Editing 1940 (section)

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

===January===
[[File:Brian Josephson, March 2004.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brian Josephson]]]]
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[[File:Jenkins Medal Awards 2019 (49060017176) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jack Nicklaus]]]]
[[File:John Hurt by Walterlan Papetti.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Hurt]]]]
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[[File:Carlos Slim (45680472234) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos Slim]]]]
*[[January 2]]
**[[Jim Bakker]], American televangelist, ex-husband of [[Tammy Faye]]
**[[S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]], Indian-American mathematician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Srinivasa Varadhan |url=http://www.abelprisen.no/binfil/download.php?tid=56998 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105070617/http://www.abelprisen.no/binfil/download.php?tid=56998 |archive-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[January 3]] – [[Thelma Schoonmaker]], Algerian-born American film editor
*[[January 4]]
**[[Helmut Jahn]], German-American architect (d. [[2021]])
**[[Brian Josephson]], Welsh physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
**[[Gao Xingjian]], Chinese-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[January 9]] – [[Miguel Ángel Rodríguez]], Costa Rican politician, lawyer, economist and businessman
*[[January 14]] – [[Julian Bond]], African-American civil rights activist (d. [[2015]])
*[[January 16]] – [[Franz Müntefering]], German politician
*[[January 17]]
**[[Kipchoge Keino]], Kenyan athlete
**[[Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni]], Armenian Catholic Patriarch of [[Cilicia]] (d. [[2015]])
**[[Mircea Snegur]], 1st [[President of Moldova]] (d. [[2023]])
**[[Tabaré Vázquez]], [[President of Uruguay]] (d. [[2020]])
*[[January 18]] – [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]], Mexican racing driver (d. [[1971]])
*[[January 19]] – [[Paolo Borsellino]], Italian judge and magistrate (d. [[1992]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paolo-borsellino-1534572.html |title=Obituary: Paolo Borsellino |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |access-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612204827/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paolo-borsellino-1534572.html |url-status=dead}}, [[The Independent]], 21 July 1992.</ref> 
*[[January 20]]
**[[Carol Heiss]], American figure skater<ref>{{cite book|author=Royster, Jacqueline Jones|title=Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803-2003|publisher=Ohio University Press|year=2003|isbn=9780821415085|page=204}}</ref>
**[[Krishnam Raju]], Indian actor and politician (d. [[2022]])
**[[Tay Eng Soon]],  Singaporean politician (d. [[1993]])
*[[January 21]] – [[Jack Nicklaus]], American golfer
*[[January 22]] – [[John Hurt]], English actor (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/28/john-hurt-obituary |title=Sir John Hurt obituary |first=Michael |last=Coveney |author-link=Michael Coveney |date=28 January 2017 |access-date=29 January 2017 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[January 24]] – [[Joachim Gauck]], German politician, 11th [[President of Germany]]
*[[January 27]]
**[[Brian O'Leary]], American scientist, author and NASA astronaut (d. [[2011]])
**[[James Cromwell]], American actor<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/james-cromwell/bio/155347/ |title=James Cromwell Biography |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912012907/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/james-cromwell/bio/155347/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><!--site is live, but birthdate appears only in archived version-->
**[[Petru Lucinschi]], Moldovan politician, 2nd [[President of Moldova]]
*[[January 28]] – [[Carlos Slim]], Mexican businessman
*[[January 29]] 
**[[Katharine Ross]], American actress
**[[Kunimitsu Takahashi]], Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver (d. [[2022]])

===February===
<!--[[File:George Romero, 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra).jpg|thumb|100px|[[George A. Romero]]]]-->
[[File:HR Giger 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[H. R. Giger]]]]
<!--[[File:Vicente Fernández - Pepsi Center - 06.11.11.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vicente Fernández]]]]-->
[[File:Smokey Robinson by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Smokey Robinson]]]]
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[[File:Peter Fonda 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peter Fonda]]]]
[[File:Mario Andretti Goodwood Festival of Speed 2021 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mario Andretti]]]]
*[[February 2]]
**[[Odell Brown]], American jazz organist (d. [[2011]])
**Sir [[David Jason]], English actor
*[[February 4]] – [[George A. Romero]], American film writer, director (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Tre'vell |title=George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' creator, dies at 77 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-george-romero-20170716-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>
*[[February 5]] – [[H. R. Giger]], Swiss artist (d. [[2014]])
*[[February 6]] – [[Tom Brokaw]], American television journalist and author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/tom-brokaw-9227130 |title=Tom Brokaw Biography: News Anchor, Journalist (1940–) |work=Biography.com ([[A&E Networks]]) |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515074119/http://www.biography.com/people/tom-brokaw-9227130 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[February 7]] – [[Tony Tan]], 7th President of Singapore
*[[February 9]]
**[[J. M. Coetzee]], South African writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite book |title=J. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading: Literature in the Event |url=https://archive.org/details/jmcoetzeeethicso0000attr |url-access=registration |first=Derek |last=Attridge |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jmcoetzeeethicso0000attr/page/94 94] |isbn=978-0-226-03117-0}}</ref>
**[[Seamus Deane]], Irish poet and novelist (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Seamus Deane, leading Irish writer and critic, has died aged 81 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/seamus-deane-leading-irish-writer-and-critic-has-died-aged-81-1.4564018 |first=Martin |last=Doyle |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[Robert Saladrigas]], Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic (d. [[2018]])
*[[February 15]] – [[Hamzah Haz]], Indonesian politician, 9th [[Vice President of Indonesia]]
*[[February 17]]
**[[Vicente Fernández]], Mexican actor and singer (d. [[2021]])
**[[Willi Holdorf]], German Olympic decathlete (d. [[2020]])
**[[Gene Pitney]], American singer (d. [[2006]])
*[[February 18]] – [[Fabrizio De André]], Italian singer, songwriter (d. [[1999]])
*[[February 19]]
**[[Renate Hellwig]], German politician
**[[Smokey Robinson]], African-American musician
*[[February 20]] – [[Jimmy Greaves]], English footballer (d. [[2021]])
*[[February 21]] – [[John Lewis]], African-American politician, civil rights activist (d. [[2020]])
*[[February 23]] – [[Peter Fonda]], American actor (''[[Easy Rider]]'') (d. [[2019]])
*[[February 24]]
**[[Pete Duel]], American actor (''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]'') (d. [[1971]])
**[[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]], African-American professional boxer (d. [[2014]])
**[[Denis Law]], Scottish footballer (d. [[2025]])
*[[February 25]] – [[Jesús López Cobos]], Spanish-born conductor (d. [[2018]])
*[[February 27]] – [[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]], Australian actor (d. [[2011]])<ref>Blake, Jason: [http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/aussie-bloke-of-screen-was-larger-than-life-20110522-1eys7.html Aussie bloke of screen was larger than life] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524170815/http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/aussie-bloke-of-screen-was-larger-than-life-20110522-1eys7.html |date=24 May 2011}}, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 23 May 2011.</ref>
*[[February 28]]
**[[Mario Andretti]], Italian-born American racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mario-Andretti|title=Mario Andretti|website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>
**[[Joe South]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[2012]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/12/joe-south|title=Joe South obituary|date=September 12, 2012|author=Richard Williams|website=The Guardian|access-date=August 8, 2023}}</ref>

===March===
[[File:Chuck Norris May 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chuck Norris]]]]
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[[File:James Caan (1976).jpg|100px|thumb|[[James Caan]]]]
[[File:Official photo of Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2019.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Nancy Pelosi]]]]
*[[March 1]]
**[[David Broome]], Welsh show jumping champion
**[[Nuala O'Faolain]], Irish journalist, author (d. [[2008]])
*[[March 2]] – [[Billy McNeill]], Scottish football player and manager (d. [[2019]])
*[[March 3]] – [[Germán Castro Caycedo]], Colombian writer, journalist (d. [[2021]])
*[[March 4]] – [[Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov (born 1940)|Vladimir Morosov]], Soviet athlete (d. [[2023]])
*[[March 5]] – [[Anton Fliegerbauer]], West German police officer (d. [[1972]])
*[[March 7]] 
**[[Rudi Dutschke]], German radical student leader (d. [[1979]])
**[[Viktor Savinykh]], Soviet cosmonaut 
*[[March 9]] – [[Raul Julia]], Puerto Rican actor (d. [[1994]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Chuck Norris]], American actor, martial artist
*[[March 12]] – [[Al Jarreau]], African-American singer (d. [[2017]])
*[[March 13]] – [[Candi Staton]], American singer
*[[March 16]]
**[[Jan Pronk]], Dutch politician, diplomat
**[[James Wong Jim]], Hong Kong composer (d. [[2004]])
*[[March 19]] – [[Billy Beasley]], American politician who has served in the [[Alabama Legislature]] since 1998
*[[March 20]] – [[Paul Neville (politician)|Paul Neville]], Australian politician (d. [[2019]])
*[[March 21]] – [[Solomon Burke]], African-American singer, songwriter (d. [[2010]])
*[[March 22]] – [[Haing S. Ngor]], Cambodian actor (''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]'') (d. [[1996]])
*[[March 25]]
**[[Anita Bryant]], American entertainer (d. [[2024]])
**[[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]], Italian-Swiss singer
*[[March 26]]
**[[James Caan]], American actor (d. [[2022]])
**[[Nancy Pelosi]], American politician; Speaker and Minority Leader (alternately) of the United States House of Representatives
**[[Jörg Streli]], Austrian architect (d. 2019)
*[[March 27]] – [[Marie Jepsen]], Danish politician (d. [[2018]])
*[[March 29]]
**[[Ray Davis (musician)|Ray Davis]], African-American musician ([[P-Funk]]) (d. [[2005]])
**[[Astrud Gilberto]], Brazilian-born singer (d. [[2023]])
*[[March 30]] – [[Jerry Lucas]], American professional basketball player<ref>{{cite book |title=National Basketball Association Official Guide |publisher=Sporting News |year=1968 |page=129}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – [[Patrick Leahy]], American politician

===April===
[[File:Wangari Maathai in 2001.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wangari Maathai]]]]
[[File:Julie Christie - 1965.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Julie Christie]]]]
[[File:Drottning Margrethe av Danmark.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Margrethe II of Denmark]]]]
[[File:Al Pacino 2016 (30401544240).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Al Pacino]]]]
[[File:Dr-Tan-Cheng-Bock-at-Nomination-Centre-1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tan Cheng Bock]]]]
*[[April 1]] – [[Wangari Maathai]], Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[2011]])
*[[April 2]]
**[[Mike Hailwood]], English motorcycle racer (d. [[1981]])
**Dame [[Penelope Keith]], English actress
*[[April 4]] – [[Robby Müller]], Dutch cinematographer (d. [[2018]])
*[[April 6]] – [[Pedro Armendáriz Jr.]], Mexican actor (d. [[2011]])
*[[April 8]] – [[John Havlicek]], American basketball player (d. [[2019]])
*[[April 12]] – [[Herbie Hancock]], African-American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
*[[April 13]]
**[[J. M. G. Le Clézio]], French writer and professor
**[[Max Mosley]], British motorsport boss (d. [[2021]])
**[[José Nápoles]], Cuban-born Mexican boxer (d. [[2019]])
*[[April 14]] 
**[[Julie Christie]], English actress
**[[Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau]] (d. [[2021]]) 
*[[April 15]]
**[[Faimalaga Luka]], 6th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (d. [[2005]])
**[[Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)|Robert Walker]], American actor (d. [[2019]])
**[[Yossef Romano]], Israeli weightlifter (d. [[1972]])
*[[April 16]]
** [[David Holford]], Barbadian cricketer (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationnews.com/2022/05/31/david-holford-passes-82/|title=David Holford passes at 82|date=May 31, 2022|website=www.nationnews.com}}</ref>
** Queen [[Margrethe II of Denmark]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[April 17]] – [[John McCririck]], English horse racing pundit (d. [[2019]])
*[[April 18]]
**[[Ira von Furstenberg]], European socialite and actress (d. [[2024]])
**[[Joseph L. Goldstein]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1985/goldstein-bio.html |title=Joseph L. Goldstein – Biographical |website=Nobelprize.org |access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
**[[Ken Shellito]], English footballer, manager (d. [[2018]]) 
*[[April 19]] – [[Reinhard Bonnke]], German Pentecostal evangelist (d. [[2019]])
*[[April 20]] – [[Pilar Miró]], Spanish screenwriter and film director (d. [[1997]])
*[[April 22]] – [[Marie-José Nat]], French actress (d. [[2019]])
*[[April 23]] – [[Danilo Astori]], Uruguayan politician, 15th [[Vice President of Uruguay]]
*[[April 24]] – [[Sue Grafton]], American detective novelist (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Schudel |title=Sue Grafton, author of best-selling 'alphabet' mysteries, dies at 77 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sue-grafton-whose-alphabet-mysteries-became-best-sellers-dies-at-77/2017/12/29/395e95f0-ecd9-11e7-8a6a-80acf0774e64_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 29, 2017 |access-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230104052/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sue-grafton-whose-alphabet-mysteries-became-best-sellers-dies-at-77/2017/12/29/395e95f0-ecd9-11e7-8a6a-80acf0774e64_story.html |archive-date=December 30, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[April 25]] – [[Al Pacino]], American actor, film director
*[[April 26]] 
**[[Tan Cheng Bock]], Singaporean doctor and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=PSP's Tan Cheng Bock turns 85; SDP's Paul Tambyah joins celebration at Teban Gardens |url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/psps-tan-cheng-bock-turns-85-sdps-paul-tambyah-joins-celebration-teban-gardens |website=AsiaOne |access-date=26 April 2025 |language=en |date=26 April 2025}}</ref>
**[[Giorgio Moroder]], Italian film composer
*[[April 30]] – [[Ermindo Onega]], Argentine footballer (d. [[1979]])

===May===
[[File:Decca Records Rick Nelson 1966.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ricky Nelson]]]]
[[File:Toni Tenille 1996.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Toni Tennille]]]]
[[File:Don Nelson.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Don Nelson]]]]
*[[May 1]] – [[Elsa Peretti]], Italian jewelry designer (d. [[2021]])
*[[May 2]]
**[[Manuel Esquivel]], Belizean politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Belize]] (d. [[2022]])
**[[Hariton Pushwagner]], Norwegian artist (d. [[2018]])
*[[May 3]] 
** [[David Koch]], American businessman (d. [[2019]])
** [[Oemarsono]], Indonesian civil servant and politician (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.krjogja.com/berita-lokal/jateng/solo/mantan-bupati-wonogiri-oemarsono-meninggal-dunia/|title=Mantan Bupati Wonogiri Oemarsono Meninggal Dunia|date=May 23, 2022}}</ref>
*[[May 5]] – [[Lance Henriksen]], American actor
*[[May 7]] – [[Angela Carter]], English author, editor (d. [[1992]])<ref>{{Cite ODNB | url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-50941 |doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/50941|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year = 2004}}</ref>
*[[May 8]]
**[[Peter Benchley]], American author (''[[Jaws (novel)|Jaws]]'') (d. [[2006]])
**[[Emilio Delgado]], American actor (''[[Sesame Street]]''), singer and activist (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/emilio-delgado-long-time-sesame-street-star-dead-obituary-81/ | title=Emilio Delgado, Long-Time Sesame Street Star, Dies at 81| date=March 10, 2022}}</ref>
**[[Ricky Nelson]], American singer (d. [[1985]])
**[[Toni Tennille]], American pop singer
*[[May 9]] – [[James L. Brooks]], American film producer, writer
*[[May 11]] – [[Juan Downey]], Chilean-born American video artist (d. [[1993]])
*[[May 13]] 
**[[Bruce Chatwin]], British author (d. [[1989]])
**[[Oliver Lozano]], Filipino lawyer, politician (d. [[2018]])
*[[May 15]]
**[[Lainie Kazan]], American actress, singer
**[[Don Nelson]], American basketball player and coach
*[[May 16]] – [[Ole Ernst]], Danish actor (d. [[2013]])
*[[May 17]]
**[[Adel Emam]], Egyptian actor and comedian
**[[Alan Kay]], American computer scientist
**[[Reynato Puno]], Filipino [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] Chief Justice
*[[May 19]] – [[Jan Janssen]], Dutch cyclist
*[[May 20]]
**[[Shorty Long]], African-American [[soul music]] singer, songwriter, musician and record producer (''[[Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)|Here Comes The Judge]]'') (d. [[1969]])
**[[Stan Mikita]], Slovakian-born Canadian hockey player (d. [[2018]])
**[[Sadaharu Oh]], Japanese baseball player
**[[Claude Dagens]],French prelate
*[[May 22]] – [[Bernard Shaw (journalist)|Bernard Shaw]], African-American journalist and television news reporter (d. [[2022]])
*[[May 24]] – [[Joseph Brodsky]], Russian-born poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1996]])
*[[May 26]] – [[Levon Helm]], American musician and actor (d. [[2012]])
*[[May 27]] – [[Sotsha Dlamini]], 5th Prime Minister of Swaziland (d. [[2017]])
*[[May 29]] – [[Farooq Leghari]], 8th [[President of Pakistan]] (d. [[2010]])

===June===
[[File:Rene Auberjonois, by Kyle Cassidy (Cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[René Auberjonois]]]]
[[File:Kip Thorne by Christopher Michel copy 2022.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kip Thorne]]]]
[[File:King Constantine.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Constantine II of Greece]]]]
[[File:Sir Tom Jones at The Queen's Birthday Party (cropped-2).jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]]]
[[File:Nancy Sinatra.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Nancy Sinatra]]]]
[[File:Wilma Rudolph 1960.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wilma Rudolph]]]]
*[[June 1]]
**[[René Auberjonois]], American screen actor (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ren-auberjonois-dead-star-trek-benson-actor-dies-at-79-1260677 |title=René Auberjonois, 'Star Trek' and 'Benson' Actor, Dies at 79 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 8, 2019}}</ref>
**[[Kip Thorne]], American gravitational physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[June 2]] – [[Constantine II of Greece]] (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Constantine II {{!}} king of Greece |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantine-II-king-of-Greece |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=31 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[June 4]] – [[Ludwig Schwarz]], Austrian prelate 
*[[June 7]]
**[[Samuel Little]], American serial killer (d. [[2020]])
**Sir [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], Welsh singer
**[[Ronald Pickup]], English actor (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/26/ronald-pickup-a-theatrical-great-from-a-golden-generation | title= Ronald Pickup: a theatrical great from a golden generation | work=The Guardian | first=Michael | last=Billington | date=26 February 2021 | access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[June 8]] – [[Nancy Sinatra]], American singer
*[[June 9]] – [[Barry McDonald (rugby union)|Barry McDonald]], Papua New Guinea-Australian rugby union player (d. [[2020]])
*[[June 13]] – [[Bobby Freeman]], American singer, songwriter (d. [[2017]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Jack Bannon (American actor)|Jack Bannon]], American actor (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/10/27/arts/ap-us-obit-jack-bannon.html |title=Jack Bannon, Cool-Headed Co-Star of 'Lou Grant,' Dies at 77 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 27, 2017}}</ref>
*[[June 16]]
**[[Neil Goldschmidt]], American politician, Governor of Oregon (d. [[2024]])
**[[Taylor Gun-Jin Wang]], Chinese-American astronaut
**[[Thea White]], American voice actress (d. [[2021]])
*[[June 17]]
**[[George Akerlof]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
**[[Ali Saibou]], 3rd President of Niger (d. [[2011]])
*[[June 18]] – [[Phillip E. Johnson]], American lawyer and author (d. [[2019]])
*[[June 20]] 
**[[Eugen Drewermann]], German theologian, activist and priest
**[[John Mahoney]], English-born American actor (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/obituaries/john-mahoney-actor-best-known-for-frasier-is-dead-at-77.html|title=John Mahoney, Actor Best Known for 'Frasier,' Dies at 77|first=Anita|last=Gates|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
*[[June 21]] – [[Michael Ruse]], British-Canadian philosopher (d. [[2024]])
*[[June 22]]
**[[Egon Henninger]], German swimmer
**[[Abbas Kiarostami]], Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer (d. [[2016]])
**Dame [[Esther Rantzen]], British broadcaster
**Joyce Herboltzheimer, American grandma for a family (d. [[2025]])
*[[June 23]]
**[[Willie Wallace]], Scottish football player, coach
**[[Wilma Rudolph]], American Olympic athlete (d. [[1994]])
*[[June 24]]
**[[Hope Cooke]], American socialite, Queen Consort of Sikkim
**[[Murali Mohan]], Indian film actor, producer, politician and business executive
**[[Walter Ofonagoro]], Nigerian scholar, politician and businessman
**[[Ian Ross (newsreader)|Ian Ross]], Australian newsreader (d. [[2014]])
**[[Vittorio Storaro]], Italian cinematographer
*[[June 25]] 
**[[Thomas Köhler]], East German luger
**[[Mary Beth Peil]], American actress and singer
*[[June 26]] – [[Jerry Fujio]], Japanese singer, actor and tarento (d. [[2021]])
*[[June 27]] – [[Anil Karanjai]], Indian painter of the [[Hungry generation]] movement (d. [[2001]])
*[[June 28]]
**[[Karpal Singh]], Malaysian politician, lawyer (d. [[2014]])
**[[Muhammad Yunus]], Bangladeshi founder of [[Grameen Bank]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[June 29]] – [[Vyacheslav Artyomov]], Russian composer
*[[June 30]] – [[Neelo]], Indian actress (d. [[2021]])

===July===
[[File:Jerzy Buzek, 2010.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Jerzy Buzek]]]]
[[File:Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Enthronement of Naruhito (2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]]]
[[File:Ringo Starr.png|thumb|100px|Sir [[Ringo Starr]]]]
[[File:Patrick Stewart by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Patrick Stewart]]]]
[[File:Fontella Bass.png|thumb|100px|[[Fontella Bass]]]]
[[File:Princess Hitachi 2012-1-2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hanako, Princess Hitachi]]]]
*[[July 1]]
**[[Fukunohana Koichi]], Japanese sumo wrestler
**[[Craig Brown (footballer, born 1940)|Craig Brown]], Scottish footballer, manager (d. [[2023]])
**[[Abdul Razzak Ahmed]], Iraqi football player
**[[Wathiq Naji]], Iraqi football manager (d. [[2014]])
*[[July 2]] 
**[[Joshua Bryant]], American actor, director, author and speaker (d. [[2024]])
**[[Ruriko Asaoka]], Japanese actress
*[[July 3]]
**[[Lamar Alexander]], American politician
**[[Fontella Bass]], African-American soul singer ("[[Rescue Me (Fontella Bass song)|Rescue Me]]") (d. [[2012]])
**[[Jerzy Buzek]], Polish politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Poland]]
**[[Michael Cole (actor)|Michael Cole]], American actor ("[[The Mod Squad]]") (d. [[2024]])
**[[Jose Alberto Laboy]], Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
**[[Lance Larson]], American competition swimmer, Olympic champion and world record-holder in four events
**[[Chuck Sieminski]], American football player (d. [[2020]])
**[[César Tovar]], Venezuelan baseball player (d. [[1994]])
**[[Mario Zanin (cyclist)|Mario Zanin]], Italian cyclist
*[[July 4]] 
**[[Deidre Catt]], English tennis player
**Nasser Madani, Iranian fencer
**[[Gene McDowell]], American college football coach (d. [[2021]])
**[[Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)|Pat Stapleton]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[2020]])
*[[July 5]] &ndash; [[Reiko Kusamura]], Japanese actress
*[[July 6]]
**[[Nursultan Nazarbayev]], 1st [[President of Kazakhstan]]
**[[Siti Norma Yaakob]], Malaysian lawyer and judge 
*[[July 7]]
**[[Lee Keun-hak]], North Korean football player
**Sir [[Ringo Starr]], English musician, singer, songwriter and actor ([[The Beatles]])
**[[Irène Sweyd]], Belgian swimmer
*[[July 9]] &ndash; [[Herminia Roman]], Filipino politician
*[[July 10]]
**[[Julie Payne (actress, born 1940)|Julie Payne]], American actress (d. [[2019]])
**[[Tommy Troelsen]], Danish footballer, manager and television presenter (d. [[2021]])
*[[July 13]]
**[[Paul Prudhomme]], American celebrity chef, cookbook author (d. [[2015]])
**Sir [[Patrick Stewart]], English actor (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
*[[July 15]] &ndash; [[Johnny Seay]], American country music singer (d. [[2016]])
*[[July 17]] – [[Francisco Toledo]], Mexican painter, sculptor and graphic artist (d. [[2019]])
*[[July 18]]
**[[James Brolin]], American actor, director
**[[Peter Mutharika]], 5th [[President of Malawi]]
*[[July 19]] 
**[[Hanako, Princess Hitachi]]
**[[Vikki Carr]], American singer
**[[Anzor Kavazashvili]], Soviet football goalkeeper
*[[July 22]] 
**[[Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma]]
**[[Alex Trebek]], Canadian game show host (''[[Jeopardy!]]'') (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/alex-trebek-17119954|title=Alex Trebek Biography: Game Show Host, Philanthropist (1940–)|work=[[Biography (TV program)|Biography.com]]|publisher=[[FYI (U.S. TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]]|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-date=October 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018211709/http://www.biography.com/people/alex-trebek-17119954|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[July 26]] – [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], American aide to [[Ted Kennedy]] (d. [[1969]])
*[[July 27]]
**[[Pina Bausch]], German choreographer (d. [[2009]])
**[[Bharati Mukherjee]], Indian-born novelist (d. [[2017]])
*[[July 30]] – [[Clive Sinclair]], English inventor (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/sir-clive-sinclair-obituary-jjgjq296k | title = Sir Clive Sinclair obituary | date = 16 September 2021 |url-access=subscription| work = [[The Times]] }}</ref>

===August===
[[File:Sheen, Martin (2008).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Martin Sheen]]]]
[[File:Jean-Luc Dehaene 675 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jean-Luc Dehaene]]]]
[[File:Jack Thompson speaks at the media (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]]]]
*[[August 1]] – [[Ram Loevy]], Israeli screenwriter, director
*[[August 3]] – [[Martin Sheen]], American actor, father of [[Charlie Sheen]]
*[[August 7]] 
**[[Jean-Luc Dehaene]], [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (d. [[2014]])
**[[Thomas Barlow (Kentucky politician)|Thomas Barlow]], American politician (d. [[2017]])
*[[August 8]] – [[Dilip Sardesai]], Indian cricketer (d. [[2007]])
*[[August 10]] – [[Bobby Hatfield]], American singer (''[[The Righteous Brothers]]'') (d. [[2003]])
*[[August 12]] – [[Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]], Nigerian Afrobeat drummer (d. [[2020]])
*[[August 13]] 
**[[Dirk Sager]], German journalist (d. [[2014]])
**[[Tony Cloninger]], American baseball player (d. [[2018]])
*[[August 14]]
**[[Galen Hall]], American football coach
**[[Max Schautzer]], Austrian-born German radio, television presenter
*[[August 17]] – [[Joseph Pairin Kitingan]], Malaysian politician, Chief Minister Of [[Sabah]]
*[[August 19]] 
**[[Johnny Nash]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[2020]])
**[[Jill St. John]], American actress
*[[August 20]]
**[[Musa Geshaev]], Chechen poet, historian (d. [[2014]])
**[[Rajendra K. Pachauri]], Indian scientist (d. [[2020]])
**[[John Waller (fight director)|John Waller]], English [[historical European martial arts]] (HEMA) revival pioneer and [[fight director]] (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite journal |title=John Waller — A Life Remembered |first=Guy |last=Wilson |author-link=Guy Wilson (historian) |journal=[[Arms & Armour]] |publisher=[[Royal Armouries]] |volume=15 |year=2018 |issue=2 |pages=113–121 |doi=10.1080/17416124.2018.1522141 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[August 23]] 
**[[Tom Baker (American actor)|Tom Baker]], American actor (d. [[1982]])
**[[Maria Teresa Fontela Goulart]], [[First Lady of Brazil]]
**[[Thomas A. Steitz]], American biochemist (d. [[2018]])
*[[August 25]] – [[José van Dam]], Belgian bass-baritone
*[[August 26]] – [[Michel Micombero]], 1st President of Burundi (d. [[1983]])
*[[August 27]] – [[Sonny Sharrock]], American jazz musician (d. [[1994]])
*[[August 28]] – [[Joseph Shabalala]], South African choral director (''[[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]]'') (d. [[2020]])
*[[August 29]] – [[Wim Ruska]], Dutch wrestler, martial artist (d. [[2015]])
*[[August 31]] – [[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]], Australian actor

===September===
[[File:Raquel_Welch_in_The_Biggest_Bundle_of_Them_All.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Raquel Welch]]]]
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[[File:Brian De Palma Deauville 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brian De Palma]]]]
[[File:Linda Gray.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Linda Gray]]]]
[[File:Óscar Arias (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Óscar Arias]]]]
[[File:Frankie Avalon - publicity.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Frankie Avalon]]]]
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[[File:Michel Temer (foto oficial).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michel Temer]]]]
*[[September 1]]
**[[Yaşar Büyükanıt]], Turkish military officer (d. [[2019]])
**[[Annie Ernaux]], French author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|date=2022-10-06|title=French author Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/10/06/french-author-annie-ernaux-nobel-prize-literature-2022.html|access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Onmanorama}}</ref>
*[[September 3]]
**[[Eduardo Galeano]], Uruguayan writer (d. [[2015]])
**[[Joseph Warioba]], 5th Prime Minister of Tanzania
*[[September 5]] – [[Raquel Welch]], American actress (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite news |title = Raquel Welch, 1960s film star and sex symbol, dies at 82 |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/15/actress-raquel-welch-dead/ |newspaper = The Washington Post |first1 = Harrison |last1 = Smith |first2 = Michael S. |last2 = Rosenwald |first3 = Emily |last3 = Langer |date = February 15, 2023 |access-date = February 21, 2023 }}</ref>
*[[September 6]]
**[[Elwyn Berlekamp]], American mathematician (d. [[2019]])
**[[Jackie Trent]], English singer-songwriter, actress (d. [[2015]])
*[[September 7]]
**[[Dario Argento]], Italian filmmaker
**[[Abdurrahman Wahid]], 4th President of Indonesia (d. [[2009]])
*[[September 10]]
**[[Roy Ayers]], African-American musician, songwriter (d. [[2025]])
**[[David Mann (artist)|David Mann]], American artist (d. [[2004]])
**[[Kim En Jong]], Korean Dominican monk and painter
*[[September 11]]
**[[Brian De Palma]], American film director
**[[Ajit Singh (economist)|Ajit Singh]], Indian-born economist (d. [[2015]])
*[[September 12]]
**[[Joachim Frank]], German-born biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
**[[Linda Gray]], American model, actress (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
**[[Skip Hinnant]], American actor
**[[Mickey Lolich]], American baseball player
*[[September 13]] – [[Óscar Arias]], Costa Rican politician, twice [[President of Costa Rica]], [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate
*[[September 14]]
**[[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]], American basketball player, coach
**[[Barbara Greenwood]], Canadian educator and children's author 
*[[September 18]] – [[Frankie Avalon]], American singer and actor
*[[September 19]] – [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]], American songwriter, singer and actor
*[[September 20]] – [[Tarō Asō]], 59th [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
*[[September 22]] – [[Anna Karina]], Danish-French actress (d. [[2019]])
*[[September 23]]
**[[Mohammad-Reza Shajarian]], Iranian traditional singer (d. [[2020]])
**[[Michel Temer]], Brazilian politician, [[President of Brazil]] between 2016 and 2018.
*[[September 24]] – [[Michiko Suganuma]], [[Urushi]] [[Japanese lacquer]] artist
*[[September 27]] – [[Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], emir of Kuwait

===October===
[[File:John Lennon, 1974 (restored cropped).jpg |thumb|100px|[[John Lennon]]]]
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[[File:Michael Gambon cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Michael Gambon]]]]
[[File:Pele con brasil (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pelé]]]]
*[[October 1]]
**[[Chris Pattikawa]], Indonesian film director and producer (d. [[2020]]) 
**[[Jean-Luc Bideau]], Swiss actor
*[[October 3]] – [[Mike Troy]], American swimmer (d. [[2019]])
*[[October 4]] – [[Ian Kiernan]], Australian yachtsman (d. [[2018]])
*[[October 5]] – [[Milena Dravić]], Serbian actress (d. [[2018]])
*[[October 6]] – [[John Warnock]], American computer scientist, co-founded [[Adobe Inc.]] (d. [[2023]])
*[[October 9]] – [[John Lennon]], English musician, singer-songwriter ([[The Beatles]]) (d. [[1980]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Pharoah Sanders]], American saxophonist (d. [[2022]])
*[[October 14]] – [[Cliff Richard]], British pop musician, actor and philanthropist
*[[October 15]] – [[Peter Doherty (immunologist)|Peter Doherty]], Australian immunologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
*[[October 16]]
**[[Barry Corbin]], American actor
**[[Dave DeBusschere]], American basketball player and coach, baseball player (d. [[2003]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Peter Stringfellow]], English businessman, nightclub owner (d. [[2018]])
*[[October 18]] – [[Győző Kulcsár]], Hungarian fencer (d. [[2018]])
*[[October 19]] – [[Michael Gambon|Sir Michael Gambon]], British-Irish actor (d. [[2023]])
*[[October 20]] – [[Robert Pinsky]], American poet, essayist, literary critic and translator, [[United States Poet Laureate]]
*[[October 21]]
**[[Geoffrey Boycott]], English cricketer
**[[Manfred Mann (musician)|Manfred Mann]], South African rock musician 
**[[Marita Petersen]], 8th Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (d. [[2001]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Pelé]], Brazilian footballer (d. [[2022]])
*[[October 24]] – [[Yossi Sarid]], Israeli politician (d. [[2015]])
*[[October 25]]
**[[Bob Knight]], American basketball player and coach (d. [[2023]])
**[[Apolo Nsibambi]], Ugandan politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Uganda]] (d. [[2019]])
*[[October 27]] – [[John Gotti]], American gangster (d. [[2002]])
*[[October 28]] – [[Jack Shepherd (actor)|Jack Shepherd]], English actor
*[[October 29]] 
**[[Frida Boccara]], French singer (d. [[1996]])
**[[Princess Lalla Nuzha of Morocco|Princess Lalla Nuzha]], princess of Morocco (d. [[1977]])
*[[October 30]] – [[Hidetoshi Nagasawa]], Japanese sculptor, architect (d. [[2018]])

===November===
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[[File:QaboosBinSaidAlSaid (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Qaboos bin Said]]]]
[[File:Bruce Lee 1973.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bruce Lee]]]]
*[[November 5]] – [[Jaime Roldós Aguilera]], 33rd [[President of Ecuador]] (1979-1981) (d. [[1981]])
*[[November 12]] – [[Donald Wuerl]], American archbishop
*[[November 15]]
**[[Wolf Biermann]], German singer, songwriter and East German dissident
**[[Roberto Cavalli]], Italian designer (d. [[2024]])
**[[Sam Waterston]], American actor
*[[November 17]] – [[Luke Kelly]], Irish ballad singer (d. [[1984]])
*[[November 18]] – [[Qaboos bin Said]], [[Sultan of Oman]] (d. [[2020]])
*[[November 20]] – [[Helma Sanders-Brahms]], German film director (d. [[2014]])
*[[November 21]] – [[Richard Marcinko]], U.S. Navy SEAL team member, author (d. [[2021]])
*[[November 22]]
**[[Alberto Fouilloux]], Chilean footballer (d. [[2018]])
**[[Terry Gilliam]], American-born British screenwriter, director and animator (''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'')
**[[Andrzej Żuławski]], Polish film director, writer (d. [[2016]])
*[[November 25]] – [[Joe Gibbs]], American football coach
*[[November 27]] – [[Bruce Lee]], Chinese-American martial artist, actor (d. [[1973]])
*[[November 29]] – [[Chuck Mangione]], American flugelhorn player

===December===
[[File:Richard Pryor, 1976.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Pryor]]]]
[[File:Dionne Warwick 2021.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dionne Warwick]]]]
[[File:Zappa 16011977 01 300.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Frank Zappa]]]]
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*[[December 1]] 
**[[Richard Pryor]], American stand-up comedian, actor and writer (d. [[2005]])
**[[Mário da Graça Machungo]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Mozambique|1st Prime Minister of Mozambique]] (d. [[2020]])
* [[December 2]] – [[Connie Booth]], British actress
*[[December 4]] – [[Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (d. [[1977]])
*[[December 11]]
**[[David Gates]], American singer-songwriter ([[Bread (band)|Bread]])
**[[Donna Mills]], American actress 
*[[December 12]]
**[[Sharad Pawar]], Indian politician
**[[Dionne Warwick]], African-American singer and actress
*[[December 19]] – [[Phil Ochs]], American [[protest singer]] (d. [[1976]])
*[[December 21]] – [[Frank Zappa]], American musician, composer and satirist (d. [[1993]])
*[[December 23]]
**[[Mamnoon Hussain]], 12th President of Pakistan (d. [[2021]])
**[[Jorma Kaukonen]], American musician ([[Jefferson Airplane]])
*[[December 24]] 
**[[Janet Carroll]], American actress, singer (d. [[2012]])
**[[Anthony S. Fauci]], American immunologist 
**[[Jan Stráský]], 20th [[Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia]] (d. [[2019]])
*[[December 25]] – [[Alija Behmen]], Bosnian politician (d. [[2018]])
*[[December 26]] – [[Edward C. Prescott]], American economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2022]])
*[[December 28]] – [[Don Francisco (television host)|Don Francisco]], Chilean-American television host
*[[December 29]] 
**[[Fred Hansen]], American Olympic athlete
**[[Brigitte Kronauer]], German novelist (d. [[2019]])
*[[December 30]]
**[[James Burrows]], American television director<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/12/30/milestones-december-30-birthdays-for-lebron-james-eliza-dushku-sandy-koufax/|title=MILESTONES: December 30 birthdays for LeBron James, Eliza Dushku, Sandy Koufax|date=December 30, 2020|website=Brooklyn Eagle}}</ref>
**[[Philippe Cousteau]], French diver and cinematographer (d. [[1979]])