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== Births == {{BDToC|births|unknown=yes}} === January === [[File:Christine Lagarde (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christine Lagarde]]]] [[File:Mel Gibson Cannes 2016 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mel Gibson]]]] [[File:David Caruso 2008.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Caruso]]]] [[File:BillMaherSept10.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bill Maher]]]] <!--[[File:Robby Benson Photo Op GalaxyCon Minneapolis 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robby Benson]]]]--> [[File:Geena Davis 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Geena Davis]]]] [[File:MimiRogersApr09.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mimi Rogers]]]] * [[January 1]] ** [[Mark R. Hughes]], American entrepreneur (d. [[2000]]) ** [[Kōji Yakusho]], Japanese actor ** [[Christine Lagarde]], French lawyer and politician, [[IMF]] Managing Director and [[European Central Bank|ECB]] president ** [[Dzulkefly Ahmad]], Malaysian politician ** [[Andrew Lesnie]], Australian cinematographer (d. [[2015]]) ** [[Andy Gill]], English musician ([[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]]) (d. [[2020]]) * [[January 3]] – [[Mel Gibson]], American actor and director * [[January 4]] – [[Bernard Sumner]], British musician * [[January 5]] ** [[Ana Pessoa Pinto]], East Timorese politician and jurist ** [[Celso Blues Boy]], Brazilian singer and guitarist (d. [[2012]]) ** [[Chen Kenichi]], Japan-born Chinese chef ** [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]], German politician * [[January 7]] ** [[David Caruso]], American actor ** [[Uwe Ochsenknecht]], German actor ** [[Johnny Owen]], Welsh boxer (d. [[1980]]) * [[January 8]] – [[Anatolii Brezvin]], Ukrainian businessman, politician, and ice hockey executive<ref>{{cite news|title=Брезвін Анатолій Іванович|date=14 December 2016|work={{ill|Лівий берег|uk}} [Left Bank]|publisher={{ill|Київський інститут проблем управління імені Горшеніна|uk}} [Gorshenin Institute]|language=uk|location=Kyiv, Ukraine|url=https://lb.ua/file/person/3602_brezvin_anatoliy_ivanovich.html|access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://logos-ukraine.com.ua/project/index.php?project=piued2&id=897|title=Брезвін Анатолій Івановича|website=Logos Ukraine Publishing House|location=Kyiv, Ukraine|language=uk|access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref> * [[January 9]] ** [[Kimberly Beck]], American actress ** [[Imelda Staunton]], English actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Imelda Staunton |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba295d590 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311210951/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba295d590 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=10 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * [[January 12]] – [[Nikolai Noskov]], Soviet and Russian rock singer and songwriter * [[January 15]] – [[Vitaly Kaloyev]], Russian convicted murderer, architect deputy minister of construction of North Ossetia-Alania * [[January 16]] – [[Martin Jol]], Dutch football manager * [[January 17]] – [[Paul Young]], English musician * [[January 18]] ** [[Sharon Mitchell]], American sexologist ** [[Jim Mothersbaugh]], American rock drummer * [[January 19]] ** [[Adriana Acosta]], Argentine militant and field hockey player (d. [[1978]]) ** [[Susan Solomon]], American atmospheric chemist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pas.va/en/academicians/ordinary/solomon.html|title=Susan Solomon|website=Pontifical Academy of Sciences|access-date=11 November 2024}}</ref> * [[January 20]] – [[Bill Maher]], American actor, comedian and political analyst * [[January 21]] ** [[Robby Benson]], American actor, voice actor, director, singer and educator ** [[Geena Davis]], American actress * [[January 24]] – [[Lounès Matoub]], Algerian Berber Kabyle singer (d. [[1998]]) * [[January 25]] – [[Bronwyn Pike]], Australian politician * [[January 26]] – [[Pat Musick]], American voice actress * [[January 27]] ** [[Susanne Blakeslee]], American actress ** [[Mimi Rogers]], American actress * [[January 28]] – [[Peter Schilling]], German singer * [[January 29]] – [[Jan Jakub Kolski]], Polish film director * [[January 30]] – [[Keiichi Tsuchiya]], Japanese racing driver * [[January 31]] ** [[John Lydon]], British punk musician and TV personality ** [[Trevor Manuel]], South African politician === February === <!--[[File:NathanLane2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nathan Lane]]]]--> [[File:Enele Sopoaga 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Enele Sopoaga]]]] [[File:Jay Nixon 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jay Nixon]]]] [[File:JudithButler2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Judith Butler]]]] * [[February 1]] – [[Mike Kitchen]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * [[February 2]] – [[Alireza Soleimani]], Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler (d. [[2014]]) * [[February 3]] ** [[Nathan Lane]], American actor ** [[Lee Ranaldo]], American musician * [[February 10]] – [[Enele Sopoaga]], 12th prime minister of Tuvalu * [[February 11]] – [[Didier Lockwood]], French jazz violinist (d. [[2018]]) * [[February 13]] ** [[Peter Hook]], British bass player ** [[Yiannis Kouros]], Greek-Australian ultra marathoner ** [[Jay Nixon]], 55th [[governor of Missouri]] * [[February 14]] – [[Tom Burlinson]], Australian actor * [[February 15]] – [[Desmond Haynes]], West Indian cricketer * [[February 18]] – [[Thomas Gradin]], Swedish hockey player * [[February 19]] ** [[Kathleen Beller]], American actress ** [[Roderick MacKinnon]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] * [[February 20]] – [[François Bréda]], Romanian essayist, poet, literary critic, literary historian, translator and theatrologist (d. [[2018]]) * [[February 23]] – [[Reinhold Beckmann]], German television presenter * [[February 24]] – [[Judith Butler]], American philosopher * [[February 25]] ** [[Davie Cooper]], Scottish footballer (d. [[1995]]) ** [[Michel Friedman]], German lawyer, politician and talk show host * [[February 26]] – [[Keisuke Kuwata]], Japanese musician * [[February 28]] – [[Thomas Remengesau Jr.]], 7th and 9th [[president of Palau]] * [[February 29]] – [[Aileen Wuornos]], American serial killer (d. [[2002]]) === March === [[File:Tim Daly - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tim Daly]]]] [[File:Bryan Cranston at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival (2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bryan Cranston]]]] <!--[[File:John Kapelos 2014-11-24.png|thumb|100px|[[John Kapelos]]]]--> [[File:Rob Paulsen.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rob Paulsen]]]] [[File:Ingemar Stenmark, June 2014-P6170012-1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ingemar Stenmark]]]] [[File:Baroness Ashton headshot.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Catherine Ashton]]]] [[File:José Manuel Barroso (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[José Manuel Barroso]]]] * [[March 1]] ** [[Tim Daly]], American actor and producer ** [[Dalia Grybauskaitė]], [[President of Lithuania]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dalia Grybauskaite |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/dalia-grybauskaite |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref> * [[March 2]] – [[Eduardo Rodríguez (politician)|Eduardo Rodríguez]], [[President of Bolivia]] * [[March 5]] ** [[Teena Marie]], American singer (d. [[2010]]) ** [[Marco Paolini]], Italian stage actor, dramaturge and author * [[March 7]] ** [[Andrea Levy]], English novelist (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Innes |first1=Lyn |author-link=Lyn Innes|title=Andrea Levy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/15/andrea-levy-obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=15 February 2019 |date=15 February 2019}}</ref> ** [[Bryan Cranston]], American actor, director, producer and screenwriter * [[March 9]] ** [[Kadyrzhan Batyrov]], Kyrgyz businessman and politician (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Shashi Tharoor]], Indian politician * [[March 11]] – [[Rob Paulsen]], American voice actor and singer * [[March 13]] – [[Dana Delany]], American actress * [[March 16]] ** [[Boaz Arad]], Israeli visual artist (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Vladimír Godár]], Slovak composer * [[March 18]] – [[Ingemar Stenmark]], Swedish alpine skier * [[March 19]] – [[Yegor Gaidar]], Russian economist and politician (d. [[2009]])<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mainville |first1=Michael |title=Yegor Gaidar obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/16/yegor-gaidar-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 December 2009}}</ref> * [[March 20]] ** [[Minken Fosheim]], Norwegian actress and author (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Catherine Ashton]], British politician ** [[Naoto Takenaka]], Japanese actor, comedian, singer and director ** [[José Manuel Barroso]], Prime Minister of Portugal ** [[Ingrid Kristiansen]], Norwegian runner ** [[Win Lyovarin]], Thai author * [[March 22]] ** [[Tyrone Brunson (musician)|Tyrone Brunson]], American singer (d. [[2013]]) ** [[Ilana Kloss]], South-African born tennis player, tennis coach, and commissioner of [[World Team Tennis]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Siegman|first=Joseph|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_j1DwAAQBAJ&dq=ilana+kloss+%25221956%2522&pg=PA230|title=Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|date=2020-08-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-1-4962-0188-1|language=en}}</ref> ** [[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]], consort of [[Grand Duke Henri]]<ref>''The Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family'' (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Ministry of State, Press and Information Service, 1986), p. 26</ref> * [[March 24]] – [[Steve Ballmer]], American businessman, CEO of Microsoft (2000–2014), owner of the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] * [[March 25]] – [[Matthew Garber]], English child actor (d. [[1977]]) * [[March 28]] ** [[Susan Ershler]], American mountaineer ** [[Evelin Jahl]], German athlete * [[March 30]] – [[Paul Reiser]], American actor === April === [[File:Miguel Bosé en la Presentación de la Gala Sida de 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Miguel Bosé]]]] [[File:Andy Garcia at the 2009 Deauville American Film Festival-01A.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andy García]]]] [[File:Scott, Melody Thomas JPI 2007 4.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Melody Thomas Scott]]]] [[File:Lars von Trier 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lars von Trier]]]] * [[April 3]] ** [[Miguel Bosé]], Panamanian-born musician and actor ** [[Boris Miljković]], Serbian TV & theatre director and video artist * [[April 4]] ** [[Kerry Chikarovski]], Australian politician ** [[David E. Kelley]], American writer and television producer * [[April 5]] ** [[Diamond Dallas Page]], American professional wrestler ** [[El Risitas]], Spanish comedian and actor (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-28 |title=Muere El Risitas, Juan Joya Borja, víctima de una larga enfermedad |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20210428/7414904/fallece-humorista-juan-joya-borja-risitas.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}</ref> * [[April 6]] ** [[Sebastian Spreng]], American-Argentinean visual artist ** [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], Indian cricketer * [[April 7]] – [[Christopher Darden]], African-American attorney, author, actor and lecturer<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darden-christopher-1957| website= encyclopedia.com| title= Christopher Darden 1957–| access-date= December 13, 2023| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190403203206/https://www.biography.com/people/christopher-darden-122915| archive-date= April 3, 2019}}</ref> * [[April 9]] – [[Edmund Chong Ket Wah]], Malaysian politician (d. [[2010]]) * [[April 12]] ** [[Andy García]], Cuban-American actor ** [[Herbert Grönemeyer]], German musician and actor ** [[Yasuo Tanaka (politician)|Yasuo Tanaka]], Japanese politician, novelist * [[April 14]] – [[Barbara Bonney]], American soprano * [[April 16]] ** [[David M. Brown]], American astronaut (d. [[2003]]) ** [[Lise-Marie Morerod]], Swiss skier * [[April 18]] ** [[Melody Thomas Scott]], American actress ** [[Karim Abdul Razak]], Ghanaian footballer ** [[Eric Roberts]], American actor * [[April 19]] – [[Sue Barker]], British tennis player and television presenter * [[April 22]] – [[Jukka-Pekka Saraste]], Finnish conductor * [[April 26]] – [[Koo Stark]], British actress * [[April 28]] – [[Hanka Paldum]], Bosnian singer * [[April 30]] – [[Lars von Trier]], Danish film director and screenwriter === May === [[File:Jan Peter Balkenende 2006.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jan Peter Balkenende]]]] [[File:Sugar Ray Leonard.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sugar Ray Leonard]]]] [[File:Giuseppe Tornatore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Giuseppe Tornatore]]]] [[File:La Toya Jackson cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[La Toya Jackson]]]] [[File:Official portrait of David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Sassoli]]]] * [[May 1]] – [[Alexander Ivanov (chess player)|Alexander Ivanov]], Russian-born American chess grandmaster * [[May 4]] ** [[David Guterson]], American writer ** [[Ulrike Meyfarth]], German high jumper * [[May 5]] – [[Lisa Eilbacher]], American actress * [[May 6]] – [[Vladimir Lisin]], Russian [[business oligarch]] * [[May 7]] ** [[S. Scott Bullock]], American actor and voice actor ** [[Jan Peter Balkenende]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (2002–2010) ** [[Jean Lapierre]], Canadian politician and television host (d. [[2016]]) * [[May 9]] ** [[Frank Andersson]], Swedish wrestler (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Wendy Crewson]], Canadian actress * [[May 10]] ** [[Vladislav Listyev]], Russian journalist (d. [[1995]]) ** [[Paige O'Hara]], American actress, voice actress, singer and painter ** [[Bikenibeu Paeniu]], 2-Time Prime Minister of Tuvalu * [[May 12]] – [[Jānis Bojārs]], Latvian shot putter (d. [[2018]]) * [[May 13]] ** [[Kenneth Eriksson]], Swedish rally driver ** [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]], Indian guru ** [[Mirek Topolánek]], 7th [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic|prime minister of the Czech Republic]] ** [[Kirk Thornton]], American voice actor * [[May 15]] – [[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]], American sports commentator * [[May 17]] ** [[Cheenu Mohan]], Indian actor (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], American boxer, motivational speaker and actor * [[May 19]] – [[Steven Ford]], American actor * [[May 20]] ** [[Boris Akunin]], Russian novelist and essayist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lenta.ru/lib/14183665/|script-title=ru:Чхартишвили, Григорий|work=Collection of materials by [[Lenta.ru]]|language=ru|access-date=26 November 2009}}</ref> ** [[Dean Butler (actor)|Dean Butler]], American actor and producer * [[May 23]] ** [[Ursula Plassnik]], Austrian politician ** [[Buck Showalter]], American baseball player and manager * [[May 26]] – [[Lisa Niemi]], American actress and dancer * [[May 27]] – [[Giuseppe Tornatore]], Italian film director * [[May 28]] ** [[Jerry Douglas]], American [[dobro]] player ** [[John O'Donoghue (politician)|John O'Donoghue]], Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician ** [[Sayuri Yamauchi]], Japanese voice actress (d. [[2012]]) * [[May 29]] – [[La Toya Jackson]], American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and television personality * [[May 30]] – [[David Sassoli]], 16th [[president of the European Parliament]] (d. [[2022]]) * [[May 31]] – [[Yoshiko Sakakibara]], Japanese voice actress === June === [[File:Keith_David_3rd_Annual_ICON_MANN_POWER_50_event_-_Feb_2015_(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Keith David]]]] [[File:KennyGHWOFMay2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kenny G]]]] [[File:Bjorn Borg en 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Björn Borg]]]] [[File:Joe Montana ESPN cropped2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Montana]]]] [[File:Randy Jackson by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Randy Jackson]]]] [[File:Anthony Bourdain Peabody 2014b.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anthony Bourdain]]]] [[File:Catherine Samba-Panza 2014-09-26.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Catherine Samba-Panza]]]] [[File:Chris Isaak at NAMM 1 25 2014 -15 (12243161146).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Isaak]]]] * [[June 1]] ** [[Chintaman Vanaga]], Indian politician (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Peter Tomka]], Judge, International Court of Justice * [[June 3]] – [[George Burley]], Scottish football manager * [[June 4]] – [[Keith David]], African-American actor and voice actor * [[June 5]] – [[Kenny G]], American saxophonist * [[June 6]] ** [[Yuri Shundrov]], Russian-Ukrainian ice hockey goaltender (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Christopher Adamson (actor)|Christopher Adamson]], British actor ** [[Björn Borg]], Swedish tennis player * [[June 7]] ** [[Paul Sherwen]], English racing cyclist and broadcaster (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Antonio M. Reid]], American record executive * [[June 8]] – [[Péter Besenyei]], Hungarian pilot * [[June 9]] – [[Patricia Cornwell]], American novelist * [[June 10]] – [[Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg]], German head of the [[House of Mecklenburg]] * [[June 11]] ** [[Joe Montana]], American football player ** [[Arthur Porter (physician)|Arthur Porter]], Canadian physician (d. [[2015]]) * [[June 13]] – [[Yurik Vardanyan]], Soviet weightlifter (d. [[2018]]) * [[June 14]] – [[King Diamond]], Danish heavy metal musician * [[June 15]] – [[Robin Curtis]], American actress * [[June 17]] – [[Kelly Curtis]], American actor * [[June 20]] – [[Cho Chikun]], Korean Go player * [[June 21]] – [[Thomas James O'Leary]], American actor * [[June 22]] ** [[Abdulbaset Sieda]], Kurdish-Syrian academic and politician ** [[François Hadji-Lazaro]], French actor and musician * [[June 23]] – [[Randy Jackson]], African-American musician and talent judge * [[June 24]] – [[Turid Leirvoll]], Norwegian-Danish politician * [[June 25]] ** [[Madeleine Petrovic]], Austrian politician ** [[Isabel de Navarre]], German figure skating coach ** [[Boris Trajkovski]], [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (d. [[2004]]) ** [[Anthony Bourdain]], American chef, writer and television personality (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Tim |title=Anthony Bourdain obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/09/anthony-bourdain-obituary |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=June 9, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> ** [[Chloe Webb]], American actress and singer * [[June 26]] ** [[Catherine Samba-Panza]], President of the Central African Republic ** [[Chris Isaak]], American musician * [[June 27]] ** [[Sultan bin Salman Al Saud]], Royal Saudi Air Force pilot ** [[Heiner Dopp]], German field hockey player * [[June 28]] – [[Noel Mugavin]], [[Australian rules football]] player * [[June 29]] – [[Honorato Hernández]], Spanish long-distance runner * [[June 30]] ** [[Sun Chanthol]], Cambodian politician ** [[Jessi Lintl]], Austrian politician ** [[David Alan Grier]], African-American actor and comedian ** [[Piero Aiello]], Italian politician === July === [[File:Mullah Krekar.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mullah Krekar]]]] [[File:Мин Аун Хлайн в Татарстане 04 (25-06-2021) (cropped 3).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Min Aung Hlaing]]]] [[File:Tom Hanks TIFF 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tom Hanks]]]] [[File:Sela Ward 2010 cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sela Ward]]]] [[File:Michael Spinks 1987.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Michael Spinks]]]] [[File:Dorothy_Hamil_2001.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dorothy Hamill]]]] * [[July 1]] ** [[Alan Ruck]], American actor ** [[Gregg L. Semenza]], American cellular biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[July 2]] – [[Jerry Hall]], American model and actress * [[July 3]] – [[Dorota Pomykała]], Polish actress * [[July 5]] ** [[Sapawi Ahmad]], Malaysian politician ** [[Horacio Cartes]], former [[president of Paraguay]] ** [[Louis Herthum]], American actor and producer * [[July 7]] ** [[Janet Cruz]], American politician ** [[Mullah Krekar]], Iraqi Kurdish scholar and militant ** [[Ryuho Okawa]], Japanese religious leader (d. [[2023]]) ** [[Giam Swiegers]], South African-Australian business executive * [[July 9]] – [[Tom Hanks]], American actor and director * [[July 10]] – [[K. Rajagopal (footballer)|K. Rajagopal]], Malaysian football manager and national player * [[July 11]] ** [[Amitav Ghosh]], Indian novelist<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1537377/Amitav-Ghosh Ghosh, Amitav] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805051222/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1537377/Amitav-Ghosh |date=5 August 2011 }}, ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''</ref> ** [[Sela Ward]], American actress * [[July 12]] – [[Mel Harris]], American actress * [[July 13]] ** [[Günther Jauch]], German television host ** [[Koffi Olomide]], Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer and composer ** [[Michael Spinks]], African-American boxer * [[July 14]] ** [[Dragan Despot]], Croatian actor ** [[Vladimir Kulich]], Czechoslovak actor * [[July 15]] ** [[Ian Curtis]], English rock musician ([[Joy Division]]) (d. [[1980]]) ** [[Barry Melrose]], Canadian hockey player, coach and commentator ** [[Toshihiko Seko]], Japanese long-distance runner * [[July 16]] ** [[Jerry Doyle]], American talk show host and actor (d. [[2016]]) ** [[Tony Kushner]], American playwright * [[July 17]] – [[Robert Romanus]], American actor and musician * [[July 18]] – [[Sheila Aldridge]], American singer * [[July 19]] ** [[Peter Barton (actor)|Peter Barton]], American actor ** [[Yoshiaki Yatsu]], Japanese professional wrestler * [[July 24]] ** [[Charlie Crist]], American politician, 44th [[governor of Florida]] ** [[Carmen Nebel]], German television presenter * [[July 25]] ** [[Frances Arnold]], American biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] ** [[Andy Goldsworthy]], British sculptor and photographer * [[July 26]] – [[Dorothy Hamill]], American figure skater, Olympic gold medalist * [[July 30]] – [[Delta Burke]], American actress * [[July 31]] ** [[Michael Biehn]], American actor ** [[Deval Patrick]], American politician, first African-American Governor of Massachusetts === August === [[File:Christiana Figueres in London - 2018 (39536174340) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christiana Figueres]]]] [[File:BruceGreenwoodTIFFSept10.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bruce Greenwood]]]] [[File:Kim Cattrall 2012 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kim Cattrall]]]] [[File:Andreas Floer 1976.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Andreas Floer]]]] * [[August 4]] ** [[Gerry Cooney]], American boxer ** [[Randall Wright]], Canadian economist * [[August 6]] – [[Stepfanie Kramer]], American actress * [[August 7]] – [[Christiana Figueres]], Costa Rican diplomat and environmentalist * [[August 10]] ** [[Dianne Fromholtz]], Australian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dianne Fromholtz (balestrat) |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/20006/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref> ** [[Fred Ottman]], American professional wrestler * [[August 12]] – [[Bruce Greenwood]], Canadian actor * [[August 14]] ** [[Jackée Harry]], American actress and television personality ** [[Rusty Wallace]], American [[NASCAR]] race car driver * [[August 19]] – [[Adam Arkin]], American actor * [[August 20]] ** [[Joan Allen]], American actress ** [[Jan Henry T. Olsen]], Norwegian politician (d. [[2018]]) * [[August 21]] – [[Kim Cattrall]], English-born Canadian actress * [[August 22]] – [[Paul Molitor]], American baseball player * [[August 23]] ** [[Andreas Floer]], German mathematician (d. [[1991]]) ** [[Cris Morena]], Argentine actress and television producer * [[August 25]] – [[Henri Toivonen]], Finnish rally car driver (d. [[1986]]) * [[August 26]] – [[Mark Mangino]], American football coach * [[August 29]] – [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]], American choreographer * [[August 31]] ** [[Masashi Tashiro]], Japanese television performer ** [[Tsai Ing-wen]], [[President of the Republic of China]] (Taiwan) === September === [[File:Low_Thia_Khiang_4_(3x4_cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Low Thia Khiang]]]] [[File:DCatAGT.JPG|thumb|100px|[[David Copperfield (illusionist)|David Copperfield]]]] [[File:Almazbek Atambayev (cropped) 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Almazbek Atambayev]]]] [[File:Gary Cole 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Gary Cole]]]] [[File:Linda Hamilton by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Linda Hamilton]]]] * [[September 1]] – [[Bernie Wagenblast]], American editor and broadcaster * [[September 2]] ** [[Nandamuri Harikrishna]], Indian actor and politician (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Angelo Fusco]], Provisional Irish Republican Army member * [[September 3]] – [[Pat McGeown]], Provisional Irish Republican Army member (d. [[1996]]) * [[September 5]] – [[Low Thia Khiang]], Singaporean businessman and politician * [[September 11]] – [[Phillip D. Bissett]], American politician * [[September 12]] ** [[Leslie Cheung]], Hong Kong actor (d. [[2003]]) ** [[Ricky Rudd]], American race car driver ** [[Walter Woon]], law professor, [[Nominated Member of Parliament]] and [[Attorney-General of Singapore]] * [[September 13]] – [[Ilie Balaci]], Romanian football player (d. [[2018]]) * [[September 14]] ** [[Kostas Karamanlis]], Greek politician ** [[Ray Wilkins]], English footballer and coach (d. [[2018]]) * [[September 15]] – [[George Howard (jazz)|George Howard]], American jazz saxophone musician (d. [[1998]]) * [[September 16]] ** [[Sergei Beloglazov]], Russian free-style wrestler ** [[David Copperfield (illusionist)|David Copperfield]], American illusionist * [[September 17]] – [[Almazbek Atambayev]], 3-Time [[Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan]] and 4th [[president of Kyrgyzstan]] * [[September 18]] – [[Tim McInnerny]], English actor * [[September 20]] ** [[Gary Cole]], American television, film and voice actor ** [[Debbi Morgan]], African-American actress * [[September 21]] – [[Jack Givens]], American basketball player * [[September 23]] ** [[Mait Riisman]], Estonian water polo player (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Peter David]], comic book writer and novelist<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=John Jackson|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|title=Comics Industry Birthdays|work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]|date=June 10, 2005|location=Iola, Wisconsin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|archive-date=February 18, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ** [[Paolo Rossi]], Italian soccer player (d. [[2020]]) * [[September 25]] – [[Jamie Hyneman]], American television co-host * [[September 26]] – [[Linda Hamilton]], American actress * [[September 29]] – [[Sebastian Coe]], Baron Coe, British athlete; co-ordinator of the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012 Olympic Games]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lord Sebastian Coe |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/lord-sebastian-coe |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531040521/https://olympics.com/ioc/lord-sebastian-coe |archive-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> === October === [[File:Theresa May (2016) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Theresa May]]]] [[File:Christoph Waltz Viennale 2017 f (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christoph Waltz]]]] [[File:Mae Carol Jemison.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mae Jemison]]]] [[File:Carrie Fisher 2013-a straightened.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carrie Fisher]]]] <!--[[File:Rita Wilson by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rita Wilson]]]]--> [[File:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2019 02.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]]] * [[October 1]] ** [[Tara Buckman]], American actress ** [[Andrus Ansip]], Estonian politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Estonia|prime minister of Estonia]] ** [[Theresa May]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] * [[October 2]] – [[Charlie Adler]], American voice actor and director * [[October 3]] – [[Ralph Morgenstern]], German actor * [[October 4]] – [[Christoph Waltz]], German-Austrian actor * [[October 8]] ** [[Danny Jacob]], American composer, songwriter and guitarist ** [[Stephanie Zimbalist]], American actress * [[October 10]] – [[Amanda Burton]], Irish actress * [[October 11]] – [[Nicanor Duarte]], 47th [[president of Paraguay]] * [[October 12]] – [[Trần Đại Quang]], [[President of Vietnam]] (d. [[2018]]) * [[October 16]] – [[Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah]], Bangladeshi poet (d. [[1991]]) * [[October 17]] – [[Mae Jemison]], African-American astronaut * [[October 18]] ** [[Craig Bartlett]], American animator, writer, storyboard artist, director and voice actor ** [[Martina Navratilova]], Czech-American multiple Grand Slam title winning tennis player * [[October 19]] – [[Carlo Urbani]], Italian physician (d. [[2003]]) * [[October 20]] – [[Danny Boyle]], English film director * [[October 21]] – [[Carrie Fisher]], American actress and novelist (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/dec/27/carrie-fisher-obituary-star-wars-actor-writer|title=Carrie Fisher obituary|date=27 December 2016|author=Ryan Gilbey|website=The Guardian|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> * [[October 22]] – [[Marvin Bush]], American businessman * [[October 23]] – [[Dwight Yoakam]], American country singer, musician and actor * [[October 26]] – [[Rita Wilson]], American actress and producer * [[October 28]] – [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], 6th [[president of Iran]] === November === [[File:Richard Curtis MFF 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Curtis]]]] [[File:Entertainer Sinbad.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sinbad (comedian)|Sinbad]]]] * [[November 7]] – [[Mikhail Alperin]], Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist (d. [[2018]]) * [[November 8]] ** [[Richard Curtis]], English film director, producer and screenwriter ** [[Kurt Sorensen]], New Zealand rugby league player * [[November 10]] – [[Sinbad (comedian)|Sinbad]], African-American stand-up, comedian and actor * [[November 11]] – [[Talat Aziz]], ghazal singer * [[November 14]] ** [[Avi Cohen]], Israeli football player (d. [[2010]]) ** [[Greg Pence]], American businessman and politician ** [[Peter R. de Vries]], crime reporter (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/07/15/peter-de-vries-award-winning-dutch-investigative-journalist/|title=Peter de Vries, award-winning Dutch investigative journalist renowned for his probes into the criminal underworld – obituary|date=15 July 2021|website=The Telegraph|access-date=11 November 2024}}</ref> * [[November 17]] – [[Angelika Machinek]], German glider pilot (d. [[2006]])<ref name=probst11>{{Cite book|last=Probst|first=Ernst|title=Angelika Machinek – Eine Segelfliegerin der Weltklasse|trans-title=Angelika Machinek – A World Class Glider Pilot|place=Munich|publisher=Grin-Verl|year=2010|language=de|isbn=978-3-640-73630-0|page=11}}</ref> * [[November 18]] – [[Noel Brotherston]], Irish footballer (d. [[1995]]) * [[November 20]] ** [[Bo Derek]], American actress and model ** [[Olli Dittrich]], German actor, comedian, television personality and musician * [[November 22]] – [[Richard Kind]], American actor * [[November 23]] ** [[Shane Gould]], Australian Olympic triple gold medallist swimmer (1972) ** [[Nikolay Sidorov]], Soviet athlete * [[November 24]] – [[Jouni Kaipainen]], Finnish composer * [[November 26]] – [[Dale Jarrett]], American race car driver * [[November 27]] ** [[Nazrin Shah of Perak]], 35th [[Sultan of Perak]] ** [[William Fichtner]], American actor === December === [[File:Markos Kounalakis.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Markos Kounalakis]]]] <!--[[File:Randy Rhoads with Les Paul guitar (1980).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Randy Rhoads]]]]--> [[File:EPP Summit March 2011 (53).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Iveta Radičová]]]] [[File:Larrybird.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Larry Bird]]]] [[File:U.S. Department of Energy - Science - 389 005 009 (9786312446) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rod Blagojevich]]]] * [[December 1]] – [[Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]], Emirati politician and royal (d. [[2019]]) * [[December 4]] – [[Bernard King]], American basketball player and commentator * [[December 5]] ** [[Klaus Allofs]], German football player ** [[Krystian Zimerman]], Polish pianist * [[December 6]] ** [[Peter Buck]], American guitarist ** [[Randy Rhoads]], American guitarist (d. [[1982]]) * [[December 7]] ** [[Chuy Bravo]], Mexican-American actor and entertainer (d. [[2019]]) ** [[Larry Bird]], American basketball player ** [[Iveta Radičová]], [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]] * [[December 9]] – [[Baruch Goldstein]], American-Israeli physician and mass murderer (d. [[1994]]) * [[December 10]] – [[Rod Blagojevich]], American politician and convicted felon, [[Governor of Illinois]] (2003–2009) * [[December 12]] ** [[Ana Alicia]], Mexican actress ** [[Johan van der Velde]], Dutch cyclist * [[December 13]] – [[Majida El Roumi]], Lebanese singer * [[December 14]] – [[Béla Réthy]], German sports journalist * [[December 18]] – [[Ron White]], American comedian * [[December 19]] – [[Masami Akita]], Japanese [[noise music|noise]] musician (also known as [[Merzbow]]) * [[December 20]] – [[Anita Ward]], American disco singer. * [[December 21]] – [[Anna Erlandsson]], Swedish filmmaker and animator * [[December 23]] ** [[Michele Alboreto]], Italian racing driver (d. [[2001]]) ** [[Dave Murray (musician)|Dave Murray]], British musician (Iron Maiden) * [[December 24]] – [[Anil Kapoor]], Indian actor * [[December 26]] – [[David Sedaris]], American essayist * [[December 28]] ** [[Nigel Kennedy]], English violinist ** [[Jimmy Nicholl]], Canadian-born footballer * [[December 30]] ** [[Patricia Kalember]], American actress ** [[Sheryl Lee Ralph]], African American-actress * [[December 31]] – [[Hussein Ahmed Salah]], Djiboutian marathon runner
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