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Stewart Udall
American politician and government official, Secretary of the Interior (1961-1969)
01/31/1920

 

Albert Ueltschi
American businessman, FlightSafety International
05/15/1917

 

Birgitta Valberg
Swedish actress, "The Virgin Spring"
12/16/1916

  Bebo Valdés
Cuban jazz musician
10/09/1918

 

Jack Vance
American fantasy and science fiction writer
08/28/1916

 

Jan Hendrik van den Berg
Dutch psychiatrist and phenomenologist
06/11/1914

 

Francisco Varallo
Argentine soccer player
02/05/1910

 

Chavela Vargas
Costa Rican-born Mexican singer
04/17/1919

 

Otakar Vávra
Czech film director
02/28/1911

  Ramón José Velásquez
Venezuelan president (1993-1994)
11/28/1916

 

Asta Vender
Estonian children's book illustrator
09/01/1916

  Henri Vernes
Belgian action and science-fiction writer, the "Bob Morane" series
10/16/1918

 

Ernst von Glasersfeld
Austrian-born American philosopher and cybernetician
03/08/1917

 

Otto von Habsburg
Austrian-born German royal
11/20/1912

 

Agathe von Trapp
Austrian-born American singer, the Trapp Family Singers
03/12/1913

 

Maria von Trapp
Austrian-born American singer, the Trapp Family Singers
08/28/1914

 

Erika Vosseler
German political matriarch, mother of chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
10/02/1913

 

Leo Vroman
Dutch-born American poet and hematologist
04/10/1915

 

Helen Wagner
American actress, TV's "As the World Turns"
09/03/1918

 

Bea Wain
American singer, "Deep Purple", "Heart and Soul"
04/30/1917

 

Nancy Wake
New Zealand-born Australian WWII resistance fighter
08/30/1912

 

Janet Waldo
American actress and voice artist, voice of Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop
02/04/1918
(Some sources cite 1920 or 1924)

 

Mike Wallace
American journalist, TV's "60 Minutes"
05/09/1918

 

Eli Wallach
American actor, "The Misfits", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
12/07/1915

 

Ken Wallis
British autogyros designer and manufacturer
04/16/1916

 

Lawrence Walsh
American jurist, independent prosecutor for the 1986 Iran-Contra Affair
01/08/1912

  William F. Walsh
American politician, New York representative (1973-1979)
07/11/1912
  Wan Li
Chinese government official, Chairman of the National People's Congress (1988-1993)
12/01/1916
 

Joseph Wapner
American jurist and television personality, "The People's Court"
11/15/1919

  Murray Warmath
American football coach, University of Minnesota (1954-1971)
12/26/1912

 

Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington
British brigadier and landowner
07/02/1915

  Kitty Wells
American country music singer, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
08/30/1919 (Some sources cite 1918)
  Bernard West
American actor, producer, and screenwriter, TV's "All in the Family", "Three's Company"
05/30/1918

 

Wendell J. Westcott
American carillonneur
01/20/1911

  T. K. Whitaker
Irish economist and civil servant
12
/08/1916

 

Edgar Whitcomb
American politician, Indiana governor (1969-1973)
11/06/1917

 

Gough Whitlam
Australian prime minister (1972–1975)
07/11/1916

  Reed Whittemore
American poet, Poet Laureate of the United States (1964-1965, 1984-1985)
09/11/1919

 

Maurice Wilkes

British computer scientist

06/26/1913

  David Willcocks
British choral director, organist, and composer
12/30/1919

 

Chuck Williams
American cookbook author and businessman, founded Williams-Sonoma
10/02/1915

 

Doc Williams
American country music performer
06/26/1914

 

Elmo Williams
American film producer and Oscar-winning editor, "High Noon"
04/30/1913

  Gerald Wilson
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer
09/04/1918

 

Ralph Wilson
American businessman, founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills football franchise
10/17/1918

 

Kathryn Tucker Windham
American writer and storyteller
06/02/1918

 

Anna Wing
British actress, TV's "EastEnders"
10/30/1914

 

Jason Wingreen
American actor, TV's "All in the Family", "Archie Bunker's Place"
10/09/1919

 

Richard Winters
American army commander, memorialized in "Band of Brothers"
01/21/1918

  Nicholas Winton
British humanitarian, saved the lives of 669 Czech children during the Holocaust

05/19
/1909

 

W. Willard Wirtz
American government official, Secretary of Labor (1962-1969)
03/14/1912

 

Norman Wisdom
British comedian and actor
02/04/1915

 

Googie Withers
British actress, "The Lady Vanishes", "Night and the City"
03/12/1917

 

John S. Wold
American politician, Wyoming representative (1969-1971)
08/31/1916

 

Hoy Wong
Hong Kong-born American bartender
08/22/1916

  Tyrus Wong
Chinese-born American animator, "Bambi"
10/25/1910

 

John Wooden
American basketball player and coach
10/14/1910

 

Herman Wouk
American writer, "The Caine Mutiny", "The Winds of War"
05/27/1915

 

Johnny Wright
American country music performer
05/13/1914

 

Isuzu Yamada
Japanese actress, "Throne of Blood"
02/05/1917

 

Alan Young
British-born American actor, "The Time Machine", TV's "Mr. Ed"
11/19/1919

 

Dorothy Young
American entertainer and stage assistant to Harry Houdini
05/03/1907

 

Snooky Young
American jazz trumpeter
02/03/1919

 

Yuan Baohua
Chinese academic, Renmin University president (1985-1991)
01/13/1916

  Hermann Zapf
German typeface designer and calligrapher
11/08/1918

 

Silvio Zavala
Mexican historian
02/07/1909

 

Eva Zeisel
Hungarian-born American ceramist and industrial designer
11/13/1906

 

Zheng Ji
Chinese nutritionist and biochemist
05/15/1900

  Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
American actor, TV's "77 Sunset Strip", "The F.B.I."
11/30/1918

 

Charlotte Zolotow
American children's writer and editor
06/26/1915

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