Famous People Born in 1926

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 749

George Martin (1926-2016)

Jan 3 British record producer (The Beatles; Jeff Beck; America; The Goon Squad), born in London, England

Jan 5 Claude (Buddy) Young, American NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1983)
Jan 5 Hosea Williams, American activist, born in Attapulgus, Georgia (d. 2000)
Jan 5 Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singaporean opposition leader and former Secretary-General of Singapore's Worker's Party, born in Jaffna, British Ceylon (d. 2008)
Jan 5 Robert Earle, American TV host (GE College Bowl), born in Baldwin, New York (d. 2019)
Jan 5 William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (d. 2009)
Jan 6 Dick Rathmann, American auto racer (first Indy pole-sitter to complete no laps), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
Jan 6 Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer, born in Berrocal, Spain (d. 2003)
Jan 6 Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor, bodybuilder and the 1955 Mr. Universe, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2006)
Jan 6 Pat Flaherty, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1956), born in Glendale, California (d. 2002)
Jan 6 Ralph Branca, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1947–49; pitched “Shot Heard Round the World”), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 2016)
Jan 7 Joe Marston, Australian soccer defender (1954 FA Cup Final), born in Leichhardt, NSW (d. 2015)
Jan 7 Kim Jong-pil, South Korean Prime Minister (1971-75, 1998-2000) and founder of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (now the National Intelligence Service), born in Buyeo County, Japanese Korea (d. 2018)
Jan 8 Evelyn Lear [Shulman], American soprano, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
Jan 8 Jani Christou, Greek composer, born in Heliopolis, Egypt (d. 1970)
Jan 8 Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer, born in Raghurajpur, India (d. 2004)
Jan 8 Soupy Sales [Milton Supman], American comedian, television, and radio personality, born in Franklinton, North Carolina (d. 2009)
Jan 9 Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2002)
Jan 9 John "Bucky" Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2020)
Jan 10 Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician, born in Beit She'an, Israel (d. 2017)
Jan 11 Grant Tinker, American TV executive (NBC), born in Stamford, Connecticut (d. 2016)
Jan 11 Lev Stepanovich Demin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
Jan 11 Phil Sidey, English broadcaster (Radio Leeds), born in London, England (d. 1995)
Jan 12 Morton Feldman, American composer (For Philip Guston; Rothko Chapel), born in New York City (d. 1987)
Jan 12 Ray Price, American country music singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("For the Good Times"; "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"), born in Perryville, Texas (d. 2013)
Jan 13 Carolyn Heilbrun, American mystery writer (as Amanda Cross), editor (Lady Ottoline's Album), and academic (Columbia University, 1960-62), born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 2003)
Jan 13 Melba Liston, American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1999) [1]
Jan 13 Michael Bond, English writer (Paddington Bear), born in Newbury, England (d. 2017)
Jan 13 Pamela Cunnington, English architect, historic preservationist, and author (Change of Use), born in Coggeshall, Essex, England (d. 1993)
Jan 14 Frank Aletter, American character actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy), born in Long Island, New York (d. 2009)
Jan 14 Harold Wolpe, South African lawyer and sociologist, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1996)
Jan 14 Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali writer and activist, born in Dhaka, British India (d. 2016)
Jan 14 Warren Mitchell, English actor (Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part), born in London, England (d. 2015)
Jan 15 Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1996)
Jan 15 Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss star of German cinema (The Last Bridge, Gervaise), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2005)
Jan 16 John "Jack" Layden, local politician
Jan 17 Dick Hills, British screenwriter, with Sid Green (Two Of A Kind; The Strange World of Gurney Slade), and comedian (Those Two Fellers), born in Eltham, England (d. 1996)
Jan 17 Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (Red Shoes), born in Dunfermline Scotland (d. 2006)
Jan 17 Newton N. Minow, American lawyer, statesman (FCC Chairman, 1961-63), and public broadcasting advocate, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2023)
Jan 17 Sir Clyde Walcott, West Indian cricket batsman (44 Tests @ 56.68; 15 x 100s) and administrator (ICC chairman 1997-2000), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 2006)
Jan 18 Bobby Edwards [Moncrief], American country singer-songwriter ("You're The Reason"), born in Anniston, Alabama (d. 2012)
Jan 19 Fritz Weaver, actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
Jan 19 Libera Carlier, Flemish WWII resistance fighter, sailor, and author (Action Station Go!), born in Nijlen, Belgium (d. 2007)
Jan 20 David Tudor, American composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
Jan 20 Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet and writer, born in New Delhi, India (d. 2015)

Patricia Neal (1926-2010)

Jan 20 American actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses) and wife of Roald Dahl, born in Packard, Kentucky

Jan 20 Qurratulain Hyder, Indian Urdu novelist and writer, born in Aligarh, India (d. 2007)
Jan 21 Brian Brockless, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1995)
Jan 21 Franco Evangelisti, Italian avant-garde classical and electroacoustic composer, and sound theorist (From Silence to a New Sonorous World), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1980)
Jan 21 Raf Reymen, Flemish actor (Huisvuil, Het glas water), born in Gent, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1990)
Jan 21 Stephen "Steve" Reeves, American professional bodybuilder, actor (Hercules, Goliath, Sandokan), and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, Montana (d. 2000)
Jan 22 Aurèle Nicolet, Swiss flautist (Berlin Philharmonic), and educator, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (d. 2016)
Jan 22 Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer
Jan 24 Clyde Adler, American writer and voice actor (Soupy Sales Show - "White Fang"; "Black Tooth"), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1993)
Jan 24 Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter, born in Nice, France (d. 2013)
Jan 24 Raymond Jacobs, American Marine Corp sergeant (one of the WWII Iwo Jima flag planters), and news journalist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2008)
Jan 24 Robert Delpire, French publisher, editor and photographer, born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
Jan 25 James Erb, American composer, arranger, and musicologist (Shenendoah), born in La Junta, Colorado (d. 2014)
Jan 26 Charles Henderson Tidbury, British brewing executive (Whitbread & Co), born in Camberley, Surrey, England (d. 2003)
Jan 26 Farman Fatehpuri [Syed Dildar Ali], Urdu scholar, linguist, critic and author, born in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, British India (d. 2013)
Jan 26 Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-British classical flautist, broadcaster, composer, and wit, born in Zurndorf, Austria (d. 2003)
Jan 26 José María Valverde, Spanish philosopher, poet and translator (La espera, Historia de la literatura universal), born in Valencia de Alcántara, Spain (d. 1996)
Jan 26 Ronnie Hilton, British radio presenter and singer (Moonraker), born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2001)
Jan 27 Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned), born in Sollefteå, Sweden (d. 2004)
Jan 29 Abdus Salam, Pakistani theoretical physicist (1979 Noble Prize for Physics - electroweak unification theory), born in Jhand, British India (d. 1996)
Jan 29 Bob Falkenburg, American tennis player (Wimbledon singles 1948, doubles, 1947; US Open doubles 1944), born in New York City (d. 2022)
Jan 30 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and stage actress, born in Reading, United Kingdom (d. 2013)
Jan 30 Vasily Arkhipov, Soviet-Russian naval officer who saved the world by refusing to launch a nuclear torpedo from submarine B-59 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, born in Zvorkovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (d. 1998)
Jan 31 Prunella Briance, English charity founder (National Childbirth Trust), born in London, England (d. 2017)
Feb 1 Douglas Johnson, British historian, born in Edinburgh (d. 2005)
Feb 1 Peter Crill, Bailiff of Jersey
Feb 1 Vivian Maier, American street photographer unknown until her death, born in New York City (d. 2009)
Feb 2 Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan clergyman (Archbishop of Managua, 1970-2005; 1st Central American cardinal, 1985), born in La Libertad, Nicaragua (d. 2018)
Feb 2 Nydia Ecury, celebrated Afro-Dutch writer, translator and actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera), born in Rancho, Aruba (d. 2012)
Feb 2 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician, President of France (1974-81), born in Koblenz, French-occupied Germany (d. 2020)
Feb 3 Art Arfons, auto racer/designer (3 x world land speed record; "Green Monster"), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2007)
Feb 3 Glen Tetley, American ballet and modern dancer (Joffrey Ballet), and choreographer (Pierrot Lunaire; Alice), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2007)
Feb 3 Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician (leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), 1987-91; Minister of Justice, 1974-84; Mayor of Munich, 1962-72), born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 2020)
Feb 3 J. Roy Rowland, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1983-95), born in Wrightsville, Georgia (d. 2022)
Feb 3 Shelley Berman, American Grammy Award-winning comedian, actor (Son of Blob; Divorce American Style; Curb Your Enthusiasm), writer, and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
Feb 4 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer
Feb 5 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (NY Times), born in New York City
Feb 6 Dale Long, American baseball infielder (MLB record 8 HRs in consecutive games 1956; Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 1991)
Feb 6 Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and director, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
Feb 6 Walker Edmiston, American actor (Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Dukes of Hazzard), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2007)
Feb 7 Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 - 1st to carry three members), born in Voronezh, Russia, USSR (d. 2009)
Feb 7 Mark Taimanov, Russian pianist, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (d. 2016)
Feb 8 Neal Cassady, American writer (d. 1968)
Feb 9 Garret FitzGerald, Irish politician and 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (Fine Gael: 1981-87), born in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland (d. 2011)
Feb 10 Danny Blanchflower, Irish soccer midfielder (56 caps Northern Ireland; Tottenham Hotspur 337 games, Aston Villa) and manager (Northern Ireland, Chelsea), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1993)
Feb 10 Randy Jackson, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1950-59, 2X All-Star (Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger; Cleveland Indians), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2019)
Feb 11 Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera, born in Motherwell, Scotland (d. 1995)
Feb 11 Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (Spy Hard, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun), born in Regina, Saskatchewan (d. 2010)
Feb 11 Paul Bocuse, French great chef (Legion of Honor), born in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, France (d. 2018)
Feb 12 Charles Van Doren, American teacher, writer, and quiz show contestant (Twenty-One), born in New York City (d. 2019)
Feb 12 Irene Camber, Italian fencer (Olympic gold foil individual 1952, bronze team foil 1960; World C'ship gold 1953 individual foil; team foil 1957), born in Trieste, Italy (d. 2024)
Feb 12 Joe Garagiola, American MLB catcher (4 teams, 1946-54), sportscaster, and TV host (Today Show), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2016)
Feb 12 Paul Hamlyn, German-born English publisher (Octopus Publishing Group), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2001)
Feb 13 Barney Childs, American avant-garde composer (The Roachville Project), educator, and poet, born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2000)
Feb 14 (Alexander) "Bobby" Kok, Boer-British classical and session cellist (BBC Symphony; George Harrison - "When We Was Fab"), born in Brakpan, Union of South Africa, (d. 2015)
Feb 14 Alfred Körner, Austrian soccer striker (47 caps; Rapid Wien), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2020)
Feb 16 David Austin, English rose breeder (Austin roses), born in Albrighton, England (d. 2018)
Feb 16 Jack Levy, English mechanical engineer, born in London, England (d. 2017)
Feb 16 John Schlesinger, English stage and Academy Award-winning film director (Midnight Cowboy; Darling), born in London, England (d. 2003)
Feb 17 Friedrich Cerha, Austrian composer (Baal) and conductor (Ensemble Die Reihe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2023)
Feb 17 Lee Hoiby, American concert pianist and composer (1957 Arts & Letters; Summer and Smoke), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
Feb 18 Len Ford, American AAFC and NFL two-way end, 1948-58 (Cleveland Browns, and 2 other teams; 3 x NFL Champion, 4 X Pro Bowl), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1972)
Feb 19 György Kurtág, Hungarian pianist, composer (Stele; Játékok), and teacher (Franz Liszt Academy, 1967-93), born in Lugoj, Romania
Feb 20 Bob Richards, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1952, 56; bronze 1948), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 2023)
Feb 20 Bobby Jaspar, Belgian jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1963)
Feb 20 Cameron Rusby, British Royal Navy officer (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in WWII), born in Valletta, Malta (d. 2013)
Feb 20 Dame Gillian Lynne [Pyrke], British dancer, choreographer and actress (Cats; The Phantom of the Opera), born in Bromley, Kent (d. 2018)
Feb 20 Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v South Africa 1953)
Feb 20 Kenneth H Olsen, American electrical engineer, and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2011)
Feb 20 Richard Matheson, American author, (d. 2013)
Feb 21 Hans Andreus [Johan Wilhem van der Zant], Dutch children's author (Mr. Bumblemoose books), and poet (Muziek voor Kijkdieren), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
Feb 22 (Alan) "Bud" Yorkin, American film and television producer and director (Divorce American Style; All in the Family; Sanford And Son), born in Washington, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
Feb 22 Kenneth Williams, British actor (Hancock's Half Hour, Carry On films), born in King's Cross, London (d. 1988)
Feb 23 Régine Crespin, French operatic mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1962-87; Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), born in Marseille, France (d. 2007)
Feb 25 Harvey McGregor, British barrister and administrator (Warden of New College-Oxford, 1985-96), born in Inverurie, Scotland (d. 2015)
Feb 26 Arsene Souffriau, Belgian pioneering electronic music composer, born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 2012)
Feb 26 Chris Anderson, American jazz pianist (Charlie Parker; Dinah Washington; Charlie Haden), born in Chicago, Illinois) (d. 2008)
Feb 26 Cynthia Stone, American actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1988)
Feb 26 Efraín Sánchez, Colombian soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; San Lorenzo) and manager (Columbia), born in Barranquilla, Colombia (d. 2020)
Feb 27 David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate, (d. 2013)
Feb 28 Seymour Shifrin, American composer (Satires of Circumstance), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1979)
Feb 28 Stanley Glasser, South African composer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2018)
Feb 28 Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-born daughter of Joseph Stalin who later defected to the West and author (My Life), born in Moscow (d. 2011)
Mar 1 Allan Stanley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (Stanley Cup 1962-64, 67; NHL All-Star 1960, 61, 66; Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Timmins, Ontario (d. 2013)
Mar 1 Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas, Garrison's Gorillas), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1992)

Pete Rozelle (1926-1996)

Mar 1 American football executive (NFL Commissioner 1960-89), born in South Gate, California

Mar 1 Robert Clary [Widerman], French-American actor (Hogan's Heroes - "Cpl LeBeau"; Days of Our Lives), singer, author, artist, lecturer, and Holocaust survivor, born in Paris, France (d. 2022) [1]
Mar 2 Murray Rothbard, American economist, and libertarian, born in The Bronx, NYC (d. 1995)
Mar 3 James Ingram Merrill, American poet (Braving the Elements; Scripts for the Pageant) and author, born in New York City (d. 1995)
Mar 3 Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American clergyman (Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu, 1982-93), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
Mar 3 Lys Assia, Swiss singer who won the 1st Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, born in Rupperswil, Switzerland (d. 2018)
Mar 4 Don Rendell, English jazz musician and arranger, born in Plymouth, Devon (d. 2015)
Mar 4 Fran Warren [Wolff], American big band and pop singer ("A Sunday Kind of Love"; "I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs)"), born in The Bronx, NYC (d. 2013)
Mar 4 James J. Eagan, Former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. 2000)

Richard DeVos (1926-2018)

Mar 4 American businessman who co-founded Amway, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Mar 5 Joan Shawlee [Fulton], American actress (Some Like It Hot, Prehistoric Women, Abbott & Costello Show), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 1987)
Mar 6 (Elwood) "Bud" Hillis, American politician (Rep-R-IN, 1971-87), born in Kokomo, Indiana (d. 2023)

Alan Greenspan (98 years old)

Mar 6 American economist, presidential advisor and Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States (1987-2006), born in New York City

Mar 6 Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (Ashes & Diamonds, Man of Iron), born in Suwalki (d. 2016)
Mar 6 Ann Curtis, 400m/800m US swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1948), (d. 2012)
Mar 6 H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2009)
Mar 6 Jón Nordal, Icelandic composer (Choralis), born in Reykjavik, Iceland
Mar 6 Miroslav Klega, Czech composer (Pantomime Suite), born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (d. 1993)
Mar 9 Celso Garrido Lecca, Peruvian composer (Antaras; Elegía a Macchu Pichu), born in Lima, Peru
Mar 9 Gerrit A. Kooy, Dutch sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa), born in Kedichem, The Netherlands
Mar 9 Joe Franklin, American radio host, TV personality and New York institution (The Joe Franklin Show), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
Mar 11 Ilhan Mimaroglu, Turkish electronic music composer and musician, born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2012)
Mar 11 Malcolm Wells, American architect regarded as "the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture", writer, and solar energy consultant, born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2009) [1]
Mar 11 Patricia Tindale, British architect and civil servant (school buildings, public housing), born in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England (d. 2011)

Ralph Abernathy (1926-1990)

Mar 11 American civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), born in Linden, Alabama

Mar 11 Thomas Starzl, American surgeon, performed 1st successful liver transplant, born in Le Mars, Iowa (d. 2017)
Mar 12 David Nadien, American concert and session violin virtuoso, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2014)
Mar 12 David Oliver Williams, Welsh trade unionist (Confederation of Health Service Employees COHSE) General Secretary, 1983-87), born in Wales
Mar 12 Freddie Williams, Welsh motorcycle speedway rider (World C'ship 1950, 1953; Wembley Lions), born in Port Talbot, Wales (d. 2013)
Mar 12 George R Ariyoshi, Hawaiian-American politician (Governor of Hawaii (D), 1974-86), born in Honolulu Territory of Hawaii
Mar 12 Georgios Darivas, Greek soccer forward (16 caps; Olympiacos 270 games) and manager (Olympiacos 1971, 75-76), born in Athens, Greece (d. 2024)
Mar 12 Gudrun Ure, Scottish actress (Super Gran, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer), born in Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Mar 12 Hildy Parks, American stage and screen actress, and Emmy Award-winning producer and writer (Tony Award presentations), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2004)
Mar 12 John Clellon Holmes, American beat poet and writer (Go; The Horn), born in Holyoke, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
Mar 12 Rolv Berger Yttrehus, American classical music composer, born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 2018)
Mar 12 Ronald Alley, British art museum manager (Keeper of the Modern Collection of the Tate Gallery, 1965-86), born in Bristol, England (d. 1999)
Mar 13 F. H. McClintock, British criminologist, born in London, England (d. 1994)
Mar 13 Lenny Montana [Leonardo Passafaro], American professional wrestler (NWA Georgia), and actor (The Godfather), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
Mar 14 François Morel, Canadian pianist, conductor, and composer (Antiphonie; Me duele España), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2018)
Mar 14 Lita Roza, English pop singer ("How Much is That Doggie in the Window"), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2008)
Mar 15 Ben Johnston [Benjamin Burwell Johnston Jr], American microtonal composer (Gambit), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2019)
Mar 15 Norm Van Brocklin, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (NFL MVP 1960; First-team All-Pro 1960; 9 × Pro Bowl; LA Rams, Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons), born in Parade, South Dakota (d. 1983)
Mar 15 Tim Valentine, American politician (Rep-D-NC, 1983-95), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 2015)
Mar 16 Charles Goodell, American politician (d. 1987)

Jerry Lewis (1926-2017)

Mar 16 American comedian (Martin and Lewis, MDA Telethon), born in Newark, New Jersey

Mar 17 Arthur Hockaday, British civil servant (Defence Ministry; Director-General of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1982-89), born in Plymouth, England (d. 2004)
Mar 17 Siegfried Lenz, German writer (Das Feuerschiff - The Lightship; Ein Kriegsende), dramatist, and interpreter for British military (WWII), born in Lyck, East Prussia (d. 2014)
Mar 18 Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
Mar 18 Peter Graves [Aurness], American actor (Mission Impossible, Airplane!, Stalag 17), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2010)
Mar 20 Harold Rosen, American engineer (created geosynchronous communications satellite), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2017) [1]
Mar 21 André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (Benvenuta), born in Heverie, Belgium (d. 2002)
Mar 21 Virginia Weidler, American child actress (Babes on Broadway, All This & Heaven Too), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1968)
Mar 22 Billy Goodman, American baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1949, 53; AL batting champion 1950; Boston Red Sox), born in Concord, North Carolina (d. 1984)
Mar 22 Julius Marmur, American biochemist and geneticist (DNA research), born in Bialystok, Poland (d. 1996)
Mar 23 Johnny Logan, American baseball shortstop (World Series 1957 Boston / Milwaukee Braves; MLB All Star 1955, 57, 58, 59²), born in Endicott, New York (d. 2013)
Mar 23 Martha Wright [Wiederrecht;], American stage, concert and radio singer and actress (South Pacific; The Sound Of Music), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2016)
Mar 24 Dario Fo, Italian playwright and performer (Nobel Prize Literature 1997), born in Sangiano (d. 2016)
Mar 24 Guillermo Timoner, Spanish cyclist (UCI Motor-paced World C'ships 1955, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65), born in Felanitx, Spain (d. 2023)
Mar 25 Hans Rausing, Swedish-British industrial billionaire (Tetra Pak), and philanthropist, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2019)
Mar 25 László Papp, Hungarian boxer (Olympic gold-1948, 1952, 1956), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2003) [1]
Mar 25 Riz Ortolani, Italian Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger, predominantly of film scores (Mondo Cane - "More"), born in Pesaro, Italy (d. 2014)
Mar 27 Frank O'Hara, American writer and poet, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1966)
Mar 27 Frankie Ervin, American R&B singer (The Three Blazers - "Dragnet Blues"; The Shields - "You Cheated"), born in Blythe, California (d. 2009)
Mar 27 Louis Blom-Cooper, British barrister specializing in public and administrative law and co-editor of "The Judicial House of Lords 1876–2009", born in London (d. 2018)
Mar 28 Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, born in Madrid (d. 2014)

About 1926

How Old? 97 or 98 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Ox (Jan 24, 1925 - Feb 12, 1926),
Tiger (Feb 13, 1926 - Feb 1, 1927)