Chapman, American murderer of musician John Lennon May 14 Big Van Vader, American professional wrestler and football player (d. 2018) Dave Hoover, American comic book artist and animator (d. 2011) Robert Tapert, American television producer May 15 Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (assassinated 2013) Lee Horsley, American film, television and theater actor Hege Skjeie, Norwegian political scientist and feminist (d. 2018) May 16 Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast Olli Kortekangas, Finnish composer Jack Morris, American baseball player Richard Phillips, American merchant mariner and captain of the MV Maersk Alabama Debra Winger, American actress May 17 – Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017) May 18 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor May 19 Mark Staff Brandl, American and Swiss artist and art historian James Gosling, Canadian software engineer Th. Emil Homerin, American theologian May 20 Diego Abatantuono, Italian actor Steve George, American keyboardist and singer Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer May 21 – Sergei Shoigu, Russian politician, (Russian Defence Minister) May 22 Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American jazz guitarist (d. 2008) Iva Davies, Australian singer and musician; lead singer of Icehouse Dale Winton, English radio DJ and television presenter (d. 2018) May 24 – Rosanne Cash, American entertainer May 25 – Connie Sellecca, American actress May 26 – Doris Dörrie, German actress and screenplay writer May 27 – Richard Schiff, American actor and comedian May 29 John Hinckley Jr., attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan Mike Porcaro, American bass guitarist (Toto) (d. 2015) May 30 Brian Kobilka, American physiologist Paresh Rawal, Indian actor Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist May 31 Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist Susie Essman, American actress Lynne Truss, English writer June June 1 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (58th Yokozuna grand champion) (d. 2016) David Schultz,"Dr. D" American professional wrestler June 2 – Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian June 3 – Daniel Filmus, Argentine politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina June 4 Precious, Canadian professional wrestling valet Mary Testa, American film actress June 5 – Fernando Borrego Linares, Cuban singer and songwriter (aka Polo Montañez) June 6 Sandra Bernhard, American comedian, actress, author and singer Chris Nyman, American baseball player Sam Simon, American filmmaker (d. 2015) June 7 Jo Gilbert, English film producer and casting director (d. 2018) Bob Beatty, American football coach Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989) June 8 Duke Aiona, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist and World Wide Web inventor