Curated category
1934 births
- Gene CernanEugene Andrew Cernan was born on the 14th of March 1934, in Chicago, Illinois. His father Andrew George Cernan came from Slovak descent while his mother Rose…
- Seymour DrescherSeymour Drescher was born in 1934 in the Bronx, New York. His parents were Polish Jewish immigrants who brought their history to American soil.
- Carl SaganCarl Edward Sagan was born on the 9th of November 1934 in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn. His father Samuel worked as a garment worker who had…
- Yu-Chi HoYu-Chi Ho was born on the 1st of March 1934 in Shanghai, China. He left his home at age fifteen during the year 1949 to finish high school in Hong Kong.
- Bill RussellWilliam Felton Russell was born on the 12th of February 1934, in West Monroe, Louisiana. The town operated under strict segregation laws that dictated every…
- Judi DenchJudi Dench was born in the Heworth area of York on the 9th of December 1934. Her father, Reginald Arthur Dench, practiced medicine there while her mother…
- Mitsuteru YokoyamaMitsuteru Yokoyama spent his boyhood during World War II and was evacuated to Tottori with his family. He graduated from Kobe municipal Ota junior high…
- Alexei LeonovAlexei Leonov was born on the 30th of May 1934 in Listvyanka, West Siberian Krai. His grandfather had been forced to relocate to Siberia for his role in the…
- Heinz EdelmannHeinz Edelmann was born on the 20th of June 1934 in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia. His parents Wilhelm and Josefa Edelmann lived there with their mixed…
- Daniel KahnemanDaniel Kahneman was born in Tel Aviv on the 5th of March 1934 while his mother Rachel visited her family. His parents were Lithuanian Jews who had moved to…
- Rodney StarkRodney William Stark was born on the 8th of July 1934 in Jamestown, North Dakota. He grew up within a Lutheran family that shaped his early environment.
- Maureen CleaveMaureen Diana Cleave entered the world on the 20th of October 1934 in Mussoorie, British India. Her father was Major John Cleave of the 7th Rajputs.
- Donald SterlingDonald T. Sterling was born Donald Samuel Tokowitz on the 26th of April 1934, in Chicago. His family moved to the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles when he…
- Diana Wynne JonesDiana Wynne Jones was born on the 16th of August 1934 in London. Her fifth birthday arrived just as World War II began. Shortly after that celebration, she…
- Audre LordeAudre Lorde was born Audrey Geraldine Lorde on the 18th of February 1934, in New York City to Caribbean immigrants Frederick Byron Lorde and Linda Gertrude…
- Edward FredkinEdward Fredkin was born on the 2nd of October 1934 to Russian-Jewish immigrants in Los Angeles. His mother worked as a concert pianist but never performed…
- Brian EpsteinBrian Samuel Epstein entered the world on the 19th of September 1934 at 4 Rodney Street in Liverpool. His father Harry and mother Malka, known as Queenie by…
- Alfred SchnittkeAlfred Schnittke was born in Engels on the 24th of November 1934. His family moved to Vienna in 1946 when his father received a posting there.
- Yuri GagarinOn the 18th of October 1941, Nazi forces captured the village of Klushino. The occupiers burned down the local school and twenty-seven houses in a single day.
- John KeeganJohn Desmond Patrick Keegan was born in Clapham, London on the 15th of May 1934. His father served as an Irish First World War veteran before the boy grew up.
- Oleg KaluginOleg Danilovich Kalugin was born on the 6th of September 1934 in Leningrad. His father served as an officer within the NKVD, the predecessor to the KGB.
- VaváEdvaldo Izidio Neto arrived in the world on the 12th of November 1934. He grew up in a region where football was more than a game, it was survival.