Famous birthdays by year
Famous People Born in 1935
Born in 1935? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
Turning 91 in 2026 · Chinese zodiac: Year of the Pig
The 1930s
The most famous people born in 193546
1935–1977Elvis Presley
The King of Rock and Roll, whose hits such as Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog and electrifying stage moves changed popular music
Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. · Public domain
b. 1935Tenzin Gyatso
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, who has lived in exile in India since 1959 and won the Nobel Peace Prize
Photo: Christopher Michel · CC BY-SA 4.0
b. 1935Woody Allen
American filmmaker and comedian of Annie Hall, Manhattan and Hannah and Her Sisters who has won four Oscars
Photo: Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0
1935–2024Alain Delon
French actor of Purple Noon, Rocco and His Brothers and Le Samouraï, one of European cinema's great leading men
Photo: Reporters Associati & Archivi\Mondadori · Public domain
1935–2007Luciano Pavarotti
Photo: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
1935–2025José Mujica
Former guerrilla who became President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015, famed for giving away most of his salary and living simply
Photo: Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil · CC BY 2.0
1935–2023Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese novelist of A Personal Matter and Hiroshima Notes, a campaigner against nuclear weapons, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Photo: Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0
b. 1935Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia and head of the House of Saud
Photo: Saudi Press Agency (SPA) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Born in 1935, month by month
- January
- Forugh Farrokhzad (January 5) · Influential Iranian poet and filmmaker of the modernist era
- Elvis Presley (January 8) · The King of Rock and Roll, whose hits such as Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog and electrifying stage moves changed popular music
- Kenzaburō Ōe (January 31) · Japanese novelist of A Personal Matter and Hiroshima Notes, a campaigner against nuclear weapons, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
- March
- Akira Kitaguchi (March 8) · Japanese forward who competed at the 1956 Olympic Games
- April
- Erich von Däniken (April 14) · Swiss author of the bestselling book Chariots of the Gods?
- Jim Peebles (April 25) · Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who shaped modern cosmology
- Thodoros Angelopoulos (April 27) · Acclaimed Greek filmmaker known for his slow-paced and poetic style
- May
- Faisal II of Iraq (May 2) · Last King of Iraq who reigned until the revolution of 1958
- Luis Suárez (May 2) · Legendary Spanish midfielder who won the Ballon d'Or in 1960
- José Mujica (May 20) · Former guerrilla who became President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015, famed for giving away most of his salary and living simply
- June
- Norman Foster (June 1) · Renowned architect who designed The Gherkin in London
- Françoise Sagan (June 21) · French novelist who wrote the international bestseller Bonjour Tristesse
- July
- Harrison Schmitt (July 3) · Geologist and astronaut who walked on the Moon during Apollo 17
- Tenzin Gyatso (July 6) · The 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, who has lived in exile in India since 1959 and won the Nobel Peace Prize
- Mercedes Sosa (July 9) · Argentine singer known as the Voice of Latin America
- Satoshi Ōmura (July 12) · Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist who discovered treatments for parasitic diseases
- Monique Wittig (July 13) · Radical French feminist author and influential lesbian theorist
- Ei-ichi Negishi (July 14) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who developed palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions
- Donald Sutherland (July 17) · Canadian actor known for MASH and The Hunger Games films
- August
- Giya Kancheli (August 10) · Georgian composer known for his symphonies and film scores
- Ron Paul (August 20) · US politician and physician known for his libertarian views
- Annie Proulx (August 22) · Award-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain
- Sylvia A. Earle (August 30) · Marine biologist and first female chief scientist of NOAA
- September
- Abdou Diouf (September 7) · Former President of Senegal who served from 1981 to 2000
- Arvo Pärt (September 11) · Estonian composer known for his minimalist style and sacred music
- Gherman Titov (September 11) · Soviet cosmonaut and the second person to orbit the Earth
- Harvey J. Alter (September 12) · Medical researcher who helped identify the hepatitis C virus
- Ken Kesey (September 17) · Author of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29) · Rock and roll pioneer known for Great Balls of Fire
- October
- Julie Andrews (October 1) · Award-winning star of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music
- Omar Sívori (October 2) · Argentine footballer who won the 1961 Ballon d'Or
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (October 3) · Prolific Armenian and Soviet actor with hundreds of film credits
- Luciano Pavarotti (October 12)
- Isao Takahata (October 29) · Co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of Grave of the Fireflies
- November
- Edward Said (November 1) · Palestinian-American scholar and founder of post-colonial studies
- Alain Delon (November 8) · French actor of Purple Noon, Rocco and His Brothers and Le Samouraï, one of European cinema's great leading men
- Hussein I of Jordan (November 14) · Long-serving King of Jordan who reigned for nearly five decades
- Mahmoud Abbas (November 15) · President of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority
- Fairuz (November 21) · Iconic Lebanese singer and symbol of the Arab world
- Woody Allen (November 30) · American filmmaker and comedian of Annie Hall, Manhattan and Hannah and Her Sisters who has won four Oscars
- December
- Dharmendra (December 8) · Iconic Bollywood actor known as the He-Man of Indian cinema
- Pranab Mukherjee (December 11) · Senior politician who served as the thirteenth President of India
- Lee Remick (December 14) · American actress known for Anatomy of a Murder and The Omen
- Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma (December 26) · Togolese military officer and long-serving president of Togo
- Omar Bongo (December 30) · President of Gabon who remained in office for forty-one years
- Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (December 31) · King of Saudi Arabia and head of the House of Saud