1951-1960

January[edit]

Kirstie Alley

Ondrej Nepela

Phil Collins

Dave Benton
January 1
Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
Nana Patekar, Indian actor, writer, philanthropist and filmmaker
January 2
Jan Fischer, 8th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Vincenzo Zazzaro, Italian footballer (d. 2019)
January 5 – Steve Arnold, English footballer
January 6 – Kim Wilson, American singer, harmonica player
January 8
Kenny Anthony, Lucian politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
John McTiernan, American director, producer and writer
January 9 – Andy Qunta, English singer-songwriter, composer and musician
January 12
Kirstie Alley, American actress (Cheers)
Chris Bell, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 1978)
Rush Limbaugh, American conservative radio personality
January 15 – Biff Byford, English rock singer (Saxon)
January 18 – Elijah Cummings, African-American politician (d. 2019)
January 20 – Ian Hill, English rock bassist (Judas Priest)
January 21 – Eric Holder, African-American politician, 82nd United States Attorney General
January 22
Alveda King, American activist, minister, author and politician
Ondrej Nepela, Czechoslovak figure skater (d. 1989)
January 23 – Chesley Sullenberger, American airline captain
January 25 – Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975)
January 30
Phil Collins, English rock musician and producer, lead singer of Genesis
Charles S. Dutton, African-American actor
January 31
Dave Benton, Aruban-born American singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2001 winner
Harry Wayne Casey, American musician, songwriter and producer
Phil Manzanera, British rock musician
February[edit]

Blaise Compaoré

Gordon Brown

Edward Albert

Lee Atwater
February 1 – Albert Salvadó, Andorran writer
February 3
Blaise Compaoré, 3rd President of Burkina Faso (1987-2014)
Felipe Muñoz, Mexican swimmer
Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
February 5
O'Neal Compton, American actor and director (d. 2019)
Ryūsei Nakao, Japanese actor, singer and voice actor
February 7 – Kim Milford, American actor and singer (d. 1988)
February 9 – Jay Inslee, American politician
February 10 – Bob Iger, American CEO of The Walt Disney Company
February 12 – Cory Lerios, American pianist and vocalist
February 13 – David Naughton, American actor (Makin' It)
February 14 – Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager
February 15
Melissa Manchester, American pop singer
Jane Seymour, English actress
February 16
Mike Flanagan, American baseball pitcher
William Katt, American film, television actor (The Greatest American Hero)
February 19 – Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic Sufi scholar, leader
February 20
Gordon Brown, Scottish-born Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Edward Albert, American film and television actor (d. 2006)
February 22 – Ellen Greene, American actress
February 23 – Patricia Richardson, American actress
February 24 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress (That 70's Show)
February 25 – Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter
February 27
Lee Atwater, American political activist, campaign strategist and presidential advisor (d. 1991)
Steve Harley, British rock musician
March[edit]

Chris Rea

Kurt Russell

Aleksey Buldakov
March 1
Sergei Kourdakov, Soviet KGB agent, later Christian convert (d. 1973)
Mike Read, British television presenter, radio disc jockey
March 3 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist
March 4
Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician
Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager
Mike Quarry, American light-heavyweight boxer (d. 2006)
Chris Rea, British singer, musician
Gwen Welles, American actress (d. 1993)
Linda Yamamoto, Japanese pop star
March 6 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
March 8
Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
Dianne Walker, American tap dancer
March 9 – Zakir Hussian, Indian tabla virtuoso, composer, percussionist, music producer and actor
March 12 – Susan Musgrave, Canadian poet, children's writer
March 13 – Charo, Spanish-American singer, entertainer
March 14 – Jerry Greenfield, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
March 17 – Kurt Russell, American actor (The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes)
March 18
Ben Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
B. E. Taylor, American singer (d. 2016)
March 19 – Fred Berry, American actor (d. 2003)
March 24 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer
March 26
Aleksey Buldakov, Russian actor (d. 2019)
Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
March 30 – Wolfgang Niedecken, German singer
April[edit]

Peabo Bryson

Trixi Schuba

Olivia Hussey

Tony Danza

Vladimír Špidla

Dale Earnhardt
April 1 – Tim Bassett, American basketball player (d. 2018)
April 5
Joe Bowen, Canadian hockey broadcaster
Dean Kamen, American inventor, entrepreneur
Frank Moulaert, Flemish scholar
Guy Vanderhaeghe, Canadian author
April 6
Bert Blyleven, Dutch Major League Baseball player
Rita Raave, Estonian actress
April 7 – Janis Ian, American singer, songwriter (Society's Child)
April 8
Geir Haarde, Prime Minister of Iceland (2006–2009)
Joan Sebastian, Mexican singer, songwriter (d. 2015)
April 10 – David Helvarg, American journalist, activist
April 11
Doris Angleton, American socialite, murder victim (d. 1997)
Rohini Hattangadi, Indian actress
April 12 – Tom Noonan, American actor
April 13
Peabo Bryson, African-American singer
Peter Davison, British actor
Max Weinberg, American drummer
John Furey, American actor
April 14
Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
Greg Winter, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
April 15 – Trixi Schuba, Austrian figure skater
April 16
Celso Daniel, Brazilian politician (d. 2002)
Mordechai Ben David, American singer
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian writer
Björgvin Halldórsson, Icelandic singer
Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, French photographer
April 17
Horst Hrubesch, German footballer
Olivia Hussey, Argentine-born actress (Romeo and Juliet)
April 19 – Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
April 20
Louise Jameson, British actress
Luther Vandross, African-American R&B, soul singer, songwriter (d. 2005)
April 21
Tony Danza, American actor, comedian (Who's the Boss?)
Vladimír Špidla, 4th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
April 22 – Paul Carrack, English singer
April 23 – Allison Krause, American Kent State University shooting victim (d. 1970)
April 24 – Enda Kenny 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
April 27
Ace Frehley, American rock guitarist (Kiss)
Freundel Stuart, 7th Prime Minister of Barbados
April 29
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Ghanaian economist, academic and politician (d. 2018)
Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
May[edit]

Samuel Doe

Joey Ramone

Anatoly Karpov

Antonis Samaras

Sally Ride
May 3
Christopher Cross, American singer, songwriter ("Sailing")
Stewart F. Lane, American Broadway producer, director, playwright and actor
May 4 – Jackie Jackson, African-American singer
May 6
Antonio Saldías, Chilean historian
Samuel Doe, President of Liberia (d. 1990)
May 9
Christopher Dewdney, Canadian poet
Joy Harjo, Native American poet
May 13
Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Selina Scott, English journalist, television presenter
Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2000)
James Whale, English radio presenter
May 15
Yoshifumi Hibako, Japanese general
Jonathan Richman, American musician
Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 16 – Unshō Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor (d. 2018)
May 18 – Ben Feringa, Dutch organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 19
Joey Ramone, American rock musician (Ramones) (d. 2001)
Dick Slater, American professional wrestler (d. 2018)
May 20 – Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (d. 2020)[11]
May 21
Al Franken, American comedian (Saturday Night Live) and U.S. Senator (D-MN)
May 23
Jill E. Barad, American businessperson
Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
Antonis Samaras, Greek economist, politician and 185th Prime Minister of Greece
May 25 – Jamaluddin Jarjis, Malaysian politician (d. 2015)
May 26
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
Sally Ride, American astronaut (d. 2012)
May 30
Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor
Fernando Lugo, President of Paraguay
May 31 – Jimmy Nalls, American guitarist (Sea Level) (d. 2017)
June[edit]

Jeanine Pirro

Jill Biden

Suze Orman

Bonnie Tyler

Stellan Skarsgård

Tress MacNeille

Julia Duffy

Mary McAleese
June 2
Gilbert Baker, American artist and activist, creator of the LGBTQ+ Pride Flag (d. 2017)
Jeanine Pirro, Lebanese-American attorney, politician and conservative political commentator
Larry Robinson, Canadian hockey player
June 3 – Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States
June 5 – Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer and television personality
June 8 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer
June 9 – James Newton Howard, American musician, composer
June 12
Brad Delp, American rock vocalist (Boston) (d. 2007)
Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 2007)
June 13
Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
Richard Thomas, American actor (The Waltons)
June 14 – Paul Boateng, British politician
June 15
Jane Amsterdam, American magazine editor
Álvaro Colom, 35th President of Guatemala
June 16
Charlie Dominici, American musician
Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
June 18
Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess grandmaster (d. 2014)
Steve Miner, American film, television director, film producer
June 20
Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
Paul Muldoon, Irish poet
June 21
Nils Lofgren, American musician
Marcus Mojigoh, Malaysian politician
June 23 – Michèle Mouton, French rally driver
June 24
Leslie Cochran, American homeless activist (d. 2012)
Mohd Sidek Hassan, 12th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
David Rodigan, British radio DJ/actor
June 25 - Elvy Sukaesih, Indonesian dangdut singer
June 27
Julia Duffy, American actress
Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland
Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
June 28
Mick Cronin, Australian rugby league player
Daniel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
Lloyd Maines, American musician, record producer
Lalla Ward, British actress
June 29
Keno Don Rosa, American comic book author
Zvi Eliezer Alonie, Israeli rabbi
Craig Sager, American sports commentator (d. 2016)
Billy Hinsche, American musician
June 30 – Stanley Clarke, American bassist
July[edit]

Thomas Boni Yayi

Geoffrey Rush

Anjelica Huston

Chris Cooper

Lucie Arnaz

Elio Di Rupo

Robin Williams

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
July 1
Anne Feeney, American folk singer
Sabah Abdul-Jalil, Iraqi footballer and coach
Daryl Anderson, American actor
Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer
Abdul Karim Jassim, Iraqi footballer and coach
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Djiboutian politician
Thomas Boni Yayi, 7th President of Benin
July 2
Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (d. 1997)
Wiesław Gawlikowski, Polish sport shooter
Guido Magherini, Italian footballer and coach
Keith Marshall, American baseball player
Sylvia Rivera, American transgender activist (d. 2002)
Stevie Woods, American singer (d. 2014)
July 3
Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
Lodewijk Jacobs, Dutch sprint canoer
Bob Rigby, U.S. soccer goalkeeper
July 4
Beverly Boys, Canadian diver
S. S. Ahluwalia, Indian politician
July 5
Goose Gossage, American baseball player
Yehoshua Gal, Israeli footballer
Gilbert Van Binst, Belgian footballer
July 6 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
July 7
Roz Ryan, American actress and voice actress
Menachem Ben-Sasson, Israeli politician
July 8 – Anjelica Huston, American actress
July 9
Jeje Odongo, Ugandan military officer and politician
Chris Cooper, American actor
July 10
Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter
Phyllis Smith, American actress
July 11 – Yechiel Eckstein, Israeli-American rabbi (d. 2019)
July 12 – Cheryl Ladd, American actress and singer
July 14 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003)
July 15
Folorunso Alakija, Nigerian businesswoman
Rick Kehoe, Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach
July 16
Che Rosli, Malaysian politician
Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian news anchor and journalist
July 17 – Lucie Arnaz, American actress
July 18
Eva Wittke, German swimmer
Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician
July 21 – Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (d. 2014)
July 22
Tisa Farrow, American actress
William Nyallau Badak, Malaysian politician
July 23
Edie McClurg, American actress
Michael McConnohie, American actor
July 24
Fiona Reid, English-born Canadian actress
Lynda Carter, American actress and singer
Chris Smith, British politician
July 25 – Yury Kovalchuk, Russian oligarch
July 26 – Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, German politician
July 28
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician (d. 2019)
Doug Collins, American basketball player, coach and analyst
Garrett Hongo, American poet
Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer
July 31
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
Vjekoslav Šutej, Croatian orchestra conductor
August[edit]

Mohamed Morsi

Juan Manuel Santos

John Deacon

Marcel Dadi

Dana Rosemary Scallon
August 2 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and musician (10cc, Wax) (d. 2011)
August 3
Marcel Dionne, Canadian hockey player
Jay North, American actor
August 6
Catherine Hicks, American actress
Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
August 8
Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager
Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian politician, 5th President of Egypt (d. 2019)
Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
August 10 – Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
August 11 – Katsumi Chō, Japanese voice actor
August 12 – Willie Horton, American criminal
August 13 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2007)
August 14 – Carl Lumbly, American actor
August 15 – Jim Allen, West Indian cricketer
August 16 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010)
August 17 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992)
August 19 – John Deacon, English rock bassist
August 20
Greg Bear, American author
Marcel Dadi, French guitarist (d. 1996)
August 21
Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
Glenn Hughes, British rock musician
Chesley V. Morton, American politician and securities arbitrator
Harry Smith, American journalist and editor
August 22 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
August 23
Mark Hudson, American musician
Jimi Jamison, American musician (Survivor) (d. 2014)
Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya (d. 2004)
Queen Noor of Jordan, born Lisa Najeeb Halaby, American-born queen consort
August 24 – Orson Scott Card, American writer
August 25 – Rob Halford, English rock singer
August 26 – Edward Witten, American mathematician, Fields medalist
August 27 – Mack Brown, American college football coach
August 28
Barbara Hambly, American novelist and screenwriter
Wayne Osmond, American pop singer
August 30
Behgjet Pacolli, 3rd President of Kosovo.
Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1970 winner and Member of the European Parliament (MEP)
September[edit]

Michael Keaton

Alexander Downer

Jean Smart

Fred Seibert

Ben Carson

Dee Dee Ramone

Mark Hamill

Michelle Bachelet
September 1 – David Bairstow, English cricketer (d. 1998)
September 2
Jim DeMint, American politician, United States Senator (R-SC)
Mark Harmon, American actor
September 4 – Judith Ivey, American actress
September 5 – Michael Keaton, American actor and film director
September 6 – Šaban Šaulić, Serbian musician (d. 2019)
September 7
Chrissie Hynde, American rock singer
Bert Jones, American football player
Mammootty, Indian actor and producer
September 9 – Alexander Downer, Australian politician, diplomat
September 11 – Mr. Butch, American homeless person and Boston icon (d. 2007)
September 12
Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland
Joe Pantoliano, American actor
September 13
Jean Smart, American actress, better known for her role in Designing Women
Linda Wong, American pornographic actress (d. 1987)
Salva Kiir Mayardit, 1st President of South Sudan
September 14
Duncan Haldane, English-born condensed-matter physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer
September 15
Pete Carroll, American football coach
Jared Taylor, American author and journalist
Fred Seibert, American producer and Frederator Studios founder
September 17 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress, known for her role in Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
September 18
Ben Carson, African-American politician, author and neurosurgeon
Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (PhD) (d. 2015)
Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (d. 2002)
Darryl Stingley, American football player for the NFL New England Patriots (d. 2007)
September 20 – Guy Lafleur, Canadian hockey player
September 21 – Aslan Maskhadov, President of Chechnya (d. 2005)
September 22
David Coverdale, English singer and musician
Wolfgang Petry, German singer
September 24 – Alfonso Portillo, President of Guatemala
September 25
Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker
Mark Hamill, American actor, better known for his role in Star Wars
Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach
September 26 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician
September 27 – Paul Craig, English professor of law
September 28 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
September 29
Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
Mike Enriquez, Filipino radio and television newscaster
September 30 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
October[edit]

Sting

Bob Geldof

Manfred Winkelhock

Pam Dawber
October 2 – Sting, British singer, rock musician, philanthropist
October 3
Bernard Cooper, American writer
Keb' Mo', American musician
Kathryn D. Sullivan, American astronaut
Dave Winfield, baseball player
October 4 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
October 5 – Bob Geldof, Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats)
October 6 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
October 7
Jakaya Kikwete, 4th President of Tanzania
John Mellencamp, American musician and songwriter
October 10 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian soldier and statesman
October 11
Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer and songwriter
Jon Miller, American sports announcer
October 15
Hani Al-Mulki, Prime Minister of Jordan
Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess grandmaster
October 17 – Prabowo Subianto, Indonesian businessman, politician and Lieutenant General of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
October 18
Pam Dawber, American actress
Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and executive
Terry McMillan, American author
October 20 – Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager and player
October 22 – William David Sanders, American victim of the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
October 23 – Charly García, Argentine musician and songwriter
October 25 – Richard Lloyd, American rock guitarist
October 26
Willie P. Bennett, Canadian songwriter and singer (d. 2008)
Bootsy Collins, American musician, singer-songwriter
October 27 – Éric Morena, French singer (d. 2019)
October 29 - Kelly Sutherland (chuckwagon), Canadian Pro Chuckwagon racer
October 30 – Harry Hamlin, American actor
November[edit]

Traian Băsescu

Nigel Havers

Stephen Root

Zeenat Aman

Rodger Bumpass

Kathryn Bigelow
November 2 – Thomas Mallon, American author and critic
November 3 – Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist (New York Daily News)
November 4 – Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
November 6 – Nigel Havers, English actor
November 7 – Dennis Allen (d. 1987), Australian criminal and drug dealer, eldest son of Kath Pettingill
November 8 – Alfredo Astiz, Argentine commander
November 9 – Lou Ferrigno, American actor and bodybuilder
November 10 – Danilo Medina, Dominican politician 53rd President of the Dominican Republic
November 11 – Marc Summers, American television host
November 12 – Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist and television presenter (d. 2017)
November 14 – Jacob ter Veldhuis, Dutch composer
November 15
Alamgir Hashmi, English poet
Beverly D'Angelo, American actress and singer
November 16
Miguel Sandoval, American actor
Sulaiman Taha, Malaysian politician (d. 2010)
Paula Vogel, American playwright
November 17
Butch Davis, American NFL and NCAA football head coach
Dean Paul Martin, American pop singer and screen actor (d. 1987)
Stephen Root, American actor and voice actor
November 18 – Justin Raimondo, American political activist (d. 2019)
November 19
Zeenat Aman, Indian actress and model
Lord Falconer of Thoroton, British politician
November 20 – Rodger Bumpass, American voice actor known for his role as Squidward Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants
November 21 – Thomas Roth, German television news anchor and presenter
November 23 – David Rappaport, English actor (d. 1990)
November 24 – Chet Edwards, American politician
November 26 – Cicciolina, Hungarian-Italian actress and politician
November 27 – Teri DeSario, American singer-songwriter
November 29
Kathryn Bigelow, American film director
Roger Troutman, American funk musician (d. 1999)
November 30 – Christian Bernard, French-born mystic
December[edit]

Jaco Pastorius

Ernesto Zedillo
December 1
Sherry Aldridge, American singer
Obba Babatundé, American actor
Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (d. 1987)
Treat Williams, American actor, writer and aviator
December 2 – Adrian Devine, American baseball pitcher
December 3
Natalis Chan, Hong Kong actor and producer
Riki Choshu, Korean-Japanese professional wrestler
December 4
Chang Fei, Taiwanese television personality
Patricia Wettig, American actress
December 6 – Tomson Highway, Canadian writer
December 8
Bill Bryson, American-born British non-fiction author
Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer and songwriter
December 10 – Doug Allder, English footballer
December 11 – Peter T. Daniels, American writing systems scholar
December 12
Wau Holland, German hacker (d. 2001)
Fyodor Konyukhov, Ukrainian explorer and priest
December 14
Mike Krüger, German comedian and singer
Jan Timman, Dutch chess player
December 17 – Ken Hitchcock, Canadian hockey coach
December 18 – Bobby Jones, American basketball player
December 19 – Karl F. Lopker, American business executive (d. 2018)
December 20 – Peter May, Scottish novelist and television dramatist
December 27 – Ernesto Zedillo, 54th President of Mexico (1994-2000)[12]
December 29 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007)
December 31 – Tom Hamilton, American musician
Date unknown[edit]
Mike Jackson, British systems scientist and consultant
John Kindness, Irish artist


January[edit]

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Sammo Hung

Marek Belka

Dave Fennoy

Asma Jahangir
January 1
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
Jury Zacharanka, Belarusian politician
January 2
Makoto Nakajima, Japanese bureaucrat, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor
Elvira Saadi, Soviet gymnast
January 3 – Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
January 7 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong martial arts superstar, producer and director
January 9 – Marek Belka, 11th Prime Minister of Poland
January 12
Charles Faulkner, American life coach, motivational speaker, trader and author
Walter Mosley, American author
January 14
Maureen Dowd, American journalist
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
January 15 – Boris Blank, Swiss musician
January 15 – Skay Beilinson, Argentinian guitar player
January 16 – H.R.H. Prince Ahmed Fuad Farouk (Fuad II), the last King of Egypt & Sudan, Nubia, Kordofan and Darfur
January 17 – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician, composer, producer, and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
January 19
Beau Weaver, American male voice actor
Bruce Jay Nelson, American computer scientist (d. 1999)
Michel Plante, Canadian ice hockey left winger
Nadiuska, German television actress
January 20 – Dave Fennoy, African-American voice actor
January 21
Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist
Louis Menand, American writer, critic
January 22 – Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (d. 2007)
January 24 – Raymond Domenech, French football player, manager
January 25
Sara Mandiano, French singer, songwriter
Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British human rights activist
January 27
Francine, Princess of Montenegro, (d. 2008)
Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human rights activist, lawyer (d. 2018)
January 28
Tomokazu Miura, Japanese actor
Bobbi Campbell, American public nurse and AIDS activist (d. 1984)
January 29 – Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (d. 2009)
January 30 – Valery Khalilov, Russian military band conductor (d. 2016)
January 31
Jan Hofer, German journalist, broadcast news analyst and television presenter
February[edit]

Park Geun-hye

Jenny Shipley

Mark Fuhrman

Tomislav Nikolić
February 1 – Stan Kasten, American baseball executive, President of the Washington Nationals
February 2 – Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea
February 4
Abdalá Bucaram, 38th President of Ecuador
Jenny Shipley, 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand
February 5 – Mark Fuhrman, American police detective, author and radio host
February 7
John Hickenlooper, American politician, 42nd Governor of Colorado
Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (d. 2010)
Tony Liu, Chinese actor
February 8
Daisuke Gōri, Japanese voice actor (d. 2010)
Nora Miao, Hong Kong actress
February 10 – Lee Hsien Loong, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore
February 12 – Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (d. 2010)
February 14
Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (d. 2019)
Nancy Keenan, American president of NARAL
February 15
Nikolai Sorokin, Soviet, Russian actor, theatre director (d. 2013)
Tomislav Nikolić, 4th President of Serbia (since 2012)
February 16 – James Ingram, African-American R&B musician (d. 2019)
February 17
Garry Chalk, British voice actor
Javier Urruticoechea, Spanish footballer (d. 2001)
February 19
Gary Seear, New Zealand rugby union player (d. 2018)
Amy Tan, American novelist (The Joy Luck Club)
February 20 – João Calvão da Silva, Portuguese politician (d. 2018)
February 21
Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat (d. 2017)
Elisha Obed, Bahamian boxer (d. 2018)
February 22
William Frist, U.S. Senator, heart surgeon
Saufatu Sopoanga, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
Marcos Caruso, Brazilian author, director, screenwriter and actor
February 24 – Maxine Chernoff, American poet, novelist and editor
February 25 – Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
February 29
Gary the Retard, American member of The Wack Pack (The Howard Stern Show)
Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush, American television's first female African-American primetime weather anchor
March[edit]

Morgan Tsvangirai

Douglas Adams

Harvey Weinstein

Bob Costas

Didier Pironi
March 1 – Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer, manager
March 2 – Laraine Newman, American comedian (Saturday Night Live)
March 4
Scott Hicks, Australian film director
Ronn Moss, American actor
Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer
March 7 – Viv Richards, West Indian cricketer
March 10 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d. 2018)
March 11 – Douglas Adams, English author (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (d. 2001)
March 13
Ágnes Rapai, Hungarian writer
Wolfgang Rihm, German composer
March 15 – Howard Devoto, British singer
March 16
Philippe Kahn, French-American businessman, inventor
Alice Hoffman, American novelist
March 17 – Perla, Paraguayan-Brazilian singer
March 19 – Harvey Weinstein, American film producer
March 22 – Bob Costas, American sports announcer
March 23
Villano III, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2018)
Rex Tillerson, United States Secretary of State
Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
March 25
Jung Chang, Chinese-born author, historian
Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, politician
March 26 – Didier Pironi, French racing driver (d. 1987)
March 27 – Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011)
March 28 – Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician (d. 2018)
March 29 – Teofilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
March 30 – Peter Knights, Australian footballer, coach
March 31
Dermot Morgan, Irish actor, comedian (d. 1998)
Vanessa del Rio, American actress
April[edit]

Steven Seagal

Billy West

Jean-Paul Gaultier

Mary McDonnell

Gerald Barry
April 1
Poh Ah Tiam, Malaysian politician, businessman and community leader (d. 2007)
Annette O'Toole, American actress
Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
April 2 – Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist
April 4
Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
Gary Moore, Northern Irish musician (d. 2011)
Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater
April 5 – Mitch Pileggi, American actor
April 6 – Marilu Henner, American actress (Taxi) and writer
April 7 – Nichita Danilov, Romanian writer
April 10 – Steven Seagal, American actor (Under Siege)
April 11
Peter Windsor, British sports reporter
Qamar Zaman, Pakistani squash player
April 12 – Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist (d. 2004)
April 14 – Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish sportsman
April 15
Glenn Shadix, American actor, voice actor (d. 2010)
Sam McMurray, American actor
April 16
Bill Belichick, American football coach
Chaz Jankel, English singer, multi-instrumentalist
Billy West, American voice actor
April 17
Joe Alaskey, American voice actor (d. 2016)
Željko Ražnatović, Serbian mobster, paramilitary leader (d. 2000)
April 19 – Alexis Arguello, Nicaraguan boxer, politician (d. 2009)
April 20 – Eric Pickles, British politician
April 21 – Cheryl Gillan, British politician
April 22 – Marilyn Chambers, American porn actress (Behind the Green Door) (d. 2009)
April 24 – Jean-Paul Gaultier, French Haute couture, Prêt-à-Porter fashion designer
April 25
Lane Caudell, American actor
Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist
April 26 – Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress, stunt performer
April 27 – George Gervin, American basketball player
April 28
Gerald Barry, Irish composer
Mary McDonnell, American actress
April 29 – Dave Valentin, American Latin jazz flautist (d. 2017)
May[edit]

Robert Zemeckis

David Byrne

George Strait

Mr. T

Anne-Marie David
May 1 – Michael Thornton, British Member of Parliament for Eastleigh
May 2
Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator, broadcaster
Christine Baranski, American actress
Isla St Clair, Scottish singer
May 3
Leonid Khachiyan, Russian-born mathematician
Allan Wells, Scottish athlete
May 4 – Michael Barrymore, British comedian, TV presenter
May 6
Gregg Henry, American actor, musician
Michael O'Hare, American actor (d. 2012)
May 8 – Ronnie Dapo, American child actor
May 10
Roland Kaiser, German singer
Manuel Mora Morales, Spanish director, writer
May 11
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
Frances Fisher, British-born American actress
Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
Renaud, French composer
May 12 – Christopher Gaze, British voice actor
May 13 – John Kasich, Governor of Ohio
May 14
Robert Zemeckis, American film director (Back to the Future)
David Byrne, Scottish singer-songwriter (Talking Heads)
May 15 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor
May 18
Diane Duane, American writer
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, Japanese voice actor
George Strait, American country musician
May 19 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch football manager
May 20 – Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
May 21 – Mr. T, African-American actor (The A-Team)
May 23 – Anne-Marie David, French singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1973 winner
May 24 – Sybil Danning, Austrian actress
May 26 – David Meece, American Christian musician
May 28 – Victoria Cunningham, American actress, Playboy Playmate
June[edit]

Bronisław Komorowski

Liam Neeson

George Papandreou

Idriss Déby

John Goodman

Graham Greene
June 4
Scott Wesley Brown, American Christian musician
Bronisław Komorowski, President of Poland
June 7
Hubert Auriol, French racing driver
Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor (Schindler's List)
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish writer, Nobel Prize winner
June 9 – Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese musician, singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
June 14 – Pat Summitt, American basketball coach (d. 2016)
June 16
George Papandreou, Greek politician
Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer, songwriter
June 17
Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian executive (d. 2018)
Sarbjit Singh Chadha, Indian enka singer
Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive
June 18
Idriss Déby Itno, President of Chad
Carol Kane, American actress
Miriam Flynn, American actress, voice actress
Isabella Rossellini, Italian model, actress
June 20
John Goodman, American actor (Roseanne)
Kōichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director
Vikram Seth, Indian novelist
June 21
Dave Downs, American professional baseball player
Jeremy Coney, New Zealand cricket captain
Marcella Detroit, American singer (Shakespears Sister)
Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui, Pakistani businessman, academician
June 22
Phil Nicholls, English professional footballer
Franco Cucinotta, Italian professional footballer
Graham Greene, Canadian (First Nations) actor
Alastair Stewart, British newsreader
Santokh Singh, Malaysian footballer
June 23
Marv Kellum, American football player
Peter Whiteside, British modern pentathlete
June 24
Ladislas Lozano, French-Spanish football coach, retired player
Stephen Pusey, British-born artist
June 25
Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal
Tim Finn, New Zealand singer, songwriter
Leonard Lance, American politician
June 26
Michele McDonald, American nurse, model and beauty pageant titleholder
Simon Mann, British Army officer, mercenary
William Arthur Pailes, American astronaut
June 27 – Douglas Unger, American novelist
June 28 – Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete (d. 2013)
June 29 – Joe Johnson, English snooker player
June 30
Stein Olav Hestad, Norwegian footballer
Patrick Pinney, American actor, voice actor
David Garrison, American actor
July[edit]

Brian George

Dan Aykroyd

Álvaro Uribe

Ani Yudhoyono

Ahmed Nazif

Marky Ramone

Terry O'Quinn

Stewart Copeland

David Hasselhoff

Vajiralongkorn
July 1
Brian George, Israeli-English actor, voice artist, comedian and singer
David Arkenstone, American composer, performer
Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
Robert Baer, American author
Dale Hayes, South African professional golfer
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, American drummer (d. 2018)
July 2
Linda M. Godwin, American scientist
Ahmed Ouyahia, Algerian politician
Marco Piccinini, Monegasque sport personality, businessman, and politician
July 3
Laura Branigan, American singer, actress (Self Control) (d. 2004)
Lu Colombo, Italian singer
Andy Fraser, English musician (d. 2015)
Rohinton Mistry, Indian writer
July 4
Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia
John Waite, English singer, musician
July 5 – Hillbilly Jim, American professional wrestler, radio host
July 6
Grant Goodeve, American male voice actor
Adi Shamir, Modern cryptographer
Ani Yudhoyono, 6th First Lady of Indonesia (d. 2019)
Kim Chul-soo, South Korean footballer
Jennifer Savidge, American actress
July 7
Li Hongzhi, Chinese-American founder, spiritual leader of Falun Gong
Alain Cortes, French modern pentathlete
Cheryl Gould, American journalist
July 8
Marianne Williamson, American spiritual teacher, author and lecturer
Ahmed Nazif, Prime Minister of Egypt
Knud Arne Jürgensen, Danish music, theater and ballet historian
July 9 – John Tesh, American composer, musician, and television host (Entertainment Tonight)
July 10
Yōko Asagami, Japanese voice actress
Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Indian politician
July 11 – Stephen Lang, American actor
July 12
Voja Antonić, Serbian inventor, writer
Philip Taylor Kramer, American rock musician (d. 1995)
Liz Mitchell, Jamaican-born singer (Boney M.)
July 13 – Ricardo Boechat, Argentine-Brazilian journalist, anchor and radio announcer (d. 2019)
July 14
Bob Casale, American keyboardist (Devo) (d. 2014)
Franklin Graham, American evangelist, and son of Billy Graham
Yutaka Mizutani, Japanese actor, singer
Stan Shaw, American actor
July 15
Marky Ramone, American musician
Terry O'Quinn, American actor
Yuriko Koike, Japanese politician (Governor of Tokyo)
Johnny Thunders, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 1991)
July 16 – Stewart Copeland, American rock musician (The Police)
July 17
David Hasselhoff, American actor (Knight Rider)
Nicolette Larson, American pop singer (d. 1997)
Billy Sprague, American Christian musician
July 18 – Albert Camille Vital, Malagasy Army officer, politician and civil engineer
July 19 – Allen Collins, American rock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990)
July 20 – Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
July 21 – Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Malaysian Minister of Finance
July 24
Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan, Bangladeshi military officer, writer (d. 2018)
Gus Van Sant, American film director
July 25 – Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portuguese Architect
July 27 – Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
July 28 – Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand (Rama X)
July 31
Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
João Barreiros, Portuguese author
Michael Wolff, American jazz pianist
August[edit]

Zoran Đinđić

Hun Sen

Patrick Swayze

Jonathan Frakes

Michael Jeter

Paul Reubens
August 1 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician (d. 2003)
August 2 – Arthur "Art" James, American former MLB baseball outfielder
August 3 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
August 4
Estanislau da Silva, East Timorese politician
Moya Brennan, Irish singer
August 5
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
Louis Walsh, Irish music producer, reality TV show judge
August 6 – Wojciech Fortuna, Polish ski jumper
August 7 – Alexei Sayle, English comedian
August 8
Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
Robin Quivers, African-American radio personality (The Howard Stern Show)
August 9 – Vicki Morgan, American model (d. 1983)
August 10 – Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
August 11 – Bob Mothersbaugh, American composer, guitarist (Devo)
August 12
Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
Charlie Whiting – British motorsports director (d. 2019)
August 13
Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2002)
Gary Gibbs – American football coach
August 16 – Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
August 17 – Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis player
August 18
Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer (Dirty Dancing) (d. 2009)
Pete Richens, British screenwriter (d. 2018)
August 19 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
August 21
Joe Strummer, British rock musician (The Clash) (d. 2002)
Jiří Paroubek, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
August 23 – Steven Allan Brown, American punk rock musician (Tuxedomoon)
August 24 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican-born musician, poet
August 25 — Geoff Downes, British keyboardist (Asia)
August 26
Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
Michael Jeter, American film, stage, and television actor (d. 2003)
August 27
Paul Reubens, American actor, writer and comedian (Pee-Wee Herman)
Roger Stone, American lobbyist
August 28
Rita Dove, American poet (1987 Pulitzer Prize, United States Poet Laureate 1993–95)
Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
August 31
Eli Gorenstein, Israeli actor, voice actor and cellist
Lee Hyla, American composer
Hilary Farr, British-Canadian actress, designer
September[edit]

Mickey Rourke

Manuel Zelaya

Joseph P. Kennedy II

Christopher Reeve
September 2 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
September 6 – Lucky Enam, Bangladeshi television, theater actress
September 8 – Patrick Prosser, Scottish computer scientist
September 9 – Angela Cartwright, British-American child actress, photographer and painter (Lost in Space)
September 10 – Paulo Betti, Brazilian actor
September 12
Sergey Karaganov, Russian political scientist
Neil Peart, Canadian rock drummer (Rush) (d. 2020)
September 16
Karen Muir, South African swimmer (d. 2013)
Fatos Nano, Albanian prime minister
Mickey Rourke, American film actor, former boxer
September 17 – Harold Solomon, American tennis player
September 18 – Nile Rodgers, African-American musician, songwriter, composer, and guitarist
September 19 – George Warrington, president of Amtrak (1998–2002); executive director of NJ Transit (2002–07) (d. 2007)
September 20 – Manuel Zelaya, President of Honduras
September 21 – Anneliese Michel, German Roman Catholic believed possessed by demons (d. 1976)
September 22
Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean musician (d. 2019)
Bob Goodlatte, U.S. Congressman from Virginia
September 23
Jim Morrison, American baseball player
Peter Schrank, political cartoonist
September 24
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, politician
Mark Sandman, American rock musician, artist (d. 1999)
September 25
Jimmy Garvin, American professional wrestler
Christopher Reeve, American actor, activist (Superman) (d. 2004)
September 26 – Predrag Miletić, Serbian actor
September 27
Didier Dubois, French mathematician
Katie Fforde, British writer
September 28 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (d. 2012)
September 29 – Max Sandlin, American politician
September 30 – Jack Wild, English actor (H.R. Pufnstuf) (d. 2006)
October[edit]

Imran Khan

Vladimir Putin

Jeff Goldblum


Roberto Benigni and Hazel Dean born on October 27
October 2 – Robin Riker, American actress, author
October 5
Clive Barker, British author
Harold Faltermeyer, German musician
Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan
Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan
Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
October 6 – Matthew Sweeney, Irish poet (d. 2018)
October 7
Ivo Gregurević, Croatian actor (d. 2019)
Mary Badham, American actress
Vladimir Putin, 2-Time President of Russia
Ludmilla Tourischeva, Soviet gymnast
October 9 – Sharon Osbourne, English actress, TV host and author
October 12 – Advent Bangun, Indonesian karateka, actor (d. 2018)
October 13
Mundo Earwood, American country music singer, songwriter (d. 2014)
Beverly Johnson, African-American model, actress and businesswoman
John Lone, Hong Kong actor
October 14
Harry Anderson, American actor, comedian, and magician (Night Court) (d. 2018)
Kaija Saariaho, Finnish composer
Nikolai Andrianov, Soviet gymnast (d. 2011)
Rick Aviles, American actor (d. 1995)
October 16 – Ron Taylor, American actor (d. 2002)
October 18
Andy Johnson, American football player (d. 2018)
Chuck Lorre, American sitcom creator
October 19 – Verónica Castro, Mexican actress, entertainer
October 20 – Eliane Giardini, Brazilian actress
October 21 – Patti Davis, American actress and author
October 22 – Jeff Goldblum, American actor
October 23 – Steven Tandy, Australian stage, television and film actor
October 24
Mark Gray, American country singer, songwriter (d. 2016)
David Weber, American science-fiction, fantasy author
October 26 – Andrew Motion, English poet
October 27
Roberto Benigni, Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director
Hazel Dean, British pop, dance musician
Francis Fukuyama, American political scientist
Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer
October 28 – Annie Potts, American actress
October 31 – Humberto Ak'ab'al, Guatemalan K'iche' Maya poet (d. 2019)
November[edit]


Roseanne Barr and Jim Cummings born on November 3

David Petraeus

Bill Farmer

Randy Savage

Shigeru Miyamoto

Mandy Patinkin
November 3
David Ho, Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher
Michael Shea, American child actor
Roseanne Barr, American actress, comedian (Roseanne)
Jim Cummings, American voice actor
November 4 – Jeff Lorber, American keyboardist, composer, and record producer
November 5
Oleh Blokhin, Ukrainian football player and manager
Brian Muehl, American puppeteer
Bill Walton, American basketball player, commentator
November 6 – Michael Cunningham, American writer
November 7
Geraldo Alckmin, Brazilian politician
David Petraeus, American general
November 8
Jan Raas, Dutch professional cyclist
Alfre Woodard, African-American actress, producer, and political activist
November 13 – Art Malik, Pakistani-born British actor
November 14
Bill Farmer, American voice actor, comedian
Maggie Roswell, American actress
November 15 – Randy Savage, American professional wrestler (d. 2011)
November 16
Roger Bisby, English journalist
Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese game designer
November 17
Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
November 18 – John Parr, English singer, songwriter and guitarist
November 23 – Sharon O'Neill, New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist
November 24 – Ilja Richter, German actor, voice actor, television presenter, singer and author
November 27 – Buddy Rose, American professional wrestler (d. 2009)
November 28 – S. Epatha Merkerson, African-American actress (Law and Order)
November 30
Keith Giffen, American comic book writer, artist
Mandy Patinkin, American actor, singer
December[edit]

Pegi Young

Michael Dorn

Sarah Douglas

Allan Simonsen
December 1
Rick Scott, American politician, 45th Governor of Florida, U.S. Senator (Florida)
Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, educator, and philanthropist (d. 2019)
December 2 – Peter Kingsbery, American singer, songwriter (Cock Robin)
December 3
Bruno Jonas, German Kabarett artist, actor
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Malaysian politician
December 6
Chuck Baker, American Major League Baseball player
Nicolas Bréhal, French novelist, literary critic
Charles Bronson, English criminal (has been referred to as the "most violent prisoner in Britain")
Edward Etzel, American Olympic Champion
Joe Harris, American football linebacker
Christian Kulik, Polish football player
Craig Newmark, American businessman, founded Craigslist
Shio Satō, Japanese manga artist
Jeff Schneider, American Major League Baseball pitcher
David L. Spector, American cell, molecular biologist
December 8 – Richard Walsh, English actor
December 9 – Michael Dorn, African-American actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
December 12
Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal, Canadian politician
Sarah Douglas, English actress
December 13
Karl Howman, English actor
Junkyard Dog, American pro wrestler (d. 1998)
December 15
Julie Taymor, American film, theater, and opera director, costume designer
Hwang Woo-suk, South Korean biomedical scientist
Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer, coach
December 16 – Joel Garner, West Indian cricketer
December 20
Jenny Agutter, English actress
Faisal Al-Fayez, Prime Minister of Jordan
Ray Bumatai, American musician, singer, recording artist and actor (d. 2005)
December 25
Youssouf Ouédraogo, 6th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (d. 2017)
Isa Bakar, Malaysian football player (d. 2010)
December 26
Jon Glover, British actor
Riki Sorsa, Finnish singer (d. 2016)
December 27
Jay Hill, Canadian politician
David Knopfler, British musician
Tovah Feldshuh, American actress
December 28
Arun Jaitley, Indian politician (d. 2019)
Hemant Shesh, Indian Hindi Writer
December 29
Efron Etkin, Israeli actor and voice actor (d. 2012)
Külliki Saldre, Estonian actress
December 30 – June Anderson, American soprano


January[edit]

Gary Johnson

Pat Benatar

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Jeffrey Epstein

Paul Allen

Anders Fogh Rasmussen
January 1
Afonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician (d. 2018)
Gary Johnson, American businessman, politician and 29th Governor of New Mexico
January 2 – Vincent Racaniello, American virologist
January 4 – George Tenet, American Central Intelligence Agency director
January 5
Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
Mike Rann, Australian politician
January 6
Danny Pearson, American singer (d. 2018)
Malcolm Young, Australian musician (d. 2017)
January 8 – Bruce Sutter, American baseball player
January 10
Pat Benatar, American rock singer (Hit Me With Your Best Shot)
Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
January 13 – John Wake, English cricketer
January 15
Kent Hovind, American creation science evangelist
Randy White, American football player
January 16 – Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi, founder of the terrorist group The Order (d. 1984)
January 19
Desi Arnaz Jr., American actor and musician
Richard Legendre, Canadian tennis player, politician
January 20 – Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and sex offender (d. 2019)[11]
January 21
Paul Allen, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Microsoft (d. 2018)
Glenn Kaiser, American Christian blues-rock, heavy metal, R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist
January 22
Myung-whun Chung, South Korean conductor, pianist
Jim Jarmusch, American director
January 23
Dušan Nikolić, Yugoslav footballer (d. 2018)
Robin Zander, American singer, guitarist (Cheap Trick)
January 26
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, Secretary General of NATO
Lucinda Williams, American singer, songwriter
January 28 – Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player, executive
January 29
Peter Baumann, German keyboard player, songwriter (Tangerine Dream)
Paulin Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
Juan Paredes, Mexican boxer
Pierre Jacob, Canadian politician (d. 2018)
Louie Pérez, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Fred Riebeling, Australian politician
Grażyna Szmacińska, Polish chess player
Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
Yorie Terauchi, Japanese actress
Hwang Woo-suk, South Korean veterinarian, academic
January 31 – Sergei Ivanov, Russian first deputy prime minister and minister of defense
February[edit]

Mary Steenburgen

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Michael Bolton

José María Aznar

Ian Khama
February 2 – Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
February 4 – Kitarō, Japanese New Age musician
February 5 – Valerie Carter, American singer, songwriter (d. 2017)
February 7 – Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (d. 1998)
February 8 – Mary Steenburgen, American actress (Time After Time), (Back to the Future Part III)
February 9
Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
Rick Wagoner, American automotive executive
February 10 – June Jones, American quarterback, current NCAA Football head coach at Southern Methodist University
February 11
Vittorio Fusari, Italian chef (d. 2020)
Jeb Bush, American politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
February 12 – Nabil Shaban, British disabled actor
February 14 – Sergey Mironov, Russian statesman, Speaker of the Federation Council
February 19
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, 50th President of Argentina
Massimo Troisi, Italian actor, film director (d. 1994)
February 20 – Riccardo Chailly, Italian orchestral conductor
February 21 – William Petersen, American actor
February 22 – Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer, writer and actor (d. 2008)
February 25
José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain
Martin Kippenberger, German artist
February 26
Lin Ching-hsuan, Taiwanese writer (d. 2019)
Michael Bolton, American surburbia singer (Time, Love and Tenderness)
February 27
Ian Khama, 4th President of Botswana
Yolande Moreau, Belgian actress, writer and director
February 28
Paul Krugman, American economist
Ricky Steamboat, American professional wrestler
Osmo Vänskä, Finnish orchestral conductor
March[edit]

Ron Jeremy

Isabelle Huppert

Lenín Moreno

Chaka Khan
March 1 – Richard Bruton, Irish politician, economist
March 2
Russell Feingold, U. S. Senator
March 3
Arthur Antunes Coimbra, Brazilian footballer, manager
Robyn Hitchcock, British singer, songwriter
Agustí Villaronga, Spanish filmmaker
March 4
Emilio Estefan, Cuban percussionist
Rose Laurens, French singer, songwriter (d. 2018)
Kay Lenz, American actress
Ray Price, Australian rugby player
March 5 – Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner
March 6
Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
Jacklyn Zeman, American actress
March 10 – Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
March 11
László Bölöni, Romanian footballer
Bernie LaBarge, Canadian guitarist/vocalist
March 12
Carl Hiaasen, American author
Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor, filmmaker, actor, and stand-up comedian
Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician
March 14 – Johan Ullman, Swedish medical doctor, physicist and inventor
March 15 – Kumba Iala, Guinea-Bissauan politician, 3rd President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2014)
March 16
Bryan Duncan, American Christian musician
Isabelle Huppert, French actress
Richard Stallman, American free software proponent
March 17 – Filemon Lagman, Filipino revolutionary (d. 2001)
March 18 – Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer
March 19 – Lenín Moreno, Ecuadorian politician, 44th President of Ecuador
March 20 – Sándor Csányi, Hungarian business executive, banker
March 23 – Chaka Khan, African-American soul singer (I Feel For You)
March 24
Louie Anderson, American comedian
Mathias Richling, German comedian
March 26
Lincoln Chafee, American politician
Elaine Chao, American politician, wife of Senator Mitch McConnell
March 28 – Melchior Ndadaye, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)
April[edit]

Guy Verhofstadt

Linda Martin

Rick Moranis
April 2
Jim Allister, Irish politician
Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American naval aviator (d. 2019)
April 3
Sandra Boynton, American author, songwriter, and illustrator
Russ Francis, American football player
James Smith, American boxer
April 4 – Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
April 6 – Andy Hertzfeld, American computer programmer
April 9
John Howard, English singer, songwriter
Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer (d. 2017)
April 10
Sheila Andrews, American country music singer (d. 1984)
Heiner Lauterbach, German actor
April 11
Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
Andrew Wiles, British-born mathematician
April 13 – Stephen Byers, English Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Transport[12]
April 14 – Eric Tsang, Hong Kong actor
April 16
Geoffrey Oryema, Ugandan musician (d. 2018)
Peter Garrett, Australian musician, politician
J. Neil Schulman, American writer, activist
April 17 – Linda Martin, Irish singer, television presenter and Eurovision Song Contest 1992 winner
April 18 – Rick Moranis, Canadian actor (Second City Television)
April 19 – Ruby Wax, American-born British-based performer
April 20 – Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
April 22 – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
April 24
Eric Bogosian, American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist
Tim Woodward, English actor
April 25 – Ron Clements, American animation director, producer
April 28
Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author (d. 2003)
Kim Gordon, American rock musician
April 29
Nikolai Budarin, Russian cosmonaut
Bill Drummond, South African-born British musician (The KLF, The Timelords)
April 30 – Merrill Osmond, American pop singer
May[edit]

Tony Blair

Alex Van Halen

Norodom Sihamoni

Pierce Brosnan

Danny Elfman
May 2
Valery Gergiev, Russian-Ossetian conductor
Jamaal Wilkes, American basketball player
May 3 – Ibrahim Zakzaky, Nigerian Shia-Islam cleric
May 4 – Salman Hashimikov, Soviet heavyweight wrestler
May 5 – Dieter Zetsche, German auto executive
May 6
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer, manager
Lynn Whitfield, African-American actress
May 7 – Ian McKay, British soldier, (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
May 8
Billy Burnette, American musician
Alex Van Halen, Dutch-born American rock musician
May 11 – David Gest, American entertainer, producer and television personality (d. 2016)
May 14
Michael Hebranko, American exemplar of morbid/mortal obesity (d. 2013)
Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
May 15
George Brett, American Major League Baseball player
Mike Oldfield, English composer (Tubular Bells)
May 16
Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
Richard Page, American musician
May 17 – Luca Prodan, Italian–Scottish musician and singer (d. 1987)
May 19 – Victoria Wood, English comic performer (d. 2016)
May 20 – Robert Doyle, Australian politician
May 23 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana, 4th Prime Minister of Rwanda (d. 1994)
May 24 – Alfred Molina, English actor
May 26
Kay Hagan, American lawyer, banking executive, and politician (d. 2019)
Michael Portillo, English politician
May 29
Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (d. 2008)
Danny Elfman, American composer
May 30 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor
May 31 – Kathie Sullivan, American singer
June[edit]

Johnny Clegg

Ivo Sanader

Tim Allen

Xi Jinping

Benazir Bhutto

Cyndi Lauper
June 1
David Berkowitz, American serial killer
Diana Canova, American actress, adjunct professor
June 2
Keith Allen, British actor
Cornel West, African-American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author
June 3 – Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dutch-born wrestler, opera singer and actor (d. 1987)
June 4
Paul De Meo, American screenwriter, producer (d. 2018)
Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur
June 5 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer
June 7
Johnny Clegg, South African Zulu musician and anthropologist (d. 2019)
Dougie Donnelly, Scottish television broadcaster
June 8 – Ivo Sanader, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
June 10 – John Edwards, American politician
June 11
Peter Bergman, American actor
Barbara Minty, American model
June 12 – Michael Donovan, Canadian voice actor
June 13
Tim Allen, American actor, comedian (Home Improvement)
Atso Almila, Finnish conductor, composer
June 14 – Hana Laszlo, Israeli actress and comedian
June 15
Antonia Rados, Austrian television journalist
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China
June 19
Ken Davitian, Armenian–American actor, comedian and restaurateur
Lesley Nicol, English actress
June 20 – Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007)
June 21 – Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007)
June 22
Wim Eijk, Dutch archbishop
Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun)
June 23
Armen Sarkissian, 4th President of Armenia
Steven Scarborough, American gay pornographic film director
Pake McEntire, American country music artist
June 24
Vanessa Campbell, American actor, singer
Ivo Lill, Estonian artist
June 26
James Wong, Malaysian footballer
Kristján L. Möller, Icelandic politician
Wee Choo Keong, Malaysian politician
Neil Record, British businessman, author and economist
June 27
Hartmut Flöckner, German swimmer
Efraín Morales Sánchez, Mexican politician
Kem Sokha, Cambodian politician, activist
June 29
Don Dokken, American rock singer, musician
Colin Hay, Scottish-born Australian singer, songwriter (Men at Work)
Lonnie Nielsen, American professional golfer
Ivan Malakhov, Russian politician
June 30 – Joan Lin, Taiwanese actress
July[edit]

Sangay Ngedup

Lawrence Gonzi

Leon Spinks

Mindy Sterling

Jean Bertrand-Aristide

Mila Mulroney

Najib Abdul Razak
July 1
Pat Donovan, American football offensive lineman
Lawrence Gonzi, 11th Prime Minister of Malta
David Gulpilil, Australian traditional dancer and actor
Mike Haynes, American football player
Jadranka Kosor, Croatian politician
Nasir Ali Mamun, Bengali portrait photographer
Sangay Ngedup, Prime Minister of Bhutan
Mohammad Tofiq Rahim, Iraqi Kurdish politician
Alan Sunderland, English footballer
July 2 – Nacer Sandjak, Algerian footballer and manager
July 3
Lotta Sollander, Swedish alpine skier
Les Strong, English association footballer
July 4
Wong Siu-yee, Hong Kong politician
Santiago Formoso, Spanish-American soccer defender
July 6
Nanci Griffith, American folk singer, songwriter
Mike Riley, NFL and NCAA football head coach
Marcela Váchová, Czech artistic gymnast
July 7 – Eleri Rees, Welsh judge
July 9
François Diederich, Luxembourgish chemist
Peter Land, New Zealand actor, singer
July 10
Rik Emmett, Canadian singer, songwriter and lead guitarist (Triumph)
Édouard Guillaud, French Naval Officer and Admiral
July 11
Angélica Aragón, Mexican actress
Leon Spinks, African-American boxer
Mindy Sterling, American actress
Wu Shu-chen, Taiwanese politician
Piyasvasti Amranand, Thailand's Energy Minister
July 12 – Alessi Brothers, American pop rock singer-songwriter duo
July 13
Gil Birmingham, Native American actor
David Thompson, American basketball player
July 14
Bebe Buell, American model and singer
Katsuya Okada, Japanese politician
July 15
Sultanah Haminah, Malaysian royal consort
Mohamad Shahrum Osman, Malaysian politician
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti
Raisul Islam Asad, Bangladeshi actor
Mila Pivnicki, wife of Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
Neda Arnerić, Serbian film actress (d. 2020)
July 16 – Ahmad Fuad Ismail, Malaysian politician; 9th mayor of Kuala Lumpur
July 17 – Nuria Bages, Mexican actress
July 19
Paula Saldanha, Brazilian journalist, presenter, writer, illustrator and environmentalist
Pasquale Valentini, Sammarinese politician
Shōichi Nakagawa, Japanese politician (d. 2009)
July 21
Jeff Fatt, Australian musician, purple member of The Wiggles from 1991-2012
Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress
July 23 – Najib Abdul Razak, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
July 24
Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist
Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senator
July 25 – Tim Gunn, American fashion expert
July 26 – Robert Phillips (guitarist), American classical guitarist
July 27 – Yahoo Serious, Australian filmmaker
July 29
Ken Burns, American documentary filmmaker
Geddy Lee, Canadian rock musician (Rush)
July 31
Tōru Furuya, Japanese voice actor
James Read, American actor
August[edit]

Hulk Hogan

Carlos Mesa

James Horner

Wolfgang Hohlbein

Martin Manley

Peter Horton

Marcia Clark
August 1
Robert Cray, American musician
Steven Krasner, American sportswriter
August 2 – Butch Patrick, American child actor and musician
August 3 – Randy Scruggs, American music producer, songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
August 4 – Antonio Tajani, Italian politician, President of the European Parliament
August 5
Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
David J. Sugarbaker, American physician (d. 2018)
August 8 – Nigel Mansell, English 1992 Formula 1 world champion
August 9 – Jean Tirole, French Nobel Prize-winning economist
August 10 – Richard Cansino, American voice actor
August 11 – Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler
August 12
Carlos Mesa, President of Bolivia
Teddi Siddall, American actress (d. 2018)
August 14
Cliff Johnson, American game designer
James Horner, American film composer (d. 2015)
August 15
Wolfgang Hohlbein, German writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction
Martin Manley, American sports writer and statistician (d. 2013)
Carol Thatcher, English television personality
Sir Mark Thatcher, English businessman
August 16 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress
August 17
Noni Hazlehurst, Australian actress and presenter
Herta Müller, German Nobel Prize-winning writer
August 18 – Louie Gohmert, American politician
August 19 – Benoît Régent, French actor (d. 1994)
August 20
Peter Horton, American actor and director
Mike Jackson, member of the Texas Senate
August 21 – Géza Szőcs, Hungarian poet and politician
August 24 – Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
August 26
Edward Lowassa, 8th Prime Minister of Tanzania
Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
August 27
Alex Lifeson, Canadian rock musician (Rush)
Peter Stormare, Swedish actor
August 29 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan-born anthropologist
August 30
Robin Harris, American comedian and actor (d. 1990)
Robert Parish, American basketball player
August 31
György Károly, Hungarian author (d. 2018)
Marcia Clark, American prosecutor, author, television correspondent and television producer
September[edit]

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Tommy Shaw
September 2 – John Zorn, American musician
September 4
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, African-American actor
Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
September 6 – Anne Lockhart, American actress
September 7 – Mammootty, Indian actor
September 8 – Stu Ungar, American poker player (d. 1998)
September 10 – Amy Irving, American actress
September 11
Renée Geyer, Australian singer
Tommy Shaw, American guitarist and singer
Lesley Visser, American sportscaster and journalist
September 12
Nan Goldin, American photographer
Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer, artist, and photographer (d. 2004)
September 13 – Ann Dusenberry, American film actress
September 14 – Harold Covington, American political activist (d. 2018)
September 17 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician
September 18 – Betsy Boze, American dean and CEO, Kent State University at Stark
September 19 – Probal Dasgupta, Indian linguist and Esperantist
September 20
Steve Tom, American actor
Ricci Martin, American musician and singer (d. 2016)
September 21
Andrew Heermans, American musician, recording engineer, music producer
Kevin Tamati, New Zealand rugby league player
September 22
Ségolène Royal, French politician
David Wohl, American television and film actor
September 23 – Alexey Maslov, commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces
September 27 – Greg Ham, Australian rock musician (Men at Work)
September 29
Denis Potvin, Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player
Randy West, American radio personality and game show announcer
September 30 – Deborah Allen, American singer
October[edit]

Tico Torres

Greg Evigan

Tito Jackson

Robert Picardo
October 1
Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete (d. 2011)
Klaus Wowereit, German politician
October 2 – Brandon Wilson, American author and explorer
October 4 – Kerry Sherman, American actress
October 7 – Tico Torres, American Drummer (Bon Jovi)
October 9 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor
October 10 – Midge Ure, Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and producer
October 12
Les Dennis, British comedian and television presenter
Serge Lepeltier, French politician
October 14
Greg Evigan, American actor
Shelley Ackerman, American astrologer, actress, writer
October 15
Tito Jackson, African-American singer and guitarist (The Jackson 5)
Larry Miller, American actor and comedian
October 16 – Martha Smith, American model and actress
October 20 – Bill Nunn, African-American actor (d. 2016)
October 21
Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter
Keith Green, American-born Christian piano player (d. 1982)
Peter Mandelson, British politician and member of the Labour Party
Hugh Wolff, American orchestral conductor
October 22 – Loyiso Nongxa, South African mathematician
October 24
Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager
Steven Hatfill, American physician, virologist and bio-weapons expert
David Wright, British composer and producer, co-founder of AD Music
October 26 – Keith Strickland, American musician (The B-52's)
October 27
Paul Alcock, English football referee (d. 2018)
Peter Firth, British actor
Robert Picardo, American actor
October 29
Lorelei King, American-born actress
Batton Lash, American comic book writer and artist (d. 2019)
October 31 – Michael J. Anderson, American actor
November[edit]

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Dominique de Villepin

Kevin Nealon

Steve Bannon

Boris Grebenshchikov
November 1
Susan Tse, Hong Kong actress and opera singer
Bruce Poliquin, American politician
November 2 – Tom Lyle, American comics artist (d. 2019)
November 3
Koji Horaguchi, Japanese rugby union player (d. 1999)
Dennis Miller, American comedian and radio host
November 4
Carlos Gutierrez, American politician
Peter Lord, British film producer and director
Van Stephenson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
November 5 – Florentino V. Floro, Filipino dwarf judge
November 7 – Ottfried Fischer, German actor and Kabarett artist
November 8 – John Musker, American animation director
November 11
Andy Partridge, British musician and frontman of the band XTC
Harley Venton, American actor
November 13
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico (2018—present)[13]
Waswo X. Waswo, American photographer
Diana Weston, English actress
Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysian footballer (d. 1991)
November 14 – Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France
November 15 – Alexander O'Neal, American singer
November 16 – Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter
November 18
Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist (Vixen) (d. 2013)
Alan Moore, English writer and magician
Kevin Nealon, American actor and comedian
Kath Soucie, American actress and voice actress
November 19
Robert Beltran, American actor
Tom Villard, American actor (d. 1994)
November 23 – Francis Cabrel, French singer
November 24
Glenn Withrow, American actress
Tod Machover, American composer
November 25 – Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
November 27
Steve Bannon, American political figure
Richard Stone, American composer (d. 2001)
Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian rock musician
Curtis Armstrong, American actor
Lyle Mays, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2020)
November 28 – Pamela Hayden, American voice actress
November 29
Alex Grey, American artist
Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer
Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
Rosemary West, British serial killer
November 30 – June Pointer, American singer (The Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006)
December[edit]

Kim Basinger

John Malkovich

Bill Pullman

Leonel Fernández

Thomas Bach
December 2 – Joel Fuhrman, American certified family physician
December 6
Geoff Hoon, British Labour Party politician[14]
Tom Hulce, American actor and theater producer
Gary Ward, American baseball player
December 8
Kim Basinger, American actress and fashion model
Norman G. Finkelstein, American political scientist
Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
December 9
John Malkovich, American actor and film director
Hiromitsu Ochiai, former Japanese baseball player and manager
December 11
Richard Carter, Australian actor (d. 2019)
Thampi Kannanthanam, Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (d. 2018)
December 13
Ben Bernanke, American economist, Federal Reserve System chairman
Bob Gainey, Canadian hockey player
Pat Torpey, American drummer (Mr. Big) (d. 2018)
December 14
Gail Matthius, American actress, voice actress, and comedian
Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 4th Greek Minister for National Defence
December 16 – Héctor Timerman, Argentine journalist and politician (d. 2018)
December 17
Ikue Mori, Japanese drummer, composer and graphic designer
Bill Pullman, American actor
December 18
Kevin Beattie, English footballer (d. 2018)
Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov, Chechen bard
December 21 – András Schiff, Hungarian concert pianist and conductor
December 22
David Leisner, American guitarist and composer
Bern Nadette Stanis, African-American actress
December 23
Nuria Bages, Mexican stage and television actress[15]
Marián Geišberg, Slovak actor (d. 2018)
Martha Wash, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
December 24 – Timothy Carhart, American actor
December 26
Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonian politician, 4th President of Estonia
December 27 – Gina Lopez, Filipino environmentalist and philanthropist (d. 2019)
December 28 – Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese professional wrestler
December 29
Thomas Bach, 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
Stanley Williams, American gang member (d. 2005)
December 30
Dana Key, American Christian musician, guitarist and preacher (DeGarmo and Key) (d. 2010)
Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
December 31
James Remar, American actor
Michael Hedges, American composer and guitarist (d. 1997)
Date unknown[edit]
Julieta Egurrola, Mexican actress.[16]
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, 6th President of Mauritania (d. 2017)
Lan Jun, Chinese politician


January[edit]

Tina Knowles

Howard Stern

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Katey Sagal

Oprah Winfrey
January 1
Thomas Aisu, Ugandan physician, educator (d. 2018)
Djimrangar Dadnadji, 16th Prime Minister of Chad (d. 2019)
January 2 – Henry Bonilla, American politician
January 3 – Ross the Boss, American heavy metal/punk guitarist
January 4
Tina Knowles, African-American fashion designer; mother of R&B singers Beyoncé and Solange Knowles
Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott, English professional poker player
January 5 – Alex English, American basketball player
January 6 – Anthony Minghella, British film, theatre director (d. 2008)
January 7
Jodi Long, American actress
José María Vitier, Cuban music composer, pianist
January 8 – Julieta Castellanos, Honduran sociologist
January 12 – Howard Stern, American radio host
January 13 – Trevor Rabin, South African–American musician
January 14
Tom Cheney, American cartoonist
Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese professional wrestler
January 15 – Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino writer
January 17 – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American socialite, environmental activist
January 19
Ted DiBiase, American professional wrestler
Katey Sagal, American actress, singer (Married...With Children)
Katharina Thalbach, German actress
January 21 – Thomas de Maizière, German politician
January 22
Paul O'Brien, British chemist (d. 2018)
Peter Pilz, Austrian politician
January 23
Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer, songwriter
Greg Guidry, American singer, songwriter (d. 2003)
Edward Ka-Spel, British/Dutch singe, songwriter (The Legendary Pink Dots)
January 28
Peter Lampe, German theologian, historian
Bruno Metsu, French football coach (d. 2013)
Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (d. 2000)
Willy Telavi, 11th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
January 29
Yukinobu Hoshino, Japanese cartoonist
Terry Kinney, American actor
Oprah Winfrey, African-American actress, talk show hostess, producer, and publisher
February[edit]

Bill Mumy

Andrei Karlov

Matt Groening

Rene Russo

John Travolta

Anthony Head

Viktor Yushchenko

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
February 1 – Bill Mumy, American actor, musician (Lost In Space)
February 2 – Christie Brinkley, American model
February 4 – Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat (d. 2016)
February 7 – Dieter Bohlen, German music producer and singer-songwriter (Modern Talking, Blue System)
February 9
Chris Gardner, African-American businessman, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author, and philanthropist
Gina Rinehart, Australian mining tycoon
Kevin Warwick, English cybernetic scientist
February 11 – Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer
February 12
Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer
Joseph Jordania, Georgian-Australian musicologist, academic
Tzimis Panousis, Greek comedian, singer, and author
February 13 – Donnie Moore, American baseball player (d. 1989)
February 15 – Matt Groening, American cartoonist (The Simpsons)
February 16
Iain Banks, Scottish author (d. 2013)
Margaux Hemingway, American fashion model and actress (d. 1996)
February 17
Rene Russo, American actress, fashion model
Yuji Takada, Japanese free-style wrestler
Brian Houston, Australian-New Zealand pastor, author and founder of Hillsong Church
February 18
John Travolta, American actor
Jalaluddin Hassan, Malaysian actor
February 19
Messaouda Boubaker, Tunisian writer
Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (d. 2011)
February 20
Anthony Head, English actor, musician
Patty Hearst, American heiress, kidnapping victim
February 23 – Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
February 24 – Sid Meier, Canadian programmer, game designer, notable for the Civilization series
February 25 – Gerardo Pelusso, Uruguayan football manager
February 26 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 12th President of Turkey
March[edit]

Ron Howard

François Fillon

Catherine O'Hara

Robert Carradine
March 1
Peter Spellos, American actor, voice actor
Catherine Bach, American actress (The Dukes of Hazzard)
Ron Howard, American actor, director, producer (The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days)
March 2
Ed Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player
Gara Takashima, Japanese voice actress
March 4
François Fillon, Prime Minister of France
Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress (SCTV)
Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian writer
Willie Thorne, English snooker player
March 5 – João Lourenço, President of Angola
March 6 – Harald Schumacher, German football goalkeeper
March 8
Marie-Theres Nadig, Swiss alpine skier
David Wilkie, Scottish former world record holder, Olympic gold medallist swimmer (1976)
March 9
Bobby Sands, Irish republican hunger striker (d. 1981)
Kevin Wade, American screenwriter, television producer
March 11 – Nicolae Manea, Romanian football player, manager (d. 2014)
March 13 – The Baroness Amos, British politician
March 15
Massimo Bubola, Italian singer, songwriter
Craig Wasson, American actor
March 16
S.A. Griffin, American actor, poet
Nancy Wilson, American rock musician
Jimmy Nail, English singer, songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer
March 17 – Lesley-Anne Down, British actress
March 18 – James F. Reilly, American astronaut
March 19 – Indu Shahani, Indian educator, Sheriff of Mumbai
March 20 – Louis Sachar, American author
March 23
Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
Hideyuki Hori, Japanese voice actor
March 24
Robert Carradine, American actor
Donna Pescow, American actress, director (Angie)
March 26
Wendy Fulton, American actress
Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese voice actor
Clive Palmer, Australian mining tycoon
March 29 – Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985)
April[edit]

Jackie Chan

Dennis Quaid

Angelika Hellmann

Vic Sotto

Jerry Seinfeld
April 1
Dieter Müller, German soccer player
Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter (Toto) (d. 1992)
April 2 – Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese musician
April 4
Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress
Tom Ruegger, American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and lyricist
April 5
David Edward Maust, American serial killer (d. 2006)
Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist, radio/television personality
April 6
Judi Bowker, English actress
Michael Simms, American poet, publisher; founded Autumn House Press
April 7
Jackie Chan, Hong Kong-born actor, martial artist
Tony Dorsett, American football player
April 8 – Gary Carter, American baseball player (d. 2012)
April 9
Steve Holt, Canadian musician
Dennis Quaid, American actor
April 10
Anacani, Mexican-born American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show)
Angelika Hellmann, East German artistic gymnast
April 14 – Bruce Sterling, American science fiction writer
April 16 – Ellen Barkin, American actress
April 17
Norio Imamura, Japanese voice actor
Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler (d. 2015)
April 22 – Jōji Nakata, Japanese voice actor
April 23
Peter Nyombi, Ugandan lawyer, politician (d. 2018)
Michael Moore, American filmmaker, political activist (Bowling for Columbine)
April 25
Sudirman Arshad, Malaysian singer, songwriter (d. 1992)
Randy Cross, American football player, broadcaster
April 27 – Herman Edwards, American football head coach
April 28
Michael Daugherty, American composer
Vic Sotto, Filipino actor, host
April 29
Jake Burton Carpenter, American founder of Burton Snowboards (d. 2019)
Kazuko Kurosawa, Japanese costume designer
Jerry Seinfeld, American actor, comedian and producer (Seinfeld)
May[edit]

Johnny Logan

David Paterson

Townsend Coleman
May 1
Archie Norman, British politician and businessman
Ray Parker Jr., African-American musician and composer (Ghostbusters)
Alan Poul, American screen producer and director
Maatia Toafa, 2-time Prime Minister of Tuvalu
Garry Who, Australian actor, comedian
May 2 – Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
May 5 – David Azulai, Israeli politician (d. 2018)
May 6 – Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican writer
May 7
Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
Amy Heckerling, American film director
May 8
Pam Arciero, Hawaiian-born puppeteer (Sesame Street)
David Keith, American actor and director
John Michael Talbot, American Christian musician
Gary Wilmot, British entertainer
May 10 – Amos Guttman, Israeli film director (d. 1993)
May 13 – Johnny Logan, Australian-born Irish singer, composer and Eurovision Song Contest winner (1980, 1987) dubbed as "Mister Eurovision"
May 14
María Dolores Katarain ("Yoyes"), Spanish Basque separatist leader (d. 1986)
Peter J. Ratcliffe, English cellular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 19
Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
Phil Rudd, Australian rock drummer (AC/DC)
May 20 – David Paterson, American politician, 55th Governor of New York
May 22 – Shuji Nakamura, Japanese electronics engineer
May 25
Sudirman, Malaysian singer and songwriter (d. 1992)
Tantely Andrianarivo, 11th Prime Minister of Madagascar
May 26 – Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. 2006)
May 27
Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
Lawrence M. Krauss, American theoretical physicist, science writer
Coney Reyes, Phillipine film and television actress
May 28
Townsend Coleman, American voice actor
Andy Hamilton, British comedian, director and screenwriter
John Tory, Canadian politician
May 29 – Pankaj Kapur, Indian actor
June[edit]

Dennis Haysbert

Harvey Fierstein

Jim Belushi

Kathleen Turner

Michael Anthony

Freddie Prinze
June 2
Mattos Nascimento, Brazilian musician, singer, composer and trombonist
Dennis Haysbert, African-American actor
Chiyoko Kawashima, retired Japanese voice actress
June 4 – Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor, voice actor
June 5
Hashim Djojohadikusumo, Indonesian entrepreneur, politician
Nancy Stafford, American actress, Christian author
June 6 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor
June 9
John Hagelin, American physicist, U.S. Presidential candidate
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada
June 10 – Kurt Walker, American ice hockey player (d. 2018)
June 14 – Will Patton, American actor
June 15
Jim Belushi, American actor, comedian, singer and musician
Bob McDonnell, American politician
June 16 – Sergey Kuryokhin, Russian pianist, composer, improvisor, performance artist and actor (d. 1996)
June 19
Ted Coombs, American artist
Kathleen Turner, American actress (Romancing the Stone)
June 20
Michael Anthony, American rock bassist (Van Halen)
Karlheinz Brandenburg, German electrical engineer, mathematician
Ilan Ramon, Israeli Air Force fighter pilot, Israel's first astronaut (d. 2003)
June 21
Mark Kimmitt, U.S general
Chip Ingram, Christian pastor, author, and orator
Jim Tooey, American actor
Anne Kirkbride, British actress (Coronation Street) (d. 2015)
Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004)
June 22
Chris Lemmon, American actor, author
Freddie Prinze, American actor, comedian (Chico and the Man) (d. 1977)
June 23
James Plaskitt, British politician
Francisco Javier Cuadra, Chilean lawyer, academic, and politician
June 24 – Chang San-cheng, Taiwanese politician
June 25
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Brazilian actor
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Igor Lisovsky, Soviet pair skater
Abderrazak Kilani, Tunisian politician, lawyer
June 26 – Steve Barton, American actor (d. 2001)
June 27
Ron Kirk, Mayor of Dallas, Texas
Anita Zagaria, Italian actress
June 28
Daniel Dantas, Brazilian actor
Ava Barber, American country singer (The Lawrence Welk Show)
Alice Krige, South African actress and producer
June 29
Jai Jagadish, Indian film actor, director and producer
Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player, coach
June 30
Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia
Stephen Ouimette, Canadian actor, director
Mohammad A. Quayum, Bangladeshi academic, writer, editor, critic and translator
Wayne Swan, Australian politician
Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
July[edit]

Andre Dawson

Mario Kempes

Angela Merkel

Edward Natapei

Eduardo Romero

Jorge Jesus

Hugo Chávez
July 1
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Somali politician
Pedro Guastavino, Argentine politician
Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese politician and lawyer
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iraqi-Iranian military commander (d. 2020)
July 2
Ludmila Aslanian, Armenian chess player
Peter Randall-Page, British artist
Wendy Schaal, American actress
July 3 – Pennie Lane Trumbull, American socialite, philanthropist, businesswoman, and entrepreneur
July 4 – Anne Lambton, British actress
July 5
Don Stark, American actor
John Wright, New Zealand cricket captain
July 6 – Willie Randolph, American baseball player, coach, manager
July 7
Robert M. Price, American theologian and writer, Cthulhu Mythos scholar and editor
Simon Anderson, Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer
Ursula Stephens, Australian politician
July 8
David Aaronovitch, English journalist, television presenter and author
Matthew Marsh, English actor
July 9 – Kevin O'Leary, Canadian businessman, television personality, and political candidate
July 10
Andre Dawson, American baseball player
Michele Serra, Italian writer, journalist and satirist
Neil Tennant, British singer-songwriter, musician and journalist (Pet Shop Boys)
Yō Yoshimura, Japanese voice actor (d. 1991)
José González Ganoza, Peruvian footballer (d. 1987)
July 11 – Alejandro Camacho, Mexican actor and producer
July 12
Eric Adams, American singer
Lisa Pelikan, American actress
Paulo Saldiva, Brazilian professor, physician, pathologist and medical researcher
July 13 – Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer
July 14 – David Cooperrider, Czech ice dancer
July 15
Tarak Dhiab, Tunisian footballer
John Ferguson, Australian rugby league player
Mario Kempes, Argentine footballer
Jeff Jarvis, American journalist, professor, public speaker and television critic
July 16
Nicholas Frankau, English actor
Jeanette Mott Oxford, American politician
July 17
Angela Merkel, 8th Chancellor of Germany
Richard Bekins, American actor
Edward Natapei, Vanuatu politician and Prime Minister of Vanuatu (d. 2015)
Eduardo Romero, Argentine golfer
J. Michael Straczynski, American author
July 18 – Franziska Troegner, German actress
July 19 – Verica Kalanović, Serbian politician
July 20
Lo Ta-yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Vietnamese politician; Prime Minister of Vietnam
Wilson Casey, American syndicated columnist and entertainer
July 21 – Otto Jespersen, Norwegian comedian, actor and television personality
July 22 – Pierre Lebeau, Canadian actor
July 24
Michael H. O'Brien, American politician (d. 2018)
Jorge Jesus, Portuguese football player and coach
July 25 – Walter Payton, African-American football player (d. 1999)
July 26
Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
Leonardo Daniel, Mexican actor and director
July 27
Philippe Alliot, French race car driver
Lynne Frederick, British actress (d. 1994)
July 28 – Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (d. 2013)
July 29 – Mark Gersmehl, American Christian musician
August[edit]

François Hollande

James Cameron

Andrés Pastrana Arango

Al Roker

Halimah Yacob

Alexander Lukashenko
August 1
Philip Trenary, American businessman (d. 2018)
Michael Badnarik, American software engineer and presidential candidate
James Gleick, American non fiction author of several award-winning books.
Junpei Morita, Japanese actor and voice actor
August 2 – David Tang, Hong Kong-British entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2017)
August 4
Dorottya Udvaros, Hungarian actress
François Valéry, French singer-songwriter and composer
Uwe Wittwer, Swiss artist
August 7 – Susanna Javicoli, Italian actress (d. 2005)
August 9 – Pete Thomas, British drummer for the Elvis Costello band
August 11 – Joe Jackson, British singer-songwriter (Steppin' Out)
August 12
François Hollande, President of France 2012–17
Sam J. Jones, American actor
Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist
August 13
Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass guitar player (d. 2001)
Tõnu Kilgas, Estonian singer and actor
August 14
Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (d. 2009)
Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army general
August 16 – James Cameron, Canadian-born film director
August 17
Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Russian-Irish writer
Andrés Pastrana Arango, President of Colombia
August 20
Tawn Mastrey, American disc jockey and music video producer (d. 2007)
Al Roker, American television personality and host
Richarda Schmeisser, East German artistic gymnast
August 21
Steve Smith, American drummer
Ivan Stang, American author and publisher
August 22 – Jay Patterson, American actor
August 23
Ian Bartholomew, English actor
Charles Busch, American director, writer and actor
Halimah Yacob, 8th President of Singapore
August 24
Joe Ochman, American actor and voice actor
Philippe Cataldo, French singer
August 25
Bruno Manser, Swiss environmental activist (d. 2005)
Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter
August 29 – István Cserháti, Hungarian keyboardist (d. 2005)
August 30 – Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
August 31
Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia
Caroline Cossey, British model
September[edit]

Vance DeGeneres

Carly Fiorina

Shinzō Abe

Cherie Blair
September 1 – Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
September 2
Vance DeGeneres, American actor
Andrej Babiš, Czech entrepreneur and politician, 12th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Gai Waterhouse, Australian racehorse trainer
Humberto Zurita, Mexican actor, director and producer
September 5 – Danny Masterton, Scottish footballer (d. 2020)
September 6 – Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman, CEO of HP (1999-2005) and Senator Ted Cruz's running mate in the 2016 presidential election
September 7
Francisco Guterres, 4th President of East Timor
Michael Emerson, American actor
September 9 – Mohsen Rezaee, Iranian politician
September 10 – Mark W. Everson, American businessman; 46th Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (2003–07)
September 13 – Steve Kilbey, Australian musician
September 14 – Buzz Schneider, American professional ice hockey player
September 15 – Nava Semel, Israeli author and playwright (d. 2017)
September 16 – Ashrita Furman, American record breaker
September 17
Wayne Krenchicki, American baseball player (d. 2018)
Joël-François Durand, French composer
September 18 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2007)
September 21
Shinzō Abe, current Prime Minister of Japan
Thomas S. Ray, American ecologist
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, English drummer (Motörhead and Waysted)
September 23 – Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
September 24 – Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran guerrilla (d. 1983)
September 26 – Kevin Kennedy, American baseball manager and television host
September 28 – Steve Largent, American football player and congressman
September 29 – Cindy Morgan, American actress
September 30 – Barry Williams, American actor
October[edit]

Al Sharpton

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Scott Bakula

David Lee Roth

Ken Stott

Ang Lee

Malcolm Turnbull

Mario Testino
October 1 – Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
October 2 – Wong Tien Fatt, Malaysian politician (d. 2019)
October 3
Eddie DeGarmo, American Christian keyboardist and producer
Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player
Al Sharpton, African-American civil rights activist, minister and radio talk show host
Stevie Ray Vaughan, American musician (d. 1990)
October 5
Gurudas Kamat, Indian politician (d. 2018)
Wayne Watson, American Christian musician
October 6 – Howard Hoffman, American voice actor
October 7 – Robert A. Schuller, American televangelist and the son of Robert Schuller
October 9
Scott Bakula, American actor (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise)
John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
October 10
Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian singer and actor
David Lee Roth, American rock singer
October 12 – Linval Thompson, Jamaican singer and producer
October 13 – Mordechai Vanunu, a former Israeli nuclear technician who revealed secrets of its nuclear weapons program
October 14 – Mohamad Sabu, Malaysian politician
October 15
Peter Bakowski, Australian poet
Michael Garner, English actor
October 18 – Yūji Mitsuya, Japanese voice actor
October 19
Ken Stott, Scottish actor
Ronnie Leitch, Sri Lankan singer and actor (d. 2018)
October 21 – Brian Tobin, sixth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.
October 22 – Ellen Gerstell, American voice actress
October 23 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese film director
October 24
Doug Davidson, American actor
Mike Rounds, South Dakota politician
Malcolm Turnbull, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
October 25
Laxmikant Berde, Indian actor (d. 2004)
Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player
October 26
Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Mozambican politician
Victor Ciorbea, 56th Prime Minister of Romania
October 30
Kathleen Cody, American actress
Mario Testino, Peruvian photographer
November[edit]

Condoleezza Rice

Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Paolo Gentiloni
November 2 – Angela Webber, Australian author, television writer, producer and comedian (d. 2007)
November 3
Adam Ant, British rock singer and musician
Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress
Kathy Kinney, American actress and comedian
November 5 – Mike Gabriel, American animator and film producer
November 6 – Karin Fossum, Norwegian crime fiction writer
November 7
Robin Beck, American singer
Kamal Haasan, Indian actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, producer and politician
Jon Taffer, American bar consultant, television host and author
November 8
Michael D. Brown, first Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response, a division of the United States' Department of Homeland Security
Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-born British author, Nobel Prize laureate
November 11 – Mary Gaitskill, American novelist
November 12 – Rhonda Shear, American television hostess, actress and comedian
November 13 – Chris Noth, American actor
November 14
Yanni, Greek musician
Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
Bernard Hinault, French road bicycle racer
Condoleezza Rice, American politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
November 15
Stephen W. Burns, American actor (d. 1990)
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland
November 16 – Bruce Edwards, American golf caddy (d. 2004)
November 19 – Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
November 20
Bin Shimada, Japanese voice actor
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt
November 22 – Paolo Gentiloni, Prime Minister of Italy
November 23
Elizabeth Savalla, Brazilian actress
Bruce Hornsby, American rock singer
November 26
Roz Chast, American cartoonist
Dan Kwong, American performance artist and playwright
November 27
Patricia McPherson, American actress
Kimmy Robertson, American actress
November 28 – Marty Grabstein, American actor and voice actor
November 29 – Joel Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor
December[edit]

Tony Todd

Jermaine Jackson

Ray Liotta

Denzel Washington
December 1 – Bob Goen, American television personality and game show host
December 2
Dan Butler, American actor
Stone Phillips, American television journalist
December 3 – Grace Andreacchi, American author
December 4 – Tony Todd, American actor and producer
December 6 – Beat Furrer, Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor
December 7 – Mark Hofmann, American forger and murderer
December 8 – Sumi Shimamoto, Japanese voice actress
December 10 – Jack Hues, English singer and musician (Wang Chung)
December 11
Sylvester Clarke, West Indian cricketer (d. 1999)
Jermaine Jackson, African-American singer and actor
Prachanda, Nepalese Communist leader
December 13 – John Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
December 14
Ib Andersen, Danish dancer
Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (d. 1993)
December 15 – Mark Warner, American politician
December 18
Ray Liotta, American actor
Uli Jon Roth, German rock guitarist (Scorpions)
December 20
Binali Yildirim, Prime Minister of Turkey
Sandra Cisneros, American writer
December 21 – Chris Evert, American tennis player
December 24 – José María Figueres, Costa Rican politician, President (1994–1998)
December 25
Roman Baskin, Estonian actor and director of stage and screen (d. 2018)
Annie Lennox, British rock musician and was lead singer of Eurythmics
December 26
Susan Butcher, American dog-sled racer (d. 2006)
Ozzie Smith, HOF baseball shortstop
December 28
Gayle King, African-American television personality, journalist, and author
Lanny Poffo, American professional wrestler
Denzel Washington, African-American actor
December 29
Wang Huanyu, Chinese astrophysicist (d. 2018)
Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician
Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
December 31 – Alex Salmond, Scottish politician



January[edit]

Adriana Ocampo

Rowan Atkinson

J. K. Simmons

Kevin Costner

Simon Rattle

Neil Bush

Eddie Van Halen

John Roberts

Nicolas Sarkozy
January 1
Mario Andreacchio, Australian film director
Mary Beard, English classicist
Precious, Canadian professional wrestling valet
Al Tantay, Filipino actor and director
Mulatu Teshome, Ethiopian politician and 8th President of Ethiopia
January 2 – Vivien Savage, French singer
January 4 – Mark Hollis, English musician (d. 2019)
January 5
Mamata Banerjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
Adriana Ocampo, Colombian planetary geologist
January 6 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
January 9 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
January 10 – Michael Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions, UFO, Michael Schenker Group)
January 13
Ran Ito, Japanese actress
Paul Kelly, Australian musician
Jay McInerney, American writer
January 14 – Kim Renders, Canadian writer, director, actor and designer (d. 2018)
January 15
Andreas Gursky, German photographer
Mayumi Tanaka, Japanese voice actress
January 17
Steve Earle, American musician
Mami Koyama, Japanese voice actress
January 18
Kevin Costner, American actor, producer and director
Frankie Knuckles, American disk jockey and record producer (d. 2014)
January 19
Sir Simon Rattle, English orchestral conductor
Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American comedian and actor
January 20
Joe Doherty, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer
January 21 – Jeff Koons, American artist
January 22
Neil Bush, American businessman and investor
Keiko Takahashi, Japanese actress
January 23 – Ruth Haring, American chess player (d. 2018)
January 25 – Petra Gerster, German television presenter and newscaster
January 26
Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor
Shane Howard, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American rock musician (Van Halen)
January 27
John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States
Alexander Stuart, British-born author
January 28
Vinod Khosla, Indian-born American venture capitalist
Nicolas Sarkozy, 23rd President of France
George Tokoro, Japanese TV personality and singer-songwriter
January 29
Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and head coach
Femi Pedro, Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria
February[edit]

Miguel Ferrer

Kelsey Grammer

Steve Jobs

Gilbert Gottfried
February 1 – Hans Werner Olm, German television and film comedian
February 2 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet, writer and translator
February 3 – Kirsty Wark, Scottish television presenter
February 6
Michael Pollan, American journalist
Irinej Dobrijević, American-born Serbian Bishop of Australia and New Zealand
February 7 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2017)
February 8
Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler (d. 2018)
John Grisham, American novelist
Xu Bing, Chinese artist
February 9
Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
Jim J. Bullock, American actor and comedian
February 10
Chris Adams, English wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
Pablo Borges Delgado, Cuban artist
Greg Norman, Australian golfer
February 12 – Ai Satō, Japanese voice actress
February 13 – Akiko Yano, Japanese singer-songwriter
February 14 – Mitsuhisa Taguchi, Japanese footballer (d.2019)
February 15
Janice Dickinson, American model, photographer, author and talent agent
Christopher McDonald, American actor
February 17 – Mo Yan, Chinese writer
February 19 – Jeff Daniels, American actor
February 21 – Kelsey Grammer, American actor and comedian
February 22 – David Axelrod, American political analyst
February 23
Howard Jones, English pop keyboardist and singer-songwriter
Flip Saunders, American basketball coach (d. 2015)
February 24
Steve Jobs, American businessman and founder of Apple Inc. (d. 2011)
Alain Prost, French four-time Formula 1 world champion
February 28
Adrian Dantley, American basketball player
Gilbert Gottfried, American actor and comedian
March[edit]

Penn Jillette

Nina Hagen

Gary Sinise

Jair Bolsonaro

Bruce Willis

Mariano Rajoy

Brendan Gleeson

Angus Young
March 1
Sir Timothy Laurence, English vice admiral and second husband of Anne, Princess Royal
Denis Mukwege, Congolese gynecologist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
March 2
Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader (Aum Shinrikyo) (d. 2018)
Jay Osmond, American pop singer
March 3 – Kent Derricott, Canadian TV personality in Japan
March 4 – Dominique Pinon, French actor
March 5
Julien Dray, French politician
Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian (Penn & Teller)
March 6
Wendy Boglioli, American Olympic gold medallist swimmer (1976)
Jay Ilagan, Filipino actor (d. 1992)
Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (d. 1994)
Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (d. 2015)
March 7
Michael Jan Friedman, American novelist and comic book writer
Tommy Kramer, American football player
March 8 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
March 9
Ornella Muti, Italian actress
Franco Uncini, Italian motorcycle racer
March 10
Yousra, Egyptian actress and singer
Marianne Rosenberg, German singer
March 11 – Nina Hagen, German pop singer
March 13
Bruno Conti, Italian football player
Glenne Headly, American actress of film, stage and television (d. 2017)
March 15
Robert Kabbas, Egyptian-born Australian Olympic silver medallist weightlifter (1984)
Dee Snider, American rock singer (Twisted Sister)
March 16
Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
Jiro Watanabe, Japanese former world super flyweight champion boxer
March 17 – Gary Sinise, American actor, producer and director
March 18
Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2018)
Guillermo Dávila, Venezuelan actor and singer
Dwayne Murphy, American baseball player
March 19
Pino Daniele, Italian music artist (d. 2015)
Bruce Willis, American actor
Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor
March 20
Eric Schiller, American chess player and author (d. 2018)
Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
March 21
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian congressman and politician, 38th President of Brazil
Philippe Troussier, French football coach
March 22
Lena Olin, Swedish actress
Pete Sessions, American politician
Valdis Zatlers, 7th President of Latvia
March 23 – Moses Malone, American basketball player (d. 2015)
March 24
Celâl Şengör, Turkish geologist
Kim Johnston Ulrich, American actress
March 26 – Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
March 27 – Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain
March 28
John Alderdice, Irish politician
Reba McEntire, American country singer and actress
March 29
Earl Campbell, American football player
Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
Christopher Lawford, American author, actor and activist (d. 2018)
Marina Sirtis, English actress
March 30
Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipina film director (d. 2012)
Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
March 31 – Angus Young, lead guitarist of Australian rock group AC/DC
April[edit]

Princess Sirindhorn

Akira Toriyama

Michael Rooker

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Judy Davis

Kate Mulgrew
April 1 – Ockie Oosthuizen, South African rugby union player (d. 2019)
April 2 – Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand
April 3
Michael Burleigh, British historian
Mick Mars, American rock guitarist (Mötley Crüe)
April 5
Janice Long, English radio disc jockey
Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
April 6 – Michael Rooker, American actor
April 7
Bruno Zaremba, French footballer (d. 2018)
Grace Hightower, American philanthropist, actress and singer
Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer turned journalist
Akira Nishino, Japanese soccer player and manager
Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
April 8
Kane Hodder, American actor
Barbara Kingsolver, American fiction writer
April 9 – Kate Heyhoe, American food writer
April 11 – Kevin Brady, American politician
April 13
Steve Camp, American Christian musician
Hideki Saijo, Japanese singer and actor (d. 2018)
April 15 – Dodi Fayed, Egyptian businessman (d. 1997)
April 16
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American DJ
April 17
Rob Bolland, Dutch musician, songwriter and music producer (Bolland & Bolland)
Pete Shelley, English singer-songwriter, musician (Buzzcocks) (d. 2018)
Dave VanDam, American voice actor and impressionist (d. 2018)
April 18 – Bobby Castillo, American baseball player (d. 2014)
April 20 – Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Nigerian-born British photographer (d. 1989)
April 21
Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer and songwriter
Toninho Cerezo, Brazilian footballer and coach
April 23
Judy Davis, Australian actress
Ludovikus Simanullang, Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2018)
Fumi Hirano, Japanese voice actress and essayist
Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
April 24
Margaret Moran, British politician and criminal
John de Mol, Dutch media tycoon
April 25
John Nunn, English chess player and mathematician
Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor
April 26 – Chen Daoming, Chinese actor
April 27
James Risen, American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author
Eric Schmidt, American software engineer and businessman, CEO of Google (2001-2011)
Jing Yidan, Chinese former television host
April 28 – Eddie Jobson, English musician
April 29
Richard Epcar, American voice actor
Kate Mulgrew, American actress
Yūko Tanaka, Japanese actress
April 30 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
May[edit]

Tom Bergeron

Rick Steves

Big Van Vader

Bill Paxton

James Gosling

Rosanne Cash

John Hinckley Jr.

Tommy Emmanuel
May 1
Ray Buttigieg, Maltese composer and poet
Nick Feldman, English musician (Wang Chung)
May 2
Willie Miller, Scottish footballer
Donatella Versace, Italian designer
Dave Winer, American software pioneer
May 3 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
May 4
Avram Grant, Israeli football manager
Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
May 6 – Tom Bergeron, American television host
May 7 – Mayra Alejandra, Venezuelan actress (d. 2014)
May 8 – Meles Zenawi, 10th Prime Minister of Ethiopia and 3rd President of Ethiopia (d. 2012)
May 9
Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
May 10
Chris Berman, American sports broadcaster
Mark David Chapman, American murderer of musician John Lennon
Rick Steves, American author and television personality; host of Rick Steves' Europe
May 14
Big Van Vader, American professional wrestler and football player (d. 2018)
Dave Hoover, American comic book artist and animator (d. 2011)
Robert Tapert, American television producer
May 15
Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (assassinated 2013)
Lee Horsley, American film, television and theater actor
Hege Skjeie, Norwegian political scientist and feminist (d. 2018)
May 16
Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
Olli Kortekangas, Finnish composer
Jack Morris, American baseball player
Hazel O'Connor, British rock musician
Richard Phillips, American merchant mariner and captain of the MV Maersk Alabama
Debra Winger, American actress
May 17 – Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017)
May 18 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
May 19
Mark Staff Brandl, American and Swiss artist and art historian
James Gosling, Canadian software engineer
Th. Emil Homerin, American theologian
May 20
Diego Abatantuono, Italian actor
Steve George, American keyboardist and singer
Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
May 22
Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American jazz guitarist (d. 2008)
Iva Davies, Australian singer and musician; lead singer of Icehouse
Dale Winton, English radio DJ and television presenter (d. 2018)
May 24
Rosanne Cash, American entertainer
Rumiko Ukai, Japanese voice actress
May 25
Suguru Egawa, Japanese baseball player
Connie Sellecca, American actress
May 26
Doris Dörrie, German actress and screenplay writer
Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
May 27 – Richard Schiff, American actor and comedian
May 29
John Hinckley Jr., attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
Mike Porcaro, American bass guitarist (Toto) (d. 2015)
May 30
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Japanese Kabuki actor
Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist
May 31
Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist
Susie Essman, American actress
Lynne Truss, English writer
June[edit]

Dana Carvey

Sam Simon

Tim Richmond

Griffin Dunne

Laurie Metcalf

Michel Platini

Isabelle Adjani

Tim Berners-Lee
June 1 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (58th Yokozuna grand champion) (d. 2016)
June 2 – Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
June 5 – Fernando Borrego Linares, Cuban singer and songwriter (aka Polo Montañez)
June 6
Sandra Bernhard, American comedian, actress, author and singer
Chris Nyman, American baseball player
Sam Simon, American filmmaker (d. 2015)
June 7
Jo Gilbert, English film producer and casting director (d. 2018)
Bob Beatty, American football coach
Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989)
June 8
Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist and world wide web inventor
Griffin Dunne, American actor and director
June 10
Floyd Bannister, American baseball player
Andrew Stevens, American actor, producer and director
June 11 – Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower
June 14
Kim Lankford, American actress, businesswoman and horse wrangler
Paul O'Grady (also known as "Lily Savage"), English talk show host and comedian
June 15
István Levente Garai, Hungarian physician and politician (d. 2018)
Polly Draper, American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director
David A. Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1984)
June 16 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
June 18 – Sandy Allen, American, world's tallest woman (d. 2008)
June 20 – Tor Nørretranders, Danish author
June 21
Aloysius Amwano, Nauruan politician
Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer
Jean-Pierre Mader, French singer-songwriter
Leigh McCloskey, American actor
Michel Platini, French retired football player and President of UEFA
June 22
David C. Turnley, American photographer
Peter Turnley, American photojournalist
Jaana Saarinen, Finnish actress
Gregory Snegoff, American voice actor, writer and director
Choi Kyoung-hwan, South Korean politician; Prime Minister of South Korea
June 23
Jean Tigana, Malian-French international footballer
Glenn Danzig, American rock singer (The Misfits, Samhain, Danzig)
Alan J. Gow, Australian-born British motorsport executive
Maggie Philbin, English radio and television presenter
June 24
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Indian head of Siddha Yoga
Sherry Miller, Canadian actress
Betsy Randle, American actress
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Japanese economist and professor
June 25
Mike McShane, American actor, comedian and voice actor
Michael Sabatino, American actor
Víctor Manuel Vucetich, Mexican footballer and manager
June 26
Gedde Watanabe, American actor and comedian
Yoko Gushiken, Japanese former WBA light flyweight champion boxer
Mervyn Day, English footballer
June 27
Isabelle Adjani, French actress
Brad Diller, American cartoonist
Doug Ose, American politician
June 28 – Shirley Cheriton, British actress
June 29
Tom Skladany, American football player
Peter Fischer-Møller, Danish prelate
Catherine T. Hunt, American chemist
June 30
Amelia Kyambadde, Ugandan politician
Renate Vogel, East German former world record holder and Olympic silver medallist swimmer (1972)
July[edit]

Li Keqiang

Keith Whitley

Lindsey Graham

Jimmy Smits

Adrienne King

Dannel Malloy

Béla Tarr

Willem Dafoe

Iman

Asif Ali Zardari
July 1
Sanma Akashiya, Japanese comedian and actor
Nikolai Demidenko, Russian born British classical pianist
Christian Estrosi, French sportsman and politician
Li Keqiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China
Lisa Scottoline, American novelist
Keith Whitley, American country music singer (d. 1989)
July 2
Stephen Walt, American political scientist
Sylvie Le Noach, French swimmer
Randy Burchell, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
Chau Giang, Vietnamese-born American professional poker player
Proceso Alcala, Filipino politician
July 3
John Cramer, American game show announcer
Matt Keough, American baseball player
Bruce Altman, American actor
July 4 – Víctor Reymundo Nájera, Mexican politician
July 5
Mia Couto, Mozambican writer
Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani, Pakistani politician
Sebastian Barry, Irish playwright, novelist and poet
Henry Lee Summer, American singer
Shannon Bell, Canadian performance philosopher
July 7
Rolf Saxon, American actor
Ludo Vika, Dominican actress
Paul Bahoken, Cameroonian footballer
July 8
Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress
Vladislava Milosavljević, Serbian actress
July 9
Lindsey Graham, American politician, lawyer, U.S. Army soldier, U.S. Senator (R-Sc.) and unsuccessful 2016 presidential candidate
Fred Norris, American radio personality
Jimmy Smits, American actor
July 10
Dan Newhouse, American politician
Andrea Bruce, Jamaican athlete
Vinnie Curto, American professional boxer
Ray Goff, American football player and coach
July 11
Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon
Søren Sætter-Lassen, Danish actor
July 12
Nina Gunke, Swedish actress
Tadashi Miyazawa, Japanese voice actor
July 13 – Yoshitaka Tamba, Japanese actor
July 14 – Ramon Jimenez Jr., Filipino attorney
July 15
Didier Etumba, Congolese Army General
Željko Burić, Croatian politician and doctor
Pooran Prakash, Indian politician
July 16
Saw Swee Leong, Malaysian badminton player
Ritva Elomaa, Finnish professional female bodybuilding champion, pop singer and politician
Patrick Bernasconi, French business executive
Janet Huckabee, American politician
Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (d. 1987)
July 17
Fei Yu-ching, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
Sylvie Léonard, French-Canadian actress
Alvin Slaughter, American gospel singer-songwriter and worship leader
Janina Buzūnaitė-Žukaitienė, Lithuanian painter, poet, creator of accessories and metal sculptures
July 18
Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
György Matolcsy, Hungarian politician and economist
Sergey Zimov, Russian geophysicist and creator of Pleistocene Park
July 19 – Karen Cheryl, French singer, actress, radio and television presenter
July 21
Adrienne King, American actress
Dannel Malloy, American politician
Howie Epstein, American musician and producer (d. 2003)
Béla Tarr, Hungarian film director
July 22
Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa, Nigerian politician
Willem Dafoe, American actor
July 25 – Iman, Somalian model
July 26
Michele Pillar, American Christian musician
Asif Ali Zardari, 11th President of Pakistan
July 27 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
July 31 – Jakie Quartz, French singer
August[edit]

Billy Bob Thornton

Richard Hilton

Apisai Ielemia

Mike Huckabee

Sergey Khlebnikov
August 2
John Battaglia, American convicted murderer (d. 2018)
Caleb Carr, American writer
August 3
Corey Burton, American voice actor
Roger Gifford, Lord Mayor of London 2013
August 4
Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer, 1983-1984 WBA heavyweight champion.
Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter
August 6
Gordon J. Brand, English golfer
Ron Davis, American baseball player
Earl Smith, Jamaican Reggae guitarist
August 7
Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian
Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer
August 8 – Diddú (Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir), Icelandic soprano and songwriter
August 9 – Doug Williams, American football quarterback
August 10 – Mel Tiangco, Filipina television anchor, journalist and humanitarian
August 12
Heintje Simons, Dutch singer and actor
Gish Jen, American fiction writer
August 13 – Daryl, American magician (d. 2017)
August 14 – Gillian Taylforth, English television actress
August 17 – Richard Hilton, American businessman
August 19
Peter Gallagher, American actor
Terry Harper, American baseball player
Apisai Ielemia, 10th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
August 20 – Agnes Chan, Hong Kong-born TV personality in Japan
August 22
Chiranjeevi, Indian actor
Gordon Liu, Chinese actor
August 23 – David Learner, British actor, Stephen M.Papuzek
August 24 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor and 2008 Presidential candidate
August 25 – John McGeoch, Scottish musician (d. 2004)
August 27
Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
Diana Scarwid, American actress
Sergey Khlebnikov, Soviet speed skater (d. 1999)
August 30
Mayumi Muroyama, Japanese manga artist
Andy Pask, English bass player and composer (Landscape)
Helge Schneider, comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director
August 31 – Edwin Moses, American athlete
September[edit]

Billy Blanks

John Kricfalusi

Edward Hibbert

Charles Martinet

Zucchero Fornaciari
September 1
Billy Blanks, American martial artist; inventor of the Tae Bo exercise program
Bruce Foxton, English musician
September 2
Robert Duncan, American astrophysicist
Claus Kleber, German television journalist
Natalya Petrusyova, Soviet speed skater
Michelle Yim, Hong Kong actress
September 4
David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and activist
Hiroshi Izawa, Japanese actor
September 6 – Raymond Benson, American author
September 7 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
September 9
Edward Hibbert, English-American actor and literary agent
John Kricfalusi, Canadian cartoonist
Ivan Smirnov, Russian composer and guitar player (d. 2018)
September 12 – Peter Scolari, American actor and comedian
September 15
Željka Antunović, Croatian politician
Brendan O'Carroll, Irish actor and comedian
Bruce Reitherman, American filmmaker and voice actor
Renzo Rosso, Italian clothing designer
September 16
Janet Ellis, British children's TV presenter
Robin Yount, American baseball player
September 17
Marina Lima, Brazilian singer and songwriter
Charles Martinet, American voice-actor
September 18 – Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. 2006)
September 19 – Richard Burmer, American composer, sound designer and musician (d. 2006)
September 21 – Richard Hieb, American astronaut
September 24 – Shinbo Nomura, Japanese manga artist
September 25
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player
Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter
September 28 – Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
September 29 – Joe Donnelly, American politician
September 30
Janet Arceo, Mexican actress, TV presenter, announcer, director and businesswoman (Doña Eduviges in El Chavo del Ocho)
Andy Bechtolsheim, German electrical engineer and Co-founder of Sun Microsystems.
October[edit]

Yo-Yo Ma

Bill Gates

Indra Nooyi

Kevin DuBrow

Eduardo V. Manalo
October 1 – P. B. Abdul Razak, Indian politician (d. 2018)
October 2 – Philip Oakey, English synth-pop singer-songwriter (The Human League)
October 3 – Tommy Wiseau, American film director and actor, known for the 2003 "dark comedy" The Room
October 4 – Dane Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league player
October 5
Bart D. Ehrman, American religious studies scholar and writer, specialist in textual criticism
Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
Caroline Loeb, French singer and actress
October 7
Clinton Bennett, British scholar of religions, specialist in the study of Islam
Yo-Yo Ma, French-born Chinese American cellist
October 8
Bill Elliott, American racing driver
Darrell Hammond, Comedian (Saturday Night Live)
October 12 – Pat DiNizio, American singer-songwriter (The Smithereens) (d. 2017)
October 13 – Sergei Shepelev, Russian ice hockey player
October 15
James B. Aguayo-Martel, Mexican-born physician, surgeon, scientist and inventor
Kulbir Bhaura, Indian-born British field hockey player
Tanya Roberts, American actress
Emily Yoffe, American journalist and advice columnist
October 17 – Tyrone Mitchell, American murderer (d. 1984)
October 18
Hiromi Go, Japanese singer
Timmy Mallett, English television presenter
October 19
Lonnie Shelton, American basketball player (d. 2018)
LaSalle Ishii, Japanese television personality
Roland Dyens, French classical guitarist and composer (d. 2016)
October 20
Tony Hanson, American basketball player (d. 2018)
Thomas Newman, American composer
October 21
Yasukazu Hamada, Japanese politician
Rich Mullins, American Christian musician (d. 1997)
October 24
Karen Austin, American actress
Katherine Knight, Australian mariticide
October 25 – Glynis Barber, South African-born British actress
October 28
Bill Gates, American businessman and co-founder of Microsoft
Indra Nooyi, Indian business executive
October 29
Kevin DuBrow, American rock singer (d. 2007)
Roger O'Donnell, English rock keyboardist
Etsuko Shihomi, Japanese actress
October 30 – Jeremy Black, British historian
October 31 – Eduardo V. Manalo, 3rd Executive Minister (Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan) of the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ)
November[edit]

Kris Jenner

Maria Shriver

Roland Emmerich

Whoopi Goldberg

Dianne de Leeuw

Bill Nye

Kevin Conroy
November 1 – Joe Arroyo, Colombian salsa and tropical music singer (d. 2011)
November 2 – Chris Burnett, American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader
November 3
Howard Michaels, American businessman (d. 2018)
Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter
Phil Simms, American football player
Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Japanese film director
November 4
Rita Bhaduri, Indian actress (d. 2018)
Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Sufi teacher and author, Secretary General of The Conference of World Religions
Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
November 5
Pedro Brieger, Argentine journalist and sociologist.
Kris Jenner, American television personality
Karan Thapar, Indian journalist, political analyst and commentator
November 6 – Maria Shriver, American television journalist, host; former First Lady of California
November 7
Al Attles, American basketball player and coach
Paul Romer, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate
Detlef Ultsch, German judo athlete
Norbert Eder, German footballer (d. 2019)
November 9 – Karen Dotrice, Guernsey-born child actress
November 10 – Roland Emmerich, German film director
November 11 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
November 13 – Whoopi Goldberg, African-American actress and comedian
November 14
Koichi Nakano, Japanese bicycle racer
Jack Sikma, American basketball player
November 17
Yolanda King, African-American actress and activist (d. 2007)
Peter Cox, English singer-songwriter (Go West)
Bill Macatee, American Sports Broadcaster
November 19 – Dianne de Leeuw, Dutch figure skater
November 20 – Ray Ozzie, American computer programmer
November 21
Kyle Gann, American composer and music critic
Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
November 22 – George Alagiah, Ceylonese-born British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter
November 23
Steven Brust, American author
Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer
Peter Douglas, American television and film producer
Mary Landrieu, American politician, U.S. Senator from Louisiana
November 24
Sir Ian Botham, English cricketer
Najib Mikati, Lebanese politician, 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon
November 25 – Bruno Tonioli, film, music video and theater choreographer
November 26 – Tracy Hickman, American author
November 27 – Bill Nye, American science presenter and public television host
November 28 – Alessandro Altobelli, Italian football player
November 29 – Howie Mandel, Canadian actor and game show host
November 30
Michael Beschloss, American historian
Kevin Conroy, American voice actor
Billy Idol, born William Broad, British rock musician
December[edit]

Manohar Parrikar

Xander Berkeley

Jane Kaczmarek
December 3
Melody Anderson, Canadian actress and social worker
Steven Culp, American actor
Warren Jeffs, American criminal
Andrea Romano, American retired casting director, voice director, and voice actress
December 4 – Maurizio Bianchi, Italian musician
December 7 – Priscilla Barnes, American actress
December 8
Ian Greig, South African-born English cricketer
Martin Semmelrogge, German actor
December 9 – Asashio Tarō IV, Japanese sumo wrestler
December 12 – Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek politician and businesswoman
December 13 – Manohar Parrikar, Indian politician (d. 2019)
December 14 – Hervé Guibert, French writer and photographer (d. 1991)
December 16
Xander Berkeley, American actor
Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
Rob Levin, American founder of the freenode IRC network (d. 2006)
December 17 – Brad Davis, American basketball player
December 21
Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
Mary Jean Eisenhower, American humanitarian
December 23
Keith Comstock, American baseball player
Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet
Stefan Arngrim, Canadian actor
December 24
Mizuho Fukushima, Japanese politician
Clarence Gilyard, American actor and college professor
December 27 – Barbara Olson, American television commentator (d. 2001)
December 28 – Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic and human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 2017)
December 31 – Jim Tracy, American baseball player and manager
Date unknown[edit]
Mark Marderosian, American cartoonist
Alan Myers, American new wave rock drummer (Devo) (d. 2013)




January[edit]

Mel Gibson

David Caruso

Bill Maher

Robby Benson

Geena Davis

Mimi Rogers

John Lydon
January 1
Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d. 2000)
Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician, IMF Managing Director and ECB president
Andrew Lesnie, Australian cinematographer (d. 2015)
Andy Gill, English musician (d. 2020)
January 3
Mel Gibson, American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
Tomiko Suzuki, Japanese voice actress (d. 2003)
January 4 – Bernard Sumner, British musician
January 5
Ana Pessoa Pinto, East Timorese politician and jurist
Celso Blues Boy, Brazilian singer and guitarist (d. 2012)
Chen Kenichi, Japan-born Chinese chef
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German politician
January 7
David Caruso, American actor
Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor
Johnny Owen, Welsh boxer (d. 1980)
Miladin Šobić, Montenegrin singer
January 9
Kimberly Beck, American actress
Imelda Staunton, English actress
January 12 – Nikolai Noskov, Soviet and Russian rock singer and songwriter
January 13 – Janet Hubert, African-American actress
January 14 – Ronan Bennett, Northern Irish writer
January 15 – Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian convicted murderer, architect deputy minister of construction of North Ossetia-Alania
January 16 – Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
January 17 – Paul Young, English musician
January 18
Tom Bailey, English musician
Jim Mothersbaugh, American rock drummer
January 19 – Adriana Acosta, Argentine militant and field hockey player (d. 1978)
January 20 – Bill Maher, American actor, comedian and political analyst
January 21
Robby Benson, American actor, voice actor, director, singer and educator
Geena Davis, American actress
January 24 – Lounès Matoub, Algerian Berber Kabyle singer (d. 1998)
January 25 – Bronwyn Pike, Australian politician
January 26 – Pat Musick, American voice actress
January 27
Susanne Blakeslee, American actress
Mimi Rogers, American actress
January 28 – Peter Schilling, German singer
January 29
Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish film director
Irlene Mandrell, American musician, actress
January 30 – Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese race car driver
January 31
John Lydon, British punk musician and TV personality
Trevor Manuel, South African politician
February[edit]

Nathan Lane

Enele Sopoaga

Jay Nixon
February 1 – Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
February 2
Philip Franks, English actor and director
Alireza Soleimani, Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler (d. 2014)
February 3
Nathan Lane, American actor
Lee Ranaldo, American musician
February 6 – Jon Walmsley, British actor
February 7
John Posey, American actor and writer
Heather Jones, Australian writer
Mark St. John, American guitarist (d. 2007)
February 10 – Enele Sopoaga, 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
February 11
Didier Lockwood, French jazz violinist (d. 2018)
Catherine Hickland, American actress
February 13
Peter Hook, British bass player
Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian ultra marathoner
Jay Nixon, 55th Governor of Missouri
Paul Stojanovich, American television producer
February 14 – Tom Burlinson, Australian actor
February 15 – Desmond Haynes, West Indian cricketer
February 18 – Thomas Gradin, Swedish hockey player
February 19
Kathleen Beller, American actress
Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Dave Wakeling, English musician
February 20 – François Bréda, Romanian essayist, poet, literary critic, literary historian, translator and theatrologist (d. 2018)
February 23
Reinhold Beckmann, German television presenter
Paul O'Neill, American composer, record producer (d. 2017)
February 24
Judith Butler, American philosopher
Paula Zahn, American television journalist
February 25
Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (d. 1995)
Michel Friedman, German lawyer, politician and talk show host
February 26
Michel Houellebecq, French author
Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese musician
Tim Brando, American sports broadcaster
February 27 – Angela Aames, American actress (d. 1988)
February 28 – Liem Swie King, Indonesian badminton player
February 29
Mike Compton, American mandolinist
Tommy Remengesau, 2-Time President of Palau
Bob Speller, Canadian politician
Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)
March[edit]

Tim Daly

Bryan Cranston

John Kapelos

Rob Paulsen

Ingemar Stenmark

Catherine Ashton

José Manuel Barroso
March 1
Tim Daly, American actor and producer
Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania
March 2 – Eduardo Rodríguez, President of Bolivia
March 3 – Frank Giroud, French comics writer (d. 2018)
March 5
Teena Marie, American singer (d. 2010)
Marco Paolini, Italian stage actor, dramaturge and author
March 7
Andrea Levy, English novelist (d. 2019)
Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
March 8 – John Kapelos, Canadian actor
March 9
Kadyrzhan Batyrov, Kyrgyz businessman and politician (d. 2018)
Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician
March 11 – Rob Paulsen, American voice actor and singer
March 12
Lídice da Mata, Brazilian politician
Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager and former player (d. 2019)
March 13 – Dana Delany, American actress
March 16
Boaz Arad, Israeli visual artist (d. 2018)
Vladimír Godár, Slovak composer
March 18 – Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish alpine skier
March 19 – Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician (d. 2009)
March 20
Minken Fosheim, Norwegian actress and author (d. 2018)
Catherine Ashton, British politician
Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer and director
March 21
José Manuel Barroso, Prime Minister of Portugal
Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
Win Lyovarin, Thai author
March 22
Tyrone Brunson, American singer (d. 2013)
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, consort of Grand Duke Henri
March 24 – Steve Ballmer, American businessman, CEO of Microsoft (2000–2014), owner of the Los Angeles Clippers
March 25 – Matthew Garber, English child actor (d. 1977)
March 28
Susan Ershler, American mountaineer
Evelin Jahl, German athlete
March 29 – Evie, American Christian musician
March 30 – Shahla Sherkat, Iranian feminist journalist
April[edit]

Miguel Bosé

Andy García

Eric Roberts

Lars von Trier
April 3
Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (d. 1996)
Miguel Bosé, Panamanian-born musician and actor
Boris Miljković, Serbian TV & theatre director and video artist
April 4
Kerry Chikarovski, Australian politician
David E. Kelley, American writer and television producer
April 5 – Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler
April 6
Sebastian Spreng, American-Argentinean visual artist
Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer
April 7 – Christopher Darden, African-American attorney, author, actor and lecturer
April 9 – Edmund Chong Ket Wah, Malaysian politician (d. 2010)
April 12
Andy García, Cuban-American actor
Herbert Grönemeyer, German musician and actor
Yasuo Tanaka, Japanese politician, novelist
April 13 – Possum Bourne, New Zealand rally car driver (d. 2003)
April 14 – Barbara Bonney, American soprano
April 16
David M. Brown, American astronaut (d. 2003)
Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
April 18
John James, American actor
Melody Thomas Scott, American actress
Karim Abdul Razak, Ghanaian footballer
Eric Roberts, American actor
April 19 – Sue Barker, British tennis player and television presenter
April 21 – Phillip Longman, American demographer
April 22 – Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Finnish conductor
April 23 - Greg Colson, American artist
April 26 – Koo Stark, British actress
April 27 – Bryan Harvey, American musician (d. 2006)
April 28
Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-Australian singer and songwriter
Hanka Paldum, Bosnian singer
April 30 – Lars von Trier, Danish film director and screenwriter
May[edit]

Jan Peter Balkenende

Sugar Ray Leonard

Bob Saget

Giuseppe Tornatore

La Toya Jackson
May 1
Alexander Ivanov, Russian-born American chess grandmaster
Danilo De Girolamo, Italian voice actor (d. 2012)
May 4
David Guterson, American writer
Ulrike Meyfarth, German high jumper
May 5 – Lisa Eilbacher, American actress
May 6
Vladimir Lisin, Russian business oligarch
Cindy Lovell, American educator and writer
May 7
S. Scott Bullock, American actor and voice actor
Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002–2010)
Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host
May 9
Frank Andersson, Swedish wrestler (d. 2018)
Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress
May 10
Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995)
Paige O'Hara, American actress, voice actress, singer and painter
Bikenibeu Paeniu, 2-Time Prime Minister of Tuvalu
May 12 – Jānis Bojārs, Latvian shot putter (d. 2018)
May 13
Kenneth Eriksson, Swedish rally driver
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Indian guru
Mirek Topolánek, 7th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Kirk Thornton, American voice actor
May 15 – Dan Patrick, American sports commentator
May 17
Cheenu Mohan, Indian actor (d. 2018)
Sugar Ray Leonard, African-American boxer, motivational speaker and actor
Bob Saget, American actor and television host
May 19 – Steven Ford, American actor
May 20
Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
Dean Butler, American actor and producer
May 23
Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician
Buck Showalter, American baseball player and manager
Butch Francisco, Philippine talk show host (Startalk)
May 24 – Michael Jackson, Irish Anglican bishop
May 26 – Lisa Niemi, American actress and dancer, spouse of Patrick Swayze
May 27 – Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian film director
May 28
Jerry Douglas, American dobro player
John O'Donoghue, Irish Fianna Fáil politician
Sayuri Yamauchi, Japanese voice actress (d. 2012)
Pamela Eells O'Connell, American television producer and writer
May 29 – La Toya Jackson, African-American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and television personality
May 31 – Yoshiko Sakakibara, Japanese voice actress
June[edit]

Kenny G

Björn Borg

Joe Montana

Tim Russ

Randy Jackson

Anthony Bourdain

Catherine Samba-Panza

Chris Isaak
June 1
Chintaman Vanaga, Indian politician (d. 2018)
Peter Tomka, Judge, International Court of Justice
Amanda Miguel, Argentinian singer
June 2 – Mani Ratnam, Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
June 3 – George Burley, Scottish football manager
June 4 – Keith David, African-American actor and voice actor
June 5 – Kenny G, American saxophonist
June 6
Yuri Shundrov, Russian-Ukrainian ice hockey goaltender (d. 2018)
Christopher Adamson, British actor
Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
June 7
Paul Sherwen, English racing cyclist and broadcaster (d. 2018)
Antonio M. Reid, American record executive
June 8
Péter Besenyei, Hungarian pilot
Udo Bullmann, German politician
Jonathan Potter, British psychologist
June 9 – Patricia Cornwell, American novelist
June 10 – Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, German head of the House of Mecklenburg
June 11
Ashwini Kumar Chopra, Indian journalist, cricketer and politician (d. 2020)
Joe Montana, American football player
Arthur Porter, Canadian physician (d. 2015)
June 13 – Yurik Vardanyan, Soviet weightlifter (d. 2018)
June 14 – King Diamond, Danish heavy metal musician
June 15 – Robin Curtis, American actress
June 17
Kelly Curtis, American actor
Andrew Bicknell, English actor
June 20 – Cho Chikun, Korean Go player
June 21 – Thomas James O'Leary, American actor
June 22
Abdulbaset Sieda, Kurdish-Syrian academic and politician
François Hadji-Lazaro, French actor and musician
Tim Russ, American actor, film director, screenwriter and musician
June 23
Randy Jackson, African-American musician and talent judge
Mai Yamani, Saudi Arabian independent scholar, author and anthropologist
June 24 – Turid Leirvoll, Norwegian-Danish politician
June 25
Madeleine Petrovic, Austrian politician
Isabel de Navarre, German figure skating coach
Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
Anthony Bourdain, American chef, writer and television personality (d. 2018)
Chloe Webb, American actress and singer
June 26
Catherine Samba-Panza, President of the Central African Republic
Chris Isaak, American musician
Davide Ferrario, Italian film director, screenwriter and author
June 27
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Royal Saudi Air Force pilot
Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
June 28 – Noel Mugavin, Australian rules football player
June 29
Nick Fry, British motorsport
Honorato Hernández, Spanish long-distance runner
Richard Summerbell, Canadian mycologist, author and songwriter
June 30
Sun Chanthol, Cambodian politician
Jessi Lintl, Austrian politician
David Alan Grier, African-American actor, comedian (In Living Color)
Piero Aiello, Italian politician
July[edit]

Mullah Krekar

Alan Ruck

Horacio Cartes

Tom Hanks

Sela Ward

Michael Spinks

Dorothy Hamill
July 1
Alan Ruck, American actor
Gregg L. Semenza, American cellular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
July 2
Jerry Hall, American model and actress
Cynthia Kadohata, Japanese-American children's writer
July 3 – Dorota Pomykała, Polish actress
July 4 – Bárbara Bruno, Brazilian actress, director and producer
July 5
Sapawi Ahmad, Malaysian politician
Horacio Cartes, President of Paraguay
Louis Herthum, American actor and producer
Sheila Walsh, Scottish Christian artist and talk-show hostess
July 7
Janet Cruz, American politician
Mullah Krekar, Iraqi Kurdish scholar and militiant
Ryuho Okawa, Japanese religious leader
Giam Swiegers, South African-Australian business executive
July 9 – Tom Hanks, American actor and director
July 10 – K. Rajagopal, Malaysian football manager and national player
July 11
Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American fiction writer
Sela Ward, American actress
July 12 – Mel Harris, American actress
July 13
Günther Jauch, German television host
Koffi Olomide, Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer and composer
Michael Spinks, African-American boxer
July 14
Dragan Despot, Croatian actor
Vladimir Kulich, Czechoslovakian actor
July 15
Ian Curtis, English rock musician (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
Barry Melrose, Canadian hockey player, coach and commentator
Steve Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
Marky Ramone, American musician
Toshihiko Seko, Japanese long-distance runner
July 16
Jerry Doyle, American talk show host and actor (d. 2016)
Tony Kushner, American playwright
Pratibha Singh, Indian politician
July 17 – Robert Romanus, American actor and musician
July 18 – Sheila Aldridge, American singer
July 19
Peter Barton, American actor
Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese professional wrestler
July 24
Charlie Crist, American politician, 44th Governor of Florida
Pat Finn, American game show host and producer
Carmen Nebel, German television presenter
July 25 – Frances Arnold, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
July 26
Andy Goldsworthy, British sculptor and photographer
Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater, Olympic gold medalist
July 30
Delta Burke, American actress
Anita Hill, African-American lawyer and academic
July 31
Michael Biehn, American actor
Deval Patrick, American politician, first African-American Governor of Massachusetts
Laura Zapata, Mexican television actress
August[edit]

Robert Khuzami

Maureen McCormick

Bruce Greenwood

Kim Cattrall

Andreas Floer

Kevin Dunn
August 2 – Robert Khuzami, Deputy Attorney for the Southern District of New York
August 4
Gerry Cooney, American boxer
Randall Wright, Canadian economist
August 5
Ferdi Bolland, Dutch musician, songwriter and music producer (Bolland & Bolland)
Maureen McCormick, American actress
August 6 – Stepfanie Kramer, American actress
August 7
Ernie Johnson, Jr., American sportscaster
Christiana Figueres, Costa Rican diplomat and environmentalist
August 8 – Chris Foreman, English rock guitarist
August 10
Fred Ottman, American professional wrestler
Charlie Peacock, American Christian producer, singer-songwriter
August 12 – Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor
August 14
Jackée Harry, American actress and television personality
Rusty Wallace, American NASCAR race car driver
August 17 – Dave Jones, English football manager
August 19 – Adam Arkin, American actor
August 20
Joan Allen, American actress
Jan Henry T. Olsen, Norwegian politician (d. 2018)
August 21
Kim Cattrall, English-born Canadian actress
David Clarke, African-American law enforcement official
August 22
Sid Michaels Kavulich, American politician and sportscaster (d. 2018)
Paul Molitor, American baseball player
August 23
Andreas Floer, German mathematician (d. 1991)
Cris Morena, Argentine actress and television producer
August 24
John Culberson, American politician
Kevin Dunn, American actor
August 25 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally car driver (d. 1986)
August 26 – Mark Mangino, American football coach
August 28 – Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor
August 29
GG Allin, American punk singer (d. 1993)
Mark Morris, American choreographer
August 31
Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
September[edit]

Michael Feinstein

David Copperfield

Almazbek Atambayev

Gary Cole

Linda Hamilton
September 1 – Bernie Wagenblast, American editor and broadcaster
September 2
Nandamuri Harikrishna, Indian actor and politician (d. 2018)
Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
September 3 – Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (d. 1996)
September 6 – Bill Ritter, American politician, 41st Governor of Colorado
September 7 – Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
September 8 – Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
September 11 – Phillip D. Bissett, American politician
September 12
Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor (d. 2003)
Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
Walter Woon, law professor, Nominated Member of Parliament and Attorney-General of Singapore
September 13 – Ilie Balaci, Romanian football player (d. 2018)
September 14
Kostas Karamanlis, Greek politician
Ray Wilkins, English footballer and coach (d. 2018)
September 15 – George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician (d. 1998)
September 16
Sergei Beloglazov, Russian free-style wrestler
David Copperfield, American illusionist
Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (d. 2017)
September 17
Brian Andreas, American writer, sculptor, painter and publisher
Almazbek Atambayev, 3-Time Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan and 4th President of Kyrgyzstan
September 18 – Tim McInnerny, English actor
September 20
Gary Cole, American actor and voice actor
Debbi Morgan, African-American actress
September 21 – Jack Givens, American basketball player
September 23
Mait Riisman, Estonian water polo player (d. 2018)
Peter David, comic book writer and novelist
Paolo Rossi, Italian soccer player
September 24 – Gregory Peter Panos, American futurist, writer, inventor
September 25 – Jamie Hyneman, American television co-host
September 26 – Linda Hamilton, American actress
September 29 – Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe, British athlete; co-ordinator of the London 2012 Olympic Games
September 30 – Gordon Elliott, British-Australian television personality and talk show host
October[edit]

Theresa May

Charlie Adler

Christoph Waltz

Nicanor Duarte

Craig Bartlett

Carrie Fisher

Rita Wilson

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
October 1
Tara Buckman, American actress
Andrus Ansip, Estonian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
October 2 – Charlie Adler, American voice actor and director
October 3 – Ralph Morgenstern, German actor
October 4 – Christoph Waltz, German-Austrian actor
October 8
Danny Jacob, American composer, songwriter and guitarist
Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
October 10 – Amanda Burton, Irish actress
October 11 – Nicanor Duarte, 47th President of Paraguay
October 12 – Trần Đại Quang, President of Vietnam (d. 2018)
October 16 – Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet (d. 1991)
October 17
Mae Jemison, African-American astronaut
Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author
Ken Morrow, American ice hockey player
October 18
Craig Bartlett, American animator and voice actor
Martina Navratilova, Czech-American multiple Grand Slam title winning tennis player
October 19
Sunny Deol, Indian actor, director, producer and politician
Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 2003)
October 20
Sonja Ball, Canadian voice actress
Danny Boyle, English film director
October 21 – Carrie Fisher, American actress and novelist (d. 2016)
October 22 – Marvin Bush, American businessman
October 23 – Dwight Yoakam, American country singer, musician and actor
October 26 – Rita Wilson, American actress and producer
October 28 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 6th President of Iran
November[edit]

Richard Curtis

Sinbad

Bo Derek

William Fichtner
November 5 – Rob Fisher, British keyboardist and songwriter (Climie Fisher) (d. 1999)
November 7
Mikhail Alperin, Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist (d. 2018)
Judy Tenuta, American comedian
November 8
Richard Curtis, English film director, producer and screenwriter
Kurt Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league player
November 10
Sinbad, African-American stand-up, comedian and actor
Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist and writer
Peter Rangmar, Swedish actor, comedian and baritone (d. 1997)
November 11 – Talat Aziz, ghazal singer
November 13 – Charlie Baker, American politician, 72nd Governor of Massachusetts
November 14
Avi Cohen, Israeli football player (d. 2010)
Peter R. de Vries, crime reporter
November 17
Angelika Machinek, German glider pilot (d. 2006)[9]
Kelly Ward, American actor
November 18
Noel Brotherston, Irish footballer (d. 1995)
Warren Moon, American football player
November 20
Jan Maxwell, American actress (d. 2018)
Bo Derek, American actress and model
Olli Dittrich, German actor, comedian, television personality and musician
November 21 – Terri Welles, American actress and adult model
November 22 – Richard Kind, American actor
November 23
Shane Gould, Australian Olympic triple gold medallist swimmer (1972)
Nikolay Sidorov, Soviet athlete
November 24 – Jouni Kaipainen, Finnish composer
November 26 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
November 27
Nazrin Shah of Perak, 35th Sultan of Perak
William Fichtner, American actor
November 28
Kristine Arnold, American singer (Sweethearts of the Rodeo)
Lucy Gutteridge, English actress
November 29
Eric Laakso, American football player
Leo Laporte, American author and television host
Bill Baker, American ice hockey player
December[edit]

Randy Rhoads

Iveta Radičová

Larry Bird
December 1
Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emirati politician and royal (d. 2019)
Markos Kounalakis, American journalist, author and scholar, Second Gentleman of California
December 4 – Bernard King, American basketball player and commentator
December 5
Klaus Allofs, German football player
Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist
December 6
Peter Buck, American guitarist
Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (d. 1982)
December 7
Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American actor and entertainer (d. 2019)
Larry Bird, American basketball player
Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of Slovakia
December 9
Antony Alda, American actor (d. 2009)
Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French writer
Baruch Goldstein, American-Israeli physician and mass murderer (d. 1994)
December 10 – Rod Blagojevich, American politician and convicted felon, Governor of Illinois (2003–2009)
December 11 – Lani Brockman, American playwright
December 12
Ana Alicia, Mexican actress
Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
December 13 – Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer
December 14 – Béla Réthy, German sports journalist
December 16 – Duncan Faure, South African musician
December 18 – Ron White, American comedian
December 19
Masami Akita, Japanese noise musician (also known as Merzbow)
Jimmy Cauty, British musician (The KLF, The Timelords)
December 21 – Anna Erlandsson, Swedish filmmaker and animator
December 23
Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (d. 2001)
Dave Murray, British musician (Iron Maiden)
December 24
Anil Kapoor, Indian actor
Shim Hwa-jin, South Korean academic
December 26
Michael Jones (aka Kashif), musician, singer-songwriter (B.T. Express) (d. 2016)
David Sedaris, American essayist
December 28
Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born footballer
Phil Verchota, American ice hockey player
December 29 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian
December 30
Patricia Kalember, American actress
Sheryl Lee Ralph, African American-actress
December 31
Shelagh Rogers, Canadian radio host
Hussein Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian marathon runner
Date unknown[edit]
Dong Hao, Chinese host, voice actor and painter
Gilma Jiménez, Colombian politician (d. 2013)
Nancy Lynn, American aerobatic pilot (d. 2006)
Ephraim Mirvis, South African-born Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth
Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist
Chris Wilson, Australian musician (d. 2019)


Births[edit]
Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December
January[edit]

Karen Pence

Katie Couric

John Lasseter

Steve Harvey

Ade Edmondson

Frank Miller
January 1
Isabel Ordaz, Spanish actress
Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
Karen Pence, Second Lady of the United States
January 3 – Bojan Križaj, Slovenian alpine skier
January 4
Charles Allen, British television magnate
Patty Loveless, American country music singer
January 5 – Maartin Allcock, English multi-instrumentalist and record producer (d. 2018)
January 6 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer
January 7
Nicholson Baker, American novelist
Katie Couric, American television host
Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
Julian Solís, Puerto Rican former world bantamweight champion boxer
Steve Janaszak, American professional ice hockey player
January 8
David Lang, American composer
Dwight Clark, American football player (d. 2018)
January 9 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer
January 11
Bryan Robson, English footballer
Claude Criquielion, Belgian bike racer (d. 2015)
January 12 – John Lasseter, American director, writer and animator
January 13
Lorrie Moore, American writer
Daniel Scioli, Argentine politician and sportsman
January 14
Anchee Min, Chinese writer
Wu Chengzhen, Chinese Buddhist abbess
January 15
Turk Schonert, American football player (d. 2019)
Mario Van Peebles, African-American actor and director
Patrick Dixon, British business guru and author
January 16 – Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor
January 17 – Steve Harvey, African-American comedian, television host, radio personality, actor and author
January 21 – Greg Ryan, American soccer coach
January 22
Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player
Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (d. 1993)
Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
January 23 – Caroline, Princess of Hanover
January 24 – Adrian Edmondson, British comedian
January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
January 27
Frank Miller, American comic book writer
Janick Gers, British heavy metal guitarist
January 29 – Grażyna Miller, Polish poet
January 30 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
February[edit]

Dennis Brown

Falco

Danny Antonucci

Ainsley Harriott

John Turturro
February 1
Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (d. 1999)
February 2 – Phil Barney, French singer
February 4 – Elaine Carbines, Member of the Australian Labor Party
February 5 – Jackie Woodburne, Australian actress
February 6
Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian
Robert Townsend, African-American actor, comedian, director, and writer (Hollywood Shuffle)
February 8 – Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (The B-52's)
February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
February 11 – Mitchell Symons, British writer
February 14 – Soile Isokoski, Finnish lyric soprano
February 15
Shahriar Mandanipour, Iranian writer
Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, American criminal (d. 2008)
February 16 – LeVar Burton, African-American actor (Roots)
February 17 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer, harpist (Mummers' Dance)
February 18
Vanna White, American game show presenter (Wheel of Fortune)
Marita Koch, German athlete
February 19
Falco, Austrian rock musician (Rock Me Amadeus) (d. 1998)
Ray Winstone, British actor
February 20 – Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
February 23 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009)
February 27
Adrian Smith, British heavy metal guitarist
Viktor Markin, Russian athlete
Timothy Spall, English actor
Rob de Castella, Australian long-distance runner
Danny Antonucci, Canadian creator of the Cartoon Network show Ed, Edd n Eddy
Ralph Cox, American professional ice hockey player
February 28
Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef
Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer
John Turturro, American actor, writer and director
March[edit]

Eddie Deezen

Osama bin Laden

Qasem Soleimani

Marlon Jackson

Joaquim de Almeida

Spike Lee

Lucio Gutiérrez

Christopher Lambert

Stephen Dillane

Paul Reiser
March 3 – Eric Walters, Canadian author
March 4
Jim Dwyer, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
Rick Mast, American NASCAR driver
Mykelti Williamson, African-American actor
March 5 – Mark E. Smith, English singer (d. 2018)
March 6 – Eddie Deezen, American actor, voice actor and comedian
March 8
Clive Burr, British heavy metal drummer (d. 2013)
Mitsuko Horie, Japanese voice actress and singer
March 9 – Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician
March 10
Matt Knudsen, American actor, comedian and writer
Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born founder of al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician
March 11 – Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (d. 2020)
March 12 – Marlon Jackson, African-American singer
March 13 – David Peaston, American singer (d. 2012)
March 15
Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese actor
Park Overall, American film and television actress
March 18 – György Pazdera, Hungarian rock bassist (Pokolgép)
March 19 – Christopher Murray, American actor
March 20
Vanessa Bell Calloway, African-American actress
John Grogan, American journalist and non-fiction writer
Spike Lee, African-American film director and actor
Theresa Russell, American actress
March 23
Edna Molewa, South African politician (d. 2018)
Teresa Ganzel, American comedian and actress
Lucio Gutiérrez, 41st President of Ecuador
Robbie James, Welsh footballer
Amanda Plummer, American actress
March 24 – Jack Edwards, American play-by-play announcer
March 26 – Leeza Gibbons, American television personality
March 27 – Stephen Dillane, English actor
March 28 – Paul Eiding, American actor and voice actor
March 29 – Christopher Lambert, French-American actor
March 30
Shen Yi-ming, Taiwanese Air Force general officer (d. 2020)
Paul Reiser, American comedian and actor
Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer who discovered SN 1987A
March 31
Alan Duncan, British politician
Marc McClure, American actor
Terry Klassen, Canadian voice actor and voice director
April[edit]

Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Donald Tusk

Daniel Day-Lewis
April 1
J. Karjalainen, Finnish rock musician
Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)
April 2
Mark Alburger, American composer
Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
April 4
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug lord
Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
April 5 – Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan autism campaigner
April 7 – Simon Climie, English singer-songwriter (Climie Fisher)
April 8 – Henry Cluney, Irish musician
April 9 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (d. 2011)
April 10 – Ülle Kaljuste, Estonian actress
April 11
Michael Card, American Christian musician
Ian Stuart Donaldson, singer for white power skinhead band Skrewdriver (d. 1993)
Jim Lauderdale, bluegrass musician
April 12
Vince Gill, American singer and songwriter
Adam Parfrey, American journalist and editor (d. 2018)
Suzzanne Douglas, African-American actress
April 14 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
April 17
Afrika Bambaataa, American DJ and producer
Susan Roman, Canadian voice actress
April 18 – Genie, American feral child
April 20 - Aviva Chomsky, history professor and coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State University
April 21
Jesse Orosco, American baseball player
Herbert Wetterauer, German artist and author
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, 8th President of the Central African Republic
April 22 – Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland
April 23
Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
April 24
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-British Labour Party politician[7]
David J, British musician, producer, and writer
April 25
Eric Bristow, English darts player (d. 2018)
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, 7th Prime Minister and 8th President of Burkina Faso
April 27
Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
Robert Curtis Brown, American television, film and stage actor
April 28 – Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez, Cuban-born experimental filmmaker
April 29
Daniel Day-Lewis, English-born actor
Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist and filmmaker (d. 2003)
May[edit]

Richard E. Grant

Sid Vicious

Kevin Von Erich

Yoshihiko Noda
May 2 – Michael Coyle, American composer
May 3
Jo Brand, English comedian
William Clay Ford Jr., American automobile executive
May 4 – Iona Morris, American actress
May 5 – Richard E. Grant, English actor
May 6 – Mbah Surip, Indonesian singer (d. 2009)
May 10 – Sid Vicious (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
May 11 – Peter North, Canadian adult actor
May 13 – Carrie Lam, Hong Kong civil servant
May 14 – Daniela Dessì, Italian operatic soprano (d. 2016)
May 15
Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
May 16
Joan Benoit, American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
Bob Suter, American professional ice hockey player (d. 2014)
May 17 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish rock singer and songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings) (d. 2003)
May 18
Michael Cretu, Romanian–German new-age musician (Enigma)
Frank Plasberg, German journalist and television presenter
May 20
Yoshihiko Noda, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
Stewart Nozette, American astronomer
May 21
Rebecca Jones, Mexican actress
Judge Reinhold, American actor
Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
Tony Hayward, British businessman
May 22
Albert Boonstra, Dutch swimmer
Shinji Morisue, Japanese gymnast
Gary Sweet, Australian actor
May 23 – Jimmy McShane (aka Baltimora), Northern Irish singer and dancer (d. 1995)
May 24
John Harrington, American professional ice hockey player
Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer
John G. Rowland, American Republican politician, Governor of Connecticut and felon
May 26
Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
Dan Roodt, South African author and politician
May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, born Susan Ballion, English post-punk singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
May 28 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
May 29
Bobby Hamilton, American stock car racing driver (d. 2007)
Jeb Hensarling, American politician; U.S. Representative (R-TX)
Ted Levine, American actor
May 31 – Jim Craig, American professional ice hockey player
June[edit]

Tarek Shawki

Georgi Parvanov

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
June 3 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
June 5 – Kim Tai-chung, Korean martial artist and former actor and Bruce Lee double (d. 2011)
June 6
Fábio Barreto, Brazilian filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and film producer (d. 2019)
Jessica Diamond, American artist
June 7
Otávio Frias Filho, Brazilian journalist (d. 2018)
Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer and songwriter
June 8
Scott Adams, American cartoonist (Dilbert)
Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
June 10 – Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
June 12
Timothy Busfield, American actor
Benedict Campbell, Canadian actor and voice actor
Gamal Al-Ghandour, Egyptian football referee
Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer
Ciro Pessoa, Brazilian musician (Titãs, Cabine C), journalist, screenwriter and poet
Tarek Shawki, Egyptian academic, 25th Minister of Education and Technical Education in Egypt
June 14
Debbie Arnold, British actress and voice artiste
Maxwell Fraiser, African-British rapper for Faithless, DJ
June 15 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
June 19 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
June 21
Michael Bowen, American actor
Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal, Archbishop of Manila
June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress
June 25 – William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore
June 27 – Erik Hamrén, Swedish football player
June 28
Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player
Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
June 29 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
June 30 – Silvio Orlando, Italian actor
July[edit]

Kelly McGillis

Stefan Löfven

Theo van Gogh

Nana Visitor

Nellie Kim
July 1
Erdeniin Bat-Üül, Mongolian politician
Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
July 2 – Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
July 3
Shan Goshorn, American Cherokee artist (d. 2018)
Ken Ober, American actor and game show host (d. 2009)
July 4
Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
Jenny Seagrove, English actress
M. Nasir, Singaporean-Malaysian poet, singer-songwriter, composer, producer, actor and film director
Dmitry Nazarov, Soviet-Russian actor
July 5 – Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey
July 6 – Chong Eng, Malaysian politician
July 7 – Mohd Puad Zarkashi, Malaysian politician
July 9
Paul Merton, English writer, actor, comedian, radio and television presenter
Marc Almond, English singer
Kelly McGillis, American actress
July 10 – Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war activist
July 11 – Peter Murphy, English singer and musician
July 12
Götz Alsmann, German television presenter, musician and singer
Pino Quartullo, Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright
Rick Husband, American astronaut (d. 2003)
Buddy Foster, American actor
July 13
Lília Cabral, Brazilian actress
Tony Vega, Puerto Rican singer
Cameron Crowe, American writer and film director
July 15 – Kate Kellaway, English journalist and literary critic
July 16 – Faye Grant, American actress
July 17
Fern Britton, British television presenter
Shinobu Otake, Japanese actress
July 18 – Nick Faldo, British golfer
July 21
Jon Lovitz, American actor and comedian
Stefan Löfven, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
July 23 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
July 24
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbek politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and 2nd President of Uzbekistan
Jack O'Callahan, American professional ice hockey player
July 26
Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
Nana Visitor, American actress
July 27
Hansi Müller, German footballer
Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler (d. 2013)
July 29 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
July 31 – Paul Provenza, American comedian
August[edit]

Melanie Griffith

Denis Leary

Stephen Fry

Ivo Josipović

Ai Weiwei
August 1 – Taylor Negron, American actor (d. 2015)
August 2
Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali, Malaysian politician (d. 2011)
Mojo Nixon, American singer, lyricist and actor
Butch Vig, American record producer and drummer (Garbage)
August 4
Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor
John Wark, Scottish footballer
August 5 – Clayton Rohner, American actor
August 6 – Jim McGreevey, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
August 7 – Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
August 10 – Juli Básti, Hungarian actress
August 11 – Richie Ramone, American rock drummer (Ramones)
August 14
Peter Costello, Australian politician
Tony Moran, American actor and producer
August 15 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
August 16
Tim Farriss, Australian rock guitarist (INXS)
Laura Innes, American actress and director
Phil Murphy, American politician
August 17 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater
August 18
Carole Bouquet, French actress
Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
Harald Schmidt, German actor, writer, columnist, comedian and television entertainer
August 19
Martin Donovan, American actor
Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-born poet
August 20 – Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
August 22
Steve Davis, British snooker player
Holly Dunn, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 2016)
August 24 – Stephen Fry, British comedian, author and actor
August 25 – Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre director
August 26
Dr. Alban, Nigerian-born Swedish singer
Uzo, Nigerian-American film producer and director
August 27 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer
August 28
Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia
Rick Rossovich, American actor
Daniel Stern, American actor
Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher
August 29
Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (d. 2001)
Shirō Sagisu, Japanese composer
August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo, American football player
August 31
Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
Glenn Tilbrook, English frontman (Squeeze)
Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (d. 1999)
September[edit]

Gloria Estefan

Ricardo Montaner

Brad Bird

Kevin Rudd

Michael Madsen
September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born American singer
September 6 – José Sócrates, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal
September 7
Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish athlete
John McInerney, British-German singer-songwriter (Bad Boys Blue)
September 8
Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan singer
Heather Thomas, American actress and activist
September 11
Preben Elkjær Larsen, Danish footballer
Jeh Johnson, American politician, 4th Secretary of Homeland Security.
September 12
Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
Rachel Ward, English-born actress
Hans Zimmer, German composer
September 13
Vinny Appice, American drummer
Cesare Bocci, Italian actor
Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer
September 15 – Brad Bird, American animator and director
September 16 – David McCreery, Irish footballer
September 18 – Mark Wells, American professional ice hockey player
September 19
Chris Roupas, Greek-American basketball player
Mark Acheson, Canadian film, television and voice actor
September 20 – Sabine Christiansen, German journalist and television presenter
September 21
Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor
Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player and coach
September 22
Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor
Mark Johnson, American professional ice hockey player and coach
September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor
September 26 – Luigi De Canio, Italian footballer and football manager
September 27 – Peter Sellars, American theatre director
September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician
September 29 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian
September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress
October[edit]

Bernie Mac

Paul Kagame

Martin Luther King III

John Kassir

Nancy Cartwright

Dan Castellaneta
October 3 – Tim Westwood, English DJ and presenter
October 4
Bill Fagerbakke, American actor and voice actor
Aleksandr Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
October 5 – Bernie Mac, African-American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2008)
October 7
Michael W. Smith, American Christian musician
Jayne Torvill, British ice dancer and Olympian
October 8 – Ewan Stewart, Scottish actor
October 9 – Herman Brusselmans, Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist
October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist
October 11
Dawn French, British comedian
Eric Keenleyside, Canadian actor
Paul Bown, English actor
October 12 – Clémentine Célarié, French actress
October 14 – Kenny Neal, American guitarist
October 15 – Stacy Peralta, American director and skateboarder
October 20 – Manuel Huerga, Spanish film director and screenwriter
October 21
Steve Lukather, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer
Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
October 22 – Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician
October 23
Paul Kagame, 4th President of Rwanda
Martin Luther King III, American human rights advocate and community activist, son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
October 24 – John Kassir, American actor, voice actor and comedian
October 25 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress (Bart Simpson from 'The Simpsons')
October 26
Bob Golic, American football player
Julie Dawn Cole, English actress
October 27 – Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese film director
October 28 – Stephen Morris, British drummer
October 29 – Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor (Homer Simpson from 'The Simpsons')
October 30
Kevin Pollak, American actor
Richard Jeni, American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2007)
October 31
Brian Stokes Mitchell, American actor and singer
Robert Pollard, American musician
Shirley Phelps-Roper, American political and religious activist
November[edit]

Dolph Lundgren

Tony Abbott

Goodluck Jonathan

Caroline Kennedy
November 3 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist
November 4 – Tony Abbott, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
November 5 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)
November 6
Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer
Ciro Gomes, Brazilian lawyer and politician
Klaus Kleinfeld, German business executive
Lori Singer, American actress and musician
November 7 – Christopher Knight, American actor
November 10 – George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian
November 12 – Cécilia Attias, wife of French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy
November 13
Greg Abbott, American politician, 48th Governor of Texas
Roger Ingram, American jazz musician, author, educator, trumpet designer
November 14 – Gregg Burge, American tap dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)
November 15 – Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist
November 17 – Debbie Thrower, English TV news presenter
November 18 – Olivia Heussler, Swiss photojournalist
November 19
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
Tom Virtue, American actor
November 20
John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)
Goodluck Jonathan, 14th President of Nigeria
Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (d. 1985)
November 21 – Sophie Lorain, Canadian actress, director and producer
November 22
Don Newman, American basketball coach and player (d. 2018)
Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto
November 23 – William Kaelin Jr., American cellular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
November 24 – Denise Crosby, American screen actress
November 26
Kevin Kamenetz, American politician (d. 2018)
Matthias Reim, German singer-songwriter
November 27
Kenny Acheson, Irish race car driver
Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist (d. 2016)
Caroline Kennedy, American author, attorney and daughter of 35th President John F. Kennedy
November 30 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
December[edit]

Andrew Cuomo

Michael Clarke Duncan

Steve Buscemi

Ray Romano

Hamid Karzai
December 1
Deep Roy, Anglo-Indian actor, stuntman, puppeteer, and comedian
Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
December 3 – Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman & politician
December 4 – Eric S. Raymond, American open source software advocate
December 6
Adrian Borland, English musician and producer (The Sound) (d. 1999)
Thomas Brinkman, American politician
Andrew Cuomo, American politician
December 7
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
December 9
Peter O'Mara, Australian jazz guitarist and composer
Donny Osmond, American singer and actor (The Osmonds)
José Luis Gil, Spanish actor and voice actor
December 10
Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
José Mário Vaz, former President of Guinea-Bissau
Paul Hardcastle, English musician
December 12 – Sheila E., American percussionist, singer, author, and actress
December 13 – Steve Buscemi, American actor
December 15
Chō, Japanese voice actor and actor
Laura Molina, American artist, musician and actress
December 16 – Nikolaos Michaloliakos, Greek politician, founder and leader of Golden Dawn, a neo-nazi party
December 17
Masako Natsume, Japanese model and actress (d. 1985)
Doug Parker, Canadian voice actor and voice director
December 19
Tracy Pew, Australian musician (d. 1986)
Kevin McHale, American basketball player
December 20
Billy Bragg, British singer
Joyce Hyser, American actress
Anna Vissi, Greek singer
December 21
Tom Henke, American baseball player
Ray Romano, American actor and comedian
December 24 – Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
December 25 – Shane MacGowan, Irish singer and songwriter (The Pogues)
December 30
Matt Lauer, American newscaster
Joanna Pacuła, Polish actress
Date unknown[edit]
Emily Alemika, Nigerian Professor of Law
Genie, American feral child

January[edit]

Matt Frewer

Boris Tadić

Lorenzo Lamas

Ellen DeGeneres

January 1

Grandmaster Flash, African-American hip-hop/rap DJ

Dave Silk, American professional ice hockey player

January 2 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist

January 4

Matt Frewer, Canadian/American actor (Max Headroom)

James J. Greco, American businessman

Julian Sands, English actor

Lorna Doom, American musician (d. 2019)

January 7 – Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (d. 2009)

January 8 – Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education

January 9

Rob McClanahan, American professional ice hockey player

Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish militant, would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II

Stephen Neale, British philosopher

January 10

Samira Said, Moroccan singer

Terrence Scammell, Canadian voice director and voice actor

January 11

Alyson Reed, American dancer and actress

Vicki Peterson, American rock musician (The Bangles)

Trevor Taylor, Jamaican-German singer and musician (Bad Boys Blue) (d. 2008)

January 12

Arun Govil, Indian television actor

Christiane Amanpour, British-Iranian journalist and television host

Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach

January 13

Ricardo Acuña, Chilean tennis player

Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (d. 2016)

January 15 – Boris Tadić, Serbian president

January 20

Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, martial artist and reality show participant

Masuo Amada, Japanese voice actor

January 21 – Hussein Saeed Mohammed, Iraqi football player

January 23 – Steve Christoff, American professional ice hockey player

January 24 – Jools Holland, British musician

January 26

Anita Baker, American soul and R&B singer

Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian, and television host

January 27

Kadri Mälk, Estonian artist and jewelry designer

Susanna Thompson, American actress

January 28 – Maitê Proença, Brazilian actress

January 29 – Stephen Lerner, American labor and community activist

February[edit]

Ice-T

Andriy Bal

Jack Coleman

Tim Kaine

Maggie Hassan

February 1 – Ryō Horikawa, Japanese voice actor

February 4 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (d. 2005)

February 5 – Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (d. 2018)

February 7 – Kevin Schon, American voice actor

February 8

Marina Silva, Brazilian politician

Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)

February 9

Cyrille Regis, English footballer (d. 2018)

Walid al-Kubaisi, Norwegian-Iraqi author, journalist, translator, film director and government scholar (d. 2018)

February 10 – Michael Weiss, jazz pianist and composer

February 11

Michael Jackson, British broadcasting executive

Regina Maršíková, Czechoslovakian tennis player

February 13 – Pernilla August, Swedish actress

February 14

Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer

Francisco Javier López Peña, Basque separatist

February 16

Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, and actor

Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (d. 2014)

Nancy Donahue, American fashion model and entrepreneur

February 18 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999)

February 19

Leslie David Baker, African-American actor

Steve Nieve, English musician

February 20 – Jamal Hamdan, Lebanese actor and voice actor

February 21

Jack Coleman, American actor and screenwriter

Jake Burns, Irish punk singer

Jake Steinfeld, American actor

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer

February 24 – Todd Fisher, American actor

February 25 – Kurt Rambis, American basketball player

February 26

Silva Zurleva, Bulgarian journalist (d. 2020)

María Casal, Spanish actress

Susan Helms, American astronaut

Tim Kaine, American politician

February 27

Max Crivello, Italian artist

Maggie Hassan, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire

Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, American lawyer and activist (d. 1997)

Nancy Spungen, American groupie and girlfriend of Sid Vicious (d. 1978)

February 28

Natalya Estemirova, Russian activist (d. 2009)

Phil Hayes, British voice actor

Mark Pavelich, American professional ice hockey player

March[edit]

Miranda Richardson

Andy Gibb

Sharon Stone

Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Holly Hunter

Gary Oldman

Elio de Angelis

Maurice LaMarche

March 1 – Nik Kershaw, English singer

March 3 – Miranda Richardson, English actress

March 4 – Patricia Heaton, American actress

March 5 – Andy Gibb, English singer, songwriter, performer, and teen idol (d. 1988)

March 7 – Rik Mayall, English comedian and actor (d. 2014)

March 8 – Gary Numan, British singer

March 9

Linda Fiorentino, American actress

Mary Murphy, Dance choreographer

March 10

Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)

Sharon Stone, American actress and producer

Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1998)

Hiroshi Yanaka, Japanese voice actor

March 11 – Anissa Jones, American child actress (“Family Affair”) (d. 1976)

March 13 – Linda Robson, English actress

March 14

Bruno Dumont, French film director and screenwriter

Albert II, Prince of Monaco

March 15

Anne Davies, British television presenter and newsreader

John Friedrich, American actor

March 16 – Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist (The Wiggles)

March 18

John Elefante, American singer and producer (Kansas)

Kayo Hatta, American film director (d. 2005)

March 20 – Holly Hunter, American actress

March 21 – Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker

March 23

Eldon Hoke, American singer and drummer (d. 1997)

Michael Sorich, American voice actor, actor, writer, director and voice director

March 24 – Roland Koch, German politician

March 25 – James McDaniel, American actor

March 26

Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (d. 1986)

Todd Joseph Miles Holden, American-born social scientist, author, basketball coach

Hala Fouad, Egyptian actress (d. 1993)

March 27 – Jessica Soho, Philippine television celebrity and reporter

March 28

Bart Conner, American gymnast

Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)

Edesio Alejandro, Cuban music composer

March 29 – Anu Lamp, Estonian actress

March 30

Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor

Lucy Turnbull, Lord Mayor of Sydney, wife of Malcolm Turnbull

March 31

Dietmar Bartsch, German politician

Lisa Michelson, American voice actress (d. 1991)

April[edit]

Alec Baldwin

Peter Capaldi

Andie MacDowell

Luis Guillermo Solís

Michelle Pfeiffer

April 1 – D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (d. 1985)

April 3

Alec Baldwin, American actor

Jaan Rekkor, Estonian actor

April 4

Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)

Constance Shulman, American actress

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai billionaire businessman (d. 2018)

April 6 – Sophie Muller, British music video director

April 7 – Shinobu Adachi, Japanese voice actress

April 10 – Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist

April 11

Hussniya Jabara, Israeli Arab politician

Luc Luycx, Belgian coin designer

Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer and guitarist (Big Country) (d. 2001)

April 12 – Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian athlete

April 14

Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor

Junko Sakurada, Japanese actress and singer

John D'Aquino, American film and television actor

April 15

Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and musician

April 18 – Saviour Pirotta, British/Maltese children's author

April 21

Andie MacDowell, American actress

Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (Crayon Shin-chan) (d. 2009)

April 24

Susan Tsvangirai, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d. 2009)

Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer

April 25

Fish, Scottish singer

Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica

April 26

Ingolf Lück, German actor, comedian and television host

Giancarlo Esposito, Italian-American actor

April 28 – Hal Sutton, American golfer

April 29

Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress

Eve Plumb, American actress

April 30 – Guillermo Capetillo, Mexican actor, voice actor, singer and matador

May[edit]

Ellen Ochoa

Drew Carey

Annette Bening

Marie Fredriksson

May 4 – Keith Haring, American artist (d. 1990)

May 5 – Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian rules footballer

May 10

May 10 – Rick Santorum, American Senator

May 10 – Ellen Ochoa, American astronaut, first Hispanic woman to go into space

May 11 – Christian Brando, American actor and eldest child of Marlon Brando (d. 2008)

May 12

Tony Oliver, American voice actor

Eric Singer, American rock drummer

Dries van Noten, Belgian designer

May 14 – Anna Höglund, Swedish writer and illustrator

May 15 – Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler

May 17 – Paul Whitehouse, Welsh actor, writer and comedian

May 18 – Toyah Willcox, English actress and singer

May 19 – Jenny Durkan, American politician

May 20

Ron Reagan, American political pundit and son of President Ronald Reagan

Jane Wiedlin, American musician and actress

May 21 – Tom Feeney, American Republican politician from the state of Florida

May 22 – Denise Welch, English actress

May 23

Mitch Albom, American author

Drew Carey, American comedian and actor

Lea DeLaria, American comedian and actress

May 25

Carrie Newcomer, American singer-songwriter and musician

Paul Weller, English singer-songwriter

May 26

Margaret Colin, American actress

Moinul Ahsan Saber, Bangladeshi writer and editor

Timo Korhonen, Finnish mechanic and businessman

May 27

Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter

Linnea Quigley, American actress

May 29

Annette Bening, American actress

Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist (d. 2011)

May 30

Marie Fredriksson, Swedish rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (d. 2019)

Ted McGinley, American actor

June[edit]

Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi

Prince

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Barry Adamson

Bruce Campbell

Jeffrey Lee Pierce

June 1 – Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia

June 2

Lex Luger, former American professional wrestler

Brian Regan, American stand-up comedian

June 3 – Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, German bishop

June 4 – Gordon P. Robertson, American televangelist and son of Pat Robertson

June 5

Eric Strobel, American professional ice hockey player

Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comoroan businessman and politician, President of Comoros

June 7 – Prince, African-American musician (d. 2016)

June 8

Cyril O'Reilly, American actor

Keenen Ivory Wayans, African-American comedian, actor, and director

June 11

Tim Draper, American venture capitalist

Barry Adamson, English singer and bass player

June 12

Rebecca Holden, American actress, singer, and entertainer

Meredith Brooks, American singer, songwriter and guitarist

June 14

Masami Yoshida, Japanese athlete (d. 2000)

Eric Heiden, American speed skater

June 15 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player

June 17 – Jello Biafra, American punk musician and activist (Dead Kennedys)

June 18

Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany

Gary Martin, British voice actor and actor

June 20

Chuck Wagner, American actor

Teiyū Ichiryūsai, Japanese voice actress

June 21 – Eric Douglas, American actor (d. 2004)

June 22

Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress[13]

John Murray, American actor

Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer and director

June 24

John Tortorella, American ice hockey coach

Tom Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler

June 25 – Serik Akhmetov, 8th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

June 26 – Glen Stewart Godwin, American fugitive and convicted murderer

June 27

Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American musician (d. 1996)

Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer

June 28 – Félix Gray, French singer and songwriter

June 29

Jeff Coopwood, American actor, broadcaster and singer

Rosa Mota, Portuguese long-distance runner

Mohamed Bendahmane, Algerian swimmer

June 30

Karl Friesen, Canadian ice hockey goaltender

Tommy Keene, American singer-songwriter (d. 2017)

Pam Royle, British television presenter, journalist and voice coach

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer

Irina Vorobieva, Russian pair skater

Vasily Yakusha, Belarusian rower

July[edit]

Kevin Bacon

Fiona Shaw

Wong Kar-wai

Billy Mays

Kate Bush

Mark Cuban

July 1 – Tom Magee, Canadian world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor

July 2

Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor

Rainer Hasler, Liechtensteiner footballer (d. 2014)

Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop

July 3 – Didier Mouron, Swiss artist

July 5

Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli politician

Bill Watterson, American cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

Kyoko Terase, Japanese voice actress

Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (d. 1996)

July 6 – Jennifer Saunders, British comedian and actress

July 7 – Michala Petri, Danish recorder player

July 8

Kevin Bacon, American actor

Neetu Singh, Indian actress

July 9

Jacob Joseph, Malaysian football coach

Robin Kermode, English actor, author and communications coach

Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Malaysian politician

July 10

Salleh Said Keruak, Malaysian politician

Chileshe Kapwepwe, Zambian accountant and corporate executive

Fiona Shaw, Irish actress

Jaka Singgih, Indonesian businessman and politician

July 11 – Mark Lester, English actor

July 12 – Valery Kipelov, Russian music artist and composer

July 13

Roger L. Jackson, American voice actor

Arun Pandian, Indian film actor, director, producer and politician

July 14 – Jujie Luan, Chinese-Canadian fencer

July 15

Christian Dornier, French mass murderer

Austin Hayes, Irish footballer (d. 1986)

Mac Thornberry, American politician

July 16

Mick Cornett, American politician

Sally Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician

Jack Enrile, Filipino politician

Michael Flatley, Irish-born dancer

Sabine de Bethune, Belgian politician

July 17

Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong second wave filmmaker

Suzanne Moore, English journalist

July 18 – Malou de Guzman, Filipino stage, television and film actress

July 19

Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer

Jonathan Lee, Taiwanese musician

July 20

Bala Garba Jahumpa, Gambian politician

Billy Mays, American infomercial salesperson (d. 2009)

July 22

David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1984)

Tatsunori Hara, Japanese professional-baseball coach and player

July 24 – Joe McGann, English actor

July 26 – Jesús Barrero, Mexican actor and voice actor (d. 2016)

July 27

Kimmo Hakola, Finnish composer

Margarethe Schreinemakers, German television presenter

Christopher Dean, British ice dancer and Olympian

July 28

Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (d. 1981)

Deon van der Walt, South African tenor (d. 2005)

July 30 – Kate Bush, English musician

July 31 – Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and basketball team owner

August[edit]

Don Swayze

Angela Bassett

Madonna

Steve Guttenberg

Tim Burton

Michael Jackson

August 1

María Ignacia Benítez, Chilean politician (d. 2019)

Michael Penn, American singer

Adrian Dunbar, Irish actor and director

August 2 – Shō Hayami, Japanese voice actor and singer

August 3 – Lambert Wilson, French actor

August 5 – Andriy Fedetskyi, Ukrainian football player (d. 2018)

August 7

Bruce Dickinson, English musician (Iron Maiden)

Russell Baze, Canadian/American champion jockey

August 10

Don Swayze, American actor

Rami Hamdallah, Palestine politician

August 13 – Lizzie Grey, American musician (d. 2019)

August 15

Rondell Sheridan, American actor

Victor Shenderovich, Russian writer

Chiharu Suzuka, Japanese voice actress

August 16

Angela Bassett, African-American actress

Madonna, American-born singer, songwriter, and actress

August 17 - Belinda Carlisle, American singer

August 18

Reg E. Cathey, African-American actor (d. 2018)

Madeleine Stowe, American actress

August 19

Gordon Brand Jnr, Scottish professional golfer (d. 2019)

Anthony Muñoz, American football player

Brendan Nelson, Australian politician

August 20 – Nicholas Bell, English actor based in Australia

August 22

Brady Boone, American professional wrestler (d. 1998)

Colm Feore, American-born Canadian actor

August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor

August 25

Tim Burton, American film director

Christian LeBlanc, American actor

August 26 – Billy Ray Irick, American convicted murderer (d. 2018)

August 27 – Normand Brathwaite, African-Canadian comedian and television and radio host

August 29

Michael Jackson, African-American singer, songwriter and dancer (d. 2009)

Lenny Henry, English comedian and actor

August 30 – Muriel Gray, Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist

August 31 – Julie Brown, American actress

September[edit]

Jeff Foxworthy

Jennifer Tilly

Janez Janša

Rachid Taha

Joan Jett

Kevin Sorbo

September 4 – Drew Pinsky, American celebrity doctor

September 6

Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, author

Sione Vailahi, Tongan professional wrestler

September 8

Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor

Reiko Terashima, Japanese manga artist and illustrator

Stevie Vallance, Canadian actress, voice actress, stage performer, singer, casting director and voice director

September 9 – Colin Murdock, Canadian voice actor

September 10

Chris Columbus, American film director/writer/producer

Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister)

September 11 – Julia Nickson-Soul, Singapore actress

September 13 – Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor

September 14

Silas Malafaia, Brazilian evangelical pastor, author, and televangelist

Michael Bollner, German actor

Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer

September 16

Orel Hershiser, American baseball player

Jennifer Tilly, Canadian/American actress

September 17 – Janez Janša, 2-Time Prime Minister of Slovenia

September 18 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (d. 2018)

September 19 – Lita Ford, British musician

September 21 – Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player

September 22

Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor

Joan Jett, American rock musician

September 23 – Marvin Lewis, American football coach

September 24

Kevin Sorbo, American actor

Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist

September 26 – Darby Crash, American rock songwriter, singer (Germs) (d. 1980)

September 27

Shaun Cassidy, American actor, producer and screenwriter

Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer

September 29

Eduardo Cunha, Brazilian politician, former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

Tom Buhrow, German journalist and intendant of the WDR

September 30 – Marty Stuart, American singer

October[edit]

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Tanya Tucker

Tim Robbins

Viggo Mortensen

October 3 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor

October 4

Ned Luke, American actor

Wendy Makkena, American actress

October 5 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and science communicator

October 8 – Ursula von der Leyen, German politician, President of the European Commission

October 9 – Michael Paré, American actor

October 10 – Tanya Tucker, American singer

October 13 – Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist

October 14

Thomas Dolby, English rock musician

Peter Kloeppel, German television journalist

October 15 – Masako Katsuki, Japanese voice actress

October 16

Noel Cleal, Australian rugby league player

Tim Robbins, American actor and film director

October 17 – Alan Jackson, American country singer and songwriter

October 20

Scott Hall, American professional wrestler

Mark King, English pop-rock guitarist and singer (Level 42)

Viggo Mortensen, Danish-American actor

October 23 – Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Japanese actor and voice actor

October 25

Phil Daniels, English actor

Kornelia Ender, German swimmer

October 26 – Pascale Ogier, French actress (d. 1984)

October 27 – Simon Le Bon, English rock singer

October 29

Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter

Stefan Dennis, Australian actor & singer

November[edit]

Megan Mullally

Oscar Nunez

David Reivers

Jamie Lee Curtis

unknown date – Geng Yanbo, Chinese politician

November 2 – Willie McGee, African-American baseball player

November 5 – Robert Patrick, American actor

November 7 – Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician and deputy Prime Minister of Russia

November 8 – Jeff Speakman, American actor and martial artist

November 10 – Vicky Rosti, Finnish singer, former Eurovision contestant

November 12

Megan Mullally, American actress, singer and media personality

Hiromi Iwasaki, Japanese singer

November 14 – Sergio Goyri, Mexican actor

November 16

Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Kyrgyzstan

Marg Helgenberger, American actress

Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic

November 17 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer

November 18

Laura Miller, American politician

Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian

November 19 – Michael Wilbon, American sportswriter

November 21 – David Reivers, Jamaican actor

November 22

Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress

Bruce Payne, English actor and producer

Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor

November 24 – Nick Knight, British photographer

November 25 – Darlanne Fluegel, American actress

November 27 – Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese music producer and songwriter

November 28 – Dave Righetti, American baseball player

November 30

Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder

Stacey Q, American singer & actress

December[edit]

Dynamite Kid

Nick Park

Bebe Neuwirth

December 1

Charlene Tilton, American actress

Javier Aguirre, Mexican football player and manager

December 2 – Mina Asami, Japanese actress

December 5 – Dynamite Kid, English professional wrestler (d. 2018)

December 6

Nick Park, English filmmaker and animator

Debbie Rowe, American ex-wife of Michael Jackson

December 10

Liliana Řeháková, Czech ice dancer (d. 2008)

Cornelia Funke, German author

Annelore Zinke, East German gymnast

David Paul Grove, Canadian actor and voice actor

December 11

Tom Shadyac, American director and producer

Nikki Sixx, American rock musician

Isabella Hofmann, American actress

December 12

Monica Attard, Australian journalist

Lucie Guay, Canadian canoer

Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian musician

Sheree J. Wilson, American actress

December 13 – Lynn-Holly Johnson, American ice skater and actress

December 14

Mike Scott, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Waterboys)

Spider Stacy, English musician (The Pogues)

François Zocchetto, French politician

December 15 – Alfredo Ormando, Italian writer (d. 1998)

December 16 – Katie Leigh, American voice actress

December 18 – Julia Wolfe, American composer

December 19 – Limahl, English singer

December 21 – Kevin Blackwell, English football manager

December 22 – Lenny von Dohlen, American film actor

December 25

Cheryl Chase, American voice actress

Dimi Mint Abba, Mauritanian musician and singer (d. 2011)

Hanford Dixon, American football player

Rickey Henderson, African-American baseball player

Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter

December 26 – Mieko Harada, Japanese actress

December 28 – Twila Paris, American Christian musician

December 29 – Lakhdar Belloumi, Algerian football player

December 31 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress

January[edit]

Clancy Brown

Rigoberta Menchú

Larry McReynolds

Paulo Miklos

January 1 – Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros

January 2 – Joe Bevilacqua, American producer, director, writer, actor

January 4

Vanity, Canadian singer and actress (d. 2016)

January 5 – Clancy Brown, American actor and voice actor

January 6

Andy Dog Johnson, English artist (d. 2016)

Adnan Abu Hassan, Malaysian composer and musician (d. 2016)

January 7

Karl Kesel, American comics writer

Kathy Valentine, American guitarist and songwriter

January 9

Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

Mark Martin, American NASCAR driver

January 10

Larry McReynolds, American Fox Sports commentator

Rocky Lockridge, American boxer (d. 2019)

January 12 – Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Roxette)

January 15 – Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player

January 16 – Sade, Nigerian-English singer

January 17

Susanna Hoffs, American rock vocalist

Rand Miller, American video game designer

Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer

January 21

José Uribe, Dominican Major League Baseball player (d. 2006)

Alex McLeish, Nottingham Forest player

Paulo Miklos, Brazilian singer and actor

January 22 – Linda Blair, American actress

January 24 – Vic Reeves, English comedian

January 26 – Bob Lazar, American physicist and conspiracy theorist

January 27 – Keith Olbermann, American news anchor and sportscaster

January 29 – Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player

January 30 – Jody Watley, African-American singer

January 31

Kelly Lynch, American model and actress

Kelly Moore, American race car driver

February[edit]

Mauricio Macri

Joachim Kunz

John McEnroe

Kyle MacLachlan

February 1 – Wade Wilson, American football player and coach (d. 2019)

February 2

Jari Tervo, Finnish author

Hella von Sinnen, German TV-entertainer

February 3 – UliUli Fifita, Tongan professional Wrestler aka(Haku/Meng)

February 4

Pamelyn Ferdin, American former child actress; animal rights activist

Raquel Morell, Mexican actress

Lawrence Taylor, American football player

February 5

Chris Close, Australian rugby league player

Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American politician, 47th Governor of Michigan (2003–2011)

February 6

Pat Bullard, Canadian game show host, comedian and writer

Ken Nelson, English record producer

February 7 – Vladimír Havlík, Czech action artist

February 8 – Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina

February 9 – Joachim Kunz, East German Olympic weightlifter

February 10 – Dennis Gentry, American football player

February 13 Benur Pashayan, Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler (d. 2019)

February 14 – Renée Fleming, American soprano

February 16 – John McEnroe, American tennis player

February 18 – Jayne Atkinson, English-born American film, theatre and television actress

February 20 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver (d. 1996)

February 21 – Werner Schünemann, Brazilian actor and film director

February 22 – Kyle MacLachlan, American actor

February 23

Clayton Anderson, American astronaut

Ian Liddell-Grainger, British politician

February 25 – Renee M. Borges, Indian ecologist

February 26 – Rolando Blackman, Panamanian basketball player

March[edit]

Vazgen Sargsyan

Tom Arnold

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala

Jens Stoltenberg

Matthew Modine

Laura Chinchilla

March 1 – Nick Griffin, British politician

March 4

Rick Ardon, Australian news presenter

Irina Strakhova, Russian race walker

March 5

Mike Byster, American mathematician, mental calculator and math educator

Vazgen Sargsyan, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)

March 6

Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II, Spanish Filipino businessman

Lars Larson, American conservative talk show host

March 7 – Donna Murphy, American actress and singer

March 8

Lester Holt, American television journalist and news anchor

Aidan Quinn, Irish-American actor

March 9

Giovanni di Lorenzo, German-Italian journalist and talk show host

Takaaki Kajita, Japanese nuclear physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics

March 10 – Mike Wallace, American race car driver

March 11

Nina Hartley, American pornographic actress and director

Margus Oopkaup, Estonian actor

Dejan Stojanović, Serbian-American poet, writer, essayist and businessman

March 13

Kathy Hilton, American actress and philanthropist

Bruce Byron, English actor

March 15

Harold Baines, American baseball player

Fabio Lanzoni, Italian fashion model and actor

March 16

Flavor Flav, American rapper

Gary Basaraba, Canadian-American actor

Jens Stoltenberg, 27th Prime Minister of Norway

March 17

Danny Ainge, American basketball player, coach and baseball player

Ken Lo, Hong Kong actor and member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team

March 18

Luc Besson, French film producer, writer and director

Irene Cara, American singer

March 20

Steve Borden, American wrestler

Richard Drummie, English guitarist and composer (Go West)

Steve McFadden, British actor

March 21 – Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer

March 22 – Matthew Modine, American actor

March 23

Kazue Ikura, Japanese voice actress

Catherine Keener, American actress

March 27 – Jun'ichi Sugawara, Japanese voice actor

March 28 – Laura Chinchilla, 49th President of Costa Rica

March 29

Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer

Perry Farrell, American singer-songwriter and musician; lead singer of Jane's Addiction

March 30

Andrew Bailey, Executive Director Banking and Chief Cashier at the Bank of England

Maggie Baird, American actress

March 31 – Markus Hediger, Swiss writer and translator

April[edit]

Alberto Fernández

David Hyde Pierce

Phil Morris

Emma Thompson

Sean Bean

Robert Smith

Pedro Pierluisi

Stephen Harper

April 2

Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina

Badou Zaki, Moroccan football player and manager

April 3

Tejumola Olaniyan, Nigerian academic (d. 2019)

David Hyde Pierce, American actor

April 4 – Phil Morris, American actor

April 10

Joy Viado, Filipino comedian and actress (d. 2016)

Brian Setzer, American rock guitarist and singer

Gugu Liberato, Brazilian television presenter, entrepreneur, actor and singer (d. 2019)

April 11 – Ana María Polo, Cuban-born judge and television personality

April 14 – Steve Byrnes, American motorsports broadcaster (d. 2015)

April 15

Fruit Chan, Hong Kong film director

Ray Neufeld, Canadian ice hockey player

John Onoje, Sierra Leonean-born Moldovan activist

Emma Thompson, English actress

Thomas F. Wilson, American actor

April 16

David Feiss, American animator

Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player

April 17 – Sean Bean, British actor

April 19 – Patricia Charbonneau, American actress

April 20 – Clint Howard, American actor and producer

April 21 – Robert Smith, lead vocalist and guitarist of the British rock group The Cure

April 22

Terry Francona, American baseball player and manager

Ryan Stiles, American comedian

April 23 – Dan Frischman, American actor

April 24 – Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)

April 25 – Tony Phillips, American baseball player (d. 2016)

April 26 – Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rican politician and lobbyist, Governor-designate

April 27 – Sheena Easton, Scottish singer

April 30 – Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

May[edit]

Christian Bach

Brian Williams

Ving Rhames

Julian Clary

Rupert Everett

May 2 – Alan Best, Canadian animation director and producer

May 3

Uma Bharti, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

Ben Elton, British comedian and writer

May 5

Peter Molyneux, British game programmer

Steve Stevens, American guitarist

Brian Williams, American news anchor

Gary Dubin, American actor and voice actor (d. 2016)

May 9

Christian Bach, Argentine-Mexican actress and producer of telenovelas (d. 2019)

János Áder, President of Hungary

May 10 – Victoria Rowell, American actress

May 12

Ving Rhames, African-American actor

Dave Christian, American professional ice hockey player

Robin Rubin, Canadian voice actor

May 14 – Patrick Bruel, French singer

May 15 – Andrew Eldritch, British singer/songwriter

May 17

Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach

Jim Nantz, American sports announcer

May 19

Nicole Brown Simpson, American ex-wife of O. J. Simpson and murder victim (d. 1994)

Jim Ward, American voice actor

May 20

Bronson Pinchot, American actor

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian singer (d. 1997)

May 21

Brian Lenihan, Irish politician (d. 2011)

Loretta Lynch, American politician, 83rd United States Attorney General

May 22

David Blatt, Israeli-American professional basketball player and coach

Morrissey, British singer

May 23 – Bob Mortimer, English comedian

May 24 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-born hockey player (d. 1985)

May 25 – Julian Clary, English comedian, actor and author

May 26 – Kevin Gage, American actor

May 27

Katherine Lanpher, American journalist

Donna Strickland, Canadian physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics

May 28 – Steve Strange, Welsh singer (Visage) (d. 2015)

May 29

Gretchen, Brazilian singer, reality television personality, actress and businesswoman

Rupert Everett, British actor

May 31 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (d. 2014)

June[edit]

Mike Pence

Hugh Laurie

Klaus Iohannis

Christian Wulff

June 6 – Paul Germain, American television screenwriter and producer

June 7 – Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States

June 8 – Bernard White, Sri Lankan-born American actor, screenwriter and film director

June 9 – Miles O'Brien, American television news anchor, pilot

June 10

Carlo Ancelotti, Italian football player and manager

Phillip J. Roth, American film producer, director and screenwriter

Eliot Spitzer, American politician and former governor of New York

June 11

Hugh Laurie, British actor, comedian, and musician

Magnum T.A., American professional wrestler

June 12 – John Linnell, American singer-songwriter, half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants

June 13 – Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania

June 14 – Marcus Miller, American bassist

June 15 – Eileen Davidson, American actress and author

June 16 – The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler (d. 2014)

June 17

Ulrike Richter, German swimmer

Kazuki Yao, Japanese voice actor

June 18

Sione Laumanuʻuli Luani, Tongan politician (d. 2010)

Joe Ansolabehere, American television screenwriter and producer

June 19 – Christian Wulff, Federal President of Germany

June 21

Guerrinha, Brazilian basketball coach and basketball player

Demetrio Román Isidoro, Mexican architect and politician

Marcella Detroit, American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter

Louis Febre, Mexican composer

June 22

Wayne Federman, American comedian, actor, and author

Ed Viesturs, American mountaineer

June 23

Marc Larose, Seychellois sprinter

Mariella Valentini, Italian actress

Steve Joughin, Manx road racing cyclist

June 24 – Andy McCluskey, English musician and songwriter (OMD)

June 26

Mark McKinney, Canadian actor and comedian

Stef Burns, American guitarist

Suresh Gopi, Indian actor

June 27

Khadja Nin, Burundian singer and musician

Pétur Pétursson, Icelandic footballer

Jeff Miller, American politician

June 28 – John Shelley, British illustrator

June 29 – Gina Alajar, Filipino film and television actress and television director

June 30 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor

July[edit]

Jim Kerr

Richie Sambora

Tupou VI

Charlie Murphy

Susana Martinez

Kevin Spacey

Sanjay Dutt

July 1

Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig, Mauritanian academic and political figure

Dale Midkiff, American actor

Giovanni D'Aleo, Italian long-distance runner

July 2 – Indi Nadarajah, Malaysian actor and comedian

July 3 – Julie Burchill, British journalist

July 4

Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer

Joe Pannunzio, American football executive and player and coach

July 5

María Concepción Navarrete, Mexican politician

Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter

Akari Hibino, Japanese voice actress

Pablo Helman, Argentine special effects artist

July 6

Richard Dacoury, French basketball player

John Keeble, English pop and rock drummer

July 7

Billy Campbell, American actor

Barbara Krause, German swimmer

Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)

July 8

Pauline Quirke, British actress

Lori Hallier, Canadian actress

Robert Knepper, American actor

Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Swiss actor

Mikhail Zingarevich, Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist

July 9

Jim Kerr, Scottish rock singer (Simple Minds)

Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler

July 10 – Anjani, American singer-songwriter and pianist

July 11

Richie Sambora, American musician

Suzanne Vega, American singer

July 12

King Tupou VI of Tonga

Charlie Murphy, African-American actor and comedian (d. 2017)

July 13 – Fuziah Salleh, Malaysian politician

July 14

M. Manogaran, Malaysian politician

Paul Haba, Guinean sprinter

Susana Martinez, American politician, Governor of New Mexico

July 15

Vincent Lindon, French actor and filmmaker

Patrick Timsit, French comedian, writer and film director

July 16

Bob Joles, American voice actor and musician

Gary Anderson, American football player

Matthew Bronfman, American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist

July 17 – Margaret Becker, American Christian singer

July 18 – Mel Purcell, American tennis player

July 19 – Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian filmmaker

July 20 – Giovanna Amati, Italian race car driver

July 21

Gene Miles, Australian rugby league player

Paul Vautin, Australian rugby league player, coach, and commentator

July 22 – Nigel Findley, American game designer (d. 1995)

July 25

Anatoly Onoprienko, Ukrainian serial killer (d. 2013)

Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2014)

July 26

Rick Bragg, American journalist

Kevin Spacey, American actor

Richard Pearce, British voice artist

July 27 – Hugh Green, American football player

July 29

Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor

Ruud Janssen, Dutch artist

July 30 − Abdullah of Pahang, current Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

July 31 – Kim Newman, English fiction writer, journalist, and film critic

August[edit]

John C. McGinley

Rosanna Arquette

Gustavo Cerati

Magic Johnson

David Koresh

August 1 – Joe Elliott, English singer; lead singer of Def Leppard

August 2

Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

Victoria Jackson, American actress, comedian, and singer

August 3

John C. McGinley, American actor

Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

August 4 – Robbin Crosby, American rock guitarist (Ratt) (d. 2002)

August 5 – Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive) (d. 2016)

August 6 – Rajendra Singh, Indian water conservationist, Magsaysay Award (2001)

August 7 – Koenraad Elst Belgian Indologist

August 8 – Deborah Conway, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

August 10 – Rosanna Arquette, American actress

August 11

Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer (d. 2014)

Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor

August 12 – Kerry Boustead, Australian rugby league player

August 13 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor and disc jockey

August 14

Marcia Gay Harden, American actress

Magic Johnson, African-American basketball player

August 15 – Scott Altman, American astronaut

August 17

Chika Sakamoto, Japanese voice actress and singer

Jonathan Franzen, American author

David Koresh, American spiritualist, leader of the Branch Davidian religious cult (d. 1993)

Brad Wellman, American baseball player

August 18 – Dorothy Bush Koch, American author and philanthropist

August 19 – Anthony Sowell, convicted serial killer and rapist

August 21 – Jim McMahon, American football player

August 25 – Sönke Wortmann, German film director

August 26 – Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach

August 27

Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist

Jürgen Becker, German cabaret artist and actor

Daniela Romo, Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess[16]

August 28 – Arthur Holden, Canadian actor and writer

August 29

Jeff Adachi, American attorney (d. 2019)

Rebecca De Mornay, American actress

Chris Hadfield, Canadian retired astronaut

Stephen Wolfram, British scientist

August 30 – Mark Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor

August 31 – Tony DeFranco, Canadian singer

September[edit]

Guy Laliberté

Morten Harket

Dave Coulier

Jason Alexander

Elizabeth Peña

September 1 – Kenny Mayne, American sportscaster

September 2 – Guy Laliberté, Canadian Cirque du Soleil founder

September 4

Kevin Harrington, Australian actor

Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper

September 6 – Gaetano Varcasia, Italian voice actor and theatre director (d. 2014)

September 7 – Pierre Nanterme, French business executive (d. 2019)

September 8

Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer, singer, and actor

Saeko Shimazu, Japanese voice actress

September 10 – Michael Earl, American puppeteer (d. 2015)

September 11 – John Hawkes, American actor

September 12

Patricia Head Minaldi, American judge (d. 2018)

Sigmar Gabriel, German politician

September 13

Kathy Johnson, American artistic gymnast

Alfonso Freeman, American actor

Chris Hansen, journalist

September 14

Mary Crosby, American actress

Morten Harket, Norwegian rock singer (A-ha)

Haviland Morris, American actress

September 15 – Mike Reiss, American television comedy writer

September 16 – Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor

September 17 – Charles Lawson, Irish actor

September 18

Sérgio Britto, Brazilian singer and keyboardist

Kirk Fogg, American actor, game show host and singer

Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player

September 21 – Dave Coulier, American actor and comedian

September 23

Jason Alexander, American actor and comedian

Elizabeth Peña, American actress (d. 2014)

September 24 – Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer

September 28

Dantes Tsitsi, Nauruan politician

Steve Hytner, American actor

Laura Bruce, American artist

September 29 – Benjamin Sehene, Rwandan writer

September 30 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach

October[edit]

Simon Cowell

Nick Bakay

Bradley Whitford

Sarah, Duchess of York

Mauricio Funes

Ken Watanabe

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Evo Morales

John Magufuli

October 1

Brian P. Cleary, American humorist, author, poet

Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer

October 2

Lena Hades, Russian artist

October 3

Fred Couples, American golfer

Greg Proops, American comedian

Jack Wagner, American actor

October 4 – Chris Lowe, British musician

October 5 – David Shannon, American writer and illustrator

October 7

Simon Cowell, English music producer and television talent show judge

Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician

October 8

Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Brad Byers, American entertainer

Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (Virgin Prunes)

Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer

Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach

Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut

October 9 – Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician (d. 2015)

October 10

Kirsty MacColl, British singer and songwriter (d. 2000)

Julia Sweeney, American actress and comedian

Bradley Whitford, American actor and political activist

October 13 – Marie Osmond, American singer

October 15

Emeril Lagasse, American chef and restaurant owner

Sarah, Duchess of York, British Princess and former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York

October 17

Richard Roeper, American film critic

Francisco Flores Pérez, President of El Salvador (d. 2016)

Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian

October 18 – Mauricio Funes, 44th President of El Salvador

October 20 - Hotman Paris Hutapea, Indonesian lawyer

October 21 – Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor

October 22 – Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)

October 23

Nancy Grace, American television host

"Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer and parodist

Sam Raimi, American producer, writer and director

October 24 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American politician, 32nd Governor of New Mexico

October 25

Chrissy Amphlett, Australian rock singer (d. 2013)

Collette Sunderman, American voice director

October 26 – Evo Morales, President of Bolivia

October 27 – Rick Carlisle, American basketball coach

October 29 – John Magufuli, 5th President of Tanzania

October 31 – Neal Stephenson, American writer

November[edit]

Paul McGann

Sean Young

Dominique Dunne

November 1 – John Odey, Nigerian politician (d. 2018)

November 2 – Saïd Aouita, Moroccan athlete

November 3 – Timothy Patrick Murphy, American actor (d. 1988)

November 5 – Bryan Adams, Canadian singer and photographer

November 6 – Nobuo Tobita, Japanese voice actor

November 7 – Billy Gillispie, American basketball coach

November 8 – Selçuk Yula, Turkish football player and top scorer

November 9 – Tony Slattery, British comedian and actor

November 10

Linda Cohn, American sports reporter

Mackenzie Phillips, American actress

Mike McCarthy, American football coach

November 11

Parithi Ilamvazhuthi, Indian politician (d. 2018)

Christian Schwarzenegger, Swiss legal scientist and professor

November 14

Deta Hedman, Jamaican-born English darts player

Paul McGann, British actor

November 16 – RaeAnn Kelsch, American politician (d. 2018)

November 17 – William R. Moses, American actor

November 18

Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager

Karla Faye Tucker, American convicted murderer (d. 1998)

November 19

Robert Barron, American bishop, author, and theologian

Jo Bonner, American U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district

Allison Janney, American actress

November 20 – Sean Young, American actress

November 23 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)

November 24 – Akio Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor and actor

November 25 – Charles Kennedy, British politician (d. 2015)

November 27 – Viktoria Mullova, Russian violinist

November 28 – Judd Nelson, American actor

November 29

Rahm Emanuel, American politician

Platon Lebedev, Russian executive

Neal Broten, American professional ice hockey player

November 30

George Faber, British television producer

Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist

December[edit]

Satoru Iwata

Florence Griffith Joyner

Tracey Ullman

Val Kilmer

December 1

Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician

Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player

December 2 – Hans Kristian Amundsen, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician (d. 2018)

December 4 – Christa Luding-Rothenburger, German speed skater

December 5 – Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese artist

December 6 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese president of Nintendo (d. 2015)

December 9

Mario Cantone, American comedian, writer, and actor

Karl Shuker, British zoologist, crypto-zoologist, and author

December 13 – Johnny Whitaker, American actor

December 14 – Evan Ziporyn, American composer

December 16

Alison LaPlaca, American actress

Steve Mattsson, American writer

December 17 – Gregg Araki, American director

December 19 – Waise Lee, Hong Kong actor

December 20 – Stephen Chan Chi Wan, general manager of TVB

December 21 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete (d. 1998)

December 22 – Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager

December 24 – Keith Deller, English darts player

December 25 – Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (d. 2003)

December 27 – Gerina Dunwich, American author

December 28 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer

December 29

Marco Antonio Solís, Mexican singer

Patricia Clarkson, American actress

December 30 – Tracey Ullman, British-American comedian and actress

December 31

Val Kilmer, American actor

Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and composer, 14th President of Nauru

Date unknown[edit]

Greg Cox, American novelist

Tom Grummett, Canadian comics artist

Jacki Randall, American artist

January[edit]

Michael Stipe

April Winchell

Nigella Lawson

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Oliver Platt

Mark Rylance

Michael Hutchence

January 1

Mehdi Abbasov, Azerbaijani military (d. 1992)

Alexey Vyzmanavin, Russian chess Grandmaster (d. 2000)

January 2 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author and artist

January 3

Marla Glen, American singer

Alejandro Illescas, Mexican voice actor (d. 2008)

January 4

Art Paul Schlosser, American comedian, singer and songwriter

Michael Stipe, American rock singer (R.E.M.)

April Winchell, American writer and voice actress

January 6

Natalia Bestemianova, Soviet ice dancer, 1988 Olympic Champion

Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player

Howie Long, American football player

Nigella Lawson, English journalist, broadcaster, television personality, gourmet, and food writer

Miriam O'Callaghan, Irish media personality

January 7 – Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian politician, diplomat

January 10

Jurrie Koolhof, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2019)

Negro Casas, Mexican professional wrestler

Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland

January 12

Oliver Platt, Canadian actor

Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player

January 13 – Kevin Anderson, American actor

January 15 – Kelly Asbury, American film director, screenwriter and voice actor

January 16

Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar, Malaysian politician, architect and entrepreneur (d. 2016)

Richard Elliot, Scottish-born American saxophonist

Scot Kleinendorst, American ice hockey player (d. 2019)

January 18 – Mark Rylance, English actor, theatre director and playwright

January 19 – Eleanor Mondale, American radio personality, television host, and actress (d. 2011)

January 20

Sabar Koti, Indian singer (d. 2018)

Scott Thunes, American rock musician

Will Wright, American computer game designer

January 21

Zé Beto, Portuguese footballer (d. 1990)

Toxey Haas, American entrepreneur, founder of Haas Outdoors, Inc.

Mamoru Nagano, Japanese designer

January 22 – Michael Hutchence, Australian rock musician (INXS) (d. 1997)

January 23

Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998)

Viktor Yanushevsky, Soviet–Belarusian football player (d. 1992)

January 24 – Rick Leventhal, American news journalist

January 25 – Miki Narahashi, Japanese voice actress

January 26 – Charlie Gillingham, American keyboardist

January 28

Ferrin Barr Jr., American professional wrestler

Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer and producer

January 29

Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)

Sean Kerly, British field hockey player

Greg Louganis, American diver

January 31 - Grant Morrison, Scottish comic book writer and playwright

February[edit]

Benigno Aquino III

Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Wendee Lee

Naruhito, Emperor of Japan

February 2 – Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist

February 3

Marty Jannetty, American professional wrestler

Joachim Löw, German football manager

Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993)

February 4 – Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (d. 1996)

February 7

Yasunori Matsumoto, Japanese voice actor

Robert Smigel, American actor, comedian, and puppeteer

James Spader, American actor

February 8

Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines

Alfred Gusenbauer, Chancellor of Austria

February 9

Frederik Ndoci, Albanian singer, songwriter, poet, writer, actor and international Recording artist

Peggy Whitson, American biochemistry researcher, and astronaut

February 13

Pierluigi Collina, Italian football (soccer) referee

Gary Patterson, American football coach

February 14

Jim Kelly, American football player

Olivia Cheng, Hong Kong actress

February 16 – Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress

February 17 – Thom Adcox-Hernandez, American actor and voice actor

February 18

Gazebo, Italian musician

Tony Anselmo, American animator and voice actor

February 19 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York, British prince and second son of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh

February 20

Kee Marcello, Swedish rock guitarist (Easy Action, Europe)

Cándido Muatetema Rivas, 4th Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (d. 2014)

Wendee Lee, American voice actress

February 21

Henry G. Brinton, American writer and minister

Laurent Petitguillaume, French radio and television host

Ricky Tosso, Peruvian actor (d. 2016)

February 22 – Paul Abbott, English television screenwriter and producer

February 23 – Naruhito, Emperor of Japan

February 27

Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

Kara Kennedy, American television producer, daughter of Ted Kennedy (d. 2011)

February 28

Tōru Ōkawa, Japanese voice actor

Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress (d. 1980)

February 29 – Richard Ramirez, American serial killer (d. 2013)

March[edit]

Jeffrey Eugenides

Adam Clayton

Richard Biggs

Ayrton Senna

Jennifer Grey

Jon Huntsman Jr.

March 1

Michael Bonacini, British-Canadian chef

March 2

Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player

Debra McMichael, American professional wrestling valet

Mikhail Tyurin, Russian cosmonaut.

March 4

Mikko Kuustonen, Finnish singer and songwriter

John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer and World Junior Middleweight champion

March 7

Joe Carter, American baseball player

Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player

March 8

Finn Carter, American actress

Jeffrey Eugenides, American author

March 10

Aécio Neves, Brazilian economist and politician

Anne MacKenzie, Scottish broadcaster

March 11

Sharon Jordan, American actress

Camille Turner, Canadian media and performance artist, curator, and educator.

March 12 – Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer (Loudness)

March 13

Adam Clayton, Irish rock bassist (U2)

Joe Ranft, American animator and voice actor (d. 2005)

March 14 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (d. 2006)

March 15 — Rosa Beltrán, Mexican writer, lecturer, and academic.

March 16

Jenny Eclair, British comedian, actress and novelist

John Hemming, British Liberal Democrat politician and businessman[7]

March 17 – Ruth Langsford, English television presenter

March 18 – Richard Biggs, American television and stage actor (d. 2004)

March 19 – Simo Aalto, Finnish magician

March 20

Norm Magnusson, American artist

Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist

Yuri Shargin, Russian cosmonaut

March 21

Ayrton Senna, Brazilian triple Formula One world champion (d. 1994)

Robert Sweet, American rock drummer (Stryper)

March 23

Colin Scott, Australian rugby league player

Rafael Ferrer, American actor

Nicol Stephen, Scottish politician

March 24

Jan Berglin, Swedish cartoonist

Kelly Le Brock, American-English model and actress

Nena, German singer

Annabella Sciorra, Italian-American actress

Chris Tashima, American actor and director

March 25 - Brenda Strong, American actress

March 26

Marcus Allen, American football player

Jennifer Grey, American actress

Jon Huntsman Jr., American businessman, diplomat, and politician

March 27

Hans Pflügler, German footballer

Renato Russo, Brazilian singer (Legião Urbana) (d. 1996)

March 29

Paddy Chew, Singaporean HIV/aids victim (d. 1999)

Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese voice actress (d. 2017)

April[edit]

Hugo Weaving

Jeremy Clarkson

Brad Garrett

Philippe of Belgium

Miguel Díaz-Canel

Valerie Bertinelli

Steve Clark

Michael Lohan

Steve Blum

April 1 – Michael Praed, British actor

April 2 – Linford Christie, British athlete

April 3 – Elizabeth Gracen, American beauty queen, actress and model

April 4

Murray Chandler, New Zealand chess grandmaster

Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian-American actress and producer

Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born Australian actor

April 8 – John Schneider, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard)

April 10

Héctor Rivoira, Argentine football manager and player (d. 2019)

Fabio Golfetti, Brazilian musician and record producer (Violeta de Outono, Gong)

April 11 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist, television show host and comedian

April 13

Dinesh Kaushik, Indian politician

Rudi Völler, German footballer and manager

April 14

Brad Garrett, American actor, comedian and voice actor

Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese Writer and Historian

April 15

Susanne Bier, Danish film director

Mikhail Kornienko, Russian cosmonaut

King Philippe of Belgium

April 16

Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007)

Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager

Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and coach

April 18

Jim Margraff, American football coach (d. 2019)

Neo Rauch, German painter

J. Christopher Stevens, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Libya (d. 2012)

April 19 – Frank Viola, American baseball player

April 20

John Altenburgh, American blues and jazz musician

Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuban politician, 17th President of Cuba

April 22

Benjamín Gallegos Soto, Mexican pilot and politician (d. 2018)

Gary Rhodes, British restaurateur and television chef (d. 2019)

April 23

Valerie Bertinelli, American actress

Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (d. 1991)

David Gedge, English musician (The Wedding Present and Cinerama)

Léo Jaime, Brazilian writer, actor and musician (João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados)

Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey coach

April 24 – Masami Kikuchi, Japanese voice actor

April 25 – Michael Lohan, American television personality; father of Lindsay Lohan

April 26 – Sorin Frunzăverde, Romanian politician (d. 2019)

April 28

John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)

Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder (d. 1993)

Ian Rankin, Scottish crime novelist

April 29 – Steve Blum, American voice actor

May[edit]

Gjorge Ivanov

Andrew Denton

Bono

Mark Ashton

Tony Goldwyn

Jeffrey Dahmer

Kristin Scott Thomas

Alexander Bashlachev

Chris Elliott

May 1 – Bart Chilton, American civil servant (d. 2019)

May 2

Stephen Daldry, English film director

Gjorge Ivanov, President of Macedonia

Royce Simmons, Australian rugby league player and coach

May 3 – May Ayim, Afro-German poet, educator, and activist (d. 1996)

May 4

Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian

Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria

May 6 – John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter, half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants

May 7 – Adam Bernstein, American music video/television director

May 8

Eric Brittingham, American rock bassist

Patrick McKenna, Canadian actor and comedian

May 9 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player (d. 2014)

May 10

John Mieremet, Dutch underworld figure (d. 2005)

Bono, Irish rock singer (U2)

May 14

Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor

Steve Williams, American professional wrestler (d. 2009)

May 15 – Julian Jarrold, English film and television director and producer

May 16

S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1998)

Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician

Lovebug Starski, American rapper and disc jockey (d. 2018)

May 17 – John Payne, English actor and voice actor

May 18

Tyka Nelson, American singer

Jari Kurri, Finnish hockey player

Yannick Noah, French tennis player

May 19

Mark Ashton, Irish gay rights activist (d. 1987)

Yazz, British pop singer

May 20

John Billingsley, American actor

Tony Goldwyn, American actor, voice actor, and film director

May 21 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)

May 21 – Mohanlal, Indian actor

May 22 – Hideaki Anno, Japanese director

May 23 – Linden Ashby, American actor

May 24

Greg Conescu, Australian rugby league player

Guy Fletcher, British keyboardist (Dire Straits)

Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress

May 25 – Amy Klobuchar, American politician

May 26 – Rob Murphy, American baseball player

May 27

Alexander Bashlachev, Soviet poet and rock musician (d. 1988)

D. Kupendra Reddy, Indian politician

May 29

Thomas Baumer, Swiss economist, interculturalist and personality assessor

Neil Crone, Canadian actor

May 31

Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player

Chris Elliott, American actor and comedian

June[edit]

Bradley Walsh

Gary Trousdale

Dr. Mehmet Oz

Thomas Haden Church

June 1

Vladimir Krutov, Soviet hockey forward (d. 2012)

Elena Mukhina, Soviet artistic gymnast (d. 2006)

June 2

P. Balasubramaniam, Malaysian police officer (d. 2013)

Tony Hadley, British pop musician and was lead singer of Spandau Ballet

Kyle Petty, American NASCAR driver and sports commentator

Maria Lourdes Sereno, Filipina jurist, 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

June 3 – Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (d. 2016)

June 4

Suzy Aitchison, English actress

Paul Taylor, American musician (Winger)

Bradley Walsh, English actor and comedian

June 5

Paul Montgomery, American entrepreneur and inventor (d. 1999)

Seiichi Endo, Japanese criminal (d. 2018)

June 6

Ervin A. Gonzalez, American attorney (d. 2017)

Steve Vai, American guitarist

June 8

Gary Trousdale, American animator and film director

Diane Meredith Belcher, American concert organist, teacher, and church musician

Mick Hucknall, English rock singer and songwriter (Simply Red)

Garth Smith, American pianist

June 10 – Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian actor

June 11 – Mehmet Oz, Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon and television personality

June 12 – Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer

June 14 – Peter Mitchell, Australian newsreader

June 16 – Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league player

June 17 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor and film director

June 21

Kate Brown, American politician

Kevin Harlan, American sports announcer

Karl Erjavec, Slovenian lawyer and politician

June 22

Joseph Victor Gonzales, Malaysian choreographer

Erin Brockovich, American environmental activist

June 23 – Per Morberg, Swedish actor, chef and news presenter

June 24

Chris Knight, American singer-songwriter

Robert Stiff, Southern Rhodesia–British entrepreneur

June 25 – Eve Gordon, American actress

June 27

Jeremy Swift, English television actor

David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, British peer and filmmaker

Lü Jihong, Chinese singer

Michael Mayer, American theatre director, film director, television director and playwright

June 28

John Elway, American football player

Richard Rycroft, English actor and comedian

June 29 – Ivans Ribakovs, Latvian politician

June 30

Anna Šišková, Slovak actress

David Headley, American-Pakistani terrorist

Tony Bellotto, Brazilian guitarist and writer

Diego Trujillo, Colombian actor

Vincent Klyn, New Zealand-born actor and surfer

July[edit]

Caroline Quentin

Jane Lynch

Richard Linklater

Luca Ward

July 1

Đorđe Đogani, Serbian singer

Kōji Ishii, Japanese voice actor

Mikael Håfström, Swedish film director and screenwriter

Helena Little, English actress

Dave Thompson, English stand-up comedian, actor and writer

July 2

James Hirvisaari, Finnish politician

Michel Moore, American policeman

July 3

Martyn J. Fogg, British physicist and geologist

Vince Clarke, British musician and composer (Depeche Mode, Erasure)

Perrine Pelen, French alpine skier

Håkan Loob, Swedish ice hockey player

July 4

Mark Steel, English comedian, broadcaster, newspaper columnist and author

Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler

Barry Windham, American professional wrestler

Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian Formula One driver (d. 1994)

July 5

Jack Radcliffe, American pornographic film actor

Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor

Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stuntman

Hugo Rubio, Chilean football player

Bruce Lanoil, American actor and voice actor

July 6

Ferenc Juhász, Minister of Defence for Hungary

Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukrainian politician

July 7

Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut

Ralph Sampson, American basketball player

Billy Wright, Northern Irish paramilitary leader (d. 1997)

Ying Da, Chinese actor and director

Yem Ponhearith, Cambodian politician

July 8

Thilo Martinho, German composer and singer-songwriter

Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach

Duncan Roy, English film director and producer, script writer, art director and television personality

Eleanor Scott, British archaeologist and politician

July 9

Yūko Asano, Japanese actress and singer

Charles Gavin, Brazilian drummer and producer

Wanda Vázquez Garced, Puerto Rican politician, Governor

Michael Feichtenbeiner, German football coach

July 10

Roger Craig, American former football player

Martyn P. Casey, English-Australian rock bass guitarist

Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-American kidnapper and rapist

Jeff Bergman, American voice actor, comedian and impressionist

July 11

Terry Domburg, Australian rules footballer

David Baerwald, American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician

Kumar Gaurav, Indian film actor

Caroline Quentin, English actress and television presenter

July 12 – Sully Díaz, Puerto Rican actress and singer

July 13

Ian Hislop, British journalist and broadcaster

Frane Perišin, Croatian actor

July 14

Kyle Gass, American music singer-songwriter-guitarist/actor

Jane Lynch, American actress, voice actress, author, singer and comedian

Michal David, Czech pop-singer, songwriter and producer

Taung Galay Sayadaw, Burmese buddhist monk

Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter and activist

July 15

Dennis Storhøi, Norwegian actor

Martyn Joseph, Welsh singer-songwriter

Sergio Kato, Brazilian actor, television host, comedian and martial artist

Kim Alexis, American model and actress

July 16

Jacqueline Gold, British businesswoman

Leila Kenzle, American actress

Todd Brown, American football player

PJ Powers, South African musician

July 17

Robin Shou, Hong Kong martial artist and actor

Mark Burnett, British and television and film producer

Jan Wouters, Dutch football player and manager

July 18

Lamine Guèye, Senegalese skier

Anne-Marie Johnson, American actress

July 19

Kevin Haskins, English drummer

Ethan Canin, American author, educator, and physician

Atom Egoyan, Armenian-Canadian film maker

Terrie Hall, American anti-smoking advocate (d. 2013)

July 20 – Jonathon Morris, English actor and television presenter

July 21

Ezequiel Viñao, Argentine-born composer

Fritz Walter, German footballer

July 22

Torben Grael, Brazilian sailor

Djamel Menad, Algerian footballer

Daryl Shuttleworth, Canadian actor

July 27 – Conway Savage, Australian rock musician (d. 2018)

July 28

Jonathan Gold, American food critic (d. 2018)

Harald Lesch, German physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, author, television presenter, professor of physics

July 30 – Richard Linklater, American director

July 31

Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Luca Ward, Italian actor and voice actor

August[edit]

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

David Duchovny

Antonio Banderas

Laurent Fignon

Sean Penn

August 1

Chuck D, American rapper (Public Enemy)

Professor Griff, American rapper (Public Enemy)

Maria Vidal, American singer-songwriter

August 4

Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain

Tim Winton, Australian writer

August 7

Rosana Pastor, Spanish actress

David Duchovny, American actor

Deborah Ellis, Canadian author

August 8 – Ulrich Maly, German politician and Mayor of Nuremberg

August 10

Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and film director

Kenny Perry, American golfer

August 12 – Laurent Fignon, French road bicycle racer (d. 2010)

August 13

Koji Kondo, Japanese composer

Phil Taylor, English darts player

August 14 – Sarah Brightman, English soprano singer and actress

August 15 – Judy Holt, British television actress

August 16

Timothy Hutton, American actor

Martha Moxley, American murder victim (d. 1975)

August 17 – Sean Penn, American actor and film director

August 19 – Morten Andersen, American football player

August 20 – Elizabeth Alda, American actress

August 21 – Charles Dausabea, Solomon Islands politician (d. 2019)

August 23 – Chris Potter, Canadian actor and musician

August 24 – Cal Ripken Jr., American baseball player

August 26

Branford Marsalis, African-American musician

Ola Ray, American actress and model

August 28 – Jodi Carlisle, American actress

August 29

Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist (d. 1992)

Viire Valdma, Estonian actress

August 30

Chalino Sánchez, Mexican singer and songwriter (d. 1992)

Ranjit Khanwilkar, Indian cricket (d. 1988)

September[edit]

Damon Wayans

Hugh Grant

Colin Firth

Kevin Carter

Melissa Leo

Alan Krueger

September 1 – Joseph Williams, American singer and film score composer

September 2

Paul Sirba, American Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2019)

John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist

September 4

Kim Thayil, American rock guitarist (Soundgarden)

Damon Wayans, African-American actor and comedian

September 5 – Karita Mattila, Finnish soprano

September 7

Phillip Rhee, American actor, producer and writer

Dušan Pašek, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 1998)

September 8 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian speedboat racer, socialite, and businessman (d. 1990)

September 9

Mario Batali, American chef and host

Hugh Grant, English actor and activist

Bob Stoops, American football coach

September 10 – Colin Firth, English actor

September 11 – Annie Gosfield, American composer

September 12

Evan Jenkins, American politician

Robert John Burke, American actor

September 13

Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist (d. 1994)

Greg Baldwin, American actor and voice actor

September 14

Melissa Leo, American actress

Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor

September 15 – Jimmy Bridges, American actor

September 16

John Franco, American baseball player

Yianna Katsoulos, French singer

September 17

Alan Krueger, American economist (d. 2019)

Damon Hill, British 1996 Formula 1 world champion

Kevin Clash, American actor and puppeteer

September 19 – Yolanda Saldívar, American murderer of tejano singer Selena

September 21 – David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor

September 22 – Scott Baio, American actor

September 25

Eduardo Yáñez, Mexican film and television actor

Sam Whipple, American actor (d. 2002)

September 27 – David Gasman, American voice actor, translator, and voice director (Rayman, Code Lyoko)

September 28 – Jennifer Rush, American singer

September 29 – Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician

September 30 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician

October[edit]

Jean-Claude Van Damme

BD Wong

Diego Maradona

Luis Fortuño

Reza Pahlavi

October 1

Peter Seabourne, English composer

October 4

Ana Patricia Botín, Spanish banker

Billy Hatcher, American baseball player

Blake Nordstrom, American businessman (d. 2019)

October 5

Careca, Brazilian footballer

Hitomi Kuroki, Japanese actress

Daniel Baldwin, American actor

October 6

Richard Jobson, Scottish rock singer-songwriter, filmmaker and television presenter (Skids)

Toru Takahashi, Japanese race car driver (d. 1983)

October 9 – Marin Mazzie, American actress and singer (d. 2018)

October 12

Alexei Kudrin, Russian Minister of Finance

Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor

October 13 – Joey Belladonna, American heavy metal singer (Anthrax)

October 16 – Leila Pinheiro, Brazilian singer, pianist and composer

October 17

Guy Henry, English actor

Grant Shaud, American actor

October 18

Alex Ferrer, Cuban-American television personality, lawyer and judge

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor and martial artist

Erin Moran, American actress (d. 2017)

October 19 – Kerry Sanders, American news correspondent

October 21 – Paul Rugg, American voice actor and producer

October 24

Wolfgang Güllich, German rockclimber (d. 1992)

BD Wong, American actor

Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999)

October 26 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch–Frisian politician

October 28 – Landon Curt Noll, American astronomer, cryptographer and mathematician

October 29

Lídia Brondi, Brazilian actress and psychologist

Finola Hughes, British actress

Dieter Nuhr, German comedian

October 30 – Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer

October 31

Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (2009-2013)

Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran

November[edit]

Tim Cook

Tilda Swinton

Stanley Tucci

John F. Kennedy Jr.

Yulia Tymoshenko

November 1 – Tim Cook, American businessman and current CEO of Apple, Inc

November 2 – Anu Malik, Indian music director and singer

November 3

Francis Beckwith, American philosopher

Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player

November 5 – Tilda Swinton, British actress

November 8

Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (d. 2017)

Megan Cavanagh, American actress and voice actress

November 9

Andreas Brehme, German football player and manager

Joëlle Ursull, Guadeloupean singer

November 10 – Neil Gaiman, English author

November 11

Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director

Lawrence Bayne, Canadian actor and voice actor

November 12

Maurane, Belgian singer and actress (d. 2018)

Dave Hackett, professional skateboarder

November 13 – Neil Flynn, American actor

November 14 – Sylvia Bretschneider, German politician (d. 2019)

November 15 – Susanne Lothar, German actress (d. 2012)

November 17 – Jonathan Ross, English television presenter

November 18

Kim Wilde, English singer and gardener

Elizabeth Perkins, American actress

November 19

Miss Elizabeth, American professional wrestling valet (d. 2003)

Hiroshi Naka, Japanese voice actor

November 20 – Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host

November 24 – Amanda Wyss, American actress

November 25

Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2008)

Amy Grant, American Christian and pop musician

John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist and son of 35th President John F. Kennedy (d. 1999)

November 26

Greg Berg, American actor and voice actor

Harold Reynolds, American baseball player and broadcaster

November 27

Eike Immel, German football player and manager

Tim Pawlenty, American politician

Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005 and 2007-2010

November 29 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress

November 30

Rich Fields, American television personality

Gary Lineker, English footballer and sports presenter

December[edit]

Daryl Hannah

Julianne Moore

Jeff "Swampy" Marsh

Kenneth Branagh

December 1 – Carol Alt, American model and actress

December 2

Rick Savage, British rock musician

Sydney Youngblood, American singer

December 3

Daryl Hannah, American actress and environmental activist

Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player

Julianne Moore, American actress and children's author

Mike Ramsey, American professional ice hockey player

December 4 – Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete

December 5

Brian Bromberg, American jazz bassist and composer

Jack Russell, American rock singer (Great White)

December 6 – Marco Antonio Adame, governor of Morelos, Mexico 2006-2012

December 9

Steve Doll, American professional wrestler (d. 2009)

Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American animator, writer, director, producer, and voice actor

December 10

Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director

Michael Schoeffling, American actor and model

December 12

Lourdes Munguía, Mexican actress

Volker Beck, German politician

December 14

Don Franklin, American actor

James Comey, American lawyer and former FBI director

December 17 – Tarako, Japanese voice actress

December 18

Hans-Jörg Criens, German footballer (d. 2019)

Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist

December 22 – Jean-Michel Basquiat, American musician and graffiti painter (d. 1988)

December 24 – Fei Xiang, Chinese American singer

December 26 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor

December 27

Maryam d'Abo, British actress

Fred Hammond, African-American gospel musician

December 28

Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player

John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player

December 29 – Dave Pelzer, American author

December 30 – Heather Wilson, American soldier and politician; Secretary of the Air Force

December 31

Steve Bruce, English footballer

John Allen Muhammad, African-American spree killer (d. 2009)[8]