Births
- 10 January - Peter Barnes, playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 2 February - Les Dawson, comedian (d. 1993)
- 24 February - Brian Close, cricket player
- 26 February - Ally McLeod, football manager (died 2004)
- 6 March - Jimmy Stewart, racing driver (d. 2008)
- 13 March - Michael Podro, art historian (d. 2008)
- 14 March - Frank Sando, long-distance runner
- 19 March - Alan Newton, track cyclist
- 7 April - Jeff Elliott, decathlete and pole vaulter
- 9 April - Ken Wilmshurst, triple jumper (d. 1992)
- 29 April - Lonnie Donegan, musician (d. 2002)
- 7 June
- Virginia McKenna, actress
- Malcolm Morley, painter
- 28 August - John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
- 8 September - Jack Rosenthal, playwright (d. 2004)
- 22 September - Fay Weldon, author
- 22 September - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, politician (d. 2003)
- 4 October - Terence Conran, designer and businessman
- 19 October - John le Carré, novelist
- 23 October - Diana Dors, actress (d. 1984)
- 9 November - Eric Sandstrom, track and field sprinter
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