author (d. 2012) 1936 – Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (d. 2012) 1937 – Kōichirō Matsuura, Japanese diplomat 1937 – Tom McKeown, American poet and educator 1938 – Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2018) 1938 – Michael Stürmer, German historian 1939 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001) 1939 – Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000) 1939 – Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales (d. 2017) 1940 – Billy Cobb, English footballer 1941 – Oscar H. Ibarra, Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist 1941 – Robert Lieber, American writer and academic 1942 – Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist (d. 2019) 1942 – Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (d. 1999) 1942 – Ian McShane, English actor 1942 – Bill Nelson, American politician 1942 – Jean-Luc Ponty, French violinist and composer 1942 – Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (d. 2013) 1942 – Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1996) 1943 – Juan Flores, American academic and professor (d. 2014) 1943 – Lech Wałęsa, Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate 1944 – Isla Blair, British actress and singer 1944 – Mike Post, American composer and producer 1945 – Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet 1945 – Lella Cuberli, American soprano 1946 – Patricia Hodge, English actress 1946 – Arturo Lindsay, Panamanian-American artist 1947 – Richard J. Evans, British historian 1947 – Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 2015) 1947 – S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (d. 2016) 1948 – Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1948 – Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster 1948 – Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer 1948 – John M. McHugh, American politician 1949 – George Dalaras, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist 1949 – Douglas Frantz, American investigative journalist and author 1950 – Merle Collins, Grenadian poet and short story writer 1951 – Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician, President of Chile 1951 – Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna 1951 – Roslyn Schwartz, Canadian author 1952 – Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (d. 2014) 1952 – Pete Hautman, American author 1952 – Max Sandlin, American lawyer, judge, and politician 1953 – Mona Baker, Egyptian-British professor 1953 – Drake Hogestyn, American actor 1953 – Janis F. Kearney, American author, lecturer and publisher 1954 – Harry E. Johnson,