Famous people born in 1935

The best-known people born in 1935, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
January 8 · d. 1977
Photo: MGM, Public domain
Tenzin Gyatso
14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans
July 6
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Woody Allen
American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)
November 30
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Alain Delon
French actor (1935–2024)
November 8 · d. 2024
Photo: Reporters Associati & Archivi\Mondadori, Public domain
Luciano Pavarotti
Italian operatic tenor (1935–2006)
October 12 · d. 2007
Photo: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
José Mujica
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter and politician
May 20 · d. 2025
Photo: Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
January 31 · d. 2023
Photo: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 3.0
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia since 2015
December 31
Photo: Saudi Press Agency (SPA), CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahmoud Abbas
president of the Palestinian Authority since 2005
November 15
Photo: kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
October 1
Photo: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0
Pranab Mukherjee
President of India from 2012 to 2017
December 11 · d. 2020
Photo: US Treasury Department, Public domain
Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
July 17 · d. 2024
Photo: Festival TV Monte-Carlo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Edward Said
Palestinian-American professor (1935–2003)
November 1 · d. 2003
Photo: Barenboim-Said Akademie gGmbH, CC0
Ron Paul
American politician (born 1935)
August 20
Photo: United States Congress, Public domain
Françoise Sagan
French writer (1935-2004)
June 21 · d. 2004
Photo: Studio Harcourt, Public domain
Hussein I of Jordan
King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999
November 14 · d. 1999
Photo: Helene C. Stikkel - First uploader was Wikifreund at de.wikipedia, Public domain
Omar Bongo
Gabonese politician (1935–2009)
December 30 · d. 2009
Photo: © European Union 2015 - Source : EP, European Parliament
Ken Kesey
American novelist (1935–2001)
September 17 · d. 2001
Photo: Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology (ASCIT), Public domain
Arvo Pärt
Estonian composer (born 1935)
September 11
Photo: Woesinger, CC BY-SA 2.0
Norman Foster
British architect (born 1935)
June 1
Photo: bigbug21, CC BY-SA 2.5
Ei-ichi Negishi
Japanese chemist (1935 - 2021)
July 14 · d. 2021
Photo: Holger Motzkau, CC BY-SA 3.0
Jerry Lee Lewis
American rock 'n' roll musician (1935–2022)
September 29 · d. 2022
Photo: photographer:Maurice Seymour, Chicago, Public domain
Jim Peebles
Canadian-American astronomer & Nobel Laureate in Physics
April 25
Photo: Juan Diego Soler, CC BY 2.0
Giya Kancheli
Soviet and Georgian composer (1935-2019)
August 10 · d. 2019
Photo: Gia_Kancheli_&_Boris_Berezovski.jpg : George Mel derivative work: Gaeser, CC BY-SA 2.0
Satoshi Ōmura
Japanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher (born 1935)
July 12
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gherman Titov
Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2000)
September 11 · d. 2000
Dharmendra
Indian actor and politician (1935–2025)
December 8 · d. 2025
Photo: President's Secretariat, GODL-India
Erich von Däniken
Swiss pseudoscientific writer and ufologist (1935–2026)
April 14 · d. 2026
Photo: Sven Teschke, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Forugh Farrokhzad
Iranian poet (1935-1967)
January 5 · d. 1967
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain
Isao Takahata
Japanese filmmaker (1935–2018)
October 29 · d. 2018
Photo: Boungawa, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Month by month

January

January 7 · Valeri Kubasov, Soviet Cosmonaut (1935-2014)
January 15 · Robert Silverberg, American speculative fiction writer and editor (born 1935)
January 16 · Udo Lattek, German football player and coach (1935–2015)
January 28 · David Lodge, English writer (1935–2025)
January 30 · Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (1935–1984)
January 30 · Elsa Martinelli, Italian fashion model and actress (1935-2017)

February

February 1 · Vladimir Aksyonov, Soviet cosmonaut (1935–2024)
February 10 · Miroslav Blažević, Bosnian-Croatian footballer and manager (1935–2023)
February 11 · Gene Vincent, American rock musician (1935–1971)
February 15 · Roger Bruce Chaffee, United States Navy commander, NASA astronaut (1935–1967)
February 16 · Sonny Bono, American entertainer, musician and politician (1935–1998)
February 22 · Danilo Kiš, Serbian and Yugoslav novelist (1935–1989)

March

March 3 · Zhelyu Zhelev, President of Bulgaria (1935-2015)
March 3 · Michael Walzer, American philosopher (born 1935)
March 4 · Bent Larsen, Danish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010)
March 15 · Judd Hirsch, American actor
March 21 · Brian Clough, English football player and manager (1935–2004)
March 22 · M. Emmet Walsh, American actor (1935–2024)

April

April 6 · Luis del Sol, Spanish footballer (1935-2021)
April 16 · Bobby Vinton, American singer (born 1935)
April 16 · Sarah Kirsch, German poet (1935–2013)
April 19 · Dudley Moore, British actor, comedian, composer and musician (1935–2002)
April 22 · Jerry Fodor, American philosopher (1935–2017)
April 27 · Thodoros Angelopoulos, Greek film director, screenwriter and film producer (1935–2012)

May

May 2 · Faisal II of Iraq, King of Iraq from 4 April 1939 until 1958
May 2 · Luis Suárez, Spanish association football player and manager (1935–2023)
May 8 · Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (1935-2020)
May 27 · Lee Meriwether, American actress and model
May 29 · André Brink, South African writer (1935–2015)
May 31 · Jim Bolger, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

June

June 2 · Carol Shields, American/Canadian author
June 6 · Grant Green, American jazz guitarist and composer (1935–1979)
June 13 · Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician (1935-2009)
June 18 · Yury Solomin, Russian actor (1935–2024)
June 19 · Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, President of Ecuador from 1988 to 1992
June 24 · Terry Riley, American composer and musician (born 1935)

July

July 1 · David Prowse, English bodybuilder, weightlifter, and actor (1935–2020)
July 3 · Harrison Schmitt, Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)
July 9 · Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (1935-2009)
July 13 · Monique Wittig, French writer (1935-2003)
July 17 · Diahann Carroll, American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)
July 19 · Vasily Livanov, Soviet and Russian actor and film director

August

August 12 · John Cazale, American actor (1935–1978)
August 18 · Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian politician
August 22 · Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story and non-fiction author (b. 1935)
August 24 · Tsutomu Hata, 80th Prime Minister of Japan (1935-2017)
August 29 · William Friedkin, American director and producer (1935–2023)
August 30 · Sylvia A. Earle, American oceanographer

September

September 1 · Seiji Ozawa, Japanese orchestra conductor (1935–2024)
September 7 · Abdou Diouf, Senegalese President
September 9 · Chaim Topol, Israeli actor (1935–2023)
September 10 · Mary Oliver, American poet (1935–2019)
September 12 · Harvey J. Alter, American medical researcher
September 29 · Mylène Demongeot, French actress

October

October 2 · Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer
October 3 · Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Armenian, Soviet, Russian actor (1935-2020)
October 3 · Charles Duke, American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1935)
October 7 · Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist
October 30 · Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian Swiss writer, poet, novelist and playwright (1935–2011)
October 31 · Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Egyptian Field marshal and former statesman (1935–2021)

November

November 11 · Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (1935–2019)
November 12 · Lyudmila Gurchenko, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, singer, composer, director (1935—2011)
November 16 · France-Albert René, President of Seychelles (1935-2019)
November 21 · Fairuz, Lebanese singer and actress
November 24 · Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain (1970-2020)
November 29 · Diane Ladd, American actress (1935–2025)

December

December 5 · Yury Vlasov, Soviet weightlifter (1935–2021)
December 7 · Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, composer pianist (1935–2020)
December 14 · Lee Remick, American actress (1935-1991)
December 21 · John G. Avildsen, American film director
December 21 · Phil Donahue, American media personality, writer and film producer (1935–2024)
December 26 · Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo from 1967 to 2005

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