– Petro Tyschtschenko, German businessman April 17 – Bobby Curtola, Canadian singer (d. 2016) April 19 – Claus Theo Gärtner, German actor April 20 – John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor April 21 – Napsiah Omar, Malaysian educator, politician (d. 2018) April 22 Louise Glück, American poet, 12th US Poet Laureate, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature Gabriel López Zapiain, Mexican footballer (d. 2018) April 23 Dominik Duka, Czech Roman Catholic bishop, theologian Tony Esposito, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 2021) Gail Goodrich, American basketball player Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter Hervé Villechaize, French-born actor (Fantasy Island) (d. 1993) April 24 – Richard Sterban, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys) April 25 Alan Feduccia, American paleornithologist James G. Mitchell, Canadian computer scientist April 26 – Gary Wright, American singer, songwriter, musician and composer April 28 – John O. Creighton, American astronaut April 29 – Sir Ian Kershaw, English historian April 30 Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (d. 2011) Bobby Vee, American singer (d. 2016) May May 1 Ian Dunn, Scottish gay and paedophile rights activist (d. 1998) Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004) May 2 – Mustafa Nadarević, Yugoslav and Bosnian actor and comedian (d. 2020) May 3 – Jim Risch, American politician May 5 – Michael Palin, English comedian, actor, and television presenter (Monty Python's Flying Circus) May 6 – Grange Calveley, British writer, artist (d. 2021) May 7 – Orlando Ramírez, Chilean footballer (d. 2018) May 8 – Danny Whitten, American musician (d. 1972) May 10 – Richard Darman, American federal government official, businessman (d. 2008) May 13 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish artist (d. 2013) May 14 Jack Bruce, British musician, songwriter (d. 2014) Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, 5th President of Iceland May 16 – Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat May 17 Mark W. Olson, American economist, politician (d. 2018) Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, King of Malaysia May 20 – Imata Kabua, Marshallese politician, 2nd President of the Marshall Islands (d. 2019) May 22 – Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2020) May 24 – Gary Burghoff, American actor (M*A*S*H) May 25 – Jessi Colter, American singer, composer May 26 – Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, politician and president of the Dutch Olympic Committee May 27 Bruce Weitz, American actor Cilla Black, English singer, entertainer (d. 2015) May 29 – Ion Ciubuc, Moldovan politician (d. 2018) May