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==Births== {| class="wikitable" ! Date || Name || Notability |- | rowspan="2"| January 2 | [[Wendy Phillips]] | Actress (''[[Falcon Crest]]'') |- | [[Ng Man-tat]] | Hong Kong actor (''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'') (d. 2021) |- | January 3 | [[Jim Ross]] | Professional wrestling commentator |- | January 12 | [[Walter Mosley]] | Author |- | January 19 | [[Beau Weaver]] | Voice actor |- | January 20 | [[Dave Fennoy]] | Voice actor |- | January 27 | [[Patti Burns]] | Anchor (d. 2001) |- | January 28 | [[Bruce Helford]] | Writer |- | February 16 | [[Stella Farentino]] | Actress |- | February 17 | [[Garry Chalk]] | Voice actor |- | February 19 | [[Sara Moulton]] | Chef and television host |- | rowspan="2"| February 29 | [[Sharon Dahlonega Bush]] | Television newscaster |- | [[Albert Welling]] | Television actor |- | rowspan="2" |March 2 |[[Janice Burgess]] |American TV executive, producer, screenwriter (''[[The Backyardigans]]'', [[Nick Jr.]], ''[[Winx Club]]'') (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2024-03-05 |title=Janice Burgess, Creator of ‘The Backyardigans,’ Dies at 72 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/janice-burgess-dead-backyardigans-1235843470/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | [[Laraine Newman]] | Comic actress (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') |- | March 4 | [[Ronn Moss]] | Actor, musician (''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'') |- | March 7 | [[Lynn Swann]] | Broadcaster |- | March 11 | [[Susan Richardson]] | Actress (''[[Eight is Enough]]'') |- | March 21 | [[Andrew D. Weyman]] | Director |- | March 22 | [[Bob Costas]] | Sportscaster |- | April 1 | [[Annette O'Toole]] | Actress (''[[Smallville]]'') |- | April 5 | [[Mitch Pileggi]] | Actor (''[[The X-Files]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| April 6 | [[Marilu Henner]] | Actress (''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'') |- | [[Erin Moriarty (journalist)|Erin Moriarty]] | American television news reporter |- | April 10 | [[Steven Seagal]] | Actor |- | April 16 | [[Billy West]] | Voice actor (''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]'', ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'') |- | April 17 | [[Joe Alaskey]] | Actor (''[[Looney Tunes]]''), (d. 2016) |- | rowspan="2" |April 27 |[[Larry Elder]] |Political commentator |- | [[George Gervin]] | [[NBA]] basketball player |- | April 28 | [[Mary McDonnell]] | Actress |- | April 29 | [[Nora Dunn]] | Actress, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') |- | May 2 | [[Christine Baranski]] | Actress (''[[Cybill]]'', ''[[The Good Wife]]'') |- | May 4 | [[Michael Barrymore]] | British comedian, presenter |- | rowspan="3"| May 6 | [[Gregg Henry]] | Actor, musician |- | [[Michael O'Hare]] | Actor (''[[Babylon 5]]'') (d. 2012) |- | [[Fred Newman (actor)|Fred Newman]] | Actor (''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]'', ''[[Between the Lions]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| May 11 | [[Frances Fisher]] | Actress (''[[The Edge of Night]]'') |- | [[Shohreh Aghdashloo]] | Actress |- | May 18 | [[George Strait]] | Actor |- | rowspan="2"| May 21 | [[Mr. T]] | Actor ([[B. A. Baracus]] on ''[[The A-Team]]'') |- | [[Richard Dominick]] | American television producer |- | May 23 | [[John Quiñones]] | ABC News correspondent |- | June 7 | [[Liam Neeson]] | Actor |- | June 14 | [[Eddie Mekka]] | Actor (''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'') (d. 2021) |- | June 18 | [[Carol Kane]] | Actress (''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'') |- | June 20 | [[John Goodman]] | Actor (''[[Roseanne]]'') |- | June 22 | [[Graham Greene (actor)|Graham Greene]] | Actor |- | rowspan="2" | June 28 | [[Alan Pasqua]] | Composer |- | [[Debbie Zipp]] | Actress |- | rowspan="2" | July 1 | [[Dan Aykroyd]] | Comedian and actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') |- |[[Brian George]] |Israeli-British actor (''[[The Edison Twins]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]'') |- | July 6 | [[Grant Goodeve]] | American actor (''[[Eight is Enough]]'') |- | July 9 | [[John Tesh]] | American composer |- | July 11 | [[Stephen Lang]] | Actor |- | July 14 | [[Stan Shaw]] | Actor (''[[Houseguest]]'') |- | July 15 | [[Terry O'Quinn]] | Actor (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'') |- | July 17 | [[David Hasselhoff]] | Actor (''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'', ''[[Baywatch]]'') |- | July 20 | [[Thom Beers]] | Voice actor |- | July 27 | [[Roxanne Hart]] | Actress (''[[Chicago Hope]]'') |- | August 1 | [[Brian Patrick Clarke]] | Actor |- | August 4 | [[Bobby Buntrock]] | Actor (''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'') (d. 1974) |- | August 5 | [[Louis Walsh]] | Irish music manager |- | August 7 | [[Caroline Aaron]] | Actress |- | August 10 | [[Daniel Hugh Kelly]] | Actor (''[[Hardcastle and McCormick]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| August 16 | [[Reginald VelJohnson]] | Actor (''[[Family Matters]]'') |- | [[Caitlin O'Heaney]] | Actress (''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'') |- | August 18 | [[Patrick Swayze]] | Actor and dancer (d. 2009) |- | August 19 | [[Jonathan Frakes]] | Actor (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''), director |- | August 20 | [[Brenda Blackmon]] | American anchor |- | August 27 | [[Paul Reubens]] | Comic actor (''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'', ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'') (d. 2023) |- | August 29 | [[Deborah Van Valkenburgh]] | Actress (''[[Too Close for Comfort]]'') |- | September 2 | [[Leslie Cockburn]] | American investigative journalist |- | September 5 | [[Michael Horton (actor)|Michael Horton]] | Actor (''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'') |- | September 9 | [[Angela Cartwright]] | Actress (''[[Make Room for Daddy]]'', ''[[Lost in Space]]'') |- | September 16 | [[Mickey Rourke]] | American actor |- | September 19 | [[David Hoberman]] | American film and television producer |- | rowspan="3"| September 25 | [[Christopher Reeve]] | Actor (d. 2004) |- | [[Tommy Norden]] | Actor (''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'') |- | [[Toukie Smith]] | Actress (''[[227 (TV series)|227]]'') |- | September 27 | [[Gail Edwards]] | Actress (''[[It's a Living (1980 TV series)|It's a Living]]'', ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'') |- | September 30 | [[John Finn]] | Actor (''[[Cold Case]]'') |- | October 9 | [[Sharon Osbourne]] | TV personality (''[[The Osbournes]]'', ''[[The Talk (TV series)|The Talk]]'') |- | October 14 | [[Harry Anderson]] | Actor (''[[Night Court]]'') (d. 2018) |- | October 18 | [[Chuck Lorre]] | Television director, writer, producer, composer, and actor |- | October 20 | [[Melanie Mayron]] | Actress, director (''[[Thirtysomething]]'') |- | October 22 | [[Jeff Goldblum]] | Actor (''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| October 27 | [[Ted Wass]] | Actor, director (''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'', ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'') |- | [[Michael H. Shamberg]] | Director (d. 2014) |- | October 28 | [[Annie Potts]] | Actress (''[[Designing Women]]'') |- | October 30 | [[Emily Kuroda]] | Actress (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| November 3 | [[Roseanne Barr]] | Actress, comedian (''[[Roseanne]]'') |- | [[Jim Cummings]] | Voice actor (''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[CatDog]]'') |- | November 5 | [[Bill Walton]] | [[NBA]] basketball player |- | November 6 | [[Gary Goetzman]] | American film and television producer and actor |- | November 8 | [[Alfre Woodard]] | Actress |- | November 9 | [[John Megna]] | Actor (d. 1995) |- |November 15 |[[Randy Savage]] |Pro wrestler and actor ([[WWE]],[[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]), (d. 2011) |- | November 28 | [[S. Epatha Merkerson]] | Actress (''[[Law & Order]]'') |- | November 29 | [[Jeff Fahey]] | Actor (''[[The Marshal]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'') |- | November 30 | [[Mandy Patinkin]] | Actor (''[[Criminal Minds]]'') |- | December 2 | [[Keith Szarabajka]] | Actor |- | December 3 | [[Benny Hinn]] | Christian televangelist |- | December 9 | [[Michael Dorn]] | Actor (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| December 10 | [[Susan Dey]] | Actress (''[[The Partridge Family]]'', ''[[L.A. Law]]'') |- | [[Clive Anderson]] | English presenter |- | December 12 | [[Sarah Douglas (actress)|Sarah Douglas]] | Actress (''[[Falcon Crest]]'') |- | December 15 | [[Lee Aronsohn]] | American television writer, composer and producer |- | December 20 | [[Ray Bumatai]] | Actor (Tito Makani on ''[[Rocket Power]]'') (d. 2005) |- | December 23 | [[Bill Kristol]] | Writer |- | December 25 | [[CCH Pounder]] | Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Rocket Power]]'') |- | December 29 | [[Robert Wightman]] | Actor (''[[The Waltons]]'') |}
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