Dwight Clark, American football player (d. 2018) January 9 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer January 11 Bryan Robson, English footballer Claude Criquielion, Belgian bike racer (d. 2015) January 12 – John Lasseter, American director, writer and animator January 13 Lorrie Moore, American writer Daniel Scioli, Argentine politician and sportsman January 14 Anchee Min, Chinese writer Wu Chengzhen, Chinese Buddhist abbess January 15 – Mario Van Peebles, African-American actor and director January 16 – Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor January 17 – Steve Harvey, African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actor January 22 Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player (d. 2022) Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (d. 1993) Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician January 23 – Caroline, Princess of Hanover January 26 – Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (d. 2003) January 27 Frank Miller, American comic book writer Janick Gers, British heavy metal guitarist January 29 – Grażyna Miller, Polish poet January 30 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999) February February 1 – Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (d. 1999) February 2 – Phil Barney, French singer February 5 – Jackie Woodburne, Australian actress February 6 Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian Robert Townsend, African-American actor, comedian, director, and writer (Hollywood Shuffle) February 8 – Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (The B-52's) February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager February 11 – Mitchell Symons, British writer February 14 – Soile Isokoski, Finnish lyric soprano February 15 Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, American criminal (d. 2008) Shahriar Mandanipour, Iranian writer February 16 – LeVar Burton, African-American actor February 17 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer, harpist (Mummers' Dance) February 18 Marita Koch, German athlete Vanna White, American game show presenter (Wheel of Fortune) February 19 Falco, Austrian rock musician (Rock Me Amadeus) (d. 1998) Ray Winstone, British actor February 20 – Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach February 23 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009) February 25 – Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singaporean politician, 5th Senior Minister of Singapore February 27 Danny Antonucci, Canadian creator of the Cartoon Network show Ed, Edd n Eddy Ralph Cox, American professional ice hockey player Timothy Spall, English actor February 28 Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer John Turturro, American actor, writer and director March March 4 – Mykelti Williamson, American actor March 5 – Mark E. Smith, English singer (d. 2018) March 6 – Eddie Deezen, American actor, voice actor and comedian March 8 – Clive Burr, British heavy metal