1952(MCMLII) was aleap year starting on Tuesdayof theGregorian calendar,the 1952nd year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 952nd year of the2nd millennium,the 52nd year of the20th century,and the 3rd year of the1950sdecade.
From top to bottom, left to right: PresidentSukarnoaddressing protestors in front of the Merdeka Palace during the17 October affair;supporters of theBolivian National Revolution;a tsunami produced by a9.0 magnitude earthquakeinRussiathat killed 2,336 people reachesMidway Atoll;The Catalinashot downby Soviet forces while searching for the missing Hugin; the 1952 Winter Olympics are held inOslo,Norway;The leaders of the1952 Egyptian Revolution;the signing ofReparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany;Elizabeth IIbecomes monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Events
editJanuary–February
edit- January 26–Black SaturdayinEgypt:Rioters burnCairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
- February 6
- Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes monarch of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandand theBritish Dominions:Canada,Australia,New Zealand,South Africa,PakistanandCeylon.The princess, who is on a visit toKenyawhen she hears of the death of her father, KingGeorge VI,aged 56, takes the regnal nameElizabeth II.[1]
- In the United States, amechanical heartis used for the first time in a human patient.
- February 14–25– TheWinter Olympicsare held inOslo,Norway.[2]
- February 15– The State Funeral of KingGeorge VIof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions and the last Emperor of India, takes place. George VI's coffin is brought in procession through London to Paddington Station where a royal train brought the King to Windsor, where his funeral and burial took place at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
- February 18– Greece and Turkey join theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- February 21– InDhaka,East Pakistan(present-dayBangladesh) police open fire on aprocession of students,killing 4 people and starting a country-wide protest, which leads to the recognition ofBengalias one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day is later declared "International Mother Language Day"byUNESCO.
- February 25– TheParícutinactive volcano inMichoacán,west central Mexico, ceases its discontinuous eruption after spewing forth a gigaton of lava, and buryingSan Juan Parangaricutiro.
- February 26–Vincent Masseyis sworn in, becoming the first Canadian-bornGovernor General of Canada.
March–April
edit- March 10– GeneralFulgencio Batistare-takes power inCubain a coup.
- March 15–16– 73 inches (1,870 mm) of rain falls inCilaos,Réunion,the most rainfall in one day up to that time.
- March 20– TheUnited States Senateratifies apeace treatywith Japan.
- March 21
- The last twoexecutionsin the Netherlands take place.
- Kwame Nkrumahis elected Prime Minister of theGold Coast.
- Tornadoesravage the lowerMississippi River Valley,leaving 208 dead, throughMarch 22.
- March 22–Wernher von Braunpublishes the first in his series of articles titledMan Will Conquer Space Soon!,including ideas for crewed flights toMarsand the Moon.
- March 27
- Konrad Adenauersurvives an assassination attempt.
- A legislative Assembly electionis held inCoorg.
- April 1
- April 4
- In theHague Tribunal,Israeldemandsreparationsworth $3 billion from Germany.
- West Ice accidents:During a severe storm in theWest Ice,east ofGreenland,78 seal hunters on 5 Norwegianseal huntingvessels vanish without a trace.
- April 7– TheAmerican Research Bureaureports that theI Love Lucyepisode "The Marriage License" was the first TV show in history to be seen in around 10,000,000 homes, the evening the episode aired.
- April 8–Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer:The U.S. Supreme Court limits the power of the President to seize private business, after PresidentHarry S. Trumannationalizes all steel mills in the United States, just before the1952 steel strikebegins.
- April 9
- Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by theBolivian National Revolution,which starts a period ofagrarian reform,universal suffrageand thenationalizationof tin mines.
- Santa Teresa Church tragedy: 50 people are trampled to death in theBasilica of St. Teresa,Caracas,Venezuela,after someone shouts "Fire!";40 people are arrested in connection with the crush.[3][4][5]
- April 11
- Battle of Nanri Island:TheRepublic of Chinaseizes the island from thePeople's Republic of China.
- Bolivian National Revolution:Rebels take overPalacio Quemado.[6]
- April 18
- BoliviaNational Revolution: A universal vote enables indigenous peoples and women to vote, nationalizes mines and enacts agrarian reform.
- West Germany and Japan form diplomatic relations.
- April 26– United States Navy aircraft carrierWaspcollides with destroyerHobsonwhile on exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 175 men.
- April 28– TheTreaty of San Franciscogoes into effect, formally ending the war betweenJapanand theAllies,and simultaneously ending theoccupationof the four main Japanese islands by theSupreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
May–June
edit- May 1–East Germanythreatens to form its own army.
- May 3– U.S.lieutenant colonelsJoseph O. FletcherandWilliam P. Benedictland a plane at thegeographic North Pole.
- May 6–Farouk of Egypthas himself announced as a descendant of the Islamicprophet,Muhammad.
- May 13–Pandit Nehruforms his first government in India.
- May 15–Diplomatic relations are established between Israel and Japanat the level oflegations.
- May 18–Ann Davisonbecomes the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean.
- June 1
- TheRoman Catholic Churchbans the books ofAndré Gide.
- Navigation opens on theVolga–Don Canal,connecting theCaspian Seabasin with that of theBlack Sea.
- June 10–1952 San Juan earthquake.A magnitude 6.8 earthquake kills 5 people onArgentina'sSan Juan Province.
- June 13
- "Catalina affair":SovietMiG-15fighter planes shoot down a Swedish militaryDouglas C-47 Skytrain,carrying outsignals intelligencegathering operations over theBaltic Sea,killing all 8 crew; three days later they shoot down aCatalina flying boat,searching for possible survivors.
- Polttoainehankinta,a secretFinnish Defence Forcesoperations order is approved.[7]
- June 14–Myxomatosisis introduced to Europe, on the French estate ofPaul-Félix Armand-Delille.
- June 15–Anne Frank'sThe Diary of a Young Girlis published in English-language translation.
- June 19– TheSpecial Forces (United States Army)are created.
- June 26– ThePan-Malayan Labour Partyis founded inMalaya,as a union of statewide labour parties.
- June 27–Decree 900in Guatemala orders the redistribution of uncultivated land.
- June 28– The FirstMiss Universepageant is held.Armi KuuselafromFinlandwins the title ofMiss Universe 1952.
July–August
edit- July 13–East Germanyannounces the formation of itsNational People's Army.
- July 19–August 3– The1952 Summer Olympicsare held inHelsinki,Finland.
- July 21– The 7.3MwKern County earthquakestrikes California's southernCentral Valleywith a maximumMercalli intensityof XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
- July 23
- TheEuropean Coal and Steel Communityis established.
- GeneralMohammed NaguibleadsThe Free Officers(formed byGamal Abdel Nasser– the real power behind the coup) in theoverthrowof KingFarouk of Egypt.
- July 26
- KingFarouk of Egyptabdicates in favour ofFuad II.
- Maria Eva Duarte De Peronknown as "Evita" Argentina's first lady dies of cancer. The Argentine government's declaration of national mourning causes all business, entertainment, leisure, and work to a standstill.
- August 5– TheTreaty of Taipeibetween Japan and theRepublic of Chinagoes into effect, to officially end theSecond Sino-Japanese War.
- August 11– TheJordanianParliament forces KingTalal of Jordanto abdicate due to mental illness; he is succeeded by his son KingHussein.
- August 12–Night of the Murdered Poets:13 Soviet Jewish poets are executed.
- August 13– Japan joins theIMF.
- August 14–West Germanyjoins theIMFand theWorld Bank.
- August 16–Lynmouth,NorthDevon,England is devastated by floods; 34 die.
- August 18– A7.5 earthquakeshakes theTibetregion leaving a balance of 54 fatalities.
- August 22– The most damaging aftershock of the1952 Kern County earthquakesequence strikes with a moment magnitude of 5.8, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This event damages several hundred buildings inBakersfield, California,with total additional losses of $10 million, with two associated deaths and some injuries.
- August 26– A British passenger jet makes a return crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the same day.
- August 27–Reparationnegotiations between West Germany andIsraelend inLuxembourg:Germany will pay 3 billionDeutsche Marks.
- August 29– ComposerJohn Cage's4′33″,during which the performer does not play, premieres inWoodstock, New York.
- August 30– The last Finnishwar reparationsare sent to theSoviet Union.
- August 31– TheGrenzlandringracetrack closes inWegberg,Germany.
September–October
edit- September 2–C. Walton Lilleheiand F. John Lewis perform the first open-heart surgery,at theUniversity of Minnesota.
- September 6– TheCBCinMontreal,Quebec,goes on air launchingtelevision in Canada.
- September 10– TheEuropean Parliamentary Assembly(from March1962,theEuropean Parliament) opens.
- September 15– TheUnited NationscedesEritreatoEthiopia.
- September 18– TheSoviet Unionvetoes Japan's application formembershipin theUnited Nations.
- September 30– TheRevised Standard Versionof the Bible is published.
- October 14– TheUnited Nationsbegins work in the newUnited Nations buildingin New York City, designed byLe CorbusierandOscar Niemeyer.
- October 17–17 October affair:Indonesiantroops led by GeneralNasutionsurround the presidential palace, seeking the dismissal of thePeople's Representative Council;Sukarnoavoids confrontation.
- October 19–Alain Bombardbegins to sail from theCanary IslandstoBarbadosin 65 days; he reaches themDecember 23.
- October 20–Martial lawis declared inKenya,in the face of theMau Mau uprising.
- October 23– TheWest GermanFederal Constitutional Courtbans theSocialist Reich Partyas unconstitutional for being aNazi Partysuccessor organization.
November–December
edit- November 1–Nuclear testingandOperation Ivy:The United States successfullydetonatesthe firsthydrogen bomb,codenamed "Mike", atEniwetokAtoll in theMarshall Islandsin the central Pacific Ocean, with ayieldof 10.4megatons.
- November 4
- 1952 United States presidential election:RepublicanGeneralDwight D. EisenhowerdefeatsDemocraticGovernor of IllinoisAdlai Stevenson(correctly predicted by theUNIVACcomputer).
- Pace-Finletter MOU 1952:AMemorandum of understandingis signed between "...Air Force Secretary Finletter and Army Secretary Pace that established a fixed wing weight limit [for the Army] of five thousand pounds empty, but weight restrictions on helicopters were eliminated..."[8]
- November 5– The 9.0MwSevero-Kurilsk earthquakehits theKamchatka Peninsulaof theSoviet Unionwith a maximumMercalli intensityof XI (Extreme). A tsunami took the lives of more than 2,300 people.
- November 18–Jomo Kenyattais arrested inKenya,for an alleged connection to theMau Mau Uprising.
- November 20
- The first official passenger flightover the North Poleis made, from Los Angeles toCopenhagen.
- The first successful sex reassignment surgery is performed inCopenhagenonChristine Jorgensen.
- November 29–Korean War:U.S. President-electDwight D. Eisenhowerfulfills apolitical campaignpromise, by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
- December 1–Adolfo Ruiz Cortinestakes office asPresident of Mexico.
- December 10–Albert Schweitzeris given the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.
- December 14– The first successful surgical separation ofSiamese twinsis conducted in Mount Sinai Hospital,Cleveland,Ohio.
- December 20– Thecrashof aU.S. Air ForceC-124 Globemaster at Moses Lake, WA kills 86 servicemen.
- December 25– One West German soldier is killed in a shooting incident inWest Berlin.
- December 26–Joseph Ivor Linton,the first IsraeliMinister Plenipotentiaryin Japan, presents his credentials to theEmperor of Japan.
Date unknown
edit- TheNordic Councilagrees to the unrestricted transport of people, goods and services throughout theNordic Countries.
- Supramar launches the first commercialhigh-speed craft,ahydrofoil.
- During theMau Mau Uprising,the poisonouslatexof theAfrican milk bushis used to killcattle,in an incident ofBiological warfare.[9]
- Slavery in Qataris abolished.
Births
editJanuary
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- January 1–Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani,Emir of Qatar
- January 2–Elvira Saadi,Soviet gymnast
- January 3
- Esperanza Aguirre,Spanish politician[10]
- Jim Ross,American wrestling announcer[11]
- January 7–Sammo Hung,Hong Kong martial arts superstar, producer and director
- January 9–Marek Belka,11thPrime Minister of Poland
- January 11–Belkisyole Alarcón de Noya,Venezuelan physician and parasitologist[12]
- January 12–Walter Mosley,American author
- January 14–Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu,60th Prime Minister of Romania
- January 15
- Boris Blank,Swiss musician
- Muhammad Wakkas,Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian[13]
- January 17–Ryuichi Sakamoto,Japanese electronic musician, composer, producer and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra) (d.2023)
- January 20-Moein (singer),Iranian Singer
- January 24–Raymond Domenech,Frenchfootballplayer, manager
- January 25
- Sara Mandiano,French singer-songwriter
- Peter Tatchell,Australian-born British human rights activist
- January 27
- Brian Gottfried,American tennis player[14]
- Asma Jahangir,Pakistani human rights activist, lawyer (d.2018)
- January 29
- Klaus-Peter Hanisch,German footballer (d.2009)
- Paul Tesanovich,American politician from Michigan
- January 30–Valery Khalilov,Russian military band conductor (d.2016)
February
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- February 2–Park Geun-hye,President of South Korea
- February 4
- Abdalá Bucaram,38th President of Ecuador
- Jenny Shipley,Prime Minister of New Zealand[15]
- February 7–John Hickenlooper,American politician, 42ndGovernor of Colorado
- February 8–Nora Miao,Hong Kong actress
- February 10–Lee Hsien Loong,3rdPrime Minister of Singapore[16]
- February 12–Simon MacCorkindale,English actor (d.2010)[17]
- February 14–Sushma Swaraj,Indian politician, atAmbala Cantonment,Haryana (d.2019)[18]
- February 15
- Nikolai Sorokin,Soviet, Russian actor, theatre director (d.2013)
- Tomislav Nikolić,4thPresident of Serbia
- February 16–James Ingram,African-American R&B musician (d.2019)
- February 17–Javier Urruticoechea,Spanish footballer (d.2001)
- February 19
- Gary Seear,New Zealand rugby union player (d.2018)
- Amy Tan,American novelist (The Joy Luck Club)
- February 21
- Vitaly Churkin,Russian diplomat (d.2017)
- Elisha Obed,Bahamian boxer (d.2018)
- February 22
- William Frist,U.S. Senator, heart surgeon
- Saufatu Sopoanga,8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (d.2020)
- February 25–Joey Dunlop,Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d.2000)
March
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- March 2–Laraine Newman,American comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- March 4–Umberto Tozzi,Italian singer
- March 7–Viv Richards,West Indian cricketer
- March 10–Morgan Tsvangirai,Zimbabwean politician, 2ndPrime Minister of Zimbabwe(d.2018)
- March 11–Douglas Adams,English author (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (d.2001)
- March 13
- Ágnes Rapai,Hungarian writer
- Wolfgang Rihm,German composer (d.2024)
- March 14–Martin Dempsey,United States Army general[19]
- March 15–Howard Devoto,British singer
- March 16–Alice Hoffman,American novelist
- March 17–Perla,Paraguayan-Brazilian singer
- March 18–Salome Zourabichvili,Georgian politician, 5thPresident of Georgia
- March 19–Harvey Weinstein,American film producer
- March 23
- Kim Stanley Robinson,American author
- Rex Tillerson,United States Secretary of State
- Villano III,Mexican professional wrestler (d.2018)
- March 24–Reinhard Genzel,German astrophysicist,Nobel Prizerecipient
- March 25
- Jung Chang,Chinese-born author, historian
- Antanas Mockus,Colombian mathematician, politician
- March 26–Didier Pironi,French racing driver (d.1987)
- March 27–Maria Schneider,French actress (d.2011)
- March 28–Keith Ashfield,Canadian politician (d.2018)
- March 29–
- Teofilo Stevenson,Cuban boxer (d.2012)
- Bola Tinubu,Nigerian politician,President of Nigeria[20]
- March 31–Dermot Morgan,Irish actor and comedian (d.1998)[21]
April
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- April 1
- Annette O'Toole,American actress
- Bernard Stiegler,French philosopher (d.2020)
- April 2–Lennart Fagerlund,Swedish cyclist
- April 4
- Rosemarie Ackermann,German athlete
- Gary Moore,Northern Irish musician (d.2011)
- Karen Magnussen,Canadian figure skater
- April 6–Marilu Henner,American actress (Taxi) and writer
- April 7–Nichita Danilov,Romanian writer
- April 10–Steven Seagal,American actor
- April 11–Qamar Zaman,Pakistani squash player
- April 15–Glenn Shadix,American voice actor (d.2010)
- April 16–Billy West,American voice actor
- April 17
- Joe Alaskey,American voice actor (d.2016)[22]
- Željko Ražnatović,Serbian mobster, paramilitary leader (d.2000)
- April 19–Alexis Arguello,Nicaraguan boxer, politician (d.2009)
- April 21–Cheryl Gillan,British politician (d.2021)
- April 23–Jean-Dominique Bauby,French journalist and author (d.1997)
- April 24–Jean-Paul Gaultier,French Haute couture, Prêt-à-Porter fashion designer
- April 25
- Ketil Bjørnstad,Norwegian pianist
- Vladislav Tretiak,Russian ice hockey player
- April 27–George Gervin,American basketball player
- April 28–Mary McDonnell,American actress[23]
May
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- May 1–Mike Thornton,British politician
- May 2–Christine Baranski,American actress
- May 3
- Leonid Khachiyan,Russian-born mathematician
- Allan Wells,Scottish athlete
- May 4–Michael Barrymore,British comedian, TV presenter
- May 6–Michael O'Hare,American actor (d.2012)
- May 10
- Roland Kaiser,German singer
- Manuel Mora Morales,Spanish director, writer
- May 11
- Shohreh Aghdashloo,Iranian actress
- Frances Fisher,British-born American actress
- Renaud,French composer
- May 12–Christopher Gaze,British voice actor
- May 13–John Kasich,Governor ofOhio
- May 14
- Robert Zemeckis,American film director (Back to the Future)
- David Byrne,Scottish singer-songwriter (Talking Heads)
- May 15–Chazz Palminteri,American actor
- May 18–George Strait,American country musician
- May 19–Bert van Marwijk,Dutch football manager
- May 20–Roger Milla,Cameroonian footballer
- May 21–Mr. T,African-American actor (The A-Team)
- May 23–Anne-Marie David,French singer,Eurovision Song Contest 1973winner
- May 24–Sybil Danning,Austrian actress
- May 31–Carole Achache,French writer, photographer and actress (d. 2016)[24]
June
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- June 4–Bronisław Komorowski,President of Poland
- June 6
- Marsha Blackburn,American politician and businesswoman[25]
- Yukihiro Takahashi,Japanese drummer and singer (d.2023)
- June 7
- Hubert Auriol,French racing driver (d.2021)
- Liam Neeson,Northern Irish actor (Schindler's List)
- Orhan Pamuk,Turkish writer, Nobel Prize winner
- June 14–Pat Summitt,American basketball coach (d.2016)[26]
- June 16
- George Papandreou,Greek politician
- Gino Vannelli,Canadian singer, songwriter
- June 17
- Sergio Marchionne,Italian-Canadian executive (d.2018)
- Sarbjit Singh Chadha,Indian enka singer
- June 18
- Idriss Déby Itno,President of Chad(d.2021)
- Carol Kane,American actress
- Isabella Rossellini,Italian model, actress
- June 20
- John Goodman,American actor
- Vikram Seth,Indian novelist
- June 21
- Jeremy Coney,New Zealandcricketcaptain
- Marcella Detroit,American singer (Shakespears Sister)
- Ginny Ruffner,American artist[27]
- June 22
- Franco Cucinotta,Italian professional footballer
- Graham Greene,Canadian actor
- Alastair Stewart,British newsreader
- Santokh Singh,Malaysian footballer
- June 23–Peter Whiteside,British modern pentathlete
- June 24
- Ladislas Lozano,French-Spanish football coach, retired player
- Stephen Pusey,British-born artist
- June 25
- Péter Erdő,Hungarian cardinal
- Tim Finn,New Zealand singer, songwriter
- June 28–Pietro Mennea,Italian athlete (d.2013)
- June 29–Joe Johnson,English snooker player
- June 30–Stein Olav Hestad,Norwegian footballer
July
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- July 1
- Brian George,Israeli-English actor, voice artist, comedian and singer
- Dan Aykroyd,Canadian actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- Dale Hayes,South African professional golfer
- July 2
- Linda M. Godwin,American scientist[28]
- Ahmed Ouyahia,Algerian politician
- Marco Piccinini,Monegasque sport personality, businessman, and politician
- July 3
- Laura Branigan,American singer, actress ( "Self Control") (d.2004)
- Lu Colombo,Italian singer
- Andy Fraser,English musician (d.2015)
- Rohinton Mistry,Indian writer
- July 4
- Álvaro Uribe,President of Colombia
- John Waite,English singer, musician
- July 6
- Adi Shamir,Israeli cryptographer
- Ani Yudhoyono,6thFirst Lady of Indonesia(d.2019)
- Kim Chul-soo,South Korean footballer
- July 7
- Li Hongzhi,Chinese-American founder, spiritual leader of Falun Gong
- Alain Cortes,French modern pentathlete
- July 8
- Ahmed Nazif,Prime Minister of Egypt
- Knud Arne Jürgensen,Danish music, theater and ballet historian
- July 10
- Evelio Leonardia,Filipino politician
- Anam Ramanarayana Reddy,Indian politician
- July 11–Stephen Lang,American actor
- July 12
- Irina Bokova,Bulgarian diplomat and civil servant
- Voja Antonić,Serbianinventor, writer
- Liz Mitchell,Jamaican-born singer (Boney M.)
- July 13–Ricardo Boechat,Argentine-Brazilian journalist, anchor and radio announcer (d.2019)
- July 15
- Yuriko Koike,Japanese politician (Governor of Tokyo)
- Terry O'Quinn,American actor
- Marky Ramone,American musician
- July 16–Stewart Copeland,American rock musician (The Police)
- July 17–David Hasselhoff,American actor (Knight Rider)
- July 18–Albert Camille Vital,Malagasy Army officer, politician and civil engineer
- July 19–Allen Collins,American rock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d.1990)
- July 21–Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah,Malaysian Minister of Finance
- July 24
- Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan,Bangladeshi military officer, writer (d.2018)
- Gus Van Sant,American film director
- July 25–Eduardo Souto de Moura,Portuguese Architect
- July 26–Hezi Leskali,Israeli poet and artist (d.1994)
- July 28–Vajiralongkorn,King of Thailand(Rama X)
- July 31–João Barreiros,Portuguese author
August
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- August 1–Zoran Đinđić,Serbian politician (d.2003)
- Brian Patrick Clarke,American film actor
- August 3–Osvaldo Ardiles,Argentine footballer
- August 4
- Estanislau da Silva,East Timorese politician
- Moya Brennan,Irish singer
- August 5
- Hun Sen,Prime Minister of Cambodia
- Louis Walsh,Irish music producer, reality TV show judge
- August 6–Wojciech Fortuna,Polish ski jumper
- August 8–Jostein Gaarder,Norwegian author
- August 12–Charlie Whiting,British motorsports director (d.2019)[29]
- August 14–Jeanette Oppenheim,Danish lawyer and politician
- August 16–Reginald VelJohnson,American actor
- August 17–Guillermo Vilas,Argentine tennis player[30]
- August 18–Patrick Swayze,American actor and dancer (d.2009)
- August 19–Jonathan Frakes,American actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- August 21
- Joe Strummer,British rock musician (The Clash) (d.2002)
- Jiří Paroubek,6thPrime Minister of the Czech Republic
- August 24–Linton Kwesi Johnson,Jamaican-born musician, poet
- August 25–Charles M. Rice,American virologist,Nobel Prizerecipient
- August 26
- Bryon Baltimore,Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Jeter,American film, stage, and television actor (d.2003)
- August 27–Paul Reubens,American actor, writer and comedian (Pee-Wee Herman) (d.2023)
- August 28
- Rita Dove,American poet (1987 Pulitzer Prize,United States Poet Laureate1993–95)
- Wendelin Wiedeking,German businessman
- August 31
- Eli Gorenstein,Israeli actor, voice actor and cellist
- Hilary Farr,British-Canadian actress, designer
September
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- September 2
- Jimmy Connors,American tennis player
- Yuen Wah– Hong Kong martial actor
- September 4–Rishi Kapoor,Indian actor (d.2020)
- September 6–Lucky Enam,Bangladeshi actress
- September 8–Patrick Prosser,Scottish computer scientist
- September 10–Paulo Betti,Brazilian actor
- September 12
- Sergey Karaganov,Russian political scientist
- Neil Peart,Canadian rock drummer (Rush) (d.2020)
- September 16
- Karen Muir,South African swimmer (d.2013)
- Fatos Nano,Albanian prime minister
- Mickey Rourke,American film actor, former boxer
- September 17–Harold Solomon,American tennis player
- September 18–Nile Rodgers,African-American musician, songwriter, composer, and guitarist
- September 20–Manuel Zelaya,President of Honduras
- September 21–Anneliese Michel,German Roman Catholic believed possessed by demons (d.1976)
- September 22–Oliver Mtukudzi,Zimbabwean musician (d.2019)
- September 23–Kim Duk-soo,Korean musician
- September 25–Christopher Reeve,American actor, activist (Superman) (d.2004)
- September 26–Predrag Miletić,Serbian actor
- September 27–Didier Dubois,French mathematician
- September 28–Sylvia Kristel,Dutch actress (d.2012)
- September 30–Jack Wild,English actor (H.R. Pufnstuf) (d.2006)[31]
October
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- October 5
- Clive Barker,British author
- Harold Faltermeyer,German musician
- Emomali Rahmon,President of Tajikistan
- Duncan Regehr,Canadian actor
- October 6–Matthew Sweeney,Irish poet (d.2018)
- October 7
- Ivo Gregurević,Croatian actor (d.2019)
- Mary Badham,American actress
- Vladimir Putin,President of Russia
- Ludmilla Tourischeva,Soviet gymnast
- Ricky Phillips,American musician
- October 9
- Sharon Osbourne,British actress, TV host and author
- Dennis Stratton,British musician
- October 12–Advent Bangun,Indonesian karateka, actor (d.2018)
- October 13–John Lone,Hong Kong actor
- October 14
- Kaija Saariaho,Finnish composer (d.2023)
- Harry Anderson,American actor, comedian and magician (d.2018)
- Nikolai Andrianov,Soviet gymnast (d.2011)
- Rick Aviles,American actor and stand-up comedian (d.1995)
- October 18–Chuck Lorre,American sitcom creator
- October 19–Verónica Castro,Mexican actress, entertainer
- October 20–Eliane Giardini,Brazilian actress
- October 22–Jeff Goldblum,American actor
- October 23–Steven Tandy,Australian stage, television and film actor
- October 24–David Weber,American science-fiction, fantasy author
- October 26–Andrew Motion,English poet[32]
- October 27
- Roberto Benigni,Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director
- Hazell Dean,British pop, dance musician
- Francis Fukuyama,American political scientist
- Topi Sorsakoski,Finnish singer
- October 28–Annie Potts,American actress
November
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- November 3
- David Ho,Taiwanese-AmericanAIDSresearcher
- Michael Shea,American child actor
- Roseanne Barr,American actress, comedian (Roseanne)
- Jim Cummings,American voice actor
- November 4–Jeff Lorber,American jazz keyboardist, composer and record producer
- November 5
- Oleh Blokhin,Ukrainian football player and manager
- Brian Muehl,American puppeteer
- Bill Walton,American basketball player, commentator
- November 6–Michael Cunningham,American writer
- November 7
- Geraldo Alckmin,Brazilian politician
- David Petraeus,American general
- November 8
- Jan Raas,Dutch professional cyclist
- Alfre Woodard,African-American actress, producer and political activist
- November 9–Gladys Requena,Venezuelan politician
- November 13–Art Malik,Pakistani-born British actor
- November 14–Maggie Roswell,American actress
- November 15–Randy Savage,American professional wrestler (d.2011)
- November 16–Shigeru Miyamoto,Japanese game designer
- November 17
- Ties Kruize,Dutch field hockey player
- Cyril Ramaphosa,President of South Africa
- November 18
- Delroy Lindo,British actor
- John Parr,English singer, songwriter and guitarist
- León Zuleta,Colombian LGBT activist and writer
- November 23–Sharon O'Neill,New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist
- November 24–Ilja Richter,German actor, voice actor, television presenter, singer and author
- November 25–Imran Khan,Prime Minister of Pakistan
- November 28–S. Epatha Merkerson,African-American actress (Law and Order)
- November 29–John D. Barrow,English cosmologist, theoretical physicist and mathematician (d.2020)
- November 30–Mandy Patinkin,American actor and singer
December
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- December 1
- Rick Scott,American politician, 45thGovernor of Florida,U.S. Senator(Florida)
- Pegi Young,American singer, songwriter, educator, and philanthropist (d.2019)
- December 3
- Bruno Jonas,German Kabarett artist, actor
- Mel Smith,British comedian (d.2013)[33]
- Wan Azizah Wan Ismail,Malaysian politician
- December 6
- Nicolas Bréhal,French novelist, literary critic
- Edward Etzel,American Olympic shooter
- Christian Kulik,Polish football player
- December 8–Khaw Boon Wan,Singaporean politician
- December 9–Michael Dorn,African-American actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- December 12
- Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal,Canadian politician
- Sarah Douglas,English actress
- December 15
- Julie Taymor,American film, stage and opera director, costume designer
- Hwang Woo-suk,South Koreanbiomedical scientist
- Allan Simonsen,Danish footballer and coach
- December 16–Joel Garner,West Indian cricketer
- December 20
- Jenny Agutter,English actress
- Faisal Al-Fayez,Prime Minister of Jordan
- Ray Bumatai,American actor, musician, singer and recording artist (d.2005)
- December 25–Youssouf Ouédraogo,6th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (d.2017)
- December 26–Riki Sorsa,Finnish singer (d.2016)
- December 27
- David Knopfler,British musician
- Tovah Feldshuh,American actress
- December 28–Arun Jaitley,Indian politician (d.2019)
- December 29–Külliki Saldre,Estonian actress
- December 30–June Anderson,American soprano
Deaths
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- January 1–Henri Albert Hartmann,French surgeon (b.1860)
- January 4–Constant Permeke,Belgian painter (b.1886)
- January 5–Hristo Tatarchev,Bulgarian revolutionary (b.1869)
- January 8–Antonia Maury,American astronomer (b.1866)
- January 11–Jean de Lattre de Tassigny,French general, posthumousMarshal of France(b.1889)
- January 18–Curly Howard,American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) (b.1903)
- January 19–Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria(b.1895)
- January 25
- Sveinn Björnsson,1stPresident of Iceland(b.1881)
- François Gagnepain,French botanist (b.1866)
- Polly Moran,American actress (b.1883)
- January 26–Khorloogiin Choibalsan,Prime Minister of theMongolian People's Republic(b.1895)
- January 27–Fannie Ward,American actress (b.1872)
- January 28
- Thomas Hicks,American runner (b.1876)
- Nicolae Constantin Batzaria,Ottoman statesman, Romanian writer (b.1874)
February
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- February 2–Charles de Rochefort,French actor (b.1879)
- February 3–Harold L. Ickes,United States Secretary of the Interior(b.1874)
- February 6– KingGeorge VI of the United Kingdom(b.1895)
- February 7–Philip G. Epstein,American screenwriter (b.1909)
- February 11–Matija Murko,Yugoslav scholar (b.1861)
- February 14–Molly Malone,American actress (b.1888)
- February 17–Edvige Carboni,ItalianRoman Catholiclaywoman, mystic and venerable (b.1880)
- February 18–Enrique Jardiel Poncela,Spanish playwright and novelist (b.1901)
- February 19
- Lawrence Grant,British actor (b.1870)
- Knut Hamsun,Norwegian author,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1859)
- February 20–Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola,28thPresident of Ecuador(b.1888)
- February 21–Francis Xavier Ford,AmericanRoman Catholicbishop, missionary, servant of God and reverend (b.1892)
- February 26
- Theodoros Pangalos,Greek general and politician, dictator andPresident of Greece(b.1878)
- Josef Thorak,Austrian-born German sculptor (b.1889)
- February 28–Albert Forster,GauleiterofDanzigduring WW2 executed for war crimes (b.1902)
March
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- March 1
- Masao Kume,Japanese playwright, novelist and poet (b.1891)
- Gregory La Cava,American film director (b.1892)
- March 5–Sir Charles Sherrington,British physiologist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1857)
- March 7–Paramahansa Yogananda,Indian guru (b.1893)
- March 9–Alexandra Kollontai,Russian revolutionary (b.1872)
- March 12–Hugh Herbert,American actor and comedian (b.1885)
- March 13–Võ Thị Sáu,Vietnamese schoolgirl (b.1933)
- March 19–Robert Guérin,French administrator, 1stPresident of FIFA(b.1876)
- March 21–Andries Jan Pieters,Dutch criminal (b.1916)
- March 22–D. S. Senanayake,1stPrime Minister of Ceylon(b.1884)
- March 26–J.P. McGowan,Australian actor and director (b.1880)
- March 30– SirJigme Wangchuck,King of Bhutan(b.1905)
- March 31
- Walter Schellenberg,German Nazi intelligence official (b.1910)
- Roland West,American film director (b.1885)
- Wallace H. White, Jr.,American politician (b.1877)
April
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- April 1–Ferenc Molnár,Hungarian novelist and dramatist (b.1878)
- April 2–Julio Enrique Moreno,actingPresident of Ecuador(b.1879)
- April 3–Miina Sillanpää,Finnish politician (b.1866)
- April 5–Charles Collett,British chief mechanical engineer (Great Western Railway) (b.1871)
- April 8–Tadeusz Estreicher,Polish cryogenics pioneer (b.1871)
- April 15–Viktor Chernov,Russian revolutionary, leader of theRussian Socialist Revolutionary Party(b.1873)
- April 21
- Leslie Banks,British actor (b.1890)
- SirStafford Cripps,British Labour politician, formerChancellor of the Exchequer(b.1889)
- April 27–Guido Castelnuovo,Italian mathematician (b.1865)
- April 29–Manuel Portela Valladares,Spanish political figure (b.1868)
May
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- May 2–Matrona Nikonova,SovietOrthodoxnun and saint (b.1881)
- May 5–Alberto Savinio,Italian writer (b.1891)
- May 6–Maria Montessori,Italian educator (b.1870)
- May 7–Juan Bautista Pérez,Venezuelan lawyer, magistrate and politician, 43rdPresident of Venezuela(b.1869)
- May 8–William Fox,Austro-Hungarian-born film producer (b.1879)
- May 9–Canada Lee,American actor and boxer (b.1907)
- May 10–Clark L. Hull,American psychologist (b.1884)
- May 11–Giovanni Tebaldini,Italian composer (b.1864)
- May 15
- Albert Bassermann,German actor (b.1867)
- Italo Montemezzi,Italian composer (b.1875)
- May 21–John Garfield,American actor (b.1913)
- May 23–Georg Schumann,German composer (b.1866)
June
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- June 1
- John Dewey,American philosopher (b.1859)
- Malcolm St. Clair,American filmmaker (b.1897)
- June 8–Sergey Merkurov,Soviet sculptor (b.1881)
- June 9–Luigi Puccianti,Italian physicist (b.1875)
- June 10
- Hilda Hongell,Finnish architect (b.1867)
- Frances Theodora Parsons,American naturalist (b.1861)
- June 12–Michael von Faulhaber,German Cardinal Archbishop of Munich (b.1869)[34]
- June 13–Emma Eames,American soprano (b.1865)
- June 14–Felix Calonder,Swiss politician, 36thPresident of the Swiss Confederation(b.1863)
- June 15–Krystyna Skarbek(aka Christine Granville), Polish-born British SOE operative during World War II (b.1908)
- June 17–Jack Parsons,American rocket engineer (b.1914)
- June 21–Wop May,Canadian World War I pilot (d.1896)[35]
- June 24–Sir George Pearce,Australian politician (b.1870)
- June 26–Theodor Becker,German actor (b.1880)
- June 27–Elmo Lincoln,American actor (b.1889)
- June 30–Eugenio de Liguoro,Italian actor and director (b.1899)
July
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- July 3–Carl Tanzler,German-bornradiology technologist(b.1877)
- July 4–Walter Long,American actor (b.1879)
- July 5–Alison Skipworth,British actress (b.1863)
- July 10–Rued Langgaard,Danish composer and organist (b.1893)
- July 21–Pedro Lascuráin,Mexican diplomat, 34thPresident of Mexico(b.1856)[36]
- July 26
- Edward Ellis,American actor (b.1870)
- Eva Perón,Argentine political leader, and First Lady to and partner in power of PresidentJuan Perón(b.1919)
- July 31–Waldemar Bonsels,German writer (b.1880)
August
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- August 2–J. Farrell MacDonald,American actor (b.1875)
- August 5–Sameera Moussa,Egyptian nuclear scientist (b.1917)
- August 6–Francis Pegahmagabow,Canadian military officer (b.1889)
- August 12–Peretz Markish,Soviet-born Israeli poet (b.1895)
- August 18
- Alberto Hurtado,ChileanJesuitpriest and saint (b.1901)
- Ralph Byrd,American actor (b.1909)
- August 22–Hiranuma Kiichirō,Japanese politician, 24thPrime Minister of Japan(b.1867)
- August 29–Euphrasia Eluvathingal,IndianCarmelitenun and saint (b.1877)
September
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- September 6
- José Vicente de Freitas,Portuguese military officer and politician, 98thPrime Minister of Portugal(b.1869)
- Gertrude Lawrence,English actress (b.1898)
- September 9–Jonas H. Ingram,American admiral (b.1886)
- September 16–Hugo Raudsepp,Estonian playwright (b.1883)
- September 22–Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg,Finnish jurist and academic, 1stPresident of Finland(b.1865)[37]
- September 26–George Santayana,Spanish writer (b.1863)
- September 30–Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor,American businessman and politician (b.1879)
October
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- October 4
- Sir Keith Murdoch,Australian journalist (b.1885)
- Sylvia Beach,American publisher (b.1887)[38]
- October 8–Arturo Rawson,Argentine military officer and politician, 26thPresident of Argentina(b.1885)
- October 11–Jack Conway,American film producer and director (b.1886)
- October 19
- Edward S. Curtis,American photographer, ethnologist, and film director (b.1868)
- Ernst Streeruwitz,Austrian businessman and politician, 6thChancellor of Austria(b.1874)
- October 20–Basil Radford,British actor (b.1897)
- October 21–Juan Yagüe,Spanish general (b.1891)
- October 22–Ernst Rüdin,Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b.1874)
- October 23–Susan Peters,American actress (b.1921)
- October 25–Sergei Bortkiewicz,SovietRomanticcomposer and pianist (b.1877)
- October 26
- Hattie McDaniel,American actress (b.1893)
- Myrtle McAteer,American tennis player (b.1878)
- October 28–Billy Hughes,Australian politician, 7thPrime Minister of Australia(b.1862)
November
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- November 1–Dixie Lee,American singer (b.1911)
- November 2
- Mehmet Esat Bülkat,Ottoman general (b.1862)
- Henry Edwards,British actor (b.1882)
- November 3–Louis Verneuil,French playwright and screenwriter (b.1893)
- November 8–Harold Innis,Canadian communications scholar (b.1894)
- November 9–Chaim Weizmann,Jewish biochemist, Zionist leader and Israeli statesman, 1stPresident of Israel(b.1874)
- November 15
- Vasyl Krychevsky,Ukrainian painter (b.1873)
- Vincent Scotto,French composer (b.1874)
- November 18–Paul Eluard,French poet (b.1895)
- November 20–Benedetto Croce,Italian critic, philosopher, and politician (b.1866)
- November 21–Henriette Roland Holst,Dutch poet and socialist (b.1869)
- November 22–Otto Dietrich,Nazi SS General (b.1897)
- November 25–Antonio Guarnieri,Italian conductor (b.1880)
- November 26–Sven Hedin,Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician (b.1865)
- November 28–Elena of Montenegro,Queen of Italy, consort ofVictor Emmanuel III(b.1869)
- November 29–Vladimir Ipatieff,Soviet chemist (b.1867)
December
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- December 1–Vittorio Emanuele Orlando,Italian statesman, 23rdPrime Minister of Italy(b.1860)
- December 1–Ellen McLain,Voice actor For Valve.
- December 3–Vladimír Clementis,Czechoslovak minister, politician, publicist, literary critic and author (b.1902)
- December 4
- Giuseppe Antonio Borgese,Italian writer and journalist (b.1882)
- Karen Horney,German psychoanalyst (b.1885)
- December 8–Charles Lightoller,British merchant marine officer, second officer ofRMSTitanic(b.1874)
- December 12
- Billy Cook,American criminal (b.1928)
- Bedrich Hrozný,Czech orientalist and linguist (b.1879)
- December 14
- Teixeira de Pascoaes,Portuguese poet (b.1877)
- Fartein Valen,Norwegian composer (b.1887)
- December 18–Ernst Stromer,German paleontologist (b.1871)
- December 25
- Bernardino Molinari,Italian conductor (b.1880)
- Herman Sörgel,German architect (b.1885)
- December 27–Henri Winkelman,Dutch general (b.1876)
- December 28
- Carlo Agostini,ItalianRoman Catholicprelate and reverend (b.1871)
- Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,Queen consort ofChristian X of Denmark(b.1879)
- December 29–Fletcher Henderson,American musician (b.1897)
Nobel Prizes
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