actor Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry August 4 – Robbin Crosby, American rock guitarist (Ratt) (d. 2002) August 6 – Rajendra Singh, Indian water conservationist, Magsaysay Award (2001) August 7 – Koenraad Elst, Belgian Indologist August 10 – Rosanna Arquette, American actress August 11 Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer (d. 2014) Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor August 12 – Kerry Boustead, Australian rugby league player August 14 Marcia Gay Harden, American actress Magic Johnson, African-American basketball player August 15 – Scott Altman, American astronaut August 17 Chika Sakamoto, Japanese voice actress and singer Jonathan Franzen, American author David Koresh, American spiritualist, leader of the Branch Davidian religious cult (d. 1993) Brad Wellman, American baseball player August 18 – Dorothy Bush Koch, American author and philanthropist August 19 – Anthony Sowell, convicted serial killer and rapist August 21 – Jim McMahon, American football player August 25 – Sönke Wortmann, German film director August 26 – Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach August 27 Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist Daniela Romo, Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess August 28 – Arthur Holden, Canadian actor and writer August 29 Jeff Adachi, American attorney (d. 2019) Rebecca De Mornay, American actress Chris Hadfield, Canadian retired astronaut Stephen Wolfram, British scientist August 30 – Mark Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor August 31 – Tony DeFranco, Canadian singer September September 1 – Kenny Mayne, American sportscaster September 2 – Guy Laliberté, Canadian Cirque du Soleil founder September 4 Kevin Harrington, Australian actor Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper September 6 – Gaetano Varcasia, Italian voice actor and theatre director (d. 2014) September 7 – Pierre Nanterme, French business executive (d. 2019) September 8 Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer, singer, and actor Saeko Shimazu, Japanese voice actress September 11 – John Hawkes, American actor September 12 – Sigmar Gabriel, German politician September 13 Kathy Johnson, American artistic gymnast Chris Hansen, American journalist September 14 Mary Crosby, American actress Morten Harket, Norwegian rock singer (A-ha) September 16 – Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor September 18 Ian Bridge, Canadian footballer Sérgio Britto, Brazilian singer and keyboardist Mark Romanek, American filmmaker September 23 Jason Alexander, American actor and comedian Elizabeth Peña, American actress (d. 2014) September 24 – Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer September 28 – Dantes Tsitsi, Nauruan politician September 29 – Benjamin Sehene, Rwandan writer September 30 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach October October 1 –