Prime Minister of Bangladesh August 19 – Ian Gillan, English rock singer (Deep Purple) August 22 David Chase, American writer, director and television producer Ron Dante, American rock singer-songwriter and record producer (The Archies) August 24 – Vincent K. "Vince" McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter, chairman and CEO of WWE August 25 – Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011) August 26 – Tom Ridge, American politician August 27 – Marianne Sägebrecht, German film actress August 29 Alyosha Abrahamyan, Armenian football player (d. 2018) Wyomia Tyus, American Olympic athlete August 31 Sir Van Morrison, Irish rock musician Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-born American violinist, conductor September September 1 – Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer September 5 K. N. T. Sastry, Indian film critic, director and writer (d. 2018) Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter (Year of the Cat) September 6 – Victor Ramahatra, 5th Prime Minister of Madagascar September 7 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey coach September 8 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973) Rogatien Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player September 10 – José Feliciano, Puerto Rican-American singer ("Feliz Navidad") September 11 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer, coach September 12 – Richard Thaler, American economist September 14 – Benjamin Harjo Jr., Native American artist September 15 – Jessye Norman, American soprano (d. 2019) September 16 – Pat Stevens, American voice actress (d. 2010) September 17 Phil Jackson, American basketball coach Bruce Spence, Australian actor September 18 John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman (d. 2021) P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) September 21 Shaw Clifton, Northern Ireland-born General of the Salvation Army Kay Ryan, American poet September 22 – Gonzaguinha, Brazilian singer, composer (d. 1991) September 24 – John Rutter, English choral composer, conductor September 26 – Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter and musician (Roxy Music) September 27 – Jack Goldstein, Canadian artist (d. 2003) September 29 – Nadezhda Chizhova, Russian athlete September 30 Ehud Olmert, 12th Prime Minister of Israel Ralph Siegel, German record producer, songwriter October October 1 Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player Donny Hathaway, African-American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1979) Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India October 2 Regina Torné, Mexican actress, singer and television presenter Don McLean, American singer-songwriter ("American Pie") October 3 – Viktor Saneyev, Soviet athlete and Olympic champion (d. 2022) October 6 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997) October 9 Vijaya Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan actor and politician (d. 1988) Archbishop Nikon of Boston, Albanian