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| footer = From top to bottom, left to right: Soviet cosmonaut [[Yuri Gagarin]] becomes the first human in space aboard [[Vostok 1]], intensifying the [[Space Race]]; the [[Tsar Bomba]] is detonated by the [[Soviet Union]], the most powerful nuclear test ever; the failed [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] sees U.S.-backed exiles attempt to overthrow [[Fidel Castro]]; the [[Berlin Wall]] is built by [[East Germany]], dividing the city during the [[Cold War]] and heightening the [[Berlin Crisis of 1961]]; Dominican dictator [[Rafael Trujillo]] is assassinated; [[Sabena Flight 548]] crashes near Brussels, killing the U.S. figure skating team; the [[Freedom Riders]] face violent attacks in [[Alabama]]; the [[Eritrean War of Independence]] begins; and the [[Portuguese Colonial War]] erupts in Africa.
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==Events==
===January===
{{Main|January 1961}}
* [[January 1]] – [[Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961|Monetary reform in the Soviet Union]].
* [[January 3]]
**
** [[Aero Flight 311]] (Koivulahti air disaster): [[Douglas DC-3]]C OH-LCC of Finnish airline [[Finnair|Aero]] crashes near [[Kvevlax]] (Koivulahti), on approach to [[Vaasa Airport]] in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to [[pilot error]]: an investigation finds that the [[Captain (civil aviation)|captain]] and [[First officer (civil aviation)|first officer]] were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country.
* [[January 5]]
** Italian sculptor [[Alfredo Fioravanti]] enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the [[Etruscan terracotta warriors]] in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].
** After the [[1960 Turkish coup d'état|1960 military coup]], General [[Cemal Gürsel]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (25th government).
* [[January 7]] – Following a four-day conference in [[Casablanca]], five African chiefs of state announce plans for a [[NATO]]-type African organization to ensure common defense. The Charter of Casablanca involves the [[Casablanca Group]]: [[Morocco]], the [[United Arab Republic]], [[Ghana]], [[Guinea]], and [[Mali]].
* [[January 8]] – In France, a [[French referendum on Algerian self-determination, 1961|referendum]] supports [[Charles de Gaulle]]'s policies on independence for [[Algeria]].
* [[January 9]] – British authorities announce they have uncovered a large [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Espionage|spy ring]], the [[Portland spy ring]], in London.
* [[January 17]]
** President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] gives his final [[State of the Union Address]] to Congress. In a Farewell Address the same day, he warns of the increasing power of a "[[military–industrial complex]]."
** [[Patrice Lumumba]] of the [[Republic of Congo]] is assassinated.
* [[January 23]] – [[Congress of Venezuela]] adopts a [[Constitution of Venezuela (1961)|new constitution]] (in force until 1999).
* [[January 24]] – [[1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash]]: A [[B-52 Stratofortress]], carrying two [[nuclear bomb]]s, crashes near [[Goldsboro, North Carolina]].
* [[January 25]]
**
** Acting to halt 'leftist excesses', a [[Military dictatorship|junta]] composed of two army officers and four civilians takes over [[El Salvador]], ousting another junta that had ruled for three months.
* [[January 27]] – [[Soviet submarine S-80|Soviet submarine ''S-80'']] sinks in the [[Barents Sea]], killing all 68 crew.
* [[January 28]] – ''[[Supercar (TV series)|Supercar]]'', the first family sci-fi TV series filmed in [[Supermarionation]], debuts on [[Associated Television|ATV]] in the UK.
* [[January 30]] – President [[John F. Kennedy]] delivers his first [[State of the Union Address]].
* [[January 31]] – [[Ham (chimpanzee)|Ham]], a 37-pound (17-kg) male chimpanzee, is rocketed into space aboard [[Mercury-Redstone 2]], in a test of the [[Project Mercury]] spacecraft, designed to carry United States [[astronaut]]s into space.
===February===
{{Main|February 1961}}
* [[February 1]] – The United States tests its first [[Minuteman I]] intercontinental ballistic missile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spp.fas.org/military/program/6555th/6555c3-8.htm|title=The 6555th, Chapter III, Section 8, The Minuteman Ballistic Missile Test Program|website=spp.fas.org}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – The [[Portuguese Colonial War]] begins in [[Angola]].
* [[February
* [[February 9]] – [[The Beatles at The Cavern Club]]: Lunchtime – [[The Beatles]] perform under this name at [[The Cavern Club]] for the first time following their return to [[Liverpool]] from [[Hamburg]], [[George Harrison]]'s first appearance at the venue. On March 21 they begin regular performances here.
* [[February 12]] – The [[USSR]] launches ''[[Venera 1]]'' towards [[Venus]].
* [[February 13]] – The [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo]] government announces that villagers have killed [[Patrice Lumumba]].
* [[February
* [[February 15]]
** United States President [[John F. Kennedy]] warns the [[Soviet Union]] to avoid interfering with the [[United Nations]]' pacification of the [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Selected+Milestones+in+the+Presidency+of+John+F.+Kennedy.htm |title=Selected Milestones of the Kennedy Presidency – John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum |publisher=Jfklibrary.org |access-date=2012-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521194254/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical%2BResources/Archives/Reference%2BDesk/Selected%2BMilestones%2Bin%2Bthe%2BPresidency%2Bof%2BJohn%2BF.%2BKennedy.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2010 }}</ref>
** [[Sabena Flight 548]] crashes near [[Brussels]], Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States [[figure skating]] team and several coaches.
** American soul singer [[Jackie Wilson]] is shot and seriously wounded at his [[Manhattan]] apartment by jealous girlfriend Juanita Jones (claimed publicly to be an obsessive fan).<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Robinson|first=Major|date=1961-03-02|title=Rock 'N' Roll Idol Jackie Wilson Felled By Fan's Gun|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QrEDAAAAMBAJ&q=jackie+wilson+jet+1961&pg=PA60|magazine=Jet|pages=60–62}}</ref>
** The total [[solar eclipse of February 15, 1961]], visible in the southern part of Europe, occurs.
* [[February 26]] – [[Hassan II of Morocco|Hassan II]] is pronounced King of [[Morocco]].
===March===
{{Main|March 1961}}
* [[March]]–[[April]] – Drilling for [[Project Mohole]] is undertaken off the coast of [[Guadalupe Island]], Mexico.
* [[March
* [[March
* [[March 8]]
** [[Max Conrad]] circumnavigates the earth by light plane in 8 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes, setting a new world record.
** The first U.S. [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris]] [[submarine]]s arrive at [[Holy Loch]] in Scotland.
* [[March 11]] – "[[Barbie]]" gets a boyfriend, when the "[[Ken (doll)|Ken]]" doll is introduced in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robin Gerber|title=Barbie Forever: Her Inspiration, History, and Legacy (Official 60th Anniversary Collection)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Boi4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Epic Ink|isbn=978-0-7603-6577-9|pages=177}}</ref>
* [[March 13]]
** [[1961 Kurenivka mudslide]]: A dam bursts in [[Kiev]], [[USSR]], killing 145.
** United States delegate to the [[United Nations Security Council]] Adlai Stevenson votes against Portuguese policies in Africa.
** United States President [[John F. Kennedy]] proposes a long-term "[[Alliance for Progress]]", between the United States and Latin America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Selected+Milestones+in+the+Presidency+of+John+F.+Kennedy.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521194254/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical%2BResources/Archives/Reference%2BDesk/Selected%2BMilestones%2Bin%2Bthe%2BPresidency%2Bof%2BJohn%2BF.%2BKennedy.htm|url-status= dead|title=JFK Library.org|archive-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref>
** [[Cyprus]] joins the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], becoming the first small country in the Commonwealth.<ref>{{cite journal|last=McIntyre|first=W. David|author-link=W. David McIntyre|date=April 2008|title=The Expansion of the Commonwealth and the Criteria for Membership|journal=[[The Round Table Journal|Round Table]]|volume=97|issue=395|pages=273–85|doi=10.1080/00358530801962089|s2cid=219623317}}</ref>
** Black and white [[£5 note]]s cease to be [[legal tender]] in the UK.
** [[Monash University]] in Melbourne, Australia takes in its first students.
** A second [[B-52]] [[1961 Yuba City B-52 crash|crashes]] near [[Yuba City, California]], after cabin pressure is lost and the fuel runs out. Two [[nuclear weapon]]s are found unexploded.
* [[March 15]]
** South Africa announces it will withdraw from the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], upon becoming a republic (31 May). The nation rejoins the organization in [[1994]].
** The [[Union of Peoples of Angola]], led by [[Holden Roberto]], attacks strategic locations in the north of [[Angola]]. These events result in the beginning of the colonial war with Portugal.
* [[March 18]]
** A [[ceasefire]] takes effect in the [[Algerian War of Independence]].
** "[[Nous les amoureux]]" sung by [[Jean-Claude Pascal]] (music by Jacques Datin, lyrics by Maurice Vidalin) wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1961]] (staged in Cannes) for [[Luxembourg]].
* [[March 29]] – The [[Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified, allowing residents of [[Washington, D.C.]] to vote in [[President of the United States|presidential]] elections.
* [[March 30]] – The [[Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs]] is signed at New York.
===April===
{{Main|April 1961}}
[[File:Gagarin in Sweden.jpg|thumbnail|upright|right|April 12: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to fly in outer space]]
* [[April
* [[April 8]] – [[British India Steam Navigation Company]] passenger ship ''{{MV|Dara}}'' blows up and sinks off Dubai; 238 passengers and crew are killed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Court Finds Bomb Sank Liner With 238 in Persian Gulf|newspaper=Toledo Blade|date=April 19, 1962|page=22}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – South African golfer [[Gary Player]] becomes the first non-American to win the [[Masters Tournament]].<ref name=Gem>{{cite book|first=Nigel|last=Gross|display-authors=etal|title=Collins Gem 1960s|publisher=HarperCollins|___location=London|year=1999|isbn=0-00-472310-4}}</ref>
* [[April
* [[April 12]]
** ''[[Vostok 1]]'': Soviet [[cosmonaut]] [[Yuri Gagarin]] becomes the first human in space, orbiting the Earth once before parachuting to the ground.
** [[Albert Kalonji]] takes the title ''Emperor Albert I Kalonji'' of [[South Kasai]].
* [[April 13]] – In Portugal, a [[coup]] attempt against [[António de Oliveira Salazar]] fails.
* [[April 17]]
** The U.S.-backed [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] of [[Cuba]] begins; it fails by [[April 19]].
** The [[33rd Academy Awards]] ceremony is held in [[Santa Monica, California]]: ''[[The Apartment]]'' (1960) wins most awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].
* [[April 18]] – Portugal sends its first military reinforcement to [[Angola]].
* [[April 20]] – [[Fidel Castro]] announces that the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] has been defeated.
* [[April 22]] – [[Algiers putsch]]: Four French generals who oppose [[Charles de Gaulle|de Gaulle]]'s policies in [[Algeria]] fail in a [[coup]] attempt.
* [[April 23]] – [[Judy Garland]] performs in a legendary comeback concert at [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City.
* [[April 24]] – [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[warship]] ''[[Vasa (ship)|Vasa]]'', sunk on her maiden voyage in [[1628]], is recovered from [[Stockholm]] Harbor.
* [[April 27]]
** [[Sierra Leone]] becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
** President [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] urges newspapers to consider national interest in times of struggle against "a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy", in an address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8093|author=John F. Kennedy|title=The President and the Press. Before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, New York City|date=April 27, 1961|work=The American Presidency Project|access-date=June 5, 2015}}</ref>
===May===
{{Main|May 1961}}
* [[May 1]] – [[National Airlines (1934–1980)|National Airlines]] Flight 337, internal to Florida, is forced by an armed hijacker to fly to Cuba, the first of a spate of such [[aircraft hijacking]]s.<ref>[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610501-1 Aviation Safety Network Hijacking Description.]</ref>
* [[May 4]] – U.S. [[Freedom Riders]] begin interstate bus rides, to test the new [[U.S. Supreme Court]] [[Discrimination|integration]] [[Boynton v. Virginia|decision]].
* [[May 5]] – [[Mercury program]]: [[Alan Shepard]] becomes the first American in space, aboard [[Mercury-Redstone 3]].
* [[May 6]] – [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]] becomes the first team in the 20th century to win the [[Football in England|English]] league and cup double. {{As of|2025}}, this is the last time Tottenham have won the English League.
* [[May 8]] – British intelligence officer [[George Blake]] is sentenced to 42 years imprisonment for spying, having been found guilty of being a [[double agent]] in the pay of the [[Soviet Union]], the longest non-life sentence ever handed down by a British court.
* [[May 9]] – In a speech on "[[Television and the Public Interest]]" to the [[National Association of Broadcasters]] in the United States, [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] chairman [[Newton N. Minow]] describes commercial television programming as a "vast wasteland".
* [[May
* [[May 15]] – [[J. Heinrich Matthaei]] alone performs the Poly-U-Experiment, and is the first person to recognize and understand the [[genetic code]]. This is the birthdate of modern [[genetics]].<ref>[[Hans-Jörg Rheinberger]], "Experimentalsysteme – Eine Geschichte der Proteinsynthese im Reagenzglas" Wallstein; {{ISBN|3-89244-454-4}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – [[Park Chung Hee]] takes over in a military coup, in South Korea.
* [[May 19]] – ''[[Venera 1]]'' becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing [[Venus]] (however, the probe lost contact with Earth a month earlier, and does not send back any data).
* [[May 21]] – [[Civil rights movement]]: [[Alabama]] Governor [[John Malcolm Patterson|John Patterson]] declares [[martial law]] in an attempt to restore order, after [[race riot]]s break out.
* [[May 22]] – [[1961 New South Wales earthquake]].
* [[May 24]] – [[Civil rights movement]]: [[Freedom Riders]] are arrested in [[Jackson, Mississippi]] for "disturbing the peace", after disembarking from their bus.
* [[May 25]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[John F. Kennedy|U.S. President Kennedy]] announces, before a special joint session of Congress, his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.
* [[May 27]] – [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]], Prime Minister of [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], holds a press conference in [[Singapore]], announcing his idea to form the Federation of [[Malaysia]], comprising Malaya, [[Singapore]], [[Sarawak]], [[Brunei]] and North Borneo ([[Sabah]]).
* [[May 28]] – [[Peter Benenson]]'s article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is published in several internationally read newspapers. This is later considered the founding of the [[human rights]] organization [[Amnesty International]].
* [[May 30]] – [[Rafael Leónidas Trujillo]], ruler of the [[Dominican Republic]] since [[1930]], is killed in an ambush.
* [[May 31]]
** In France, rebel generals [[Maurice Challe]] and Andre Zelelr are sentenced to 15 years in prison.
** South Africa becomes a republic, and officially leaves the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
** President [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Charles de Gaulle]] meet in Paris.
** [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] beats [[FC Barcelona]] 3–2 at [[Wankdorf Stadium]], [[Bern]] and wins the [[1960–61 European Cup]] in association football.
===June===
{{Main|June 1961}}
* [[June 1]] – [[Ethiopia]] experiences its most devastating earthquake of the 20th century, with a magnitude of 6.7. The town of [[Majete]] is destroyed, 45% of the houses in [[Karakore]] collapse, {{convert|17|km|mi|sp=us}} of the main road north of Karakore are damaged by landslides and fissures, and 5,000 inhabitants in the area are left homeless.
* [[June 4]] – [[Vienna summit]]: [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]] meet during two days in [[Vienna]]. They discuss nuclear tests, [[disarmament]] and Germany.
* [[June 12]] – A patent for the body electrode invented by Richard M. Berman and Bernard Schwartz is applied for.<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3085577A/en US3085577A].</ref>
* [[June
* [[June 17]]
** A Paris-to-[[Strasbourg]] train derails near [[Vitry-le-François]]; 24 are killed, 109 injured.
** The [[New Democratic Party]] of Canada is founded, with the merger of the [[Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]] (CCF) and the [[Canadian Labour Congress]].
* [[June
* [[June 22]] – [[Moise Tshombe]] is released for lack of evidence of his connection to the murder of [[Patrice Lumumba]].
* [[June 23]] – The [[Antarctic Treaty]] comes into effect.
* [[June 25]] – [[Iraq]]i president [[Abd al-Karim Qasim]] announces his intention to annex newly independent [[Kuwait]] (such an annexation [[Gulf War|will occur]] in [[1990]]).
* [[June 27]] – Kuwait requests British help against the Iraqi threat; the United Kingdom sends in troops.
===July===
{{Main|July 1961}}
* [[July 4]]
* [[July 5]] – The first Israeli rocket, ''[[Shavit 2]]'', is launched.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2007-12-18|url= http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Egypt/Missile/index.html|title=Missile Overview|publisher=Nuclear Threat Initiative|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105202129/http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Egypt/Missile/index.html |archive-date=2008-01-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[July
* [[July 12]]
** A Czechoslovakian [[Ilyushin Il-18]] crashes while attempting to land at [[Casablanca]], Morocco, killing all 72 on board.
** [[Khadakwasla Dam|Two dams]] that supply water to the city of [[Pune]] in India burst, causing the death of more than 1000 residents.
* [[July 19]]
** [[Trans World Airlines]] becomes the first airline to show regularly scheduled movies during its flights, presenting ''[[By Love Possessed (film)|By Love Possessed]]'' to 1st-class passengers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Today in History|newspaper=The Washington Post Express|date=19 July 2011|page=37}}</ref>
** [[Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644]], a [[Douglas DC-6]], encounters severe turbulence not long after takeoff from [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], and crashes, killing all 67 on board.
* [[July 21]] – [[Mercury program]]: [[Gus Grissom]], piloting the [[Mercury-Redstone 4]] spacecraft ''Liberty Bell 7'', becomes the second American to go into space (sub-orbital). After splashdown, the hatch prematurely opens, and the spacecraft sinks (it is recovered in [[1999]]).
* [[July 25]] – U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] gives a widely watched TV speech on the [[Berlin Crisis of 1961|Berlin Crisis]], warning "we will not be driven out of Berlin." Kennedy urges Americans to build fallout shelters, setting off a four-month debate on civil defense.
* [[July 31]]
** At [[Fenway Park]] in [[Boston]], the first [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] tie occurs, when the game is stopped in the 9th inning due to rain (the only tie until [[2002]]).
** [[Ireland]] submits the first application from a non-founding country to join the [[European Economic Community]].
===August===
{{Main|August 1961}}
* [[August
* [[August 1]] – The [[Six Flags Over Texas]] theme park officially opens to the public.
* [[August 6]] – ''[[Vostok 2]]'': Soviet cosmonaut [[Gherman Titov]] becomes the second human to orbit the Earth, and the first to be in outer space for more than one day.
* [[August 7]] – ''Vostok 2'' lands in the Soviet Union.
* [[August 10]] – The United Kingdom applies for membership in the [[European Economic Community]].
* [[August 11]] – An [[Solar eclipse of August 11, 1961|annular solar eclipse]] is visible from the Southern Ocean.
* [[August 13]] – [[Berlin Crisis of 1961]]: Construction of the [[Berlin Wall]] begins, restricting movement between [[East Berlin]] and [[West Berlin]], and forming a clear boundary between West Germany and [[East Germany]], [[Western Europe]] and [[Eastern Europe]]. On August 22 [[Ida Siekmann]] jumps from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to the West, becoming the [[List of deaths at the Berlin Wall|first of at least 138 deaths at the Wall]].
* [[August 21]] – [[Jomo Kenyatta]] is released from prison in [[Kenya]].
* [[August 25]] – [[João Goulart]] replaces [[Jânio Quadros]] as [[President of Brazil]] (he is ousted in [[1964]]).
* [[August 29]] – A French military aircraft clips a cable of the [[aerial tramway]] connecting [[Pointe Helbronner]] and the [[Aiguille du Midi]] in the [[French Alps]]. Three cars of the tramway fall, killing five people, but the remaining 63 cable car passengers are rescued and the pilot lands his plane safely.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jul/01/1|title=21 Dead in French Cable Car Crash|newspaper=The Guardian|___location=London|date=1 July 1999}}</ref>
* [[August 30]] – The [[Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness]] is signed at the United Nations in New York, coming into effect December 13, 1975.<ref>Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier, et al., ''The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) p.435.</ref>
===September===
{{Main|September 1961}}
* [[September 1]]
** The [[Eritrean War of Independence]] begins with the [[Battle of Adal]] in which [[Hamid Idris Awate]] and his companions shoot at Ethiopian police and military. The war will continue until [[1991]].
** The first meeting of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] is held. The Soviet Union resumes nuclear testing, escalating fears over the ongoing [[Berlin Crisis of 1961|Berlin Crisis]].
* [[September 7]] – [[Tom and Jerry]] make a return with their first cartoon short since 1958, ''[[Switchin' Kitten]]''. The new creator, [[Gene Deitch]], makes 12 more Tom and Jerry shorts through 1962.
* [[September 10]] – During the [[1961 Italian Grand Prix|F1 Italian Grand Prix]] on the [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|circuit of Monza]], German [[Wolfgang von Trips]], driving a [[Ferrari]], crashes into a stand, killing 14 spectators and himself.
* [[September
* [[September 12]] – The [[African and Malagasy Union]] is founded.
* [[September 14]]
** The new military government of [[Turkey]] sentences 15 members of the previous government to death.
** The religious [[Focolare Movement]] opens its first North American center in [[New York (state)]].
* [[September 17]]
** Military rulers in [[Turkey]] hang former prime minister [[Adnan Menderes]], together with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Fatin Rüştü Zorlu]] and former Minister of Finance [[Hasan Polatkan]].
** London police arrest over 1,300 protesters in [[Trafalgar Square]] during a [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] rally.<ref name="Chronology">{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|___location=London|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
** The world's first retractable roof stadium, the [[Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)|Civic Arena]], opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* [[September 18]] – [[1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash]]: [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] is one of 16 to die in an air crash en route to [[Katanga Province|Katanga]], [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo]].
* [[September 19]] – American couple Barney and Betty Hill claim that they saw a UFO as they returned from a trip to Canada through New Hampshire where they live. They later claim that they were abducted by aliens, among the first claimants of such an abduction.
* [[September 21]] – In France, the [[Organisation de l'armée secrète]] (OAS) slips an anti-[[Charles de Gaulle|de Gaulle]] message into TV programming.
* [[September 24]]
** The old [[Deutsche Opernhaus]] in the Berlin neighborhood of [[Charlottenburg]] is returned to its newly rebuilt house, as the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]].
** In the U.S., the [[Walt Disney anthology television series]], renamed ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', moves from ABC to NBC after seven years on the air, and begins telecasting its programs in color for the first time. Years later, after Disney's death, the still-on-the-air program will be renamed ''The Wonderful World of Disney''.
* [[September 27]] – The animated television series ''[[Top Cat]]'', produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]], premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the United States.
* [[September 28]] – [[1961 Syrian coup d'état]]: A military coup in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] effectively ends the [[United Arab Republic]], the union between [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]].
* [[September 30]] – The [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD) is formed to replace the [[Organisation for European Economic Co-operation]] (OEEC).
===October===
{{Main|October 1961}}
* [[October 1]]
** [[Unification Day (Cameroon)]]: The formerly British [[Southern Cameroons]] gains independence from the United Kingdom by vote of the UN General Assembly and joins with formerly French Cameroun to form the Federal Republic of [[Cameroon]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Diane|last=Cook|title=Cameroon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jn7TBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT95|year=2014|publisher=Mason Crest|isbn=978-1-4222-9434-5|page=95}}</ref>
** Baseball player [[Roger Maris]] of the New York Yankees hits his 61st home run in the last game of the season, against the [[Boston Red Sox]], setting a new record for the longer baseball season. The record for the shorter season is still held by Babe Ruth.
*[[October 5]] – [[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (film)]] is theatrically released by [[Paramount Pictures]], to critical and commercial success.
* [[October 10]] – A volcanic eruption on [[Tristan da Cunha]] causes the whole population to be evacuated to Britain, where they will remain until 1963.
* [[October
* [[October 17]] – [[1961 Paris massacre]]: French police in Paris attack about 30,000 protesting a curfew applied solely to [[Algeria]]ns. The official death toll is 3, but human rights groups claim 240 dead.
* [[October
* [[October
* [[October
* [[October 26]] – [[Cemal Gürsel]] becomes the fourth president of Turkey (his former title is head of state and government; he is elected as president by constitutional referendum).
* [[October 27]]
** An [[armistice]] begins in [[Katanga Province|Katanga]], [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo]].
** [[Mongolia]] and [[Mauritania]] join the [[United Nations]].
** [[Berlin Crisis of 1961|Berlin Crisis]]: Confrontation at [[Checkpoint Charlie]] – A standoff between [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and American tanks in Berlin, Germany, heightens [[Cold War]] tensions.
** [[Fahrettin Özdilek]] becomes the acting prime minister of Turkey.
* [[October 29]]
** [[GMA Network|DZBB-TV Channel 7]], the Philippines' third TV station, is launched.
** [[Devrim]], the first ever [[car]] designed and produced in [[Turkey]], is released. The project has been completed in only 130 days almost from scratch, a period including decision on the project, research, design, development and production of four vehicles.
* [[October 30]]
** [[Nuclear weapons testing]]: The [[Soviet Union]] detonates a 58-megaton yield [[hydrogen bomb]] known as [[Tsar Bomba]], over [[Novaya Zemlya]] (it remains the largest ever man-made explosion).
** The [[Note Crisis]]: The Soviet Union issues a diplomatic note to Finland, proposing military co-operation.
* [[October 31]]
** [[Hurricane Hattie]] devastates [[Belize City]], [[Belize]] killing over 270. After the hurricane, the capital moves to the inland city of [[Belmopan]].
** [[Joseph Stalin]]'s body is removed from the [[Lenin Mausoleum]] in Moscow.
===November===
{{Main|November 1961}}
* [[November 1]]
** The [[Hungry generation]] Movement is launched in [[Calcutta]], [[India]].
**
* [[November 2]]
* [[November 3]]
* [[November 6]]
* [[November 8]]
** [[Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8]] crashes while attempting to land at [[Richmond, Virginia]], killing 77 people on board.
** ''[[KVN]]'', Russia's longest running TV show, airs for the first time on [[Soviet television]].
* [[November 9]] – [[Robert Michael White|Robert White]] records a [[Flight airspeed record|world air speed record]] of {{convert|6587|km/h|abbr=on|order=flip}}, in an [[North American X-15|X-15]].
* [[November
* [[November 11]]
** Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian [[United Nations]] pilots.
** Stalingrad is renamed [[Volgograd]].
* [[November 14]] – The [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]] [[Luxury goods|luxury fashion brand]] is founded in [[Rue La Boetie]], [[Paris]] (France), by [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]] and [[Pierre Bergé]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* [[November 17]] – [[Michael Rockefeller]], son of [[Governor of New York]] and later [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]], disappears in the jungles of [[New Guinea]].
* [[November 18]] – U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] sends 18,000 "military advisors" to [[South Vietnam]].
* [[November 19]] – [[Rebellion of the Pilots]]: A military uprising overthrows the Trujillo regime in the [[Dominican Republic]].
* [[November 20]] – [[İsmet İnönü]] of the [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (26th government, first coalition in Turkey, partner [[Justice Party (Turkey)|AP]]).
* [[November 21]] – The "[[La Ronde (restaurant)|La Ronde]]" opens in [[Honolulu]], the first [[revolving restaurant]] in the United States.
* [[November 24]] – The [[World Food Programme]] (WFP) is formed as a temporary [[United Nations]] program.<ref>{{cite book|title=American Foreign Policy, Current Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01sJFg1taeMC&pg=PA196|year=1965|publisher=Historical Division, Bureau of Public Affairs|pages=196}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] – The [[Soviet Union]] vetoes [[Kuwait]]'s application for [[United Nations]] membership.
===December===
{{Main|December 1961}}
* [[December 1]] – [[Netherlands New Guinea]] raises the new [[Morning Star flag]], and changes its name to [[Republic of West Papua|West Papua]].
* [[December 2]] – [[Cold War]]: In a nationally broadcast speech, [[Cuba]]n leader [[Fidel Castro]] announces he is a [[Marxist–Leninist]], and that Cuba will adopt [[socialism]].
* [[December 5]] – U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] gives support to the [[Akosombo Dam|Volta Dam]] project in [[Ghana]].
* [[December 9]]
** [[Tanganyika (1961–1964)|Tanganyika]] gains independence from the United Kingdom as a [[Commonwealth realm]], with [[Julius Nyerere]] as its first Prime Minister, with Queen Elizabeth II as [[Queen of Tanganyika]], and represented locally by the [[Governor-General of Tanganyika]].
** [[1961 Australian federal election]]: [[Robert Menzies]]' [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Menzies Government (1949-66)|Government]] is re-elected with a one-seat majority, narrowly defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Arthur Calwell]]. One of the closest election results in Australian history, such a result will not be replicated again [[2016 Australian federal election|until 2016]]. Notably, former [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Earle Page]] loses his seat, although he dies a few days later, never knowing the result.
* [[December 10]] – [[Albania–Russia relations|Albania–Soviet relations]]: The [[Soviet Union]] severs diplomatic relations with [[Albania]].
* [[December 11]]
** American involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] officially begins, as the first American helicopters arrive in Saigon, along with 400 U.S. personnel. On December 22 the first U.S. soldier is killed in Vietnam.
** [[Adolf Eichmann]] is [[Adolf Eichmann#Trial|pronounced]] guilty of crimes against humanity for his part in [[The Holocaust]] by a war crimes tribunal of three [[Israel]]i judges. On December 15 he is sentenced to death.
* [[December 14]] – [[Walt Disney]]'s first live-action Technicolor musical, ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'', a remake of the famous Victor Herbert operetta, is released, but flops at the box office.
* [[December 17]] – A [[circus]] tent fire in [[Niterói]], [[Brazil]] kills 323.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2011-06-01|url=https://grancircusincendio.blogspot.com/|title=Incêndio Gran-Circus Norte-Americano 1961|publisher=Blogger}}</ref>
* [[December 18]] – [[1961 Indian annexation of Goa]]: India opens hostilities in its annexation of [[Portuguese India]], the colonies of [[Goa]], [[Daman, India|Damao]] and [[Diu, India|Diu]].
* [[December 19]]
** The [[1961 Indian annexation of Goa#Portuguese surrender|Portuguese surrender Goa]] to India, after 400 years of Portuguese rule.
** [[Indonesia]]n president [[Sukarno]] announces that he will take [[West Irian]] by force, if necessary.
* [[December 21]] – In [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo]], Katangan prime minister [[Moise Tshombe]] recognizes the Congolese constitution.
* [[December 23]] – [[Luxembourg]]'s [[National Day|national holiday]], the [[Grand Duke's Official Birthday]], is set on [[June 23]] by Grand Ducal decree.
* [[December 30]] – Congolese troops capture [[Albert Kalonji]] of [[South Kasai]] (who soon escapes).
* [[December 31]] – Ireland's first national television station, ''Telefís Éireann'' (later [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]), begins broadcasting.
==Births==
{{BDToC|births}}
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[[File:Julia Louis-Dreyfus 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]]]]
[[File:Wayne Gretzky 2006-02-18 Turin 001.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wayne Gretzky]]]]
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* [[
* [[January 2]]
** [[Gabrielle Carteris]], American actress, and trade union leader<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tv.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=285942&mp=b |title=Gabrielle Carteris profile |first=Nathan |last=Southern |publisher=MSN |access-date=June 3, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117192133/http://tv.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=285942&mp=b |archive-date=2007-11-17}}</ref>
** [[Todd Haynes]], American film director<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Iris DeMent]], American singer-songwriter and musician
* [[January 7]]
** [[Supriya Pathak]], Indian actress
** [[John Thune]], American politician
** [[Jeff Richmond]], American composer, comedian, and producer
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[January 11]]
** [[Lars-Erik Torph]], Swedish rally driver (d. [[1989]])
** [[Karl von Habsburg|Karl Habsburg-Lothringen]], Austrian politician, noble
* [[
* [[January 13]] – [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], American actress, producer and comedian
* [[January 14]]
** [[Rob Hall]], New Zealand mountaineer (d. [[1996]])
** [[Mike Tramp]], Danish rock singer ([[White Lion]])
* [[January 15]] − [[Leni Wylliams]], African-American dancer/choreographer/master-teacher (d. [[1996]])
* [[January 17]]
** [[Maia Chiburdanidze]], Georgian chess player
** [[Kirk Bovill]], American actor, writer, voice-over artist and producer
* [[January 18]]
** [[Peter Beardsley]], English footballer
** [[Mark Messier]], Canadian hockey player
* [[January 20]] – [[Janey Godley]], Scottish actress, comedian, writer and political activist (d. [[2024]])
* [[January 22]]
** [[Bentong Kali]], Malaysian-Tamil criminal and gangster (d. [[1993]])
** [[Daniel Johnston]], American singer-songwriter, musician and artist (d. [[2019]])
** [[Shigeru Nakahara]], Japanese voice actor
* [[January 24]] – [[Guido Buchwald]], German footballer
* [[January 25]]
** [[Vivian Balakrishnan]], Singaporean politician
** [[Tim Dorsey]], American novelist (d. [[2023]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Wayne Gretzky]], Canadian hockey player
* [[January 27]]
** [[Saifuddin Abdullah]], Malaysian politician
** [[Kevin Cramer]], US Senator
* [[January 28]] – [[Arnaldur Indriðason]], Icelandic writer
* [[January 29]]
** [[Petra Thümer]], German swimmer
** [[Sanjiv Goenka]], Indian billionaire, businessman, and investor
* [[January 30]] – [[Raaja Bhasin]], Indian writer, historian, public speaker, and curator
* [[January 31]] – [[Fatou Bensouda]], Gambian lawyer and [[Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court|Prosecutor]] of the [[International Criminal Court]]
===
[[File:2019-01-23 Malu Dreyer 4453.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Malu Dreyer]]]]
[[File:David Graeber 2015-03-07 (16741093492) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Graeber]]]]
[[File:HenryRollins2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Henry Rollins]]]]
[[File:Mark Latham 1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mark Latham]]]]
* [[February 1]]
** [[Volker Fried]], German field hockey player
** [[Geoffrey Notkin]], American actor, author, and entrepreneur
* [[
* [[February 4]]
** [[Aleksandr Nikitin (footballer)|Aleksandr Nikitin]], Russian football coach and player (d. [[2021]])
** [[Denis Cyr]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1214 |title=Denis Cyr |website=HockeyDB |access-date= 10 July 2022 }}</ref>
* [[February 5]]
** [[Flordelis]], Brazilian pastor, singer and politician
** [[Tim Meadows]], American actor and comedian
** [[Ronnie Baxter]], English professional darts player
* [[February 6]]
** [[Malu Dreyer]], German politician
** [[
* [[February 7]]
** [[
** [[Craig Gator Bodzianowski]], American professional boxer (d. [[2013]])
* [[February 8]] – [[Vince Neil]], American musician
* [[February 9]]
** [[Jussi Lampi]], Finnish musician and actor
** [[Vic DiBitetto]], American comedian, internet personality and actor
* [[February 11]] – [[Mary Docter]], American speed skater
* [[February 12]] – [[David Graeber]], American anthropologist, anarchist activist and author (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{cite news|author=Cain, Sian|date=September 3, 2020|title=David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/03/david-graeber-anthropologist-and-author-of-bullshit-jobs-dies-aged-59|url-status=live|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903155214/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/03/david-graeber-anthropologist-and-author-of-bullshit-jobs-dies-aged-59|archive-date=September 3, 2020}}</ref>
* [[February 13]]
** [[Henry Rollins]], American musician and activist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-14-tm-7341-story.html|title=The Angriest Man in Los Angeles : Rock Poet Henry Rollins Doesn't Drink, Smoke or Do Drugs—He Just Burns|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 14, 1987|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref>
** [[Mary Beth Carozza]], American politician
* [[February 14]]
** [[Maria do Carmo Silveira]], Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
** [[Gresham Barrett]], American politician
* [[February 15]] – [[Benoît Chamoux]], French alpinist (d. [[1995]])
* [[February 16]]
** [[Niko Nirvi]], Finnish journalist<ref>Malin, Aarno: [https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kulttuuri/niko-nirvi-on-suomalaisen-pelijournalismin-pioneeri-jonka-olemassaoloa-moni-ehti-epailla-kameran-karttamisesta-tuli-pakkomielle/ Niko Nirvi on suomalaisen pelijournalismin pioneeri, jonka olemassaoloa moni ehti epäillä – kameran karttamisesta tuli pakkomielle], ''[[Suomen Kuvalehti]]'' 16 February 2021. Accessed on 17 February 2021.</ref>
** [[Brett Brown]], American professional basketball coach
* [[February 17]]
** [[Meir Kessler]], Israeli rabbi
** [[Andrey Korotayev]], Russian anthropologist, economic historian and sociologist
* [[February 18]] – [[Hironobu Kageyama]], Japanese singer
* [[February 19]] – [[Justin Fashanu]], English footballer (d. [[1998]])
* [[February 20]]
** [[Dwayne McDuffie]], American writer of comics and television (d. [[2011]])
** [[Phil Powers (climber)|Phil Powers]], American alpinist
** [[Imogen Stubbs]], British actress and playwright
* [[February 21]]
** [[Christopher Atkins]], American actor
** [[Abhijit Banerjee]], Indian-born economist, recipient of the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]]
** [[Geoff Moore]], American Christian musician
** [[Curtis Hill]], American lawyer and politician
* [[February 22]] – [[Akira Takasaki]], Japanese guitarist
* [[February 24]]
** [[Emilio Rivera]], American actor and comedian
** [[Richard Barnbrook]], British politician
* [[February 25]] – [[Davey Allison]], American NASCAR driver (d. [[1993]])
* [[February 27]] – [[James Worthy]], American basketball player and analyst
* [[February 28]]
** [[Mark Latham]], Australian politician
** [[Richard Waugh (actor)|Richard Waugh]], Canadian voice actor
** [[Rae Dawn Chong]], Canadian-American actress
===
[[File:Laurel Clark, NASA photo portrait in blue suit.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Laurel Clark]]]]
[[File:WW Chicago 2015 - Evil Dead 18 (21021271936).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kassie DePaiva]]]]
[[File:Yanis-Varoufakis-Berlin-2015-02-05.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yanis Varoufakis]]]]
[[File:Amy Sedaris080112.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Amy Sedaris]]]]
* [[March 3]]
** [[Milorad Mandić]], Serbian actor (d. [[2016]])
** [[Mary Page Keller]], American actress
** [[
** [[Prakash Belawadi]], Indian actor, director and screenwriter
* [[March 4]]
** [[Ray Mancini]], American boxer
** [[Roger Wessels]], South African golfer
** [[Steven Weber]], American actor and comedian
* [[March 5]]
** [[Charles Poliquin]], Canadian strength coach
** [[David Ben]], Canadian magician and illusionist
* [[
* [[March 7]] – [[Ronnie Brunswijk]], current [[Vice President of Suriname]]
* [[
* [[March 9]]
** [[
** [[
* [[March 10]]
** [[
** [[Laurel Clark]], American astronaut (d. [[2003]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/clark_laurel.pdf |title=Astronaut Bio: Laurel Blair Salton Clark |date=May 2004 |access-date=January 12, 2021}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>
** [[Mitch Gaylord]], American gymnast
** [[Floyd Brown]], American author, speaker, and media commentator
* [[March 11]]
** [[Elias Koteas]], Canadian film and television actor
** [[Alberto Terrile]], Italian photographer
*[[March 13]] – [[Vasily Ignatenko]], Soviet firefighter at the Chernobyl disaster (d. [[1986]])
*[[March 14]]
**[[Hiro Matsushita]], Japanese businessman, previously racing driver
**[[Penny Johnson Jerald]], American actress
* [[March 15]] – [[Moungi Bawendi]], French-born Tunisian American chemist, recipient of [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].
* [[March 16]]
** [[Brett Kenny]], Australian rugby league player
** [[Todd McFarlane]], Canadian comic book creator and entrepreneur
** [[Michiru Ōshima]], Japanese composer
* [[March 17]]
** [[Umayya Abu-Hanna]], Palestine-born Finnish writer and politician
** [[Alexander Bard]], Swedish musician ([[Army of Lovers]])
** [[Sam Bowie]], American basketball player
** [[Dana Reeve]], American actress, singer and activist (d. [[2006]])
** [[Casey Siemaszko]], American actor
* [[March 18]]
** [[Tom Emmer]], United States House of Representatives Majority Whip, Representative from [[Minnesota's 6th Congressional District]]
** [[Dayanita Singh]], Indian photographer
* [[March 21]]
** [[Kassie DePaiva]], American actress
** [[Lothar Matthäus]], German footballer
* [[March 22]] – [[Simon Furman]], British comic book writer<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090520172144/http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/sf399 Interview with Simon Furman] at http://www.bwtf.com. Accessed on 22 May 2020.</ref>
* [[March 23]]
** [[Norrie McCathie]], Scottish footballer (d. [[1996]])
** [[Ali Hewson]], Irish activist and businesswoman
** [[Helmi Johannes]], Indonesian television newscaster
* [[March 24]]
** [[Mitsuru Ogata]], Japanese voice actor
** [[Yanis Varoufakis]], Greek economist, Finance Minister
** [[Jörg Baberowski]], German historian and professor
* [[March 25]]
** [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]], American businessman
** [[Vitalijus Satkevičius]], Lithuanian politician
* [[March 26]] – [[William Hague]], leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)]], [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]]
* [[March 27]]
** [[Tak Matsumoto]], Japanese guitarist ([[B'z]])
** [[Ellery Hanley]], English rugby league player and coach
* [[March 28]] – [[Byron Scott]], American basketball player and coach
* [[March 29]]
** [[Amy Sedaris]], American actress, comedian and writer
** [[Gerardo Teissonniere]], Puerto Rican pianist
* [[March 30]] – [[Doug Wickenheiser]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[1999]])
* [[March 31]] – [[Gary Winick]], American filmmaker (d. [[2011]])
===
[[File:Eddie Murphy by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eddie Murphy]]]]
[[File:Vincent Gallo-1-2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vincent Gallo]]]]
[[File:Robert Carlyle SDCC 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Carlyle]]]]
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[[File:George Lopez 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Lopez]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** [[Susan Boyle]], Scottish singer
** [[Kujira]], Japanese voice actress
* [[
* [[April 3]]
** [[Elizabeth Gracen]], American beauty queen, actress and model
** [[Eddie Murphy]], American actor and comedian
** [[Edward Highmore]], English actor
* [[
* [[April 5]]
** [[
** [[Andrea Arnold]], English filmmaker and actress
* [[April 6]]
** [[Gene Eugene]], Canadian actor and singer (d. [[2000]])
** [[Rory Bremner]], Scottish impressionist and comedian
** [[Craig Barron]], American visual effects artist and creative director
* [[April 7]]
** [[DONDI]], American graffiti artist (d. [[1998]])
** [[
** [[Daniela Santanchè]], Italian politician
** [[Karen Tanaka]], Japanese composer
* [[
* [[April 9]]
** [[Mick Kennedy]], Irish footballer (d. [[2019]])
** [[April Boy Regino]], Filipino musician (d. [[2020]])
** [[Chris Abrahams]], New Zealand-born, Australian-based musician
* [[
* [[April 11]] – [[Vincent Gallo]], American actor
* [[April 12]]
** [[Lisa Gerrard]], Australian musician
** [[Magda Szubanski]], Australian actress and comedian
* [[April 14]]
** [[Robert Carlyle]], Scottish film and television actor
** [[Neil Dougherty]], American basketball coach (d. [[2011]])
** [[Humberto Martins]], Brazilian actor
* [[April 15]] – [[Heng Swee Keat]], Singaporean politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore]]
* [[April 17]]
** [[Boomer Esiason]], American football player and color commentator
** [[Greg Gianforte]], U.S. Representative from Montana's at large district
** [[Daphna Kastner]], Canadian actress
* [[April 18]]
** [[Élisabeth Borne]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]]
** [[Jane Leeves]], English actress
* [[April 20]]
** [[Konstantin Lavronenko]], Russian actor
** [[Nicholas Lyndhurst]], English actor
* [[April 21]] – [[John Jairo Arias Tascón 'Pinina']], Colombian criminal (d. [[1990]])
* [[April 22]] – [[Alo Mattiisen]], Estonian musician and composer (d. [[1996]])
* [[April 23]]
** [[Dirk Bach]], German actor and comedian (d. [[2012]])
** [[George Lopez]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2023 |title=George Lopez |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Lopez |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[April 26]]
** [[Mike Francis]], Italian singer and composer (d. [[2009]])
** [[Anthony Cumia]], American radio personality
* [[April 27]] – [[Moana Pozzi]], Italian pornographic actress, television personality and politician (d. [[1994]])
* [[April 28]] – [[Futoshi Matsunaga]], Japanese serial killer
* [[April 29]] – [[Fumihiko Tachiki]], Japanese voice actor
* [[April 30]] – [[Isiah Thomas]], African-American basketball player, coach and team owner
=== May ===
[[File:Joe Murray publicity shot.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Murray (animator)|Joe Murray]]]]
[[File:George Clooney 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Clooney]]]]
[[File:John Corbett by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Corbett]]]]
[[File:Tim Roth by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tim Roth]]]]
[[File:Kevin McDonald-1-17 (13683967045).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin McDonald]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Matt Cartwright]], American lawyer and politician
* [[May 4]]
** [[Jay Aston]], British singer ([[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]])
** [[Mary Elizabeth McDonough]], American actress, producer, director and author
** [[Scott Armstrong (wrestler)|Scott Armstrong]], American wrestling referee
* [[May 5]] – [[Hiroshi Hase]], Japanese professional wrestler
* [[May 6]]
** [[George Clooney]], American actor
** [[Frans Timmermans]], Dutch politician and European Commissioner
** [[Gina Riley]], Australian actress, singer and comedian
* [[May 8]]
** [[Andrea Pollack]], East German swimmer (d.[[2019]])
** [[Bill de Blasio]], American politician and the [[List of mayors of New York City|109th]] [[Mayor of New York City|mayor]] of New York City
* [[May 9]]
** [[John Corbett]], American actor and country music singer
** [[Tracy Brabin]], British politician
* [[May 10]]
** [[Danny Carey]], American drummer ([[Tool (band)|Tool]])
** [[Blyth Tait]], New Zealand equestrian
* [[May 13]]
** [[Dennis Rodman]], American basketball player and actor
** [[Siobhan Fallon Hogan]], American actress
* [[May 14]]
** [[Urban Priol]], German Kabarett artist and comedian
** [[Tim Roth]], English actor and director
*[[May 16]]
** [[Solveig Dommartin]], French actress (d. [[2007]])
** [[Kevin McDonald]], Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian
** [[Charles Wright (wrestler)|Charles Wright]], American professional wrestler
* [[May 17]]
** [[Enya]], Irish musician
** [[Amadou Ba]], former [[Prime Minister of Senegal]]
* [[May 18]] – [[Jim Bowden (baseball)|Jim Bowden]], American baseball executive
* [[May 20]] – [[Clive Allen]], British footballer
* [[May 21]] – [[Brent Briscoe]], American actor and screenwriter (d. [[2017]])
* [[May 22]]
** [[Mike Breen]], American sports announcer
** [[Ann Cusack]], American actress
** [[Sumaira Abdulali]], Indian environmentalist
* [[May 23]]
** [[Mitar Subotić]], Serbian musician and composer (d. [[1999]])
** [[Karen Duffy]], American actress
* [[May 24]] – [[Ilaria Alpi]], Italian journalist (d. [[1994]])
* [[May 26]] – [[Michael Bates, Baron Bates]], British politician
* [[May 27]] – [[Peri Gilpin]], American actress
* [[May 28]] – [[Roland Gift]], British singer and musician ([[Fine Young Cannibals]])
* [[May 29]] – [[Melissa Etheridge]], American musician
* [[May 30]]
** [[Ralph Carter]], American actor
** [[Harry Enfield]], English comedian, actor, writer and director
* [[May 31]]
** [[Ray Cote]], Canadian ice hockey player
** [[Lea Thompson]], American actress
===June===
[[File:YevgenyPrigozhin.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yevgeny Prigozhin]]]]
[[File:Sam Harris (2009).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sam Harris (singer)|Sam Harris]]]]
[[File:Michael J. Fox 2012 (cropped) (2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael J. Fox]]]]
[[File:MaxiPriestJan2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maxi Priest]]]]
[[File:Boy George by Dean Stockings.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Boy George]]]]
[[File:Vidhya Bhandari2.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Bidya Devi Bhandari]]]]
[[File:Joko Widodo 2019 official portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joko Widodo]]]]
[[File:Ricky Gervais 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ricky Gervais]]]]
[[File:Državna proslava ob Prešernovem dnevu 2012 - Iztok Mlakar.jpg|thumb|114x114px|[[Iztok Mlakar]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[Paul Coffey]], Canadian hockey player
** [[Dilipkumar Viraji Thakor]], Indian politician
**[[Yevgeny Prigozhin]], Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-yevgeny-prigozhin-russian-tycoon-and-vladimir-putin-confidant-2022-10 | title=Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group leader accused of 'betrayal' and 'treason' by Putin? | website=[[Business Insider]] }}</ref>
**[[Mark Curry (American actor)|Mark Curry]], American actor, comedian, and television host
**[[Vermin Supreme]], American performance artist and activist
* [[June 2]]
** [[Dez Cadena]], American musician
** [[Tetchie Agbayani]], Filipino actress, model and psychology instructor
* [[June 3]]
** [[Lawrence Lessig]], American academic and political activist
** [[Ed Wynne (guitarist)|Ed Wynne]], English musician ([[Ozric Tentacles]])
* [[June 4]]
**[[El DeBarge]], American urban singer; was member of American urban group [[DeBarge]]
**[[Sam Harris (singer)|Sam Harris]], American actor and pop musician
**[[Julie White]], American actress
* [[June 5]]
** [[Mary Kay Bergman]], American voice actress (d. [[1999]])
** [[Anthony Burger]], American musician and singer (d. [[2006]])
** [[Rosie Kane]], Member of Scottish Parliament
* [[June 6]]
** [[Tom Araya]], Chilean-born rock musician ([[Slayer]])
** [[Carole Baskin]], American animal rights activist, featured on the Netflix series ''[[Tiger King]]''
* [[June 7]] – [[Dave Catching]], American musician
* [[June 8]] – [[Katy Garbi]], Greek singer
* [[June 9]]
** [[Michael J. Fox]], Canadian-American actor, producer and author
** [[Aaron Sorkin]], American screenwriter, producer and playwright
* [[June 10]]
** [[Kim Deal|Kim]] and [[Kelley Deal]], American musicians
** [[Maxi Priest]], born Max Elliott, British reggae singer
* [[June 12]] – [[Yuri Rozanov]], Russian sports TV commentator (d. [[2021]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Boy George]], born George O'Dowd, British singer-songwriter and music producer
* [[June 15]] – [[Dave McAuley]], Northern Irish boxer
* [[June 17]]
** [[Muslimgauze]], British ethnic electronica and experimental musician (d. [[1999]])
** [[Kōichi Yamadera]], Japanese voice actor
** [[Thomas Haden Church]], American actor
* [[June 18]]
** [[Sakahoko Nobushige]], Japanese sumo wrestler (d. [[2019]])
** [[Andrés Galarraga]], Venezuelan baseball player
** [[Alison Moyet]], English singer-songwriter
* [[June 19]] – [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]], 2nd [[President of Nepal]]
* [[June 20]]
** [[Karin Enke|Karin Kania]], German speed skater
** [[Joko Widodo]], 7th [[President of Indonesia]]
* [[June 21]]
** [[Iztok Mlakar]], Slovenian singer-songwriter and actor
** [[Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)|Luis de la Fuente]], Spanish football manager and former player
* [[June 23]]
** [[Zoran Janjetov]], Serbian comic artist
** [[David Leavitt]], American novelist
* [[June 24]]
** [[Raja Yong Sofia]], Malaysian aristocrat
** [[Lisa Bevill]], American Christian musician
** [[Iain Glen]], Scottish actor
** [[Curt Smith]], British singer and keyboardist
* [[June 25]]
** [[Jamil Khir Baharom]], Malaysian politician and former military officer
** [[Ricky Gervais]], English comedian, actor, writer, director, and singer in [[Seona Dancing]]
** [[Timur Bekmambetov]], Russian-Kazakh filmmaker
* [[June 26]] – [[Greg LeMond]], American cyclist
* [[June 27]]
** [[Tim Whitnall]], English playwright, screenwriter and actor
** [[Meera Syal]], British-Indian comedian and actress
* [[June 28]]
** [[Jeff Malone]], American basketball player
** [[Eliezer Melamed]], Israeli rabbi
** [[Kurt Eichenwald]], American journalist and author
* [[June 29]]
** [[Greg Hetson]], American rock guitarist
** [[Sharon Lawrence]], American actress, singer and dancer
** [[Kimberlin Brown]], American actress
===July===
[[File:Diana, Princess of Wales 1997 (2) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Diana, Princess of Wales]]]]
[[File:Forest Whitaker 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Forest Whitaker]]]]
[[File:António Costa 12.ª Cimeira Brasil-Portugal 2016-11-01.png|thumb|100px|[[António Costa]]]]
[[File:Zbigniew Zamachowski.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zbigniew Zamachowski]]]]
[[File:Elizabeth McGovern 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Elizabeth McGovern]]]]
[[File:Milind Gunaji.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Milind Gunaji]]]]
[[File:Woody Harrelson October 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Woody Harrelson]]]]
[[File:Gary Cherone-Extreme-2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gary Cherone]]]]
[[File:Katherine Kelly Lang - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Katherine Kelly Lang]]]]
[[File:National Memorial Day Concert 2017 (34117818524) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Laurence Fishburne]]]]
* [[July 1]]
** [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], born The Hon. Diana Spencer, English princess consort as first wife of [[Charles III of the United Kingdom|Charles, Prince of Wales]] (d. [[1997]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Diana, princess of Wales {{!}} Biography, Marriage, Children, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diana-princess-of-Wales |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>
** [[Vito Bratta]], American rock guitarist
** [[Ivan Kaye]], English actor
** [[Jefferson King]], British bodybuilder and wrestler
** [[Carl Lewis]], American athlete
** [[Fredy Schmidtke]], German track cyclist (d. [[2017]])
** [[Michelle Wright]], Canadian country music artist
* [[July 2]]
** [[Tetchie Agbayani]], Filipina actress
** [[Jimmy McNichol]], American child actor
** [[Samy Naceri]], French actor
** [[Ram Chiang]], Hong Kong actor and singer-composer
** [[Mark Billingham]], English novelist, actor, television screenwriter and comedian
* [[July 3]]
** [[Tatiana Aleshina]], Russian composer, singer-songwriter, theater artist and poet
** [[Mosi Alli]], Tanzanian sprinter
** [[Suzanne Dando]], English Olympic gymnast
** [[Joe Moreira]], Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist
* [[July 4]]
** [[Charles Hector]], Malaysian human rights advocate and activist
** [[Andrew Zimmern]], American television personality ([[Bizarre Foods]])
* [[July 5]] – [[Patrizia Scianca]], Italian voice actress
* [[July 6]]
** [[Richard Mofe-Damijo]], Nigerian actor
** [[Rick Price]], Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
* [[July 7]]
** [[Peter Michael Escovedo]], American percussionist and musical director
** [[Eric Jerome Dickey]], American writer
* [[July 8]]
** [[Toby Keith]], American country music singer (d. [[2024]])
** [[Andy Fletcher (musician)|Andy Fletcher]], English musician and keyboard player ([[Depeche Mode]]) (d. [[2022]])
** [[Olaf Johannessen (actor)|Olaf Johannessen]], Faroese stage and actor
* [[July 10]]
** [[Jacky Cheung]], Hong Kong singer and actor
** [[Lee Heung-sil]], South Korean footballer
** [[Liyel Imoke]], Nigerian politician
** [[Killion Munyama]], Zambian-Polish economist, academic lecturer and politician
* [[July 11]]
** [[João Donizeti Silvestre]], Brazilian businessman, historian, biologist and politician
** [[Ron Luce]], American writer
** [[Ophir Pines-Paz]], Israeli politician
** [[Sylvester Tung Kiem San]], Indonesian bishop
* [[July 12]] – [[Mark McGann]], English actor, director, writer and musician
* [[July 13]] – [[Stelios Manolas]], Greek footballer
* [[July 14]] – [[Jackie Earle Haley]], American actor
* [[July 15]]
** [[Forest Whitaker]], African-American actor and film director
** [[David Cicilline]], American politician
* [[July 16]]
** [[Li Ruiying]], Chinese media personality and politician
** [[Copycat (software)#External links|J. Alan Brogan]], Irish programmer
* [[July 17]]
** [[António Costa]], Portuguese politician, [[Prime Minister of Portugal|119th Prime Minister]] (2015–present)
** [[Jeremy Hardy]], English comedian (d. [[2019]])
** [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]], American rapper ([[Gang Starr]]) (d. [[2010]])
** [[Zbigniew Zamachowski]], Polish actor
* [[July 18]]
** [[Elizabeth McGovern]], American actress and musician
** [[Neil Friske]], American politician and member of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] since 2023
* [[July 19]]
** [[Noriyuki Abe]], Japanese anime director
** [[Maria Filatova]], Soviet gymnast
** [[Benoît Mariage]], Belgian film director
** [[Lisa Lampanelli]], American stand-up comedian, actress and insult comic
** [[Campbell Scott]], American actor, director, producer and voice artist
* [[July 21]]
** [[Kenji Haga]], Japanese entertainment talent, actor and businessperson
** [[Mokgweetsi Masisi]], 5th [[President of Botswana]]
** [[Kym Whitley]], American comedian, actress and podcaster
* [[July 22]]
** [[Masumi Hayashi (murderer)|Masumi Hayashi]], Japanese serial killer
** [[Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch|Porfirije]], born Prvoslav Perić, Serbian Patriarch<ref>{{cite web|title=His Holiness Porfirije, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch enthroned|url=http://spc.rs/eng/his_holiness_porfirije_archbishop_pec_metropolitan_belgrade_and_karlovci_and_serbian_patriarch_enthr|website=spc.rs|access-date=2021-02-20|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219161304/http://www.spc.rs/eng/his_holiness_porfirije_archbishop_pec_metropolitan_belgrade_and_karlovci_and_serbian_patriarch_enthr|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Irina Rozanova]], Russian actress
** [[Keith Sweat]], American singer
* [[July 23]]
** [[Martin Gore]], British musician and songwriter
** [[Michael Durant]], American military pilot
** [[Milind Gunaji]], Indian actor, model, television show host
** [[Woody Harrelson]], American actor and comedian
** [[David Kaufman (actor)|David Kaufman]], American actor and voice actor
* [[July 24]]
** [[:fr:Bruno Colmant|Bruno Colmant]], Belgian economist and author
** [[Joseph Kony]], Ugandan insurgent, leader of the [[Lord's Resistance Army]]
* [[July 25]]
** [[Katherine Kelly Lang]], American actress
** [[Hugo Teufel III]], American lawyer and government official, 2nd [[Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security]]
* [[July 26]]
** [[Raquel Dodge]], General Prosecutor of Brazil
** [[Gary Cherone]], American rock singer-songwriter
** [[David Heyman]], English film producer, founder of [[Heyday Films]]
** [[Keiko Matsui]], Japanese pianist and composer
** [[Dimitris Saravakos]], Greek footballer
* [[July 27]]
** [[Ed Orgeron]], American football coach
** [[Erez Tal]], Israeli television host
* [[July 28]]
** [[Mustafa El Haddaoui]], Moroccan footballer
** [[Aleksandr Kurlovich]], Soviet-Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (d. [[2018]])
* [[July 30]]
** [[Laurence Fishburne]], African-American actor and film director
** [[El Brazo]], Mexican professional wrestler (d. [[2013]])
===August===
[[File:President Barack Obama (cropped).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Barack Obama]]]]
[[File:Lauren Tom Photo Op Animate! Raleigh 2025 (cropped).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Lauren Tom]]]]
[[File:Mercedes Aráoz Fernández.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mercedes Aráoz]]]]
[[File:Brad Gilbert (3904645258) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brad Gilbert]]]]
[[File:John Key February 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Key]]]]
[[File:Koji kondo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Koji Kondo]]]]
[[File:Primer Vicepresidente del Congreso Participó en Actos Conmemorativos por Aniversario De Lima (6909941107).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Manuel Merino]]]]
<!--[[File:Stephen Hillenburg by Carlos Cazurro.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stephen Hillenburg]]]]-->
[[File:Billy Ray Cyrus 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Billy Ray Cyrus]]]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Danny Blind]], Dutch footballer
* [[August 2]] – [[Pete de Freitas]], English musician and producer (d. [[1989]])
* [[August 3]]
** [[Art Porter Jr.]], American jazz saxophonist (d. [[1996]])
** [[Molly Hagan]], American actress
** [[Nick Harvey]], English politician
* [[August 4]]
** [[Pumpuang Duangjan]], Thai megastar singer and actress (d. [[1992]])
** [[Robin Carnahan]], [[Secretary of State of Missouri]]
** [[Barack Obama]], 44th [[President of the United States]]
** [[Lauren Tom]], American actress and voice artist
* [[August 5]]
** [[Mercedes Aráoz]], 1st [[Vice President of Peru]]
** [[Janet McTeer]], English actress
** [[Hishamuddin Hussein]], Malaysian politician
** [[Mark O'Connor]], American musician
** [[Tawny Kitaen]], American actress (d. [[2021]])
* [[August 7]]
** [[Ileen Getz]], American actress (d. [[2005]])
** [[Brian Conley]], English actor, comedian, singer and presenter
** [[Yelena Davydova]], Soviet gymnast
** [[Maggie Wheeler]], American actress
* [[August 8]]
** [[The Edge]], Irish rock guitarist ([[U2]])
** [[Bruce Matthews (American football)|Bruce Matthews]], American football player
** [[Rikki Rockett]], American rock drummer ([[Poison (American band)|Poison]])
* [[August 9]]
**[[Brad Gilbert]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cccaasports.org/HOF/1990/gilbert_brad?view=bio|title=CCCAA|website=CCCAA}}</ref>
**[[John Key]], 38th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
**[[Andy Brickley]], American professional hockey player and color commenter
* [[August 10]]
** [[Beatrice Alda]], American actress and filmmaker
** [[Nicolas Berggruen]], German-American billionaire investor and philanthropist
* [[August 11]]
** [[Suniel Shetty]], Indian actor, producer and entrepreneur
** [[Jukka Tapanimäki]], Finnish game programmer (d. [[2000]])
** [[David Brooks (commentator)|David Brooks]], Canadian-American journalist, editor, and commentator
* [[August 12]] – [[Lawrence (musician)|Lawrence]], English musician
* [[August 13]]
** [[Mahesh Anand]], Indian actor (d. [[2019]])
** [[Dawnn Lewis]], American voice actress
** [[Koji Kondo]], Japanese [[video game composer]] ([[Nintendo]])
* [[August 14]]
** [[Susan Olsen]], American actress
** [[Beatriz Argimón]], Uruguayan politician
* [[August 15]]
** [[Suhasini Maniratnam]], Indian actress
** [[Gary Kubiak]], American football player and coach
* [[August 16]]
** [[Elpidia Carrillo]], Mexican-American actress
** [[Urara Takano]], Japanese voice actress
** [[Angela Smith (South Yorkshire politician)|Angela Smith]], British politician
** [[Aziz Akhannouch]], 17th [[Prime Minister of Morocco]]
* [[August 17]] – [[Uwe Schmitt]], German sprinter and hurdler (d. [[1995]])
* [[August 18]]
** [[Huw Edwards (journalist)|Huw Edwards]], [[BAFTA]] award-winning Welsh journalist and presenter
** [[Bob Woodruff]], American television journalist and activist
* [[August 19]]
** [[Tony Longo]], American actor (d. [[2015]])
** [[Caspar Bowden]], British privacy advocate (d. [[2015]])
* [[August 20]]
** [[Plamen Nikolov (footballer born 1961)|Plamen Nikolov]], Bulgarian footballer
** [[Linda Manz]], American actress (d. [[2020]])
** [[Manuel Merino]], Peruvian politician, 68th [[President of Peru]]
* [[August 21]] – [[Stephen Hillenburg]], American marine biologist, cartoonist and animator (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 22]]
** [[Roland Orzabal]], British musician and songwriter
** [[Andrés Calamaro]], Argentine musician and composer
* [[August 23]]
** [[Bhupesh Baghel]], Indian politician and current [[Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh]]
** [[Alexandre Desplat]], French film composer
* [[August 24]] – [[Jared Harris]], English actor
* [[August 25]]
** [[Billy Ray Cyrus]], American actor and singer
** [[Benjamin Bwalya]], Zambian footballer and coach (d. [[1999]])
* [[August 27]]
** [[Tom Ford]], American fashion designer and film director
** [[Yolanda Adams]], American gospel singer
* [[August 28]]
** [[Jennifer Coolidge]], American actress and comedian
** [[Deepak Tijori]], Indian actor and director
* [[August 30]] – [[Brian Mitchell (boxer)|Brian Mitchell]], South African boxer
* [[August 31]]
** [[:ms:Saleem|Saleem]], Malaysian singer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Anri]], Japanese singer-songwriter
===September===
[[File:Eugenio Derbez.png|thumb|100px|[[Eugenio Derbez]]]]
[[File:Carlos Valderrama 1998.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos Valderrama]]]]
[[File:Elizabeth Daily 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[E.G. Daily]]]]
[[File:VirginiaMadsenSFIFF06 adj.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Virginia Madsen]]]]
[[File:Megadeth performing in San Antonio, Texas (27420120171).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dave Mustaine]]]]
[[File:Colin McFarlane at the Sasnak City Outlander Convention 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Colin McFarlane]]]]
[[File:James Gandolfini in Kuwait City 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Gandolfini]]]]
[[File:Chi McBride 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chi McBride]]]]
[[File:Julia Gillard 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Julia Gillard]]]]
* [[September 1]]
** [[Bam Bam Bigelow]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2007]])
** [[Boney James]], American saxophonist, songwriter and record producer
* [[September 2]]
** [[Eugenio Derbez]], Mexican actor, comedian and filmmaker
** [[Carlos Valderrama]], Colombian footballer
** [[Ron Wasserman]], American composer
** [[Anthony Wong Chau Sang|Anthony Wong Chau-sang]], Hong Kong actor
* [[September 3]]
** [[Andy Griffiths (author)|Andy Griffiths]], Australian author
** [[Iwan Fals]], Indonesian singer-songwriter
** [[Yermi Kaplan]], Israeli musician
** [[Luís Castro (footballer, born 1961)|Luís Castro]], Portuguese football manager and former player
* [[September 5]] – [[Marc-André Hamelin]], Canadian pianist and composer<ref>{{cite book|author=Caroline Benser|title=At the Piano: Interviews with 21st-Century Pianists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bs_s0jQubVoC&pg=PA59|year=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8172-3|pages=59}}</ref>
* [[September 6]]
** [[Scott Travis]], American musician
** [[Paul Waaktaar-Savoy]], Norwegian rock musician and songwriter ([[A-ha]])
* [[September 7]] – [[Kevin Kennedy (actor)|Kevin Kennedy]], British actor
* [[September 11]]
** [[E.G. Daily]], American actress, voice actress and singer
** [[Virginia Madsen]], American actress
* [[September 12]] – [[Mylène Farmer]], Canadian singer and songwriter
* [[September 13]]
** [[Dave Mustaine]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
** [[Željko Buvač]], Bosnian football manager and player
* [[September 14]] – [[Martina Gedeck]], German actress
* [[September 15]]
** [[Terry Lamb]], Australian rugby league player and coach
** [[Dan Marino]], American football player
** [[Colin McFarlane]], British actor and voice actor
** [[Lidia Yusupova]], Chechen human-rights lawyer
* [[September 16]] – [[Fiona Graham]], Australian anthropologist and geisha (d. [[2023]])
* [[September 17]] – [[Jim Cornette]], American author and podcaster
* [[September 18]] – [[James Gandolfini]], American actor and producer (d. [[2013]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA48|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-329-3|pages=48}}</ref>
* [[September 20]]
** [[Lisa Bloom]], American lawyer
** [[Javier Algarra]], Spanish journalist
* [[September 21]] – [[Nancy Travis]], American actress
* [[September 22]]
** [[Bonnie Hunt]], American actress, comedian, writer, director and television producer
** [[Catherine Oxenberg]], American actress
* [[September 23]]
** [[Chi McBride]], American actor
** [[William C. McCool]], U.S. Navy Commander and astronaut (d. [[2003]])
* [[September 24]]
** [[Fiona Corke]], Australian actress
** [[Michael Tavera]], American composer
** [[Jack Dee]], English comedian, actor, presenter, and writer
* [[September 25]]
** [[Heather Locklear]], American actress
** [[Steve Scott (journalist)|Steve Scott]], British journalist and presenter
* [[September 26]] – [[Wes Hopkins]], American football player (d. [[2018]])
* [[September 27]]
** [[Andy Lau]], Hong Kong actor and singer
** [[Melissa Newman]], American artist and singer
* [[September 28]]
** [[Yordanka Donkova]], Bulgarian athlete
** [[Wayne Westner]], South African golfer (d. [[2017]])
* [[September 29]]
** [[Julia Gillard]], 27th [[Prime Minister of Australia]]<ref>{{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2013: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pLlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA126|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-59541-9|pages=126}}</ref>
** [[Nicholas Briggs]], English actor
** [[Susan Bysiewicz]], American politician and attorney
* [[September 30]]
** [[Crystal Bernard]], American actress and singer
** [[Gary Coyne]], Australian rugby league player
** [[Eric Stoltz]], American actor and director<ref>{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXdZAAAAMAAJ|date=July 2001|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=89}}</ref>
** [[Sally Yeh]], Hong Kong singer and actress
=== October ===
[[File:Jodi Benson crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jodi Benson]]]]
[[File:Rachel de thame.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rachel De Thame]]]]
[[File:Kim Wayans 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kim Wayans]]]]
[[File:Dylan McDermott 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dylan McDermott]]]]
[[File:Randy Jackson (1976).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Randy Jackson (Jacksons singer)|Randy Jackson]]]]
[[File:Peter Jackson SDCC 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peter Jackson]]]]
* [[October 1]]
** [[Gary Ablett Sr.|Gary Ablett]], Australian rules footballer
** [[Rico Constantino]], American professional wrestler
** [[Michael Righeira]], Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor
* [[October 3]] – [[Ludger Stühlmeyer]], German cantor, composer and musicologist
* [[October 4]]
** [[Philippe Russo]], French singer
** [[Jon Secada]], Cuban-American singer-songwriter
** [[Kazuki Takahashi]], Japanese manga writer (d. [[2022]])
* [[October 5]] – [[Matthew Kauffman]], American journalist, [[George Polk Award]] winner
* [[October 6]] – [[Mark Shasha]], American artist, author and illustrator
* [[October 10]] – [[Jodi Benson]], American actress and singer
* [[October 11]]
** [[Amr Diab]], Egyptian singer
** [[Steve Young]], American football player
* [[October 12]] – [[Diego García (runner)|Diego García]], Spanish long-distance athlete (d. [[2001]])
* [[October 13]]
** [[Rachel De Thame]], English gardener and television presenter
** [[Doc Rivers]], American basketball player and coach
* [[October 14]]
** [[Jim Burns]], British science-fiction illustrator
** [[Isaac Mizrahi]], American fashion designer and television presenter
* [[October 15]]
** [[Meera Sanyal]], Indian banker (d. [[2019]])
** [[Vyacheslav Butusov]], Russian singer-songwriter and composer
* [[October 16]]
** [[Chris Doleman]], American football player (d. [[2020]])
** [[Scott O'Hara]], American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (d. [[1998]])
** [[Paul Vaessen]], English footballer (d. [[2001]])
** [[Randy Vasquez]], American actor
** [[Kim Wayans]], American actress, comedian, producer, writer and director
* [[October 18]]
** [[Wynton Marsalis]], African-American trumpeter and composer<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2006|isbn=9781135948597|page=437}}</ref>
** [[Gladstone Small]], Barbadian-English cricketer
** [[Steve Smith (cricketer, born 1961)|Steve Smith]], Australian and New South Wales cricketer
* [[October 19]] – [[Cliff Lyons]], Australian rugby league player
* [[October 20]]
** [[Ian Rush]], Welsh footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Players – Ian Rush |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/players/player/profile/404 |website=lfchistory.net}}</ref>
** [[Les Stroud]], Canadian survival expert, filmmaker and musician
** [[Michie Tomizawa]], Japanese voice actress
* [[October 21]]
** [[Lorenzo Berardinetti]], Canadian politician
** [[Albert Bourla]], Greek-American veterinarian, businessman, and CEO of [[Pfizer]]
* [[October 23]] – [[Laurie Halse Anderson]], American writer
* [[October 24]] – [[Dave Meltzer]], American wrestling journalist
* [[October 25]]
** [[Ward Burton]], American [[NASCAR]] driver
** [[Chad Smith]], American musician
* [[October 26]]
** [[Dylan McDermott]], American actor
** [[Uhuru Kenyatta]], 4th President of the [[Republic of Kenya]]
** [[Eduardo Año]], Filipino government official and former general of the Philippine Army
* [[October 28]]
** [[Bob Melvin]], American baseball manager and player
** [[Pascal Cagni]], French business executive
* [[October 29]]
** [[Randy Jackson (Jacksons singer)|Randy Jackson]], African-American pop singer ([[The Jackson 5]])
** [[Nagendra Babu]], Indian actor, producer, and politician
* [[October 30]]
** [[Dmitry Muratov]], Russian campaigning journalist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dmitry Muratov |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/muratov/facts/ |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
** [[Larry Wilmore]], American comedian and actor
** [[Joe Berlinger]], American documentary filmmaker and producer
* [[October 31]]
** [[Alonzo Babers]], American runner
** [[Peter Jackson]], New Zealand film director
** [[Larry Mullen, Jr.]], Irish rock drummer ([[U2]])
** [[Lorraine Bowen]], English singer, songwriter, comedian and musician
===November===
[[File:Ralph Macchio 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ralph Macchio]]]]
[[File:Nadia Comăneci Montreal1976c.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nadia Comăneci]]]]
[[File:Meg Ryan 2009 portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Meg Ryan]]]]
[[File:Mariel Hemingway headshot, free use.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mariel Hemingway]]]]
* [[November 1]]
** [[Anne Donovan]], American basketball player and coach (d. [[2018]])
** [[Petr Pavel]], current [[President of the Czech Republic]]
* [[November 2]]
** [[Sigrid Kaag]], Dutch politician and diplomat
** [[k.d. lang]], Canadian singer and songwriter
* [[November 3]] – [[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon]]
* [[November 4]]
** [[Daron Hagen]], American composer
** [[Ralph Macchio]], American actor
** [[Jeff Probst]], American television personality
** [[Jerry Sadowitz]], American-born British stand-up comic and card magician
** [[Nigel Worthington]], Northern Irish footballer and football manager
* [[November 5]] – [[Alan G. Poindexter]], American astronaut (d. [[2012]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Micky Adams]], English professional footballer and manager
* [[November 9]]
** [[Jill Dando]], British journalist and television presenter (d. [[1999]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Jill Dando {{!}} Jill Dando murder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/27/guardianobituaries.jilldando |website=The Guardian |date=April 27, 1999 |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>
** [[Jackie Kay]], Scottish poet and novelist
* [[November 11]] – [[Gary Mills (footballer, born 1961)|Gary Mills]], English football manager and player
* [[November 12]] – [[Nadia Comăneci]], Romanian gymnast
* [[November 14]]
** [[Ben Coleman (basketball)|Ben Coleman]], American basketball player (d. [[2019]])
** [[Jurga Ivanauskaitė]], Lithuanian writer (d. [[2007]])
** [[D. B. Sweeney]], American actor
* [[November 16]]
** [[Andrea Prodan]], Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician
** [[Corinne Hermès]], French singer, [[Eurovision Song Contest 1983]] winner
** [[Frank Bruno]], English professional boxer
* [[November 18]]
** [[Steven Moffat]], Scottish screenwriter
** [[Anthony Warlow]], Australian singer
* [[November 19]]
** [[Meg Ryan]], American actress and film director<ref>{{cite book|title=The 100 Greatest Movie Stars of Our Time|publisher=People Books|year=2002|isbn=9781931933230|page=94}}</ref>
** [[Jim L. Mora]], American football coach
* [[November 20]]
** [[Dave Watson]], English footballer
** [[Mark Bradford]], American visual artist
** [[Jim Brickman]], American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host
* [[November 21]] – [[Anthony Brown (Maryland politician)|Anthony Brown]], American politician and lawyer
* [[November 22]]
** [[Mariel Hemingway]], American actress
** [[Stephen Hough]], British-Australian pianist and polymath<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/stephen-hough/guides/facts-gallery/|title=Stephen Hough: 10 facts about the great pianist|website=Classic FM|access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] – [[Arundhati Roy]], Indian writer and activist<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/511182/Arundhati-Roy| title=Arundhati Roy| access-date=12 May 2013| encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613221408/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/511182/Arundhati-Roy| archive-date=13 June 2013| url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 25]] – [[Matthias Freihof]], German television actor and director
* [[November 28]]
** [[Alfonso Cuarón]], Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer
** [[Martin Clunes]], English actor, director and television presenter
* [[November 29]]
** [[Kim Delaney]], American actress
** [[Tom Sizemore]], American actor (d. [[2023]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Kelly Block]], Canadian politician
===December===
[[File:Matthew Waterhouse - Gallifrey 2011 (cropped etc).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Matthew Waterhouse]]]]
[[File:Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev - President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ilham Aliyev]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Salahuddin Ayub]], Malaysian politician
* [[December 2]] – [[Pete Gallego]], American lawyer and politician
* [[December 3]] – [[Marcelo Fromer]], Brazilian guitarist
* [[December 4]]
** [[Rocky Dennis]], American teenager who had [[craniodiaphyseal dysplasia]] (d. [[1978]])
** [[Frank Reich]], American football player
* [[December 5]]
** [[Alan Davies (footballer)|Alan Davies]], English-Welsh international footballer (d. [[1992]])
** [[Laura Flanders]], British born American journalist
* [[December 6]] − [[Colin Salmon]], British actor
*[[December 8]] – [[Ann Coulter]], American author, conservative commentator and attorney
* [[December 9]]
** [[Beril Dedeoğlu]], Turkish politician and academic (d. [[2019]])
** [[David Anthony Higgins]], American actor
* [[December 10]]
** [[Pasang Lhamu Sherpa]], Nepalese Buddhist (d. [[1993]])
** [[Nia Peeples]], American actress
** [[Rakhat Aliyev]], Kazakh diplomat accused of murder (d. [[2015]])
* [[December 12]]
** [[Daniel O'Donnell]], Irish singer
** [[Sarah Sutton]], British actress
* [[December 13]]
** [[Amy Austria]], Filipino actress
** [[Per Øystein Sørensen]], Norwegian lead singer [[Fra Lippo Lippi]]
** [[Juan Carlos Varela]], Panamanian businessman and 37th [[President of Panama]]
** [[Karen Witter]], American actress and model
* [[December 15]] – [[Karin Resetarits]], Austrian journalist and politician
* [[December 16]]
** [[Bill Hicks]], American comedian (d. [[1994]])
** [[Shane Black]], American film director
* [[December 18]] – [[Angie Stone]], American singer-songwriter and actress (d. [[2025]])
* [[December 17]] – [[Rafeeq Ahamed]], Indian poet, lyricist and novelist
* [[December 19]]
** [[Eric Allin Cornell]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[Reggie White]], American football player (d. [[2004]])
* [[December 20]]
** [[Mohammad Fouad]], Arab singer and actor
** [[Keith Brown (Scottish politician)|Keith Brown]], Scottish politician
* [[December 21]] – [[Francis Ng]], Hong Kong actor
* [[December 22]] – [[Kassim Majaliwa]], 10th Prime Minister of Tanzania
* [[December 23]]
** [[Ezzat el Kamhawi]], Egyptian novelist
** [[George Wassouf]], Syrian singer
* [[December 24]]
** [[Ilham Aliyev]], 7th [[Prime Minister of Azerbaijan]] and 4th [[President of Azerbaijan]]
** [[Wade Williams]], American actor
** [[Mary Barra]], American businesswoman and executive
* [[December 25]]
** [[Íngrid Betancourt]], Colombian senator
** [[Ghislaine Maxwell]], British socialite<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-scandal|title=Who is Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite at the centre of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal|first=Annabel|last=Sampson|website=Tatler|date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
** [[David Thompson (Barbadian politician)|David Thompson]], 6th Prime Minister of Barbados (d. [[2010]])
* [[December 26]] – [[John Lynch (actor)|John Lynch]], Northern Irish actor
* [[December 27]] – [[Guido Westerwelle]], German politician (d. [[2016]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Jim Reid]], Scottish musician
* [[December 30]]
** [[Douglas Coupland]], Canadian author
** [[Bill English]], 39th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
** [[Sean Hannity]], American radio/television host and conservative commentator
** [[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]], Canadian athlete
*[[December 31]]
**[[Aziz Akhannouch]], Moroccan politician, Prime Minister of Morocco<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telquel-online.com/106/couverture_106_2.shtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419172748/http://www.telquel-online.com/106/couverture_106_2.shtml | archive-date=April 19, 2010 | title=TelQuel : Le Maroc tel qu'il est }}</ref>
**[[Leigh Bowery]], Australian performance artist, club promoter, and fashion designer (d. [[1994]])
===Full date unknown===
* [[Mario Maas]], Dutch professor of radiology<ref>[http://albumacademicum.uva.nl/id/id053532 Prof. dr. M. Maas, 1961 -] at the [[University of Amsterdam]] ''Album Academicum'' website</ref>
* [[Chelenge Van Rampelberg]], Kenyan sculptor<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-20 |title='Mwili akili Na Roho' at Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Nairobi, Kenya |url=https://artafricamagazine.org/mwili-akili-na-roho-at-nairobi-contemporary-art-institute-nairobi-kenya/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=ART AFRICA Magazine}}</ref>
* [[Didier Ruef]], Swiss documentary photographer
* [[Catherine Opie]], American photographer and educator
* [[Gregory Motton]], British playwright and author
* [[Shuvinai Ashoona]], Inuk artist
* [[Myfanwy Macleod]], Canadian artist
* [[Johnny Sutton]], American attorney
* [[Ursula Dubosarsky]], Australian writer
* [[Richard Flanagan]], Australian novelist
* [[Kenneth Goldsmith]], American poet and critic
* [[Satish Babu]], Indian internet governance activist
* [[Francoise Baylis]], Canadian bioethicist
* [[Cornell William Brooks]], American lawyer and activist
==Deaths==
[[File:Erwin Schrödinger (1933).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Erwin Schrödinger]]]]
[[File:Patrice Lumumba, 1960.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Patrice Lumumba]]]]
[[File:CarlosLuz.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Carlos Luz]]]]
[[File:محمد الخامس بن يوسف.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Mohammed V of Morocco]]]]
[[File:Oswald Rayner.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Oswald Rayner]]]]
[[File:Victor d%27Arcy and Harold Abrahams 1920.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Victor d'Arcy]]]]
[[File:Mons. Carlos Duarte Costa y Mons. Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez durante la consagración episcopal en el canal de Panamá.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos Duarte Costa]]]]
[[File:Eliseo mourino banfield.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eliseo Mouriño]]]]
[[File:King Zog I.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zog I of Albania]]]]
[[File:Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.png|thumb|100px|[[Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana]]]]
[[File:Bekkay.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mbarek Bekkay]]]]
[[File:BASA-3K-7-422-22-1896 Summer Olympics.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Garrett]]]]
[[File:Gary Cooper (1952).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gary Cooper]]]]
[[File:Rafael Trujillo.png|thumb|100px|[[Rafael Trujillo]]]]
[[File:ETH-BIB-Jung, Carl Gustav (1875-1961)-Portrait-Portr 14163 (cropped).tif|thumb|100px|[[Carl Jung]]]]
[[File:Jeff Chandler - 1958.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeff Chandler]]]]
[[File:Nasuhi al-Bukhari.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Nasuhi al-Bukhari]]]]
[[File:ErnestHemingway.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ernest Hemingway]]]]
[[File:1913 Ty Cobb portrait photo.png|thumb|100px|[[Ty Cobb]]]]
[[File:Sidney George Holland (1953) 2.png|thumb|100px|Sir [[Sidney Holland]]]]
[[File:Adnan Menderes VI. Yasama Dönemi.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Adnan Menderes]]]]
[[File:Percy Chapman c1920cr.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Percy Chapman]]]]
[[File:Dag Hammarskjöld.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dag Hammarskjöld]]]]
[[File:Marion Davies - Emerald Green.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Marion Davies]]]]
[[File:Chico Marx - signed.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chico Marx]]]]
[[File:Sergio Osmena photo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sergio Osmeña]]]]
[[File:Anselmo Alliegro y Milá.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|[[Anselmo Alliegro y Milá]]]]
[[File:Earle Page - Falk Studios (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Earle Page]]]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Ludwig-006-19, Kurt Meyer.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kurt Meyer]]]]
===January===
* [[January 4]]
** [[Barry Fitzgerald]], Irish actor (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/barry-fitzgerald-the-civil-servant-who-became-one-of-ireland-s-first-hollywood-stars-1.4027905 Barry Fitzgerald: the civil servant who became one of Ireland's first Hollywood stars]</ref>
** [[Erwin Schrödinger]], Austrian physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])
* [[January 8]] – [[František Flos]], Czech novelist (b. [[1864]])
* [[January 9]] – [[Emily Greene Balch]], American writer and pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[January 10]] – [[Dashiell Hammett]], American writer (b. [[1894]])<ref>Hellman, Lilian, Introduction to posthumous Hammett, Dashiell, ''The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels'' (Houghton Mifflin: 1962).</ref>
* [[January 13]]
** [[Nino Marchesini]], Italian actor (b. [[1895]])
** [[Blanche Ring]], American singer and actress (b. [[1871]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Patrice Lumumba]], 1st [[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (b. [[1925]])
* [[January 18]] – [[Thomas Anthony Dooley III]], physician (b. [[1927]])
* [[January 21]]
** [[Blaise Cendrars]], Swiss writer (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{Cite book |title=Collector's Quest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40MYmHteQNoC |year=1968 |page=38}}</ref>
** [[John J. Becker]], American composer and pianist (b. [[1886]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Alfred Carlton Gilbert]], American swimmer and inventor (b. [[1884]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Patricia Wentworth]], British crime fiction writer (b. [[1877]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Jesse Wallace]], American naval officer, 29th [[Governor of American Samoa]] (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Dorothy Thompson]], American journalist (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Arthur Garraty|author2=Mark Christopher Carnes|title=American National Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_espAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-512800-0|page=544}}</ref>
===
* [[February 3]]
** [[William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil]], Australian Governor-General (b. [[1893]])
** [[
* [[February 4]]
** [[
** [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[February 15]]
** [[
** [[Gregory Kelley]], American figure skater (b. [[1944]])
* [[
* [[February 17]]
** [[Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin|Horatio Berney-Filkin]], British army general (b. [[1892]])
** [[Nita Naldi]], American actress (b. [[1894]])
* [[February 20]] – [[Percy Grainger]], Australian composer (b. [[1882]])
* [[February 22]]
** [[George de Cuevas]], Chilean-American ballet impresario and choreographer (b. [[1885]])
** [[Nick LaRocca]], American jazz musician (b. [[1889]])
* [[February 25]] – [[Sebastiano Visconti Prasca]], Italian general (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://generals.dk/general/Visconti_Prasca/Sebastiano/Italy.html |title=Visocnonti Prasca, Sebastiano, Italy |website=Generals of World War II |publisher=generals.dk |access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[February 26]]
** [[Uberto De Morpurgo]], Italian tennis player (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/umberto-de-morpurgo|title=Umberto DE MORPURGO – Olympic Tennis | Italy|date=June 13, 2016|website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>
** King [[Mohammed V of Morocco]] (b. [[1909]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Aaron S. Merrill]], American admiral (b. [[1890]])
===March===
* [[March 3]]
** [[Azizul Haq (scholar, born 1903)|Azizul Haq]], Bengali Islamic scholar (b. [[1903]])<ref>{{Cite book|last=Islam|first=Amirul |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/110213/sonar-bangla-hirar-khoni-45-auliar-jiboni|language=bn|title=সোনার বাংলা হীরার খনি ৪৫ আউলিয়ার জীবনী |publisher=Kohinoor Library |year=2012 |pages=68–73}}</ref>
** [[Paul Wittgenstein]], Austrian-born pianist (b. [[1887]])
* [[March 6]]
** [[George Formby]], British singer, comedian and actor (b. [[1904]])
** [[Oswald Rayner]], British [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 8]]
** Sir [[Thomas Beecham]], English conductor (b. [[1879]])
** [[Gala Galaction]], Romanian writer (b. [[1879]])
* [[March 12]]
** [[Victor d'Arcy]], British Olympic athlete (b. [[1887]])
** [[Belinda Lee]], English actress (b. [[1935]])
* [[March 17]] – [[Susanna M. Salter]], first woman mayor in the United States (b. [[1860]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Nikolai Massalitinov]], Soviet-born Bulgarian actor (b. [[1880]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Valentin Bondarenko]], Russian [[cosmonaut]] (b. [[1937]])
* [[March 24]] – [[H. C. Bailey]], English author
* [[March 25]] – [[Arthur Drewry]], English administrator, 5th [[President of FIFA]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[March 26]] – [[Carlos Duarte Costa]], Brazilian [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop and saint, founder of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 31]] – [[Jessie De Priest]], American teacher and wife of [[Oscar Stanton De Priest]] (b.[[1870]])
===April===
* [[April 2]] – [[Wallingford Riegger]], American music composer (b. [[1885]])
* [[April 3]] – [[Eliseo Mouriño]], Argentine footballer (b. [[1927]])
* [[April 6]] – [[Jules Bordet]], Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[April 7]]
** [[Vanessa Bell]], English artist and interior designer (b. [[1879]])
** [[Jesús Guridi]], Spanish Basque composer (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Webber|title=The Zarzuela Companion|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2002|isbn=9781461673903|page=139}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] – [[Zog I of Albania]], Albanian political leader, 11th [[Prime Minister of Albania]], 7th [[President of Albania]] and [[King of Albania]] (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{cite web|title=King Zog|url=http://www.albanianroyalcourt.al/pages/kingzog|publisher=Albanian Royal Family|access-date=21 November 2016|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227190323/http://www.albanianroyalcourt.al/pages/kingzog|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] – [[Padma Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana]], 16th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[April 12]]
** [[Mbarek Bekkay]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Morocco]] (b. [[1907]])
** [[Aziz Ezzat Pasha]], Egyptian politician (b. [[1869]])
* [[April 19]] – [[Manuel Quiroga (violinist)|Manuel Quiroga]], Spanish violinist (b. [[1892]])
* [[April 20]] – [[Al Singer]], American boxer (b. [[1909]])
* [[April 21]] – [[James Melton]], American tenor (b. [[1904]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Lee Moran]], American actor (b. [[1888]])
* [[April 25]]
** [[Robert Garrett]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1875]])
** [[George Melford]], American actor (b. [[1877]])
* [[April 27]]
** [[Roy Del Ruth]], American film director (b. [[1893]])
** [[Minoru Sasaki]], Japanese general (b. [[1893]])
* [[April 30]]
** [[Dickie Dale]], English motorcycle road racer (b. [[1927]])
** [[Jessie Redmon Fauset]], American editor, writer and educator (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Carolyn Wedin Sylvander|title=Jessie Redmon Fauset, Black American Writer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5JaAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Whitston Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-87875-196-9|page=23}}</ref>
==
* [[May 3]]
** [[Lajos Dinnyés]], 41st [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. [[1901]])
** [[Maurice Merleau-Ponty]], French phenomenological philosopher (b. [[1908]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Lucian Blaga]], Romanian poet and philosopher (b. [[1895]])
* [[May 13]] – [[Gary Cooper]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Albert Sévigny]], Canadian politician (b. [[1881]])
* [[May 16]] – [[George A. Malcolm]], American jurist and educator (b. [[1881]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Nannie Helen Burroughs]], American educator and activist (d. [[1879]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Joan Davis]], American actress (b. [[1912]])
* [[May 29]] – [[Uuno Klami]], Finnish composer (b. [[1900]])<ref>[https://fennicagehrman.fi/composer/klami-uuno/ Klami, Uuno (1900-1961)]</ref>
* [[May 30]] – [[Rafael Trujillo]], Dominican politician and soldier, 2-time [[President of the Dominican Republic]] (b. [[1891]])
==
* June – [[Constantin Constantinescu-Claps]], Romanian general (b. [[1884]])
* [[June 2]] – [[George S. Kaufman]], American playwright (b. [[1889]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-S-Kaufman George S. Kaufman American playwright and journalist]</ref>
* [[June 4]] – [[William Astbury]], English physicist and molecular biologist (b. [[1898]])<ref>[https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/william-thomas-astbury-1898-1961 William Thomas Astbury (1898–1961)]</ref>
* [[June 6]] – [[Carl Jung]], Swiss psychiatrist (b. [[1875]])
* [[June 9]]
** [[Kateryna Bilokur]], Ukrainian folk artist (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.uartlib.org/kateryna-bilokur-biographical-sketch/|title=Kateryna Bilokur: Biographical sketch – Ukrainian Art Library|website=en.uartlib.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-21|date=2015-01-22|archive-date=October 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009125621/http://en.uartlib.org/kateryna-bilokur-biographical-sketch/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Camille Guérin]], French bacteriologist and immunologist (b. [[1872]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Eddie Polo]], Austrian-American actor (b. [[1875]])
* [[June 16]] – [[Marcel Junod]], Swiss physician (b. [[1904]])
* [[June 17]] – [[Jeff Chandler]], American actor (b. [[1918]])
* [[June 18]] – [[Eddie Gaedel]], American with dwarfism (b. [[1925]])
* [[June 19]] – [[Richard Turner (Canadian Army officer)|Sir Richard Turner]], Canadian general, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. [[1871]])<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.vconline.org.uk/sir-richard-e-w-turner-vc/4588370803| title = Sir Richard Ernest William Turner VC, KCB, KCMG, DSO}}</ref>
* [[June 22]] – Queen [[Maria of Yugoslavia]] (b. [[1900]])<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.royalfamily.org/dynasty/hm-queen-maria-of-yugoslavia/|title=HM Queen Maria of Yugoslavia|work=Royal Family of Serbia|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413202412/http://www.royalfamily.org/dynasty/hm-queen-maria-of-yugoslavia/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] – [[Nicolai Malko]], Soviet conductor (b. [[1883]])
* [[June 24]] – [[George Washington Vanderbilt III]], American philanthropist (b. [[1914]])
* [[June 25]] – [[John Alexander Douglas McCurdy]], Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and pilot (b. [[1886]])
* [[June 26]] – [[Kenneth Fearing]], American poet and novelist (b. [[1902]])
* [[June 27]]
** [[Paul Guilfoyle (actor, born 1902)|Paul Guilfoyle]], American actor (b. [[1902]])
** [[Mukhtar Auezov]], Kazakh writer (b. [[1897]])
* [[June 30]] – [[Lee de Forest]], American inventor (b. [[1873]])
==
* [[July 1]]
** [[Nasuhi al-Bukhari]], Syrian soldier and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Syria]] (b. [[1881]])
** [[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]], French writer (b. [[1894]])<ref>Vitoux, Frédéric (1991). ''Céline: A Biography''. New York: Paragon House. {{ISBN|1-55778-255-5}} Pages=551-7</ref>
* [[July 2]] – [[Ernest Hemingway]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (suicide) (b. [[1899]])<ref>Reynolds, Michael (2000). "Ernest Hemingway, 1899–1961: A Brief Biography". in Wagner-Martin, Linda (ed). ''A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway''. New York: Oxford UP. {{ISBN|978-0-19-512152-0}}, page 16</ref>
* [[July 4]] – [[Franklyn Farnum]], American actor (b. [[1878]])
* [[July 6]]
** [[Konstantinos Logothetopoulos]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1878]])
** [[Scott LaFaro]], American bassist (b. [[1936]])
* [[July 9]] – [[Whittaker Chambers]], American spy and witness in [[Alger Hiss|Hiss]] case<ref>
{{cite web
|title=About
|url=https://whittakerchambers.org/about
|publisher=Whittaker Chambers
|access-date=2018-10-01}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] – [[Ty Cobb]], American baseball player and a member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] (b. [[1886]])
* [[July 23]]
** [[Esther Dale]], American actress (b. [[1885]])
** [[Valentine Davies]], American screenwriter (b. [[1905]])
** [[Shigeko Higashikuni|Princess Teru]] of Japan (b. [[1925]])
* [[July 28]] – [[Harry Gribbon]], American actor of silent films (b. [[1885]])
* [[July 30]] – [[Sediqeh Dowlatabadi]], Persian feminist, women's rights activist and journalist (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iranchamber.com/personalities/sdowlatabadi/sediqeh_dowlatabadi.php|title=Iranian Personalities: Sediqeh Dowlatabadi|website=iranchamber.com}}</ref>
===August===
* [[August 1]] – [[Domingo Pérez Cáceres]], Spanish [[Roman Catholic]] priest and saint (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 3]] – [[Zoltán Tildy]], 39th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. [[1889]])
* [[August 4]] – [[Maurice Tourneur]], French film director (b. [[1873]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Sidney Holland|Sir Sidney Holland]], New Zealand politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[August 8]] – [[Mei Lanfang]], Beijing opera star (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 9]] – [[Walter Bedell Smith]], American general and diplomat (b. [[1895]])
* [[August 11]] – [[William Jackson (gangster)|William Jackson]], American gangster (b. [[1920]])
* [[August 14]]
** [[Henri Breuil]], French priest, archaeologist, anthropologist and ethnologist (b. [[1877]])
** [[Clark Ashton Smith]], American writer and sculptor (b. [[1893]])
* [[August 20]] – [[Percy Williams Bridgman]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1882]])
* [[August 23]]
** [[Gotthard Sachsenberg]], German World War I naval aviator and fighter ace (b. [[1891]])<ref>[https://german1914.com/peebles-profiles-episode-xxiii-gotthard-sachsenberg/ PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXIII: Gotthard Sachsenberg]</ref>
** [[Beals Wright]], American tennis player (b. [[1879]])
* [[August 26]]
** [[Howard P. Robertson]], American physicist (b. [[1903]])
** [[Gail Russell]], American actress (b. [[1924]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Vera Michelena]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1885)
* [[August 30]]
** [[Charles Coburn]], American actor (b. [[1877]])
** [[Cristóbal de Losada y Puga]], Peruvian mathematician and mining engineer (b. [[1894]])
===September===
* [[September 1]] – [[Eero Saarinen]], Finnish architect (b. [[1910]])<ref>{{cite book|author=University of Michigan. Board of Regents|title=Proceedings of the Board of Regents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDcXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA525|year=1960|publisher=The University|pages=525}}</ref>
* [[September 3]] – [[Richard Mason (explorer)|Richard Mason]], British explorer (b. [[1934]])
* [[September 4]] – [[Charles D.B. King]], [[President of Liberia]] from 1920 to 1930 (b. [[1875]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated London News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZgeAQAAMAAJ|year=1961|publisher=William Little|page=461}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] – [[Lewis Akeley]], American academic (b. [[1861]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Funeral Set for Dr. Akeley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader-obituary-for-lewis-akeley/149409354/ |access-date=June 16, 2024 |work=[[Argus-Leader]] |agency=Associated Press |date=September 7, 1961 |___location=Vermillion |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
* [[September 7]] – [[Pieter Gerbrandy]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] 1940 to 1945 (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Obituaries from the Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8iUOAQAAMAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Newspaper Archive Developments Limited|isbn=978-0-903713-98-6|page=300}}</ref>
* [[
** [[Percy Chapman]], English cricketer (b. [[1900]])
** [[Hasan Fehmi (Ataç)|Hasan Fehmi]], Turkish politician (b. [[1879]])
* [[
** [[Miguel Gómez Bao]], Spanish-born Argentine actor (b. [[1894]])
** [[Adnan Menderes]], Turkish statesman, 9th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (executed) (b. [[1899]])
* [[
** [[Dag Hammarskjöld]], Swedish diplomat, politician and author, 2nd [[Secretary General of the United Nations]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1905]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephan Mögle-Stadel|title=Dag Hammarskjöld: Visionary for the Future of Humanity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_WfAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Novalis Press|isbn=978-3-8251-7268-8|page=51}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] – [[Georgia Ann Robinson]], community worker and first [[African Americans|African American]] woman to be appointed a [[Los Angeles]] [[police officer]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Marion Davies]], American actress (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stacey Endres|author2=Robert Cushman|title=Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the World-famous Chinese Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XMIAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Pomegranate Press|isbn=978-0-938817-08-6|page=78}}</ref>
* [[September 23]] – [[Elmer Diktonius]], Finnish poet and composer (b. [[1896]])<ref name="Schoolfield1985">{{cite book|author=George C. Schoolfield|title=Elmer Diktonius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyxcAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-24760-6|page=xvii}}</ref>
* [[September 24]] – [[Sumner Welles]], American diplomat (b. [[1892]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]], American vaudeville comedian and film and stage actor (b. [[1891]])
* [[
** [[Robert L. Eichelberger]], American general (b. [[1886]])
** [[Juanita Hansen]], American actress (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 27]] – [[H.D.]] (Hilda Doolittle), American poet and novelist (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Elaine Showalter|author2=Lea Baechler|author3=A. Walton Litz|title=Modern American Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=30UkL9DTj5UC&pg=PA81|date=27 September 1993|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-02-082025-3|pages=81}}</ref>
===October===
* [[
** [[Donald Cook (actor)|Donald Cook]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
** [[William Reid Dick]], Scottish sculptor (b. [[1878]])
* [[October 2]] – [[Essington Lewis]], Australian industrialist (b. [[1881]])
* [[October 4]] – [[Max Weber (artist)|Max Weber]], Polish-American artist (b. [[1881]])
* [[October 6]] – [[J. Reuben Clark]], American politician and Mormon leader (b. [[1871]])<ref>{{cite web| url = https://law.lclark.edu/student_groups/j_reuben_clark_law_society/biography.php| title = J. Reuben Clark's Biography}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] – [[Chico Marx]], American comedian (b. [[1887]])
* [[
** [[Louis Rwagasore]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Burundi]] (assassinated) (b. [[1932]])
** [[Maya Deren]], Russian-born American filmmaker (b. [[1917]])
** [[Zoltán Korda]], Hungarian screenwriter and director (b. [[1895]])
** [[Dun Karm Psaila]], Maltese writer (b. [[1871]])
* [[
** [[Paul Ramadier]], French politician, 63rd [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1888]])
** [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]], English political activist (b. [[1876]])
* [[October 18]] – [[Tsuru Aoki]], Japanese actress (b. [[1892]])<ref>[https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-tsuru-aoki/ Tsuru Aoki]</ref>
* [[
** [[Şemsettin Günaltay]], Turkish historian and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. [[1883]])
** [[Sergio Osmeña]], Filipino politician, 4th [[President of the Philippines]] (b. [[1878]])
* [[October 21]] – [[Karl Korsch]], German Marxist theoretician (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Thinkers of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical, Bibliographical, and Critical Dictionary|publisher=Gale Research Company|year=1983|page=300}}</ref>
* [[
** [[Joseph M. Schenck]], Russian-born film studio executive (b. [[1876]])
** [[Aloys Van de Vyvere]], 25th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. [[1871]])
* [[October 26]] – [[Milan Stojadinović]], 12th [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[October 30]] – [[Luigi Einaudi]], Italian economist and politician, 2nd [[President of Italy]] (b. [[1874]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Augustus John]], Welsh painter (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustus-John|title=Augustus John | Welsh painter | Britannica|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=January 2024 }}</ref>
===November===
* [[November 1]] – [[Mordecai Ham]], American evangelist (b. [[1877]])
* [[
** [[James Thurber]], American humorist (b. [[1894]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Dan Campion|title=Peter De Vries and Surrealism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhwzd3av3z8C&pg=PA55|year=1995|publisher=Bucknell University Press|isbn=978-0-8387-5311-8|pages=55}}</ref>
** [[Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I]], 12th [[Hakim of Bahrain]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[November 3]] – [[Thomas Flynn (bishop of Lancaster)|Thomas Flynn]], British [[Roman Catholic]] prelate and reverend (b. [[1880]])
* [[November 9]] – [[Ferdinand Bie]], Norwegian Olympic athlete (b. [[1888]])
* [[
** [[Elsie Ferguson]], American actress (b. [[1883]])
** [[Johanna Westerdijk]], Dutch plant pathologist (b. [[1883]])
* [[November 16]] – [[Sam Rayburn]], [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[November 19]] – [[Michael Rockefeller]], son of [[Nelson Rockefeller]] (disappeared on date) (born [[1938]])
* [[November 22]] – [[Anselmo Alliegro y Milá]], Cuban politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Cuba]], leader of [[World War II]] (b. [[1899]])
* [[November 24]] – [[Ruth Chatterton]], American actress, novelist and aviator (b. [[1892]])
* [[November 25]] – [[Adelina de Lara]], British composer (b. [[1872]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Anna Gould]], American heiress and socialite, daughter of financier [[Jay Gould]] (b. [[1875]])
===December===
* [[December 2]] – [[Dulcie Mary Pillers]], English medical illustrator (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Pat O'Hara Wood]], Australian tennis player (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 6]] – [[Frantz Fanon]], [[Martinique|Martiniquais]] philosopher (b. [[1925]])
* [[December 7]] – [[Herbert Pitman]], British sailor, third officer of the {{RMS|Titanic}} (b. [[1877]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Elwyn Welch]], New Zealand farmer, ornithologist, conservationist and Open Brethren missionary (b. [[1925]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Geo Verbanck]], Belgian sculptor and medalist (b. [[1881]])
* [[December 13]] – Anna Mary Robertson Moses aka [[Grandma Moses]], American naïve painter (b. [[1860]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Gioacchino Failla]], Italian-born American physicist (b. [[1891]])
* [[
** [[Moss Hart]], American dramatist (b. [[1904]])
** [[Earle Page|Sir Earle Page]], Australian politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1880]])
* [[December 22]] – [[Dick Elliott]], American actor (b. [[1886]])<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dick_elliott Dick Elliott]</ref>
* [[
** [[Kurt Meyer]], German ''Generalmajor der Waffen-SS'' and war criminal (b. [[1910]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Patrick Agte|title=Jochen Peiper: Commander of Panzer-Regiment "Leibstandarte"|publisher=J.J. Fedorowicz Pub|year=1999|isbn=9780921991465|page=583}}</ref>
** [[Fanny Schoonheyt]], Dutch [[Communist]] [[Lieutenant]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. (b. [[1912]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Robert Hillyer]], American poet and professor (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 25]] – [[Otto Loewi]], German-born pharmacologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1873]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Bernard McConville]], American screenwriter (b. [[1887]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Edith Wilson]], [[First Lady of the United States]] from 1915 to 1921 (b. [[1872]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Anton Flettner]], German aviation engineer and inventor (b. [[1885]])
==Nobel Prizes==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Robert Hofstadter]], [[Rudolf Mössbauer]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Melvin Calvin]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Georg von Békésy]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Ivo Andrić]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] (posthumously)
== See also ==
{{Portal|1960s}}
* [[Upside down year]]
==References==
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{{Events by month links}}
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