Mel Tillis, American country singer (d. 2017) August 9 – Anand Panyarachun, 18th Prime Minister of Thailand August 11 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer August 12 – Sirikit, Queen mother of Thailand (from 1950 to present) August 17 V. S. Naipaul, West Indian-born writer and Nobel laureate (d. 2018) Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (d. 2022) August 18 – Luc Montagnier, French virologist and Nobel Prize winner (d. 2022) August 19 – Banharn Silpa-archa, 32nd Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2016) August 20 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian writer (d. 2009) August 21 – Melvin Van Peebles, African-American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer (d. 2021) August 23 – Houari Boumediene, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978) August 24 – W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor (d. 2019) August 25 – Luis Félix López, Ecuadorian doctor, writer and politician (d. 2008) August 27 Mohamed Hamri, Moroccan artist (d. 2000) Saye Zerbo, 3rd President and 4th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (d. 2013) August 28 – Raul Cortez, Brazilian actor (d. 2006) August 29 – Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese academic (d. 2018) September September 1 Sunny von Bülow, American socialite (d. 2008) Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (d. 2008) September 3 Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (d. 2013) Acácio Pereira Magro, Portuguese academic, economist and politician (d. 2018) September 5 – Carol Lawrence, American actress, singer and dancer September 8 Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963) Herbert Leuninger, German Roman Catholic priest and refugee rights activist (d. 2020) September 9 – Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (d. 2008) September 11 Mustapha Akanbi, Nigerian lawyer and judge (d. 2018) Rinaldo Fidel Brédice, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2018) September 12 – Atli Dam, 3-Time Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (d. 2005) September 13 Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian television host, announcer, journalist and actor (d. 2014) Dick Biondi, American Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey September 17 – Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatari Emir (d. 2016) September 18 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2002) September 22 Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania (d. 2010) Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (d. 2009) September 25 Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (d. 1982) Adolfo Suárez, 1st Spanish Prime Minister after the dictatorship of Franco (d. 2014) September 26 Donna Douglas, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) (d. 2015) Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer (d. 2018) Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and 13th Prime Minister of India September 27 Oliver