Famous people born in 1934

The best-known people born in 1934, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
March 9 · d. 1968
Photo: В. Жихаренко / ТАСС Обработка: Roman Kubanskiy, CC BY 4.0
Brigitte Bardot
French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
September 28 · d. 2025
Photo: MGM, Public domain
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
November 9 · d. 1996
Photo: NASA/JPL, Public domain
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
September 20
Photo: Unknown. Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images, Public domain
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
September 21 · d. 2016
Photo: Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
April 3 · d. 2025
Photo: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian writer (born 1934)
July 13
Photo: Geraldo Magela/Agência Senado, CC BY 2.0
Maggie Smith
English actress (1934–2024)
December 28 · d. 2024
Photo: N/A studio, Public domain
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
December 9
Photo: Caroline Bonarde Ucci at https://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline_bonarde/, CC BY 3.0
Shirley MacLaine
American actress
April 24
Photo: movie studio, Public domain
Pratibha Patil
President of India from 2007 to 2012
December 19
Photo: President's Secretariat, GODL-India
Alexey Leonov
Soviet-Russian pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934–2019)
May 30 · d. 2019
Photo: This image or video was catalogued by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the United States National A, Public domain
Leonid Kravchuk
Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine
January 10 · d. 2022
Photo: Michał Józefaciuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
Gloria Steinem
American feminist activist and journalist (1934–2026)
March 25 · d. 2026
Photo: Lynn Gilbert, CC BY-SA 4.0
Albert II of Belgium
sixth king of the Belgians
June 6
Photo: Communautés Européennes 1993, European Parliament
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Iranian politician (1934–2017)
August 25 · d. 2017
Photo: Fars News Agency, CC BY 4.0
Giorgio Armani
Italian fashion designer (1934–2025)
July 11 · d. 2025
Photo: Jan Schroeder, CC BY-SA 3.0
Daniel Kahneman
Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
March 5 · d. 2024
Photo: nrkbeta, CC BY-SA 2.0
Sydney Pollack
American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008)
July 1 · d. 2008
Photo: Arthur from Westchester County north of NYC, USA, at Arthur@NYCArthur.com, CC BY-SA 2.0
Carlo Rubbia
Italian particle physicist
March 31
Photo: Markus Pössel (user name: Mapos), CC BY-SA 3.0
Wilford Brimley
American actor and singer (1934–2020)
September 27 · d. 2020
Photo: Marc Majcher, CC BY-SA 2.0
Alan Arkin
American actor, filmmaker (1934–2023)
March 26 · d. 2023
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Garry Marshall
American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)
November 13 · d. 2016
Photo: Louise Palanker, CC BY-SA 2.0
Roman Herzog
former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934–2017)
April 5 · d. 2017
Photo: User:Zeitblom , cropped by User:Polarlys, Public domain
Stjepan Mesić
2nd President of the Republic of Croatia
December 24
Photo: European Commission, CC BY 4.0
Nana Mouskouri
Greek singer (born 1934)
October 13
Photo: Kroon, Ron for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
David J. Thouless
British physicist (1934–2019)
September 21 · d. 2019
Larisa Latynina
Soviet-Russian artistic gymnast and ballet dancer (born 1934)
December 27
Photo: Пресс-служба Президента России, CC BY 4.0
Louise Fletcher
American actress (1934–2022)
July 22 · d. 2022
Photo: Los Angeles Times, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bill Russell
American basketball player (1934–2022)
February 12 · d. 2022
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

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Month by month

January

January 4 · Rudolf Schuster, Slovak President, head of Slovak National Council and politician
January 7 · Tassos Papadopoulos, 5th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2003-2008)
January 8 · Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (1934-1987)
January 11 · Jean Chrétien, prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003
January 11 · Tony Hoare, British computer scientist
January 27 · Édith Cresson, Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992

February

February 5 · Hank Aaron, American baseball player (1934–2021)
February 15 · Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024)
February 18 · Audre Lorde, American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)
February 24 · Bettino Craxi, Italian politician (1934–2000)
February 24 · Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi politician and economist (1934-2012)
February 27 · Ralph Nader, American lawyer and activist (born 1934)

March

March 3 · Yasuo Takamori, Japanese association football player (1934–2016)
March 14 · Eugene Cernan, NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)
March 22 · Orrin Hatch, American politician (1934–2022) – Former United States Senator and Former President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate (2015-2019)
March 30 · Hans Hollein, Austrian architect and designer (1934-2014)
March 31 · Richard Chamberlain, American actor (1934–2025)
March 31 · Shirley Jones, American singer and actress

April

April 1 · Vladimir Pozner, French-Russian-American journalist (1934- )
April 2 · Paul Cohen, American mathematician
April 14 · Fredric Jameson, American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)
April 19 · Jean Ziegler, Swiss sociologist, politician and professor (1934–2026)
April 21 · Masao Uchino, Japanese association football player
April 29 · Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician and former president of Cape Verde

May

May 3 · Georges Moustaki, Greek-French singer (1934–2013)
May 5 · Henri Konan Bédié, President of Ivory Coast from 1993 to 1999 (1934-2023)
May 17 · Ronald Wayne, American engineer and co-founder of Apple Inc. (born 1934)
May 21 · Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist
May 23 · Robert Moog, American electronic music pioneer and inventor (1934-2005)
May 27 · Harlan Ellison, American writer (1934–2018)

June

June 1 · Pat Boone, American singer (born 1934)
June 9 · Jackie Wilson, American singer (1934–1984)
June 11 · Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Prince consort of Denmark from 1972 to 2018
June 16 · William F. Sharpe, American economist
June 29 · Georges Wolinski, French cartoonist (1934-2015)
June 30 · Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, Indian chemist

July

July 1 · Claude Berri, French screenwriter, film producer, and film director (1934-2009)
July 1 · Jean Marsh, English actress (1934–2025)
July 5 · Yoshio Furukawa, Japanese association football player
July 8 · Marty Feldman, British author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982)
July 22 · Raniero Cantalamessa, Italian Capuchin, priest, theologian and preacher to the Papal Household since 1980 and Cardinal
July 28 · Bud Luckey, American animator (1934–2018)

August

August 2 · Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2019)
August 3 · Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, Angolan political and military leader (1934-2002)
August 16 · Pierre Richard, French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
August 16 · Diana Wynne Jones, English children's fantasy writer (1934–2011)
August 21 · John L. Hall, American physicist (born 1934)
August 22 · Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., United States Army general (1934–2012)

September

September 2 · Chuck McCann, American voice actor and comedian (1934-2018)
September 4 · Clive Granger, British economist
September 14 · Kate Millett, American writer, educator, artist, and activist (1934–2017)
September 16 · Elgin Baylor, American basketball player, coach, and executive (1934–2021)
September 19 · Brian Epstein, British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967)
September 30 · Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer and composer (1934–2014)

October

October 7 · Amiri Baraka, African-American writer (1934–2014)
October 12 · Richard Meier, American architect (born 1934)
October 17 · Johnny Haynes, English footballer (1934-2005)
October 19 · Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian politician and Military general
October 20 · Empress Michiko, wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
October 31 · Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Swedish princess; eldest sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

November

November 5 · Kira Muratova, Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, film actress (1934–2018)
November 9 · Ingvar Carlsson, Prime Minister of Sweden from 1986 to 1991 and 1994 to 1996
November 12 · Vavá, Brazilian association football player (1934–2002)
November 19 · Valentin Ivanov, Soviet and Russian footballer and football coach (1934-2011)
November 24 · Alfred Schnittke, Soviet-born Russian composer (1934–1998)
November 30 · Lansana Conté, second President of Guinea (1934–2008)

December

December 2 · Tarcisio Bertone, cardinal of the Catholic Church
December 5 · Joan Didion, American writer (1934-2021)
December 10 · Howard Temin, American geneticist
December 12 · Miguel de la Madrid, 59th President of Mexico
December 15 · Stanislaw Shushkievich, Belarusian nuclear physicist and politician (1934—2022)
December 15 · Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former president of Puntland and President of Somalia (dead 2012)

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