Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008) 1938 – Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic, winner of the Fields Medal 1939 – Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013) 1939 – Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022) 1939 – Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (d. 2014) 1939 – Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada 1940 – Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager 1940 – Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (d. 2015) 1940 – Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (d. 2012) 1941 – Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager 1941 – Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner 1943 – Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer 1943 – Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (d. 2015) 1943 – Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer (d. 2018) 1944 – John Cameron, English composer and conductor 1944 – Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist 1944 – Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop 1945 – Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (d. 2015) 1945 – Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author 1945 – Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach 1945 – Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health 1946 – Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1946 – Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014) 1947 – John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (d. 1994) 1948 – John de Lancie, American actor 1948 – Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1948 – Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011) 1949 – Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist 1949 – Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator 1950 – William Hurt, American actor (d. 2022) 1950 – Carl Palmer, English drummer, percussionist, and songwriter 1951 – Jimmie Vaughan, American blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist 1952 – Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver 1952 – David Greenaway, English economist and academic 1953 – Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter 1954 – Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator 1954 – Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician 1954 – Paul Mirabella, American baseball player 1955 – Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author 1955 – Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter 1955 – Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter 1956 – Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission 1956 – Anne