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• 1919–2013Doris LessingBritish novelistOctober 22
• 1919–2006Desmond DossUS soldier and Medal of Honor recipientFebruary 7
• 1919–2005Zhao ZiyangChinese politicianOctober 17
• 1919–2007Ian SmithPrime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979April 8
• 1919–1987LiberaceAmerican musician and actorMay 16
• 1919–2012Inder Kumar GujralPrime Minister of India from 1997 to 1998December 4
• 1919–1996Martin BalsamAmerican actorNovember 4
• 1919–1999Iris MurdochIrish-born British writer and philosopherJuly 15
• 1919–1998George WallaceAmerican politician and lawyerAugust 25
• 1919–1987Primo LeviItalian Holocaust survivor and writerJuly 31
• 1919–1995Eva GaborHungarian-American actress and socialiteFebruary 11
• 1919–2010Dino De LaurentiisItalian-American film producerAugust 8
• 1919–2006Red ButtonsAmerican comedian and actorFebruary 5
• 1919–2003Robert StackAmerican actorJanuary 13
• 1919–2013Giulio AndreottiPrime Minister of Italy (1972–73; 1976–79; 1989–92)January 14
• 1919–1991Margot FonteynEnglish ballerinaMay 18
• 1919–1996Jon PertweeEnglish actorJuly 7
• 1919–2005Amrita PritamIndian writerAugust 31
• 1919–2004Howard KeelAmerican actor and singerApril 13
• 1919–1971Vikram SarabhaiIndian physicist and astronomerAugust 12
• 1919–1996Andreas PapandreouPrime Minister of Greece (1981–1989; 1993–1996)February 5
• 1919–1996Bob PaisleyEnglish footballer and managerJanuary 23
• 1919–1999Georgios PapadopoulosDictator of Greece from 1967 to 1973May 5
• 1919–2022James LovelockEnglish scientistJuly 26
• 1919–1995Madalyn Murray O'HairAmerican atheist activistApril 13
• 1919–1969Moïse TshombeCongolese politician and secessionist leaderNovember 10
• 1919–2005Dan O'HerlihyIrish actorMay 1
• 1919–2016Alan YoungBritish actorNovember 19
• 1919–2001Eileen HeckartAmerican actressMarch 29
• 1919–2009Richard ToddIrish actorJune 11
• 1919–1990Art BlakeyAmerican jazz drummer and bandleaderOctober 11
• 1919–2001Pauline KaelAmerican film criticJune 19
• 1919–1948Carole LandisAmerican actressJanuary 1
• 1919–2006Choi Kyu-hahPresident of South Korea from 1979 to 1980July 16
• 1919–2011Betty GarrettAmerican actress, comedian, singer and dancerMay 23
• 1919–2016Ashraf PahlaviIranian princessOctober 26
• 1919–1973Lex BarkerAmerican actorMay 8
• 1919–2013James M. BuchananAmerican economist and Nobel LaureateOctober 3
• 1919–2009Gene BarryAmerican actorJune 14
• 1919–2016Walter ScheelPresident of Germany from 1974 to 1979July 8
• 1919–1991Tennessee Ernie FordAmerican singer and TV personalityFebruary 13
• 1919–1983Slim PickensAmerican rodeo performer and actorJune 29
• 1919–2012Chavela VargasMexican singerApril 17
• 1919–1963Oleg PenkovskySoviet military intelligence officer and Western spyApril 23
• 1919–2004Uta HagenAmerican actress and teacherJune 12
• 1919–2002Lawrence TierneyAmerican actorMarch 15
• 1919–1942Hans-Joachim MarseilleGerman fighter pilotDecember 13
• 1919–1943Doris MillerNavy Cross recipientOctober 12
• 1919–2007Kiichi MiyazawaPrime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993October 8
• 1919–2021Lawrence FerlinghettiAmerican poetMarch 24
• 1919–1960Fausto CoppiItalian cyclistSeptember 15
• 1919–2001Kathleen FreemanAmerican actressFebruary 17
• 1919–2013Frederik PohlAmerican science fiction writer and editorNovember 26
• 1919–2020Marge ChampionAmerican dancer and actressSeptember 2
• 1919–2018Peter Carington, 6th Baron CarringtonBritish politicianJune 6
• 1919–2013Manna DeyIndian singerMay 1
• 1919–1949Valentino MazzolaItalian footballerJanuary 26
• 1919–2015Edward BrookeAmerican politicianOctober 26
• 1919–2022Nehemiah PersoffAmerican actor and painterAugust 2
• 1919–1992Mohamed BoudiafHead of state of Algeria in 1992June 23