Judy Garland
American actress and singer
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Christopher Lee
English actor and singer
Stan Lee
American comic book writer
Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)
Ava Gardner
American actress
Betty White
American actress and comedian
Doris Day
American actress and singer
Kurt Vonnegut
American author
Jack Kerouac
American writer
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual
Bea Arthur
American actress and comedian
Hiroo Onoda
Imperial Japanese Army officer
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- 1922–2012Norodom SihanoukKing of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2004)October 31
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- 1922–2010Blake EdwardsAmerican filmmakerJuly 26
- 1922–2008Cyd CharisseAmerican dancer and actressMarch 8
- 1922–1973Veronica LakeAmerican actressNovember 14
- 1922–2007Yvonne De CarloCanadian-born American actress, dancer and singerSeptember 1
- 1922–1965Dorothy DandridgeAmerican actress and singerNovember 9
- 1922–2016Boutros Boutros-GhaliUN Secretary-General, 1992–1996November 14
- 1922–2013Eleanor ParkerAmerican actressJune 26
- 1922–1999Julius NyererePresident of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985April 13
- 1922–2011Lucian FreudBritish painter and engraverDecember 8
- 1922–2010José SaramagoPortuguese novelistNovember 16
- 1922–2000Charles M. SchulzAmerican cartoonistNovember 26
- 1922–1993Erich HartmannGerman World War II flying aceApril 19
- 1922–1992Denholm ElliottEnglish actorMay 31
- 1922–2012George McGovernAmerican politician and historianJuly 19
- 1922–1999Franjo TuđmanPresident of Croatia from 1990 to 1999May 14
- 1922–2005Barbara Bel GeddesAmerican actressOctober 31
- 1922–2013Michael AnsaraAmerican actorApril 15
- 1922–2001Christiaan BarnardSouth African cardiac surgeonNovember 8
- 1922–1996Thomas KuhnAmerican philosopherJuly 18
- 1922–2008Paul ScofieldEnglish actorJanuary 21
- 1922–1979Charles MingusAmerican jazz musicianApril 22
- 1922–2010Howard ZinnAmerican historian and socialist philosopherAugust 24
- 1922–2002Kim HunterAmerican actressNovember 12
- 1922–2012Jack KlugmanAmerican actorApril 27
- 1922–2017Jake LaMottaAmerican boxerJuly 10
- 1922–2000Vittorio GassmanItalian actor and directorSeptember 1
- 1922–2011Jackie CooperAmerican actor and directorSeptember 15
- 1922–2014Sid CaesarAmerican comic actor and writerSeptember 8
- 1922–1995Kingsley AmisEnglish author, critic and teacherApril 16
- 1922–1985Philip LarkinEnglish poet, novelist and librarianAugust 9
- 1922–2025Yang Chen-NingChinese-American physicistOctober 1
- 1922–2017Barbara HaleAmerican actressApril 18
- 1922–2014Ruby DeeAmerican actressOctober 27
- 1922–2011Har Gobind KhoranaIndian-American molecular biologistJanuary 9
- 1922–2020Pierre CardinItalian-French fashion designerJuly 2
- 1922–1979Agostinho NetoPresident of Angola from 1975 to 1979September 17
- 1922–2017Liliane BettencourtFrench heiress, socialite and businesswomanOctober 21
- 1922–2015Patrick MacneeBritish-American actorFebruary 6
- 1922–2023John B. GoodenoughAmerican materials scientistJuly 25
- 1922–2004Russ MeyerAmerican filmmaker and photographerMarch 21
- 1922–2010Arthur PennAmerican film and theatre directorSeptember 27
- 1922–1984Ahmed Sékou TouréPresident of Guinea from 1958 to 1984January 9
- 1922–2004Elmer BernsteinAmerican composer and conductorApril 4
- 1922–2014Alain ResnaisFrench film directorJune 3
- 1922–2000Emil ZátopekCzechoslovak long-distance runnerSeptember 19
- 1922–2023Norman LearAmerican screenwriter and producerJuly 27
- 1922–1991Redd FoxxAmerican comedian and actorDecember 9
- 1922–2009Aage BohrDanish physicistJune 19
- 1922–1976Abdul Razak HusseinPrime Minister of Malaysia from 1970 to 1976March 11
- 1922–1987Alistair MacLeanScottish writerApril 21
- 1922–2016Steven HillAmerican actorFebruary 24
- 1922–1985Jock SteinScottish football player and managerOctober 5
- 1922–1996Joanne DruAmerican actressJanuary 31
- 1922–2008Maila NurmiAmerican actress and television personalityDecember 11
- 1922–2015Lizabeth ScottAmerican actress and singerSeptember 29
- 1922–2016Guy HamiltonEnglish film directorSeptember 16