Famous People Born in 1916 (Part 2)

Birthdays 201 - 400 of 521

• May 9 Douglas Guest, British organist, choir master (Westminster Abbey, 1963-81), conductor, and composer (For the Fallen), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1996) [1]
• May 10 Milton Babbitt, American mathematician, composer of serial and electronic music (Correspondences), and teacher (Princeton; Juilliard), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
• May 11 Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer (Nobel Prize 1989), born in Padrón, La Coruña (d. 2002)

• May 12 Ellis Kohs, American composer (Lohiau and Hiiaka), educator, and musicologist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
• May 14 Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Life With Elizabeth; Bachelor Father - "Cal"; Cinderfella), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1970)
• May 14 Lance Dossor, British-Australian concert pianist, born in Weston-super-Mare, England (d. 2005)
• May 14 Marco Zanuso, Italian Modernist architect and product designer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 2001)
• May 16 Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997)
• May 16 Bernard Braden, Canadian-born British broadcaster and actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1993)
• May 16 Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist and President of Israel (1973-78), born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 2009)
• May 16 Irene Ighodaro, Sierra Leonean doctor and social reformer, born in Freetown, Sierra Leone (d. 1995)
• May 17 Cornelis A. Eman, Aruban politician (chairman State of Aruba Peoples Party) (d. 1967)
• May 17 John Hinde, English pioneering color photographer (color postcards, documented circus life), born in Somerset (d. 1997) [1]
• May 20 Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
• May 20 John McIntyre, Scottish theologian (Chaplin to the Queen in Scotland), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2005)
• May 20 Owen Chadwick, English historian, priest and university chancellor, born in London, England (d. 2015)

• May 20 Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006)
• May 21 Dennis Day [Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty], Irish-American tenor ("Danny Boy"), radio and television comic actor (Jack Benny Program; A Day in the Life of Dennis Day), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1988)

May 21 American author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy), born in New York City

• May 21 Leonard Manasseh, British architect (Rutherford School), born in Singapore (d. 2017)
• May 21 Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (d. 2002)
• May 22 Gordon Binkerd, American composer, born in Lynch, Nebraska (d. 2003)
• May 23 Jean Françaix, French classical pianist, and composer, born in Le Mans, France (d. 1997)
• May 24 Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat and Governor (New South Wales), born in Manly, New South Wales (d. 2002)
• May 25 Lou van Rees, Dutch impresario, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1993)
• May 26 Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch political prisoner and journalist (The Walls Came Tumbling Down) (d. 1972)
• May 26 Moondog [Louis Thomas Hardin], American composer, musician and poet, born in Marysville, Kansas (d. 1999)
• May 27 Bernard Oliver, American engineer at HP and inventor (first hand-held calculators, SETI, Pulse Code Modulation), born in Soquel, California (d. 1995) [1]
• May 28 Gerald McArthur, British Scotland Yard detective who caught the Great Train Robbers (d. 1996)
• May 28 Walker Percy, American writer and novelist ("The Moviegoer", "Lancelot"), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1990)
• May 29 Carl Story, American bluegrass musician (Rambling Mountaineers), born in Lenoir, North Carolina (d. 1995)
• May 30 Joseph W Kennedy, American chemist (Manhattan Project; 1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium), and educator, born in Nacogdoches, Texas (d. 1957)
• May 31 Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker and director (Fanfare; Glass), born in Holten, Netherlands (d. 1997)
• May 31 John Vivyan, American actor (Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1983)
• May 31 Judy Campbell [Judith Mary Gamble], British actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie), born in Grantham, England (d. 2004)
• Jun 1 Ki Aldrich, American College Football Hall of Fame linebacker (TCU; Pro Bowl 1939, 42; Chicago Cardinals, Washington Redskins), born in Rogers, Texas (d. 1983)
• Jun 3 (Edwin) "Buster" Pickens. American blues pianist (Texas Alexander, Lightnin' Hopkins), born in Hempstead, Texas (d. 1964)
• Jun 4 Cecil Blacker, British Army officer, born in York, England (d. 2002)
• Jun 4 Robert F. Furchgott, American pharmacologist (co-winner Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1998), and educator, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 2009)
• Jun 5 Eddie Joost, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 1949, 52; World Series 1940 Cincinnati Reds; Philadelphia Athletics) and manager (Philadelphia A's), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2011)
• Jun 5 Jack Sutherland, Scottish journalist, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1996)
• Jun 5 Sid Barnes, Australian cricket batsmen (13 Tests, 3 x 100, 5 x 50, HS 234; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1973)

Jun 8 English molecular biologist who co-discovered DNA's structure, with James Watson (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1962), born in Northampton, England [1] [2]

• Jun 8 Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (L'imperatore di Capri), born in Salò, Lombardy, Italy (d. 2007)
• Jun 8 Richard Pousette-Dart, American abstract expressionist artist, sculptor, and photographer, born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1992)

Jun 9 American United States Secretary of Defense (1961-68), played major role in US escalation in Vietnam, born in San Francisco, California

• Jun 10 Bill Waddington, British actor and comedian (Percy-Coronation Street), born in Oldham, England (d. 2000)
• Jun 12 Irwin Allen, American film and television producer (Land of the Giants; The Poseidon Adventure), born in New York City (d. 1991)
• Jun 12 Ivan Tors, Hungarian TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1983)
• Jun 12 Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican American lawyer, judge, and diplomat (Ambassador to El Salvador, Bolivia, and Argentina), born in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico (d. 2015)
• Jun 14 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (Gentlemen's Agreement, Old Yeller, Summer Magic), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2001)
• Jun 14 Karl-Rudi Griesbach, German composer, born in Breckerfeld, Germany (d. 2000)

Jun 15 American political scientist (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1978; Turing Award, 1975), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Jun 15 Marshall Field IV, American newspaper publisher (owned Chicago Daily News), born in New York City (d. 1965)
• Jun 16 Angelo "Hank" Luisetti, American collegiate basketball forward (Stanford, 1935-38), 1st to use a one-handed shot, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2002)
• Jun 16 Francis Lopez, Basque-French chanson and operetta composer (La Belle de Cadiz; Andalousie; The Three Musketeers), born in Montbeliard, France (d. 1995)
• Jun 17 Einar Englund, Finnish composer, born in Gotland, Sweden (d. 1999)
• Jun 17 Ted Atkinson, American jockey (US Champion 1944, 46), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
• Jun 17 Victor Lord, American fictional character on TV soap opera "One Life to Live" (d. 1976)
• Jun 18 John Young, Scottish actor and TV panelist (Masquerade Party), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1996)
• Jun 18 Roman Toi, Estonian-Canadian composer, choral conductor and organist, born in Kõo Parish, Viljandi, Estonia, Russian Empire (d. 2018)
• Jun 19 George Pravda, Austria-Hungary, actor (Thunderball, Firefox), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
• Jun 19 Pat Buttram, American actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres), born in Addison, Alabama (d. 1994)
• Jun 20 Jean-Jacques Bertrand, 21st Premier of Quebec (1968-70), born in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada (d. 1973)
• Jun 20 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster and actor (Once in a Lifetime), born in Newport, Wales (d. 1999)
• Jun 20 William Balchin, English geographer, born in Aldershot, England (d. 2007)
• Jun 21 Buddy O'Connor, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Stanley Cup 1944, 46 Montreal Canadiens; Hart Memorial Trophy & Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1948), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1977)
• Jun 21 Joe Bamford, British manufacturer and multi-millionaire, born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England (d. 2001)
• Jun 22 Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (The Dating Game), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1982)
• Jun 23 Irene Worth [Hattie Abrams], American actress (Nicolas & Alexandra), born in Fairbury, Nebraska (d. 2002)
• Jun 23 Len Hutton, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, 19 x 100, HS 364, BA 56.67; Yorkshire CCC), born in Fulneck, Pudsey, England (d. 1990)
• Jun 24 John Ciardi, American poet, translator (Dante's "Divine Comedy"), and literary commentator, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
• Jun 24 Ruth Shaw Wylie, American composer (Spring Madness; Psychogram; Nova), and educator (Wayne State University, 1949-69), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1989)
• Jun 25 Philip Toynbee, British journalist and writer (Savage Days, Barricade), born in Oxford, England (d. 1981)
• Jun 27 Arthur Walter Lucas, first Chief Restorer of the National Gallery, London, born in London (d. 1996)
• Jun 27 Hallvard Olav Johnsen, Norwegian composer, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 2003)
• Jun 27 Robert Normann, Norwegian jazz guitar pioneer, accordionist, and composer, born in Borge, Østfold, Norway (d. 1998)
• Jun 29 David Donaldson, Painter and Limner to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland, born in Chryston, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1996)
• Jun 29 Ruth Warrick, American actress (Citizen Kane; All My Children, 1970-2005 - "Phoebe"), civil rights and political activist, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri (d. 2005)
• Jul 1 Bob Prince, American sportscaster (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1985)

Jul 1 British-American Academy Award-winning actress (All the King's Men; The Adventures of Robin Hood; Gone With The Wind; The Heiress), born in Tokyo, Japan [1]

• Jul 2 Barry Gray [Bernard Yaroslaw], American radio personality and interviewer (started call-in radio), born in Red Lion, New Jersey (d. 1996)
• Jul 2 Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot, the highest-decorated German soldier of WWII, founder of South American Nazi relief organization, and military consultant, born in Konradswaldau, German Empire (d. 1982)
• Jul 2 Ken Curtis, American actor (Ripcord, Festus - Gunsmoke), born in Lamar, Colorado (d. 1991)
• Jul 4 Fernand Leduc, Canadian abstract expressionist painter (Les Automatistes), and teacher, born in Viauville, Montreal, Quebec (d. 2014)
• Jul 4 Tokyo Rose [Iva Toguri D'Aquino], American-born Japanese propagandist (WWII), born in Los Angeles (d. 2006)
• Jul 6 Unica Zürn, German writer and artist, born in Berlin (d. 1970)
• Jul 7 Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (Art Tatum), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1989)
• Jul 7 Luc Peire, Belgian painter and graphic artist, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1994)
• Jul 7 Robert Stevens Baker, American organist, composer, and educator (Union Theological Seminary, 1961-72; Institute of Sacred Music at Yale, 1973-75), born in Pontiac, Illinois (d. 2005)
• Jul 9 Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer, born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1984)

• Jul 9 Joe Liggins [Theodro Elliott], American jazz, R&B, and jump blues pianist, songwriter, and vocalist ("The Honeydripper"; "Pink Champagne"), born in Seminole, Oklahoma (d. 1987)
• Jul 10 Dick Cary, American jazz musician, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1994)
• Jul 11 Gough Whitlam, Australian politician (Prime Minister, 1972-1975), born in Kew, Melbourne (d. 2014)
• Jul 11 Howard Brubeck, American composer (Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra), born in Concord, California (d. 1993)
• Jul 11 Reg Varney, English actor (On the Buses), born in London, England (d. 2008)

Jul 12 Soviet sniper during World War II known as 'Lady Death' - the most successful female sniper in history with 309 confirmed kills, born in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine, Russian Empire

• Jul 14 Claude Harmon, American golfer (US Masters 1948), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1989)
• Jul 14 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary), born in Palermo, Italy (d. 1991)
• Jul 15 George Maduro, Dutch Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam), born in Willemstad, Curaçao (d. 1945)
• Jul 18 Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer and Minister of Education, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2004)
• Jul 18 Johnny Hopp, American baseball outfielder, first baseman (MLB All-Star 1946; World Series 1942, 44, 50, 51; St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 2003)
• Jul 18 Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor, born in Leeds, England (d. 2002)
• Jul 18 L. Patrick Gray III, American lawyer and bureaucrat (Acting FBI Director, 1972-73), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2005)
• Jul 19 James D. Ramage, American Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2012)
• Jul 19 Phil Cavarretta, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1944, 45, 46, 47; NL MVP 1945; Chicago Cubs), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
• Jul 21 Kirby Laing, English Construction head (John Laing & Son), born in Carlisle, England (d. 2009)
• Jul 22 Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1984)
• Jul 22 Hipolito Ocalia, Curacao landscape painter, born in Curaçao (d. 1984)
• Jul 22 Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (NBA, NYSAC, The Ring middleweight titles 1948-49), born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria (d. 1949)
• Jul 23 (William Jennings Bryan) "Ben" Weber, American composer (Thorne Music Award, 1965), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1979)
• Jul 23 Ronald Ridout, English school textbook author (English Today), born in Farnham, Surrey (d. 1994)
• Jul 24 Bob Eberly [Eberle], American big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra), born in Mechanicville, New York (d. 1981) [1]
• Jul 24 John D. MacDonald, American novelist (Deep Blue Goodbye), born in Sharon, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
• Jul 25 Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch stage, screen, and radio actor and director (Dagboek van een herdershond), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)
• Jul 25 Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1989)
• Jul 27 (Elbert) "Skippy" Williams, American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (d. 1994)
• Jul 27 Amha Selassie, Crown prince of Ethiopia and son of emperor Haile Selassi, born in Harar, Ethiopian Empire (d. 1997)
• Jul 27 Keenan Wynn, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor), born in New York City (d. 1986)
• Jul 27 Siegfried Reda, German church musician and composer, born in Bochum, Germany (d. 1968)
• Jul 28 David Brown, American film producer ("The Sting", "Jaws", "Cocoon"), born in New York City (d. 2010)
• Jul 28 Laird Cregar, American actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1944)
• Jul 29 Budd Boetticher, American film director of Westerns, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
• Jul 29 Charlie Christian, American jazz and swing guitarist (Benny Goodman Sextet), born in Bonham, Texas (d. 1942) [1]
• Jul 30 Dick Wilson, British-American actor, born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 2007)
• Jul 30 Robert van Spaendonck, Dutch resistance fighter, born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1944)
• Jul 31 Billy Hitchcock, American baseball infielder, manager, official (Detroit Tigers; president Double-A Southern League 1971–80), born in Inverness, Alabama (d. 2006)
• Jul 31 Ignacio Trelles, Mexican soccer midfielder (Mexican Primera División: 1935, 37, 38; Club Necaxa) and coach (Mexico 1960-69), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 2020)
• Jul 31 Louise Smith, American auto racer (tied for 2nd woman to race in top level NASCAR), born in Barnesville, Georgia (d. 2006)
• Jul 31 Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer, born in Ambari Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, India (d. 1986)
• Jul 31 Sydney Tafler, English actor (Too Many Crooks), born in London (d. 1979)
• Jul 31 Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricket batsman (10 Tests, 3 x 50; Auckland) and rugby league utility back (1 Test; Auckland Pakehā), born in Devonport, Auckland (d. 1980)
• Aug 1 Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska), born in Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Quebec, Canada (d. 2000)
• Aug 1 David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister (d. 1996)
• Aug 2 Reginald Murley, British surgeon (President of the Royal College of Surgeons) (d. 1997)
• Aug 3 José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1978)
• Aug 3 Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist, born in Badayun, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (d. 1970)
• Aug 6 Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister (1955-58, 1971-84), born in Bormla, Malta (d. 2012)
• Aug 6 E. Michael Burke, sports executive (President New York Yankees, New York Knicks, Madison Square Garden), born in Enfield, Connecticut (d. 1987)
• Aug 6 Richard Sharples, British politician, assassinated while Governor of Bermuda (1972-73), born in England (d. 1973)
• Aug 11 Benny Lee, Scottish singer and actor (Are You Being Served - "Mr. Klein"), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
• Aug 11 Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (d. 1956)
• Aug 14 Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of the New York Giants, born in Rochester, New York (d. 2005)
• Aug 15 Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (That way Myzeqe), born in Palasë, Himara, Albania (d. 1989)
• Aug 16 Iggy Katona, American race car driver, born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2003)
• Aug 18 Moura Lympany [Mary Johnstone], British concert pianist (OBE-1979), born in Saltash England (d. 2009)
• Aug 19 Marie Wilson, American actress (The Story of Mankind, My Friend Irma), born in Anaheim, California (d. 1972)
• Aug 20 Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player, born in Narva, Estonia (d. 1984)
• Aug 21 William John Raff Hooper, British cartoonist (Percy Prune), born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (d. 1996)
• Aug 22 John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass), born in London, England (d. 1975)
• Aug 24 Anita V Figueredo, American physician and humanitarian, born in Costa Rica (d. 2010)
• Aug 24 Hal Smith, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show-Otis Campbell), born in Petoskey, Michigan (d. 1994)
• Aug 24 Léo Ferré, French chanson composer and singer ("Avec le temps", "Jolie Môme"), born in Monaco (d. 1993)
• Aug 25 Frederick Robbins, American pediatrician and bacteriologist (Nobel 1954), born in Auburn, Alabama (d. 2003)
• Aug 25 Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, born in Saga District, Japan (d. 2000)
• Aug 25 Van Johnson, American actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2008)
• Aug 26 Allan Merson, English historian and communist, born in Monkseaton, England (d. 1995)
• Aug 26 Virginia Hill, American organized crime figure (girlfriend of Bugsy Siegel), born in Lipscomb, Alabama (d. 1966)
• Aug 27 Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], American actress (Waikiki Wedding, Martha Raye Show), born in Butte, Montana (d. 1994)
• Aug 27 Tony Harris, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Transvaal) and rugby union five-eighth (5 Tests), born in Kimberley, South Africa (d. 1993)
• Aug 28 C. Wright Mills, American sociologist and writer (The Power Elite), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1962)
• Aug 28 Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist, born in Saint-Martin, Quebec (d. 1997)
• Aug 28 Jack [Holbrook] Vance, American sci-fi author (2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2013)
• Aug 29 George Montgomery, American actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination), born in Brady, Montana (d. 2000)
• Aug 29 Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee, columnist and businessman, born in Sittard, Netherlands (d. 1995)
• Aug 30 John Thoday, British geneticist, born in Chinley, Derbyshire (d. 2008)
• Aug 30 Kenneth Keith, Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker, born in Castle Acre, England (d. 2004)
• Aug 31 Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist (CBS), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2010)
• Aug 31 Everett Lee, American violinist, and theater and classical conductor (Cosmopolitan Little Symphony, 1947-55; Norrkoping Symphony, 1962-72), born in Wheeling, West Virgina (d. 2022)
• Sep 1 Sydney D. Bailey, English pacifist and academic, born in Hull, England (d. 1995)
• Sep 2 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player (141 US tennis titles), born in LA, CA, (d. 2014)
• Sep 2 Penny Santon [Pierina Burlando], American actress (Fletch, Roll Out, Matt Houston), born in New York City (d. 1999)
• Sep 3 Clyde Hurley, American session and big band jazz trumpeter (Glenn Miller - "Tuxedo Junction"; "In The Mood"), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1963)
• Sep 4 Robert A. W. Lowndes, American sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet) (d. 1988)
• Sep 5 Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2002)
• Sep 5 Frank Yerby, American novelist (The Foxes of Harrow), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1991)

• Sep 12 Edward Binns, American actor (12 Angry Men; Fail-Safe), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
• Sep 12 Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver, born in Tinley Park, Illinois (d. 1961)
• Sep 13 Richard "Dick" Haymes, Argentine-American actor and singer (State Fair; Real Life; Betrayal), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1980)

Sep 13 British author (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG), born in Cardiff, Wales

• Sep 14 Eric Bentley, British-American critic and writer (In Search of Theater), born in Bolton, Lancashire, England (d. 2020)
• Sep 14 Jerry Doggett, American sportscaster (Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, 1956-87), born in Moberly, Missouri (d. 1997)
• Sep 15 Margaret Lockwood, British actress (Cast a Dark Shadow, The Lady Vanishes), born in Karachi, India (d. 1990)
• Sep 16 Don Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings, CEO (Intl Publishing House), born in Brentford, Middlesex (d. 2003)
• Sep 16 Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader, born in Saint Peter, Barbados (d. 1999)
• Sep 16 Julius B. Richmond, 12th US Surgeon General (1977-81) created Head Start program, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
• Sep 16 M.S. [Madurai Shanmukhavadivu] Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (1st singer to be awarded the Bharat Ratna), born in Madurai, Madras Presidency (d. 2004)
• Sep 16 Willem Noordhoek, Dutch photographer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1995)
• Sep 17 Mary Stewart, British sci-fi author (Crystal Cave), born in Sunderland, England (d. 2014)
• Sep 17 Oswald Garrison Villard Jr., American Engineer (electronics) who invented the over-the-horizon radar that could detect objects thousands of miles away and peer around the Earth's curvature, born in Dobbs Ferry, New York (d. 2004)
• Sep 17 Ove Abildgaard, Danish poet (Uglegylp), born in Lemvig, Denmark (d. 1990)
• Sep 17 Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Mongolian politician (Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural (President), 1974-84; Prime Minister, 1952-74; General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Party, 1940-54), born in Davst sum, Uvs aimag, Outer Mongolia (d. 1991)
• Sep 18 Frank Bell, British educator and founder of The Bell Educational Trust Limited (d. 1989)
• Sep 18 John Jacob Rhodes, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona), born in Council Grove, Kansas (d. 2003)
• Sep 18 Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (Final Justice, South Pacific, The Barefoot Contessa), born in Bolognia, Italy (d. 1994)
• Sep 21 Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (French Minister of Culture), born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 2003)
• Sep 21 Jagernath Lachmon, Surinamese politician, born in Nickerie, Suriname (d. 2001)

Sep 23 Italian Prime Minister (1963-68 and 1974-76), born in Maglie, Italy

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