and academic 1939 – Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020) 1939 – Eric Weissberg, American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2020) 1940 – Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer 1942 – Lesley Turner Bowrey, Australian tennis player 1942 – Barbara George, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2006) 1942 – Robert Squirrel Lester, American soul singer (d. 2010) 1943 – Woody Peoples, American football player (d. 2010) 1944 – Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013) 1945 – Bob Balaban, American actor, director, and producer 1945 – Russell Brookes, English race car driver (d. 2019) 1945 – Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator 1945 – Gary Loizzo, American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (d. 2016) 1945 – Nigel Terry, British stage and film actor (d. 2015) 1946 – Masoud Barzani, Iranian-Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan 1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress 1947 – Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand 1947 – Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer 1948 – Earl Blumenauer, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon 1948 – Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician 1948 – Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager 1948 – Pierre Reid, Canadian educator and politician 1948 – Joey Spampinato, American singer-songwriter and bass player 1949 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (d. 2014) 1949 – Paul Pasqualoni, American football player and coach 1949 – Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter 1950 – Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner 1950 – Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer 1951 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010) 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress 1953 – James "J.T." Taylor, American R&B singer-songwriter 1954 – James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter 1954 – George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster 1955 – James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 1956 – Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician (d. 2014) 1957 – Laura Innes, American actress and director 1957 – R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2015) 1958 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director 1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress 1958 – José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach 1959 – Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist and manager 1960 – Rosita Baltazar, Belizean choreographer, dancer, and dance instructor (d. 2015) 1960 – Timothy Hutton,