Elmer Lach
Canadian hockey player
01/22/1918

Carla Laemmle
American actress, 1925's "The Phantom of the Opera", 1931's "Dracula"
10/20/1909

Jake LaMotta
American boxer, "The Raging Bull"
07/10/1921

Mauricio Lasansky
Argentine-born American graphic artist and printmaker
10/12/1914

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

Eddie Lawrence
American actor and monologist, "The Old Philosopher"
03/02/1919

George M. Leader
American politician, Pennsylvania governor (1955-1959)
01/17/1918

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

Yvette Lebon
French actress, "Zouzou"
08/14/1910

Frédérick Leboyer
French obstetrician, popularized gentle birthing techniques
11/01/1918

Louis le Brocquy
Irish painter
11/10/1916

Fernand Leduc
Canadian abstract expressionist painter
07/04/1916

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

Jeni LeGon
American actress and dancer, "Broadway Melody of 1936", "Fools for Scandal"
08/14/1916

George N. Leighton
American jurist
10/22/1912

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

Doris Lessing
British Nobel Prize-winning writer, "The Golden Notebook"
10/22/1919

Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian-born Nobel Prize-winning neurologist (Holds dual Italian/American citizenship)
04/22/1909

Bernard Lewis
British-born American Islamic and Middle Eastern historian
05/31/1916

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

Finn Lied
Norwegian military researcher and government official, Minister of Industry (1971-1972)
04/12/1916

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
Welsh-born Swedish royal
08/30/1915

Martin Litton
American environmentalist
02/13/1917

Norman Lloyd
American television producer, director, and actor, "St. Elsewhere"
11/08/1914

Herbert Lom
Czech-born British actor, the "Pink Panther" film series
09/11/1917 (Some sources cite 01/09/1917)

Marjorie Lord
American actress, TV's "Make Room for Daddy"
07/26/1918

Bernard Lovell
British radio astronomer
08/31/1913

James Lovelock
British atmospheric chemist, originated the Gaia theory
07/26/1919

Joseph Lowery
American civil rights activist, Southern Christian Leadership Conference co-founder
10/06/1921

Bernard Lown
Lithuanian-born American cardiologist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
06/07/1921

Patrick J. Lucey
American politician, Wisconsin governor (1971-1977)
03/21/1918

A. C. Lyles
American film producer, "Short Cut to Hell"
05/17/1918

Peg Lynch
American radio scriptwriter and actress, "Ethel and Albert"
05/11/1916 (Some sources cite 11/25/1916)

Vera Lynn
British singer, "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover"
03/20/1917

Yuri Lyubimov
Russian actor, director, and playwright
09/30/1917

Lee MacPhail
American baseball administrator
10/25/1917

Kurt Maetzig
German film director, "The Rabbit Is Me"
01/25/1911

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

Nelson Mandela
South African Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader and president (1994-1999)
07/18/1918

Félicien Marceau
Belgian-born French novelist and playwright
09/16/1913

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

Chris Marker
French documentary filmmaker, "Sans Soleil"
07/29/1921

Connie Marrero
Cuban baseball player, Washington Senators pitcher (1950-1954)
04/25/1911 (Some sources cite 08/11/1911)

Babe Martin
American baseball player
03/28/1920

Claire Martin
Canadian writer
04/18/1914 (Some sources cite 04/08/1914)

Tony Martin
American singer and actor
12/25/1913 (Some sources cite 1912)

Alfredo Martini
Italian cyclist
02/18/1921

Leslie H. Martinson
American television and film director, "PT 109", "Batman: The Movie"
01/16/1915

Draga Matković
Croatian-born German concert pianist
11/04/1907

Huber Matos
Cuban revolutionary
11/26/1918

Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria
Bulgarian religious leader, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (1971-present)
10/29/1914

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

Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
Senegalese educator and UNESCO Director-General (1974-1987)
03/20/1921

Roberta McCain
American political matriarch, mother of 2008 presidential candidate John McCain
02/07/1912

John McConnell
American peace activist and environmentalist, founded equinoctial Earth Day
03/22/1915

Paul McCracken
American economist
12/29/1915

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

Marian McPartland
British-born American jazz pianist and radio host
03/20/1918

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

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

Lennie Merullo
American baseball player
05/05/1917

Michael of Romania
Romanian king (1927-1930, 1940-1947)
10/25/1921

Prince Mikasa
Japanese royal
12/02/1915

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

Marvin Miller
American baseball union leader, MLBPA executive director (1966-1982)
04/14/1917

Alain Mimoun
Algerian-born French Olympic gold medal-winning distance runner
01/01/1921

Antonio Mingote
Spanish cartoonist and humorist
01/17/1919

Dom Mintoff
Maltese prime minister (1955-1958, 1971-1984)
08/06/1916

Walter Mirisch
American film producer, "Hawaii", "In the Heat of the Night"
11/08/1921

Rochus Misch
German courier and bodyguard for Adolf Hitler
07/29/1917

Shirley Mitchell
American actress, Marion Strong on TV's "I Love Lucy"
11/04/1919

Constantine Mitsotakis
Greek prime minister (1990-1993)
10/18/1918

Al Molinaro
American actor, TV's "The Odd Couple", "Happy Days"
06/24/1919

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
Danish shipping magnate
07/13/1913

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

Michael D. Moore (aka Micky Moore)
Canadian-born American child actor and second-unit film director, "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
10/16/1914

Miguel Morayta
Spanish-born Mexican film director and screenwriter, "The Martyr of Calvary"
08/15/1907

Edmund Morgan
American historian, "Birth of the Republic"
01/17/1916

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

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

Robert M. Morgenthau
American lawyer, New York County District Attorney (1975-2009)
07/31/1919

Edgar Morin
French philosopher and sociologist
07/08/1921

Patricia Morison
American actress, Broadway's "Kiss Me, Kate"
03/19/1915 (Some sources cite 1914)

Oswald Morris
British Oscar-winning cinematographer, "Fiddler on the Roof"
11/22/1915

Farley Mowat
Canadian conservationist and writer, "Never Cry Wolf"
05/12/1921

Gardnar Mulloy
American tennis player
11/22/1913

Walter Munk
Austrian-born American oceanographer
10/19/1917

Elisabeth Murdoch
Australian philanthropist
02/08/1909

Billy Mure
American guitarist and recording artist, "Supersonic Guitars"
07/07/1915

Albert Murray
American writer, "Stomping the Blues"
05/12/1916

Joseph Murray
American Nobel Prize-winning physiologist
04/01/1919

Stan Musial
American baseball player
11/21/1920