August 20 – Ron Paul, American author, physician, and politician August 21 Bernhard Eckstein, German cyclist (d. 2017) Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Yemeni general, 4th President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) (d. 1978) August 22 – E. Annie Proulx, American novelist August 24 – Tsutomu Hata, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2017) August 26 – Geraldine Ferraro, U.S. Congresswoman, Vice Presidential candidate (d. 2011) August 29 – William Friedkin, American film director August 30 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2001) August 31 – Eldridge Cleaver, African-American political activist and writer (d. 1998) September September 1 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor September 7 – Abdou Diouf, 2nd President of Senegal September 9 – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor and singer (Fiddler on the Roof) September 10 – Mary Oliver, American poet, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner (d. 2019) September 11 Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer Gherman Titov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (d. 2000) September 12 - Harvey J. Alter, American virologist, Nobel Prize recipient September 15 – Dinkha, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015) September 16 Carl Andre, American artist Esther Vilar, Argentine-German writer known for The Manipulated Man September 17 – Ken Kesey, American author (d. 2001) September 21 – Jimmy Armfield, English footballer (d. 2018) September 29 Mylène Demongeot, French actress (d. 2022) Jerry Lee Lewis, American rock & roll musician (d. 2022) September 30 – Johnny Mathis, African-American singer October October 1 Dame Julie Andrews, English singer and actress October 3 Charles Duke, American astronaut Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (d. 2020) October 6 Bruno Sammartino, Italian professional wrestler (d. 2018) Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Egyptian politician (d. 2018) October 12 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (d. 2007) October 14 – La Monte Young, American composer October 15 Bobby Morrow, American athlete (d. 2020) Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter October 18 – Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006) October 20 – Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (d. 2004) October 25 – Rusty Schweickart, American astronaut October 29 – Isao Takahata, Japanese film director (d. 2018) October 30 Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian writer (d. 2011) Michael Winner, British film director (d. 2013) October 31 – Ronald Graham, American mathematician (d. 2020) November November 1 Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003) Charles Koch, American businessman Gary Player, South-African professional golfer November 3 – Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (d. 2012) November 6 – Archduchess Maria of Austria, German-Austrian royal