singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009) 1949 – Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach 1949 – Bill Whittington, American racing driver 1950 – Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic 1950 – Bruce Doull, Australian footballer 1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress 1950 – Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2003) 1951 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008) 1951 – Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic 1951 – Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player 1952 – Catherine Bott, English soprano 1953 – Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author 1953 – Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor 1953 – Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter 1953 – Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1955 – Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic 1956 – Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1959 – Andre Dubus III, American novelist and short story writer 1959 – David Frost, South African golfer 1960 – Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1960 – Michael P. Leavitt, American soldier 1961 – Philip Ardagh, English author 1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress 1961 – Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (d. 2012) 1962 – Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician 1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress 1962 – Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer 1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer 1962 – Jenny Sanford, American banker and businesswoman 1963 – Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria 1965 – Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist 1965 – Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ 1967 – Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality 1967 – Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host 1967 – Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (d. 2013) 1967 – Charles Walker, English politician 1968 – Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist 1968 – Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter 1969 – Stefano Cagol, Italian artist, photographer and director 1969 – Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster 1970 – Antonio Gómez Medina, Mexican wrestler 1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician 1974 – DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach 1975 – Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer 1975 – Pierre Issa, South African footballer 1976 – Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver 1976 – Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer 1977 – Ludacris, American rapper