 |
26-Feb-2002 |
Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs |
| Richard Todd |
Actor |
11-Jun-1919 |
|
The Dam Busters |
| Norman Tokar |
Film Director |
25-Nov-1919 |
06-Apr-1979 |
The Apple Dumpling Gang |
| Pierre Trudeau |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Twice Prime Minister of Canada |
| Moise Tshombe |
Head of State |
10-Nov-1919 |
29-Jun-1969 |
Katanga secessionist |
| Forrest Tucker |
Actor |
12-Feb-1919 |
25-Oct-1986 |
Sgt. O'Rourke on F Troop |
| Lino Ventura |
Actor |
14-Jul-1919 |
22-Oct-1987 |
The Threepenny Opera |
| George Wackenhut |
Business |
1919 |
31-Dec-2004 |
Founder of Wackenhut |
| George Wallace |
Politician |
25-Aug-1919 |
13-Sep-1998 |
Governor of Alabama crippled by assassin |
| Helen Robson Walton |
Relative |
3-Dec-1919 |
19-Apr-2007 |
World's 13th richest person, 2005 |
| Sam Wanamaker |
Actor |
14-Jun-1919 |
19-Dec-1993 |
Rebuilt Globe Theatre |
| Judge Wapner |
TV Personality |
15-Nov-1919 |
|
People's Court |
| Arthur K. Watson |
Business |
23-Apr-1919 |
26-Jul-1974 |
Past President of IBM World Corp. |
| Kitty Wells |
Country Musician |
30-Aug-1919 |
|
First Queen of Country Music |
| Reed Whittemore |
Poet |
11-Sep-1919 |
|
Heroes & Heroines |
| Pete Williams |
Politician |
10-Dec-1919 |
17-Nov-2001 |
US Senator snagged in ABSCAM |
| Marie Windsor |
Actor |
11-Dec-1919 |
10-Dec-2000 |
The Killing |
| Walter B. Wriston |
Business |
3-Aug-1919 |
19-Jan-2005 |
CEO of Citibank, 1967-84 |
| Alan Young |
Actor |
19-Nov-1919 |
|
Wilbur Post on Mister Ed |
| Zhao Ziyang |
Politician |
17-Oct-1919 |
16-Jan-2005 |
6th Chinese Premier sought reforms |
