Year (''' MCMXXIV ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- January 3 - Hank Stram , American football coach and broadcaster (d. 2005 )
- January 6 - Earl Scruggs , American musician
- January 10 - Max Roach , American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. 2007 )
- January 11
- --- Roger Guillemin , French neuroendocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- --- Sam B. Hall , American politician (d. 1994 )
- --- Slim Harpo , American musician (d. 1970 )
- January 12 - Olivier Gendebien , Belgian race car driver (d. 1998 )
- January 16 - Katy Jurado , Mexican actress (d. 2002 )
- January 19 - Jean-Francois Revel , French author (d. 2006 )
- January 26 - Annette Strauss , American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998 )
- January 27 - Sabu , Indian actor (d. 1963 )
- January 29 - Luigi Nono , Italian composer (d. 1990 )
- January 30 - Lloyd Alexander , American writer
- February 2 - Elfi Von Dassanowsky , Austrian-born producer and musician
- February 7 - Hattie Jacques , star of the Carry On films (d. 1980 )
- February 17 - Margaret Truman , American novelist and only child of Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman
- February 19 - Lee Marvin , American actor (d. 1987 )
- February 20
- --- Gerson Goldhaber , particle physicist and Astrophysicist
- --- Gloria Vanderbilt , American cosmetics entrepreneur
- February 21 - Robert Mugabe , first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- February 23 - Allan McLeod Cormack , South African physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1998 )
- February 29 - Al Rosen , baseball player
- March 1 - Deke Slayton , astronaut (d. 1993 )
- March 2 - Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr. He received the first Wendell Mayes, Jr. Medal in 1986. The Diabetes Association named the highest award given to non-medical professional volunteers, in his honor.
- March 3 - John Woodnutt , British actor (d. 2006 )
- March 4 - Kenneth O'Donnell , aide to US President John F. Kennedy (d. 1977 )
- March 7 - Kobo Abe , Japanese novelist (d. 1993 )
- March 15 - Walter Gotell , German actor (d. 1997 )
- March 27 - Sarah Vaughan , American jazz singer (d. 1990 )
- March 28 - Freddie Bartholomew , British actor (d. 1992 )
- March 30 - Alan Davidson , British author (d. 2003 )
- April 1 - Brendan Byrne , Governor of New Jersey
- April 3
- --- Marlon Brando , American actor (d. 2004 )
- --- Errol Brathwaite , New Zealand author (d. 2005 )
- --- Doris Day , American actress
- April 4 - Gil Hodges , American baseball player (d. 1972 )
- April 6 - Jimmy Roberts , American singer, '' The Lawrence Welk Show '' (d. 1999 )
- April 7 - Johannes Mario Simmel , Austrian writer
- April 12 - Raymond Barre , French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007 )
- April 15 - Sir Neville Marriner , English conductor and violinist
- April 16 - Henry Mancini , American composer and arranger (d. 1994 )
- April 18 - Clarence Gatemouth Brown , American blues musician (d. 2005 )
- April 19 - Al Balding , Canadian golfer (d. 2006 )
- April 23 - Bobby Rosengarden , American jazz drummer (d. 2007 )
- April 24 - Clement Freud , British writer, radio personality, and politician
- May 11 - Antony Hewish , English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physics
- May 12 - Tony Hancock , English comedian (d. 1968 )
- May 18 - Priscilla Pointer , American actress
- May 19 - Sandy Wilson , British composer
- May 22 - Charles Aznavour , French singer, actor, and songwriter
- May 24
- --- Vincent Cronin , British historical writer and biographer
- --- Maria Koepcke , ornithologist
- June 1 - Dr. William Sloane Coffin , American clergyman (d. 2006 )
- June 2 - June Callwood , Canadian journalist, author & social activist (d. 2007 )
- June 3
- --- Ted Mallie , American radio and television announcer (d. 1999 )
- --- Torsten Wiesel , Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- June 4 - Dennis Weaver , American actor (d. 2006 )
- June 12 - George Herbert Walker Bush , 41th President
- June 15 - Ezer Weizman , 7th President of Israel (d. 2005 )
- June 18 - George Mikan , basketball player (d. 2005 )
- June 20
- --- Chet Atkins , American country guitar player (d. 2001 )
- --- Audie Murphy , American World War II hero and actor (d. 1971 )
- June 24 - Kurt Furgler , member of the Swiss Federal Council
- June 27 - Bob Appleyard , English cricketer
- June 29
- --- Flo Sandon's , Italian singer
- --- Ezra Laderman , American composer
- July 3 - S. R. Nathan , 6th President Of Singapore
- July 4 - Eva Marie Saint , American actress
- July 5
- --- Niels Jannasch , Canadian historian and museum curator (d. 2001 )
- --- Osman Lins , Brazilian novelist (d. 1978 )
- --- János Starker , Hungarian cellist
- July 11 - Charlie Tully , Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971 )
- July 13
- --- Carlo Bergonzi , Italian tenor
- --- Johnny Gilbert , American game show announcer
- July 14 - James W. Black , Scottish pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- July 15 - Makhmud Esambayev , Chechen dancer (d. 2000 )
- July 19 - Stanley K. Hathaway , American politician
- July 21 - Don Knotts , American actor (d. 2006 )
- July 29 - Elizabeth Short , American actress, also known as 'The Black Dahlia'
- August 1
- --- Georges Charpak , Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- ---King Abdullah Of Saudi Arabia
- August 2 - Carroll O'Connor , American actor (d. 2001 )
- August 3 - Leon Uris , American writer (d. 2003 )
- August 7 - Kenneth Kendall , British newsreader and presenter
- August 12
- --- Derek Shackleton , English cricketer
- --- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , leader of Pakistan (d. 1988 )
- August 15 - Robert Bolt , English writer (d. 1995 )
- August 23 - Robert Solow , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 28 - Peggy Ryan , American actress (d. 2004 )
- August 29 - Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican songwriter (d. 2005 )
- August 31 - Buddy Hackett , American comedian and actor (d. 2003 )
- September 2 - Daniel Arap Moi , President Of Kenya
- September 4 - Joan Aiken , English writer (d. 2004 )
- September 5 - Paul Dietzel , College football coach
- September 8 - Mimi Parent , Canadian painter (d. 2005 )
- September 9 - Rik Van Steenbergen , Belgian cyclist (d. 2003 )
- September 11
- --- Tom Landry , American football player and coach (d. 2000 )
- --- Rudolf Vrba , escapee from Auscwitz (d. 2006 )
- September 14 - Abioseh Nicol , Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994 )
- September 19 - Don Harron , Canadian entertainer
- September 21 - Hermann Buhl , Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957 )
- September 22
- --- Charles Keeping , English illustrator (d. 1988 )
- --- Rosamunde Pilcher , English novelist
- September 24 - Nina Bocharova , Soviet gymnast
- September 27 - Bernard Waber , American children's author
- September 30 - Truman Capote , American author (d. 1984 )
- October 1
- --- Jimmy Carter , President Of The United States , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- --- William Rehnquist , Chief Justice Of The United States (d. 2005 )
- October 8 - Alphons Egli , member of the Swiss Federal Council
- October 10
- --- Margaret Fulton , Australian Food Writer
- --- Ed Wood , American filmmaker (d. 1978 )
- October 11 - Mal Whitfield , American athlete
- October 14 - Robert Webber , American actor (d. 1989 )
- October 15 - Mark Lenard , American actor (d. 1996 )
- October 21 - Celia Cruz , Cuban singer (d. 2003 )
- November 6 - Jeanette Schmid , famous whistler (d. 2005 )
- November 10 - Russell Johnson , American actor
- November 13 - Motoo Kimura , Japanese population geneticist (d. 1994 )
- November 19 - William Russell , British actor
- November 20 - Benoît Mandelbrot , Polish-born mathematician
- November 24 - Mel Patton , American athlete
- November 25 - Takaaki Yoshimoto , Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
- November 28 - Dennis Brutus , South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist
- December 2 - Alexander M. Haig, Jr. , American politician
- December 6 - Wally Cox , Television and Motion Picture actor. (d. 1973 )
- December 12 - Ed Koch , Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
- December 25
- --- Rod Serling , American television screenwriter (d. 1975 )
- --- Atal Behari Vajpayee , tenth Prime Minister Of India
- --- Moktar Ould Daddah , first President Of Mauritania (d. 2003 )
- December 28 - Milton Obote , President Of Uganda (d. 2005 )
- December 31
- --- Taylor Mead , American actor
- --- Frank J. Kelley , 50th Michigan Attorney General
- January 2 - Sabine Baring-Gould , English composer and novelist (b. 1834 )
- January 4 - John Peters , American 19th century baseball player (b. 1850 )
- January 13 - Georg Hermann Quincke , German physicist (b. 1834 )
- January 16 - Licerio Gerónimo , Filipino military leader (b. 1855 )
- January 21 - Vladimir Lenin , Russian revolutionary and first Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1870 )
- January 24 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess Of Luxembourg (b. 1894 )
- February 3 - Woodrow Wilson , 28th President Of The United States , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1856 )
- March 9 - Panagiotis Danglis , Greek military leader and politician (b. 1853 )
- March 24 - Prince Kwacho Hirotada of Japan (b. 1902 )
- April 21 - Eleonora Duse , Italian actress (b. 1858 )
- May 4 - E. Nesbit , English author (b. 1858 )
- May 15 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin D'Estournelles De Constant , French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852 )
- May 24 - Victor Herbert , Irish dramatist (b. 1859 )
- June 3 - Franz Kafka , Austrian author (b. 1883 )
- June 10 - George Mallory , English mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. 1886 )
- June 11 - Théodore Dubois , French composer and teacher (b. 1837 )
- July 14 - Isabella Stewart Gardner , art collector and philanthropist
- July 23 - Frank Frost Abbott , American classical scholar (b. 1860 )
- July 27 - Ferruccio Busoni , Italian pianist and composer (b. 1866 )
- August 3 - Joseph Conrad , Polish-born author (b. 1857 )
- August 7 - Bruce Grit , ex-slave and Negro historian
- August 17 - Pavel Urysohn , Russian mathematician (b. 1898 )
- August 31 - Todor Aleksandrov , Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1881 )
- September 6 - Archduchess Marie Valerie Of Austria (b. 1868 )
- September 15 - Frank Chance , baseball player and manager (b. 1877 )
- October 12 - Anatole France , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844 )
- November 4 - Gabriel Fauré , French composer (b. 1845 )
- November 10 - Sir Archibald Geikie , Scottish geologist (b. 1835 )
- November 29 - Giacomo Puccini , Italian composer (b. 1858 )
- December 2 - Kazimieras Būga , Lithuanian linguist (b. 1879 )
- December 6 - Gene Stratton-Porter , American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863 )
- December 29 - Carl Spitteler , Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845 )
- December 31 - Sir Samuel William Knaggs , British civil servant (b. 1856 )
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