Editing 1947

{{About year|1947}}
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[[File:Collage of important events in 1947.png|alt=Clockwise, from top left: A overcrowded train transferring many refugees, the roof is completely packed, about 4 doors are seen and people are seen struggling to get in to the right of this image, a separate map of Europe is shown, where Iceland, Ireland, The United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, West Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece and Turkey are colored in a moderate tone of green, inside of the borders there is a blue bar that extends upwards, the tallest ones being Britain, France and Western Germany/ The Low Lands, the third image shows President Truman giving a speech on a desk, you can see a table in front of him and he appears to be sitting, to the right of this image, a United Nations room can be seen, a big flat image of a globe centering the world can be seen, in front of it are three people seating followed by a person standing, talking, and an entire room of people seated, looking forward towards the man speaking, the bottom two pictures are the ruins of a ship, taken from a camera which shows a blurry image of a ship that is damaged, the last image shows about 11 soldiers fighting in a field during the Indian-Pakistan war of 1947 to 1948.|thumb|300x300px|From the left to right and top to bottom: An overcrowded train transferring refugees from Delhi to Pakistan during the [[Partition of India]]; A map showing the aid which will be allocated to European countries in 1948 under the [[Marshall Plan]]; President [[Harry S. Truman]] addressing a joint session of Congress, in a speech which would become known as the [[Truman Doctrine]], officially beginning the [[Cold War]]; [[United Nations|UN]] general assembly in NYC, Queens, 1947, to vote for the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]]; The SS High Flyer or SS Wilson B. Keene, three days after the [[Texas City disaster]], which killed approximately 581 people; Indian soldiers fighting during the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948]]]]
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It was the first year of the [[Cold War]], which would last until [[1991]], ending with the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]].

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==Events==

===January===
{{Main|January 1947}}
[[File:LocationNigeria.png|thumb|250px|right| [[January 1]]: [[Nigeria]] gains [[Autonomous entity|autonomy]].]]
* [[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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winter1947.co.uk/ |title=Collection of weather statistics for the winter of 1947 |access-date=December 27, 2010}}</ref> Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/railways/background_conditions.shtml |title=Collection of film clips of UK rail disruption in winter 1947 |access-date=December 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125063222/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/railways/background_conditions.shtml |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 1]] – The ''[[Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946|Canadian Citizenship Act]]'' comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law.
* [[January 4]] – First issue of weekly [[magazine]] ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' published in [[Hanover]], [[Germany]], edited by [[Rudolf Augstein]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Catherine C. |last1=Fraser |first2=Dierk O. |last2=Hoffmann |title=Pop Culture Germany!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YGgaLBLodH0C&pg=PA200 |access-date=November 11, 2014 |year=2006 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-733-3 |page=200}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – The [[United Nations]] adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of [[Trieste]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wellens |first=Karel |title=Resolutions and statements of the United Nations Security Council (1946-1989) : a thematic guide |publisher=M. Nijhoff |location=Dordrecht Boston |year=1990 |isbn=9780792307969 |page=19}}</ref>
* [[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 Auriol]] is inaugurated as president of France.
* [[January 19]] – Ferry {{SS|Heimara}} sinks in the [[South Euboean Gulf]] of Greece killing 392.
* [[January 24]] – In the third phase of the [[Greek Civil War]], [[Dimitrios Maximos]] forms a monarchist government in Athens and begins a brief term as prime minister.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sfikas |first=Thanasis |title=The British Labour government and the Greek Civil War 1945-1949 : the imperialism of "non-intervention |publisher=Ryburn Publishing Keele University Press |location=Keele, Staffordshire |year=1994 |isbn=9781853310485 |page=136}}</ref>
* [[January 26]] – A [[KLM]] [[1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident|Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes]] soon after taking off from [[Copenhagen Airport|Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen]], killing all 22 people on board, including [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten|Prince Gustaf Adolf]], second in line to the Swedish throne, and American opera singer [[Grace Moore]].<ref name="Ottawa">{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19470124&id=Ef8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6112,5069912 |title=Prince and opera star killed in plane crash |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=24 Jan 1947 |accessdate=24 Nov 2014}}</ref>

===February===
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* [[February 3]]
** The lowest air temperature in North America (−63 degrees Celsius) is recorded in [[Snag, Yukon|Snag]], in the [[Yukon Territory]].
** [[P.L. Prattis]] becomes the first [[African American]] news correspondent allowed in the [[United States House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]] press galleries.
* [[February 5]]
** [[Bolesław Bierut]] becomes the [[President of Poland]].
** The Government of the United Kingdom announces the £25&nbsp;million [[Tanganyika groundnut scheme]], for cultivation of [[peanut]]s in the [[Tanganyika Territory]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wood |first=Alan |title=The Groundnut Affair |publisher=Bodley Head |year=1950 |location=London |oclc=1841364}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – The [[South Pacific Commission]] (SPC) is founded.
* [[February 8]] – The [[Karlslust dance hall fire]] in 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]], [[Bulgaria]] and Finland. Italy cedes most of [[Istria]] to the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (later [[Croatia]]).
* [[February 12]]
** A [[Sikhote-Alin meteorite|meteorite]] creates an [[impact crater]] in [[Sikhote-Alin]], in the [[Soviet Union]].
** In [[Burma]], the [[Panglong Agreement]] is reached between the [[Politics of Burma|Burmese government]] under its leader, General [[Aung San]], and the [[Shan people|Shan]], [[Jingpo people|Kachin]], and [[Chin people|Chin]] ethnic peoples at the Panglong Conference. U Aung Zan Wai, [[Pe Khin]], Major Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Sein Mya Maung and [[Myoma U Than Kywe]] are among the negotiators.
* [[February 17]] – [[Cold War]]: The [[Voice of America]] begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the [[Soviet Union]]
* [[February 20]]
** An [[O'Connor Plating Works disaster|explosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating Company]] in [[Los Angeles]] leaves 17 dead, 100 buildings damaged, and a {{convert|22|ft|m|adj=mid|-deep}} crater in the ground.
** The [[United States Army Ordnance Corps|U.S. Army Ordnance Corps]] [[Hermes (missile program)|Hermes program]] [[V-2]] [[rocket]] ''Blossom I'' is launched into space, carrying plant material and [[Drosophila melanogaster|fruitflies]], the first living things to enter space.
* [[February 21]] – [[Edwin Land]] demonstrates the first "instant camera", his [[Polaroid Land Camera]], to a meeting of the [[Optical Society of America]] in [[New York City]].
* [[February 23]] – The [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO) is founded.
* [[February 25]]
** The German state of [[Prussia]] is officially abolished, by the [[Allied Control Council]].<ref>Law No. 46.</ref>
** [[Hachikō Line derailment]]: The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people.
** John C. Hennessy Jr. brings the first [[Volkswagen Beetle]] to 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.<ref>Copies of the bill of sale, as well as the shipping documents, and a letter from the Port of New York confirming the arrival of the VW, can be found in Hennessy's book ''The Bride and the Beetle''.</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; In [[Taiwan]], [[February 28 Incident|civil disorder is put down]], with large loss of civilian lives.

===March===
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* [[March 1]]
** The [[International Monetary Fund]] begins to operate.
** German rocket scientist [[Wernher von Braun]] marries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp.
* [[March 4]] – The [[Treaty of Dunkirk]] (effective September 8) is signed between the United Kingdom and France, providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack.
* [[March 12]] – The [[Cold War]] begins: The [[Truman Doctrine]] is proclaimed, to help stem the spread of [[Communism]].
* [[March 14]] – The [[1947 Thames flood|Thames flood]] and other widespread flooding occurs, as the exceptionally harsh [[British winter of 1946–1947]] ends in a thaw.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=Alan |last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica |year=1992 |title=The Chronology of British History |publisher=Century Ltd |location=London |pages=396–397 |isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=G. G. |last=Cullingham |title=The Floods of 1947 |work=Histories of Windsor |publisher=The Royal Windsor Web Site |url=http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/floods47.html |access-date=2013-03-01 |date=November 2012}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] – Hindus and Muslims clash in [[Punjab region|Punjab]].
* [[March 19]] – The [[19th Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held. The movie ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' wins the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], along with several other Academy Awards.
* [[March 25]] – A [[coal mine]] explosion in [[Centralia, Illinois]], United States; 111 miners are killed.
* [[March 28]] – A World War II Japanese [[booby trap]] explodes on [[Corregidor]] Island, killing 28 people.
* [[March 29]] – A [[Malagasy Uprising|rebellion against French rule]] erupts in [[Madagascar]].
* [[March 31]] – The leaders of the Kurdish People's [[Republic of Mahabad]], the second [[Kurds|Kurdish]] state in the history of [[Iran]], are hanged at [[Chuwarchira Square]] in [[Mahabad]], after the state has been overrun by the Iranian army.

=== April ===
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* [[April]] – The previous discovery of the '[[Dead Sea Scrolls]]' in the [[Qumran Caves]] (above the northwest shore of the [[Dead Sea]]) by [[Bedouin]] shepherds, becomes known.<ref>"Year by Year 1947". [[History Channel International]].</ref>
* [[April 1]]
** [[Jackie Robinson]], the first [[African American]] in [[Major League Baseball]] since the 1880s,<!--recall Moses & Welday Walker in 1884--> signs a contract with the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].
** [[Paul I of Greece|Paul I]] becomes King of Greece, aged 45, following the death of his brother, [[George II of Greece|King George II]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Clogg |first=Richard |title=Parties and elections in Greece : the search for stability |publisher=C. Hurst |location=London |year=1987 |isbn=9781850650409 |page=207}}</ref>
** The [[1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies]] begin.
* [[April 4]] – The [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] begins operations.
* [[April 7]]
** The Arab [[Ba'ath Party]] is established by merger in [[Damascus]].
**The largest recorded [[sunspot]] group appears on the solar surface.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Packer |first1=Michael |title=A Deeper Look at Sunspots, Part 2 |url=http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/1210/e.html}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] 
** Multiple tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 184 and injuring 970.
** The [[Journey of Reconciliation]] in the [[Southern United States]] begins, organized by the [[Congress of Racial Equality]].
* [[April 15]] – Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play Major League Baseball since the 1880s.<!--recall Moses & Welday Walker in 1884-->
* [[April 16]]
** [[Texas City disaster]]: The [[ammonium nitrate]] cargo of French-registered [[Liberty ship]] {{SS|Grandcamp}} explodes in [[Texas City, Texas]] in one of the [[Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions|largest man-made non-nuclear explosions]] in 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 adviser [[Bernard Baruch]] describes the post–World War II tensions between the [[Soviet Union]] and the United States as a "[[Cold War]]".
** The first public demonstration of a [[professional video camera|TV camera]] [[zoom lens]], the ''[[Jerry Fairbanks]] Zoomar,'' is held at [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] studios in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oldtvhistory.blogspot.com/2023/02/april-1947-part-2.html |title=Old TV History: April 1947 Part 2 |date=February 4, 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 18]]
** The British [[Royal Navy]] detonates 6,800 tons of explosives, in an attempt to demolish the fortified island of [[Heligoland]], Germany, in another of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in history.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ritsema |first=Alex |title=Heligoland, Past and Present |publisher=Gardners Books |location=City |year=2007 |isbn=9781847531902 |page=101}}</ref>
** '[[Mrs. Ples]]', an ''[[Australopithecus africanus]]'' skull, is discovered in the [[Sterkfontein]] area in [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]], South Africa.
* [[April 20]] – King [[Frederik IX of Denmark|Frederik IX]] succeeds his father, [[Christian X]], on the throne of [[Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Steinberg |first=S. H. |title=The statesman's year-book : statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1961 |publisher=Macmillan St. Martin's Press |location=London New York |year=1961 |isbn=9780230270909 |page=942}}</ref>

===May===
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* [[May 1]] – [[Portella della Ginestra massacre]]: The [[Salvatore Giuliano]] gang of Sicilian separatists opens fire on a [[Labour Day]] parade at Portella della Ginestra, [[Sicily]], killing 11 people and wounding 27.
* [[May 2]] – The movie ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'', a Christmastime classic, is first shown in theaters.
* [[May 3]] – The new post-war [[Constitution of Japan]] goes into effect.
* [[May 11]] – The [[Ferrari 125 S]], the first car to bear the [[Ferrari]] name, debuts.
* [[May 22]] – The [[Cold War]] begins: To fight the spread of [[Communism]], President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs an Act of Congress that implements the [[Truman Doctrine]]. This Act grants $400&nbsp; million in military and economic aid to [[Turkey]] and Greece. The Cold War [[Cold War (1985–1991)|ends]] in [[1991]].
* [[May 25]] – Hyundai Togun, the initial name of the [[Hyundai Group]], is founded by [[Chung Ju-young]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/185337 |title=The last emperor |access-date=20 August 2019 |publisher=The Economist |date=4 February 1999}}</ref>
* [[May 29]]
** An [[Air Iceland]] [[Douglas C-47]] on a domestic flight in [[Iceland]] crashes into a mountainside killing all 25 people on board.
** A [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] crashes on approach to [[Naval 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]]: A [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] crashes near [[Port Deposit, Maryland|Bainbridge, Maryland]], killing all 53 aboard (49 passengers, 4 crew), in America's worst commercial aviation disaster to this date.
* [[May 31]] – [[Alcide de Gasperi]] forms a new government in Italy, the first postwar Italian government not to include members of the [[Italian Communist Party]].

=== June ===
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-20671-0014, Recklinghausen, Marshallplan im Ruhrgebiet.jpg|thumb|115px|[[Marshall Plan]].]]
* [[June]] – The [[Doomsday Clock]] of the [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] is introduced.
* [[June 5]] – U.S. Secretary of State [[George Marshall]] outlines the [[Marshall Plan]] for American reconstruction and relief aid to Europe, in a speech at [[Harvard University]].
* [[June 7]] – The Romanian Army founds the [[association football]] club CCA (Clubul Central al Armatei – The Army's Central Club), which will become [[List of football clubs in Romania by major honors won|the most successful Romanian football team]] during its time as ''[[CSA Steaua București]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/5826/ |title=Istorie Stelista (I) - FCSTEAUA.RO |website=www.fcsteaua.ro}}</ref>
* [[June 10]] – [[Saab Automobile|SAAB]] in Sweden produces its first automobile.
* [[June 11]]–[[June 15|15]] – The first [[Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod]] is held in Wales.<ref>{{cite web |title=Llangollen International Eisteddfod – How it Started |url=http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html |publisher=Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod |access-date=2012-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824054357/http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] – The ''[[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]'' in Portugal orders 11 military officers and 19 university professors, who are accused of revolutionary activity, to resign.
* [[June 21]] – The [[Parliament of Canada]] votes unanimously to pass several laws regarding displaced foreign refugees.
* [[June 23]] – The [[United States Senate]] follows the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], in overriding President [[Harry S. Truman]]'s [[veto]] of the [[Taft–Hartley Act]].
* [[June 24]] – [[Kenneth Arnold]] makes the first widely reported [[Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting|UFO sighting]] near [[Mount Rainier]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].  Over [[1947 flying disc craze|800 copycat sightings]] are reported throughout the US in the coming following weeks.
* [[June 25]] – ''[[The Diary of a Young Girl]]'' by [[Anne Frank]] is published for the first time as ''Het Achterhuis: Dagboekbrieven 14 juni 1942 – 1 augustus 1944'' ("The Annex: Diary Notes from 14 June 1942 – 1 August 1944") in [[Amsterdam]], two years after the writer's death in [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]].

=== July ===
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* [[July 1]] – The [[United States]] begins the [[National Malaria Eradication Program]], successfully eradicating malaria in [[1951]]. 
* [[July 6]]
** [[1947 Sylhet referendum]]: A referendum is held in [[Sylhet region|Sylhet]] to decide its fate in the [[Partition of India]].<ref name="qaty">{{cite web |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Dewan Nurul Anwar Husain |title=Sylhet Referendum, 1947 |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Referendum,_1947 |website=Banglapedia |access-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>
** The first prototype [[AK-47]] assault rifles are built to the design of [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]].
* [[July 8]] – [[Roswell UFO incident]]: A supposedly downed [[Unidentified flying object|extraterrestrial spacecraft]] is reportedly found near [[Roswell, New Mexico]].
[[File:Rhodes UFO photos.png|thumb|350px|right|'Flying Disc' photos published in Phoenix press on July 9]]
* [[July 9]] 
** [[Rhodes UFO photographs|'Flying disc' photographs]] published in Phoenix
** King [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom announces the engagement of his daughter [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]] to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Lt. Philip Mountbatten]].
* [[July 11]] – The ship ''[[Exodus (ship)|Exodus]]'' leaves France for [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], with 4,500 Jewish [[Holocaust]] survivor refugees on board.
* [[July 17]] – Indian passenger ship {{SS|Ramdas}} is capsized by a cyclone at [[Mumbai]], India, with 625 people killed.
* [[July 18]]
** Following wide media and [[UNSCOP]] coverage, the ''[[Exodus (ship)|Exodus]]'' is captured by British troops, and refused entry into Palestine at the port of [[Haifa]].
** President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs the [[Presidential Succession Act]] into law, which places the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] and the [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore of the Senate]] next in the line of succession, after the [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]].
* [[July 19]] – Burmese nationalist [[Aung San]], and six members of his newly formed cabinet, are assassinated during a cabinet meeting.
* [[July 26]] – [[Cold War]]: U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs the [[National Security Act of 1947]] into law to create the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], the [[U.S. Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], and the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]].
* [[July 27]]–[[July 28|28]] – English endurance swimmer [[Tom Blower]] becomes the first person to swim the [[North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)|North Channel]], from [[Donaghadee]] in [[Northern Ireland]] to [[Portpatrick]] in Scotland.
* [[July 29]] – After being shut down on November 9, 1946, for a refurbishment, the [[ENIAC]] computer in the United States is turned back on again, and remains in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.

===August===
{{Main|August 1947}}
[[File:Flag of Pakistan.svg|thumb|Flag of [[Pakistan]], the country that gained independence on August 14, 1947]]
[[File:Flag of India.svg|thumb|Flag of [[India]], the country that gained independence on August 15, 1947, and became the largest democracy in the world. ]]
* [[August 1]] – Indonesian airline [[Garuda Indonesia]] is established.
* [[August 2]] – [[1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident|1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian ''Star Dust'' accident]]: 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 ends [[Operation Product]], the first of its major military '[[Police actions (Indonesia)|police actions]]' in [[Indonesia]].
* [[August 7]]
** [[Thor Heyerdahl]]'s [[balsa wood]] raft, the ''[[Kon-Tiki]]'', smashes into the [[reef]] at [[Raroia]] in the [[Tuamotu 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.
** The [[Bombay Municipal Corporation]] formally takes over the [[Bombay Electric Supply and Transport]] (BEST).
* [[August 14]]
** The Muslim majority regions formed by the [[Partition of India]] gain independence from the [[British Empire]] as the [[Dominion 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 the [[Pakistan Standard Time]] is 30 minutes behind the standard time of India.
** [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] becomes the first [[Governor-General of Pakistan|governor-general of Pakistan]]. [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] takes office as the first [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime minister of Pakistan]].
* [[August 15]]
** The greater Indian subcontinent, with a mixed population of [[Hindus|Hindu]], [[Sikhs]], [[Buddhism in India|Buddhists]], [[Jainism in India|Jains]], [[Zoroastrianism in India|Zoroasters]], [[Judaism in India|Jews]], [[Christianity in India|Christians]], [[Islam in India|Muslims]] and others formed by the [[Partition of India]], gains independence from the British Empire, as the [[Dominion 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 Nehru]] takes office as the first [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]], taking his oath from [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma]], [[Governor-General of India]] (but no longer [[viceroy]]).
* [[August 16]] – In Greece, General [[Markos Vafiadis]] takes over the government until [[1949]].
* [[August 23]] – The [[Prime Minister of Greece|prime minister of Greece]], [[Dimitrios Maximos]], resigns.
* [[August 27]] – The French government lowers the daily bread [[Rationing|ration]] to 200&nbsp;grams, causing riots in [[Verdun]] and [[Le Mans]].
* [[August 30]] – A fire at a movie theater in [[Rueil-Malmaison|Rueil]], a suburb of Paris, France, kills 83 people.
* [[August 31]] – In [[Hungary]], [[communists]] fail to gain a majority in parliamentary elections (despite widespread fraud) and turn to direct action as part of the country's [[History of Hungary#Transition to communism (1944–1949)|transition to Communism (1944–1949)]].

===September===
{{Main|September 1947}}
[[File:Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg|thumb|200px|The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), officially born September 18, 1947]]
* [[September 9]]
** [[Women's suffrage]] is agreed by [[Argentina]]'s Congress.
** A moth lodged in a [[relay]] is found to be the cause of a malfunction in the [[Harvard Mark II]] electromechanical computer, logged as the "First actual case of [[Software bug|bug]] being found."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/B/bug.html |title='''bug''':n. |work=The Jargon File |access-date=2012-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/main?edan_q=Log+book+with+computer+bug&op=Search |title=Log Book With Computer Bug |publisher=[[National Museum of American History]] |access-date=2013-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927135534/http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/main?edan_q=Log+book+with+computer+bug&op=Search |archive-date=September 27, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] – Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] suggests the exchange of four million Hindus and Muslims between India and [[Pakistan]].
* [[September 15]]–[[September 16|16]] – [[Typhoon Kathleen]] strikes the [[Bōsō Peninsula]] and the entire [[Kantō region]] in Japan. Heavy rains cause the [[Arakawa River (Kanto)|Arakawa]] and [[Tone River]]s to overflow and embankment collapse. The resulting floods and [[debris flow]] kill between 1,077 and 1,920 people, injuring 1,547<ref>Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official report. [[:ja:キャスリーン台風]] (Japanese language) Retrieved February 20, 2017.</ref> and leaving 853 missing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.arajo.ktr.mlit.go.jp/english/eng-pamph/12-13.html |title=Arajo.ktr.mlit.go.jp}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[September 17]]–[[September 21|21]] – The [[1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane]] in southeastern [[Florida]], and also in [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Louisiana]] causes widespread damage, and kills 50 people.
* [[September 18]] – In the United States:
** The [[National Security Act of 1947]] becomes effective on this day, creating the [[United States Air Force]], [[National Security Council (United States)|National Security Council]] and the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].
** The [[United States Department of War|Department of War]] becomes the [[Department of the Army]], a branch of the new [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].
* [[September 22]] – The Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties ([[Cominform]]) is founded by the [[International Communist Movement]].
* [[September 30]] – [[Pakistan]] and [[Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen|Yemen]] join the [[United Nations]].

=== October ===
{{Main|October 1947}}
* [[October]] – First recorded use of the word ''[[computer]]'' in its modern sense, referring to an electronic digital machine.<ref>{{cite web |title=computer, ''n''. |work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] online version |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/37975?redirectedFrom=computer#eid |access-date=2011-11-29 |date=September 2011}} {{OEDsub}}</ref>
* [[October 1]] – The [[North American F-86 Sabre]] jet fighter aircraft makes its first flight.
* [[October 5]] – President [[Harry S. Truman]] delivers the first televised White House address, speaking on the world food crises.
* [[October 14]] – [[United States Air Force]] [[test pilot]] Captain [[Chuck Yeager]] flies a [[Bell X-1]] rocket plane faster than the [[speed of sound]], the first time it has been accomplished.
* [[October 20]] – A war begins in [[Kashmir]], along the border between India and Pakistan, initiating the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]]. Also, Pakistan establishes diplomatic relations with the United States of America.
* [[October 24]] – The first [[Azad Kashmir]] Government is established within Pakistan, headed by [[Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan]] as its first President supported by the government of Pakistan.
* [[October 30]] – The [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] (GATT), the foundation of the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO), is established.

=== November ===
{{Main|November 1947}}
* [[November 2]] – In [[Long Beach, California]], United States, designer and airplane pilot [[Howard Hughes]] carries out the one and only flight of the [[Hughes H-4 Hercules]] ("''Spruce Goose''"), the largest [[fixed-wing aircraft]] ever built and flown. This flight only lasts 8 minutes.
* [[November 6]] – The television program ''[[Meet the Press]]'' makes its debut, on the [[NBC]]-TV network in the United States.
* [[November 9]] – [[Junagadh]] is invaded by the Indian army.
* [[November 10]] – The arrest of four steel workers in [[Marseille]] begins a [[French Communist Party|French communist]] riot, that also spreads to Paris.
* [[November 13]]  – [[Wataru Misaka]] makes the roster of the [[1947–48 New York Knicks season|New York Knicks]] to become the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, months after [[Jackie Robinson]] broke the color barrier in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]. Misaka has led the [[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah Utes]] to the [[1944 NCAA basketball tournament|1944 NCAA]] and [[1947 National Invitation Tournament|1947 NIT]] championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times |date=November 22, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/sports/basketball/wat-misaka-dead.html |access-date=November 26, 2019 |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard}}</ref>
* [[November 15]]
** The [[International Telecommunication Union]] becomes a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]].
** The [[Universal Postal Union]] (UPU) becomes a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]] (effective [[July 1]] [[1948]]).
* [[November 16]]
** In [[Brussels]], 15,000 people demonstrate against the relatively short prison sentences of Belgian [[Nazi]] criminals.
** Great Britain begins withdrawing its troops from Palestine.
* [[November 17]]–[[December 23]] – [[John Bardeen]] and [[Walter Brattain]] working under [[William Shockley]] at [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]]'s [[Bell Labs]] in the United States demonstrate the [[transistor]] effect, a key element for the [[electronics]] revolution of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=November 17 – December 23, 1947: Invention of the First Transistor |publisher=[[American Physical Society]] |url=http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200011/history.cfm |access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – The [[Screen Actors Guild]] implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
* [[November 18]] – [[Ballantyne's fire]]: A fire in [[Ballantynes]] department store in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, kills 41 people.
* [[November 20]]
** [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh]]: Princess Elizabeth (later [[Elizabeth II]]), the daughter of [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom, marries [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London.
** [[Paul Ramadier]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of France]]. He is succeeded by [[Robert 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 in [[Havana]], Cuba. This conference ends in 1948, when its members complete the [[Havana Charter]].
* [[November 24]] – [[McCarthyism]]: The [[United States House of Representatives]] votes 346–17 to approve citations of Contempt of Congress against the "[[Hollywood Ten]]", after the screenwriters and directors refuse to co-operate with the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] concerning allegations of [[Communism|communist]] influences in the movie business. The ten men are [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]] by the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] movie studios on the following day.<ref>[[Waldorf Statement]].</ref>
* [[November 25]]
** The [[New Zealand Parliament]] ratifies the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]], and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
** The new [[Pakistan Army]] and [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] overrun Mirpur in [[Kashmir]], resulting in the death of 20,000 Hindus and Sikhs.<ref>{{cite book |title=Forgotten Atrocities |first=Bal K. |last=Gupta}} Date requires confirmation.</ref>
* [[November 27]] – In Paris, France, police occupy the editorial offices of the communist newspapers.
* [[November 29]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] votes for the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]] which will partition [[Mandatory Palestine]] between Arab and Jewish regions, resulting in the creation of the [[State of Israel]].

=== December ===
{{Main|December 1947}}
* [[December 3]]
** [[French Communist Party|French communist]] [[Strike action|strikers]] derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumors that it is transporting soldiers; 21 people are killed.
** The [[Tennessee Williams]] play ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', starring [[Marlon Brando]] in his first great role, opens at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] on Broadway in New York City; [[Jessica Tandy]] also stars as Blanche Du Bois.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1804 |title=A Streetcar Named Desire – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB |first=The Broadway |last=League |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] – French [[Interior Minister]] [[Jules S. Moch]] takes [[state of emergency|emergency]] measures against his country's rioters, after six days of violent arguments in the [[National Assembly of France|National Assembly]].
* [[December 6]]
** [[Arturo Toscanini]] conducts a concert performance of the first half of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[Otello]]'', for a broadcast on [[NBC]] Radio in the United States. The second half of the opera is broadcast a week later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Apr04/Verdi_otello_toscanini.htm |title=Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) – ''Otello'' |work=MusicWeb International |access-date=2013-12-09}}</ref>
** Women are admitted to full membership of the [[University of Cambridge]] in England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fact sheet: Women at Cambridge: A Chronology |url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/factsheets/women2.html |publisher=University of Cambridge |year=2010 |access-date=2010-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107063131/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/factsheets/women2.html |archive-date=November 7, 2007}}</ref> following a vote in September.<ref name="Lost Decade Timeline">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml |title=The Lost Decade Timeline |publisher=BBC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821133044/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml |archive-date=August 21, 2006}}</ref>
* [[December 9]] – French [[labor union]]s call off the general strike, and re-commence negotiations with the French government.
* [[December 12]] – The [[Iran]]ian Royal Army takes back power in the [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Azerbaijan]] province.
* [[December 14]] – [[Santiago Bernabeu Stadium]] is officially inaugurated in [[Madrid]], and hosts its first match.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Santiago Bernabéu was inaugurated 68 years ago {{!}} Real Madrid CF|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2015/12/the-santiago-bernabeu-was-inaugurated-68-years-ago|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial|language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – During the mass migration of Hindus and Muslims between the new states of India and Pakistan, 400,000 are slaughtered.
* [[December 22]] – The [[Italian Constituent Assembly]] votes to accept the new [[Constitution of Italy]].
* [[December 30]] 
** The [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]] jet fighter aircraft ([[NATO reporting name]] [[Wikt:fagot|Fagot]]) makes its first flight in the Soviet Union.
** King [[Michael I of Romania]] is forced to abdicate and the Romanian monarchy is abolished.<ref>{{cite book |first=Karl-Heinz |last=Frieser |title=The Eastern Front, 1943-1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-19872-346-2 |page=791}}</ref>

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

===January===
[[File:David-Bowie Chicago 2002-08-08 photoby Adam-Bielawski-cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Bowie]]]]
[[File:Andrea Martin - Lyceum Theatre 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andrea Martin]]]]
[[File:President Megawati Sukarnoputri - Indonesia.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Megawati Sukarnoputri]]]]
[[File:Michio Kaku at Miami University in 2020 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michio Kaku]]]]
[[File:Jonathan_Banks_2012_2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jonathan Banks]]]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[F. R. David]], Tunisian-born French singer<ref>{{cite book |last=Betts |first=Graham |title=Complete UK hit singles 1952-2006 |publisher=Collins |location=London |year=2006 |isbn=9780007200771 |page=210}}</ref>
** [[Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut)|Vladimir Titov]], Russian cosmonaut<ref>{{cite book |title=JPRS Report: Science & technology. USSR. Space |publisher=United States: Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1988 |page=1}}</ref>
** [[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<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/ian-millar/ |title=Ian Millar |publisher=Team Canada}}</ref>
* [[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<ref>{{cite book |last=Proctor |first=K. Harvey |title=Credible and True: The Political and Personal Memoir of K. Harvey Proctor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJPGCwAAQBAJ |year=2016 |publisher=Biteback Publishing |isbn=978-1-78590-059-4}}</ref>
* [[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]], 5th [[President of Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Megawati Sukarnoputri |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/megawati-sukarnoputri |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[January 24]]
** [[Giorgio Chinaglia]], Italian footballer (d. [[2012]])
** [[Michio Kaku]], American theoretical physicist<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's who Among Asian Americans |publisher=Gale Research Incorporated |year=1994 |page=258}}</ref>
** [[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 28]] – [[Jeanne Shaheen]], US Senator
* [[January 29]] – [[Linda B. Buck]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/buck/facts/ |title=Linda B. Buck - Facts |website=Nobel Prizes |access-date=October 12, 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 30]] – [[Steve Marriott]], British rock musician (d. [[1991]])
* [[January 31]] – [[Jonathan Banks]], American actor<ref name="TCM">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124225910/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/9256%7C0/Jonathan-Banks#overview |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/9256%7C0/Jonathan-Banks |title=Jonathan Banks |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |url-status=live |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>

===February===
[[File:Farrah Fawcett 1977.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Farrah Fawcett]]]]
[[File:Yukio Hatoyama 20070824 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yukio Hatoyama]]]]
[[File:Edward James Olmos by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edward James Olmos]]]]
[[File:Lee_Evans_mod.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lee Evans (sprinter)|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 (singer)|Melanie]] (Safka), American folk singer (d. [[2024]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |title=The book of golden discs |publisher=Barrie & Jenkins |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=9780214204807 |page=298}}</ref>
* [[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]])
** [[Dan Quayle]], 44th Vice President of the United States
* [[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]], 60th [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
** [[Roy Moore]], American politician
* [[February 13]] – [[Mike Krzyzewski]], American basketball player and coach
* [[February 15]]
** [[John Adams (composer)|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 (actor)|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 (sprinter)|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===
[[File:Rob Reiner MFF 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rob Reiner]]]]
[[File:Kim Campbell.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kim Campbell]]]]
[[File:Mitt_Romney_official_US_Senate_portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mitt Romney]]]]
[[File:Glenn Close - Guardians of the Galaxy premiere - July 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Glenn Close]]]]
[[File:President Ali Abdullah Saleh.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ali Abdullah Saleh]]]]
[[File:Elton John 2011 Shankbone 2 (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|Sir [[Elton John]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Alan Thicke]], Canadian actor and television host (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-alan-thicke-20161213-story.html |title=Alan Thicke, actor and dad on '80s sitcom 'Growing Pains,' dies at 69 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=13 December 2016 |access-date=14 December 2016 |author=Barton, Chris}}</ref>
* [[March 2]] – [[Yuri Bogatyryov]], Soviet actor (d. [[1989]])
* [[March 3]] 
**[[Óscar Tabárez|Óscar Washington Tabárez]], Uruguayan football manager and former player{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} 
**[[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]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kim Campbell |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/kim-campbell |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] – [[Geoff Hunt]], Australian squash player<ref>{{cite book |last=Hough |first=G. L. |title=Chambers dates |publisher=Chambers |location=Edinburgh |year=1989 |isbn=9780550118318 |page=65}}</ref>
* [[March 12]]
** [[Kalervo Palsa]], Finnish artist
** [[Mitt Romney]], American businessman, politician, [[Governor of Massachusetts]], [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]] presidential candidate, and [[United States Senate|US Senator]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Utah|UT]])
* [[March 13]] – [[Beat Richner]], Swiss pediatrician, cellist (d. [[2018]])
* [[March 15]] – [[Ry Cooder]], American guitarist<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ry Cooder |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/135961/Ry-Cooder |access-date=August 30, 2011 |last=Gillett |first=Charlie}}</ref>
* [[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<ref>{{cite book |author=Paul T. Hellmann |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2006 |page=152}}</ref>
* [[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 28th [[President of Colombia]]

===April===
[[File:John Ratzenberger 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|100px|[[John Ratzenberger]]]]
[[File:Florian Schneider.JPG|100px|thumb|[[Florian Schneider]]]]
[[File:Tom Clancy at Burns Library cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tom Clancy]]]]
[[File:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar May 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]]]]
[[File:James Woods 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Woods]]]]
[[File:IggyChesterRocks.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Iggy Pop]]]]
[[File:Johan Cruijff (1974).jpg|thumb|100px|[[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 (d. [[2025]])
** [[Emmylou Harris]], American singer, songwriter<ref>{{cite book |author=Kurt Wolff |title=Country Music: The Rough Guide |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2000 |isbn=9781858285344 |page=407}}</ref>
** [[Camille Paglia]], American literary critic<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Popular Writers |editor=Dave Mote |publisher=St. James Press |year=1997 |isbn=9781558622166 |page=313}}</ref>
* [[April 5]] – [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]], 14th [[President of the Philippines]], daughter of president [[Diosdado Macapagal]]<ref>{{cite book |editor=B. Turner |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2008: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |year=2017 |isbn=9781349740246 |page=995}}</ref>
* [[April 6]] – [[John Ratzenberger]], American actor (''[[Cheers]]'')
* [[April 7]] – [[Florian Schneider]], German musician (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Bussy |first=Pascal |title=Kraftwerk : man, machine and music |publisher=SAF |location=London |year=2005 |isbn=9780946719709 |page=18}}</ref>
* [[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!]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Biography and Interview |website=www.achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]] |url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/kareem-abdul-jabbar/#biography}}</ref>
** [[Gerry Rafferty]], Scottish singer-songwriter ("[[Baker Street (song)|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 (musician)|Hector]], Finnish rock musician
* [[April 21]] – [[Iggy Pop]], American rock musician<ref>{{cite book |last=Bashe |first=Patricia |title=The new Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll |publisher=Fireside |location=New York |year=1995 |isbn=9780684810447 |page=1981}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] – [[Josep Borrell]], Spanish minister, [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] and [[High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy|EU High Representative]] 
* [[April 25]]
** [[Johan Cruyff]], Dutch footballer and coach (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/24/johan-cruyff-obituary |title=Johan Cruyff obituary: Europe's first football superstar |work=The Guardian |author=Welch, Julie |date=24 March 2016 |access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref>
** [[Jeffrey DeMunn]], American actor
* [[April 27]] – [[Pete Ham]], Welsh rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (suicide [[1975]])
* [[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<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bisesi |first1=Michael |chapter=Skocpol, Theda |title=International Encyclopedia of Civil Society |date=2010 |pages=1373 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_669 |isbn=978-0-387-93994-0}}</ref>
* [[May 5]] – [[Malam Bacai Sanhá]], Guinea-Bissau politician (d. [[2012]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Martha Nussbaum]], American philosopher<ref>{{cite book |last=Bickenbach |first=Jerome |title=Ethics, law, and policy |publisher=SAGE |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif |year=2012 |isbn=9781412987479 |page=206}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[H. Robert Horvitz]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel 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<ref>{{cite book |last=Rich |first=Mari |title=World authors, 1995-2000 |publisher=H.W. Wilson |location=New York |year=2003 |isbn=9780824210328 |page=405}}</ref>
* [[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 Organization|Miss Mexico 1963]])<ref>{{citation |website=Alpha Life |title=Ana Martin Net Worth & Biography |access-date=August 24, 2019 |url=https://www.alphalife.me/ana-martin-net-worth-biography |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824161950/https://www.alphalife.me/ana-martin-net-worth-biography |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* [[May 15]] – [[Muhyiddin Yassin]], [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]]
* [[May 18]] – [[John Bruton]], 10th [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland (d. [[2024]])
* [[May 19]] – [[Paul Brady]], Northern Irish singer, songwriter
* [[May 21]] – [[Lolit Solis]], Filipina talent manager (host of ''[[Startalk (Philippine TV series)|Startalk]]'', ''[[CelebriTV]]'')
* [[May 24]] – [[Maude Barlow]], Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of [[The Council of Canadians]]
* [[May 26]] – [[Glenn Turner]], New Zealand [[Captain (cricket)|cricket captain]]
* [[May 27]]
** [[Peter DeFazio]], American politician
** [[Branko Oblak]], Slovenian football player and coach
* [[May 28]] – [[Pedro Giachino]], Argentine Navy officer (d. [[1982]])

===June===
[[File:Jonathan Pryce Cannes 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Jonathan Pryce]]]]
[[File:Ronnie Wood (55208398).jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Ronnie Wood]]]]
[[File:Bundeskanzler Viktor Klima (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Viktor Klima]]]]
[[File:Official Portrait of Lord Blunkett crop 1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Blunkett]]]]
[[File:Robert Englund in Chicago 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Englund]]]]
[[File:Shirin Ebadi 01.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shirin Ebadi]]]]
[[File:Fmr Prez. Rawlings (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jerry Rawlings]]]]
[[File:FleetMacTulsa031018-33 (31359883398).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mick Fleetwood]]]]
[[File:Jimmie Walker 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jimmie Walker]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[Jonathan Pryce]], Welsh actor<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019 : the ultimate go -to guide for special days, weeks and months |publisher=Bernan Press |year=2018 |isbn=9781641432641 |page=304 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Ronnie Wood]], English rock musician (''[[Faces (band)|The Faces]]'', ''[[The Rolling Stones]]'')
* [[June 2]] – [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]], Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (d. [[1984]])
* [[June 3]] – [[Dave Alexander (musician)|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<ref>{{cite news |title=David Blunkett {{!}} British politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Blunkett |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Robert Englund]], American actor (''[[V (1983 miniseries)|V]]'', ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'')<ref>{{cite book |last=Monaco |first=James |title=The encyclopedia of film |publisher=Perigee Books |location=New York, NY |year=1991 |isbn=9780399516047 |page=181}}</ref>
** [[Tapani Hyvönen]], Finnish designer and business founder<ref name = TASKINEN1992>Taskinen, Rita: ''Suomalainen Design From Finland, Kuka kukin on, Who’s Who in Finnish Design''. Helsinki: Ornamo 1992, {{ISBN|952-9748-04-3}}</ref>
** [[Ada Kok]], Dutch swimmer
* [[June 8]] – [[Eric F. Wieschaus]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel 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 the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2022/press-release/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 |date=2022-10-04 |work=[[Nobel Prize]] |publisher=[[The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] |access-date=2022-10-06}}</ref>
** [[John Hoagland]], American war photographer (d. [[1984]])
* [[June 19]]
** [[Paula Koivuniemi]], Finnish singer
** [[Salman Rushdie]], Indian-born British author (''[[The Satanic Verses]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/salman-rushdie |title=Salman Rushdie – Literature |website=literature.britishcouncil.org |access-date=24 December 2018}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] – [[Candy Clark]], American actress
* [[June 21]]
** [[Rachel Adato]], Israeli gynecologist, lawyer and politician
** [[Shirin Ebadi]], Iranian activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] recipient<ref>{{cite web |title=Shirin Ebadi |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/shirin-ebadi |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=26 February 2019}}</ref>
** [[Fernando Savater]], Spanish philosopher, author
* [[June 22]]
** [[Bruno Latour]], French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist<ref>{{cite web |title=Latour, Bruno |url=https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Latour,_Bruno |website=Astro-Databank |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> (d. [[2022]])
** [[Natalya Varley]], Soviet, Russian film, theater actress
** [[Murray Webb]], New Zealand caricature artist, test cricketer
** [[David Jones (golfer)|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]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1900449 |title=Maravich, Pete (1947-1988), basketball player {{!}} American National Biography|website=www.anb.org|year=2000|doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900449|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12|last1=Gregory|first1=Ross|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7}}</ref>
** [[Jerry John Rawlings]], 2-time [[President 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 (TV series)|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===
[[File:Larry David at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Larry David]]]]
[[File:O.J. Simpson 1990 · DN-ST-91-03444 crop.JPEG|thumb|100px|[[O. J. Simpson]]]]
[[File:BorisJohnsonandtheDuchessofCornwall2022 (cropped, Camilla, closer).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Queen Camilla]]]]
[[File:Brian May 2017 Guitar Cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Brian May]]]]
[[File:Albert Brooks at 'Drive' premiere TIFF 9.10.11.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Albert Brooks]]]]
[[File:蘇貞昌院長與基隆市林右昌市長一同登上基隆燈塔並合影留念（cropped）.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Su Tseng-chang]]]]
[[File:Françoise Barré-Sinoussi-press conference Dec 06th, 2008-1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]]]]
[[File:Arnold Schwarzenegger by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg|thumb|100px|[[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 (swimmer)|Mike Burton]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite book |title=Great Athletes: Olympic sports. Vol. 1 |author1=Kjetil Andre Aamodt |author2=Laura Flessel-Colovic |publisher=Salem Press |year=2010 |page=156}}</ref>
** [[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]])
** King [[Gyanendra 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 (rugby union)|Gareth Edwards]], Welsh rugby union player<ref>{{cite book |last=Schoeman |first=Chris |title=Legends of the ball : rugby's greatest players chosen by Willie John McBride, Frik du Preez, David Compese |publisher=CJS Books |location=ColesbergSouth Africa |year=2007 |isbn=9780620369626 |page=112 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Wilko Johnson]], English rock musician (d. [[2022]])<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/23/wilko-johnson-obituary Obituary] ''The Guardian''</ref>
** [[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
** [[Alexis Herman]], American political figure and social worker (d. [[2025]])
* [[July 17]] – [[Queen Camilla]], Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms since 2022 as the wife of [[Charles III]]
* [[July 19]] – [[Brian May]], English rock guitarist ([[Queen (band)|Queen]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Musicians |publisher=Gale Research Inc |year=1992 |page=190}}</ref>
* [[July 20]]
** [[Gerd Binnig]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[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 (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese businessman (d. [[2008]])
** [[Giora Spiegel]], Israeli footballer and coach<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/the-club/history/past-players/ |title=Past players |publisher=Maccabi Tel Aviv}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] – [[Su Tseng-chang]], Taiwanese politician, 41st and 50th [[Premier of the Republic of China]]
* [[July 30]]
** [[William Atherton]], American actor
** [[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]], French virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], Austrian-American actor, bodybuilder and 38th [[Governor of California]]
* [[July 31]] – [[Richard Griffiths]], English actor (d. [[2013]])

===August===
[[File:PM Kishida meeting with PM Ibrahim of Malaysia (cropped, 3to4 portrait).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anwar Ibrahim]]]]
[[File:Cindy Williams.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Cindy Williams]]]]
[[File:Barbara Bach - 1978.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Barbara Bach]]]]
[[File:TempleGrandin.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Temple Grandin]]]]
[[File:The_Prime_Minister_of_Thailand%2C_Mr._Somchai_Wangsawat_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_13%2C_2008_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Somchai Wongsawat]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** [[Lorna Goodison]], Jamaican poet
** [[Leoluca Orlando]], Italian politician
* [[August 4]] – [[Hubert Ingraham]], Bahamian politician<ref>{{cite book |last=Turner |first=Barry |title=The statesman's yearbook : the politics, cultures and economies of the world |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke, UK |year=2011 |isbn=9781349590513 |page=170}}</ref>
* [[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 (author)|John Varley]], American science-fiction author
* [[August 10]]
** [[Ian Anderson]], British rock musician (''[[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]'')
** [[Drupi]], Italian singer
** [[Anwar Ibrahim]], 10th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]]
* [[August 11]] 
** [[Diether Krebs]], German actor, cabaret artist and comedian (d. [[2000]])
** [[Wilma van den Berg]], Dutch sprinter<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/wilma-van-gool-14362430 |title=Wilma VAN GOOL |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] 
** [[Maddy Prior]], English folk singer
** [[Danielle Steel]], American romance novelist<ref>{{cite book |author=Paul T. Hellmann |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2006 |page=780 |isbn=9781135948597}}</ref>
* [[August 15]] – [[Raakhee]], Indian actress
* [[August 16]]
** [[Carol Moseley Braun]], African-American politician 
** [[Marc Messier]], Canadian actor
* [[August 17]] – [[Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)|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 1976 [[Formula 1]] world 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]], 26th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]

===September===
[[File:Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norges statsminister, under presskonferens vid Nordiska radets session i Stockholm.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kjell Magne Bondevik]]]]
[[File:Amos Biwott 1968.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Amos Biwott]]]]
[[File:Sam Neill 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Sam Neill]]]]
[[File:Stephen King, Comicon.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stephen King]]]]
[[File:Meatloaf_1971_(cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Meat Loaf]]]]
[[File:Marc Bolan In Concert 1973.jpg|thumb|100px|[[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]], Japanese [[yakuza]] boss
* [[September 6]]
** [[Jane Curtin]], American actress, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
** [[Bruce Rioch]], Scottish footballer, coach
** [[Jacob Rubinovitz]], Israeli scientist (d. [[2018]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Amos Biwott]], Kenyan Olympic athlete<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/amos-biwott-14354711 |title=Amos BIWOTT |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[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<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sharp |first=Ken |year=2008 |title=The Eagles Heaven and Hell: The Inside story of the Hotel California Years by Don Felder. |url=http://shop.recordcollectormag.com/issue/View/issue/RC348/issue-348 |journal=Record Collector Magazine |volume=348 |pages=33–38}}</ref>
** [[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 of [[Bangladesh]]
* [[September 30]]
** [[Marc Bolan]], English rock musician (d. [[1977]])
** [[Rula Lenska]], English actress

===October===
[[File:Jaguar's 'Perfect Ten' - Most important and iconic Jaguar cars (-2022464677).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brian Johnson]]]]
[[File:SammyHagar.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Sammy Hagar]]]]
[[File:KevinKlineSept2013TIFF.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Kline]]]]
[[File:A80 Richard Dreyfuss Cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Dreyfuss]]]]
[[File:Herman Van Rompuy 675.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Herman Van Rompuy]]]]
* [[October 1]]
** [[Aaron Ciechanover]], Israeli biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] winner
** [[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 of ''[[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]]'' (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 ([[Montrose (band)|Montrose]] and [[Van 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 of the United States|First Lady]], [[United States Senate|US Senator]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[New York (state)|Ny.]]), [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], and 2016 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential 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 the [[Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571]] crash (d. [[1972]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-26 |title=¿Quién fue y qué hizo Numa Turcatti en 'La Sociedad de la Nieve'? |url=https://www.muyinteresante.com.mx/sociedad/38813.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127174821/https://www.muyinteresante.com.mx/sociedad/38813.html |archive-date=2024-01-27 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Muy Interesante |language=es-MX}}</ref> 
** [[Timothy B. Schmit]], American musician
* [[October 31]]
** [[Carmen Alborch]], Spanish feminist, writer and politician (d. [[2018]]) 
** [[Herman Van Rompuy]], Belgian politician, 66th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]]

===November===
[[File:Joe Mantegna 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Mantegna]]]]
[[File:Dwight Schultz (9699089248).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dwight Schultz]]]]
* [[November 1]] 
** [[Taizo Ichinose]], Japanese war photographer (d. [[1973]])
** [[Bob Weston (guitarist)|Bob Weston]], British musician (d. [[2012]])
* [[November 3]] – [[Mazie Hirono]], US Senator 
* [[November 5]] – [[Rubén Juárez]], Argentine bandoneonist, singer and songwriter of tango (d. [[2010]])
* [[November 6]] – [[E. Lee Spence]], German-born American pioneer [[List of undersea explorers|underwater archaeologist]], [[treasure hunter]]
* [[November 7]]
** [[Yutaka Fukumoto]], Japanese professional baseball player
** [[Usha Uthup]], Indian singer
** [[Sondhi Limthongkul]], Thai journalist, writer and founder of ''[[Manager 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]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97050046.html |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |first=The Library of |last=Congress |website=id.loc.gov}}</ref> (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]] &ndash; [[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 Nazareth|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<ref>{{cite book |last=Parini |first=Jay |title=The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=2004 |isbn=9780195156539 |page=16}}</ref>
** [[Moses Nagamootoo]], 8th Prime Minister of Guyana

===December===
[[File:Gregg Allman 1975.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Gregg Allman]]]]
[[File:Vincent Matthews 1968.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vincent Matthews (athlete)|Vincent Matthews]]]]
[[File:Porfirio Lobo Sosa cortada.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Porfirio Lobo Sosa]]]]
[[File:Ted Danson 2008 number 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ted Danson]]]]
[[File:Jefflynne hydepark (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[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 (TV series)|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 Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carmen Zuleta |url=https://poderopediave.org/persona/carmen-zuleta/ |access-date=2021-06-20 |website=Poderopedia}}</ref>
* [[December 14]]
** [[Christopher Parkening]], American guitarist
** [[Dilma Rousseff]], 36th [[President of Brazil]]
* [[December 16]]
** [[Ben Cross]], English actor (d. [[2020]])
** [[Vincent Matthews (athlete)|Vincent Matthews]], American athlete
** [[Trevor Żahra]], Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Zahra |url=http://artsmalta.org/award/trezor-zahra/ |website=Malta Society of Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213212937/http://artsmalta.org/award/trezor-zahra/ |archive-date=13 February 2017}}</ref>
* [[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]], 54th [[President of Honduras]]
* [[December 25]] – [[Pepe Smith]], Filipino rock musician (d. [[2019]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Aurelio Rodríguez]], Mexican [[Major League Baseball]] player (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==
{{BDToC|deaths}}

===January===
[[File:Grzegorz Chomyszyn.png|thumb|110px|Blessed [[Hryhoriy Khomyshyn]]]]
[[File:2016 Santuario di Santa Rita (Cascia) 02.jpg|thumb|110px|Blessed [[Maria Giovanna Fasce]]]]
[[File:Al Capone in 1930.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Al Capone]]]]
[[File:Ridsport-Prins-Gustaf-Adolf.jpg|thumb|110px|[[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]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eva-Tanguay |title=Eva Tanguay, American Comedienne |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=January 10, 2019 |date=January 7, 2019}}</ref>
* [[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)|Bill Hewitt]], American football player ([[Chicago Bears]]), [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] member (b. [[1909]])
** [[Black Dahlia|Elizabeth Short (Black Dahlia)]], American murder victim (b. [[1924]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Hryhoriy Khomyshyn]], Ukrainian [[Roman Catholic]] bishop, martyr and blessed (b. [[1867]])
* [[January 18]] – [[Maria Giovanna Fasce]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] religious professed, [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] nun and blessed (b. [[1881]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Manuel Machado (poet and playwright)|Manuel Machado]], Spanish poet (b. [[1874]])
* [[January 20]]
** [[Josh Gibson]], African-American baseball player, [[MLB Hall of Fame]] member (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]])<ref name="Ottawa"/>
** [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten]] (b. [[1906]])<ref name="Ottawa"/>
** [[Gerrit Johannes Geysendorffer]], Dutch [[aviation pioneer]] (b. [[1892]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Vassily Balabanov]], Soviet administrator, Provincial [[Governor]] of [[Imperial Russia]] (b. [[1873]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Reynaldo Hahn]], Venezuelan-born French composer (b. [[1874]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Frederick Blackman]], British plant physiologist (b.[[1866]])

===February===
[[File:Petar Zivkovic.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Petar Živković]]]]
[[File:Luigi Russolo ca. 1916.gif|thumb|110px|[[Luigi Russolo]]]]
[[File:Joachim Ernst duke of Anhalt.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt]]]]
* [[February 3]] – [[Petar Živković]], Yugoslav politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[February 6]] 
** [[O. Max Gardner]], Governor of North Carolina (b. [[1882]])
** [[Luigi Russolo]], Italian [[Futurism|Futurist]] painter, composer (b. [[1885]])
* [[February 11]] – [[Martin Klein (wrestler)|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 (actor)|Henry Herbert]], British actor (b. [[1879]])
** [[Viktor Gutić]], Croatian fascist official (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Vukliš|first1=Vladan|last2=Stošić|first2=Verica M.|year=2017|title=From the Abyss They Came, Into the Abyss They Were Thrown: Crime and Punishment in the WW2 Bosnian Frontier|journal=Topola|publisher=Memorial Zone Donja Gradina|location=Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina|volume=III|number=3|issn=2303-856X|url=https://www.academia.edu/34569535|pages=36–37}}</ref>
* [[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]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/heinrich-haeberlin.html |title=Heinrich Häberlin}}</ref>
** [[Ben Webster (actor)|Ben Webster]], British-born American actor (b. [[1864]])
* [[February 27]] – [[Heinrich Häberlin]], Swiss Federal Councilor (b. [[1868]])

===March===
[[File:Carrie Chapman Catt.jpg|thumb|110px|[[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 Army]] officer 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]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/james-gilmore/ |title=James Gilmore |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref>
** [[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|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 Fame]] member (b. [[1881]])
** [[Karol Świerczewski]], Polish military leader (b. [[1897]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Manuel de Adalid y Gamero]], Honduran composer (b. [[1872]])

===April===
[[File:Georgeiiofgreece.jpg|thumb|110px|King [[George II of Greece]]]]
[[File:Henry ford 1919.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Henry Ford]]]]
[[File:Christian X - Peter Elfelt.jpg|thumb|110px|King [[Christian X of Denmark]]]]
[[File:Preot G Ciuhandu.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gheorghe Ciuhandu (priest)|Gheorghe Ciuhandu]]]]
* [[April 1]] – King [[George II of Greece]] (b. [[1890]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Petro Trad]], Lebanese lawyer, politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] and 5th [[President of Lebanon]] (b. [[1876]])
* [[April 7]] 
** [[Henry Ford]], American industrialist, automobile manufacturer (b. [[1863]])
** [[Savvas the New of Kalymnos]], Greek [[Orthodox priest]] and saint (b. [[1862]])
* [[April 8]] – [[Collyer brothers|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 (actor)|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 of [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] (executed) (b. [[1900]])
* [[April 17]] – [[Izso Glickstein]], American musician (b. [[1889]])
* [[April 18]] – [[Jozef Tiso]], Slovak politician, [[Roman Catholic]] priest, 1st [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]] and [[President of Slovakia]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[April 20]]
**King [[Christian X of Denmark]] (b. [[1870]])
** [[Louis R. de Steiguer]], American admiral (b. [[1867]])<ref>{{citation | first = Dean R. | last = Heaton | title = Four Stars: The Super Stars of United States Military History | place = Baltimore | publisher = Gateway Press | year = 1995 }}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – [[Heitor da Silva Costa]], Brazilian engineer, designer and constructor (b. [[1873]])
* [[April 23]] – [[Gyula Károlyi]], Hungarian politician, 29th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. [[1871]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Willa Cather]], American novelist (b. [[1873]])
* [[April 25]] 
** [[José María Reina Andrade]], acting [[president of Guatemala]] (b. [[1860]])
** [[Ana Cumpănaș]], Austro-Hungarian prostitute (b. [[1889]])
* [[April 26]] – [[Francesco Paolo Finocchiaro]], Italian painter (b. [[1868]])
* [[April 29]]
**[[Gheorghe Ciuhandu (priest)|Gheorghie Ciuhandu]], Romanian [[Orthodox priest]], theologian, historian and advocate (b. [[1875]])
** [[Irving Fisher]], American economist (b. [[1867]])
* [[April 30]]
** [[Francesc Cambó]], Andorran politician (b. [[1876]])
** [[Almroth Wright|Sir Almroth Wright]], British bacteriologist and immunologist (b. [[1861]])

===May===
[[File:Miguel Abad%C3%ADa M%C3%A9ndez.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Miguel Abadía Méndez]]]]
[[File:George William Forbes.jpg|thumb|110px|[[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, 12th [[President of Colombia]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[May 16]]
** [[Frederick Gowland Hopkins|Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins]], British biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1861]])
** [[Kalle Hakala]], Finnish politician (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Kalle Hakala |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910400&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611192919/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910400&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=11 June 2011 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
** [[Michael Joseph Curley]], American [[Roman Catholic]] bishop and reverend (b. [[1879]])
** [[Zhang Lingfu]], Chinese general of the [[National Revolutionary Army]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[May 17]]
** [[George Forbes (New Zealand politician)|George Forbes]], 22nd [[Prime 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 Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (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 of ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' fame (b. [[1880]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Adrienne Ames]], American actress (b. [[1907]])

===June===
[[File:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw Raczkiewicz 1934.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Władysław Raczkiewicz]]]]
[[File:Richard Bedford Bennett.jpg|110px|thumb|[[R. B. Bennett|Richard Bedford Bennett]]]]
* [[June 6]] 
** [[S. H. Dudley (singer)|S. H. Dudley]], American urban singer (b. [[1864]])
** [[Władysław Raczkiewicz]], Polish politician, lawyer, diplomat and 5th [[President 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 (actor)|Alfred Allen]], American actor (b. [[1866]])
** [[Richard Cooper (actor)|Richard Cooper]], British actor (b. [[1893]])
** [[Shigematsu Sakaibara]], Japanese rear admiral, convicted war criminal (executed) (b. [[1898]])
**[[John Henry Patterson (author)|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]] – [[Bartolomeo Pagano|Bartolome Pagano]], Italian actor (b. [[1878]])
* [[June 26]] – [[R. B. Bennett]], 11th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[June 28]] – [[Franciszek Mączyński]], Polish architect (b. [[1874]])

===July===
[[File:Raoul Wallenberg.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Raoul Wallenberg]]]]
[[File:Józef VI Emmanuel II.png|thumb|110px|Patriarch [[Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas]]]]
[[File:Joseph Cook - Crown Studios 03.jpg|thumb|110px|[[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]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/Henry-Kolker/150567/ |title=ACTOR, DIRECTOR HENRY KOLKER 1874 - 1947}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] 
** [[Raoul Wallenberg]], Swedish diplomat, humanitarian (presumed dead on this date) (b. [[1912]])
** Prince [[Sisowath Youtevong]], 4th [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[July 18]] – [[Fumio Hayashi (doctor)|Fumio Hayashi]], Japanese physician (b. [[1900]])
* [[July 19]] – [[Aung San]], Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. [[1915]])
* [[July 21]] – Patriarch [[Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas]] (b. [[1852]])
* [[July 23]] 
** [[Alice Fischer (actress)|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]]
** [[Joseph Cook|Sir Joseph Cook]], 6th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1860]])
** [[Fedir Krychevsky]], Ukrainian painter (b. [[1879]])

===August===
[[File:Fra' Claudio Granzotto.jpg|thumb|110px|Blessed [[Claudio Granzotto]]]]
[[File:Anders Zorn - Prins Eugen 1910.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke]]]]
* August – [[Teresa Magbanua]], Filipino general (b. [[1868]])
* [[August 3]]
** [[José Pardo y Barreda]], Peruvian politician, 51st [[Prime Minister of Peru]] and 2-time [[President of Peru]] (b. [[1864]])
** [[Vic Willis]], American baseball player ([[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]]), [[MLB Hall of Fame]] member (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]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] religious professed and blessed (b. [[1900]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke]] (b. [[1865]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Ettore Bugatti]], Italian car designer, founder of [[Bugatti]] (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/7775/Ettore%20Bugatti |title=Biografía de Ettore Bugatti (Su vida, historia, bio resumida)}}</ref>
* [[August 23]] – [[Hasmik (actress)|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]])
** [[Mary Willie Arvin]], American nurse (b. [[1879]])
* [[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 (actor)|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===
[[File:Max Planck 1933.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Max Planck]]]]

* [[October 1]] 
** [[Olive Borden]], American actress (b. [[1907]])
** [[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]], [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]]-born Romanian sociologist and politician (b. [[1882]])
* [[October 4]] – [[Max Planck]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1858]])
* [[October 6]] – [[Leevi Madetoja]], Finnish composer (b. [[1887]])
* [[October 7]] – [[Arshak Fetvadjian]], Armenian artist, painter and designer (b. [[1866]])
* [[October 10]] – [[Jo Mora]], Uruguayan-born American cartoonist (b. [[1876]])
* [[October 12]]
** [[James Farley (actor)|James Farley]], American actor (b. [[1882]])
** [[Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton|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 (actor)|John Halliday]], American actor (b. [[1880]])
* [[October 18]] 
** [[Harry C. Bradley (actor)|Harry C. Bradley]], American actor (b. [[1869]])
** [[Massimo Terzano]], Italian cinematographer (b. [[1892]])
** [[Murder of Gay Gibson|Gay Gibson]], British actress and murder victim (b. [[1926]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Albert Howard|Sir Albert Howard]], English botanist and organic farming pioneer (b. [[1873]])
* [[October 23]]
** [[Carl Shelton]], American gangster (b. [[1888]])
** [[Martin Fiebig]], German [[Luftwaffe]] general convicted of war crimes (b. [[1891]])
* [[October 24]] – [[Dudley Digges (actor)|Dudley Digges]], Irish actor (b. [[1879]])
* [[October 27]] – [[María Teresalina Sánchez]], Spanish [[Franciscan]] religious 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===
[[File:ConstantinSanatescu.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Constantin Sănătescu]]]]
[[File:Jozafat Kocy%C5%82owski.png|thumb|110px|Blessed [[Josaphat Kotsylovsky]]]]
[[File:Ernst Lubitsch 01.jpg|thumb|110px|[[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]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roszkowski |first1=Wojciech |last2=Kofman |first2=Jan |title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century |date=2016 |page=277 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317475941 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HGlDAAAQBAJ&q=S%C3%A1ndor+Garbai&pg=PA276 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[William Ernest Cooke]], Australian astronomer (b. [[1863]])
* [[November 8]]
** [[Mariano Benlliure]], Spanish sculptor (b. [[1862]])
** [[Constantin Sănătescu]], Romanian general, statesman and 44th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (b. [[1885]])<ref>Leonida Loghin, Aurel Lupășteanu, Constantin Ucrain, ''Bărbați ai datoriei: 23 august 1944 – 12 mai 1945. Mic dicționar'', [[Editura Militară]], București, 1985, p. 369.</ref>
* [[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]], Ukrainian [[Roman Catholic]] bishop, 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 (actor)|Ernie Adams]], American actor (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Geoff |title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476627199 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCgSDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA26 |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[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===
[[File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Stanley Baldwin]]]]
[[File:Vitorioemanuel.jpg|thumb|110px|King [[Victor 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]], German [[Nazi]] politician (executed) (b. [[1875]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Heinrich Hetsch]], German physician, microbiologist (b. [[1873]])
* [[December 4]] 
** [[Margaret Butler (sculptor)|Margaret Butler]], New Zealand sculptor (b. [[1883]])
** [[Walter Walker (actor)|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 Prize]] recipient (b. [[1862]])
** [[Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft]], British politician (b. [[1881]])
* [[December 9]] – [[John Kelly (actor)|John Kelly]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Pierre Petit de Julleville]], French [[Roman Catholic]] priest, 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 during [[Mexican Revolution]] (b. [[1890]])
* [[December 14]]
** [[Stanley Baldwin]], British Conservative politician, 3-time [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1867]])
** [[Edward Higgins]], General of [[The Salvation Army]] (b. [[1864]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Arthur Machen]], British writer (b. [[1863]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-MACH-ART-1863 |title=Machen, Arthur (1863-1947), formerly Jones, Arthur Llewellin, writer |author=Cecil John Layton Price |website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography |publisher=National Library of Wales |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref>
* [[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]] – King [[Victor 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==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|thumb|100px|Nobel medal awarded to [[Edward Victor Appleton]]]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Edward Victor Appleton]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Robert Robinson (organic chemist)|Sir Robert Robinson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], [[Gerty Cori]], [[Bernardo Houssay]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[André Gide]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – The [[Friends Service Council]] (UK) and The [[American Friends Service Committee]] (USA), on behalf of the [[Religious Society of Friends]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=55007 Pathe newsreel, 1947. Experimental snowplough. Pathe says 'Grantham' but the station name 'Dowlais top' in Wales can be clearly seen] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011113054/http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=55007 |date=October 11, 2011 }})
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100531002454/http://www.topfoto.co.uk/gallery/1947Winter/default.htm Gallery of UK winter photographs] (archived 31 May 2010)
* [http://www.jubileeriver.co.uk/100110%20-%20winter%20of%201947.htm Personal testimony of the winter of 1947] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728181223/http://www.jubileeriver.co.uk/100110%20-%20winter%20of%201947.htm |date=July 28, 2011 }})
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/3538507778/ Stories from the winter of 1947] on [[Flickr]]

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