of Lebanon (d. 1989) 1926 – Joan Lorring, British actress (d. 2014) 1926 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2004) 1927 – Margot Honecker, East German politician and First Lady (d. 2016) 1928 – Victor Lownes, American businessman (d. 2017) 1928 – Cynthia Ozick, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist 1928 – Heinz Putzl, Austrian fencer 1928 – Fabien Roy, Canadian accountant and politician 1929 – James Last, German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2015) 1930 – Chris Barber, English trombonist and bandleader (d. 2021) 1931 – John Barrett, English tennis player and sportscaster 1931 – Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (d. 2012) 1931 – Bill Ramsey, German-American singer and actor. (d. 2021) 1934 – Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (d. 2011) 1934 – Peter Morris, Australian-English surgeon and academic 1935 – Bud Paxson, American broadcaster, founded Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (d. 2015) 1936 – Urs Wild, Swiss chemist 1937 – Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (d. 2012) 1937 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German engineer and businessman (d. 2019) 1938 – Ben Barnes, American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas 1938 – Doug Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice 1938 – Ronald H. Miller, American theologian, author, and academic (d. 2011) 1938 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist and author (d. 1988) 1939 – Robert Miller, American art dealer (d. 2011) 1940 – Eric Dancer, English businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon 1940 – Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter (d. 1983) 1940 – John McCririck, English journalist (d. 2019) 1940 – Chuck Menville, American animator and screenwriter (d. 1992) 1940 – Anja Silja, German soprano and actress 1940 – Agostino Vallini, Italian cardinal and vicar general of Rome 1941 – Lagle Parek, Estonian architect and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior 1942 – Buster Williams, American jazz bassist 1942 – Dnyaneshwar Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer (d. 2009) 1943 – Richard Allen Epstein, American lawyer, author, and academic 1946 – Clare Francis, English sailor and author 1947 – Nigel Emslie, Lord Emslie, Scottish lawyer and judge 1947 – Richard Field, English lawyer and judge 1947 – Sherrie Levine, American photographer 1947 – Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager 1948 – Jan Hammer, Czech pianist, composer, and producer 1948 – Alice Harden, American educator and politician (d. 2012) 1948 – Pekka Vasala, Finnish runner