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BORN 1920

Turning 92 in 2012

 

Clive Dunn
British actor, TV's "Dad's Army", "My Old Man"
01/09/1920

 

Elliott Reid
American actor, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "The Absent-Minded Professor"
01/16/1920

 

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Peruvian diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982-1991)
01/19/1920

  Marcos Ana
Spanish poet
01/20/1920
  Sam Gibbons
American politician, Florida representative (1963-1997)
01/20/1920
 

Gottfried Böhm
German architect
01/23/1920

 

Jerry Maren
American actor, Lollipop Guild member from "The Wizard of Oz"
01/24/1920

  Maria Becker
German-born Swiss actress
01/28/1920
 

Michael Anderson
British film director, "Around the World in 80 Days", "Logan's Run"
01/30/1920

  Benoîte Groult
French writer, "Salt on Our Skin"
01/31/1920
  Yuriko
American dancer and choreographer
02/02/1920
 

Russell Arms
American actor and singer, TV's "Your Hit Parade"
02/03/1920

 

Henry Heimlich
American physician, originated anti-choking maneuver
02/03/1920

 

George Armitage Miller
American psychologist, "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two"
02/03/1920

 

Pran
Indian actor
02/12/1920

 

Sun Myung Moon
Korean evangelist, Unification Church founder
02/25/1920

 

Michèle Morgan
French actress, "Port of Shadows", "The Chase"
02/29/1920

 

Del Latta
American politician, Ohio representative (1959-1989)
03/05/1920

 

Lewis Gilbert
British film director, "Alfie", "Educating Rita"
03/06/1920

 

Nicolaas Bloembergen
Dutch-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
03/11/1920

 

Ralph J. Roberts
American businessman, co-founder of Comcast Communications
03/13/1920

 

E. Donnall Thomas
American Nobel Prize-winning physician
03/15/1920

 

Tonino Guerra
Italian screenwriter, "Blow-Up", "Amacord"
03/16/1920

 

Neal Smith
American politician, Iowa representative (1959-1995)
03/23/1920

  Babe Martin
American baseball player
03/28/1920
  Deborah Mitford (aka Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire)
British aristocrat
03/31/1920
 

Harry Lewis
American actor, "Key Largo", and Hamburger Hamlet restaurant chain co-founder
04/01/1920

 

Edmond H. Fischer
American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist
04/06/1920

 

Ravi Shankar
Indian sitarist
04/07/1920

 

Emilio Colombo
Italian prime minister (1970-1972)
04/11/1920

 

Liam Cosgrave
Irish prime minister (1973-1977)
04/13/1920

  Ken Nordine
American voiceover and recording artist, the "Word Jazz" album series
04/13/1920
 

Richard von Weizsäcker
German president (1984-1994)
04/15/1920

 

Marvin Mandel
American politician, Maryland governor (1969-1979)
04/19/1920

 

John Paul Stevens
American Supreme Court justice (1975-2010)
04/20/1920

 

Richard Adams
British writer, "Watership Down"
05/09/1920

 

Nasrallah Sfeir
Lebanese cardinal
05/15/1920

 

Dave Philley
American baseball player
05/16/1920

 

Marcel Reich-Ranicki
Polish-born German literary critic
06/02/1920

  Russell E. Train
American conservationist and government official, Environmental Protection Agency director (1973-1977)
06/04/1920
 

Maggie Griffin
American reality-television personality, "My Life on the D-List"
06/10/1920

  Stanley Sheinbaum
American activist and publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly
06/12/1920
  Setsuko Hara
Japanese actress, "Late Spring", "Early Summer"
06/17/1920
  François Jacob
French Nobel Prize-winning biologist
06/17/1920
 

Lester Wunderman
American advertising executive, created direct marketing
06/22/1920

 

Ray Harryhausen
American stop-motion animator, "Jason and the Argonauts"
06/29/1920

 

William T. Coleman, Jr.
American government official, Secretary of Transportation (1975-1977)
07/07/1920

 

Patricia Medina
British-born actress, "Botany Bay", "Mr. Arkadin"
07/19/1920
(Some sources cite 1919 or 1921)

 

Andrew V. McLaglen
British-born American television and film director, "McLintock!", "Chisum"
07/28/1920

 

Sammy Lee
American Olympic gold medal-winning platform diver
08/01/1920

 

P. D. James
British crime fiction writer, the "Adam Dalgliesh" series
08/03/1920

 

Helen Thomas
American journalist and columnist
08/04/1920

 

Maureen O'Hara
Irish-born American actress, "Miracle on 34th Street", "The Quiet Man"
08/17/1920

 

Vincent Scully
American architectural historian and critic
08/21/1920

 

Ray Bradbury
American science fiction writer, "The Martian Chronicles", "Fahrenheit 451"
08/22/1920

 

Denton Cooley
American heart surgeon
08/22/1920

 

Jim Leavelle
American police detective, Lee Harvey Oswald's escort when shot by Jack Ruby
08/23/1920

 

Alex Colville
Canadian magic realist painter
08/24/1920

 

Prem Tinsulanonda
Thai prime minister (1980-1988)
08/26/1920

 

Bob Stewart
American game show creator and producer, "The Price Is Right", "To Tell the Truth"
08/27/1920

  León Ferrari
Argentine conceptual artist
09/03/1920
 

Lawrence LeShan
American psychologist, pioneer of mind-body therapy
09/08/1920

 

Lawrence Klein
American Nobel Prize-winning economist
09/14/1920

  Marjorie Holt
American politician, Maryland representative (1973-1987)
09/17/1920
 

Dinah Sheridan
British actress, "Genevieve", TV's "Don't Wait Up"
09/17/1920

 

Roger Angell
American editor and sportswriter
09/19/1920

 

Mickey Rooney
American actor, "Babes in Arms", the "Andy Hardy" film series
09/23/1920

 

Jayne Meadows
American actress and television personality
09/27/1920

 

Gail Halvorsen
American Air Force pilot, Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"
10/10/1920

 

Chris Economaki
American motorsports commentator
10/15/1920

 

Robert D. Maxwell
American World War II Medal of Honor recipient
10/26/1920

 

Nanette Fabray
American actress and comedienne, TV's "Caesar's Hour", "One Day at a Time"
10/27/1920

 

Ann Rutherford
Canadian-born American actress, "Gone With the Wind", the "Andy Hardy" film series
11/02/1920

 

Douglass North
American Nobel Prize-winning economist
11/05/1920

  Eugênio Sales
Brazilian cardinal
11/08/1920
  Wally Westlake
American baseball player
11/08/1920
 

James Sheldon
American television director, "Mister Peepers", "The Twilight Zone"
11/12/1920

 

Wayne Thiebaud
American pop art painter
11/15/1920

 

Stan Musial
American baseball player
11/21/1920

 

Noel Neill
American actress, TV's "Adventures of Superman"
11/25/1920

 

Cal Worthington
American auto dealer and television personality
11/27/1920

  Nadir Afonso
Portuguese painter
12/04/1920
 

Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer
12/06/1920

 

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Italian prime minister (1993-1994) and president (1999-2006)
12/09/1920

 

George Shultz
American government official, Secretary of State (1982-1989)
12/13/1920

 

Clark Terry
American jazz trumpeter and flügelhornist

12/14/1920

  Eddie Robinson
American baseball player, coach, and manager
12/15/1920
 

Little Jimmy Dickens
American country music singer, "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"
12/19/1920

 

Alicia Alonso
Cuban prima ballerina absoluta and choreographer
12/21/1920

  Georges Balandier
French sociologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
12/21/1920
 

Kel Nagle
Australian golfer
12/21/1920

 

Dave Bartholomew
American musician, songwriter, and music producer
12/24/1920

 

Jane Morgan
American singer, "Fascination"
12/25/1920

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