American historian and academic 1939 – Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office 1939 – Frankie Ford, American R&B/rock and roll singer (d. 2015) 1940 – Coriún Aharonián, Uruguayan composer and musicologist (d. 2017) 1940 – Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician 1940 – Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist (d. 2009) 1940 – Frances Stewart, English economist and academic 1940 – Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004) 1941 – Martin Jarvis, English actor 1941 – Andy Smillie, English footballer 1941 – Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio 1942 – Don S. Davis, American actor (d. 2008) 1942 – Cleon Jones, American baseball player 1942 – David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005) 1943 – Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias (d. 2019) 1943 – Barbara Saß-Viehweger, German politician, lawyer and civil law notary 1943 – Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer 1944 – Richard Belzer, American actor (d. 2023) 1944 – Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician 1945 – Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor 1945 – Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman 1946 – Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist 1947 – Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2022) 1948 – Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach 1949 – John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor 1950 – Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014) 1950 – N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry 1951 – Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic 1952 – James Arbuthnot, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 1952 – Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player 1952 – Gábor Demszky, Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician 1953 – Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and manager 1954 – Anatoliy Kinakh, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine 1954 – Steve Phillips, English footballer 1954 – François Valéry, Algerian-French singer-songwriter 1955 – Alberto Gonzales, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter 1957 – Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor 1957 – Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author 1957 – Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach 1957 – John Wark, Scottish footballer and sportscaster 1958 – Allison Hedge