Harvey Penick	American Athlete	October 23
Joseph Campbell	American Author	March 26
Karl Rahner	German Theologian	March 5
Lal Bahadur Shastri	Indian Leader	October 2
Leopold Trepper	Polish Celebrity	February 23
Louis Kronenberger	American Critic	December 9
Mary Calderone	American Scientist	July 1
Marya Mannes	American Journalist	November 14
Michael Ramsey	English Clergyman	November 14
Johnny Weissmuller	American Actor	June 2
John J. Sirica	American Judge	March 19
Isaac Bashevis Singer	American Novelist	July 14
Isamu Noguchi	American Sculptor	November 17
J. Robert Oppenheimer	American Physicist	April 22
James J. Gibson	American Psychologist	January 27
James T. Farrell	American Novelist	February 27
Jean Gabin	French Actor	May 17
John Beecher	American Poet
John Gielgud	English Actor	April 14
Moss Hart	American Playwright	October 24
Nancy Mitford	English Author	November 28
Nnamdi Azikiwe	Nigerian Statesman	November 16
Salvador Dali	Spanish Artist	May 11
Samuel G. Engel	American Writer	December 29
Shunryu Suzuki	Japanese Leader	May 18
Terence Fisher	British Director	February 23
Tom Conway	English Actor	September 15
Tommy Douglas	Canadian Clergyman	October 20
Vladimir Horowitz	American Musician	October 1
Willem de Kooning	American Artist	April 24
Sally Rand	American Actress	January 2
S. J. Perelman	American Writer	February 1
Pablo Neruda	Chilean Writer	July 12
Patrick Kavanagh	Irish Poet	October 21
Peter Arno	American Cartoonist	January 8
Phil Harris	American Musician	June 24
Ralph Bunche	American Diplomat	August 7
Ray Bolger	American Actor	January 10
Richard Eberhart	American Poet	April 5
Rudolf Arnheim	German Artist	July 15
Witold Gombrowicz	Polish Novelist	August 4
A. J. Liebling	American Journalist	October 18
C. Day Lewis	English Poet	April 27
Cary Grant	American Actor	January 18
Cecil Beaton	English Photographer	January 14
Christopher Isherwood	American Author	August 26
Claud Cockburn	British Journalist	April 12
Clifford D. Simak	American Writer	August 3
Clifton Fadiman	American Writer	May 15
Clyfford Still	American Artist	November 30
Bob Bartlett	American Politician	April 20
Bill Brandt	British Photographer	May 3
Alejo Carpentier	Cuban Novelist	December 26
Alger Hiss	American Public Servant	November 11
Anna Neagle	English Actress	October 20
Anya Seton	American Writer	January 23
Arthur Christiansen	Canadian Journalist	July 27
Arthur Frank Burns	Ukrainian Economist	April 27
Austin Farrer	English Theologian
B. F. Skinner	American Psychologist	March 20
Coleman Hawkins	American Musician	November 21
Constance Bennett	American Actress	October 22
Count Basie	American Musician	August 21
George F. Kennan	American Historian	February 16
George Formby	British Musician	May 26
George Stevens	American Director	December 18
Glenn Miller	American Musician	March 1
Gordon Richards	English Celebrity	May 5
Graham Greene	British Playwright	October 2
Gregory Bateson	British Scientist	May 9
Harold Acton	English Historian	July 5
George Balanchine	Russian Dancer	January 9
Frederick Loewe	American Composer	June 10
Deng Xiaoping	Chinese Leader	August 22
Dick Powell	American Actor	November 14
Dr. Seuss	American Writer	March 2
Eddie Condon	American Musician	November 16
Ernst Mayr	German Scientist	July 5
Erwin Griswold	American Lawyer	July 14
Eugene Forsey	Canadian Politician	May 29
Fats Waller	American Musician	May 21
Harold Larwood	English Athlete	November 14