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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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Events January February March Flag of Ghana , the first country in colonial Africa to gain independenceApril May June July Anti-Rightist Campaigns kill more than 500,000 people in China August September Federation of Malaya gains independence from the British Empire October October 4: Sputnik program begins, the first satellite launched into space. November Laika the dog became the first animal to orbit Earth. December Date unknown Births
January Katie Couric John Lasseter Steve Harvey Ade Edmondson Frank Miller January 1 January 3 – Bojan Križaj , Slovenian alpine skierJanuary 4 – Patty Loveless , American country music singerJanuary 5 – Maartin Allcock , English multi-instrumentalist and record producer (d. 2018 )January 6 – Nancy Lopez , American golferJanuary 7 January 8 January 9 – Bibie , Ghanaian singerJanuary 11 January 12 – John Lasseter , American director, writer and animatorJanuary 13 January 14 January 15 – Mario Van Peebles , African-American actor and directorJanuary 16 – Ricardo Darín , Argentinian actorJanuary 17 – Steve Harvey , African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actor[38] 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 poetJanuary 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 singerFebruary 5 – Jackie Woodburne , Australian actressFebruary 6 February 8 – Cindy Wilson , American rock singer (The B-52's )February 9 – Gordon Strachan , Scottish footballer and managerFebruary 11 – Mitchell Symons , British writerFebruary 14 – Soile Isokoski , Finnish lyric sopranoFebruary 15 February 16 – LeVar Burton , African-American actor[39] February 17 – Loreena McKennitt , Canadian singer, composer, harpist (Mummers' Dance )February 18 February 19 February 20 – Glen Hanlon , Canadian ice hockey coachFebruary 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 Paul Reiser March 2 – Vlodko Kaufman , Ukrainian artistMarch 4 – Mykelti Williamson , American actorMarch 5 – Mark E. Smith , English singer (d. 2018 )March 6 – Eddie Deezen , American actor, voice actor and comedianMarch 8 – Clive Burr , British heavy metal drummer (d. 2013 )March 9 – Mona Sahlin , Swedish politicianMarch 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 actorMarch 20 March 22 – Stephanie Mills , American disco singerMarch 23 March 24 – Jack Edwards , American play-by-play announcerMarch 26 – Leeza Gibbons , American television personalityMarch 27 – Stephen Dillane , English actorMarch 28 – Paul Eiding , American actor and voice actorMarch 29 – Christopher Lambert , French-American actorMarch 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 campaignerApril 8 – Henry Cluney , Irish musicianApril 9 – Seve Ballesteros , Spanish golfer (d. 2011 )April 10 – Ülle Kaljuste , Estonian actressApril 12 – Vince Gill , American singer and songwriterApril 14 – Mikhail Pletnev , Russian pianist, conductor and composerApril 17 April 20 – Aviva Chomsky , history professor and coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State UniversityApril 21 April 22 – Donald Tusk , Prime Minister of Poland April 23 April 24 – Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed , Pakistani-British Former Labour Party politician and convicted sex offender [42] April 25 April 27 – Michel Barrette , Canadian actor and stand-up comedianApril 28 – Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez , Cuban-born experimental filmmakerApril 29 May Richard E. Grant Sid Vicious Kevin Von Erich Yoshihiko Noda Renée Soutendijk May 1 – Jo Jorgensen , American libertarian politician and academicMay 3 – Jo Brand , English comedianMay 5 – Richard E. Grant , English actorMay 10 – Sid Vicious (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist (Sex Pistols ) (d. 1979 )May 11 – Peter North , Canadian adult actorMay 13 – Carrie Lam , Hong Kong civil servantMay 14 – Daniela Dessì , Italian operatic soprano (d. 2016 )May 15 May 16 Joan Benoit , American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runnerBob 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 playerMay 29 – Ted Levine , American actorMay 31 – Jim Craig , American professional ice hockey playerJune Tarek Shawki Frances McDormand Georgi Parvanov Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska , Polish film directorJune 3 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel , German field hockey playerJune 5 – Kim Tai-chung , Korean martial artist and former actor and Bruce Lee double (d. 2011 )June 7 – Juan Luis Guerra , Dominican singer and songwriterJune 8 June 12 June 14 – Maxi Jazz , British musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ (d. 2022 )[45] June 15 – Seppo Pääkkönen , Finnish actorJune 19 – Anna Lindh , Swedish politician (d. 2003 )June 21 June 23 – Frances McDormand , American actressJune 25 – William Goh , Archbishop of SingaporeJune 27 – Erik Hamrén , Swedish football playerJune 28 June 29 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow , Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan June 30 – Silvio Orlando , Italian actorJuly Kelly McGillis Stefan Löfven Bret Hart Theo van Gogh Nana Visitor Nellie Kim Fumio Kishida July 1 July 2 – Bret Hart , Canadian professional wrestlerJuly 3 July 4 July 5 – Doug Wilson , Canadian ice hockeyJuly 6 – Chong Eng , Malaysian politicianJuly 7 – Mohd Puad Zarkashi , Malaysian politicianJuly 9 July 10 – Cindy Sheehan , American anti-war activistJuly 11 - Peter Murphy , English rock singer (Bauhaus ), songwriter and musician.July 12 July 13 July 17 – Shinobu Otake , Japanese actressJuly 18 – Nick Faldo , British golferJuly 21 July 23 –July 24 – Shavkat Mirziyoyev , Uzbek politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and 2nd President of Uzbekistan July 26 July 27 July 29 August Melanie Griffith Denis Leary 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 gymnastAugust 9 – Melanie Griffith , American actressAugust 10 – Juli Básti , Hungarian actressAugust 11 – Richie Ramone , American rock drummer (Ramones )August 14 – Peter Costello , Australian politicianAugust 15 – Željko Ivanek , Slovenian-American actorAugust 16 August 17 August 18 August 19 – Li-Young Lee , Indonesian-born poetAugust 20 – Finlay Calder , Scottish rugby playerAugust 22 – Steve Davis , British snooker playerAugust 24 – Stephen Fry , British comedian, author and actor[47] August 25 – Simon McBurney , British actor, writer and theatre directorAugust 26 August 27 – Bernhard Langer , German golferAugust 28 August 29 August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo , American football playerAugust 31 September Gloria Estefan Ricardo Montaner Hans Zimmer Brad Bird Kevin Rudd Michael Madsen Bongbong Marcos September 1 – Gloria Estefan , Cuban-born American singerSeptember 4 – Khandi Alexander , American actress and dancerSeptember 6 – José Sócrates , 117th Prime Minister of Portugal September 7 September 8 – Ricardo Montaner , Argentine-born Venezuelan singerSeptember 11 – Preben Elkjær , Danish footballerSeptember 12 September 13 September 16 – David McCreery , Irish footballerSeptember 18 – Mark Wells , American professional ice hockey playerSeptember 19 September 20 – Sabine Christiansen , German journalist and television presenterSeptember 21 September 22 September 24 – Brad Bird , American animator, director, writer, producer and voice actorSeptember 25 – Michael Madsen , American actorSeptember 26 – Luigi De Canio , Italian footballer and football managerSeptember 27 – Peter Sellars , American theatre directorSeptember 28 – Bill Cassidy , American physician and politicianSeptember 29 – Andrew Dice Clay , American comedian[51] September 30 – Fran Drescher , American actressOctober Bernie Mac Paul Kagame Nancy Cartwright Dan Castellaneta Ahmet Kaya October 4 – Bill Fagerbakke , American actor[52] October 5 – Bernie Mac , African-American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2008 )[53] [54] October 7 – Jayne Torvill , British ice dancer and Olympian[55] October 8 October 9 – Herman Brusselmans , Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist[57] October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi , Japanese manga artist[58] October 11 October 12 – Clémentine Célarié , French actressOctober 15 October 20 – Manuel Huerga , Spanish film director and screenwriter[63] October 21 October 22 – Daniel Melingo , Argentine musician[66] [67] October 23 – Paul Kagame , 4th President of Rwanda [68] October 24 – John Kassir , American actor and comedian[69] October 25 – Nancy Cartwright , American voice actress (Bart Simpson from The Simpsons )[70] October 26 October 27 October 28 October 29 – Dan Castellaneta , American voice actor (Homer Simpson from The Simpsons )[54] October 30 October 31 November Dolph Lundgren Tony Abbott Goodluck Jonathan Caroline Kennedy November 3 – Dolph Lundgren , Swedish actor and martial artist[84] November 4 November 5 – Jon-Erik Hexum , American actor (d. 1984 )[87] November 6 November 7 – Christopher Knight , American actor[92] November 9 – Magalvi Estaba , Venezuelan politician[93] November 10 – George Lowe , American voice actor and comedian[citation needed ] November 11 November 12 – Cécilia Attias , wife of French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy [95] November 13 November 14 – Gregg Burge , American tap dancer and choreographer (d. 1998 )[98] November 15 – Kevin Eubanks , American jazz guitarist[99] November 18 – Olivia Heussler , Swiss photojournalist[100] November 19 November 20 November 22 November 23 – William Kaelin Jr. , American cellular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate[110] November 24 – Denise Crosby , American screen actress[111] November 26 November 27 November 30 – Colin Mochrie , Scottish-born Canadian comedian[120] December Michael Clarke Duncan Steve Buscemi Ray Romano Hamid Karzai December 1 December 3 – Maxim Korobov , Russian businessman and politicianDecember 4 – Eric S. Raymond , American open source software advocateDecember 6 December 7 – Tijjani Muhammad-Bande , Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)[128] December 9 December 10 December 12 – Sheila E. , American percussionist, singer, author, and actress[135] December 13 – Steve Buscemi , American actor[136] December 15 – Laura Molina , American artist, musician and actressDecember 16 – Nikolaos Michaloliakos , Greek politician, founder and leader of Golden Dawn , a neo-nazi partyDecember 17 – Doug Parker , Canadian voice actor and voice director[137] December 19 December 20 December 21 December 24 – Hamid Karzai , President of Afghanistan [145] December 25 – Shane MacGowan , English-born Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter (The Pogues ) (died 2023)[146] December 29 – Oliver Hirschbiegel , German film directorDecember 30 Date unknown Deaths
January Humphrey Bogart February John von Neumann Miklós Horthy March Ramon Magsaysay Gheorghe Tătărescu March 4 – Larbi Ben M'hidi , Algerian revolutionary leader (executed in Paul Aussaresses custody) (b. 1923)[155] 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 )[157] 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 )April Pedro Infante 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 )[159] May 29 – James Whale , English film director (b. 1889 )May 31 – Leopold Staff , Polish poet (b. 1878 )June Jimmy Dorsey Johannes Stark July Grace Coolidge 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 )[167] 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 )[168] August 30 – Harold Gatty , Australian aviator (b. 1903 )September Jean Sibelius October Christian Dior Gerty Cori October 3 – Lőrinc Szabó , Hungarian poet (b. 1900 )[169] October 4 – Pierneef , South African artist (b. 1886 )[170] October 8 – Hassiba Ben Bouali , Algerian militant (b. 1938 )[171] October 13 – Erich Auerbach , German philologist (b. 1892 )[172] October 19 – V. Gordon Childe , Australian archaeologist (b. 1892 )[173] October 20 – Jack Buchanan , British actor (b. 1891 )[174] October 23 – Frederick Burton , American actor (b. 1871 )[175] October 24 – Christian Dior , French fashion designer (b. 1905 )[176] October 25 October 26 October 27 – Giovanni Battista Caproni , Italian aeronautical, civil and electrical engineer, aircraft designer and industrialist (b. 1886 )[181] October 29 November Diego Rivera Prince George of Greece and Denmark December Robert Esnault-Pelterie December 2 – Harrison Ford , American silent film actor (b. 1884 )[203] [204] December 4 – Sir John Lavarack , Australian general, Governor of Queensland (b. 1885 )[205] December 6 – Robert Esnault-Pelterie , French aircraft designer and pioneer rocket theorist (b. 1881 )[206] December 10 December 11 – Musidora , French actress (b. 1889 )[209] December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya , Mexican actor (b. 1904 )[210] December 17 – Dorothy L. Sayers , British crime writer, poet, playwright and essayist (b. 1893 )[211] December 21 – Eric Coates , English composer (b. 1886 )[212] December 24 – Norma Talmadge , American actress (b. 1894 )[213] December 25 – Charles Pathé , French film pioneer (b. 1863 )[214] December 31 – Óscar Domínguez , Spanish painter (b. 1906 )[215] Nobel Prizes References