1957 (MCMLVII ) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium , the 57th year of the 20th century , and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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January
Katie Couric
John Lasseter
Steve Harvey
Ade Edmondson
Frank Miller
January 1
January 3 – Bojan Križaj , Slovenian alpine skier
January 4 – Patty Loveless , American country music singer
January 5 – Maartin Allcock , English multi-instrumentalist and record producer (d. 2018 )
January 6 – Nancy Lopez , American golfer
January 7
January 8
January 9 – Bibie , Ghanaian singer
January 11
January 12 – John Lasseter , American director, writer and animator
January 13
January 14
January 15 – Mario Van Peebles , African-American actor and director
January 16 – Ricardo Darín , Argentinian actor
January 17 – Steve Harvey , African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actor[37]
January 22
January 23 – Caroline, Princess of Hanover
January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk , American professional wrestler (d. 2003 )
January 27
January 29 – Grażyna Miller , Polish poet
January 30 – Payne Stewart , American golfer (d. 1999 )
February
Dennis Brown
Danny Antonucci
Ainsley Harriott
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
John Turturro
February 1 – Dennis Brown , Jamaican reggae singer (d. 1999 )
February 2 – Phil Barney , French singer
February 5 – Jackie Woodburne , Australian actress
February 6
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 and journalist
February 14 – Soile Isokoski , Finnish lyric soprano
February 16 – LeVar Burton , African-American actor[38]
February 17 – Loreena McKennitt , Canadian singer, composer, harpist (Mummers' Dance )
February 18
February 19
February 20 – Glen Hanlon , Canadian ice hockey coach
February 23
February 25 – Tharman Shanmugaratnam , Singaporean politician, 9th President of Singapore
February 27
February 28
March
Osama bin Laden
Qasem Soleimani
Spike Lee
Lucio Gutiérrez
Christopher Lambert
March 4 – Mykelti Williamson , American actor
March 5 – Mark E. Smith , English singer (d. 2018 )
March 8 – Clive Burr , British heavy metal drummer (d. 2013 )
March 9 – Mona Sahlin , Swedish politician
March 10
March 11 – Qasem Soleimani , Iranian general (d. 2020 )
March 12
March 13 – David Peaston , American singer (d. 2012 )
March 15
March 18 – György Pazdera , Hungarian rock bassist (Pokolgép )
March 19 – Christopher Murray , American actor
March 20
March 22 – Michael Mosley , British television and radio journalist, producer, presenter and writer (d. 2024 )
March 23
March 24 – Jack Edwards , American play-by-play announcer
March 26 – Leeza Gibbons , American television personality
March 27 – Stephen Dillane , English actor
March 28 – Paul Eiding , American actor and voice actor
March 29 – Christopher Lambert , French-American actor
March 30
March 31
April
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Donald Tusk
Daniel Day-Lewis
April 1
April 2
April 4
April 5 – Ivan Corea , Sri Lankan autism campaigner
April 8 – Henry Cluney , Irish musician
April 9 – Seve Ballesteros , Spanish golfer (d. 2011 )
April 10 – Ülle Kaljuste , Estonian actress
April 12 – Vince Gill , American singer-songwriter
April 14 – Mikhail Pletnev , Russian pianist, conductor and composer
April 17
April 19 – Mukesh Ambani , Indian businessman[41]
April 20 – Aviva Chomsky , American history professor, coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State University
April 21
April 22 – Donald Tusk , Prime Minister of Poland
April 23
April 24 – Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed , Pakistani-British Labour Party politician and convicted sex offender [42]
April 25
April 27 – Michel Barrette , Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
April 28 – Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez , Cuban-born experimental filmmaker
April 29
May
Richard E. Grant
Sid Vicious
Kevin Von Erich
Yoshihiko Noda
Renée Soutendijk
May 1 – Jo Jorgensen , American libertarian politician and academic
May 3 – Jo Brand , English comedian
May 5 – Richard E. Grant , English actor
May 10 – Sid Vicious (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist (Sex Pistols ) (d. 1979 )
May 11 – Peter North , Canadian adult actor
May 13 – Carrie Lam , Hong Kong civil servant
May 14 – Daniela Dessì , Italian operatic soprano (d. 2016 )
May 15
May 16
Joan Benoit , American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
Bob Suter , American professional ice hockey player (d. 2014 )
May 17 – Gösta Sundqvist , Finnish rock singer and songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings ) (d. 2003 )
May 18
May 20 – Yoshihiko Noda , 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
May 21
May 22
May 23 – Jimmy McShane (aka Baltimora), Northern Irish singer and dancer (d. 1995 )
May 24
May 26
May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux , born Susan Ballion, English post-punk singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees )
May 28 – Kirk Gibson , American baseball player
May 29 – Ted Levine , American actor
May 31 – Jim Craig , American professional ice hockey player
June
Tarek Shawki
Frances McDormand
Georgi Parvanov
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska , Polish film director
June 3 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel , German field hockey player
June 5 – Kim Tai-chung , Korean martial artist and former actor and Bruce Lee double (d. 2011 )
June 7 – Juan Luis Guerra , Dominican singer and songwriter
June 8
June 12
June 14 – Maxi Jazz , British musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ (d. 2022 )[46]
June 15 – Seppo Pääkkönen , Finnish actor
June 19 – Anna Lindh , Swedish politician (d. 2003 )
June 21
June 23 – Frances McDormand , American actress
June 25 – William Goh , Archbishop of Singapore
June 27 – Erik Hamrén , Swedish football player
June 28
June 29 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow , Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
June 30 – Silvio Orlando , Italian actor
July
Kelly McGillis
Stefan Löfven
Bret Hart
Theo van Gogh
Nana Visitor
Nellie Kim
Fumio Kishida
July 1
July 2 – Bret Hart , Canadian professional wrestler
July 3
July 4
July 5 – Doug Wilson , Canadian ice hockey
July 6 – Chong Eng , Malaysian politician
July 7 – Mohd Puad Zarkashi , Malaysian politician
July 9
July 10 – Cindy Sheehan , American anti-war activist
July 12
July 13
July 17 – Shinobu Otake , Japanese actress
July 18 – Nick Faldo , British golfer
July 21
July 23 – Theo van Gogh , Dutch film director (d. 2004 )
July 24 – Shavkat Mirziyoyev , Uzbek politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and 2nd President of Uzbekistan
July 26
July 27 – Hansi Müller , German footballer
July 29
August
Melanie Griffith
Stephen Fry
Ivo Josipović
Ai Weiwei
August 2 – Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali , Malaysian politician (d. 2011 )
August 4
August 6 – Jim McGreevey , 52nd Governor of New Jersey
August 7 – Alexander Dityatin , Soviet gymnast
August 9 – Melanie Griffith , American actress
August 10 – Juli Básti , Hungarian actress
August 11 – Richie Ramone , American rock drummer (Ramones )
August 14 – Peter Costello , Australian politician
August 15 – Željko Ivanek , Slovenian-American actor
August 16
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[49]
August 25 – Simon McBurney , British actor, writer and theatre director[50]
August 26
Dr. Alban , Nigerian-born Swedish singer
Uzo , Nigerian-American film producer and director
August 27 – Bernhard Langer , German golfer
August 28
August 29
August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo , American football player
August 31
September
Gloria Estefan
Ricardo Montaner
Hans Zimmer
Kevin Rudd
Michael Madsen
Bongbong Marcos
September 1 – Gloria Estefan , Cuban-born American singer
September 6 – José Sócrates , 117th Prime Minister of Portugal
September 7
September 8 – Ricardo Montaner , Argentine-born Venezuelan singer
September 11 – Preben Elkjær , Danish footballer
September 12
September 13
September 16 – David McCreery , Irish footballer
September 18 – Mark Wells , American professional ice hockey player
September 19
September 20 – Sabine Christiansen , German journalist and television presenter
September 21
September 22
September 24 – Brad Bird , American animator, director, writer, producer and voice actor
September 25 – Michael Madsen , American actor
September 26 – Luigi De Canio , Italian footballer and football manager
September 27 – Peter Sellars , American theatre director
September 29 – Andrew Dice Clay , American comedian[54]
September 30 – Fran Drescher , American actress
October
Bernie Mac
Paul Kagame
Nancy Cartwright
Dan Castellaneta
Ahmet Kaya
October 4 – Bill Fagerbakke , American actor[55]
October 5 – Bernie Mac , African-American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2008 )[56] [57]
October 7 – Jayne Torvill , British ice dancer and Olympian[58]
October 8
October 9 – Herman Brusselmans , Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist[60]
October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi , Japanese manga artist[61]
October 11
October 12 – Clémentine Célarié , French actress
October 15
October 20 – Manuel Huerga , Spanish film director and screenwriter[66]
October 21
October 22 – Daniel Melingo , Argentine musician[69] [70]
October 23 – Paul Kagame , 4th President of Rwanda [71]
October 24 – John Kassir , American actor and comedian[72]
October 25 – Nancy Cartwright , American voice actress (Bart Simpson from The Simpsons )[73]
October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29 – Dan Castellaneta , American voice actor (Homer Simpson from The Simpsons )[57]
October 30
October 31
November
Dolph Lundgren
Tony Abbott
Goodluck Jonathan
Caroline Kennedy
November 3 – Dolph Lundgren , Swedish actor and martial artist[87]
November 4
November 5 – Jon-Erik Hexum , American actor (d. 1984 )[90]
November 6
November 7 – Christopher Knight , American actor[95]
November 9 – Magalvi Estaba , Venezuelan politician[96]
November 10 – George Lowe , American voice actor and comedian[ citation needed ]
November 11
November 12 – Cécilia Attias , wife of French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy [98]
November 13
November 14 – Gregg Burge , American tap dancer and choreographer (d. 1998 )[101]
November 15 – Kevin Eubanks , American jazz guitarist[102]
November 18 – Olivia Heussler , Swiss photojournalist[103]
November 19
November 20
November 22
November 23 – William Kaelin Jr. , American cellular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate[113]
November 24 – Denise Crosby , American screen actress[114]
November 26
November 27
November 30 – Colin Mochrie , Scottish-born Canadian comedian[123]
December
Michael Clarke Duncan
Steve Buscemi
Hamid Karzai
December 1
December 3 – Maxim Korobov , Russian businessman and politician
December 4 – Eric S. Raymond , American open source software advocate
December 6
December 7 – Tijjani Muhammad-Bande , Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)[131]
December 9
December 10
December 12 – Sheila E. , American percussionist, singer, author, and actress[138]
December 13 – Steve Buscemi , American actor[139]
December 15 – Laura Molina , American artist, musician and actress
December 16 – Nikolaos Michaloliakos , Greek politician, founder and leader of Golden Dawn , a neo-nazi party
December 17 – Doug Parker , Canadian voice actor and voice director[140]
December 19
December 20
December 21
December 24 – Hamid Karzai , President of Afghanistan [148]
December 25 – Shane MacGowan , English-born Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter (The Pogues ) (died 2023)[149]
December 29 – Oliver Hirschbiegel , German film director
December 30
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March
Ramon Magsaysay
Gheorghe Tătărescu
March 4 – Larbi Ben M'hidi , Algerian revolutionary leader (executed in Paul Aussaresses custody) (b. 1923)[158]
March 5 – William Cameron Menzies , American film production designer (b. 1896 )
March 6 – Sir Alexander Godley , British general (b. 1867 )
March 7 – Wyndham Lewis , English painter (b. 1882 )
March 8
March 11 – Richard E. Byrd , American explorer (b. 1888 )[160]
March 12 – Josephine Hull , American actress (b. 1877 )
March 14 – Eugenio Castellotti , Italian racing driver (car crash) (b. 1930 )
March 16 – Constantin Brâncuși , Romanian sculptor (b. 1876 )
March 17 – Ramon Magsaysay , 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907 )
March 26
March 28 – Gheorghe Tătărescu , Romanian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1886 )
March 29 – Joyce Cary , Irish author (b. 1888 )
March 31 – Gene Lockhart , Canadian actor (b. 1891 )
May
Joseph McCarthy
Eliot Ness
May 1 – Grant Mitchell , American actor (b. 1874 )
May 2 – Joseph McCarthy , American senator (b. 1908 )
May 4 – Katie Johnson , British actress (b. 1878 )
May 7
May 9
May 12 – Erich von Stroheim , Austrian actor and director (b. 1885 )
May 13 – Michael Fekete , Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. 1886 )
May 14 – Marie Vassilieff , Soviet artist (b. 1884 )
May 16 – Eliot Ness , American Prohibition agent (b. 1903 )
May 17 – Francesco Balilla Pratella , Italian composer (b. 1880 )
May 20 – Gilbert Murray , Australian-British classical scholar and intellectual (b. 1866 )
May 21 – Aleksandr Vertinsky , Russian singer and actor (b. 1889 )[162]
May 29 – James Whale , English film director (b. 1889 )
May 31 – Leopold Staff , Polish poet (b. 1878 )
August
Washington Luís
August 3 – Devdas Gandhi , youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1900 )
August 4 – Washington Luís , 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869 )
August 5 – Heinrich Otto Wieland , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877 )
August 7 – Oliver Hardy , American actor (b. 1892 )
August 11 – Rudolf Weigl , Polish biologist (b. 1883 )[171]
August 16 – Irving Langmuir , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881 )
August 19 – David Bomberg , British Vorticist painter (b. 1890 )
August 20 – Julio Lozano Díaz , President of Honduras (b. 1885 )
August 21 – Harald Sverdrup , Norwegian oceanographer (b. 1888 )[172]
August 30 – Harold Gatty , Australian aviator (b. 1903 )
October
Christian Dior
Gerty Cori
October 3 – Lőrinc Szabó , Hungarian poet (b. 1900 )[173]
October 4 – Pierneef , South African artist (b. 1886 )[174]
October 8 – Hassiba Ben Bouali , Algerian militant (b. 1938 )[175]
October 13 – Erich Auerbach , German philologist (b. 1892 )[176]
October 19 – V. Gordon Childe , Australian archaeologist (b. 1892 )[177]
October 20 – Jack Buchanan , British actor (b. 1891 )[178]
October 23 – Frederick Burton , American actor (b. 1871 )[179]
October 24 – Christian Dior , French fashion designer (b. 1905 )[180]
October 25
October 26
October 27 – Giovanni Battista Caproni , Italian aeronautical, civil and electrical engineer, aircraft designer and industrialist (b. 1886 )[185]
October 29
December
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
December 2 – Harrison Ford , American silent film actor (b. 1884 )[207]
December 4 – Sir John Lavarack , Australian general, Governor of Queensland (b. 1885 )[208]
December 6 – Robert Esnault-Pelterie , French aircraft designer and pioneer rocket theorist (b. 1881 )[209]
December 10
December 11 – Musidora , French actress (b. 1889 )[212]
December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya , Mexican actor (b. 1904 )[213]
December 17 – Dorothy L. Sayers , British crime writer, poet, playwright and essayist (b. 1893 )[214]
December 21 – Eric Coates , English composer (b. 1886 )[215]
December 24 – Norma Talmadge , American actress (b. 1894 )[216]
December 25 – Charles Pathé , French film pioneer (b. 1863 )[217]
December 31 – Óscar Domínguez , Spanish painter (b. 1906 )[218]
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