February 15 – Benoît Chamoux, French alpinist (d. 1995) February 16 – Niko Nirvi, Finnish journalist February 17 Meir Kessler, Israeli rabbi Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, economic historian and sociologist February 18 – Hironobu Kageyama, Japanese singer February 19 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998) February 20 Dwayne McDuffie, American writer of comics and television (d. 2011) Phil Powers, American alpinist Imogen Stubbs, British actress and playwright February 21 Christopher Atkins, American actor Abhijit Banerjee, Indian-born economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Geoff Moore, American Christian musician February 22 – Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist February 27 – James Worthy, American basketball player and analyst February 28 – Richard Waugh, Canadian voice actor March March 3 Milorad Mandić, Serbian actor (d. 2016) Mary Page Keller, American actress John Matteson, Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer March 4 Ray Mancini, American boxer Roger Wessels, South African golfer March 5 – Charles Poliquin, Canadian strength coach March 9 Mike Leach, American college football coach Rick Steiner, American professional wrestler March 10 Mike Bullard, American hockey player Laurel Clark, American astronaut (d. 2003) Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast March 11 – Elias Koteas, Canadian film and television actor March 13 - Vasily Ignatenko, Soviet firefighter at the Chernobyl disaster (d. 1986) March 14 Kim Boyce, American Christian musician Gary Dell'Abate, American radio producer Marc Koska, English businessman and inventor Hiro Matsushita, Japanese Businessman and Former Racing driver March 16 Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player Todd McFarlane, Canadian comic book creator and entrepreneur Michiru Ōshima, Japanese composer March 17 Umayya Abu-Hanna, Palestine-born Finnish writer and politician Alexander Bard, Swedish musician (Army of Lovers) Sam Bowie, American basketball player Dana Reeve, American actress, singer and activist (d. 2006) Casey Siemaszko, American actor March 18 Tom Emmer, United States House of Representatives Majority Whip, Representative from Minnesota's 6th Congressional District March 21 Kassie DePaiva, American actress Lothar Matthäus, German footballer March 22 Simon Furman, British comic book writer March 23 Norrie McCathie, Scottish footballer (d. 1996) Ali Hewson, Irish activist and businesswoman Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster March 24 Mitsuru Ogata, Japanese voice actor Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist, Greek Finance Minister March 25 Reggie Fils-Aimé, American businessman Vitalijus Satkevičius, Lithuanian politician March 26 – William Hague, former UK Foreign Secretary and former Leader of the UK Conservative Party March 27 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z) March 28 – Byron Scott, American basketball player