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==Births== {| class="wikitable" ! Date || Name || Notability |- | January 1 | [[Meagen Fay]] | Actress |- | January 3 | [[Frank Dicopoulos]] | Actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'') |- | January 7 | [[Katie Couric]] | Journalist, talk show host (''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'', ''[[CBS Evening News]]'', ''[[60 Minutes]]'') |- | January 8 | [[Ron Cephas Jones]] | Actor (''[[This Is Us]]'') |- | January 14 | [[Susan Glover]] | Actress |- | January 16 | [[Larry Mendte]] | Talk show host |- | rowspan="2"| January 17 | [[Steve Harvey]] | Actor, comedian, host (''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'', ''[[Family Feud]]'') |- | [[Keith Chegwin]] | Actor (died 2016) |- | January 25 | [[Jenifer Lewis]] | Actress (''[[Black-ish]]'') |- | January 27 | [[Danny Aiello III]] | American stunt performer (died 2010) |- | January 28 | [[Harley Jane Kozak]] | Actress (''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'') |- | January 30 | [[Chris Jansing]] | American television news correspondent |- | rowspan="2"| February 6 | [[Kathy Najimy]] | Actress (''[[King of the Hill]]'') |- | [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]] | Actor (''[[The Parent 'Hood]]'') |- | February 14 | [[Ken Wahl]] | Actor (''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'') |- | February 16 | [[LeVar Burton]] | Actor, host (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'') |- | February 18 | [[Vanna White]] | Game show hostess (''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'') |- | February 19 | [[Ray Winstone]] | Actor |- | rowspan="2"|February 28 | [[Ainsley Harriott]] | English chef and TV presenter |- | [[John Turturro]] | Actor |- | March 3 | [[Jeff Rona]] | Composer |- | March 4 | [[Mykelti Williamson]] | Actor (''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'') |- | March 6 | [[Eddie Deezen]] | Actor |- | March 8 | [[Cynthia Rothrock]] | Actress |- | March 9 | [[Faith Daniels]] | Talk show host |- | March 12 | [[Eric Shawn]] | Anchor |- | March 13 | [[Daniel Licht]] | Composer |- | March 15 | [[Park Overall]] | Actress (''[[Empty Nest]]'') |- | rowspan="2"|March 20 | [[Amy Aquino]] | Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Being Human (North American TV series)|Being Human]]'') |- | [[Spike Lee]] | Film director and actor |- | March 26 | [[Leeza Gibbons]] | Talk show host (''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', ''[[Leeza]]'') |- | March 23 | [[Teresa Ganzel]] | Actress |- | March 27 | [[Stephen Dillane]] | Actor |- | March 29 | [[Christopher Lambert]] | Actor |- | rowspan="2"| March 30 | [[Tawny Moyer]] | Actress |- | [[Christopher Hall (producer)|Christopher Hall]] | Producer |- | April 12 | [[Suzzanne Douglas]] | Actress (''[[The Parent 'Hood]]'') (died 2021) |- | rowspan="2"| April 13 | [[Gary Kroeger]] | Actor, announcer (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') |- | [[Saundra Santiago]] | Actress (''[[Miami Vice]]'') |- | April 23 | [[Jan Hooks]] | Actress, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Designing Women]]'') (d. 2014) |- | April 27 | [[Robert Curtis Brown]] | Actor |- | May 5 | [[Richard E. Grant]] | English actor (''[[Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets]]'') |- | May 6 | [[Fred Roggin]] | American sports anchor |- | May 8 | [[Bill Cowher]] | Studio analyst for ''[[The NFL Today]]'' on CBS |- | May 17 | [[Whip Hubley]] | Actor |- | May 19 | [[Tom Gammill]] | Writer |- |May 21 |[[Bruce Buffer]] |[[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] ring announcer |- | May 27 | [[Thalia Assuras]] | Journalist |- | May 29 | [[Ted Levine]] | Actor (''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'') |- | June 10 | [[Robert Clohessy]] | Actor |- | June 12 | [[Timothy Busfield]] | Actor, director (''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'') |- |June 16 |[[Ian Buchanan]] |Actor (''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'') |- | June 17 | [[Jon Gries]] | Actor (''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'', ''[[The Pretender (TV series)|The Pretender]]'') |- | June 18 | [[Andrea Evans]] | Actress (''[[One Life to Live]]'') |- | June 23 | [[Peter Dickson (announcer)|Peter Dickson]] | Announcer |- | June 30 | [[Ilene Chaiken]] | Writer |- |July 2 |[[Bret Hart]] |Canadian-American pro wrestler ([[WWE]], [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]) |- | July 9 | [[Tim Kring]] | Writer |- | July 12 | [[Christopher Quinten]] | Actor |- | July 18 | [[Nick Faldo]] | Golfer |- | July 20 | [[Donna Dixon]] | Actress (''[[Bosom Buddies]]''), wife of [[Dan Aykroyd]] |- | July 21 | [[Jon Lovitz]] | Actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') |- | July 23 | [[Jo Brand]] | English comedian, actress, writer (''[[Getting On (UK TV series)|Getting On]]'') |- | July 26 | [[Nana Visitor]] | Actress (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Wildfire (2005 TV series)|Wildfire]]'') |- | July 27 | [[Bill Engvall]] | Actor |- | rowspan="2"| July 28 | [[Brianne Leary]] | Actress (''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)|Baa Baa Black Sheep]]'', ''[[CHiPs]]'') |- | [[Scott Pelley]] | Journalist |- | July 30 | [[Victor Slezak]] | Actor |- | July 31 | [[Dirk Blocker]] | Actor (''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)|Baa Baa Black Sheep]]'', ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'') |- |August 7 |[[Paul Dini]] |Television writer and producer ([[DC Animated Universe]], ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'') |- | August 9 | [[Melanie Griffith]] | Actress |- | August 16 | [[Laura Innes]] | Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'') |- | August 17 | [[Ken Kwapis]] | American film and television director |- | August 18 | [[Denis Leary]] | Actor, comedian (''[[Rescue Me (American TV series)|Rescue Me]]'') |- | August 21 | [[Mark Pender]] | Trumpet player |- | August 24 | [[Stephen Fry]] | English actor, comedian (''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'', ''[[Pocoyo]]'', ''[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]'') |- | August 25 | [[Craig Piligian]] | American television producer |- | August 28 | [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]] | Actor |- | August 29 | [[Jerry Bailey]] | Sportscaster |- | September 2 | [[Steve Porcaro]] | American composer |- | rowspan="2"| September 3 | [[Garth Ancier]] | American television producer |- | [[Steve Schirripa]] | American television actor |- | September 7 | [[Mark Whitaker (journalist)|Mark Whitaker]] | Journalist |- | September 8 | [[Heather Thomas]] | Actress (''[[The Fall Guy]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| September 10 | [[Cynthia Cidre]] | Screenwriter |- | [[Kate Burton (actress)|Kate Burton]] | Actress |- | September 12 | [[Hans Zimmer]] | Composer |- | September 23 | [[Rosalind Chao]] | Actress (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'') |- | September 24 | [[Brad Bird]] | Film director, writer, producer, and actor ([[Pixar]], ''[[The Iron Giant]]'') |- | September 25 | [[Michael Madsen]] | Actor |- | September 29 | [[Andrew Dice Clay]] | Comedian, actor (''[[Bless This House (US TV series)|Bless This House]]'') |- | September 30 | [[Fran Drescher]] | Actress, comedian (''[[The Nanny]]'') |- | October 1 | [[Yvette Freeman]] | Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'') |- | October 2 | [[Zhao Benshan]] | Actor |- | October 4 | [[Bill Fagerbakke]] | Voice actor (''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz]]'') |- | October 5 | [[Bernie Mac]] | Actor, comedian (''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'') (died 2008) |- | October 11 | [[Dawn French]] | Welch-born English actress, comedian (''[[French and Saunders]]'', ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'') |- |October 12 |[[Renee Chenault-Fattah]] |TV anchor ([[WCAU|WCAU NBC 10 News]]) |- | October 17 | [[Lawrence Bender]] | Film producer |- | October 21 | [[Shea Farrell]] | Actor, producer (''[[Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]'') |- | October 23 | [[Elizabeth D'Onofrio]] | Actress |- | October 24 | [[John Kassir]] | Actor and comedian (''[[Earthworm Jim (TV series)|Earthworm Jim]]'', ''[[CatDog]]'', ''[[Hercules (1998 TV series)|Hercules]]'', ''[[Rocket Power]]'', ''[[The Amanda Show]]'', ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'', ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'') |- | October 25 | [[Nancy Cartwright]] | Voice actress (''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'', ''[[Mike, Lu & Og]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', ''[[The Replacements (TV series)|The Replacements]]'') |- | October 27 | [[Peter Marc Jacobson]] | Actor |- | October 28 | [[Betsy Aidem]] | Actress |- | rowspan="2"| October 29 | [[Dan Castellaneta]] | Actor, comedian (''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'', ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[Earthworm Jim (TV series)|Earthworm Jim]]'', ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'') |- | [[Scott Thomson (actor)|Scott Thomson]] | Actor |- | October 30 | [[Kevin Pollak]] | Actor |- | November 3 | [[Dolph Lundgren]] | Actor |- | November 5 | [[Elizabeth Bracco]] | Actress |- | November 6 | [[Cam Clarke]] | Voice actor (original voice of [[Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo]] on ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 cartoon)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'') |- | November 7 | [[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]] | Actor (''[[The Brady Bunch]]'') |- | November 10 | [[George Lowe]] | Voice actor (''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'') |- | November 11 | [[Anne-Marie Martin]] | Actress (''[[Sledge Hammer!]]'') |- | November 15 | [[Kevin Eubanks]] | Jazz musician, guitarist (''[[Tonight with Jay Leno]]'') |- | November 15 | [[Sue Herera]] | Anchor |- | November 19 | [[Tom Virtue]] | Actor |- | November 22 | [[Donny Deutsch]] | Television personality |- | November 24 | [[Denise Crosby]] | Actress, model (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'') |- | November 30 | [[Colin Mochrie]] | Actor (''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'') |- | December 1 | [[Jeff DeGrandis]] | Animator |- | December 9 | [[Donny Osmond]] | Singer, actor, game show host (''[[Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)|The Donny & Marie Show]]'') |- | rowspan="2"| December 10 | [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] | Actor (died 2012) |- | [[Paul Hardcastle]] | Composer |- | rowspan="2"| December 13 | [[Steve Buscemi]] | Actor (''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', ''[[Park Bench with Steve Buscemi]]'') |- | [[Billy Van Zandt]] | Actor |- | December 14 | [[Antonio Mora]] | Anchor |- | rowspan="2"| December 19 | [[Kevin McHale (basketball)|Kevin McHale]] | [[NBA]] basketball player |- | [[John Gulager]] | Actor |- | December 21 | [[Ray Romano]] | Actor, comedian (''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'') |- | December 28 | [[Sam Ayers]] | Actor |- | December 29 | [[Brad Grey]] | Producer (died 2017) |- | December 30 | [[Matt Lauer]] | Television host (''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'') |}
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