7 Ileen Getz, American actress (d. 2005) Brian Conley, English actor, comedian, singer and presenter Yelena Davydova, Soviet gymnast Maggie Wheeler, American actress August 8 The Edge, Irish rock guitarist (U2) Bruce Matthews, American football player Rikki Rockett, American rock drummer (Poison) August 9 Brad Gilbert, American tennis player John Key, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand August 10 – Beatrice Alda, American actress and filmmaker August 11 Suniel Shetty, Indian actor, producer and entrepreneur Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (d. 2000) August 12 – Lawrence, English musician August 13 Mahesh Anand, Indian actor (d. 2019) Dawnn Lewis, American voice actress Koji Kondo, Japanese video game composer (Nintendo) August 14 – Susan Olsen, American actress August 15 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress August 16 Elpidia Carrillo, Mexican-American actress Urara Takano, Japanese voice actress August 17 – Uwe Schmitt, German sprinter and hurdler (d. 1995) August 18 Huw Edwards, BAFTA award-winning Welsh journalist and presenter Bob Woodruff, American television journalist and activist August 19 – Tony Longo, American actor (d. 2015) August 20 Plamen Nikolov, Bulgarian footballer Linda Manz, American actress (d. 2020) Manuel Merino, Peruvian politician, 68th President of Peru August 21 – Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist and animator (d. 2018) August 22 – Roland Orzabal, British musician and songwriter August 23 Bhupesh Baghel, Indian politician and current Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Alexandre Desplat, French film composer August 24 – Jared Harris, English actor August 25 Billy Ray Cyrus, American actor and singer Benjamin Bwalya, Zambian footballer and coach (d. 1999) August 27 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer and film director August 28 Jennifer Coolidge, American actress and comedian Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director August 30 – Brian Mitchell, South African boxer August 31 – Saleem, Malaysian singer (d. 2018) September September 1 Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007) Boney James, American saxophonist, songwriter and record producer September 2 Eugenio Derbez, Mexican actor, comedian and filmmaker Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer Ron Wasserman, American composer Anthony Wong Chau-sang, Hong Kong actor September 3 Andy Griffiths, Australian author Iwan Fals, Indonesian singer-songwriter Yermi Kaplan, Israeli musician September 5 – Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer September 6 Bruce W. Smith, American animator, director and producer Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian rock musician and songwriter (A-ha) September 7 – Kevin Kennedy, British actor September 11 E.G. Daily, American actress, voice actress and singer Virginia Madsen, American actress September 12