[caption id=“attachment_1632” align=“alignleft” width=“330”] Radio City Music Hall (Courtesy of Stròlic Furlàn)[/caption]

In the year 1932, Hattie Caraway becomes the first female U.S. Senator (Jan 12), ca 6 million people are unemployed in Germany (Jan 15), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is published (Feb 1), Tarzan the Ape Man opens starring Johnny Weissmuller (Mar 25), following the end of Prohibition, the first Alko stores open in Finland (Apr 5), Nazis become the largest party in the Reichstag election (Jul 31), Forrest Mars produces the first Mars bar (Aug 1), the first Autobahn is opened in Germany (Aug 6), the Soviet Famine begins, millions starving to death (Sep 22), the first science fiction radio show, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, debuts on radio (Nov 7), Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City (Dec 27) - and all these fine people were born:

1932-xxxx M. K. Prasad* environmentalist/ grassroot level activist to protect tropical rain forests in Kerala - Kochi, Kerala, British India (2022/89) 1932-0103 Dabney Coleman* actor - Austin, TX USA (2024/92) 1932-0104 Carlos Saura* film director/photographer/writer - Huesca, Spain (2023/91) 1932-0104 Satu Waltari* writer/translator/ daughter of Mika Waltari - Helsinki, Finland (2014/82) 1932-0107 Tormod Knutsen* Nordic combined skier/OG - Eidsvoll,  Norway (2021/89) 1932-0112 Sally J. Novetzke* political aide - Stillwater, MN USA (2025/93) 1932-0115 Dean Smith* athlete (sprinter/OGr)/actor/stuntman - Breckenbridge, TX USA (2023/91) 1932-0116 Dian Fossey* primatologist/conservationist - San Francisco, CA USA (1985/53) 1932-0117 Sheree North* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA (2005/73) 1932-0118 Robert Anton Wilson* writer/ futurist/agnostic mystic  - Brooklyn, NY USA (2007/74) 1932-0122 Piper Laurie* (b Rosetta Jacobs) actress - Detroit, MI USA (2023/91) 1932-0131 1932-0201 1932-0202 Robert Mandan* actor - Clever, MO USA (2018/86) 1932-0203 Howard J. Rubinstein* lawyer/public relations expert - New York City, NY USA (2020/88) 1932-0203 Tatyana Velikanova* mathematician/human rights activist - Moscow, Soviet Union (2002/70) 1932-0206 Simeon Nyachae* politician/ businessman - Nyaribari, Kisii County, Kenya (2021/88) 1932-0206 Francois Truffaut* film director - Paris, France (1984/52) 1932-0207 Alfred Worden* engineer/astronaut - Jackson, MI USA (2020/88) 1932-0208 John Williams* composer/conductor/pianist - Floral Park, NY USA **** 1932-0209 Gerhard Richter* visual artist - Dresden, Weimar Republic **** 1932-0210 1932-0212 Axel Jensen* author - Trondheim, Norway (2003/71) 1932-0212 Bob Lutz* Swiss American automotive executive - Zurich, Switzerland **** 1932-0215 Voitto Hellsten* sprinter/OB/politician - Pertteli, Finland (1998/66) 1932-0218 Milos Forman* film director/screenwriter - Caslav, Czechoslovakia (2018/86) 1932-0220 1932-0222 Edward Moore Kennedy* politician/ senator/brother of JFK - Boston, MA USA (2009/77) 1932-0223 Majel Barrett* (b Hudec) actress (Star Trek)/producer - Cleveland, OH USA (2008/76) 1932-0223 Inge Sargent* (b Eberhard) Austrian-American author/human-rights activist/to U.S. at age 19 - Bad Sankt Leonhard, Austria (2023/90) 1932-0224 Pirkko Liinamaa* (b Lindroos) television personality (Levyraati i.e. “Disc Council”) - Helsinki, Finland (2021/88) 1932-0226 Johnny Cash* singer/ guitarist/actor - Kingsland, AR USA (2003/71) 1932-0227 Elizabeth Taylor* actress - Hampstead, London England (2011/79) 1932-0228 1932-0301 1932-0302 Pirkko Kolbe* (b Heikkilä) journalist/ columnist - Helsinki, Finland (2008/76) 1932-0312 Andrew Young* politician/ diplomat/activist - New Orleans, LA USA **** 1932-0315 Alan Bean* astronaut/ 4Moon1969 - Wheeler, TX USA (2018/86) 1932-0316 Walter Cunningham* astronaut (Apollo 7)/ venture capitalist - Creston, IA USA (2023/90) 1932-0317 Patrick W. Murphy* police officer/homicide detective/Chief of Security at the Kingdome - Seattle, WA USA (2014/82) 1932-0318 Maija Karhi* (b. Kärävä) actress - Turku, Finland (2018/86) 1932-0318 John Updike* novelist/ poet/art & literary critic - Reading, PA USA (2009/76) 1932-0319 Louis Gigante* Catholic priest/a Bronx community activist - Manhattan, NY USA (2022/90) 1932-0321 Walter Gilbert* biochemist/ physicist/molecular biology pioneer/N - Boston, MA USA **** 1932-0322 1932-0324 Lodewijk van den Berg* Dutch-American chemical engineer/Payload Specialist on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger - Sluiskil, Netherlands (2022/90) 1932-0327 Patrick Newell* actor - Hadleigh, Suffolk, England (1988/56) 1932-0328 Sven Lindqvist* author/travel writer - Stockholm, Sweden (2019/87) 1932-0330 Ted Morgan* (b Count Sanche de Gramont) French–American journalist/biographer/historian - Geneva, Switzerland (2023/91) 1932-0331 Nagisa Ōshima* 大島 渚 film director/screenwriter - Tamano, Okayama, Empire of Japan (2013/80) 1932-0401 1932-0403 Jean-Claude Corbeil* linguist/ lexicographer - Montreal, QC Canada (2022/89) 1932-0404 Anthony Perkins* actor - New York, NY USA (1992/60) 1932-0404 Andrei Tarkovsky* film director/ screenwriter/film theorist - Zavrazhye, Russia, Soviet Union (1986/54) 1932-0405 1932-0409 Hans Dieter Beck* publisher - Munich, Weimar Republic (2025/92) 1932-0409 Carl Perkins* singer-songwriter - Tiptonville, TN USA (1998/65) 1932-0410 Kishori Amonkar* Indian classical vocalist - Mumbai, India (2017/84) 1932-0410 Omar Sharif* actor - Alexandria, Egypt (2015/83) 1932-0411 Joel Grey*  actor/ singer/director - Cleveland, OH USA **** 1932-0414 Loretta Lynn* country singer/songwriter - Butcher Hollow, KY USA (2022/90) 1932-0420 1932-0425 Nikolai Kardashev* astrophysicist - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (2019/87) 1932-0426 Michael Smith* British-Canadian biochemist/N/ businessman - Blackpool, England (2000/68) 1932-0427 Gian-Carlo Rota* Italian-American mathematician/philosopher/ from Italy at age 13 - Vigevano, Kingdom of Italy (1999/66) 1932-0428 Marek Kopelent* Czech composer/music editor/academic teacher - Prague, Czechoslovakia (2023/90) 1932-0430 1932-0501 Donald Kagan* Lithuanian American historian/classicist/to U.S. at age 2 - Kuršėnai, Lithuania (2021/89) 1932-0503 Maria Itkina* atlete/runner - Roslavl, Russia, Soviet Union (2020/88) 1932-0504 Susan Brown* actress/interior designer - San Francisco, CA USA (2018/86) 1932-0518 D. Pandian* author/ politician - Usilampatti, Tamil Nadu, British India (2021/88) 1932-0521 Inese Jaunzeme* athlete (javelin/OG)/physician - Pļaviņas, Latvia, Soviet Union (2011/78) 1932-0530 Jaakko Iloniemi* economist/ diplomat/political analyst - Helsinki, Finland **** 1932-0601 1932-0604 John Drew Barrymore* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA (2004/72) 1932-0605 Christy Brown* mouth artist/writer - Dublin, Ireland (1981/49) 1932-0606 David Scott* astronaut/#7Moon1971 - San Antonio, TX USA **** 1932-0607 M. S. Narasimhan* mathematician - Tandarai, Madras, British India (2021/88) 1932-0607 George Nassar* convicted killer -  Providence, RI USA (2018/86) 1932-0610 1932-0611 Athol Fugard* playwright/ actor/director - Middleburg, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (2025/92) 1932-0613 Bob McGrath* actor (Sesame Street)/musician/children’s author - Ottawa, IL USA (2022/90) 1932-0616 Shigeko Sasamori* 笹森恵子 (b Niimoto) survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima/nurse’s aide/peace activist - Hiroshima, Empire of Japan (2024/92) 1932-0620 1932-0621 Antti Hyvärinen* ski jumper/OG/coach - Rovaniemi, Finland (2000/67) 1932-0624 Joseph F. Traub* German-American computer scientist/to U.S. at age 7 - Karlsruhe, Weimar Germany (2015/83) 1932-0625 Julian Robertson* billionaire hedge fund manager/philanthropist - Salisbury, NC USA (2022/90) 1932-0626 Don Valentine* venture capitalist - Manhattan, NY USA (2019/87) 1932-0630 1932-0701 Pablo Eisenberg* American tennis player/scholar/social justice advocate/to U.S. at age 7 - Paris, France (2022/90) 1932-0702 Dave Thomas* businessman/founder of Wendy’s - Atlantic City, NJ USA (2002/69) 1932-0704 Otis Young* actor/writer - Providence, RI USA (2001/69) 1932-0709 Donald Rumsfeld* businessman/politician - Evanston, IL USA (2021/88) 1932-0710 1932-0711 Orvokki Kuortti* (b Rudanko) pioneering female pilot in Finland - Kokemäki, Finland (2020/88) 1932-0712 Philip Giaccone* Bonanno crime family member - Queens, NY USA (1981/48) 1932-0717 Quino* (b Joaquín Tejón) Argentine-Spanish cartoonist - Mendoza, Argentina (2020/88) 1932-0720 Dan Rooney* Pittsburgh Steelers owner/diplomat/son of Art Rooney - Pittsburgh, PA USA (2017/84) 1932-0727 Beverly Byron* (b Butcher) politician - Baltimore, MD USA (2025/92) 1932-0801 Meir Kahane* rabbi /writer/politician - Brooklyn, NY USA (1990/58) 1932-0801 Sonia McMahon* occupational therapist/wife of an Australian PM/mother of Julian McMahon - Strathfield, NSW Australia (2010/77) 1932-0802 Peter O´Toole* actor - Connemara County, Galway, Ireland (2013/81) 1932-0804 Frances E. Allen* computer scientist - Peru, NY USA (2020/88) 1932-0806 Anneli Sauli* (b Savolainen) actress/w Romani background - Pyhäjoki, Finland (2022/89) 1932-0807 Abebe Bikila* marathon runner/OG - Jato, Ethiopian Empire (1973/41) 1932-0808 Robert “Bunky” Williams* cartoonist/Fun Time host/Child Abuse officer - Columbus, MS USA (2015/83) 1932-0815 Abby Dalton* (b Wasden) actress - Las Vegas, NV USA (2020/88) 1932-0816 Pervis Spann* broadcaster/ radio personality/music promoter - Itta Bena, MS USA (2022/89) 1932-0817 Murtaja Baseer* painter/artist- Dhaka, Bengal, British India (2020/87) 1932-0817 V. S. Naipaul* novelist/N - Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago (2018/85) 1932-0817 Jean-Jacques Sempé* cartoonist/creator of covers for The New Yorker - Pessac, France (2022/89) 1932-0820 M. G. S. Narayanan* historian /academic/political commentator - Ponnani, Madras Presidency, British India (2025/92) 1932-0822 Gerald Carr*aeronautical engineer/astronaut - Denver, CO USA (2020/88) 1932-0828 Andy Bathgate* hockey player/NHL 100 - Winnipeg, MB Canada (2016/83) 1932-0831 Allan “Dr. Foth” Fotheringham* newspaper and magazine journalist - Hearne, SK Canada (2020/87) 1932-0831 Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi* nephrologist/transplant surgeon/stem cell researcher - Halvad, British India (2019/87) 1932-0901 1932-0903 Eileen Brennan* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA (2013/80) 1932-0903 Ruth Paine* (b Hyde) friend of Marina Oswald who was living with her at the time of the JFK assassination - New York City, NY USA **** 1932-0908 Patsy Cline* singer - Winchester, VA USA (1963/30) 1932-0913 Dick Biondi* Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey - Endicott, NY USA (2023/90) 1932-0916 Aatos Erkko* newspaper editor/publisher - Helsinki, Finland (2012/79) 1932-0917 1932-0918 Jean-Michel Defaye* pianist/ composer/conductor - Saint-Mandé, France (2025/92) 1932-0919 Stefanie Zweig* journalist/writer - Leobschütz, Germany (2014/81) 1932-0921 Mickey Kuhn* actor ( Gone with the Wind) - Waukegan, IL USA (2022/90) 1932-0922 Ingemar Johansson* boxer/OS - Gothenburg, Sweden (2009/76) 1932-0925 Glenn Gould* pianist - Toronto, ON Canada (1982/50) 1932-0926 Donna Douglas* (b Doris Smith) actress/singer - Pride, LA USA (2015/82) 1932-0926 Manmohan Singh* politician/PM - Gah, Punjab Province, British Indiax (2024/92) 1932-0926 Vladimir Voinovich* writer/dissident - Stalinabad, Tajik, Soviet Union (2018/85) 1932-0929 Kristian Gullichsen* architect - Helsinki, Finland (2021/88) 1932-0929 Rainer Weiss* physicist/N - Berlin, Germany **** 1932-0930 Wilhelm Brückner* luthier - Erfurt, Thuringia, Weimar Republic (2025/92) 1932-1001 1932-1004 Felicia Farr* (b Olive Dines) model/actress/m to Jack Lemmon - Westchester County, NY USA **** 1932-1019 Robert Reed* actor - Highland Park, IL USA (1992/59) 1932-1020 William Christopher* actor (M*A*S*H) - Evanston, IL USA (2016/84) 1932-1027 Sylvia Plath* poet/novelist - Boston, MA USA (1963/30) 1932-1030 Louis Malle* film director - Thumeries, Nord, France (1995/63) 1932-11xx Matti Nurmi* businessman/the only child of Paavo Nurmi - Turku, Finland (2003/90) 1932-1103 Ritva Valkama* actress/m to Pertti Palo - Jyväskylä, Finland (2020/87) 1932-1106 François Englert* theoretical physicist/N - Brussels, Belgium **** 1932-1108 Ben Bova* writer - Philadelphia, PA USA (2020/88) 1932-1108 Simo Salminen* actor/comedian - Vanaja, Finland (2015/82) 1932-1110 Roy Scheider* actor - Orange, NJ USA (2008/75) 1932-1111 Jorge Lavelli* Argentine-French theatre and opera director - Buenos Aires, Argentina (2023/90) 1932-1112 1932-1113 Olga Fikotová* Czech-American athlete (discus/OG)/fitness trainer - Libiš, Czechoslovakia (2024/91) 1932-1113 Richard Mulligan* actor/ comedian - The Bronx, NY USA (2000/67) 1932-1113 Ritva Valkama* actress/ m to Pertti Palo - Jyväskylä, Finland (2020/87) 1932-1119 Emily Meggett* Geechee-Gullah community leader/chef/author - Edisto Island, SC USA (2023/90) 1932-1120 Ralf Långbacka* screenwriter/ director - Närpiö, Finland (2022/89) 1932-1120 André Soltner* French-American chef/author - Thann, France (2025/92) 1932-1121 1932-1122 Robert Vaughn* actor - New York, NY USA (2016/83) 1932-1126 Christfried Schmidt* piano teacher/ composer/arranger - Markersdorf, Nazi Germany (2025/92) 1932-1128 Kurt Horres* opera director & manager - Düsseldorf, Nazi Germany (2023/90) 1932-1129 Jacques Chirac* politician/P - Paris, French Third Republic (2019/86) 1932-1130 1932-1201 John Michuki* politician/businessman - Muguru Village, Murang’a, Kenya Colony (2012/79) 1932-1205 Little Richard* musician/songwriter/singer - Macon, GA USA (2020/87) 1932-1207 Ellen Burstyn* actress - Detroit, MI USA **** 1932-1216 Grace Alele-Williams* professor of mathematics education/the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate - Warri, Delta State, Nigeria (2022/89) 1932-1218 Roger Smith* actor/producer/ husband of Ann-Margret - South Gate, CA USA (2017/84) 1932-1219 Adolf H. Lundin* oil and mining entrepreneur - Stockholm, Sweden (2006/73) 1932-1220 John Hillerman* actor - Denison, TX USA (2017/84) 1932-1222 Iria Leino* (b Irja Leino) fashion model/ painter/practicing Buddhist/to U.S. at age 32 - Helsinki, Finland (2022/89) 1932-1224 1932-1228 Nichelle Nichols* actress (Star Trek)/work with NASA - Robbins, IL USA (2022/89) 1932-1229 Inga Swenson* actress - Omaha, NE USA (2023/90) 1932-0 1932-0 1932-0 Updated 2025-0507 Helsinki Search for another year here