Year (''' MCMLVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian Calendar ).
- January 1 - Saarland joins West Germany . Irish Republican Army attack on Brookeborough police barracks leads to the deaths of Seán South and Fergal O'Hanlon .
- January 1 - Italian Conductor Arturo Toscanini suffers the Stroke that will lead to his death a little over two weeks later.
- January 2 - San Francisco and Los Angeles Stock Exchange s merge to form Pacific Coast Stock Exchange .
- January 3 - Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric Watch .
- January 4 - After 69 years the last issue of '' Collier's Weekly '' magazine is published.
- January 5 - Russell Endean becomes the first Batsman to be Dismissed '' Handled The Ball '' in Test Match Cricket .
- January 6 - Elvis Presley appears on '' The Ed Sullivan Show '' for the 3rd and final time. He is only shown from the waist up, even during the gospel segment, singing "Peace In The Valley". Ed Sullivan describes Elvis thus: "This is a real decent, fine boy. We've never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we've had with you. You're thoroughly all right."
- January 9 - Anthony Eden resigns.
- January 10 - Harold Macmillan becomes the Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom .
- January 11 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar .
- January 13 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee .
- January 14 - Humphrey Bogart dies of Throat Cancer at age 57.
- January 16 - The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool .
- January 16 - Arturo Toscanini dies of a stroke at age 89.
- January 20 - Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated for second term as President Of The United States .
- January 22 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (they captured it from Egypt in a battle on October 29 , 1956 ).
- January 22 - The New York City " Mad Bomber ," George P. Metesky , is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
- January 23 - Ku Klux Klan members force truck driver Willie Edwards to jump off a bridge into the Alabama River - he drowns as a result.
- January 26 - The Planetarium of the Park of Ibirapuera , which was the first Planetarium in the Southern Hemisphere, is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo , Brazil .
- January 31 - Three students on a junior high school playground in Pacoima, California are among the eight persons killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet in the skies above the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles .
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- October 2 - David Lean 's film '' The Bridge On The River Kwai '' opens in England.
- launches Sputnik I , the first artificial Satellite to orbit the earth. On that same day, Canada 's Avro Arrow is unveiled to the public.
- October 9 - Neil H. McElroy was sworn in as the 6th Secretary Of Defense Of United States .
- October 10 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana , Komla Agbeli Gbdemah , after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
- October 11 - Radio Telescope of Jodrell Bank , Cheshire , UK, opened.
- October 21 - 95 die as two trains collide in Turkey .
- October 21 - The U.S. military sustains its first combat fatality in Vietnam , Army Capt. Hank Cramer of the 1st Special Forces Group .
- October 23 - Morocco begins its Invasion Of Ifni .
- October 25 - Assassination of a Mafia boss Albert Anastasia in a barber shop in Park Sheraton Hotel .
- October 27 - Celal Bayar re-elected President Of Turkey .
- October 31 - Toyota begins exporting vehicles to the U.S., beginning with the Toyota Crown and the Toyota Land Cruiser
The events of the film '' Indiana Jones 4 '' take place in 1957.
- January 1 - Ewa Kasprzyk , Polish actress
- January 1 - Luis Guzmán , Puerto Rican actor
- January 4 - Charles Allen , Television magnate
- January 6 - Nancy Lopez , American golfer
- January 7 - Nicholson Baker , American novelist
- January 7 - Katie Couric , American television host
- January 7 - Hannu Kamppuri , Finnish ice hockey goaltender
- January 7 - Julian Solis , Puerto Rican boxer
- January 11 - Robert Earl Keen , American musician and singer
- January 12 - John Lasseter , American director, writer, and animator
- January 13 - Lorrie Moore , American writer
- January 14 - Anchee Min , Chinese writer
- January 15 - Mario Van Peebles , Mexican-born actor and director
- January 15 - Patrick Dixon , British business guru and author
- January 21 - Greg Ryan , American soccer coach
- January 22 - Mike Bossy , Canadian hockey player
- January 23 - Princess Caroline Of Monaco
- January 24 - Adrian Edmondson , British comedian
- January 27 - Janick Gers , British guitarist ( Iron Maiden )
- January 29 - Grazyna Miller , Polish poet
- January 30 - Payne Stewart , American golfer (d. 1999 )
- February 4 - Don Davis , American composer
- February 4 - Harry G. Pellegrin , American musician and novelist
- February 5 - Jackie Woodburne , Australian actress
- February 6 - Kathy Najimy , American actress and comedian
- February 6 - Robert Townsend , American comedian, actor, director, and producer
- February 8 - Cindy Wilson , American singer ( The B-52's )
- February 9 - Gordon Strachan , Scottish footballer and manager
- February 9 - Vincent Libretti , American fashion designer
- February 16 - LeVar Burton , American actor
- February 16 - James Ingram , American singer
- February 18 - Vanna White , American game show presenter
- February 19 - Falco , Austrian musician (d. 1998 )
- February 20 - Glen Hanlon , Canadian ice hockey coach
- February 27 - Viktor Markin , Russian athlete
- February 27 - Adrian Smith , British guitarist ( Iron Maiden )
- February 28 - Paul Delph , American musician and producer (d. 1996 )
- February 28 - Ian Smith , New Zealand cricketer
- March 3 - Eric Walters , Canadian author
- March 4 - Rick Mast , NASCAR driver
- March 4 - Jim Dwyer , American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
- March 5 - Ray Suarez , American journalist
- March 9 - Mark Mancina , American composer
- March 9 - Faith Daniels , American journalist
- March 9 - Mona Sahlin , Swedish politician
- March 10 - Osama Bin Laden , Saudi-born Islamic extremist
- March 12 - Steve Harris , British bassist ( Iron Maiden )
- March 17 - Mal Donaghy , Northern Irish footballer
- March 18 - György Pazdera , Hungarian bassist ( Pokolgép )
- March 20 - Spike Lee , American film director and actor
- March 29 - Christopher Lambert , American-born actor
- March 30 - Paul Reiser , American actor
- March 31 - Marc McClure , American actor
- April 1 - Denise Nickerson , American child actress
- April 4 - Aki Kaurismäki , Finnish film director
- April 4 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano , Japanese television performer and musician ( Rats & Star )
- April 5 - Ivan Corea , Sri Lankan autism campaigner
- April 8 - Henry Cluney , Irish musician
- April 9 - Seve Ballesteros , Spanish golfer
- April 11 - Michael Card , American musician
- April 14 - Mikhail Pletnev , Russian pianist, conductor and composer
- April 18 - Genie (feral Child) , Susan Wiley, "Genie", American Feral Child
- April 22 - Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov , Russian businessman
- April 27 - Rosanna Scotto , American news anchor
- April 29 - Daniel Day-Lewis , English-born actor
- May 3 - William Clay Ford, Jr. , American automobile executive
- May 3 - Jo Brand , English comedian
- May 10 - Sid Vicious , English bassist ( Sex Pistols ) (d. 1979 )
- May 21 - Judge Reinhold , American actor
- May 21 - Renée Soutendijk , Dutch actress
- May 23 - Jimmy McShane (aka. Baltimora) Northern Irish dancer (d. 1995 )
- May 22 - Gary Sweet , Australian actor
- May 26 - Margaret Colin , American actress
- May 26 - Pontso S.M. Sekatle , Lesotho academic and politician
- May 27 - Siouxsie Sioux , British singer ( Siouxsie And The Banshees )
- May 28 - Kirk Gibson , baseball player
- May 29 - Jeb Hensarling , American politician
- June 1 - Dorota Kędzierzawska , Polish film director
- June 2 - King Lizzard , American entertainer
- June 3 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel , German field hockey player
- June 8 - Scott Adams , American cartoonist
- June 10 - Hidetsugu Aneha , Japanese architect
- June 11 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma , American musician
- June 12 - Timothy Busfield , American actor
- June 12 - Javed Miandad , Pakistani cricketer
- June 15 - Seppo Pääkkönen , Finnish actor
- June 19 - Anna Lindh , Swedish politician (d. 2003 )
- June 19 - Maxwell Fraiser , rapper for Faithless , DJ
- June 23 - Frances McDormand , American actress
- June 27 - Georgi Parvanov , President Of Bulgaria
- July 1 - Hannu Kamppuri , Finnish ice hockey player
- July 2 - Bret Hart , Canadian professional wrestler
- July 3 - Laura Branigan , American singer (d. 2004 )
- July 11 - Peter Murphy , British singer ( Bauhaus )
- July 13 - Cameron Crowe , American writer and film director
- July 17 - Fern Britton , British television presenter
- July 21 - George Landress , American Songwriter , Music Producer and Sound Engineer
- July 23 - Theo Van Gogh , Dutch film director (d. 2004 )
- July 26 - Nana Visitor , American actress
- July 26 - Yuen Biao , Hong Kong actor
- July 27 - Bill Engvall , American comedian
- July 27 - John Bolaris , American meteorologist
- July 29 - Nellie Kim , Russian gymnast
- August 6 - Jim McGreevey , 52nd Governor of New Jersey
- August 7 - Mark Bagley , American comic book artist
- August 7 - Alexander Dityatin , Soviet gymnast
- August 9 - Melanie Griffith , American actress
- August 11 - Richie Ramone , American drummer ( The Ramones )
- August 14 - Peter Costello , Australian Treasurer
- August 17 - Robin Cousins , British figure skater
- August 18 - Carole Bouquet , French actress
- August 18 - Denis Leary , American comedian and actor
- August 19 - Li-Young Lee , Indonesian-born poet
- August 20 - Finlay Calder , Scottish rugby player
- August 22 - Steve Davis , British snooker player
- August 24 - Stephen Fry , British comedian, author, and actor
- August 27 - Bernhard Langer , German golfer
- August 28 - Daniel Stern , American actor
- August 31 - Ingrid Washinawatok , Native American activist (d. 1999 )
- September 1 - Gloria Estefan , Cuban-born singer
- September 8 - Ricardo Montaner , Argentine-born Venezulean singer
- September 12 - Rachel Ward , British actress
- September 16 - David McCreery , Irish footballer
- September 19 - Chris Daniel , President of Torrid (retail chain president)
- September 22 - Nick Cave , Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor
- September 30 - Fran Drescher , American actress
- October 4 - Alexander Tkachyov , Soviet gymnast
- October 5 - Bernie Mac , American stand up comedian and actor
- October 7 - Jayne Torvill , British ice skater
- October 7 - Michael W. Smith , American musician
- October 11 - Dawn French , British comedian
- October 14 - Kenny Neal , American guitarist
- October 15 - Stacy Peralta , American director professional skateboarder, team surfer and entrepreneur
- October 18 - Doug Isaacson , Alaskan politician
- October 21 - Wolfgang Ketterle , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- October 25 - Nancy Cartwright , American voice actress - (Known among others, as the voice of Bart Simpson in The Simpsons )
- October 26 - Bob Golic , American football player
- October 27 - Jeff East , American actor
- October 27 - Tsai Ming-liang , Taiwanese film director
- October 29 - Dan Castellaneta , American voice actor - (Known among others, as the voice of Homer Simpson in The Simpsons )
- October 30 - Richard Jeni , American comedian (d. 2007 )
- October 31 - Robert Pollard , American musician
- November 5 - Jon-Erik Hexum , American actor (d. 1984 )
- November 6 - Klaus Kleinfeld , German business executive
- November 7 - Christopher Knight , American actor
- November 14 - Gregg Burge , African-American tap dancer and choreographer (d. 1998 )
- November 15 - Kevin Eubanks , American jazz guitarist
- November 17 - Debbie Thrower , British TV News Presenter ( BBC )
- November 18 - Olivia Heussler , Swiss photojournalist
- November 24 - Denise Crosby , American actress
- November 27 - Kenny Acheson , Irish race car driver
- November 30 - Colin Mochrie , Scottish-born comedian
- December 6 - Thomas Brinkman , American politician
- December 8 - Phil Collen , British singer and guitarist ( Def Leppard )
- December 9 - Donny Osmond , American singer
- December 10 - Michael Clarke Duncan , American actor
- December 13 - Steve Buscemi , American actor
- December 13 - Morris Day , American musician ( The Time (Band) )
- December 13 - Jean-Marie Messier , French businessman
- December 20 - Billy Bragg , British singer
- December 20 - Joyce Hyser , American actress
- December 20 - Anna Vissi , Greek singer
- December 21 - Tom Henke , baseball player
- December 21 - Ray Romano , American actor and comedian
- December 24 - Hamid Karzai , President Of Afghanistan
- December 25 - Shane McGowan , Irish singer and songwriter ( The Pogues )
- December 30 - Matt Lauer , American newscaster
- January 10 - Gabriela Mistral , Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889 )
- January 14 - Humphrey Bogart , American actor (b. 1899 )
- January 16 - Arturo Toscanini , Italian conductor (b. 1867 )
- February 1 - Friedrich Paulus , German field marshall (b. 1890 )
- February 8 - Walther Bothe , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891 )
- February 8 - John Von Neumann , Hungarian-born mathematician (b. 1903 )
- February 9 - Miklós Horthy , Hungarian admiral and regent (b. 1868 )
- February 9 - John Axon , British railwayman and hero (b. 1900 )
- February 10 - Laura Ingalls Wilder , American author (b. 1867 )
- February 16 - Józef Hofmann , Polish-born pianist and composer (b. 1876 )
- February 18 - Henry Norris Russell , American astronomer (b. 1877 )
- February 25 - Bugs Moran , American gangster (b. 1893 )
- March 11 - Richard E. Byrd , American explorer (b. 1888 )
- March 16 - Constantin Brancusi , Romanian sculptor (b. 1876 )
- March 17 - Ramon Magsaysay , President Of The Philippines (b. 1907 )
- March 25 - Max Ophüls , German film director and writer (b. 1902 )
- March 29 - Joyce Cary , Irish author (b. 1888 )
- April 4 - E. Herbert Norman , Canadian diplomat (b. 1909 )
- April 15 - Pedro Infante , Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917 )
- May 2 - Joseph McCarthy , U.S. Senator (b. 1908 )
- May 9 - Ezio Pinza , Italian bass (b. 1892 )
- May 14 - Marie Vassilieff , Russian artist (b. 1884 )
- May 16 - Eliot Ness , American Federal Bureau of Investigation agent (b. 1903 )
- May 31 - Leopold Staff , Polish poet (b. 1878 )
- June 17 - Dorothy Richardson , English feminist writer (b. 1873 )
- June 21 - Johannes Stark , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874 )
- June 26 - Alfred Döblin , German writer (b. 1878 )
- June 27 - Malcolm Lowry , English novelist (b. 1909 )
- June 27 - Hermann Buhl , Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924 )
- July 4 - Judy Tyler , American actress (b. 1933 )
- July 15 - Vasily Maklakov , Russian liberal politician and parliamentary orator (b. 1869 )
- July 24 - Sacha Guitry , Russian-born playwright, actor, and director (b. 1885 )
- July 28 - Edith Abbott , American social worker, educator, and author (b. 1876 )
- August 5 - Heinrich Otto Wieland , German chemist, Nobel Prize larueate (b. 1877 )
- August 7 - Oliver Hardy , American actor (b. 1892 )
- August 16 - Irving Langmuir , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881 )
- August 19 - David Bomberg , English painter (b. 1890 )
- September 1 - Dennis Brain , English French horn player (b. 1921 )
- September 16 - Qi Baishi , Chinese painter (b. 1864 )
- September 20 - Jean Sibelius , Finnish composer (b. 1865 )
- September 21 - Haakon VII Of Norway (b. 1872 )
- September 22 - Toyoda Soemu , Japanese admiral (b. 1885 )
- October 25 - Albert Anastasia , American gangster (b. 1902 )
- October 25 - Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany , Irish author (b. 1878 )
- October 26 - Gerty Cori , Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1896 )
- October 29 - Louis B. Mayer , American film producer (b. 1885 )
- November 4 - William Haywood , British architect (b. 1876 )
- November 4 - Shoghi Effendi , Lebanese Bahá'í leader (b. 1897 )
- November 24 - Diego Rivera , Mexican painter (b. 1886 )
- November 29 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Austrian composer (b. 1897 )
- November 30 - Beniamino Gigli , Italian tenor (b. 1890 )
- December 21 - Eric Coates , English composer (b. 1886 )
- December 25 - Stanley Vestal , American writer, poet, historian (b. 1877 )
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