poet, literary critic, literary historian, translator and theatrologist (d. 2018) February 23 Reinhold Beckmann, German television presenter Paul O'Neill, American composer, record producer (d. 2017) February 24 Judith Butler, American philosopher Paula Zahn, American television journalist February 25 Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (d. 1995) Michel Friedman, German lawyer, politician and talk show host February 26 Michel Houellebecq, French author Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese musician February 27 Angela Aames, American actress (d. 1988) Tim Brando, American sports broadcaster February 28 Liem Swie King, Indonesian badminton player Thomas Remengesau Jr., 7th and 9th President of Palau February 29 Mike Compton, American mandolinist Bob Speller, Canadian politician Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002) March March 1 Tim Daly, American actor and producer Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania March 2 – Eduardo Rodríguez, President of Bolivia March 3 – Frank Giroud, French comics writer (d. 2018) March 5 Teena Marie, American singer (d. 2010) Marco Paolini, Italian stage actor, dramaturge and author March 7 Andrea Levy, English novelist (d. 2019) Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter March 8 – John Kapelos, Canadian actor March 9 Kadyrzhan Batyrov, Kyrgyz businessman and politician (d. 2018) Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician March 11 – Rob Paulsen, American voice actor and singer March 12 Lídice da Mata, Brazilian politician Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager and former player (d. 2019) March 13 – Dana Delany, American actress March 16 Boaz Arad, Israeli visual artist (d. 2018) Vladimír Godár, Slovak composer March 17 – Frank McGarvey, Scottish professional footballer (d. 2023) March 18 – Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish alpine skier March 19 – Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician (d. 2009) March 20 Minken Fosheim, Norwegian actress and author (d. 2018) Catherine Ashton, British politician Sabiamad Abdul Ahad, Malaysian sport shooter (d. 2021) Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer and director José Manuel Barroso, Prime Minister of Portugal Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner Win Lyovarin, Thai author March 22 Tyrone Brunson, American singer (d. 2013) Ilana Kloss, South-African born tennis player, tennis coach, and commissioner of World Team Tennis Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, consort of Grand Duke Henri March 24 – Steve Ballmer, American businessman, CEO of Microsoft (2000–2014), owner of the Los Angeles Clippers March 25 – Matthew Garber, English child actor (d. 1977) March 28 Susan Ershler, American mountaineer Evelin Jahl, German athlete March 29 – Evie, American Christian musician March 30 – Shahla Sherkat, Iranian feminist