| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Agar |
Actor |
31-Jan-1921 |
7-Apr-2002 |
Sands of Iwo Jima |
| Gianni Agnelli |
Business |
12-Mar-1921 |
24-Jan-2003 |
President of Fiat, 1966-96 |
| Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
| James Anderson |
Actor |
13-Jul-1921 |
14-Sep-1969 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| William Robert Anderson |
Military |
17-Jun-1921 |
25-Feb-2007 |
Commander, USS Nautilus |
| Kenneth J. Arrow |
Economist |
23-Aug-1921 |
|
Social Choice and Individual Values |
| Alfred L. Atherton |
Diplomat |
22-Nov-1921 |
30-Oct-2002 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1979-83 |
| A. Doak Barnett |
Scholar |
8-Oct-1921 |
17-Mar-1999 |
China on the Eve of Communist Takeover |
| Berkley W. Bedell |
Politician |
5-Mar-1921 |
|
Congressman from Iowa, 1975-87 |
| Terrel H. Bell |
Government |
11-Nov-1921 |
22-Jun-1996 |
US Secretary of Education, 1981-85 |
| Henry Bellmon |
Politician |
3-Sep-1921 |
|
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Peter Benenson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1921 |
25-Feb-2005 |
Founder of Amnesty International |
| Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1921 |
23-May-2006 |
US Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| Daniel Berrigan |
Author |
9-May-1921 |
|
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine |
| Angelo Bertelli |
Football |
18-Jun-1921 |
26-Jun-1999 |
Winner, 1943 Heisman Trophy |
| Carl Betz |
Actor |
9-Mar-1921 |
18-Jan-1978 |
The Donna Reed Show |
| Joseph Beuys |
Artist |
12-May-1921 |
23-Jan-1986 |
German conceptual artist |
| Tom Bevill |
Politician |
27-Mar-1921 |
28-Mar-2005 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1967-97 |
| Forrest Bird |
Inventor |
9-Jun-1921 |
|
Bird Universal Medical Respirator |
| Eli Black |
Business |
9-Apr-1921 |
3-Feb-1975 |
Swan dive onto Park Avenue |
| Vivian Blaine |
Actor |
21-Nov-1921 |
9-Dec-1995 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Janet Blair |
Actor |
23-Apr-1921 |
19-Feb-2007 |
Night of the Eagle |
| Robert O. Blake |
Diplomat |
7-Apr-1921 |
|
US Ambassador to Mali, 1971-73 |
| James Blish |
Author |
23-May-1921 |
30-Jul-1975 |
Cities in Flight |
| Dirk Bogarde |
Actor |
28-Mar-1921 |
8-May-1999 |
A Bridge Too Far |
| Emperor Bokassa I |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1921 |
3-Nov-1996 |
Central African Emperor |
| Wayne C. Booth |
Critic |
22-Feb-1921 |
10-Oct-2005 |
The Rhetoric of Fiction |
| Emilinha Borba |
Singer |
31-Aug-1921 |
3-Oct-2005 |
Queen of Brazilian Radio |
| Katherine Boyd |
Business |
1-Feb-1921 |
|
Interior decorator, GOP activist |
| Ben Bradlee |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1921 |
|
Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91 |
| Bill Bright |
Religion |
19-Oct-1921 |
19-Jul-2003 |
Campus Crusade for Christ |
| Charles Bronson |
Actor |
3-Nov-1921 |
30-Aug-2003 |
Death Wish |
| George Mackay Brown |
Poet |
17-Oct-1921 |
13-Apr-1996 |
Time in a Red Coat |
| Robert Brown |
Actor |
23-Jul-1921 |
11-Nov-2003 |
Licence to Kill |
| Acquanetta |
Actor |
17-Jul-1921 |
16-Aug-2004 |
Captive Wild Woman |
| Roy Campanella |
Baseball |
19-Nov-1921 |
26-Jun-1993 |
National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955 |
| Harry Carey, Jr. |
Actor |
16-May-1921 |
|
The Whales of August |
| Hayden Carruth |
Poet |
3-Aug-1921 |
|
Brothers, I Loved You All |
| S. Truett Cathy |
Business |
14-Mar-1921 |
|
Founder and CEO of Chick-fil-A |
| Gower Champion |
Dancer |
22-Jun-1921 |
25-Aug-1980 |
Show Boat |
| Carol Channing |
Actor |
31-Jan-1921 |
|
All-Singing All-Dancing |
| Donald D. Clancy |
Politician |
24-Jul-1921 |
12-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-77 |
| William K. Coblentz |
Attorney |
c. 1921 |
|
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass |
| Charlie Conerly |
Football |
19-Sep-1921 |
13-Feb-1996 |
NY Giants QB, 1948-61 |
| Chuck Connors |
Actor |
10-Apr-1921 |
10-Nov-1992 |
The Rifleman |
| Silvio O. Conte |
Politician |
9-Nov-1921 |
8-Feb-1991 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91 |
| Harry K. Daghlian |
Physicist |
1921 |
15-Sep-1945 |
Casualty of the Manhattan Project |
| Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
| Rodger P. Davies |
Diplomat |
7-May-1921 |
19-Aug-1974 |
US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974 |
| Richard Deacon |
Actor |
14-May-1921 |
8-Aug-1984 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Gerard Debreu |
Economist |
4-Jul-1921 |
31-Dec-2004 |
Supply and demand theorist |
| Eldon Dedini |
Cartoonist |
29-Jun-1921 |
12-Jan-2006 |
Playboy, New Yorker cartoonist |
| Calvert DeForest |
Actor |
23-Jul-1921 |
19-Mar-2007 |
Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman |
| Patrick Dennis |
Novelist |
18-May-1921 |
6-Nov-1976 |
Auntie Mame |
| Hugh Downs |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1921 |
|
20/20 |
| Alexander Dubcek |
Head of State |
27-Nov-1921 |
7-Nov-1992 |
Leader of Czechoslovakia 1968-69 |
| Bill Dudley |
Football |
24-Dec-1921 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Deanna Durbin |
Actor |
4-Dec-1921 |
|
It Started with Eve |
| Richard Egan |
Actor |
29-Jul-1921 |
20-Jul-1987 |
Samuel Clegg on Capitol |
| Rowland Evans |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1921 |
23-Mar-2001 |
Evans and Novak |
| Jim Exon |
Politician |
9-Aug-1921 |
11-Jun-2005 |
US Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97 |
| Max Faget |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1921 |
9-Oct-2004 |
Designer of NASA spacecraft |
| Fernando Fernán-Gómez |
Actor |
28-Aug-1921 |
21-Nov-2007 |
Voyage to Nowhere |
| Betty Friedan |
Activist |
4-Feb-1921 |
4-Feb-2006 |
Rights for women spokesperson |
| Joe Fulks |
Basketball |
26-Oct-1921 |
21-Mar-1976 |
Scored 63 points in a 1949 NBA game |
| Lowell Fulson |
Musician |
31-Mar-1921 |
6-Mar-1999 |
West Coast blues guitarist and bandleader |
| Jim Garrison |
Attorney |
20-Nov-1921 |
21-Oct-1992 |
New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination |
| Daniel Gélin |
Actor |
19-May-1921 |
29-Nov-2002 |
Rendezvous in July |
| John J. Gilligan |
Politician |
22-Mar-1921 |
|
Governor of Ohio, 1971-75 |
| John Glenn |
Astronaut |
18-Jul-1921 |
|
First American to orbit earth |
| Otto Graham |
Football |
6-Dec-1921 |
17-Dec-2003 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Wardell Gray |
Jazz Musician |
13-Feb-1921 |
25-May-1955 |
Tenor sax bop-jazzman |
| David Greene |
Film Director |
22-Feb-1921 |
7-Apr-2003 |
Gray Lady Down |
| Joan Greenwood |
Actor |
4-Mar-1921 |
27-Feb-1987 |
The Importance Of Being Earnest |
| Hua Guofeng |
Head of State |
16-Feb-1921 |
|
Premier of China, 1976-80 |
| Alan Hale, Jr. |
Actor |
8-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1990 |
The Skipper on Gilligan's Island |
| Barbara Hale |
Actor |
18-Apr-1921 |
|
Della Street on Perry Mason |
| Alex Haley |
Novelist |
11-Aug-1921 |
10-Feb-1992 |
Roots |
| Monty Hall |
Game Show Host |
25-Aug-1921 |
|
Let's Make a Deal |
| Louis Harris |
Business |
6-Jan-1921 |
|
Pollster, Louis Harris and Associates |
| Wilson Harris |
Novelist |
4-Mar-1921 |
|
Palace of the Peacock |
| Howell Heflin |
Politician |
19-Jun-1921 |
29-Mar-2005 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1979-97 |
| Jesse Helms |
Politician |
18-Oct-1921 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 |
| Patricia Highsmith |
Novelist |
19-Jan-1921 |
4-Feb-1995 |
Strangers on a Train |
| George Roy Hill |
Film Director |
20-Dec-1921 |
27-Dec-2002 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| Judy Holliday |
Actor |
21-Jun-1921 |
7-Jun-1965 |
Born Yesterday |
| Les Horvath |
Football |
12-Oct-1921 |
14-Nov-1995 |
Winner, 1944 Heisman Trophy |
| Vernon W. Hughes |
Physicist |
28-May-1921 |
25-Mar-2003 |
Muons |
| Betty Hutton |
Actor |
26-Feb-1921 |
11-Mar-2007 |
Incendiary Blonde |
| Al Jaffee |
Cartoonist |
13-Mar-1921 |
|
Invented the Mad fold-in |
| Clifton James |
Actor |
29-May-1921 |
|
Sheriff J. W. Pepper |
| David C. Jones |
Military |
9-Jul-1921 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82 |
| James Jones |
Author |
6-Nov-1921 |
9-May-1977 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Chester Kallman |
Poet |
7-Jan-1921 |
18-Jan-1975 |
Librettist, translator |
| Brian Keith |
Actor |
14-Nov-1921 |
24-Jun-1997 |
Uncle Bill on Family Affair |
| Nancy Kelly |
Actor |
25-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1995 |
The Bad Seed |
| Deborah Kerr |
Actor |
30-Sep-1921 |
16-Oct-2007 |
From Here to Eternity |
| William M. Ketchum |
Politician |
2-Sep-1921 |
24-Jun-1978 |
Congressman from California, 1973-78 |
| Hans Koller |
Musician |
12-Feb-1921 |
21-Dec-2003 |
Austrian saxophone prodigy |
| Juanita M. Kreps |
Government |
11-Jan-1921 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79 |
| Nancy Kulp |
Actor |
28-Aug-1921 |
3-Feb-1991 |
Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Jake LaMotta |
Boxing |
10-Jul-1921 |
|
Best chin in boxing |
| Mario Lanza |
Singer |
31-Jan-1921 |
7-Oct-1959 |
Voice of the Century |
| Stanislaw Lem |
Author |
12-Sep-1921 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Solaris |
| John P. Lewis |
Economist |
1921 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64 |
| John Lindsay |
Politician |
24-Nov-1921 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Mayor of New York City, 1966-73 |
| Joseph Lowery |
Activist |
6-Oct-1921 |
|
Co-Founder of the SCLC |
| Bernard Lown |
Doctor |
7-Jun-1921 |
|
Inventor of defibrillator, peace activist |
| Gordon MacRae |
Actor |
12-Mar-1921 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Oklahoma |
| Nino Manfredi |
Actor |
22-Mar-1921 |
28-May-2004 |
Bread and Chocolate |
| Marilyn Maxwell |
Actor |
3-Aug-1921 |
20-Mar-1972 |
Stand by for Action |
| Jim McKay |
TV Personality |
24-Sep-1921 |
7-Jun-2008 |
Host of Wide World of Sports |
| Catherine McLeod |
Actor |
2-Jul-1921 |
11-May-1997 |
I've Always Loved You |
| Bruce Merrifield |
Chemist |
15-Jul-1921 |
14-May-2006 |
Synthesized polypeptides |
| James W. Michaels |
Journalist |
1921 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Longtime Forbes editor |
| Yves Montand |
Actor |
13-Oct-1921 |
9-Nov-1991 |
Let's Make Love |
| Alvy Moore |
Actor |
5-Dec-1921 |
4-May-1997 |
Hank Kimball on Green Acres |
| Brian Moore |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1921 |
10-Jan-1999 |
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne |
| Akio Morita |
Business |
26-Jan-1921 |
3-Oct-1999 |
Co-Founder of Sony |
| F. Bradford Morse |
Politician |
7-Aug-1921 |
18-Dec-1994 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72 |
| Farley Mowat |
Author |
12-May-1921 |
|
Never Cry Wolf |
| Robert Muldoon |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1921 |
5-Aug-1992 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1975-84 |
| George Nader |
Actor |
19-Oct-1921 |
4-Feb-2002 |
Robot Monster |
| K. R. Narayanan |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1921 |
9-Nov-2005 |
President of India, 1997-2002 |
| Harold Nicholas |
Dancer |
27-Mar-1921 |
3-Jul-2000 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| Marian P. Opala |
Judge |
20-Jan-1921 |
|
Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court |
| Johnny Otis |
Musician |
28-Dec-1921 |
|
Harlem Nocturne |
| Korla Pandit |
Musician |
16-Sep-1921 |
2-Oct-1998 |
Hynoptic exotic |
| Joseph Papp |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
31-Oct-1991 |
Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival |
| John Malcolm Patterson |
Politician |
27-Sep-1921 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 1959-63 |
| Leo Penn |
Film Director |
27-Aug-1921 |
5-Sep-1998 |
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home |
| Susan Peters |
Actor |
3-Jul-1921 |
23-Oct-1952 |
Random Harvest |
| Prince Philip |
Royalty |
10-Jun-1921 |
|
Duke of Edinburgh |
| Tom Poston |
Actor |
17-Oct-1921 |
30-Apr-2007 |
Handyman on Newhart |
| Antonio Prohias |
Artist |
17-Jan-1921 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Spy vs. Spy |
| Vera Ralston |
Actor |
12-Jun-1921 |
9-Feb-2003 |
Dakota |
| Narasimha Rao |
Head of State |
28-Jun-1921 |
23-Dec-2004 |
Prime Minister of India, 1991-96 |
| John Rawls |
Philosopher |
21-Feb-1921 |
24-Nov-2002 |
A Theory of Justice |
| Peggy Rea |
Actor |
31-Mar-1921 |
|
Lulu Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard |
| Nancy Reagan |
First Lady |
6-Jul-1921 |
|
Just Say No |
| Donna Reed |
Actor |
27-Jan-1921 |
14-Jan-1986 |
The Donna Reed Show |
| John H. Reed |
Politician |
5-Jan-1921 |
|
Governor of Maine, 1959-67 |
| John W. Reynolds |
Politician |
4-Apr-1921 |
6-Jan-2002 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1963-65 |
| Maurice Richard |
Hockey |
4-Aug-1921 |
27-May-2000 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Edwin Richfield |
Actor |
11-Sep-1921 |
2-Aug-1990 |
Interpol Calling |
| Sugar Ray Robinson |
Boxing |
3-May-1921 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Welterweight and Middleweight champ |
| Gene Roddenberry |
Screenwriter |
19-Aug-1921 |
24-Oct-1991 |
Creator of Star Trek |
| William V. Roth, Jr. |
Politician |
22-Jul-1921 |
13-Dec-2003 |
US Senator from Delaware, 1971-2001 |
| Robert Runcie |
Religion |
2-Oct-1921 |
11-Jul-2000 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-91 |
| Jane Russell |
Actor |
21-Jun-1921 |
|
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| John Russell |
Actor |
3-Jan-1921 |
19-Jan-1991 |
Lawman |
| Lou Saban |
Football |
13-Oct-1921 |
|
Head Coach in AFL, NFL, and NCAA |
| Andrei Sakharov |
Physicist |
21-May-1921 |
14-Dec-1989 |
Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb |
| Gene Saks |
Theater Director |
8-Nov-1921 |
|
The Odd Couple |
| Peter Sallis |
Actor |
1-Feb-1921 |
|
Last of the Summer Wine |
| William Donald Schaefer |
Politician |
2-Nov-1921 |
|
Governor of Maryland, 1987-95 |
| Paul Schäfer |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1921 |
|
Colonia Dignidad cult leader |
| Arthur L. Schawlow |
Physicist |
5-May-1921 |
28-Apr-1999 |
Laser spectroscopy |
| Thomas C. Schelling |
Economist |
14-Apr-1921 |
|
The Strategy of Conflict |
| Ted Schroeder |
Tennis |
20-Jul-1921 |
26-May-2006 |
Winner of 1949 Wimbledon |
| L. William Seidman |
Economist |
29-Apr-1921 |
|
CNBC chief commentator |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
Relative |
10-Jul-1921 |
|
Kennedy who founded the Special Olympics |
| Simone Signoret |
Actor |
25-Mar-1921 |
30-Sep-1985 |
Ship of Fools |
| John K. Singlaub |
Military |
10-Jul-1921 |
|
US Army general, CIA operative |
| Alexis Smith |
Actor |
8-Jun-1921 |
9-Jun-1993 |
Here Comes the Groom |
| Liz Smith |
Actor |
11-Dec-1921 |
|
The Royle Family |
| James LeVoy Sorenson |
Business |
30-Jul-1921 |
20-Jan-2008 |
Utah billionaire |
| Warren Spahn |
Baseball |
23-Apr-1921 |
24-Nov-2003 |
Winner of 1957 Cy Young Award |
| Jock Stallard |
Politician |
5-Nov-1921 |
29-Mar-2008 |
British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83 |
| Jack Steinberger |
Physicist |
25-May-1921 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
| Jan Sterling |
Actor |
3-Apr-1921 |
26-Mar-2004 |
Ace in the Hole |
| Suharto |
Head of State |
8-Jun-1921 |
27-Jan-2008 |
President of Indonesia, 1967-98 |
| E. Parry Thomas |
Business |
29-Jun-1921 |
|
Bank of Las Vegas |
| Frank Thornton |
Actor |
15-Jan-1921 |
|
Are You Being Served? |
| Peter Ustinov |
Actor |
16-Apr-1921 |
28-Mar-2004 |
British stage actor |
| Jack Valenti |
Business |
5-Sep-1921 |
26-Apr-2007 |
Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA |
| Alida Valli |
Actor |
31-May-1921 |
22-Apr-2006 |
The Third Man |
| Mona Van Duyn |
Poet |
9-May-1921 |
1-Dec-2004 |
To See, To Take |
| Vera-Ellen |
Dancer |
16-Feb-1921 |
30-Aug-1981 |
On the Town |
| Abe Vigoda |
Actor |
24-Feb-1921 |
|
Fish on Barney Miller (not dead yet) |
| Barbara F. Vucanovich |
Politician |
22-Jun-1921 |
|
Congresswoman from Nevada, 1983-97 |
| Slappy White |
Comic |
20-Sep-1921 |
7-Nov-1995 |
The First Black Vice President |
| James Whitmore |
Actor |
1-Oct-1921 |
|
Tora! Tora! Tora! |
| Richard Wilbur |
Poet |
1-Mar-1921 |
|
Second U.S. Poet Laureate |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson |
Chemist |
14-Jul-1921 |
26-Sep-1996 |
Organometallic sandwich compounds |
| Esther Williams |
Actor |
8-Aug-1921 |
|
Aquatic thespian of the '40s and '50s |
| Raymond Williams |
Critic |
31-Aug-1921 |
26-Jan-1988 |
Culture and Society |
| William Appleman Williams |
Historian |
1921 |
6-Mar-1990 |
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy |
| Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Elizabeth Wilson |
Actor |
4-Apr-1921 |
|
The Graduate |
| Sheb Wooley |
Actor |
10-Apr-1921 |
17-Sep-2003 |
The Purple People Eater |
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1921 |
|
Developed radioimmunoassay technique |
| Marvin Zindler |
Journalist |
10-Aug-1921 |
29-Jul-2007 |
Houston reporter, KTRK-TV |
