Births
- 15 January - Frank Thornton, actor
- 1 February - Peter Sallis, actor
- 13 March - Cyril Poole, cricketer (died 1996)
- 28 March - Dirk Bogarde, actor and author (died 1999)
- 29 March - John Lawrenson, British rugby league player (died 2010)
- 16 April - Peter Ustinov, actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur (died 2004)
- 23 May - Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician and broadcaster (died 2008)
- 14 July - Leon Garfield, writer (died 1996)
- 1 September - Daphne Park, diplomat and spy (died 2010)
- 8 September - Harry Secombe, entertainer (died 2001)
- 30 September - Deborah Kerr, actress (died 2007)
- 2 October - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 2000)
- 11 November - Ron Greenwood, footballer and manager (died 2006)
- 11 December - Liz Smith, actress
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