January |125x125px •
January 1 •
Mark Hurd, American businessman (d.
2019) •
Karen Pence, American educator, and teacher,
Second Lady of the United States •
January 4 –
Patty Loveless, American country music singer •
January 6 •
Freddie Glenn, American spree killer and rapist •
Nancy Lopez, American golfer •
January 7 •
Nicholson Baker, American novelist •
Katie Couric, American television host •
Steve Janaszak, American professional ice hockey player •
January 8 •
Dwight Clark, American football player (d.
2018) •
David Lang, American composer •
January 12 –
John Lasseter, American director, writer and animator •
January 13 •
Ralph DeLoach, American football player (d.
2022) •
Claudia Emerson, American poet,
Pulitzer Prize winner in 2006 (d.
2014) •
Lorrie Moore, American writer •
January 15 •
Turk Schonert, American football player (d.
2019) •
Mario Van Peebles, African-American actor and director •
January 17 –
Steve Harvey, African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actor •
January 21 –
Greg Ryan, American soccer coach •
January 22 –
Brian Dayett, American baseball player (d.
2025) •
January 26 –
Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (d.
2003) •
January 27 –
Frank Miller, American comic book writer •
January 30 –
Payne Stewart, American golfer (d.
1999)
February •
February 6 •
Kathy Najimy, actress and comedian •
Robert Townsend, African-American actor, comedian, director and writer (
Hollywood Shuffle) •
February 7 –
Carney Lansford, baseball player and coach •
February 8 •
Robert S. Kapito, business investor •
Cindy Wilson, rock singer (
The B-52's) •
February 14 –
Alan Hunter,
MTV's first video jockey •
February 15 •
Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, criminal (d.
2008) •
Jake E. Lee, guitarist and songwriter •
Jimmy Spencer, race car driver and sportscaster •
February 16 –
LeVar Burton, African-American actor •
February 18 –
Vanna White, American game show presenter (
Wheel of Fortune) •
February 20 –
Dean Zelinsky, American guitar designer, maker and luthier. Founder of (
Dean Guitars) and (
Dean Zelinsky Guitars) •
February 26 •
David Beasley, lawyer and politician, 113th
Governor of South Carolina •
Joe Mullen, ice hockey player and coach •
Keena Rothhammer, swimmer •
February 27 –
Ralph Cox, ice hockey player •
February 28 –
John Turturro, actor, writer and director
March •
March 4 •
Jim Dwyer, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (d.
2020) •
Rick Mast, American NASCAR driver •
Mykelti Williamson, African-American actor •
March 6 –
Eddie Deezen, American voice actor, comedian •
March 12 •
Val Demings, African-American politician •
Marlon Jackson, African-American singer •
March 13 –
David Peaston, American singer (d.
2012) •
March 15 –
Park Overall, American film and television actress •
March 20 •
Vanessa Bell Calloway, African-American actress •
John Grogan, American journalist •
Spike Lee, African-American film director and actor •
Theresa Russell, American actress •
Amy Aquino, American television, film, and stage actress •
March 23 •
Teresa Ganzel, American comedian and actress •
Amanda Plummer, American actress •
March 24 –
Jack Edwards, American play-by-play announcer •
March 26 –
Leeza Gibbons, American television personality •
March 28 •
Paul Eiding, American actor and voice actor •
Harvey Glance, African-American Olympic athlete (d.
2023) •
March 29 –
Christopher Lambert, American actor •
March 31 –
Marc McClure, American actor
April •
April 1 –
Denise Nickerson, actress (d.
2019) •
April 8 –
Fred Smerlas, American football player and radio host •
April 11 •
April 11 •
Michael Card, Christian musician •
Jim Lauderdale, bluegrass musician •
April 12 •
Vince Gill, singer and songwriter •
Adam Parfrey, journalist and editor (d.
2018) •
Suzzanne Douglas, African-American actress (d.
2021) •
April 14 –
Richard Jeni, comedian (d.
2007) •
April 16 –
Essex Hemphill, African American poet and gay activist (d.
1995) •
April 17 –
Afrika Bambaataa, DJ and producer •
April 18 –
Genie, feral child •
April 21 –
Jesse Orosco, baseball player •
April 23 –
Jan Hooks, actress and comedian (d.
2014) •
April 27 –
Robert Curtis Brown, television, film and stage actor •
April 29 –
Timothy Treadwell, environmentalist and filmmaker (d.
2003)
May •
May 3 –
William Clay Ford Jr., automobile executive •
May 4 –
Iona Morris, actress •
May 15 –
Kevin Von Erich, professional wrestler •
May 11 –
Lynn J. Rothschild, American biologist and astrobiologist •
May 16 •
Joan Benoit, Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner •
Bob Suter, professional ice hockey player (d.
2014) •
May 18 –
Lionel Shriver, author and journalist •
May 20 –
Stewart Nozette, astronomer •
May 21 •
Bruce Buffer, ring announcer •
Judge Reinhold, actor •
May 24 •
John Harrington, American professional ice hockey player •
John G. Rowland, American politician, author, and convicted felon •
May 28 –
Kirk Gibson, American baseball player •
May 29 •
Bobby Hamilton, stock car racing driver (died
2007) •
Jeb Hensarling, politician •
Ted Levine, actor •
May 31 –
Jim Craig, professional ice hockey player
June •
June 5 –
Charles Nolan, fashion designer (died
2011) •
June 6 –
Jessica Diamond, artist •
June 8 –
Scott Adams, cartoonist (
Dilbert) (died
2026) •
June 12 –
Timothy Busfield, American actor •
June 14 •
Suzanne Nora Johnson, lawyer and businesswoman •
Mona Simpson, novelist •
June 21 –
Michael Bowen, American actor •
June 23 –
Frances McDormand, American actress •
June 24 –
Doug Jones, American baseball player (died
2021)
July •
July 3 •
Shan Goshorn, American Cherokee artist (d.
2018) •
Ken Ober, American actor and game show host (d.
2009) •
Faye Resnick, American TV personality •
July 8 –
James E. Malone Jr., American politician (d.
2024) •
July 9 –
Kelly McGillis, American actress •
July 10 –
Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war activist •
July 12 •
Rick Husband, American astronaut (d.
2003) •
Buddy Foster, American actor •
July 13 –
Cameron Crowe, American writer and film director •
July 15 –
Cecile Richards, American women's rights activist (d.
2025) •
July 16 –
Faye Grant, American actress •
July 21 –
Jon Lovitz, actor and comedian •
July 24 –
Jack O'Callahan, professional ice hockey player •
July 26 –
Nana Visitor, actress •
July 27 –
Matt Osborne, professional wrestler (d.
2013) •
July 31 –
Paul Provenza, comedian
August •
August 1 –
Taylor Negron, actor (d.
2015) •
August 2 –
Mojo Nixon, singer, lyricist and actor (d.
2024) •
August 5 –
Clayton Rohner, actor •
August 6 –
Jim McGreevey, 52nd
Governor of New Jersey •
August 9 –
Melanie Griffith, American actress •
August 11 –
Richie Ramone, American rock drummer •
August 14 –
Tony Moran, American actor and producer •
August 16 •
Laura Innes, American actress and director •
Phil Murphy, American politician •
August 18 –
Denis Leary, comedian and actor •
August 19 –
Martin Donovan, actor •
August 22 –
Holly Dunn, country music singer and songwriter (d.
2016) •
August 24 –
Kristina Gjerde, American oceanographer (d.
2025) •
August 28 •
Rick Rossovich, American actor •
Daniel Stern, American actor •
August 30 –
Manu Tuiasosopo, American football player •
August 31 –
Gina Schock, American drummer (
The Go-Go's)
September •
September 3 –
Earl Cureton, American basketball player (d.
2024) •
September 8 –
Heather Thomas, American actress and activist •
September 11 •
Jeff Sluman, American golfer •
Jeh Johnson, American politician, 4th Secretary of Homeland Security •
September 13 –
Vinny Appice, drummer •
September 15 –
Brad Bird, American animator and director •
September 18 –
Mark Wells, American professional ice hockey player (d.
2024) •
September 21 –
Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor •
September 22 •
Mark Johnson, American professional ice hockey player and coach •
Ted Williams, announcer, radio personality, and voice-over artist •
September 24 –
Brad Bird, American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and actor •
September 27 –
Peter Sellars, theatre director •
September 28 –
Bill Cassidy, Senator from Louisiana, physician and politician •
September 29 –
Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian •
September 30 –
Fran Drescher, American actress
October •
October 4 –
Bill Fagerbakke, American voice actor •
October 5 –
Bernie Mac, African-American comedian and actor (d.
2008) •
October 7 •
Marcus Lamb, American televangelist (d.
2021) •
Michael W. Smith, American Christian musician •
October 12 –
Renee Chenault-Fattah, journalist •
October 14 •
Kenny Neal, guitarist •
Greg Tate, writer and musician (d.
2021) •
October 15 –
Stacy Peralta, American director and skateboarder •
October 16 –
Jim Hodges, American installation artist •
October 18 –
Gary Gensler, American banker •
October 21 –
Steve Lukather, American musician •
October 23 –
Martin Luther King III, African-American human rights advocate and community activist •
October 24 –
John Kassir, American actor and comedian •
October 25 –
Nancy Cartwright, actress •
October 26 –
Bob Golic, American football player •
October 29 –
Dan Castellaneta, American actor •
October 30 –
Kevin Pollak, American actor •
October 31 •
Lauren Berlant, American cultural theorist (d.
2021) •
Brian Stokes Mitchell, American actor and singer •
Shirley Phelps-Roper, American political and religious activist •
Robert Pollard, American musician
November •
November 1 –
Peter Ostrum, American child actor and veterinarian •
November 5 –
Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d.
1984) •
November 6 •
Cam Clarke, American actor and singer •
Lori Singer, American actress and musician •
November 7 –
Christopher Knight, American actor •
November 9 –
Eric Sievers, American football player (d.
2024) •
November 10 –
George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian (d.
2025) •
November 12 –
Brad Sigmon, American convicted murderer (d.
2025) •
November 13 •
Greg Abbott, American 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 19 –
Tom Virtue, American actor •
November 22 –
Don Newman, American basketball player and coach (d.
2018) •
November 23 –
William Kaelin Jr., American cellular biologist, recipient of
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2019 •
November 24 –
Denise Crosby, American actress •
November 26 –
Kevin Kamenetz, American politician (d.
2018) •
November 27 –
Caroline Kennedy, American author and attorney
December •
December 1 –
Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter (d.
2011) •
December 4 –
Eric S. Raymond, American open source software advocate •
December 6 •
Tom Brinkman, American politician •
Andrew Cuomo, American politician, 56th Governor of New York •
Dana Sue Gray, American serial killer •
December 9 –
Donny Osmond, American pop singer •
December 10 –
Michael Clarke Duncan, African-American actor (d.
2012) •
December 12 –
Sheila E., American percussionist, singer, author, and actress •
December 13 –
Steve Buscemi, American actor and comedian •
December 14 –
Tim Cone, American professional basketball coach in the Philippines •
December 15 –
Laura Molina, American artist, musician and actress •
December 19 –
Kevin McHale, American basketball player •
December 20 –
Joyce Hyser, American actress •
December 21 •
John Geddert, American gymnastic coach (d.
2021) •
Tom Henke, American baseball player •
Ray Romano, American actor and comedian •
December 23 –
Steve Silberman, American writer and editor (d.
2024) •
December 27 –
Greg Mortenson, American humanitarian and author •
December 29 –
Bruce Beutler, American immunologist and geneticist •
December 30 –
Matt Lauer, American newscaster ==Deaths==