14 – Bradford Dillman, American actor and author (d. 2018) April 15 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland April 16 – Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (d. 2003) April 19 – Dick Sargent, American actor and gay activist (d. 1994) April 21 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989) April 24 Richard Donner, American film director and producer (d. 2021) José Sarney, 31st President of Brazil April 25 – Paul Mazursky, American director and writer (d. 2014) April 26 – Roger Moens, Belgian athlete and sportscaster April 28 James Baker, former United States Secretary of State Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983) April 29 Jean Rochefort, French actor (d. 2017) Irv Weinstein, American broadcaster, television news anchor (d. 2017) Mahmud of Terengganu, 16th Sultan of Terengganu (d. 1998) April 30 – Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist, philosopher, semiologist, and activist (d. 1992) May May 1 Ethel Ayler, American actress (d. 2018) Probosutedjo, Indonesian businessman (d. 2018) Little Walter, African-American blues singer, musician, and songwriter (d. 1968) Richard Riordan, The 39th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001. May 3 – Juan Gelman, Argentine poet, writer (d. 2014) May 4 – Roberta Peters, American soprano (d. 2017) May 5 – Michael J. Adams, American aviator, aeronautical engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967) May 8 Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano (d. 2019) Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist and translator May 9 – Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001) May 11 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002) May 13 Vernon Shaw, 5th president of Dominica (d. 2013) Mike Gravel, American politician, former Senator of Alaska and Presidential candidate (d. 2021) May 14 – María Irene Fornés, Cuban-American playwright (d. 2018) May 15 Jasper Johns, American painter Grace Ogot, Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat (d. 2015) May 17 – María Luisa Mendoza, Mexican journalist, novelist and politician (d. 2018) May 19 – Lorraine Hansberry, African-American playwright (d. 1965) May 20 – James McEachin, American actor May 21 – Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2015) May 22 Kenny Ball, British jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader (d. 2013) Harvey Milk, American politician and gay rights activist (d. 1978) May 25 – Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (d. 2016) May 27 John Barth, American writer Muhammad Lafir, Sri Lankan snooker player (d. 1981) May 28 – Edward Seaga, Jamaican politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2019) May 31 Ruslan