Heideman, American basketball coach (d. 2018) Bud Cort, American actor (Harold and Maude) March 30 – Eddie Jordan, Irish founder of Jordan Grand Prix March 31 Rhea Perlman, American actress (Cheers) Al Gore, American politician and environmentalist, 45th Vice President of the United States April April 1 – Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer, actor April 2 Bob Lienhard, American basketball player (d. 2018) Roald Als, Danish cartoonist April 3 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexican economist, politician and 53rd President of Mexico (1988-1994) April 4 Squire Parsons, American gospel singer, songwriter Dan Simmons, American fantasy, science fiction author Berry Oakley, American musician (d. 1972) April 5 – Neil Portnow, American President of The Recording Academy (NARAS) April 7 Arnie Robinson, American Olympic Long jump champion (d. 2020) John Oates, American rock singer, guitarist (Hall & Oates) Pietro Anastasi, Italian football player (d. 2020) April 9 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician April 10 – Fauzi Bowo, Indonesian politician, diplomat and former governor of Jakarta April 12 Jeremy Beadle, English TV presenter (d. 2008) Don Fernando, American pornographic film actor, director Joschka Fischer, German politician Marcello Lippi, Italian football player, manager April 13 Nam Hae-il, 25th Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Korea Navy Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet, Russian singer, actor and TV presenter April 15 – Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003) April 16 Ammar El Sherei, Egyptian music icon, celebrity (d. 2012) Kazuyuki Sogabe, Japanese voice actor (d. 2006) April 17 Jan Hammer, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist and keyboardist Peter Jenni, Swiss experimental particle physicist April 18 – Avi Arad, Israeli-American film producer April 20 – Paul Milgrom, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate April 21 Paul Davis, American singer, songwriter (Cool Night) (d. 2008) Josef Flammer, Swiss ophthalmologist (after whom Flammer syndrome is named) April 24 – István Szívós, Hungarian water polo player (d. 2019) April 27 Amrit Kumar Bohara, Nepalese politician Frank Abagnale, American con man, imposter Si Robertson, American reality star, preacher, hunter, outdoorsman, and U.S. Army veteran April 28 Terry Pratchett, English comic fantasy, science fiction author (d. 2015) Marcia Strassman, American actress, singer (Welcome Back, Kotter) (d. 2014) April 29 – Michael Karoli, German musician (d. 2001) April 30 – Jocelyne Saab, Lebanese journalist, film director (d. 2019) May May 2 Vladimir Matorin, Russian opera singer Larry Gatlin, American singer, songwriter May 3 William H. Miller, American maritime historian Chris Mulkey, American actor May 4