January •
January 1 •
F. R. David, Tunisian-born French singer •
Vladimir Titov, Russian cosmonaut •
Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer •
January 2 –
Jack Hanna, American Zookeeper and Television Personality (''
Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures'') •
January 6 •
Sandy Denny, British singer (d.
1978) •
Ian Millar, Canadian dressage rider •
January 8 •
David Bowie, English singer, songwriter, and actor (d.
2016) •
Samuel Schmid, Swiss Federal Councillor •
William G. Bonin, American serial killer and rapist (d.
1996) •
January 10 –
Peer Steinbrück, German politician •
January 13 –
Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach •
January 15 –
Andrea Martin, Canadian-American actress (
Second City Television) •
January 16 •
Juliet Berto, French actress, director and screenwriter (d.
1990) •
Apasra Hongsakula, Thai model,
Miss Universe 1965 •
Harvey Proctor, British Conservative politician •
January 18 –
Takeshi Kitano, Japanese film director, actor •
January 20 –
Cyrille Guimard, French road racing cyclist •
January 21 –
Jill Eikenberry, American actress •
January 22 –
Vladimir Oravsky, Swedish writer •
January 23 •
Tom Carper, American politician •
Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th
President of Indonesia •
January 24 •
Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (d.
2012) •
Michio Kaku, American theoretical physicist •
Warren Zevon, American rock musician (
Werewolves of London) (d.
2003) •
January 25 –
Tostão (Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade), Brazilian footballer •
January 26 –
Michel Sardou, French singer and actor •
January 27 –
Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (
Hoola Bandoola Band) (d.
1999) •
January 28 –
Jeanne Shaheen, US Senator •
January 29 –
Linda B. Buck, American biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
January 30 –
Steve Marriott, British rock musician (d.
1991) •
January 31 •
Jonathan Banks, American actor •
Nolan Ryan, American baseball pitcher
February •
February 1 –
Clark Olofsson, Swedish criminal (d.
2025) •
February 2 –
Farrah Fawcett, American actress (''
Charlie's Angels'') (d.
2009) •
February 3 •
Paul Auster, American novelist (d.
2024) •
Dave Davies, English rock musician (
The Kinks) •
Melanie (Safka), American folk singer (d.
2024) •
February 4 •
Halina Aszkiełowicz-Wojno, Polish volleyball player (d.
2018) •
Dennis C. Blair, American admiral,
Director of National Intelligence •
John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (d.
2019) •
Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States •
February 5 –
Regina Duarte, Brazilian actress; former Special Secretary of Culture of Brazil •
February 7 –
Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (
Mickey Mouse) (d.
2009) •
February 10 –
Louise Arbour, Canadian jurist •
February 11 •
Yukio Hatoyama, 60th
Prime Minister of Japan •
Roy Moore, American politician •
February 13 –
Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach •
February 15 •
John Adams, American composer •
Wenche Myhre, Norwegian actress, singer •
Ádám Nádasdy, Hungarian linguist and poet (d.
2026) •
February 16 –
Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Bissau-Guinean military commander (d.
2004) •
February 18 •
Princess Christina of the Netherlands (d.
2019) •
José Luis Cuerda, Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer (d.
2020) •
February 19 –
Gustavo Rodríguez, Venezuelan actor (d.
2014) •
February 20 •
Peter Osgood, English footballer (d.
2006) •
Peter Strauss, American actor •
February 21 •
Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (d.
2006) •
Renata Sorrah, Brazilian actress •
February 25 •
Lee Evans, American Olympic athlete (d.
2021) •
Doug Yule, American rock singer (
The Velvet Underground) •
February 26 –
Sandie Shaw, British singer •
February 27 –
Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist •
February 28 –
Stephanie Beacham, English actress
March •
March 1 –
Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and television host (d.
2016) •
March 2 –
Yuri Bogatyryov, Soviet actor (d.
1989) •
March 3 •
Óscar Washington Tabárez, Uruguayan football manager and former player •
Mike Sheahan, Australian journalist •
March 4 •
Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician •
Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor (d.
2015) •
March 6 •
Kiki Dee, English pop singer (''
Don't Go Breaking My Heart'') •
Dick Fosbury, American high-jumper (d.
2023) •
Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author •
Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, producer, director and activist (
All in the Family) (d.
2025) •
John Stossel, American journalist •
March 7 –
Walter Röhrl, German racing driver •
March 8 •
Carole Bayer Sager, American singer, songwriter •
Michael S. Hart, American author, inventor (d.
2011) •
March 9 –
Ryszard Peryt, Polish conductor, librettist (d.
2019) •
March 10 –
Kim Campbell,
Prime Minister of Canada •
March 11 –
Geoff Hunt, Australian squash player •
March 12 •
Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist •
Mitt Romney, American businessman, politician,
Governor of Massachusetts,
2012 presidential candidate, and
US Senator (
R-
UT) •
March 13 –
Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician, cellist (d.
2018) •
March 15 –
Ry Cooder, American guitarist •
March 16 •
Baek Yoon-sik, South Korean actor •
Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist •
March 17 –
Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born composer, producer (d.
2025) •
March 18 –
Tamara Griesser Pečar, Slovenian historian •
March 19 –
Glenn Close, American actress •
March 21 –
Ali Abdullah Saleh,
President of Yemen (d.
2017) •
March 22 –
James Patterson, American author •
March 24 •
Louise Lanctôt, Canadian terrorist and writer •
Alan Sugar, English entrepreneur •
March 25 –
Elton John, English singer-songwriter and composer •
March 26 –
Subhash Kak, Indian-American author •
March 31 •
Wong Choon Wah, Malaysian footballer (d.
2014) •
César Gaviria, Colombian economist, politician and 28th
President of Colombia April •
April 1 •
Alain Connes, French mathematician •
Ingrid Steeger, German actress, comedian (d.
2023) •
Tzipi Shavit, Israeli actress •
April 2 •
Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, actress (d.
2025) •
Emmylou Harris, American singer, songwriter •
Camille Paglia, American literary critic •
April 5 –
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 14th
President of the Philippines, daughter of president
Diosdado Macapagal •
April 6 –
John Ratzenberger, American actor (
Cheers) •
April 7 –
Florian Schneider, German musician (d.
2020) •
April 10 –
Bunny Wailer, Jamaican reggae musician (d.
2021) •
April 12 •
Tom Clancy, American author (d.
2013) •
David Letterman, American talk show host •
April 13 –
Mike Chapman, Australian-born songwriter, record producer •
April 15 –
Lois Chiles, American actress •
April 16 •
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, African-American basketball player, actor (
Airplane!) •
Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter ("
Baker Street") (d.
2011) •
April 18 •
Kathy Acker, American author (d.
1997) •
Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director •
James Woods, American actor •
April 19 –
Murray Perahia, American pianist •
April 20 •
Daud Ibrahim, Malaysian cyclist (d.
2010) •
Hector, Finnish rock musician •
April 21 –
Iggy Pop, American rock musician •
April 24 –
Josep Borrell, Spanish minister,
MEP and
EU High Representative •
April 25 •
Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and coach (d.
2016) •
Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor •
April 27 –
Pete Ham, Welsh rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (suicide
1975) •
April 29 •
Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian journalist, essayist and professor of philosophy •
Tommy James, American rock singer, producer •
April 30 –
Malini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actress, filmmaker and politician (d.
2025)
May •
May 1 –
Jacob Bekenstein, Mexico-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d.
2015) •
May 4 –
Theda Skocpol, American sociologist •
May 5 –
Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician (d.
2012) •
May 6 –
Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher •
May 8 –
H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
May 9 –
Yukiya Amano, Japanese international civil servant (d.
2019) •
May 10 –
Caroline B. Cooney, American author •
May 11 •
Walter Selke, German physicist •
Butch Trucks, American drummer (
The Allman Brothers Band) (d.
2017) •
May 12 –
Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician, philosopher and historian •
May 13 –
Stephen R. Donaldson, American novelist •
May 14 •
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Colombian drug lord (d.
1989) •
Tamara Dobson, African-American actress, fashion model (d.
2006) •
Ana Martín, Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (
Miss Mexico 1963) •
May 15 –
Muhyiddin Yassin,
Prime Minister of Malaysia •
May 18 –
John Bruton, 10th
Taoiseach of Ireland (d.
2024) •
May 19 –
Paul Brady, Northern Irish singer, songwriter •
May 21 –
Lolit Solis, Filipina talent manager (host of
Startalk,
CelebriTV) •
May 24 –
Maude Barlow, Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of
The Council of Canadians •
May 26 –
Glenn Turner, New Zealand
cricket captain •
May 27 •
Peter DeFazio, American politician •
Branko Oblak, Slovenian football player and coach •
May 28 •
Pedro Giachino, Argentine Navy officer (d.
1982) •
Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archaeologist
June •
June 1 •
Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor •
Ronnie Wood, English rock musician (
The Faces,
The Rolling Stones) •
June 2 –
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (d.
1984) •
June 3 –
Dave Alexander, American musician (d.
1975) •
June 4 –
Viktor Klima,
Chancellor of Austria •
June 5 •
Laurie Anderson, American experimental performance artist, composer and musician •
Jojon, Indonesian comedian, actor (d.
2014) •
June 6 •
David Blunkett, British politician •
Robert Englund, American actor (
V,
A Nightmare on Elm Street) •
Tapani Hyvönen, Finnish designer and business founder •
Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer •
June 8 –
Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
June 9 •
Françoise Demulder, French war photographer (d.
2008) •
Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter and sculptor •
June 10 –
Ken Singleton, American baseball player •
June 15 •
Alain Aspect, French quantum physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics •
John Hoagland, American war photographer (d.
1984) •
June 19 •
Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer •
Salman Rushdie, Indian-born British author (
The Satanic Verses) •
June 20 –
Candy Clark, American actress •
June 21 •
Rachel Adato, Israeli gynecologist, lawyer and politician •
Shirin Ebadi, Iranian activist,
Nobel Peace Prize recipient •
Fernando Savater, Spanish philosopher, author •
June 22 •
Bruno Latour, French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist (d.
2022) •
Natalya Varley, Soviet, Russian film, theater actress •
Murray Webb, New Zealand caricature artist, test cricketer •
David Jones, Northern Irish European Tour golfer •
Octavia E. Butler, American author (d.
2006) •
Trevor Blades, English cricketer •
Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d.
1988) •
Jerry John Rawlings, 2-time
President of Ghana (d.
2020) •
June 23 •
Bryan Brown, Australian actor •
Thor Hansen, Norwegian-born professional poker player (d.
2018) •
June 24 •
Mick Fleetwood, British musician (
Fleetwood Mac) •
Helena Vondráčková, Czech singer •
Peter Weller, American actor and director •
June 25 –
Jimmie Walker, African-American actor (
Good Times) •
June 26 –
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan politician •
June 27 •
Hans Ooft, Dutch football player, manager •
Abdel Djaadaoui, Algerian footballer •
June 29 –
David Chiang, Hong Kong actor •
June 30 –
Jean-Yves Le Drian, French minister
July •
July 1 •
Marc Benno, American singer, songwriter and guitarist •
Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Basque writer, screenwriter and actress •
Sharad Yadav, Indian politician •
July 2 –
Larry David, American actor, writer, producer and director (
Curb Your Enthusiasm) •
July 3 •
Betty Buckley, American actress, singer •
Mike Burton, American swimmer •
Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch football player (d.
2020) •
Jana Švandová, Czech actress •
July 4 •
Francisco Fernández de Cevallos, Mexican politician •
Eva Goës, Swedish politician •
Carla Panerai, Italian sprinter •
July 5 –
Toos Beumer, Dutch swimmer •
July 6 –
Shelley Hack, American model, actress, producer, political and media advisor •
July 7 •
Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d.
1979) • King
Gyanendra of Nepal •
Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat •
July 9 •
Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician (
Yellow Magic Orchestra) •
O. J. Simpson, African-American football player and actor (d.
2024) •
July 10 •
Allen Fong, Hong Kong film director •
Arlo Guthrie, American folk singer ("
Alice's Restaurant") •
July 11 –
Riad Ismat, Syrian writer, critic and theatre director •
July 12 •
Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby union player •
Wilko Johnson, English rock musician (d.
2022) •
Lenka Termerová, Czech actress •
July 14 –
Navin Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius •
July 15 –
Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter (d.
2019) •
July 16 •
Roelf Meyer, South African politician, businessman •
Alexis Herman, American political figure and social worker (d.
2025) •
July 17 –
Queen Camilla, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms since 2022 as the wife of
Charles III •
July 19 –
Brian May, English rock guitarist (
Queen) •
July 20 •
Gerd Binnig, German physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
Carlos Santana, Mexican-born rock guitarist •
July 21 –
Co Adriaanse, Dutch football manager •
July 22 •
Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and novelist •
Erica Gavin, American actress •
Don Henley, American singer, songwriter and musician •
July 24 –
Peter Serkin, American classical pianist (d.
2020) •
July 27 •
Bob Klein, American football player •
Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d.
2008) •
Giora Spiegel, Israeli footballer and coach •
July 28 –
Su Tseng-chang, Taiwanese politician, 41st and 50th
Premier of the Republic of China •
July 30 •
William Atherton, American actor •
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American actor, bodybuilder and 38th
Governor of California •
July 31 –
Richard Griffiths, English actor (d.
2013)
August •
August 1 •
Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet •
Leoluca Orlando, Italian politician •
August 4 –
Hubert Ingraham, Bahamian politician •
August 5 –
Graham Lovett, English footballer (d.
2018) •
August 7 –
Franciscus Henri, Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist •
August 8 •
Terangi Adam, Nauruan politician •
George Costigan, British actor, screenwriter •
Ken Dryden, Canadian NHL goaltender, author and politician (d.
2025) •
August 9 –
John Varley, American science-fiction author (d.
2025) •
August 10 •
Ian Anderson, British rock musician (
Jethro Tull) •
Drupi, Italian singer •
Anwar Ibrahim, 10th
Prime Minister of Malaysia •
August 11 •
Diether Krebs, German actor, cabaret artist and comedian (d.
2000) •
Wilma van den Berg, Dutch sprinter •
August 14 •
Maddy Prior, English folk singer •
Danielle Steel, American romance novelist •
August 15 –
Raakhee, Indian actress •
August 16 •
Carol Moseley Braun, African-American politician •
Marc Messier, Canadian actor •
August 17 –
Mohamed Abdelaziz, Sahrawi politician •
August 20 –
José Wilker, Brazilian actor (d.
2014) •
August 21 –
Mary Simon,
Governor General of Canada •
August 22 •
Cindy Williams, American actress (
Laverne and Shirley) (d.
2023) •
Peter Irniq, Canadian Commissioner of Nunavut •
August 23 –
Willy Russell, British playwright •
August 24 –
Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist •
August 26 –
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (d.
2007) •
August 28 •
Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (d.
2004) •
Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress •
Alice Playten, American actress (d.
2011) •
August 29 •
James Hunt, British 1976
Formula 1 world champion (d.
1993) •
Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert •
Jah Lloyd, Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer (d.
1999) •
August 30 –
Allan Rock, Canadian politician, diplomat •
August 31 •
Ramón Castellano de Torres, Spanish painter •
Somchai Wongsawat, 26th
Prime Minister of Thailand September •
September 3 –
Kjell Magne Bondevik,
Prime Minister of Norway •
September 5 •
Danny Florencio, Filipino basketball player (d.
2018) •
Buddy Miles, African-American drummer, singer and composer (d.
2008) •
Kiyoshi Takayama, Japanese
yakuza boss •
September 6 •
Jane Curtin, American actress, comedian (
Saturday Night Live) •
Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer, coach •
Jacob Rubinovitz, Israeli scientist (d.
2018) •
September 8 –
Amos Biwott, Kenyan Olympic athlete •
September 13 –
Ajib Ahmad, Malaysian politician (d.
2011) •
September 14 •
Sam Neill, British-born New Zealand actor •
Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (d.
1984) •
September 16 –
Russ Abbot, British comedian, actor and singer •
September 19 –
Tanith Lee, British author (d.
2015) •
September 21 •
Don Felder, American musician and songwriter •
Stephen King, American writer and novelist, specializing in the horror genre •
September 22 –
Jo Beverley, Anglo-Canadian writer (d.
2016) •
September 23 –
Mary Kay Place, American actress •
September 25 •
Cheryl Tiegs, American model, actress •
Cecil Womack, African-American singer, songwriter (
Womack & Womack) (d.
2013) •
September 26 –
Lynn Anderson, American country music singer (d.
2015) •
September 27 •
Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager •
Meat Loaf, American rock singer, actor (d.
2022) •
Denis Lawson, Scottish actor and director •
September 28 •
Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesian politician and former military officer •
Marcelo Guinle, Argentine politician (d.
2017) •
Sheikh Hasina, 10th Prime Minister of
Bangladesh •
September 30 •
Marc Bolan, English rock musician (d.
1977) •
Rula Lenska, English actress
October •
October 1 •
Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner •
Stephen Collins, American actor •
Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (d.
2006) •
October 2 –
Ward Churchill, American author, activist •
October 3 •
Alain Mucchielli, French physician •
Fred DeLuca, American entrepreneur, co-founder of
Subway (d.
2015) •
John Perry Barlow, American internet activist, writer, and lyricist (d.
2018) •
October 4 –
Ann Widdecombe, British politician •
October 5 –
Brian Johnson, English rock singer (
AC/DC) •
October 9 –
France Gall, French singer (d.
2018) •
October 13 –
Sammy Hagar, American rock musician (
Montrose and
Van Halen) •
October 14 –
Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-Russian professional wrestler (d.
2018) •
October 17 –
Simi Garewal, Indian actress, producer, director, and talk show host •
October 18 •
James H. Fallon, American neuroscientist •
Job Cohen, Dutch politician •
October 19 •
Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comics artist and illustrator •
Gunnar Staalesen, Norwegian author •
October 24 –
Kevin Kline, American actor •
October 26 •
Hillary Clinton, American politician,
First Lady,
US Senator (
D-
Ny.),
Secretary of State, and 2016
Democratic presidential candidate •
Ene Järvis, Estonian actress •
October 28 –
Henri Michel, French football player and coach (d.
2018) •
October 29 –
Richard Dreyfuss, American actor •
October 30 •
Numa Turcatti, Uruguayan law student, victim of the
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash (d.
1972). •
Timothy B. Schmit, American musician •
October 31 •
Carmen Alborch, Spanish feminist, writer and politician (d.
2018) •
Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian politician, 66th
Prime Minister of Belgium November •
November 1 •
Taizo Ichinose, Japanese war photographer (d.
1973) •
Bob Weston, British musician (d.
2012) •
November 3 –
Mazie Hirono, US Senator •
November 5 –
Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist, singer and songwriter of tango (d.
2010) •
November 6 –
E. Lee Spence, German-born American pioneer
underwater archaeologist,
treasure hunter •
November 7 •
Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player •
Usha Uthup, Indian singer •
Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist, writer and founder of
Manager Daily •
Sefi Rivlin, Israeli actor, footballer and comedian (d.
2013) •
November 8 –
Minnie Riperton, African-American singer (d.
1979) •
November 10 •
Glen Buxton, American rock guitarist (d.
1997) •
Greg Lake, English musician, producer (
King Crimson,
Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (d.
2016) •
November 12 –
Carlos Ezquerra, Spanish comics artist (d.
2018) •
November 13 –
Joe Mantegna, American actor, producer and director •
November 14 –
P. J. O'Rourke, American journalist, satirist (d.
2022) •
November 15 •
Steven G. Kellman, American author, critic •
Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d.
2023) •
November 17 •
Will Vinton, American animator, filmmaker (d.
2018) •
Inky Mark, Canadian politician •
November 18 •
Lim Boon Heng, Singaporean politician •
Ali Bakar, Malaysian football player (d.
2003) •
November 19 –
Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese Prime Minister (d.
2024) •
November 20 •
Joe Walsh, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist •
Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician (d.
2015) •
November 21 •
Alcione, Brazilian singer •
Nickolas Grace, British actor •
Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (d.
2008) •
November 22 –
Terje Rød-Larsen, Norwegian diplomat, politician and sociologist •
November 24 –
Dwight Schultz, American actor (
The A-Team) •
November 25 –
John Larroquette, American actor (
Night Court) •
November 27 –
Clare Torry, English singer and songwriter •
November 29 –
Mirza Khazar, Azerbaijani author •
November 30 •
Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet •
Stuart Baird, English film editor, producer and director •
Véronique Le Flaguais, Canadian actress •
David Mamet, American playwright •
Moses Nagamootoo, 8th Prime Minister of Guyana
December •
December 1 –
Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player (d.
2021) •
December 2 –
Isaac Bitton, French rock drummer •
December 6 –
Romildo Ribeiro Soares, Brazilian televangelist, missionary, author, singer, businessman and composer •
December 7 •
Oliver Dragojević, Croatian singer (d.
2018) •
Johnny Bench, American baseball player •
Wendy Padbury, British actress •
Jeff Maxwell, American actor (
M*A*S*H) •
December 8 •
Gregg Allman, American singer, songwriter and musician (d.
2017) •
Gérard Blanc, French singer •
Thomas R. Cech, American chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
December 9 –
Tom Daschle, U.S. Senator •
December 10 –
Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player •
December 12 •
Will Alsop, English architect •
Carmen Zuleta, Venezuelan judge •
December 14 •
Christopher Parkening, American guitarist •
Dilma Rousseff, 36th
President of Brazil •
December 16 •
Ben Cross, English actor (d.
2020) •
Vincent Matthews, American athlete •
Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator •
December 18 –
Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian crime fiction writer •
December 21 –
Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist (d.
2014) •
December 22 •
Mitsuo Tsukahara, Japanese gymnast •
Porfirio Lobo, 54th
President of Honduras •
December 25 –
Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (d.
2019) •
December 28 –
Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican
Major League Baseball player (d.
2000) •
December 29 •
Ted Danson, American actor (
Cheers) •
Cozy Powell, English drummer (d.
1998) •
December 30 –
Jeff Lynne, British musician (
Electric Light Orchestra) •
December 31 •
Rita Lee, Brazilian rock singer, composer (d.
2023) •
Tim Matheson, American actor, film director and producer •
Burton Cummings, Canadian musician
Date unknown •
Marouf al-Bakhit, twice Prime Minister of Jordan ==Deaths==