politician August 20 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor (d. 2014) August 21 – Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada August 22 Cindy Williams, American actress (Laverne and Shirley) Peter Irniq, Canadian Commissioner of Nunavut August 23 – Willy Russell, British playwright August 24 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist August 26 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (d. 2007) August 27 – Barbara Bach, American actress August 28 Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (d. 2004) Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress Alice Playten, American actress (d. 2011) August 29 James Hunt, British 1976 Formula 1 world champion (d. 1993) Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert Jah Lloyd, Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer (d. 1999) August 30 – Allan Rock, Canadian politician, diplomat August 31 Ramón Castellano de Torres, Spanish painter Somchai Wongsawat, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand September September 3 Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway Gerard Houllier, French football manager (d. 2020) September 5 Danny Florencio, Filipino basketball player (d. 2018) Buddy Miles, African-American drummer, singer and composer (d. 2008) Kiyoshi Takayama, Japanese yakuza boss September 6 Jane Curtin, American actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live) Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer, coach Jacob Rubinovitz, Israeli scientist September 8 – Amos Biwott, Kenyan Olympic athlete September 13 – Ajib Ahmad, Malaysian politician (d. 2011) September 14 Sam Neill, British-born New Zealand actor Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (d. 1984) September 15 – Theodore Long, American former professional referee and manager September 16 – Russ Abbot, British comedian, actor and singer September 17 – Tessa Jowell, British politician (d. 2018) September 19 – Tanith Lee, British author (d. 2015) September 21 Don Felder, American musician and songwriter Stephen King, American writer and novelist, specializing in the horror genre September 22 – Jo Beverley, Anglo-Canadian writer (d. 2016) September 23 – Mary Kay Place, American actress September 25 Cheryl Tiegs, American model, actress Cecil Womack, African-American singer, songwriter (Womack & Womack) (d. 2013) September 26 – Lynn Anderson, American country music singer (d. 2015) September 27 Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager Meat Loaf, American rock singer, actor (d. 2022) Denis Lawson, Scottish actor and director September 28 Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesian politician and former military officer Marcelo Guinle, Argentine politician (d. 2017) Sheikh Hasina, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh September 30 Marc Bolan, English rock musician (d. 1977) Rula Lenska, English actress October October 1 Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, Nobel