1952: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Dragon 🐉 · Born in 1952 turn 74 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.27

Median home

$8,350

Minimum wage

$0.75/hr

Movie ticket

$0.46

US population

2.63B

US president

Harry S. Truman

Top song

"Blue Tango" — Leroy Anderson

Top film

The Greatest Show on Earth

Top TV show

I Love Lucy

Best Picture

The Greatest Show on Earth

In the news: Queen Elizabeth II ascends the throne

What happened in 1952

1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.

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Born in 1952

275 people in our data · most viewed first

Delroy Lindo

b. 1952 · November 18

American actor

Liam Neeson

b. 1952 · June 7

Actor from Northern Ireland

Annette O'Toole

b. 1952 · April 1

American actress

Christopher Reeve

1952–2004 · September 25

American actor and activist

Annie Potts

b. 1952 · October 28

American actress

Dan Aykroyd

b. 1952 · July 1

Canadian and American actor

Christine Baranski

b. 1952 · May 2

American actress

Bell hooks

1952–2021 · September 25

American author and activist

Bola Tinubu

b. 1952 · March 29

President of Nigeria since 2023

Chuck Lorre

b. 1952 · October 18

American television writer and producer

Carol Kane

b. 1952 · June 18

American actress

Gary Moore

1952–2011 · April 4

Northern Irish musician

Angela Cartwright

b. 1952 · September 9

British actress

Cyril Ramaphosa

b. 1952 · November 17

President of South Africa since 2018

Harry Anderson

1952–2018 · October 14

American actor, comedian, and magician

Alfre Woodard

b. 1952 · November 8

American actress

Clive Barker

b. 1952 · October 5

English author, film director and visual artist

Ben Crenshaw

b. 1952 · January 11

American professional golfer

Allen Collins

1952–1990 · July 19

American guitarist

Arun Jaitley

1952–2019 · December 28

Indian politician and attorney

Fuad II of Egypt

b. 1952 · January 16

King of Egypt and the Sudan from 1952 to 1953

Bob Costas

b. 1952 · March 22

American sportscaster

Bill Kristol

b. 1952 · December 23

American political comentator and government official

Benny Hinn

b. 1952 · December 3

American-Canadian evangelist

Died in 1952

Chaim Weizmann1874–1952 · Israeli statesman and British chemist
Charles Lightoller1874–1952 · British mariner and officer
George Santayana1863–1952 · Spanish American philosopher
Dixie Lee1911–1952 · American actress, dancer, and singer
Gertrude Lawrence1898–1952 · English performing artist
Billy Hughes1862–1952 · Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923
Albert Battel1891–1952 · German Righteous Among the Nations
Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin1879–1952 · Queen of Denmark and Iceland
Benedetto Croce1866–1952 · Italian philosopher
Ferenc Molnár1878–1952 · Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist
George Pearce1870–1952 · Australian politician
Charles Scott Sherrington1857–1952 · English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient