Hungary from 1988 until 1990 January 27 Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer January 28 Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (d. 2022) Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia January 29 – Marc Singer, Canadian actor (V) January 30 Akira Yoshino, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate Paul Magee, Provisional Irish Republican Army member January 31 Paul Jabara, American actor, singer and songwriter (d. 1992) Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician February February 1 – Rick James, African-American urban singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer (d. 2004) February 2 Ina Garten, American cooking author Roger Williamson, British race car driver (d. 1973) February 3 Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorean Catholic bishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Henning Mankell, Swedish crime novelist (d. 2015) February 4 Alice Cooper, American hard rock singer and musician (School's Out) Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal February 5 Jim Dornan, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynecologist (d. 2021) Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager Christopher Guest, American actor, screenwriter, director and composer (National Lampoon, Saturday Night Live) Barbara Hershey, American actress (Beaches) Tom Wilkinson, English actor February 7 – Jimmy Greenspoon, American keyboardist, composer (Three Dog Night) (d. 2015) February 8 – Dan Seals, American musician (d. 2009) February 9 David Hayman, Scottish film, television and stage actor, director Greg Stafford, American game designer, publisher (d. 2018) February 10 Ûssarĸak K'ujaukitsoĸ, Greenlandic Inuit politician, human rights activist (d. 2018) John Magnier, Irish businessman, thoroughbred racehorse breeder February 11 – Chris Rush, American stand-up comedian February 12 – Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor, author February 13 – Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American film actress February 14 Jackie Martling, American comedian, radio personality Wally Tax, Dutch musician (d. 2005) Raymond Teller, American illusionist and magician, one half of the duo Penn & Teller Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israeli physician, autoimmunity researcher February 15 – Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (d. 2019) February 16 – Eckhart Tolle, German-Canadian spiritual author February 17 György Cserhalmi, Hungarian actor José José, Mexican singer, actor (d. 2019) February 18 – Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress February 19 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician, author (d. 2002) Tony Iommi, English heavy metal guitarist Elizabeth Sackler, American activist February 20 – Jennifer O'Neill, American model, actress February 21 – Christian Vander (musician), French drummer, founder of progressive rock/Zeuhl group Magma February 22 John Ashton, American actor Leslie H. Sabo Jr., American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1970) February 24 Jayalalithaa, Indian politician, film actress (d.