2017) Jenny Glusker, British biochemist and crystallographer June 29 – Alina Obidniak, Polish actress and theatre director (d. 2021) June 30 – Gerda Herrmann, German composer and poet (d. 2021) July July 1 Leslie Caron, French actress Stanislav Grof, Czech psychiatrist Seyni Kountché, former President of Niger (d. 1987) July 4 – Stephen Boyd, Irish actor (Ben-Hur) (d. 1977) July 5 – Ismail Mahomed, South African, Namibian Chief Justice (d. 2000) July 6 Antonella Lualdi, Italian actress and singer Della Reese, African-American actress, singer and evangelist (d. 2017) July 10 Morris Chang, Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) in 1987 Jerry Herman, American composer, lyricist (d. 2019) Alice Munro, Canadian writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature July 14 – Robert Stephens, English actor (d. 1995) July 15 Clive Cussler, American thriller writer and underwater explorer (d. 2020) Gene Louw, South African politician (d. 2015) July 22 – Guido de Marco, Maltese politician, 6th President of Malta (d. 2010) July 23 Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (d. 2006) Arata Isozaki, Japanese architecter (d. 2022) July 25 – Paul Danblon, Belgian composer, opera director, administrator and journalist (d. 2018) August August 1 Dino da Costa, Italian footballer (d. 2020) Hal Connolly, American athlete (d. 2010) August 2 – Ruth Maria Kubitschek, German actress August 3 – Vladimir Trusenyov, Russian discus thrower (d. 2001) August 6 – Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric, writer and politician (d. 2014) August 8 – Roger Penrose, English mathematical physicist, Nobel Prize laureate August 9 – Mário Zagallo, Brazilian football player, manager August 12 – William Goldman, American author (d. 2018) August 15 Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi prince and politician (d. 2018) Richard F. Heck, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2015) August 16 – Harold Bernard St. John, 3rd Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 2004) August 18 – Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (d. 2010) August 19 – Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003) August 20 – Don King, American boxing promoter August 22 – Ruy Guerra, Portuguese-born Brazilian film director and screenwriter August 23 Barbara Eden, American actress Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine August 27 Sri Chinmoy, Bengali spiritual teacher, poet, artist and athlete who immigrated to the U.S. in 1964 (d. 2007) Clarence James, Bermudian surgeon,