Births
- January 1 — Neil Connery
- January 3 — Aleksandr Lazarev
- January 16 — Michael Pataki
- January 21 — Doug Lennox
- January 25 — Ray Dennis Steckler
- February 15 — Kôjirô Hongô
- February 16 — Barry Primus
- February 17 — Yvonne Romain
- February 22 — Diane Sayer
- February 26 — Brendon Boone
- March 2 — Jim Begg
- March 5 — Fred Williamson
- March 5 — Titus Moody
- March 11 — Tatsuo Umemiya
- March 12 — Anthony Waye
- March 24 — Tom Kempinski
- March 31 — Jon Lackey
- April 6 — Roy Thinnes
- April 16 — Gabriele Antonini
- April 30 — Gary Collins
- May 5 — Michael Murphy
- May 8 — Eve Kivi
- May 21 — Ross Hagen
- May 22 — Susan Strasberg
- May 25 — Eilene Janssen
- May 29 — Sirry Steffen
- June 15 — Jorge Rivero
- June 16 — Charles B. Pierce
- June 19 — Rosalba Neri
- July 12 — Riccardo Petrazzi
- July 21 — Patricia Elliott
- July 29 — Enzo G. Castellari
- August 7 — Hisaya Itô
- August 20 — Bobby Brack
- August 30 — Don Pedro Colley
- September 1 — Virginia Aldridge
- September 2 — Jany Clair
- September 12 — Anne Helm
- September 13 — Bob Labansat
- September 23 — Maria Perschy
- October 1 — Zale Kessler
- October 1 — Tony Epper
- October 3 — Eddie Cochran
- November 7 — Barry Newman
- December 6 — Colin Farrell
- December 18 — Wes Dawn
- December 21 — Sandro Dori
Events
- March 10 — At the 10th Academy Awards, the Music Department at Universal Studios (which included Frank Skinner and Charles Previn), win the Best Music Score Award for One Hundred Men and a Girl.