Maurice Nadeau

French literary critic, editor, and historian, "The History of Surrealism"
05/21/1911

Yasuhiro Nakasone
Japanese prime minister (1982-1987)
05/27/1918 (Some sources cite 1917)

Emilio Navarro
Puerto Rican baseball player
09/26/1905

Roy R. Neuberger
American financier and patron of the arts
07/21/1903

Edwin Newman
American journalist, broadcaster, and writer, "Strictly Speaking"
01/25/1919

Antôn Nguyễn Văn Thiện
Vietnamese bishop
03/13/1906

Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect
12/15/1907

Sergey Nikolsky
Russian mathematician
04/30/1905

Lise Nørgaard
Danish journalist and writer
06/14/1917

Knut Nystedt
Norwegian orchestral and choral composer
09/03/1915

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

Evald Okas
Estonian painter
11/28/1915

Magda Olivero
Italian opera singer
03/25/1910

Kathleen Ollerenshaw
British mathematician and politician
10/01/1912

Luis Olmo
Puerto Rican baseball player
08/11/1919

Sono Osato
American dancer and actress, Broadway's "On the Town"
08/29/1919

Marie Osborne (aka Baby Marie)
American child actress
11/05/1911

Peter O'Sullevan
Irish-born British BBC horseracing commentator (1947-1997)
03/03/1918

Albert H. Ottenweller
American bishop
04/05/1916

Werner Otto
German businessman, Otto Versand mail-order company
08/13/1909

Boris Pahor
Italian Slovenian-language poet and novelist, "Nekropolis"
08/26/1913

Lauran Paine
American writer of Western fiction, "Utah Summer"
02/25/1916

Don Pardo
American radio and television announcer, "Jeopardy", "Saturday Night Live"
02/22/1918

Ace Parker
American baseball and football player
05/17/1912

Nicanor Parra
Chilean poet
09/05/1914

Ruth Patrick
American limnologist and environmentalist
11/26/1907

Stylianos Pattakos
Greek general, co-masterminded the military junta (1967-1974)
11/08/1912

Marguerite Patten
British home economist, food writer, and broadcaster
11/04/1915

I. M. Pei
Chinese-born American architect
04/26/1917

Charles Percy
American politician, Illinois senator (1967-1985)
09/27/1919

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

Pinetop Perkins
American blues musician
07/07/1913

Johnny Pesky
American baseball player, coach, and manager
09/27/1919

Russell W. Peterson
American politician, Delaware governor (1969-1973)
10/03/1916

Pauline Phillips
American advice columnist, "Dear Abby"
07/04/1918

Paul Pietsch
German racing driver and magazine publisher
06/20/1911

Belva Plain
American writer, "Evergreen"
10/09/1919

Georgette Plana
French singer, "Riquita"
07/04/1917

Marc Platt
American dancer and actor, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
12/02/1913

Gunther Plaut
German-born Canadian rabbi and writer
11/01/1912

Frederik Pohl
American science fiction writer, "Man Plus"
11/26/1919

Olaf Pooley
British actor, TV's "Dr. Who"
02/02/1916

Martin Pope
American physical chemist
08/22/1918

Ted Post
American television and film director, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes", "Magnum Force"
03/31/1918

Pran
Indian actor
02/12/1920

Harry Rabinowitz

South African-born British film composer and conductor, "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
03/26/1916

Luise Rainer
German-born Oscar-winning actress, "The Great Ziegfeld", "The Good Earth"
01/12/1910

Norman F. Ramsey
American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
08/27/1915

H. Owen Reed
American composer
06/17/1910

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

Alicia Rhett
American actress, "Gone with the Wind"
02/01/1915

Mike Road
American actor and voice artist, voice of Race Bannon on TV's "Jonny Quest"
03/18/1918 (Some sources cite 1915)

Amelia Boynton Robinson
American civil rights activist
08/18/1911

David Rockefeller
American banker and philanthropist
06/12/1915

Milton Rogovin
American social documentary photographer
12/30/1909

Gonzalo Rojas
Chilean poet
12/20/1917

Jack Rollins
American film producer, "Annie Hall", "Hannah and Her Sisters"
03/23/1915

Edmundo Ros
Trinidadian-born musician and bandleader
12/07/1910

Albert Rosellini
American politician, Washington governor (1957-1965)
01/21/1910

George Rosenkranz
Hungarian-born Mexican steroid chemist
08/20/1916

María Rostworowski
Peruvian historian, "History of the Inca Realm"
08/15/1915

Julian Rotter

American psychologist, developed locus of control
10/22/1916

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter, "Autumn Leaves"
07/08/1916 

Bill Roycroft
Australian gold medal-winning Olympic equestrian
03/17/1915

Stanley Rubin
American television and film producer and writer, "Macao"
10/08/1917

Pete Rugolo
Italian-born American composer and arranger
12/25/1915

Sif Ruud
Swedish actress, "Wild Strawberries"
05/06/1916