political activist (d. 2001) John Bennett Perry, American actor, singer and former model January 5 Harvey Hall, American businessman, politician (d. 2018) Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (d. 1986) Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director, screenwriter Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer (d. 2011) January 7 Iona Brown, British violinist, conductor (d. 2004) Frederick D. Gregory, African-American astronaut John E. Walker, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate January 8 Graham Chapman, British comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus) (d. 1989) Boris Vallejo, Peruvian painter January 9 Joan Baez, American singer, songwriter and activist Reza Sheikholeslami, Professor of Persian Studies (d. 2018) January 10 – José Greci, Italian actress (d. 2017) January 11 Dave Edwards, American musician (d. 2000) Gérson, Brazilian footballer Pak Seung-zin, North Korean footballer (d. 2011) Jimmy Velvit, American singer/songwriter January 12 – Long John Baldry, English singer (d. 2005) January 13 – Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician January 14 Faye Dunaway, American actress Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia January 15 – Captain Beefheart, American singer (d. 2010) January 17 – Mircea Snegur, 1st President of Moldova January 18 Bobby Goldsboro, American pop and country singer-songwriter David Ruffin, African-American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991) January 19 – Pat Patterson, Canadian professional wrestler January 20 Clift Tsuji, American politician (d. 2016) Allan Young, English footballer (d. 2009) January 21 Plácido Domingo, Spanish opera singer, conductor and arts administrator Richie Havens, African-American musician (d. 2013) Ivan Putski, Polish-American professional wrestler and bodybuilder January 22 – Rintaro, Japanese anime director January 24 Neil Diamond, American singer, songwriter Aaron Neville, African-American singer Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist, Nobel Prize laureate January 27 Bobby Hutcherson, African-American jazz musician (d. 2016) Beatrice Tinsley, English astronomer (d. 1981) January 28 – Fernando Serena, Spanish footballer (d. 2018) January 29 – Robin Morgan, Poet, author, political theorist, activist, journalist, lecturer, and editor January 30 Gregory Benford, American author and astrophysicist Delbert Mann, American television, film director (d. 2007) Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States January 31 Dick Gephardt, American politician Eugène Terre'Blanche, South African farmer, pro-apartheid activist (d. in 2010) Jessica Walter, American actress February February 1 Karl Dall, German comedian, singer and television presenter Jerry Spinelli, American author February 3 Dory Funk Jr., American professional wrestler Howard Phillips, American politician (d. 2013) February 4 Laisenia Qarase, Fijian politician (d. 2020) John Steel, English drummer February 5 Stephen J. Cannell, American