Generation

Silent Generation

Born 1928–1945

Grew up during wartime and the postwar years.

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Famous people from Silent Generation

Notable people born 1928–1945 (showing 48 of 79)

Osamu Tezuka

Manga Artist · 1928

Andy Warhol

Painter · 1928

Mickey Mouse

Character · 1928

Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights Leader · 1929

Audrey Hepburn

Actress · 1929

Anne Frank

Diarist · 1929

Steve McQueen

Actor · 1930

Clint Eastwood

Actor · 1930

Neil Armstrong

Astronaut · 1930

Warren Buffett

Investor · 1930

James Dean

Actor · 1931

Mikhail Gorbachev

Politician · 1931

Rupert Murdoch

Entrepreneur · 1931

Elizabeth Taylor

Actress · 1932

Kunie Tanaka

Actor · 1932

Boo Takagi

Comedian · 1933

James Brown

Singer · 1933

Joan Collins

Actress · 1933

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

TV Personality · 1933

Nobuyo Oyama

Voice Actor · 1933

Mitsuko Kusabue

Actress · 1933

Emperor Emeritus Akihito

Emperor of Japan · 1933

Yuri Gagarin

Astronaut · 1934

Fujiko A. Fujio

Manga Artist · 1934

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Writer · 1934

Judi Dench

Actress · 1934

Elvis Presley

Singer · 1935

Julie Andrews

Actress · 1935

Woody Allen

Director · 1935

Kazuo Umezu

Manga Artist · 1936

Saburo Kitajima

Singer · 1936

Jim Henson

Puppeteer · 1936

Colin Powell

Politician · 1937

Jack Nicholson

Actor · 1937

Ken Ogata

Actor · 1937

Dustin Hoffman

Actor · 1937

Anthony Hopkins

Actor · 1937

Leiji Matsumoto

Manga Artist · 1938

Go Kato

Actor · 1938

Ian McKellen

Actor · 1939

John Cleese

Actor · 1939

Tina Turner

Singer · 1939

Masahiko Tsugawa

Actor · 1940

Al Pacino

Actor · 1940

Ringo Starr

Singer · 1940

Martin Sheen

Actor · 1940

John Lennon

Singer · 1940

Bruce Lee

Actor · 1940

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