BORN 1926

Turning 97 in 2023

		W. Michael Blumenthal German-born American government official, Secretary of the Treasury (1977–1979) 01/03/1926
		Robert McGinnis American painter and illustrator 02/03/1926
		György Kurtág Hungarian composer 02/19/1926
		Alan Greenspan American economist, Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987–2006) 03/06/1926
		George Ariyoshi American politician, Hawaii governor (1974–1986) 03/12/1926
		Gene Shalit American film and book critic and television personality, The Today Show (1973–2010) 03/25/1926
		Peter Marshall American pop singer and game show host, The Hollywood Squares 03/30/1926
		Roger Corman American motion picture producer and director, The Little Shop of Horrors 04/05/1926
		Alexander Butterfield American White House aide, revealed existence of Nixon tapes during Watergate scandal 04/06/1926
		Shecky Greene American comedian and actor 04/08/1926
		Jürgen Moltmann German theologian 04/08/1926
		Peter Lax Hungarian-born American mathematician 05/01/1926
		David Attenborough English naturalist and television host, Life on Earth 05/08/1926
		Marilyn Knowlden American actress, Imitation of Life, Les Misérables 05/12/1926
		Robert Jay Lifton American psychiatrist, author of Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism 05/16/1926
		Stanley Baxter Scottish actor, comedian, and impressionist 05/24/1926
		Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese president (2000–2012) 05/29/1926
		Joe Negri American jazz guitarist and actor, TV's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 06/10/1926
		Arno J. Mayer Luxembourgian-born American historian, author of Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? 06/19/1926
		Arnaldo Pomodoro Italian sculptor 06/23/1926
		Mel Brooks American actor, screenwriter, and motion picture director, The Producers, Blazing Saddles 06/28/1926
		Julius W. Becton, Jr. American government official, Director of FEMA (1985–1989) 06/29/1926
		Helen Gallagher American actress, TV's Ryan's Hope 07/19/1926
		Norman Jewison Canadian motion picture producer and director, In the Heat of the Night, Moonstruck 07/21/1926
		Betye Saar American assemblage artist 07/30/1926
		Tony Bennett American pop singer, "Rags to Riches", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" 08/03/1926
		Betsy Jolas French/American composer, A Little Summer Suite 08/05/1926
		Arthur Rock American venture capitalist 08/19/1926
		Jean-Pierre Serre French mathematician 09/15/1926
		Max Morath American ragtime pianist 10/01/1926
		Charles Dolan American media mogul, founded Cablevision and HBO 10/16/1926
		Lou Donaldson American jazz saxophonist 11/01/1926
		Hilary Knight American illustrator, the Eloise book series 11/01/1926
		Valdas Adamkus Lithuanian president (1998–2003, 2004–2009) 11/03/1926
		Judith Magre French actress, The Lovers, Elle 11/20/1926
		Tsung-Dao Lee Chinese-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 11/24/1926
		Terry Kilburn English-born American actor, A Christmas Carol, Goodbye, Mr. Chips 11/25/1926
		Andrew Schally Polish-born American Nobel Prize-winning endocrinologist 11/30/1926
		Ralph Puckett American Korean War Medal of Honor recipient 12/08/1926
		Carl Erskine American baseball player 12/13/1926
		Charles Peters American journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of The Washington Monthly 12/22/1926