writer March 28 Ronnie Ray Smith, American Olympic athlete (d. 2013) Michael W. Young, American geneticist, chronobiologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine March 29 – Michael Brecker, American jazz musician (d. 2007) March 30 – Lene Lovich, American singer April April 1 Paul Manafort, American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felon Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer Gil Scott-Heron, African-American musician, composer and activist (d. 2011) April 2 – Pamela Reed, American actress April 3 – Richard Thompson, English musician, songwriter April 4 – Parveen Babi, Bollywood actress (d. 2005) April 5 – Judith Resnik, American Astronaut (Challenger Disaster) (d. 1986) April 6 – Horst Ludwig Störmer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate April 7 Mitch Daniels, American academic administrator, businessman, author, and politician Zygmunt Zimowski, Polish bishop (d. 2016) April 8 Alex Fergusson, Scottish politician (d. 2018) Brenda Russell, American-Canadian singer, songwriter and keyboardist Fanie de Jager, South African operatic tenor April 9 - William O’Neal, American FBI informant (d. 1990) April 10 – Daniel Mangeas, French bicycle commentator April 11 – Bernd Eichinger, German film producer, director (d. 2011) April 13 – Christopher Hitchens, English-American writer (d. 2011) April 14 – John Shea, American actor April 15 Alla Pugacheva, Russian musical performer Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm, Polish-born writer April 16 – Sandy Hawley, Canadian jockey April 18 Antônio Fagundes, Brazilian actor Geoff Bodine, American race car driver Bengt Holmström, Finnish-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate April 19 – Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1990) April 20 Massimo D'Alema, 53rd Prime Minister of Italy Veronica Cartwright, English-born American actress Jessica Lange, American actress April 21 – Patti LuPone, American actress April 22 – Spencer Haywood, American basketball player April 23 Joyce DeWitt, American actress György Gedó, Hungarian Olympic boxer John Miles, English rock music vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist (d. 2021) April 24 – Véronique Sanson, French singer, songwriter April 26 – Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler (d. 1995) April 28 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006) April 30 – António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal, 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations May May 1 – Gavin Christopher, American singer (d. 2016) May 2 – Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener May 3 – Leopoldo Luque, Argentine soccer player (d. 2021) May 4 – John Force, American race car driver May 9 Billy Joel, American singer, songwriter and pianist Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, military President of