screenwriter and author (d. 2019) April 4 – Serge Dassault, French businessman and politician (d. 2018) April 7 – Chaturanan Mishra, Indian politician (d. 2011) April 13 – Michael Halliday, English-Australian linguist (d. 2018) April 14 Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1974) Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician (d. 2010) Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002) April 15 Milton J. Rosenberg, American psychology professor (d. 2018) Zdeněk Růžička, Czech Olympic gymnast (d. 2021) Beryl Te Wiata, New Zealand actor, author and scriptwriter (d. 2017) April 17 – René Moawad, 13th president of Lebanon (d. 1989) April 18 – Bob Hastings, American actor (d. 2014) April 19 Hugh O'Brian, American soldier and actor (d. 2016) John Kraaijkamp Sr., Dutch actor and comedian (d. 2011) April 20 Elena Verdugo, American actress (d. 2017) Bob Will, American rower (d. 2019) April 21 Anthony Mason, Australian judge Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, acting President of Afghanistan (d. 2019) Solomon Perel, Israeli motivational speaker (d. 2023) April 22 – George Cole, English actor (d. 2015) April 24 – Eugen Weber, Romanian-born historian (d. 2007) April 25 Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, English businessman Janete Clair, Brazilian television, radio play and novel writer (d. 1983) Louis O'Neill, Canadian politician (d. 2018) April 26 Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author (d. 2019) Michele Ferrero, Italian businessman (d. 2015) Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician (d. 2015) April 29 John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st prime minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007) Iwao Takamoto, Japanese-American animator (d. 2007) May May 1 Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (d. 2013) Anna May Hutchison, American professional baseball player (d. 1998) May 2 Maria Barroso, Portuguese politician and actress (d. 2015) Inga Gill, Swedish actress (d. 2000) John Neville, English actor (d. 2011) Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, Brazilian Ialorixá and writer (d. 2018) May 3 – Ngiratkel Etpison, 5th president of Palau (d. 1997) May 4 Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin, Malaysian politician (d. 2008) Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer (d. 2015) Maurice R. Greenberg, American business executive May 8 – Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 2nd President of Tanzania May 9 – Vladimir Tadej, Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director (d. 2017) May 10 – Ilie Verdeț, 51st prime minister of Romania (d. 2001) May 12 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player (d. 2015) May 14 – Oona O'Neill, American actress (d. 1991) May 15 – Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist (d. 2015) May 16 Nancy Roman, American astronomer