9th Prime Minister of the Comoros (d. 2019) Wes Craven, American film director and writer (d. 2015) August 5 – Princess Irene of the Netherlands August 8 – Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian athlete August 9 – Romano Prodi, Italian politician, economist and 52nd Prime Minister of Italy August 11 – James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (d. 2017) August 12 George Hamilton, American actor S. Jayakumar, Singaporean politician and 4th Senior Minister of Singapore August 16 Seán Brady, Irish cardinal Valery Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2022) August 19 Alan Baker, English mathematician (d. 2018) Ginger Baker, English drummer (d. 2019) August 20 – Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor (d. 2004) August 21 – Clarence Williams III, American actor (d. 2021) August 22 – Valerie Harper, American actress (d. 2019) August 23 – Fernando Luján, Mexican actor (d. 2019) August 27 – Bill Mulliken, American swimmer (d. 2014) August 29 – Joel Schumacher, American film producer and director (d. 2020) August 30 Elizabeth Ashley, née Cole, American actress John Peel, né Ravenscroft, English disc jockey (d. 2004) September September 1 – Lily Tomlin, American actress (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) September 5 George Lazenby, Australian actor Claudette Colvin, American civil rights activist and nurse William Devane, American actor Clay Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver (d. 2006) September 6 – Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine September 7 – Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Air Defence Forces official September 8 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player September 9 – Reuven Rivlin, 10th President of Israel September 11 – Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman (d. 2021) September 13 Richard Kiel, American actor (d. 2014) Guntis Ulmanis, 5th President of Latvia September 15 – Ron Walker, Australian businessman, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne (d. 2018) September 16 – Breyten Breytenbach, South African writer and painter September 18 – Jorge Sampaio, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2021) September 20 – Norma Cappagli, Argentine model and Miss World winner (d. 2020) September 22 – Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (d. 2016) September 27 – Kathy Whitworth, American professional golfer (d. 2022) September 30 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate October Date unknown - Muhammad Banaru Abubakar, Nigerian Administrator and public servant (d. 2015) October 4 – Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider, 6 times World Speedway Champion (d. 2018) October 6 - Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, English broadcaster and author