author and playwright (d. 2009) 1914 – W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1998) 1914 – Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943) 1916 – Lindy Boggs, American educator and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (d. 2013) 1916 – Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (d. 2017) 1920 – Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (d. 2015) 1921 – Al Jaffee, American cartoonist 1923 – Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (d. 2010) 1925 – Roy Haynes, American drummer and composer 1926 – Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2003) 1929 – Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 2014) 1933 – Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (d. 2014) 1933 – Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (d. 2009) 1935 – David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter (d. 2015) 1938 – Robert Gammage, American captain and politician (d. 2012) 1939 – Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter and pianist 1941 – Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (d. 2001) 1942 – Dave Cutler, American computer scientist and engineer 1942 – Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author (d. 2008) 1942 – Scatman John, American singer-songwriter (d. 1999) 1944 – Terence Burns, Baron Burns, English economist and academic 1945 – Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician and academic 1946 – Yonatan Netanyahu, American-Israeli colonel (d. 1976) 1947 – Lesley Collier, English ballerina and educator 1947 – Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician and cellist (d. 2018) 1947 – Lyn St. James, American race car driver 1949 – Ze'ev Bielski, Israeli politician 1949 – Sian Elias, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand 1950 – Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British boxer and actor 1950 – Bernard Julien, Trinidadian cricketer 1950 – Charles Krauthammer, American physician, journalist, and author (d. 2018) 1950 – William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter 1951 – Charo, Spanish-American singer, guitarist, and actress 1952 – Wolfgang Rihm, German composer and educator 1952 – Tim Sebastian, English journalist and author 1953 – Andy Bean, American golfer 1953 – Michael Curry, 27th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church 1954 – Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, Guyanese-English politician and diplomat 1954 – Robin Duke, Canadian actress and screenwriter 1955 – Bruno Conti, Italian footballer and manager 1955 – Glenne Headly, American actress (d. 2017) 1955 – Olga Rukavishnikova, Russian pentathlete