and screenwriter 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1936 – Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer 1937 – Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building 1938 – Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2013) 1938 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (d. 2011) 1939 – DeWitt Weaver, American golfer 1940 – Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (d. 2019) 1940 – Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach 1941 – Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (d. 2015) 1941 – Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic 1941 – Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist 1941 – Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2020) 1941 – Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2006) 1942 – Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer 1942 – Roger Lyons, English trade union leader 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter 1943 – Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (d. 1991) 1943 – Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 1944 – Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer 1944 – Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager 1945 – Martin Tyler, English sportscaster 1946 – Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer 1946 – Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist 1946 – Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (d. 2019) 1947 – Jon Bauman, American singer 1947 – Sam Neill, Northern Irish-New Zealand actor and director 1948 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (d. 2000) 1949 – Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977) 1949 – Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2018) 1949 – Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2003) 1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1994) 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter 1950 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1976) 1950 – Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver 1950 – Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician 1950 – John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (d. 1989) 1951 – Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer 1953 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998) 1953 – Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer 1954 – Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2005) 1954 – David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (d. 1992) 1955 – Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer 1955 – Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist