Joseph Ratzinger	German Clergyman	April 16
Mort Sahl	Canadian Journalist	May 11
Mose Allison	American Musician	November 11
Neil Simon	American Playwright	July 4
Norm Crosby	American Comedian	January 15
Norman Lamm	American Educator
Olof Palme	Swedish Politician	January 30
Pat Paulsen	American Comedian	July 6
Patti Page	American Musician	November 8
Paul A. Volcker	American Economist	September 5
Pete McCloskey	American Politician	September 29
Peter Falk	American Actor	September 16
Peter Malkin	Israeli Public Servant	May 27
Peter Matthiessen	American Writer	May 22
Mason Cooley	American Writer
Mary Higgins Clark	American Author	December 24
Marvin Minsky	American Scientist	August 9
Joyce Brothers	American Psychologist	September 20
Keith Miller	American Author	April 19
Ken Russell	British Director	July 3
Kenneth Tynan	English Critic	April 2
Kurt Masur	German Musician	July 18
Lawrence Kohlberg	American Educator	October 25
Lee Grant	American Actress	October 31
Lee Konitz	American Musician	October 13
Leontyne Price	American Musician	February 10
Manfred Eigen	German Scientist	May 9
Martin Fleischmann	English Scientist	March 29
Martin Lewis Perl	American Physicist	June 24
Marvin Harris	American Scientist	August 18
Peter Munk	Hungarian Businessman	November 8
Pope Benedict XVI	German Clergyman	April 16
R. D. Laing	Scottish Psychologist	October 7
Simone Veil	French Lawyer	July 13
Stan Getz	American Musician	February 2
Sydney Brenner	British Scientist	January 13
Thayer David	American Actor	March 4
Thomas S. Monson	American Clergyman	August 21
Tom Bosley	American Actor	October 1
Tommy Lasorda	American Coach	September 22
Vernon L. Smith	American Economist	January 1
Vin Scully	American Celebrity	November 29
W. S. Merwin	American Poet	September 30
William Daniels	American Actor	March 31
William E. Simon	American Public Servant	November 27
William J. Perry	American Politician	October 11
Simon Raven	English Novelist	December 28
Serge Lang	Mathematician	May 19
Samuel P. Huntington	American Sociologist	April 18
Ralph Stanley	American Musician	February 25
Ramsey Clark	American Public Servant	December 18
Richard Snelling	American Politician	February 18
Richie Ashburn	American Athlete	March 19
Robert Bork	American Public Servant	March 1
Robert Brustein	American Educator	April 21
Robert Guillaume	American Actor	November 30
Robert Ludlum	American Novelist	May 25
Robert Orben	American Entertainer	March 4
Roger Kahn	American Writer	October 31
Roger Moore	English Actor	October 14
Romeo LeBlanc	Canadian Politician	December 18
Rosalynn Carter	American First Lady	August 18
William Labov	American Writer	December 4
Johnnie Ray	American Musician	January 10
Alan King	American Comedian	December 26
Clive Barnes	English Journalist	May 13
Coretta Scott King	American Activist	April 27
Daniel Patrick Moynihan	American Politician	March 16
David Dinkins	American Politician	July 10
Denise McCluggage	American Celebrity
Dick Bruna	Artist	August 23
Doc Severinsen	American Musician	July 7
Eartha Kitt	American Actress	January 17
Edie Adams	American Musician	April 16
Edward Abbey	American Author	January 29
Edwin Edwards	American Politician	August 7
Edwin W. Edwards	American Politician	August 7
Erma Bombeck	American Journalist	February 21
Clint Walker	American Actor	May 30
Charles Rosen	American Musician	May 5
Cesar Chavez	American Activist	March 31
Alfredo Kraus	Spanish Musician	November 24
Althea Gibson	American Athlete	August 25
Andy Warhol	American Artist	August 6
Andy Williams	American Musician	December 3
Arthur Cohn	Swiss Producer	February 4
Babatunde Olatunji	Nigerian Musician	April 7
Barbara Cook	Musician	October 25
Benny Green	British Musician	December 9
Beverly Jones	American Writer
Bhumibol Adulyadej	Statesman	December 5
Bob Fosse	American Celebrity	June 23
Bob Keeshan	American Entertainer	June 27
Carl Stokes	American Politician	June 21
Estelle Parsons	American Actress	November 20
Gabriel Garcia Marquez	Colombian Novelist	March 6
Galway Kinnell	American Poet	February 1
Hubert de Givenchy	French Designer	February 21
Hugh Sidey	American Journalist	September 3
Hugo Pratt	Italian Cartoonist	June 15
James D. Watkins	American Soldier	March 7
Jan Myrdal	Swedish Author	July 19
Janet Leigh	American Actress	July 6
Jerry Stiller	American Comedian	June 8
Jim Elliot	American Clergyman	October 8
Joe Adcock	American Athlete	October 30
John Ashbery	American Poet	July 28
John Britton	English Mathematician	November 18
John Chamberlain	American Artist	April 16
John Chancellor	American Journalist	July 14
Honor Blackman	British Actress	December 12
Harvey Korman	American Actor	February 15
Harry Belafonte	American Musician	March 1
Geoffrey Beene	American Designer	August 30
George Andrew Olah	American Scientist	May 22
George Blanda	American Athlete	September 17
George C. Scott	American Actor	October 18
George Lamming	Barbadian Novelist
George Plimpton	American Journalist	March 18
Gerald Priestland	English Journalist	February 26
Gerry Mulligan	American Musician	April 6
Gina Lollobrigida	Italian Actress	July 4
Gordon Cooper	American Astronaut	March 6
Gunter Grass	German Author	October 16
Gunther Grass	German Author	October 16
Harlan Howard	American Musician	September 8
John Warner	American Politician	February 18