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Celebrities born in 1921

43 famous people born in 1921. Those still living turn 105 this year.

Charles BronsonActor · November 3Simone SignoretActor · March 25Yves MontandActor · October 13Deborah KerrActor · September 30Lana TurnerActor · February 8Yuri NikulinActor · December 18Donna ReedActor · January 27Judy HollidayActor · June 21Rodney DangerfieldComedian · November 22Gunnar NordahlSoccer player · October 19Giulietta MasinaActor · February 22Esther WilliamsActor · August 8Alida ValliActor · May 31Carol ChanningActor · January 31Mario LanzaSinger · January 31Dirk BogardeActor · March 28Miklós JancsóFilm director · September 27Abe VigodaActor · February 24George Roy HillFilm director · December 20Deanna DurbinSinger · December 4Nino ManfrediActor · March 22James WhitmoreActor · October 1Louis JourdanActor · June 19Betty HuttonActor · February 26Lizabeth ScottActor · September 29Fernando Fernán GómezActor · August 28Jan SterlingActor · April 3Grigori ChukhraiFilm director · May 23Nancy KellyActor · March 25Chris MarkerFilm director · July 29Malcolm ArnoldMusician · October 21Luis García BerlangaFilm director · June 12Michael CacoyannisFilm director · June 11Jamie UysFilm director · May 30Andrzej MunkFilm director · October 16Steve AllenActor · December 26György CziffraMusician · November 5Brian KeithActor · November 14Jaroslav DrobnýTennis player · October 12Susan PetersActor · July 3Chuck ConnorsActor · April 10John AgarActor · January 31Jetty PaerlSinger · May 27

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Born in 1921, by the numbers

Celebrities430 still living, 43 no longer with us
Most common roleActor63% of stars born in 1921, then film directors
Top countryUnited States20 people, then France and United Kingdom
Top birthplaceNew York City3 celebrities born there
Busiest birthdayJanuary 313 celebrities born that day
Most common signLibra9 celebrities
GenerationBorn before 1946
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