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==Births== {| class="wikitable" ! Date || Name || Notability |- |rowspan="2"| January 4 | [[Julia St. John]] | British actress |- | [[April Winchell]] | American voice actress and daughter of [[Paul Winchell]] (''[[Goof Troop]]'', ''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'', ''[[Pepper Ann]]'', ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'', ''[[Wander Over Yonder]]'') |- |rowspan="2"| January 6 | [[Howie Long]] | American football player, commentator |- | [[Andrea Thompson]] | American actress |- | January 7 | [[David Marciano]] | American actor |- |rowspan="2"| January 12 | [[Oliver Platt]] | Canadian-American actor |- | [[Dominique Wilkins]] | [[NBA]] basketball player |- | January 13 | [[Bruno Heller]] | English screenwriter |- | January 29 | [[JG Thirlwell]] | Australian musician |- | January 30 | [[Tony O'Dell]] | American actor (''[[Head of the Class]]'') |- | February 6 | [[Megan Gallagher]] | American actress |- |rowspan="3"| February 7 | [[Robert Smigel]] | American actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') |- | [[Steve Johnson (special effects artist)|Steve Johnson]] | American special effects artist |- | [[James Spader]] | American actor (''[[Boston Legal]]'', ''[[The Blacklist]]'') |- | February 18 | [[Greta Scacchi]] | Italian-Australian actress |- | February 19 | [[Leslie Ash]] | English actress (''[[Men Behaving Badly]]'') |- | February 20 | [[Wendee Lee]] | American voice actress |- | February 21 | [[Joel McKinnon Miller]] | American actor |- | February 22 | [[Paul Abbott]] | English screenwriter (''[[Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless]]'') |- | February 28 | [[Dorothy Stratten]] | Canadian model (''[[Playboy]]'') and actress (d. 1980) |- |rowspan="2"| February 29 | [[Tony Robbins]] | American author |- | [[Steve Levitt (actor)|Steve Levitt]] | American actor |- | March 8 | [[Buck Williams]] | [[NBA]] basketball player |- | March 11 | [[Perri Peltz]] | American journalist |- |rowspan="2"| March 12 | [[Jason Beghe]] | American actor (''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'') |- | [[Courtney B. Vance]] | American actor (''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'') |- | March 13 | [[Joe Ranft]] | American voice actor (d. 2005) |- | March 17 | [[Vicki Lewis]] | American singer, actress (''[[NewsRadio]]'') |- | March 18 | [[Richard Biggs]] | American actor (died 2004) |- | March 21 | [[Matthew Arkin]] | American actor |- |rowspan="3"| March 25 | [[Haywood Nelson]] | American actor (''[[What's Happening!!]]'', ''[[What's Happening Now!!]]'') |- | [[Russ Mitchell]] | American journalist |- | [[Brenda Strong]] | American actress (''[[Desperate Housewives]]'') |- |rowspan="2"| March 26 | [[Ellia English]] | American singer, actress (''[[The Jamie Foxx Show]]'') |- | [[Jennifer Grey]] | American actress |- | March 29 | [[Annabella Sciorra]] | American actress |- | March 30 | [[Michael McGrady]] | American actor |- | April 1 | [[Jennifer Runyon]] | American actress |- | April 4 | [[Lorraine Toussaint]] | American actress |- | April 5 | [[Greg Mathis]] | American judge |- |rowspan="2"| April 6 | [[Jane A. Rogers]] | American actress |- | [[John Pizzarelli]] | American vocalist |- | April 7 | [[Elaine Miles]] | American actress (''[[Northern Exposure]]'') |- | April 8 | [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]] | American actor (''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'') |- | April 10 | [[Ed Norris]] | American radio host |- | April 11 | [[Jeremy Clarkson]] | English journalist and presenter ([[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|''Top Gear'']]) |- |rowspan="2"|April 14 | [[Brad Garrett]] | American actor (''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[['Til Death]]'') |- | [[Brian Forster]] | American actor (''[[The Partridge Family]]'') |- |rowspan="2"|April 15 | [[Susanne Bier]] | Danish director, screenwriter |- | [[Pedro Delgado]] | Spanish sportcaster |- |rowspan="2"|April 16 | [[Stan Foster]] | American actor (''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'') |- | [[Michel Gill]] | American actor (''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'', ''[[Mr. Robot]]'') |- | April 22 | [[Bobby Clampett]] | American golfer |- | April 23 | [[Valerie Bertinelli]] | American actress (''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]'', ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'') |- | April 29 | [[Steve Blum]] | American voice actor (''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', ''[[Megas XLR]]'', ''[[Ben 10]]''). |- | May 2 | [[Kevin Brennan (comedian)|Kevin Brennan]] | American comedian |- | May 5 | [[Kurt Sutter]] | American creator, actor |- |rowspan="3"|May 6 | [[Julianne Phillips]] | American model, actress (''[[Sisters (U.S. TV series)|Sisters]]'') |- | [[Roma Downey]] | Irish actress |- | [[John Flansburgh]] | American musician |- | May 7 | [[Adam Bernstein]] | American film director, music video director and television director |- | May 8 | [[Stella Gonet]] | Actress (''[[Holby City]]'') |- | May 14 | [[Ian Baker-Finch]] | Golfer |- | May 15 | [[Rob Bowman (director)|Rob Bowman]] | Director |- |rowspan="2"|May 17 | [[Simon Fuller]] | British entrepreneur |- | [[Fiona Hutchison]] | American actress (''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[Guiding Light]]'') |- |rowspan="2"|May 20 | [[John Billingsley]] | American actor (''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'') |- | [[Tony Goldwyn]] | American actor, director (''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'') |- | May 21 | [[Jeffrey Toobin]] | American author |- |rowspan="2"|May 24 | [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]] | American actor |- | [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] | British actress |- | May 31 | [[Chris Elliott]] | American actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Get a Life (American TV series)|Get a Life]]'') |- | June 2 | [[Shaun Wallace]] | British game show contestant |- | June 4 | [[Bradley Walsh]] | British actor, game show host |- | June 5 | [[Leslie Hendrix]] | American actress (''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'') |- | June 7 | [[Bill Prady]] | American television writer, producer |- | June 11 | [[Mehmet Oz]] | American television host |- | June 12 | [[Linda Church]] | American weathercaster |- | June 17 | [[Thomas Haden Church]] | American actor (''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'') |- | June 18 | [[Christopher Lloyd (TV producer)|Christopher Lloyd]] | American producer |- | June 21 | [[Kevin Harlan]] | Television and radio sports announcer |- | June 22 | [[Catherine Disher]] | Actress |- | June 25 | [[Eve Gordon]] | American actress |- | June 30 | [[Michael Katleman]] | American director |- | July 5 | [[Bruce Lanoil]] | Puppeteer |- | July 7 | [[Ralph Sampson]] | [[NBA]] basketball player |- | July 8 | [[Valarie Pettiford]] | American actress (''[[Half & Half]]'') |- | July 10 | [[Jeff Bergman]] | American voice actor (''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'') |- | July 11 | [[Caroline Quentin]] | English actress (''[[Men Behaving Badly]]'') |- | July 14 | [[Jane Lynch]] | American actress (''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'') |- | July 15 | [[Willie Aames]] | American actor (''[[Eight is Enough]]'', ''[[Charles in Charge]]'') |- | July 16 | [[Leila Kenzle]] | American actress (''[[Mad About You]]'') |- |rowspan="2"| July 17 | [[Nancy Giles]] | American actress (''[[China Beach]]''), commentator (''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'') |- | [[Mark Burnett]] | British television producer |- | July 18 | [[Anne-Marie Johnson]] | American actress |- | July 20 | [[John Leguizamo]] | Actor |- | July 21 | [[Matt Mulhern]] | American actor (''[[Major Dad]]'') |- |rowspan="2"| July 30 | [[Daniel McDonald (actor)|Daniel McDonald]] | American actor (died 2007) |- | [[Richard Linklater]] | American screenwriter |- | August 1 | [[Chuck D]] | Rapper |- |rowspan="2"| August 6 | [[Grant Aleksander]] | American actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'') |- | [[Leland Orser]] | American actor |- | August 7 | [[David Duchovny]] | American actor (''[[The X-Files]]'') |- | August 10 | [[Antonio Banderas]] | Spanish actor, director (''[[Interview with the Vampire]]'', ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'') |- | August 16 | [[Timothy Hutton]] | American actor, producer (''[[Ordinary People]]'', ''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]'') |- |rowspan="3"| August 17 | [[Lisa Coleman (musician)|Lisa Coleman]] | American musician |- | [[Sean Penn]] | American actor |- | [[Johnny Wright (music manager)|Johnny Wright]] | American music manager |- | August 26 | [[Branford Marsalis]] | American bandleader |- |rowspan="2"| August 28 | [[Emma Samms]] | British actress (''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'') |- | [[Jodi Carlisle]] | American actress (''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'') |- | September 1 | [[Damon Wayans]] | American actor, comedian (''[[In Living Color]]'', ''[[My Wife and Kids]]'', ''[[Lethal Weapon (TV series)|Lethal Weapon]]'') |- | September 4 | [[Janice Huff]] | Chief meteorologist |- | September 7 | [[Christopher Villiers]] | Actor |- | September 9 | [[Hugh Grant]] | English actor |- | September 10 | [[Colin Firth]] | English actor |- | September 11 | [[Anne Ramsay]] | American actress (''[[Mad About You]]'') |- |rowspan="2"|September 12 | [[Robert John Burke]] | American actor |- | [[Gregg Fienberg]] | American producer |- |rowspan="3"|September 14 | [[Radames Pera]] | American actor (''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'') |- | [[Callum Keith Rennie]] | British-Canadian actor |- | [[Melissa Leo]] | American actress (''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[The Young Riders]]'') |- | September 15 | [[Lisa Vanderpump]] | American actress |- | September 16 | [[Jayne Brook]] | American actress (''[[Chicago Hope]]'') |- | rowspan="2" | September 17 | [[Kevin Clash]] | Puppeteer (''[[Sesame Street]]'') |- | [[Steve Scully]] | American journalist ([[C-SPAN]]) |- |rowspan="2"| September 21 | [[David James Elliott]] | Canadian actor (''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'') |- | [[Mary Mara]] | American actress (''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Nash Bridges]]'') (died 2022) |- | September 22 | [[Scott Baio]] | American actor (''[[Happy Days]]'', ''[[Charles in Charge]]'', ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'') |- |rowspan="3"| September 27 | [[Christopher Cousins]] | American actor |- | [[Jean-Marc Barr]] | French American actor |- | [[María Celeste Arrarás]] | Puerto Rican television host |- | September 30 | [[Vincent Waller]] | American writer |- |rowspan="2"| October 1 | [[Elizabeth Dennehy]] | American actress |- | [[Joshua Wurman]] | American scientist |- | October 2 | [[Terence Winter]] | American writer |- |October 4 |[[Loren Lester]] |American actor (''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Defenders of the Earth]]'', ''[[W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)|W.I.T.C.H.]]'') |- | October 5 | [[Daniel Baldwin]] | American actor |- | October 8 | [[Kerry Ehrin]] | American writer |- | October 9 | [[Jane Robelot]] | American host |- | October 10 | [[John Beasley (musician)|John Beasley]] | American composer |- | rowspan="2" |October 13 | [[Ari Fleischer]] | American political commentator and former [[White House Press Secretary]] ([[Fox News]]) |- | [[Richard Sammel]] | Actor |- |rowspan="2"|October 18 | [[Alex Ferrer]] | Cuban-American judge |- | [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] | Belgian actor |- | rowspan="2" | October 21 | [[Byron Pitts]] | American journalist |- |[[Paul Rugg]] |Television writer and actor (''[[Animaniacs]]'', ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', ''[[The 7D]]'', ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'', ''[[Pig Goat Banana Cricket]]'', ''[[Earth to Ned]]'') |- |rowspan="2"|October 24 | [[BD Wong]] | American actor (''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'') |- | [[Ian Baker-Finch]] | American golfer |- | October 25 | [[Tom Eplin]] | American actor (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'', ''[[As the World Turns]]'') |- | October 28 | [[Mark Derwin]] | American actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'') |- | November 4 | [[Kathy Griffin]] | American actress (''[[Suddenly Susan]]'', ''[[Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List]]'') |- |rowspan="2"|November 5 | [[Bryan Lourd]] | American talent agent |- | [[Tilda Swinton]] | British actress |- |rowspan="2"|November 6 | [[Michael Cerveris]] | American actor |- | [[Lance Kerwin]] | American actor (d. 2023) |- | November 7 | [[José Díaz-Balart]] | American anchorman |- | November 8 | [[Michael Nyqvist]] | Swedish actor (''[[Millennium (miniseries)|Millennium]]'') (d. 2017) |- | November 10 | [[Dan Hawkins (American football)|Dan Hawkins]] | American sportscaster |- |rowspan="2"|November 11 | [[Stanley Tucci]] | American actor |- | [[Peter Parros]] | American actor |- | November 13 | [[Neil Flynn]] | American actor (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]'') |- | November 14 | [[David Tattersall]] | British cinematographer |- |rowspan="3"|November 17 | [[RuPaul]] | American actor |- | [[Frank Spotnitz]] | American writer |- | [[Jonathan Ross]] | Actor |- | November 18 | [[Elizabeth Perkins]] | American actress |- | November 23 | [[Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts]] | American newscaster |- | November 25 | [[Arthur Smith (producer)|Arthur Smith]] | Canadian television producer |- | November 27 | [[Paulina García]] | Chilean actress |- | November 29 | [[Jackie Hoffman]] | American actress |- |rowspan="2"|November 30 | [[Rich Fields]] | American announcer |- | [[Jason Katims]] | American television writer |- |rowspan="2"|December 3 | [[Julianne Moore]] | American actress |- | [[Daryl Hannah]] | American actress |- | December 9 | [[Jeff "Swampy" Marsh]] | American voice actor and producer (''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'') |- | December 10 | [[Kenneth Branagh]] | British actor |- | December 14 | [[Don Franklin]] | American actor (''[[The Young Riders]]'', ''[[seaQuest DSV]]'', ''[[Seven Days (TV series)|Seven Days]]'') |- | December 19 | [[Mike Lookinland]] | American actor (''[[The Brady Bunch]]'') |- | December 25 | [[Ron Bottitta]] | British actor (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'') |- | December 27 | [[Harry Goaz]] | American actor (''[[Twin Peaks]]'') |- | December 28 | [[Jeff Martin (writer)|Jeff Martin]] | American writer |}
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