Robinson, American clarinet player and composer (d. 2018) 1938 – Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach 1939 – Carl Dennis, American poet and educator 1939 – Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter and voice actress 1939 – David Souter, American lawyer and jurist 1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish politician and diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations 1940 – Peter Lever, English cricketer 1940 – Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972) 1941 – Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician (d. 2005) 1942 – Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator 1942 – Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author 1942 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (d. 2012) 1944 – Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer 1944 – Jean Taylor, American mathematician and academic 1945 – David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada 1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach 1945 – Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader (d. 2020) 1946 – Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager 1946 – Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician 1947 – Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2018) 1947 – Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian, critic, and publisher 1947 – Gail Carson Levine, American author 1947 – Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000) 1948 – Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2015) 1948 – John Ritter, American actor and producer (d. 2003) 1949 – Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014) 1950 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat (2001–14) and 14th Prime Minister of India (2014–) 1950 – Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer 1951 – Russell Brown, Scottish politician 1951 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer 1952 – Harold Solomon, American tennis player and coach 1953 – Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs 1953 – Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author 1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English soldier and politician 1953 – Rita Rudner, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter 1954 – Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer 1954 – Bill Irwin, American wrestler 1955 – Scott Simpson, American golfer 1955 – Charles Martinet, American actor 1955 – Mike Parson, American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri 1956 – Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan 1956 – Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach 1956 – Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)