Gazelle. Evelyn Waugh's novel Helena. Births 1 January – Chris Black, Scottish hammer thrower 2 January – Angela Gallop, forensic scientist 5 January – Malcolm Hardee, comedian (died 2005) 7 January – Malcolm Macdonald, footballer and manager 19 January – David Tredinnick, politician 1 February – John Bowe, actor 4 February – Pamela Franklin, actress 13 February – Peter Gabriel, musician 16 February – Peter Hain, politician 19 February – Andy Powell, rock guitarist (Wishbone Ash) 22 February – Julie Walters, English actress 22 March – Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player (died 2012) 27 March – Terry Yorath, footballer and football manager 30 March – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian (died 2022) 3 April – Sally Thomsett, actress 20 April – Robert Mair, engineer and academic 22 April Peter Frampton, rock singer-songwriter Jancis Robinson, wine writer 1 May – Danny McGrain, footballer 3 May – Mary Hopkin, singer 11 May – Jeremy Paxman, television presenter and author 12 May – Jenni Murray, radio presenter 15 May – Keith Mills, businessman 17 May – Alan Johnson, politician 22 May Mary Tamm, actress (died 2012) Bernie Taupin, songwriter 23 May – Martin McGuinness, Irish republican politician and soldier (died 2017) 1 June – Tom Robinson, singer and musician 2 June Jonathan Evans, Welsh lawyer and politician Anne Phillips, theorist and academic 5 June – Paul Flowers, Labour politician and non-executive chairman of The Co-operative Bank 13 June – Nick Brown, politician 14 June – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury 30 June Olly Flynn, race walker Leonard Whiting, actor 4 July – Philip Craven, 2nd President of the International Paralympic Committee 6 July – Jonathon Porritt, English environmentalist and academic 8 July – Sarah Kennedy, television presenter 14 July – Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer 18 July – Richard Branson, entrepreneur 19 July – Simon Cadell, actor 23 July Len McCluskey, trade unionist Paul Patrick, gay rights activist (died 2008) 26 July – Susan George, actress 27 July – Simon Jones, actor 30 July – Harriet Harman, politician 13 August – Jane Carr, actress 15 August – Anne, Princess Royal 18 August – Dennis Elliott, drummer 20 August – Andrew Downes, composer (died 2023) 11 September – Barry Sheene, motorcycle racer (died 2003 in Australia) 14 September – Paul Kossoff, blues rock guitarist (Free) (died 1976) 21 September – Charles Clarke, politician 27 September – Linda Lewis, née Fredericks, pop singer 5 October