Editing 1947 (section)

==Births==
{{BDToC|births}}

===January===
[[File:David-Bowie Chicago 2002-08-08 photoby Adam-Bielawski-cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Bowie]]]]
[[File:Andrea Martin - Lyceum Theatre 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andrea Martin]]]]
[[File:President Megawati Sukarnoputri - Indonesia.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Megawati Sukarnoputri]]]]
[[File:Michio Kaku at Miami University in 2020 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michio Kaku]]]]
[[File:Jonathan_Banks_2012_2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jonathan Banks]]]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[F. R. David]], Tunisian-born French singer<ref>{{cite book |last=Betts |first=Graham |title=Complete UK hit singles 1952-2006 |publisher=Collins |location=London |year=2006 |isbn=9780007200771 |page=210}}</ref>
** [[Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut)|Vladimir Titov]], Russian cosmonaut<ref>{{cite book |title=JPRS Report: Science & technology. USSR. Space |publisher=United States: Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1988 |page=1}}</ref>
** [[Frances Yip]], Hong Kong singer
* [[January 2]] – [[Jack Hanna]], American Zookeeper and Television Personality (''[[Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures]]'')
* [[January 6]] 
** [[Sandy Denny]], British singer (d. [[1978]])
** [[Ian Millar]], Canadian dressage rider<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/ian-millar/ |title=Ian Millar |publisher=Team Canada}}</ref>
* [[January 8]]
** [[David Bowie]], English singer, songwriter, and actor (d. [[2016]])
** [[Samuel Schmid]], Swiss Federal Councillor
* [[January 10]] – [[Peer Steinbrück]], German politician
* [[January 13]] – [[Carles Rexach]], Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
* [[January 15]] – [[Andrea Martin]], Canadian-American actress (''[[Second City Television]]'')
* [[January 16]]
** [[Juliet Berto]], French actress, director and screenwriter (d. [[1990]])
** [[Apasra Hongsakula]], Thai model, [[Miss Universe 1965]]
** [[Harvey Proctor]], British Conservative politician<ref>{{cite book |last=Proctor |first=K. Harvey |title=Credible and True: The Political and Personal Memoir of K. Harvey Proctor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJPGCwAAQBAJ |year=2016 |publisher=Biteback Publishing |isbn=978-1-78590-059-4}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[Takeshi Kitano]], Japanese film director, actor
* [[January 20]] – [[Cyrille Guimard]], French road racing cyclist
* [[January 21]] – [[Jill Eikenberry]], American actress
* [[January 22]] – [[Vladimir Oravsky]], Swedish writer
* [[January 23]]
** [[Tom Carper]], American politician
** [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]], 5th [[President of Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Megawati Sukarnoputri |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/megawati-sukarnoputri |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[January 24]]
** [[Giorgio Chinaglia]], Italian footballer (d. [[2012]])
** [[Michio Kaku]], American theoretical physicist<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's who Among Asian Americans |publisher=Gale Research Incorporated |year=1994 |page=258}}</ref>
** [[Warren Zevon]], American rock musician (''[[Werewolves of London]]'') (d. [[2003]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Tostão]] (Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade), Brazilian footballer
* [[January 26]] – [[Michel Sardou]], French singer and actor
* [[January 27]] – [[Björn Afzelius]], Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (''[[Hoola Bandoola Band]]'') (d. [[1999]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Jeanne Shaheen]], US Senator
* [[January 29]] – [[Linda B. Buck]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/buck/facts/ |title=Linda B. Buck - Facts |website=Nobel Prizes |access-date=October 12, 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 30]] – [[Steve Marriott]], British rock musician (d. [[1991]])
* [[January 31]] – [[Jonathan Banks]], American actor<ref name="TCM">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124225910/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/9256%7C0/Jonathan-Banks#overview |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/9256%7C0/Jonathan-Banks |title=Jonathan Banks |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |url-status=live |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>

===February===
[[File:Farrah Fawcett 1977.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Farrah Fawcett]]]]
[[File:Yukio Hatoyama 20070824 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yukio Hatoyama]]]]
[[File:Edward James Olmos by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edward James Olmos]]]]
[[File:Lee_Evans_mod.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lee Evans (sprinter)|Lee Evans]]]]
* [[February 2]] – [[Farrah Fawcett]], American actress (''[[Charlie's Angels]]'') (d. [[2009]])
* [[February 3]]
** [[Paul Auster]], American novelist (d. [[2024]])
** [[Dave Davies]], English rock musician ([[The Kinks]])
** [[Melanie (singer)|Melanie]] (Safka), American folk singer (d. [[2024]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |title=The book of golden discs |publisher=Barrie & Jenkins |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=9780214204807 |page=298}}</ref>
* [[February 4]]
** [[Halina Aszkiełowicz-Wojno]], Polish volleyball player (d. [[2018]])
** [[Dennis C. Blair]], American admiral, [[Director of National Intelligence]]
** [[John Campbell Brown]], Scottish astronomer (d. [[2019]])
** [[Dan Quayle]], 44th Vice President of the United States
* [[February 5]] – [[Regina Duarte]], Brazilian actress; former Special Secretary of Culture of Brazil
* [[February 7]] – [[Wayne Allwine]], American voice actor ([[Mickey Mouse]]) (d. [[2009]])
* [[February 10]] – [[Louise Arbour]], Canadian jurist
* [[February 11]]
** [[Yukio Hatoyama]], 60th [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
** [[Roy Moore]], American politician
* [[February 13]] – [[Mike Krzyzewski]], American basketball player and coach
* [[February 15]]
** [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]], American composer
** [[Wenche Myhre]], Norwegian actress, singer
** [[Ádám Nádasdy]], Hungarian linguist and poet
* [[February 16]] – [[Veríssimo Correia Seabra]], Bissau-Guinean military commander (d. [[2004]])
* [[February 18]]
** [[Princess Christina of the Netherlands]] (d. [[2019]])
** [[José Luis Cuerda]], Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer (d. [[2020]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Gustavo Rodríguez (actor)|Gustavo Rodríguez]], Venezuelan actor (d. [[2014]])
* [[February 20]]
** [[Peter Osgood]], English footballer (d. [[2006]])
** [[Peter Strauss]], American actor
* [[February 21]]
** [[Victor Sokolov]], Russian dissident journalist and priest (d. [[2006]])
** [[Renata Sorrah]], Brazilian actress
* [[February 25]]
** [[Lee Evans (sprinter)|Lee Evans]], American Olympic athlete (d. [[2021]])
** [[Doug Yule]], American rock singer ([[The Velvet Underground]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Sandie Shaw]], British singer
* [[February 27]] – [[Gidon Kremer]], Latvian violinist
* [[February 28]] – [[Stephanie Beacham]], English actress

===March===
[[File:Rob Reiner MFF 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rob Reiner]]]]
[[File:Kim Campbell.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kim Campbell]]]]
[[File:Mitt_Romney_official_US_Senate_portrait.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mitt Romney]]]]
[[File:Glenn Close - Guardians of the Galaxy premiere - July 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Glenn Close]]]]
[[File:President Ali Abdullah Saleh.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ali Abdullah Saleh]]]]
[[File:Elton John 2011 Shankbone 2 (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|Sir [[Elton John]]]]
* [[March 1]] – [[Alan Thicke]], Canadian actor and television host (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-alan-thicke-20161213-story.html |title=Alan Thicke, actor and dad on '80s sitcom 'Growing Pains,' dies at 69 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=13 December 2016 |access-date=14 December 2016 |author=Barton, Chris}}</ref>
* [[March 2]] – [[Yuri Bogatyryov]], Soviet actor (d. [[1989]])
* [[March 3]] 
**[[Óscar Tabárez|Óscar Washington Tabárez]], Uruguayan football manager and former player{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} 
**[[Mike Sheahan]], Australian journalist
* [[March 4]]
** [[Jan Garbarek]], Norwegian musician
** [[Gunnar Hansen]], Icelandic actor (d. [[2015]])
* [[March 6]]
** [[Kiki Dee]], English pop singer (''[[Don't Go Breaking My Heart]]'')
** [[Dick Fosbury]], American high-jumper (d. [[2023]])
** [[Teru Miyamoto]], Japanese author
** [[Rob Reiner]], American actor, comedian, producer, director and activist (''[[All in the Family]]'') 
** [[John Stossel]], American journalist
* [[March 7]] – [[Walter Röhrl]], German racing driver
* [[March 8]] 
** [[Carole Bayer Sager]], American singer, songwriter
** [[Michael S. Hart]], American author, inventor (d. [[2011]])
* [[March 9]] – [[Ryszard Peryt]], Polish conductor, librettist (d. [[2019]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Kim Campbell]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kim Campbell |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/kim-campbell |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] – [[Geoff Hunt]], Australian squash player<ref>{{cite book |last=Hough |first=G. L. |title=Chambers dates |publisher=Chambers |location=Edinburgh |year=1989 |isbn=9780550118318 |page=65}}</ref>
* [[March 12]]
** [[Kalervo Palsa]], Finnish artist
** [[Mitt Romney]], American businessman, politician, [[Governor of Massachusetts]], [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]] presidential candidate, and [[United States Senate|US Senator]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Utah|UT]])
* [[March 13]] – [[Beat Richner]], Swiss pediatrician, cellist (d. [[2018]])
* [[March 15]] – [[Ry Cooder]], American guitarist<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ry Cooder |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/135961/Ry-Cooder |access-date=August 30, 2011 |last=Gillett |first=Charlie}}</ref>
* [[March 16]]
** [[Baek Yoon-sik]], South Korean actor
** [[Ramzan Paskayev]], Chechen accordionist
* [[March 17]] – [[Yury Chernavsky]], Russian-born composer, producer
* [[March 18]] – [[Tamara Griesser Pečar]], Slovenian historian
* [[March 19]] – [[Glenn Close]], American actress<ref>{{cite book |author=Paul T. Hellmann |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2006 |page=152}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] – [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]], [[President of Yemen]] (d. [[2017]])
* [[March 22]] – [[James Patterson]], American author
* [[March 24]]
** [[Louise Lanctôt]], Canadian terrorist and writer
** [[Alan Sugar]], English entrepreneur
* [[March 25]] – [[Elton John]], English singer-songwriter and composer 
* [[March 26]] – [[Subhash Kak]], Indian-American author
* [[March 31]]
** [[Wong Choon Wah]], Malaysian footballer (d. [[2014]])
** [[César Gaviria]], Colombian economist, politician and 28th [[President of Colombia]]

===April===
[[File:John Ratzenberger 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|100px|[[John Ratzenberger]]]]
[[File:Florian Schneider.JPG|100px|thumb|[[Florian Schneider]]]]
[[File:Tom Clancy at Burns Library cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tom Clancy]]]]
[[File:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar May 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]]]]
[[File:James Woods 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[James Woods]]]]
[[File:IggyChesterRocks.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Iggy Pop]]]]
[[File:Johan Cruijff (1974).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Johan Cruyff]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** [[Alain Connes]], French mathematician
** [[Ingrid Steeger]], German actress, comedian (d. [[2023]])
** [[Tzipi Shavit]], Israeli actress
* [[April 2]]
** [[Paquita la del Barrio]], Mexican singer, actress (d. [[2025]])
** [[Emmylou Harris]], American singer, songwriter<ref>{{cite book |author=Kurt Wolff |title=Country Music: The Rough Guide |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2000 |isbn=9781858285344 |page=407}}</ref>
** [[Camille Paglia]], American literary critic<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Popular Writers |editor=Dave Mote |publisher=St. James Press |year=1997 |isbn=9781558622166 |page=313}}</ref>
* [[April 5]] – [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]], 14th [[President of the Philippines]], daughter of president [[Diosdado Macapagal]]<ref>{{cite book |editor=B. Turner |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2008: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |year=2017 |isbn=9781349740246 |page=995}}</ref>
* [[April 6]] – [[John Ratzenberger]], American actor (''[[Cheers]]'')
* [[April 7]] – [[Florian Schneider]], German musician (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Bussy |first=Pascal |title=Kraftwerk : man, machine and music |publisher=SAF |location=London |year=2005 |isbn=9780946719709 |page=18}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – [[Bunny Wailer]], Jamaican reggae musician (d. [[2021]])
* [[April 12]]
** [[Tom Clancy]], American author (d. [[2013]])
** [[David Letterman]], American talk show host
* [[April 13]] – [[Mike Chapman]], Australian-born songwriter, record producer
* [[April 15]] – [[Lois Chiles]], American actress 
* [[April 16]]
** [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], African-American basketball player, actor (''[[Airplane!]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Biography and Interview |website=www.achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]] |url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/kareem-abdul-jabbar/#biography}}</ref>
** [[Gerry Rafferty]], Scottish singer-songwriter ("[[Baker Street (song)|Baker Street]]") (d. [[2011]])
* [[April 18]]
** [[Kathy Acker]], American author (d. [[1997]])
** [[Jerzy Stuhr]], Polish actor, director
** [[James Woods]], American actor
* [[April 19]] – [[Murray Perahia]], American pianist
* [[April 20]] 
** [[Daud Ibrahim]], Malaysian cyclist (d. [[2010]])
** [[Hector (musician)|Hector]], Finnish rock musician
* [[April 21]] – [[Iggy Pop]], American rock musician<ref>{{cite book |last=Bashe |first=Patricia |title=The new Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll |publisher=Fireside |location=New York |year=1995 |isbn=9780684810447 |page=1981}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] – [[Josep Borrell]], Spanish minister, [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] and [[High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy|EU High Representative]] 
* [[April 25]]
** [[Johan Cruyff]], Dutch footballer and coach (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/24/johan-cruyff-obituary |title=Johan Cruyff obituary: Europe's first football superstar |work=The Guardian |author=Welch, Julie |date=24 March 2016 |access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref>
** [[Jeffrey DeMunn]], American actor
* [[April 27]] – [[Pete Ham]], Welsh rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (suicide [[1975]])
* [[April 29]]
** [[Olavo de Carvalho]], Brazilian journalist, essayist and professor of philosophy
** [[Tommy James]], American rock singer, producer

===May===
* [[May 1]] – [[Jacob Bekenstein]], Mexico-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. [[2015]])
* [[May 4]] – [[Theda Skocpol]], American sociologist<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bisesi |first1=Michael |chapter=Skocpol, Theda |title=International Encyclopedia of Civil Society |date=2010 |pages=1373 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_669 |isbn=978-0-387-93994-0}}</ref>
* [[May 5]] – [[Malam Bacai Sanhá]], Guinea-Bissau politician (d. [[2012]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Martha Nussbaum]], American philosopher<ref>{{cite book |last=Bickenbach |first=Jerome |title=Ethics, law, and policy |publisher=SAGE |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif |year=2012 |isbn=9781412987479 |page=206}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[H. Robert Horvitz]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* [[May 9]] – [[Yukiya Amano]], Japanese international civil servant (d. [[2019]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Caroline B. Cooney]], American author
* [[May 11]]
** [[Walter Selke]], German physicist
** [[Butch Trucks]], American drummer (''[[The Allman Brothers Band]]'') (d. [[2017]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Michael Ignatieff]], Canadian politician, philosopher and historian<ref>{{cite book |last=Rich |first=Mari |title=World authors, 1995-2000 |publisher=H.W. Wilson |location=New York |year=2003 |isbn=9780824210328 |page=405}}</ref>
* [[May 13]] – [[Stephen R. Donaldson]], American novelist
* [[May 14]] 
** [[José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha]], Colombian drug lord (d. [[1989]])
** [[Tamara Dobson]], African-American actress, fashion model (d. [[2006]])
** [[Ana Martín]], Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model ([[Miss Mexico Organization|Miss Mexico 1963]])<ref>{{citation |website=Alpha Life |title=Ana Martin Net Worth & Biography |access-date=August 24, 2019 |url=https://www.alphalife.me/ana-martin-net-worth-biography |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824161950/https://www.alphalife.me/ana-martin-net-worth-biography |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* [[May 15]] – [[Muhyiddin Yassin]], [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]]
* [[May 18]] – [[John Bruton]], 10th [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland (d. [[2024]])
* [[May 19]] – [[Paul Brady]], Northern Irish singer, songwriter
* [[May 21]] – [[Lolit Solis]], Filipina talent manager (host of ''[[Startalk (Philippine TV series)|Startalk]]'', ''[[CelebriTV]]'')
* [[May 24]] – [[Maude Barlow]], Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of [[The Council of Canadians]]
* [[May 26]] – [[Glenn Turner]], New Zealand [[Captain (cricket)|cricket captain]]
* [[May 27]]
** [[Peter DeFazio]], American politician
** [[Branko Oblak]], Slovenian football player and coach
* [[May 28]] – [[Pedro Giachino]], Argentine Navy officer (d. [[1982]])

===June===
[[File:Jonathan Pryce Cannes 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Jonathan Pryce]]]]
[[File:Ronnie Wood (55208398).jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Ronnie Wood]]]]
[[File:Bundeskanzler Viktor Klima (cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Viktor Klima]]]]
[[File:Official Portrait of Lord Blunkett crop 1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Blunkett]]]]
[[File:Robert Englund in Chicago 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Englund]]]]
[[File:Shirin Ebadi 01.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shirin Ebadi]]]]
[[File:Fmr Prez. Rawlings (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jerry Rawlings]]]]
[[File:FleetMacTulsa031018-33 (31359883398).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mick Fleetwood]]]]
[[File:Jimmie Walker 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jimmie Walker]]]]
* [[June 1]]
** [[Jonathan Pryce]], Welsh actor<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019 : the ultimate go -to guide for special days, weeks and months |publisher=Bernan Press |year=2018 |isbn=9781641432641 |page=304 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Ronnie Wood]], English rock musician (''[[Faces (band)|The Faces]]'', ''[[The Rolling Stones]]'')
* [[June 2]] – [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]], Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (d. [[1984]])
* [[June 3]] – [[Dave Alexander (musician)|Dave Alexander]], American musician (d. [[1975]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Viktor Klima]], [[Chancellor of Austria]]
* [[June 5]] 
** [[Laurie Anderson]], American experimental performance artist, composer and musician
** [[Jojon]], Indonesian comedian, actor (d. [[2014]])
* [[June 6]]
** [[David Blunkett]], British politician<ref>{{cite news |title=David Blunkett {{!}} British politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Blunkett |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=6 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Robert Englund]], American actor (''[[V (1983 miniseries)|V]]'', ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'')<ref>{{cite book |last=Monaco |first=James |title=The encyclopedia of film |publisher=Perigee Books |location=New York, NY |year=1991 |isbn=9780399516047 |page=181}}</ref>
** [[Tapani Hyvönen]], Finnish designer and business founder<ref name = TASKINEN1992>Taskinen, Rita: ''Suomalainen Design From Finland, Kuka kukin on, Who’s Who in Finnish Design''. Helsinki: Ornamo 1992, {{ISBN|952-9748-04-3}}</ref>
** [[Ada Kok]], Dutch swimmer
* [[June 8]] – [[Eric F. Wieschaus]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* [[June 9]]
** [[Françoise Demulder]], French war photographer (d. [[2008]])
** [[Robert Indermaur]], Swiss painter and sculptor
* [[June 10]] – [[Ken Singleton]], American baseball player
* [[June 15]]
** [[Alain Aspect]], French quantum physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2022/press-release/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 |date=2022-10-04 |work=[[Nobel Prize]] |publisher=[[The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] |access-date=2022-10-06}}</ref>
** [[John Hoagland]], American war photographer (d. [[1984]])
* [[June 19]]
** [[Paula Koivuniemi]], Finnish singer
** [[Salman Rushdie]], Indian-born British author (''[[The Satanic Verses]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/salman-rushdie |title=Salman Rushdie – Literature |website=literature.britishcouncil.org |access-date=24 December 2018}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] – [[Candy Clark]], American actress
* [[June 21]]
** [[Rachel Adato]], Israeli gynecologist, lawyer and politician
** [[Shirin Ebadi]], Iranian activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] recipient<ref>{{cite web |title=Shirin Ebadi |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/shirin-ebadi |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=26 February 2019}}</ref>
** [[Fernando Savater]], Spanish philosopher, author
* [[June 22]]
** [[Bruno Latour]], French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist<ref>{{cite web |title=Latour, Bruno |url=https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Latour,_Bruno |website=Astro-Databank |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> (d. [[2022]])
** [[Natalya Varley]], Soviet, Russian film, theater actress
** [[Murray Webb]], New Zealand caricature artist, test cricketer
** [[David Jones (golfer)|David Jones]], Northern Irish European Tour golfer
** [[Octavia E. Butler]], American author (d. [[2006]])
** [[Trevor Blades]], English cricketer
** [[Pete Maravich]], American basketball player (d. [[1988]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1900449 |title=Maravich, Pete (1947-1988), basketball player {{!}} American National Biography|website=www.anb.org|year=2000|doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900449|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12|last1=Gregory|first1=Ross|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7}}</ref>
** [[Jerry John Rawlings]], 2-time [[President of Ghana]] (d. [[2020]])
* [[June 23]] 
** [[Bryan Brown]], Australian actor
** [[Thor Hansen]], Norwegian-born professional poker player (d. [[2018]])
* [[June 24]]
** [[Mick Fleetwood]], British musician (''[[Fleetwood Mac]]'')
** [[Helena Vondráčková]], Czech singer
** [[Peter Weller]], American actor and director
* [[June 25]] – [[Jimmie Walker]], African-American actor (''[[Good Times (TV series)|Good Times]]'')
* [[June 26]] – [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]], Afghan politician
* [[June 27]]
** [[Hans Ooft]], Dutch football player, manager
** [[Abdel Djaadaoui]], Algerian footballer
* [[June 29]] – [[David Chiang]], Hong Kong actor
* [[June 30]] – [[Jean-Yves Le Drian]], French minister

===July===
[[File:Larry David at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Larry David]]]]
[[File:O.J. Simpson 1990 · DN-ST-91-03444 crop.JPEG|thumb|100px|[[O. J. Simpson]]]]
[[File:BorisJohnsonandtheDuchessofCornwall2022 (cropped, Camilla, closer).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Queen Camilla]]]]
[[File:Brian May 2017 Guitar Cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Brian May]]]]
[[File:Albert Brooks at 'Drive' premiere TIFF 9.10.11.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Albert Brooks]]]]
[[File:蘇貞昌院長與基隆市林右昌市長一同登上基隆燈塔並合影留念（cropped）.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Su Tseng-chang]]]]
[[File:Françoise Barré-Sinoussi-press conference Dec 06th, 2008-1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]]]]
[[File:Arnold Schwarzenegger by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]]]
* [[July 1]]
** [[Marc Benno]], American singer, songwriter and guitarist
** [[Arantxa Urretabizkaia]], Basque writer, screenwriter and actress
** [[Sharad Yadav]], Indian politician
* [[July 2]] – [[Larry David]], American actor, writer, producer and director (''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'')
* [[July 3]]
** [[Betty Buckley]], American actress, singer
** [[Mike Burton (swimmer)|Mike Burton]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite book |title=Great Athletes: Olympic sports. Vol. 1 |author1=Kjetil Andre Aamodt |author2=Laura Flessel-Colovic |publisher=Salem Press |year=2010 |page=156}}</ref>
** [[Rob Rensenbrink]], Dutch football player (d. [[2020]])
** [[Jana Švandová]], Czech actress
* [[July 4]] 
** [[Francisco Fernández de Cevallos]], Mexican politician
** [[Eva Goës]], Swedish politician
** [[Carla Panerai]], Italian sprinter
* [[July 5]] – [[Toos Beumer]], Dutch swimmer
* [[July 6]] – [[Shelley Hack]], American model, actress, producer, political and media advisor
* [[July 7]]
** [[Richard Beckinsale]], English actor (d. [[1979]])
** King [[Gyanendra of Nepal]]
** [[Felix Standaert]], Belgian diplomat
* [[July 9]]
** [[Haruomi Hosono]], Japanese musician ([[Yellow Magic Orchestra]])
** [[O. J. Simpson]], African-American football player and actor (d. [[2024]])
* [[July 10]] 
** [[Allen Fong]], Hong Kong film director
** [[Arlo Guthrie]], American folk singer ("[[Alice's Restaurant]]") 
* [[July 11]] – [[Riad Ismat]], Syrian writer, critic and theatre director
* [[July 12]] 
** [[Gareth Edwards (rugby union)|Gareth Edwards]], Welsh rugby union player<ref>{{cite book |last=Schoeman |first=Chris |title=Legends of the ball : rugby's greatest players chosen by Willie John McBride, Frik du Preez, David Compese |publisher=CJS Books |location=ColesbergSouth Africa |year=2007 |isbn=9780620369626 |page=112 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Wilko Johnson]], English rock musician (d. [[2022]])<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/23/wilko-johnson-obituary Obituary] ''The Guardian''</ref>
** [[Lenka Termerová]], Czech actress
* [[July 14]] – [[Navin Ramgoolam]], Prime Minister of Mauritius 
* [[July 15]] – [[Roky Erickson]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[2019]])
* [[July 16]]
** [[Roelf Meyer]], South African politician, businessman
** [[Alexis Herman]], American political figure and social worker (d. [[2025]])
* [[July 17]] – [[Queen Camilla]], Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms since 2022 as the wife of [[Charles III]]
* [[July 19]] – [[Brian May]], English rock guitarist ([[Queen (band)|Queen]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Musicians |publisher=Gale Research Inc |year=1992 |page=190}}</ref>
* [[July 20]]
** [[Gerd Binnig]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[Carlos Santana]], Mexican-born rock guitarist 
* [[July 21]] – [[Co Adriaanse]], Dutch football manager
* [[July 22]]
** [[Albert Brooks]], American actor, comedian, director, and novelist
** [[Erica Gavin]], American actress
** [[Don Henley]], American singer, songwriter and musician 
* [[July 24]] – [[Peter Serkin]], American classical pianist (d. [[2020]])
* [[July 27]] 
** [[Bob Klein]], American football player
** [[Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese businessman (d. [[2008]])
** [[Giora Spiegel]], Israeli footballer and coach<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/the-club/history/past-players/ |title=Past players |publisher=Maccabi Tel Aviv}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] – [[Su Tseng-chang]], Taiwanese politician, 41st and 50th [[Premier of the Republic of China]]
* [[July 30]]
** [[William Atherton]], American actor
** [[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]], French virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], Austrian-American actor, bodybuilder and 38th [[Governor of California]]
* [[July 31]] – [[Richard Griffiths]], English actor (d. [[2013]])

===August===
[[File:PM Kishida meeting with PM Ibrahim of Malaysia (cropped, 3to4 portrait).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anwar Ibrahim]]]]
[[File:Cindy Williams.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Cindy Williams]]]]
[[File:Barbara Bach - 1978.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Barbara Bach]]]]
[[File:TempleGrandin.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Temple Grandin]]]]
[[File:The_Prime_Minister_of_Thailand%2C_Mr._Somchai_Wangsawat_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_13%2C_2008_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Somchai Wongsawat]]]]
* [[August 1]]
** [[Lorna Goodison]], Jamaican poet
** [[Leoluca Orlando]], Italian politician
* [[August 4]] – [[Hubert Ingraham]], Bahamian politician<ref>{{cite book |last=Turner |first=Barry |title=The statesman's yearbook : the politics, cultures and economies of the world |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke, UK |year=2011 |isbn=9781349590513 |page=170}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] – [[Graham Lovett]], English footballer (d. [[2018]])
* [[August 7]] – [[Franciscus Henri]], Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist
* [[August 8]] 
** [[Terangi Adam]], Nauruan politician
** [[George Costigan]], British actor, screenwriter
** [[Ken Dryden]], Canadian NHL goaltender, author and politician 
* [[August 9]] – [[John Varley (author)|John Varley]], American science-fiction author
* [[August 10]]
** [[Ian Anderson]], British rock musician (''[[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]'')
** [[Drupi]], Italian singer
** [[Anwar Ibrahim]], 10th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]]
* [[August 11]] 
** [[Diether Krebs]], German actor, cabaret artist and comedian (d. [[2000]])
** [[Wilma van den Berg]], Dutch sprinter<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/wilma-van-gool-14362430 |title=Wilma VAN GOOL |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] 
** [[Maddy Prior]], English folk singer
** [[Danielle Steel]], American romance novelist<ref>{{cite book |author=Paul T. Hellmann |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2006 |page=780 |isbn=9781135948597}}</ref>
* [[August 15]] – [[Raakhee]], Indian actress
* [[August 16]]
** [[Carol Moseley Braun]], African-American politician 
** [[Marc Messier]], Canadian actor
* [[August 17]] – [[Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)|Mohamed Abdelaziz]], Sahrawi politician
* [[August 20]] – [[José Wilker]], Brazilian actor (d. [[2014]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Mary Simon]], [[Governor General of Canada]]
* [[August 22]]
** [[Cindy Williams]], American actress (''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'') (d. [[2023]])
** [[Peter Irniq]], Canadian Commissioner of Nunavut
* [[August 23]] – [[Willy Russell]], British playwright
* [[August 24]] – [[Roger De Vlaeminck]], Belgian cyclist
* [[August 26]] – [[Nicolae Dobrin]], Romanian footballer (d. [[2007]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Barbara Bach]], American actress 
* [[August 28]]
** [[Emlyn Hughes]], English footballer (d. [[2004]]) 
** [[Liza Wang]], Hong Kong actress
** [[Alice Playten]], American actress (d. [[2011]])
* [[August 29]] 
** [[James Hunt]], British 1976 [[Formula 1]] world champion (d. [[1993]])
** [[Temple Grandin]], American animal welfare and autism expert
** [[Jah Lloyd]], Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer (d. [[1999]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Allan Rock]], Canadian politician, diplomat
* [[August 31]]
** [[Ramón Castellano de Torres]], Spanish painter
** [[Somchai Wongsawat]], 26th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]

===September===
[[File:Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norges statsminister, under presskonferens vid Nordiska radets session i Stockholm.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kjell Magne Bondevik]]]]
[[File:Amos Biwott 1968.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Amos Biwott]]]]
[[File:Sam Neill 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Sam Neill]]]]
[[File:Stephen King, Comicon.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Stephen King]]]]
[[File:Meatloaf_1971_(cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Meat Loaf]]]]
[[File:Marc Bolan In Concert 1973.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Marc Bolan]]]]
* [[September 3]] – [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]], [[Prime Minister of Norway]]
* [[September 5]] 
** [[Danny Florencio]], Filipino basketball player (d. [[2018]])
** [[Buddy Miles]], African-American drummer, singer and composer (d. [[2008]])
** [[Kiyoshi Takayama]], Japanese [[yakuza]] boss
* [[September 6]]
** [[Jane Curtin]], American actress, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
** [[Bruce Rioch]], Scottish footballer, coach
** [[Jacob Rubinovitz]], Israeli scientist (d. [[2018]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Amos Biwott]], Kenyan Olympic athlete<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/amos-biwott-14354711 |title=Amos BIWOTT |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] – [[Ajib Ahmad]], Malaysian politician (d. [[2011]])
* [[September 14]] 
** [[Sam Neill]], British-born New Zealand actor
** [[Jerzy Popieluszko]], Polish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (d. [[1984]])
* [[September 16]] – [[Russ Abbot]], British comedian, actor and singer
* [[September 19]] – [[Tanith Lee]], British author (d. [[2015]])
* [[September 21]]
** [[Don Felder]], American musician and songwriter<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sharp |first=Ken |year=2008 |title=The Eagles Heaven and Hell: The Inside story of the Hotel California Years by Don Felder. |url=http://shop.recordcollectormag.com/issue/View/issue/RC348/issue-348 |journal=Record Collector Magazine |volume=348 |pages=33–38}}</ref>
** [[Stephen King]], American writer and novelist, specializing in the horror genre
* [[September 22]] – [[Jo Beverley]], Anglo-Canadian writer (d. [[2016]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Mary Kay Place]], American actress 
* [[September 25]]
** [[Cheryl Tiegs]], American model, actress
** [[Cecil Womack]], African-American singer, songwriter (''[[Womack & Womack]]'') (d. [[2013]])
* [[September 26]] – [[Lynn Anderson]], American country music singer (d. [[2015]])
* [[September 27]]
** [[Dick Advocaat]], Dutch football manager
** [[Meat Loaf]], American rock singer, actor (d. [[2022]]) 
** [[Denis Lawson]], Scottish actor and director
* [[September 28]] 
** [[Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan]], Indonesian politician and former military officer
** [[Marcelo Guinle]], Argentine politician (d. [[2017]])
** [[Sheikh Hasina]], 10th Prime Minister of [[Bangladesh]]
* [[September 30]]
** [[Marc Bolan]], English rock musician (d. [[1977]])
** [[Rula Lenska]], English actress

===October===
[[File:Jaguar's 'Perfect Ten' - Most important and iconic Jaguar cars (-2022464677).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brian Johnson]]]]
[[File:SammyHagar.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Sammy Hagar]]]]
[[File:KevinKlineSept2013TIFF.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Kline]]]]
[[File:A80 Richard Dreyfuss Cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Dreyfuss]]]]
[[File:Herman Van Rompuy 675.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Herman Van Rompuy]]]]
* [[October 1]]
** [[Aaron Ciechanover]], Israeli biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] winner
** [[Stephen Collins]], American actor 
** [[Mariska Veres]], Dutch singer (d. [[2006]])
* [[October 2]] – [[Ward Churchill]], American author, activist
* [[October 3]]
** [[Alain Mucchielli]], French physician
** [[Fred DeLuca]], American entrepreneur, co-founder of ''[[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]]'' (d. [[2015]])
** [[John Perry Barlow]], American internet activist, writer, and lyricist (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 4]] – [[Ann Widdecombe]], British politician
* [[October 5]] – [[Brian Johnson]], English rock singer ([[AC/DC]])
* [[October 9]] – [[France Gall]], French singer (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Sammy Hagar]], American rock musician ([[Montrose (band)|Montrose]] and [[Van Halen]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Nikolai Volkoff]], Croatian-Russian professional wrestler (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Simi Garewal]], Indian actress, producer, director, and talk show host
* [[October 18]]
** [[James H. Fallon]], American neuroscientist
** [[Job Cohen]], Dutch politician
* [[October 19]]
** [[Giorgio Cavazzano]], Italian comics artist and illustrator
** [[Gunnar Staalesen]], Norwegian author 
* [[October 24]] – [[Kevin Kline]], American actor
* [[October 26]]
** [[Hillary Clinton]], American politician, [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]], [[United States Senate|US Senator]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[New York (state)|Ny.]]), [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], and 2016 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential candidate
** [[Ene Järvis]], Estonian actress 
* [[October 28]] – [[Henri Michel]], French football player and coach (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 29]] – [[Richard Dreyfuss]], American actor
* [[October 30]]
** [[Numa Turcatti]], Uruguayan law student, victim of the [[Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571]] crash (d. [[1972]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-26 |title=¿Quién fue y qué hizo Numa Turcatti en 'La Sociedad de la Nieve'? |url=https://www.muyinteresante.com.mx/sociedad/38813.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127174821/https://www.muyinteresante.com.mx/sociedad/38813.html |archive-date=2024-01-27 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Muy Interesante |language=es-MX}}</ref> 
** [[Timothy B. Schmit]], American musician
* [[October 31]]
** [[Carmen Alborch]], Spanish feminist, writer and politician (d. [[2018]]) 
** [[Herman Van Rompuy]], Belgian politician, 66th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]]

===November===
[[File:Joe Mantegna 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Mantegna]]]]
[[File:Dwight Schultz (9699089248).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dwight Schultz]]]]
* [[November 1]] 
** [[Taizo Ichinose]], Japanese war photographer (d. [[1973]])
** [[Bob Weston (guitarist)|Bob Weston]], British musician (d. [[2012]])
* [[November 3]] – [[Mazie Hirono]], US Senator 
* [[November 5]] – [[Rubén Juárez]], Argentine bandoneonist, singer and songwriter of tango (d. [[2010]])
* [[November 6]] – [[E. Lee Spence]], German-born American pioneer [[List of undersea explorers|underwater archaeologist]], [[treasure hunter]]
* [[November 7]]
** [[Yutaka Fukumoto]], Japanese professional baseball player
** [[Usha Uthup]], Indian singer
** [[Sondhi Limthongkul]], Thai journalist, writer and founder of ''[[Manager Daily]]''
** [[Sefi Rivlin]], Israeli actor, footballer and comedian (d. [[2013]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Minnie Riperton]], African-American singer (d. [[1979]])
* [[November 10]]
** [[Glen Buxton]], American rock guitarist (d. [[1997]])
** [[Greg Lake]], English musician, producer ([[King Crimson]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]) (d. [[2016]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Carlos Ezquerra]], Spanish comics artist (d. [[2018]])
* [[November 13]] – [[Joe Mantegna]], American actor, producer and director
* [[November 14]] – [[P. J. O'Rourke]], American journalist, satirist (d. [[2022]])
* [[November 15]]
** [[Steven G. Kellman]], American author, critic
** [[Bill Richardson]], American politician and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97050046.html |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |first=The Library of |last=Congress |website=id.loc.gov}}</ref> (d. [[2023]])
* [[November 17]]
** [[Will Vinton]], American animator, filmmaker (d. [[2018]]) 
** [[Inky Mark]], Canadian politician
* [[November 18]] 
** [[Lim Boon Heng]], Singaporean politician 
** [[Ali Bakar]], Malaysian football player (d. [[2003]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Anfinn Kallsberg]], Faroese Prime Minister (d. [[2024]])
* [[November 20]] 
** [[Joe Walsh]], American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist 
** [[Nurlan Balgimbayev]], Kazakh politician (d. [[2015]])
* [[November 21]]
** [[Alcione Nazareth|Alcione]], Brazilian singer
** [[Nickolas Grace]], British actor
** [[Chua Ek Kay]], Singaporean painter (d. [[2008]])
* [[November 22]] – [[Terje Rød-Larsen]], Norwegian diplomat, politician and sociologist 
*[[November 24]] – [[Dwight Schultz]], American actor (''[[The A-Team]]'')
* [[November 25]] – [[John Larroquette]], American actor (''[[Night Court]]'')
* [[November 29]] – [[Mirza Khazar]], Azerbaijani author
* [[November 30]]
** [[Sergio Badilla Castillo]], Chilean poet
** [[Stuart Baird]], English film editor, producer and director
** [[Véronique Le Flaguais]], Canadian actress
** [[David Mamet]], American playwright<ref>{{cite book |last=Parini |first=Jay |title=The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=2004 |isbn=9780195156539 |page=16}}</ref>
** [[Moses Nagamootoo]], 8th Prime Minister of Guyana

===December===
[[File:Gregg Allman 1975.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Gregg Allman]]]]
[[File:Vincent Matthews 1968.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vincent Matthews (athlete)|Vincent Matthews]]]]
[[File:Porfirio Lobo Sosa cortada.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Porfirio Lobo Sosa]]]]
[[File:Ted Danson 2008 number 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ted Danson]]]]
[[File:Jefflynne hydepark (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeff Lynne]]]]
* [[December 1]] – [[Bob Fulton]], English-Australian rugby league player (d. [[2021]])
* [[December 2]] – [[Isaac Bitton]], French rock drummer 
* [[December 6]] – [[Romildo Ribeiro Soares]], Brazilian televangelist, missionary, author, singer, businessman and composer
* [[December 7]]
** [[Oliver Dragojević]], Croatian singer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Johnny Bench]], American baseball player
** [[Wendy Padbury]], British actress
** [[Jeff Maxwell]], American actor (''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'')
* [[December 8]]
** [[Gregg Allman]], American singer, songwriter and musician (d. [[2017]])
** [[Gérard Blanc]], French singer
** [[Thomas R. Cech]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[December 9]] – [[Tom Daschle]], U.S. Senator
* [[December 10]] – [[Rainer Seifert]], German field hockey player
* [[December 12]]
** [[Will Alsop]], English architect
** [[Carmen Zuleta]], Venezuelan judge<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carmen Zuleta |url=https://poderopediave.org/persona/carmen-zuleta/ |access-date=2021-06-20 |website=Poderopedia}}</ref>
* [[December 14]]
** [[Christopher Parkening]], American guitarist
** [[Dilma Rousseff]], 36th [[President of Brazil]]
* [[December 16]]
** [[Ben Cross]], English actor (d. [[2020]])
** [[Vincent Matthews (athlete)|Vincent Matthews]], American athlete
** [[Trevor Żahra]], Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Zahra |url=http://artsmalta.org/award/trezor-zahra/ |website=Malta Society of Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213212937/http://artsmalta.org/award/trezor-zahra/ |archive-date=13 February 2017}}</ref>
* [[December 18]] – [[Leonid Yuzefovich]], Russian crime fiction writer
* [[December 21]] – [[Paco de Lucía]], Spanish guitarist (d. [[2014]])
* [[December 22]] 
** [[Mitsuo Tsukahara]], Japanese gymnast
** [[Porfirio Lobo]], 54th [[President of Honduras]]
* [[December 25]] – [[Pepe Smith]], Filipino rock musician (d. [[2019]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Aurelio Rodríguez]], Mexican [[Major League Baseball]] player (d. [[2000]])
* [[December 29]] 
** [[Ted Danson]], American actor (''[[Cheers]]'')
** [[Cozy Powell]], English drummer (d. [[1998]])
* [[December 30]] – [[Jeff Lynne]], British musician ([[Electric Light Orchestra]]) 
* [[December 31]]
** [[Rita Lee]], Brazilian rock singer, composer (d. [[2023]])
** [[Tim Matheson]], American actor, film director and producer
** [[Burton Cummings]], Canadian musician

===Date unknown===
* [[Marouf al-Bakhit]], twice Prime Minister of Jordan