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

Kel Nagle
Australian golfer
12/21/1920

Stanisław Nagy
Polish cardinal
09/30/1921

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

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

LeRoy Neiman
American sports artist
06/08/1921

Antôn Nguyễn Văn Thiện
Vietnamese bishop
03/13/1906

Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect
12/15/1907

Sergey Nikolsky
Russian mathematician
04/30/1905

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

Lise Nørgaard
Danish journalist and writer
06/14/1917

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

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

René de Obaldia
French poet, novelist, and playwright
10/22/1918

Daphne Odjig
Canadian painter
09/11/1919

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

Manoel de Oliveira
Portuguese film director, "Aniki-Bóbó", "Belle Toujours"
12/11/1908

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

Nicholas Oresko
American World War II Medal of Honor recipient
01/18/1917

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

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

Andy Pafko
American baseball player
02/25/1921

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

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

Patachou
French singer and actress
06/10/1918

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 food writer and television chef
11/04/1915

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

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

Lester James Peries
Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and producer
04/05/1919

Nehemiah Persoff
Israeli-born American actor, "Some Like It Hot", "Yentl"
08/02/1919 (Some sources cite 08/14/1920)

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

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Greek-born British royal, consort of Queen Elizabeth II
06/10/1921

Dave Philley
American baseball player
05/16/1920

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

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

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

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

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

Wanda Półtawska
Polish psychiatrist and memoirist
11/02/1921

Marie Ponsot
American poet
04/06/1921

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

Sid Ramin
American composer, arranger, and orchestrator, "West Side Story"
01/22/1919 (Some sources cite 1924)

Simon Ramo
American aerospace engineer, physicist, and businessman, TRW
05/13/1913

Nancy Reagan (aka Nancy Davis)
American actress and First Lady (1981-1989)
07/06/1921

Joyce Redman
Irish-born British Oscar-nominated actress, "Tom Jones", "Othello"
12/09/1918

H. Owen Reed
American composer
06/17/1910

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

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

Stanley Rogers Resor
American government official, Secretary of the Army (1965-1971)
12/05/1917

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

Ruggiero Ricci
American violinist
07/24/1918

Dal Richards
Canadian bandleader
01/05/1918

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

Joan Roberts
American actress, Broadway's "Oklahoma"
07/15/1918

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

David Rockefeller
American banker and philanthropist
06/12/1915

Paul Rogers
British actor, "The Homecoming"
03/22/1917

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

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

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

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

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

Tadeusz Różewicz
Polish poet and playwright, "The Card Index"
10/09/1921

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

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