August 18 Roman Polanski, Polish film director Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2018) August 20 – George J. Mitchell, American lawyer, businessman, author and politician August 21 – Dame Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano August 23 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022) August 24 Guillermo Bredeston, Argentine actor (d. 2018) Ham Richardson, American tennis player (d. 2006) August 25 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer Tom Skerritt, American actor August 27 – Kerstin Ekman, Swedish novelist August 29 – Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councillor August 31 – Claudio Rodríguez, Spanish voice actor (d. 2019) September September 1 T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (d. 1982) Conway Twitty, American country music artist (d. 1993) September 2 Ed Conlin, American basketball player (d. 2012) Mathieu Kérékou, 5th President of Benin (d. 2015) September 3 – Tompall Glaser, American singer (d. 2013) September 8 – Asha Bhosle, Indian musician September 9 – Michael Novak, American philosopher, author (d. 2017) September 10 Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2000) Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer, artist (d. 2019) September 11 – William Luther Pierce, American Neo-Nazi and far-right activist (d. 2002) September 13 – Mahant Swami Maharaj (b. Vinu Patel), Indian Hindu guru September 14 – Hillevi Rombin, Swedish athlete, model and Miss Universe 1955 (d. 1996) September 15 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor (d. 2014) September 17 Arsenio Corsellas, Spanish actor (d. 2019) Chuck Grassley, American politician Evelyn Kawamoto, American competition swimmer (d. 2017) Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (d. 2003) September 18 Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach Robert Blake, American actor Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (d. 2020) September 19 – David McCallum, Scottish actor September 21 – Anatoly Krutikov, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2019) September 24 – Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal, archivist of the Holy Roman Church September 25 – Hubie Brown, American basketball coach, broadcaster September 27 Kathleen Nolan, American actress Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987) September 29 – Samora Machel, President of Mozambique (d. 1986) September 30 Ajitesh Bandopadhyay, Indian actor, playwright and director (d. 1983) Cissy Houston, American singer Dirce Migliaccio, Brazilian actress (d. 2009) October October 2 John Gurdon, British developmental biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (The Diamonds) (d. 2015) Waldo Von Erich, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2009) October 3 – Abdon Pamich, Italian Olympic athlete