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==Events==
===January–February===
* [[January 26]] – [[Cairo Fire|Black Saturday]] in [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]: Rioters burn [[Cairo]]'s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* [[February 6]]
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes monarch of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] and the [[British Dominions]]: [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] and [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]]. The princess, who is on a visit to [[Kenya]] when she hears of the death of her father, King [[George VI]], aged 56, takes the regnal name [[Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16795006 |title= The moment a princess became a queen |date= 6 February 2012 |publisher= BBC News |access-date= 13 June 2021}}</ref>
** In the United States, a [[Artificial heart|mechanical heart]] is used for the first time in a human patient.
*[[February 7]] &ndash; [[New York City]] announces its first crosswalk devices to be installed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/02/07/archives/1way-traffic-signs-due-soon-in-times-sq-oneway-signs-due-in-times.html | title=1-Way Traffic Signs Due Soon in Times Sq.; One-Way Signs Due in Times Sq.; 'Walk' Flashers to Aid Pedestrians | work=The New York Times | date=February 7, 1952 | last1=Ingraham | first1=Joseph C. }}</ref>
* [[February 14]]–[[February 25|25]] – The [[1952 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Oslo]], Norway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – 1952 Winter Olympics Overview |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/34 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] – The State Funeral of King [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions and the last Emperor of India, takes place. George VI's coffin is brought in procession through London to Paddington Station where a royal train brought the King to Windsor, where his funeral and burial took place at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
* [[February 18]] – Greece and Turkey join the [[NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organization]].
* [[February 21]] – In [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]]) police open fire on a [[Bengali language movement|procession of students]], killing 4 people and starting a country-wide protest, which leads to the recognition of [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day is later declared "[[International Mother Language Day]]" by [[UNESCO]].
* [[February 25]] – The [[Parícutin]] active volcano in [[Michoacán]], west central Mexico, ceases its discontinuous eruption after spewing forth a gigaton of lava, and burying [[San Juan Parangaricutiro]].
* [[February 26]] – [[Vincent Massey]] is sworn in, becoming the first Canadian-born [[Governor General of Canada]].

===March–April===
* [[March 10]] – General [[Fulgencio Batista]] re-takes power in [[Cuba]] in a coup.
* [[March 15]]–[[March 16|16]] – 73&nbsp;inches (1,870&nbsp;mm) of rain falls in [[Cilaos]], [[Réunion]], the most rainfall in one day up to that time.
* [[March 20]] – The [[United States Senate]] ratifies a [[Treaty of San Francisco|peace treaty]] with Japan.
* [[March 21]]
** The last two [[Capital punishment|executions]] in the Netherlands take place.
** [[Kwame Nkrumah]] is elected Prime Minister of the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]].
** [[March 1952 Southern United States tornado outbreak|Tornadoes]] ravage the lower [[Mississippi embayment|Mississippi River Valley]], leaving 208 dead, through [[March 22]].
* [[March 22]] – [[Wernher von Braun]] publishes the first in his series of articles titled ''[[Man Will Conquer Space Soon!]]'', including ideas for crewed flights to [[Mars]] and the Moon.
* [[March 27]]
**[[Konrad Adenauer]] survives an assassination attempt.
**[[1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election|A legislative Assembly election]] is held in [[Coorg]].
* [[April 1]]
** [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al Arabi]] was founded in [[Qatar]]
* [[April 4]]
** In the [[The Hague|Hague Tribunal]], [[Israel]] demands [[Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany|reparations]] worth $3&nbsp;billion from Germany.
** [[West Ice accidents]]: During a severe storm in the [[West Ice]], east of [[Greenland]], 78 seal hunters on 5 Norwegian [[seal hunting]] vessels vanish without a trace.
* [[April 7]] – The [[American Research Bureau]] reports that the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode "The Marriage License" was the first TV show in history to be seen in around 10,000,000 homes, the evening the episode aired.
* [[April 8]] – ''[[Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer]]'': The U.S. Supreme Court limits the power of the President to seize private business, after President [[Harry S. Truman]] nationalizes all steel mills in the United States, just before the [[1952 steel strike]] begins.
* [[April 9]]
** [[Hugo Ballivián]]'s government is overthrown by the [[History of Bolivia (1920–64)#The Bolivian National Revolution, 1952|Bolivian National Revolution]], which starts a period of [[agrarian reform]], [[universal suffrage]] and the [[nationalization]] of tin mines.
** Santa Teresa Church tragedy: 50 people are trampled to death in the [[Basilica of St. Teresa]], [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], after someone shouts "[[Shouting fire in a crowded theater|Fire!]]"; 40 people are arrested in connection with the crush.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 April 1952 |title=53 Killed in Church Panic |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133715606 |access-date=21 November 2017 |pages=3 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref name=":02">[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57097759 Stampede In Church Planned?] ''13 April 1952''</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=15 April 1952 |title=40 Arrests in Sequel to Deaths |newspaper=West Australian |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49026717 |access-date=21 November 2017 |pages=6 |via=Trove}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] 
**[[Battle of Nanri Island]]: The [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] seizes the island from the [[China|People's Republic of China]].
**[[Bolivian National Revolution]]: Rebels take over [[Palacio Quemado]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-13|title=The 1952 Bolivian Revolution – IWL-FI|url=https://litci.org/en/the-1952-bolivian-revolution/|access-date=2022-02-26|language=es-CO}}</ref>
* [[April 18]]
** [[Bolivia]] National Revolution: A universal vote enables indigenous peoples and women to vote, nationalizes mines and enacts agrarian reform.
** [[West Germany–Japan relations|West Germany and Japan form diplomatic relations]].
* [[April 26]] – United States Navy aircraft carrier [[USS Wasp (CV-18)|''Wasp'']] collides with destroyer [[USS Hobson (DD-464)|''Hobson'']] while on exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 175 men.
* [[April 28]] – The [[Treaty of San Francisco]] goes into effect, formally ending the war between [[Japan]] and the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]], and simultaneously ending the [[Military occupation|occupation]] of the four main Japanese islands by the [[Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers]].

===May–June===
* [[May 1]] – [[East Germany]] threatens to form its own army.
* [[May 3]] – U.S. [[lieutenant colonel]]s [[Joseph O. Fletcher]] and [[William Pershing Benedict|William P. Benedict]] land a plane at the [[geographic North Pole]].
* [[May 6]] – [[Farouk of Egypt]] has himself announced as a descendant of the Islamic [[prophet]], [[Muhammad]].
* [[May 13]] – [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Pandit Nehru]] forms his first government in India.
* [[May 15]] – [[Israel–Japan relations|Diplomatic relations are established between Israel and Japan]] at the level of [[legation]]s.
* [[May 18]] – [[Ann Davison (sailor)|Ann Davison]] becomes the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean.
* [[June 1]]
** The [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] bans the books of [[André Gide]].
** Navigation opens on the [[Volga–Don Canal]], connecting the [[Caspian Sea]] basin with that of the [[Black Sea]].
* [[June 10]] – [[1952 San Juan earthquake]]. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake kills five people on [[Argentina]]'s [[San Juan Province, Argentina|San Juan Province]].
* [[June 13]]
** "[[Catalina affair]]": Soviet [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|MiG-15]] fighter planes shoot down a Swedish military [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]], carrying out [[signals intelligence]] gathering operations over the [[Baltic Sea]], killing all 8 crew; three days later they shoot down a [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Catalina flying boat]], searching for possible survivors.
** [[Polttoainehankinta]], a secret [[Finnish Defence Forces]] operations order is approved.<ref>Junttila, Paavo (2015). Taistelutehon laskemiseen vaikuttaneet tekijät sodan 1941–44 aikana ja siitä tehtävät johtopäätökset [Factors Effecting the Reduction in Combat Power During the War of 1941–44 with Conclusions] (PDF). Suomalaisen sotataidon klassikot (in Finnish). National Defence University. ISBN 978-951-25-2723-6</ref>
* [[June 14]] – [[Myxomatosis]] is introduced to Europe, on the French estate of [[Paul-Félix Armand-Delille]].
* [[June 15]] – [[Anne Frank]]'s ''[[The Diary of a Young Girl]]'' is published in English-language translation.
* [[June 19]] – The [[Special Forces (United States Army)]] are created.
* [[June 26]] – The [[Labour Party of Malaya|Pan-Malayan Labour Party]] is founded in [[Malayan Union|Malaya]], as a union of statewide labour parties.
* [[June 27]] – [[Decree 900]] in Guatemala orders the redistribution of uncultivated land.
* [[June 28]] – The First [[Miss Universe]] pageant is held. [[Armi Kuusela]] from [[Finland]] wins the title of [[Miss Universe 1952]].

===July–August===
* [[July 13]] – [[East Germany]] announces the formation of its [[National People's Army]].
* [[July 19]]–[[August 3]] – The [[1952 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Helsinki]], Finland.
* [[July 21]] – The 7.3 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1952 Kern County earthquake|Kern County earthquake]] strikes California's southern [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''), killing 12 and injuring hundreds. 
* [[July 23]]
** The [[European Coal and Steel Community]] is established.
** General [[Muhammad Naguib|Mohammed Naguib]] leads [[Free Officers Movement (Egypt)|The Free Officers]] (formed by [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] – the real power behind the coup) in the [[Coup d'état|overthrow]] of King [[Farouk of Egypt]].
* [[July 26]]
** King [[Farouk of Egypt]] abdicates in favour of [[Fuad II]].
** [[Eva Peron|Maria Eva Duarte De Peron]] known as "Evita" Argentina's first lady dies of cancer. The Argentine government's declaration of national mourning causes all business, entertainment, leisure, and work to a standstill.
* [[August 5]] – The [[Treaty of Taipei]] between Japan and the [[Republic of China]] goes into effect, to officially end the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]].
* [[August 11]] – The [[Jordan]]ian Parliament forces King [[Talal of Jordan]] to abdicate due to mental illness; he is succeeded by his son King [[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]].
* [[August 12]] – [[Night of the Murdered Poets]]: 13 Soviet Jewish poets are executed.
* [[August 13]] – Japan joins the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]].
* [[August 14]] – [[West Germany]] joins the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] and the [[World Bank]].
* [[August 16]] – [[Lynmouth]], North [[Devon]], England is devastated by floods; 34 die.
* [[August 18]] – A [[1952 Damxung earthquake|7.5 earthquake]] shakes the [[Tibet]] region leaving a balance of 54 fatalities.
* [[August 22]] – The most damaging aftershock of the [[1952 Kern County earthquake]] sequence strikes with a moment magnitude of 5.8, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). This event damages several hundred buildings in [[Bakersfield, California]], with total additional losses of $10&nbsp;million, with two associated deaths and some injuries.
* [[August 26]] – A British passenger jet makes a return crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the same day.
* [[August 27]] – [[Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany|Reparation]] negotiations between West Germany and [[Israel]] end in [[Luxembourg]]: Germany will pay 3&nbsp;billion [[Deutsche Mark]]s.
* [[August 29]] – Composer [[John Cage]]'s ''[[4′33″]]'', during which the performer does not play, premieres in [[Woodstock, New York]].
* [[August 30]] – The last Finnish [[war reparations]] are sent to the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[August 31]] – The [[Grenzlandring]] racetrack closes in [[Wegberg]], Germany.

===September–October===
* [[September 2]] – [[C. Walton Lillehei]] and F. John Lewis perform the first open-[[Cardiac surgery|heart surgery]], at the [[University of Minnesota]].
* [[September 6]] – The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], goes on air launching [[television in Canada]].
* [[September 10]] – The [[European Parliamentary Assembly]] (from March [[1962]], the [[European Parliament]]) opens.
* [[September 15]] – The [[United Nations]] cedes [[Italian Eritrea#British Military Administration and the end of the colony|Eritrea]] to [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]].
* [[September 18]] – The [[Soviet Union]] vetoes Japan's application for [[Japan and the United Nations|membership]] in the [[United Nations]].
* [[September 30]] – The [[Revised Standard Version]] of the Bible is published.
* [[October 14]] – The [[United Nations]] begins work in the new [[Headquarters of the United Nations|United Nations building]] in New York City, designed by [[Le Corbusier]] and [[Oscar Niemeyer]].
* [[October 17]] – [[17 October affair]]: [[Indonesia]]n troops led by General [[Abdul Haris Nasution|Nasution]] surround the presidential palace, seeking the dismissal of the [[People's Representative Council]]; [[Sukarno]] avoids confrontation.
* [[October 19]] – [[Alain Bombard]] begins to sail from the [[Canary Islands]] to [[Barbados]] in 65 days; he reaches them [[December 23]].
* [[October 20]] – [[Martial law]] is declared in [[Kenya]], in the face of the [[Mau Mau Uprising|Mau Mau uprising]].
* [[October 23]] – The [[West German]] [[Federal Constitutional Court]] bans the [[Socialist Reich Party]] as unconstitutional for being a [[Nazi Party]] successor organization.

===November–December===
* [[November 1]] – [[Nuclear weapons testing|Nuclear testing]] and [[Operation Ivy]]: The United States successfully [[Detonation|detonates]] the first [[hydrogen bomb]], codenamed "Mike", at [[Enewetak Atoll|Eniwetok]] Atoll in the [[Marshall Islands]] in the central Pacific Ocean, with a [[nuclear weapon yield|yield]] of 10.4 [[TNT equivalent|megatons]].
[[Image:IvyMike2.jpg|thumb|220px|The explosion of the first hydrogen bomb.]]
* [[November 4]]
** [[1952 United States presidential election]]: [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] defeats [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Governor of Illinois]] [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] (correctly predicted by the [[UNIVAC I|UNIVAC]] computer).
** [[Pace-Finletter MOU 1952]]: A [[Memorandum of understanding]] is signed between "...Air Force Secretary Finletter and Army Secretary Pace that established a fixed wing weight limit [for the Army] of five thousand pounds empty, but weight restrictions on helicopters were eliminated..."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=shwtKbTbEuEC&pg=PA196|title=Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry|first=Donald M.|last=Pattillo|date=February 1, 2001|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0472086715}}</ref>
* [[November 5]] – The 9.0 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake|Severo-Kurilsk earthquake]] hits the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] of the [[Soviet Union]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''). A tsunami took the lives of more than 2,300 people.
* [[November 18]] – [[Jomo Kenyatta]] is arrested in [[Kenya]], for an alleged connection to the [[Mau Mau Uprising]].
* [[November 20]]
** The first official passenger flight [[Polar route|over the North Pole]] is made, from Los Angeles to [[Copenhagen]].
**One of the first successful gender-affirming surgeries is performed in [[Copenhagen]] on [[Christine Jorgensen]]. 
* [[November 29]] – [[Korean War]]: U.S. President-elect [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] fulfills a [[political campaign]] promise, by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
* [[December 1]] – [[Adolfo Ruiz Cortines]] takes office as [[President of Mexico]].
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Albert Schweitzer]] is given the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.
* [[December 14]] – The first successful surgical separation of [[Conjoined twins|Siamese twins]] is conducted in Mount Sinai Hospital, [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]].
* [[December 20]] – The [[1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash|crash]] of a [[United States Air Force]] C-124 Globemaster at Moses Lake, WA kills 86 servicemen.
* [[December 25]] – One West German soldier is killed in a shooting incident in [[West Berlin]].
* [[December 26]] – [[Joseph Ivor Linton]], the first Israeli [[Envoy (title)|Minister Plenipotentiary]] in Japan, presents his credentials to the [[Emperor of Japan]].

===Date unknown===
* The [[Nordic Council]] agrees to the unrestricted transport of people, goods and services throughout the [[Nordic countries|Nordic Countries]].
* Supramar launches the first commercial [[high-speed craft]], a [[hydrofoil]].
* During the [[Mau Mau Uprising]], the poisonous [[latex]] of the [[Euphorbia grantii|African milk bush]] is used to kill [[cattle]], in an incident of [[Biological warfare]].<ref name="Biological warfare">{{Cite book|last=Verdourt|first=Bernard|author2=Trump, E.C.|author3=Church, M.E.|name-list-style=amp|title=Common poisonous plants of East Africa|publisher=Collins|year=1969|location=London|pages=254}}</ref>
* [[Slavery in Qatar]] is abolished.

==Births==
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===January===
[[File:Esperanza Aguirre 32 (3941742274) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Esperanza Aguirre]]]]
[[File:Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Senate of Poland.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]]]]
[[File:SammoHung.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sammo Hung]]]]
[[File:Marek Belka NBP.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Marek Belka]]]]
[[File:Asma Jahangir (33308430296).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Asma Jahangir]]]]
[[File:Moein_Live_in_Toronto_2023.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Moein (singer)]]]]

* [[January 1]] – [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]], [[Emir of Qatar]]
* [[January 2]] – [[Elvira Saadi]], Soviet gymnast
* [[January 3]] 
** [[Esperanza Aguirre]], Spanish politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Spain|publisher=Intercontinental Book and Publishing Company|year=1988|page=14}}</ref>
** [[Jim Ross]], American wrestling announcer<ref>{{cite web|last=Ross|first=Jim|url=http://www.jrsbarbq.com/2008/01/05/happy-new-year-everyone-lots-of-feedback-answered-today%e2%80%a6-life-goes-on%e2%80%a6-and-so-does-work%e2%80%a6/|title=J.R.'s Blog " Happy New Year Everyone! Lots of Feedback Answered Today... Life Goes On... and So Does Work..|access-date=2008-01-06|date=January 5, 2008|publisher=JRsBarBQ.com|quote=I was born on January 3, 1952, in [[Fort Bragg, CA]].|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044734/https://www.jrsbarbq.com/2008/01/05/happy-new-year-everyone-lots-of-feedback-answered-today%e2%80%a6-life-goes-on%e2%80%a6-and-so-does-work%e2%80%a6/|archive-date=March 30, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 7]] – [[Sammo Hung]], Hong Kong martial arts superstar, producer and director
* [[January 9]] – [[Marek Belka]], 11th [[Prime Minister of Poland]] 
* [[January 11]] – [[Belkisyole Alarcón de Noya]], Venezuelan physician and parasitologist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riggione de Zurdo |first=Flavia |title=Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya |url=http://www.cazadoresdemicrobios.com.ve/consulta_biografia.php?id_biografia=221 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914205006/https://www.cazadoresdemicrobios.com.ve/consulta_biografia.php?id_biografia=221 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |access-date=14 September 2018 |website=Cazadores de Microbios}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – [[Walter Mosley]], American author
* [[January 14]] – [[Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu]], 60th Prime Minister of Romania
* [[January 15]]
** [[Boris Blank (musician)|Boris Blank]], Swiss musician
** [[Muhammad Wakkas]], Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=https://sylhetreport.com/?p=22735|title=আলাপচারিতায়-জমিয়ত নেতা মুফতি মুহাম্মদ ওয়াক্কাস|language=bn|date=28 October 2017|work=Sylhet Report|access-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190831113906/https://sylhetreport.com/?p=22735|archive-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], Japanese electronic musician, composer, producer and actor (''[[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]'') (d. [[2023]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Moein (singer)]],Iranian Singer
* [[January 24]] – [[Raymond Domenech]], French [[Association football|football]] player, manager
* [[January 25]]
** [[Sara Mandiano]], French singer-songwriter
** [[Peter Tatchell]], Australian-born British human rights activist 
* [[January 27]]
** [[Brian Gottfried]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/brian-gottfried/g029/overview|title= Brian Gottfried|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
** [[Asma Jahangir]], Pakistani human rights activist, lawyer (d. [[2018]])
* [[January 29]] 
** [[Klaus-Peter Hanisch]], German footballer (d. [[2009]])
** [[Paul Tesanovich]], American politician from Michigan
* [[January 30]] – [[Valery Khalilov]], Russian military band conductor (d. [[2016]])

===February===
[[File:Park Geun-hye presidential portrait.png|thumb|100px|[[Park Geun-hye]]]]
[[File:Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jenny Shipley]]]]
[[File:Lee Hsien Loong June 2018.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Lee Hsien Loong]]]]
[[File:Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sushma Swaraj]]]]
[[File:Tomislav Nikolić, official portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tomislav Nikolić]]]]
* [[February 2]] – [[Park Geun-hye]], President of South Korea
* [[February 4]]
** [[Abdalá Bucaram]], 38th President of Ecuador
** [[Jenny Shipley]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jennifer Shipley |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/jennifer-shipley |website=Encyclopædia Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021|date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – [[John Hickenlooper]], American politician, 42nd [[Governor of Colorado]]
* [[February 8]] – [[Nora Miao]], Hong Kong actress
* [[February 10]] – [[Lee Hsien Loong]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of Singapore]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 February 2016 |title=Cabinet 'prematurely ages' PM Lee Hsien Loong with celebration before his 64th birthday next week |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/cabinet-prematurely-ages-pm-lee-hsien-loong-with-celebration-before-his-64th-birthday-next |access-date=25 November 2024 |work=[[The Straits Times]]}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] – [[Simon MacCorkindale]], English actor (d. [[2010]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/simon-maccorkindale-british-actor-who-played-greg-reardon-in-the-us-soap-opera-falcon-crest-and-dr-harry-harper-in-casualty-2109251.html|title=Simon MacCorkindale: British actor who played Greg Reardon in the US soap opera 'Falcon Crest' and Dr Harry Harper in 'Casualty'|author=Hayward, Anthony|date=18 October 2010|access-date=17 December 2010|work=The Independent}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] – [[Sushma Swaraj]], Indian politician, at [[Ambala Cantonment]], Haryana (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/obituaries/sushma-swaraj-dead.html|title=Sushma Swaraj, 67, Popular Indian Minister and Modi Ally, dies|date=8 August 2019|website=The New York Times|access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] 
** [[Nikolai Sorokin]], Soviet, Russian actor, theatre director (d. [[2013]]) 
** [[Tomislav Nikolić]], 4th [[President of Serbia]] 
* [[February 16]] – [[James Ingram]], African-American R&B musician (d. [[2019]])
* [[February 17]] – [[Javier Urruticoechea]], Spanish footballer (d. [[2001]])
* [[February 19]] 
** [[Gary Seear]], New Zealand rugby union player (d. [[2018]])
** [[Amy Tan]], American novelist (''[[The Joy Luck Club (novel)|The Joy Luck Club]]'')
* [[February 21]] 
** [[Vitaly Churkin]], Russian diplomat (d. [[2017]])
** [[Elisha Obed]], Bahamian boxer (d. [[2018]])
* [[February 22]]
** [[Bill Frist|William Frist]], U.S. Senator, heart surgeon
** [[Saufatu Sopoanga]], 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (d. [[2020]])
* [[February 25]] – [[Joey Dunlop]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. [[2000]])

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* [[March 2]] – [[Laraine Newman]], American comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
* [[March 4]] – [[Umberto Tozzi]], Italian singer
* [[March 7]] – [[Viv Richards]], West Indian cricketer
* [[March 10]] – [[Morgan Tsvangirai]], Zimbabwean politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Zimbabwe]] (d. [[2018]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Douglas Adams]], English author (''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'') (d. [[2001]])
* [[March 13]]
** [[Ágnes Rapai]], Hungarian writer
** [[Wolfgang Rihm]], German composer (d. [[2024]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Martin Dempsey]], United States Army general<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Dempsey |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Dempsey |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=March 10, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[March 15]] – [[Howard Devoto]], British singer
* [[March 16]] – [[Alice Hoffman]], American novelist
* [[March 17]] – [[Perla (singer)|Perla]], Paraguayan-Brazilian singer 
* [[March 18]] – [[Salome Zourabichvili]], Georgian politician, 5th [[President of Georgia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldleaders.columbia.edu/directory/salome-zourabichvili-|title=Salome Zourabichvili &#124; World Leaders Forum}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[Harvey Weinstein]], American film producer 
* [[March 23]]
** [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], American author
** [[Rex Tillerson]], [[United States Secretary of State]]
** [[Villano III]], Mexican professional wrestler (d. [[2018]])
* [[March 24]] – [[Reinhard Genzel]], German astrophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] recipient
* [[March 25]]
** [[Jung Chang]], Chinese-born author, historian
** [[Antanas Mockus]], Colombian mathematician, politician
* [[March 26]] – [[Didier Pironi]], French racing driver (d. [[1987]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Maria Schneider (actress)|Maria Schneider]], French actress (d. [[2011]])
* [[March 28]] – [[Keith Ashfield]], Canadian politician (d. [[2018]])
* [[March 29]] – 
** [[Teófilo Stevenson|Teofilo Stevenson]], Cuban boxer (d. [[2012]])
** [[Bola Tinubu]], Nigerian politician, [[President of Nigeria]]<ref name="Legit">{{cite web|url=https://www.legit.ng/1409396-bad-weather-disrupts-tinubus-69th-birthday-forces-gbajabiamila-aregbesola-u-turn.html|title=Fayemi salutes Tinubu at 69, says he is leader of leaders|date=29 March 2021 |publisher=Legit|access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – [[Dermot Morgan]], Irish actor and comedian (d. [[1998]])<ref>{{cite news|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-dermot-morgan-1147951.html|title=Obituary: Dermot Morgan|newspaper=The Independent|date=2 March 1998|access-date=19 July 2010}}</ref>

=== April ===
[[File:AnnetteOTooleKidding2020.png|thumb|100px|[[Annette O'Toole]]]]
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[[File:Steven Seagal at Russia Expo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Steven Seagal]]]]
[[File:Jean-Paul Gaultier.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jean-Paul Gaultier]]]]
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* [[April 1]] 
** [[Annette O'Toole]], American actress
** [[Bernard Stiegler]], French philosopher (d. [[2020]])
* [[April 2]] – [[Lennart Fagerlund]], Swedish cyclist
* [[April 4]]
** [[Rosemarie Ackermann]], German athlete
** [[Gary Moore]], Northern Irish musician (d. [[2011]])
** [[Karen Magnussen]], Canadian figure skater
* [[April 6]] – [[Marilu Henner]], American actress (''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'') and writer
* [[April 7]] – [[Nichita Danilov]], Romanian writer
* [[April 10]] – [[Steven Seagal]], American actor 
* [[April 11]] – [[Qamar Zaman]], Pakistani squash player
* [[April 15]] – [[Glenn Shadix]], American voice actor (d. [[2010]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Billy West]], American voice actor
* [[April 17]]
** [[Joe Alaskey]], American voice actor (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Wang|first=Yanan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/05/joe-alaskey-voice-of-many-childhoods-as-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-dies-at-63/|title=Joe Alaskey, 'voice of many childhoods' as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies at 63|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 5, 2016}}</ref>
** [[Željko Ražnatović]], Serbian mobster, paramilitary leader (d. [[2000]])
* [[April 19]] – [[Alexis Argüello|Alexis Arguello]], Nicaraguan boxer, politician (d. [[2009]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Cheryl Gillan]], British politician (d. [[2021]])
* [[April 23]] – [[Jean-Dominique Bauby]], French journalist and author (d. [[1997]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Jean-Paul Gaultier]], French Haute couture, Prêt-à-Porter fashion designer
* [[April 25]] 
** [[Ketil Bjørnstad]], Norwegian pianist
** [[Vladislav Tretiak]], Russian ice hockey player
* [[April 27]] – [[George Gervin]], American basketball player
* [[April 28]] – [[Mary McDonnell]], American actress<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Mary-McDonnell|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|title=Mary McDonnell Facts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220501205419/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Mary-McDonnell|archive-date=May 1, 2022|access-date=July 25, 2022}}</ref>

=== May ===
[[File:David Byrne San Diego.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Byrne]]]]
[[File:Mr T WWE Hall of Fame 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mr. T]]]]
[[File:Anne-Marie David 2015 1094.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anne-Marie David]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Mike Thornton (politician)|Mike Thornton]], British politician
* [[May 2]] – [[Christine Baranski]], American actress
* [[May 3]]
** [[Leonid Khachiyan]], Russian-born mathematician
** [[Allan Wells]], Scottish athlete
* [[May 4]] – [[Michael Barrymore]], British comedian, TV presenter
* [[May 6]] – [[Michael O'Hare]], American actor (d. [[2012]])
* [[May 10]]
** [[Roland Kaiser (singer)|Roland Kaiser]], German singer
** [[Manuel Mora Morales]], Spanish director, writer
* [[May 11]]
** [[Shohreh Aghdashloo]], Iranian actress
** [[Frances Fisher]], British-born American actress
** [[Renaud]], French composer
* [[May 12]] – [[Christopher Gaze]], British voice actor
* [[May 13]] – [[John Kasich]], Governor of [[Ohio]]
* [[May 14]]
** [[Robert Zemeckis]], American film director (''[[Back to the Future]]'')
** [[David Byrne]], Scottish singer-songwriter ([[Talking Heads]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Chazz Palminteri]], American actor
* [[May 16]] – [[Stann Champion]], American-born guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer
* [[May 18]] – [[George Strait]], American country musician
* [[May 19]] – [[Bert van Marwijk]], Dutch football manager
* [[May 20]] – [[Roger Milla]], Cameroonian footballer
* [[May 21]] – [[Mr. T]], African-American actor (''[[The A-Team]]'')
* [[May 23]] – [[Anne-Marie David]], French singer, [[Eurovision Song Contest 1973]] winner
* [[May 24]] – [[Sybil Danning]], Austrian actress
* [[May 31]] – [[Carole Achache]], French writer, photographer and actress (d. 2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Achache, Carole (1952-....) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14406672c |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |language=fr}}</ref>

=== June ===
[[File:Bronisław Komorowski (2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bronisław Komorowski]]]]
[[File:Liam Neeson Deauville 2012 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Liam Neeson]]]]
[[File:Papandreou handover cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Papandreou]]]]
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[[File:John Goodman by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Goodman]]]]
* [[June 4]] – [[Bronisław Komorowski]], President of Poland
* [[June 6]] 
** [[Marsha Blackburn]], American politician and businesswoman<ref>{{cite web |title=BLACKBURN, Marsha |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001243 |website=congress.gov}}</ref>
** [[Yukihiro Takahashi]], Japanese drummer and singer (d. [[2023]])
* [[June 7]]
** [[Hubert Auriol]], French racing driver (d. [[2021]])
** [[Liam Neeson]], Northern Irish actor (''[[Schindler's List]]'')
** [[Orhan Pamuk]], Turkish writer, Nobel Prize winner
* [[June 14]] – [[Pat Summitt]], American basketball coach (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite news|author=Parks, Miles|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/pat-summitt-legendary-former-coach-of-lady-vols-dies-at-64/2016/06/28/9f73ddea-3d18-11e6-80bc-d06711fd2125_story.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629184809/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/pat-summitt-legendary-former-coach-of-lady-vols-dies-at-64/2016/06/28/9f73ddea-3d18-11e6-80bc-d06711fd2125_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2016 |title=Pat Summitt, legendary former coach of Lady Vols, dies at 64 |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 28, 2016 |access-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>
* [[June 16]]
** [[George Papandreou]], Greek politician
** [[Gino Vannelli]], Canadian singer, songwriter
* [[June 17]]
** [[Sergio Marchionne]], Italian-Canadian executive (d. [[2018]])
** [[Sarbjit Singh Chadha]], Indian enka singer
* [[June 18]]
** [[Idriss Déby|Idriss Déby Itno]], [[President of Chad]] (d. [[2021]])
** [[Carol Kane]], American actress 
** [[Isabella Rossellini]], Italian model, actress
* [[June 20]]
** [[John Goodman]], American actor 
** [[Vikram Seth]], Indian novelist
* [[June 21]]
** [[Jeremy Coney]], New Zealand [[cricket]] [[Captain (cricket)|captain]]
** [[Marcella Detroit]], American singer (''[[Shakespears Sister]]'')
** [[Ginny Ruffner]], American artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruffner, Ginny (b. 1952) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/11143 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=historylink.org}}</ref>
* [[June 22]]
** [[Franco Cucinotta]], Italian professional footballer
** [[Graham Greene (actor)|Graham Greene]], Canadian actor
** [[Alastair Stewart]], British newsreader
** [[Santokh Singh]], Malaysian footballer
* [[June 23]] – [[Peter Whiteside]], British modern pentathlete
* [[June 24]]
** [[Ladislas Lozano]], French-Spanish football coach, retired player
** [[Stephen Pusey]], British-born artist
* [[June 25]]
** [[Péter Erdő]], Hungarian cardinal
** [[Tim Finn]], New Zealand singer, songwriter
* [[June 28]] – [[Pietro Mennea]], Italian athlete (d. [[2013]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Joe Johnson (snooker player)|Joe Johnson]], English snooker player
* [[June 30]] – [[Stein Olav Hestad]], Norwegian footballer

=== July ===
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[[File:Álvaro Uribe (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Álvaro Uribe]]]]
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[[File:Liz Mitchell 20090619-DSCF5457.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Liz Mitchell]]]] 
[[File:Hoff 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Hasselhoff]]]]
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* [[July 1]] 
** [[Brian George]], Israeli-English actor, voice artist, comedian and singer
** [[Dan Aykroyd]], Canadian actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
** [[Dale Hayes]], South African professional golfer
* [[July 2]]
** [[Linda M. Godwin]], American scientist<ref>{{cite web |author1=Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center |author1-link=Johnson Space Center |title=Linda M. Godwin |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/godwin_linda.pdf |website=Biographical Data |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428124402/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/godwin_linda.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |location=[[Houston]], Texas |date=August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Ahmed Ouyahia]], Algerian politician
** [[Marco Piccinini]], Monegasque sport personality, businessman, and politician
* [[July 3]]
** [[Laura Branigan]], American singer, actress ("[[Self Control (Raf song)|Self Control]]") (d. [[2004]])
** [[Lu Colombo]], Italian singer
** [[Andy Fraser]], English musician (d. [[2015]])
** [[Rohinton Mistry]], Indian writer
* [[July 4]]
** [[Álvaro Uribe]], [[President of Colombia]]
** [[John Waite]], English singer, musician
* [[July 6]] 
** [[Adi Shamir]], Israeli cryptographer
** [[Ani Yudhoyono]], 6th [[First Lady of Indonesia]] (d. [[2019]])
** [[Kim Chul-soo (footballer)|Kim Chul-soo]], South Korean footballer
* [[July 7]]
** [[Li Hongzhi]], Chinese-American founder, spiritual leader of Falun Gong
** [[Alain Cortes]], French modern pentathlete
* [[July 8]]
** [[Ahmed Nazif]], [[Prime Minister of Egypt]]
** [[Knud Arne Jürgensen]], Danish music, theater and ballet historian
* [[July 10]] 
** [[Evelio Leonardia]], Filipino politician
** [[Anam Ramanarayana Reddy]], Indian politician
* [[July 11]] – [[Stephen Lang]], American actor
* [[July 12]]
** [[Irina Bokova]], Bulgarian diplomat and civil servant
** [[Voja Antonić]], [[Serbia]]n inventor, writer
** [[Liz Mitchell]], [[Jamaica]]n-born singer ([[Boney M.]])
* [[July 13]] – [[Ricardo Boechat]], Argentine-Brazilian journalist, anchor and radio announcer (d. [[2019]])
* [[July 15]]
** [[Yuriko Koike]], Japanese politician ([[Governor of Tokyo]])
** [[Terry O'Quinn]], American actor
** [[Marky Ramone]], American musician
* [[July 16]] – [[Stewart Copeland]], American rock musician ([[The Police]])
* [[July 17]] – [[David Hasselhoff]], American actor (''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'')
* [[July 18]] – [[Albert Camille Vital]], Malagasy Army officer, politician and civil engineer
* [[July 19]] – [[Allen Collins]], American rock musician ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]) (d. [[1990]])
* [[July 21]] – [[Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah]], Malaysian Minister of Finance
* [[July 24]]
** [[Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan]], Bangladeshi military officer, writer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Gus Van Sant]], American film director
* [[July 25]] – [[Eduardo Souto de Moura]], Portuguese Architect
* [[July 26]] – [[Hezi Leskali]], Israeli poet and artist (d. [[1994]])
* [[July 28]] – [[Vajiralongkorn]], [[Monarchy of Thailand|King of Thailand]] ([[Rama (Kings of Thailand)|Rama X]])
* [[July 31]] – [[João Barreiros]], Portuguese author

=== August ===
[[File:Moya Brennan - backstage at Glastonbury 2011.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Moya Brennan]]]]
[[File:Zoran Djindjic Cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zoran Đinđić]]]]
[[File:Hun Sen (2018) cropped (2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hun Sen]]]]
[[File:11scenestrummer09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Strummer]]]]
[[File:Patrick Swayze 2006.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Patrick Swayze]]]]
[[File:Michael Jeter at the 44th Emmy Awards cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Jeter]]]]
[[File:Paul Reubens by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paul Reubens]]]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Zoran Đinđić]], Serbian politician (d. [[2003]])
** [[Brian Patrick Clarke]], American film actor
* [[August 3]] – [[Osvaldo Ardiles]], Argentine footballer
* [[August 4]] 
** [[Estanislau da Silva]], East Timorese politician
** [[Moya Brennan]], Irish singer
* [[August 5]]
** [[Hun Sen]], [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] 
** [[Louis Walsh]], Irish music producer, reality TV show judge
* [[August 6]] – [[Wojciech Fortuna]], Polish ski jumper
* [[August 8]] – [[Jostein Gaarder]], Norwegian author
* [[August 12]] – [[Charlie Whiting]], British motorsports director (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/formula-one/article/charlie-whiting-obituary-d8tlqkhtl|title=Charlie Whiting obituary|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=15 March 2019|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – [[Jeanette Oppenheim]], Danish lawyer and politician
* [[August 16]] – [[Reginald VelJohnson]], American actor
* [[August 17]] – [[Guillermo Vilas]], Argentine tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/V028/overview|title=Guillermo Vilas|website=ATP|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] – [[Patrick Swayze]], American actor and dancer (d. [[2009]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Jonathan Frakes]], American actor (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
* [[August 21]]
** [[Joe Strummer]], British rock musician (''[[The Clash]]'') (d. [[2002]])
** [[Jiří Paroubek]], 6th [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]]
* [[August 24]] – [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]], Jamaican-born musician, poet
* [[August 25]] – [[Charles M. Rice]], American virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] recipient
* [[August 26]]
** [[Bryon Baltimore]], Canadian ice hockey player
** [[Michael Jeter]], American film, stage, and television actor (d. [[2003]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Paul Reubens]], American actor, writer and comedian (''[[Pee-Wee Herman]]'') (d. [[2023]])
* [[August 28]] 
** [[Rita Dove]], American poet ([[1987 Pulitzer Prize]], [[United States Poet Laureate]] 1993–95)
** [[Wendelin Wiedeking]], German businessman
* [[August 31]] 
** [[Eli Gorenstein]], Israeli actor, voice actor and cellist
** [[Hilary Farr]], British-Canadian actress, designer

=== September ===
[[File:Rishi Kapoor headshot.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rishi Kapoor]]]]
[[File:NeilPeart (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Neil Peart]]]]
[[File:Nile rodgers-1547297980.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nile Rodgers]]]]
[[File:Zelaya en Brasil Agosto 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Manuel Zelaya]]]]
[[File:C Reeve in Marriage of Figaro Opening night 1985.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christopher Reeve]]]]
*[[September 2]]
** [[Jimmy Connors]], American tennis player
** [[Yuen Wah]] – Hong Kong martial actor
* [[September 4]] – [[Rishi Kapoor]], Indian actor (d. [[2020]])
* [[September 6]] – [[Lucky Enam]], Bangladeshi actress
* [[September 8]] – [[Patrick Prosser]], Scottish computer scientist
* [[September 10]] – [[Paulo Betti]], Brazilian actor
* [[September 12]]
** [[Sergey Karaganov]], Russian political scientist
** [[Neil Peart]], Canadian rock drummer (''[[Rush (band)|Rush]]'') (d. [[2020]])
* [[September 16]] 
** [[Karen Muir]], South African swimmer (d. [[2013]])
** [[Fatos Nano]], Albanian prime minister
** [[Mickey Rourke]], American film actor, former boxer
* [[September 17]] – [[Harold Solomon]], American tennis player
* [[September 18]] – [[Nile Rodgers]], African-American musician, songwriter, composer, and guitarist
* [[September 20]] – [[Manuel Zelaya]], [[President of Honduras]]
* [[September 21]] – [[Anneliese Michel]], German Roman Catholic believed possessed by demons (d. [[1976]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Oliver Mtukudzi]], Zimbabwean musician (d. [[2019]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Kim Duk-soo]], Korean musician
* [[September 25]] – [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor, activist (''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'') (d. [[2004]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Predrag Miletić]], Serbian actor
* [[September 27]] – [[Didier Dubois (mathematician)|Didier Dubois]], French mathematician
* [[September 28]] – [[Sylvia Kristel]], Dutch actress (d. [[2012]])
* [[September 30]] – [[Jack Wild]], English actor (''[[H.R. Pufnstuf]]'') (d. [[2006]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jack-wild-6107855.html |title=Jack Wild |first=Tom|last=Vallance|date=3 March 2006 |work=The Independent}}</ref>

=== October ===
[[File:Imran Khan - portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Imran Khan]]]]
[[File:Vladimir Putin (2017-07-08).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vladimir Putin]]]]
[[File:Verónica Castro en compañía en la 4ª Entrega del Premio Iberoamericano de Cine (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Verónica Castro]]]]
[[File:Jeff Goldblum by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeff Goldblum]]]]
[[File:Roberto Benigni-5274.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Roberto Benigni]]]]
* [[October 5]]
** [[Clive Barker]], British author
** [[Harold Faltermeyer]], German musician
** [[Imran Khan]], former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] and cricketer
** [[Emomali Rahmon]], President of Tajikistan
** [[Duncan Regehr]], Canadian actor
* [[October 6]] – [[Matthew Sweeney]], Irish poet (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 7]]
** [[Ivo Gregurević]], Croatian actor (d. [[2019]])
** [[Mary Badham]], American actress
** [[Vladimir Putin]], [[President of Russia]]
** [[Ludmilla Tourischeva]], Soviet gymnast
** [[Ricky Phillips]], American musician
* [[October 9]] 
** [[Sharon Osbourne]], British actress, TV host and author
** [[Dennis Stratton]], British musician
* [[October 12]] – [[Advent Bangun]], Indonesian karateka, actor (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 13]] – [[John Lone]], Hong Kong actor
* [[October 14]] 
** [[Kaija Saariaho]], Finnish composer (d. [[2023]])
** [[Harry Anderson]], American actor, comedian and magician (d. [[2018]])
** [[Nikolai Andrianov]], Soviet gymnast (d. [[2011]])
** [[Rick Aviles]], American actor and stand-up comedian (d. [[1995]])
* [[October 18]] – [[Chuck Lorre]], American sitcom creator
* [[October 19]] – [[Verónica Castro]], Mexican actress, entertainer
* [[October 20]] – [[Eliane Giardini]], Brazilian actress
* [[October 22]] – [[Jeff Goldblum]], American actor
* [[October 23]] – [[Steven Tandy]], Australian stage, television and film actor
* [[October 24]] – [[David Weber]], American science-fiction, fantasy author
* [[October 26]] – [[Andrew Motion]], English poet<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's People of Today 2005|year=2005|edition=18th|isbn=1-870520-10-6|publisher=[[Debrett's]]|page=1176}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] 
** [[Roberto Benigni]], Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director
** [[Hazell Dean]], British pop, dance musician
** [[Francis Fukuyama]], American political scientist
** [[Topi Sorsakoski]], Finnish singer
* [[October 28]] – [[Annie Potts]], American actress

===November===
[[File:Roseanne Barr Utah Pride Festival 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Roseanne Barr]]]]
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[[File:WWF Champion Randy Savage running.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Randy Savage]]]]
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* [[November 3]]
** [[David Ho (scientist)|David Ho]], Taiwanese-American [[AIDS]] researcher
** [[Michael Shea (actor)|Michael Shea]], American child actor
** [[Roseanne Barr]], American actress, comedian (''[[Roseanne]]'')
** [[Jim Cummings]], American voice actor
* [[November 4]] – [[Jeff Lorber]], American jazz keyboardist, composer and record producer
* [[November 5]]
** [[Abdul Razzaq Anjum]], Pakistani Air Vice Marshal (d. [[2003]])
** [[Oleh Blokhin]], Ukrainian football player and manager
** [[Brian Muehl]], American puppeteer
** [[Bill Walton]], American basketball player, commentator
* [[November 6]] – [[Michael Cunningham]], American writer
* [[November 7]]
** [[Geraldo Alckmin]], Brazilian politician 
** [[David Petraeus]], American general
* [[November 8]]
** [[Jan Raas]], Dutch professional cyclist
** [[Alfre Woodard]], African-American actress, producer and political activist
* [[November 9]] – [[Gladys Requena]], Venezuelan politician
* [[November 13]] – [[Art Malik]], Pakistani-born British actor
* [[November 14]] – [[Maggie Roswell]], American actress
* [[November 15]] – [[Randy Savage]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2011]])
* [[November 16]] – [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], Japanese game designer
* [[November 17]]
** [[Ties Kruize]], Dutch field hockey player
** [[Cyril Ramaphosa]], President of South Africa
* [[November 18]] 
** [[Delroy Lindo]], British actor 
** [[John Parr]], English singer, songwriter and guitarist
** [[León Zuleta]], Colombian LGBT activist and writer
* [[November 23]] – [[Sharon O'Neill]], New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist
* [[November 24]] – [[Ilja Richter]], German actor, voice actor, television presenter, singer and author
* [[November 28]] – [[S. Epatha Merkerson]], African-American actress (''[[Law & Order (franchise)|Law and Order]]'') 
* [[November 29]] – [[John D. Barrow]], English cosmologist, theoretical physicist and mathematician (d. [[2020]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Mandy Patinkin]], American actor and singer

=== December ===
[[File:Michael Dorn (48649696627).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Michael Dorn]]]]
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[[File:Allan Simonsen 20121027.JPG|100px|thumb|[[Allan Simonsen]]]]
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* [[December 1]]
** [[Rick Scott]], American politician, 45th [[Governor of Florida]], [[U.S. Senator]] (Florida)
** [[Pegi Young]], American singer, songwriter, educator, and philanthropist (d. [[2019]])
* [[December 3]] 
** [[Bruno Jonas]], German Kabarett artist, actor
** [[Mel Smith]], British comedian (d. [[2013]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/mel-smith | title=Mel Smith | date=July 22, 2013 }}</ref>
** [[Wan Azizah Wan Ismail]], Malaysian politician
* [[December 6]]
** [[Nicolas Bréhal]], French novelist, literary critic
** [[Edward Etzel]], American Olympic shooter
** [[Christian Kulik]], Polish football player
* [[December 8]] – [[Khaw Boon Wan]], Singaporean politician
* [[December 9]] – [[Michael Dorn]], African-American actor (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
* [[December 12]]
** [[Herb Dhaliwal|Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal]], Canadian politician
** [[Sarah Douglas (actress)|Sarah Douglas]], English actress
* [[December 15]]
** [[Julie Taymor]], American film, stage and opera director, costume designer
** [[Hwang Woo-suk]], South Korean [[biomedical scientist]]
** [[Allan Simonsen]], Danish footballer and coach
* [[December 16]] – [[Joel Garner]], West Indian cricketer
* [[December 20]]
** [[Jenny Agutter]], English actress
** [[Faisal Al-Fayez]], Prime Minister of Jordan
** [[Ray Bumatai]], American actor, musician, singer and recording artist (d. [[2005]])
* [[December 25]] – [[Youssouf Ouédraogo]], 6th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (d. [[2017]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Riki Sorsa]], Finnish singer (d. [[2016]])
* [[December 27]]
** [[David Knopfler]], British musician
** [[Tovah Feldshuh]], American actress
* [[December 28]] – [[Arun Jaitley]], Indian politician (d. [[2019]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Külliki Saldre]], Estonian actress
* [[December 30]] – [[June Anderson]], American soprano

==Deaths==

===January===
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* [[January 1]] – [[Henri Albert Hartmann]], French surgeon (b. [[1860]])
* [[January 4]] – [[Constant Permeke]], Belgian painter (b. [[1886]])
* [[January 5]] – [[Hristo Tatarchev]], Bulgarian revolutionary (b. [[1869]])
* [[January 8]] – [[Antonia Maury]], American astronomer (b. [[1866]])
* [[January 11]] – [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], French general, posthumous [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1889]])
* [[January 18]] – [[Curly Howard]], American actor and comedian (''The Three Stooges'') (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 19]] – [[Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[January 25]] 
** [[Sveinn Björnsson]], 1st [[President of Iceland]] (b. [[1881]])
** [[François Gagnepain]], French botanist (b. [[1866]])
** [[Polly Moran]], American actress (b. [[1883]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Khorloogiin Choibalsan]], Prime Minister of the [[Mongolian People's Republic]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Fannie Ward]], American actress (b. [[1872]])
* [[January 28]]
** [[Thomas Hicks (athlete)|Thomas Hicks]], American runner (b. [[1876]])
** [[Nicolae Constantin Batzaria]], Ottoman statesman, Romanian writer (b. [[1874]])

===February===
[[File:King George VI LOC matpc.14736 (cleaned) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|King [[George VI]]]]
[[File:Hamsun bldsa HA0341.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Knut Hamsun]]]]
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* [[February 2]] – [[Charles de Rochefort]], French actor (b. [[1879]])
* [[February 3]] – [[Harold L. Ickes]], [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (b. [[1874]])
* [[February 6]] – King [[George VI|George VI of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Philip G. Epstein]], American screenwriter (b. [[1909]])
* [[February 11]] – [[Matija Murko]], Yugoslav scholar (b. [[1861]])
* [[February 14]] – [[Molly Malone (actress)|Molly Malone]], American actress (b. [[1888]])
* [[February 17]] – [[Edvige Carboni]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] laywoman, mystic and venerable (b. [[1880]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Enrique Jardiel Poncela]], Spanish playwright and novelist (b. [[1901]])
* [[February 19]]
** [[Lawrence Grant]], British actor (b. [[1870]])
** [[Knut Hamsun]], Norwegian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1859]])
* [[February 20]] – [[Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola]], 28th [[President of Ecuador]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[February 21]] – [[Francis Xavier Ford]], American [[Roman Catholic]] bishop, missionary, servant of God and reverend (b. [[1892]])
* [[February 26]]
** [[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek general and politician, dictator and [[List of heads of state of Greece|President of Greece]] (b. [[1878]])
** [[Josef Thorak]], Austrian-born German sculptor (b. [[1889]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Albert Forster]], [[Gauleiter]] of [[Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia|Danzig]] during WW2 executed for war crimes (b. [[1902]])

===March===
[[File:Charles Scott Sherrington2.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Charles Scott Sherrington]]]]
[[File:Aleksandra Kollontai.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Alexandra Kollontai]]]]
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* [[March 1]] 
** [[Masao Kume]], Japanese playwright, novelist and poet (b. [[1891]])
** [[Gregory La Cava]], American film director (b. [[1892]])
* [[March 5]] – [[Charles Scott Sherrington|Sir Charles Sherrington]], British physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1857]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], Indian guru (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 9]] – [[Alexandra Kollontai]], Russian revolutionary (b. [[1872]])
* [[March 12]] – [[Hugh Herbert]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1885]])
* [[March 13]] – [[Võ Thị Sáu]], Vietnamese schoolgirl (b. [[1933]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Robert Guérin]], French administrator, 1st [[President of FIFA]] (b. [[1876]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Andries Jan Pieters]], Dutch criminal (b. [[1916]])
* [[March 22]] – [[D. S. Senanayake]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka|Prime Minister of Ceylon]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[March 26]] – [[J. P. McGowan|J.P. McGowan]], Australian actor and director (b. [[1880]])
* [[March 30]] – Sir [[Jigme Wangchuck]], [[King of Bhutan]] (b. [[1905]])
* [[March 31]]
** [[Walter Schellenberg]], German Nazi intelligence official (b. [[1910]])
** [[Roland West]], American film director (b. [[1885]])
** [[Wallace H. White, Jr.]], American politician (b. [[1877]])

===April===
[[File:Ferenc Molnár 1941.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Ferenc Molnár]]]]
* [[April 1]] – [[Ferenc Molnár]], Hungarian novelist and dramatist (b. [[1878]])
* [[April 2]] – [[Julio Enrique Moreno]], acting [[President of Ecuador]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[April 3]] – [[Miina Sillanpää]], Finnish politician (b. [[1866]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Charles Collett]], British chief mechanical engineer ([[Great Western Railway]]) (b. [[1871]])
* [[April 8]] – [[Tadeusz Estreicher]], Polish cryogenics pioneer (b. [[1871]])
* [[April 15]] – [[Viktor Chernov]], Russian revolutionary, leader of the [[Socialist Revolutionary Party|Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party]] (b. [[1873]])
*[[April 21]]
** [[Leslie Banks]], British actor (b. [[1890]])
** Sir [[Stafford Cripps]], British Labour politician, former [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. [[1889]])
* [[April 27]] – [[Guido Castelnuovo]], Italian mathematician (b. [[1865]])
* [[April 29]] – [[Manuel Portela Valladares]], Spanish political figure (b. [[1868]])

===May===
[[File:Maria Montessori1913.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Maria Montessori]]]]
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* [[May 2]] – [[Matrona Nikonova]], Soviet [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] nun and saint (b. [[1881]])
* [[May 5]] – [[Alberto Savinio]], Italian writer (b. [[1891]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Maria Montessori]], Italian educator (b. [[1870]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Juan Bautista Pérez]], Venezuelan lawyer, magistrate and politician, 43rd [[President of Venezuela]] (b. [[1869]])
* [[May 8]] – [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]], Austro-Hungarian-born film producer (b. [[1879]])
* [[May 9]] – [[Canada Lee]], American actor and boxer (b. [[1907]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Clark L. Hull]], American psychologist (b. [[1884]])
* [[May 11]] – [[Giovanni Tebaldini]], Italian composer (b. [[1864]])
* [[May 15]] 
** [[Albert Bassermann]], German actor (b. [[1867]])
** [[Italo Montemezzi]], Italian composer (b. [[1875]])
* [[May 21]] – [[John Garfield]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Georg Schumann (composer)|Georg Schumann]], German composer (b. [[1866]])

===June===
[[File:John Dewey cph.3a51565.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[John Dewey]]]]
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[[File:Felix-Louis Calonder.gif|thumb|100px|right|[[Felix Calonder]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[John Dewey]], American philosopher (b. [[1859]])
** [[Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)|Malcolm St. Clair]], American filmmaker (b. [[1897]])
* [[June 8]] – [[Sergey Merkurov]], Soviet sculptor (b. [[1881]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Luigi Puccianti]], Italian physicist (b. [[1875]])
* [[June 10]] 
** [[Hilda Hongell]], Finnish architect (b. [[1867]])
** [[Frances Theodora Parsons]], American naturalist (b. [[1861]])
* [[June 12]] – [[Michael von Faulhaber]], German Cardinal Archbishop of Munich (b. [[1869]])<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-von-Faulhaber| title = Michael von Faulhaber German cardinal| date = March 2024}}</ref>
* [[June 13]] – [[Emma Eames]], American soprano (b. [[1865]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Felix Calonder]], Swiss politician, 36th [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (b. [[1863]])
* [[June 15]] – [[Krystyna Skarbek]] (aka Christine Granville), Polish-born British SOE operative during World War II (b. [[1908]])
* [[June 17]] – [[Jack Parsons (rocket engineer)|Jack Parsons]], American rocket engineer (b. [[1914]])
* [[June 21]] – [[Wop May]], Canadian World War I pilot (d. [[1896]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wilfrid-reid-may|title=Wop May|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref>
* [[June 24]] – [[George Pearce|Sir George Pearce]], Australian politician (b. [[1870]])
* [[June 26]] – [[Theodor Becker (actor)|Theodor Becker]], German actor (b. [[1880]])
* [[June 27]] – [[Elmo Lincoln]], American actor (b. [[1889]])
* [[June 30]] – [[Eugenio de Liguoro]], Italian actor and director (b. [[1899]])

===July===
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[[File:Evita color.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eva Perón]]]]
* [[July 3]] – [[Carl Tanzler]], German-born [[radiology technologist]] (b. [[1877]])
* [[July 4]] – [[Walter Long (actor)|Walter Long]], American actor (b. [[1879]])
* [[July 5]] – [[Alison Skipworth]], British actress (b. [[1863]])
* [[July 10]] – [[Rued Langgaard]], Danish composer and organist (b. [[1893]]) 
* [[July 21]] – [[Pedro Lascuráin]], Mexican diplomat, 34th [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1856]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lifeder.com/pedro-lascurain-paredes/#Muerte|publisher=Lifeder.com|title=Pedro Lascuráin Paredes: biografía y aportaciones|language=es|access-date=May 29, 2019|trans-title=Pedro Lascuráin Paredes: biography and contributions}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] 
** [[Edward Ellis (actor)|Edward Ellis]], American actor (b. [[1870]])
** [[Eva Perón]], Argentine political leader, and First Lady to and partner in power of President [[Juan Perón]] (b. [[1919]])
* [[July 31]] – [[Waldemar Bonsels]], German writer (b. [[1880]])

===August===
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[[File:Hiranuma Kiichiro.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hiranuma Kiichirō]]]]
* [[August 2]] – [[J. Farrell MacDonald]], American actor (b. [[1875]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Sameera Moussa]], Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. [[1917]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Francis Pegahmagabow]], Canadian military officer (b. [[1889]])
* [[August 12]] – [[Peretz Markish]], Soviet-born Israeli poet (b. [[1895]])
* [[August 18]] 
** [[Alberto Hurtado]], Chilean [[Jesuit]] priest and saint (b. [[1901]])
** [[Ralph Byrd]], American actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[August 22]] – [[Hiranuma Kiichirō]], Japanese politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Euphrasia Eluvathingal]], Indian [[Carmelite]] nun and saint (b. [[1877]])

===September===
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[[File:Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|[[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]]]]
* [[September 6]] 
** [[José Vicente de Freitas]], Portuguese military officer and politician, 98th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (b. [[1869]])
** [[Gertrude Lawrence]], English actress (b. [[1898]])
* [[September 9]] – [[Jonas H. Ingram]], American admiral (b. [[1886]])
* [[September 16]] – [[Hugo Raudsepp]], Estonian playwright (b. [[1883]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]], Finnish jurist and academic, 1st [[President of Finland]] (b. [[1865]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxzVAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Americana Corporation|isbn=978-0-7172-0107-5|page=559}}</ref>
* [[September 26]] – [[George Santayana]], Spanish writer (b. [[1863]])
* [[September 30]] – [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor]], American businessman and politician (b. [[1879]])

===October===
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[[File:Studio publicity Hattie McDaniel.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hattie McDaniel]]]]
[[File:Billy Hughes 1919.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Billy Hughes]]]]
* [[October 4]] 
** [[Keith Murdoch|Sir Keith Murdoch]], Australian journalist (b. [[1885]])
** [[Sylvia Beach]], American publisher (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{cite book |first=Bruce |last=Kellner |title=A Gertrude Stein Companion: Content with the Example |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ui7uAAAAMAAJ |year=1988 |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |isbn=978-0-313-25078-1 |page=153}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – [[Arturo Rawson]], Argentine military officer and politician, 26th [[President of Argentina]] (b. [[1885]])
* [[October 11]] – [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]], American film producer and director (b. [[1886]])
* [[October 19]] 
** [[Edward S. Curtis]], American photographer, ethnologist, and film director (b. [[1868]])
** [[Ernst Streeruwitz]], Austrian businessman and politician, 6th [[Chancellor of Austria]] (b. [[1874]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Basil Radford]], British actor (b. [[1897]])
* [[October 21]] – [[Juan Yagüe]], Spanish general (b. [[1891]])
* [[October 22]] – [[Ernst Rüdin]], Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. [[1874]])
* [[October 23]] – [[Susan Peters]], American actress (b. [[1921]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Sergei Bortkiewicz]], Soviet [[Romantic music|Romantic]] composer and pianist (b. [[1877]])
* [[October 26]] 
** [[Hattie McDaniel]], American actress (b. [[1893]])
** [[Myrtle McAteer]], American tennis player (b. [[1878]])
* [[October 28]] – [[Billy Hughes]], Australian politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1862]])

===November===
[[File:Harold Innis public-domain library archives-canada.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Harold Innis]]]]
[[File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - President Chaim Weizmann.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chaim Weizmann]]]]
* [[November 1]] – [[Dixie Lee]], American singer (b. [[1909]])
* [[November 2]] 
** [[Mehmet Esat Bülkat]], Ottoman general (b. [[1862]])
** [[Henry Edwards (actor)|Henry Edwards]], British actor (b. [[1882]])
* [[November 3]] – [[Louis Verneuil]], French playwright and screenwriter (b. [[1893]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Harold Innis]], Canadian communications scholar (b. [[1894]])
* [[November 9]] – [[Chaim Weizmann]], Jewish biochemist, Zionist leader and Israeli statesman, 1st [[President of Israel]] (b. [[1874]])
* [[November 15]] 
** [[Vasyl Krychevsky]], Ukrainian painter (b. [[1873]])
** [[Vincent Scotto]], French composer (b. [[1874]])
* [[November 18]] – [[Paul Éluard|Paul Eluard]], French poet (b. [[1895]])
* [[November 20]] – [[Benedetto Croce]], Italian critic, philosopher, and politician (b. [[1866]])
* [[November 21]] – [[Henriette Roland Holst]], Dutch poet and socialist (b. [[1869]])
* [[November 22]] – [[Otto Dietrich]], Nazi SS General (b. [[1897]])  
* [[November 25]] – [[Antonio Guarnieri]], Italian conductor (b. [[1880]])
* [[November 26]] – [[Sven Hedin]], Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician (b. [[1865]])
* [[November 28]] – [[Elena of Montenegro]], Queen of Italy, consort of [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|Victor Emmanuel III]] (b. [[1869]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Vladimir Ipatieff]], Soviet chemist (b. [[1867]])

===December===
[[File:VittorioEmanuelleOrlando28379v.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vittorio Emanuele Orlando]]]]
[[File:Karen Horney 1938.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Karen Horney]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Vittorio Emanuele Orlando]], Italian statesman, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. [[1860]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Vladimír Clementis]], Czechoslovak minister, politician, publicist, literary critic and author (b. [[1902]])
* [[December 4]] 
** [[Giuseppe Antonio Borgese]], Italian writer and journalist (b. [[1882]])
** [[Karen Horney]], German psychoanalyst (b. [[1885]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Charles Lightoller]], British merchant marine officer, second officer of [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] (b. [[1874]])
* [[December 12]] 
** [[Billy Cook (criminal)|Billy Cook]], American criminal (b. [[1928]])
** [[Bedřich Hrozný|Bedrich Hrozný]], Czech orientalist and linguist (b. [[1879]])
* [[December 14]]
** [[Teixeira de Pascoaes]], Portuguese poet (b. [[1877]])
** [[Fartein Valen]], Norwegian composer (b. [[1887]])
* [[December 18]] – [[Ernst Stromer]], German paleontologist (b. [[1871]])
* [[December 25]] 
** [[Bernardino Molinari]], Italian conductor (b. [[1880]])
** [[Herman Sörgel]], German architect (b. [[1885]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Henri Winkelman]], Dutch general (b. [[1876]])
* [[December 28]]
** [[Carlo Agostini]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] prelate and reverend (b. [[1871]])
** [[Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], Queen consort of [[Christian X of Denmark]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Fletcher Henderson]], American musician (b. [[1897]])

==Nobel Prizes==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Felix Bloch]], [[Edward Mills Purcell]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Archer John Porter Martin]], [[Richard Laurence Millington Synge]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Selman Waksman|Selman Abraham Waksman]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[François Mauriac]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Albert Schweitzer]]

== References ==
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