Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. [edit] Events of 1933 [edit] January [edit] February [edit] August [edit] September [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December [edit] Undated [edit] Births [edit] January–February - January 2 – Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist and author
- January 6
- January 8 – Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator (CBS Sunday Morning)
- January 9 – Robert Garcia, American politician
- January 14 – Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
- January 16 – Susan Sontag, American author (d. 2004)
- January 17
- January 18 – John Boorman, English film director
- January 23 – Chita Rivera, American actress and dancer
- January 25 – Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (d. 2009)
- February 6 – Leslie Crowther, British TV comedian & game show host (d. 1996)
- February 7 – John Anderton, English footballer
- February 8 – Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
- February 12 – Costa-Gavras, Greek-born director and writer
- February 13 – Kim Novak, American actress
- February 14 – Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969)
- February 17 – Craig Thomas, American Senator (d. 2007)
- February 18 – Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer and artist, widow of John Lennon
- February 18 – Sir Bobby Robson, English soccer player and manager (d. 2009)
- February 21 – Nina Simone, American singer (d. 2003)
- February 22 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent
- February 27 – Raymond Berry, American football player
- February 28 – Miro Steržaj, Slovenian 9-pin bowler and businessman
[edit] March–April - March 6 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- March 7 – Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (d. 1998)
- March 12 – Barbara Feldon, American actress and model (Get Smart)
- March 13 – Mike Stoller, American songwriter
- March 14
- March 15
- March 16 – Sandy Weill, American financier and philanthropist
- March 19 – Philip Roth, American author
- March 22 – May Britt, Swedish actress
- April 1 – Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 5
- April 6 – Roy Goode, British legal academic
- April 12
- April 15 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (Bewitched) (d. 1995)
- April 16 – Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster
- April 18 – Michael Bradshaw, British actor
- April 19 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (d. 1967)
- April 24
- April 25 – Jerry Leiber, American composer
- April 26
- April 29 – Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium
- April 30 – Willie Nelson, American country singer, songwriter
[edit] May–June - May 21 – Maurice André, French trumpeter
- May 22 – Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician (D. 1996 )
- May 23 – Joan Collins, English actress (Dynasty)
- May 25 – Ray Spencer, English footballer
- May 26 – Edward Whittemore, American writer and Central Intelligence agent (d. 1995)
- May 29
- June 1 – Charles Wilson, American politician
- June 6 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- June 8 – Joan Rivers, American comedian
- June 11 – Gene Wilder, American actor (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
- June 14 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach
- June 17
- June 19 – Viktor Patsayev, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1971)
- June 20 – Danny Aiello, American actor
- June 21 – Bernie Kopell, American actor and comedian (Love Boat)
- June 23 – Dave Bristol, American baseball manager
- June 26 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
- June 29 – John Bradshaw, American theologian and educator
[edit] July–August - July 6 – Frank Austin, English footballer
- July 7
- July 8 – Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (Young Frankenstein) (d. 1982)
- July 11 – Bob McGrath, American actor (Sesame Street)
- July 15
- July 20
- July 21 – John Gardner, American novelist (d. 1982)
- July 23 – Bert Convy, American game show host, actor, and singer (d. 1991)
- July 26 – Kathryn Hays, American actress/soap opera star
- August 1
- August 2 – Tom Bell, English actor (d. 2006)
- August 8 – Joe Tex, African-American soul singer (d. 1982)
- August 10 – Doyle Brunson, American poker player
- August 11 – Jerry Falwell, American evangelist and conservative political activist (d. 2007)
- August 14 – Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 15 – Jim Lange, American disc jockey and game show host (The Dating Game)
- August 16
- August 17 – Gene Kranz, retired American NASA Flight Director
- August 18 – Roman Polanski, French film director
- August 20 – George J. Mitchell, former United States Senator
- August 21
- August 23 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 25 – Tom Skerritt, American actor
- August 29 – Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor
[edit] September–October - September 1 – Conway Twitty, American country music artist (d. 1993)
- September 1 – Ann Richards, Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
- September 4 – Mathieu Kérékou, President of Benin
- September 4 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor
- September 9 – Michael Novak, American philosopher and author
- September 10 – Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2000)
- September 13 – Eileen Fulton, American actress/soap opera star
- September 14 – Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 1955 (d. 1996)
- September 17 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress (d. 2003)
- September 18 – Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach
- September 15 – Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor
- September 25 – Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster
- September 26 – Donna Douglas, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies)
- September 29 – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique (d. 1986)
- October 9 – Peter Mansfield, British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- October 10 – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (d. 1969)
- October 17 – Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer (d. 1985)
- October 24 – Reginald Kray, British gangster
- October 24 – Ronald Kray, British gangster
- October 24 – Norman Rush, American writer
[edit] November–December - November 1 – Samir Roychoudhury, Indian Bengali poet and philosopher of Hungry generation
- November 3
- November 6 – Knut Johannesen, Norweigian speed-skater
- November 10 – Don Clarke, Rugby football player of New Zealand (d. 2002)
- November 12 – Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq
- November 14 – Fred Haise, American astronaut who flew in Apollo 13
- November 19 – Larry King, American talk show host
- November 23 – Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer
- November 26 – Robert Goulet, American entertainer (d. 2007)
- November 28 – Hope Lange, American actress (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) (d. 2003)
- December 1 – Lou Rawls, African-American singer (d. 2006)
- December 2 – Michael Larrabee, American athlete (d. 2003)
- December 3 – Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- December 6 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer
- December 9 – Orville Moody, American golfer (d. 2008)
- December 15 – Tim Conway, American actor and comedian
- December 17 – Walter Booker, American jazz bassist (d. 2006)
- December 20 – Jean Carnahan, American politician
- December 23 – Emperor Akihito of Japan
- December 26
[edit] Undated [edit] Deaths [edit] January–June - January 1 – Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (b. 1876)
- January 3
- January 5 – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
- January 7 – Bert Hinkler, Australian pioneer aviator (b. 1892)
- January 17 – Louis Comfort Tiffany, stained glass artist and jewelry designer, son of Charles Lewis Tiffany
- January 25 – Lewis J. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1870)
- January 29
- January 31 – John Galsworthy, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- February 5 – Josiah Thomas, Australian politician (b. 1863)
- February 12 – Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848)
- February 15 – Pat Sullivan, Australian-born director and producer of animated films (b. 1887)
- February 18 – James J. Corbett, American boxer (b. 1866)
- February 26 – Spottiswoode Aitken, Scottish-American actor (b. 1868)
- February 27 – Walter Hiers, American actor (b. 1893)
- March 1 – Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (b. 1900)
- March 6 – Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (assassinated) (b. 1873)
- March 10 – Ahmed Sharif es Senussi, Chief of the Senussi order in Libya (b. 1873)
- March 14 – Balto, American sled dog (b. 1919)
- March 20 – Giuseppe Zangara, attempted assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (b. 1900)
- March 26 – Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)
- April 3 – William A. Moffett, U.S. admiral (sinking of the USS Akron) (b. 1869)
- April 22 – Henry Royce, English car manufacturer (b. 1863)
- May 13 – Ernest Torrance, Scottish actor (b. 1878)
- May 16 – John Henry Mackay, German writer (b. 1864)
- May 24 – Percy C. Mather, English Protestant missionary
- May 26 – Jimmie Rodgers, American country singer (b. 1897)
- June 2 – Frank Jarvis, American athlete (b. 1878)
- June 29 – Fatty Arbuckle, American comedian (b. 1887)
[edit] July–December - July 3 – Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852)
- July 15
- September 7 – Edward Grey, British statesman (b. 1862)
- September 8 – Faisal I of Iraq, king of Iraq
- September 10 – Giuseppe Campari, Italian opera singer and Grand Prix driver (b. 1892)
- September 20 – Annie Besant, English women's rights activist, writer and orator (b. 1847)
- September 25 – Ring Lardner, American writer (b. 1885)
- October 5 – Renée Adorée, French actress (b. 1898)
- November 3 – Émile Roux, French physician (b. 1853)
- November 5 – Texas Guinan, American actress (b. 1884)
- November 30 – Arthur Currie, Canadian military leader (b. 1875)
- December 4 – Stefan George, German poet (b. 1868)
- December 8 – Karl Jatho, German airplane pioneer (b. 1873)
- December 17 – Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
- December 19 – George Jackson Churchward, GWR Chief mechanical engineer (b. 1857)
- December 25 – Francesc Macià, President of the Generalitat (autonomous government of Catalonia) (b. 1859)
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