January •
January 1 •
Omar al-Bashir, 7th
President of Sudan •
Mohammad Abdul Hamid,
President of Bangladesh •
Jumabek Ibraimov, 5th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (d.
1999) •
Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician, 15th
Prime Minister of Pakistan (d.
2020) •
Robert Lee Minor, American actor, stunt performer •
January 2 • Prince
Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician (d.
2021) •
Lowell M. Snow, General authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) •
Willy Dobbe, Dutch television presenter and announcer •
January 3 •
Chris von Saltza, American swimmer •
Raewyn Connell, Australian
sociologist and professor •
January 4 •
Frank Alesia, American actor and television director (d.
2011) •
Charlie Manuel, American baseball player and manager •
Angela Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond, British politician •
January 5 –
Carolyn McCarthy, American nurse and politician (d.
2025) •
January 6 •
Bonnie Franklin, American actress, singer, dancer and television director (d.
2013) •
Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
January 7 –
Mike Hebert, American volleyball coach (d.
2019) •
January 8 •
Terry Brooks, American fantasy fiction writer •
Joan Lefkow,
senior United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois •
January 9 •
Harun Farocki, German filmmaker, author and lecturer (d.
2014) •
Ian Hornak, American painter, draughtsman and sculptor (d.
2002) •
Jimmy Page, English rock guitarist (
Led Zeppelin) •
January 10 •
Rory Byrne, South African engineer and car designer •
William Sanderson, American actor •
Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (d.
2016) •
January 11 –
Jim McAndrew, American baseball player (d.
2024) •
January 12 •
Joe Frazier, African-American boxer (d.
2011) •
Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovak-born German chess Grandmaster •
Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor and comedian •
Klaus Wedemeier, German politician •
January 13 –
Chris von Saltza, American swimmer •
January 17 •
Jan Guillou, Swedish author •
Françoise Hardy, French singer (d.
2024) •
January 18 •
Paul Keating, 24th
Prime Minister of Australia •
Alexander Van der Bellen,
President of Austria •
January 19 •
Shelley Fabares, American actress, singer •
Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (d.
2022) •
January 20 •
Isao Okano, Japanese judoka •
Chuck Domanico, American
jazz bassist (d.
2002) •
January 23 •
Sergei Belov, Soviet basketball player (d.
2013) •
Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, writer and environmentalist (d.
2019) •
January 24 •
David Gerrold, American screenwriter and novelist •
Klaus Nomi, German singer (d.
1983) •
January 25 •
Sally Beauman, English journalist and novelist (d.
2016) •
Evan Chandler, American screenwriter and dentist (suicide
2009) •
January 26 •
Angela Davis, African-American political activist, academic and author •
Jerry Sandusky, American child molester,
Penn State football coach •
January 27 •
Peter Akinola, Nigerian religious leader •
Mairead Maguire, Northern Irish peace activist, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize •
Nick Mason, English rock drummer (
Pink Floyd) •
Sam Smith, American basketball player (d.
2022) •
January 28 •
Susan Howard, American actress •
Rosalía Mera, Spanish fashion retailer (
Zara) (d.
2013) •
John Tavener, English composer (d.
2013) •
January 29 –
Susana Giménez, Argentinian television presenter
February •
February 1 •
Paul Blair, American baseball player (d.
2013) •
Mike Enzi, American politician (d.
2021) •
February 2 •
Andrew Davis, English conductor (d.
2024) •
Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d.
2012) •
Oqil Oqilov, Tajikistani politician, 7th
Prime Minister of Tajikistan •
February 3 –
Wayne Comer, American baseball player (d.
2023) •
February 4 •
Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton star (d.
2012) •
Maruja Carrasco, Spanish botanist and academic (d.
2018) •
February 5 •
Al Kooper, American rock musician (
Blood, Sweat & Tears) •
Thekla Carola Wied, German actress •
February 8 •
Bunky Henry, American professional golfer (d.
2018) •
Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (d.
2014) •
Tony Minson, British virologist and academic •
February 9 –
Alice Walker, African-American novelist, writer, poet and activist •
February 10 •
Peter Allen, Australian-born
Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist (d.
1992) •
Jean-Daniel Cadinot, French photographer, director and producer (d.
2008) •
Clifford T. Ward, English singer-songwriter (d.
2001) •
February 11 –
Michael G. Oxley, American politician (d.
2016) •
February 12 •
Moe Bandy, American country music singer •
Claudia Mori, Italian producer, actress and singer •
February 13 •
Stockard Channing, American actress •
Michael Ensign, American actor •
Jerry Springer, English-born American politician and television personality (d.
2023) •
Sal Bando, American baseball player and manager (d.
2023) •
Sheldon Silver, American politician, attorney and convicted felon (d.
2022) •
February 14 •
Carl Bernstein, American journalist •
Marie-Denise Fabien Jean-Louis, Haitian physician and politician • Sir
Alan Parker, English film director, producer, actor and writer (d.
2020) •
Hong Shin-seon, Korean poet •
February 15 •
Mick Avory, English rock drummer (
The Kinks) •
Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen leader, first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d.
1996) •
Rommy Hunt Revson, singer and inventor (d.
2022) •
Aleksandr Serebrov, Soviet cosmonaut (d.
2013) •
Nusli Wadia, Indian billionaire businessman and the chairman of the
Wadia Group •
February 16 •
Richard Ford, American fiction writer •
António Mascarenhas Monteiro,
President of Cape Verde (d.
2016) •
Quraish Shihab, Indonesian Muslim scholar •
February 17 •
Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer •
Bernie Grant, British Labour Party MP (d.
2000) •
February 19 –
Donald F. Glut, American writer, film director and screenwriter •
February 20 •
Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin, Malaysian politician and diplomat (d.
2014) •
Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach •
February 22 •
Jonathan Demme, American film director, producer and writer (d.
2017) •
Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player •
Christopher Meyer, British diplomat (d.
2022 in France) •
Robert Kardashian, American attorney and businessman (d.
2003) •
Tucker Smallwood, American actor, author, and vocalist •
February 23 •
Johnny Winter, American rock musician (d.
2014) •
Bernard Cornwell, British-American historical novelist •
February 24 •
Ivica Račan, Croatian politician (d.
2007) •
David J. Wineland, American Nobel-laureate physicist •
Nicky Hopkins, English rock keyboardist (d.
1994 in the United States) •
February 25 –
François Cevert, French racing driver (d.
1973) •
February 27 •
Ken Grimwood, American fantasy fiction writer (d.
2003) •
Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (d.
2020) •
February 28 •
Fanny Cano, Mexican actress and producer (d.
1983) •
Sepp Maier, German footballer •
Kelly Bishop, American actress and dancer •
February 29 •
Dennis Farina, American actor (d.
2013) •
Phyllis Frelich, American deaf actress (d.
2014)
March •
March 1 •
John Breaux, American politician •
Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter (
The Who), actor •
March 2 •
Uschi Glas, German actress •
Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (d.
2024) •
March 3 •
Odessa Cleveland, American actress (
M*A*S*H) •
Chen Chieh-ju, Taiwanese
disability rights activist and politician •
March 4 •
Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer and race car designer (d.
1999) •
Bobby Womack, African-American singer and songwriter (d.
2014) •
March 5 –
Peter Brandes, Danish artist •
March 6 • Dame
Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano •
Mary Wilson, African-American singer (
The Supremes) (d.
2021) •
March 7 •
Michael Rosbash, American geneticist and chronobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
Townes Van Zandt, American country singer (d.
1997) •
Ranulph Fiennes, English adventurer •
March 8 •
Buzz Hargrove, Canadian labour leader •
Carole Bayer Sager, American lyricist, singer, songwriter, and painter •
March 11 •
Graham Lyle, Grammy-winning Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for writing several international hits for
Tina Turner •
Don Maclean, English comedian and broadcaster •
Richard McGeagh, American Olympic swimmer and water polo player (d.
2021) •
March 15 •
Emmerich Danzer, Austrian figure skater •
Ralph MacDonald, American percussionist, songwriter (d.
2011) •
March 17 •
Pattie Boyd, English model and first wife of
George Harrison and
Eric Clapton •
John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter (
The Lovin' Spoonful) •
March 18 –
Dick Smith, Australian entrepreneur •
March 19 •
Said Musa,
Prime Minister of Belize •
Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian assassin of
Robert F. Kennedy •
March 20 •
Erwin Neher, German biophysicist •
Camille Cosby, American television producer and philanthropist •
March 21 •
Mike Jackson, British Army officer •
March 23 –
Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter and record producer (
The Cars) (d.
2019) •
March 24 –
R. Lee Ermey, American actor and Marine drill instructor (d.
2018) •
March 26 –
Diana Ross, African-American actress and singer •
March 27 •
Ann Sidney, British actress and Miss World •
March 28 •
Rick Barry, American basketball player •
Ken Howard, American actor (d.
2016) •
March 29 •
Nana Akufo-Addo,
President of Ghana •
Denny McLain, American baseball player •
March 31 •
Angus King, American politician
April •
April 1 •
Rusty Staub, American baseball player and coach (d.
2018) •
Theo Hiddema, Dutch lawyer, media personality and politician •
April 3 –
Tony Orlando, American pop singer-songwriter, producer and actor •
April 4 •
Faisal bin Musaid, assassin and nephew of King
Faisal of Saudi Arabia (d.
1975) •
Craig T. Nelson, American actor •
Phyllida Barlow, British sculptor (d.
2023) •
April 5 •
Peter T. King, American politician •
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress and director •
April 6 •
Judith McConnell, American actress •
Anita Pallenberg, Italian-born model and actress (d.
2017) •
Charles Sobhraj, French-Indian serial killer •
April 7 •
Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist •
Makoto Kobayashi, Japanese physicist •
Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor •
Gerhard Schröder,
Chancellor of Germany •
April 8 •
Burny Bos, Dutch producer, scenarist and children's book writer. •
Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter •
Jimmy Walker, American professional basketball player (d.
2007) •
April 11 –
John Milius, American film director, producer and screenwriter •
April 12 –
Lisa Jardine, historian and
polymath (d.
2015) •
April 13 •
Jack Casady, American rock musician (
Jefferson Airplane,
Hot Tuna) •
Brian Pendleton, British guitarist (d.
2001) •
April 14 –
Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnamese politician,
General Secretary of the Communist Party and
President (d.
2024) •
April 15 •
Kunishige Kamamoto, Japanese footballer, manager and politician (d.
2025) •
Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist and
record producer •
April 18 •
Isao Shibata, Japanese baseball player •
Robert Hanssen, American double agent (d.
2023) •
April 19 •
Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist, composer (
Parliament-Funkadelic) (d.
2016) •
James Heckman, American economist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
Robert Holmes Bell, American district judge (d.
2023) •
April 20 •
Thein Sein, Burmese politician, 8th
President of Myanmar •
Doyle Lawson, American traditional
bluegrass and
Southern gospel musician •
April 21 –
Paul Geremia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist •
April 22 –
Steve Fossett, American millionaire aviator, sailor and adventurer (d.
2007) •
April 23 –
Timothy Garden, Baron Garden,
RAF pilot and politician (d.
2007) •
April 24 –
Tony Visconti, American record producer, musician and singer •
April 25 •
Len Goodman, British ballroom dancer and television personality (d.
2023) •
Park Soo-il, South Korean former footballer and football manager (d.
2008) •
April 26 •
Amien Rais, Indonesian politician •
Larry H. Miller, American sports owner (
Utah Jazz; d.
2009) •
April 27 –
Cuba Gooding Sr., American actor and singer (d.
2017) •
April 28 –
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician •
April 29 •
Princess Benedikte of Denmark •
Richard Kline, American actor and television director •
Francis Lee, English footballer (d.
2023) •
Liu Chuanzhi, Chinese entrepreneur •
April 30 •
Rudi Assauer, German footballer and manager (d.
2019) •
Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d.
2010)
May •
May 1 •
Costa Cordalis, German singer (d.
2019) •
Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician (d.
2026) •
Marva Whitney, American singer (d.
2012) •
May 2 –
Gloria Lizárraga de Capriles, Venezuelan politician (d.
2021) •
May 3 –
Rusty Wier, American singer-songwriter (d.
2009) •
May 4 •
Walker Boone, Canadian actor (d.
2021) •
Russi Taylor, American actress (d.
2019) •
May 5 •
Roger Rees, Welsh actor and director (d.
2015) •
John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor •
May 6 –
Mike Coulman, English dual-code rugby international (d.
2023) •
May 7 –
Richard O'Sullivan, English comedy actor •
May 8 •
Gary Glitter (Paul Gadd), English glam rock singer and paedophile •
David Vaughan, psychedelic artist (d.
2003) •
May 9 •
Richie Furay, American rock singer-songwriter (
Poco,
Buffalo Springfield) •
Lars Norén, Swedish playwright, novelist and poet (d.
2021) •
Laurence Owen, American figure skater (d.
1961) •
May 10 •
Jim Abrahams, American film director •
Jackie Lomax, English rock singer-songwriter, guitarist (d.
2013) •
May 12 •
Sara Kestelman, English actress •
Chris Patten, British politician •
May 13 •
Armistead Maupin, American fiction writer •
Carolyn Franklin, American soul singer-songwriter (d.
1988) •
May 14 •
Connie Lawn, American journalist (d.
2018) •
George Lucas, American film director and producer •
May 15 –
Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (d.
2015) •
May 16 –
Danny Trejo, Hispanic-American actor •
May 17 –
Jesse Winchester, American-Canadian country singer-songwriter (d.
2014) •
May 18 •
Marianne Battani, American jurist (d.
2021) •
Albert Hammond,
British-
Gibraltarian singer, songwriter and record producer •
May 19 •
Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (d.
2019) •
Jaan Talts, Estonian-Soviet weightlifter •
May 20 •
Joe Cocker, English rock singer (d.
2014) •
Boudewijn de Groot, Batavian-born Dutch folk singer-songwriter •
Pekka Siitoin, Finnish neo-Nazi and Satanist (d.
2003) •
May 21 –
Mary Robinson,
President of Ireland •
May 22 –
Roberto A. Abad, Filipino lawyer •
May 23 •
John Newcombe, Australian tennis player •
Avraham Oz, Israeli theater professor, translator and political activist •
May 24 •
Patti LaBelle, American singer, actress and entrepreneur •
David Mark Berger, Israeli weightlifter (d.
1972) •
Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, Dutch ancient historian •
Dominique Lavanant, French film and theatrical actress •
May 25 –
Frank Oz, English puppeteer and film director •
May 26 –
Jan Schakowsky, U.S. Representative,
Illinois's 9th congressional district •
May 27 •
Chris Dodd, American politician •
Jon Brittenum, American football player (d.
2022) •
Alain Souchon,
French singer-songwriter and actor •
May 28 •
Rudy Giuliani, American politician, Mayor of New York City •
Gladys Knight, American singer •
Sondra Locke, American actress and director (d.
2018) •
Rita MacNeil, Canadian folk singer (d.
2013) •
Gary Stewart, American country rock singer-songwriter and musician (d.
2003) •
Patricia Quinn (Lady Stephens), Northern Irish actress •
May 29 –
Helmut Berger, Austrian actor (d.
2023) •
May 30 –
Meredith MacRae, American actress (d.
2000) •
May 31 –
Ayad Allawi, 38th
Prime Minister of Iraq June •
June 1 •
Robert Powell, English actor •
Rafael Viñoly, Uruguayan-born architect (d.
2023) •
Colin Blakemore, neurobiologist (d.
2022) •
June 2 •
Garo Yepremian, American football player (d.
2015) •
Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (d.
2012) •
June 3 •
Edith McGuire, American sprinter •
Mary Thom, American journalist and author (d.
2013) •
Peter Bonfield, British businessman •
June 4 –
Michelle Phillips, American singer and actress •
June 5 •
Colm Wilkinson, Irish actor and singer •
Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographer •
June 6 •
Reuven Bulka, Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist (d.
2021) •
Edgar Froese, German electronic musician (d.
2015) •
Bud Harrelson, American baseball player (d.
2024) •
Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
Tommie Smith, American athlete •
June 7 •
Annette Lu, Taiwanese politician, 8th
Vice President of the Republic of China •
Cazzie Russell, American former professional
basketball player and coach •
June 8 •
Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d.
1998) •
Don Grady, American actor and singer (d.
2012) •
Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal •
Boz Scaggs, American singer and guitarist •
June 10 •
Ze'ev Friedman, Israeli weightlifter (d.
1972) •
Eegje Schoo, Dutch politician and diplomat •
June 11 –
Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, English politician,
Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries •
June 13 –
Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and 8th
Secretary-General of the United Nations •
June 15 –
Malaysia Vasudevan, Tamil playback singer and actor (d.
2011) •
June 16 –
Henri Richelet, French painter (d.
2020) •
June 17 –
Bill Rafferty, American comedian and impressionist (d.
2012) •
June 18 •
Salvador Sánchez Cerén, 45th
President of El Salvador •
Rick Griffin, American graphic artist (d.
1991) •
Sandy Posey, American pop singer •
Bonar Sianturi, Indonesian army officer (d.
2022) •
June 19 –
Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer-songwriter •
June 21 •
Carmen Cardinali, Chilean professor, governor of Rapa Nui •
Franco Cordova, Italian international football player •
Corinna Tsopei, Greek actress, model and beauty queen, winner of
Miss Universe 1964 • Sir
Ray Davies, English rock singer-songwriter, co-founder of
The Kinks •
Kenny O'Dell, American country singer-songwriter (d.
2018) •
Tony Scott, English film director (d.
2012) •
Luigi Sgarbozza, Italian road racing cyclist •
Chris Wood, English rock musician (
Traffic) (d.
1983) •
June 22 •
Ercole Gualazzini, Italian professional road bicycle racer •
Gérard Mourou, French electrical engineer, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics •
June 23 •
Silvestre Bello III, Filipino businessman and lawyer •
Gan Ee Kiang, Malaysian pharmacologist •
Dionys Baeriswyl, Swiss
theoretical physicist (d.
2023) •
June 24 •
Jeff Beck, English rock musician (d.
2023) •
Dennis Butler, English footballer and football manager •
John "Charlie" Whitney, English guitarist •
June 25 –
Ricardo Salgado, Portuguese economist and banker •
June 27 •
Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (d.
2019) •
Zezé Motta, Brazilian actress and singer •
Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (d.
2019) •
June 28 –
Luis Nicolao, Argentine butterfly swimmer •
June 29 •
Gary Busey, American actor •
Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal •
June 30 •
Daniel Kablan Duncan, Ivorian politician •
Terry Funk, American professional wrestler (d.
2023) •
Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist •
Alan C. Fox, American author, philanthropist and entrepreneur •
Glenn Shorrock, English-born Australian rock singer-songwriter
July •
July 1 •
Mercedes Bresso, Italian politician •
Mike Horan, Australian politician •
Nurul Haque Miah, Bangladeshi professor of chemistry and textbook writer (d.
2021) •
Diron Talbert, American football player •
Syd Jackson, Australian rules footballer •
Salgueiro Maia, captain in the
Portuguese army and revolutionary (d.
1992) •
July 2 •
Billy Campbell, Northern Irish footballer •
Vicente de la Mata, Argentine football midfielder •
Paul Schudel, American football player and coach •
July 3 –
Michel Polnareff, French singer •
July 4 •
Joe Berardo, Portuguese businessman, investor and art collector •
Joe Critchlow, Canadian football player •
Albert Kapengut, Soviet chess master •
July 5 •
Mick Andrews, English international motorcycle trials rider •
Hendrik Born, German vice admiral •
Enrique Irazoqui, Spanish movie actor •
July 6 •
Tim Brown, Australian darts player •
Gunhild Hoffmeister, East German middle-distance runner •
Max Timisela, Indonesian footballer •
July 7 •
Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (d.
1983) •
Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro •
Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer •
Jürgen Grabowski, German footballer (d.
2022) •
Tony Jacklin, English golfer •
George Logan, British female impersonator of the comedy act
Hinge and Bracket •
Feleti Sevele, Prime Minister of Tonga •
Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham, British Army officer •
Glenys Kinnock, British politician (d.
2023) •
Ian Wilmut, British
embryologist (d.
2023) •
July 8 •
Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson, American drummer •
Jeffrey Tambor, American actor •
William H. Pitsenbarger, United States Air Force Medal of Honour recipient (d.
1966) •
July 10 –
Carlos Ruckauf, Argentine politician •
July 11 •
Keith Doncon, Australian rules footballer •
Neil Vant, Canadian Anglican clergyman, prospector, businessman and political figure •
Valdeir Vieira, Brazilian football manager •
Peter de Savary, British entrepreneur (d.
2022) •
July 12 •
Terry Cooper, English football player and manager •
Denise Nicholas, American actress and social activist •
Delia Ephron, American bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright •
July 13 –
Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor •
July 15 –
Klaas de Vries, Dutch composer •
July 16 •
Clarence Parfitt, Bermudian and Scottish cricketer •
Jose L. Cuisia Jr., Philippine diplomat and banker •
Betty Davis, American singer, songwriter and model (d.
2022) •
July 17 •
Mark Burgess, New Zealand
cricket captain •
Catherine Schell, Hungarian actress •
Charles Lapointe, Canadian businessman, politician and public servant •
Tom Kalinske, American businessman •
Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer (d.
2016) •
July 18 •
David Hemery, British Olympic athlete •
William Harrison Courtney, American professor and retired diplomat •
July 20 •
Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) •
W. Cary Edwards, American politician (d.
2010) •
July 21 •
John Atta Mills, 13th
President of Ghana (d.
2012) •
Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (d.
2002) •
July 26 •
Celeste Yarnall, American actress (d.
2018) •
Kiel Martin, American actor (d.
1990) •
July 27 •
Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor and musician (d.
2003) •
Matthew Robinson, English television and film producer, director and writer •
Philip Freriks, Dutch journalist, columnist and television presenter •
July 28 –
Jozo Križanović, Bosnian politician (d.
2009) •
July 30 •
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician (d.
2025) •
Frances de la Tour, English actress •
July 31 •
Geraldine Chaplin, English-American actress •
Robert C. Merton, American economist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
Jonathan Dimbleby, English broadcaster and journalist •
Tommy Robson, English footballer (
Northampton Town,
Chelsea,
Newcastle United,
Peterborough United) (d.
2020)
August •
August 1 •
Yury Romanenko, Soviet cosmonaut •
Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer (d.
2019) •
August 2 •
Jim Capaldi, British drummer, singer and songwriter (d.
2005) •
Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian percussionist and vocalist (d.
2016) •
Joanna Cassidy, American actress and former model •
August 3 –
Jonas Falk, Swedish actor (d.
2010) •
August 4 •
William Frankfather, American actor (d.
1998) •
Orhan Gencebay, Turkish musician, composer, singer and actor •
Richard Belzer, American actor and comedian (d.
2023 in France) •
August 7 •
John Glover, American actor •
Robert Mueller, American lawyer, FBI director (d.
2026) •
Denny Freeman, American guitarist (d.
2021) •
August 8 •
Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d.
2017) •
Hasyim Muzadi, Indonesian Islamic scholar (d.
2017) •
August 9 •
Sam Elliott, American actor •
Patricia McKissack, African American
children's writer (d.
2017) •
August 10 •
Luisa Teresa Pacheco, Venezuelan politician •
Abdul Latif Rashid, Iraqi Kurd politician and the ninth
president of Iraq •
August 11 •
Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor •
Frederick W. Smith, American founder of
FedEx (d.
2025) •
August 12 –
Larry Troutman, American funk musician (d.
1999) •
August 13 –
Kevin Tighe, American actor •
August 14 –
Ahad Hosseini, Iranian Azerbaijani artist •
August 15 •
Linda Ellerbee, American journalist and author •
Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., politician, 56th
Mayor of Pittsburgh •
Yoweri Museveni, president of
Uganda •
R. A. W. Rhodes, British political scientist and academic •
Sylvie Vartan, French singer •
August 17 •
Larry Ellison, co-founder of
Oracle Corporation •
Bobby Murdoch, Scottish footballer and football manager (d.
2001) •
August 18 •
Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor •
Françoise Lebrun, French actress •
Volker Lechtenbrink, German television actor and singer •
Helena Rojo, Mexican actress and model •
August 19 •
Mordechai Spiegler, Israeli footballer and manager •
Charles Wang, Chinese-born American businessman, philanthropist and sports team owner (d.
2018) •
Bodil Malmsten, Swedish novelist and poet (d.
2016) •
Steve Sloan, American football player and coach (d.
2024) •
August 20 •
Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of
India (d.
1991) •
Brian Barnes, British artist (d.
2021) •
August 21 •
Kari S. Tikka, Finnish Professor of Finance (d.
2006) •
Peter Weir, Australian film director •
August 22 –
Ayşen Gruda, Turkish actress and comedian (d.
2019) •
August 23 •
Saira Banu, Indian actress •
Roberto D'Aubuisson, Salvadorean Army officer and right-wing political leader (d.
1992) •
August 24 •
Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler and father of
Dwayne Johnson (d.
2020) •
Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (d.
2013) •
Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (d.
1986) •
August 25 •
Pat Martino, American jazz guitarist (d.
2021) •
Abdullah Tarmugi, Singaporean politician •
Christine Chubbuck, American television reporter (d.
1974) •
August 26 –
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester •
August 27 –
G. W. Bailey, American actor •
August 28 •
Ray Lowry, English cartoonist (d.
2008) •
Kay Parker, English pornography actress (d.
2022) •
August 30 •
Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d.
2004) •
Freek de Jonge, Dutch cabaret performer and writer •
John Surman, English
jazz saxophone,
clarinet, and synthesizer player and composer •
August 31 •
Jos LeDuc, Canadian professional wrestler (d.
1999) •
Earnie Shavers, African-American professional boxer (d.
2022) •
Roger Dean, English graphic artist
September •
September 1 –
Leonard Slatkin, American conductor •
September 2 –
Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter •
September 3 –
Ty Warner, American businessman, inventor of Beanie Babies •
September 4 •
Tony Atkinson, British economist (d.
2017) •
Dave Bassett, English football manager •
Jennifer Salt, American
producer,
screenwriter, and former actress •
September 6 •
Christian Boltanski, French artist •
Swoosie Kurtz, American actress •
September 7 •
Abul Hayat, Bangladeshi actor •
Earl Manigault, American basketball player (d.
1998) •
Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and coach •
Sam Sloan, American chess player and
autodidact •
Jerry Relph, American politician, member of the
Minnesota Senate (d.
2020) •
September 8 •
Bill Parkyn, American scientist (d.
2012) •
Margaret Hodge, British politician •
September 9 –
George Mraz, Czech-born American jazz
bassist and
alto saxophonist (d.
2021) •
September 11 –
Serge Haroche, French physicist •
September 12 •
Leonard Peltier,
Native American activist and convicted murderer •
Vladimir Spivakov, Soviet and Russian conductor and
violinist •
Barry White, African-American singer (d.
2003) •
September 13 •
Carol Barnes, British newsreader (d.
2008) •
Jacqueline Bisset, English actress •
Peter Cetera, lead singer and guitarist of American rock group
Chicago •
September 14 –
Colleen Barrett, American business executive (d. 2024) •
September 15 •
Yoweri Museveni, Ugandan politician, 9th
President of Uganda •
Graham Taylor, English footballer and football manager (d.
2017) •
September 16 –
B.J. Ward, American voice actress •
September 17 –
Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer •
September 18 •
Veronica Carlson, English actress and model •
Satan's Angel, American exotic dancer •
September 19 –
İsmet Özel, Turkish poet •
September 20 •
Jeremy Child, English actor •
Paul Madeley, English footballer (d.
2018) •
September 21 •
Caleb Deschanel, American cinematographer and film director •
Hamilton Jordan, Jimmy Carter's first
White House Chief of Staff (d.
2008) •
September 22 –
Frazer Hines, British actor •
September 24 –
Eavan Boland, Irish poet, author, and professor (d.
2020) •
September 25 –
Michael Douglas, American actor and producer •
September 26 •
Anne Robinson, British television host •
Victoria Vetri, American model and
actress •
September 27 •
Angélica María, American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress •
Ian Garnett, British admiral •
September 28 –
Miloš Zeman, 3rd
President of the Czech Republic •
September 30 –
Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (d.
2006)
October •
October 1 –
Ruth Adler, feminist, human rights campaigner and
child welfare advocate (d.
1994) •
October 2 •
Abdulah Sidran, Bosnian poet and screenwriter (d.
2024) •
Vernor Vinge, American science fiction writer (d.
2024) •
October 3 –
Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician •
October 4 •
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d.
2006) •
Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager •
Eddie Gómez, Puerto Rican jazz
double bassist •
October 5 –
Arnhim Eustace, Vincentian politician and 3rd
Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines •
October 6 •
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, born Chatsumarn Kabilsingh, pioneering female Thai Buddhist monk, previously academic •
Mylon LeFevre, American singer and evangelist (d.
2023) •
Boris Mikhailov, former Russian
ice hockey player •
October 7 •
Sir Donald Tsang, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong •
October 8 –
Dale Dye, American actor, technical advisor, radio personality and writer •
October 9 •
John Entwistle, English rock bass guitarist and singer-songwriter (
The Who) (d.
2002) •
Nona Hendryx, American R&B singer (
Labelle) •
October 11 –
William T. Greenough, American neuroscientist (d.
2013) •
October 13 •
Margo Lion, American theatrical producer (d.
2020) •
Gulab Chand Kataria, Indian politician and the 27th Governor of
Assam •
October 14 –
Udo Kier, German actor (d.
2025) •
October 15 •
Mac Collins, American politician (d.
2018) •
Şerif Gören, Turkish film director •
Haim Saban, Israeli-American media proprietor •
David Trimble, Northern Irish Unionist political leader; recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize 1998 (d.
2022) •
Kay Ivey, American politician •
October 16 –
Elizabeth Loftus, American cognitive psychologist and memory specialist •
October 19 –
George McCrae, American soul and disco singer •
Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer and musician (d.
1987) •
October 20 –
Clive Hornby, English actor (d.
2008) •
October 21 •
Janet Ahlberg, British children's book writer (d.
1994) •
Muzaffar Ali, Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker •
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, French scientist; recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 •
October 25 •
Jon Anderson, English rock singer-songwriter and musician •
Ron Coote, Australian rugby league player •
Kati Kovács, Hungarian jazz, pop and rock musician •
Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician (d.
2013) •
October 27 –
Nikolai Karachentsov, Russian actor (d.
2018) •
October 28 •
Dennis Franz, American actor •
Marián Labuda, Slovak actor (d.
2018) •
Ian Marter, English actor and writer (d.
1986) •
Ranjit Mallick, Indian actor who works mainly in
Bengali cinema •
October 30 –
Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (d.
2015) •
October 31 •
Hal Wick, American politician (d.
2018) •
Kinky Friedman, American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and columnist
November •
November 1 •
Rafic Hariri, 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon (d.
2005) •
Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager and commentator (d.
2017) •
Oscar Temaru, President of
French Polynesia •
Florindo Fabrizio, American politician (d.
2018) •
November 2 •
Michael Buffer, American ring announcer and actor •
Keith Emerson, English keyboardist (d.
2016) •
November 3 –
Tom Shales, American writer and television critic (d.
2024) •
November 4 •
Linda Gary, American actress (d.
1995) •
Willem Breuker, Dutch bandleader, composer, arranger,
saxophonist, and
clarinetist (d.
2010) •
Scherrie Payne, American singer •
November 5 –
Leland Wilkinson, American statistician and computer scientist (d.
2021) •
November 7 •
Luigi Riva, Italian footballer (d.
2024) •
Joe Niekro, American baseball player (d.
2006) •
November 10 •
Askar Akayev, 1st
President of Kyrgyzstan •
Silvestre Reyes, American politician •
Tim Rice, English lyricist, writer and broadcaster •
November 11 –
Kemal Sunal, Turkish comedian •
November 12 •
Booker T. Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter, musician and producer •
Al Michaels, American sportscaster •
November 14 –
Karen Armstrong, British writer •
November 17 •
Jim Boeheim, American basketball player and coach •
Malcolm Bruce, English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician •
Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (d.
1991) •
Danny DeVito, American actor, film producer and director •
Gary Goldman, American animator, film producer and director •
Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect •
Lorne Michaels, Canadian television and film producer •
Tom Seaver, American baseball pitcher (d.
2020) •
Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (d.
1966) •
November 18 •
Wolfgang Joop, German artist, fashion designer and art collector •
Ed Krupp, American astronomer, director of the
Griffith Observatory •
Lorinda Cherry, American computer scientist (d.
2022) •
November 20 •
Louie Dampier, American basketball player •
Donald DiFrancesco, American lawyer and politician, 51st
Governor of New Jersey •
November 21 •
Dick Durbin, American politician •
Earl Monroe, American basketball player •
Harold Ramis, American actor, director and comedy writer (d.
2014) •
November 23 –
Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer and film director (d.
2019) •
November 24 •
Candy Darling, American actress (d.
1974) •
Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar and diplomat •
Amol Palekar, Indian actor, director and producer of
Hindi and
Marathi cinema •
November 25 •
Ben Stein, American law professor, actor and author •
Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan politician, 8th
Vice President of Kenya •
Sylvia Gore, English footballer (d.
2016) •
November 27 –
Mickey Leland, American politician (d.
1989) •
November 28 –
Rita Mae Brown, American fiction writer and political activist •
November 30 –
George Graham, Scottish football player and manager
December •
December 1 –
John Densmore, drummer, member of
The Doors. •
December 2 •
Cathy Lee Crosby, American actress (''That's Incredible!'') •
Ibrahim Rugova, 1st
President of Kosovo (d.
2006) •
Dionysis Savvopoulos, Greek singer-songwriter •
December 3 –
Ralph McTell, English folk singer-songwriter •
December 4 •
Dennis Wilson, American pop singer-songwriter and drummer (d.
1983) •
Chris Hillman, American musician and bassist •
December 5 –
Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor and film director •
December 6 •
Kit Culkin, American stage actor •
Ron Kenoly, American Christian leader •
Sutiyoso, Indonesian politician and general, governor of
Jakarta •
Jonathan King, English music producer and convicted
sex offender •
December 7 •
Daniel Chorzempa, American organist •
Georges Coste, French rugby player and coach •
December 8 •
George Baker, Dutch singer-songwriter •
Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress and model •
December 9 •
Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, 80th
Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (d.
2020) •
Tadashi Irie, Japanese
yakuza boss •
Ki Longfellow, American novelist •
Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (d.
2019) •
Roger Short, British diplomat (murdered in the
2003 Istanbul bombings) •
December 10 •
Andris Bērziņš, 8th
President of Latvia •
Bhikkhu Bodhi, American
Theravada Buddhist monk •
December 11 •
Gianni Morandi, Italian singer •
Brenda Lee, American singer •
Lynda Day George, American actress •
Teri Garr, American actress (d.
2024) •
December 12 •
Diana Bracho, Mexican actress •
Kenneth Cranham, Scottish born actor •
Cara Duff-MacCormick, Canadian stage actress •
Alex Acuña,
Peruvian–American jazz drummer and percussionist •
December 14 –
Denis Thwaites, English footballer (murdered in the
2015 Sousse attacks) •
December 15 –
Chico Mendes, Brazilian
rubber tapper,
trade union leader and
environmentalist (d.
1988) •
December 16 –
Sein Win, Burmese politician •
December 17 –
Bernard Hill, British actor (d.
2024) •
December 19 •
Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist (d.
2019) •
María Martha Serra Lima, Argentine singer (d.
2017) •
Tim Reid, African-American actor and film director •
Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Soviet and Russian actress •
Terry Underwood, Australian author •
Fred Callaghan, English footballer (d.
2022) •
Douglas Durst, American real estate investor and developer •
Alvin Lee, English guitarist, singer and songwriter (d.
2013) •
William Christie, American-born French conductor and musician •
December 20 •
Ray Martin, Australian journalist and television presenter •
Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer •
Anton Rippon, British journalist and author •
December 21 •
Bill Atkinson, English footballer (d.
2013) •
Michael Tilson Thomas, American conductor (d.
2026) •
Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (d.
2007) •
December 22 •
Steve Carlton, American baseball player •
Mo Foster, English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, solo artist, author, and public speaker (d.
2023) •
December 23 •
Wesley Clark, U.S. general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander •
Ingar Knudtsen, Norwegian novelist and poet •
December 24 •
Erhard Keller, German speed skater •
Mick Shoebottom, English rugby league player (d.
2002) •
December 25 •
Jairzinho, Brazilian football player •
Kenny Everett, British comedian and radio DJ. (d.
1995) •
December 26 •
Bill Ayers, American education theorist, previously radical anti-war activist •
Jane Lapotaire, British actress (d.
2026) •
Aleksey Mikhalyov, Russian translator •
December 27 –
Mick Jones, English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer (
Foreigner) •
December 28 •
Kary Mullis, American chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2019) •
Edgar Vivar, Mexican actor (Señor Barriga and Ñoño in
El Chavo del Ocho) •
Johnny Isakson, American politician (d.
2021) •
December 30 –
Joseph Hilbe, American statistician and author (d.
2017) •
December 31 •
Neil Ross, British-American voice actor and announcer •
Jan Widströmer, Swedish painter and poet •
Lois Galgay Reckitt, American activist and politician (d.
2023)
Date unknown •
Lea Hopkins, American LGBT rights activist from Missouri •
Donald Nicolaisen, American SEC chief accountant (d.
2019) ==Deaths==