Famous people born in 1933
The best-known people born in 1933, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Jean-Paul BelmondoFrench actor (1933–2021)
April 9 · d. 2021
Photo: Keystone/Hulton Archive, Public domain
Corazon AquinoPresident of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992
January 25 · d. 2009
Photo: Airman Gerald B. Johnson, Public domain
Amartya SenIndian economist and philosopher (1933-)
November 3
Photo: Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0
Gene WilderAmerican actor (1933–2016)
June 11 · d. 2016
Photo: Warner Brothers/Tandem Production, Public domain
Yoko OnoJapanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
February 18
Photo: Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, CC BY-SA 2.0
Susan SontagAmerican writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)
January 16 · d. 2004
Photo: Lynn Gilbert, CC BY-SA 4.0
Elinor OstromAmerican political economist (1933-2012)
August 7 · d. 2012
Photo: Holger Motzkau, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ruth Bader GinsburgAmerican lawyer and jurist (1933–2020)
March 15 · d. 2020
Photo: Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain
Montserrat CaballéSpanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)
April 12 · d. 2018
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Joan RiversAmerican comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)
June 8 · d. 2014
Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Nina SimoneAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003)
February 21 · d. 2003
Photo: Ron Kroon for Anefo Restored by Bammesk, CC0
Larry KingAmerican television and radio host (1933–2021)
November 19 · d. 2021
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Karl LagerfeldGerman fashion designer (1933–2019)
September 10 · d. 2019
Photo: Christopher William Adach, CC BY-SA 2.0
Arno Allan PenziasGerman-born American physicist
April 26 · d. 2024
Photo: Willy Pragher, CC BY 3.0 de
Paul BiyaCameroonian politician
February 13
Photo: United States Department of State Africa U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Photos and Videos, Public domain
GarrinchaBrazilian association football player (1933–1983)
October 28 · d. 1983
Photo: El Gráfico, n° 2233, Public domain
Charles K. KaoHong Kong-British-American physicist
November 4 · d. 2018
Photo: David Dobkin [1], CC BY-SA 3.0
DalidaEgyptian-French singer and actress (1933-1987)
January 17 · d. 1987
Photo: Unknown, press, Public domain
Cormac McCarthyAmerican novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
July 20 · d. 2023
Photo: From dust jacket: "Photograph of Cormac McCarthy by David Styles", Public domain
Claude Cohen-TannoudjiFrench physicist and Nobel laureate (1933–2026)
April 1 · d. 2026
Photo: Amir Bernat, CC BY-SA 4.0
Michel Aoun13th President of Lebanon from 2016 to 2022
September 30
Photo: Russian Government, CC BY 4.0
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January
- January 1 · Waichiro Omura, Japanese association football player (1933–2003)
- January 4 · Ilia II of Georgia, Patriarch of Georgia (1933–2026)
- January 9 · Wilbur Smith, South African novelist (1933–2021)
- January 12 · Liliana Cavani, Italian film director and screenwriter
- January 18 · John Boorman, British film director, producer and screenwriter
- January 18 · Ray Dolby, American engineer and inventor of the Dolby noise reduction system (1933-2013)
February
- February 2 · Than Shwe, Burmese senior general and head of state of Myanmar of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011
- February 12 · Costa-Gavras, Greek-French film director (born 1933)
- February 13 · Kim Novak, American actress
- February 14 · Madhubala, Indian actress (1933–1969)
- February 18 · Bobby Robson, English association football player and manager (1933-2009)
- February 22 · Katharine, Duchess of Kent, member of the British royal family (1933–2025)
March
- March 5 · Walter Kasper, cardinal and bishop of the Catholic Church
- March 22 · Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian politician and economist, and Iran's first President (1933–2021)
- March 23 · Philip Zimbardo, American social psychologist, author of Stanford Prison Experiment (1933–2024)
- March 24 · Shigeo Yaegashi, Japanese association football player (1933-2011)
- March 26 · Tinto Brass, Italian film director
- March 30 · Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director (1933-2007)
April
- April 5 · Frank Gorshin, American actor and comedian (1933–2005)
- April 9 · Gian Maria Volonte, Italian actor (1933–1994)
- April 14 · Yuri Oganessian, Russian nuclear physicist
- April 19 · Jayne Mansfield, American actress (1933–1967)
- April 26 · Carol Burnett, American actress, comedian and singer (born 1933)
- April 29 · Willie Nelson, American country musician (born 1933)
May
- May 11 · Louis Farrakhan, American religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981)
- May 12 · Andrei Voznesensky, Soviet poet (1933–2010)
- May 18 · H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1997
- May 19 · Edward de Bono, Maltese physician and writer (1933–2021)
- May 23 · Joan Collins, English actress, author and columnist
- May 23 · Ceija Stojka, Austrian-Romani writer, painter, activist, and musician, and survivor of the Holocaust (1933-2013)
June
- June 14 · Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist
- June 15 · Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian Prime Minister and President of Iran (1933-1981)
- June 15 · Fouad Mebazaa, Tunisian politician
- June 20 · Danny Aiello, American actor
- June 22 · Dianne Feinstein, American politician (1933–2023)
- June 26 · Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (1933–2014)
July
- July 7 · David G. McCullough, historian
- July 9 · Oliver Sacks, British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
- July 15 · John Hopfield, American scientist (born 1933)
- July 23 · Richard Rogers, British architect (1933–2021)
- July 26 · Edmund Phelps, American economist
- July 31 · Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer (1933–2026)
August
- August 1 · Meena Kumari, Indian actress and poet (1933-1972)
- August 14 · Richard Ernst, Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate (1933–2021)
- August 15 · Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (1933–1984)
- August 16 · Julie Newmar, American actress (b. 1933)
- August 18 · Just Fontaine, French football player and manager (1933-2023)
- August 23 · Robert Curl, American chemist (1933–2022)
September
- September 2 · Mathieu Kérékou, politician (1933-2015)
- September 7 · Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)
- September 8 · Asha Bhosle, Indian playback singer (1933–2026)
- September 18 · Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (1933-2020)
- September 19 · David McCallum, Scottish actor (1933–2023)
- September 29 · Samora Moisés Machel, 1st President of Mozambique (1933–1986)
October
- October 2 · John Gurdon, British developmental biologist (1933–2025)
- October 3 · Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player (1933–2024)
- October 9 · Peter Mansfield, English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging
- October 17 · Bill Anders, American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)
- October 21 · Paco Gento, Spanish footballer (1933–2022)
- October 31 · Narriman Sadek, Egyptian queen consort
November
- November 3 · John Barry, British composer and conductor (1933–2011)
- November 3 · Michael Dukakis, American politician
- November 12 · Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician (1933-2017)
- November 17 · Isao Iwabuchi, Japanese association football player (1933–2003)
- November 23 · Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)
- November 23 · Ali Shariati, Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977)
December
- December 3 · Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch climatologist (1933–2021)
- December 6 · Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, Polish composer (1933–2010)
- December 12 · Manu Dibango, Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist (1933–2020)
- December 15 · Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (1933–2019)
- December 18 · Laura Mancinelli, Italian germanist, medievalist, translator and writer (1933-2016)
- December 19 · Cicely Tyson, American actress (1924–2021)
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