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1960: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Rat 🐀 · Born in 1960 turn 66 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.31

Median home

$11,900

Minimum wage

$1.00/hr

Movie ticket

$0.69

US population

3.03B

US president

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Top song

"Theme from A Summer Place" — Percy Faith

Top film

Swiss Family Robinson

Top TV show

Gunsmoke

Best Picture

The Apartment

In the news: Kennedy-Nixon debates become first televised presidential debates

What happened in 1960

1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.

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Born in 1960

361 people in our data · most viewed first

Daryl Hannah

Daryl Hannah

b. 1960 · December 3

American actress and director

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

b. 1960 · February 19

Son of Elizabeth II

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

b. 1960 · April 4

Actor

Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna

1960–1994 · March 21

Brazilian racing driver

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

b. 1960 · August 10

Spanish actor

Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins

b. 1960 · November 18

American actress

Damon Wayans

Damon Wayans

b. 1960 · September 4

American comedian, actor, producer and writer

Hassan Nasrallah

Hassan Nasrallah

1960–2024 · August 31

Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024

Brad Garrett

Brad Garrett

b. 1960 · April 14

American comedian and actor

A

Ariel Castro kidnappings

1960–2013 · July 10

2002–2004 kidnappings in Cleveland, Ohio, US

Chris Elliott

Chris Elliott

b. 1960 · May 31

American actor, writer, and comedian

Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra

b. 1960 · March 24

American actress

Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker

b. 1960 · November 30

English footballer

BD Wong

BD Wong

b. 1960 · October 24

American actor

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

b. 1960 · March 12

American actor

Amy Grant

Amy Grant

b. 1960 · November 25

American singer-songwriter, musician

Carol Vorderman

Carol Vorderman

b. 1960 · December 24

Welsh media personality

Bradley Walsh

Bradley Walsh

b. 1960 · June 4

English actor, singer and television presenter

Aimee Mann

Aimee Mann

b. 1960 · September 8

American singer-songwriter

Cal Ripken Jr.

Cal Ripken Jr.

b. 1960 · August 24

American baseball player

J

Jonathan Larson

1960–1996 · February 4

American composer, lyricist and playwright

Dominique Wilkins

Dominique Wilkins

b. 1960 · January 12

American basketball player

Cathy Moriarty

Cathy Moriarty

b. 1960 · November 29

American actress

Daniel Baldwin

Daniel Baldwin

b. 1960 · October 5

American actor

Died in 1960

  • Clark Gable1901–1960 · American actor
  • Albert Camus1913–1960 · French philosopher and writer
  • Erich Raeder1876–1960 · German admiral
  • Boris Pasternak1890–1960 · Russian and Soviet writer
  • Aneurin Bevan1897–1960 · Welsh politician
  • Amanullah Khan1892–1960 · Leader of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929
  • Cedric Gibbons1893–1960 · American art director
  • Diana Barrymore1921–1960 · American actress
  • Arthur Meighen1874–1960 · Prime Minister of Canada (1920–1921; 1926)
  • A. P. Carter1891–1960 · American singer-songwriter
  • Aloysius Stepinac1898–1960 · Croatian Latin Catholic cardinal
  • Alfred Kroeber1876–1960 · American anthropologist
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