• January 3 –
Thelma Schoonmaker, American editor • January 19 -
Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (died 2007) • January 20 –
Krishnam Raju, Indian actor (died 2022) • January 22 –
John Hurt, English actor (died 2017) • January 25 –
Paolo Graziosi, Italian actor (died 2022) • January 27 •
James Cromwell, American actor •
Reynaldo Rey, American actor, comedian and television personality (died 2015) • January 29 –
Katharine Ross, American actress • January 31 –
Stuart Margolin, American actor and director (died 2022) • February 2 -
David Jason, British actor • February 4 •
George A. Romero, American director, producer and screenwriter (died 2017) •
John Schuck, American actor • February 5 –
Dick Warlock, American actor and stuntman • February 6 -
Jim Haynie, American actor (died 2021) • February 11 –
John Fink, American actor • February 12 –
Ralph Bates, English actor (died 1991) • February 17 •
Matija Barl, Slovenian actor, producer and translator (died 2018) •
Jo Kendall, British actress (died 2022) • February 19 –
Carlin Glynn, American singer and actress (died 2023) • February 23 –
Peter Fonda, American actor (died 2019) • February 27 •
Howard Hesseman, American actor (died 2022) •
Bill Hunter, Australian actor (died 2011) • February 29 –
Harvey Jason, English actor • March 3 –
Patricia Gage, Scottish actress (died 2010) • March 7 –
Daniel J. Travanti, American actor • March 9 –
Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor (died 1994) • March 10 –
Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist (died 2026) • March 11 –
William Callaway, American retired voice actor • March 22 -
Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American actor (died 1996) • March 26 –
James Caan, American actor (died 2022) • March 27 –
Austin Pendleton, American actor, playwright, theatre director and instructor • April 1 –
Aliza Gur, Israeli actress • April 3 –
Wolf Kahler, German actor • April 5 -
Gianfranco Barra, Italian actor (died 2025) • April 6 –
Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor (died 2011) • April 14 –
Julie Christie, British actress • April 15 –
Julie Sommars, American actress • April 17 –
Billy Fury, English singer and actor (died 1983) • April 20 –
James Gammon, American actor (died 2010) • April 21 –
George DiCenzo, American character actor (died 2010) • April 24 –
Michael Parks, American actor and singer (died 2017) • April 25 –
Al Pacino, American actor • April 29 –
Max Cullen, Australian actor • April 30 –
Burt Young, American actor (died 2023) • May 2 –
Jo Ann Pflug, American actress • May 5 –
Lance Henriksen, American actor • May 7 –
John Irvin, English director • May 8 –
Emilio Delgado, Mexican-American actor, voice artist and singer (died
2022) • May 9 -
James L. Brooks, American director, producer and screenwriter • May 15 –
Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer • May 17 •
Valie Export, Austrian director •
Peter Gerety, American actor • May 25 -
Deanna Dunagan, American actress • May 26 -
Levon Helm, American musician and actor (died 2012) • May 28 –
Josie Lloyd, American actress and director (died 2020) • June 1 –
René Auberjonois, American actor (died 2019) • June 2 –
Maree Cheatham, American actress • June 7 •
Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor •
Ronald Pickup, English actor (died 2021) • June 8 –
Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress • June 20 –
John Mahoney, English-born American actor (died
2018) • June 21 –
Mariette Hartley, American actress • June 22 –
Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian director (died 2016) • June 23 –
Adam Faith, English actor and singer (died 2003) • June 26 –
Luis Valdez, American playwright, screenwriter, director and actor • July 4 –
Karolyn Grimes, American actress • July 7 –
Ringo Starr, English drummer (
The Beatles) • July 13 –
Patrick Stewart, English actor • July 18 –
James Brolin, American actor • July 22 –
Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and television personality (died 2020) • July 24 –
Dan Hedaya, American actor • July 28 –
Phil Proctor, American actor, voice actor and member of the Firesign Theatre • July 30 –
Nicolau Breyner, Portuguese actor (died 2016) • July 31 -
Stanley R. Jaffe, American producer (died 2025) • August 3 –
Martin Sheen, American actor • August 6 -
Louise Sorel, American actress • August 15 •
Maria Grazia Buccella, Italian actress •
Ze'ev Revach, Israeli comedian, actor and director • August 16 -
Bruce Beresford, Australian director, screenwriter and producer • August 19 •
Jill St. John, American actress •
Lou Wagner, American actor • August 23 –
Tony Bill, American actor, producer and director • August 25 –
Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer, actor and professional wrestler (died 2004) • August 26 –
Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (died 2008) • August 27 –
Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (died 1994) • August 31 •
Larry Hankin, American character actor, performer, director, comedian and producer. •
Jack Thompson, Australian actor • September 2 –
Harry Northup, American actor • September 3 –
Pauline Collins, British actress (died
2025) • September 5 –
Raquel Welch, American actress (died
2023) • September 7 –
Dario Argento, Italian director, producer and screenwriter • September 11 –
Brian De Palma, American director, producer and screenwriter • September 12 –
Linda Gray, American actress, director and producer • September 18 –
Frankie Avalon, American actor and singer • September 19 •
Karin Baal, German actress (died 2024) •
Caroline John, English actress (died 2012) •
Paul Williams, American actor and singer • September 20 –
Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand-Australian actor, writer and director (died 2012) • September 21 –
Bill Kurtis, American producer and narrator • September 22 –
Anna Karina, Danish-born French actress, director and singer (died 2019) • September 25 –
Roberto Del Giudice, Italian voice actor (died
2007) • October 9 –
John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and musician (
The Beatles) (shot to death 1980) • October 14 –
Cliff Richard, English singer and actor • October 16 –
Barry Corbin, American actor • October 19 –
Michael Gambon, Irish-English actor (died
2023) • October 25 –
Jimmy Herman, Indigenous-Canadian actor (died 2013) • October 26 –
Tilo Prückner, German actor (died 2020) • October 28 – Nic de Jager, South African actor • October 29 –
Jack Shepherd, English actor (died
2025) • November 2 –
Gigi Proietti, Italian actor (died 2020) • November 4 –
Manuel Ojeda, Mexican actor (died 2022) • November 5 –
Elke Sommer, German actress • November 7 –
Dakin Matthews, American actor • November 13 –
Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Austrian experimental filmmaker (died 1969) • November 14 –
Bill Bolender, American character actor • November 15 –
Sam Waterston, American actor • November 20 –
Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director (died 2014) • November 22 –
Terry Gilliam, American-born British screenwriter, director and animator (''Monty Python's Flying Circus'') • November 27 –
Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist and actor (died 1973) • December 1 –
Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor (died 2005) • December 11 –
Donna Mills, American actress • December 13 •
Volli Käro, Estonian actor •
Carol Locatell, American actress (died 2023) • December 24 •
Janet Carroll, American character actress (died 2012) •
Sharon Farrell, American actress (died 2023) • December 28 –
Don Francisco, Chilean television host • December 31 –
Tim Considine, American actor and writer (died 2022) ==Deaths==