Births (before 1916)
| Date | Name | Occupation/Accolades |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 1867 | Charles Francis Jenkins | U.S. inventor and promoter of mechanical scanning television (died 1934). |
| April 23, 1869 | Boris Rosing | Russian pioneer of television technology (died 1933). |
| November 22, 1875 | Elizabeth Patterson | U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1966). |
| July 21, 1882 | Dr. Herbert Ives | U.S. television researcher, leader of the AT&T television research during the 1920s–1930s (died 1953). |
| February 8, 1884 | Burt Mustin | U.S. actor (All in the Family) (died 1977). |
| January 16, 1886 | John Hamilton | U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1958). |
| February 26, 1887 | William Frawley | U.S. actor (I Love Lucy) (died 1966). |
| August 14, 1888 | John Logie Baird | British pioneer of television technology (d. 1946). |
| July 20, 1889 | John Reith, 1st Baron Reith | First Director-General of the BBC (d. 1971). |
| July 30, 1889 | Vladimir Zworykin | U.S. pioneer of television technology (died 1982). |
| February 11, 1894 | Jack Benny | U.S. actor (The Jack Benny Program) (died 1974). |
| August 21, 1895 | Blossom Rock | U.S. actress (The Addams Family) (died 1978). |
| October 4, 1900 | Robert Shayne | U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1992). |
| December 6, 1900 | Agnes Moorehead | U.S. actress (Bewitched) (died 1974). |
| March 27, 1901 | Carl Barks | U.S. animator (creator of Scrooge McDuck) (died 2000). |
| July 1, 1901 | Irna Phillips | U.S. writer (creator of early soap opera) (died 1973). |
| July 14, 1901 | George Tobias | U.S. actor (Bewitched) (died 1980). |
| October 17, 1902 | Irene Ryan | U.S. actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) (died 1973). |
| December 25, 1902 | Barton MacLane | U.S. actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (died 1969). |
| May 29, 1903 | Bob Hope | British-American film, television, radio, and vaudeville actor, writer, and producer (Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre) (died 2003). |
| June 17, 1904 | Ralph Bellamy | U.S. stage, film, and television actor (Man Against Crime) (died 1991). |
| January 26, 1905 | Charles Lane | U.S. actor (Petticoat Junction). (died 2007) |
| September 18, 1905 | Eddie Anderson | U.S. actor (The Jack Benny Program) (died 1977). |
| February 20, 1906 | Gale Gordon | U.S. actor (The Lucy Show) (died 1995). |
| April 4, 1906 | Bea Benaderet | U.S. actress (The Flintstones) (died 1968). |
| April 4, 1906 | John Cameron Swayze | U.S. anchorman (Camel News Caravan) (died 1995). |
| August 19, 1906 | Philo Farnsworth | U.S. inventor credited with the invention of the cathode ray tube television (d. 1971). |
| February 12, 1907 | Joseph Kearns | U.S. actor (Dennis the Menace) (died 1962). |
| May 22, 1907 | Cecil McGivern | British broadcasting executive; controller of BBC Television from 1950 to 1957 (d. 1963). |
| January 8, 1908 | William Hartnell | British actor; the original star of Doctor Who in the 1960s (died 1975). |
| February 28, 1908 | Billie Bird | U.S. radio, film, television, and vaudeville actress (Dear John) (died 2002). |
| April 2, 1908 | Buddy Ebsen | U.S. actor (The Beverly Hillbillies) (died 2003). |
| April 30, 1908 | Eve Arden | U.S. actress (Our Miss Brooks) (died 1990). |
| July 12, 1908 | Milton Berle | U.S. actor (Texaco Star Theater) (died 2002). |
| December 14, 1908 | Morey Amsterdam | U.S. actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show). (died 1996) |
| July 26, 1909 | Vivian Vance | U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1979). |
| May 15, 1910 | Michael Barry | British television producer and executive; Head of Drama at BBC television from 1952 to 1962 (died 1988). |
| May 22, 1910 | Johnny Olson | U.S. radio and television announcer (The New Price Is Right) (died 1985). |
| October 23, 1910 | Hayden Rorke | U.S. actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (died 1987). |
| February 6, 1911 | Ronald Reagan | U.S. actor and president (General Electric Theater) (died 2004). |
| March 13, 1911 | Marie Rudisill | U.S. television personality (The Fruitcake Lady from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno). (died 2006) |
| July 7, 1911 | Gretchen Franklin | British actress (EastEnders) (died 2005). |
| August 6, 1911 | Lucille Ball | U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1989). |
| December 10, 1911 | Chet Huntley | U.S. anchorman (The Huntley-Brinkley Report) (died 1974). |
| January 7, 1912 | Charles Addams | U.S. cartoonist (created The Addams Family) (died 1988). |
| February 25, 1913 | Jim Backus | U.S. actor (Gilligan's Island, Mr. Magoo) (died 1989). |
| May 13, 1913 | Jasmine Bligh | British presenter; one of the very first BBC Television Service presenters of the 1930s (died 1991). |
| May 25, 1913 | Richard Dimbleby | British journalist (BBC), commentator on state events, and presenter of current affairs programmes such as Panorama (died 1965). |
| July 13, 1913 | Dave Garroway | U.S. journalist (The Today Show (died 1982). |
| January 5, 1914 | George Reeves | U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1959). |
| May 12, 1914 | Howard K. Smith | U.S. anchorman (ABC Evening News) (died 2002). |
| September 18, 1914 | Harry Townes | U.S. actor (The Fugitive) (died 2001). |
| October 26, 1914 | Jackie Coogan | U.S. actor (The Addams Family) (died 1984). |
| December 2, 1914 | Ray Walston | U.S. actor (My Favorite Martian, Fast Times) (died 2001). |
| January 31, 1915 | Garry Moore | U.S. game show host and TV personality (I've Got a Secret). (died 1993) |
| February 12, 1915 | Lorne Greene | U.S. actor (Bonanza). (died 1987) |
| April 10, 1915 | Harry Morgan | U.S. actor (Dragnet, M*A*S*H) (died 2011). |
| September 12, 1915 | Frank McGee | U.S. journalist (The Today Show) (died 1974). |
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