February 18 – John Warner, American politician (d. 2021) February 20 Roy Cohn, American lawyer, anti-Communist (d. 1986) Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, film director, (Oscar winner for Lilies of the Field) (d. 2022) February 21 – Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (d. 2018) February 22 Emil Bobu, Romanian Communist activist, politician (d. 2014) Guy Mitchell, American singer and actor (d. 1999) February 23 Mirtha Legrand, Argentine actress and television presenter Silvia Legrand, Argentine actress and sister of Mirtha Legrand (d. 2020) February 24 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017) February 25 – Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass banjo player, vocalist (d. 2016) February 27 – Peter Whittle, New Zealand mathematician (d. 2021) March–April March 1 George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor at UCLA, science popularizer, and skeptic (d. 1983) Harry Belafonte, Jamaican-American musician, actor, and civil rights activist March 2 – Roger Walkowiak, French road bicycle racer (d. 2017) March 4 – Dick Savitt, American tennis player (d. 2023) March 5 – Jack Cassidy, American stage, screen and television actor (d. 1976) March 6 Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (d. 2004) Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014) March 8 – Stanisław Kania, Polish communist politician (d. 2020) March 10 – Jupp Derwall, German football player and manager (d. 2007) March 12 Raúl Alfonsín, former President of Argentina (d. 2009) Sudharmono, 5th Vice President of Indonesia (d. 2006) March 16 Vladimir Komarov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1967) Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American author, politician, and statesman (d. 2003) March 17 – Roberto Suazo Córdova, President of Honduras (d. 2018) March 18 – John Kander, American composer March 21 – Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (d. 2016) March 25 – Tina Anselmi, Italian politician (d. 2016) March 27 Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007) Karl Stotz, Austrian football player (d. 2017) March 29 – John Vane, British pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) March 31 César Chávez, American labor activist, United Farm Workers founder (d. 1993) William Daniels, American actor April 1 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006) April 3 – Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer (d. 2020) April 5 – Thanin Kraivichien, Thai lawyer and politician, Prime Minister 1976–77 April 6 Gerry Mulligan, American musician (d. 1996) Fethia Mzali, Tunisian teacher and politician (d. 2018) April 9 – Tiny Hill, New Zealand rugby union player and selector (d. 2019) April 10 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel