Miriam Makeba, South African singer and civil rights activist (d. 2008) Efrén Echeverría, Paraguayan musician guitarist, composer, and compiler (d. 2018) March 6 Marc Bazin, 4th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2010) Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (d. 2008) March 7 Lola Beltrán, Mexican singer, actress, and television presenter (d. 1996) Momoko Kōchi, Japanese actress (d. 1998) March 11 – Leroy Jenkins, African-American jazz musician and composer (d. 2007) March 12 – Bob Houbregs, Canadian basketball player (d. 2014) March 15 – Alan Bean, American naval officer and naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (d. 2018) March 18 – John Updike, American author (d. 2009) March 21 Wan Mokhtar, Malaysian politician (d. 2020) Walter Gilbert, American chemist and Nobel laureate March 22 – Els Borst, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1998–2002) (d. 2014) March 27 – Junior Parker, African-American blues musician (d. 1971) March 28 – Sven Lindqvist, Swedish author (d. 2019) March 30 – Ted Morgan, French-born biographer and journalist March 31 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director (d. 2013) April April 1 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2016) April 4 Richard Lugar, American politician (d. 2019) Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992) Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet and Russian film director (d. 1986) April 8 József Antall, Hungarian historian, librarian, political figure and teacher, 53rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1993) Sultan Iskandar of Johor, 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2010) April 9 Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006) Carl Perkins, American musician (d. 1998) April 10 Kishori Amonkar, Indian vocalist (d. 2017) Delphine Seyrig, Lebanese-born French actress (d. 1990) Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (d. 2015) April 11 – Joel Grey, American actor, singer and dancer April 12 Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (d. 2019) Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2005) Tiny Tim, American musician (d. 1996) April 13 Barney Simon, South African writer, playwright and director (d. 1995) Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist, politician and diplomat (d. 1976) April 14 António dos Santos, Portuguese bishop (d. 2018) Loretta Lynn, American country singer-songwriter (d. 2022) April 16 Qahhor Mahkamov, Tajik politician, 1st President of Tajikistan (d. 2016) Pierre Milza, French historian (d. 2018) April 21 – Elaine May, American comedian, film director, screenwriter, playwright, and actress April 24 – Vladimir Yengibaryan, Armenian amateur light-welterweight boxer (d. 2013) April 25 – Nikolai Kardashev, Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (d.