1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). [edit] Events of 1957 [edit] January [edit] February  Flag of Ghana, the first country in colonial Africa to gain independence [edit] August [edit] September [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December [edit] Undated [edit] Ongoing [edit] Environmental change [edit] Births [edit] January - January 1
- January 4 – Charles Allen, British television magnate
- January 6 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer
- January 7
- January 9 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer
- January 11 – Bryan Robson, English footballer
- January 12 – John Lasseter, American director, writer, and animator
- January 13 – Lorrie Moore, American writer
- January 14 – Anchee Min, Chinese writer
- January 15
- January 17 – Steve Harvey, American actor
- January 21 – Greg Ryan, American soccer coach
- January 22
- January 23 – Princess Caroline of Monaco
- January 24 – Adrian Edmondson, British comedian
- January 29 – Grazyna Miller, Polish poet
- January 30 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
[edit] February - February 2 – Phil Barney, French singer
- February 4 – Elaine Carbines, Member of the Australian Labor Party
- February 5 – Jackie Woodburne, Australian actress
- February 6 – Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian
- February 8 – Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (The B-52's)
- February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
- February 11 – Mitchell Symons, British writer
- February 16
- February 17 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer, harpist
- February 18
- February 19 – Falco, Austrian rock musician (d. 1998)
- February 20 – Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
- February 23 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009)
- February 27 – Viktor Markin, Russian athlete
- February 28 – Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer
- March 3 – Eric Walters, Canadian author
- March 4
- March 9 – Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician
- March 10 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born Islamic extremist
- March 11 – Rob Paulsen, American voice actor
- March 12 – Marlon Jackson, American singer
- March 17 – Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer
- March 18 – György Pazdera, Hungarian rock bassist (Pokolgép)
- March 20 – Spike Lee, American film director and actor
- March 29 – Christopher Lambert, French actor
- March 31 – Alan Duncan, British politician
- April 1
- April 2 – Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
- April 4 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
- April 5 – Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan autism campaigner
- April 8 – Henry Cluney, Irish musician
- April 9 – Severiano Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
- April 11 – Michael Card, American Christian musician
- April 12 – Suzzanne Douglass, American actress
- April 14 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
- April 18 – Genie (feral child), "Genie", American feral child
- April 22 – Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov, Russian businessman
- April 25 – Eric Bristow, English darts player
- April 27 – Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
- April 29 – Daniel Day-Lewis, English-born actor
- May 3
- May 10 – Sid Vicious, English rock bassist (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
- May 14 – Big Van Vader, American professional wrestler
- May 15 – Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
- May 16 – Jean Benoit, American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
- May 17 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish rock singer and songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings) (d. 2003)
- May 21
- May 22
- May 23 – Jimmy McShane (aka Baltimora), Northern Irish dancer (d. 1995)
- May 24 – Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer
- May 26 – Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
- May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, British rock singer (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
- May 28 – Kirk Gibson, American 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 7 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer and songwriter
- June 8 – Scott Adams, American cartoonist (Dilbert)
- June 10 – Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
- June 12
- June 14 – Debbie Arnold, British actress and voice artiste
- June 15 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
- June 19
- June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress
- June 27
- June 28 – Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 1 – Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
- July 2 – Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
- July 3
- July 9
- July 13 – Cameron Crowe, American writer and film director
- July 17 – Fern Britton, British television presenter
- July 18 – Nick Faldo, British golfer
- July 21 – George Landress, American songwriter, music producer and sound engineer
- July 23 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
- July 26
- July 27 – Hansi Muller, German footballer
- July 29 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
[edit] August - August 6 – Jim McGreevey, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
- August 7 – Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
- August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
- August 11 – Richie Ramone, American rock drummer (The Ramones)
- August 14 – Peter Costello, Australian politician
- August 17 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater
- August 18
- 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 29 – Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (d. 2001)
- August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo, American football player
- August 31 – Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (d. 1999)
[edit] September - September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born American singer
- September 8
- September 11 – Brad Bird, American animator and director
- September 11 – Preben Elkjaer Larsen, Danish footballer
- September 12 – Rachel Ward, British actress
- September 13 – Vinny Appice, American drummer
- September 16 – David McCreery, Irish footballer
- September 21
- Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor
- Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister
- September 22 – Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor
- September 26 – Luigi De Canio, Italian footballer and football manager
- September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician
- September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress
[edit] October - October 4 – Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
- October 5 – Bernie Mac, American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2008)
- October 7 – Jayne Torvill, British ice skater
- October 8 – Ewan Stewart, Scottish actor
- October 11 – Dawn French, British comedian
- October 14 – Kenny Neal, American guitarist
- October 15 – Stacy Peralta, American director and former skateboarder
- October 21 – Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- October 26 – Bob Golic, American football player
- October 27 – Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese film director
- October 29 – Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor
- October 30 – Richard Jeni, American comedian (d. 2007)
- October 31
[edit] November - 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, American tap dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)
- November 15 – Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist
- November 17 – Debbie Thrower, British TV news presenter
- 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 Canadian comedian
[edit] December - December 4 – Eric S. Raymond, American open source software advocate
- December 6 – Thomas Brinkman, American politician
- December 9
- December 10 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor
- December 13 – Steve Buscemi, American actor
- December 15 – Laura Molina, American artist, musician and actress
- December 19 – Kevin McHale, American basketball player
- December 20
- December 21
- December 24 – Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
- December 25 – Shane McGowan, Irish singer and songwriter (The Pogues)
- December 30 – Matt Lauer, American newscaster
[edit] Deaths [edit] January–March - 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)
- January 20 – James Connolly, American athlete (b. 1868)
- January 26
- February 1 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (b. 1890)
- February 8
- February 9
- February 10 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
- February 16 – Józef Hofmann, Polish-born pianist and composer (b. 1876)
- February 18
- February 19 – Märta Torén, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
- February 23 – Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
- February 25
- March 5 – William Cameron Menzies, American film production designer (b. 1896)
- March 7 – Wyndham Lewis, English painter (b. 1882)
- March 8 – János Esterházy, Hungarian politician in Czechoslovakia (b. 1901)
- March 11 – Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888)
- March 12 – Josephine Hull, American actres (b. 1886)
- March 14 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian racing driver (car crash) (b. 1930)
- 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)
- March 31 – Gene Lockhart, Canadian actor (b. 1891)
[edit] April–June - April 3 – Ned Sparks, Canadian character actor (b. 1883)
- April 4 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)
- April 5 – Alagappa Chettiar, Indian philanthropist (b. 1909)
- April 8 – Dorothy Sebastian, American actress (b. 1903)
- April 15 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
- April 16 – Johnny Torrio, Italian-American gangster (b. 1882)
- April 26 – Elinor Fair, American actress (b. 1903)
- May 1 – Grant Mitchell, American actor (b. 1874)
- May 2 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
- May 7 – Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (b. 1877)
- May 9 – Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
- May 12 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor and director (b. 1885)
- May 14 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b. 1884)
- May 16 – Eliot Ness, American policeman (b. 1903)
- May 29 – James Whale, American film director (b. 1889)
- May 31 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
- June 1
- June 12
- June 13 – Irving Baxter, American athlete (b. 1876)
- June 15 – Princess Norina Matchabelli, Italian perfumier (b. 1880)
- 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)
[edit] July–September - July 4 – Judy Tyler, American actress (b. 1933)
- July 8 – Grace Coolidge, wife of United States President Calvin Coolidge (b. 1879)
- July 11 – Aga Khan III, 48th Nizari Imam (b. 1877)
- July 15
- July 23 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (b. 1896)
- July 24
- July 28 – Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator, and author (b. 1876)
- August 5 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (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, Vorticist painter (b. 1890)
- August 20 – Julio Lozano Díaz, President of Honduras (b. 1885)
- August 30 – Harold Gatty, Australian aviator (b. 1903)
- September 1 – Dennis Brain, English French horn player (b. 1921) (car crash)
- September 9 – Muhammad al-Muqri, grand vizier of Morocco (b. ?1844)
- 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)
- September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician (b. 1888)
[edit] October–December - October 19 – Vere Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist (b. 1892)
- October 20 – Jack Buchanan, British actor (b. 1891)
- October 24
- October 25
- October 26 – Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
- October 29 – Louis B. Mayer, American studio mogul and former head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (b. 1885)
- November 3 – Charles Brabin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882)
- November 4
- November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, American actress (b. 1890)
- November 24 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
- November 25 – Raymond Griffith, American actor (b. 1895)
- November 26 – Billy Bevan, Australian actor (b. 1887)
- November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
- November 30 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
- December 2 – Harrison Ford, American silent film actor (b. 1884)
- December 8 – Reginald Sheffield, English actor (b. 1901)
- December 10 – Maurice McLoughlin, American tennis champion (b. 1890)
- December 11 – Musidora, French actress (b. 1889)
- December 21 – Eric Coates, English composer (b. 1886)
- December 24 – Norma Talmadge, American actress (b. 1893)
- December 25 – Stanley Vestal, American writer, poet, historian (b. 1877)
- December 26 – Charles Pathé, French film pioneer (b. 1863)
[edit] Ship events [edit] Nobel Prizes [edit] Academy Awards - Best Picture: Around the World in Eighty Days, Michael Todd
- Best Director: George Stevens, Giant
- Best Foreign Language Film: La strada, Italy
- Best Actor: Yul Brynner, The King and I
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
- Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life
- Best Supporting Actress: Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
- Best Original Screenplay: The Red Balloon, Albert Lamorisse
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Around the World in Eighty Days, James Poe and John Farrow and S.J. Perelman
- Best Motion Picture Story: The Brave One, Dalton Trumbo
- Best Black-and-White Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg, Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Best Color Cinematography: Lionel Lindon, Around the World in 80 Days
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