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==Births== {{BDToC|births}} ===January=== [[File:George Foreman 071516.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Foreman]]]] <!--[[File:Mick Taylor 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mick Taylor]]]]--> [[File:Goran Persson, Sveriges statsminister, under nordiskt statsministermotet i Reykjavik 2005.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Göran Persson]]]] [[File: John Belushi HS Yearbook.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[John Belushi]]]] * [[January 2]] ** [[Nikolai Pankin]], Russian breaststroke swimmer, swimming coach (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Christopher Durang]], American playwright (d. [[2024]]) * [[January 9]] – [[Mary Roos]], German singer * [[January 10]] ** [[George Foreman]], African-American boxer (d. [[2025]]) ** [[Linda Lovelace]], American porn actress, later anti-porn activist (d. [[2002]]) * [[January 12]] ** [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]], German football player, coach ** [[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese author<ref>{{cite book|title=St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers|publisher=St. James Press|year=1996|page=687}}</ref> ** [[Wayne Wang]], Hong Kong-born film director * [[January 14]] – [[Lawrence Kasdan]], American director, screenwriter * [[January 15]] – [[Panos Mihalopoulos]], Greek actor * [[January 17]] ** [[Gyude Bryant]], Liberian politician (d. [[2014]]) ** [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian, actor (d. [[1984]]) ** [[Mick Taylor]], English musician * [[January 18]] – [[Philippe Starck]], French designer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philippe Starck {{!}} Biography, Design, Juicer, Ghost Chair, Furniture, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philippe-Starck |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * [[January 19]] ** [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], British rock singer (d. [[2003]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1442580/Robert-Palmer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1442580/Robert-Palmer.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituaries: Robert Palmer |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=27 September 2003 |access-date=19 December 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ** [[Dennis Taylor]], Irish snooker player * [[January 20]] – [[Göran Persson]], 31st [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] * [[January 22]] – [[Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry]], American rock singer ([[Journey (band)|Journey]]) * [[January 23]] – [[Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana]], Indonesian politician and former Minister of Social Affairs * [[January 24]] – [[John Belushi]], American actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') (d. [[1982]]) * [[January 25]] – [[Paul Nurse]], English geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[January 26]] – [[David Strathairn]], American actor (''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]'') * [[January 27]] – [[Djavan]], Brazilian singer, songwriter * [[January 28]] – [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]], 34th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. [[2020]]) * [[January 30]] – [[Peter Agre]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] * [[January 31]] – [[Johan Derksen]], Dutch footballer, sports journalist ===February=== [[File:Brent Spiner San Diego Comic Con 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brent Spiner]]]] [[File:Lauda at 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Niki Lauda]]]] [[File:Simon Crean (1).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Simon Crean]]]] [[File:Ric Flair Photo Op GalaxyCon Louisville 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ric Flair]]]] * [[February 1]] – [[Joan Burton]], Irish politician * [[February 2]] ** [[Duncan Bannatyne]], Scottish entrepreneur ** [[Brent Spiner]], American actor * [[February 3]] – [[Hennie Kuiper]], Dutch cyclist * [[February 4]] – [[Rasim Delić]], Bosnian military chief of staff and convicted war criminal (d. [[2010]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/19/general-rasim-delic-obituary|title=General Rasim Delic obituary|date=19 May 2010|author=Gabriel Partos|website=The Guardian|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> * [[February 6]] – [[Jim Sheridan]], Irish film director<ref>{{cite book|author=Ruth Barton|title=Jim Sheridan: framing the nation|publisher=Liffey Press|isbn=9781904148050|year=2002|page=xi}}</ref> * [[February 8]] – [[Florinda Meza]], Mexican actress, television producer, and screenwriter (best known as Doña Florinda in ''El Chavo del Ocho'') * [[February 9]] – [[Judith Light]], American actress * [[February 10]] – [[Maxime Le Forestier]], French singer * [[February 21]] – [[Ronnie Hellström]], Swedish footballer (d. [[2022]]) * [[February 22]] – [[Niki Lauda]], Austrian triple [[Formula 1]] world champion (d. [[2019]]) * [[February 25]] – [[Ric Flair]], American professional wrestler * [[February 26]] – [[Simon Crean]], Australian politician (d. [[2023]]) * [[February 27]] – [[Mary Gibby]], British botanist and professor (d. [[2024]])<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Stephen Blackmore |author2=Johannes Vogel |author1-link=Stephen Blackmore |author2-link=Johannes Vogel (botanist) |title=Professor Mary Gibby Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949–2024) |journal=[[Edinburgh Journal of Botany]] |date=December 2024 |volume=81 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.24823/EJB.2024.2084|doi-broken-date=14 January 2025 }}</ref> ===March=== <!--[[File:Erik Estrada (39862241175).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Erik Estrada]]]]--> [[File:Alexhiggins1968 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alex Higgins]]]] <!--[[File:Eddie Money-276 (Cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eddie Money]]]]--> [[File:Slavoj Žižek 2015 (closeup).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Slavoj Žižek]]]] [[File:Regina Margareta (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Margareta of Romania]]]] [[File:Michael W. Young D81 4345 (38162439194).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael W. Young]]]] * [[March 2]] ** [[Gates McFadden]], American actress, choreographer ** [[J. P. R. Williams]], Welsh rugby player (d. [[2024]]) ** [[Dinesh Gunawardena]], Sri Lankan politician, [[List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka|15th]] [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] * [[March 3]] – [[Elijah Harper]], Canadian Aboriginal activist (d. [[2013]]) * [[March 5]] – [[Franz Josef Jung]], German politician * [[March 6]] ** [[Shaukat Aziz]], [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] ** [[Martin Buchan]], Scottish footballer * [[March 7]] – [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]], Indian politician * [[March 8]] – [[Cho Yang-ho]], South Korean businessman (d. [[2019]]) * [[March 9]] ** [[Kalevi Aho]], Finnish composer ** [[Tapani Kansa]], Finnish singer (d. [[2025]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tapani Kansa on kuollut |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/musiikki/a/71c95758-864c-4b94-b428-8db49b4117f1 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref> * [[March 10]] – [[Nobu Matsuhisa]], Japanese chef * [[March 11]] – [[Georg Schramm]], German psychologist, Kabarett artist * [[March 12]] ** [[Rob Cohen]], American film director, producer and writer ** [[Natalia Kuchinskaya]], Soviet gymnast ** [[Mike Gibbins]], Welsh drummer (d. [[2005]]) * [[March 13]] – [[Julia Migenes]], American soprano * [[March 16]] ** [[Erik Estrada]], American actor and police officer (''[[CHiPs]]'') ** [[Victor Garber]], Canadian actor (''[[Godspell]]'', ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'') * [[March 17]] ** [[Patrick Duffy]], American actor ** [[Pat Rice]], Irish footballer, football manager * [[March 18]] – [[Alex Higgins]], Northern Irish snooker player (d. [[2010]]) * [[March 19]] ** [[Hirofumi Hirano]], Japanese politician, Chief Cabinet Secretary ** [[Valery Leontiev]], Soviet and Russian actor and singer * [[March 21]] ** [[Eddie Money]], American rock guitarist and singer (d. [[2019]]) ** [[Slavoj Žižek]], Slovenian philosopher * [[March 22]] – [[Fanny Ardant]], French actress * [[March 24]] – [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]], [[List of presidents of Sri Lanka|9th]] [[President of Sri Lanka]], [[List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka|10th]] [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] * [[March 25]] – [[Sue Klebold]], American activist * [[March 26]] ** [[Rudi Koertzen]], South African cricket umpire (d. [[2022]]) ** [[Vicki Lawrence]], American comedian, singer and game show hostess<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1439}}</ref> ** [[Ernest Lee Thomas]], African-American actor (''[[What's Happening!!]]'') ** [[Margareta of Romania]], Romanian princess and diplomat ** [[Giuseppe Sabadini]], Italian footballer ** [[Patrick Süskind]], German writer * [[March 28]] ** [[Ronnie Ray Smith]], American Olympic athlete (d. [[2013]]) ** [[Michael W. Young]], American geneticist, chronobiologist and recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[March 29]] **[[Michael Brecker]], American jazz musician (d. [[2007]]) **[[John Spenkelink]], American murderer (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/spenkelink002.htm | title=John Arthur Spenkelink #2 }}</ref> * [[March 30]] – [[Lene Lovich]], American singer ===April=== <!--[[File:Gil Scott Heron.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gil Scott-Heron]]]]--> [[File:Judith A. Resnik, official portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Judith Resnik]]]] [[File:Zygmunt Zimowski.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zygmunt Zimowski]]]] [[File:Massimo D'Alema ONU.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Massimo D'Alema]]]] [[File:Janet_Ågren_1975c.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Janet Ågren]]]] [[File:Jessica Lange (Cropped).JPG|thumb|100px|[[Jessica Lange]]]] [[File:György Gedó.jpg|thumb|100px|[[György Gedó]]]] [[File:António Guterres, 23.03.23.jpg|thumb|100px|[[António Guterres]]]] * [[April 1]] ** [[Gérard Mestrallet]], French businessman ** [[Sammy Nelson]], Northern Irish footballer ** [[Gil Scott-Heron]], American musician, composer and activist (d. [[2011]]) * [[April 2]] – [[Pamela Reed]], American actress * [[April 3]] – [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]], English musician, songwriter * [[April 4]] – [[Parveen Babi]], Bollywood actress (d. [[2005]]) * [[April 5]] – [[Judith Resnik]], American astronaut (d. [[1986]]) * [[April 6]] ** [[Janet Ågren]], Swedish actress and model<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1f66195|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729013539/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1f66195|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2016|title=Janet Ågren|website=British Film Institute|access-date=September 24, 2023}}</ref> ** [[Horst Ludwig Störmer]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[April 7]] ** [[Mitch Daniels]], American academic administrator, businessman, author, and politician ** [[Zygmunt Zimowski]], Polish bishop (d. [[2016]]) * [[April 8]] ** [[Alex Fergusson (politician)|Alex Fergusson]], Scottish politician (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Brenda Russell]], American-Canadian singer, songwriter and keyboardist ** [[Fanie de Jager]], South African operatic tenor *[[April 10]] – [[Daniel Mangeas]], French bicycle commentator * [[April 11]] – [[Bernd Eichinger]], German film producer, director (d. [[2011]]) * [[April 13]] – [[Christopher Hitchens]], English writer (d. [[2011]])<ref>{{Cite news|last =Wilby |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Wilby |date=16 December 2011 |title=Christopher Hitchens obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/dec/16/christopher-hitchens-obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=22 June 2019 |quote=Hitchens was ... a liberal studies professor at the New School in New York and, for a time, visiting professor at Berkeley in California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909004551/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/dec/16/christopher-hitchens-obituary |archive-date=9 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[April 14]] – [[John Shea]], American actor * [[April 15]] ** [[Alla Pugacheva]], Russian musical performer ** [[Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm]], Polish-born writer * [[April 18]] ** [[Antônio Fagundes]], Brazilian actor ** [[Bengt Holmström]], Finnish-born economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bengt Holmström |author=Brian Duignan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bengt-Holmstrom |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |date=9 May 2024 }}</ref> * [[April 19]] – [[Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov]], Russian figure skater (d. [[1990]]) * [[April 20]] ** [[Massimo D'Alema]], 53rd [[Prime Minister of Italy]] ** [[Veronica Cartwright]], English-born American actress ** [[Jessica Lange]], American actress * [[April 21]] – [[Patti LuPone]], American actress * [[April 23]] – [[György Gedó]], Hungarian Olympic boxer * [[April 24]] – [[Véronique Sanson]], French singer, songwriter * [[April 28]] – [[Bruno Kirby]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) * [[April 30]] – [[António Guterres]], [[Prime Minister of Portugal]], 9th [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General of the United Nations]] ===May=== [[File:Billy Joel Shankbone NYC 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Billy Joel]]]] [[File:Alan García presidente del Perú.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alan García]]]] [[File:Jim Broadbent 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jim Broadbent]]]] [[File:Official portrait of Jeremy Corbyn crop 2, 2020.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeremy Corbyn]]]] [[File:Tom_Berenger_2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tom Berenger]]]] * [[May 2]] – [[Alan Titchmarsh]], English gardener * [[May 3]] – [[Leopoldo Luque]], Argentine soccer player (d. [[2021]]) * [[May 6]] – [[Larry Rivers (basketball)|Larry Rivers]], Basketball player for the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] (d. [[2023]]) * [[May 9]] ** [[Billy Joel]], American singer, songwriter and pianist ** [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]], military [[President of Niger]] (d. [[1999]]) * [[May 10]] – [[Mahfuzur Rahman Khan]], Bangladeshi cinematographer (d. [[2019]]) * [[May 13]] – [[Zoë Wanamaker]], American-British actress * [[May 14]] – [[Sverre Årnes]], Norwegian writer * [[May 18]] ** [[Rick Wakeman]], English rock musician, songwriter ** [[Bill Wallace (musician)|Bill Wallace]], Canadian rock musician ([[The Guess Who]]) * [[May 19]] ** [[Dusty Hill]], American bassist ([[ZZ Top]]) (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lavin|first=Will|date=July 28, 2021|title=Tributes paid to ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who has died aged 72|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/tributes-paid-to-zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-who-has-died-aged-72-3005418|url-status=live|access-date=July 28, 2021|website=[[NME]]|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728204625/https://www.nme.com/news/music/tributes-paid-to-zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-who-has-died-aged-72-3005418}}</ref> ** [[Ashraf Ghani]], President of [[Afghanistan]] * [[May 20]] – [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]], Canadian actor, comedian (''[[Second City Television]]'') * [[May 21]] – [[Andrew Neil]], Scottish journalist and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/28/sundaytimes.comment|title=The Observer profile: Andrew Neil|date=July 27, 2002|website=the Guardian}}</ref> * [[May 22]] ** [[Cheryl Campbell]], English actress ** [[Ieuan Wyn Jones]], Welsh politician * [[May 23]] – [[Alan García]], [[President of Peru]] (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/18/alan-garcia-obituary|title=Alan García obituary|date=18 April 2019|author=Nick Caistor|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419151928/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/18/alan-garcia-obituary|archive-date=19 April 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[May 24]] ** [[Jim Broadbent]], English actor ** [[Tomaž Pisanski]], Slovenian mathematician * [[May 25]] – [[Jamaica Kincaid]], Antiguan-born novelist * [[May 26]] ** [[Ward Cunningham]], American computer programmer ** [[Jeremy Corbyn]], British politician ** [[Pam Grier]], African-American actress ** [[Hank Williams Jr.]], American country singer * [[May 27]] ** [[Jo Ann Harris]], American actress ** [[Alma Guillermoprieto]], Mexican journalist * [[May 29]] – [[Francis Rossi]], English rock guitarist, singer ([[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]) * [[May 30]] – [[Bob Willis]], English cricketer (d. [[2019]]) * [[May 31]] – [[Tom Berenger]], American actor (''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'') ===June=== [[File:Heather Couper.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Heather Couper]]]] [[File:Jarosław Kaczyński, wicepremier (cropped).png|thumb|100px|[[Jarosław Kaczyński]]]] [[File:Ebi Live In Montreal 03.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ebi]]]] [[File:Lionel Richie in 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lionel Richie]]]] [[File:Meryl Streep December 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Meryl Streep]]]] * [[June 1]] – [[Déwé Gorodey]], New Caledonian writer and politician (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/nouvellecaledonie/disparition-de-dewe-gorodey-une-personnalite-politique-et-culturelle-de-la-nouvelle-caledonie-s-en-est-allee-1312336.html|title=Disparition de Déwé Gorodey : une personnalité politique et culturelle de la Nouvelle-Calédonie s'en est allée|website=Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère|date=14 August 2022 }}</ref> * [[June 2]] – [[Heather Couper]], British astronomer (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{cite web|title=COUPER, Heather Anita|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U12025|website=Who's Who 2015|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref> * [[June 7]] – [[Wendy Sherman]], American diplomat and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Wendy R. Sherman |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sherman-wendy-r |publisher=U.S. Department of State, [[Office of the Historian]] |date=September 21, 2011 |access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> * [[June 8]] – [[Emanuel Ax]], Polish-born American pianist * [[June 10]] – [[Bora Dugić]], Serbian musician, flautist * [[June 11]] – [[Frank Beard (musician)|Frank Beard]], American drummer ([[ZZ Top]]) * [[June 13]] – [[Ann Druyan]], American popular science writer, wife of [[Carl Sagan]] * [[June 14]] ** [[Antony Sher]], South African-born British actor (d. [[2021]]) ** [[Harry Turtledove]], American historian, novelist ** [[Papa Wemba]], Congolese [[soukous]] musician (d. [[2016]]) ** [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]], English drummer and songwriter ([[Yes (band)|Yes]]) (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{cite news | last=Beaumont-Thomas | first=Ben | title=Alan White, drummer with prog rock band Yes, dies aged 72 | newspaper=the Guardian | date=26 May 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/26/alan-white-drummer-with-prog-rock-band-yes-dies-aged-72 | access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> * [[June 15]] – [[Jim Varney]], American actor and comedian (d. [[2000]]) * [[June 16]] – [[Robbin Thompson]], American singer, songwriter (d. [[2015]]) * [[June 18]] ** [[Jarosław Kaczyński]], [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland|Prime Minister of Poland]] ** [[Lech Kaczyński]], [[President of Poland]] (d. [[2010]]) ** [[Lincoln Thompson]], Jamaican musician (d. [[1999]]) * [[June 19]] **[[Ebi]], Iranian singer **[[Hassan Shehata]], Egyptian footballer and coach * [[June 20]] ** [[Gotabaya Rajapaksa]], [[List of presidents of Sri Lanka|8th]] [[President of Sri Lanka]] ** [[Lionel Richie]], African-American urban musician * [[June 21]] ** [[Shane Molloy]], Australian rules footballer ** [[Stuart Pearson]], English football player ** [[Jane Urquhart]], Canadian author * [[June 22]] ** [[Alan Osmond]], American pop singer ** [[Meryl Streep]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Meryl Streep |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/meryl-streep |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=26 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref> ** [[Lindsay Wagner]], American actress ** [[Elizabeth Warren]], American academic and politician, [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Massachusetts|Mass.]]) since 2013 * [[June 23]] – [[Jon McLachlan]], New Zealand rugby union player * [[June 25]] ** [[Brigitte Bierlein]], first female [[chancellor of Austria]] (d. [[2024]]) ** [[Lalith Kaluperuma]], Sri Lankan test cricketer and ODI cricketer ** [[Patrick Tambay]], French racing driver (d. [[2022]]) ** [[Yoon Joo-sang]], South Korean actor * [[June 26]] ** [[Graco Ramírez]], governor of [[Morelos]], Mexico 2012-2018 ** [[Avtar Singh Kang]], Punjabi singer and folk contributor ** [[Arturo Vázquez Ayala]], Mexican footballer * [[June 27]] – [[Vera Wang]], American fashion designer * [[June 29]] – [[Lisette Sevens]], Dutch field hockey defender * [[June 30]] ** [[Silvio Aquino]], Salvadoran football player ** [[Uwe Kliemann]], German football player and coach ** [[Norm Mitchell]], Australian rules footballer ** [[Philippe Toussaint]], Belgium's most successful golfer ===July=== [[File:Noli de Castro official cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Noli de Castro]]]] [[File:Shelley Duvall 1975.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shelley Duvall]]]] [[File:Carl Bildt under den politiska Almedalsveckan 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carl Bildt]]]] [[File:Kgalema Motlanthe at the 12th AU Summit (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kgalema Motlanthe]]]] [[File:Alan Menken 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alan Menken]]]] <!--[[File:Michael Richards (1993).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael Richards]]]]--> [[File:Thaksin DOD 20050915.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Thaksin Shinawatra]]]] <!--[[File:Queen And Adam Lambert - The O2 - Tuesday 12th December 2017 QueenO2121217-47 (39066610085) Cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]]]]--> [[File:JamilMahuad.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jamil Mahuad]]]] * [[July 1]] ** [[Yoshihide Fukao]], Japanese volleyball player ** [[Seninho]], Portuguese-Angolan footballer (d. [[2020]]) ** [[Néjia Ben Mabrouk]], Tunisian screenwriter, director ** [[John Farnham]], Australian singer, recording artist and entertainer * [[July 2]] – [[Ben Verbong]], Dutch film director, screenwriter * [[July 3]] ** [[Mircea Chelaru]], Romanian general and politician ** [[Alfred Vierling]], Dutch politician * [[July 5]] – [[Jill Murphy]], British author and illustrator (d. [[2021]]) * [[July 6]] – [[Noli de Castro]], Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator and [[Vice President of the Philippines]] * [[July 7]] – [[Shelley Duvall]], American actress (d. [[2024]]) * [[July 8]] ** [[Jaroslav Jurka]], Czech fencer ** [[Wolfgang Puck]], Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and occasional actor * [[July 9]] ** [[Raoul Cédras]], former president of Haiti ** [[Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi]], Iranian intellectual, journalist, writer, traveler, translator, and university lecturer * [[July 11]] ** [[Liona Boyd]], English classical guitarist ** [[Émerson Leão]], Brazilian footballer * [[July 13]] – [[Helena Fibingerová]], Czech athlete * [[July 15]] ** [[Carl Bildt]], 28th [[Prime Minister of Sweden]], Minister for Foreign Affairs ** [[Trevor Horn]], English pop singer, producer ** [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]], 3rd [[List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates|Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates]] * [[July 17]] ** [[William C. Faure]], South African film director (d. [[1994]]) ** [[Andrei Fursenko]], Russian politician, scientist and businessman * [[July 19]] ** [[Kgalema Motlanthe]], South African politician, [[President of South Africa]] ** [[Daniel Vaillant]], French Socialist politician * [[July 20]] – [[Naseeruddin Shah]], Indian actor and environmentalist * [[July 22]] ** [[Alan Menken]], American composer ** [[Lasse Virén]], Finnish long-distance runner * [[July 24]] ** [[Michael Richards]], American actor, comedian ** [[Joan Enric Vives Sicília]], Spanish archbishop * [[July 25]] – [[Francis Smerecki]], French football player, manager (d. [[2018]]) * [[July 26]] ** [[Thaksin Shinawatra]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] and businessman ** [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]], English rock musician (''[[Queen (band)|Queen]]'') * [[July 29]] – [[Jamil Mahuad]], President of Ecuador ===August=== [[File:Mar-Knopfler-Pensa-Blue.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mark Knopfler]]]] [[File:Fernando Collor no Senado em Posse presidencial - 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Fernando Collor de Mello]]]] [[File:Beverly_Burns.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Beverly Burns]]]] [[File:Thin lizzy 22041980 01 400.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Phil Lynott]]]] [[File:2018 Vicky Leandros - by 2eight - DSC4806.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vicky Leandros]]]] [[File:Richard Gere, December 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Gere]]]] * [[August 1]] – [[Mugur Isărescu]], 58th prime minister of Romania * [[August 7]] – [[Walid Jumblatt]], leader of the Lebanese Druze * [[August 8]] – [[Keith Carradine]], American actor * [[August 11]] – [[Ian Charleson]], Scottish actor (d. [[1990]]) * [[August 12]] ** [[Fernando Collor de Mello]], 32nd [[President of Brazil]] ** [[Mark Knopfler]], British rock guitarist * [[August 13]] – [[Philippe Petit]], French high-wire artist * [[August 14]] – [[Morten Olsen]], Danish football player, manager * [[August 15]] – [[Beverly Burns]], American pilot, first woman to captain a Boeing 747 * [[August 17]] – [[Sue Draheim]], American fiddler (d. [[2013]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Sue Draheim: Widely admired folk violinist|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sue-draheim-widely-admired-folk-violinist-8635048.html|date=August 28, 2013|author=Ken Hunt|work=The Independent|access-date=September 24, 2023}}</ref> * [[August 18]] – [[Don Koivisto]], American politician from [[Michigan]] * [[August 20]] – [[Phil Lynott]], Irish rock musician (d. [[1986]]) * [[August 21]] ** [[Loretta Devine]], African-American actress ** [[Keetie van Oosten-Hage]], Dutch cyclist * [[August 23]] ** [[Vicky Leandros]], Greek singer ** [[Shelley Long]], American actress (''[[Cheers]]'') ** [[Rick Springfield]], Australian rock singer, actor * [[August 24]] – [[Anna Lee Fisher]], American astronaut, chemist and physician * [[August 25]] ** [[Willy Rey]], Dutch-Canadian model (d. [[1973]]) ** [[Martin Amis]], English novelist (d. [[2023]]) ** [[Gene Simmons]], Israeli-American rock musician (''[[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]'') * [[August 26]] – [[Leon Redbone]], Canadian-American singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and guitarist (d. [[2019]]) * [[August 28]] – [[Svetislav Pešić]], Serbian basketball player, coach * [[August 30]] – [[Peter Maffay]], German singer * [[August 31]] ** [[Richard Gere]], American actor ** [[H. David Politzer]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate ===September=== [[File:Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, official presidential portrait (2009).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]]]] [[File:Bruce Springsteen - Roskilde Festival 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bruce Springsteen]]]] * [[September 1]] ** [[Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart]], Cuban nuclear physicist, government official (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Tan Soo Khoon]], Former Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore * [[September 9]] ** [[John Curry]], British figure skater (d. [[1994]]) ** [[Alain Mosconi]], French swimmer, Olympic medalist and previous world record holder ** [[Daniel Pipes]], American historian, writer, and commentator ** [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]], 6th president of Indonesia * [[September 14]] – [[Eikichi Yazawa]], Japanese singer * [[September 16]] ** [[Ed Begley Jr.]], American actor, environmentalist (''[[St. Elsewhere]]'') ** [[Doreen Chen]], Jamaican politician ** [[Chrisye]], Indonesian singer (d. [[2007]]) * [[September 17]] – [[Didith Reyes]], Filipina singer (d. [[2008]]) * [[September 18]] ** [[Mo Mowlam]], British politician (d. [[2005]]) ** [[Peter Shilton]], English goalkeeper * [[September 19]] ** [[Twiggy]], English model ** [[Richard Rogler]], German Kabarett artist, professor of Kabarett at the University of the Arts in Berlin * [[September 23]] – [[Bruce Springsteen]], American singer, songwriter (''[[Born in the USA]]'') * [[September 25]] ** [[Inshan Ali]], West Indian cricketer (d. [[1995]]) ** [[Pedro Almodóvar]], Spanish filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer, and actor * [[September 26]] – [[Jane Smiley]], American novelist * [[September 27]] – [[Jahn Teigen]], Norwegian singer (d. [[2020]]) ===October=== [[File:Luis Sepúlveda 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Luis Sepúlveda]]]] [[File:Sigourney Weaver by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sigourney Weaver]]]] [[File:Owen Arthur-2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Owen Arthur]]]] [[File:Benjamin_Netanyahu_2019_(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Benjamin Netanyahu]]]] [[File:Arsene Wenger JHayes (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Arsène Wenger]]]] * [[October 1]] – [[Su Chi]], Taiwanese politician * [[October 2]] – [[Annie Leibovitz]], American photographer * [[October 3]] – [[Svika Pick]], Israeli musician * [[October 4]] ** [[Armand Assante]], American actor (''[[John Gotti|Gotti]]'') ** [[Lindsey Buckingham]], American musician ** [[Luis Sepúlveda]], Chilean writer and journalist (d. [[2020]]) * [[October 8]] ** [[Chris Dobson]], British chemist (d. [[2019]]) ** [[Sigourney Weaver]], American actress * [[October 10]] – [[Jessica Harper]], American actress, producer * [[October 12]] – [[Carlos the Jackal]], Venezuelan-born international terrorist * [[October 15]] – [[Tanya Roberts]], American actress (d. [[2021]]) * [[October 17]] ** [[Owen Arthur]], 5th [[Prime Minister of Barbados]] (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{cite web |title=OWEN ARTHUR: From St Peter to Barbados |url=https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/246890/owen-arthur-st-peter-barbados |website=NationNews Barbados |publisher=The Nation Publishing Co. Limited |location=Fontabelle, St. Michael, Barbados |date=27 July 2020 |access-date=28 July 2020 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728004705/https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/246890/owen-arthur-st-peter-barbados |url-status=dead }}</ref> ** [[Dean Shek]], Hong Kong actor (d. [[2021]])<ref>[https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/documents/18995340/19057018/Dean%2bSHEK_e.pdf ''SHEK Dean — 石天 — (1949.6.17−2021.9.20) director, screenwriter.''], In: filmarchive.gov.hk, Hong Kong Film Archive, pdf-file; 161 kB. Retrieved November 8, 2021.</ref> * [[October 20]] – [[Valeriy Borzov]], Ukrainian athlete * [[October 21]] – [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], 2-time prime minister of Israel * [[October 22]] – [[Arsène Wenger]], French football (soccer) manager * [[October 26]] – [[Antonio Carpio]], Filipino [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] jurist * [[October 28]] – [[Caitlyn Jenner]], American transgender track and field athlete, reality star * [[October 30]] – [[Pramod Mahajan]], Indian politician, strategist (d. [[2006]]) ===November=== [[File:Pierre Buyoya at Chatham House 2013 crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pierre Buyoya]]]] [[File:Bonnie Raitt 2000.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bonnie Raitt]]]] * [[November 1]] ** [[Jeannie Berlin]], American film actress ** [[David Foster]], Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter and arranger * [[November 3]] ** [[Larry Holmes]], African-American boxer ** [[Anna Wintour]], British-American fashion journalist, editor-in-chief of the magazine ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' * [[November 5]] – [[Armin Shimerman]], American actor * [[November 7]] ** [[Queen Aishwarya of Nepal|Aiswarya]], Queen of Nepal (d. [[2001]]) ** [[Guillaume Faye]], French journalist and writer (d. [[2019]]) **[[Judy Tenuta]], American comedian (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/10/06/judy-tenuta-goddess-love-comedian-dies-ovarian-cancer/8201594001/ | title=Judy Tenuta, brash 'Goddess of Love' comedian, dies at 72 of ovarian cancer | website=[[USA Today]] }}</ref> * [[November 8]] – [[Bonnie Raitt]], American singer, guitarist * [[November 11]] – [[Ismail Petra of Kelantan]], sultan of Kelantan (d. [[2019]]) * [[November 14]] – [[Paola Balducci]], Italian politician, lawyer * [[November 17]] – [[John Boehner]], Speaker of the United States House of Representatives * [[November 18]] – [[Ahmed Zaki (actor)|Ahmed Zaki]], Egyptian actor (d. [[2005]]) * [[November 19]] – [[Ahmad Rashad]], American football player and sportscaster * [[November 21]] – [[Ignazio Visco]], Italian [[economist]], Governor of the [[Bank of Italy]] * [[November 22]] – [[Shaun Garnett]], English footballer, coach * [[November 23]] – [[Marcia Griffiths]], Jamaican singer * [[November 24]] – [[Pierre Buyoya]], former [[President of Burundi]] (d. [[2020]]) * [[November 25]] ** [[Kerry O'Keeffe]], Australian cricketer, commentator ** [[GT Devegowda]], Indian politician * [[November 26]] – [[Shlomo Artzi]], Israeli singer * [[November 28]] ** [[Alexander Godunov]], Russian-born dancer, actor (d. [[1995]]) ** [[Paul Shaffer]], Canadian-American musician ** [[Siringan Gubat]], Malaysian politician (d. [[2018]]) * [[November 29]] ** [[Jerry Lawler]], American professional wrestler and commentator ** [[Stan Rogers]], Canadian musician (d. [[1983]]) ** [[Garry Shandling]], American comedian (d. [[2016]]) ===December=== [[File:Pablo Escobar Mug.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pablo Escobar]]]] [[File:Retrato Oficial Presidente Piñera 2018 (cropped7).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sebastián Piñera]]]] [[File:Jeff Bridges by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeff Bridges]]]] [[File:Sissy Spacek by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sissy Spacek]]]] * [[December 1]] ** [[Pablo Escobar]], Colombian drug lord (k. [[1993]]) ** [[Sebastián Piñera]], Chilean businessman, politician and 36th and 38th [[President of Chile]] (d. [[2024]]) * [[December 3]] ** [[John Akii-Bua]], Ugandan hurdler (d. [[1997]]) ** [[Heather Menzies]], Canadian-American actress (d. [[2017]]) * [[December 4]] ** [[Jeff Bridges]], American actor ** [[Pamela Stephenson]], New Zealand-born comedian, actress, and singer * [[December 5]] – [[Bruce E. Melnick]], American astronaut * [[December 7]] ** [[James Rivière]], Italian jeweler, designer ** [[Tom Waits]], American singer, composer and actor ** [[Cathy Wayne]], Australian pop entertainer (d. [[1969]]) * [[December 8]] – [[Mary Gordon (writer)|Mary Gordon]], American writer * [[December 11]] – [[Boris Shcherbakov]], Russian-Soviet film actor * [[December 12]] – [[Bill Nighy]], British actor * [[December 13]] ** [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]], English actor ** [[Tom Verlaine]], American rock singer, guitarist (d. [[2023]])<ref>{{cite news|last1=Edwards|first1=Gavin|last2=Keepnews|first2=Peter|date=January 28, 2023|title=Tom Verlaine, Influential Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 73|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/arts/music/tom-verlaine-dead.html|url-status=live|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230128222834/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/arts/music/tom-verlaine-dead.html|archive-date=January 28, 2023|access-date=January 28, 2023|url-access=limited}}</ref> * [[December 14]] – [[Bill Buckner]], American baseball player (d. [[2019]]) * [[December 15]] ** [[Don Johnson]], American actor (''[[Miami Vice]]'') ** [[Abdul Karim Kabariti]], Prime Minister of Jordan * [[December 16]] – [[Billy Gibbons]], American guitarist ([[ZZ Top]]) * [[December 17]] ** [[Dušan Mitošević]], Serbian football player, manager (d. [[2018]]) ** [[Paul Rodgers]], British rock singer * [[December 18]] ** [[David A. Johnston]], American volcanologist (d. [[1980]]) ** [[Blaze Foley]], American country singer-songwriter (d. [[1989]]) * [[December 19]] ** [[Carlos Gomes Júnior]], Bissau-Guinean politician ** [[Sebastian (Danish singer)|Sebastian]], Danish musician * [[December 21]] – [[Thomas Sankara]], 2-Time President of Burkina Faso (d. [[1987]]) * [[December 22]] ** [[Michael Bacon (musician)|Michael Bacon]], American singer-songwriter ** [[Maurice Gibb]], Manx-born British rock musician ([[Bee Gees]]) (d. [[2003]]) ** [[Robin Gibb]], Manx-born British rock musician ([[Bee Gees]]) (d. [[2012]]) * [[December 25]] ** [[Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira]], Brazilian singer ** [[Sissy Spacek]], American actress ** [[Manny Mori]], president of Micronesia ** [[Nawaz Sharif]], Pakistani prime minister * [[December 26]] – [[José Ramos-Horta]], [[President of East Timor]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] * [[December 27]] – [[Klaus Fischer]], German footballer * [[December 29]] – [[Syed Kirmani]], Indian cricketer * [[December 31]] – [[Ellen Datlow]], American science fiction writer ===Date unknown=== * [[Michael Houghton (virologist)|Michael Houghton]], British-born virologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[Bakri Hassan Saleh]], 12th prime minister of Sudan
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