writer (d. 2017) Richard Bonynge, Australian pianist and conductor October October 1 Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer (d. 2002) Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006) October 2 – Dave Barrett, Canadian politician (d. 2018) October 4 – Andrej Marinc, Slovenian politician October 5 Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009) Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) October 6 Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000) Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and commentator (d. 2015) October 8 – Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996) October 10 Yves Chauvin, Belgian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015) Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) October 14 Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (d. 2006) Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1997) October 17 – Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003) October 18 – Frank Carlucci, American politician (d. 2018) October 19 – Ron Joyce, Canadian businessman (d. 2019) October 21 – Ivan Silayev, Soviet and Russian politician (d. 2023) October 24 Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2019) The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), American singer (d. 1959) October 27 – Francisca Aguirre, Spanish poet (d. 2019) October 28 – Bernie Ecclestone, English motor racing tycoon October 29 Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (d. 2002) October 30 Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1956) Timothy Findley, Canadian author (d. 2002) October 31 – Michael Collins, American astronaut (d. 2021) November November 5 – Hans Mommsen, German historian (d. 2015) November 6 – Derrick Bell, American law professor (d. 2011) November 11 Mildred Dresselhaus, American scientist and educator (d. 2017) Mabandla Dlamini, 3rd prime minister of Swaziland Alevtina Kolchina, Soviet Olympic cross-country skier (d. 2022) November 13 – Richard A. Falk, American academic November 14 Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (d. 2020) Jānis Pujats, Latvian cardinal, Archbishop of Riga Ed White, American astronaut (d. 1967) November 15 – J. G. Ballard, English writer (d. 2009) November 16 Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer (d. 2013) Salvatore Riina ("Toto"), Italian multiple murderer (d. 2017) November 17 – Bob Mathias, American athlete (d. 2006) November 19 – Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Austrian-German politician and philanthropist November 20 – Choe Yong-rim, North Korean politician November 22 – Owen Garriott, American astronaut (d. 2019) November 24 – Inge Feltrinelli, German-Italian publisher, photographer (d. 2018) November 26 – Berthold Leibinger, German engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2018) November