| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| H. Gardner Ackley |
Economist |
30-Jun-1915 |
12-Feb-1998 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69 |
| Red Adair |
Business |
18-Jun-1915 |
7-Aug-2004 |
Extinguished oil well fires |
| Martin Agronsky |
Journalist |
12-Jan-1915 |
25-Jul-1999 |
Agronsky & Co. |
| Frank Annunzio |
Politician |
12-Jan-1915 |
8-Apr-2001 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1965-93 |
| John Archer |
Actor |
8-May-1915 |
3-Dec-1999 |
Destination Moon |
| Renée Asherson |
Actor |
19-May-1915 |
|
Malta Story |
| Warren Avis |
Business |
4-Aug-1915 |
24-Apr-2007 |
Founder of Avis Rent A Car |
| Buddy Baer |
Boxing |
11-Jun-1915 |
18-Jul-1986 |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
| Roland Barthes |
Critic |
12-Nov-1915 |
23-Mar-1980 |
Structuralist literary critic, S/Z |
| Saul Bellow |
Novelist |
10-Jun-1915 |
5-Apr-2005 |
The Adventures of Augie March |
| Ingrid Bergman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1982 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
| Lyle Bettger |
Actor |
13-Feb-1915 |
24-Sep-2003 |
The Greatest Show on Earth |
| Barbara Billingsley |
Actor |
22-Dec-1915 |
16-Oct-2010 |
June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver |
| Pamela Blake |
Actor |
6-Aug-1915 |
6-Oct-2009 |
No Greater Sin |
| Brebis Bleaney |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1915 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Electron paramagnetic resonance |
| Johnny Bond |
Country Musician |
1-Jun-1915 |
12-Jun-1978 |
Hot Rod Lincoln |
| Veda Ann Borg |
Actor |
11-Jan-1915 |
16-Aug-1973 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
| Eddie Bracken |
Actor |
7-Feb-1915 |
14-Nov-2002 |
Hail the Conquering Hero |
| Lester Breslow |
Doctor |
17-Mar-1915 |
9-Apr-2012 |
Dean, UCLA School of Public Health, 1972-80 |
| Phyllis Brooks |
Actor |
18-Jul-1915 |
1-Aug-1995 |
The Shanghai Gesture |
| Don Budge |
Tennis |
13-Jun-1915 |
26-Jan-2000 |
First ever to win Grand Slam |
| Jack Buetel |
Actor |
5-Sep-1915 |
27-Jun-1989 |
Deputy Taggert on Judge Roy Bean |
| Pat Buttram |
Actor |
19-Jun-1915 |
8-Jan-1994 |
Mr. Haney on Green Acres |
| Frank Cady |
Actor |
8-Sep-1915 |
8-Jun-2012 |
Sam Drucker on Green Acres |
| Phyllis Calvert |
Actor |
18-Feb-1915 |
8-Oct-2002 |
Madonna of the Seven Moons |
| Paul Castellano |
Criminal |
20-Jun-1915 |
16-Dec-1985 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Manning Clark |
Historian |
3-Mar-1915 |
23-May-1991 |
A History of Australia |
| Betty Comden |
Songwriter |
3-May-1915 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Duffy Daugherty |
Football |
8-Sep-1915 |
25-Sep-1987 |
MSU Head Coach, 1954-72 |
| F. Elwood Davis |
Attorney |
15-Dec-1915 |
17-Jan-2012 |
Prominent Washington lawyer |
| Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
| John Dehner |
Actor |
23-Nov-1915 |
4-Feb-1992 |
Carousel |
| Lester del Rey |
Author |
2-Jun-1915 |
10-May-1993 |
Founder of Del Rey Books |
| John N. Dempsey |
Politician |
3-Jan-1915 |
16-Jul-1989 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1959-61 |
| Michael Denison |
Actor |
1-Nov-1915 |
22-Jul-1998 |
Shadowlands |
| Bob Devaney |
Football |
13-Apr-1915 |
9-May-1997 |
Cornhuskers Head Coach, 1962-72 |
| Ellen Drew |
Actor |
23-Nov-1915 |
3-Dec-2003 |
If I Were King |
| Angier Biddle Duke |
Diplomat |
30-Nov-1915 |
29-Apr-1995 |
US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68 |
| Abba Eban |
Government |
2-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-2002 |
Foreign Minister of Israel, 1966-74 |
| Alexander Eckstein |
Economist |
9-Dec-1915 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution |
| Don Edwards |
Politician |
6-Jan-1915 |
|
Congressman from California, 1963-95 |
| Ray Evans |
Songwriter |
4-Feb-1915 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Que Sera Sera |
| Alice Faye |
Actor |
5-May-1915 |
9-May-1998 |
Fallen Angel |
| Jim Ferrier |
Golf |
24-Feb-1915 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Winner, 1947 PGA Championship |
| Antony Fisher |
Activist |
1915 |
Jul-1988 |
Libertarian think-tank founder |
| Ruth Ford |
Actor |
7-Jul-1915 |
12-Aug-2009 |
American stage actress |
| Chet Forrest |
Songwriter |
31-Jul-1915 |
10-Oct-1999 |
Kismet |
| Joe Foss |
Military |
17-Apr-1915 |
1-Jan-2003 |
WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota |
| John Hope Franklin |
Historian |
2-Jan-1915 |
25-Mar-2009 |
From Slavery to Freedom |
| Fred Friendly |
Journalist |
30-Oct-1915 |
3-Mar-1998 |
President of CBS News, 1964-66 |
| Mark Goodson |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-1992 |
Goodson-Todman Productions |
| Philip L. Graham |
Publisher |
18-Jul-1915 |
3-Aug-1963 |
Washington Post publisher, 1947-63 |
| Lorne Greene |
Actor |
12-Feb-1915 |
11-Sep-1987 |
Ben Cartwright on Bonanza |
| Bobby Hackett |
Jazz Musician |
31-Jan-1915 |
7-Jun-1976 |
Played with Glenn Miller, Jackie Gleason |
| Jon Hall |
Actor |
23-Feb-1915 |
13-Dec-1979 |
The Hurricane |
| Oscar Handlin |
Historian |
29-Sep-1915 |
20-Sep-2011 |
The Uprooted |
| Chick Harbert |
Golf |
20-Feb-1915 |
1-Sep-1992 |
Winner, 1954 PGA Championship |
| Clifford M. Hardin |
Government |
9-Oct-1915 |
4-Apr-2010 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1969-71 |
| Otto Heino |
Artist |
20-Apr-1915 |
16-Jul-2009 |
Master potter |
| Walter W. Heller |
Economist |
27-Aug-1915 |
15-Jun-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64 |
| Martin J. Hillenbrand |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1915 |
2-Feb-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1972-76 |
| James Hillier |
Physicist |
22-Aug-1915 |
15-Jan-2007 |
Electron microscope |
| James D. Hodgson |
Government |
3-Dec-1915 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1970-73 |
| Robert Hofstadter |
Physicist |
5-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons |
| Billie Holiday |
Singer |
7-Apr-1915 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Lady Sings the Blues |
| William Hopper |
Actor |
26-Jan-1915 |
6-Mar-1970 |
Paul Drake on Perry Mason |
| Craig Hosmer |
Politician |
6-May-1915 |
11-Oct-1982 |
Congressman from California, 1953-74 |
| Fred Hoyle |
Astronomer |
24-Jun-1915 |
20-Aug-2001 |
Opposed the Big Bang but named it |
| Barnard Hughes |
Actor |
16-Jul-1915 |
11-Jul-2006 |
High priest in TRON |
| Paul Iams |
Business |
11-Aug-1915 |
26-Oct-2004 |
Pet food manufacturer |
| Kiyoshi Ito |
Mathematician |
7-Sep-1915 |
10-Nov-2008 |
Ito Calculus |
| Emrys Jones |
Actor |
22-Sep-1915 |
10-Jul-1972 |
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
| Piet de Jong |
Head of State |
3-Apr-1915 |
|
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1967-71 |
| Curd Jürgens |
Actor |
13-Dec-1915 |
18-Jun-1982 |
The Spy Who Loved Me |
| Bob Kane |
Cartoonist |
24-Oct-1915 |
3-Nov-1998 |
Creator of the original Batman comic |
| Alfred Kazin |
Critic |
5-Jun-1915 |
5-Jun-1998 |
On Native Grounds |
| Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
| Douglas Kennedy |
Actor |
14-Sep-1915 |
10-Aug-1973 |
Steve Donovan, Western Marshal |
| Richard Kerry |
Diplomat |
28-Jul-1915 |
29-Jul-2000 |
Father of John Kerry |
| Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1915 |
27-Oct-2006 |
President of Pakistan, 1988-93 |
| Michael Kidd |
Choreographer |
12-Aug-1915 |
23-Dec-2007 |
Award-winning choreographer |
| William R. Kintner |
Scholar |
21-Apr-1915 |
1-Feb-1997 |
Peace and the Strategy Conflict |
| Fernando Lamas |
Actor |
9-Jan-1915 |
8-Oct-1982 |
The Lost World |
| Priscilla Lane |
Actor |
12-Jun-1915 |
4-Apr-1995 |
Saboteur |
| Ring Lardner, Jr. |
Playwright |
19-Aug-1915 |
31-Oct-2000 |
Screenwriter, M*A*S*H |
| Jerome Lawrence |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1915 |
29-Feb-2004 |
Inherit the Wind and Mame |
| Arthur Lewis |
Economist |
23-Jan-1915 |
15-Jun-1991 |
Economics of developing nations |
| John C. Lilly |
Scientist |
6-Jan-1915 |
30-Sep-2001 |
Human-dolphin communication |
| Ruth Lilly |
Philanthropist |
2-Aug-1915 |
30-Dec-2009 |
Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune |
| Jay Livingston |
Composer |
28-Mar-1915 |
17-Oct-2001 |
Que Sera Sera |
| Alan Lomax |
Musicologist |
31-Jan-1915 |
19-Jul-2002 |
Preserved thousands of folksongs |
| Anita Louise |
Actor |
9-Jan-1915 |
25-Apr-1970 |
The Little Princess |
| Arthur Lowe |
Actor |
22-Sep-1915 |
15-Apr-1982 |
Dad's Army |
| Sidney Luft |
Film/TV Producer |
2-Nov-1915 |
15-Sep-2005 |
Ex-Husband of Judy Garland |
| Ross Macdonald |
Novelist |
13-Dec-1915 |
11-Jul-1983 |
Creator of P.I. Lew Archer |
| Ranald MacDougall |
Screenwriter |
10-Mar-1915 |
12-Dec-1973 |
We're No Angels |
| Walter Macken |
Novelist |
3-May-1915 |
22-Apr-1967 |
Rain on the Wind |
| Lester Maddox |
Politician |
30-Sep-1915 |
25-Jun-2003 |
Governor of Georgia, 1967-71 |
| Joe Mantell |
Actor |
21-Dec-1915 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Angie in Marty |
| Martin Manulis |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1915 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Creator of Playhouse 90 |
| Brenda Marshall |
Actor |
29-Sep-1915 |
30-Jul-1992 |
Footsteps in the Dark |
| William Masters |
Scientist |
27-Dec-1915 |
16-Feb-2001 |
Human Sexual Response |
| Paul W. McCracken |
Economist |
29-Dec-1915 |
3-Aug-2012 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
| Gale W. McGee |
Politician |
17-Mar-1915 |
9-Apr-1992 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77 |
| Thomas J. McIntyre |
Politician |
20-Feb-1915 |
8-Aug-1992 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1962-79 |
| Peter Medawar |
Biologist |
28-Feb-1915 |
2-Oct-1987 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Humberto Cardinal Medeiros |
Religion |
6-Oct-1915 |
17-Sep-1983 |
Archbishop of Boston, 1970-83 |
| Gary Merrill |
Actor |
2-Aug-1915 |
5-Mar-1990 |
All About Eve |
| Thomas Merton |
Author |
31-Jan-1915 |
10-Dec-1968 |
The Seven Storey Mountain |
| Prince Mikasa |
Royalty |
15-Dec-1915 |
|
Son of Emperor Taisho |
| Arthur Miller |
Playwright |
17-Oct-1915 |
10-Feb-2005 |
Death of a Salesman |
| Mario Monicelli |
Film Director |
15-May-1915 |
29-Nov-2010 |
Big Deal on Madonna Street |
| Joseph Montoya |
Politician |
24-Sep-1915 |
8-Jun-1978 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1964-77 |
| Garry Moore |
TV Personality |
31-Jan-1915 |
28-Nov-1993 |
The Garry Moore Show |
| Harry Morgan |
Actor |
10-Apr-1915 |
7-Dec-2011 |
Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H |
| Henry Morgan |
Radio Personality |
31-Mar-1915 |
19-May-1994 |
Bad Boy of Radio, I've Got a Secret |
| John E. Moss |
Politician |
13-Apr-1915 |
5-Dec-1997 |
Congressman from California, 1953-78 |
| Zero Mostel |
Actor |
28-Feb-1915 |
8-Sep-1977 |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Robert Motherwell |
Painter |
24-Jan-1915 |
16-Jul-1991 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Jules Munshin |
Actor |
22-Feb-1915 |
19-Feb-1970 |
On the Town |
| Thomas A. Murphy |
Business |
10-Dec-1915 |
18-Jan-2006 |
CEO of General Motors, 1974-80 |
| Anne Nagel |
Actor |
29-Sep-1915 |
6-Jul-1966 |
The Green Hornet |
| Pete Newell |
Basketball |
3-Aug-1915 |
17-Nov-2008 |
Influential NCAA coach |
| Donald G. Nutter |
Politician |
28-Nov-1915 |
25-Jan-1962 |
Governor of Montana, 1961-62 |
| Edmond O'Brien |
Actor |
10-Sep-1915 |
9-May-1985 |
The Great Imposter |
| Simon Oakland |
Actor |
28-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1983 |
Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak |
| Mollie Orshansky |
Economist |
9-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Orshansky Index |
| Nicola Paone |
Business |
5-Oct-1915 |
25-Dec-2003 |
Restaurateur, Italian Troubadour |
| Jean Parker |
Actor |
11-Aug-1915 |
30-Nov-2005 |
Little Women |
| Les Paul |
Guitarist |
9-Jun-1915 |
13-Aug-2009 |
Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer |
| Hy Peskin |
Photographer |
5-Nov-1915 |
2-Jun-2005 |
Sports photojournalist |
| Edith Piaf |
Singer |
19-Dec-1915 |
11-Oct-1963 |
Internationally-renowned French chanteuse |
| Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
| Samuel J. Popeil |
Inventor |
22-Jan-1915 |
17-Jul-1984 |
Veg-O-Matic |
| Wesley Powell |
Politician |
13-Oct-1915 |
6-Jan-1981 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1959-63 |
| Dennis Price |
Actor |
23-Jun-1915 |
6-Oct-1973 |
The World of Wooster |
| John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
| William Proxmire |
Politician |
11-Nov-1915 |
15-Dec-2005 |
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1957-89 |
| Anthony Quinn |
Actor |
21-Apr-1915 |
3-Jun-2001 |
Zorba the Greek |
| Norman F. Ramsey |
Physicist |
27-Aug-1915 |
4-Nov-2011 |
Energy levels of atoms |
| Jane Randolph |
Actor |
30-Oct-1915 |
4-May-2009 |
Cat People |
| John Randolph |
Actor |
1-Jun-1915 |
24-Feb-2004 |
Prizzi's Honor |
| Joyce Redman |
Actor |
9-Dec-1915 |
10-May-2012 |
Tom Jones |
| Patricia Roc |
Actor |
7-Jun-1915 |
30-Dec-2003 |
When the Bough Breaks |
| David Rockefeller |
Business |
12-Jun-1915 |
|
Founder of the Trilateral Commission |
| Ethel Rosenberg |
Relative |
28-Sep-1915 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg |
| Pete Rugolo |
Composer |
25-Dec-1915 |
16-Oct-2011 |
Jazz and television composer |
| John D. Ryan |
Military |
10-Dec-1915 |
27-Oct-1983 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73 |
| Paul Samuelson |
Economist |
15-May-1915 |
13-Dec-2009 |
Theory of revealed preference |
| U Aung San |
Government |
13-Feb-1915 |
19-Jul-1947 |
Secured independence from Britain for Burma |
| Francis W. Sargent |
Politician |
29-Jul-1915 |
21-Oct-1998 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1969-75 |
| Alex Schoenbaum |
Business |
8-Aug-1915 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Founder, Shoney's |
| Anna J. Schwartz |
Economist |
11-Nov-1915 |
21-Jun-2012 |
A Monetary History of the United States |
| Julius Schwartz |
Cartoonist |
19-Jun-1915 |
8-Feb-2004 |
Silver Age comics pioneer |
| Elisabeth Schwarzkopf |
Singer |
9-Sep-1915 |
3-Aug-2006 |
Operatic soprano |
| Oliver Seth |
Judge |
30-May-1915 |
27-Mar-1996 |
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1962-84 |
| Dan Seymour |
Actor |
22-Feb-1915 |
25-May-1993 |
Return of the Fly |
| Yitzhak Shamir |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1915 |
30-Jun-2012 |
Twice Israeli Prime Minister |
| Maurice M. Shapiro |
Physicist |
13-Nov-1915 |
27-Feb-2008 |
Composition and origin of cosmic rays |
| Ann Sheridan |
Actor |
21-Feb-1915 |
21-Jan-1967 |
Torrid Zone |
| Walter Shorenstein |
Business |
23-Feb-1915 |
24-Jun-2010 |
San Francisco real estate mogul |
| Sargent Shriver |
Activist |
9-Nov-1915 |
18-Jan-2011 |
First Director of the Peace Corps |
| Clifford G. Shull |
Physicist |
23-Sep-1915 |
31-Mar-2001 |
Neutron scattering |
| Frank Sinatra |
Singer |
12-Dec-1915 |
14-May-1998 |
It's Frank's world, we just live in it |
| Jean Stafford |
Novelist |
1-Jul-1915 |
26-Mar-1979 |
The Catherine Wheel |
| Pops Staples |
Guitarist |
28-Dec-1915 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Blues guitarist |
| Potter Stewart |
Judge |
23-Jan-1915 |
7-Dec-1985 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81 |
| Billy Strayhorn |
Composer |
29-Nov-1915 |
31-May-1967 |
Take the A Train |
| Robert C. Strong |
Diplomat |
29-Sep-1915 |
28-Dec-1999 |
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1963-67 |
| Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1915 |
9-Mar-1974 |
Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP) |
| Phillips Talbot |
Diplomat |
7-Jun-1915 |
1-Oct-2010 |
US Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69 |
| William Talman |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
30-Aug-1968 |
Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason |
| Henry Taube |
Chemist |
30-Nov-1915 |
16-Nov-2005 |
Mechanisms of electron transfer |
| Nicholas G. Thacher |
Diplomat |
20-Aug-1915 |
11-Mar-2002 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1970-73 |
| Ralph Thomas |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1915 |
17-Mar-2001 |
Deadlier Than the Male |
| Paul Tibbets |
Military |
23-Feb-1915 |
1-Nov-2007 |
Pilot of the Enola Gay |
| Charles H. Townes |
Physicist |
28-Jul-1915 |
|
Invention of the maser and laser |
| John Vivyan |
Actor |
31-May-1915 |
20-Dec-1983 |
Mr. Lucky |
| Margaret Walker |
Novelist |
7-Jul-1915 |
30-Nov-1998 |
Jubilee |
| Eli Wallach |
Actor |
7-Dec-1915 |
|
The Magnificent Seven |
| Ruth Warrick |
Actor |
29-Jun-1915 |
15-Jan-2005 |
Phoebe Tyler on All My Children |
| Muddy Waters |
Musician |
4-Apr-1915 |
30-Apr-1983 |
Hoochie Coochie Man |
| Jack Watson |
Actor |
14-May-1915 |
4-Jul-1999 |
The Wild Geese |
| Alan Watts |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1915 |
16-Nov-1973 |
Zen beat counterculture sage |
| Richard Webb |
Actor |
9-Sep-1915 |
10-Jun-1993 |
Captain Midnight |
| Alvin M. Weinberg |
Physicist |
20-Apr-1915 |
18-Oct-2006 |
Nuclear scientist |
| Thomas H. Weller |
Scientist |
15-Jun-1915 |
23-Aug-2008 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Orson Welles |
Actor |
6-May-1915 |
10-Oct-1985 |
Citizen Kane |
| Theodore H. White |
Historian |
6-May-1915 |
15-May-1986 |
The Making of the President |
| Cornel Wilde |
Actor |
13-Oct-1915 |
16-Oct-1989 |
A Song to Remember |
| Bill Williams |
Actor |
21-May-1915 |
21-Sep-1992 |
The Adventures of Kit Carson |
| Verne Winchell |
Business |
30-Oct-1915 |
26-Nov-2002 |
Founder of Winchell's Donuts |
| Norman Wisdom |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
4-Oct-2010 |
The Great British Clown |
| William Witney |
Film Director |
15-May-1915 |
17-Mar-2002 |
Master of the World |
| Alex Wojciechowicz |
Football |
12-Aug-1915 |
13-Jul-1992 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Herman Wouk |
Novelist |
27-May-1915 |
|
The Caine Mutiny |
| Judith Wright |
Poet |
31-May-1915 |
26-Jun-2000 |
The Moving Image |
| Frankie Yankovic |
Musician |
15-Jul-1915 |
14-Oct-1998 |
America's Polka King |
| Hu Yaobang |
Head of State |
20-Nov-1915 |
15-Apr-1989 |
Chinese Communist leader, 1980-87 |
| Terence Young |
Film Director |
20-Jun-1915 |
7-Sep-1994 |
Dr. No |
| Chung Ju Yung |
Business |
25-Nov-1915 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Founder of Hyundai |
| Victor Sen Yung |
Actor |
18-Oct-1915 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Hop Sing on Bonanza |
