Smithers, Australian actress July 16 Phoebe Cates, American actress Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player Goran Pandurović, Serbian footballer July 17 Suha Arafat, widow of Yasser Arafat King Letsie III of Lesotho Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper (d. 2019) July 18 – Martín Torrijos, President of Panama July 19 – Sándor Wladár, Hungarian swimmer July 20 Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancing coach and competitor Gbenga Aluko, Nigerian politician Adoni Maropis, Greek-American actor Roy Cheung, Hong Kong actor July 21 – Giant Silva, Brazilian national basketball player, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler July 22 Joanna Going, American actress Rob Estes, American actor Emilio Butragueño, Spanish football player July 23 – Slobodan Živojinović, Serbian tennis player July 24 – Karl Malone, American professional basketball player July 27 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor and martial artist July 28 – Beverley Craven, British singer-songwriter July 29 Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator Alexandra Paul, American actress, activist, health coach, and former model July 30 Lisa Kudrow, American actress Chris Mullin, American basketball player, coach, and executive Gisèle Meygret, French fencer (d. 1999) Mandakini (aka Yasmeen Joseph), Indian Bollywood actress July 31 Fatboy Slim, English DJ, musician, and record producer Martin H. Wiggers, German economist, editor, author and businessman August August 1 Coolio, American rapper (d. 2022) Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor John Carroll Lynch, American actor and film director August 3 Tasmin Archer, English singer James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica) August 4 – Keith Ellison, American politician and lawyer August 5 Mark Strong, English actor Doris Schröder-Köpf, German journalist August 6 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker August 7 Hiroaki Hirata, Japanese voice actor Harold Perrineau, American actor Wendy van der Plank, Welsh actress August 9 – Whitney Houston, American singer (d. 2012) August 13 Sridevi, Indian actress (d. 2018) Édouard Michelin, French businessman (d. 2006) Valerie Plame, American writer and spy novelist August 14 – Emmanuelle Béart, French actress August 15 Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician and political prisoner August 16 – Christine Cavanaugh, American actress and voice actress (d. 2014) August 17 – James Whitbourn, British composer August 18 – Heino Ferch, German actor August 19 Marcos Palmeira, Brazilian actor John Stamos, American actor Joey Tempest, Swedish singer-songwriter (Europe) August 21 King Mohammed VI of Morocco August 22 – Tori Amos, American singer August 23 Glória Pires, Brazilian