politician J. Neil Schulman, American writer, activist April 17 – Linda Martin, Irish singer, television presenter and Eurovision Song Contest 1992 winner April 18 – Rick Moranis, Canadian actor April 19 Sara Simeoni, Italian high jumper Ruby Wax, American-born British-based performer April 20 – Sebastian Faulks, British novelist April 22 – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer April 24 – Eric Bogosian, American actor, playwright, monologist and novelist April 25 – Ron Clements, American animation director, producer April 27 – Arielle Dombasle, American born-French actress and singer April 28 Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author (d. 2003) Kim Gordon, American rock musician April 29 Nikolai Budarin, Russian cosmonaut Bill Drummond, South African-born British artist and musician (The KLF, K Foundation etc.) April 30 – Merrill Osmond, American pop singer May May 2 Valery Gergiev, Russian-Ossetian conductor Jamaal Wilkes, American basketball player May 3 Salman Hashimikov, Soviet heavyweight wrestler Gary Young, American musician (Pavement, Gary Young's Hospital) May 5 Ibrahim Zakzaky, Nigerian Shia-Islam cleric Dieter Zetsche, German auto executive May 6 Aleksandr Akimov, Soviet engineer who was the shift supervisor during the events of the Chernobyl disaster (d. 1986) Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer, manager Lynn Whitfield, African-American actress May 7 – Ian McKay, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982) May 8 Billy Burnette, American musician Alex Van Halen, Dutch-born American rock musician May 11 – David Gest, American entertainer, producer and television personality (d. 2016) May 14 Michael Hebranko, American exemplar of morbid/mortal obesity (d. 2013) Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia May 15 George Brett, American Major League Baseball player Mike Oldfield, English composer (Tubular Bells) May 16 Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor Richard Page, American musician May 17 – Luca Prodan, Italian–Scottish musician and singer (d. 1987) May 19 – Victoria Wood, English comic performer (d. 2016) May 20 – Robert Doyle, Australian politician May 21 – Jim Devine, British politician May 23 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana, 4th Prime Minister of Rwanda (d. 1994) May 24 – Alfred Molina, English actor May 26 Kay Hagan, American lawyer, banking executive and politician (d. 2019) Michael Portillo, English politician May 29 Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (d. 2008) Danny Elfman, American composer May 30 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor May 31 – Kathie Sullivan, American singer June June 1 David Berkowitz, American serial killer Diana Canova, American actress, adjunct professor June 2 Keith Allen, British actor Cornel West, African-American philosopher, political