1957: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Rooster 🐓 · Born in 1957 turn 69 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.31

Median home

$10,550

Minimum wage

$1.00/hr

Movie ticket

$0.50

US population

2.87B

US president

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Top song

"All Shook Up" — Elvis Presley

Top film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Top TV show

Gunsmoke

Best Picture

The Bridge on the River Kwai

In the news: Sputnik launches the Space Age

What happened in 1957

1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.

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Born in 1957

307 people in our data · most viewed first

Caroline Kennedy

b. 1957 · November 27

American author and diplomat

Afrika Bambaataa

1957–2026 · April 17

American DJ, rapper and producer

Daniel Day-Lewis

b. 1957 · April 29

British actor

Frances McDormand

b. 1957 · June 23

American actor and producer

Bernie Mac

1957–2008 · October 5

American comedian and actor

Christopher Lambert

b. 1957 · March 29

French–American actor

Bongbong Marcos

b. 1957 · September 13

President of the Philippines since 2022

Amanda Plummer

b. 1957 · March 23

American-Canadian actress

Cameron Crowe

b. 1957 · July 13

American filmmaker and journalist

Donny Osmond

b. 1957 · December 9

American singer, dancer, actor, television host (b. 1957)

Andrew Cuomo

b. 1957 · December 6

American lawyer and politician

Bret Hart

b. 1957 · July 2

Canadian professional wrestler

John Lasseter

b. 1957 · January 12

American filmmaker

Alastair Campbell

b. 1957 · May 25

British journalist and political adviser

Dan Castellaneta

b. 1957 · October 29

American actor

Amanda Redman

b. 1957 · August 12

British actress

Andrew Dice Clay

b. 1957 · September 29

American comedian and actor

Aliko Dangote

b. 1957 · April 10

Nigerian businessman

Denise Crosby

b. 1957 · November 24

American actress

Adrian Edmondson

b. 1957 · January 24

English actor, comedian, musician and writer

Hamid Karzai

b. 1957 · December 24

President of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014

Cindy Wilson

b. 1957 · February 28

American musician

Bernhard Langer

b. 1957 · August 27

German professional golfer

Colin Mochrie

b. 1957 · November 30

Canadian comedic actor

Died in 1957

Diego Rivera1886–1957 · Mexican muralist
Christian Dior1905–1957 · French fashion designer
Albert Anastasia1902–1957 · Italian-American mob boss
Friedrich Paulus1890–1957 · German field marshal
Aga Khan III1877–1957 · 48th imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community
Haakon VII1872–1957 · King of Norway from 1905 to 1957
Alfonso de Portago1928–1957 · Spanish aristocrat and racing driver
Arturo Toscanini1867–1957 · Italian conductor
Erich Wolfgang Korngold1897–1957 · Austrian-born American composer and conductor
Carlos Castillo Armas1914–1957 · President of Guatemala from 1954 to 1957
Carl Clauberg1898–1957 · German gynaecologist and Auschwitz experimenter
Alfred Döblin1878–1957 · German novelist, essayist, and doctor