Born in 1926

Jan Morris English Writer October 2
Ken Olsen American Businessman February 20
Kenneth Williams British Actor February 22
Klaus Kinski German Actor October 18
Leslie Nielsen Canadian Actor February 11
Lewis Thompson Preston American Businessman August 5
Margaret Laurence Canadian Novelist July 18
Maria Schell Austrian Actress January 15
Marilyn Monroe American Actress June 1
Mel Brooks American Comedian June 28
Michel Foucault French Historian October 15
Miles Davis American Musician May 26
Morton Feldman American Composer January 12
Murray Rothbard American Economist March 2
Neal A. Maxwell American Clergyman July 6
Neal Cassady American Writer February 8
Karel Reisz Czechoslovakian Director July 21
Julie London American Musician September 26
Jeane Kirkpatrick American Diplomat November 19
Jeffrey Hunter American Actor November 25
Jerry Lewis American Comedian March 16
Joe Garagiola American Athlete February 12
Joe Slovo South African Politician May 23
John Aspinall English Celebrity June 11
John Berger English Artist November 5
John Clellon Holmes American Writer March 12
John Coltrane American Musician September 23
John Derek American Actor August 12
John Dingell American Politician July 8
John Fowles English Novelist March 31
John Henry Carver Australian Physicist
John Knowles American Novelist September 16
Judith Malina June 4
Nelson Bunker Hunt American Businessman February 22
Newton N. Minow American Lawyer January 17
Robert H. Schuller American Clergyman September 16
Robert Jay Lifton American Psychologist May 16
Robin Roberts American Athlete September 30
Roger Corman American Producer April 5
Roscoe Bartlett American Politician June 3
Ruth Ellis British Criminal October 9
Shelley Berman American Comedian February 3
Siegfried Lenz German Writer March 17
Stan Freberg American Actor August 7
Svetlana Alliluyeva American Celebrity February 28
Tim LaHaye American Clergyman April 27
Tommy Bond American Actor September 16
Tony Bennett American Musician August 3
Victor Kiam American Businessman December 7
Warren Mitchell Australian Actor January 14
Robert F. Ellsworth American Diplomat June 11
Robert Creeley American Poet May 21
Nhat Hanh Vietnamese Activist October 11
Norman Jewison Canadian Director July 21
Patricia Neal American Actress January 20
Paul Berg American Scientist June 30
Paul Lynde American Comedian June 13
Pete Rozelle American Celebrity March 1
Peter Shaffer English Playwright May 15
Phil Crosby American Author June 18
Phyllis Gotlieb Canadian Novelist May 26
Poul Anderson American Writer November 25
Queen Elizabeth II English Royalty April 21
Ralph Abernathy American Activist March 11
Ray Brown American Musician October 13
Richard Cowper English Writer May 9
Robert Bly American Poet December 23
Zig Ziglar American Author November 6
James S. Coleman American Sociologist May 12
Aaron Klug British Physicist August 11
Carolyn Heilbrun American Writer January 13
Carrie P. Meek American Politician April 29
Charles Pierce American Entertainer July 14
Charles Van Doren American Celebrity February 12
Charlotte Rae American Actress April 22
Chuck Berry American Musician October 18
Clifford Geertz American Scientist August 23
Cloris Leachman American Actress April 30
Conrad Hall American Artist June 21
Danny Blanchflower Irish Athlete February 10
Dario Fo Italian Playwright March 24
Daryl Gates American Public Servant August 30
David Attenborough British Journalist May 8
David Coleman British Journalist April 26
David Tudor American Musician January 20
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun American Author January 13
Carlisle Floyd American Composer June 11
Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese Statesman May 29
Alan Greenspan American Economist March 6
Alexander Chase American Journalist
Alison Lurie American Novelist September 3
Allen Ginsberg American Poet June 3
Andrzej Wajda Polish Director March 6
Andy Griffith American Actor June 1
Anne McCaffrey American Author April 1
Anthony Sampson British Writer August 3
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger American Publisher February 5
Arthur Rock American Businessman August 19
Audrey Meadows American Actress February 8
Beah Richards American Actress July 12
Bob Richards American Athlete February 20
Bowie Kuhn American Athlete October 28
Diana Lynn American Actress October 7
Don Adams American Comedian April 13
H. R. Haldeman American Politician October 27
Harper Lee American Novelist April 28
Harry Dean Stanton American Actor July 14
Henry W. Kendall American Scientist December 9
Hilary Putnam American Philosopher July 31
Hugh Hefner American Publisher April 9
Hugh Leonard Irish Dramatist November 9
Ian Gilmour English Politician July 8
Ian Paisley English Politician April 6
Ingrid Thulin Swedish Actress January 27
Ingvar Kamprad Swedish Businessman March 30
Ivan Illich American Sociologist September 4
J. P. Donleavy American Dramatist April 23
James Hillman American Psychologist
James Lipton American Educator September 19
Gil Kane American Artist April 6
George Martin English Producer January 3
Don Rickles American Comedian May 8
Doris Lilly American Journalist
Duke Snider American Athlete September 19
Earle Brown American Composer December 26
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross American Psychologist July 8
Elizabeth II British Royalty April 21
Elizabeth Jennings English Poet July 18
Eric Morecambe British Comedian May 14
Evan Hunter American Author October 15
Fidel Castro Statesman August 13
Frank Carson Irish Comedian November 6
Frank O'Hara American Poet June 27
Frederick Buechner American Clergyman July 11
Fritz Weaver American Actor January 19
George C. Williams American Scientist May 12
James Merrill American Poet March 3