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Calendar overview 1927
1927 | |
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Flood disaster on the Mississippi River . | |
Charles Lindbergh is the first person to cross the Atlantic alone from New York to Paris without a stopover. |
The Hindenburgdamm to Sylt is opened.
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1927 in other calendars | |
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From urbe condita | 2680 |
Armenian calendar | 1375-1376 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1919-1920 |
Badi calendar | 83-84 |
Bengali calendar | 1333-1334 |
Berber calendar | 2877 |
Buddhist calendar | 2471 |
Burmese calendar | 1289 |
Byzantine calendar | 7435-7436 |
Chinese calendar | |
- era | 4623-4624 or 4563-4564 |
- 60 year cycle |
Fire Tiger ( 丙寅 , 3) - |
French revolutionary calendar |
- CXXXV CXXXVI 135-136 |
Hebrew calendar | 5687-5688 |
Hindu calendar | |
- Vikram Sambat | 1983-1984 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1849-1850 |
Iranian calendar | 1305-1306 |
Islamic calendar | 1345-1346 |
Japanese calendar | |
- Nengō (era): | Shōwa 2 |
- Kōki | 2587 |
Coptic calendar | 1643-1644 |
Korean calendar | |
- Dangun era | 4260 |
- Juche era | 16 |
Minguo calendar | 16 |
Modern Olympics | VIII |
Seleucid calendar | 2238-2239 |
Thai solar calendar | 2470 |
Events
Politics and world events
- January 1st : Giuseppe Motta becomes President of Switzerland for the third time .
- January 31 : The Allied Military Commission ceases its activities and leaves Germany.
- February : In Paris , seven Siamese students found the Khana Ratsadon , the Siamese people's party.
- March 19 : Serious street battles broke out in Berlin between armed National Socialist and Communist groups.
- April 18 : In preparation for the reunification of China, the formation of a national government is proclaimed in Nanjing .
- April 24th : National Council election in Austria
- May 4 : The Treaty of Espino Negro (also known as the “Treaty of Tipitapa” ) is concluded between the USA and Nicaragua , which allows the USA to intervene in Nicaragua at any time and to place the police there under US orders.
- May 9th : Canberra , founded 14 years earlier, becomes Australia's new capital , replacing Melbourne .
- May 27 : Britain breaks diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and terminates a bilateral trade treaty as Russia supported the British miners' strike.
- June 1st : The Hindenburg dam , which connects the island of Sylt with the mainland, is opened.
- July 15 : In Vienna , in the course of the so-called July revolt of the Palace of Justice after a scandal judgment stormed and set on fire.
- August 7th : During the northern campaign , the Chinese Communist Party terminates the existing alliance with the Kuomintang .
- August 23 : Sacco and Vanzetti are executed on the electric chair.
- September 11th : During the Comintern- initiated autumn harvest uprising , communist troops led by Mao Zedong carry out targeted combat operations against the Kuomintang National Revolutionary Army for the first time , starting the Chinese Civil War .
- September 18 : Inauguration of the Tannenberg monument in East Prussia
- November 11 : Alliance treaty between France and Yugoslavia
- November 22 : With the conclusion of the second Tirana Pact between Italy and Albania due to Albanian tensions with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , the Balkan state in fact accepts the situation of being an Italian protectorate .
- November 25 : Over 70 governments sign an "International Radiotelegraphic Agreement" in Washington .
- December 9th : Tsarism Bulgaria and Greece sign the Mollow-Kaphantaris Agreement , which regulates the exchange of people and the compensation of refugees and displaced persons, including the Thracian Bulgarians , between the two countries. The agreement bears the name of the two finance ministers, Vladimir Mollow and Georgios Kaphantaris .
- Abolition of the lance as an official combat weapon in the British Army and the Reichswehr
economy
- January 1st : Foundation of Rewe as a cooperative in Cologne
- January 21 : Hungary introduces the pengő as the new currency .
- March 26th : Alfred Hugenberg acquires the majority in the nearly bankrupt film company Ufa .
- April 1st : The world's first large-scale coal liquefaction plant for mineral oil production goes into operation in Leuna .
- April 14 : The first Volvo leaves the factory on the island of Hisingen.
- May 7th : The Brazilian airline Varig is founded by the German Ernst Otto Mayer .
- May 13th : “ Black Stock Exchange Friday ” in Berlin. After the Deutsche Reichsbank had exerted pressure on the German commercial banks the day before to take action against what they saw as excessive share prices, the share index of the Reich Statistical Office on the Berlin Stock Exchange fell by 31.9 percent within one day.
- May 14th : Launch of the Cap Arcona
- July 16 : The German Reichstag passes the law on job placement and unemployment insurance . The provisional regulation of the unemployment welfare ordinance in the context of war welfare is no longer applicable, there is now a real legal entitlement to unemployment benefits .
- September 18 : Forerunner Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) begins broadcasting radio programs in the United States .
- October 4th : Edward Lasker , better known as a chess player , receives a patent for the breast pump he invented .
- October 26 : Foundation of the Fuerth mail order company Quelle
science and technology
- March: First flight of the Fokker F.VIII
- March: First flight of the Lockheed Vega
- April: Georges Lemaître presents his thesis about the beginning of the universe , which is later called the Big Bang .
- May 20 : The Sino-Swedish expedition led by Sven Hedin sets out from Beijing to explore Mongolia , the Gobi Desert and Xinjiang .
- 20 / May 21 : Charles Lindbergh flies non-stop from New York to Paris .
- May 25 : Clärenore Stinnes and her later husband Carl-Axel Söderström set off on a trip around the world with a support truck and two technicians with a production vehicle, an Adler Standard 6. Together with Carl-Axel Söderström, she was the first person to circle the earth in a car.
- 4. bis 6. June : The US aviator Clarence Chamberlin (1893-1976) flies for the first time together with a passenger Charles A. Levine nonstop from New York across the Atlantic to Germany. The aircraft, a Bellanca WB2 named “Columbia”, takes off on June 4, 1927 in New York (Roosevelt Field, Long Island) and lands on June 6, initially in Eisleben near Halle / Saale. It takes about 43 hours to cover the 3911 statute miles (6294 km). Then he continues his flight with the destination Berlin and lands in Klinge near Cottbus. He didn't reach his destination until the next day, Berlin-Tempelhof Airport.
- The German chief engineer Engelbert Zaschka is building a helicopter with energy storage.
- June 29th : Total solar eclipse in Northern Europe
- June: Werner Heisenberg publishes his work on the uncertainty principle .
- The Essen company Friedrich Krupp presented the high-performance cutting material " Widia " for the first time at the Leipzig spring fair .
- The radio station Nürnberg-Kleinreuth is established.
- Clinton Davisson and George Paget Thomson conduct their experiment on the detection of electron scattering on solids (in: Nature 119 (1927), 558; Physical Review 30 (1927), 705).
- The pedagogue Peter Petersen founds the Jena Plan school development concept .
Culture
Movie
- January 10 : The premiere of Fritz Lang's dystopian science fiction film Metropolis takes place in Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo .
- April 30th : Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks senior are the first film greats to immortalize themselves with their prints in the floor of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood .
- October 6 : In Hollywood , the jazz singer of Alan Crosland , the first commercial sound film, premiered. With his success he ensures the breakthrough of the new sound film .
literature
- December 26 : Hugo von Hofmannsthal's essay Wert und Ehre deutscher Sprache appears in the Münchner Neue Nachrichten .
Music and theater
- January 8th : World premiere of the opera Penthesilea by Othmar Schoeck at the Semperoper in Dresden
- January 28 : World premiere of the opera Angélique by Jacques Ibert in Paris
- February 10 : World premiere of the jazz opera Jonny performed by Krenek at the New Theater in Leipzig
- February 21 : World premiere of the operetta The Tsarevich by Franz Lehár at the Deutsches Künstler-Theater in Berlin
- February 17th : World premiere of the opera Hanneles Himmelfahrt by Paul Graener in Dresden
- May 26 : World premiere of the operetta Märchen im Schnee by Robert Stolz at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna
- July 17th : The song game Mahagonny is premiered in Baden-Baden. The composer is Kurt Weill , the lyrics are from Bertolt Brecht . The later opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny draws on elements of the song play, which received good reviews.
- September 13 : World premiere of the operetta Die golden'ne Meisterin by Edmund Eysler at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
- October 7th : World premiere of the opera Das Wunder der Heliane by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in Hamburg
- November 14 : World premiere of the musical Funny Face by George Gershwin at the Alvin Theater in New York
- December 12th : World premiere of the opera Le pauvre matelot by Darius Milhaud at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- November 18 : World premiere of the opera La Campana sommersa (The Sunken Bell) by Ottorino Respighi at the Hamburg State Opera
- December 25th : World premiere of the operetta Die blond Liselott by Eduard Künneke in Altenburg
- December 28 : World premiere of the opera Antigone by Arthur Honegger at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels
Others
- June 2nd : Opening of the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum
- July 9 : While digging peat , Jann Hanßen and his son Heye discover Walle's plow, which is at least two thousand years old, in the East Frisian town of Walle .
- Foundation of the Baden Secession in Freiburg
- Founding of the Comité pour l'election de Miss Europe
- Opening of the National Museum Cardiff
- IFLA ( International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ), the international association of library associations and institutions, is founded in Edinburgh, Scotland.
society
- May 18 : The Bath School Massacre , a series of bombings on Bath Comprehensive School, kills 45 people, mostly first to sixth grade students. It is the largest school mass murder in US history.
- The Miss Germany is first elected.
- Creation of the international movement Brotherhood of Vagabonds .
Disasters
- March 7 : 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Tango province , Japan , killing 3,000
- April 22nd : Flood of the century on the Mississippi River - 70,000 km² in the states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Illinois are under water. 700,000 people are affected and around 250 people die.
- May 22 : A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Qinghai , China , killing around 200,000
- July 8th / 9th : A flood disaster hits the river valleys in the Eastern Ore Mountains and causes enormous damage, especially in the valleys of the Müglitz and Gottleuba . A total of 145 people fell victim to the floods, including 88 in Berggießhübel alone .
- August 25 : The torpedo boat destroyer Warabi sinks after a collision with the light cruiser Jindsu (both Japan ) off Bungo-Suido , 102 dead.
- October 25 : The Italian luxury steamer Principessa Mafalda hits a rock in front of Porto Seguro (Brazil) and sinks, 312 people are killed.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- January 1st : The International Lawn Tennis Association accepts the German Tennis Association as a member.
- March 26 : The first car race called Mille Miglia on the roads of northern Italy starts in Brescia .
- April 23 : Cardiff City becomes the first (and so far only) Welsh club to win the FA Cup .
- May 26th : The first race takes place on the Badberg-Viereck, today's Sachsenring .
- June 18 : The Nürburgring is inaugurated with a motorcycle race as part of the first Eifel race .
- June 19 : Max Schmeling wins the European Championship in Dortmund.
- July 21 : The Italian Alfredo Binda wins the UCI Road World Championships for professionals , which are held at the Nürburgring . Binda is the first to receive a rainbow jersey.
- July 22nd : The AS Roma football club is founded.
- July 30th : Edi Hans Pawlata is the first European to play the Eskimo role .
- October 8 : The Achilleion opens in Leipzig as a sports hall with a capacity for 8,000 spectators. The building is also used as an exhibition hall.
- November 29th : Alexander Alekhine becomes the new world chess champion with a victory of 18.5 to 15.5 points against José Raúl Capablanca .
- Joe Davis helped organize the first World Snooker Championship and won it by beating Tom Dennis by 20-11 (frames).
Nobel Prizes
- Physics : Arthur Holly Compton and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- Chemistry : Heinrich Otto Wieland
- Medicine : Julius Wagner-Jauregg
- Literature : Henri Bergson
- Nobel Peace Prize : Ferdinand Buisson and Ludwig Quidde
Born
January
- January 1 : Maurice Béjart , French ballet dancer and choreographer († 2007 )
- January 1 : Ahmad Jawed , Afghan literary scholar and peace educator († 2002 )
- January 1st : Juliusz Łuciuk , Polish composer
- January 1 : Jean-Paul Mousseau , Canadian painter and sculptor († 1991 )
- January 1 : Vernon L. Smith , Professor of Economics and Law
- January 2 : Raúl Gustavo Aguirre , Argentine literary critic and poet († 1983 )
- January 2 : Gino Marchetti , American football player († 2019 )
- January 2 : Herbert Sczepan , Baptist pastor and evangelist († 2004 )
- January 2 : Arnold Zellner , American economist († 2010 )
- January 4 : Hans Bentzien , SED functionary and Minister for Culture of the GDR († 2015 )
- January 4th : Lauro Cavazos , American politician
- January 4 : Claus Jacobi , German journalist († 2013 )
- January 4th : Barbara Rush , American actress
- January 5 : Mino Argento , Italian-American artist
- January 5 : Joker Paz Arroyo , Filipino politician († 2015 )
- January 5 : Werner Baumgart , German saxophonist and arranger († 2009 )
- January 5th : Dieter Henrich , German philosopher
- January 5 : Władysław Ślesicki , Polish film director and screenwriter († 2008 )
- January 6 : Manfred Gebhardt , German journalist and author († 2013 )
- January 6 : Alfred Sirven , French entrepreneur (Elf Aquitaine) († 2005 )
- January 6 : Maria Voderholzer , German teacher and writer († 2015 )
- January 7 : Abdul Hamid , Pakistani field hockey player († 2019 )
- January 7th : Achille Maramotti , Italian entrepreneur in the fashion industry and lawyer († 2005 )
- January 8 : Karlheinz Eber , General Secretary of the YMCA Bavaria († 2004 )
- January 8th : Hellmuth Hahn , German homeland researcher, historian, doctor and local politician († 2015 )
- January 8 : Uzi Wiesel , Israeli cellist and music teacher († 2019 )
- January 9 : Adolfo Antonio Cardinal Suárez Rivera , Archbishop of Monterrey († 2008 )
- January 9 : Rodolfo Walsh , Argentine writer and journalist († 1977 )
- January 10 : Johnnie Ray , American singer († 1990 )
- January 10 : Otto Stich , Swiss politician († 2012 )
- January 11 : Franz Bummerl , Czech musician and composer († 2011 )
- January 11 : Marta Hidy , Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher († 2010 )
- January 12 : Leopold Ahlsen , German writer († 2018 )
- January 12th : Herbert Aulich , German painter, graphic artist and object artist († 2020 )
- January 12 : Ignatz Bubis , Chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany († 1999 )
- January 12 : Leopoldo Federico , Argentine bandoneonist and tango composer († 2014 )
- January 12 : Leslie Orgel , British chemist († 2007 )
- January 13 : Brockman Adams , American politician († 2004 )
- January 13 : Liz Anderson , American country singer and songwriter († 2011 )
- January 13 : Sydney Brenner , British biologist and Nobel Prize winner († 2019 )
- January 15 : Kirti Nidhi Bista , Nepalese non-party politician († 2017 )
- January 15 : Walter Schneider , German motorcycle racer († 2010 )
- January 16 : Paul Antaki , Egyptian auxiliary bishop († 2011 )
- January 17 : Eartha Kitt , American singer and actress († 2008 )
- January 17 : Harlan Mathews , American politician († 2014 )
- January 17th : Donald Erb , American composer († 2008 )
- January 18 : Werner Liebrich , German soccer player and coach († 1995 )
- January 18 : Rudolf Schlott , German soccer coach († 2014 )
- January 19 : Lothar Dräger , German author († 2016 )
- January 20 : Günther Grotkamp , German publishing manager
- January 20 : Wolfgang Kasack , German Slavist († 2003 )
- January 20 : Dietrich Rössler , German theologian
- January 21 : Udo Walendy , German political scientist
- January 22 : Lou Creekmur , American football player († 2009 )
- January 22 : Joe Perry , American football player († 2011 )
- January 24 : Paula Hawkins , American politician († 2009 )
- January 24 : Rose-Marie Wörner , German landscape architect and garden conservationist († 2015 )
- January 24th : Rüdiger Seitz , Austrian composer and music teacher († 1991 )
- January 25 : Antônio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian singer and composer († 1994 )
- January 26 : Hans Bardens , German politician, Member of the Bundestag († 2003 )
- January 26th : Erni Mangold , Austrian actress
- January 26 : Vic Mees , Belgian football player († 2012 )
- January 27 : Giovanni Arpino , Italian writer and journalist († 1987 )
- January 27 : Gianni De Luca , Italian comic artist († 1991 )
- January 27 : Diether Ritzert , German painter and graphic artist († 1987 )
- January 27 : Vicente Joaquim Zico , Brazilian Archbishop († 2015 )
- January 28 : Per Oscarsson , Swedish actor († 2010 )
- January 28 : Hans Stefan Seifriz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag († 2020 )
- January 29 : Edward Paul Abbey , American naturalist, philosopher and writer († 1989 )
- January 30th : Ahmed Abdul-Malik , American jazz musician († 1993 )
- January 30 : Bernhard Elsner , German military scientist and major general of the GDR († 2017 )
- January 30 : Olof Palme , Swedish politician and two-time Prime Minister († 1986 )
- January 31 : Alfred Heindler , Austrian district politician († 2005 )
- January 31 : Christiane Uhlhorn , German politician (CDU) († 2016 )
February
- February 1 : Jimmy Andrews , Scottish football player († 2012 )
- February 1 : Hans Gmür , Swiss author († 2004 )
- February 1 : Günter Guillaume , GDR spy in the Federal Chancellery 1970–1974 († 1995 )
- February 1 : Rick Wilkins , Canadian composer, arranger, saxophonist and conductor
- February 2 : Stan Getz , American tenor saxophone († 1991 )
- February 3 : Kenneth Anger , American filmmaker and writer
- February 3 : Hans-Georg Arlt , German violinist († 2011 )
- February 3 : Friedrich Karl Flick , German entrepreneur († 2006 )
- February 4 : Henri d'Attilio , French politician († 2008 )
- February 4th : Arthur Cohn , Swiss film producer
- February 4 : Horst Ehmke , German politician († 2017 )
- February 4 : Rolf Landauer , German-American physicist and information scientist († 1999 )
- February 5th : Jean Hamilius , Luxembourg politician and athlete
- February 5 : Hans-Jürgen Imiela , German art historian († 2005 )
- February 5 : Gerhard Klarner , German news anchor († 1990 )
- February 5 : Ewald Schmeken , German historian and sociologist († 2009 )
- February 6 : Piți Apolzan , Romanian football player († 1982 )
- February 6 : Charles Gerhardt , American conductor, arranger, sound engineer and music producer († 1999 )
- February 6 : Friedel Münch , German motorcycle designer († 2014 )
- February 7th : Juliette Gréco , French chanson singer and actress
- February 7th : Michel Hausser , French jazz vibraphonist
- February 7 : Volodymyr Kuz , Soviet athlete (long-distance runner) († 1975 )
- February 7th : Laurie Johnson , English composer
- February 9 : David Wheeler , British computer pioneer († 2004 )
- February 10 : Alma Adamkienė , Lithuanian politician's wife and first lady
- February 10 : Leontyne Price , American concert and opera singer
- February 11 : Dieter Eppler , German actor and radio play director († 2008 )
- February 11 : Inge Jens , German writer
- February 11 : Johannes Menskes , German choir director and composer
- February 11 : Jochen Schröder , German actor and voice actor
- February 12 : Paul Bühlmann , Swiss folk actor († 2000 )
- February 12 : Gottfried Pohlan , German motorcycle racer († 1989 )
- February 13 : Lieselott Enders , German archivist and historian († 2009 )
- February 13 : Herbert Pilch , German linguist, Celtologist and politician († 2018 )
- February 13 : Sybil Countess Schönfeldt , German writer
- February 14 : Hans Kann , Austrian pianist and composer († 2005 )
- February 14 : Lois Maxwell , Canadian actress († 2007 )
- February 15 : Harvey Korman , American actor († 2008 )
- February 15 : Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini SJ , Italian Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan († 2012 )
- February 16 : Günter Apel , German trade unionist and politician († 2007 )
- February 16 : Ludwig Averkamp , German theologian; Archbishop of Hamburg († 2013 )
- February 16 : Lothar Rathmann , German historian and Arabist
- February 16 : Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein , German politician († 2008 )
- February 17 : Juan Almeida , Cuban revolutionary and politician († 2009 )
- February 17th : Ernst Jenni , Swiss Protestant Reformed theologian, pastor and professor for the Old Testament and Semitic linguistics
- February 18 : Rik Battaglia , Italian actor († 2015 )
- February 18 : John Warner , American politician
- February 19 : Gerhard Perl , German classical philologist († 2008 )
- February 19 : Bob Johnson , American racing driver († 2008 )
- February 19 : Hugo Portisch , Austrian journalist
- February 20 : Gerhard Audorf , German athlete and civil engineer († 1999 )
- February 20 : Heinz Aulfes , German politician
- February 20 : Carl Damm , German politician (CDU) († 1993 )
- February 20 : Aloys Felke , German entrepreneur and politician († 1997 )
- February 20 : Ibrahim Ferrer , Cuban musician († 2005 )
- February 20 : Hubert de Givenchy , French fashion designer († 2018 )
- February 20 : Sidney Poitier , American actor
- February 21 : Walter S. Hartley , American composer († 2016 )
- February 21 : Reinhard Appel , German journalist († 2011 )
- February 21 : Pierre Mercure , Canadian composer and television producer († 1966 )
- February 21 : Paul Raabe , German literary scholar and library specialist († 2013 )
- February 22nd : Florencio Campomanes , Filipino chess player and official († 2010 )
- February 22nd : Ernst Huberty , German sports journalist and television presenter
- February 22 : Guy Mitchell , American pop singer and film actor († 1999 )
- February 23 : Robert N. Bellah , American sociologist († 2013 )
- February 23 : Ennio Antonelli , Italian boxer and actor († 2002 or 2004 )
- February 23 : Werner Dolata , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag († 2015 )
- February 23 : Karel Hron , Czech organist and music teacher († 2010 )
- February 23 : Willie Ormond , Scottish football player and coach († 1984 )
- February 24 : Earl Peterson , American country musician († 1971 )
- February 24 : Emmanuelle Riva , French actress († 2017 )
- February 24 : Ernst Sieber , Swiss pastor, author and head of a social service († 2018 )
- February 25 : Dieter Ertel , German journalist and editor († 2013 )
- February 25 : Ernst Ludwig , German lawyer and politician († 2017 )
- February 26 : Hans Heinz Holz , German Marxist philosopher († 2011 )
- February 27 : James Thomas Lynn , American politician († 2010 )
- February 27 : Fredi Pankonin , German handball goalkeeper († 2018 )
- February 28 : Franz Rieser , Austrian teacher († 2007 )
March
- March 1 : George Ogden Abell , American astronomer († 1983 )
- March 1 : Rudi Arndt , German politician († 2004 )
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March 1 : Harry Belafonte , American singer, actor, entertainer and civil rights activistHarry Belafonte (2011)
- March 1 : Claude Gensac , French actress († 2016 )
- March 2 : Erich Angermann , German historian († 1992 )
- March 2 : Witold Szalonek , Polish composer († 2001 )
- March 2 : Roger Walkowiak , French cyclist († 2017 )
- March 3 : Donald "Don" Joel Aronow , American designer and racing boat driver († 1987 )
- March 3 : Pierre Aubert , Swiss politician († 2016 )
- March 4th : Phil Batt , American politician
- March 4th : Dick Savitt , American tennis player
- March 4th : Jan van Schijndel , Dutch football player († 2011 )
- March 5 : Jack Cassidy , American actor, singer († 1976 )
- March 6th : Willi Bartels , German racing driver († 2005 )
- March 6 : Gordon Cooper , American astronaut († 2004 )
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March 6 : Gabriel García Márquez , Colombian writer († 2014 )Gabriel García Marquez (2002)
- March 6 : Friedrich Hänssler , German Protestant theologian, musicologist and publisher († 2019 )
- March 6 : Otto Maychrzak , German handball player († 2002 )
- March 8 : Josef Berg , Czech composer († 1971 )
- March 8 : Dick Hyman , American jazz pianist
- March 8 : Simon Jubani , Albanian Catholic priest († 2011 )
- March 8 : Stanisław Kania , Polish politician, party leader of Poland from 1980 to 1981 († 2020 )
- March 8 : Harry Thürk , German writer († 2005 )
- March 9 : Klaus Dieter Arndt , German politician († 1974 )
- March 9 : Renate Brockpähler , German folklorist († 1989 )
- March 9 : Johannes Hanselmann , regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria († 1999 )
- March 9 : Bezerra da Silva , Brazilian songwriter († 2005 )
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March 10 : Jupp Derwall , German soccer coach and player († 2007 )Jupp Derwall , 2004
- March 10 : Barbara Marx Sinatra , American model and showgirl († 2017 )
- March 10 : Paul Wunderlich , German painter and draftsman († 2010 )
- March 11 : Vince Boryla , American basketball player, coach, official and scout († 2016 )
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March 11 : Joachim Fuchsberger , German actor and entertainer († 2014 )Joachim Fuchsberger , 2008
- March 11th : Freda Meissner-Blau , Austrian politician († 2015 )
- March 11 : Dempsey Wilson , American racing driver († 1971 )
- March 12 : Raúl Alfonsín , President of Argentina († 2009 )
- March 12th : Georg Hörtnagel , German double bass player and concert agent († 2020 )
- March 12th : Elmar Zeitler , German physicist
- March 13 : Georges Badin , French poet and painter († 2014 )
- March 14th : Wilhelm Burgard , Saarland athlete († 2000 )
- March 14 : Wolfgang Grönebaum , German actor († 1998 )
- March 14 : Adam Edward Semeniuk , Canadian country musician († 2017 )
- March 15 : Hanns Joachim Friedrichs , German TV presenter († 1995 )
- March 15 : Rüdiger Klessmann , German art historian († 2020 )
- March 15 : Aaron Rosand , American violinist and music teacher († 2019 )
- March 15 : Carl Smith , American country singer († 2010 )
- March 16 : Gert Andreae , German actor († 1972 )
- March 16 : Bruno Auderset , Swiss journalist
- March 16 : Ruby Braff , American cornet player († 2003 )
- March 16 : Gerhard Hofmann , German soccer coach
- March 16 : Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarow , Soviet cosmonaut († 1967 )
- March 16 : Daniel Patrick Moynihan , American politician and sociologist († 2003 )
- March 17 : Betty Allen , American mezzo-soprano and lecturer († 2009 )
- March 17 : Patrick Allen , British actor and speaker († 2006 )
- March 17 : Roberto Suazo Córdova , Honduran politician († 2018 )
- March 18 : Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani , Algerian Prime Minister († 1996 )
- March 18 : John Kander , American composer
- March 18 : George Plimpton , American writer and promoter of young writers († 2003 )
- March 19 : Don Richard Ashburn , American baseball player († 1997 )
- March 19 : Eduardo Manet , Cuban writer
- March 19 : Allen Newell , American computer scientist and cognitive psychologist († 1992 )
- March 20 : Dewey Balfa , American Cajun musician († 1992 )
- March 20 : John Joubert , English composer († 2019 )
- March 21 : Halton Arp , American astronomer († 2013 )
- March 21 : Robert-Alexander Bohnke , pianist († 2004 )
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March 21 : Hans-Dietrich Genscher , German politician, interior minister and foreign minister († 2016 )Hans-Dietrich Genscher (2008)
- March 22nd : Henning Rischbieter , German theater critic († 2013 )
- March 23 : Vytautas Astrauskas , Lithuanian rheumatologist and politician († 2004 )
- March 23 : Mato Damjanović , Croatian chess grandmaster († 2011 )
- March 24th : Gerald Donald Aurbach , American physiologist and endocrinologist († 1991 )
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March 24th : Martin Walser , German writerMartin Walser , 2010
- March 25th : Karl Ameisbichler , Austrian boxer
- March 25 : Herbert Fux , Austrian actor and politician († 2007 )
- March 25 : Heinz Kunert , German inventor († 2012 )
- March 26 : Jürgen Goslar , German actor and director
- March 27 : Cecil Bødker , Danish writer († 2020 )
- March 27 : François Furet , French historian († 1997 )
- March 27 : Anthony Lewis , American journalist († 2013 )
- March 27 : Mstislaw Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor († 2007 )
- March 28 : Marianne Fredriksson , Swedish writer († 2007 )
- March 28 : Harry Tisch , member of the Politburo of the SED Central Committee and Chairman of the FDGB in the GDR († 1995 )
- March 29 : Alfred Neven DuMont , German publisher († 2015 )
- March 29 : Martin Fleischmann , British chemist († 2012 )
- March 29 : John McLaughlin , American presenter († 2016 )
- March 29 : John Robert Vane , British biochemist († 2004 )
- March 30th : Karola Ágai , Hungarian opera singer († 2010 )
- March 30 : Robert Temple Armstrong , British politician and life peer († 2020 )
- March 30 : Egon Günther , German film director and writer († 2017 )
- March 31 : César Chávez , founder of the US farm workers union United Farm Workers († 1993 )
- March 31 : William Daniels , American actor, former President of the American Actors Union
- March 31 : Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin , Soviet test pilot († 2010 )
- March 31 : Erich Kirste , German physicist († 2002 )
- March 31 : Ludwig Polsterer , Austrian newspaper editor († 1979 )
- March 31st : Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo , Spanish Cardinal Chamberlain
April
- April 1 : Thomas Holtzmann , German actor († 2013 )
- April 2 : Rolf Andiel , German painter, graphic artist and draftsman († 1992 )
- April 2 : Carmen Basilio , American boxer († 2012 )
- April 2 : Rita Gam , American actress († 2016 )
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April 2 : Ferenc Puskás , Hungarian football player and coach († 2006 )Ferenc Puskás (1954)
- April 2 : Rembert Weakland , American Catholic Archbishop
- April 4 : Aušra Augustinavičiūtė , Lithuanian psychologist, sociologist and economist († 2005 )
- April 4th : Monique Chaumette , French actress
- April 4 : Cliff Finch , American politician († 1986 )
- April 5 : Neil Dudley Anderson , New Zealand Vice Admiral († 2010 )
- April 5 : Eugene Vincent Atkinson , American politician († 2016 )
- April 5 : Thanin Kraivichien , Prime Minister of Thailand
- April 5 : Ida Krottendorf , Austrian actress († 1998 )
- April 7th : Albrecht Schlageter , German homeland and mining researcher († 1999 )
- April 6 : Gerry Mulligan , American jazz musician and composer († 1996 )
- April 7 : Wolfgang Mattheuer , German painter, graphic artist and sculptor († 2004 )
- April 7th : Michael Babatunde Olatunji , Nigerian percussionist († 2003 )
- April 9 : Mohammad Taghi Massoudieh , Iranian ethnomusicologist and composer († 1999 )
- April 10 : Warren Thew , American-Swiss pianist, composer, poet and illustrator († 1984 )
- April 11 : Klaus Harpprecht , German journalist and book author († 2016 )
- April 11 : Dieter Thoma , German journalist and presenter († 2017 )
- April 13 : Bill Wedderburn , British lawyer and politician († 2012 )
- April 14 : Hans Helmut Dickow , German actor († 1989 )
- April 14 : Alan MacDiarmid , New Zealand chemist, Nobel Prize Winner († 2007 )
- April 15 : Wolf Häfele , German physicist († 2013 )
- April 15 : Robert L. Mills , American physicist († 1999 )
- April 16 : Claus Arndt , German politician († 2014 )
- April 16 : Benedict XVI. (Bourgeois Joseph Alois Ratzinger), 265th Pope
- April 16 : Rolf Schult , German actor and voice actor († 2013 )
- April 17 : Margot Honecker , German politician and Minister for National Education of the GDR († 2016 )
- April 18 : Leo Rajendram Antony , Sri Lankan Bishop († 2012 )
- April 18 : Samuel P. Huntington , American political scientist and author († 2008 )
- April 18 : Tadeusz Mazowiecki , Polish politician and Prime Minister († 2013 )
- April 19 : John Diercks , American composer and pianist († 2020 )
- April 19 : Ernst Lange , German Protestant theologian and church reformer († 1974 )
- April 20 : Phil Hill , American racing driver († 2008 )
- April 20 : Karl Alexander Müller , Swiss physicist
- April 20 : Kazue Morisaki , Japanese writer
- April 21 : Ahmed Arif , Turkish poet († 1991 )
- April 21 : Robert Savoie , Canadian singer and music teacher († 2007 )
- April 22nd : Laurel Aitken , Cuban singer and songwriter († 2005 )
- April 23 : Werner Koch , German expert († 1993 )
- April 24 : Josy Barthel , Luxembourg athlete and Olympic champion († 1992 )
- April 25 : Rosemarie Fendel , German actress († 2013 )
- April 25 : Frances Hyland , Canadian actress († 2004 )
- April 25 : Werner Jarowinsky , German politician († 1990 )
- April 25 : Siegfried Palm , German cellist († 2005 )
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April 25 : Albert Uderzo , draftsman of the famous comic series Asterix († 2020 )Albert Uderzo (2012)
- April 25 : Ernst Widmer , Swiss-Brazilian composer († 1990 )
- April 26 : Roswitha Verhülsdonk , German politician
- April 26 : Johann Weber , Austrian Roman Catholic Bishop († 2020 )
- April 27 : Connie Kay , American drummer († 1994 )
- April 28 : Guy Duijck , Belgian composer and professor († 2008 )
- April 29 : Cecil James McNeely , American rhythm and blues saxophonist († 2018 )
- April 29 : Walter Thirring , Austrian physicist († 2014 )
- April 30th : George Seligman , American mathematician
- April 30th : Tamisuke Watanuki , Japanese politician and former MP
May
- May 1st : Greta Andersen , Danish swimmer and Olympic champion
- May 1 : Gary Bertini , Israeli conductor and composer († 2005 )
- May 1 : Laura Betti , Italian actress († 2004 )
- May 1 : Horst Drinda , German director and actor († 2005 )
- May 1 : Akira Yoshimura , Japanese writer († 2006 )
- May 1 : Albert Zafy , Malagasy politician († 2017 )
- May 1 : Walter Zeman , Austrian soccer player († 1991 )
- May 2 : Horst Abt , German entrepreneur († 2015 )
- May 2nd : Michael Broadbent , British wine commentator and critic († 2020 )
- May 2 : Wolfgang Walter , German mathematician († 2010 )
- May 3rd : David Rosenmann-Taub , Chilean poet and pianist
- May 4 : Peter Bachér , German journalist and author († 2020 )
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May 4 : Peter Boenisch , German journalist († 2005 )Peter Boenisch , 1983
- May 4 : Trude Herr , German actress († 1991 )
- May 5 : Art Pollard , American racing driver († 1973 )
- May 5 : Charles Rosen , American pianist and music theorist († 2012 )
- May 5 : Robert Spaemann , German philosopher († 2018 )
- May 6 : Franz Baum , Baden-Württemberg politician († 2016 )
- May 7 : Joseph Agassi , Israeli academic
- May 7 : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , British writer and screenwriter († 2013 )
- May 8 : Cardinal László Paskai , Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest († 2015 )
- May 9 : Hans Daiber , German journalist and author († 2013 )
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May 9 : Manfred Eigen , German biophysicist († 2019 )Manfred Eigen , 1996
- May 9 : Carlos Piantini , Dominican violinist and conductor († 2010 )
- May 9 : Wim Thoelke , German TV presenter († 1995 )
- May 10 : Friedrich J. Lucas , German historian and history educator († 1974 )
- May 10 : Marcel Mart , Luxembourg Democratic Party politician († 2019 )
- May 11 : Charles Wolfgang Arnade , American historian and Hispanist († 2008 )
- May 11 : Bernard Fox , Welsh actor († 2016 )
- May 13 : Rudolf Marić , chess master and chess author from Yugoslavia († 1990 )
- May 13 : Herbert Ross , American choreographer and film director († 2001 )
- May 13 : Waldemar Schieber , German horn player
- May 13 : Archie Scott-Brown , British racing car driver († 1958 )
- May 14 : Herbert W. Franke , German-speaking science fiction writer
- May 14 : Walter E. Richartz , German chemist and writer († 1980 )
- May 15 : Freddy Rousselle , Belgian racing driver († 2016 )
- May 16 : Paul Angerer , Austrian conductor and composer († 2017 )
- May 16 : Pavlina Apostolova , Yugoslav opera singer († 2018 )
- May 16 : Hans-Joachim Bormeister , German forester († 2013 )
- May 17 : Heinz Frieler , German politician († 1990 )
- May 17th : Winnie Jakob , cartoonist and publicist († 2012 )
- May 17 : Hans Koch , cultural scientist and cultural functionary of the GDR († 1986 )
- May 18 : Harvey Carignan , American serial killer
- May 18 : Renee Harmon , German actress († 2006 )
- May 18 : Egon Monk , German actor, director, dramaturge and author († 2007 )
- May 18 : Karl Peglau , German traffic psychologist († 2009 )
- May 19 : Serge Lang , American mathematician († 2005 )
- May 20 : David Hedison , American actor († 2019 )
- May 20 : Cardinal Franciszek Macharski , Archbishop of Krakow († 2016 )
- May 20 : Michel Scheuer , German kayak driver and Olympic champion († 2015 )
- May 21 : Werner Mangold , German sociologist († 2020 )
- May 22 : Michael Constantine , American actor
- May 22 : Ernst-Otto Czempiel , German political scientist († 2017 )
- May 22 : Richard Hundhammer , German politician († 2012 )
- May 22nd : Hubert Luthe , Bishop of Essen († 2014 )
- May 22 : George A. Olah , American chemist († 2017 )
- May 22nd : Otto Tellmann , Romanian handball player and coach († 2013 )
- May 23 : Dieter Hildebrandt , German cabaret artist († 2013 )
- May 23 : Joseph Roman , American actor († 2018 )
- May 23 : Wilhelm Wannemacher , German pedagogue, non-fiction author and writer
- May 24 : Claude Abbes , French football player († 2008 )
- May 25 : Robert Ludlum , American writer, actor and producer († 2001 )
- May 25 : Elio Pagliarani , Italian poet († 2012 )
- May 26 : Christian Graf von Krockow , German political scientist, historian and writer († 2002 )
- May 26 : Antonio Prieto , Chilean singer and actor († 2011 )
- May 27 : Peter Zvi Malkin , Israeli secret agent († 2005 )
- May 28 : Habil Əliyev , Azerbaijani Kamantsch player († 2015 )
- May 29 : Varkey Vithayathil , Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal († 2011 )
- May 30 : Werner Haas , German motorcycle racer († 1956 )
- May 30th : Tino Schwierzina , German politician († 2003 )
- May 30 : Clint Walker , American actor († 2018 )
- May 31 : Wolfgang Gasser , Austrian actor († 2007 )
- May 31 : Koreyoshi Kurahara , Japanese film director and screenwriter († 2002 )
June
- June 1 : Herbert Schnoor , German politician
- June 1 : Willem Scholten , Dutch politician († 2005 )
- June 2 : Ladislav Alster , Czechoslovak chess player and chess journalist († 1991 )
- June 3 : Manfred Flegel , Minister of the GDR († 2018 )
- June 3 : Oscar Schneider , German politician
- June 4th : Willy Hagara , Austrian pop singer and actor († 2015 )
- June 4th : Geoffrey Palmer , English actor
- June 6 : Hubert Abel , German doctor († 2018 )
- June 6 : Ursula Böttcher , German tamer († 2010 )
- June 7 : Wolfgang Kartte , German administrative lawyer and President of the Federal Cartel Office († 2003 )
- June 8 : Wolfgang Schieren , German manager and CEO of Allianz AG († 1996 )
- June 8 : Jerry Stiller , American actor († 2020 )
- June 9 : Waltraut Haas , Austrian actress and singer
- June 9 : George Nigh , American politician
- June 9th : Marlies Müller , German javelin thrower
- June 9 : Helmut Zilk , Austrian journalist, politician and Mayor of Vienna († 2008 )
- June 10 : Eugene N. Parker , American astrophysicist
- June 11 : Ernst-Heinz Amberg , German Lutheran theologian
- June 12 : Bill Cheesbourg , American racing driver († 1995 )
- June 12 : Al Fairweather , British musician († 1993 )
- June 13 : Antonio Arellano Durán , Venezuelan Bishop († 2003 )
- June 13 : Slim Dusty , Australian singer and songwriter († 2003 )
- June 14 : Gert Augst , German church musician († 2005 )
- June 15 : Ross Andru , American comic artist and publishing editor († 1993 )
- June 15 : Ben Flowers , American baseball player († 2009 )
- June 15 : Hugo Pratt , Italian comic book writer († 1995 )
- June 16 : Charles Jarrott , British-Canadian director († 2011 )
- June 16 : Robert Paul Kraft , American astronomer († 2015 )
- June 16 : Herbert Lichtenfeld , German television author († 2001 )
- June 16 : Erich Wiesner , Austrian industrialist and politician († 2001 )
- June 17th : Charles Austin , American jazz trumpeter († 2012 )
- June 17th : Martin Böttcher , German film composer and conductor († 2019 )
- June 17th : Lucio Fulci , Italian film director and producer († 1996 )
- June 17th : Irene Ludwig , German art patron († 2010 )
- June 17th : Bernd Rabe , German musician († 2001 )
- June 17 : Ernst Schubert , German art historian and historian († 2012 )
- June 18 : Hans Berentzen , German spirits manufacturer († 2005 )
- June 18 : Lutz Jahoda , German actor, entertainer, singer and author
- June 20 : Karl-Heinz Adler , German sculptor and conceptual artist († 2018 )
- June 20 : Georg Arfmann , German sculptor († 2015 )
- June 20 : Josef Posipal , German football player († 1997 )
- June 21 : José Antonio Méndez , Cuban singer, guitarist and composer († 1989 )
- June 22nd : Herbert Hisel , German humorist († 1982 )
- June 22 : Alice Vollenweider , Swiss Romance philologist, cookbook author and literary translator († 2011 )
- June 23 : Bob Fosse , American choreographer and film director († 1987 )
- June 23 : Herbert MacKay-Fraser , American racing car driver († 1957 )
- June 23 : Kenneth McKellar , British tenor singer († 2010 )
- June 23 : Utz Richter , German actor († 2015 )
- June 23 : Rolf Alexander Wilhelm , German film and television composer († 2013 )
- June 24th : Willi Aberer , Austrian politician († 2007 )
- June 24 : Franz Josef Delonge , German lawyer and local politician († 1988 )
- June 24 : James B. Edwards , American politician († 2014 )
- June 24th : Martin L. Perl , American physicist († 2014 )
- June 26 : Gilbert Bilezikian , French-American Baptist pastor, professor, and author
- June 26 : Klaus Hornung , German political scientist († 2017 )
- June 26 : Jerry Schatzberg , American director and photographer
- June 27 : Otto Herbert Hajek , German sculptor († 2005 )
- June 27 : Erika Simon , German archaeologist († 2019 )
- June 28 : Frank Sherwood Rowland , American chemist († 2012 )
- June 28 : Stefan Sonderegger , Swiss Germanist and linguist († 2017 )
- June 29 : Piero Dorazio , Italian painter († 2005 )
- June 29 : Henry Jaeger , German writer († 2000 )
- June 29 : Karl Ravens , German politician († 2017 )
- June 30th : Shirley Fry , American tennis player
- June 30 : Pat McCormick , American actor and comedy writer († 2005 )
- June 30th : Patricia Snell , Canadian opera singer
July
- July 1 : Winfield Dunn , American politician
- July 1 : Chandra Shekhar , Indian politician († 2007 )
- July 2 : Ruth Berghaus , German director of music theater († 1996 )
- July 2 : Robert F. Schloeth , Swiss zoologist († 2012 )
- July 2 : Gerhard Gawliczek , German soccer player († 2010 )
- July 2 : Gerónimo Pellerano , Dominican singer († 1991 )
- July 2 : Brock Peters , American actor and singer († 2005 )
- July 3 : Ingeborg Bayer , German writer († 2017 )
- July 3 : Ken Russell , British film director († 2011 )
- July 4 : Wilhelm Hillek , Austrian officer and editor († 2009 )
- July 4 : Watts S. Humphrey , American computer scientist († 2010 )
- July 4th : Gina Lollobrigida , Italian actress
- July 4th : Jim McWithey , American racing driver († 2009 )
- July 4th : Neil Simon , American playwright and screenwriter († 2018 )
- July 5 : Hartwig Amman , German pastor and local history researcher († 2007 )
- July 5 : Hans Gottfried Bernrath , German politician († 2010 )
- July 5 : Walter Matthias Diggelmann , Swiss writer († 1979 )
- July 5 : Karl-Emil Schade , German pastor and Bible translator († 2007 )
- July 6th : Johannes Hendrikus Donner , Dutch chess grandmaster († 1988 )
- July 6 : Georg Gallus , German politician
- July 6 : Janet Leigh , American film actress († 2004 )
- July 7th : Martin Ransohoff , American film producer († 2017 )
- July 7th : Doc Severinsen , American jazz musician
- July 8 : Alexander May , German actor and screenwriter († 2008 )
- July 9 : Ed Ames , American pop singer and actor
- July 9 : Red Kelly , Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2019 )
- July 10 : Marcel Azzola , French jazz accordionist († 2019 )
- July 10 : David Dinkins , American politician
- July 10 : William Smithers , American actor
- July 10 : Paul Wühr , German writer († 2016 )
- July 11 : Herbert Blomstedt , American-Swedish conductor
- July 11 : Theodore Maiman , American physicist († 2007 )
- July 12 : * Abune Antonios , Eritrean Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
- July 13 : Gerd Roellecke , German legal scholar († 2011 )
- July 13 : Simone Veil , French politician and President of the EU Parliament († 2017 )
- July 14 : Kow Nkensen Arkaah , Ghanaian politician († 2001 )
- July 14 : Fritz Harkort , German folklorist and storyteller († 1972 )
- July 15 : Nan Martin , American actress († 2010 )
- July 15 : Rowland Pack , Canadian cellist, organist and choirmaster († 1964 )
- July 15 : Joe Turkel , American actor
- July 16 : Serge Baudo , French conductor
- July 16 : Thomas Ellwein , German political scientist († 1998 )
- July 18 : Ludwig Harig , German writer († 2018 )
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July 18 : Kurt Masur , German conductor († 2015 )Kurt Masur , 2012
- July 19 : Jan Myrdal , Swedish writer
- July 20 : Lyudmila Michailovna Alexejewa , Russian historian, human rights activist and Soviet dissident († 2018 )
- July 20 : Michael Gielen , Austrian conductor and composer († 2019 )
- July 20 : Dick Stanfel , American football player († 2015 )
- July 21 : Peter Haasen , German physicist († 1993 )
- July 21 : Michael Janisch , Austrian actor († 2004 )
- July 21 : Willy Moese , German comic artist and caricaturist († 2007 )
- July 22nd : Giuseppe Giorgio Englert , Swiss composer of electronic music († 2007 )
- July 23 : Gérard Brach , French screenwriter († 2006 )
- July 23 : Jürgen Driehaus , German prehistorian († 1986 )
- July 23 : Elliot See , American astronaut of the Gemini Project († 1966 )
- July 24 : Alex Katz , American painter
- July 25 : Bert Breit , Austrian composer, journalist, filmmaker, draftsman († 2004 )
- July 25 : Arminio Rothstein , Austrian painter, puppet maker and puppeteer († 1994 )
- July 25th : Abdelaziz Ben Tifour , Franco-Algerian football player († 1970 )
- July 26 : Charles Whittenberg , American composer and music teacher († 1984 )
- July 27 : Dawid Rubinowicz , Polish author († 1942 )
- July 27 : Heinz Wewers , German soccer player († 2008 )
- July 28 : John Ashbery , American poet († 2017 )
- July 28 : Hans Bauer , German football player († 1997 )
- July 28 : Ermes Muccinelli , Italian football player († 1994 )
- July 28 : David Viñas , Argentine writer († 2011 )
- July 28 : Heini Walter , Swiss racing driver († 2009 )
- July 29th : Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer , German music producer and label founder (MPS) († 2004 )
- July 29 : Harry Mulisch , Dutch writer († 2010 )
- July 30 : Harri Czepuck , German journalist, Chairman of the Journalists' Association of the GDR († 2015 )
- July 31 : Ștefan Niculescu , Romanian composer († 2008 )
- July 31 : Tony Thomas , British-American film historian, television and music producer († 1997 )
- July 31 : Walter Vogt , Swiss psychiatrist and writer († 1988 )
August
- August 1 : André Cools , Belgian socialist politician († 1991 )
- August 2 : Fredrik Bull-Hansen , Norwegian officer and diplomat († 2018 )
- August 2 : Ernesto Formenti , Italian boxer († 1989 )
- August 6 : Manfred Schubert , German cabaret artist
- August 7th : Alfredo Angeli , Italian documentary filmmaker and film director († 2005 )
- August 7 : George Busbee , American politician († 2004 )
- August 7 : Edwin Edwards , American politician
- August 8 : Svyatoslaw Fjodorow , Russian eye surgeon, entrepreneur and politician († 2000 )
- August 9 : Daniel Keyes , American writer († 2014 )
- August 9 : Marvin Minsky , American researcher in the field of artificial intelligence († 2016 )
- August 10 : Mario Abbate , Italian singer and actor († 1981 )
- August 10 : Jean Guichet , French racing driver
- August 11 : Jim Doran , American football player († 1994 )
- August 11 : Raymond Leppard , British conductor, composer and harpsichordist († 2019 )
- August 11 : Stuart Rosenberg , American film director († 2007 )
- August 12 : Bernie Piltch , Canadian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist († 1983 )
- August 12 : Porter Wagoner , American country singer († 2007 )
- August 15 : Aké Loba , Ivorian writer († 2012 )
- August 15 : John Cranko , British dancer and choreographer († 1973 )
- August 15 : Günter Dohrow , German athlete and handball player († 2008 )
- August 15 : Albin Sättler , German artist († 1998 )
- August 16 : John Henry Barnes , founder of the Christian Scouting Society Royal Rangers († 1989 )
- August 16 : Herbert Schäfer , German soccer coach († 1991 )
- August 17 : Sam Butera , American saxophonist and arranger († 2009 )
- August 17 : F. Ray Keyser , American politician († 2015 )
- August 18 : Rosalynn Carter , former first lady of the United States
- August 18th : John Rhodes , British racing car driver
- August 19 : Emil Cimiotti , German sculptor († 2019 )
- August 19 : LQ Jones , American actor
- August 23 : Bruno Bartholome , German athlete († 1994 )
- August 23 : Houari Boumedienne , Algerian head of state († 1978 )
- August 23 : Dick Bruna , Dutch author, draftsman and graphic designer († 2017 )
- August 23 : Walter Giller , German actor († 2011 )
- August 23 : Hans-Joachim Gottschol , German entrepreneur († 2007 )
- August 23 : Allan Kaprow , American artist and art theorist († 2006 )
- August 24 : Harry Markowitz , American economist, Nobel Prize winner
- August 24th : Wolfgang Troßbach , German athlete and football coach
- August 24 : David Wooldridge , British conductor and composer († 1998 )
- August 25 : Althea Gibson , American tennis player († 2003 )
- August 27 : Morris Levy , American record empresario († 1990 )
- August 27 : Liselott Linsenhoff , German dressage rider († 1999 )
- August 27 : Rainer Wolffhardt , German television director († 2017 )
- August 29 : Gerard Gratton , Canadian weightlifter († 1963 )
- August 29 : Forrest Westbrook , American jazz pianist († 2014 )
- August 29 : Red Kelly , American jazz bassist († 2004 )
- August 30 : David Brian Barrett , British Anglican priest, evangelical missionary, missiologist and sociologist of religion († 2011 )
- August 30 : Bill Daily , American comedian and actor († 2018 )
- August 30 : George L. Hersey , American art and architecture historian († 2007 )
- August 30 : Piet Kee , Dutch organist and composer († 2018 )
- August 31 : Marianus Arokiasamy , Indian Archbishop († 2007 )
September
- September 1 : Wolfgang Klafki , German educationalist († 2016 )
- September 1 : Soshana , Austrian painter († 2015 )
- September 2 : Francis Matthews , British theater, film and television actor († 2014 )
- September 3 : Aliaksandr Adamowitsch , Belarusian writer, critic and literary scholar († 1994 )
- September 4 : Ulrich Finckh , German Protestant pastor († 2019 )
- September 4th : John McCarthy , American computer scientist, inventor of the programming language LISP († 2011 )
- September 5 : Dionys Jobst , German politician (CSU) and Member of the Bundestag († 2017 )
- September 5 : Paul Volcker , American economist († 2019 )
- September 7 : Eugen Helmlé , German writer and literary translator († 2000 )
- September 8 : Gabdulchaj Achatow , Russian linguist and Turkologist († 1986 )
- September 8th : Specs Wright , American jazz drummer († 1963 )
- September 9 : Andrei Wladimirowitsch Anikin , Russian economist and writer († 2001 )
- September 9 : Elvin Jones , American musician († 2004 )
- September 10 : Albert Benz , Swiss composer and conductor († 1988 )
- September 10 : Gerhard Jahn , German politician († 1998 )
- September 10 : Johnny Keating , Scottish jazz musician and orchestra conductor († 2015 )
- September 11th : Myrta Silva , Puerto Rican singer and composer († 1987 )
- September 11th : Walter Zeller , German motorcycle racer († 1995 )
- September 14th : Markus Egen , German ice hockey player
- September 14 : Ari Friðbjörn Guðmundsson , Icelandic swimmer and ski jumper († 2003 )
- September 14 : Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka , Archbishop of Detroit and Cardinal Curia († 2014 )
- September 15 : Rudolf Anderson Jr. , American pilot and officer († 1962 )
- September 15 : Eberhard Stüber , Austrian biologist
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September 16 : Peter Falk , American actor († 2011 )Peter Falk , 2007
- September 16 : Sadako Ogata , Japanese UN diplomat and refugee commissioner († 2019 )
- September 17 : Hein († 2016 ) & Oss († 2019 ), German songwriters and singers
- September 19 : Harold Brown , American nuclear physicist and politician († 2019 )
- September 19 : Rosemary Harris , British actress
- September 20 : Peter Borgelt , German television and theater actor († 1994 )
- September 20 : Red Mitchell , American jazz bassist († 1992 )
- September 20 : Katharina Tüschen , German actress († 2012 )
- September 21 : Owen Stuart Aspinall , American politician († 1997 )
- September 21 : Michael Kehlmann , Austrian director and actor († 2005 )
- September 21 : Manuel Troncoso , Dominican composer († 2012 )
- September 22nd : Ernst-Albert Arndt , German marine biologist († 2014 )
- September 22nd : Gordon Astall , English football player
- September 22 : Herwig Blankertz , German educator († 1983 )
- September 22 : Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus , German English studies specialist and translator († 2001 )
- September 23 : Klaus Heinrich , German religious scholar
- September 23 : Mighty Joe Young , American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter († 1999 )
- September 24 : Hans Derben , German politician († 2009 )
- September 24 : Elisabeth Schindler , Austrian politician († 1997 )
- September 25 : Ernie Andrews , American blues and jazz singer
- September 25 : Colin Davis , British conductor († 2013 )
- September 25 : Earl Zindars , American jazz composer and percussionist († 2005 )
- September 26 : Hans J. Bär , Swiss banker († 2011 )
- September 26 : Enzo Bearzot , Italian football player and coach († 2010 )
- September 26 : Wilhelm Gustav Illbruck , German entrepreneur († 2004 )
- September 27 : Robert George Ackman , Canadian chemist and professor († 2013 )
- September 27 : Emmanuel III. Cardinal Delly , Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon († 2014 )
- September 27 : Werner Fuchs , German archaeologist († 2016 )
- September 27 : Romano Scarpa , Italian comic artist and writer († 2005 )
- September 28 : Alan Bridges , British director, actor and producer († 2013 )
- September 28 : Robert Thomas , French writer († 1989 )
- September 29 : Adhemar da Silva , Brazilian athlete († 2001 )
- September 29 : Sherwood Johnston , American racing driver († 2000 )
- September 30 : Alma von Stockhausen , German philosopher († 2020 )
October
- October 1 : Tom Bosley , American actor († 2010 )
- October 1 : Sivaji Ganesan , Indian film actor († 2001 )
- October 2nd : Margot Leonard , German actress and voice actress
- October 2 : Uta Ranke-Heinemann , Catholic theologian and author
- October 2 : Gerhard Steffens , German politician (CDU) († 1998 )
- October 3 : Hans Edmund Andresen , Danish racing cyclist († 2014 )
- October 3 : Kenojuak Ashevak , Canadian artists († 2013 )
- October 3 : Paul Reynard , French-American painter († 2005 )
- October 4th : Karlheinz Blaschke , German archivist and historian
- October 4 : Roberto Bussinello , Italian racing driver († 1999 )
- October 4th : Eva Pawlik , Austrian figure skater, film actress and TV commentator († 1983 )
- October 4 : Wolfgang Schmidt-Futterer , civil judge at the Mannheim Regional Court († 1978 )
- October 5 : Rolf Herricht , German actor and comedian († 1981 )
- October 6 : Paul Badura-Skoda , Austrian pianist († 2019 )
- October 7 : Juan Benet , Spanish writer († 1993 )
- October 7th : Margret Homeyer , German actress
- October 7th : Kazimierz Korybutiak , Polish pianist and music teacher
- October 7 : Ronald D. Laing , British psychiatrist († 1989 )
- October 7 : Al Martino , American singer († 2009 )
- October 8 : César Milstein , Argentine molecular biologist († 2002 )
- October 8 : Abraham Nehmé , Syrian Archbishop
- October 9 : Wilhelm Ernst , Catholic moral theologian († 2001 )
- October 11 : Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium , mother of the Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri († 2005 )
- October 11 : Pierre Doukan , French violinist, composer and music teacher († 1995 )
- October 11 : William Perry , Secretary of Defense and Defense Specialist
- October 12 : Horst Rudolf Abe , German medical historian († 2006 )
- October 12 : Wolfgang Kullmann , German Graecist
- October 13 : Rosemarie Isopp , Austrian radio presenter of ORF († 2019 )
- October 13 : Anita Kerr , American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist and music producer
- October 13 : Friedhart Klix , German psychologist († 2004 )
- October 13 : Lee Konitz , American musician († 2020 )
- October 13 : Turgut Özal , Turkish State and Prime Minister († 1993 )
- October 14 : Thomas Luckmann , German sociologist († 2016 )
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October 14 : Roger Moore , British actor († 2017 )Roger Moore , 1973
- October 15 : Jeannette Charles , Queen Elizabeth II's British double.
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October 16 : Günter Grass , German writer, painter and sculptor, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature († 2015 )Günter Grass , 2006
- October 16 : Rudolf Morsey , German historian
- October 17 : Friedrich Hirzebruch , German mathematician († 2012 )
- October 18 : George C. Scott , American actor, director and producer († 1999 )
- October 19 : Pierre Alechinsky , Belgian painter
- October 19 : Jean Bastien-Thiry , French colonel and assassin († 1963 )
- October 19 : Hans Schäfer , German football player († 2017 )
- October 20 : Werner Kreindl , Austrian actor († 1992 )
- October 20 : Oskar Pastior , German writer († 2006 )
- October 20 : Abel Santamaría , Cuban revolutionary († 1953 )
- October 21 : Roman Schnur , German constitutional lawyer († 1996 )
- October 21 : Howard Zieff , American director († 2009 )
- October 23 : Hans Batz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag († 1986 )
- October 23 : Edward Kienholz , American object artist († 1994 )
- October 23 : Leszek Kołakowski , Polish philosopher († 2009 )
- October 24 : Domenico Amoroso , Italian religious priest and bishop († 1997 )
- October 24 : Gilbert Bécaud , French chansonnier († 2001 )
- October 24th : Jean-Claude Pascal , French fashion designer, actor and singer († 1992 )
- October 25 : Hans Klaas , German businessman and entrepreneur († 2011 )
- October 25 : Lawrence Kohlberg , American psychologist, professor of educational science († 1987 )
- October 26 : Hubert Aumüller , German politician
- October 27 : Dominick Argento , American composer and university professor († 2019 )
- October 27 : Thomas Nipperdey , German historian († 1992 )
- October 27 : Hugo Schiltz , Belgian politician († 2006 )
- October 28th : Cleo Laine , English singer and actress
- October 28th : Armando Recio , Dominican singer
- October 29 : Eberhard Mannschatz , German educator († 2019 )
- October 29 : Frank Sedgman , Australian tennis player
- October 30 : Weldon Rogers , American country, rockabilly musician and producer († 2004 )
- October 31 : Ernst Augustin , German writer († 2019 )
November
- November 1st : Marcel Ophüls , French film director
- November 2 : Steve Ditko , comic artist († 2018 )
- November 3 : Zbigniew Cybulski , Polish actor († 1967 )
- November 3 : Odvar Nordli , Norwegian social democratic politician († 2018 )
- November 4 : John O'Gorman Arundel , Canadian ice hockey player († 2002 )
- November 5 : Hirotsugu Akaike , Japanese statistician († 2009 )
- November 5 : Helmut Aßmann , German racing driver († 2010 )
- November 5 : Armin Weiß , German chemist († 2010 )
- November 7th : Claude Storez , French racing car driver († 1959 )
- November 7th : Hiroshi Yamauchi , Japanese entrepreneur († 2013 )
- November 8th : Lal Krishna Advani , Indian politician
- November 8 : Ken Dodd , English singer, actor and entertainer († 2018 )
- November 8 : Nguyễn Khánh , South Vietnamese general and politician († 2013 )
- November 8 : Patti Page , American country and pop singer († 2013 )
- November 11th : Mose Allison , American jazz pianist and singer († 2016 )
- November 11th : Luigi Malerba , Italian writer and screenwriter († 2008 )
- November 12 : Jack Butler , American football player and sports scout († 2013 )
- November 12 : Yutaka Taniyama , Japanese mathematician († 1958 )
- November 13 : Tomás Rivera Morales , Puerto Rican composer, cuatro player and music teacher († 2001 )
- November 14 : Carl Schell , Swiss actor († 2019 )
- November 14 : McLean Stevenson , American actor († 1996 )
- November 14th : Narciso Yepes , Spanish classical guitarist († 1997 )
- November 15 : Gerhard Woitzik , German politician
- November 16 : Emile Wafflard , Belgian carom player and world champion († 1994 )
- November 17 : Walter Halbritter , Minister and Head of the Office for Awards in the GDR († 2003 )
- November 18 : Liane Augustin , Austrian singer, Diseuse, actress and voice actress († 1978 )
- November 18 : Carmen Delia Dipiní , Puerto Rican singer († 1998 )
- November 18 : Klaus Poche , German writer, screenwriter and illustrator († 2007 )
- November 19 : Eddie Garrett , American actor († 2010 )
- November 19 : Günter Kallmann , German choir director, singer and composer († 2016 )
- November 20 : Miriam Akavia , Israeli writer and translator († 2015 )
- November 20 : Estelle Parsons , American actress
- November 21 : Theodor Puff , German football player († 1999 )
- November 21 : Barbara Rütting , German actress, author and politician († 2020 )
- November 22nd : Jimmy Knepper , American jazz trombonist († 2003 )
- November 23 : Cardinal Angelo Sodano , Cardinal Dean, Cardinal Emeritus Secretary of State

Angelo Sodano , 2006
- November 24th : Ahmadou Kourouma , Ivorian writer († 2003 )
- November 24 : Emma Lou Diemer , American composer and professor
- November 24th : Wolfgang Ecke , German writer († 1983 )
- November 25 : Werner Biel , German rower († 2006 )
- November 25 : Wolfgang Rolly , Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz and Titular Bishop of Taborenta († 2008 )
- November 26 : Shūhei Fujisawa , Japanese writer († 1997 )
- November 27 : Barthel Schink , resistance fighter against National Socialism († 1944 )
- November 27 : William E. Simon , American businessman and politician († 2000 )
- November 28 : Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Sultan Badlishah , Malaysian King († 2017 )
- November 28 : Paulino Fernandes Madeca , Angolan, Roman Catholic bishop († 2008 )
- November 29 : Günter Rohrmoser , German social philosopher († 2008 )
- November 30th : Martha Chase , American researcher († 2003 )
- November 30 : Robert Guillaume , American actor († 2017 )
- November 30th : Jack Metcalf , American politician († 2007 )
December
- December 1 : Dick Guldstrand , American entrepreneur and racing car driver († 2015 )
- December 1st : Jürgen Westphal , German politician
- December 2 : Benjamin Maxwell Acton , Australian ice hockey player († 2020 )
- December 2 : Gasisa Akhmetovna Schubanova , Kazakh composer († 1993 )
- December 3 : Janusz Dolny , Polish pianist and music teacher († 2008 )
- December 3 : Andy Williams , American pop singer and entertainer († 2012 )
- December 4th : Werner von Aesch , Swiss cabaret artist († 2008 )
- December 4 : Gerhard Arnold , German politician († 1984 )
- December 4 : Gaetana Aulenti , Italian architect, interior designer, designer and architectural theorist († 2012 )
- December 4 : Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio , Spanish writer († 2019 )
- December 4 : Leopold Wagner , Austrian politician († 2008 )
- December 4 : William Labov , American linguist
- December 5 : Willi Betz , German haulier († 2015 )
- December 5 : Anton Jaumann , German politician and Minister of Economics († 1994 )
- December 5th : Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX.), Thai king since 1946 († 2016 )
- December 6th : Sergio Corbucci , Italian film director († 1990 )
- December 6 : Alfred Dick , German politician and environment minister († 2005 )
- December 7th : Heinz-Werner Baer , German educator and scientist († 2009 )
- December 7th : Jorge Fontenla , Argentine pianist, conductor and composer († 2016 )
- December 7th : José Ivo Lorscheiter , Brazilian bishop († 2007 )
- December 8 : Wolfgang Hempel , German sports journalist and reporter († 2004 )
- December 8 : Niklas Luhmann , German sociologist († 1998 )
- December 9 : Karin Andersen , German actress († 2013 )
- December 10 : Klaus Hafner , German chemist
- December 11th : Friedrich G. Beckhaus , German actor
- December 11th : Dovima , American model († 1990 )
- December 11 : Stein Eriksen , Norwegian skier († 2015 )
- December 11 : Lloyd Meeds , American politician († 2005 )
- December 11th : Heinz Florian Oertel , German sports reporter, journalist, presenter and actor from the GDR
- December 12th : Robert Noyce , is considered the inventor of the integrated circuit († 1990 )
- December 12th : Dennis Herrold , American rockabilly musician († 2002 )
- December 14 : Giwi Margwelaschwili , German-Georgian writer and philosopher († 2020 )
- December 14 : Günter Särchen , German Catholic social pedagogue († 2004 )
- December 15 : William MacKey , American racing car driver († 1951 )
- December 16 : Helmut Klingen , German mathematician († 2017 )
- December 17 : Richard Long , American actor († 1974 )
- December 18 : Ramsey Clark , American lawyer and politician
- December 18 : Hans Riexinger , German homeland researcher
- December 18 : Wolfgang Schleidt , researcher in the field of behavioral biology
- December 19 : James Booth , English actor († 2005 )
- December 19 : Paul Guers , French actor († 2016 )
- December 20 : Kim Young-sam , South Korean politician († 2015 )
- December 21 : Ogawa Kunio , Japanese writer († 2008 )
- December 22nd : Ferdinand Zechmeister Austrian football player († 1998 )
- December 24th : Mary Higgins Clark , American crime novelist († 2020 )
- December 24th : Angelika Schrobsdorff , German writer († 2016 )
- December 24th : Eugen Thomass , German film composer († 2009 )
- December 25 : Gerhard Holtz-Baumert , German writer († 1996 )
- December 25 : Rudi Georgi , economic functionary of the GDR († 2020 )
- December 25 : Alan King , American actor († 2004 )
- December 25th : Ram Narayan , Indian sarangi player
- December 26 : Akihiko Hirata , Japanese actor († 1984 )
- December 26 : Vasile Arvinte , Romanian Romance philologist and Romanist († 2011 )
- December 26th : Denis Quilley , British actor and singer († 2003 )
- December 26 : Ingo Schubert , German doctor, university professor and politician († 1999 )
- December 27 : Hermann Ansorge , German agricultural chemist († 2010 )
- December 27 : Anne Legendre Armstrong , US diplomat and politician († 2008 )
- December 27 : Bill Crow , American jazz bassist
- December 27 : Wolf-Dietrich Großer , German politician († 2016 )
- December 27 : Stefan Knafl , Austrian politician († 2005 )
- December 28 : Edward Babiuch , Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland in 1980
- December 28th : Gustave Gosselin , Belgian racing driver
- December 29 : Giorgio Capitani , Italian film director († 2017 )
- December 29 : Andy Stanfield , American athlete and Olympic champion († 1985 )
- December 30th : Robert Hossein , French actor and director
- December 30th : Hamed Karoui , Tunisian politician and Prime Minister of Tunisia († 2020 )
- December 31 : Dieter Noll , German writer († 2008 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Nesmith Cornett Ankeny , American mathematician († 1993 )
- Issam al-Attar , Syrian Islamist
- Martin Canin , American painter († 2000 )
- Ursula Gerstel , German actress, dubbing and radio play speaker
- Karl Hofmann , German motorcycle racer († 1978 )
- Bruce Jennings , American racing driver († 1997 )
- Hermann Schäfer , German composer, music teacher and musicologist († 2009 )
- Jerzy Zgodziński , Polish percussionist and music teacher († 1996 )
Died
January
- January 2 : Ascher Hirsch Ginsberg , Zionist activist, journalist and main representative of cultural Zionism (* 1856)
- January 3 : Carl Runge , German mathematician (* 1856 )
- January 9 : Houston Stewart Chamberlain , Anglo-German writer and cultural philosopher (* 1855 )
- January 9 : Percival W. Clement , American politician (* 1846 )
- January 12th : Hermann von Tappeiner , Austrian physician and pharmacologist (* 1847 )
- January 15 : Dawid Janowski , Polish chess player (* 1868 )
- January 15 : David Rowland Francis , American politician (* 1850 )
- January 17th : Juliette Gordon Low , founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (* 1860 )
- January 18 : Otto Wiener , German physicist (* 1862 )
- January 23 : Hilma Kristina Elisabet Angered-Strandberg , Swedish writer (* 1855 )
- January 26 : Lyman J. Gage , American politician (* 1836 )
February
- February 1 : Heinrich Heß , German civil servant, local researcher and politician (* 1844 )
- February 5 : Hazrat Inayat Khan , founder of the "Sufi Order International" and "International Sufi Movement" (* 1882 )
- February 7 : Walter Guion , American lawyer and politician (* 1849 )
- February 7th : Myfit Bey Libohova , Albanian politician (* 1876 )
- February 9 : Heinrich Braun , German social democratic politician and publicist (* 1854 )
- February 12 : Agnes Karll , reformer of German nursing (* 1868 )
- February 13 : Brooks Adams , American historian (* 1848 )
- February 16 : Otto Keller , German classical philologist (* 1838 )
- February 18 : Paul Steindorff , American conductor (* 1864 )
- February 19 : Georg Brandes , Danish writer (* 1842 )
- February 19 : Robert Fuchs , Austrian composer (* 1847 )
- February 20 : Willard Saulsbury Jr. , American politician (* 1861 )
- February 22nd : Judson Harmon , American politician (* 1846 )
- February 25 : David Baird , American politician (* 1839 )
- February 25 : Luise Gerbing , German homeland researcher (* 1855 )
March
- March 2nd : Jan Kašpar , Czech engineer and first aircraft designer and pilot in the Czech Republic (* 1883 )
- March 2 : Marie Lipsius , German music writer (* 1837 )
- March 3 : Michail Arzybaschew , Russian writer (* 1878 )
- March 4 : Romain-Octave Pelletier , Canadian organist and composer (* 1843 )
- March 8 : Babette von Bülow , German writer (* 1850 )
- March 12 : Georges Docquois , French writer (* 1863 )
- March 12 : Walter Henry Rothwell , English conductor (* 1872 )
- March 20 : George Wellington , American politician (* 1852 )
- March 28 : Hermann Ernst Ludwig Viktor Ambronn , German botanist and physicist (* 1856 )
- March 29 : Besarion Chelaia , Georgian clergyman (* 1861 )
- March 30th : Charles Flohot , French racing car driver (* 1888 )
- March 30th : Ladislas Lazaro , American politician (* 1872 )
- March 31 : Kang Youwei , Chinese reformer, educator and philosopher (* 1858 )
April
- April 4 : Albert Van Coile , Belgian football player (* 1900 )
- April 4 : Vincent Drucci , American Mafioso (* 1901 )
- April 21 : Hugo Schuchardt , German Romanist (* 1842 )
- April 21 : Ernst Wasserzieher , German etymologist (* 1860 )
- April 26 : Edward T. Lewis , American politician (* 1834 )
- April 28 : Maria Janitschek , Austrian writer (* 1859 )
May
- May 1st : Oscar Swahn , Swedish marksman and oldest Olympic champion of all time (* 1847 )
- May 3 : David Alfonso Arellano Mayorga , Chilean football player (* 1902 )
- May 8 : Nathan Stein , German judge, first Jewish court president (* 1857 )
- May 11 : Juan Gris , Spanish-French Cubist painter (* 1887 )
- May 13 : Stine Andresen , German writer (* 1849 )
- May 15 : Mario Saetti , Italian motorcycle and automobile racing driver (* unknown)
- May 23 : Wilhelm Ahrens , German mathematician and writer (* 1872 )
- May 30th : Vincenzo Cerulli , Italian astronomer (* 1859 )
- May 30th : Arnold Niggli , Swiss music historian and critic (* 1843 )
June
- June 2 : Friedrich Hegar , Swiss composer and conductor (* 1841 )
- June 2 : Hüseyin Avni Lifij , Ottoman-Turkish painter (* 1886 )
- June 4 : Foster MacGowan Voorhees , American politician (* 1856 )
- June 5 : Victor Attinger , Swiss photographer and publisher (* 1856 )
- June 7th : Archie Birkin , British motorcycle racer (* 1905 )
- June 9 : Michael Ancher , Danish painter (* 1849 )
- June 9 : Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin , American suffragette (* 1838 )
- June 10 : Wilhelm Bode , German Protestant pastor, founder of the cooperative, conservationist, known as Heidepastor (* 1860 )
- June 10 : Paul Werner , German politician (* 1848 )
- June 11 : Ernst Moser , German writer and bookseller (* 1863 )
- June 14 : Jerome K. Jerome , British writer (* 1859 )
- June 14 : William Carey Jones , American politician (* 1855 )
- June 15 : Sophie von Adelung , German writer and painter (* 1850 )
- June 15 : Ottavio Bottecchia , Italian cyclist (* 1894 )
- June 15 : William Joseph Deboe , American politician (* 1849 )
July
- July 1 : Charles W. Gates , American politician (* 1856 )
- July 2 : Joseph Gaudentius Anderson , American Auxiliary Bishop (* 1865 )
- July 3 : Gérard de Courcelles , French racing driver (* 1889 )
- July 5 : Albrecht Kossel , German physician and physiologist (* 1853 )
- July 6 : Wilhelm Blos , German journalist, writer and politician (* 1849 )
- July 7th : Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler , Swedish mathematician (* 1846 )
- July 10 : Louise Abbéma , French painter (* 1853 )
- July 13 : Marcel Michelot , French racing car driver (* 1892 )
- July 14th : Fritz Hofmann , German athlete (* 1871 )
- July 15 : Paul Bäumer , German pilot and fighter pilot in the First World War (* 1896 )
- July 15 : Constance Markiewicz , Irish freedom fighter, Minister (* 1868 )
- July 17th : Luise Adolpha Le Beau , German pianist and composer (* 1850 )
- July 20 : Ferdinand I , Romanian King (* 1865 )
- July 23 : Arthur Hoffmann , Swiss politician (* 1857 )
- July 24 : Akutagawa Ryūnosuke , Japanese writer (* 1892 )
- July 30th : James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey , Ghanaian teacher and missionary (* 1875 )
- July 30 : Robert de Flers , French playwright and journalist (* 1872 )
August
- August 3 : Emil Ferdinand Fehling , Mayor of Lübeck (* 1847 )
- August 4th : Eugène Atget , French photographer (* 1857 )
- August 5th : Joseph O'Mara , Irish opera tenor (* 1864 )
- August 7 : Kirellos V , Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (* 1831 )
- August 11 : Koizumi Chikashi , Japanese poet (* 1886 )
- August 12 : Carl Pulfrich , physicist and optician (* 1858 )
- August 13 : Hermann Abert , German music scholar (* 1871 )
- August 13 : James Oliver Curwood , American writer (* 1878 )
- August 13 : Árpád Doppler , Hungarian-German composer (* 1857 )
- August 17 : John Oliver , Canadian politician (* 1856 )
- August 18 : Johannes Theodor Baargeld , German author and publicist (* 1892 )
- August 25 : Elisabeth Aspe , Estonian writer (* 1860 )
- August 31 : Andranik Ozanian , Armenian general and freedom fighter (* 1865 )
September
- September 5 : Marcus Loew : American pioneer in the film industry (* 1870 )
- September 12 : Walter Oskar Ernst Amelung , German classical archaeologist (* 1865 )
- September 14 : Hugo Ball , German author and biographer (* 1886 )
- September 14th : Isadora Duncan , American dancer (* 1877 )
- September 16 : Max von Gruber , Austrian physician and founder of modern hygiene (* 1853 )
- September 16 : James H. Higgins , American politician (* 1876 )
- September 18 : Charles R. Miller , American politician (* 1857 )
- September 26th : Arthur Trebitsch , Austrian writer and philosopher (* 1880 )

Willem Einthoven , 1906
- September 29 : Willem Einthoven , Dutch physician and Nobel Prize winner (* 1860 )
- September 29 : Arthur Achleitner , German writer (* 1858 )
October
- October 2 : Svante Arrhenius , Swedish physicist and chemist (* 1859 )
- October 2 : Austin Peay , American politician (* 1876 )
- October 3 : Hermann Weil , German-Argentinian entrepreneur (* 1868 )
- October 4th : Paul Leonhardt , City Councilor of Wittenberg (* 1852 )
- October 4 : Eduard Riggenbach , Swiss Protestant theologian and university professor (* 1861 )
- October 8 : Ricardo Güiraldes , Argentine writer (* 1886 )
- October 8 : Ange Flégier , French composer, music critic, painter and writer (* 1846 )
- October 10 : Aurél Stromfeld , Austro-Hungarian officer and chief of staff of the Army of the Hungarian Soviet Republic (* 1878 )
- October 10 : Gustav Weißkopf , German-American pioneer of powered flight (* 1874 )
- October 14 : Eero Erkko , Finnish journalist and politician (* 1860 )
- October 19 : Karl Maria Alexander von Auersperg , Austrian landowner and politician (* 1859 )
- October 20 : Georg von Below , German historian (* 1858 )
- October 21 : Hans Goltz , German art dealer and a pioneer of modern art (* 1873 )
- October 22 : Borisav "Bora" Stanković , Serbian writer (* 1876 )
- October 26 : Hermann Muthesius , architect (* 1861 )
- October 26 : Yagi Jūkichi , Japanese writer (* 1898 )
- October 30 : Maximilian Harden , German publicist (* 1861 )
- October 31 : Paul Felix Aschrott , German lawyer, criminal law and social reformer (* 1856 )
November
- November 2 : Charles Augustus Semlin , Canadian politician (* 1836 )
- November 8 : Arthur Strasser , Austrian sculptor (* 1854 )
- November 17th : Mulai Yusuf , Sultan of the Alawids in Morocco (* 1882 )
- November 20 : Wilhelm Stenhammar , Swedish composer, pianist and conductor (* 1871 )
- November 21 : Oscar Keller , American politician (* 1878 )
- November 23 : Miguel Pro , Mexican Catholic priest and martyr (* 1891 )
- November 23 : Stanisław Przybyszewski , Polish writer (* 1868 )
- November 25 : Alfred De Sève , Canadian violinist, music teacher and composer (* 1858 )
- November 26 : Giovanni Bonzano , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (* 1867 )
- November 28 : John W. Griggs , American politician (* 1849 )
- November 28 : Karl Rieker , German legal scholar and legal historian (* 1857 )
December
- December 1 : Herbert S. Hadley , American politician (* 1872 )
- December 4th : Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky , Austrian film pioneer (* 1886 )
- December 6 : Gustave Ramaciotti , Australian theater director and soldier (* 1861 )
- December 9 : Franz Rohr von Denta , Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal (* 1854 )
- December 10 : Bruno Ertler , Austrian writer (* 1889 )
- December 15 : Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven , German Dadaist artist (* 1874 )
- December 16 : Hugh Archibald Clarke , Canadian composer (* 1839 )
- December 20 : Michael Georg Conrad , German naturalist writer (* 1846 )
- December 20 : Andrieus A. Jones , American politician (* 1862 )
- December 29th : Andreas Amrhein , Swiss Benedictine monk (* 1844 )
- December 31 : Max Meyer-Olbersleben , German composer (* 1850 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Ahmed Hikmet Müftüoğlu , Turkish poet and writer (* 1870 )
- Hermann Alois Mayer , German businessman, health researcher, naturopath, inventor, philosopher and writer (* 1871 )
- Abdol Madschid Mirza , Iranian Prime Minister (* 1845 )
literature
- Bill Bryson: Summer 1927 . Goldmann, 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-30123-2 , pp. 640 (Original title: One Summer: America 1927. Translated by Thomas Bauer).
Web links
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