1948
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"Pop culture - the folk culture of the modern market, the culture of the instant, at once subsuming past and future and refusing to acknowledge the reality of either - began about 1948, in the United States and Great Britain." --Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century, p. 257. |
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1948 is the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.
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Art and culture
- The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Jack Kerouac introduces the term Beat Generation
- Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Literature
- And We'll Kill All the Ugly Ones by Boris Vian
- The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
- The Great Tradition by F. R. Leavis
Visual culture
Music
- Étude aux chemins de fer by Pierre Schaeffer is recorded
- Black Coffee by written by Sonny Burke, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Births
Tee Scott - Brian Eno - Lester Bangs - Catherine Breillat - John Carpenter - Nick Drake - Donna Summer - Joe Dallesandro - Ian McEwan - Martin Hannett - William Gibson - Francis Grasso - Glenn Branca - Gérard Depardieu - Catherine Millet - Eric Fischl - John Martyn - James Ellroy
Births
January
[[File:Ichiro Mizuki 20070706 Japan Expo 01.jpg|thumb|100px|Ichirou Mizuki]] [[File:JohnCarpenter2010.jpg|thumb|100px|John Carpenter]] [[File:Carl Weathers Calgary 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|Carl Weathers]] [[File:David Oddsson.jpg|thumb|100px|Davíð Oddsson]] [[File:President Charles Taylor.png|thumb|100px|Charles Taylor]] [[File:Paul Jabara Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|100px|Paul Jabara]]
- January 2
- Mary Archer, born Mary Weeden, English scientist
- Judith Miller, American journalist
- Joyce Wadler, American writer and memoirist
- Deborah Watling, English actress (d. 2017)
- January 5
- Wally Foreman, Australian media icon (d. 2006)
- Ted Lange, American actor and director
- January 7
- Kenny Loggins, American rock singer
- Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese voice actor
- January 10
- Donald Fagen, American rock keyboardist
- Teresa Graves, American actress and comedian (d. 2002)
- Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist
- William Sanderson, American actor and comedian
- January 11
- Larry Harvey, American co-founder of Burning Man (d. 2018)
- January 12
- Kenny Allen, English footballer
- Anthony Andrews, English actor
- January 14
- T Bone Burnett, American record producer and musician
- Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
- Carl Weathers, American actor and football player
- January 15 – Ronnie Van Zant, American rock musician (d. 1977)
- January 16
- John Carpenter, American film director, producer, screenwriter and composer
- Gregor Gysi, German politician
- Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
- Tsuneo Horiuchi, Japanese baseball pitcher and manager
- January 17 – Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland
- January 18 – M. C. Gainey, American actor
- January 19
- Frank McKenna, Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador
- Michael J. Jackson, English actor
- January 23
- Katharine Holabird, American writer
- Mitoji Yabunaka, Japanese politician
- January 27 – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer
- January 28 – Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia
- January 29 – Marc Singer, Canadian actor
- January 30 – Paul Magee, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- January 31
- Paul Jabara, American actor, singer and songwriter (d. 1992)
- Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
February
[[File:carlosbelo.jpg|thumb|100px|Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo]] [[File:Alice Cooper by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|Alice Cooper]] [[File:Guest4.jpg|thumb|100px|Christopher Guest]] [[File:Barbara Hershey TIFF 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|Barbara Hershey]] [[File:Teller Rio.jpg|thumb|100px|Teller]] [[File:Pim Fortuyn - May 4.jpg|thumb|100px|Pim Fortuyn]] [[File:Peters in 08.jpg|thumb|100px|Bernadette Peters]] [[File:Ken Foree.JPG|thumb|100px|Ken Foree]]
- February 1 – Rick James, American Motown performer (d. 2004)
- February 2
- Ina Garten, American cooking author
- Roger Williamson, British race car driver (d. 1973)
- February 3
- Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorean Catholic bishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Henning Mankell, Swedish crime novelist (d. 2015)
- February 4
- Alice Cooper, American hard rock singer and musician
- Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal
- February 5
- Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
- Christopher Guest, American actor, screenwriter, director and composer
- Barbara Hershey, American actress
- Tom Wilkinson, English actor
- February 9 – David Hayman, Scottish film, television and stage actor and director
- February 10 – John Magnier, Irish businessman and thoroughbred racehorse breeder
- February 11 – Chris Rush, American stand-up comedian
- February 12 – Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
- February 13 – Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American film actress
- February 14
- Jackie Martling, American comedian and radio personality
- Wally Tax, Dutch musician (d. 2005)
- Raymond Teller, American illusionist and magician, one half of the duo Penn & Teller
- Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israeli physician and autoimmunity researcher
- February 17
- György Cserhalmi, Hungarian actor
- José José, Mexican singer and actor
- February 18 – Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress
- February 19
- Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician and author (d. 2002)
- Tony Iommi, English heavy metal guitarist
- February 20 – Jennifer O'Neill, American model and actress
- February 22
- John Ashton, American actor
- Leslie H. Sabo Jr., American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1970)
- February 24
- Jayalalithaa, Indian politician and film actress (d. 2016)
- Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
- February 25 – Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
- February 28
- Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Mike Figgis, American director, screenwriter and composer
- Kjell Isaksson, Swedish pole vaulter
- Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
- Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
- Alfred Sant, Leader of Malta Labour Party (1992–) and Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
- February 29
- Ken Foree, American actor
- Henry Small, American-born Canadian singer
March
[[File:Shakin' Stevens.jpg|thumb|100px|Shakin' Stevens]] [[File:Eddy Grant at Supreme Court Gardens cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|Eddy Grant]] [[File:James Taylor - Columbia.jpg|thumb|100px|James Taylor]] [[File:Billy Crystal by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|Billy Crystal]] [[File:Sérgio Vieira de Mello.jpg|thumb|100px|Sérgio Vieira de Mello]] [[File:TylerNassauColliseum.jpg|thumb|100px|Steven Tyler]] [[File:AndrewLloydWebber3.png|thumb|100px|Andrew Lloyd Webber]] [[File:Al Gore at SapphireNow 2010 cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|Al Gore]] [[File:RheaPerlmanAug2011.jpg|thumb|100px|Rhea Perlman]]
- March 2
- R. T. Crowley, American pioneer of electronic commerce
- Rory Gallagher, Irish musician (d. 1995)
- Jeff Kennett, Australian politician
- March 4
- Lindy Chamberlain, Australian author
- James Ellroy, American writer
- Tom Grieve, American baseball player
- Leron Lee, American baseball player
- Chris Squire, English bassist (Yes) (d. 2015)
- Shakin' Stevens, Welsh singer
- Brian Cummings, American voice actor
- March 5
- Eddy Grant, Guyanese British singer and musician
- Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
- March 6 – Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
- March 9
- László Lovász, Hungarian mathematician
- Jeffrey Osborne, American singer
- March 11 – Dominique Sanda, French actress
- March 12 – James Taylor, American singer-songwriter
- March 14 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
- March 15 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
- March 17 – William Gibson, American/Canadian writer
- March 20
- John de Lancie, American actor
- Bobby Orr, Canadian hockey player
- Helene Vannari, Estonian actress
- March 22
- Inri Cristo, Brazilian educator who claims to be Jesus Christ reincarnated
- Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist
- Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer
- March 25 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
- March 26
- Nash the Slash, born James Jeffrey Plewman, Canadian musician (d. 2014)
- Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter (Aerosmith)
- March 28
- Jayne Ann Krentz, American novelist
- Dennis Unkovic, American author
- Dianne Wiest, American actress
- March 29 – Bud Cort, American actor
- March 30 – Eddie Jordan, Irish founder of Jordan Grand Prix
- March 31
- Al Gore, American environmentalist and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton, and 2000 Democratic nominee for president
- Rhea Perlman, American actress
April
[[File:Carlos Salinas.jpg|thumb|100px|Carlos Salinas de Gortari]] [[File:10.12.12TerryPratchettByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|100px|Terry Pratchett]]
- April 1 – Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer and actor
- April 2 – Roald Als, Danish cartoonist
- April 3 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist and politician and 53rd President of Mexico
- April 4
- Squire Parsons, American gospel singer/songwriter
- Dan Simmons, American fantasy and science fiction author
- April 5 – Neil Portnow, President of The Recording Academy (NARAS).
- April 7 – John Oates, American rock singer and guitarist (Hall & Oates)
- April 12
- Jeremy Beadle, English TV presenter (d. 2008)
- Don Fernando, director and actor of pornographic films
- Joschka Fischer German politician
- Marcello Lippi, Italian football player and manager
- April 13
- Nam Hae-il, 25th Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Korea Navy
- Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter
- April 15 – Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003)
- April 16
- Ammar El Sherei, Egyptian music icon and celebrity (d. 2012)
- Kazuyuki Sogabe, Japanese voice actor (d. 2006)
- April 17
- Jan Hammer, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist and keyboardist
- Peter Jenni, Swiss experimental particle physicist
- April 21 – Josef Flammer, Swiss ophthalmologist (after whom Flammer syndrome is named)
- April 27
- Amrit Kumar Bohara, Nepalese politician
- Si Robertson, American reality star
- April 28
- Terry Pratchett, English comic fantasy and science fiction author (d. 2015)
- Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
- April 29 – Michael Karoli, German musician (d. 2001)
May
[[File:USMC-110802-M-AI118-010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|George Tupou V]] [[File:Steve-Winwood2.jpg|thumb|100px|Steve Winwood]] [[File:Bob Woolmer.JPG|thumb|100px|Bob Woolmer]] [[File:Brian Eno 2008.jpg|thumb|100px|Brian Eno]] [[File:Grace Jones @ Fremantle Park (17 4 2011) (5648772822).jpg|thumb|100px|Grace Jones]] [[File:Sayer.JPG|thumb|100px|Leo Sayer]] [[File:KlausMeine.jpg|thumb|100px|Klaus Meine]] [[File:Stevie Nicks 2.jpg|thumb|100px|Stevie Nicks]] [[File:Swetlana Alexijewitsch 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|Svetlana Alexievich]] [[File:John Bonham 1975.jpg|thumb|100px|John Bonham]]
- May 2
- Vladimir Matorin, Russian opera singer
- Larry Gatlin, American singer/songwriter
- May 3
- William H. Miller, historian
- Chris Mulkey, American actor
- May 4
- Tanya Falan, American singer
- King George Tupou V of Tongo (d. 2012)
- May 5
- Joe Esposito, American singer-songwriter
- Richard Pacheco, American pornographic actor
- Bill Ward, English rock drummer
- May 8
- Dame Felicity Lott, English soprano
- Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer
- May 9
- Steven W. Mosher, American social scientist and author
- Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and analyst
- May 11 – Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese musician
- May 12
- Steve Winwood, English rock singer
- Lindsay Crouse, American actress
- May 14 – Bob Woolmer, Indian-born English cricket coach (d. 2007)
- May 15
- Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
- May 16 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor
- May 18 – Mikko Heiniö, Finnish composer
- May 19 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
- May 20 – Tesshō Genda, Japanese voice actor
- May 21
- D'Jamin Bartlett, American musical theatre actress
- Elizabeth Buchan, English writer
- Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born English actor
- Leo Sayer, English rock musician
- May 25 – Klaus Meine, German singer (Scorpions)
- May 26
- Dayle Haddon, Canadian model and actress
- Stevie Nicks, American rock singer and songwriter
- May 27 – Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
- May 29 – Michael Berkeley, English composer
- May 31
- Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian writer of literary reportage, Nobel Prize laureate
- John Bonham, English rock drummer of Led Zeppelin (d. 1980)
June
[[File:Andrzej Sapkowski - Lucca Comics and Games 2015 2.JPG|thumb|100px|Andrzej Sapkowski]] [[File:Kathy Bates by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|Kathy Bates]]
- June 1
- Powers Boothe, American actor (d. 2017)
- Tom Sneva, American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner
- June 2 – Jerry Mathers, American actor
- June 4
- Bob Champion, English jump jockey
- David Haskell, American actor (d. 2000)
- June 6 – Richard Sinclair, English musician (Caravan)
- June 8
- Jürgen von der Lippe, German television presenter, actor and comedian
- Jad Azkoul, Lebanese-American classical guitarist
- June 9
- Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
- Gary Thorne, American play-by-play announcer
- June 11 – Dave Cash, American baseball player
- June 13 – Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player and scout (d. 2001)
- June 14 – Laurence Yep, American author
- June 15 – Paul Michiels, Belgian singer-songwriter
- June 17 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player
- June 19
- Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
- Lea Laven, Finnish singer
- Phylicia Rashad, American actress
- June 20 – Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
- June 21
- Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
- Jovan Aćimović, Serbian football player
- Raffaello Martinelli, Italian prelate
- Philippe Sarde, French film composer
- Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer
- Wolfgang Seel, German football player
- Greg Hyder, American professional basketball player
- June 22
- Madeleine Meilleur, Canadian politician
- Takashi Sasano, Japanese actor
- Shōhaku Okumura, Japanese Soto Zen
- Peter Prijdekker, Dutch swimmer
- Sue Roberts, American professional golfer
- Todd Rundgren, American rock singer and record producer
- Curtis Johnson, American football cornerback
- Franciszek Smuda, Polish football coach
- Panagiotis Xanthakos, Greek sports shoote
- Colin Waldron, English football defender
- June 23
- Larry Coker, American football player and coach
- Jim Heacock, American defensive coordinator
- Luther Kent, American blues singer
- Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- June 24
- Stephen Martin, Australian politician, senior academic and rugby league referee
- Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player
- Janet Museveni, First Lady of Uganda
- Dave Orchard, South African cricketer
- Eigil Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- Jürgen Stars, German footballer
- Jenny Wood, Zimbabwean swimmer
- June 25
- Kenn George, American businessman
- Michael Lembeck, American actor, television and film director
- Tom Rideout, Canadian politician
- June 26
- David Vaughan, Welsh professional golfer
- John Pratt, English professional footballer
- Pablo Anaya Rivera, Mexican politician
- June 27
- Vennira Aadai Nirmala, Tamil actress
- Michael J. Barrett, Guamanian politician
- Camile Baudoin, American rock guitarist
- June 28
- Deborah Moggach, English writer
- Kathy Bates, American actress
- Jimmy Thomson, Scottish professional footballer
- Abdul Manan Ismail, Malaysian politician
- Brian Rowan, Scottish professional footballer
- June 29
- Helge Karlsen, Norwegian football player
- Fred Grandy, American actor and politician
- Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, crossbench member of the House of Lords
- Leo Burke, Canadian professional wrestler
- Vic Brooks, English cricketer
- Danny Adcock, Australian actor
- June 30
- Alice Wong, Canadian politician
- Dag Fornæss, Norwegian speed skater
- Peter Rossborough, English rugby union international
- Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Australian Indigenous community
- Vladimir Yakunin, Russian official, head of state-run Russian Railways company
- Raymond Leo Burke, American cardinal prelate
July
[[File:Richard Simmons 2007-08-15.jpg|thumb|100px|Richard Simmons]] [[File:Yusuf-2009.jpg|thumb|100px|Cat Stevens]] [[File:Peggy Fleming 1983 Paraguay stamp.jpg|thumb|100px|Peggy Fleming]] [[File:Jean Reno 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|Jean Reno]]
- July 1
- Ever Hugo Almeida, Paraguayan footballer
- John Ford, English-born rock musician (Strawbs), writer of "Part of the Union"
- Michael McGimpsey, Northern Ireland politician
- July 2
- Mario Villanueva, Mexican politician
- Saul Rubinek, German-Canadian character actor, director, producer and playwright
- July 3 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist
- July 4
- René Arnoux, French racing driver
- Louis Raphaël I Sako, Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Ed Armbrister, Bahamian outfielder in Major League Baseball
- Nazmul Hussain, Indian first-class cricketer
- July 5
- Tony DeMeo, American football coach and player
- Dave Lemonds, American baseball player
- Salomon Juan Marcos Issa, Mexican politician
- Lojze Peterle, Slovenian politician
- July 6
- Nathalie Baye, French film, television and stage actress
- Jeff Webb, American professional basketball player
- Bob Riley, American professional basketball player
- Sid Smith, American football offensive lineman
- Eiko Segawa, Japanese female enka singer and actress
- Jan van der Veen, Dutch professional association football player
- July 7
- Jerry Sherk, American football defensive tackle
- Jean LeClerc, Québécois actor
- Jean-Marie Colombani, French journalist
- Tan Lee Meng, Singaporean jurist
- Stuart Varney, British-American economic consultant
- Luis Estrada, Mexican football league forward and an Olympian
- July 8 – Raffi, Egyptian-born children's entertainer
- July 10
- Theo Bücker, German football manager and a player
- Rich Hand, American professional baseball player
- Mick Coop, English professional football right back
- July 12
- Jay Thomas, American actor (d. 2017)
- Richard Simmons, American television personality and fitness expert
- July 13
- Don Sweet, Canadian star football kicker
- Alf Hansen, Norwegian rower
- Robert A. Underwood, Guamanian politician and educator
- July 14 – Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king
- July 15 – Richard Franklin, Australian film director (d. 2007)
- July 16
- Rita Barberá, Spanish politician, Mayor of Valencia (d. 2016)
- Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist
- Jeff Van Wagenen, American professional golfer
- Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish football manager and player
- July 17
- Alan Sieler, Australian cricketer
- Doug Berry, American Canadian football coach
- July 18 – Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 20
- Muse Watson, American actor
- Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunis
- July 21
- Beppe Grillo, Italian activist, blogger, comedian and actor
- Ed Hinton, American sportswriter
- Cat Stevens, born Steven Georgiou, later known as Yusuf Islam, British singer, musician
- Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
- Teruzane Utada, Japanese music executive producer and attendant
- Mikhail Zadornov, Russian stand-up comedian and writer
- Snooty, male Florida manatee (d. 2017)
- July 22
- Susan Eloise Hinton, American author
- Otto Waalkes, German comedian and actor
- July 23 – John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
- July 25 – Steve Goodman, American Grammy Award-winning folk music singer and songwriter (d. 1984)
- July 27 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
- July 28
- Gerald Casale, American director and singer (Devo)
- Sally Struthers, American actress and spokeswoman
- July 30
- Jean Reno, French actor
- Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and musician (d. 2010)
- July 31 – Jonathan Dollimore, English academic sociologist and cultural theorist
August
[[File:Jean-Pierre Raffarin par Claude Truong-Ngoc 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|Jean-Pierre Raffarin]] [[File:Tipper Gore Headshot.jpg|thumb|100px|Tipper Gore]] [[File:Robert Plant at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.jpg|thumb|100px|Robert Plant]] [[File:10.11.13SgtSlaughterByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|100px|Sgt. Slaughter]] [[File:Lewis Black Aviano 2.jpg|thumb|100px|Lewis Black]]
- August 1 – Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (d. 2009)
- August 2
- Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host and author
- Bob Rae, Canadian politician
- August 3 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
- August 12 – Mizengo Pinda, 9th Prime Minister of Tanzania
- August 13 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano
- August 15 – George Ryton, Singapore-born English Formula One engineer
- August 18
- Sean Scanlan, Scottish actor (d. 2017)
- Joseph Marcell, English actor
- August 19
- Robert Hughes, Australian actor
- Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States
- August 20
- John Noble, Australian actor
- Robert Plant, English singer (Led Zeppelin)
- Barbara Allen Rainey (born Barbara Ann Allen), American aviator, first female pilot in the U.S. armed forces (d. 1982)
- August 23 – Lev Zeleny, Soviet and Russian physicist
- August 24
- Jean Michel Jarre, French electronic musician
- Sauli Niinisto, Finnish politician, 12th President of Finland
- Kim Sung-il, Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force
- Vicente Sotto III, Filipino actor, host and politician
- August 25 – Tony Ramos, Brazilian actor
- August 27 – Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
- August 30
- Lewis Black, American comedian
- Fred Hampton, American activist (d. 1969)
- Victor Skumin, Russian scientist, Professor
- August 31
- Cyril Jordan, American musician
- Holger Osieck, German football manager
September
[[File:Sitiveni Rabuka May 2017.jpg|thumb|100px|Sitiveni Rabuka]] [[File:John Ritter at the 1988 Emmy Awards.jpg|thumb|100px|John Ritter]] [[File:SDCC 2015 - Jeremy Irons (19524260758) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|Jeremy Irons]] [[File:George R.R. Martin at Archipelacon.jpg|thumb|100px|George R. R. Martin]] [[File:Phil as Chick-1-1.jpg|thumb|100px|Phil Hartman]] [[File:Olivia Newton John 2012.jpg|thumb|100px|Olivia Newton-John]] [[File:Bryant Gumbel Peabody 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|Bryant Gumbel]]
- September 1 – James Rebhorn, American actor (d. 2014)
- September 2
- Christa McAuliffe, American teacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
- Nate Archibald, American basketball player
- Terry Bradshaw, American football player and sportscaster
- September 3
- Don Brewer, American drummer (Grand Funk Railroad)
- Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian president (d. 2008)
- September 4
- Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
- Michael Berryman, American actor
- September 5 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
- September 7 – Susan Blakely, American actress
- September 8 – Great Kabuki, Japanese professional wrestler
- September 10
- Judy Geeson, English actress
- Bob Lanier, American basketball player
- Margaret Trudeau, born Margaret Sinclair, wife and mother of Prime Ministers of Canada
- Charlie Waters, American football player
- September 11 – John Martyn, born Iain McGeachy, British folk-rock guitarist (d. 2009)
- September 13
- Nell Carter, American singer and actress (d. 2003)
- Sitiveni Rabuka, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
- September 16 – Ron Blair, American bassist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
- September 17 – John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
- September 19
- Jeremy Irons, English actor
- Nadezhda Tkachenko, Soviet pentathlete
- September 20
- Rey Langit, Filipino journalist and radio host
- George R. R. Martin, American speculative fiction author
- September 22
- Denis Burke, Australian politician
- Mark Phillips, army captain and equestrian, first husband of Anne, Princess Royal
- Jim Byrnes, American voice actor, blues musician and actor
- September 23 – José Lavat, Mexican voice actor
- September 24 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1998)
- September 25
- Cäcilia Rentmeister, German art historian and gender researcher
- Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian oligarch
- September 26
- Maurizio Gucci, Italian businessman and murder victim (d. 1995)
- Olivia Newton-John, English-born Australian singer and actress
- September 27
- Michele Dotrice, English actress
- A Martinez, American actor and singer
- September 29
- Mark Farner, American rock guitarist and singer (Grand Funk Railroad)
- Bryant Gumbel, African-American television broadcaster
- Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
- Burton Richardson, American game show announcer
October
[[File:Johnny Ramone.jpg|thumb|100px|Johnny Ramone]] [[File:Chrisde33.jpg|thumb|100px|Chris de Burgh]] [[File:Robert Jordan.jpg|thumb|100px|Robert Jordan]] [[File:Margot Kidder Gaily, Gaily.png|thumb|100px|Margot Kidder]] [[File:Kushida anime friends 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|Akira Kushida]]
- October 1 – Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand yachtsman (k. 2001)
- October 2
- Avery Brooks, American actor and musician
- Persis Khambatta, Indian actress and model (d. 1998)
- Chris LeDoux, American singer and rodeo star (d. 2005)
- October 4
- Meg Bennett, American soap opera writer
- Iain Hewitson, New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality
- October 6 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
- October 7
- Stephen Rucker, American composer
- Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
- October 8
- Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (Ramones) (d. 2004)
- Baldwin Spencer, 3rd Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
- October 9
- Jackson Browne, American rock musician
- Ciarán Carson, Northern Irish poet and novelist
- Oliver Hart, English-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- October 11 – Cynthia Clawson, American gospel singer
- October 13
- John Ford Coley, American rock musician
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (d. 1997)
- Ted Poe, American politician
- October 14
- Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (d. 2007)
- David Ruprecht, American actor and writer (Supermarket Sweep)
- October 15
- Renato Corona, Filipino jurist and lawyer (d. 2016)
- Chris de Burgh, born Christopher Davison, Argentine-born Anglo-Irish singer-songwriter
- October 16 – Leo Mazzone, American baseball coach
- October 17
- Robert Jordan, American novelist (d. 2007)
- Margot Kidder, Canadian actress (d. 2018)
- Akira Kushida, Japanese singer
- George Wendt, American actor
- October 18 – Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher
- October 19 – Patrick Simmons, American musician (The Doobie Brothers)
- October 21
- Tom Everett, American actor
- Allen Vigneron, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroit
- October 22 – Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford
- October 23 – Sir Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British businessman
- October 25
- Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach
- Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach
- October 26 – Toby Harrah, American baseball player
- October 28 – Telma Hopkins, American actress and singer
- October 29 – Kate Jackson, American actress
- October 30 – Garry McDonald, Australian actor, satirist, and comedian
November
[[File:Lulu crop.jpg|thumb|100px|Lulu]] [[File:Amadou Toure.jpg|thumb|100px|Amadou Toumani Touré]] [[File:Hassan Rouhani.jpg|thumb|100px|Hassan Rouhani]] [[File:Charles, Prince of Wales at COP21.jpg|thumb|100px|Charles, Prince of Wales]] [[File:Michel Suleiman - 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|Michel Suleiman]]
- November 1 – Anna Stuart, American actress
- November 3 – Lulu, born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, Scottish singer and actress
- November 4
- Delia Casanova, Mexican actress
- Amadou Toumani Touré, President of Mali
- November 5
- Charles Bradley (singer), American singer (d. 2017)
- Bob Barr, American politician
- Zacharias Jimenez, Filipino Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2018)
- Dallas Holm, American Christian musician
- William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 6 – Glenn Frey, American guitarist and singer (The Eagles) (d. 2016)
- November 7 – Jim Houghton, American actor and director
- November 9 – Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football player and manager
- November 10 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
- November 12
- Hassan Rouhani, 7th President of Iran
- Richard Roberts, American evangelist and son of Oral Roberts
- November 13
- Humayun Ahmed, Bengali-language writer.
- Lockwood Smith, New Zealand politician
- November 14
- Charles, Prince of Wales, born Prince Charles of Edinburgh, heir apparent to the British throne and son of Elizabeth II (at this time Duchess of Edinburgh) and The Duke of Edinburgh
- Robert Ginty, American actor and director (d. 2009)
- Dee Wallace, American actress
- November 15 – James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (d. 2007)
- November 16
- Chi Coltrane, American musician
- Ken James, Australian actor
- Mutt Lange, Rhodesian-born record producer
- Mate Parlov, Yugoslav Olympic boxer (d. 2008)
- November 17 – Howard Dean, American politician
- November 19 – Rance Allen, American gospel singer and preacher
- November 20
- Harlee McBride, American actress
- John R. Bolton, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
- Barbara Hendricks, American singer
- Richard Masur, American actor, director; president of Screen Actors Guild
- November 21 – Michel Suleiman, President of Lebanon
- November 23
- Dominique-France Picard, also known as Princess Fadila of Egypt, wife of King Fuad II of Egypt and the Sudan
- Ron Bouchard, American NASCAR driver (d. 2015)
- Gabriele Seyfert, East German figure skater
- November 24 – Joe Howard, American actor
- November 26 – Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biologist and winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- November 27 – James Avery, American actor (d. 2013)
- November 28 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and screenwriter
December
[[File:OzzyChangingHands02-20-2010.jpg|thumb|100px|Ozzy Osbourne]] [[File:Jobethwilliams.jpg|thumb|100px|JoBeth Williams]] [[File:Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Rio2016.png|thumb|100px|Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa]] [[File:Kim Beazley crop.jpg|thumb|100px|Kim Beazley]] [[File:Samuel L. Jackson SDCC 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|Samuel L. Jackson]] [[File:Gérard Depardieu Cannes 2015 3.jpg|thumb|100px|Gérard Depardieu]]
- December 2
- T. Coraghessan Boyle, American writer
- Toninho Horta, Brazilian singer and musician
- Christine Westermann, German television and radio host, journalist and author
- December 3
- Rick Cua, American singer and evangelist
- Ozzy Osbourne, English singer (Black Sabbath)
- December 6
- Keke Rosberg, Finnish Formula One champion
- Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and musician
- JoBeth Williams, American actress and director
- December 7
- Gary Morris, American country singer and actor
- Tony Thomas, American television producer
- Mads Vinding, Danish bassist
- December 10 – Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)
- December 11 – Chester Thompson, American rock drummer
- December 12 – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, 20th President of Portugal
- December 13
- Lillian Board, South African-born English Olympic athlete (d. 1970)
- Ted Nugent, American rock guitarist and singer
- David O'List, English rock guitarist
- December 14
- Lester Bangs, American music journalist (d. 1982)
- Kim Beazley, Australian politician
- December 19 – Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
- December 20 – Alan Parsons, English songwriter, musician and record producer
- December 21
- Samuel L. Jackson, African-American actor and film producer
- Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician and cabaret artist
- December 22
- Noel Edmonds, English TV presenter and DJ
- Flip Mark, American child actor
- Lynne Thigpen, American actress (d. 2003)
- December 23 – Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, educator, author and music journalist
- December 25
- Queen Alia (d. 1977)
- Barbara Mandrell, American country singer
- December 27
- Ronnie Caldwell, American soul music and rhythm and blues musician (d. 1967)
- Gérard Depardieu, French actor
- December 28
- Dick Siegel, American songwriter
- Mary Weiss, American singer (The Shangri-Las)
- December 29 – Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland First Minister
- December 31
- Stephen Cleobury, English composer and conductor
- Joe Dallesandro, American model and actor
- Sandy Jardine, Scottish professional footballer playing for Rangers and Hearts and representing Scotland (d. 2014)
- Donna Summer, African-American singer and actress (d. 2012)
Date unknown
[[File:Judy Nylon.jpg|thumb|100px|Judy Nylon]]
- Archana Bhattacharyya, Indian physicist
- Miguel Cabrera Cabrera, Spanish architect and politician
- Vicatan, born Vicente Doria Catan Jr., Filipino comic book artist (d. 2004)
- Gudo Hoegel, German actor and voice actor
- Phalon Jones, American soul music and rhythm and blues musician (d. 1967)
- John Blair Moore, American comic book artist
- Johnny Nicholas, American blues musician
- Judy Nylon, American artist and musician
- Edward Rutherfurd, born Francis Edward Wintle, English novelist
Deaths
Antonin Artaud - Sergei Eisenstein - Kurt Schwitters