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1947(MCMXLVII) was acommon year starting on Wednesdayof theGregorian calendar,the 1947th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 947th year of the2nd millennium,the 47th year of the20th century,and the 8th year of the1940sdecade.

From the left to right and top to bottom: An overcrowded train transferring refugees from Delhi to Pakistan during thePartition of India;A map showing the aid which will be allocated to European countries in 1948 under theMarshall Plan;PresidentHarry S. Trumanaddressing a joint session of Congress, in a speech which would become known as theTruman Doctrine,officially beginning theCold War;UNgeneral assembly in NYC, Queens, 1947, to vote for theUnited Nations Partition Plan for Palestine;The SS High Flyer or SS Wilson B. Keene, three days after theTexas City disaster,which killed approximately 581 people; Indian soldiers fighting during theIndo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950

1947 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1947 MCMXLVII
Ab urbe condita	2700
Armenian calendar	1396 ԹՎ ՌՅՂԶ
Assyrian calendar	6697
Baháʼí calendar	103–104
Balinese saka calendar	1868–1869
Bengali calendar	1354
Berber calendar	2897
British Regnal year	11Geo. 6– 12Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar	2491
Burmese calendar	1309
Byzantine calendar	7455–7456
Chinese calendar	Bính tuấtNăm (FireDog) 4644 or 4437 — to — Đinh Hợi năm (FirePig) 4645 or 4438
Coptic calendar	1663–1664
Discordian calendar	3113
Ethiopian calendar	1939–1940
Hebrew calendar	5707–5708
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	2003–2004
-Shaka Samvat	1868–1869
-Kali Yuga	5047–5048
Holocene calendar	11947
Igbo calendar	947–948
Iranian calendar	1325–1326
Islamic calendar	1366–1367
Japanese calendar	Shōwa22 ( chiêu cùng ２２ năm )
Javanese calendar	1878–1879
Juche calendar	36
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4280
Minguo calendar	ROC36 Dân quốc 36 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	479
Thai solar calendar	2490
Tibetan calendar	Dương hỏa cẩu năm (male Fire-Dog) 2073 or 1692 or 920 — to — Âm hỏa heo năm (female Fire-Pig) 2074 or 1693 or 921

It was the first year of theCold War,which would last until1991,ending with thedissolution of the Soviet Union.

Events

January

Main article:January 1947

January 1:Nigeriagainsautonomy.

• January–February–Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom:The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel.Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network.
• January 1– TheCanadian Citizenship Actcomes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law.
• January 4– First issue of weeklymagazineDer Spiegelpublished inHanover,Germany,edited byRudolf Augstein.
• January 10– TheUnited Nationsadopts a resolution to take control of the free city ofTrieste.
• January 15– Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia",is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved.
• January 16–Vincent Auriolis inaugurated as president of France.
• January 19– FerrySSHeimarasinks in theSouth Euboean Gulfof Greece killing 392.
• January 24– In the third phase of theGreek Civil War,Dimitrios Maximosforms a monarchist government in Athens and begins a brief term as prime minister.
• January 26– AKLMDouglas DC-3 aircraft crashessoon after taking off fromKastrup Airport, Copenhagen,killing all 22 people on board, includingPrince Gustaf Adolf,second in line to the Swedish throne, and American opera singerGrace Moore.

February

Main article:February 1947

• February 3
  • The lowest air temperature in North America (−63 degrees Celsius) is recorded inSnag,in theYukon Territory.
  • P.L. Prattisbecomes the firstAfrican Americannews correspondent allowed in theUnited States House of RepresentativesandSenatepress galleries.
• February 5
  • Bolesław Bierutbecomes thePresident of Poland.
  • The Government of the United Kingdom announces the £25 millionTanganyika groundnut scheme,for cultivation ofpeanutsin theTanganyika Territory.
• February 7– TheSouth Pacific Commission(SPC) is founded.
• February 8– TheKarlslust dance hall firein Berlin, Germany, kills over 80 people.
• February 10– In Paris, France, peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary,Romania,Bulgariaand Finland. Italy cedes most ofIstriato theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(laterCroatia).
• February 12
  • Ameteoritecreates animpact craterinSikhote-Alin,in theSoviet Union.
  • InBurma,thePanglong Agreementis reached between theBurmese governmentunder its leader, GeneralAung San,and theShan,Kachin,andChinethnic peoples at the Panglong Conference. U Aung Zan Wai,Pe Khin,Major Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Sein Mya Maung andMyoma U Than Kyweare among the negotiators.
• February 17–Cold War:TheVoice of Americabegins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and theSoviet Union
• February 20
  • Anexplosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating CompanyinLos Angelesleaves 17 dead, 100 buildings damaged, and a 22-foot-deep (6.7 m) crater in the ground.
  • TheU.S. Army Ordnance CorpsHermes programV-2rocketBlossom Iis launched into space, carrying plant material andfruitflies,the first living things to enter space.
• February 21–Edwin Landdemonstrates the first "instant camera", hisPolaroid Land Camera,to a meeting of theOptical Society of AmericainNew York City.
• February 23– TheInternational Organization for Standardization(ISO) is founded.
• February 25
  • The German state ofPrussiais officially abolished, by theAllied Control Council.
  • Hachikō Line derailment:The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people.
  • John C. Hennessy, Jr. brings the firstVolkswagen Beetleto the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle is shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.
• February 28– InTaiwan,civil disorder is put down,with large loss of civilian lives.

March

Main article:March 1947

• March 1
  • TheInternational Monetary Fundbegins to operate.
  • German rocket scientistWernher von Braunmarries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp.
• March 4– TheTreaty of Dunkirk(effective September 8) is signed between the United Kingdom and France, providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack.
• March 12– TheCold Warbegins: TheTruman Doctrineis proclaimed, to help stem the spread ofCommunism.
• March 14– TheThames floodand other widespread flooding occurs, as the exceptionally harshBritish winter of 1946–1947ends in a thaw.
• March 15– Hindus and Muslims clash inPunjab.
• March 19– The19th Academy AwardsCeremony is held. The movieThe Best Years of Our Liveswins theAcademy Award for Best Picture,along with several other Academy Awards.
• March 25– Acoal mineexplosion inCentralia, Illinois,United States; 111 miners are killed.
• March 28– A World War II Japanesebooby trapexplodes onCorregidorIsland, killing 28 people.
• March 29– Arebellion against French ruleerupts inMadagascar.
• March 31– The leaders of the Kurdish People'sRepublic of Mahabad,the secondKurdishstate in the history ofIran,are hanged atChuwarchira SquareinMahabad,after the state has been overrun by the Iranian army.

April

Main article:April 1947

• April– The previous discovery of the 'Dead Sea Scrolls' in theQumran Caves(above the northwest shore of theDead Sea) byBedouinshepherds, becomes known.
• April 1
  • Jackie Robinson,the firstAfrican AmericaninMajor League Baseballsince the 1880s, signs a contract with theBrooklyn Dodgers.
  • Paul Ibecomes King of Greece, aged 45, following the death of his brother,King George II.
  • The1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutiniesbegin.
• April 4– TheInternational Civil Aviation Organizationbegins operations.
• April 7
  • The ArabBa'ath Partyis established by merger inDamascus.
  • Edaville Railroadopens in Massachusetts, as the first railway theme park.
  • The largest recordedsunspotgroup appears on the solar surface.
• April 9
  • Multiple tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 184 and injuring 970.
  • TheJourney of Reconciliationin theSouthern United Statesbegins, organized by theCongress of Racial Equality.
• April 15– Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play Major League Baseball since the 1880s.
• April 16
  • Texas City disaster:Theammonium nitratecargo of French-registeredLiberty shipSSGrandcampexplodes inTexas City, Texasin one of thelargest man-made non-nuclear explosionsin history, killing at least 581, including all but one member of the city fire department, injuring at least 5,000 and destroying 20 city blocks. Of the dead, remains of 113 are never found, and 62 are unidentifiable.
  • American financier and presidential adviserBernard Baruchdescribes the post–World War II tensions between theSoviet Unionand the United States as a "Cold War".
  • The first public demonstration of aTV camerazoom lens,theJerry FairbanksZoomar,is held atNBCstudios inNew York.
• April 18
  • The BritishRoyal Navydetonates 6,800 tons of explosives, in an attempt to demolish the fortified island ofHeligoland,Germany, in another of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in history.
  • 'Mrs. Ples', anAustralopithecus africanusskull, is discovered in theSterkfonteinarea inTransvaal,South Africa.
• April 20– KingFrederik IXsucceeds his father,Christian X,on the throne ofDenmark.

May

Main article:May 1947

• May 1–Portella della Ginestra massacre:TheSalvatore Giulianogang of Sicilian separatists opens fire on aLabour Dayparade at Portella della Ginestra,Sicily,killing 11 people and wounding 27.
• May 2– The movieMiracle on 34th Street,a Christmastime classic, is first shown in theaters.
• May 3– The new post-warConstitution of Japangoes into effect.
• May 11– TheFerrari 125 S,the first car to bear theFerrariname, debuts.
• May 22– TheCold Warbegins: To fight the spread ofCommunism,PresidentHarry S. Trumansigns an Act of Congress that implements theTruman Doctrine.This Act grants $400 million in military and economic aid toTurkeyand Greece. The Cold Warendsin1991.
• May 25– Hyundai Togun, the initial name of theHyundai Group,is founded byChung Ju-young.
• May 29
  • AnAir IcelandDouglas C-47on a domestic flight inIcelandcrashes into a mountainside killing all 25 people on board.
  • AUnited States Army Air ForcesDouglas C-54 Skymastercrashes on approach toNaval Air Station Atsugi,Japan,killing all 41 on board in the worst aviation accident in Japanese history up to this time.
• May 30–Eastern Air Lines Flight 605:ADouglas C-54 Skymastercrashes nearBainbridge, Maryland,killing all 53 aboard (49 passengers, 4 crew), in America's worst commercial aviation disaster to this date.
• May 31–Alcide de Gasperiforms a new government in Italy, the first postwar Italian government not to include members of theItalian Communist Party.

June

Main article:June 1947

Marshall Plan.

• June– TheDoomsday Clockof theBulletin of the Atomic Scientistsis introduced.
• June 5– U.S. Secretary of StateGeorge Marshalloutlines theMarshall Planfor American reconstruction and relief aid to Europe, in a speech atHarvard University.
• June 7– The Romanian Army founds theassociation footballclub CCA (Clubul Central al Armatei – The Army's Central Club), which will becomethe most successful Romanian football teamduring its time asCSA Steaua București.
• June 10–SAABin Sweden produces its first automobile.
• June 11–15– The firstLlangollen International Musical Eisteddfodis held in Wales.
• June 15– TheEstado Novoin Portugal orders 11 military officers and 19 university professors, who are accused of revolutionary activity, to resign.
• June 21– TheParliament of Canadavotes unanimously to pass several laws regarding displaced foreign refugees.
• June 23– TheUnited States Senatefollows theHouse of Representatives,in overriding PresidentHarry S. Truman'svetoof theTaft–Hartley Act.
• June 24–Kenneth Arnoldmakes the first widely reportedUFO sightingnearMount Rainier,Washington.Over800 copycat sightingsare reported throughout the US in the coming following weeks.
• June 25–The Diary of a Young GirlbyAnne Frankis published for the first time asHet Achterhuis: Dagboekbrieven 14 juni 1942 – 1 augustus 1944( "The Annex: Diary Notes from 14 June 1942 – 1 August 1944" ) inAmsterdam,two years after the writer's death inBergen-Belsen concentration camp.

July

Main article:July 1947

• July 1– TheUnited Statesbegins theNational Malaria Eradication Program,successfully eradicating malaria in1951.
• July 6
  • 1947 Sylhet referendum:A referendum is held inSylhetto decide its fate in thePartition of India.
  • The first prototypeAK-47assault rifles are built to the design ofMikhail Kalashnikov.
• July 8–Roswell UFO incident:A supposedly downedextraterrestrial spacecraftis reportedly found nearRoswell, New Mexico.

'Flying Disc' photos published in Phoenix press on July 9

• July 9
  • 'Flying disc' photographspublished in Phoenix
  • KingGeorge VIof the United Kingdom announces the engagement of his daughterPrincess ElizabethtoLt. Philip Mountbatten.
• July 11– The shipExodusleaves France forPalestine,with 4,500 JewishHolocaustsurvivor refugees on board.
• July 17– Indian passenger shipSSRamdasis capsized by a cyclone atMumbai,India, with 625 people killed.
• July 18
  • Following wide media andUNSCOPcoverage, theExodusis captured by British troops, and refused entry into Palestine at the port ofHaifa.
  • PresidentHarry S. Trumansigns thePresidential Succession Actinto law, which places theSpeaker of the Houseand thePresident pro tempore of the Senatenext in the line of succession, after thevice president.
• July 19– Burmese nationalistAung San,and six members of his newly formed cabinet, are assassinated during a cabinet meeting.
• July 26–Cold War:U.S. PresidentHarry S. Trumansigns theNational Security Act of 1947into law to create theCentral Intelligence Agency,theDepartment of Defense,theJoint Chiefs of Staff,and theNational Security Council.
• July 27–28– English endurance swimmerTom Blowerbecomes the first person to swim theNorth Channel,fromDonaghadeeinNorthern IrelandtoPortpatrickin Scotland.
• July 29– After being shut down on November 9, 1946, for a refurbishment, theENIACcomputer in the United States is turned back on again, and remains in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.

August

Main article:August 1947

Flag ofPakistan,the country that gained independence on August 14, 1947

Flag ofIndia,the country that gained independence on August 15, 1947 and became the largest democracy in the world.

• August 1– Indonesian airlineGaruda Indonesiais established.
• August 2–1947 BSAA Avro LancastrianStar Dustaccident:A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (the wreckage will not be found until 1998).
• August 5– The Netherlands endsOperation Product,the first of its major military 'police actions' inIndonesia.
• August 7
  • Thor Heyerdahl'sbalsa woodraft, theKon-Tiki,smashes into thereefatRaroiain theTuamotu Islands,after a 101-day, 4,300 mile, voyage across the Eastern Pacific Ocean, demonstrating that prehistoric peoples could have traveled to the Central Pacific islands from South America.
  • TheBombay Municipal Corporationformally takes over theBombay Electric Supply and Transport(BEST).
• August 14
  • The Muslim majority regions formed by thePartition of Indiagain independence from theBritish Empireas theDominion of Pakistan.While the transition is officially at midnight on this day, Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14, compared with India on the 15th, because thePakistan Standard Timeis 30 minutes behind the standard time of India.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnahbecomes the firstgovernor-general of Pakistan.Liaquat Ali Khantakes office as the firstprime minister of Pakistan.
• August 15
  • The greater Indian subcontinent, with a mixed population ofHindu,Sikhs,Buddhists,Jains,Zoroasters,Jews,Christians,Muslimsand others formed by thePartition of India,gains independence from the British Empire, as theDominion of India.755 years of foreign rule (565 years of Muslim rule (1192-1757) and 190 years British rule (1757-1947)) in India comes to an end.
  • Jawaharlal Nehrutakes office as the firstprime minister of India,taking his oath fromLouis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma,Governor-General of India(but no longerviceroy).
• August 16– In Greece, GeneralMarkos Vafiadistakes over the government until1949.
• August 23– Theprime minister of Greece,Dimitrios Maximos,resigns.
• August 27– The French government lowers the daily breadrationto 200 grams, causing riots inVerdunandLe Mans.
• August 30– A fire at a movie theater inRueil,a suburb of Paris, France, kills 83 people.
• August 31– InHungary,communistsfail to gain a majority in parliamentary elections (despite widespread fraud) and turn to direct action as part of the country'stransition to Communism (1944–1949).

September

Main article:September 1947

TheCentral Intelligence Agency(CIA), officially born September 18, 1947

• September 9
  • Women's suffrageis agreed byArgentina's Congress.
  • A moth lodged in arelayis found to be the cause of a malfunction in theHarvard Mark IIelectromechanical computer, logged as the "First actual case ofbugbeing found. "
• September 13– Indian Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehrusuggests the exchange of four million Hindus and Muslims between India andPakistan.
• September 15–16–Typhoon Kathleenstrikes theBōsō Peninsulaand the entireKantō regionin Japan. Heavy rains cause theArakawaandTone Riversto overflow and embankment collapse. The resulting floods anddebris flowkill between 1,077 and 1,920 people, injuring 1,547and leaving 853 missing.
• September 17–21– The1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricanein southeasternFlorida,and also inAlabama,Mississippi,andLouisianacauses widespread damage, and kills 50 people.
• September 18– In the United States:
  • TheNational Security Act of 1947becomes effective on this day, creating theUnited States Air Force,National Security Counciland theCentral Intelligence Agency.
  • TheDepartment of Warbecomes theDepartment of the Army,a branch of the newDepartment of Defense.
• September 22– The Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties (Cominform) is founded by theInternational Communist Movement.
• September 30–PakistanandYemenjoin theUnited Nations.

October

Main article:October 1947

• October– First recorded use of the wordcomputerin its modern sense, referring to an electronic digital machine.
• October 1– TheNorth American F-86 Sabrejet fighter aircraft makes its first flight.
• October 5– PresidentHarry S. Trumandelivers the first televised White House address, speaking on the world food crises.
• October 14–United States Air Forcetest pilotCaptainChuck Yeagerflies aBell X-1rocket plane faster than thespeed of sound,the first time it has been accomplished.
• October 20– A war begins inKashmir,along the border between India and Pakistan, initiating theIndo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948.Also, Pakistan establishes diplomatic relations with the United States of America.
• October 24– The firstAzad KashmirGovernment is established within Pakistan, headed bySardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khanas its first President supported by the government of Pakistan.
• October 30– TheGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT), the foundation of theWorld Trade Organization(WTO), is established.

November

Main article:November 1947

• November 2– InLong Beach, California,United States, designer and airplane pilotHoward Hughescarries out the one and only flight of theHughes H-4 Hercules( "Spruce Goose"), the largestfixed-wing aircraftever built and flown. This flight only lasts 8 minutes.
• November 6– The television programMeet the Pressmakes its debut, on theNBC-TV network in the United States.
• November 9–Junagadhis invaded by the Indian army.
• November 10– The arrest of four steel workers inMarseillebegins aFrench communistriot, that also spreads to Paris.
• November 13–Wataru Misakamakes the roster of theNew York Knicksto become the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, months afterJackie Robinsonbroke the color barrier inMajor League Baseballfor theBrooklyn Dodgers.Misaka has led theUtah Utesto the1944 NCAAand1947 NITchampionships.
• November 15
  • TheInternational Telecommunication Unionbecomes a specialized agency of theUnited Nations.
  • TheUniversal Postal Union(UPU) becomes a specialized agency of theUnited Nations(effectiveJuly 11948).
• November 16
  • InBrussels,15,000 people demonstrate against the relatively short prison sentences of BelgianNazicriminals.
  • Great Britain begins withdrawing its troops from Palestine.
• November 17–December 23–John BardeenandWalter Brattainworking underWilliam ShockleyatAT&T'sBell Labsin the United States demonstrate thetransistoreffect, a key element for theelectronicsrevolution of the 20th century.
• November 17– TheScreen Actors Guildimplements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
• November 18–Ballantyne's fire:A fire inBallantynesdepartment store inChristchurch,New Zealand, kills 41 people.
• November 20
  • Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh:Princess Elizabeth (laterElizabeth II), the daughter ofGeorge VIof the United Kingdom, marriesThe Duke of EdinburghatWestminster Abbeyin London.
  • Paul Ramadierresigns asPrime Minister of France.He is succeeded byRobert Schuman,who calls in 80,000 army reservists to quell rioting miners in France.
• November 21– The United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment begins inHavana,Cuba. This conference ends in 1948, when its members complete theHavana Charter.
• November 24–McCarthyism:TheUnited States House of Representativesvotes 346–17 to approve citations of Contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten",after the screenwriters and directors refuse to co-operate with theHouse Un-American Activities Committeeconcerning allegations ofcommunistinfluences in the movie business. The ten men areblacklistedby theHollywoodmovie studios on the following day.
• November 25
  • TheNew Zealand Parliamentratifies theStatute of Westminster,and thus becomes independent of legislative control by theParliament of the United Kingdom.
  • The newPakistan ArmyandPashtunmercenariesoverrun Mirpur inKashmir,resulting in the death of 20,000 Hindus and Sikhs.
• November 27– In Paris, France, police occupy the editorial offices of the communist newspapers.
• November 29– TheUnited Nations General Assemblyvotes for theUnited Nations Partition Plan for Palestinewhich will partitionMandatory Palestinebetween Arab and Jewish regions, resulting in the creation of theState of Israel.

December

Main article:December 1947

• December 3
  • French communiststrikersderail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumors that it is transporting soldiers; 21 people are killed.
  • TheTennessee WilliamsplayA Streetcar Named Desire,starringMarlon Brandoin his first great role, opens at theEthel Barrymore Theatreon Broadway in New York City;Jessica Tandyalso stars as Blanche Du Bois.
• December 4– FrenchInterior MinisterJules S. Mochtakesemergencymeasures against his country's rioters, after six days of violent arguments in theNational Assembly.
• December 6
  • Arturo Toscaniniconducts a concert performance of the first half ofGiuseppe Verdi's operaOtello,for a broadcast onNBCRadio in the United States. The second half of the opera is broadcast a week later.
  • Women are admitted to full membership of theUniversity of Cambridgein England.following a vote in September.
• December 9– Frenchlabor unionscall off the general strike, and re-commence negotiations with the French government.
• December 12– TheIranianRoyal Army takes back power in theAzerbaijanprovince.
• December 14–Santiago Bernabeu Stadiumis officially inaugurated inMadrid,and hosts its first match.
• December 21– During the mass migration of Hindus and Muslims between the new states of India and Pakistan, 400,000 are slaughtered.
• December 22– TheItalian Constituent Assemblyvotes to accept the newConstitution of Italy.
• December 30
  • TheMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15jet fighter aircraft (NATO reporting nameFagot) makes its first flight in the Soviet Union.
  • KingMichael I of Romaniais forced to abdicate and the Romanian monarchy is abolished.

Births

January

David Bowie

Andrea Martin

Megawati Sukarnoputri

Michio Kaku

Jonathan Banks

• January 1
  • F. R. David,Tunisian-born French singer
  • Vladimir Titov,Russian cosmonaut
  • Frances Yip,Hong Kong singer
• January 2–Jack Hanna,American Zookeeper and Television Personality (Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures)
• January 6
  • Sandy Denny,British singer (d.1978)
  • Ian Millar,Canadian dressage rider
• January 8
  • David Bowie,English singer, songwriter, and actor (d.2016)
  • Samuel Schmid,Swiss Federal Councillor
• January 10–Peer Steinbrück,German politician
• January 13–Carles Rexach,Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
• January 15–Andrea Martin,Canadian-American actress (Second City Television)
• January 16
  • Juliet Berto,French actress, director and screenwriter (d.1990)
  • Apasra Hongsakula,Thai model,Miss Universe 1965
  • Harvey Proctor,British Conservative politician
• January 18–Takeshi Kitano,Japanese film director, actor
• January 20–Cyrille Guimard,French road racing cyclist
• January 21–Jill Eikenberry,American actress
• January 22–Vladimir Oravsky,Swedish writer
• January 23
  • Tom Carper,American politician
  • Megawati Sukarnoputri,5thPresident of Indonesia
• January 24
  • Giorgio Chinaglia,Italian footballer (d.2012)
  • Michio Kaku,American theoretical physicist
  • Warren Zevon,American rock musician (Werewolves of London) (d.2003)
• January 25–Tostão(Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade), Brazilian footballer
• January 26–Michel Sardou,French singer and actor
• January 27–Björn Afzelius,Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (Hoola Bandoola Band) (d.1999)
• January 29–Linda B. Buck,American biologist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• January 30–Steve Marriott,British rock musician (d.1991)
• January 31–Jonathan Banks,American actor

February

Farrah Fawcett

Yukio Hatoyama

Edward James Olmos

Lee Evans

• February 2–Farrah Fawcett,American actress (Charlie's Angels) (d.2009)
• February 3
  • Paul Auster,American novelist (d.2024)
  • Dave Davies,English rock musician (The Kinks)
  • Melanie(Safka), American folk singer (d.2024)
• February 4
  • Halina Aszkiełowicz-Wojno,Polish volleyball player (d.2018)
  • Dennis C. Blair,American admiral,Director of National Intelligence
  • John Campbell Brown,Scottish astronomer (d.2019)
• February 5–Regina Duarte,Brazilian actress; former Special Secretary of Culture of Brazil
• February 7–Wayne Allwine,American voice actor (Mickey Mouse) (d.2009)
• February 10–Louise Arbour,Canadian jurist
• February 11
  • Yukio Hatoyama,60thPrime Minister of Japan
  • Roy Moore,American politician
• February 13–Mike Krzyzewski,American basketball player and coach
• February 15
  • John Adams,American composer
  • Wenche Myhre,Norwegian actress, singer
  • Ádám Nádasdy,Hungarian linguist and poet
• February 16–Veríssimo Correia Seabra,Bissau-Guinean military commander (d.2004)
• February 18
  • Princess Christina of the Netherlands(d.2019)
  • José Luis Cuerda,Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer (d.2020)
• February 19–Gustavo Rodríguez,Venezuelan actor (d.2014)
• February 20
  • Peter Osgood,English footballer (d.2006)
  • Peter Strauss,American actor
• February 21
  • Victor Sokolov,Russian dissident journalist and priest (d.2006)
  • Renata Sorrah,Brazilian actress
• February 25
  • Lee Evans,American Olympic athlete (d.2021)
  • Doug Yule,American rock singer (The Velvet Underground)
• February 26–Sandie Shaw,British singer
• February 27–Gidon Kremer,Latvian violinist
• February 28–Stephanie Beacham,English actress

March

Rob Reiner

Kim Campbell

Mitt Romney

Glenn Close

Ali Abdullah Saleh

SirElton John

• March 1–Alan Thicke,Canadian actor and television host (d.2016)
• March 2–Yuri Bogatyryov,Soviet actor (d.1989)
• March 3
  • Óscar Washington Tabárez,Uruguayan football manager and former player
  • Mike Sheahan,Australian journalist
• March 4
  • Jan Garbarek,Norwegian musician
  • Gunnar Hansen,Icelandic actor (d.2015)
• March 6
  • Kiki Dee,English pop singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
  • Dick Fosbury,American high-jumper (d.2023)
  • Teru Miyamoto,Japanese author
  • Rob Reiner,American actor, comedian, producer, director and activist (All in the Family)
  • John Stossel,American journalist
• March 7–Walter Röhrl,German racing driver
• March 8
  • Carole Bayer Sager,American singer, songwriter
  • Michael S. Hart,American author, inventor (d.2011)
• March 9–Ryszard Peryt,Polish conductor, librettist (d.2019)
• March 10–Kim Campbell,Prime Minister of Canada
• March 11–Geoff Hunt,Australian squash player
• March 12
  • Kalervo Palsa,Finnish artist
  • Mitt Romney,American businessman, politician,Governor of Massachusetts,2012presidential candidate, andUS Senator(R-UT)
• March 13–Beat Richner,Swiss pediatrician, cellist (d.2018)
• March 15–Ry Cooder,American guitarist
• March 16
  • Baek Yoon-sik,South Korean actor
  • Ramzan Paskayev,Chechen accordionist
• March 17–Yury Chernavsky,Russian-born composer, producer
• March 18–Tamara Griesser Pečar,Slovenian historian
• March 19–Glenn Close,American actress
• March 21–Ali Abdullah Saleh,President of Yemen(d.2017)
• March 22–James Patterson,American author
• March 24
  • Louise Lanctôt,Canadian terrorist and writer
  • Alan Sugar,English entrepreneur
• March 25–Elton John,English singer-songwriter and composer
• March 26–Subhash Kak,Indian-American author
• March 31
  • Wong Choon Wah,Malaysian footballer (d.2014)
  • César Gaviria,Colombian economist, politician and 28thPresident of Colombia

April

John Ratzenberger

Florian Schneider

Tom Clancy

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

James Woods

Iggy Pop

Johan Cruyff

• April 1
  • Alain Connes,French mathematician
  • Ingrid Steeger,German actress, comedian (d.2023)
  • Tzipi Shavit,Israeli actress
• April 2
  • Paquita la del Barrio,Mexican singer, actress
  • Emmylou Harris,American singer, songwriter
  • Camille Paglia,American literary critic
• April 5–Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,14thPresident of the Philippines,daughter of presidentDiosdado Macapagal
• April 6–John Ratzenberger,American actor (Cheers)
• April 7–Florian Schneider,German musician (d.2020)
• April 10–Bunny Wailer,Jamaican reggae musician (d.2021)
• April 12
  • Tom Clancy,American author (d.2013)
  • David Letterman,American talk show host
• April 13–Mike Chapman,Australian-born songwriter, record producer
• April 15–Lois Chiles,American actress
• April 16
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,African-American basketball player, actor (Airplane!)
  • Gerry Rafferty,Scottish singer-songwriter ( "Baker Street") (d.2011)
• April 18
  • Kathy Acker,American author (d.1997)
  • Jerzy Stuhr,Polish actor, director
  • James Woods,American actor
• April 19–Murray Perahia,American pianist
• April 20
  • Daud Ibrahim,Malaysian cyclist (d.2010)
  • Hector,Finnish rock musician
• April 21–Iggy Pop,American rock musician
• April 24–Josep Borrell,Spanish minister,MEPandEU High Representative
• April 25
  • Johan Cruyff,Dutch footballer and coach (d.2016)
  • Jeffrey DeMunn,American actor
• April 27–Pete Ham,Welsh rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (suicide1975)
• April 29
  • Olavo de Carvalho,Brazilian journalist, essayist and professor of philosophy
  • Tommy James,American rock singer, producer

May

• May 1–Jacob Bekenstein,Mexico-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d.2015)
• May 4–Theda Skocpol,American sociologist
• May 5–Malam Bacai Sanhá,Guinea-Bissau politician (d.2012)
• May 6–Martha Nussbaum,American philosopher
• May 8–H. Robert Horvitz,American biologist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• May 9–Yukiya Amano,Japanese international civil servant (d.2019)
• May 10–Caroline B. Cooney,American author
• May 11
  • Walter Selke,German physicist
  • Butch Trucks,American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band) (d.2017)
• May 12–Michael Ignatieff,Canadian politician, philosopher and historian
• May 13–Stephen R. Donaldson,American novelist
• May 14
  • José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha,Colombian drug lord (d.1989)
  • Tamara Dobson,African-American actress, fashion model (d.2006)
  • Ana Martín,Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (Miss Mexico 1963)
• May 15–Muhyiddin Yassin,Prime Minister of Malaysia
• May 18–John Bruton,10thTaoiseachof Ireland (d.2024)
• May 19–Paul Brady,Northern Irish singer, songwriter
• May 21–Lolit Solis,Filipina talent manager (host ofStartalk,CelebriTV)
• May 24–Maude Barlow,Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson ofThe Council of Canadians
• May 26–Glenn Turner,New Zealandcricket captain
• May 27
  • Peter DeFazio,American politician
  • Branko Oblak,Slovenian football player and coach
• May 28–Pedro Giachino,Argentine Navy officer (d.1982)

June

SirJonathan Pryce

Ronnie Wood

Viktor Klima

David Blunkett

Robert Englund

Shirin Ebadi

Jerry Rawlings

Mick Fleetwood

Jimmie Walker

• June 1
  • Jonathan Pryce,Welsh actor
  • Ronnie Wood,English rock musician (The Faces,The Rolling Stones)
• June 2–Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale,Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (d.1984)
• June 3–Dave Alexander,American musician (d.1975)
• June 4–Viktor Klima,Chancellor of Austria
• June 5
  • Laurie Anderson,American experimental performance artist, composer and musician
  • Jojon,Indonesian comedian, actor (d.2014)
• June 6
  • David Blunkett,British politician
  • Robert Englund,American actor (V,A Nightmare on Elm Street)
  • Tapani Hyvönen,Finnish designer and business founder
  • Ada Kok,Dutch swimmer
• June 8–Eric F. Wieschaus,American biologist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• June 9
  • Françoise Demulder,French war photographer (d.2008)
  • Robert Indermaur,Swiss painter and sculptor
• June 10–Ken Singleton,American baseball player
• June 15
  • Alain Aspect,French quantum physicist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physics
  • John Hoagland,American war photographer (d.1984)
• June 19
  • Paula Koivuniemi,Finnish singer
  • Salman Rushdie,Indian-born British author (The Satanic Verses)
• June 20–Candy Clark,American actress
• June 21
  • Rachel Adato,Israeli gynecologist, lawyer and politician
  • Shirin Ebadi,Iranian activist,Nobel Peace Prizerecipient
  • Fernando Savater,Spanish philosopher, author
• June 22
  • Bruno Latour,French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist(d.2022)
  • Natalya Varley,Soviet, Russian film, theater actress
  • Murray Webb,New Zealand caricature artist, test cricketer
  • David Jones,Northern Irish European Tour golfer
  • Octavia E. Butler,American author (d.2006)
  • Trevor Blades,English cricketer
  • Pete Maravich,American basketball player (d.1988)
  • Jerry John Rawlings,2-timePresident of Ghana(d.2020)
• June 23
  • Bryan Brown,Australian actor
  • Thor Hansen,Norwegian-born professional poker player (d.2018)
• June 24
  • Mick Fleetwood,British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
  • Helena Vondráčková,Czech singer
  • Peter Weller,American actor and director
• June 25–Jimmie Walker,African-American actor (Good Times)
• June 26–Gulbuddin Hekmatyar,Afghan politician
• June 27
  • Hans Ooft,Dutch football player, manager
  • Abdel Djaadaoui,Algerian footballer
• June 29–David Chiang,Hong Kong actor
• June 30–Jean-Yves Le Drian,French minister

July

Larry David

O. J. Simpson

Queen Camilla

SirBrian May

Albert Brooks

Su Tseng-chang

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

Arnold Schwarzenegger

• July 1
  • Marc Benno,American singer, songwriter and guitarist
  • Arantxa Urretabizkaia,Basque writer, screenwriter and actress
  • Sharad Yadav,Indian politician
• July 2–Larry David,American actor, writer, producer and director (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
• July 3
  • Betty Buckley,American actress, singer
  • Mike Burton,American swimmer
  • Rob Rensenbrink,Dutch football player (d.2020)
  • Jana Švandová,Czech actress
• July 4
  • Francisco Fernández de Cevallos,Mexican politician
  • Eva Goës,Swedish politician
  • Carla Panerai,Italian sprinter
• July 5–Toos Beumer,Dutch swimmer
• July 6–Shelley Hack,American model, actress, producer, political and media advisor
• July 7
  • Richard Beckinsale,English actor (d.1979)
  • KingGyanendra of Nepal
  • Felix Standaert,Belgian diplomat
• July 9
  • Haruomi Hosono,Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
  • O. J. Simpson,African-American football player and actor (d.2024)
• July 10
  • Allen Fong,Hong Kong film director
  • Arlo Guthrie,American folk singer ( "Alice's Restaurant")
• July 11–Riad Ismat,Syrian writer, critic and theatre director
• July 12
  • Gareth Edwards,Welsh rugby union player
  • Wilko Johnson,English rock musician (d.2022)
  • Lenka Termerová,Czech actress
• July 14–Navin Ramgoolam,Prime Minister of Mauritius
• July 15–Roky Erickson,American singer-songwriter (d.2019)
• July 16–Roelf Meyer,South African politician, businessman
• July 17–Queen Camilla,Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms since 2022 as the wife ofCharles III
• July 19–Brian May,English rock guitarist (Queen)
• July 20
  • Gerd Binnig,German physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate
  • Carlos Santana,Mexican-born rock guitarist
• July 21–Co Adriaanse,Dutch football manager
• July 22
  • Albert Brooks,American actor, comedian, director, and novelist
  • Erica Gavin,American actress
  • Don Henley,American singer, songwriter and musician
• July 24–Peter Serkin,American classical pianist (d.2020)
• July 27
  • Bob Klein,American football player
  • Kazuyoshi Miura,Japanese businessman (d.2008)
  • Giora Spiegel,Israeli footballer and coach
• July 28–Su Tseng-chang,Taiwanese politician, 41st and 50thPremier of the Republic of China
• July 30
  • William Atherton,American actor
  • Françoise Barré-Sinoussi,French virologist,Nobel Prizelaureate
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger,Austrian-American actor, bodybuilder and 38thGovernor of California
• July 31–Richard Griffiths,English actor (d.2013)

August

Anwar Ibrahim

Cindy Williams

Barbara Bach

Temple Grandin

Somchai Wongsawat

• August 1
  • Lorna Goodison,Jamaican poet
  • Leoluca Orlando,Italian politician
• August 4–Hubert Ingraham,Bahamian politician
• August 5–Graham Lovett,English footballer (d.2018)
• August 7–Franciscus Henri,Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist
• August 8
  • Terangi Adam,Nauruan politician
  • George Costigan,British actor, screenwriter
  • Ken Dryden,Canadian NHL goaltender, author and politician
• August 9–John Varley,American science-fiction author
• August 10
  • Ian Anderson,British rock musician (Jethro Tull)
  • Drupi,Italian singer
  • Anwar Ibrahim,10thPrime Minister of Malaysia
• August 11
  • Diether Krebs,German actor, cabaret artist and comedian (d.2000)
  • Wilma van den Berg,Dutch sprinter
• August 14
  • Maddy Prior,English folk singer
  • Danielle Steel,American romance novelist
• August 15–Raakhee,Indian actress
• August 16
  • Carol Moseley Braun,African-American politician
  • Marc Messier,Canadian actor
• August 17–Mohamed Abdelaziz,Sahrawi politician
• August 20–José Wilker,Brazilian actor (d.2014)
• August 21–Mary Simon,Governor General of Canada
• August 22
  • Cindy Williams,American actress (Laverne and Shirley) (d.2023)
  • Peter Irniq,Canadian Commissioner of Nunavut
• August 23–Willy Russell,British playwright
• August 24–Roger De Vlaeminck,Belgian cyclist
• August 26–Nicolae Dobrin,Romanian footballer (d.2007)
• August 27–Barbara Bach,American actress
• August 28
  • Emlyn Hughes,English footballer (d.2004)
  • Liza Wang,Hong Kong actress
  • Alice Playten,American actress (d.2011)
• August 29
  • James Hunt,British 1976Formula 1world champion (d.1993)
  • Temple Grandin,American animal welfare and autism expert
  • Jah Lloyd,Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer (d.1999)
• August 30–Allan Rock,Canadian politician, diplomat
• August 31
  • Ramón Castellano de Torres,Spanish painter
  • Somchai Wongsawat,26thPrime Minister of Thailand

September

Kjell Magne Bondevik

Amos Biwott

SirSam Neill

Stephen King

Meat Loaf

Marc Bolan

• September 3–Kjell Magne Bondevik,Prime Minister of Norway
• September 5
  • Danny Florencio,Filipino basketball player (d.2018)
  • Buddy Miles,African-American drummer, singer and composer (d.2008)
  • Kiyoshi Takayama,JapaneseyakuzaBoss
• September 6
  • Jane Curtin,American actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
  • Bruce Rioch,Scottish footballer, coach
  • Jacob Rubinovitz,Israeli scientist
• September 8–Amos Biwott,Kenyan Olympic athlete
• September 13–Ajib Ahmad,Malaysian politician (d.2011)
• September 14
  • Sam Neill,British-born New Zealand actor
  • Jerzy Popieluszko,Polish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (d.1984)
• September 16–Russ Abbot,British comedian, actor and singer
• September 19–Tanith Lee,British author (d.2015)
• September 21
  • Don Felder,American musician and songwriter
  • Stephen King,American writer and novelist, specializing in the horror genre
• September 22–Jo Beverley,Anglo-Canadian writer (d.2016)
• September 23–Mary Kay Place,American actress
• September 25
  • Cheryl Tiegs,American model, actress
  • Cecil Womack,African-American singer, songwriter (Womack & Womack) (d.2013)
• September 26–Lynn Anderson,American country music singer (d.2015)
• September 27
  • Dick Advocaat,Dutch football manager
  • Meat Loaf,American rock singer, actor (d.2022)
  • Denis Lawson,Scottish actor and director
• September 28
  • Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan,Indonesian politician and former military officer
  • Marcelo Guinle,Argentine politician (d.2017)
  • Sheikh Hasina,10th Prime Minister ofBangladesh
• September 30
  • Marc Bolan,English rock musician (d.1977)
  • Rula Lenska,English actress

October

Brian Johnson

Kevin Kline

Richard Dreyfuss

Herman Van Rompuy

• October 1
  • Aaron Ciechanover,Israeli biologist,Nobel Prize in Chemistrywinner
  • Stephen Collins,American actor
  • Mariska Veres,Dutch singer (d.2006)
• October 2–Ward Churchill,American author, activist
• October 3
  • Alain Mucchielli,French physician
  • Fred DeLuca,American entrepreneur, co-founder ofSubway(d.2015)
  • John Perry Barlow,American internet activist, writer, and lyricist (d.2018)
• October 4–Ann Widdecombe,British politician
• October 5–Brian Johnson,English rock singer (AC/DC)
• October 9–France Gall,French singer (d.2018)
• October 13–Sammy Hagar,American rock musician (MontroseandVan Halen)
• October 14–Nikolai Volkoff,Croatian-Russian professional wrestler (d.2018)
• October 17–Simi Garewal,Indian actress, producer, director, and talk show host
• October 18
  • James H. Fallon,American neuroscientist
  • Job Cohen,Dutch politician
• October 19
  • Giorgio Cavazzano,Italian comics artist and illustrator
  • Gunnar Staalesen,Norwegian author
• October 24–Kevin Kline,American actor
• October 26
  • Hillary Clinton,American politician,First Lady,US Senator(D-Ny.),Secretary of State,and 2016Democraticpresidential candidate
  • Ene Järvis,Estonian actress
• October 28–Henri Michel,French football player and coach (d.2018)
• October 29–Richard Dreyfuss,American actor
• October 30
  • Numa Turcatti,Uruguayan law student, victim of theUruguayan Air Force Flight 571crash (d.1972).
  • Timothy B. Schmit,American musician
• October 31
  • Carmen Alborch,Spanish feminist, writer and politician (d.2018)
  • Herman Van Rompuy,Belgian politician, 66thPrime Minister of Belgium

November

Joe Mantegna

Dwight Schultz

• November 1
  • Taizo Ichinose,Japanese war photographer (d.1973)
  • Bob Weston,British musician (d.2012)
• November 5–Rubén Juárez,Argentine bandoneonist, singer and songwriter of tango (d.2010)
• November 6–E. Lee Spence,German-born American pioneerunderwater archaeologist,treasure hunter
• November 7
  • Yutaka Fukumoto,Japanese professional baseball player
  • Usha Uthup,Indian singer
  • Sondhi Limthongkul,Thai journalist, writer and founder ofManager Daily
  • Sefi Rivlin,Israeli actor, footballer and comedian (d.2013)
• November 8–Minnie Riperton,African-American singer (d.1979)
• November 10
  • Glen Buxton,American rock guitarist (d.1997)
  • Greg Lake,English musician, producer (King Crimson,Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (d.2016)
• November 12–Carlos Ezquerra,Spanish comics artist (d.2018)
• November 13–Joe Mantegna,American actor, producer and director
• November 14–P. J. O'Rourke,American journalist, satirist (d.2022)
• November 15
  • Steven G. Kellman,American author, critic
  • Bill Richardson,American politician and diplomat,United States Ambassador to the United Nations(d.2023)
• November 17
  • Will Vinton,American animator, filmmaker (d.2018)
  • Inky Mark,Canadian politician
• November 18
  • Lim Boon Heng,Singaporean politician
  • Ali Bakar,Malaysian football player (d.2003)
• November 19–Anfinn Kallsberg,Faroese Prime Minister (d.2024)
• November 20
  • Joe Walsh,American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
  • Nurlan Balgimbayev,Kazakh politician (d.2015)
• November 21
  • Alcione,Brazilian singer
  • Nickolas Grace,British actor
  • Chua Ek Kay,Singaporean painter (d.2008)
• November 22–Terje Rød-Larsen,Norwegian diplomat, politician and sociologist
• November 24–Dwight Schultz,American actor (The A-Team)
• November 25–John Larroquette,American actor (Night Court)
• November 29–Mirza Khazar,Azerbaijani author
• November 30
  • Sergio Badilla Castillo,Chilean poet
  • Stuart Baird,English film editor, producer and director
  • Véronique Le Flaguais,Canadian actress
  • David Mamet,American playwright
  • Moses Nagamootoo,8th Prime Minister of Guyana

December

Gregg Allman

Vincent Matthews

Porfirio Lobo Sosa

Ted Danson

Jeff Lynne

• December 1–Bob Fulton,English-Australian rugby league player (d.2021)
• December 2–Isaac Bitton,French rock drummer
• December 6–Romildo Ribeiro Soares,Brazilian televangelist, missionary, author, singer, businessman and composer
• December 7
  • Oliver Dragojević,Croatian singer (d.2018)
  • Johnny Bench,American baseball player
  • Wendy Padbury,British actress
  • Jeff Maxwell,American actor (M*A*S*H)
• December 8
  • Gregg Allman,American singer, songwriter and musician (d.2017)
  • Gérard Blanc,French singer
  • Thomas R. Cech,American chemist,Nobel Prizelaureate
• December 9–Tom Daschle,U.S. Senator
• December 10–Rainer Seifert,German field hockey player
• December 12
  • Will Alsop,English architect
  • Carmen Zuleta,Venezuelan judge
• December 14
  • Christopher Parkening,American guitarist
  • Dilma Rousseff,36thPresident of Brazil
• December 16
  • Ben Cross,English actor (d.2020)
  • Vincent Matthews,American athlete
  • Trevor Żahra,Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
• December 18–Leonid Yuzefovich,Russian crime fiction writer
• December 21–Paco de Lucía,Spanish guitarist (d.2014)
• December 22
  • Mitsuo Tsukahara,Japanese gymnast
  • Porfirio Lobo,54thPresident of Honduras
• December 25–Pepe Smith,Filipino rock musician (d.2019)
• December 28–Aurelio Rodríguez,MexicanMajor League Baseballplayer (d.2000)
• December 29
  • Ted Danson,American actor (Cheers)
  • Cozy Powell,English drummer (d.1998)
• December 30–Jeff Lynne,British musician (Electric Light Orchestra)
• December 31
  • Rita Lee,Brazilian rock singer, composer (d.2023)
  • Tim Matheson,American actor, film director and producer
  • Burton Cummings,Canadian musician

Date unknown

• Marouf al-Bakhit,twice Prime Minister of Jordan

Deaths

January

BlessedHryhoriy Khomyshyn

BlessedMaria Giovanna Fasce

Al Capone

Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten

• January 3–Al Herpin,French-born American insomniac, "The Man Who Never Slept" (b.1862)
• January 9
  • Herman Bing,German actor (b.1889)
  • Karl Mannheim,Hungarian sociologist (b.1893)
• January 10
  • Arthur E. Andersen,American accountant (b.1885)
  • Hanns Sachs,Austrian psychoanalyst (b.1881)
• January 11–Eva Tanguay,Canadian-born vaudeville performer (b.1878)
• January 12
  • Zdenko Blažeković,Yugoslavian politician (b.1915)
  • Júlio Afrânio Peixoto,Brazilian physician, writer, politician and historian (b.1876)
  • Rosa Smith Eigenmann,American ichthyologist (b.1858)
• January 13
  • Sixto María Durán Cárdenas,Ecuadorian pianist, composer and lawyer (b.1875)
  • Ignazio Lupo,Italian-born American gangster (b.1877)
• January 14
  • Bill Hewitt,American football player (Chicago Bears),Pro Football Hall of Famemember (b.1909)
  • Elizabeth Short (Black Dahlia),American murder victim (b.1924)
• January 17–Hryhoriy Khomyshyn,UkrainianRoman Catholicbishop, martyr and blessed (b.1867)
• January 18–Maria Giovanna Fasce,ItalianRoman Catholicreligious professed,Augustiniannun and blessed (b.1881)
• January 19–Manuel Machado,Spanish poet (b.1874)
• January 20
  • Josh Gibson,African-American baseball player,MLB Hall of Famemember (b.1911)
  • Andrew Volstead,American politician (b.1860)
• January 22–Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot,British writer (b.1888)
• January 23
  • Pierre Bonnard,French painter (b.1867)
  • Roy Geiger,American general (b.1885)
• January 24–August Meyszner,Austrian-born SS officer (executed) (b.1886)
• January 25–Al Capone,American gangster (b.1899)
• January 26
  • Grace Moore,American opera singer, actress (b.1898)
  • Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten(b.1906)
  • Gerrit Johannes Geysendorffer,Dutchaviation pioneer(b.1892)
• January 27–Vassily Balabanov,Soviet administrator, ProvincialGovernorofImperial Russia(b.1873)
• January 28–Reynaldo Hahn,Venezuelan-born French composer (b.1874)
• January 30–Frederick Blackman,British plant physiologist (b.1866)

February

Petar Zivkovic

Luigi Russolo

Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt

• February 3–Petar Živković,Yugoslavian politician, 11thPrime Minister of Yugoslavia(b.1879)
• February 6
  • O. Max Gardner,Governor of North Carolina (b.1882)
  • Luigi Russolo,ItalianFuturistpainter, composer (b.1885)
• February 11–Martin Klein,Estonian wrestler (b.1884)
• February 12
  • Kurt Lewin,German-born American psychologist (b.1890)
  • Sidney Toler,American actor (b.1874)
• February 14–Celestina Boninsegna,Italian soprano (b.1877)
• February 15–Mustafa Abdel-Razek,Egyptian Islamic philosopher (b.1885)
• February 16
  • Pedro de Répide Gallegos,Spanish journalist, writer (b.1853)
  • Bertha Schwarz,German soprano (b.1855)
• February 18
  • Valentina Dmitryeva,Soviet writer, teacher and doctor (b.1859)
  • Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt(b.1901)
• February 19–James W. Bagley,American aerial photographer, topographic engineer and inventor (b.1881)
• February 20–Henry Herbert,British actor (b.1879)
• February 23–Hakim Habibur Rahman,Indian physician, writer, journalist and politician (b.1881)
• February 24
  • Morinosuke Chiwaki,Japanese dentist (b.1870)
  • Pierre Janet,French psychologist (b.1859)
• February 26
  • Antonino D'Agata,Italian politician (b.1882)
  • Heinrich Häberlin,Swiss politician, president of the Federal Council (b.1868)
  • Ben Webster,British-born American actor (b.1864)
• February 27–Heinrich Häberlin,Swiss Federal Councilor (b.1868)

March

Carrie Chapman Catt

• March 2–Whately Carington,British parapsychologist (b.1892)
• March 5–Alfredo Casella,Italian composer (b.1883)
• March 9
  • Carrie Chapman Catt,American suffrage leader (b.1859)
  • Jhaverchand Meghani,Indian poet, writer (b.1897)
  • Evripidis Bakirtzis,Hellenic Armyofficer and Greek politician (b.1895)
• March 11
  • Victor Lustig,Austrian-born con artist (b.1890)
  • Wilhelm Heye,German general (b.1869)
• March 12–Walter Samuel Goodland,Governor of Wisconsin (b.1862)
• March 15
  • Jean-Richard Bloch,French critic, novelist and playwright (b.1884)
• March 17–Taixu,Chinese Buddhist activist (b.1890)
• March 18–William C. Durant,American automobile pioneer (b.1861)
• March 19
  • James A. Gilmore,American businessman and baseball executive (b.1887)
  • Prudence Heward,Canadian painter (b.1896)
• March 20–Victor Goldschmidt,Swiss geochemist (b.1888)
• March 21– Homer Lusk Collyer, American hermit brother (Collyer brothers) (b.1881)
• March 23
  • Archduchess Louise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany(b.1870)
  • Ferdinand Zecca,French actor, producer, director and screenwriter (b.1864)
• March 25–Chen Cheng-po,Taiwanese painter (b.1895)
• March 28
  • Johnny Evers,American baseball player (Chicago Cubs),MLB Hall of Famemember (b.1881)
  • Karol Świerczewski,Polish military leader (b.1897)
• March 29–Manuel de Adalid y Gamero,Honduran composer (b.1872)

April

KingGeorge II of Greece

Henry Ford

KingChristian X of Denmark

Gheorghe Ciuhandu

• April 1– KingGeorge II of Greece(b.1890)
• April 5–Petro Trad,Lebanese lawyer, politician, 14thPrime Minister of Lebanonand 5thPresident of Lebanon(b.1876)
• April 7
  • Henry Ford,American industrialist, automobile manufacturer (b.1863)
  • Savvas the New of Kalymnos,GreekOrthodox priestand saint (b.1862)
• April 8–Langley Collyer,American hermit brother (b.1885)
• April 9–William Foden,American composer (b.1860)
• April 10
  • Charles Bally,Swiss linguist (b.1865)
  • John Ince,American actor (b.1878)
• April 12–Duke Robert of Württemberg(b.1873)
• April 14–Ayoub Tabet,6th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b.1884)
• April 15–Georg Friederici,German ethnologist (b.1866)
• April 16
  • Guido Donegani,Italian engineer, businessman and politician (b.1877)
  • Rudolf Höss,German commandant ofAuschwitz concentration camp(executed) (b.1900)
• April 17–Izso Glickstein,American musician (b.1889)
• April 18–Jozef Tiso,Slovak politician,Roman Catholicpriest, 1stPrime Minister of SlovakiaandPresident of Slovakia(b.1887)
• April 20– KingChristian X of Denmark(b.1870)
• April 21–Heitor da Silva Costa,Brazilian engineer, designer and constructor (b.1873)
• April 23–Gyula Károlyi,Hungarian politician, 29thPrime Minister of Hungary(b.1871)
• April 24–Willa Cather,American novelist (b.1873)
• April 25
  • José María Reina Andrade,actingpresident of Guatemala(b.1860)
  • Ana Cumpănaș,Austro-Hungarian prostitute (b.1889)
• April 26–Francesco Paolo Finocchiaro,Italian painter (b.1868)
• April 29
  • Gheorghie Ciuhandu,RomanianOrthodox priest,theologian, historian and advocate (b.1875)
  • Irving Fisher,American economist (b.1867)
• April 30
  • Francesc Cambó,Andorran politician (b.1876)
  • Sir Almroth Wright,British bacteriologist and immunologist (b.1861)

May

Miguel Abadía Méndez

George William Forbes

• May 8–Harry Gordon Selfridge,American department store magnate (b.1858)
• May 11–Frederic Goudy,American printer, artist and type designer (b.1865)
• May 13–Sukanta Bhattacharya,Bengali poet (b.1926)
• May 15–Miguel Abadía Méndez,Colombian politician, 12thPresident of Colombia(b.1867)
• May 16
  • Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins,British biochemist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(b.1861)
  • Kalle Hakala,Finnish politician (b.1880)
  • Michael Joseph Curley,AmericanRoman Catholicbishop and reverend (b.1879)
  • Zhang Lingfu,Chinese general of theNational Revolutionary Army(b.1903)
• May 17
  • George Forbes,22ndPrime Minister of New Zealand(b.1869)
  • Seabiscuit,thoroughbred racehorse (b.1933)
• May 18–Lucile Gleason,American actress (b.1888)
• May 20–Philipp Lenard,Austrian physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1862)
• May 23–Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz,Swiss writer (b.1878)
• May 28–August Eigruber,Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1907)
• May 30–Georg Ludwig von Trapp,Austrian sailor, patriarch of the Von Trapp Family ofThe Sound of Musicfame (b.1880)
• May 31–Adrienne Ames,American actress (b.1907)

June

Władysław Raczkiewicz

Richard Bedford Bennett

• June 6
  • S. H. Dudley,American urban singer (b.1864)
  • Władysław Raczkiewicz,Polish politician, lawyer, diplomat and 5thPresident of Poland(b.1885)
  • José Marques da Silva,Portuguese architect (b.1869)
• June 9
  • Augusto Giacometti,Italian painter (b.1877)
  • J. Warren Kerrigan,American actor (b.1879)
• June 11–Richard Hönigswald,Hungarian-born American philosopher (b.1875)
• June 14–Albert Marquet,French painter (b.1875)
• June 17–Maxwell Perkins,American literary editor (b.1884)
• June 18
  • Alfred Allen,American actor (b.1866)
  • Richard Cooper,British actor (b.1893)
  • Shigematsu Sakaibara,Japanese rear admiral, convicted war criminal (executed) (b.1898)
  • John Henry Patteron,Anglo-Irish soldier, hunter and author (b.1867)
• June 19–Kōsō Abe,Japanese admiral, convicted war criminal (executed) (b.1892)
• June 20–Bugsy Siegel,American gangster (assassinated) (b.1906)
• June 24–Bartolome Pagano,Italian actor (b.1878)
• June 26–R. B. Bennett,11thPrime Minister of Canada(b.1870)
• June 28–Franciszek Mączyński,Polish architect (b.1874)

July

Raoul Wallenberg

PatriarchYousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas

Joseph Cook

• July 7–José Luis Tamayo,20th President of Ecuador (b.1858)
• July 12–Jimmie Lunceford,American jazz musician (b.1902)
• July 13–George Francis Davis,New Zealand born Australian industrialist (b.1883)
• July 15
  • Brandon Hurst,American stage, screen veteran (b.1866)
  • Henry Kolker,American actor (b.1874)
• July 17
  • Raoul Wallenberg,Swedish diplomat, humanitarian (presumed dead on this date) (b.1912)
  • PrinceSisowath Youtevong,4thPrime Minister of Cambodia(b.1913)
• July 18–Fumio Hayashi,Japanese physician (b.1900)
• July 19–Aung San,Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b.1915)
• July 21– PatriarchYousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas(b.1852)
• July 23
  • Alice Fischer,American actress (b.1869)
  • Ángel Roffo,Argentine doctor (b.1882)
• July 26–Archbishop Leontios of Cyprus(b.1896)
• July 29
  • Leo Stein,American art collector, critic (b.1872)
  • George Bausewine,American baseball player, umpire (b.1869)
• July 30
  • Sir Joseph Cook,6thPrime Minister of Australia(b.1860)
  • Fedir Krychevsky,Ukrainian painter (b.1879)

August

BlessedClaudio Granzotto

Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke

• August –Teresa Magbanua,Filipino general (b.1868)
• August 3
  • José Pardo y Barreda,Peruvian politician, 51stPrime Minister of Peruand 2-timePresident of Peru(b.1864)
  • Vic Willis,American baseball player (Boston Braves),MLB Hall of Famemember (b.1876)
• August 7–Anton Denikin,Russian military leader (b.1872)
• August 9–Carlo Romanelli,Italian sculptor (b.1872)
• August 10–Antonio Sciortino,Maltese sculptor (b.1879)
• August 15–Claudio Granzotto,ItalianRoman Catholicreligious professed and blessed (b.1900)
• August 17–Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke(b.1865)
• August 21–Ettore Bugatti,Italian car designer, founder ofBugatti(b.1881)
• August 23–Hasmik,Soviet actress (b.1878)
• August 29
  • Manolete,Spanish bullfighter (gored) (b.1917)
  • Kōtarō Nakamura,Imperial Japanese Army general (b.1881)

September

• September 1–Frederick Russell Burnham,American Scout, father of the international Scouting movement (b.1861)
• September 8–Victor Horta,Belgian Art Nouveau architect (b.1861)
• September 9–Ananda Coomaraswamy,Ceylonese-born American philosopher (b.1877)
• September 10–Hatazō Adachi,Japanese general (suicide) (b.1890)
• September 11
  • Robert Lee Bullard,American general (b.1861)
  • Alice Keppel,mistress of Edward VII (b.1868)
• September 20
  • Fiorello H. La Guardia,Mayor of New York (b.1882)
  • Jantina Tammes,Dutch plant biologist (b.1871)
• September 21
  • Harry Carey,American film actor (b.1878)
  • Vasily Glagolev,Soviet general (b.1896)
• September 26–Hugh Lofting,British-born writer (b.1886)
• September 27–Luigi Barlassina,Patriarch of Jerusalem (b.1872)

October

Max Planck

• October 1
  • Olive Borden,American actress (b.1906)
  • Gregorio Martinez Sierra,Spanish writer, poet, dramatist and director (b.1881)
• October 2–P. D. Ouspensky,Soviet mathematician (b.1878)
• October 3
  • Ernest L. Riebau,American politician (b.1895)
  • Traian Brăileanu,Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian sociologist and politician (b.1882)
• October 4–Max Planck,German physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1858)
• October 6–Leevi Madetoja,Finnish composer (b.1887)
• October 7–Arshak Fetvad gian,Armenian artist, painter and designer (b.1866)
• October 10–Jo Mora,Uruguayan-born American cartoonist (b.1876)
• October 12
  • James Farley,American actor (b.1882)
  • Sir Ian Hamilton,British general (b.1853)
• October 13–Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield,British economist, social reformer (b.1859)
• October 15–Osmond Brock,British Royal Navy officer (b.1869)
• October 16–Anna B. Eckstein,German peace campaigner (b.1868)
• October 17–John Halliday,American actor (b.1880)
• October 18
  • Harry C. Bradley,American actor (b.1869)
  • Massimo Terzano,Italian cinematographer (b.1892)
  • Gay Gibson,British actress and murder victim (b.1926)
• October 20–Sir Albert Howard,English botanist and organic farming pioneer (b.1873)
• October 23
  • Carl Shelton,American gangster (b.1888)
  • Martin Fiebig,GermanLuftwaffegeneral convicted of war crimes (b.1891)
• October 24–Dudley Digges,Irish actor (b.1879)
• October 27–María Teresalina Sánchez,SpanishFranciscanreligious sister, missionary and martyr (b.1918)
• October 29–Frances Cleveland,First Lady of the United States(b.1864)
• October 30–John Joseph Cantwell,Irish-born American prelate of the Catholic Church (b.1874)

November

Constantin Sănătescu

BlessedJosaphat Kotsylovsky

Ernst Lubitsch

• November 1–Óscar Castro Zúñiga,Chilean writer and poet (b.1910)
• November 3
  • John Gilbert Winant,American diplomat and politician (b.1889)
  • A. C. Cuza,Romanian politician and economist (b.1857)
• November 7
  • Sándor Garbai,Prime Minister of Hungary (b.1879)
  • William Ernest Cooke,Australian astronomer (b.1863)
• November 8
  • Mariano Benlliure,Spanish sculptor (b.1862)
  • Constantin Sănătescu,Romanian general, statesman and 44thPrime Minister of Romania(b.1885)
• November 14–Verena Conzett,Swiss magazine publisher and labor and women's rights activist (b.1861)
• November 15–Eduard Ritter von Schleich,German fighter ace, air force general (b.1888)
• November 16–Giuseppe Volpi,Italian businessman, politician (b.1877)
• November 17–Josaphat Kotsylovsky,UkrainianRoman Catholicbishop, martyr and blessed (b.1876)
• November 20
  • Georg Kolbe,German sculptor (b.1877)
  • Wolfgang Borchert,German author and playwright (b.1921)
• November 26–Ernie Adams,American actor (b.1885)
• November 28
  • W. E. Lawrence,American actor (b.1896)
  • Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque,French general (b.1902)
• November 30–Ernst Lubitsch,German film director (b.1892)

December

Stanley Baldwin

KingVictor Emmanuel III of Italy

• December 1
  • Aleister Crowley,British occultist (b.1875)
  • G. H. Hardy,British mathematician (b.1877)
  • Sir John Fraser, 1st Baronet, of Tain,British surgeon and professor (b.1885)
• December 2–Franz Xaver Schwarz,GermanNazipolitician (executed) (b.1875)
• December 3–Heinrich Hetsch,German physician, microbiologist (b.1873)
• December 4
  • Margaret Butler,New Zealand sculptor (b.1883)
  • Walter Walker,American actor (b.1864)
• December 6–Tadashige Daigo,Japanese admiral (executed) (b.1891)
• December 7
  • Tristan Bernard,French writer, lawyer (b.1866)
  • Nicholas Murray Butler,American president of Columbia University,Nobel Peace Prizerecipient (b.1862)
  • Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft,British politician (b.1881)
• December 9–John Kelly,American actor (b.1901)
• December 10–Pierre Petit de Julleville,FrenchRoman Catholicpriest, bishop and eminence (b.1876)
• December 12–Huda Sha'arawi,Egyptian feminist (b.1879)
• December 13
  • Nicholas Roerich,Russian painter (b.1874)
  • Juan Bautista Vargas Arreola,Mexican general duringMexican Revolution(b.1890)
• December 14
  • Stanley Baldwin,British Conservative politician, 3-timePrime Minister of the United Kingdom(b.1867)
  • Edward Higgins,General ofThe Salvation Army(b.1864)
• December 15–Arthur Machen,British writer (b.1863)
• December 16–Walter Dew,British Metropolitan Police officer (b.1863)
• December 17
  • Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted,Danish chemist (b.1879)
  • Christos Tsigiridis,Greek engineer (b.1877)
  • Bernard Spilsbury,British pathologist (b.1877)
• December 20
  • Benigno Aquino Sr.,Filipino politician (b.1894)
  • Luigi Chiarelli,Italian playwright (b.1880)
• December 23–Ziauddin Ahmad,Indian educationalist and politician (b.1878)
• December 25–Gaspar G. Bacon,Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b.1886)
• December 27–Johannes Winkler,German rocket pioneer (b.1897)
• December 28– KingVictor Emmanuel III of Italy(b.1869)
• December 30
  • Han van Meegeren,Dutch painter, forger (b.1889)
  • Alfred North Whitehead,British mathematician, philosopher (b.1861)
• December 31–Louise Beaudet,Canadian actress, singer and dancer (b.1859)

Date unknown

• Ayoub Tabet,6th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b.1884)
• Mariette Leslie Cotton,American artist (b.1866)
• Gustaf Erikson,Finnish ship-owner (b.1872)
• Mari Gerekmezyan,one of Turkey's first female sculptors and the first female Armenian sculptor (b.1913)

Nobel Prizes

Nobel medal awarded toEdward Victor Appleton

• Physics–Edward Victor Appleton
• Chemistry–Sir Robert Robinson
• Medicine–Carl Ferdinand Cori,Gerty Cori,Bernardo Houssay
• Literature–André Gide
• Peace– TheFriends Service Council(UK) and TheAmerican Friends Service Committee(USA), on behalf of theReligious Society of Friends

External links

• Pathe newsreel, 1947. Experimental snowplough. Pathe says 'Grantham' but the station name 'Dowlais top' in Wales can be clearly seen(ArchivedOctober 11, 2011, at theWayback Machine)
• Gallery of UK winter photographs(archived 31 May 2010)
• Personal testimony of the winter of 1947(ArchivedJuly 28, 2011, at theWayback Machine)
• Stories from the winter of 1947onFlickr