William Steig	American Cartoonist	November 14
Leon Askin	Austrian Actor	September 18
Leon Edel	American Critic	September 9
Leslie Charteris	British Writer	May 12
Lillian Hellman	American Dramatist	June 20
Lin Biao	Chinese Politician	December 5
Lord Caradon	British Diplomat	October 8
Lord Hailsham	British Politician	October 9
Loren Eiseley	American Scientist	September 3
Laurence Olivier	English Actor	May 22
L. Sprague de Camp	American Author	November 27
James A. Michener	American Novelist	February 3
James Meade	English Economist	June 23
James Roosevelt	American Politician	December 23
Jessie Matthews	British Actress	March 11
Jim Bishop	American Journalist	November 21
John Wayne	American Actor	May 26
Kate Smith	American Musician	May 1
Katharine Hepburn	American Actress	May 12
Louis MacNeice	British Poet	September 12
Maurice Blanchot		September 27
Roger Peyrefitte	French Diplomat	August 17
Rumer Godden	English Novelist	December 10
Shirley Booth	American Actress	August 20
W. H. Auden	English Poet	February 21
Walter Reuther	American Leader	September 1
Warren E. Burger	American Judge	September 17
William Barclay	Scottish Theologian	December 5
William Shawn	American Editor	August 31
Robert Bresson	French Director	September 25
Robert A. Heinlein	American Writer	July 7
Melvin Belli	American Lawyer	July 29
Milton Caniff	American Cartoonist	February 28
Nicolas Bentley	British Author	June 14
Norton Simon	American Businessman	February 5
Orville Redenbacher	American Businessman	July 16
Paul Nitze	American Writer	January 16
Rene Char	French Poet	June 14
Richard Murdoch	British Comedian	April 6
Jacques Barzun	American Educator	November 30
Irene Mayer Selznick	American Producer	April 2
Charles Eames	American Designer	June 17
Christopher Fry	English Playwright	December 18
Claus von Stauffenberg	German Soldier	November 15
Compay Segundo	Cuban Musician	November 18
Cyril Clarke	British Scientist	August 22
Dan Duryea	American Actor	January 23
Daphne du Maurier	English Novelist	May 13
Dixie Dean	English Athlete	January 22
Cesar Romero	American Actor	February 15
Cab Calloway	American Musician	December 25
Alberto Moravia	Italian Novelist	November 28
Anthony Blunt	English Historian	September 6
Arlene Francis	American Entertainer	October 20
Astrid Lindgren	Swedish Author	November 14
Barbara Stanwyck	American Actress	July 16
Benny Carter	American Musician	August 8
Bill Dickey	American Athlete	June 6
Bill Stern	American Actor	July 1
Dorothy West	American Novelist	June 2
Edith Head	American Designer	October 28
Hans Bender	German Psychologist	February 5
Hans Selye	Canadian Scientist	January 26
Harold Stassen	American Politician	April 13
Helmut Walcha	German Musician	October 27
Henry Cotton	British Athlete	January 26
Hodding Carter	American Journalist	February 3
Hugh MacLennan	Canadian Author	March 20
I. F. Stone	American Journalist	December 24
H. Allen Smith	American Journalist	December 19
George Cooper	Australian Celebrity	March 1
Elspeth Huxley	Kenyan Writer	July 23
Estee Lauder	American Businessman	January 7
Fay Wray	American Actress	September 15
Felix de Weldon	American Sculptor	April 12
Francois Duvalier	Haitian Statesman	April 14
Frank Whittle	English Inventor	June 1
Fred Zinnemann	American Director	April 29
Frida Kahlo	Mexican Artist	July 6
Abraham Joshua Heschel	Polish Educator	January 11