Famous Birthdays for Year 1921

Months in Year 1921: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Birthdays 1 - 150 of 580

Jan 1st - Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country (Oly-gold-1956)
Jan 1st - Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)
Jan 2nd - Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
Jan 3rd - John Russell, LA California, actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo)
Jan 5th - Friedrich Dörrenmatt, Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit)
Jan 5th - Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- )
Jan 5th - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)
Jan 6th - Cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
Jan 6th - Lou Harris, pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
Jan 7th - John Lanigan, tenor
Jan 8th - Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard
Jan 9th - Seymour Barab, composer
Jan 9th - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
Jan 10th - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
Jan 11th - Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)
Jan 12th - John Henry Davis Jr, Smithtown NY, weightlifter (Olym-gold-1948, 52)
Jan 12th - Leo Smit, Phila Penn, pianist/composer
Jan 13th - Dachine Rainer, British writer (d. 2000)
Jan 14th - Charles Gaupp, German/Dutch painter
Jan 14th - Mark Lawrence, Wash DC, pianist (Alice Pearce)
Jan 14th - Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
Jan 15th - Frank Thornton, English actor
Jan 16th - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
Jan 17th - Dehl Berti, Pueblo Colo, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise)
Jan 17th - Antonio Prohias, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
Jan 18th - Bruce Woodcock, boxer
Jan 18th - Robert Glaser, Providence, Rhode Island, educational psychologist (National Assessment of Educational Progress), (d. 2012)
Jan 19th - Patricia Highsmith, [Plangman], US/Swiss writer (Strangers on a Train)
Jan 19th - "Billy Batts" Devino, American gangster (d. 1970)
Jan 20th - Bernt Engelmann, Germany, writer
Jan 20th - Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
Jan 21st - Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart
Jan 21st - John Doucette, Brockton Mass, actor (Lock Up, Big Town)
Jan 21st - Todor Popov, composer
Jan 21st - Howard Unruh, American mass murderer
Jan 22nd - Andre Hodeir, composer
Jan 22nd - Andy Ganteaume, cricketer (WI batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948)
Jan 24th - Bernard J Dwyer, (Rep-D-NJ, 1981- )
Jan 25th - Alfred Reed, composer
Jan 25th - Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author
Jan 26th - Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO (Sony)
Jan 26th - Frantisek Chaun, composer
Jan 26th - Johannes Driessler, composer
Jan 26th - Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005)
Jan 27th - Donna Reed, Denison Iowa, (From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life)
Jan 28th - Alfred Marks, actor/comedian (Desert Mice, Scream & Scream Again)
Jan 29th - Anthony George, American actor (d. 2005)
Jan 30th - Bernie Leighton, West Haven Ct, orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime)
Jan 31st - Carol Channing, Wash, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly)
Jan 31st - John Agar, Chicago, actor (Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima)
Jan 31st - Mario Lanza, Phila, actor/singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans)
Jan 31st - E. Fay Jones, American architect (d. 2004)
Feb 1st - Peter Sallis, actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula)
Feb 4th - Betty Friedan, Peoria Ill, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique)
Feb 5th - John M Pritchard, London England, conductor
Feb 6th - Bob Scott [Robert], Wellington, NZ, Ruby player (All Black, 1946-54), (d. 2012)
Feb 7th - Athol Rowan, cricketer (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner)
Feb 7th - Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk
Feb 8th - Hoot Evers, baseball player
Feb 9th - B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)
Feb 9th - Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher
Feb 10th - Adrian Cruft, composer
Feb 11th - Eva Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)
Feb 11th - Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)
Feb 11th - Edward Seidensticker, American scholar (d. 2007)
Feb 13th - Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist
Feb 13th - Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter/graphic artist
Feb 14th - Albert Sloman, Vice-Chancellor (Essex U)
Feb 14th - Hugh Downs, Akron Oh, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration)
Feb 14th - Jeanne Demessieux, composer
Feb 14th - Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player
Feb 14th - Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep
Feb 15th - Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985)
Feb 16th - Jean Behra, auto racer
Actress Vera-Ellen (Feb 16th) Feb 16th - Vera-Ellen [Westmeier Rohe], Norwood, Ohio, American actress/dancer (Wonder Man)
Feb 16th - Araucaria, British crossword compiler
Feb 16th - Esther Bubley, Phillips, Wisconsin, American photographer
Feb 18th - Barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)
Feb 19th - Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (S Afr Conservative Party)
Feb 19th - Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer
Feb 20th - Amanda Blake, [Beverly], Buffalo NY, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
Feb 20th - Joseph Albert Walker, Wash DC, test pilot (X-15)
Feb 20th - Nurv Shiner, singer
Feb 20th - Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer
Feb 22nd - Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress, (La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik) wife of Federico Fellini
Feb 22nd - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator
Feb 22nd - Wayne Booth, American literary critic (d. 2005)
Feb 22nd - David Greene, British television director (d. 2003)
Feb 24th - Abe Vigoda, NYC, actor (Barney Miller, Fish)
Feb 24th - Douglass Watson, Jackson GA, actor (Satan Murders, Another World)
Feb 24th - Ingvar Lidholm, composer
Feb 24th - Ludvig Aschkenazy, writer
Feb 24th - Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1992)
Feb 26th - Betty Hutton, Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth)
Feb 27th - Andras Szollosy, composer
Feb 27th - Michael Fox, US, actor (Quincy, Dallas, Bold & the Beautiful)
Feb 28th - John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Fool of Heideloo)
Feb 28th - Vladimir Sommer, composer
Feb 28th - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
Mar 1st - Jack Clayton, film director
Mar 1st - Richard Wilbur, 2nd US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep)
Mar 1st - Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke, (NY)
Mar 2nd - Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer
Mar 3rd - Diana Barrymore, NYC, actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife)
Mar 4th - Halim El-Dabh, composer
Mar 4th - Joan Greenwood, London, actress/director (Amorous Mr Prawn)
Mar 4th - Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player
Mar 5th - Berkley Bedell, (Rep-D-IA, 1975- )
Mar 5th - Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)
Mar 6th - Julius Rudel, Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957)
Mar 6th - Oliver Wright, British Ambassador (To US)
Mar 6th - Ross Hunter, Cleve OH, producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk)
Mar 8th - Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (Singing in the Rain)
Mar 8th - Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter
Mar 8th - Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)
Mar 9th - Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (d. 1998)
Mar 10th - Cec Linder, Galica Poland, actor (Goldfinger)
Mar 10th - Paul Coates, NYC, columnist (Tonight! America After Dark)
Mar 11th - Astor Piazzolla, Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo)
Mar 11th - F[rancis] M[arion] Busby Jr, US, sci-fi author (Star Rebel)
Mar 11th - Frank Harary, American mathematician (d. 2005)
Mar 12th - Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers)
Mar 12th - Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel)
Mar 12th - Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator
Mar 12th - Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals)
Mar 12th - Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (d. 2007)
Mar 13th - Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine)
Mar 13th - Cyril Poole, cricketer (England batsman against India 1951-52)
Mar 14th - Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56)
Mar 14th - S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A
Mar 15th - Stafford Smythe, Canadian hockey executive (d. 1971)
Mar 15th - Madelyn Pugh, American television writer
Mar 17th - Mick Harvey, cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire)
Mar 19th - Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (d. 1984)
Mar 20th - Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)
Mar 20th - Primoz Ramovs, composer
Mar 21st - Antony Hopkins, composer
Mar 21st - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist
Mar 21st - Logan Ramsey, Long Beach California, actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes)
Mar 22nd - Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP)
Mar 22nd - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (d. 2004)
Mar 23rd - Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)
Mar 23rd - Ian Todd, pres (Royal College of Surgeons)
Mar 23rd - Wolfgang Altendorfer, writer
Mar 24th - Wilson Harris, Guayanese author
Mar 25th - Nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James)
Mar 25th - Simone Signoret, Weisbaden Germany, (Casque d'Or, Room at the Top)
Mar 25th - Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)
Mar 26th - George Jefferson, CEO (British Telecom)
Mar 26th - Joe Loco, [Jose Esteves, Jr], musician