singer (d. 2018) Eric Haydock, British musician (d. 2019) February 4 – Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese politician February 5 Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer Michael Mann, American film director, writer and producer Craig Morton, American football player February 7 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007) February 8 – Creed Bratton, American actor, musician February 9 Joe Pesci, American actor (Goodfellas) Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate February 10 – Walter B. Jones Jr., American politician (d. 2019) February 11 – Mohammad Rafiquzzaman, Bangladeshi lyricist February 12 – Wacław Kisielewski, Polish pianist (d. 1986) February 14 – Maceo Parker, American musician (James Brown, P-Funk) February 15 – Elke Heidenreich, German author, TV presenter and journalist February 18 – Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian and actor February 19 Homer Hickam, American aerospace engineer and writer Tim Hunt, British biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine February 20 Moshe Cotel, American composer, pianist (d. 2008) Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2022) Mike Leigh, British film director February 21 David Geffen, American record executive, film producer Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Russian novelist February 22 Horst Köhler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany Eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident (d. 2020) February 23 – Fred Biletnikoff, American football player, coach February 24 – Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer February 25 Boediono, Indonesian economist, 11th Vice President of Indonesia George Harrison, English singer, guitarist (The Beatles) (d. 2001) February 26 Bill Duke, American actor, director Bob Hite, American singer, musician (Canned Heat) (d. 1981) Darcus Howe, Trinidadian-born British civil rights activist (d. 2017) February 27 – Morten Lauridsen, American composer February 28 – Donnie Iris, American rock singer, guitarist (The Jaggerz, Wild Cherry, Donnie Iris and the Cruisers) March March 1 Gil Amelio, American entrepreneur Richard H. Price, American physicist March 2 Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005) Tony Meehan, British drummer (The Shadows) (d. 2005) Peter Straub, American author (d. 2022) March 3 – Trond Mohn, Norwegian billionaire March 4 Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2012) Zoltán Jeney, Hungarian composer (d. 2019) March 5 Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian Army major general (d. 1997) Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1998) March 8 Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress (d. 2010) Susan Clark, Canadian actress (Webster) March 9 Bobby Fischer, American chess player (d. 2008) Charles Gibson, American television journalist March 11 - Ma'ruf Amin, Indonesian Islamic cleric and 13th