* J. L. Austin ( 1911 – 1960 ), British philosopher

Albert Camus (; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 ) was an algerian born author, journalist, and philosopher.

* 1895 – Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Batem, French comic book artist

* 1960 – Warren Haynes, American guitarist and songwriter ( The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, and The Dead )

* 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader

* 1960 – Ron MacLean, Canadian sportscaster

* 1895 – Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat, and writer ( d. 1960 )

* 1925 – Johnny Horton, American singer and musician ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Kerry Healey, American politician

* 1960 – David Miscavige, American leader of the Church of Scientology

* 1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.

* 1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player

* 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.

* 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese composer

* 1960 – Phil Taylor, English darts player

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* 1896 – Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Linda Fratianne, American figure skater

* 1960 – Neal Morse, American singer and keyboardist ( Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Yellow Matter Custard, and Flying Colors )

* 1960 – David Yow, American singer-songwriter ( Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard, and Qui )

* 1960 – Dahomey ( later renamed Benin ) declares independence from France.

* 1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.

* 1960 – Chuck D, American rapper, producer, and author ( Public Enemy )

* 1960 – Suzi Gardner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist and songwriter ( L7 )

Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960.

Coronation Street's creator, Tony Warren, wrote the first 13 episodes of the programme in 1960, and continued to write for the programme intermittently until 1976.

Harry Kershaw was the script editor for Coronation Street when the programme began in 1960, working alongside Tony Warren.

* 1960 – Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker

* 1960 – Tony Anselmo, American animator

* 1960 – Tony O ' Dell, American actor

* 1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player

Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare ( born 11 January 1934 ), commonly known as Tony Hoare or C. A. R. Hoare, is a British computer scientist best known for the development ( in 1960, at age 26 ) of Quicksort, a well-known sorting algorithm.

His first film appearance was a role in Tony Richardson's The Entertainer ( 1960 ), with Laurence Olivier, but he made his breakthrough with his portrayal of a disillusioned factory worker in Karel Reisz's film version of Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

Burton appeared on Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Time Remembered ( 1958 ) and winning the award for playing King Arthur in the musical Camelot ( 1960 ), directed by Moss Hart and written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

After Hammerstein's death in 1960, Rodgers wrote both words and music for his first new Broadway project No Strings ( 1962, which earned two Tony Awards ).

The first compiler-compiler to use that name was written by Tony Brooker in 1960 and was used to create compilers for the Atlas computer at the University of Manchester, including the Atlas Autocode compiler.

The station achieved fame in the opening scenes of the 1960 Tony Hancock film " The Rebel ".

He was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd ( 1957 ) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960 – 1968 situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1986 – 1995 legal drama Matlock.

Boeing ( 707 ) Boeing ( 707 ) ( alternately titled Boeing Boeing ) is a 1965 American bedroom farce comedy film, based on the 1960 French play Boeing-Boeing, and starring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis.

Film director, Tony Richardson was born in Shipley in 1928 and directed films including, " Look Back in Anger " in 1959, " The Entertainer " in 1960, A Taste of Honey in 1961 and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner in 1962.

In addition to his Academy Awards, Douglas won a Tony Award for his Broadway lead role in the 1960 The Best Man by Gore Vidal, and an Emmy for his 1967 role in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.

His Broadway credits also included the 1967 Neil Simon comedy The Star-Spangled Girl, the Frank Loesser musical Greenwillow ( 1960 ), for which he was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and Bernard Slade's 1979 play Romantic Comedy opposite Mia Farrow.

Other than the commercially released songs with Tony Sheridan issued on In the Beginning ( Circa 1960 ), only three recordings made by the group prior to 1962 have become public.

Demara's story was recounted in the 1960 book, The Great Impostor, written by Robert Crichton and published by Random House ; the book was a New York Times bestseller and adapted into a 1961 film by the same name starring Tony Curtis as Demara.

* The Great Impostor ( 1960 ), a fictionalised version of his life starring Tony Curtis as Demara.

* Tony Smith-bass ( Mann Hugg Blues Brothers ; 1960 — 1962 )

Originally called The Mavericks, Tony Crane ( born Anthony Crane, 17 April 1945, Anfield, Liverpool ) and Billy Kinsley ( born William Ellis Kinsley, 28 November 1946, at The Mill Road Hospital, Mill Road, Everton, Liverpool ) formed their first band in late 1960 and became The Pacifics in September 1961.

She was noted for her performance on Broadway in the musical Bells Are Ringing, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and reprising her role in the 1960 film.