Births
- Eddie Stacey
- Noboru Tsuburaya
- January 23 — Sonny Chiba
- January 31 — Jerry Brutsche
- February 2 — Jackie Burroughs
- February 19 — Vladimir Fyodorov
- February 24 — Marisa Mell
- April 5 — David Winters
- April 7 — Francis Ford Coppola
- April 12 — Dario De Grassi
- April 23 — Lee Majors
- May 11 — René Cardona Jr.
- May 20 — Ted Rusoff
- June 10 — Alexandra Stewart
- June 17 — Michael Daves
- June 27 — Priscilla Alden
- July 1 — Karen Black
- July 9 — Xavier Cruz
- July 14 — Peter Duryea
- July 14 — Sid Haig
- July 19 — Enzo Consoli
- July 27 — James Victor
- July 31 — France Nuyen
- August 25 — Paul Nuckles
- September 1 — Priscilla Eastwold
- September 5 — George Lazenby
- September 13 — Richard Kiel
- September 26 — Mike Blodgett
- November 9 — Steve Stevens
- November 11 — Son Hooker
- November 21 — Jeannot Szwarc
- November 24 — Cathy Crosby
- November 27 — Ulla Strömstedt
- November 28 — Patrick Wright
Deaths
- February 5 — Charles Schaeffer