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1929
Inauguration of Herbert Hoover . He is the 31st President of the United States .
With the Black Thursday which starts on October 24, 1929 Great Depression .	Funeral procession for the late Gustav Stresemann . May riots in Berlin .

1929 in other calendars
From urbe condita	2682
Armenian calendar	1377-1378
Ethiopian calendar	1921-1922
Badi calendar	85-86
Bengali calendar	1335-1336
Berber calendar	2879
Buddhist calendar	2473
Burmese calendar	1291
Byzantine calendar	7437-7438
Chinese calendar
- era	4625-4626 or 4565-4566
- 60 year cycle	Earth-Dragon ( 戊辰 , 5) - Earth-Snake ( 己巳 , 6)
French revolutionary calendar	CXXXVII - CXXXVIII 137-138
Hebrew calendar	5689-5690
Hindu calendar
- Vikram Sambat	1985-1986
- Shaka Samvat	1851-1852
Iranian calendar	1307-1308
Islamic calendar	1347-1348
Japanese calendar
- Nengō (era):	Shōwa 4
- Kōki	2589
Coptic calendar	1645-1646
Korean calendar
- Dangun era	4262
- Juche era	18th
Minguo calendar	18th
Modern Olympics	IX
Seleucid calendar	2240-2241
Thai solar calendar	2472

Europe in 1929

Events

Politics and world events

• January 1st : Robert Haab becomes President of Switzerland again .
• January 1st : José María Moncada Tapia becomes the new President of Nicaragua .
• January 1 : The in Munich launched Völkische observers first appears as Berlin edition.
• February 11 : The State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano) becomes an independent state under the Lateran Treaty .
• February 26 : Grand Teton National Park in the US state of Wyoming is protected as a national park .
• March 4 : Inauguration of Herbert Hoover as 31st US President. He takes over from Calvin Coolidge .
• March 7th : Bloody Night in Wöhrden : Three people are killed in a clash between the NSDAP and the KPD .
• April 1 : Waldeck joins Prussia .
• 1. - 3. May : At the so-called Bloody May be killed in Berlin in turmoil and hard action by the police 33 civilians and a number of demonstrators and bystanders injured.
• June 14 : Concordat between the Holy See and Prussia
• June 24th : Renewal of the expired neutrality and non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan (duration 5 years)
• August 1 : Prussian law for the municipal reorganization of the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area. The cities of Essen and Dortmund will receive generous increases in area. From the towns of Elberfeld and Barmen , the new urban district of Barmen-Elberfeld emerged , which was renamed Wuppertal in 1930 . Duisburg and Hamborn combine to form the new urban district of Duisburg-Hamborn . On July 29, 1929, the new city of Oberhausen was formed from the districts of Oberhausen , Osterfeld and Sterkrade .

After the Hebron massacre

• August 24 : The two-day Hebron massacre kills 67 people and drives all Jews from the city . They lose all their belongings that they cannot carry.
• September 24th : The Soviet government decreed that from October 1st a week of five days would be introduced. After four working days there is a day of rest, Saturday and Sunday are abolished. The aim is to increase productivity and replace the conventional with a revolutionary calendar system.
• October 3 : King Alexander I renamed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to Yugoslavia during a state crisis .
• December 10 : In Germany, the Opium Act (forerunner of the Narcotics Act ) comes into force - since then, the consumption and possession of cannabis has also been prohibited.
• December 22nd : The referendum initiated by right-wing groups against the Young Plan fails.

economy

• January 29th : The United Paper Works in Nuremberg apply to the Reich Patent Office in Berlin for protection of the Tempo trademark for the handkerchief they produce .
• March 8th : The mining companies of Prussia are combined in the United Electricity and Mining AG ( VEBA ).
• April 3 : The patent on the Hellschreiber , a teleprinter invented by Rudolf Hell , becomes valid.

The site of the Exposició Internacional de Barcelona

• May 19 : Spain's King Alfonso XIII. opens the world exhibition Exposició Internacional de Barcelona .
• October 24th : Black Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange, the beginning of the Great Depression
• October 25th : Black Friday
• October 26th : An agreement between the entrepreneur Ivar Kreuger and the Weimar Republic establishes the 53-year ignition goods monopoly .
• October 29th : Deutsche Bank , Disconto-Gesellschaft , Rheinische Creditbank and Schaafhausen'sche Bankverein merge to form Deutsche and Disconto-Bank (DeDi-Bank) . This merger is the largest bank merger in German economic history to date .
• October 29th : Black Tuesday
• November 7th : In Casablanca the established Moroccan stock exchange starts its business.
• Through the aid fund of the NSDAP , Deutsche Ring becomes an insurance partner of the NSDAP .
• The company Franke & Heidecke Braunschweig ( Rollei ) brings their two-lens medium format camera called Rolleiflex onto the market, which is still available today with changes.

science and technology

• January 30th : The American airline Hawaiian Airlines is founded under the name Inter-Island-Airways .
• March 8 : In the German history of television , the station Witzleben transmits the first television images for test purposes in the Berlin research laboratory of the Reichspost .
• April 29th : The first meeting of the founding committee of the American Society of Rheology marks the birth of modern rheology .
• June 3 : The Zeppelin LZ 126 / ZR-3 "USS Los Angeles" of the US Navy is the first airship to drop and pick up an aircraft in the air.
• July 16 : The express steamer Bremen of the North German Lloyd Bremerhaven sets sail under Commodore Leopold Ziegenbein .
• July 22nd : After 4 days, 17 hours and 42 minutes, the steamer arrives in New York Harbor as the new owner of the Blue Ribbon .

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin back in Germany

• September 4th : The 35-day world voyage of the German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin ends in Friedrichshafen . Around 40,000 people come to witness the return.
• November 5 : Werner Forßmann's work on his self-experiments on cardiac cathetization appears.
• November 29 : Bernt Balchen , Richard Evelyn Byrd , Harold June and Ashley McKinley are the first people to fly over the South Pole on board the Floyd Bennett aircraft .
• December 23 : World premiere of the first sound film made in Germany ( feature film ) The night is ours in Berlin
• December 25th : The world broadcasting station starts its first program exchange with other countries (see German shortwave station .)
• Irving Langmuir researches the collective oscillations in gas discharge and introduces the concept of plasma .
• Werner Heisenberg and Wolfgang Pauli expand quantum mechanics to quantum electrodynamics ( on the quantum dynamics of wave fields. In: Zeitschrift für Physik. Volume 56, 1929, ISSN  1434-6001 ).
• Ernest W. Burgess develops the zone model of urban development .
• The German chief engineer Engelbert Zaschka presented the first folding car in Berlin .

Culture

Movie

• January 17th : The sound film I kiss your hand, Madame is premiered in Berlin's Tauentzienpalast .
• April 11th : The Babylon cinema in Berlin opens as a silent film cinema .
• May 16 : During a closed dinner in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , the first 12 Academy Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , founded in the previous year, are presented . The German actor Emil Jannings is the first man to receive the award for Best Actor for his roles in the two films His last command and The way of all flesh .

literature

• January 7 : The space hero Buck Rogers won the first science fiction - comic as a daily comic strip space in newspapers of the United States .
• January 7th : Thirteen American and two Canadian newspapers print the first comic strips with Tarzan as the title character.
• January 10 : The cartoon characters Tintin and Struppi by the Belgian illustrator Hergé are presented to the public for the first time.
• January 17th : Popeye the sailor appears for the first time, designed by the draftsman Elzie Crisler Segar .

First edition novel

• January 29th : The book Nothing New in the West by Erich Maria Remarque goes on sale. Its first edition is sold out immediately through pre-orders.
• October 24 : The feminist essay A Room of Our Own by Virginia Woolf appears.
• October: The novel for children Emil and the detectives by Erich Kästner appears.
• The novel Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin is published.
• The novel Schall und Wahn by William Faulkner appears.
• The novel Michael , the only known literary work by the later Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels , appears.

Music and theater

• February 9 : World premiere of the comic opera The Tenor by Ernst von Dohnányi in Budapest
• February 22nd : World premiere of the operetta Rosen aus Florida by Leo Fall in Vienna
• April 27 : World premiere of the opera Jürg Jenatsch by Heinrich Kaminski at the State Opera in Dresden
• May 15th : World premiere of the opera Persée et Andromède ou Le Plus Heureux des trios by Jacques Ibert
• June 8th : World premiere of the funny opera Neues vom Tage by Paul Hindemith at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin
• June 25 : World premiere of the opera Judith by Eugène Aynsley Goossens at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London
• July 28 : World premiere of the opera Lehrstück by Paul Hindemith in Baden-Baden
• August 31 : World premiere of the operetta The Three Musketeers by Ralph Benatzky at the Great Theater in Berlin
• September 21 : World premiere of the opera Engelbrekt by Natanael Berg at the Kungliga Teatern in Stockholm
• October 10 : World premiere of the operetta The Land of Smiles by Franz Lehár in the Metropol Theater Berlin

broadcast

• June 9th : Nordische Rundfunk AG broadcasts a Hamburg harbor concert for the first time. This is the world's oldest regular broadcast and is part of the NDR's radio program on Sunday morning .

Others

• October: Foundation of the Musashino Art School (under the name Teikoku Art School )
• November 7th : Opening of the Museum of Modern Art
• Construction of the open-air theater in Augsburg
• Cercle et Carré is founded.

society

• November 1st : Eberhard Koebel founded the " German Autonomous Young Society of November 1st, 1929 " ("dj.1.11") in Stuttgart
• November 2 : The pilots association thereof Ninety-Nines is founded in the United States.
• October 7th : Foundation of the German Scout Association Sankt Georg (DPSG) in Altenberg in the Bergisch district

religion

• June 14th : The free exercise of the Catholic faith in Prussia is agreed between Prussia and the Holy See in a concordat .
• August 15 : Pope Pius XI. founds the Collegium Russicum . The graduates are installed as ordained priests under assumed names in parishes of the Soviet Union because they are exposed to repression there.
• December 31 : Pope Pius XI. publishes the encyclical on the Christian education of young people under the title Divini illius magistri .

Disasters

• May 1 : 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Iran , killing around 3,300
• August 25 : One of the biggest train accidents of the 1920s and 1930s occurs in Germany in the morning hours: the Paris-Warsaw express train derails shortly before the Buir station . 16 people die and around 50 are seriously injured.
• September 7th : On the inland lake Näsijärvi the Finnish passenger steamer Kuru capsizes in wind force 8 on the Beaufort scale , 136 people die.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .

Sports

• January 5th : The second Hans-Heinz-Schanze is inaugurated in Johanngeorgenstadt as the largest ski jumping hill in Germany at the time of opening .
• May 15 : The English national football team , which had been undefeated outside of Great Britain by then, loses an international match for the first time . Spain kept the upper hand in Madrid with 4: 3 goals.
• December 26th : The football club SCR Altach is founded.

For entries of athletics world records, see under the respective discipline under athletics .

Nobel Prizes

• Physics : Louis-Victor de Broglie
• Chemistry : Arthur Harden and Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin
• Medicine : Christiaan Eijkman and Frederick Gowland Hopkins
• Literature : Thomas Mann
• Nobel Peace Prize : Frank Billings Kellogg

Born

January

• 0January 1 : Adil Atan , Turkish wrestler († 1989 )
• 0January 1 : Cordelia Edvardson , Swedish-Israeli journalist and writer († 2012 )
• 0January 2 : Ulrich Dübber , German journalist and politician († 1985 )
• 0January 3 : Sergio Leone , Italian film director († 1989 )
  

  Sergio Leone
• 0January 3rd : Gordon Moore , co-founder of Intel and author of Moore's Law
  

  Gordon Moore , 2004
• 0January 4th : Arik Brauer , Austrian painter, singer and poet
• 0January 4th : Amitai Etzioni , American sociologist
• 0January 4th : Günter Schabowski , German politician († 2015 )
• 0January 4 : Herbert Vorgrimler , German Catholic theologian († 2014 )
• 0January 5th : Walter Cardinal Brandmüller , German church historian
• 0January 5th : Peter-Lukas Graf , Swiss flautist
• 0January 5 : Wilbert Harrison , American musician († 1994 )
• 0January 5 : Robert K. Massie , American historian († 2019 )
• 0January 6 : Babrak Karmal , Afghan politician († 1996 )
• 0January 6 : Dietrich Knothe , German conductor († 2000 )
• 0January 6 : Paul Nößler , German miner, representative of expellees and politician († 2018 )
• 0January 7th : Terry Moore , American actress
• 0January 8 : Scott M. Matheson , American politician († 1990 )
• 0January 8 : Wolfgang Peters , German soccer player († 2003 )
• 0January 9 : Brian Friel , Irish playwright († 2015 )
• 0January 9 : Keith Hall , British racing car driver
• 0January 9 : Heiner Müller , German playwright, writer, director and artistic director († 1995 )
• January 10 : Wilhelm Hankel , German economist and currency expert († 2014 )
• January 10 : Klaus Kammer , German actor († 1964 )
• January 11 : Erwin Aumeier , German football player († 2013 )
• January 11 : Rafael Eitan , Israeli general and member of the Knesset († 2004 )
• January 11 : Wolfgang Hänsch , German architect († 2013 )
• January 11 : Wanda Wiłkomirska , Polish violinist († 2018 )
• January 12 : Helga Nordhausen , German author († 2012 )
• January 12 : Edgar Schmandt , German painter († 2019 )
• January 13 : David F. Cargo , American politician († 2013 )
• January 13th : Alois Partl , Austrian politician
• January 13 : Joe Pass , American jazz guitarist († 1994 )
• January 14 : Erwin Dunst , German trade unionist and social functionary († 2019 )
• January 14th : Aleksandar Petrović , Yugoslav film director († 1994 )
• January 15 : Paul Fredrik Karl Åström , Swedish archaeologist († 2008 )
• January 15 : Martin Luther King , American civil rights activist († 1968 )
  

  Martin Luther King , 1964
• January 15 : Teizō Matsumura , Japanese composer († 2007 )
• January 15 : Günther Winkler , Austrian lawyer
• January 16 : Werner Kowalski , German historian
• January 16 : Tage Nilsen , Danish composer († 2003 )
• January 17th : Grady Martin , American guitarist († 2001 )
• January 17 : Georg P. Salzmann , German book collector († 2013 )
• January 17 : Jürgen Volkmann , judge at the Federal Social Court († 2017 )
• January 18 : John Barber , British racing car driver
• January 18 : Pierick Houdy , French-Canadian composer
• January 18 : Franz Kreuzer , Austrian journalist and politician († 2015 )
• January 19 : Edmundo Abaya , Archbishop of the Philippines († 2018 )
• January 19 : Nicholas N. Ambraseys , Greek-British civil engineer, pioneer of soil mechanics and seismology († 2012 )
• January 19 : Red Amick , American racing driver († 1995 )
• January 19 : Arne Arvidsson , Swedish football player († 2008 )
• January 20 : Jimmy Cobb , American jazz drummer († 2020 )
• January 20 : Jo Miard , German sculptor († 1982 )
• January 20 : Andreas Stenglein , German politician
• January 20 : Walter Wenzel , German name researcher
• January 21 : Shulamit Arnon , Israeli teacher and writer
• January 21 : Bibi Johns , Swedish pop singer and actress
• January 21 : Denis Sanders , American filmmaker and Oscar winner († 1987 )
• January 22nd : Max Peter Ammann , Swiss film director
• January 22nd : Antonio Braga , Italian composer and music teacher († 2009 )
• January 22nd : Petr Eben , Czech composer († 2007 )
• January 23 : Harald Metzkes , German painter
• January 23 : John C. Polanyi , German-Canadian chemist and physicist
• January 23 : Hannelore Valencak , Austrian writer († 2004 )
• January 24 : Ivan Ivanji , Yugoslav writer
• January 25 : Robert Faurisson , French professor of literature, Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi († 2018 )
• January 25 : Benny Golson , American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger
• January 25 : Michael Michai Cardinal Kitbunchu , Archbishop of Bangkok
• January 25 : Klaus Mertens , German actor († 2003 )
• January 26 : Jules Feiffer , American comic book artist and screenwriter
• January 26th : Stanisław Styrczula , former Polish biathlete
• January 27 : Mohamed Al-Fayed , Egyptian entrepreneur and billionaire
• January 27 : Hans Berliner , American systems analyst and chess player († 2017 )
• January 28th : Edith M. Flanigen , American chemist and inventor
• January 28 : Claes Oldenburg , artist (Pop Art)
• January 29 : Jerry Hoyt , American racing car driver († 1955 )
• January 29th : Ed Shaughnessy , American jazz drummer († 2013 )
• January 30 : Jay E. Adams , American Presbyterian pastor, pastor, psychologist, speaker, and author
• January 30th : Isamu Akasaki , Japanese scientist
• January 30th : Boštjan Hladnik , Slovenian film director († 2006 )
• January 30 : Alexandr Kliment , Czech writer and poet († 2017 )
• January 31 : Girolamo Arnaldi , Italian medieval historian († 2016 )
• January 31 : Kurt Bretterbauer , Austrian geodesist († 2009 )
• January 31 : Rudolf Mößbauer , German physicist, Nobel Prize winner († 2011 )
  

  Rudolf Mößbauer , 1961
• January 31 : Vera Schwarz , German harpsichordist († 1980 )
• January 31 : Jean Simmons , British-American actress († 2010 )

February

• 0February 2 : Reiner Bredemeyer , German composer († 1995 )
• 0February 2 : Věra Chytilová , Czech film director and screenwriter († 2014 )
• 0February 2 : Elías Valiña Sampedro , Spanish pastor and initiator of the Camino de Santiago († 1989 )
• 0February 3 : Jimmy Edwards , American rockabilly musician
• 0February 3 : Kurt Eisenblätter , German actor († 2017 )
• 0February 3 : Camilo Torres , Colombian priest and liberation theologian († 1966 )
• 0February 4 : Jerry Adler , American theater director, theater director, television and film actor
• 0February 4 : Friedhelm Busse , German neo-Nazi († 2008 )
• 0February 4 : Dorothy Howard , Canadian singer and music teacher († 2013 )
• 0February 4 : Neil Johnston , American basketball player († 1978 )
• 0February 4th : Walther Tröger , German lawyer and sports official
• 0February 4 : Eduard Zimmermann , German journalist and television presenter († 2009 )
• 0February 5 : Karl-Heinz Balzer , German football goalkeeper († 1991 )
• 0February 5 : Hal Blaine , American musician († 2019 )
• 0February 5 : Luc Ferrari , French composer, sound artist and radio play maker († 2005 )
• 0February 5 : Fred Sinowatz , Austrian politician, Federal Chancellor († 2008 )

Fred Sinowatz

• 0February 6 : Pierre Brice , French actor († 2015 )

Pierre Brice , 2005

• 0February 6 : Manfred Roeder , German lawyer and Holocaust denier († 2014 )
• 0February 7 : Alejandro Jodorowsky , Chilean director, actor and writer
• 0February 7th : Günter Kootz , German pianist and university professor
• 0February 7 : Wilhelm Rawe , German politician († 2017 )
• 0February 8 : Claude Rich , French actor and author († 2017 )
• 0February 9 : Taiji Kase , Japanese Karate Grand Master († 2004 )
• 0February 9 : Willem Kersters , Belgian composer († 1998 )
• 0February 9 : Lothar Loewe , German journalist († 2010 )
• 0February 9 : James Mulcro Drew , American composer and music teacher († 2010 )
• 0February 9 : Ursula Lingen , German-Austrian actress († 2014 )
• 0February 9 : Walther Ludwig , German classical philologist
• February 10 : Arne Benary , German economist in the GDR († 1971 )
• February 10 : Hallgeir Brenden , Norwegian cross-country skier († 2007 )
• February 10 : Jerry Goldsmith , American film music composer († 2004 )

Jerry Goldsmith

• February 10 : František Nepil , Czech writer, radio presenter and narrator († 1995 )
• February 10 : Josef Tauchner , Austrian weightlifter
• February 11th : Albert Wagarschakowitsch Azarjan , Armenian gymnast
• February 14 : Wyn Morris , Welsh conductor († 2010 )
• February 14 : Vic Morrow , American actor († 1982 )
• February 14 : Peter Neugebauer , German cartoonist and author
• February 15 : Graham Hill , British racing car driver († 1975 )
• February 15 : Ibrahim Abu-Lughod , Palestinian-American political scientist and politician († 2001 )
• February 15 : James R. Schlesinger , American politician († 2014 )
• February 16 : Gerhard Hanappi , Austrian soccer player († 1980 )
• February 16 : Bernhard Luginbühl , Swiss artist († 2011 )
• February 16 : Christian Meier , German historian
• February 17 : Jean-Marie Dumazer , French racing car driver († 2019 )
• February 17 : Chaim Potok , American-Jewish writer and rabbi († 2002 )
• February 18 : Inge Brandenburg , German jazz singer and theater actress († 1999 )
• February 18 : Len Deighton , British photographer and writer
• February 18 : Eduardo Lagos , Argentine pianist, composer and music critic († 2009 )
• February 18 : André Mathieu , Canadian pianist and composer († 1968 )
• February 18 : Günther Schramm , German actor, television presenter and singer
• February 19 : Jacques Deray , French director († 2003 )
• February 19 : Leni Hofknecht , German long jumper
• February 20 : Amanda Blake , American actress († 1989 )
• February 20 : Siegfried Jordan , German composer, lyricist, arranger, musician, singer, orchestra director, editor, presenter and producer
• February 20 : Toshirō Mayuzumi , Japanese composer († 1997 )
• February 20th : Floralba del Monte , Dominican pianist and music teacher
• February 20 : Peter Schubert , German painter
• February 20 : Uriella , spiritual leader of the Fiat Lux Order († 2019 )
• February 21 : Heidi Abel , Swiss announcer and presenter († 1986 )
• February 21 : Nestor Assogba , Benin old archbishop († 2017 )
• February 21 : Gert Günther Hoffmann , German voice actor († 1997 )
• February 22nd : Anny Schlemm , German opera singer
• February 23 : Alexius II , Patriarch of Moscow and Russia († 2008 )
• February 23 : Thorsten Andersson , Swedish medievalist, linguist and name researcher († 2018 )
• February 23 : Wolfgang Junker , Minister for Construction of the GDR († 1990 )
• February 23 : Herbert Mies , German politician († 2017 )
• February 24 : Zdzisław Beksiński , Polish painter and graphic artist († 2005 )
• February 24 : André Gunder Frank , German-born economist († 2005 )
• February 25 : Ella Büchi , Swiss actress († 1999 )
• February 26 : August Lang , German politician († 2004 )
• February 27 : Philip Arp , German actor, cabaret artist, author and director († 1987 )
• February 27 : Sonny Gandee , American football player († 2013 )
• February 27 : Kurt Schier , German philologist
• February 28 : Frank Gehry , Canadian-American architect and designer
• February 28 : Hubert Rohde , German educator and cultural politician († 2019 )
• February 28 : Rangaswamy Srinivasan , Indian physicist and scientist

March

• 0March 1 : Mehdi Achawan Sales , Persian poet († 1990 )
• 0March 1 : Helmuth Klotz , German general practitioner and medical professional politician († 2005 )
• 0March 1 : Georgi Markow , Bulgarian writer († 1978 )
• 0March 2 : Robert Richardson , British officer († 2014 )
• 0March 3rd : Siegrid Ernst , German composer, pianist and music teacher
• 0March 3 : Hilton A. Green , American film producer († 2013 )
• 0March 3 : Hermann Pius Siller , German Roman Catholic theologian
• 0March 4 : Roland Meinl , German entrepreneur († 2007 )
• 0March 4th : Bernard Haitink , Dutch conductor
• 0March 4 : Heinz Kuhrig , Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Management of the GDR († 2001 )
• 0March 5 : Clemens August Andreae , Austrian economist († 1991 )
• 0March 5th : Erik Carlsson , Swedish rally driver († 2015 )
• 0March 5 : Claus Friedrich Köpp , German literary scholar and poet († 2010 )
• 0March 5 : JB Lenoir , American blues singer and guitarist († 1967 )
• 0March 6 : Nicolas Bouvier , Swiss writer († 1998 )
• 0March 6 : Tom Foley , American politician († 2013 )
• 0March 6 : Fasil Iskander , Abkhazian writer († 2016 )
• 0March 6 : Günter Kunert , German writer († 2019 )
• 0March 7th : Gregor Dorfmeister , German journalist and writer († 2018 )
• 0March 7th : Irma Urteaga , Argentine composer
• 0March 9 : Hugh Desmond Hoyte , Guyanese Prime Minister († 2002 )
• 0March 9th : Arnulf Zitelmann , German author of children's, youth and non-fiction books
• March 10 : Ursula Arnold , German photographer and camerawoman († 2012 )
• March 11 : Giorgos Savvidis , Greek literary scholar († 1995 )
• March 11 : Theo Sorg , German Protestant theologian († 2017 )
• March 12 : Winnie Gebhardt-Gayler , German illustrator († 2014 )
• March 12th : Hans Müllejans , Provost in Aachen († 2009 )
• March 12 : Francisco Pulgar Vidal , Peruvian composer († 2012 )
• March 13 : Peter Breck , American actor († 2012 )
• March 13 : Bill Cunningham , American fashion photographer († 2016 )
• March 13 : Gert Haucke , German actor and writer († 2008 )
• March 13 : Zbigniew Messner , Polish politician and economist, Prime Minister († 2014 )
• March 13 : Paek Nam-sun , North Korean politician, Foreign Minister 1998–2007 († 2007 )
• March 15 : Krishna Ahooja-Patel , Indian trade unionist, women's rights activist, publicist and pacifist († 2018 )
• March 15 : Cecil Taylor , American jazz pianist († 2018 )
• March 16 : Nadja Tiller , Austrian actress
• March 17 : Peter L. Berger , American sociologist († 2017 )
• March 18 : Ctirad Kohoutek , Czech composer, music pedagogue and musicologist († 2011 )
• March 18 : Christa Wolf , German writer († 2011 )
• March 19 : Richard Chatham Atkinson , American psychologist
• March 19 : Alexander von Elverfeldt , German farmer and forest manager, association official and author († 2018 )
• March 19 : Johannes Poigenfürst , Austrian trauma surgeon
• March 20 : Rudi Glöckner , German soccer referee († 1999 )
• March 20 : Arna Mer-Chamis , Israeli human rights activist († 1995 )
• March 20 : Josef Reding , German writer († 2020 )
• March 21 : Robert Lebeck , German photographer and photojournalist († 2014 )
• March 21 : Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers , American blues guitarist and singer († 1993 )
• March 22nd : Fred Anderson Jr. , American jazz musician († 2010 )
• March 22nd : Sergio Cervato , Italian soccer player († 2005 )
• March 23 : Roger Bannister , British athlete and neurologist († 2018 )
• March 23 : Johannes Hempel , German theologian († 2020 )
• March 23 : Vera Kistler , American composer, music teacher and writer († 2006 )
• March 23 : Jürgen von Woyski , German sculptor and painter († 2000 )
• March 24th : Johannes Chemnitzer , SED functionary in the GDR
• March 24 : Franz Krienbühl , Swiss architect, speed skater († 2002 )
• March 26 : Toshio Akiyama , Japanese composer
• March 26 : Stelvio Massi , Italian cameraman and film director († 2004 )
• March 26th : Thakar Singh , representative of the Sant Mat teaching († 2005 )
• March 26 : Ray Scott , American rockabilly musician († 1999 )
• March 27 : Žarko Petan , Slovenian writer († 2014 )
• March 28 : Paul England , Australian racing car driver († 2014 )
• March 28 : Frederick Exley , American writer († 1992 )
• March 28 : Takehiro Irokawa , Japanese writer († 1989 )
• March 29 : Hans Elsässer , German astronomer († 2003 )
• March 29 : Lennart Meri , Estonian politician († 2006 )
• March 29 : Gerhard A. Ritter , German historian († 2015 )
• March 30th : Richard Dysart , American actor († 2015 )
• March 31 : Alexander Gray , Canadian singer and music teacher († 1998 )
• March 31 : Helmut Rothemund , German politician († 2004 )
• March 31 : Kazuko Saegusa , Japanese writer, essayist and literary critic († 2003 )
• March 31 : Alfred Schlosser , Austrian sculptor

April

• 0April 1st : Milan Kundera , Czech writer
• 0April 1st : Anneliese Lussert , Franconian dialect poet († 2006 )
• 0April 1 : Michael O'Herlihy , Irish film and television director and producer († 1997 )
• 0April 1 : Jane Powell , American actress
• 0April 2 : Frans Andriessen , Dutch politician († 2019 )
• 0April 2 : Heinrich Beck , German philologist († 2019 )
• 0April 2 : Hans Koschnick , German politician and Member of the Bundestag († 2016 )
• 0April 3 : Gerhard Behrendt , German director († 2006 )
  

  Gerhard Behrendt with Sandman, 1979
• 0April 3 : Ernest Callenbach , American journalist and writer († 2012 )
• 0April 3 : Klaus Hemmerle , professor of theology and Bishop of Aachen († 1994 )
• 0April 3 : Ralf Paulsen , German singer († 2015 )
• 0April 3 : Poul Schlueter , Danish politician
  

  Poul Schlueter
• 0April 3 : Miyoshi Umeki , Japanese actress († 2007 )
• 0April 4 : Iso Baumer , Swiss linguist and religious scholar
• 0April 5 : Hugo Claus , Flemish writer († 2008 )
• 0April 5 : Ivar Giaever , Norwegian-American physicist
• 0April 5 : Ismat T. Kittani , Iraqi diplomat († 2001 )
• 0April 6 : André Previn , American pianist, composer and conductor († 2019 )
• 0April 6 : Art Taylor , American jazz drummer († 1995 )
• 0April 7th : Domingo Cura , Argentine percussionist († 2004 )
• 0April 7 : Bob Denard , French-Comorian mercenary leader († 2007 )
• 0April 7 : Walter Dworakivsky , American composer and music teacher
• 0April 7th : Robert Hinz , German forester
• 0April 8 : Walter Berry , Austrian singer († 2000 )
• 0April 8 : Jacques Brel , chansonnier and actor († 1978 )
• 0April 8 : Hans Korte , German actor († 2016 )
• 0April 8 : Bolesław Sulik , Polish-British journalist, screenwriter and director († 2012 )
• 0April 9 : Joyce Appleby , American historian († 2016 )
• 0April 9th : Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak , trade union secretary, long-time SPD member of the Bundestag
• April 10 : Mike Hawthorn , English Formula 1 racing driver, Formula 1 World Champion († 1959 )
• April 10 : Hanns Lothar , German actor († 1967 )
• April 10 : Liz Sheridan , American actress
• April 10 : Max von Sydow , Swedish-French actor († 2020 )
• April 11 : Ian Armit , British blues and jazz pianist († 1992 )
• April 11 : Josef Heinen , German sprinter († 1988 )
• April 11 : Hans Joachim Hirsch , German legal scholar († 2011 )
• April 13 : Norbert Burger , Austrian politician († 1992 )
• April 14 : Gerald Anderson , British puppet artist and filmmaker († 2012 )
• April 14 : Chadli Bendjedid , Algerian President (1979–1992) († 2012 )
• April 14 : Werner Lamberz , member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED in the GDR († 1978 )
• April 15 : Roland Cardon , Belgian composer († 2001 )
• April 15 : Josef Ratzenböck , Austrian lawyer and politician
• April 15 : Renate Rössing , German photographer († 2005 )
• April 16 : Egbert Kankeleit , German physicist
• April 17th : James Last , German band leader, composer, arranger and music producer († 2015 )
  

  James Last , 1970
• April 17th : Helen Meier , Swiss writer
• April 17 : Karl-Erik Palmér , Swedish football player († 2015 )
• April 17 : Józef Pińkowski , Polish politician and Prime Minister of Poland from 1980 to 1981 († 2000 )
• April 17th : Lissy Tempelhof , German actress († 2017 )
• April 18 : Jean Jülich , German resistance fighter († 2011 )
• April 18 : Mario Francesco Cardinal Pompedda , Italian Cardinal Curia († 2006 )
• April 19 : Hans R. Beierlein , German media manager and music publisher
• April 19 : Kyu-Myung Chung , Korean physicist († 2005 )
• April 19 : Edward Crook , American boxer († 2005 )
• April 19 : Marco Richterich , Swiss painter († 1997 )
• April 20 : Karl-Heinz Jakobs , German writer († 2015 )
• April 21 : Martin Kruse , German theologian
• April 22 : Michael Francis Atiyah , British mathematician († 2019 )
• April 22nd : Guillermo Cabrera Infante , Spanish-speaking writer and film critic († 2005 )
• April 22nd : Erkki Junkkarinen , Finnish singer († 2008 )
• April 22nd : Otohiko Kaga , Japanese writer
• April 22nd : Kazue Shinkawa , Japanese poet
• April 23 : Max Bolliger , Swiss writer († 2013 )
• April 23 : George Steiner , French-American writer, literary scholar and cultural critic († 2020 )
• April 24th : André Darrigade , French cyclist
• April 25 : Georg Hohenberg , Austrian diplomat († 2019 )
• April 27 : Willi Hoss , German politician († 2003 )
• April 28 : Hans Gustav Auras , German architect († 2016 )
• April 28 : Kurt Böwe , German actor († 2000 )
• April 29 : Ray Barretto , American jazz musician († 2006 )
• April 29 : Walter Kempowski , German writer († 2007 )
• April 29 : Halina Łukomska , Polish singer († 2016 )
• April 29 : Peter Sculthorpe , Australian composer († 2014 )
• April 30 : Klausjürgen Wussow , German actor († 2007 )

May

• 0May 1 : Ralf Dahrendorf , German-British sociologist, politician and publicist († 2009 )
• 0May 1st : Detlef Müller , German screenwriter († 2009 )
• 0May 2nd : Édouard Balladur , French politician and Prime Minister
• 0May 2 : Link Wray , American musician († 2005 )
• 0May 3 : Hans Stadlmair , conductor and composer († 2019 )
• 0May 4 : Dominic Kodwo Andoh , Ghanaian Archbishop († 2013 )
• 0May 4th : Ásgeir Eyjólfsson , Icelandic ski racer
• 0May 4 : Audrey Hepburn , actress of British-Dutch origin († 1993 )

Audrey Hepburn , 1981 with President Reagan and Robert Wolders

• 0May 4 : Eric Wright , Canadian writer and university professor († 2015 )
• 0May 5 : Kenneth Cook , Australian journalist, screenwriter and director († 1987 )
• 0May 6 : Paul Christian Lauterbur , American chemist and radiologist († 2007 )
• 0May 7 : Osvaldo Dragún , Argentine playwright († 1999 )
• 0May 7th : Ansten Samuelstuen , American ski jumper († 2012 )
• 0May 8 : Girija Devi , Indian singer, music teacher and composer († 2017 )
• 0May 8 : Gillian Dobb , American actress († 2001 )
• 0May 8 : Fernand Hoffmann , Luxembourg educator, writer and linguist († 2000 )
• 0May 8 : Günther Wyschofsky , Minister for the Chemical Industry of the GDR
• 0May 9 : Robert "H-Bomb" Ferguson , American blues singer and pianist († 2006 )
• 0May 9 : Wolfgang Greß , economic functionary of the GDR († 2000 )
• 0May 9 : Dieter Medicus , German legal scholar († 2015 )
• 0May 9 : Kay Dotrice , British actress († 2007 )
• May 10 : Richard Attlesey , American hurdler († 1984 )
• May 10 : Dinos Constantinides , American composer, music teacher, conductor and violinist
• May 10 : Mel Lewis , American jazz musician († 1990 )
• May 10 : Peter C. Newman , Canadian writer and journalist
• May 10 : Helga Schmedt , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
• May 11th : Gerhard Klingenberg , Austrian theater director and artistic director
• May 12 : Heino Falcke , German Protestant theologian
• May 12 : Ágnes Heller , Hungarian philosopher († 2019 )
• May 12 : Sam Nujoma , President of Namibia
• May 12 : Heinrich Segur , Head of the German Service of Vatican Radio († 2005 )
• May 13 : Robert D. Fulton , American politician
• May 13 : Johannes Gründel , Catholic theologian and priest († 2015 )
• May 14 : Vladimir Sergeyevich Antozhin , Soviet chess grandmaster († 1994 )
• May 15 : Andrew Bertie , British Grand Master of the Order of Malta († 2008 )
• May 15 : Peter Broeker , Canadian racing car driver († 1980 )
• May 15 : Dieter Schubert , German writer († 2008 )
• May 16 : Betty Carter , American jazz singer († 1998 )
• May 16 : John Conyers , American politician († 2019 )
• May 16 : Friedrich Nowottny , German journalist and former director of the WDR

Friedrich Nowottny , 2012

• May 16 : Adrienne Rich , American feminist and poet († 2012 )
• May 17th : Janet Craxton , English oboist († 1981 )
• May 17th : Hans Gebhard , German church musician, organist, composer and choir director
• May 17 : Jill Johnston , American author, journalist and LGBT activist († 2010 )
• May 17 : Branko Zebec , Yugoslav football player and coach († 1988 )
• May 18 : Otto Flimm , German entrepreneur († 2020 )
• May 18 : Roger Matton , Canadian composer and ethnomusicologist († 2004 )
• May 20 : Werner Heukamp , German Catholic pastor, local history researcher and author († 2020 )
• May 20 : Marcelino dos Santos , Mozambican politician and writer († 2020 )
• May 20 : Charles Tilly , American historian, political scientist and sociologist († 2008 )
• May 21 : Hans Traxler , German illustrator and cartoonist
• May 21 : Charles Wadsworth , American pianist, chamber musician and music educator
• May 22 : Sergio Mantovani , Italian racing driver († 2001 )
• May 23 : Marvin J. Chomsky , American film director and film producer
• May 24th : Helmut Fath , German motorcycle racing driver and designer († 1993 )
• May 25 : Werner Zeyer , German politician († 2000 )
• May 26 : Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi , Nigerian historian and university professor († 2014 )
• May 27 : William Kelley , American writer and screenwriter († 2003 )
• May 27 : Peter Szondi , Hungarian literary scholar († 1971 )
• May 28 : Werner Achmann , German production designer and film set designer († 2001 )
• May 28 : Georg Langemeyer , German Franciscan priest and Catholic theologian († 2014 )
• May 28 : Horst Frank , German actor († 1999 )
• May 29 : Fernande Chiocchio , Canadian singer and music educator
• May 29 : Harry Frankfurt , American philosopher
• May 29 : Peter Higgs , British physicist

Peter Higgs , 2009

• May 30th : Oskar Brüsewitz , Protestant pastor († 1976 )
• May 30th : Margit Saad , French actress

June

• 0June 1 : James Hadley Billington , American Library Director († 2018 )
• 0June 1 : Paul Markowski , SED functionary in the GDR († 1978 )
• 0June 1 : Yehudi Wyner , American composer, pianist and music teacher
• 0June 2nd : Frédéric Devreese , Belgian composer and conductor
• 0June 2 : Günter Siefarth , German journalist († 2002 )
• 0June 2 : Juan Venegas , Puerto Rican boxer († 1987 )
• 0June 2 : Friedrich Vogel , German politician († 2005 )
• 0June 3 : Werner Arber , Swiss microbiologist and geneticist
• 0June 3 : Martin Schliessler , German adventurer, filmmaker and artist († 2008 )
• 0June 4th : Karolos Papoulias , Greek President
• 0June 4 : Günter Strack , German actor († 1999 )
• 0June 5 : Hermann Josef Unland , German politician († 2015 )
• 0June 6 : Bogusław Schaeffer , Polish composer, musicologist and music teacher († 2019 )
• 0June 7th : Antonio Carbajal , Mexican soccer player
• 0June 7 : John Turner , Canadian politician
• 0June 8 : Ekkehard Böhmer , German television director († 2014 )
• 0June 8 : Viktor Josef Dammertz , Bishop of Augsburg († 2020 )
• 0June 9 : Johnny Ace , American musician († 1954 )
• June 10 : Georg Huntemann , German Protestant theologian and theology professor († 2014 )
• June 10 : Harald Juhnke , German entertainer, film and stage actor († 2005 )
  

  Harald Juhnke
• June 10 : James McDivitt , American astronaut
• June 10 : Edward O. Wilson , entomologist and biologist
• June 12 : Hilde Antes , German athlete († 2016 )
• June 12 : Anne Frank , Jewish German girl, best known for her diary († 1945 )
• June 12 : Eva Pflug , German actress († 2008 )
• June 12 : Frank Rosenthal , Casino Manager in Las Vegas († 2008 )
• June 12 : Klaus Steilmann , German textile entrepreneur and sports official († 2009 )
• June 13 : Alan Civil , British horn player and music teacher († 1989 )
• June 13 : Wolfgang Hundhammer , German production designer and film architect
• June 13 : Rob Slotemaker , Dutch racing car driver († 1979 )
• June 14 : Alexander Böhm , German legal scholar († 2006 )
• June 14 : Cy Coleman , American composer († 2004 )
• June 14 : Keizō Hino , Japanese writer († 2002 )
• June 14 : Rupert Lay , German philosopher and theologian, management consultant and psychotherapist
• June 15 : George Barlow , American zoologist and ichthyologist († 2007 )
• June 15 : Fakir Baykurt , Turkish educator and writer († 1999 )
• June 15 : Lotfi Mansouri , American opera director and director († 2013 )
• June 17th : Tigran Petrosyan , Armenian-Soviet chess grandmaster († 1984 )
• June 18 : Menachem Ariav , Lord Mayor of Nazerat Illit († 2017 )
• June 18 : Jürgen Habermas , German sociologist and philosopher
  

  Jürgen Habermas, 2007
• June 18 : Ernst Gottfried Mahrenholz , judge and vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court
• June 18 : Ilse Storb , German musicologist, music teacher and university teacher
• June 20 : Bonnie Bartlett , American actress
• June 20 : Edgar Miles Bronfman senior , Canadian entrepreneur († 2013 )
• June 20th : Ingrid Haebler , Austrian pianist
• June 20 : Francis Santana , Dominican singer († 2014 )
• June 20 : Eugen von der Wiesche , German politician and Member of the Bundestag († 2018 )
• June 21 : Traugott Buhre , German actor († 2009 )
• June 21 : Gottfried Gruben , building researcher and professor at the Technical University of Munich († 2003 )
• June 21 : Abdel Halim Hafez , Egyptian singer and actor († 1977 )
• June 22nd : Pierre Thibaud , French trumpeter and music teacher († 2004 )
• June 22nd : Adam Zielinski , Polish writer and entrepreneur († 2010 )
• June 23 : Carlos Argentino , Argentine singer († 1991 )
• June 23 : Bart Carlier , Dutch football player († 2017 )
• June 23 : June Carter Cash , American singer and songwriter († 2003 )
• June 23 : Claude Goretta , Swiss film director and television producer († 2019 )
• June 23 : Henri Pousseur , Belgian composer († 2009 )
• June 24 : Mona Hofland , Norwegian actress († 2010 )
• June 24th : Günter Emig , German Roman Catholic clergyman
• June 25 : Eric Carle , American children's author
• June 25 : Francesco Cardinal Marchisano , Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica († 2014 )
• June 26 : June Bronhill , Australian opera singer († 2005 )
• June 26 : Milton Glaser , American graphic designer, illustrator and teacher († 2020 )
• June 26 : Rodney Nuckey , British racing driver († 2000 )
• June 28 : Andreas Karađorđević , brother of the last king of Yugoslavia († 1990 )
• June 28 : Gerhard Frank , German lawyer, hunting official and politician († 2020 )
• June 28 : Barthel Hrouda , German archaeologist († 2009 )
• June 29th : Oriana Fallaci , Italian resistance fighter, journalist and writer († 2006 )
• June 29 : Eberhard Jäckel , German contemporary historian († 2017 )
• June 29 : Alexandre Lagoya , classical guitarist († 1999 )
• June 29 : Michio Mamiya , Japanese composer
• June 30 : Alexander Kelly , Scottish pianist and music teacher († 1996 )
• June 30 : David Martin , British sociologist and Anglican priest († 2019 )

July

• 0July 1 : Gerald M. Edelman , American physician and Nobel Prize winner († 2014 )
• 0July 2 : Edgar Ott , German actor and voice actor († 1994 )
• 0July 2 : Adam Silk , German writer († 2004 )
• 0July 4th : Jean Desforges , British athlete and Olympian († 2013 )
• 0July 4 : Darío Castrillón Hoyos , Colombian Cardinal († 2018 )
• 0July 4th : Joyce Sullivan , Canadian singer († 2017 )
• 0July 4th : Konrad Swinarski , Polish theater director († 1975 )
• 0July 5th : Ursula Finger , German athlete, Olympic participant for Saarland († 2015 )
• 0July 5 : Jacqueline Harpman , Belgian writer († 2012 )
• 0July 6 : Gerd Zacher , German composer and organist († 2014 )
• 0July 7 : Reinhard Baumgart , German writer and literary critic († 2003 )
• 0July 9 : Hassan II , King of Morocco (1961–1999) († 1999 )
  

  Hassan II 1978
• July 10 : Hamza El Din , Nubian oud and tar player († 2006 )
• July 10 : George Clayton Johnson , American author and film actor († 2015 )
• July 10 : Moe Norman , Canadian professional golfer († 2004 )
• July 11 : David Kelly , Irish film and stage actor († 2012 )
• July 11 : Hermann Prey , German baritone († 1998 )
• July 12th : Alfred Seppelt , German chess official († 2015 )
• July 14 : Alan Dawson , American jazz drummer († 1996 )
• July 15 : Reinhardt Abraham , German manager at Lufthansa († 1995 )
• July 15 : Charles Anthony , American opera singer († 2012 )
• July 15 : Francis Bebey , French musician and writer († 2001 )
• July 15 : Lou Graham , American country and rockabilly musician († 1999 )
• July 16 : Walter Magrutsch , Austrian diplomat († 2014 )
• July 16 : Sheri S. Tepper , American writer († 2016 )
• July 17 : Sergei Godunov , Russian mathematician
• July 18 : Richard Button , American figure skater
• July 18 : Jalacy Hawkins , American singer († 2000 )
• July 18 : Leonhard Pohl , German athlete († 2014 )
• July 18 : Franca Rame , Italian theater maker and politician († 2013 )
• July 19 : Martin Grüner , German politician († 2018 )
• July 19 : Katharina Wagenbach-Wolff , German publisher
• July 20 : Hansjörg Sinn , German chemist and politician
• July 22nd : David Arias Pérez , Spanish clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Newark († 2019 )
• July 22 : Jean-Pierre Rivière , French composer († 1995 )
• July 23 : Pierre Aubenque , French historian of philosophy († 2020 )
• July 24th : Peter Yates , British film director († 2011 )
• July 25 : Al Adamson , American director and producer of B-films († 1995 )
• July 26th : Alexis Weissenberg , French pianist of Bulgarian origin († 2012 )
• July 27 : Jean Baudrillard , French philosopher and sociologist († 2007 )
• July 27 : Janusz Grabiański , Polish illustrator († 1976 )
• July 27 : Jack Higgins , British author
• July 27 : Walter Michael Klepper , Romanian-German composer († 2008 )
• July 27 : Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach , German architect and building contractor († 1990 )
• July 28 : Jackie Kennedy , First Lady of the United States († 1994 )

Jacqueline Kennedy, 1963

• July 28 : Werner Vetterli , Swiss athlete, television presenter and politician († 2008 )
• July 28 : Fritz Vilmar , German political scientist, sociologist, critic of globalization († 2015 )
• July 29 : Charles Richard Anders , American composer and pastor
• July 29 : Júlio Botelho , Brazilian soccer player († 2003 )
• July 29 : Avet Terterjan , Armenian composer († 1994 )
• July 30 : Karl-Heinrich Hansmeyer , German economist († 2007 )
• July 30th : Günter Prinz , German journalist
• July 30 : Werner Tübke , German painter († 2004 )
• July 31 : Lynne Reid Banks , British writer
• July 31 : Don Murray , American actor

August

• 0August 1 : Leila Abashidze , Georgian-Soviet actress († 2018 )
• 0August 1 : Samuel Charters , American blues researcher and musician († 2015 )
• 0August 1 : Josef Homeyer , German bishop († 2010 )
• 0August 2 : José Afonso , Portuguese singer and composer († 1987 )
• 0August 3 : Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak , Polish athlete († 2003 )
• 0August 6 : Valter Åhlén , Swedish ice hockey player († 1988 )
• 0August 6 : Ferenc Aszódy , German trumpeter († 2005 )
• 0August 6 : Reinhold Finkbeiner , German composer and organist († 2010 )
• 0August 6 : Kateb Yacine , Algerian writer († 1989 )
• 07th August : František Čech , Czech geochemist and mineralogist († 1995 )
• 0August 7 : Don Larsen , American baseball player († 2020 )
• 0August 8 : Lionginas Abarius , Lithuanian musician, composer
• 0August 8 : Ronald Biggs , English mail robber († 2013 )
• 0August 8 : José Luis Borau , Spanish film director († 2012 )
• 0August 8 : Sabri Godo , Albanian writer and politician († 2011 )
• 0August 8 : Josef Suk , Czech violinist and violist († 2011 )
• 0August 9 : Jeff Butterfield , English rugby player († 2004 )
• 0August 9 : Hermann Schreiber , German journalist, author and moderator († 2020 )
• 0August 9 : Albert Tocco , American Mafia boss († 2005 )
• 0August 9 : Manfred Zimmermann , German diplomat
• August 10 : Vincent McEveety , American film and television director († 2018 )
• August 11 : Adalbert Seipolt , German Benedictine monk and author († 2009 )
• August 12 : Buck Owens , American country singer († 2006 )
• August 12th : Jōji Yuasa , Japanese composer
• August 13 : Walter Kannengießer , German business journalist
• August 13 : Gustav Meier , Swiss conductor and music teacher († 2016 )
• August 14 : Louise Slaughter , American politician († 2018 )
• August 15 : Eugene Braunwald , American cardiologist
• August 15 : Karl Heinz Jakob , German artist, graphic artist and painter († 1997 )
• August 16 : Bill Evans , American jazz pianist († 1980 )
• August 16 : Ina-Maria Greverus , German folklorist and cultural anthropologist († 2017 )
• August 16 : Helmut Rahn , German soccer player († 2003 )
  

  Helmut Rahn (right)
• August 17th : Petar Perović , Yugoslav handball player and coach († 2010 )
• August 18th : Hugues Aufray , French chanson singer
• August 18 : Jimmy Davies , American racing driver († 1966 )
• August 18 : Wolfgang Ullmann , German theologian, church historian and politician († 2004 )
• August 19 : Ion N. Petrovici , German neurologist
• August 20 : Gerda Sofia Antti Ljungqvist , Swedish writer
• August 20 : Rafael Tschimischkjan , Soviet weightlifter
• August 21 : Vija Artmane , Latvian and Soviet actress († 2008 )
• August 21 : Ahmed Kathrada , South African anti-apartheid fighter and politician († 2017 )
• August 22 : Pauli Toivonen , Finnish rally driver († 2005 )
• August 22 : Ulrich Wegener , German police officer († 2017 )
• August 23 : Fritz Breuer , German football player († 2017 )
• August 24 : Yasser Arafat , Palestinian politician († 2004 )
  

  Yasser Arafat , 2001
• August 24th : Paul Lendvai , Austrian journalist of Hungarian descent
• August 25 : Dominique Fernandez , French author
• August 26 : Eva Bakos , Austrian cultural journalist and writer († 2003 )
• August 26th : Yogi Bhajan , Kundalini Yoga teacher († 2004 )
• August 26 : Walter Helmut Fritz , German writer († 2010 )
• August 26th : Karl Alfred Wolken , German writer
• August 28 : István Kertész , Hungarian conductor († 1973 )
• August 28 : Heinz G. Lück , German actor († 2017 )
• August 29 : John Arthur , South African boxer († 2005 )
• August 29 : Thom Gunn , British poet and university teacher († 2004 )
• August 30 : François Cheng , Chinese writer, poet and calligrapher
• August 30 : Rudolf Schefold , German soccer player
• August 31 : Germaine Damar , Luxembourgish film actress
• 00.August: Roy Moss , American rockabilly musician

September

• 0September 1 : Kostas Paskalis , Greek-Austrian opera singer († 2007 )
• 0September 2 : Charline Arthur , American rockabilly musician († 1987 )
• 0September 2 : Hal Ashby , American film director († 1988 )
• 0September 3 : Helmuth Becker , German politician († 2011 )
• 0September 3 : James J. Bulger , American criminal († 2018 )
• 0September 3 : Karl Wilhelm Fricke , German publicist
• 0September 3 : Günter Schubert , German journalist and historian († 2014 )
• 0September 5 : Bob Newhart , American actor
• 0September 5 : Andrijan Nikolajew , Soviet cosmonaut († 2004 )
• 0September 6 : Cyrus Atabay , Persian writer († 1996 )
• 0September 6 : Charles Moffett senior , American jazz drummer († 1997 )
• 0September 8 : Geoffrey Donald Chisholm , Australian politician († 2006 )
• 0September 8 : Christoph von Dohnányi , German conductor and director
• 0September 9 : Claude Nougaro , French jazz singer, poet, painter and draftsman († 2004 )
• 0September 9 : Ruth Pfau , Catholic nun and leprosy doctor in Pakistan († 2017 )
• September 10 : Reinhard Lettau , German-American writer († 1996 )
• September 10 : Arnold Palmer , American golfer († 2016 )
• September 10 : Akio Yashiro , Japanese composer († 1976 )
• September 12 : Roberto Angleró , Puerto Rican salsa composer, singer and band leader († 2018 )
• September 13 : Nikolaj Gjaurow , Bulgarian-Austrian opera singer († 2004 )
• September 14 : Hans Clarin , German actor († 2005 )
• September 14 : Larry Collins , American writer († 2005 )
• September 15 : David Clarke , British racing car driver († 2002 )
• September 15 : Johannes Dyba , Bishop of Fulda († 2000 )
• September 15 : Diego Febles , Puerto Rican racing car driver († 2011 )
• September 15 : Murray Gell-Mann , American physicist († 2019 )
• September 15 : Halina Birenbaum , Polish-Israeli writer and translator
• September 17 : Sylvester Austin , American tenor saxophonist († 2001 )
• September 17th : Marion Degler , German actress and voice actress
• September 17 : Vincent La Selva , American conductor and music teacher († 2017 )
• September 17th : Stirling Moss , British racing car driver († 2020 )
• September 17 : Rudolf Widmann , Bavarian local and state politician († 2000 )
• September 18 : Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd (Armando), Dutch artist († 2018 )
• September 19 : Heny Álvarez , Puerto Rican composer, percussionist and singer († 2006 )
• September 19 : Heiner Carow , Vice President of the Academy of Arts of the GDR († 1997 )
• September 19 : Luigi Taveri , Swiss motorcycle racer († 2018 )
• September 20 : Hans von Borsody , German actor († 2013 )
• September 20 : Anne Meara , American actress († 2015 )
• September 20 : Hermann Rappe , German politician
• September 20 : Vittorio Taviani , Italian film director († 2018 )
• September 21 : Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian football player († 1979 )
• September 21 : Fred Metzler , German radio presenter and actor († 2010 )
• September 22 : Serge Garant , Canadian composer and conductor († 1986 )
• September 22nd : Ventur Schöttle , German politician
• September 22nd : Carlo Ubbiali , Italian motorcycle racer († 2020 )
• September 23 : Wiktor Sarianidi , Soviet archaeologist († 2013 )
• September 23 : Jimmy Woode , American jazz double bass player († 2005 )
• September 25 : Barbara Walters , American journalist
• September 27 : Sada Thompson , American actress († 2011 )
• September 28 : Michael Kohl , German diplomat († 1981 )
• September 28 : Nikolai Ivanovich Ryschkow , Russian politician
• September 29 : Rolf Kühn , German musician and jazz clarinetist
• September 30 : Kjell Askildsen , Norwegian writer
• September 30th : Lothar Kolditz , German chemist
• September 30th : Dorothee Sölle , Protestant theologian and mystic († 2003 )
• September 30th : Paul Tremmel , German dialect poet

October

Liselotte Pulver , 1971

Dorothee Wilms , 1986

Ursula K. Le Guin, 2004

Bud Spencer 2009

• 0October 1 : Jean Amadou , French singer and humorist († 2011 )
• 0October 1 : Eleonore Güllenstern , German politician († 2017 )
• 0October 1 : Ernst Höfner , Minister for Finance of the GDR († 2009 )
• 0October 1 : Peter Meven , German opera and concert singer († 2003 )
• 0October 1 : Bonnie Owens , American country singer († 2006 )
• 0October 2nd : Cesare Maestri , Italian mountaineer and alpine writer
• 0October 4th : Leroy Van Dyke , American country musician
• 0October 5 : Yuri Nikolajewitsch Arzutanow , Russian engineer († 2019 )
• 0October 5 : Richard Gordon , American astronaut († 2017 )
• 0October 6 : Dieter Antritter , German jazz musician († 2015 )
• 0October 6 : Bruno Cremer , French actor († 2010 )
• 0October 7 : Hans-Peter Dürr , German physicist and essayist († 2014 )
• 0October 7 : Harald Serowski , German production designer for GDR television († 2005 )
• 0October 7th : Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini , Italian organist († 2017 )
• 0October 8 : Franklin Stahl , American geneticist
• 0October 9 : Vladimír Menšík , Czech film, theater and television actor († 1988 )
• October 10 : Ed Blackwell , American jazz drummer († 1992 )
• October 10 : Georges Burggraff , French motorcycle and automobile racer and diver
• October 10 : Hans-Joachim Hoffmann , Minister for Culture of the GDR († 1994 )
• October 11 : Curtis Amy , American saxophonist and flautist († 2002 )
• October 11 : Liselotte Pulver , Swiss actress
• October 11 : Daniel Wayenberg , Dutch pianist and composer († 2019 )
• October 11 : Dorothee Wilms , German politician
• October 12 : Sven Hotz , Swiss entrepreneur and patron
• October 14 : Norbert Gastell , German actor and voice actor († 2015 )
• October 14 : Karl Robatsch , Austrian chess grandmaster and botanist († 2000 )
• October 15 : Werner Hennig , presiding judge at the Federal Court of Justice († 2014 )
• October 15 : Enno Patalas , German film historian and critic († 2018 )
• October 15 : Teodoro Zeccoli , Italian racing driver († 2018 )
• October 16 : Nicholas von Hoffman , American journalist, author and columnist († 2018 )
• October 16 : Fernanda Montenegro , Brazilian actress
• October 17 : Arthur William Hope Adkins , British classical philologist († 1996 )
• October 17th : Ram Da-Oz , Israeli composer
• October 17 : Karl-Hermann Flach , journalist and politician († 1973 )
• October 18 : Violeta Barrios de Chamorro , President of Nicaragua
• October 18 : Arnold Kludas , German shipping historian, librarian and non-fiction author
• October 19 : Ernst Knoesel , German soccer player and sports official († 2005 )
• October 21 : Ramón Francisco , Dominican poet and essayist
• October 21 : Ursula K. Le Guin , American SF and fantasy writer († 2018 )
• October 21 : Enrique Meneses , Spanish photographer and journalist († 2013 )
• October 22 : Roger Fournier , Canadian writer and film director († 2012 )
• October 22 : Lev Yashin , Russian football player († 1990 )
• October 22 : Eilert Tantzen , German forester, homeland researcher, conservationist and politician († 2012 )
• October 23 : Adalet Ağaoğlu , Turkish writer († 2020 )
• October 23 : Tamas Gamqrelidze , Georgian linguist and orientalist
• October 23 : Fritz Hollenbeck , German actor
• October 24 : Nuno Krus Abecasis , Portuguese politician († 1999 )
• October 24 : Heinrich Amtmann , Austrian politician († 2014 )
• October 24 : Hubert Aquin , Canadian writer († 1977 )
• October 24 : George Crumb , American composer
• October 24th : Ralph Johannes , German architect and university professor
• October 25 : Peter Rühmkorf , German poet, writer and essayist († 2008 )
• October 26 : Hans Peter Haller , German composer and pioneer of electroacoustic music († 2006 )
• October 27 : Bill George , American football player († 1982 )
• October 28 : Jiří Brabec , Czech literary critic and historian
• October 28 : John Hollander , American lyric poet († 2013 )
• October 28 : Joan Plowright , British actress
• October 29 : Marat Kasej , Belarusian partisan fighter, Hero of the Soviet Union († 1944 )
• October 29 : Yevgeny Primakov , Russian economic politician, diplomat and politician († 2015 )
• October 30th : Willie Torres , Puerto Rican singer
• October 31 : Bud Spencer , Italian actor and musician († 2016 )

November

• 0November 1st : Rudy Kousbroek , Dutch poet († 2010 )
• 0November 2 : Rachel Ames , American actress
• 0November 2 : Amar G. Bose , American electrical engineer († 2013 )
• 0November 2 : Harold Farberman , American composer and conductor († 2018 )
• 0November 2 : Carwyn James , Welsh rugby player and coach († 1983 )
• 0November 2 : Hannskarl Salger , Vice President of the Federal Court of Justice († 2010 )
• 0November 2 : Richard Edward Taylor , Canadian physicist († 2018 )
• 0November 3 : Charles Antenen , Swiss football player († 2000 )
• 0November 3 : Jan Brooijmans , Dutch football player († 1996 )
• 0November 3rd : Herbert Salcher , Austrian politician and minister
• 0November 4 : Günter Felke , German entrepreneur and cultural sponsor († 2005 )
• 0November 4 : Leopold Gratz , Austrian politician († 2006 )
• 0November 4 : Rudolf Miele , German entrepreneur († 2004 )
• 0November 5th : Peter Blond , British entrepreneur and racing car driver
• 0November 5 : Lennart Johansson , Swedish sports official, President of UEFA († 2019 )
• 0November 5th : Dieter Oberndörfer , German political scientist
• 0November 6th : Francy Boland , Belgian jazz pianist and arranger († 2005 )
• 0November 6 : Kurt Ernsting , German entrepreneur and patron († 2011 )
• 0November 7th : Benny Andersen , Danish writer, poet, composer and pianist († 2018 )
• 0November 7th : Eric Kandel , American neuroscientist
  

  Eric Kandel
• 0November 7 : Ray Renfro , American football player († 1997 )
• 0November 8 : Bert Berns , American music producer and composer († 1967 )
• 0November 9 : Alfons Biber , German actor († 2001 )
• 0November 9 : Piero Cappuccilli , Italian opera singer († 2005 )
• 0November 9 : Imre Kertész , Hungarian writer († 2016 )
• 0November 9th : Francisco Norden , Colombian film director, screenwriter and film producer
• November 10 : Marilyn Bergman , American songwriter and songwriter
• November 10 : George Buford , American blues musician († 2011 )
• November 10 : Hans-Jochen Tschiche , civil rights activist in the GDR († 2015 )
• November 11 : Ida Applebroog , American sculptor and painter
• November 11 : LaVern Baker , American rhythm and blues singer († 1997 )
• November 11th : Hans Magnus Enzensberger , German poet, writer and editor
• November 12 : Michael Ende , German writer († 1995 )
• November 12 : Grace Kelly , American actress, Princess of Monaco († 1982 )
  

  Grace Kelly , 1981
• November 12th : Wolfgang Meid , German Indo-Europeanist
• November 12th : Waldemar Schreckenberger , German legal scholar († 2017 )
• November 13 : Tarō Asashio , Japanese sumo wrestler († 1988 )
• November 13 : Fred Phelps , American Baptist († 2014 )
• November 14 : Horst Janssen , German graphic artist and author († 1995 )
• November 15 : Edward Asner , American actor, film producer, voice actor and human rights activist
• November 15 : Józef Patkowski , Polish composer, musicologist and music teacher († 2005 )
• November 16 : Wolfgang Hilger , German chemist and company manager († 2020 )
• November 17 : Elmer H. Antonsen , American linguist and runologist († 2008 )
• November 17th : Charles Kálmán , Austrian film and stage composer († 2015 )
• November 17 : Jimmy Reece , American racing car driver († 1958 )
• November 19 : Jean Blaton , Belgian racing driver and musician
• November 19 : Norman Cantor , Canadian historian († 2004 )
• November 20 : Raymond Lefèvre , French orchestra conductor and composer († 2008 )
• November 20 : Herbert Lucy , German trade unionist († 1994 )
• November 21 : Nachum Admoni , director of the Israeli secret service Mossad
• November 21 : Billy Barton , American country and rockabilly musician († 2011 )
• November 21 : Peter Brüning , German painter and sculptor († 1970 )
• November 21 : Marilyn French , American writer and literary scholar († 2009 )
• November 21 : Violeta Stephen , Dominican singer
• November 21 : Niall Tóibín , Irish comedian and actor († 2019 )
• November 22nd : Michael Adie , British theologian
• November 22nd : Rolf Nagel , German actor
• November 23 : Alfred Adolph , German engineer and general manager
• November 23 : Georges Lagrange , French bishop († 2014 )
• November 24th : Peet Geel , Dutch football player
• November 24 : John Henry Johnson , American football player († 2011 )
• November 24 : Carlo Peroni , Italian comic book artist and author († 2011 )
• November 26 : Jack S. Annon , American psychologist († 2005 )
• November 26th : Slavko Avsenik , Slovenian composer and musician († 2015 )
• November 27th : Peter Lilienthal , German director and screenwriter
• November 27 : Werner Zimmer , German wrestler († 2019 )
• November 28 : Berry Gordy , American producer
• November 28 : Kuniko Mukōda , Japanese writer († 1981 )
• November 29 : Xaver Unsinn , German ice hockey player and coach († 2012 )
• November 30 : Dick Clark , American TV presenter († 2012 )

December

• 0December 1 : Wolfgang Anheisser , German opera singer († 1974 )
• 0December 1 : Alfred Moisiu , Albanian politician
• 0December 1 : Karl Otto Pöhl , German banker and civil servant, President of the Bundesbank († 2014 )
• 0December 1 : Wolfgang Vogt , German politician († 2006 )
• 0December 2 : Gerhard Tautenhahn , Minister for Machinery, Agricultural Machinery and Vehicle Construction of the GDR († 2018 )
• 0December 3 : Werner Rackwitz , German opera director and cultural politician († 2014 )
• 0December 3 : Corrado Viciani , Italian football player and coach († 2014 )
• 0December 4 : Wilhelm Georg Berger , Romanian composer and musicologist († 1993 )
• 0December 6th : Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Austrian conductor († 2016 )
• 0December 6 : Mark Kopytman , Israeli composer and music teacher († 2011 )
• 0December 6th : Alain Tanner , Swiss film director
• 0December 7th : Albrecht Haupt , German church musician
• 0December 8 : Ali Bongo , British magician and comedian († 2009 )
• 0December 8th : Jakob Deffner , German politician
• 0December 8th : Gudrun Okras , German theater and film actress († 2009 )
• 0December 8 : Goffredo Parise , Italian writer († 1986 )
• 0December 8th : Arnulf Rainer , Austrian painter
• 0December 8 : Klaus Wegenast , German Professor of Protestant Theology († 2006 )
• 0December 9 : John Cassavetes , American actor and director († 1989 )
• 0December 9 : Bob Hawke , Prime Minister of Australia († 2019 )
  

  Bob Hawke
• 0December 9 : Peter Herzog , German actor († 2004 )
• December 11th : Axel Anderson , Puerto Rican actor († 2012 )
• December 11 : Kenneth MacMillan , ballet dancer and choreographer († 1992 )
• December 12th : Toshiko Akiyoshi , Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader
• December 12 : John Osborne , English author († 1994 )
• December 12 : Alexander Trowbridge , American politician († 2006 )
• December 13 : David Bosch , South African Reformed theologian, Protestant missionary and missiologist († 1992 )
• December 13 : Christopher Plummer , Canadian actor
• December 14 : Fernando Sebastián Aguilar , Spanish Archbishop († 2019 )
• December 14 : Dilarə Əliyeva , Azerbaijani philologist, translator, feminist and politician († 1991 )
• December 14 : Shlomo Argov , Israeli diplomat († 2003 )
• December 14th : Tada Hiroshi , Japanese Aikido teacher
• December 14th : Ron Nelson , American composer
• December 14th : Kurt Wünsche , Minister of Justice of the GDR
• December 15 : Herfried Apel , German economic manager
• December 16 : Bertil Andersson , Swedish ice hockey and soccer player († 2009 )
• December 16 : Kurt Böckmann , German politician and member of the Bundestag († 2008 )
• December 16 : Nicholas Courtney , British actor († 2011 )
• December 17th : Adolf Giele , German handball player and coach († 2002 )
• December 17 : William Safire , American publicist († 2009 )
• December 18 : Willi Fährmann , German author for children and young people († 2017 )
• December 18 : Cardinal Józef Glemp , Archbishop of Warsaw († 2013 )
• December 19 : Bob Brookmeyer , American jazz musician († 2011 )
• December 19 : Lorenzo Buffon , Italian soccer player
• December 19 : Pentti Hämäläinen , Finnish boxer († 1984 )
• December 19 : Paul Nizon , Swiss writer
• December 20 : Carlo Fassi , Italian figure skater and coach († 1997 )
• December 22nd : Hugo Loetscher , Swiss writer († 2009 )
• December 23 : Chet Baker , American jazz musician, singer and composer († 1988 )
• December 23 : Mennato Boffa , Italian racing driver († 1996 )
• December 23 : Clarice Carson , Canadian singer († 2015 )
• December 23 : Eckart Rohlfs , German publisher and music journalist
• December 23 : Dick Weber , American professional bowler († 2005 )
• December 24th : Johannes Conrad , German satirist, writer and actor († 2005 )

Johannes Conrad 1993

• December 25th : Jerzy Antczak , Polish film director
• December 25th : Franz Happernagl , German sprinter
• December 26th : Monty Budwig , American jazz bassist († 1992 )
• December 26th : Karl-Hans Laermann , German politician
• December 27 : Zdeněk Bláha , Czech folk musician and composer
• December 27th : Gyula Kovács , Hungarian jazz drummer († 1992 )
• December 28 : Terry Sawchuk , Canadian ice hockey goalie (NHL) († 1970 )
• December 28 : Robert Scheerer , American director, film producer and actor († 2018 )
• December 28th : Maarten Schmidt , Dutch astronomer
• December 29 : Hans-Joachim Böhme , German politician (GDR) († 2012 )
• December 30th : Klaus Sochatzy , German sociologist († 1991 )
• December 31 : John Douglas Anthony , Australian politician
• December 31 : Ivor David Arbiter , English instrument maker († 2005 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• Marianne Aatz , German artist
• Ernst Achilles , German fire director († 1999 )
• Beulah Armendariz , American badminton player
• Nureddin al-Atassi , Syrian President and Prime Minister († 1992 )
• Josef Augustin , German folk musician († 1980 )
• Mohammed Said Ramadan al-Buti , Syrian religious scholar († 2013 )
• Rolf Werner Juhle , American volcanologist († 1953 )
• Eva-Maria Lahl , German voice actress
• Dietrich Rolle , German English studies specialist, literary scholar and university lecturer († 2008 )
• Pedro Waloschek , Austrian particle physicist and non-fiction author († 2012 )

Died

January

• 0January 1 : George Holt Thomas , British publisher and aviation pioneer (* 1870 )
• 0January 3 : William Charles Adamson , American politician (* 1854 )
• 0January 8 : Heinrich Busch , German pianist and composer (* 1900 )
• January 11 : Elfrida Andrée , Swedish composer (* 1841 )
• January 13th : Marie Andree-Eysn , Austrian folklorist, botanist and collector (* 1847 )
• January 13 : Wyatt Earp , American gunslinger (* 1848 )
• January 13 : Charles James Faulkner , American politician (* 1847 )
• January 19 : Liang Qichao , Chinese scholar and reformist in the Qing Dynasty (* 1873 )
• January 22nd : Adolph Brodsky , Russian violinist (* 1851 )
• January 23 : Wilhelm Baehrens , German classical philologist (* 1885 )
• January 23 : Nicolás León , Mexican medic, archaeologist and anthropologist (* 1859 )
• January 25 : Oscar Underwood , American politician (* 1862 )
• January 26 : William Edwin Haesche , American composer (* 1867 )
• January 31 : Jan Karafiát , Czech pastor of the Bohemian Evangelical Brother Church and writer (* 1846 )

February

• 0February 3 : Elisabeth Järnefelt , patron of Finnish culture and art, mother-in-law of Jean Sibelius (* 1839 )
• 0February 3 : Agner Krarup Erlang , Danish mathematician (* 1878 )
• 0February 4 : Victor Karl Theodor Michels , German Germanist (* 1866 )
• 0February 6 : Siegfried Ochs , German choir director and composer (* 1858 )
• 0February 9 : Walter Gramatté , German painter (* 1897 )
• February 10 : Heinz Stoffregen , German architect (* 1879 )
• February 10 : Albert Steinrück , German actor (* 1872 )
• February 11 : Frank P. Flint , American politician (* 1862 )
• February 12 : Albert von Schrenck-Notzing , German doctor, parapsychologist (* 1862 )
• February 13 : Franz Oppenheim , German chemist and industrialist (* 1852 )
• February 14th : Thomas Burke , American athlete (* 1875 )
• February 19 : Cesare Galeotti , Italian composer, conductor and pianist (* 1872 )
• February 19 : Otto Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein , Royal Bavarian Minister of War and Colonel General (* 1850 )
• February 19 : Wilhelm Rein , educator, representative of Herbartianism (* 1847 )
• February 20 : Edward Leicester Atkinson , British parasitologist, doctor and polar explorer (* 1881 )
• February 20 : John Grenfell Maxwell , British general (* 1859 )
• February 25 : František Neumann , Czech composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1874 )
• February 27 : Hugo von Habermann , German painter (* 1849 )
• February 28 : Clemens von Pirquet , Austrian pediatrician (* 1874 )

March

Wilhelm von Bode , 1904

• 0March 1 : James Albert Manning Aikins , Canadian lawyer (* 1851 )
• 0March 1 : Wilhelm von Bode , German art historian, general director of the Berlin museums (* 1845 )
• 0March 6 : Josef Holeček , Czech writer, translator and journalist (* 1853 )
• 0March 6th : Otto Jaekel , German geologist and paleontologist (* 1863 )
• 0March 6 : Thomas Taggart , American politician (* 1856 )
• March 11th : Joseph Toole , American politician (* 1851 )
• March 18 : Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy , Uzbek Soviet writer (* 1889 )
• March 19 : Agnes Sapper , German writer (* 1852 )
• March 20 : Ferdinand Foch , French Marshal (* 1851 )
• March 22nd : Anton Beer-Walbrunn , German composer (* 1864 )
• March 24th : Friedrich Messerschmidt , German motorcycle racer (* 1906 )
• March 25 : Bruno Möhring , German architect (* 1863 )
• March 26th : Ludwig von Sybel , German classical philologist, archaeologist and art historian (* 1846 )
• March 29 : Meta von Salis , Swiss historian and women's rights activist (* 1855 )
• March 31 : Evaristo Lucidi , Italian cardinal (* 1866 )
• March 31 : Myron T. Herrick , American politician (* 1854 )

April

Carl Benz .

• 0April 4 : Carl Benz , German automobile manufacturer (* 1844 )
• 0April 9 : Wilhelm Busch , German instrument maker (* 1861 )
• April 13 : Joseph Weldon Bailey , American politician (* 1862 )
• April 19 : Leo von Abbema , German architect (* 1852 )
• April 22nd : Ödön Mihalovich , Hungarian composer (* 1842 )
• April 23 : Rudolf Nilsen , Norwegian poet (* 1901 )
• April 25 : Julius Jacob the Younger , German painter (* 1842 )
• April 29 : Edward Jakobowski , English composer (* 1856 )
• April 30th : Friedrich Lienhard , German writer and spokesman for the local art movement (* 1865 )

May

• 0May 4th : Wladimir Kenig , Polish composer (* 1883 )
• 0May 7th : Albert Anselmi , Italian-American hit man (* 1883 )
• 0May 8 : Georg Andresen , German pedagogue and classical philologist (* 1845 )
• 0May 9 : Gustave Schlumberger , French historian (* 1844 )
• May 12 : Edi Linser , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1894 )
• May 13 : Adolf Braun , Austrian-German social democratic politician and journalist (* 1862 )
• May 13 : Arthur Scherbius , German inventor and entrepreneur (* 1878 )
• May 21 : Archibald Philip Primrose , British statesman (* 1847 )
• May 24th : Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld , German gynecologist (* 1843 )

June

• 0June 3 : Laura von Oelbermann , German founder and donor (* 1846 )
• 0June 3 : Fausto Salvatori , Italian writer and librettist (* 1870 )
• 0June 6 : Richard Réti , Austro-Hungarian chess master (* 1889 )
• 0June 7th : Clemens Denhardt , German Africa explorer (* 1852 )
• 0June 8 : Luis Johnson , Chilean painter (* 1887 )
• 0June 9 : Emmerich Nagy , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1904 )
• June 10 : Cecil Ashby , British motorcycle racer (* 1897 or 1898 )
• June 11 : Gyula Andrássy von Csík-Szent-Király and Kraszna-Horka , Austro-Hungarian politicians (* 1860 )
• June 12 : Henri Andoyer , French astronomer and mathematician (* 1862 )
• June 13 : Franz Theodor Usteri , Swiss lawyer and member of the board of directors (* 1853 )
• June 18 : Carlo Airoldi , Italian marathon runner (* 1869 )
• June 18 : Hermann Wagner , German geographer (* 1840 )
• June 24th : Carl Johann Moritz Arnold , German chemist and mineralogist, scholar, lecturer, privy councilor, alpinist, non-fiction author and writer (* 1853 )
• June 25 : Georges Courteline , French writer (* 1858 )
• June 26 : Amandus Heinrich Adamson , Estonian sculptor (* 1855 )
• June 29 : Theodor Kösser , German architect (* 1854 )

July

Hans Meyer in front of the base camp on Kilimanjaro, 1889

• 0July 5 : Hans Meyer , German publisher and first to climb Kilimanjaro (* 1858 )
• 0July 7th : Freddy Charlier , Belgian ice hockey player and racing car driver (* 1890 )
• July 13 : Wilhelm Ashoff , German entrepreneur (* 1857 )
• July 13 : Eusebius Mandyczewski , Austrian musicologist and composer (* 1857 )
• July 14 : Karolina Utriainen , Finnish lay preacher (* 1843 )
• July 14th : Hans Delbrück , German historian and politician (* 1848 )
• July 15 : Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Austrian writer (* 1874 )
• July 22nd : Bror Beckman , Swedish composer (* 1866 )
• July 22nd : Paul Flechsig , German psychiatrist and brain researcher (* 1847 )
• July 25 : Matti Aikio , Norwegian poet (* 1872 )
• July 30 : Karl Henckell , German poet and writer (* 1864 )
• July 31 : José de Castro , Portuguese lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister (* 1868 )

August

• 0August 3 : Josef Andergassen , Austrian cabinet maker, altar builder and sculptor (* 1861 )

Emil Berliner

• 0August 3 : Emil Berliner , inventor of the record and the gramophone (* 1851 )
• 0August 3 : Thorstein Veblen , American-Norwegian ecologist and sociologist (* 1857 )
• 0August 4th : Carl Auer von Welsbach , Austrian chemist and entrepreneur (* 1858 )
• 0August 5th : Millicent Garrett Fawcett , English suffragette (* 1847 )
• 0August 8 : Willy Ascherl , German football player (* 1902 )
• 0August 8 : Paul Mishel , German painter (* 1862 )

Heinrich Zille , 1922

• 0August 9 : Heinrich Zille , socially critical draftsman and photographer (* 1858 )
• August 12 : Rudolf Nováček , Czech composer and conductor (* 1860 )
• August 15 : Pilar Fernández de la Mora , Spanish pianist and music teacher (* 1867 )
• August 16 : Frank Van der Stucken , American composer and conductor (* 1858 )
• August 17th : Otto Gleim , German governor of Cameroon (* 1866 )
• August 17 : Cyrus Locher , American politician (* 1878 )
• August 19 : Sergei Djagilew , Russian founder of modern Russian ballet (* 1872 )
• August 22nd : Otto Liman von Sanders , German general (* 1855 )
• August 27 : Giulio Bas , Italian composer and organist (* 1874 )

September

• September 1 : Stanisław Barcewicz , Polish pianist, chamber musician, conductor and music teacher (* 1858 )
• 0September 2 : Paul Leni , German director (* 1885 )
• September 13 : Robert Lorimer , Scottish architect (* 1864 )
• September 18 : Hermann Graedener , German composer (* 1844 )
• September 21 : Nathaniel Harris , American politician (* 1846 )
• September 23 : Richard Zsigmondy , German chemist, Nobel Prize winner (* 1865 )
• September 30th : Herman Snellen the Younger , Dutch ophthalmologist (* 1864 )

October

Gustav Stresemann , 1925

• 0October 3 : Gustav Stresemann , German politician and founder of the German People's Party (* 1878 )
• 0October 3 : Carl Wolff , Romanian economist, journalist and politician (* 1849 )
• October 17th : Ada Crossley , Australian singer (* 1871 )
• October 20 : José Batlle y Ordóñez , journalist and President of Uruguay (* 1856 )
• October 24 : Petrus Johannes Blok , Dutch historian (* 1855 )
• October 26 : Swan Hennessy , Irish-American composer (* 1866 )
• October 26 : Arno Holz , German writer (* 1863 )
• October 28 : Theodore E. Burton , American politician (* 1851 )

Bernhard von Bülow , 1895

• October 28 : Bernhard von Bülow , German Chancellor (* 1849 )
• October 31 : Norman Pritchard , Indian athlete, Olympian and actor (* 1875 )
• October 31 : José Relvas , Portuguese politician and Prime Minister of Portugal (* 1858 )
• October 31 : António José de Almeida , Portuguese politician (* 1866 )

November

• 0November 2 : Lena Amsel , German dancer and actress (* 1898 )
• 0November 3 : Olav Aukrust , Norwegian poet (* 1883 )
• 0November 4 : Karl von den Steinen , German physician, ethnologist and writer (* 1855 )

Max von Baden , 1914

• 0November 6th : Max von Baden , Prussian general and Reich Chancellor (* 1867 )
• 0November 8 : Karl Albert Asal , German lawyer (* 1859 )
• November 11 : Ernst Maass , German classical philologist (* 1856 )
• November 11th : Mieczysław Sołtys , Polish composer (* 1863 )
• November 14th : Kamala , Indian wolf child (* 1912 or 1913 )
• November 14 : Karl Scheurer , Swiss politician (* 1872 )
• November 17th : Herman Hollerith , American inventor (* 1860 )
• November 23 : Arvid Kleven , Norwegian composer (* 1899 )
• November 24th : Georges Clemenceau , French politician (* 1841 )

December

• 0December 4 : Louis F. Hart , American politician (* 1862 )
• 0December 8th : Teddy Tetzlaff , American racing car driver (* 1883 )
• December 10th : Frederick Abberline , British inspector (* 1843 )
• December 10 : Franz Rosenzweig , German historian and philosopher (* 1886 )
• December 14 : Erich Harbort , German geologist (* 1879 )
• December 14 : Josef Noldin , South Tyrolean lawyer (* 1888 )
• December 18 : Dietrich Behrens , German Romanist (* 1859 )
• December 21 : Ernst Pündter , German actor, theater director, radio play speaker and director, as well as broadcasting director of the Bremen branch of the Nordischen Rundfunk AG (NORAG) (* 1884 )

Wilhelm Maybach , around 1900

• December 29 : Wilhelm Maybach , German car designer and entrepreneur (* 1846 )
• December 30th : Franz Hilarius Ascher , Austrian large land and mine owner, mining consultant, general director, editor-in-chief and publisher (* 1852 )
• December 31 : Alexander Lambert , Polish-American composer, pianist and music teacher (* 1863 )
• December 31 : Charles Phelps Taft , American politician (* 1843 )

Exact date of death unknown

• Giuseppe Aureli , Italian painter (* 1858 )
• Bruno Donath , German physicist (* 1870 )
• Henry Morton Dunham , American organist and composer (* 1853 )
• Fernando Meza , Chilean painter (* 1890 )
• Sundar Singh , Indian messenger of faith and Christian sadhu (* 1888 )
• Karl Nováček , Czech cellist, conductor and military bandmaster (* 1868 )
• Minas Cheras , Armenian writer and teacher (* 1852 )

Web links

Commons : 1929  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Living virtual museum online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexander Sauer: Train accident: The warning for the train driver was old. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , August 24, 2009, accessed June 30, 2020.
2. ↑ Jürg Altwegg: Noam Chomsky and the reality of the gas chambers. Time online , November 21, 2012