April – Spike Milligan, comedian, poet and writer (born in the British Raj; died 2002 in England). 22 May – Alan Clodd, book collector, dealer and publisher (died 2002). 23 June – James Young, comedian (died 1974). 27 June – Marie Kean, actress (died 1993). 7 August – Florrie Burke, soccer player (died 1995). 9 August – Luke Belton, Fine Gael TD (died 2006). 29 August – John Herivel, historian of science and cryptanalyst (died 2011). 12 September – Valerie Goulding, Senator and campaigner for the disabled (died 2003). 17 September – Chaim Herzog, Belfast-born sixth President of Israel (1983–1993) (died 1997). 22 September – A. J. Potter, composer (died 1980). 26 September – Jackie Vernon, footballer (died 1981). 29 September – Douglas Gageby, journalist and newspaper editor (died 2004). 13 October – Jack MacGowran, actor (died 1973). October – Hugh McLaughlin, publisher and inventor (died 2006). 19 November – Brendan Corish, Labour Party leader, TD, Cabinet Minister and Tánaiste (died 1990). 24 December – Willie Clancy, uileann piper (died 1973). Full date unknown – Terry Leahy, Kilkenny hurler (died 1988). Deaths 6 January – Dora Sigerson Shorter, poet and sculptor (born 1866; died in London). 23 January – Robert Gregory, cricketer and artist (born 1881). 1 February – William Melville, police officer and first chief of the British Secret Service (born 1850). 13 February – Henry Arthur Blake, British colonial administrator and Governor of Hong Kong (born 1840). 27 March – Martin Sheridan, Olympic gold medallist for the United States (born 1881). 28 March – Arthur Bateman, cricketer (born 1890). 8 April – David Nelson, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1914 at Néry, France (born 1886). 18 April – Samuel Young, 96-year-old MP for East Cavan 7 May – James Somers, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 at Gallipoli, Turkey (born 1884). 10 June – William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, soldier (born 1873). 19 July – William McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim, peer (born 1851). 26 July – Edward Mannock, First World War flying ace and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1887). 31 July – George McElroy, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force pilot during World War I, killed in action (born 1893). 18 September – Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1918 on the Drocourt-Queant Line, France (born 1892). 25