1957
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Events
=January=
- January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
- January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket.
- January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns.
- January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar.
- January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
- January 15 – The film Throne of Blood, Akira Kurosawa's reworking of Macbeth, is released in Japan.
- January 20
- Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956).
- January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
=February=
- February 2 – President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage across the Indus River, near Sukkur.
- February 4
- France prohibits U.N. involvement in Algeria.
- The first nuclear-powered submarine, {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571|6}}, logs its 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. It is decommissioned on March 3, 1980.
- A coal gas explosion at the giant Bishop Coal Mine in Bishop, Virginia, United States, kills 37 men.
- February 6 – The Soviet Union announces that Swedish envoy Raoul Wallenberg had died in a Soviet prison ("possibly of a heart attack"), on July 17, 1947
- February 10 – The Confederation of African Football is founded, at a meeting in Khartoum.
- February 15 – Andrei Gromyko becomes foreign minister of the Soviet Union.
- February 16 – Ingmar Bergman's film The Seventh Seal opens at cinemas in Sweden.
- February 17 – A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri, United States, kills 72 people.
- February 18
- Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
- The last person to be executed in New Zealand, Walter James Bolton, is hanged at Mount Eden Prison for poisoning his wife.
- February 23 – The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc opens in Dakar.
=March=
File:Flag of Ghana.svg, the first country in colonial Africa to gain independence]]
- March 1
- U Nu becomes Prime Minister of Burma.
- Arturo Lezama becomes President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay.
- Sud Aviation forms, from a merger between SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest).
- March 3 – Net als toen, sung by Corry Brokken (music by Guus Jansen, lyrics by Willy van Hemert), wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 (held at Frankfurt), for the Netherlands.
- March 6
- United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent nation of Ghana.
- Zodi Ikhia founds the Nigerien Democratic Front (FDN) in Niger.
- March 8 – Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal.
- March 14 – President Sukarno declares martial law in Indonesia.
- March 17 – 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash: Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others are killed in a plane crash.
- March 20 – The French news magazine {{Lang|fr|L'Express}} reveals that the French army tortures Algerian prisoners.
- March 25 – The Treaty of Rome (Patto di Roma) establishes the European Economic Community (EEC; predecessor of the European Union) between Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
- March 27 – The 29th Academy Awards Ceremony is held in Hollywood. Around the World in 80 Days wins Best Picture.
=April=
- April – IBM sells the first compiler for the Fortran scientific programming language.
- April 1 – The first new conscripts join the {{Lang|de|Bundeswehr}}.
- April 5 – The Communist Party of India wins the elections in Kerala, making E. M. S. Namboodiripad its first chief minister.
- April 9 – Egypt reopens the Suez Canal to all shipping.
- April 12 – The United Kingdom announces that Singapore will gain self-rule on January 1, 1958.
- April 13 – The 1957 alleged Jordanian military coup attempt against Hussein Bin Talal is made by Ali Abu Nuwar.
- April 15
- The Distant Early Warning Line is handed over by contractors to the U.S. and Canadian military.
- White Rock secedes from Surrey, British Columbia, following a referendum.
- April 17 – Suspected English serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder, at the Old Bailey.
- April 24–25 – The 1957 Fethiye earthquakes occur on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
- April 30 – The solar eclipse of April 30, 1957, a non-central annular solar eclipse that does not have a northern path limit, takes place. This is the last of 57 umbral solar eclipses of Solar Saros 118.
=May=
- May 2 – "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", written by Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, becomes the South African national anthem, replacing "God Save the Queen", which is retained as a royal anthem.
- May 8 – South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.{{cite book| first=Seth |last=Jacobs| year=2006| title=Cold War Mandarin: Ngo Dinh Diem and the Origins of America's War in Vietnam, 1950–1963| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield| isbn=0-7425-4447-8|location=Lanham, Maryland}}
- May 15
- Operation Grapple: At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb, which fails to detonate properly.
- Stanley Matthews plays his final international game, ending an English record international career of almost 23 years.
- May 16 – Paul-Henri Spaak becomes the new Secretary General of NATO.
- May 24 – May 24 incident: Anti-American riots erupt in Taipei, Taiwan.{{cite web|title=HI Taipei 1957 Riot |url=http://www.msg-history.com/HistoricalItems/HI_Taipei_1957_Riot.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091005192207/http://www.msg-history.com/HistoricalItems/HI_Taipei_1957_Riot.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-10-05 |access-date=2017-02-20 }}
- May 30 – Real Madrid beats Fiorentina 2–0 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, to win the 1956–57 European Cup (football).
=June=
- June 9 – Broad Peak, on the China-Pakistan border, is first ascended.
- June 21 – John Diefenbaker becomes the 13th Prime Minister of Canada.
- June 27 – Hurricane Audrey demolishes Cameron, Louisiana, U.S., killing 400 people.
=July=
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- July 1
- The International Geophysical Year begins.
- The University of Waterloo is founded in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- Hugh Everett III publishes the first scientifically founded many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
- Production of the Citroën Traction Avant automobile, begun in 1934, ceases.
- July 6 – At the age of fifteen, Paul McCartney meets John Lennon and his band, the Quarrymen, at the St Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
- July 11 – His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV becomes the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims at age 20. His grandfather Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III appoints Prince Karim in his will.
- July 14 – Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
- July 16 – United States Marine Major John Glenn flies an F8U supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds, setting a new transcontinental speed record.
- July 23 – Asghar Khan becomes the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force and the world's youngest Air Vice Marshal at 36 years old.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=73CciTImPh4C&q=%22asghar%20khan%22|title=Flight|volume=73|year=1958|publisher=IPC Transport Press Limited }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQZNAQAAIAAJ&q=%22M.%20Asghar%20Khan%22|title=The Roundel|page=20|year=1959|volume=11|publisher=Published on the authority of the Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Canadian Air Force. }}
- July 25 – Tunisia becomes a republic, with Habib Bourguiba as its first president.
- July 28
- The 6th World Festival of Youth and Students, a high point of the Khrushchev Thaw, opens in Moscow.
- Heavy rains and mudslides at Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
- July 29 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
=August=
- August 4 – Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for Maserati, wins the Formula One German Grand Prix, clinching (with 4 wins this season) his record 5th world drivers championship, including his 4th consecutive championship (also a record); these 2 records endure for nearly half a century.
- August 31 – The Federation of Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom, subsequently celebrated as Malaysia's National Day. Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, becomes the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya. The country's new Constitution had come into force on August 27. The Alliance Party and its successor are the ruling coalition until 2018.
=September=
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{{Main|September 1957}}
- September 5 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista’s forces bomb anti-government riots in Cienfuegos.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F0hqAAAAMAAJ&q=Fulgencio+Batista+bombs+the+revolt+in+Cienfuegos+september+5+1957 | title=Fulgencio Batista, Ousted Cuban Dictator | last1=Mallin | first1=Jay | date=1974 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/cuba/22291-september-5-1957-cienfuegos-at-the-heart-of-the-homeland | title=September 5, 1957: Cienfuegos at the heart of the Homeland | date=September 4, 2023 }}
- September 9 – The Civil Rights Act of 1957 is enacted, establishing the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
- September 21
- Olav V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father Haakon VII.
- The sailing ship Pamir sinks off the Azores in a hurricane.
- September 24 – Camp Nou, home stadium of FC Barcelona, officially opens in Barcelona, Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.fr/club/installations/card/histoire-du-camp-nou|title=Histoire du Camp Nou {{!}} FC Barcelona|website=FC Barcelona|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-01-21}}
- September 29 – The Kyshtym disaster occurs at the Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant in Russia.
=October=
{{Main|October 1957}}
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- October 1 – The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
- October 4
- Space Age – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.{{cite magazine |archive-date=17 May 2014 |department=From All Quarters |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html |title=First Man-made Satellite |magazine=Flight International |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120058/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html |date=11 October 1957 |page=562 |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite book |title=Project Mercury - A Chronology |chapter=Part 1 (A) Major Events Leading to Project Mercury March 1944 through December 1957 |last=Grimwood |first=James M. |series=NASA Special Publication-4001 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/p1a.htm |publisher=NASA |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow delta wing interceptor aircraft is unveiled.{{cite magazine |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html |title=The Arrow Unveiled |magazine=Flight International |department=From All Quarters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120058/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201472.html |date=11 October 1957 |pages=562–563 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- October 9 – The Jodrell Bank radio telescope in Cheshire, England, is controlled from its control room for the first time.{{cite book |last=Lovell |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Lovell |year=1968 |title=The Story of Jodrell Bank |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-217619-6 |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofjodrellba00love |page=193}}{{cite book |last=Lovell |first=Bernard |year=1990 |title=Astronomer by Chance |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=978-0-333-55195-0 |page=260}}
- October 10 – Windscale fire: Fire at the Windscale nuclear reactor on the north-west coast of England releases radioactive material into the surrounding environment, including iodine-131.{{cite news |title=RED-HOT URANIUM WORRIES BRITONS; 2 Plutonium Plant Reactors Halted, but Radioactivity Is Held Negligible No Hazard Detected Oxydization Variance Noted |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/12/archives/redhot-uranium-worries-britons-2-plutonium-plant-reactors-halted.html |date=12 October 1957 |at=Page 2, column 3 |access-date=27 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=London Radioactivity Raised by Atom Mishap |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/18/archives/london-radioactivity-raised-by-atom-mishap.html |date=18 October 1957 |at=Page 3, column 1 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
- October 11 – The orbit of the last stage of the R-7 Semyorka rocket (carrying Sputnik I) is first successfully calculated on an IBM 704 computer at the MIT Computation Center as part of Operation Moonwatch, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- October 20 – Two trains collide at Yarımburgaz in Turkey; 95 die.{{cite news |title=TRAIN WRECK KILLS 25; Simplon Express in Crash in Turkey--Toll May Rise |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/21/archives/train-wreck-kills-25-simplon-express-in-crash-in-turkeytoll-may.html |date=21 October 1957 |at=Page 3, column 4 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=82 Dead and 171 Hurt In Turkish Rail Crash |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/82-dead-and-171-hurt-in-turkish-rail-crash.html |date=22 October 1957 |at=Page 8, column 6 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=TURKISH RAIL TOLL UP; Number of Dead Is Now 89 in Sunday's Crash |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/23/archives/turkish-rail-toll-up-number-of-dead-is-now-89-in-sundays-crash.html |date=23 October 1957 |at=Page 14, column 4 |access-date=1 June 2023}}
- October 23 – Morocco begins its invasion of Ifni.
- October 27 – Celâl Bayar is re-elected president of Turkey.{{cite news |last=Haff |first=Joseph O. |title=BIG VOTE LIKELY IN TURKEY TODAY; National Election Is Test of Menderes Austerity and Republican Opposition Strain of Works Program |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/27/archives/big-vote-likely-in-turkey-today-national-election-is-test-of.html |date=27 October 1957 |at=Page 9, columns 2-6 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
=November=
{{Main|November 1957}}
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- November 1 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at this time, opens in the United States, to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.{{cite book |title=Mighty Mac: The Official Picture History of the Mackinac Bridge |url=https://archive.org/details/mightymacofficia0000rubi |url-access=registration |first=Lawrence |last=Rubin |publisher=Wayne State University Press |year=1958 |isbn=978-0-814-31817-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mightymacofficia0000rubi/page/14 14] |via=Internet Archive}}
- November 3 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, with the first animal to orbit the Earth, a dog named Laika, on board.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/03/archives/orbit-completed-animal-still-is-alive-sealed-in-satellite-moscow.html |title=ORBIT COMPLETED; Animal Still Is Alive, Sealed in Satellite, Moscow Thinks |newspaper=The New York Times |date=3 November 1957 |at=Page 1, column 8 |access-date=13 May 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/03/archives/sphere-fulfills-russian-promise-moscow-radio-announced-on-oct-27.html |title=SPHERE FULFILLS RUSSIAN PROMISE; Moscow Radio Announced on Oct. 27 That Dog Would Be Aboard Satellite |newspaper=The New York Times |date=3 November 1957 |at=Page 26, column 1 |access-date=13 May 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/04/archives/traveler-in-space-a-little-russian-hunting-dog.html |title=Traveler in Space; A Little Russian Hunting Dog |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=4 November 1957 |at=Page 8, columns 2-5 |access-date=13 May 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/04/archives/dog-may-unlock-medical-secrets-scientists-hoping-for-data-on.html |title=DOG MAY UNLOCK MEDICAL SECRETS; Scientists Hoping for Data on Weightlessness and Other Flight Problems |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 November 1957 |at=Page 8, column 8 |access-date=13 May 2023}} There is no technology available to return her to Earth.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/04/archives/recovery-of-dog-called-possible-several-us-experts-agree-but-willy.html |title=RECOVERY OF DOG CALLED POSSIBLE; Several U.S. Experts Agree, but Willy Ley Says It Can't Be Brought Down Alive |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 November 1957 |at=Page 8, column 6 |access-date=13 May 2023}}{{cite news |last=Jorden |first=William J. |author-link=William J. Jorden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/05/archives/russian-indicates-that-dog-will-die-a-leading-scientist-speaks-of.html |title=RUSSIAN INDICATES THAT DOG WILL DIE; A Leading Scientist Speaks of It 'While Still Alive'-- Satellite Cone-Shaped |newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 November 1957 |at=Page 1, column 7 |access-date=13 May 2023}}
- November 13
- Flooding in the Po Valley of Italy leads to flooding also in Venice.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/13/archives/flood-threatens-po-delta.html |title=Flood Threatens Po Delta |newspaper=The New York Times |date=13 November 1957 |page=26 |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- Gordon Gould invents the laser.{{cite web |url=https://www.edn.com/laser-pioneer-gordon-gould-is-born-july-17-1920/ |last=Macneil |first=Jessica |title=Laser pioneer Gordon Gould is born, July 17, 1920 |department=EDN Moments |website=EDN |date=17 July 2019 |publisher=AspenCore, Inc. |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- November 15
- Yugoslavia announces the end of an economic boycott of Francoist Spain (although it does not reinstitute diplomatic relations).{{cite news |last=Abel |first=Elie |author-link=Elie Abel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/16/archives/yugoslavs-to-end-boycott-of-spain-early-resumption-of-trade.html |title=YUGOSLAVS TO END BOYCOTT OF SPAIN; Early Resumption of Trade Expected--Renewal of Diplomatic Tie Hinted Ultimate Recognition Hinted Prospective Exchange Goods |newspaper=The New York Times |date=16 November 1957 |at=Page 6, columns 6-7 |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash: A flying boat crash on the Isle of Wight leaves 45 dead.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/16/archives/43-dead-in-crash-of-british-plane-flying-boat-with-58-falls-on-isle.html |title=43 DEAD IN CRASH OF BRITISH PLANE; Flying Boat With 58 Falls on Isle of Wight Soon After Southampton Take-Off |newspaper=The New York Times |date=16 November 1957 |at=Page 1, column 2 |access-date=17 May 2023}}{{cite news |title=Memorial to island plane crash |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7666185.stm |website=BBC News |department=Hampshire |date=12 October 2008 |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- November 16 – Adnan Menderes of the Democrat Party forms the new government of Turkey (23rd government, last government formed by DP and Menderes).
- November 30
- Indonesian president Sukarno survives a grenade attack at the Cikini School in Jakarta, but six children are killed.{{cite news |last=Durdin |first=Tillman |author-link=
F. Tillman Durdin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/01/archives/sukarno-escapes-assassin-but-grenades-kill-7-others-scores-hurt-in.html |title=Sukarno Escapes Assassin, But Grenades Kill 7 Others; Scores Hurt in Bombing as Indonesia President Leaves a School SUKARNO ESCAPES ATTEMPT ON LIFE |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 December 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 2-3 |access-date=23 May 2023}}
- 1957 New Zealand general election: The Labour Party defeats the governing National Party, with Walter Nash succeeding Keith Holyoake as Prime Minister.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/01/archives/new-zealand-votes-labor-into-power-labor-wins-vote-in-new-zealand.html |title=New Zealand Votes Labor Into Power; LABOR WINS VOTE IN NEW ZEALAND |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 December 1957 |at=Page 1, column 7 |access-date=23 May 2023}}
=December=
{{Main|December 1957}}
- December 1 – In Indonesia, Sukarno announces the nationalization of 246 Dutch businesses.
- December 4
- The Lewisham rail crash in London, UK, leaves 92 people dead.{{cite report |last=Langley |first=Brig. C.A. |title=Report on the Collision which occurred on 4th December 1957 near St. Johns station, Lewisham in the Southern Region British Railways |location=London |url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Lewisham1957.pdf |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |year=1958 |access-date=8 April 2023}}
- 1957 Bayankhongor Earthquake in Mongolia kills 30+ people
- December 5 – All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from Indonesia.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91252057 |date=6 December 1957 |title=INDONESIA TO EXPEL DUTCH AS REPRISAL |newspaper=The Canberra Times |agency=A.A.P.-Reuter |volume=31 |issue=9,345 |at=Page 1, columns 1-3 |access-date=30 April 2023 |via=Trove}}
- December 6 – The first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails, when the Vanguard rocket blows up on the launch pad.{{cite book |title=Project Mercury - A Chronology |chapter=Part 1 (A) Major Events Leading to Project Mercury March 1944 through December 1957 |last=Grimwood |first=James M. |series=NASA Special Publication-4001 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/p1a.htm |publisher=NASA |access-date=8 April 2023}}
- December 10 – Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson receives the Nobel Peace Prize, for his peacekeeping efforts in the United Nations.{{cite web |title=Lester Bowles Pearson – Acceptance Speech |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2023 |access-date=8 April 2023 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1957/pearson/acceptance-speech/}}
- December 18 – A violent F5 tornado wipes out the entire community of Sunfield, Illinois.{{cite journal |author1=United States Weather Bureau |author2=F. W. Reichelderfer (U.S. Weather Bureau) |author3=Sinclair Weeks (Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce) |title=Climatological Data National Summary December 1957 |journal=Climatological Data |date=1958 |volume=8 |issue=12 |page=527 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-F34FBD0F-1D12-4032-8E41-3AF6B975E0EB.pdf |access-date=13 September 2023 |publisher=United States Department of Commerce}}
- December 20 – The Boeing 707 airliner flies for the first time.{{cite web |url=http://www.aviation-history.com/boeing/707.html |title=Boeing 707 |website=The Aviation History Online Museum |date=15 October 2013 |publisher=Larry Dwyer |access-date=30 April 2023}}{{Self-published inline|date=April 2023}}
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- Mao Zedong admits that 800,000 "class enemies" had been summarily liquidated in China between 1949 and 1954.
- Gruppe SPUR, an artistic collaboration, is founded in Germany.
- Raja Fashions, a tailoring business, is founded in Hong Kong.{{cite news |last=Confessore |first=Nick |author-link=Nicholas Confessore |title=His Mission: Freeing Men From the Rack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/nyregion/his-mission-freeing-men-from-the-rack.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 22, 2005 |access-date=29 September 2016}}
- The so-called 'mound of Midas', the Great Tumulus near Gordium, is excavated.
- Three new neo-grotesque sans-serif typefaces are released: Folio (designed by Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum), Neue Haas Grotesk (designed by Max Miedinger) and Univers (designed by Adrian Frutiger); all will be influential in the International Typographic Style of graphic design.
Births
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= January =
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- January 1 – Isabel Ordaz, Spanish actress{{cn|date=November 2024}}
- January 3 – Bojan Križaj, Slovenian alpine skier
- January 4 – Patty Loveless, American country music singer{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2017|pages=215|isbn=978-0-89820-229-8}}
- January 6 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer{{cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/nancy-lopez-b-1957/|title=Nancy Lopez biography|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=November 13, 2024}}
- January 7
- Katie Couric, American television host{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/07/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-7-2019/6991546835238/?ur3=1|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan, 7, 2019 |work=United Press International| date=January 7, 2019|access-date=September 21, 2019|archive-date= September 21, 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190921143309/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/07/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-7-2019/6991546835238/?ur3=1|url-status= live|quote= television personality Katie Couric in 1957 (age 62)}}
- Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
- Julian Solís, Puerto Rican former world bantamweight champion boxer
- January 8 – David Lang, American composer
- January 9 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer
- January 11
- Bryan Robson, English footballer
- Claude Criquielion, Belgian bike racer (d. 2015)
- January 12 – John Lasseter, American director, writer and animator
- January 13
- Lorrie Moore, American writer
- Daniel Scioli, Argentine politician and sportsman
- January 14 – Anchee Min, Chinese writer
- January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-born African-American actor and director{{cite book |last1=Otfinowski |first1=Steven |title=African Americans in the Visual Arts |date=May 14, 2014 |isbn=9781438107776 |pages=209 |publisher=Infobase |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcWHdpRoDkUC&pg=209}}
- January 16 – Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor
- January 17 – Steve Harvey, African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actor{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Jessie Carney |title=Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes] |date=17 December 2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-35797-8 |page=650 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=10rEGSIItjgC&pg=PA650 |language=en}}
- January 22
- Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player (d. 2022)
- Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
- January 23 – Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanover{{cite web|url=https://www.palais.mc/en/princely-family/h-r-h-the-princess-of-hanover/biography-1-8.html|title=HRH The Princess of Hanover|website=Palais Princier de Monaco|access-date=13 November 2024}}
- January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
- January 27
- Frank Miller, American comic book writer
- Janick Gers, British heavy metal guitarist
- January 29 – Grażyna Miller, Polish poet
- January 30 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
= February =
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- February 1 – Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (d. 1999){{cite web |last1=Adebayo |first1=Dotun |title=Dennis Brown: Child prodigy of Jamaican music and Bob Marley's chosen successor, he was brought low by drugs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jul/03/guardianobituaries1 |website=The Guardian |access-date=29 October 2024 |date=2 July 1999}}
- February 2 – Phil Barney, French singer
- February 5 – Jackie Woodburne, Australian actress
- February 6
- Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian
- Robert Townsend, African-American actor, comedian, director, and writer
- February 8 – Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (The B-52's)
- February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
- February 14 – Soile Isokoski, Finnish lyric soprano
- February 16 – LeVar Burton, African-American actor{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=24 September 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-316-7 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133 |language=en}}
- February 17 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer, harpist (Mummers' Dance)
- February 18
- Marita Koch, German athlete
- Vanna White, American game show presenter (Wheel of Fortune)
- February 19
- Falco, Austrian rock musician (Rock Me Amadeus) (d. 1998)
- Ray Winstone, British actor
- February 20 – Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
- February 23
- Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009)
- Charlie Brandt, American serial killer (d. 2004){{cite web | url=https://medium.com/@jade00townsend/the-case-of-charlie-brandt-a56ecded39e9 | title=The case of Charlie Brandt | work=Medium | date=December 29, 2022 | last1=Townsend | first1=Jade }}
- February 25 – Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singaporean politician, 9th President of Singapore
- February 27
- Danny Antonucci, Canadian creator of the Cartoon Network show Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Timothy Spall, English actor
- February 28
- Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer
- John Turturro, American actor, writer and director
=March=
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- March 4 – Mykelti Williamson, American actor
- March 5 – Mark E. Smith, English singer (d. 2018){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/24/mark-e-smith-obituary|title=Mark E Smith obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 January 2018|access-date=24 January 2018}}
- March 6 – Eddie Deezen, American actor and comedian
- March 8 – Clive Burr, British heavy metal drummer (d. 2013)
- March 9 – Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician
- March 10
- Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born terrorist and founder of al-Qaeda (d. 2011){{Cite web |date=2011-05-01 |title=Osama bin Laden Was Target of Perhaps Largest Manhunt in US History |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/osama-bin-laden-was-target-of-perhaps-largest-manhunt-in-us-history-121071569/138826.html |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}
- Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician
- March 11 – Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (d. 2020)
- March 12
- Val Demings, American politician{{cite web |title=DEMINGS, Valdez |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000627 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}
- Marlon Jackson, African-American singer
- March 15
- Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese actor
- Park Overall, American film and television actress
- Steve Witkoff, American real estate investor, former lawyer, and diplomat[https://www.bbntimes.com/politics/who-is-steve-witkoff-the-united-states-special-envoy-to-the-middle-east "Who is Steve Witkoff? The United States Special Envoy to the Middle East,"] BBN Times.
- March 18 – György Pazdera, Hungarian rock bassist (Pokolgép)
- March 19 – Christopher Murray, American actor
- March 20
- Vanessa Bell Calloway, African-American actress
- Spike Lee, African-American film director and actor
- Theresa Russell, American actress
- March 22 – Michael Mosley, British television and radio journalist, producer, presenter and writer (d. 2024){{cite web |title=Michael Mosley obituary: presenter who popularised the 5:2 diet |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/michael-mosley-obituary-death-dr5vpptrm |website=The Times |date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240609143714/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/michael-mosley-obituary-death-dr5vpptrm |archive-date=9 June 2024 |url-status=live}}
- March 23
- Edna Molewa, South African politician (d. 2018)
- Lucio Gutiérrez, 41st President of Ecuador
- Robbie James, Welsh footballer
- Amanda Plummer, American actress
- March 27 – Stephen Dillane, English actor
- March 28 – Paul Eiding, American actor and voice actor
- March 29 – Christopher Lambert, French-American actor
- March 30
- Shen Yi-ming, Taiwanese Air Force general officer (d. 2020)
- Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer who discovered SN 1987A
- March 31 – Marc McClure, American actor
=April=
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- April 1
- J. Karjalainen, Finnish rock musician
- Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)
- April 2 – Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
- April 4
- Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug lord
- Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
- April 5 – Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan autism campaigner
- April 8 – Henry Cluney, Irish musician
- April 9 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (d. 2011)
- April 12 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter
- April 14 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
- April 17 – Afrika Bambaataa, American DJ and producer
- April 19 – Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman{{Cite web|title=Mukesh Ambani|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mukesh-ambani/|access-date=2024-03-20|website=Forbes}}
- April 21
- Herbert Wetterauer, German artist and author
- Faustin-Archange Touadéra, 8th President of the Central African Republic
- April 22 – Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland
- April 23
- Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
- Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
- April 24 – Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-British Labour Party politician and convicted sex offender{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-nazir-ahmed/index.html|title=Mr Nazir Ahmed (Hansard)|website=api.parliament.uk}}
- April 25
- Eric Bristow, English darts player (d. 2018)
- Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, 7th Prime Minister and 8th President of Burkina Faso
- April 28 – Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez, Cuban-born experimental filmmaker
- April 29
- Daniel Day-Lewis, English-born actor
- Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist and filmmaker (d. 2003)
=May=
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- May 1 – Jo Jorgensen, American libertarian politician and academic
- May 3 – Jo Brand, English comedian
- May 5 – Richard E. Grant, English actor
- May 10 – Sid Vicious (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
- May 13 – Carrie Lam, Hong Kong civil servant
- May 14 – Daniela Dessì, Italian operatic soprano (d. 2016)
- May 15
- Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
- Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
- May 16
- Joan Benoit, American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
- Bob Suter, American professional ice hockey player (d. 2014)
- May 17 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish rock singer and songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings) (d. 2003)
- May 18
- Michael Cretu, Romanian–German new-age musician (Enigma)
- Frank Plasberg, German journalist and television presenter
- May 20 – Yoshihiko Noda, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
- May 21
- Rebecca Jones, Mexican actress
- Judge Reinhold, American actor
- Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
- May 22
- Shinji Morisue, Japanese gymnast
- Gary Sweet, Australian actor
- Lisa Murkowski, US Senator- R-Alaska
- May 23 – Jimmy McShane (aka Baltimora), Northern Irish singer and dancer (d. 1995)
- May 24
- John Harrington, American professional ice hockey player
- Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer{{Citation |last=Engelhardt |first=Dirk |title=Walter Moers |date=2017 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-476-04359-7_48 |work=Kindler Kompakt: Märchen |pages=199–203 |access-date=2023-07-05 |place=Stuttgart |publisher=J.B. Metzler |language=de |doi=10.1007/978-3-476-04359-7_48 |isbn=978-3-476-04358-0|url-access=subscription }}
- John G. Rowland, American Republican politician, Governor of Connecticut and felon
- May 26
- François Legault, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec{{cite web |url=https://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/legault-francois-4131/biographie.html |title=François Legault - National Assembly of Québec |publisher=National Assembly of Quebec}}
- Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
- May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, born Susan Ballion, English post-punk singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
- May 28 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
- May 29 – Ted Levine, American actor
- May 31 – Jim Craig, American professional ice hockey player
=June=
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- June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
- June 3 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
- June 5 – Kim Tai-chung, Korean martial artist and former actor and Bruce Lee double (d. 2011)
- June 7 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer and songwriter
- June 8
- Scott Adams, American cartoonist (Dilbert){{cite book | title = Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: the ultimate go -to guide for special days, weeks and months | publisher = Bernan Press | year = 2018 | isbn = 9781641432641 | page=315}}
- Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
- June 12
- Timothy Busfield, American actor
- Gamal Al-Ghandour, Egyptian football referee
- Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer
- Tarek Shawki, Egyptian academic, 25th Minister of Education and Technical Education in Egypt
- June 14 – Maxi Jazz, British musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ (d. 2022){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090812121739/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4716674/Hard-to-describe-great-to-listen-to.html Hard to describe, great to listen to]}} Telegraph 21 January 1999
- June 15 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
- June 19 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
- June 21
- Michael Bowen, American actor
- Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal, Archbishop of Manila
- June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress
- June 25 – William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore
- June 27 – Erik Hamrén, Swedish football player
- June 28 – Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
- June 29 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
- June 30 – Silvio Orlando, Italian actor
=July=
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- July 2 – Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
- July 4
- Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
- Jenny Seagrove, English actress
- M. Nasir, Singaporean-Malaysian poet, singer-songwriter, composer, producer, actor and film director
- Dmitry Nazarov, Soviet-Russian actor
- July 5 – Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey
- July 7 – Mohd Puad Zarkashi, Malaysian politician
- July 9
- Paul Merton, English writer, actor, comedian, radio and television presenter
- Marc Almond, English singer
- Kelly McGillis, American actress
- July 10 – Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war activist
- July 12 – Rick Husband, American astronaut (d. 2003)
- July 13
- Lília Cabral, Brazilian actress
- Cameron Crowe, American writer and film director
- July 17 – Shinobu Otake, Japanese actress
- July 18 – Nick Faldo, British golfer
- July 21
- Jon Lovitz, American actor and comedian
- Stefan Löfven, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
- July 23 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
- July 24 – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbek politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and 2nd President of Uzbekistan
- July 26
- Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
- Nana Visitor, American actress
- July 27 – Hansi Müller, German footballer
- July 29
- Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
- Fumio Kishida, 100th Prime Minister of Japan{{cite web|title=Fumio Kishida|url=https://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/meibo/daijin/kishida_e.html|publisher=Kantei|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928163701/https://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/meibo/daijin/kishida_e.html|url-status=live}}
=August=
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- August 2
- Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali, Malaysian politician (d. 2011)
- Jacky Rosen, US Senator
- August 4
- Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor
- John Wark, Scottish footballer
- August 6 – Jim McGreevey, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
- August 7 – Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
- August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
- August 10 – Juli Básti, Hungarian actress
- August 11 – Richie Ramone, American rock drummer (Ramones)
- August 15 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
- August 16
- Tim Farriss, Australian rock guitarist (INXS)
- Laura Innes, American actress and director
- Phil Murphy, American politician
- August 17 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater
- August 18
- Carole Bouquet, French actress
- Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
- August 19 – Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-born poet
- August 20 – Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
- August 22 – Steve Davis, British snooker player
- August 24 – Stephen Fry, British comedian, author and actor{{cite book | last = Rubinstein | first = W. D. | title = The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | location = Basingstoke | year = 2011 | isbn = 9781403939104 | page=307}}
- August 25 – Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre director{{cite web |title=Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: August 25 |url=https://playbill.com/article/playbill-vaults-today-in-theatre-history-august-25-com-107870 |website=Playbill |access-date=8 June 2023}}
- August 26
- Dr. Alban, Nigerian-born Swedish singer
- Uzo, Nigerian-American film producer and director
- August 27 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer
- August 28
- Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia
- Rick Rossovich, American actor
- Daniel Stern, American actor
- Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher
- August 29
- Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (d. 2001)
- Shirō Sagisu, Japanese composer{{cite web|script-title=ja:BSテレ東 - 「大人のツボ!」|url=https://www.bs-tvtokyo.co.jp/tsubo/051209.html|website=bs-tvtokyo.co.jp|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210727013803/https://www.bs-tvtokyo.co.jp/tsubo/051209.html|archive-date=July 27, 2021|language=ja|date=December 9, 2005|url-status=live}}
- August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo, American football player
- August 31
- Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
- Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (d. 1999)
=September=
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- September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born American singer
- September 6 – José Sócrates, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal
- September 7 – Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish athlete
- September 8 – Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan singer
- September 11 – Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer
- September 12
- Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
- Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer{{Cite web | url=https://www.albawaba.com/amp/entertainment/voice-kadim-al-sahir-442796 | title=Kadim feels the love: Star celebrates his birthday on-set of the Voice }}
- Rachel Ward, English-born actress
- Hans Zimmer, German composer
- September 13
- Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines
- Cesare Bocci, Italian actor
- Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer
- September 16 – David McCreery, Irish footballer
- September 18 – Mark Wells, American professional ice hockey player
- September 20 – Sabine Christiansen, German journalist and television presenter
- September 21
- Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor
- Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
- September 22
- Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor
- Mark Johnson, American professional ice hockey player and coach
- Dalia Reyes Barrios, Venezuelan art collector{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=|title=Revista ETIQUETA|url=http://www.turevistaonline.com/revistas/loscien/index.html|series=|publisher=Publicación Mitra|volume=53|doi=|pmid=|number=6}}
- September 24 – Brad Bird, American animator, director, writer, producer and voice actor
- September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor
- September 26 – Luigi De Canio, Italian footballer and football manager
- September 27 – Peter Sellars, American theatre director
- September 29 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/13535/Andrew-Dice-Clay/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413093845/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/13535/Andrew-Dice-Clay/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |title =Andrew Dice Clay |first=Sandra|last=Brennan, Rovi |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2014 |access-date=October 5, 2014}}
- September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress
=October=
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- October 4 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/fagerbakke-bill-1957 |title=Fagerbakke, Bill 1957– |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- October 5 – Bernie Mac, African-American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2008){{cite news |title=Actor And Comedian Bernie Mac Dies At Age 50 |url=http://cbs2chicago.com/local/bernie.mac.dead.2.791473.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021070158/http://cbs2chicago.com/local/bernie.mac.dead.2.791473.html |archive-date=21 October 2009 |date=9 August 2008 |website=CBS 2 Chicago |department=Chicago Area Local News |publisher=CBS Broadcasting, Inc. |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/documents/2007sweethome.pdf |title=Sweet Home Cook County |publisher=Cook County Clerk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528132937/http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/documents/2007sweethome.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2016 |access-date=31 May 2023}}
- October 7 – Jayne Torvill, British ice dancer and Olympian{{cite web |title=Jayne Torvill |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/82881 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- October 8
- Magdalena Cajías, Bolivian academic, historian, and politician{{cite news |department=El Gabinete de Evo Morales |title=CAJIAS DE LA VEGA MARIA MAGDALENA |newspaper=El Deber |language=es |url=https://data.eldeber.com.bo/seccion/gabinete/funcionarios.html#059084 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
- October 9 – Herman Brusselmans, Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12075031c |title=Notice de personne "Brusselmans, Herman (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Brusselmans, Herman (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=12 March 2008 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
- October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/takahashi_rumiko.htm |last=Knudde |first=Kjell |title=Rumiko Takahashi |encyclopedia=Lambiek Comiclopedia |publisher=Lambiek |date=7 July 2022 |access-date=29 May 2023}}
- October 11
- Dawn French, British comedian{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1539522 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224334/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1539522 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |title=Dawn French |publisher=British Film Institute |department=Films, TV and people |access-date=27 May 2023}}
- Eric Keenleyside, Canadian actor{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/keenleyside-eric-1957 |title=Keenleyside, Eric 1957– |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=27 May 2023}}
- October 12 – Clémentine Célarié, French actress
- October 15
- Mira Nair, Indian born-American film maker{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14124025m |title=Notice de personne "Nair, Mira (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Nair, Mira (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=30 May 2006 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
- Stacy Peralta, American director and skateboarder{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15009513r |title=Notice de personne "Peralta, Stacy (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Peralta, Stacy (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=10 January 2006 |access-date=30 May 2023}}
- October 20 – Manuel Huerga, Spanish film director and screenwriter{{cite web |title=Manuel Huerga |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/manuel-huerga |publisher=Fandango |access-date=26 May 2023}}
- October 21
- Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate{{cite web |title=Wolfgang Ketterle – Facts |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2001/ketterle/facts/}}
- Steve Lukather, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Deming |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-lukather-mn0000042513/biography |title=Steve Lukather Biography, Songs, & Albums |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=31 May 2023}}
- October 22 – Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician{{cite web |url=https://www.danielmelingo.com/about |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804083712/https://www.danielmelingo.com/about |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |title=about |website=Melingo |year=2016 |access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14601873d |title=Notice de personne "Melingo, Daniel (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Melingo, Daniel (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=23 March 2021 |access-date=1 June 2023}}
- October 23 – Paul Kagame, 4th President of Rwanda{{cite web |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/paul-kagame/ |title=Paul Kagame Biography |publisher=Academy of Achievement |date=24 January 2018 |access-date=26 May 2023}}
- October 24 – John Kassir, American actor and comedian{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-kassir-408706 |title=John Kassir - Broadway Cast & Staff |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=26 May 2023}}
- October 25 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress (Bart Simpson from The Simpsons){{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/october-celebrity-birthdays_n_1030744/ |title = Nancy Cartwright, Randy Jackson & More: This Week's Famous Post50 Birthdays |date=25 October 2011}}
- October 26
- Julie Dawn Cole, English actress{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18705 |title=COLE, Julie Dawn |work=Film & TV Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116214820/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18705 |archive-date=16 January 2009 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=2 June 2023}}
- Bob Golic, American football player{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GoliBo00.htm |title=Bob Golic Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=2 June 2023}}
- October 27
- Jeff East, American actor{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14174343d |title=Notice de personne "East, Jeff (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "East, Jeff (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=2 February 2007 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
- Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese film director{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/tsai-ming-liang-1957 |title=Tsai, Ming–Liang 1957– |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=3 June 2023}}
- October 28
- Ahmet Kaya, Turkish folk singer (d. 2000){{cite web |title=Biography of Ahmet Kaya |url=http://www.ahmetkaya.com/ozgecmis_eng |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914083852/http://www.ahmetkaya.com/ozgecmis_eng |archive-date=14 September 2008 |website=Ahmet Kaya Resmi Web Sitesi |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ahmetkaya.com/ozgecmis_eng_2 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011204232/http://www.ahmetkaya.com/ozgecmis_eng_2 |archive-date=11 October 2008 |title=Ahmet Kaya |website=Ahmet Kaya Resmi Web Sitesi |access-date=2 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=Ahmet KAYA |language=fr |access-date=2 June 2023 |url=https://www.institutkurde.org/activites_culturelles/hommage/ahmet_kaya/ |website=Fondation-Institut kurde de Paris}}
- Stephen Morris, British drummer{{cite web |title=Stephen Morris Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000024700 |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=2 June 2023}}
- October 29 – Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor (Homer Simpson from The Simpsons)
- October 30
- Richard Jeni, American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2007){{cite news |title=Family Says Jeni Committed Suicide |newspaper=The Washington Post |department=Wires |agency=The Associated Press |date=13 March 2007 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031301413.html |access-date=31 May 2023}}
- Kevin Pollak, American actor{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140458390 |title=Notice de personne "Pollak, Kevin (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Pollak, Kevin (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=31 May 2023}}
- October 31
- Shirley Phelps-Roper, American political and religious activist{{cite news |last=Kendall |first=Justin |title=The New Fred |url=http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/the-new-fred/Content?oid=2183486&showFullText=true |department=Feature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323173519/http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/the-new-fred/Content?oid=2183486&showFullText=true |archive-date=23 March 2016 |newspaper=The Pitch |date=2 November 2006 |publisher=KC Communications, LL.C. |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- Robert Pollard, American musician{{cite web |url=http://www.nudeasthenews.com/features/39 |last=Wenzel |first=John |title=Guided By Voices History: Part I: 1983-1994 |department=Features |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808205330/http://www.nudeasthenews.com/features/39 |archive-date=8 August 2010 |website=Nude as the News |access-date=24 May 2023}}
=November=
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- November 3 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2021/11/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Nov-3-2021/2901635866158/ |author=((United Press International)) |author-link=United Press International |title=UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 |date=3 November 2021 |publisher=United Press International, Inc. |access-date=13 May 2023}}
- November 4
- Tony Abbott, 28th Prime Minister of Australia{{cite web |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=EZ5 |title=Hon Tony Abbott AC |website=Parliament of Australia |department=Senators and Members |access-date=14 May 2023}}
- Aleksandr Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast{{cite web |title=Aleksandr Tkachov |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31273 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- November 5 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984){{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb122288815 |title=Notice de personne "Hexum, Jon-Erik (1957-1984)" |trans-title=Person notice "Hexum, Jon-Erik (1957-1984)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=16 December 1991 |access-date=14 May 2023}}
- November 6
- Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141649864 |title=Notice de personne "Clarke, Cam (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Clarke, Cam (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=31 December 2004 |access-date=15 May 2023}}
- Ciro Gomes, Brazilian lawyer and politician{{cite web |title=Ciro Gomes |last1=Allen |first1=Andrew |last2=Picanço |first2=Lara |last3=Prado |first3=Mariana |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/article/ciro-gomes-bio.pdf |publisher=Woodrow Wilson Center, Brazil Institute |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- Klaus Kleinfeld, German business executive{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/alcoa-kleinfeld-idUSN1526929820070815 |title=NEWSMAKER-Ex-Siemens CEO Kleinfeld: Alcoa heir-apparent |author=((Reuters Staff)) |publisher=Reuters |department=Company News and Press Releases |date=15 August 2007 |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- Lori Singer, American actress and musician{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lori_singer |title=Lori Singer |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango |access-date=15 May 2023}}
- November 7 – Christopher Knight, American actor{{cite web |title=Christopher Knight Biography |website=Biography.com |url=https://www.biography.com/people/christopher-knight-591412 |access-date=13 May 2023 |publisher=A&E Television Networks |date=2 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002536/https://www.biography.com/people/christopher-knight-591412?page=2 |archive-date=6 February 2018}}
- November 9 – Magalvi Estaba, Venezuelan politician{{Cite web |title=Estaba Mata Magalvi Jose - Edo. Nva.esparta - Venezuela |url=https://www.dateas.com/es/persona_venezuela/estaba-mata-magalvi-jose-11489458 |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=Dateas.com}}
- November 10 – George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
- November 11
- Vince DiCola, American composer{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
- Ana Pastor, Spanish politician{{cite news |title=19 cosas que no sabías de Ana Pastor |trans-title=19 things you didn't know about Ana Pastor |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2016/07/19/ana-pastor-_n_11064754.html |last=Ruiz Valdivia |first=Antonio |website=HuffPost |date=19 July 2016 |language=es |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- November 12 – Cécilia Attias, wife of French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15619125w |title=Notice de personne "Attias, Cécilia (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Attias, Cécilia (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=24 April 2019 |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- November 13
- Greg Abbott, American attorney and politician{{cite web |url=https://www.nga.org/governors/texas/ |title=Greg Abbott |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- Roger Ingram, American jazz musician, author, educator, trumpet designer{{cite web |title=Roger Ingram |department=Jazz Musicians |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/roger-ingram |website=All About Jazz |date=11 December 2021 |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- November 14 – Gregg Burge, American tap dancer and choreographer (d. 1998){{cite web |title=Gregg Burge - Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/gregg-burge-33655 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- November 15 – Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist{{cite book |title=The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz |editor-link=Colin Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-last=Larkin |publisher=Guinness Publishing |year=1992 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-580-8 |page=138}}
- November 18 – Olivia Heussler, Swiss photojournalist{{cite web |url=https://recherche.sik-isea.ch/en/sik:person-11261954/in/sikart/actor/list |title=Olivia Heussler |work=SIKART |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- November 19
- Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000){{cite encyclopedia |last=Shahar |first=Nathan |title=Ofra Haza |encyclopedia=Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women |date=31 December 1999 |publisher=Jewish Women's Archive |access-date=17 May 2023 |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/haza-ofra}}
- Tom Virtue, American actor{{cite web |title=Tom Virtue |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tom-virtue |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango |access-date=13 May 2023}}
- November 20
- Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (d. 1985){{cite web |url=https://www.stefan-bellof.de/en-us/stefanbellof/ |title=About Stefan Bellof: His live [sic] |website=Stefan Bellof Official |publisher=ck-Merchandising GmbH |language=en |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002){{NFT player|19546|John Eriksen|access-date=16 May 2023}}
- Goodluck Jonathan, 14th President of Nigeria{{cite magazine |first=Lawson |last=Heyford |access-date=16 May 2023 |volume=20 |issue=10 |url=http://www.thesourceng.com/jonathanprofiledec11.htm |title=Jonathan: A Colossus at 49 |url-status=dead |magazine=The Source |location=Lagos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115035548/http://www.thesourceng.com/jonathanprofiledec11.htm |date=11 December 2006 |publisher=Summit Publications Ltd. |archive-date=15 January 2009}}
- Sophie Lorain, Canadian actress, director and producer{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14200353g |title=Notice de personne "Lorain, Sophie (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Lorain, Sophie (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=26 September 2022 |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- November 22
- Don Newman, American basketball coach and player (d. 2018){{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/don-newman-1.html |title=Don Newman Coaching Record |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=17 May 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/sep/13/idaho-vandal-hall-of-fame-basketball-player-don-ne/ |last=Meehan |first=Jim |title=Idaho Vandals Hall of Fame basketball player Don Newman dies at age 60 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |department=Idaho Basketball |date=13 September 2018 |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto{{cite journal |journal=Science |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/feature-how-alan-stern-s-tenacity-drive-and-command-got-nasa-spacecraft-pluto |last=Hand |first=Eric |title=Feature: How Alan Stern's tenacity, drive, and command got a NASA spacecraft to Pluto |department=People & Events |date=25 June 2015 |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |access-date=13 May 2023}}
- November 23 – William Kaelin Jr., American cellular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate{{cite web |title=William G. Kaelin Jr – Facts – 2019 |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2023 |access-date=13 May 2023 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/kaelin/facts/}}
- November 24 – Denise Crosby, American screen actress{{cite news |title=Bing Crosby's Son To Be Subpenaed Today In Calif., Paternity Suit. |newspaper=Monticello Daily Herald |date=10 April 1959 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/890157612/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}
- November 26
- Kevin Kamenetz, American politician (d. 2018){{cite book |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwY8AQAAIAAJ&q=Kevin+Kamenetz+1957 |title=The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory | date=August 31, 1992 | publisher=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated |isbn=9781561600212}}{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-kevin-kamenetz-mainbar-20180510-story.html |last1=Donovan |first1=Doug |last2=Wood |first2=Pamela |title=Kevin Kamenetz's sudden death ends steady rise in Baltimore County, Maryland politics |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |department=Politics |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=22 May 2023}}
- Matthias Reim, German singer-songwriter{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/matthias-reim-mn0000494542/biography |last=Jeffries |first=David |title=Matthias Reim Biography, Songs, & Albums |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=22 May 2023}}
- November 27
- Kenny Acheson, Irish race car driver{{cite web |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Kenneth_Acheson |title=Kenneth Acheson |publisher=Allen Brown |website=OldRacingCars.com |date=11 February 2022 |access-date=22 May 2023}}{{Self-published inline|date=May 2023}}
- Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist (d. 2016){{cite web |url=http://www.leikhusid.is/frettir/nanar/5232/edda-heidrun-backman-latin |title=Edda Heiðrún Backman látin |trans-title=Edda Heiðrún Backman passed away |date=3 October 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |language=is |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011141328/http://www.leikhusid.is/frettir/nanar/5232/edda-heidrun-backman-latin |website=Þjóðleikhúsið}}{{cite web |title=Edda Heidrun Backman |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/edda_heidrun_backman |publisher=Fandango |access-date=22 May 2023}}
- Caroline Kennedy, American author, attorney and daughter of 35th President John F. Kennedy{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/28/archives/child-to-the-john-kennedys.html |title=Child to the John Kennedys |newspaper=The New York Times |date=28 November 1957 |at=Page 58, column 6 |access-date=22 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Caroline Kennedy, President |department=Kennedy Library Foundation |website=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |archive-date=3 October 2006 |url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK%2BLibrary%2Band%2BMuseum/Kennedy%2BLibrary%2BFoundation/Board%2Bof%2BDirectors/Caroline%2BKennedy%2BPresident.htm |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003174351/http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK%2BLibrary%2Band%2BMuseum/Kennedy%2BLibrary%2BFoundation/Board%2Bof%2BDirectors/Caroline%2BKennedy%2BPresident.htm}}
- November 30 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian{{cite encyclopedia |last=Williams |first=Paul |title=Colin Mochrie |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=4 March 2015 |publisher=Historica Canada |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/colin-mochrie |access-date=23 May 2023}}
=December=
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- December 1
- Tjahjo Kumolo, Indonesian politician (d. 2022){{cite web |title=Pemprov Babel Berduka atas Wafatnya Tjahjo Kumolo |url=https://babelprov.go.id/berita_detil/pemprov-babel-berduka-atas-wafatnya-tjahjo-kumolo |website=babelprov.go.id |publisher=Provincial Government of the Bangka Belitung |access-date=1 July 2022 |language=id |trans-title=Provincial Government of Babylon mourns the death of Tjahjo Kumolo |date=1 July 2022 |quote=Dikutip dari berbagai sumber dan situs pribadinya, Tjahjo Kumolo lahir di Surakarta Jawa Tengah pada 1 Desember 1957. Ia adalah seorang politikus Indonesia yang saat ini menjabat sebagai Menteri PANRB Indonesia sejak 23 Oktober 2019 pada Kabinet Indonesia Maju. [Quoted from various sources and his personal website, Tjahjo Kumolo was born in Surakarta, Central Java on 1 December 1957. He is an Indonesian politician who currently serves as Minister of PANRB Indonesia since 23 October 2019 in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet.] |archive-date=2 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702000735/https://babelprov.go.id/berita_detil/pemprov-babel-berduka-atas-wafatnya-tjahjo-kumolo |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Riwayat Penyakit Tjahjo Kumolo hingga Alami Komplikasi |trans-title=History of Tjahjo Kumolo's Disease to Experiencing Complications |url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/gaya-hidup/20220701121427-255-815963/riwayat-penyakit-tjahjo-kumolo-hingga-alami-komplikasi |access-date=1 July 2022 |website=CNN Indonesia |language=id-ID |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701062300/https://www.cnnindonesia.com/gaya-hidup/20220701121427-255-815963/riwayat-penyakit-tjahjo-kumolo-hingga-alami-komplikasi |url-status=live}}
- Deep Roy, Anglo-Indian actor, stuntman, puppeteer, and comedian{{cite news |title=Today's Birthdays |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=December 1, 2014 |page=A9}}{{cite news |title=Famous Birthdays |newspaper=Minneapolis Star Tribune |date=December 1, 2017 |page=A2 |postscript=none}}{{cite web |title=Roy |department=Database |url=https://www.startrek.com/database_article/roy |website=StarTrek.com |publisher=CBS Studios Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, and CBS Interactive Inc. |access-date=8 April 2023}}
- Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011){{cite news |url=https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/vesta-williams-obituary?pid=153772693 |title=Vesta Williams Obituary |agency=The Associated Press |newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer |date=23 September 2011 |access-date=1 May 2023}}
- December 3 – Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician
- December 4 – Eric S. Raymond, American open source software advocate
- December 6
- Thomas Brinkman, American politician
- Andrew Cuomo, American politician{{cite news |url=https://www.syracuse.com/state/2020/03/who-is-andrew-cuomo-about-the-ny-governor-leading-coronavirus-response-in-state.html |title=Who is Andrew Cuomo? About the NY governor leading coronavirus response in state |department=New York State |date=23 March 2020 |website=Syracuse.com |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |access-date=8 April 2023}}
- December 7 – Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019){{cite web |url=https://press.un.org/en/2017/bio4963.doc.htm |website=United Nations |title=New Permanent Representative of Nigeria Presents Credentials |date=3 May 2017 |access-date=30 April 2023}}
- December 9
- José Luis Gil, Spanish actor and voice actor{{cite news |title=José Luis Gil: "Trabajo como actor desde los diez aňos" |trans-title=José Luis Gil: "I've been working as an actor since I was ten years old" |date=3 December 2011 |url=http://elprogreso.galiciae.com/nova/135457.html |last=Maira |first=Ángeles F. |newspaper=El Progreso |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205064612/http://elprogreso.galiciae.com/nova/135457.html |archive-date=5 December 2011 |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- Peter O'Mara, Australian jazz guitarist and composer{{cite web |url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/person/index/index/urlkey/peter-o-mara |title=Peter O'Mara |website=Schott Music Group |access-date=30 April 2023}}
- Donny Osmond, American singer and actor (The Osmonds){{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/donny-osmond-55246 |title=Donny Osmond - Broadway Cast & Staff |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- December 10
- Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012){{cite news |url=https://rocklandtimes.com/2012/09/06/michael-clarke-duncan-54-remembered-as-actor-and-bodyguard/ |title=Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, Remembered as Actor and Bodyguard |last=Abbatecola |first=Vincent |newspaper=Rockland County Times |date=6 September 2012 |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- Paul Hardcastle, English musician{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139322134 |title=Notice de personne "Hardcastle, Paul (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Hardcastle, Paul (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=8 July 2004 |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- José Mário Vaz, former President of Guinea-Bissau{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBs9DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA563 |title=Guinea-Bissau |encyclopedia=The Statesman's Yearbook 2017: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |series=The Statesman's Yearbook |location=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2016 |page=563 |isbn=978-1-349-68398-7 |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-68398-7 |access-date=30 April 2023 |via=Google Books}}
- December 12 – Sheila E., American percussionist, singer, author, and actress{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sheila-e-mn0000019953/biography |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=Sheila E. Biography, Songs, & Albums |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=8 April 2023}}
- December 13 – Steve Buscemi, American actor{{cite news |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 13: Steve Buscemi, Jamie Foxx |author=((UPI Staff)) |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/12/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-13-Steve-Buscemi-Jamie-Foxx/7841639324644/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220131222750/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/12/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-13-Steve-Buscemi-Jamie-Foxx/7841639324644/ |archive-date=31 January 2022 |date=13 December 2021 |publisher=United Press International, Inc. |department=Entertainment News |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- December 15 – Laura Molina, American artist, musician and actress
- December 16 – Nikolaos Michaloliakos, Greek politician, founder and leader of Golden Dawn, a neo-nazi party
- December 17 – Doug Parker, Canadian voice actor and voice director{{cite web |title=Doug Parker |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/doug_parker |publisher=Fandango |access-date=30 April 2023}}
- December 19
- Kevin McHale, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Kevin McHale Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mchalke01.html |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- Tracy Pew, Australian musician (d. 1986){{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtpkCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA214 |title=Tracy Pew |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches |last=Simmonds |first=Jeremy |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=Chicago Review Press |edition=Second |year=2012 |pages=214–215 |isbn=978-1-61374-478-9 |access-date=30 April 2023 |via=Google Books}}
- December 20
- Billy Bragg, British singer{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13933647s |title=Notice de personne "Bragg, Billy (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Bragg, Billy (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=24 November 2020 |access-date=30 April 2023}}
- Joyce Hyser, American actress{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb150052505 |title=Notice de personne "Hyser, Joyce (1957-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Hyser, Joyce (1957-....)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=1 December 2005 |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- Anna Vissi, Greek singer{{cite web |url=https://www.zimbio.com/Anna+Vissi |title=Anna Vissi |website=Zimbio |publisher=Livingly Media, Inc. |access-date=30 April 2023}}
- December 21
- Tom Henke, American baseball player{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henketo01.shtml |title=Tom Henke Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- Ray Romano, American actor and comedian{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ray-romano/bio/170997/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160342/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ray-romano/bio/170997/ |title=Ray Romano Biography |magazine=TV Guide |archive-date=9 September 2015 |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- December 24 – Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/20/afghanistan |department=The Observer profile |date=19 July 2008 |access-date=29 April 2023 |last=Burke |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Burke |title=Hard man in a hard country |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002173328/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/20/afghanistan?gusrc=rss&feed=global}}
- December 25 – Shane MacGowan, English-born Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter (The Pogues) (died 2023){{cite web |title=About |website=Shane MacGowan |url=https://www.shanemacgowan.com/about/ |last=MacGowan |first=Siobhan |author-link=Siobhan MacGowan |publisher=Shane MacGowan |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- December 29 – Oliver Hirschbiegel, German film director
- December 30
- Matt Lauer, American newscaster{{cite encyclopedia |last=((Britannica)) |first=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Matt Lauer |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=29 March 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matt-Lauer |access-date=9 April 2023}}
- Joanna Pacuła, Polish actress{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HaIkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1665,2447026&dq=joanna-pacula&hl=en |last=Gefen |first=Pearl Sheffy |title=Joanna Pacula: Born under lucky star |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=4 December 1984 |at=Page E-1, columns 1-4 |quote=She had begun to work as a model and "earned my first money doing some pictures for cosmetics" when the lucky star which has guided her 26 years thus far twinkled again... "I was born on Dec. 30, so my life is always close to beginnings," speculates this off-beat offspring of a totally untheatrical family. |access-date=9 April 2023 |via=Google News}}
Deaths
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=January=
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- January 4 – Theodor Körner, Austrian statesman, 5th President of Austria (b. 1873)
- January 10 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889){{cite book|first=Marie-Lise|last=Gazarian-Gautier|chapter=The Walking Geography of Gabriela Mistral|editor-first=Marjorie|editor-last=Agosín|title=Gabriela Mistral: The Audacious Traveler|location=Athens|publisher=Ohio University Press|year=2003|page=270|isbn=978-0-89680-230-8}}
- January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
- January 16
- Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English army officer and colonial administrator (b. 1874)
- Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
- January 20 – James Brendan Connolly, American Olympic athlete (b. 1868)
- January 26
- Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
- William Eythe, American actor (b. 1918)
- José Linhares, Brazilian lawyer, 15th President of Brazil (b. 1886){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/27/archives/jose-linhares-71-of-brazil-is-dead-retired-chief-justice-was.html|title=Jose Linhares, 71, of Brazil is dead; Retired Chief Justice Was President for 3 Months After Revolt by Dutra|date=January 27, 1957|website=New York Times|access-date=September 30, 2021}}
- Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat and politician (b. 1887){{cite news |date=January 26, 1957|title=Mamoru Shigemitsu, 69, Dead; Surrendered for Japan to Allies; Former Foreign Minister Was Imprisoned for War Crime --Led Nation Into U.N. Made Peace Overtures Entered Foreign Ministry Tried With Tojo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/26/archives/mamoru-shigemitsu-69-dead-surrendered-for-japan-to-allies-former.html|work=The New York Times |access-date=August 15, 2020}}
= February =
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- February 1 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (b. 1890)
- February 2 – Julia Morgan, American architect (b. 1872){{cite web| url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julia-Morgan| title = Julia Morgan| date = January 16, 2024}}
- February 4 – Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter (b. 1904)
- February 8
- Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (b. 1903)
- February 9 – Miklós Horthy, Austro-Hungarian admiral and regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1868)
- February 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867){{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Laura I. Wilder, Author, Dies at 90. Writer of the 'Little House' Series for Children Was an Ex-Newspaper Editor. Wrote First Book at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/02/12/archives/laura-i-wilder-author-dies-at-90-writer-of-the-little-house-series.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 12, 1957 |access-date=October 24, 2012 }}
- February 16
- Josef Hofmann, Polish-born pianist and composer (b. 1876)
- Sir John Townsend, Irish mathematical physicist (b. 1868){{cite web| url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Sealy-Townsend| title = Sir John Sealy Townsend Irish physicist| date = February 12, 2024}}
- February 18
- Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader, executed (b. 1920)
- Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877)
- February 19 – Märta Torén, Swedish actress (b. 1925)
- February 20 – Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish politician and academic (b. 1878)
- February 25 – Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
= March =
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- March 4 – Larbi Ben M'hidi, Algerian revolutionary leader (executed in Paul Aussaresses custody) (b. 1923){{Cite web |date=2021-11-29 |title=Ben M'hidi - One Of The Greatest Heroes Of Algeria {{!}} I Love Africa |url=https://iloveafrica.com/ben-mhidi-one-of-the-greatest-heroes-of-algeria/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |language=en-US}}
- March 5 – William Cameron Menzies, American film production designer (b. 1896)
- March 6 – Sir Alexander Godley, British general (b. 1867)
- March 7 – Wyndham Lewis, English painter (b. 1882)
- March 8
- János Esterházy, Hungarian politician in Czechoslovakia (b. 1901)
- Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer (b. 1886)[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/c.asp?c=C3974 Othmar Schoeck born: 1 September 1886 died: 8 March 1957]
- March 11 – Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888){{Cite news |title=Admiral Byrd Dies at 68. Made 5 Polar Expeditions. Admiral Flew Over Both Poles and Helped Establish Antarctic as a Continent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/12/archives/admiral-byrd-dies-at-68-made-5-polar-expeditions-admiral-flew-over.html?sq=Richard+Evelyn+Byrd&scp=7&st=p|work=The New York Times |date= October 9, 1988|access-date=May 23, 2008}}
- March 12 – Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
- March 14 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian racing driver (car crash) (b. 1930)
- March 16 – Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
- March 17 – Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
- March 26
- Édouard Herriot, French politician, 66th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
- Max Ophüls, German film director and writer (b. 1902)
- March 28
- Gheorghe Tătărescu, Romanian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1886)
- Jack B. Yeats, Irish artist (b. 1871)https://www.newspapers.com/image/259667654/?match=1&terms=jack%20yeats
- March 29 – Joyce Cary, Irish author (b. 1888)
- March 31 – Gene Lockhart, Canadian actor (b. 1891)
= April =
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- April 3 – Ned Sparks, Canadian character actor (b. 1883)
- April 6 – Pierina Morosini, Italian Roman Catholic laywoman, martyr and blessed (b. 1931)
- April 8
- Dorothy Sebastian, American actress (b. 1903)
- Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1880)
- April 15 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
- April 16 – Johnny Torrio, Italian-born American gangster (b. 1882)
- April 23 – Roy Campbell, South African poet (b. 1901)Anna and Teresa Campbell (2011), Remembering Roy Campbell: The Memoirs of His Daughters Anna and Tess, Winged Lion Press. Edited by Judith Lütge Coullie. Preface by Joseph Pearce. Page 1.
- April 24 – Elizabeth Hesselblad, Swedish nurse and Roman Catholic saint (b. 1870)
- April 25 – Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1880)
- April 26 – Elinor Fair, American actress (b. 1903)
= May =
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- May 1 – Grant Mitchell, American actor (b. 1874)
- May 2 – Joseph McCarthy, American senator (b. 1908)
- May 4 – Katie Johnson, British actress (b. 1878)
- May 7
- Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (b. 1877)
- Zenón Noriega Agüero, Peruvian general, interim President of Peru (b. 1900)
- May 9
- Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
- Heinrich Campendonk, German-Dutch painter and graphic designer (b. 1889)
- May 12 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor and director (b. 1885)
- May 13 – Michael Fekete, Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. 1886)
- May 14 – Marie Vassilieff, Soviet artist (b. 1884)
- May 16 – Eliot Ness, American Prohibition agent (b. 1903)
- May 17 – Francesco Balilla Pratella, Italian composer (b. 1880)
- May 20 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-British classical scholar and intellectual (b. 1866)
- May 21 – Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer and actor (b. 1889)[http://russia-ic.com/people/culture_art/v/239/ Alexander Vertinsky]
- May 29 – James Whale, English film director (b. 1889)
- May 31 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
=June=
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- June 1
- Luisa Casati, Italian patron of the arts (b. 1881)
- Russell Hicks, American actor (b. 1895)[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/03/archives/russell-hicks-character-actor-is-dead-appeared-in-many-stage-and.html Russell Hicks, Character Actor, Is Dead; Appeared in Many Stage and Film Roles; Appeared in Early Movies]
- June 6 – Kulyash Baiseitova, Soviet composer (b. 1912)
- June 12 – Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician (b. 1904)
- June 13 – Irving Baxter, American athlete (b. 1876)
- June 15 – Princess Norina Matchabelli, Italian perfumier (b. 1881)
- June 17
- Dorothy Richardson, English feminist writer (b. 1873){{cite book|author=Gloria G. Fromm|title=Dorothy Richardson: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hChbAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-00631-9|page=394}}
- Augusto Samuel Boyd, 20th President of Panama (b. 1879)
- June 21 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
- June 23 – Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum, Syrian patriarch (b. 1887)
- June 24 – František Kupka, Czech painter and graphic artist (b. 1871)
- June 26
- Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878){{cite book | last = Sandford | first = John | title = Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture | publisher = Routledge | location = London New York | year = 1999 | isbn = 9781136816031 | page=155}}
- Malcolm Lowry, English poet and novelist (b. 1909){{cite book |last=Slide |first=Anthony |title=Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film |year=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0810850163 |page=65}}
- June 27
- Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
- Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (b. 1900){{Cite web|url=http://www.lukashartmann.ch/pdf/1.7.a.Erw.Tochter%20Materialien.pdf|title=Materialien zum Lukas Hartmanns Roman "Die Tochter des Jägers"|last=Hartmann|first=Lukas|website=Lukas Hartmann|language=de|access-date=October 23, 2017|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201811/http://www.lukashartmann.ch/pdf/1.7.a.Erw.Tochter%20Materialien.pdf|url-status=live}}
=July=
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- July 3 – Judy Tyler, American actress (b. 1932)
- July 8 – Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (b. 1879)
- July 10 – Sholem Asch, Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist and essayist (b. 1880){{cite book|title=The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2004|page=86|isbn=9781135456078}}
- July 11 – Aga Khan III, 48th Nizari Imam (b. 1877)
- July 15
- George Cleveland, Canadian actor (b. 1885)
- James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920 (b. 1870)
- July 23 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (b. 1896){{cite web|url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/societa/2017/07/23/news/l_ultima_beffa_al_gattopardo_sulla_lapide_c_e_una_data_di_morte_sbagliata-171456343|title="L'ultima beffa al "Gattopardo", sulla lapide c'è una data di morte sbagliata" - The latest joke at the Leopard, on the tombstone is a wrong death date|author=Giusi Spica|date=23 July 2017|publisher=La Repubblica}}
- July 24
- Metodija Andonov-Čento, Macedonian statesman (b. 1902)
- Sacha Guitry, Russian-born French playwright, actor and director (b. 1885){{cite book|last= Morley|first= Sheridan|year= 1986|title= The Great Stage Stars|location= London|publisher= Angus & Robertson|isbn= 0816014019|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/greatstagestarsd0000morl|page=153}}
- July 26 – Carlos Castillo Armas, Guatemalan military officer and politician, 28th President of Guatemala (b. 1914)
- July 28
- Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator and author (b. 1876)
- Mike O'Dowd, American boxer (d. 1895)[http://www.mnbhof.org/Minnesota_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame/Mike_ODowd.html Mike O'dowd]
=August=
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- August 3 – Devdas Gandhi, youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1900)
- August 4 – Washington Luís, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
- August 5 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
- August 7 – Oliver Hardy, American actor (b. 1892)
- August 10 – Leo Bagrow, Russian-born historian of cartography (b. 1881)
- August 11 – Rudolf Weigl, Polish biologist (b. 1883){{Cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-09-06/rudolf-weigl-the-schindler-of-science-who-saved-thousands-from-the-nazis.html|title=Rudolf Weigl: the Schindler of science who saved thousands from the Nazis|first=Alberto|last=López|date=September 6, 2021|website=EL PAÍS English Edition}}
- August 16 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- August 19 – David Bomberg, British Vorticist painter (b. 1890)
- August 20 – Julio Lozano Díaz, President of Honduras (b. 1885)
- August 21 – Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian oceanographer (b. 1888)[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Ulrik-Sverdrup Harold Ulrik Sverdrup Norwegian oceanographer]
- August 23 – Eugène Schueller, French chemist and entrepreneur (b. 1881)https://www.newspapers.com/image/409335929/?match=1&terms=eugene%20schueller
- August 30 – Harold Gatty, Australian aviator (b. 1903)
=September=
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- September 1 – Dennis Brain, English French horn player (b. 1921)
- September 16 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
- September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
- September 21 – King Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
- September 22 – Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
=October=
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- October 3 – Lőrinc Szabó, Hungarian poet (b. 1900){{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb121724986 |title=Notice de personne "Szabó, Lőrinc (1900-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Szabó, Lőrinc (1900-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=23 April 2015 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- October 4 – Pierneef, South African artist (b. 1886){{cite web |last=Loots |first=Andries |title=J.H. Pierneef ( 1886 - 1957 ) |url=http://www.vgallery.co.za/2000article33/vzine.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530031138/http://www.vgallery.co.za/2000article33/vzine.htm |archive-date=30 May 2009 |website=vgallery.co.za |date=28 August 2000 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
- October 8 – Hassiba Ben Bouali, Algerian militant (b. 1938){{cite news |title=CASBAH DEATH TOLL 17; 2 Terrorists Among Victims of Accidental Blast |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/10/archives/casbah-death-toll-17-2-terrorists-among-victims-of-accidental-blast.html |date=10 October 1957 |at=Page 8, column 7 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
- October 13 – Erich Auerbach, German philologist (b. 1892)[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erich-Auerbach Erich Auerbach American scholar]
- October 19 – V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist (b. 1892){{cite book |title=Prehistorian: A Biography of V. Gordon Childe |last=Green |first=Sally |year=1981 |publisher=Moonraker Press |location=Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire |isbn=978-0-2390-0206-8|page=154}}
- October 20 – Jack Buchanan, British actor (b. 1891){{cite book | last = Hardy | first = Phil | title = The Da Capo companion to 20th-century popular music | publisher = Da Capo Press | location = New York | year = 1995 | isbn = 9780306806407 | page=124}}
- October 23 – Frederick Burton, American actor (b. 1871){{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba225145c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022112/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba225145c |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Frederick Burton |publisher=British Film Institute |department=Films, TV and people |access-date=1 June 2023}}
- October 24 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905){{cite news |title=DIOR, 52, CREATOR OF 'NEW LOOK,' DIES; Designer Won Fame in 1947 for Style Innovation Christian Dior Is Dead at 52; Designer Created 'New Look' 'Tyrant of Hemlines' 'Luxury Must Be Defended' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/dior-52-creator-of-newlook-dies-designer-won-fame-in-1947-for-style.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 8 |access-date=1 June 2023}}
- October 25
- Albert Anastasia, American gangster (b. 1902){{cite news |last=Berger |first=Meyer |author-link=Meyer Berger |title=ANASTASIA SLAIN IN A HOTEL HERE; LED MURDER, INC.; Victim's Brothers |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/anastasia-slain-in-a-hotel-here-led-murder-inc-victims-brothers.html |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 7-8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}
- Lord Dunsany, Irish author (b. 1878){{cite encyclopedia |last=((Britannica)) |first=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=21 October 2022 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-John-Moreton-Drax-Plunkett-18th-Baron-of-Dunsany |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- October 26
- Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896){{cite web |title=Gerty Cori – Facts |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1947/cori-gt/facts/}}
- Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b. 1883){{cite encyclopedia |last=((Britannica)) |first=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Níkos Kazantzákis |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=14 February 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nikos-Kazantzakis |access-date=24 May 2023}}
- October 27 – Giovanni Battista Caproni, Italian aeronautical, civil and electrical engineer, aircraft designer and industrialist (b. 1886){{cite news |title=GIANNI CAPRONI, PLANE DESIGNER; Builder for Italians of 100 Aircraft Types Dies--First Was Tested in 1910 Airplane Bore Name |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/gianni-caproni-plane-designer-builder-for-italians-of-100-aircraft.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 29, column 3 |quote=Gianni Caproni, Italian aviation pioneer credited with giving General of the Armies John J. Pershing the idea of strategic bombing in World War I, died of a heart attack Sunday at the age of 71. His death was not announced until after the funeral today. |access-date=3 June 2023}}
- October 29
- José Patricio Guggiari, Paraguayan politician, 32nd President of Paraguay (b. 1884){{cite news |title=JOSE GUGGIARI, 73, OF PARAGUAY DIES; President 1928 to 1932 Was Opposition Party Leader in Exile in Buenos Aires Long Party Ascendancy |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/31/archives/jose-guggiari-73-of-paraguay-dies-president-1928-to-1932-was.html |date=31 October 1957 |at=Page 31, column 3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
- Louis B. Mayer, American film studio mogul, former head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (b. 1885){{cite news |title=LOUIS B. MAYER, FILM MAKER, DIES; Former Production Chief of M-G-M, 72, Built Movies Around Leading Stars GUIDED GARBO TO FAME Highest Paid Executive in U.S. for 7 Years Resigned From Studio in 1951 Was Hollywood Czar Native of Russia Merged With Goldwyn Remarried in 1948 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/louis-b-mayer-film-maker-dies-former-production-chief-of-mgm-72.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 29, columns 1-2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}
=November=
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- November 2 – Ted Meredith, American Olympic athlete (b. 1891){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/05/archives/ted-meredith-64-starred-in-track-runner-who-won-800-meters-in-1912.html |title=TED MEREDITH, 64, STARRED IN TRACK; Runner Who Won 800 Meters in 1912 Olympics in World Record Time Is Dead |newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 November 1957 |at=Page 31, column 3 |access-date=13 May 2023}}
- November 3
- Charles Brabin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882){{cite book |last1=Parish |first1=James |author1-link=James Robert Parish |last2=Pitts |first2=Michael R. |chapter=BRABIN, CHARLES J., b. April 17, 1883, Liverpool, Eng.; d. Nov. 3, 1957. |title=Film Directors: A Guide to their American Films |publisher=Scarecrow Press |publication-place=Metuchen, New Jersey |year=1974 |isbn=9780810807525 |oclc=573547659 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/filmdirectorsgui00pari/page/42/mode/2up |chapter-url-access=registration |access-date=14 May 2023 |via=Internet Archive |pages=42–43}}
- Laika, Soviet space dog (b. c. 1954){{cite web |last=Grahn |first=Sven |title=Sputnik-2, more news from distant history |url=http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Sputnik2/sputnik2more.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112150/http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Sputnik2/sputnik2more.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=14 May 2023}}{{Self-published inline|date=May 2023}}
- Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1897){{cite encyclopedia |title=Wilhelm Reich |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |edition=Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. |year=2012 |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=22 November 2012 |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496351/Wilhelm-Reich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122162345/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496351/Wilhelm-Reich}}
- November 4
- Joseph Canteloube, French composer and singer (b. 1879){{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13892124k |title=Notice de personne "Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=19 December 2020 |access-date=14 May 2023}}
- Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í leader (b. 1897){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/06/archives/shoghi-effendi-61-bahai-faith-leader.html |title=SHOGHI EFFENDI, 61, BAHA'I FAITH LEADER |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 November 1957 |at=Page 35, column 2 |access-date=14 May 2023}}
- Grigore Preoteasa, Romanian activist (b. 1915){{cite news |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/06/archives/air-crash-kills-rumanian-aide-accident-at-moscow-airport-costs.html |title=AIR CRASH KILLS RUMANIAN AIDE; Accident at Moscow Airport Costs Party Official's Life --Premier Stoica Safe |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 November 1957 |at=Page 2, column 3 |access-date=14 May 2023}}
- November 7 – Hasui Kawase, Japanese painter and printmaker (b. 1883){{cite web |url=https://www.artelino.com/articles/hasui_kawase.asp |last=Wanczura |first=Dieter |title=Kawase Hasui - 1883-1957 |website=artelino |date=21 November 2020 |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- November 11 – Masao Maruyama, Japanese general (b. 1889){{cite web |url=https://warfare.ueuo.com/dutcheastindies/maruyama.html |title=Lieutenant-General Masao Maruyama |publisher=Klemen. L. |website=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942 |language=en |year=2000 |access-date=16 May 2023}}{{self-published inline|date=May 2023}}
- November 13 – Antonín Zápotocký, 6th President and 15th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/13/archives/zapotocky-is-dead-czechs-president-zapotocky-dies-czech-president.html |title=Zapotocky Is Dead; Czechs' President; ZAPOTOCKY DIES; CZECH PRESIDENT Architect of Coup Elected to Parliament |newspaper=The New York Times |date=13 November 1957 |at=Page 1, column 2 |access-date=16 May 2023}}
- November 15 – Andrzej Bursa, Polish poet (b. 1932){{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12958231s |title=Notice de personne "Bursa, Andrzej (1932-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Bursa, Andrzej (1932-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, American actress (b. 1890){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/19/archives/cora-witherspoon-actress-67-is-dead-performer-50-years-made-bow-at.html |title=Cora Witherspoon, Actress, 67, Is Dead; Performer 50 Years Made Bow at 15; Worked for Belasco |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=19 November 1957 |at=Page 33, columns 2-3 |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- November 18 – Rudolf Diels, German Nazi civil servant and Gestapo chief (b. 1900){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/19/archives/gestapo-chief-dies-in-accident.html |title=Gestapo Chief Dies in Accident |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 November 1957 |page=7 |access-date=17 May 2023}}
- November 24
- Prince George of Greece and Denmark, high commissioner of the Cretan State (b. 1869){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/26/archives/prince-george-of-greece-dies-uncle-of-king-paul-and-duke-of.html |title=PRINCE GEORGE OF GREECE DIES; Uncle of King Paul and Duke of Edinburgh Succumbs at His French Home at 88 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=26 November 1957 |at=Page 33, column 4 |access-date=21 May 2023}}
- Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/25/archives/diego-rivera-dies-in-mexico-at-70-painter-controversial-in-his-art.html |title=DIEGO RIVERA DIES IN MEXICO AT 70; Painter, Controversial in His Art and Politics, Long Ill |newspaper=The New York Times |date=25 November 1957 |at=Page 1, column 1 |access-date=21 May 2023}}
- November 25 – William V. Pratt, American admiral (b. 1869){{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/alphabetical---donations0/p/ua-484-08-adm-william-v--pratt-collection.html |title=UA 484.08 ADM William V. Pratt Collection |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |website= |year= |access-date=1 May 2025}}
- November 26
- Billy Bevan, Australian actor (b. 1887){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/29/archives/billy-bevan-is-dead-oldtime-screen-actor-had-been-a-keystone-kop.html |title=BILLY BEVAN IS DEAD; Oldtime Screen Actor Had Been a Keystone Kop |newspaper=The New York Times |date=29 November 1957 |at=Page 29, column 2 |access-date=22 May 2023}}
- Petros Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1884){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/27/archives/voulgaris-dies-greek-leader-73-vice-admiral-was-premier-of.html |title=VOULGARIS DIES; GREEK LEADER, 73; Vice Admiral Was Premier of Transitional Government After the Liberation |newspaper=The New York Times |date=27 November 1957 |at=Page 30, column 2 |access-date=22 May 2023}}
- November 28 – Joan Garriga Bacardí, psychotherapist, author
- November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/30/archives/erich-korngold-composer-dead-scores-for-films-won-two-academy.html |title=ERICH KORNGOLD, COMPOSER, DEAD; Scores for Films Won Two Academy Awards--Wrote Many Operatic Works |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 November 1957 |at=Page 16, column 2 |access-date=23 May 2023}}
- November 30 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/01/archives/beniamino-gigli-famed-tenor-dies-star-of-met-in-twenties-made-us.html |title=BENIAMINO GIGLI, FAMED TENOR, DIES; Star of 'Met' in Twenties Made U.S. Recital Tours-- Cleared of Collaborating Colorful and Controversial Refused Salary Cut Criticized U.S. in War |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 December 1957 |at=Page 89, columns 1-2 |access-date=19 May 2023}}
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- December 2 – Harrison Ford, American silent film actor (b. 1884){{cite book |last=Golden |first=Eve |author-link=Eve Golden |title=Golden Images: 41 Essays On Silent Film Stars |publisher=McFarland |year=2001 |page=36 |isbn=0-7864-0834-0}}
- December 4 – Sir John Lavarack, Australian general, Governor of Queensland (b. 1885){{cite encyclopedia |first=David |last=Horner |author-link=David Horner |title=Lavarack, Sir John Dudley (1885–1957) |dictionary=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lavarack-sir-john-dudley-10790/text19137 |year=2000 |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- December 6 – Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French aircraft designer and pioneer rocket theorist (b. 1881){{cite encyclopedia |last=Crouch |first=Tom D. |author-link=Tom D. Crouch |title=Robert Esnault-Pelterie |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=2 December 2022 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Esnault-Pelterie |access-date=8 April 2023}}
- December 10
- Maurice McLoughlin, American tennis champion (b. 1890){{cite web |title=Maurice McLoughlin |url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/maurice-mcloughlin |year=2023 |publisher=International Tennis Hall of Fame |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- Napoleon Zervas, Greek World War II Resistance leader (b. 1891){{cite news |title=GENERAL ZERVAS, LEADER IN GREECE; Resistance Officer Who Was Right-Wing Politician Dead --Brother Dies of Shock Bold Guerrilla Leader Joined Venizelos Coup |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |date=11 December 1957 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/11/archives/general-zervas-leader-in-greece-resistance-officer-who-was.html |at=Page 31, column 3 |access-date=30 April 2023}}
- December 11 – Musidora, French actress (b. 1889){{cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1957/12/12/la-mort-de-musidora_2338577_1819218.html |title=La mort de Musidora |trans-title=The death of Musidora |author=R. G. |newspaper=Le Monde |date=12 December 1957 |language=fr |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya, Mexican actor (b. 1904){{cite news |title= |newspaper=San Antonio Light |date=17 December 1957 |page=20}}
- December 17 – Dorothy L. Sayers, British crime writer, poet, playwright and essayist (b. 1893){{cite news |title=Dorothy Sayers, Author, Dies at 64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/15/home/sayers-obit.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 December 1957 |access-date=31 August 2012}}
- December 21 – Eric Coates, English composer (b. 1886){{cite book |last=Payne |first=Michael |title=Life and Music of Eric Coates |year=2016 |location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-138-27149-4 |page=218}}
- December 24 – Norma Talmadge, American actress (b. 1894){{cite book |title=Notice de personne "Talmadge, Norma (1894-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Talmadge, Norma (1894-1957)" |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14701519z |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=9 July 2021 |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- December 25 – Charles Pathé, French film pioneer (b. 1863){{cite book |title=Notice de personne "Pathé, Charles (1863-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Pathé, Charles (1863-1957)" |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12778025c.public |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=27 August 2013 |access-date=29 April 2023}}
- December 31 – Óscar Domínguez, Spanish painter (b. 1906){{cite web |title=Oscar Dominguez Biography |publisher=The Annex Galleries |url=https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4166/Dominguez/Oscar |access-date=9 April 2023}}
Nobel Prizes
- Physics – Chen-Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee{{cite web |title=6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/5/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903184929/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/5/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2019 |website=National Geographic News |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |date=19 May 2013}}
- Chemistry – Lord Alexander R. Todd
- Physiology or Medicine – Daniel Bovet
- Literature – Albert Camus
- Peace – Lester Bowles Pearson