1933 births

Akihito (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei era, Heisei being an expression of achieving peace worldwide.

French-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)

Sir Michael Caine is a retired English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films over a career that spanned eight decades and is considered a British cultural icon. He has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Caine is one of only five male actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in five different decades. In 2000, he received a BAFTA Fellowship and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

French actor (1933–2021)

President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992

Indian economist and philosopher (1933-)

American actor (1933–2016)

American musician (1933–2006)

Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, activist, and filmmaker. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.

American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

American novelist (1933–2018)

American lawyer and jurist (1933–2020)

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

Spanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)

American television and radio host (1933–2021)

German fashion designer (1933–2019)

German-born American physicist

American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist (1933–2003)

Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "Southern house wren"), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and by many, one of the greatest dribblers ever.

Cameroonian politician

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida (, ; ), was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress. Throughout her international career, Dalida sold more than 140 million records worldwide. Some of her best known songs include "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", and "" featuring spoken word by film star Alain Delon.

Hong Kong-British-American physicist

Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)

American record producer and composer (1933–2024)

French physicist (1933-)

Iraqi politician (1933-2017)

American actress and Playboy Playmate (1933–1967)

Iranian politician and economist, and Iran's first President (1933–2021)

Italian conductor (1933–2014)

1st President of Mozambique (1933–1986)

American country musician (born 1933)

Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate (1933–2021)

English association football player and manager (1933-2009)

Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)

American actress

Iranian Prime Minister and President of Iran (1933-1981)

Patriarch of Georgia (1933–2026)

English actress, author and columnist

politician (1933-2015)

British developmental biologist (1933–2025)

French football player and manager (1933-2023)

American chemist (1933–2022)

British composer and conductor (1933–2011)

Asha Bhosle was an Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality who predominantly worked in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she was described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over eight decades, she recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and won several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. The Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged her in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history.

American actor and comedian (1933–2019)

English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging

American economist

Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth to her son Gerardo on 14 May 1939 when she was five years, seven months, and 21 days of age. Based on the medical assessments of her pregnancy, she was four years old when she became pregnant, which was biologically possible due to precocious puberty.

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

American scientist (born 1933)

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)

Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977)

Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi (14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969), known professionally as Madhubala (), was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. She is regarded to have been one of the greatest and finest actresses in the history of Indian cinema. One of the country's highest-paid stars in the 1950s, Madhubala appeared in over 70 filmsranging from slapstick comedies to historical dramasin a two decade-long career. Long after her death, she remains a Bollywood icon, particularly noted for her beauty and unconventional screen persona. Media outlets often refer to her as "The Venus of Ind

American actress, comedian and singer (born 1933)

Japanese association football player (1933–2003)

Burmese senior general and head of state of Myanmar of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011

Japanese association football player (1933–2003)

American social psychologist (1933–1984)