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Henry J. Abraham
German-born American judiciary scholar
08/25/1921

 

Peter Abrahams
South African writer, "Mine Boy"
03/03/1919

 

M. H. Abrams
American literary critic and writer, "The Mirror and the Lamp"
07/23/1912

 

Alberta Adams
American blues singer
07/26/1917

 

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

 

Richard Adler
American Broadway composer and lyricist, "The Pajama Game", "Damn Yankees"
08/03/1921

 

Nadir Afonso
Portuguese painter
12/04/1920

 

Ben Agajanian
American football player and coach
08/28/1919

 

Ilse Aichinger
Austrian poet and prose writer
11/01/1921

 

Licia Albanese
Italian-born American opera singer
07/22/1913 (Some sources cite 1909)

  Armen Alchian
American economist
04/12/1914
  Lincoln Alexander
Canadian politician, first black Member of Parliament (1968-1980)
01/21/1922
 

Van Alexander
American musical arranger, composer, and conductor
05/02/1915

 

Bruce Alger
American politician, Texas representative (1955-1965)
06/12/1918

 

Émile Allais
French Olympic bronze medal-winning skier
02/25/1912

 

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

 

Lukas Ammann
Swiss actor
09/29/1912

 

Marcos Ana
Spanish poet
01/20/1920

 

John Anderson
American politician, Illinois representative (1961-1981), and 1980 Independent Party presidential candidate
02/15/1922

 

John Anderson, Jr.
American politician, Kansas governor (1961-1965)
05/08/1917

 

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

 

Giulio Andreotti
Italian prime minister (1972-1973, 1976-1979, 1989-1992)
01/14/1919

 

Patty Andrews
American singer, The Andrews Sisters
02/16/1918

 

Nina Andrycz
Polish actress
11/11/1915

 

Roger Angell
American editor and sportswriter
09/19/1920

 

Jean Anglade
French writer
03/18/1915

  Ray Anthony
American bandleader and trumpeter
01/
20/1922
 

Iris Apfel
American fashionista
08/29/1921

 

Allan Arbus
American actor, TV's "M*A*S*H"

02/15/1918

 

R. G. Armstrong
American actor, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid", "Dick Tracy"
04/07/1917

 

Paulo Evaristo Arns
Brazilian cardinal
09/14/1921

 

Kenneth Arrow
American Nobel Prize-winning economist
08/23/1921

 

William Asher
American film and television director, "Beach Blanket Bingo", "Bewitched"
08/08/1921 (Some sources cite 1919)

 

Renée Asherson
British actress, "Henry V", "The Others"
05/19/1915 (Some sources cite 1920)

 

Svend Asmussen
Danish jazz violinist, "The Fiddling Viking"
02/28/1916

 

Sverker Åström
Swedish diplomat and United Nations ambassador (1964-1970)
12/30/1915

 

Diana Athill
British literary editor and writer
12/21/1917

 

Raymond Aubrac
French World War II resistance fighter
07/31/1914

 

George Avakian
Russian-born American music producer
03/15/1919

 

Gabriel Axel
Danish film director and screenwriter, "Babette's Feast"
04/18/1918

 

Patricio Aylwin
Chilean president (1990-1994)
11/26/1918

 

Tim M. Babcock
American politician, Montana governor (1962-1969)
10/27/1919

 

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

 

Errie Ball
Welsh-born American golfer
11/14/1910

 

Betty Ballantine
American publisher, co-founded Bantam and Ballantine Books
09/25/1919

 

Richard L. Bare
American film and television director, "Green Acres"
08/12
/1913 (Some sources cite 1909)

 

Van T. Barfoot
American World War II Medal of Honor recipient
06/15/1919

 

Will Barnet
American artist and printmaker
05/25/1911

 

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

 

Domenico Bartolucci
Italian cardinal, composer, and Sistine Chapel Choir director (1956-1997)
05/07/1917

 

Jacques Barzun
French-born American historian and cultural critic
11/30/1907

 

Matt Batts
American baseball player
10/16/1921

 

Henry Bauchau
Belgian novelist, poet, and psychoanalyst
01/22/1913

 

Aaron T. Beck
American psychiatrist, developed cognitive behavior therapy

07/18/1921

  Maria Becker
German-born Swiss actress
01/28/1920
  Berkley Bedell
American politician, Iowa representative (1975-1987)
03/05/1921
 

Franny Beecher
American guitarist, Bill Haley & His Comets
09/29/1921

 

Berthold Beitz
German industrialist and humanitarian
09/26/1913

 

Radu Beligan
Romanian actor
12/14/1918

 

Ahmed Ben Bella
Algerian prime minister (1962-1963) and president (1963-1965)
12/25/1918 (Some sources cite 1916)

 

Eric Bentley
British-born American critic and playwright
09/14/
1916

 

Leo Beranek
American acoustical scientist
09/15/1914

 

Gretel Bergmann (aka Margaret Bergmann-Lambert)
German-born American high jumper
04/12/1914

 

Carl Johan Bernadotte
Swedish royal, great-grandson of Queen Victoria
10/31/1916

 

Walter Berns
American political philosopher, "Making Patriots"
05/03/1919

 

Sid Bernstein
American music producer and promoter
08/12/1918

 

Walter Bernstein
American screenwriter, "The Front", "Semi-Tough"
08/20/1919

 

Daniel Berrigan
American poet and peace activist
05/09/1921

 

Mario Biaggi
American politician, New York representative (1969-1988)
10/26/1917

 

Forrest Bird
American inventor, created the first commercially viable medical respirator
06/09/1921

 

George Blair (aka Banana George)
American water skier
01/22/1915

 

Lucille Bliss
American actress and voice artist, voice of Crusader Rabbit, Smurfette
03/31
/1916

 

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

 

Paul Bogart
American film and television director, "All in the Family"
11/21/1919

 

Grace Lee Boggs
American writer, activist, and feminist
06/27/1915

 

Lindy Boggs
American politician, Louisiana representative (1973-1991)
03/13/1916

 

Gottfried Böhm
German architect
01/23/1920

 

Ernest Borgnine
American Oscar-winning actor, "Marty", TV's "McHale's Navy"
01/24/1917

 

Esther Borja
Cuban singer

12/05/1913

 

Émile "Butch" Bouchard
Canadian hockey player
09/04/1919

 

Otis Bowen
American cabinet member and politician, Indiana governor (1973-1981)
02/26/1918

 

George E. P. Box
British-born American statistician
10/18/1919

 

Paul D. Boyer
American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist
07/31/1918

 

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

 

Ben Bradlee
American newspaper editor,
The Washington Post (1965-1991)
08/26/1921

 

Artur Brauner
Polish-born German film producer, "Europa Europa"
08/01/1918

 

T. Berry Brazelton
American pediatrician, columnist, and television host, "What Every Baby Knows"
05/10/1918

 

Edward Brooke
American politician, Massachusetts senator (1967-1979)
10/26/1919

  Helen Gurley Brown
American writer and publisher,
Cosmopolitan
02/18/1922
 

Marcia Brown
American children's writer and illustrator, "Stone Soup"
07/13/1918

 

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

 

Jerome Bruner
American cognitive psychologist
10/01/1915

 

James M. Buchanan
American Nobel Prize-winning economist
10/03/1919

 

Mario Bunge
Argentine-born Canadian philosopher
09/21/1919

  Margaret Burbidge
British-born American astrophysicist
08/12/1919
 

Adolf Burger
Slovakian Holocaust survivor and memoirist, "The Devil's Workshop"
08/12/1917

 

James MacGregor Burns
American political scientist and historian, "Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox"
08/03/1918

 

Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
American politician, Virginia senator (1965-1983)
12/20/1914

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