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1935 births

  • Elvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was born on the 8th of January 1935, in a small two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi. His twin brother Jesse Garon had been stillborn…
  • Woody AllenAllan Stewart Konigsberg was born on the 30th of November 1935 at Mount Eden Hospital in Bronx, New York City. He grew up in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood…
  • Roger B. ChaffeeRoger Bruce Chaffee arrived in the world on the 15th of February 1935. His birthplace was Grand Rapids, Michigan. The family had moved there from Greenville…
  • Ron PaulRonald Ernest Paul was born on the 20th of August 1935, in Pittsburgh. He grew up as the son of Howard Caspar Paul and Margaret Dumont Paul.
  • Jerry Lee LewisJerry Lee Lewis was born on the 29th of September 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana. He grew up in an impoverished farming family where his parents mortgaged…
  • Gene VincentGene Vincent was born on the 11th of February 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia. His family ran a country store at Munden Point near the North Carolina line.
  • John Bowker (theologian)John Westerdale Bowker was born on the 30th of July 1935. He attended St John's School in Leatherhead before studying at Worcester College and Ripon Hall…
  • Jeffrey G. WilliamsonJeffrey Gale Williamson was born on the 26th of November 1935. He began his academic journey at Wesleyan University before moving to Stanford University for…
  • Julie AndrewsJulia Elizabeth Wells arrived in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, on the 1st of October 1935. Her mother Barbara Ward Wells had married Edward Charles Ted Wells in…
  • Herb AlpertHerb Alpert was born on the 31st of March 1935, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. He grew up as the youngest of three children to Tillie and…
  • Jerry FodorJerry Alan Fodor was born in New York City on the 22nd of April 1935. He grew up in a Jewish household and pursued his undergraduate studies at Columbia…
  • John Patrick DigginsJohn Patrick Diggins entered the world on the 1st of April 1935, in San Francisco. His father worked as a gardener for the City of San Francisco while his…
  • Harrison SchmittHarrison Hagan Schmitt entered the world on the 3rd of July 1935 in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He grew up nearby in Silver City and graduated from Western High…
  • Peter Brown (historian)Peter Robert Lamont Brown was born on the 26th of July 1935 in Dublin, Ireland. His family background was Scots-Irish Protestant.
  • Sylvia RobinsonSylvia Vanterpool entered the world on the 29th of May 1935, within the vibrant streets of Harlem, New York. Her father Herbert worked for General Motors…
  • Isao TakahataOn the 29th of June 1945, a nine-year boy named Isao Takahata stood in the ruins of Okayama City. He and his sibling had been separated from their family for…
  • Larry McDonaldLawrence Patton McDonald was born on the 1st of April 1935 in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in DeKalb County within the eastern part of that city.
  • Charles DukeCharles Moss Duke Jr. was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the 3rd of October 1935. He arrived into the world just six minutes before his identical twin…
  • Rusty SchweickartRussell Louis Schweickart arrived in Neptune Township, New Jersey on the 25th of October 1935. He grew up on a hardscrabble farm that produced hay and…
  • 14th Dalai LamaOn the 6th of July 1935, a child named Lhamo Thondup was born into a farming family in the small hamlet of Taktser. This village sat on the edge of the…
  • Edward Jay EpsteinEdward Jay Epstein entered the world on the 6th of December 1935 within the bustling streets of New York City. His early academic path led him to Cornell…