Tarak Dhiab, Tunisian footballer John Ferguson, Australian rugby league player Mario Kempes, Argentine footballer Jeff Jarvis, American journalist, professor, public speaker and television critic July 16 Nicholas Frankau, English actor Jeanette Mott Oxford, American politician July 17 Angela Merkel, 8th Chancellor of Germany Richard Bekins, American actor Edward Natapei, Vanuatu politician and Prime Minister of Vanuatu (d. 2015) J. Michael Straczynski, American author July 18 – Franziska Troegner, German actress July 19 – Verica Kalanović, Serbian politician July 20 Lo Ta-yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Vietnamese politician; 10th President of Vietnam, 7th Prime Minister of Vietnam Wilson Casey, American syndicated columnist and entertainer July 21 – Otto Jespersen, Norwegian comedian, actor and television personality July 22 – Pierre Lebeau, Canadian actor July 24 Michael H. O'Brien, American politician (d. 2018) Jorge Jesus, Portuguese football player and coach July 25 – Walter Payton, African-American football player (d. 1999) July 26 Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994) Leonardo Daniel, Mexican actor and director July 27 Philippe Alliot, French race car driver Lynne Frederick, British actress (d. 1994) July 28 – Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (d. 2013) July 29 – Mark Gersmehl, American Christian musician August August 1 Baba Gurinder Singh, Fifth and Present Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas Philip Trenary, American businessman (d. 2018) Michael Badnarik, American software engineer and presidential candidate James Gleick, American non fiction author of several award-winning books. Junpei Morita, Japanese actor and voice actor August 2 – David Tang, Hong Kong-British entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 2017) August 4 Dorottya Udvaros, Hungarian actress François Valéry, French singer-songwriter and composer Uwe Wittwer, Swiss artist August 7 – Susanna Javicoli, Italian actress (d. 2005) August 9 – Pete Thomas, British drummer for the Elvis Costello band August 11 – Joe Jackson, British singer-songwriter (Steppin' Out) August 12 François Hollande, President of France 2012–17 Sam J. Jones, American actor Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist August 13 Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass guitar player (d. 2001) Tõnu Kilgas, Estonian singer and actor August 14 Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (d. 2009) Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army general August 16 James Cameron, Canadian-born film director George Galloway, British politician August 17 Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Russian-Irish writer Andrés Pastrana Arango, President of Colombia August 20 Tawn Mastrey, American disc jockey and music video producer (d. 2007) Al Roker, American television personality and host Richarda Schmeisser, East German artistic gymnast August