January •
January 2 •
Gabrielle Carteris, American actress, and trade union leader •
Todd Haynes, American film director •
January 5 –
Iris DeMent, American singer-songwriter and musician •
January 7 –
Supriya Pathak, Indian actress •
January 8 –
Calvin Smith, American athlete •
January 9 –
Candi Milo, American actress •
January 11 •
Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish rally driver (d.
1989) •
Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Austrian politician, noble •
January 13 –
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, producer and comedian •
January 14 •
Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d.
1996) •
Mike Tramp, Danish rock singer (
White Lion) •
January 17 –
Maia Chiburdanidze, Georgian chess player •
January 18 •
Peter Beardsley, English footballer •
Mark Messier, Canadian hockey player •
January 22 •
Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter, musician and artist (d.
2019) •
Shigeru Nakahara, Japanese voice actor •
January 24 –
Guido Buchwald, German footballer •
January 26 –
Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player •
January 28 –
Arnaldur Indriðason, Icelandic writer •
January 29 –
Petra Thümer, German swimmer
February •
February 1 –
Volker Fried, German field hockey player •
February 4 –
Denis Cyr, Canadian-American ice hockey player and politician •
February 9 –
Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor •
February 11 –
Mary Docter, American speed skater •
February 12 –
David Graeber, American anthropologist, anarchist activist and author (d.
2020) •
February 13 –
Henry Rollins, American musician and activist •
February 14 –
Maria do Carmo Silveira, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe •
February 15 –
Benoît Chamoux, French alpinist (d.
1995) •
February 16 –
Niko Nirvi, Finnish journalist •
February 17 •
Meir Kessler, Israeli rabbi •
Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, economic historian and sociologist •
February 18 –
Hironobu Kageyama, Japanese singer •
February 19 –
Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d.
1998) •
February 20 •
Dwayne McDuffie, American writer of comics and television (d.
2011) •
Phil Powers, American alpinist •
February 21 •
Christopher Atkins, American actor •
Abhijit Banerjee, Indian-born economist, recipient of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences •
Geoff Moore, American Christian musician •
February 22 –
Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist •
February 27 –
James Worthy, American basketball player and analyst •
February 28 •
Mark Latham, Australian politician •
Richard Waugh, Canadian voice actor
March •
March 3 •
Milorad Mandić, Serbian actor (d.
2016) •
Mary Page Keller, American actress •
John Matteson, Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer •
March 4 •
Ray Mancini, American boxer •
Roger Wessels, South African golfer •
March 5 –
Charles Poliquin, Canadian strength coach •
March 9 •
Mike Leach, American college football coach (d.
2022) •
Rick Steiner, American professional wrestler •
March 10 •
Mike Bullard, American hockey player •
Laurel Clark, American astronaut (d.
2003) •
Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast •
March 11 –
Elias Koteas, Canadian film and television actor •
March 15 –
Moungi Bawendi, French-born Tunisian American chemist, recipient of
Nobel Prize in Chemistry •
March 16 •
Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player •
Michiru Ōshima, Japanese composer •
March 17 •
Umayya Abu-Hanna, Palestine-born Finnish writer and politician •
Alexander Bard, Swedish musician (
Army of Lovers) •
Sam Bowie, American basketball player •
Dana Reeve, American actress, singer and activist (d.
2006) •
Casey Siemaszko, American actor •
March 21 •
Kassie DePaiva, American actress •
Lothar Matthäus, German footballer •
March 23 •
Norrie McCathie, Scottish footballer (d.
1996) •
Ali Hewson, Irish activist and businesswoman •
Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster •
March 24 •
Mitsuru Ogata, Japanese voice actor •
Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist, Finance Minister •
March 25 –
Reggie Fils-Aimé, American businessman •
March 26 –
William Hague, leader of the
Conservative Party (UK),
Foreign Secretary •
March 28 –
Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach •
March 29 •
Amy Sedaris, American actress, comedian and writer •
Gerardo Teissonniere, Puerto Rican pianist •
March 30 –
Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
1999) •
March 31 –
Gary Winick, American filmmaker (d.
2011)
April •
April 1 •
Susan Boyle, Scottish singer •
Kujira, Japanese voice actress •
April 2 –
Christopher Meloni, American actor •
April 3 –
Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian •
April 5 –
Lisa Zane, American actress •
April 6 –
Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (d.
2000) •
April 7 •
DONDI, American graffiti artist (d.
1998) •
Thurl Bailey, American basketball player •
April 9 –
Mick Kennedy, Irish footballer (d.
2019) •
April 10 –
Rudy Dhaenens, Belgian road bicycle racer (d.
1998) •
April 11 –
Vincent Gallo, American actor •
April 12 –
Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician •
April 14 •
Robert Carlyle, Scottish film and television actor •
Neil Dougherty, American basketball coach (d.
2011) •
Humberto Martins, Brazilian actor •
April 17 •
Boomer Esiason, American football player and color commentator •
Daphna Kastner, Canadian actress •
April 18 •
Élisabeth Borne, French politician,
Prime Minister of France •
Jane Leeves, English actress •
April 20 –
Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor •
April 21 –
John Jairo Arias Tascón 'Pinina', Colombian criminal (d.
1990) •
April 22 –
Alo Mattiisen, Estonian musician and composer (d.
1996) •
April 23 •
Dirk Bach, German actor and comedian (d.
2012) •
George Lopez, American actor and comedian •
April 26 •
Mike Francis, Italian singer and composer (d.
2009) •
Anthony Cumia, American radio personality •
April 27 –
Moana Pozzi, Italian pornographic actress, television personality and politician (d.
1994) •
April 28 –
Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer •
April 29 –
Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese voice actor •
April 30 –
Isiah Thomas, African-American basketball player, coach and team owner
May •
May 4 •
Jay Aston, British singer (
Bucks Fizz) •
Mary Elizabeth McDonough, American actress, producer, director and author •
May 5 –
Hiroshi Hase, Japanese professional wrestler •
May 6 •
George Clooney, American actor •
Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and European Commissioner •
May 9 –
John Corbett, American actor and country music singer •
May 10 –
Danny Carey, American drummer (
Tool) •
May 13 –
Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor •
May 14 •
Urban Priol, German Kabarett artist and comedian •
Tim Roth, English actor and director •
May 16 •
Solveig Dommartin, French actress (d.
2007) •
Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian •
Charles Wright, American professional wrestler •
May 17 •
Enya, Irish musician •
Amadou Ba, former
Prime Minister of Senegal •
May 20 –
Clive Allen, British footballer •
May 21 –
Brent Briscoe, American actor and screenwriter (d.
2017) •
May 22 •
Mike Breen, American sports announcer •
Ann Cusack, American actress •
May 23 •
Mitar Subotić, Serbian musician and composer (d.
1999) •
Karen Duffy, American actress •
May 24 –
Ilaria Alpi, Italian journalist (d.
1994) •
May 27 –
Peri Gilpin, American actress •
May 28 –
Roland Gift, British singer and musician (
Fine Young Cannibals) •
May 29 –
Melissa Etheridge, American musician •
May 30 •
Ralph Carter, American actor •
Harry Enfield, English comedian, actor, writer and director •
May 31 •
Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player •
Lea Thompson, American actress
June •
June 1 •
Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player •
Dilipkumar Viraji Thakor, Indian politician •
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (d.
2023) •
June 3 •
Lawrence Lessig, American academic and political activist •
Ed Wynne, English musician (
Ozric Tentacles) •
June 4 •
El DeBarge, American urban singer; was member of American urban group
DeBarge •
Sam Harris, American actor and pop musician •
June 5 •
Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d.
1999) •
Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (d.
2006) •
Rosie Kane, Member of Scottish Parliament •
June 6 –
Tom Araya, Chilean-born rock musician (
Slayer) •
June 8 –
Katy Garbi, Greek singer •
June 9 •
Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer and author •
Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer and playwright •
June 10 •
Kim and
Kelley Deal, American musicians •
Maxi Priest, born Max Elliott, British reggae singer •
June 14 –
Boy George, born George O'Dowd, British singer-songwriter and music producer •
June 15 –
Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer •
June 17 •
Muslimgauze, British ethnic electronica and experimental musician (d.
1999) •
Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese voice actor •
June 18 •
Sakahoko Nobushige, Japanese sumo wrestler (d.
2019) •
Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player •
Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter •
June 19 –
Bidhya Devi Bhandari, 2nd
President of Nepal •
June 20 •
Karin Kania, German speed skater •
Joko Widodo, 7th
President of Indonesia •
June 21 –
Iztok Mlakar, Slovenian singer-songwriter and actor •
June 23 •
Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist •
David Leavitt, American novelist •
June 24 •
Raja Yong Sofia, Malaysian aristocrat •
Lisa Bevill, American Christian musician •
Iain Glen, Scottish actor •
Curt Smith, British singer and keyboardist •
June 25 •
Jamil Khir Baharom, Malaysian politician and former military officer •
Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, writer, director, and singer in
Seona Dancing •
June 26 –
Greg LeMond, American cyclist •
June 27 •
Tim Whitnall, English playwright, screenwriter and actor •
Meera Syal, British-Indian comedian and actress •
June 28 •
Jeff Malone, American basketball player •
Eliezer Melamed, Israeli rabbi •
June 29 •
Greg Hetson, American rock guitarist •
Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer and dancer
July •
July 1 •
Diana, Princess of Wales, born The Hon. Diana Spencer, English princess consort as first wife of
Charles, Prince of Wales (d.
1997) •
Vito Bratta, American rock guitarist •
Ivan Kaye, English actor •
Carl Lewis, American athlete •
Fredy Schmidtke, German track cyclist (d.
2017) •
Michelle Wright, Canadian country music artist •
July 2 –
Samy Naceri, French actorn •
July 3 –
Mosi Alli, Tanzanian sprinter •
July 5 –
Patrizia Scianca, Italian voice actress •
July 6 –
Richard Mofe-Damijo, Nigerian actor •
July 8 –
Toby Keith, American country music singer (d.
2024) •
July 10 •
Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor •
Lee Heung-sil, South Korean footballer •
July 11 •
João Donizeti Silvestre, Brazilian businessman, historian, biologist and politician •
Ophir Pines-Paz, Israeli politician •
July 13 –
Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer •
July 15 •
Forest Whitaker, African-American actor and film director •
David Cicilline, American politician •
July 17 •
António Costa, Portuguese politician,
119th Prime Minister (2015–present) •
Guru, American rapper (
Gang Starr) (d.
2010) •
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Polish actor •
July 18 –
Elizabeth McGovern, American actress and musician •
July 19 •
Noriyuki Abe, Japanese anime director •
Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast •
Lisa Lampanelli, American stand-up comedian, actress and insult comic •
July 21 –
Mokgweetsi Masisi, 5th
President of Botswana •
July 22 •
Porfirije, born Prvoslav Perić, Serbian Patriarch •
Irina Rozanova, Russian actress •
Keith Sweat, American singer •
July 23 •
Martin Gore, British musician and songwriter •
Woody Harrelson, American actor and comedian •
David Kaufman, American actor and voice actor •
July 24 –
Joseph Kony, Ugandan insurgent, leader of the
Lord's Resistance Army •
July 25 •
Katherine Kelly Lang, American actress •
Hugo Teufel III, American lawyer and government official, 2nd
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security •
July 26 •
Raquel Dodge, General Prosecutor of Brazil •
Gary Cherone, American rock singer-songwriter •
David Heyman, English film producer, founder of
Heyday Films •
Keiko Matsui, Japanese pianist and composer •
Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer •
July 27 –
Erez Tal, Israeli television host •
July 28 –
Aleksandr Kurlovich, Soviet-Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (d.
2018) •
July 30 –
Laurence Fishburne, African-American actor and film director
August •
August 1 –
Danny Blind, Dutch footballer •
August 2 –
Pete de Freitas, English musician and producer (d.
1989) •
August 3 –
Molly Hagan, American actress •
August 4 •
Pumpuang Duangjan, Thai megastar singer and actress (d.
1992) •
Robin Carnahan,
Secretary of State of Missouri •
Barack Obama, 44th
President of the United States •
Lauren Tom, American actress and voice artist •
August 5 •
Mercedes Aráoz, 1st
Vice President of Peru •
Janet McTeer, English actress •
August 7 •
Yelena Davydova, Soviet gymnast •
Maggie Wheeler, American actress •
August 8 –
The Edge, Irish rock guitarist (
U2) •
August 9 •
Brad Gilbert, American tennis player •
John Key, 38th
Prime Minister of New Zealand •
August 11 •
Suniel Shetty, Indian actor, producer and entrepreneur •
Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (d.
2000) •
August 13 •
Mahesh Anand, Indian actor (d.
2019) •
Koji Kondo, Japanese
video game composer (
Nintendo) •
August 14 –
Susan Olsen, American actress •
August 15 –
Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress •
August 16 •
Elpidia Carrillo, Mexican-American actress •
Urara Takano, Japanese voice actress •
Aziz Akhannouch, 17th
Prime Minister of Morocco •
August 17 –
Uwe Schmitt, German sprinter and hurdler (d.
1995) •
August 18 •
Huw Edwards,
BAFTA award-winning Welsh journalist and presenter •
Timothy Geithner, 75th
US Treasury Secretary •
August 20 •
Plamen Nikolov, Bulgarian footballer •
Linda Manz, American actress (d.
2020) •
Manuel Merino, Peruvian politician, 68th
President of Peru •
August 21 –
Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist and animator (d.
2018) •
August 22 –
Roland Orzabal, British musician and songwriter •
August 23 •
Bhupesh Baghel, Indian politician and current
Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh •
Alexandre Desplat, French film composer •
August 24 –
Jared Harris, English actor •
August 25 •
Billy Ray Cyrus, American actor and singer •
Benjamin Bwalya, Zambian footballer and coach (d.
1999) •
August 27 –
Tom Ford, American fashion designer and film director •
August 28 •
Jennifer Coolidge, American actress and comedian •
Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director
September •
September 1 •
Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d.
2007) •
Boney James, American saxophonist, songwriter and record producer •
September 2 •
Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer •
Anthony Wong Chau-sang, Hong Kong actor •
September 3 •
Andy Griffiths, Australian author •
Iwan Fals, Indonesian singer-songwriter •
Yermi Kaplan, Israeli musician •
September 5 –
Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer •
September 6 –
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian rock musician and songwriter (
A-ha) •
September 7 –
Kevin Kennedy, British actor •
September 11 •
E.G. Daily, American actress, voice actress and singer •
Virginia Madsen, American actress •
September 12 –
Mylène Farmer, Canadian singer and songwriter •
September 13 –
Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist •
September 14 –
Martina Gedeck, German actress •
September 15 •
Dan Marino, American football player •
Lidia Yusupova, Chechen human-rights lawyer •
September 17 –
Jim Cornette, American author and podcaster •
September 18 –
James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (d.
2013) •
September 22 •
Bonnie Hunt, American actress, comedian, writer, director and television producer •
Catherine Oxenberg, American actress •
September 23 –
William C. McCool, U.S. Navy Commander and astronaut (d.
2003) •
September 24 •
Fiona Corke, Australian actress •
Michael Tavera, American composer •
September 25 •
Heather Locklear, American actress •
Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter •
September 26 –
Wes Hopkins, American football player (d.
2018) •
September 27 •
Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer •
Melissa Newman, American artist and singer •
September 28 •
Yordanka Donkova, Bulgarian athlete •
Wayne Westner, South African golfer (d.
2017) •
September 29 –
Julia Gillard, 27th
Prime Minister of Australia •
September 30 •
Crystal Bernard, American actress and singer •
Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player •
Eric Stoltz, American actor and director •
Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress
October •
October 1 •
Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer •
Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler •
Michael Righeira, Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor •
October 3 –
Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer and musicologist •
October 4 •
Philippe Russo, French singer •
Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter •
Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese manga writer (d.
2022) •
October 5 –
Matthew Kauffman, American journalist,
George Polk Award winner •
October 6 –
Mark Shasha, American artist, author and illustrator •
October 10 –
Jodi Benson, American actress and singer •
October 11 •
Amr Diab, Egyptian singer •
Steve Young, American football player •
October 12 –
Diego García, Spanish long-distance athlete (d.
2001) •
October 13 •
Rachel De Thame, English gardener and television presenter •
Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach •
October 15 –
Meera Sanyal, Indian banker (d.
2019) •
October 16 •
Chris Doleman, American football player (d.
2020) •
Scott O'Hara, American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (d.
1998) •
Paul Vaessen, English footballer (d.
2001) •
Randy Vasquez, American actor •
Kim Wayans, American actress, comedian, producer, writer and director •
October 18 •
Wynton Marsalis, African-American trumpeter and composer •
Gladstone Small, Barbadian-English cricketer •
October 19 –
Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player •
October 20 •
Ian Rush, Welsh footballer •
Les Stroud, Canadian survival expert, filmmaker and musician •
Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress •
October 24 –
Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist •
October 25 •
Ward Burton, American
NASCAR driver •
Chad Smith, American musician •
October 26 •
Dylan McDermott, American actor •
Uhuru Kenyatta, 4th President of the
Republic of Kenya •
October 30 –
Dmitry Muratov, Russian campaigning journalist, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize •
October 31 •
Alonzo Babers, American runner •
Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director •
Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish rock drummer (
U2)
November •
November 1 •
Anne Donovan, American basketball player and coach (d.
2018) •
Petr Pavel, current
President of the Czech Republic •
November 2 •
k.d. lang, Canadian singer and songwriter •
November 3 –
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon •
November 4 •
Daron Hagen, American composer •
Ralph Macchio, American actor •
Jeff Probst, American television personality •
Jerry Sadowitz, American-born British stand-up comic and card magician •
Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and football manager •
November 5 –
Alan G. Poindexter, American astronaut (d.
2012) •
November 9 •
Jill Dando, British journalist and television presenter (d.
1999) •
Jackie Kay, Scottish poet and novelist •
November 12 –
Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast •
November 14 •
Ben Coleman, American basketball player (d.
2019) •
Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (d.
2007) •
D. B. Sweeney, American actor •
November 16 •
Andrea Prodan, Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician •
Corinne Hermès, French singer,
Eurovision Song Contest 1983 winner •
November 18 •
Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter •
Anthony Warlow, Australian singer •
November 19 –
Meg Ryan, American actress and film director •
November 22 •
Mariel Hemingway, American actress •
Stephen Hough, British-Australian pianist and polymath •
November 24 –
Arundhati Roy, Indian writer and activist •
November 25 –
Matthias Freihof, German television actor and director •
November 28 –
Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer •
November 29 –
Kim Delaney, American actress
December •
December 3 –
Marcelo Fromer, Brazilian guitarist •
December 5 •
Alan Davies, English-Welsh international footballer (d.
1992) •
Laura Flanders, British born American journalist •
December 8 –
Ann Coulter, American author, conservative commentator and attorney •
December 9 •
Beril Dedeoğlu, Turkish politician and academic (d.
2019) •
David Anthony Higgins, American actor •
December 10 •
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, Nepalese Buddhist (d.
1993) •
Nia Peeples, American actress •
December 12 •
Daniel O'Donnell, Irish singer •
Sarah Sutton, British actress •
December 13 •
Juan Carlos Varela, Panamanian businessman and 37th
President of Panama •
Karen Witter, American actress and model •
December 15 –
Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician •
December 16 •
Bill Hicks, American comedian (d.
1994) •
Shane Black, American film director •
December 19 •
Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
Reggie White, American football player (d.
2004) •
December 20 –
Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor •
December 21 –
Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor •
December 22 –
Kassim Majaliwa, 10th Prime Minister of Tanzania •
December 23 –
Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian novelist •
December 24 •
Ilham Aliyev, 7th
Prime Minister of Azerbaijan and 4th
President of Azerbaijan •
Wade Williams, American actor •
December 25 •
Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian senator •
Ghislaine Maxwell, British socialite •
David Thompson, 6th Prime Minister of Barbados (d.
2010) •
December 26 –
John Lynch, Northern Irish actor •
December 27 –
Guido Westerwelle, German politician (d.
2016) •
December 29 –
Jim Reid, Scottish musician •
December 30 •
Douglas Coupland, Canadian author •
Bill English, 39th
Prime Minister of New Zealand •
Sean Hannity, American radio/television host and conservative commentator •
Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete •
December 31 –
Aziz Akhannouch, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister of Morocco ==Deaths==