1924

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Events

January

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January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 20–30 – Kuomintang in China holds its first National Congress, initiating a policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party.
January 21 – The Earl of Athlone is appointed Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, and High Commissioner for Southern Africa.<ref name="Union">Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 Template:Webarchive (Accessed on 14 April 2017)</ref>
January 22 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 25 – The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Winter Olympics, open in Chamonix, in the French Alps.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 26 – Petrograd in the Soviet Union is renamed Leningrad; it will revert to Saint Petersburg in 1991.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

February

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February 1 – The United Kingdom recognizes the Soviet Union.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
February 5 – GMT: A radio time signal is broadcast for the first time, from the Royal Greenwich Observatory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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February 14 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR), based in the U.S. state of New York, is renamed International Business Machines (IBM).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 22
- Treaty of Rome: The Kingdom of Italy annexes the Free State of Fiume, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes absorbs Sušak.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

March

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March 3 – The Ottoman Caliphate, a remnant of the Ottoman monarchy abolished on November 1, 1922, and one of the historical claims of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, comes to an end with the deposition of the Caliph of the Ottoman dynasty. This marks the end of an era, giving way to the drastic political transformations of Turkey introduced by reforms because of the President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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March 6 – İsmet İnönü forms a new government in Turkey (2nd government).
March 15 – Horacio Vásquez wins the Dominican Republic general election, becoming president, coinciding with the end of United States military occupation.<ref>Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p247 Template:ISBN</ref>
March 24 – Jean Sibelius conducts the world premiere of his Symphony No. 7 in Stockholm.
March 25 – The Second Hellenic Republic is proclaimed in Greece.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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March 29 – In France, the Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré begins.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

April

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April 1
- Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in Landsberg Prison in Germany for his participation in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch (he serves less than 9 months).
- The first revenue flight for Belgium's Sabena Airlines takes place.
April 6 – Italian general election, 1924: Fascists win the elections in Italy with a two-thirds majority.
April 13 – The Greek republic referendum favors formation of the Second Hellenic Republic.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 17 – Metro Pictures Corporation, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions are merged to become Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
April 23 – The British Empire Exhibition opens in London; it is the largest colonial exhibition, with 58 countries of the empire dramatically represented.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

May

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May 4 – The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies are held in Paris, France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 8 – Lithuania signs the Klaipėda Convention with the nations of the Conference of Ambassadors, taking the Klaipėda Region from East Prussia and making it into an autonomous region.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 10 – In the United States, J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 11 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by the merging of companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz.
May 26 – Harry Grindell Matthews attempts to demonstrate his "death ray" to the War Office in the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 26 – The Immigration Act of 1924, commonly known as the Johnson-Reed Act, becomes effective. The act modifies the National Origins Quotas introduced in the Immigration Act of 1921.
May 30 – Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti speaks out against Fascism. A few days later he is kidnapped and murdered in Rome.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

June

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June 2 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 5 – Ernst Alexanderson sends the first facsimile across the Atlantic Ocean,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> which goes to his father in Sweden.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
June 7–16 – Rudolf Steiner delivers his Agriculture Course at Koberwitz beginning of the organic agriculture movement.<ref name=FirstOA>Template:Cite journal</ref>
June 8 – George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen "going strong for the top" of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50 P.M.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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June 13 – In Hungary, a devastating tornado, "Wildkansas", strikes, in 3 hours leaving a 500–1500m wide and 70 km long path of destruction from landfall at Bia to its end near Vác, completely destroying the village of Páty. 9 people are killed, 50 injured and many left homeless by one of the strongest tornadoes ever not only in Hungary but in Europe, estimated as F4.
June 20 The FIDE was founded.
June 30 – J. B. M. Hertzog becomes the third Prime Minister of South Africa.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

July

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July 10 – Paavo Nurmi of Finland wins the 1,500 and 5,000 m runs within two hours at the Paris Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 12 – United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24) comes to an end. The constitutional government headed by General Horacio Vázquez, elected in the elections held in March, is established.
July 19 – Napalpí massacre: Around 400 indigenous people of Toba ethnicity are massacred in Argentina.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August

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August 16 – The Dawes Plan is signed in Paris, temporarily resolving German reparations dispute.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 28 – August Uprising: Georgia rises against rule by the Soviet Union in an abortive rebellion, in which several thousands die.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

September

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September 9
- The Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- The 8-hour work day is introduced in Belgium.
September 9–11 – The Kohat riots break out in India.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 28 – U.S. Army pilots John Harding and Erik Nelson complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. It has taken them 175 days and 74 stops before their return to Seattle.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

October

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October – The skull of the Taung Child is discovered.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 2 – The Geneva Protocol is adopted by the League of Nations Assembly as a means to strengthen the League, but later fails to be ratified.
October 6 – 1-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services in Italy.
October 9 – Municipal Grant Park Stadium, in Chicago, Illinois (now known as Soldier Field) is officially dedicated.<ref>"60,000 Voice City's Spirit at Stadium Fete" Template:Webarchive, Chicago Tribune, October 10, 1924, p. 5</ref>
October 10 – Voting in federal elections becomes compulsory in Australia, after a private member's bill proposed by Tasmanian Nationalist senator Herbert Payne results in the passing of the Commonwealth Electoral (Compulsory Voting) Act 1924.
October 12–15 – Zeppelin LZ-126 makes a transatlantic delivery flight from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jersey.
October 15 – The first Surrealist Manifesto is published, in which André Breton defines the movement as "pure psychic automatism".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 18 – Sweden's Prime Minister Ernst Trygger and his cabinet, is replaced by Hjalmar Branting and his third and last government.
October 19 – Abdul Aziz, founder of Saudi Arabia, declares himself protector of holy places in Mecca.Template:Citation needed
October 25
- The British press publishes the Zinoviev letter, released the previous day by the Foreign Office.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> This purports to be a directive from Grigory Zinoviev, head of the Communist International in Moscow, to the Communist Party of Great Britain.
- Authorities of the British Raj in India arrest Subhas Chandra Bose and jail him for the next 2Template:Frac years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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October 27 – The Uzbek SSR joins the Soviet Union.
October 29 – In the United Kingdom, the Conservative Party, led by Stanley Baldwin, wins a landslide victory over the Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, which had been governing in a minority since January 1924.

November

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November – The last known sighting of a California grizzly bear is recorded, by Colonel John R. White at Sequoia National Park.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
November 4
- Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1924 United States presidential election: Republican Calvin Coolidge defeats Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive Wisconsin Senator, Robert M. La Follette Sr.
- Stanley Baldwin becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom again
November 10 – The Trial of the 149 begins in Estonia, eventually resulting in the conviction of 129 communists, including several members of the Riigikogu.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 19 – Major-General Sir Lee Stack, British Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, is shot in Cairo by a gang of Egyptian nationalist students, dying the following day.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 21 – Ali Fethi Okyar forms a new government in Turkey (3rd government).
November 26 – The Mongolian People's Republic is proclaimed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

December

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December 1 – A Soviet-backed communist 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt fails in Estonia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 19 – German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for the murder and dismemberment of at least 24 young males in Hanover.
December 20 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> after serving nine months for his crucial role in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.
December 24
- 1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash: An airliner crashes soon after takeoff from London's Croydon Airport killing all eight people aboard. This leads to the first public inquiry into a civil aviation accident ever held in the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Albania becomes a republic.
- Babbs Switch fire: A flash fire at a Christmas celebration in a one-room schoolhouse in Babbs, Oklahoma, United States, kills 36 people, mostly small children.
December 30 – American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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Spring – Francophone explorer, spiritualist and former operatic soprano Alexandra David-Néel, disguised as a male pilgrim, makes a 2-month stay in the forbidden city of Lhasa, Tibet.<ref>My Journey to Lhasa (1927).</ref>
Autumn – In the United States, the final raid of the Renegade period of the Apache Wars takes place, bringing the American Indian Wars to a close, after 315 years.
Slavery in Iraq is abolished.<ref>Gordon, M. (1989). Slavery in the Arab world. New York: New Amsterdam.</ref>Template:Page needed
The International Union of Official Organizations for Tourist Propaganda is established.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Earl W. Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first one-hand bareback rigging at Stirling, Alberta, Canada.
The Temporary Slavery Commission is created by the League of Nations.<ref>Miers, S. (2003). Slavery in the Twentieth Century: The Evolution of a Global Problem. USA: AltaMira Press. 100-121</ref>

Births

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January

January 1
- Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (d. 2014)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Francisco Macías Nguema, 1st President of Equatorial Guinea (d. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Charlie Munger, American businessman and philanthropist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2023)
January 3 – André Franquin, Belgian comics artist (d. 1997)
January 4
- Walter Ris, American freestyle swimmer (d. 1989)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Marianne Werner, German shot putter (d. 2023)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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January 5 – Hamzah Abu Samah, Malaysian politician and athlete (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 6
- Kim Dae-jung, 15th President of South Korea, recipient of Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Earl Scruggs, American musician (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 8 – Ron Moody, English actor (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 9 – Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian film director (d. 1990)
January 10
- Earl Bakken, American engineer and businessman, inventor of the modern Artificial pacemaker (d. 2018)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer and composer (d. 2007)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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January 11
- Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2024)
- Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 12 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 13
- Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Roland Petit, French choreographer/dancer (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 16 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 18 – Ivan Martynushkin, Soviet liberator of Auschwitz concentration camp
January 19 – Jean-François Revel, French author (d. 2006)
January 21 – Benny Hill, English comedian and singer (d. 1992)
January 22 – J. J. Johnson, African-American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (d. 2001)
January 23 – Frank Lautenberg, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
January 25 – Husein Mehmedov, Bulgarian-Turkish Olympic wrestler (d. 2014)
January 26
- Armand Gatti, French playwright, poet, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker and World War II resistance fighter (d. 2017)
- Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 27 – Sabu Dastagir, Indian actor (d. 1963)
January 29
- Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Dorothy Malone, American actress (d. 2018)
January 30 – Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
January 31 – John Lukacs, Hungarian-American historian (d. 2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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February

February 3 – Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, German Head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
February 8
- Charles Coste, French Olympic cyclist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Khamtai Siphandone, 4th President and 12th Prime Minister of Laos<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2025)
February 11 – Budge Patty, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2021)
February 14 – Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician, President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2008 to 2013 (d. 2025)
February 17
- Margaret Truman, American novelist and only child of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Gevork Vartanian, Soviet intelligence officer (d. 2012)
February 19 – Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
February 20 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American heiress and entrepreneur (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 21
- Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Silvano Piovanelli, Italian prelate and cardinal (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 23 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
February 24 – Teresa Bracco, Italian Roman Catholic religious sister, martyr and blessed (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 26
- Freda Betti, French opera singer (d. 1979)
- Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician, 46th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 28
- Bettye Ackerman, American actress (d. 2006)
- Christopher C. Kraft Jr., American aerospace engineer (d. 2019)
February 29 – Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadorian politician, 37th President of El Salvador (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

March

March 1 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 3
- Lys Assia, Swiss singer, first winner of Eurovision Song Contest (1956) (d. 2018)
- Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian military officer and head of state (d. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (d. 1948)
March 6 – William H. Webster, American jurist, director of the FBI and CIA (d. 2025)
March 7 – Kōbō Abe, Japanese novelist (d. 1993)
March 8
- Georges Charpak, Polish-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Abderrahmane Youssoufi, 12th Prime Minister of Morocco (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 9 – Hanna Mina, Syrian writer (d. 2018)
March 10 – Jin Yong, Hong Kong writer (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 15 – Khyber Khan, Pakistan Air Force pioneer officer and former Deputy Chief of Air Staff of the PAF (d. 2007)
March 17 – Edith Savage-Jennings, American civil rights activist (d. 2017)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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March 25
- Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (d. 2011)<ref>Grimes, William (July 12, 2011)Template:Cite news</ref>
- Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (d. 2019)<ref>Sandomir, Richard, Machiko Kyo, Star of ‘Rashomon’ and Other Films, Dies at 95 Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, May 17, 2019</ref>
- József Zakariás, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1971)
March 27 – Sarah Vaughan, African-American jazz singer (d. 1990)
March 28
- Freddie Bartholomew, English-American actor (d. 1992)
- Birte Christoffersen, Danish Olympic diver

April

April 3 – Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 7 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (d. 2009)
April 11
- Enrique Morea, Argentine tennis player (d. 2017)
- Libuše Havelková, Czech actress (d. 2017)
April 12 – Raymond Barre, French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 13 – Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 14 – Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, English philosopher and writer (d. 2019)
April 15 – Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 16 – Henry Mancini, American composer and arranger (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 18 – Abdul Samad Ismail, Malaysian journalist and one of the founders of the PAP (d. 2008)
April 20
- Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Leslie Phillips, English actor (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 23 – Ruth Leuwerik, German film actress (d. 2016)
April 24 – Clement Freud, British writer, broadcaster, chef and politician (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
April 28 – Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2021)
April 29
- Shintaro Abe, Japanese politician (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
30 April – Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist and songwriter (d. 2023)

May

May 1
- Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist and academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2023)
- Grégoire Kayibanda, 2nd President of Rwanda (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 2 – Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American actor, folk singer and musician (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 3
- Isadore Singer, American mathematician (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ken Tyrrell, British racing driver and constructor (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 6 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006)
May 10 – Zahrad, Armenian poet (d. 2007)
May 11 – Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 12
- Tony Hancock, English comedian (d. 1968)
- Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan poet (d. 2018)
May 13 – Giovanni Sartori, Italian political scientist (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 16 – Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (d. 2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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May 22 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, songwriter and actor (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 27 – Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan politician, 42nd President of Venezuela (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 31 – Patricia Roberts Harris, American administrator (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

June

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June 3
- Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)
- Karunanidhi, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, referred to as Kalaignar (d. 2018)
- Jimmy Rogers, American musician (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Torsten Wiesel, Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
June 4
- Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006)
June 6 – Göran Malmqvist, Swedish linguist and literary historian (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 12 – George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 14 – James W. Black, Scottish pharmacologist and Nobel laureate (d. 2010)<ref>"Nobel Prize winning scientist dies" Template:Webarchive stv.tv 22 March 2010 Link accessed 22 March 2010</ref>
June 15
- Hédi Fried, Swedish author and psychologist (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 18 – George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
June 19 – Anneliese Rothenberger, German operatic soprano (d. 2010)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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June 20
- Chet Atkins, American guitarist and record producer (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Rainer Barzel, German politician (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 23
- Bayezid Osman, 44th Head of the Turkish House of Osman (d. 2017)
- Ranasinghe Premadasa, 3rd President, 8th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1993)
June 24 – Kurt Furgler, 3-time President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 25 – Sidney Lumet, American film director (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 28 – Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (d. 1995)<ref name="nuorteva">Nuorteva, Kristiina: Kalevi Keihänen's obituary Template:Webarchive, Helsingin Sanomat 9 February 1995. Accessed on 13 February 2019.</ref>

July

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July 1 – Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer, manager (d. 2013)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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July 3 – S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 4
- Eva Marie Saint, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician; Head of State of Nepal (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 5
- Edward Cassidy, Australian Roman Catholic cardinal<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2021)
- János Starker, Hungarian cellist (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 7
- Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts (d. 2013)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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July 9 – Angelines Fernández, Spanish-born Mexican actress and comedian (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
July 10
- Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley Venezuelan lawyer and diplomat (d. 1995)<ref>Andrés Aguilar-Mawdsley. In: Arthur Eyffinger, Arthur Witteveen, Mohammed Bedjaoui: La Cour internationale de Justice 1946–1996. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Den Haag und London 1999, ISBN 9-04-110468-2, S. 259</ref>
- Ip Chun, Chinese martial artist<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
July 13 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 14 – Dorothy Stanley, American educator (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 15
- David Cox, British statistician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2022)
- Makhmud Esambayev, Russian actor (d. 2000)
July 17 – Li Li-Hua, Chinese Hong-Kong actress (d. 2017)
July 18 – Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (d. 2011)
July 19 – Pat Hingle, American actor (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 20
- Lola Albright, American singer and actress (d. 2017)
- FS Hussain, Pakistani aerobatic legend and fighter pilot, captured aerial images of the aftermath of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (d. 1969)
- Tatyana Lioznova, Soviet film director (d. 2011)
- Elias Sarkis, 11th President of Lebanon (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 21 – Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (d. 2006)
July 22 – Georges Moreel, French footballer (d. 2003)
July 29
- Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
- Robert Horton, American actor (d. 2016)

August

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August 1
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (official birth date) (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Frank Worrell, West Indies cricketer (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 2
- James Baldwin, African-American author, novelist, playwright and activist (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 3 – Leon Uris, American writer (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 5 – Ben Jones, 7th Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 2005)<ref name="Scoon2003">Template:Cite book</ref>
August 6
- Sophie Freud, Austrian-born American psychologist (d. 2022)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Erich Schriever, Swiss Olympic rower (d. 2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August 7 – Cecil Abbott, Commissioner of the New South Wales Police in Australia (d. 2014)
August 8 – Gene Deitch, American illustrator, animator and film director (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 10 – Martha Hyer, American actress (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
August 12 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 13 – Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref>
August 14 – Georges Prêtre, French orchestral, opera conductor (d. 2017)
August 15
- Robert Bolt, English writer (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Phyllis Schlafly, American activist (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 16
- Ralf Bendix, German Schlager singer, music producer, composer and songwriter (d. 2014)
- Fess Parker, American actor and businessman (d. 2010)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August 17 – Idris Iskandar al-Mutawakkil Alallahi Shah of Perak, 33rd Sultan of Perak (d. 1984)
August 19 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
August 21 – Dalia Wood, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
August 22 – Orlando Ramón Agosti, Argentine general (d. 1997)
August 23
- Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress (d. 2018)
August 24 – Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (d. 1989)
August 25 – Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August 29
- María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer, actress (d. 2018)
- Dinah Washington, African-American singer, pianist (d. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 31 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (d. 2003)

September

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Daniel arap Moi

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Lauren Bacall

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Marcello Mastroianni

September 2 – Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
September 4 – Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)<ref name="AikenLowry1992">Template:Cite book</ref>
September 7 – Daniel Inouye, American politician (d. 2012)
September 8 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
September 9
- Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001)
- Sylvia Miles, American actress (d. 2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2025)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 11 – Rudolf Vrba, Slovak-Jewish Holocaust survivor, escapee from Auschwitz (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 13 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 15 – György Lázár, 50th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2014)
September 16 – Lauren Bacall, American actress (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 18 – Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (d. 2018)
September 19 – Suchitra Mitra, Indian singer and composer (d. 2011)
September 20 – Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and producer (d. 2014)
September 21 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1957)
September 22
- Bernard Gauthier, French racing cyclist (d. 2018)
- Emile Wijntuin, Surinamese politician (d. 2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
September 24
- Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast (d. 2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 30 – Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

October

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Jimmy Carter

October 1
- Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2024)
- William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
October 5 – José Donoso, Chilean writer (d. 1996)
October 10
- Umar Wirahadikusumah, 4th Vice President of Indonesia (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ed Wood, American B-movie producer (d. 1978)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 11 – Mal Whitfield, American Olympic athlete (d. 2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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October 14
- Robert Webber, American actor (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ramón Castro Ruz, Cuban revolutionary (d. 2016)
October 15
- Henry Sy, Chinese-Filipino business magnate (d. 2019)
- Lee Iacocca, American industrialist (d. 2019)
October 16 – Prince Makonnen, member of the Ethiopian royal family (d. 1957)
October 19 – Lubomír Štrougal, Czech politician (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 21 – Chin Peng, Secretary-General of the Malayan Communist Party (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
October 24 – Aji Muhammad Salehuddin II, Indonesian royal (d. 2018)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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October 29 – Bernard Middleton, British restoration bookbinder (d. 2019)<ref name="Silverman2019">Template:Cite book</ref>

November

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Shirley Chisholm

November 1 – Süleyman Demirel, President of Turkey (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 3 – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Hungarian gymnast (d. 2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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November 8
- Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Dmitry Yazov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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November 9 – Robert Frank, Swiss photographer (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
November 11 – Sunder Lal Patwa, Indian politician (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 13 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese population geneticist (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
November 15 – Rosa Helena Álvarez Yepes, First Lady of Colombia (d. 1998)
November 16
- Erika Mahringer, Austrian alpine skier (d. 2018)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Mel Patton, American athlete (d. 2014)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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November 19 – William Russell, English actor (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
November 20 – Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-born mathematician (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 21
- Joseph Campanella, American actor (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Christopher Tolkien, English author, academic and J. R. R. Tolkien's son (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
November 22 – Geraldine Page, American actress (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 23 – Anita Linda, Filipino actress (d. 2020)
November 25
- Paul Desmond, American jazz alto saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic and philosopher (d. 2012)
- A. Hamid Arief, Indonesian actor (d. 1992)
November 26 – Bhekimpi Dlamini, 4th Prime Minister of Swaziland (d. 1999)
November 28 – Dennis Brutus, South African poet and anti-apartheid activist (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 30
- Shirley Chisholm, African-American politician (d. 2005)
- Otto Kaiser, German biblical scholar (d. 2017)
- Allan Sherman, American comedy writer, television producer and song parodist (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

December

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Mário Soares

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Michael Manley

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Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

December 2 – Alexander Haig, American politician, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 3 – Francisco Sionil José, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2022)
December 4 – Jakub Nowakowski, Polish zoologist, participant of the Warsaw Uprising<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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December 6 – Wally Cox, American television, motion picture actor (d. 1973)
December 7
- Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Mário Soares, 105th Prime Minister of Portugal, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 10 – Michael Manley, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 12 – Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City (1978–1989) (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 13
- Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal (d. 2011)
- Maria Riva, German-born American actress (d. 2025)
December 14 – Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, producer and director (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 16 – Nissim Ezekiel, Indian Jewish poet, actor, playwright, editor and art critic (d. 2004)<ref name="Mohan">Template:Cite book</ref>
December 19
- Michel Tournier, French writer (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Cicely Tyson, American actress (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 20 – Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (d. 2011)
December 23 – Bob Kurland, American basketball player (d. 2013)<ref name="Fame1974">Template:Cite book</ref>
December 24
- Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somali diplomat, politician and 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 2014)
- Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 25
- Moktar Ould Daddah, 1st President of Mauritania (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Rod Serling, American television screenwriter (The Twilight Zone) (d. 1975)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 10th Prime Minister of India (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Fatimah Hashim, Malaysian politician (d. 2010)
December 28 – Girma Wolde-Giorgis, 2nd President of Ethiopia (d. 2018)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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December 30 – Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American engineer (d. 2013)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Deaths

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January

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Vladimir Lenin

January 2 – Sabine Baring-Gould, British composer and novelist (b. 1834)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 13
- Albert Abrams, American doctor (b. 1863)
- Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (b. 1834)
January 14 – Luther Emmett Holt, American pediatrician (b. 1855)
January 16 – Licerio Gerónimo, Filipino military leader (b. 1855)
January 21 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary, first Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1870)
January 24
- Auguste-Louis-Alberic, prince d'Arenberg (b. 1837)
- Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
January 28 – Teófilo Braga, Portuguese writer (b. 1843)
January 30 – Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Montpensier (b. 1884)

February

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Woodrow Wilson

February 3 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b. 1856)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 11 – Jacques Loeb, German–born American physiologist and biologist (b. 1859)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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February 16
- Henry Bacon, American architect (b. 1866)
- John William Kendrick, American railroad executive (b. 1853)
- Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (b. 1858)
February 17
- Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère, French admiral (b. 1852)
- Oskar Merikanto, Finnish composer (b. 1868)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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February 22 – Manuel Tinio, Filipino general and politician (b. 1877)
February 29 – Emily Ruete, princess of Zanzibar (b. 1844)

March

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Willert Konow

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Nilo Pecanha

March 4 – Fanny Eaton, Jamaican artist's model (b. 1835)
March 9 – Panagiotis Danglis, Greek military leader, politician (b. 1853)
March 11
- Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (b. 1868)
- Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, 18th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1849)
March 15 – Wollert Konow, Norwegian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1845)
March 22
- Louis Delluc, French film director (b. 1890)
- Sir William Macewen, British surgeon (b. 1848)
- Robert Nivelle, French World War I general (b. 1856)
March 24 – Prince Kachō Hirotada of Japan (b. 1902)
March 29 – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, resident in United Kingdom (b. 1852)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 31 – Nilo Peçanha, Brazilian politician and 7th President of Brazil (b. 1867)

April

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Marie Corelli

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Eleonora Duse

April 4 – Arnold Pick, Czechoslovakian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1851)
April 10
- Rafael Yglesias Castro, Costa Rican politician, 16th President of Costa Rica (b. 1861)
- Hugo Stinnes, German industrialist, politician (b. 1870)
April 14 – Louis Sullivan, American architect (b. 1856)
April 19 – Paul Boyton, Irish-American extreme water sports pioneer (b. 1848)
April 21
- Marie Corelli, English novelist (b. 1855)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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April 24 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist, educator (b. 1846)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

May

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George Kennan

May 4 – E. Nesbit, British author (b. 1858)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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May 6 – Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema, Dutch poet (b. 1877)
May 10 – George Kennan, American explorer (b. 1845)
May 15 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852)
May 26 – Victor Herbert, Irish composer (b. 1859)

June

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Franz Kafka

June 3 – Franz Kafka, Austrian author (The Trial) (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
June 9
- Andrew Irvine, British mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. 1902)
- George Mallory, British mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (b. 1886)
June 10 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist politician (assassinated) (b. 1885)
June 11
- Théodore Dubois, French composer, teacher (b. 1837)
- Jacob Israël de Haan, Dutch-Jewish literary writer, journalist (b. 1881)
June 30 – Johannes von Eben, German general (b. 1855)

July

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Ferruccio Busoni

July 14
- Isabella Ford, British socialist, feminist, trade unionist and writer (b. 1855)
- Isabella Stewart Gardner, American art collector, philanthropist (b. 1840)
July 23 – Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1860)
July 27 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer (b. 1866)