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==Births== {| class="wikitable" ! Date || Name || Notability |- | January 1 | [[Renn Woods]] | Actress (''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'') |- | January 4 | [[Matt Frewer]] | Actor ([[Max Headroom (Character)|Max Headroom]], ''[[The Pink Panther (TV series)|The Pink Panther]]'') |- | January 12 | [[Christiane Amanpour]] | Host |- | January 17 | [[Deran Sarafian]] | Actor |- | January 20 | [[Lorenzo Lamas]] | Actor (''[[Falcon Crest]]'') |- | January 26 | [[Ellen DeGeneres]] | Actress & talk show host (''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show|Ellen]]'') |- | January 27 | [[Susanna Thompson]] | Actress (''[[Once and Again]]'') |- | January 29 | [[Judy Norton Taylor]] | Actress (''[[The Waltons]]'') |- | January 30 | [[Brett Butler (comedian)|Brett Butler]] | Actress (''[[Grace Under Fire (TV series)|Grace Under Fire]]'') |- | February 2 | [[Douglas McGrath]] | Actor (died 2022) |- | February 13 | [[Donal Gibson]] | Actor |- | rowspan="2"| February 16 | [[Lisa Loring]] | Actress (''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'') |- | [[Ice-T]] | Actor & rapper (''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'') |- | February 19 | [[Leslie David Baker]] | Actor (''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'') |- |rowspan="3"|February 21 | [[Jack Coleman (actor)|Jack Coleman]] | Actor (''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'') |- | [[Kim Coates]] | Actor |- | [[Denise Dowse]] | Actress (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'') |- | February 23 | [[Norm Spencer]] | Actor (''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Rescue Heroes (TV series)|Rescue Heroes]]'') (died 2020) |- |rowspan="2"|February 24 | [[Todd Fisher]] | Actor |- | [[Margaret Larson]] | Presenter |- | February 25 | [[Mark Moses]] | Actor (''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'') |- | February 26 | [[Greg Germann]] | Actor (''[[Ally McBeal]]'') |- | March 3 | [[Miranda Richardson]] | Actress |- | March 4 | [[Patricia Heaton]] | Actress (''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]'') |- | rowspan="2"|March 10 | [[Sharon Stone]] | Actress |- | [[Mary Murphy (choreographer)|Mary Murphy]] | Choreographer |- | March 15 | [[Deb Lacusta]] | Actress |- | March 17 | [[Christian Clemenson]] | Actor (''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Boston Legal]]'') |- | March 19 | [[Fred Stoller]] | Actor & comedian (''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'') |- | March 20 | [[Holly Hunter]] | Actress (''[[The Incredibles (franchise)|The Incredibles]]'') |- | rowspan="3"| March 21 | [[Gary Oldman]] | Actor & filmmaker |- | [[Brad Hall]] | Actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[The Single Guy]]'', ''[[Watching Ellie]]'') |- | [[Sabrina Le Beauf]] | Actress (''[[The Cosby Show]]'') |- | March 22 | [[Laurie David]] | American environmental activist |- | March 25 | [[James McDaniel]] | Actor (''[[NYPD Blue]]'') |- | March 27 | [[Michael O'Leary (actor)|Michael O'Leary]] | Actor & screenwriter (''[[Guiding Light]]'') |- | March 30 | [[Maurice LaMarche]] | Voice actor ([[Pinky and the Brain|The Brain]] on ''[[Animaniacs]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| April 2 | [[Amelia Marshall]] | Soap opera actress |- | [[Jon Klein (CNN)|Jon Klein]] | CNN former president |- | April 3 | [[Alec Baldwin]] | Actor (''[[30 Rock]]'') |- | April 4 | [[Constance Shulman]] | Actress (''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]'', ''[[Orange is the New Black]]'') |- | April 14 | [[John D'Aquino]] | Actor (''[[seaQuest DSV]]'', ''[[Cory in the House]]'') |- | April 21 | [[Andie MacDowell]] | Actress |- | rowspan="2"| April 26 | [[Giancarlo Esposito]] | Actor |- | [[Tommy Habeeb]] | American television host |- | rowspan="3"| April 29 | [[Eve Plumb]] | Actress (''[[The Brady Bunch]]'') |- | [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] | Actress |- | [[Rosanna Scotto]] | American news anchor |- | May 1 | [[Nick Stellino]] | Chef, author and TV presenter |- |May 10 |[[Rick Santorum]] |Politician and commentator<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-05-13 |title=Rick Santorum Fast Facts {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/us/rick-santorum-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> ([[CNN]], [[Newsmax TV]]) |- | May 20 | [[Matt McCoy (actor)|Matt McCoy]] | Actor |- | May 21 | [[Tim Hill (director)|Tim Hill]] | Actor |- | rowspan="2"| May 23 | [[Drew Carey]] | Actor, comedian, game show host (''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'') |- | [[Lea DeLaria]] | Actress, comedian |- | May 26 | [[Margaret Colin]] | Actress (''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[Gossip Girl]]'') |- | May 27 | [[Linnea Quigley]] | Actress |- | May 29 | [[Karen Maruyama]] | Actress |- | May 30 | [[Ted McGinley]] | Actor (''[[Married... with Children]]'', ''[[Hope & Faith]]'') |- | May 31 | [[Roma Maffia]] | Actress (''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]'') |- | June 5 | [[Beth Hall]] | Actress |- | June 7 | [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] | Singer and actor (died 2016) |- | June 12 | [[Rebecca Holden]] | Actress & singer |- | June 21 | [[Eric Douglas]] | Actor |- | June 22 | [[Bruce Campbell]] | Actor (''[[Burn Notice]]'') & director |- | June 27 | [[Robert Newman (actor)|Robert Newman]] | Actor |- | July 3 | [[Rick Sanchez (journalist)|Rick Sanchez]] | Journalist |- | July 4 | [[Steve Hartman (sportscaster)|Steve Hartman]] | Sportcaster |- | July 5 | [[Peter Tolan]] | Writer |- | July 6 | [[Jennifer Saunders]] | Actress & comedian (''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'') |- | July 8 | [[Kevin Bacon]] | Actor |- | July 11 | [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]] | Writer |- | rowspan="2"| July 14 | [[Joe Keenan (writer)|Joe Keenan]] | Writer |- | [[Gail Mancuso]] | American film and television director |- | July 20 | [[Billy Mays]] | American television direct-response advertisement salesperson (died 2009) |- | July 23 | [[Keenan Ivory Wayans]] | Actor & comedian (''[[In Living Color]]'') |- | July 24 | [[Joe Keenan (writer)|Joe Keenan]] | Writer |- | July 27 | [[Vincenzo Nicoli]] | Actor (''[[Hank Zipzer (TV series)|Hank Zipzer]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| July 28 | [[Michael Hitchcock]] | Actor |- | [[Isaac Florentine]] | Israeli film director |- | July 30 | [[Richard Burgi]] | Actor (''[[The Sentinel (TV series)|The Sentinel]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'') |- | July 31 | [[Mark Cuban]] | Television personality, and [[NBA]] basketball team owner |- | August 1 | [[Michael Penn]] | Composer |- | August 6 | [[Ira Angustain]] | Actor (''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'') |- | August 8 | [[Deborah Norville]] | TV presenter (''[[Today (American TV program) |Today]]'', ''[[Inside Edition]]'') |- | August 9 | [[Amanda Bearse]] | Actress (''[[Married... with Children]]'') |- | August 10 | [[John Goldwyn]] | American film producer |- | August 13 | [[David Feherty]] | Golfer |- | August 15 | [[Rondell Sheridan]] | Actor (''[[That's So Raven]]'') |- | rowspan="3"| August 16 | [[Angela Bassett]] | Actress |- | [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] | Singer & actress |- | [[Jonathan Prince]] | Actor |- | rowspan="3"| August 18 | [[Madeleine Stowe]] | Actress (''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'') |- | [[Steven Zirnkilton]] | American voice actor |- | [[Reg E. Cathey]] | American actor (died 2018) |- | August 22 | [[Colm Feore]] | American-Canadian actor (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'') |- | August 24 | [[Steve Guttenberg]] | Actor |- | August 25 | [[Christian LeBlanc]] | Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'') |- | rowspan="2"|August 29 | [[Lenny Henry]] | English actor and comedian (''[[Chef!]]'') |- | [[Michael Jackson]] | Singer and actor (died 2009) |- | September 3 | [[Kevin Kiner]] | Composer |- | September 4 | [[Drew Pinsky]] | American media personality |- | September 6 | [[Jeff Foxworthy]] | American actor |- | rowspan="3"| September 11 | [[Roxann Dawson]] | Actress (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'') |- | [[Julia Nickson]] | Actress |- | [[Scott Patterson]] | Actor (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'') |- | September 12 | [[Kim Fupz Aakeson]] | Writer |- | September 14 | [[Terry Dubrow]] | American plastic surgeon and television personality |- | September 16 | [[Jennifer Tilly]] | Actress |- | September 19 | [[Kevin Hooks]] | Actor & director (''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| September 21 | [[Penny Smith]] | TV presenter |- | [[Jennifer Caron Hall]] | Actress |- | September 22 | [[Kevin Sorbo]] | Actor (''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'') |- | September 26 | [[Dan Foster (DJ)|Dan Foster]] |Talent show judge (''[[Idols (West African TV series)|Idols]]'', ''[[Nigeria's Got Talent]]'') (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leland |first=John |date=2020-06-24 |title=Dan Foster, the American-Born ‘Big Dawg’ of Nigerian Radio, Dies at 61 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/obituaries/dan-foster-dead-coronavirus.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |- | September 27 | [[Shaun Cassidy]] | Actor |- | September 29 | [[Karen Young (actress)|Karen Young]] | Actress |- | October 1 | [[Clyde Phillips (screenwriter)|Clyde Phillips]] | Writer |- | October 5 | [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] | Astrophysicist |- | October 9 | [[Michael Paré]] | Actor |- | October 16 | [[Tim Robbins]] | Actor |- | October 19 | [[Michael Steele]] | Political commentator<ref name=USNewsWorldReport_Burton>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/04/07/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-michael-steele.html|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Michael Steele|access-date=July 4, 2024|journal=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|first=Danielle|last=Burton|archive-date=February 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202053601/http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/04/07/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-michael-steele.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ([[MSNBC]]) |- | rowspan="2" |October 20 |[[Scott Hall]] |American pro wrestler ([[Extreme Championship Wrestling|ECW]], [[Impact Wrestling|TNA]], [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling|NJPW]], [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]], [[WWE]]) (died 2022) |- | [[Eric Scott (actor)|Eric Scott]] | Actor (''[[The Waltons]]'') |- | October 22 | [[Michael Price (writer)|Michael Price]] | Writer |- | rowspan="2"| October 23 | [[Jonathan Wolff (musician)|Jonathan Wolff]] | American composer |- | [[Viggo Mortensen]] | American actor |- | October 27 | [[Nina Easton]] | American author, journalist, TV commentator, entrepreneur, and film producer |- | October 31 | [[Debbie McGee]] | English television, radio and stage performer |- | rowspan="2"| November 1 | [[Rachel Ticotin]] | Actress (''[[Ohara (TV series)|Ohara]]'', ''[[Skin (American TV series)|Skin]]'', ''[[Law & Order: LA]]'') |- | [[Stephen Hopkins (director)|Stephen Hopkins]] | Director |- | November 5 | [[Robert Patrick]] | Actor (''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Scorpion (TV series)|Scorpion]]'') |- | November 7 | [[Jon Scott]] | American television news anchor |- | November 9 | [[Reid Harrison]] | Writer |- | November 11 | [[Donna Wilkes]] | Actress |- | November 12 | [[Megan Mullally]] | Actress & singer (''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| November 16 | [[Marg Helgenberger]] | Actress (''[[Ryan's Hope]]'', ''[[China Beach]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'') |- | [[Julie Johnson (actress)|Julie Johnson]] | Actress |- | November 17 | [[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]] | Actress |- | November 18 | [[Oscar Nunez]] | Cuban-American actor (''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'') |- | November 19 | [[Terrence C. Carson]] | Singer and actor (''[[Living Single]]'', ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| November 22 | [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] | Actress (''[[Anything But Love]]'') |- | [[Mark Malone]] | American football quarterback |- | November 24 | [[Alain Chabat]] | Actor |- | November 25 | [[Dana Tyler]] | News anchor |- | November 29 | [[Devon Scott]] | Actress |- | December 1 | [[Charlene Tilton]] | Actress (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'') |- | December 7 | [[Edd Hall]] | US announcer |- | December 10 | [[John J. York]] | US soap actor |- | December 11 | [[Isabella Hofmann]] | Actress |- | December 12 | [[Sheree J. Wilson]] | Actress (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'', ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'') |- | December 13 | [[Clark Brandon]] | Actor (''[[The Fitzpatricks]]'', ''[[Mr. Merlin]]'') |- | December 25 | [[Cheryl Chase (actress)|Cheryl Chase]] | Voice actress ([[Angelica Pickles]] on ''[[Rugrats]]'') |- | December 27 | [[Barbara Crampton]] | Actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| December 31 | [[Bebe Neuwirth]] | Actress, singer and dancer (''[[Cheers]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'') |- | [[Johnny Hardwick]] | Voice actor (''[[King of the Hill]]'') (died 2023) |}
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