January •
January 3 –
Bojan Križaj, Slovenian alpine skier •
January 4 –
Patty Loveless, American country music singer •
January 6 –
Nancy Lopez, American golfer •
January 7 •
Katie Couric, American television host •
Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey goaltender •
Julian Solís, Puerto Rican former world bantamweight champion boxer •
January 8 –
David Lang, American composer •
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 •
January 15 –
Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-born African-American actor and director •
January 16 –
Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor •
January 17 –
Steve Harvey, African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actor •
January 22 •
Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player (d.
2022) •
Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician •
January 23 –
Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanover •
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 •
February 1 –
Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (d.
1999) •
February 2 –
Phil Barney, French singer •
February 5 –
Jackie Woodburne, Australian actress •
February 6 •
Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian •
Robert Townsend, African-American actor, comedian, director, and writer •
February 8 –
Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (
The B-52's) •
February 9 –
Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager •
February 14 –
Soile Isokoski, Finnish lyric soprano •
February 16 –
LeVar Burton, African-American actor •
February 17 –
Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer, harpist (''
Mummers' Dance'') •
February 18 •
Marita Koch, German athlete •
Vanna White, American game show presenter (
Wheel of Fortune) •
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) •
Charlie Brandt, American serial killer (d. 2004) •
February 25 –
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singaporean politician, 9th
President of Singapore •
February 27 •
Danny Antonucci, Canadian creator of the
Cartoon Network show
Ed, Edd n Eddy •
Timothy Spall, English actor •
February 28 •
Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer •
John Turturro, American actor, writer and director
March •
March 4 –
Mykelti Williamson, American actor •
March 5 –
Mark E. Smith, English singer (d.
2018) •
March 6 –
Eddie Deezen, American actor and comedian •
March 8 –
Clive Burr, British heavy metal drummer (d.
2013) •
March 9 –
Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician •
March 10 •
Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born terrorist and founder of
al-Qaeda (d.
2011) •
Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician •
March 11 •
Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (d.
2020) •
Isabel Ordaz, Spanish actress •
March 12 •
Val Demings, American politician •
Marlon Jackson, African-American singer •
March 15 •
Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese actor •
Park Overall, American film and television actress •
Steve Witkoff, American real estate investor, former lawyer, and diplomat •
March 18 –
György Pazdera, Hungarian rock bassist (
Pokolgép) •
March 19 –
Christopher Murray, American actor •
March 20 •
Vanessa Bell Calloway, African-American actress •
Spike Lee, African-American film director and actor •
Theresa Russell, American actress •
March 22 –
Michael Mosley, British television and radio journalist, producer, presenter and writer (d.
2024) •
March 23 •
Edna Molewa, South African politician (d.
2018) •
Lucio Gutiérrez, 41st
President of Ecuador •
Robbie James, Welsh footballer •
Amanda Plummer, American actress •
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) •
Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer who discovered
SN 1987A •
March 31 –
Marc McClure, American actor
April •
April 1 •
J. Karjalainen, Finnish rock musician •
Denise Nickerson, American actress and receptionist (d.
2019) •
April 2 –
Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress •
April 4 –
Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director •
April 5 –
Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan autism campaigner •
April 8 –
Henry Cluney, Irish musician •
April 9 –
Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (d.
2011) •
April 12 –
Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter •
April 14 –
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer •
April 17 –
Afrika Bambaataa, American DJ and producer (d.
2026) •
April 19 –
Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman •
April 21 •
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 and convicted
sex offender •
April 25 •
Eric Bristow, English darts player (d.
2018) •
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, 7th Prime Minister and 8th President of Burkina Faso •
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 •
May 1 –
Jo Jorgensen, American libertarian politician and academic •
May 3 –
Jo Brand, English comedian •
May 5 –
Richard E. Grant, English actor •
May 10 –
Sid Vicious (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist (
Sex Pistols) (d.
1979) •
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 •
Pipiet Senja, Indonesian writer (d.
2025) •
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 •
May 21 •
Rebecca Jones, Mexican actress •
Judge Reinhold, American actor •
Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress •
May 22 •
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 •
François Legault, Canadian politician,
Premier of Quebec •
Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic 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 –
Ted Levine, American actor •
May 31 –
Jim Craig, American professional ice hockey player
June •
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 7 –
Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer and songwriter •
June 8 •
Scott Adams, American cartoonist (
Dilbert) (d.
2026) •
Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress •
June 12 •
Timothy Busfield, American actor •
Gamal Al-Ghandour, Egyptian football referee •
Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer •
Tarek Shawki, Egyptian academic, 25th
Minister of Education and Technical Education in Egypt •
June 14 –
Maxi Jazz, British musician, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ (d.
2022) •
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 –
Georgi Parvanov,
President of Bulgaria •
June 29 –
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, 2nd
President of Turkmenistan •
June 30 –
Silvio Orlando, Italian actor
July •
July 2 –
Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler •
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 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 12 –
Rick Husband, American astronaut (d.
2003) •
July 13 •
Lília Cabral, Brazilian actress •
Cameron Crowe, American writer and film director •
July 17 –
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 •
July 26 •
Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor •
Nana Visitor, American actress •
July 27 –
Hansi Müller, German footballer •
July 29 •
Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast •
Fumio Kishida, 100th Prime Minister of Japan
August •
August 2 –
Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali, Malaysian politician (d.
2011) •
August 4 –
John Wark, Scottish footballer •
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 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 •
August 19 –
Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-born poet •
August 20 –
Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player •
August 22 –
Steve Davis, British snooker player •
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) •
Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (d.
1999)
September •
September 1 –
Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born American singer •
September 6 –
José Sócrates, 117th
Prime Minister of Portugal •
September 7 –
Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish athlete •
September 8 –
Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan singer •
September 11 –
Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer •
September 12 •
Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian •
Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer •
Rachel Ward, English-born actress •
Hans Zimmer, German composer •
September 13 •
Bongbong Marcos, 17th
President of the Philippines •
Cesare Bocci, Italian actor •
Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer •
September 16 –
David McCreery, Irish footballer •
September 18 –
Mark Wells, American professional ice hockey player •
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 •
September 22 •
Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor •
Mark Johnson, American professional ice hockey player and coach •
Dalia Reyes Barrios, Venezuelan art collector •
September 24 –
Brad Bird, American animator, director, writer, producer and voice actor •
September 25 –
Michael Madsen, American actor (d.
2025) •
September 26 –
Luigi De Canio, Italian footballer and football manager •
September 27 –
Peter Sellars, American theatre director •
September 29 –
Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian •
September 30 –
Fran Drescher, American actress
October •
October 4 –
Bill Fagerbakke, American actor •
October 5 –
Bernie Mac, African-American stand-up comedian and actor (d.
2008) •
October 7 –
Jayne Torvill, British ice dancer and Olympian •
October 8 •
Magdalena Cajías, Bolivian academic, historian, and politician •
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 •
October 12 –
Clémentine Célarié, French actress •
October 15 •
Mira Nair, Indian born-American film maker •
Stacy Peralta, American director and skateboarder •
October 20 –
Manuel Huerga, Spanish film director and screenwriter •
October 21 •
Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
Steve Lukather, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer •
October 22 –
Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician •
October 23 –
Paul Kagame, 4th
President of Rwanda •
October 24 –
John Kassir, American actor and comedian •
October 25 –
Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress (
Bart Simpson from
The Simpsons) •
October 26 •
Julie Dawn Cole, English actress and psychotherapist •
Bob Golic, American football player •
October 27 •
Jeff East, American actor •
Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese film director •
October 28 •
Ahmet Kaya, Turkish folk singer (d.
2000) •
Stephen Morris, British drummer •
October 29 –
Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor (
Homer Simpson from
The Simpsons) •
Kevin Pollak, American actor •
October 31 •
Shirley Phelps-Roper, American political and religious activist •
Robert Pollard, American musician
November •
November 1 –
Peter Ostrum, American actor and veterinarian •
November 3 –
Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist •
November 4 •
Tony Abbott, 28th
Prime Minister of Australia •
Aleksandr Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast •
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 9 –
Magalvi Estaba, Venezuelan politician •
November 10 –
George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian •
November 11 •
Vince DiCola, American composer •
Ana Pastor, Spanish politician •
November 12 –
Cécilia Attias, wife of French Prime Minister
Nicolas Sarkozy •
November 13 •
Greg Abbott, American attorney and politician •
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 18 –
Olivia Heussler, Swiss photojournalist •
November 19 •
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d.
2000) •
Tom Virtue, American actor •
November 20 •
Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (d.
1985) •
John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d.
2002) •
Goodluck Jonathan, 14th
President of Nigeria •
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 •
December 1 •
Tjahjo Kumolo, Indonesian politician (d.
2022) •
Deep Roy, Anglo-Indian actor, stuntman, puppeteer, and comedian •
Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter (d.
2011) •
December 3 –
Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician •
December 4 –
Eric S. Raymond, American open source software advocate •
December 6 •
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 •
José Luis Gil, Spanish actor and voice actor •
Peter O'Mara, Australian jazz guitarist and composer •
Donny Osmond, American singer and actor (
The Osmonds) •
December 10 •
Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d.
2012) •
Paul Hardcastle, English musician •
José Mário Vaz, former
President of Guinea-Bissau •
December 12 –
Sheila E., American percussionist, singer, author, and actress •
December 13 –
Steve Buscemi, American actor •
December 15 –
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 –
Doug Parker, Canadian voice actor and voice director •
December 19 •
Kevin McHale, American basketball player •
Tracy Pew, Australian musician (d.
1986) •
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, English-born Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter (
The Pogues) (died 2023) •
December 29 –
Oliver Hirschbiegel, German film director •
December 30 •
Matt Lauer, American newscaster •
Joanna Pacuła, Polish actress ==Deaths==